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Evening star., 1936-02-16

The counselor of the Swiss Legation,
Mr.. Louis H. Michel, is spending some
time at Sea Island, Ga, where he is
staying at the Cloisters.
The first secretary of the German
Embassy and Frau Scholz will give
a dinner party Friday evening. Feb
ruary %.
Tuesday Herr and Frau Scholz we're
hosts at dinner, entertaining in COM
pliment to the latter's cousins, the
Misses Won Rath, daughters of Mr.
and Mrs Willem Won Rath of New
York, who are visiting their grand
father, Col. Henry May.
| Nine. Boncesco, wife of the financial
counselor Of the Rumanian Legation,
will leave next week for a two-month
trip to South America. Nine Bon
| cesco was in New York through last
week, and joined NJ. Boncesco yes
terday.
The third secretary of the German
| Embassy, Herr Gustav Struve, has re-
! turned to Washington after several
months leave in Germany, and will
/ be joined by Frau Struve next month.
Evening star., 1936-02-16
Miss Clapp to Be
Hostess at Concert

Miss Alice Clapp will be hostess at
the third in a series of four concerts
by the Washington String Quartet at
the Sulgrave Club, 1901 Massachu-
sets avenue, Tuesday afternoon at 4
o'clock
The members Of the quartet are Mr..
Milton Schwartz and Mr.. Paul Bright
enburg. violins; Mr.. George Wargo,
viola. and Mr.. Howard Mitchell, cello.
Tickets for Tuesdays concert may be
obtained from Mrs. John Rowland Hill
at 1888 Fifteenth street.
This series of concerts takes place
under the patronage of Miss Mary B.
Adams, Mrs. Anne Archbold, Mrs. Paul
Bastedo, Mrs. Eugene F. Byrnes, Miss
Alice Clapp. Mrs. Tracy Dows, Miss
Grace Dunham Guest, Mrs. John
Rowland Hill, Mrs. Walter Bruce
Howe, Mr.. Josef Kaspar. DR.. Hans
Kinder. Mrs. Reeve Lewis, Mrs. George
Hewitt Myers. Mrs. Edwin B. Parker,
Mrs. William Phillips. Dr. Conway
Sawyer, Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone. Mrs.
Oliver Strunk, Mrs. Frank West and
Miss Harriet Winslow.
Evening star., 1936-02-16
Hospital Claims Distinction.

Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan
claims to have the only hospital fully
equipped TO supply treatment by hello
therapy.
Evening star., 1936-02-16
Weddings
Of Future
Announced
Miss Barbara Baker
Will Be Bride of Mr..
Edward T. Caldwell.

DR.. and Mrs. John Hooe Iden an
nounce the engagement of their ward,
Miss Barbara Baker, to Mr.. Edward
T. Caldwell, jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Caldwell of New York. The wedding
will take place the latter part of
June Miss Baker was debutante
last season in Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles s. Robb an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter Cecilia Calvert to MIR. Neill
Raymond, son Of Mr.. Frederick U.
Raymond of Texas and Mrs. Dora
Neill Raymond, professor Of European
history at Sweet Bciar College.
Miss Robb is graduate Of the Po-
tomac School and Miss Madeira S
School and attended Bryn Mawr
College and the Sarbonne. She is a
member of the Junior League.
Mr.. Raymond was graduated from
the Virginia Episcopal School, And
over and Princeton University, where
he was a member of the Cannon Club.
No date has been set for the we'd
ding.
DR.. and Mrs. George Randolph
Bowyer of Coronado, Calf, announce
the engagement of their daughter
Mary Sybil to Mr.. William Simpson
Carroll, son of Mrs. William s. Car
roll of Washington. Mr.. Carroll is
stationed at present in Pensacola, Fla.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Henry
Schelhorn of Mount Vernon Park,
Alexandria, Va, announce the en-
gagement of their niece, Dorothy Vir-
ginia Thomas, to Mr.. Gilbert jack
son Tobin, son of Mr.. K. G. Tobin
Of Washington, Va.
Mrs. George A. Stout announces
the engagement Of her daughter Irma
Jan<'o Mr.. Marcus Jay Lawrence, son
Of MIR. Mortimer j. Lawrence of Wash
ington and Arizona. No date has
been set for the wedding. Miss Stout
is a graduate of Friends Central
School in Philadelphia, where her
parents formerly lived. She at
tended the University of Illinois and
Is a member of the Pi Beta Phi.
Mr.. Lawrence attended the Ashe-
vile School for Boys in Asheville,
the Military Institute of Tennessee
and is a member Of the Chi PM Fra
ternity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl F. Hutchison OF
BOT Webster street announce the en-
gagement Of their daughter Mildred
Louise to Mr.. Howard Whitney. The
wedding will take place Wednesday
evening, April 90, in Petworth M. E.
Church, Grant Circle.
Mr.. Joseph Levitt announces the
engagement of his daughter Sarah
to Mr.. Samuel S. Yaffe, son Of Mrs.
Molly Yefee of Baltimore.
Formal announcement is made OF
the engagement Of Mrs. Edna Bishop
Daniel and Mr. Milo Elson Emmerson
No date will be set for the wedding
until the return Of Mr.. Emmerson
from a visit to his parents in Oregon,
where he was called by the illness
of his father.
Evening star., 1936-02-16

Matthews Dick, and Thursday eve
ming, February q, they will be guests
of honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert B.
Dewey.
Evening star., 1936-02-16
Y.W.C.A. Fellowship
Committee Luncheon

The World Fellowship Committee
OF the Y. w. c. A. Of which Mrs. Will
liam S. Culbertson is chairman. is
sponsoring a luncheon Friday at 1890
O'Clock at the Y. w. C. A. Mrs. D. E..
Yarnell and Mrs. L. A. Schsaff of the
World Fellowship Committee are in
charge of arrangements for the lunch
con Miss Ethel Bagley. who has re-
Gently returned from a trip through
Mexiso with her sister, Mrs. Josephine
Daniels, will be the guest speaker,
using for her topic, Mexico" Nine.
Aurelia Colombo will sing. There will
be Mexican costumes and the menu
will include Mexican dishes.
Evening star., 1936-02-16
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoes
Give Tea Tomorrow

Mr.. and Mrs Lawrence Gouverneur
Hoes will be hostess at a tea this
afternoon from S to z o'clock at their
home at 1410 Twentieth street.
Assisting the hostess will be Mrs.
Harry Freeman Clark, Mrs. Green
Clay Goodloe. Mrs. William o. Gilbert,
Mrs. Richard Jewett. Mrs. Joseph
Crockett and Mrs. Frank Wesley Evans
Evening star., 1936-02-16
Diplomats

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1936-02-16

The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Cordell Hull will be hosts at dinner
two evenings this week, the first din
ner on Wednesday and the other the
following evening. Their guests will
be members of the diplomatic corps.
Evening star., 1936-02-16
Delaware Society
Annual Gard PARTY

The Delaware State Society will
hold its annual card party tomorrow
evening at 8 o'clock at the Thomas
Circle Club.
Miss Elizabeth r. Groves, executive
secretary of the society, is in charge.
Senator John G. Townsend, jr., Ia
president of the society.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-17

On June 81 1929, James SmithsOn,
an Englishman, died in Genoa, Italy.
The will which he left has vitality af-
fectcd the intellectual life of the peo-
pie Of the United States, and has add
ed to the enrichment and enjoyment
Of the lives of the people who have
visited the institution provided for in
his will His estate was left to
nephew, Henry James Hungerford,
with the stipulation that should Hung
erford die without issue the whole
estate should go ito the United
States of America to found at Wash
ington, under the name of the Smith
sonian Institution, an establishment
for the increase and diffusion of
knowledge among men, HungerfOrd
died in 1885 without issue. The be-
quest Of the legacy to the United
States government was effected after
many vicissitudes. The Smithsonian
Institution has developed until it may
fairly be called one of the greatest
world assets. "Out of an Englishman's
gift of a half million dollars, made
century ago, Smithsonian husbandry
has caused to grow public services
like the Weather Bureau, the Bureau
of Fisheries, the National Museum,
and others, whose value to the cOun-
try cannot be estimated in dollars.
NOreword to the Smithsonian Scien-
tific Series).
The H. Leslie Ferry Memorial Lib
rary has recently added to it's shelves
an interesting set of books entitled
the Smithsonian Scientific Series,
edited by Charles Greeley Abbot, Sec
rotary of the Smithsonian Institution.
The series consists Of twelve volumes
containing information on the found
ing of the Institution and on all the
various scientific, nature, and other
collections which are in the InStitu-
ton. Full page illustrations add to
the interest of the books. The volume
on North American Indians contains
myths and legends of the American
Indians north of Mexico as we'll as &C
counts of their life. Another volume
tells of the National Geological Park
in Washington, and includes pictures
of the animals. Other volumes treat
of insects, plant lore, great inventions,
minerals, the sun, VertebratcS and in
vertebrates, and the story Of man.
This series is available at the H
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-17
RECKLESS DRIVING
CAUSES ACCIDENTS
That and Carelessness Chief
Reasons for High Nor
tally Rate
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
Ia The Sir walter HOteA.
nv 4 q nA Sf[ lCRN WIZ,

Raleigh. Jan 17.-ReckleSS ana
careless driving continue to be the
chief cause of automobile accidents III
North Carolina, the accident statistics
for DecenhSe r just released by the
motor vehicle bureau of the State De-
parement of Revenue show. For of
the 1906 fatal and 1856 nOn-fatal acct
dents in December, in which 115 per-
IONS were killed and 722 injured, 30
of the fatal accidents were caused by
some form of reckless and careless
driving, while 375 of the nOn-fatal ac-
cidents were attributable to the same
causes. the figures show. These fig-
ureS include the accidents attrlDut-
To drunken driving, given as the cause
of 10 fatal and 81 non-fatal accidents.
But excessive speeding alone cauS-
ed almost twice as many fatal acci-
dents as drunken driving. the figures
showing that there were n fatal and
So nOn-fatal accidents attributed to
excessive speed. Driving on the wrong
side of the road was responsible for
a fatal and % non-fatal accidents.
Hit-and-run drivers were responsible
for l3 fatal and 25 nOn-fatal crashes.
while carelessness or inattention or
excessive speed caused drivers to lose
control of their cars and drive orr
the roadway causing five fatal and "a
nOn-fatal accidents. Out-and-out reck-
less driving was given as the cause OF
Is fatal and SO nOn-fatal crashes. On
ly one fatal accident was caused by
a driver attempting to pass on a hill
or curve. but II nOn-fatal accidents
were attributed to this cause. Failing
to give the required hand signals was
responsible for one fatal and 16 nom
fatal accidents.
Due to the snow and icy streets
and highways there were more skid
ding accidents in December than in
many months with fatal and "A non
fatal accidents. The reason moro of
these accidents were not fatal it was
pointed out, was '5ecause the roads
and streets were slippery and dam
gerous and the drivers forced to drive
at slow speeds. But even slower
speeds and more care could have pre-
vented most of these skidding acct
dents. it is maintained.
Pedestrians suffered heavily in the
accident toll, as usual, with 46 OF
those killed and SO of the injured be-
ing pedestrians who were struck by
cars, the figures show.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-17
STATE REA PLANS
electric SERVICE
Bagley Working Out Plans
for Assistance Of NUM-
cipal Plants
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel,
Nv Il a. nASk E,KX1LL


Raleigh, Jan. 17.-Cities in the State
with municipality owned power plants,
which thought they would be able to
borrow money from the Federal
Rural ElectrificatiOn Administration
with which to build power lines into
rural districts and thus enlarge trade
territory, were disappointed recently
when the Rural ElectrificatiOn Adj
ministration announced it could not
lend any Federal money to cities for
extending their power lines beyond
their city limits The REA attorneys
had discovered a clause in the North
Carolina laws prohibiting cities and
towns with municipal electric plants
from selling bonds or pled@ing their
credit for ctending their lines outside
the city limits 1t looked for time as
if several hundred miles of proposed
rural electric lines could not be built
This was a blow to Wilson, Tar
boro, Rocky Mount, KinstOn, Green
Vile. Farmville and other cities with
municipality owned power plants
which were planning to borrow mon
ey from the REA and build lines out
into the rural sections of their counl
ties.
But Chairman Dudley Bagley, of
the North Carolina Rural Electrified
ton Authority, was not to be stump
ed He has not been a farmer for
years for nothing and tough PROPOSE
ticns are his meat. He started fi9ur-
ing and devised a plan for the for
nation of non-profit corporations in
rural districts These corporations
will borrow the money needed from
the REA in Washington provided
the REA agrees to this plan-will
then contract for the construction
of the lines and when they are fin
ished. lease them to the municipality
owned plants at a figure sufficient to
repay the loan, with the city plants
assuming all the expense Of mainte-
nance, service and upkeep.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-17

Light waves are of different lengths
depending on color Of the light. The
longest waves are those of red light,
and the shortest those of violet
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-17
Smithsonian Scientific
Series NOzU AtLibruYv

Leslie Perry Memorial Library, and
may be borrowed for home use.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-17

two years, Boney pointed out. So if
the accident rate starts decreasing
Immediately, there will be little hope
for a reduction in the liability rate
on automobiles before 1888, unless the
insurance companies should decide to
reduce their rates voluntarily before
that time
1T has been my contention all
along that automobile liability insur-
ance rates are already too high in
North Carolina and have reached the
saturation point" Boney said. I'm
other words. if the rates should be re-
duced, more people would carry in
Surance, the insurance companies
would make more and their losses
would not be SO great as at present
with the higher rates. For many peo-
pie who would like to carry this in
surance do not do so because they
feel they cannot afford it, That is
why l believe a reduction in rates
would yield a greater volume OF bus
mess"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-17
France To
Strengthen
Frontiers

Paris, Jan. 17.-(AP)-SOnrccs
close to the French Foreign Of
flee said today Premier Pierre
Laval had told Great Britain that
any marching Of German soldiers
into the demilitarized Rhincitnd
would mean immediate reinforce
ment Of French frontier troops.
The disclosure followed upon
publication of Berlin dispatches
in Paris newspapers, which said
Andre Francois POnset, the
French ambassador to Berlin, had
served notice on the German gov
crnmem it must keep garriSons
out Of the Rhincland, or face ZAP
propr;ate measures" from France.
Laval was said tC have inform
ed the British charge daffaircS
LLOYD Thomas, of PonSetS call on
Bernard w. Won IsuelOw, German
under secretary for foreign af-
fairs, on January ~.
Thomas, informed sources re-
ported, called ut the Quai d'Orsay
to ask specifically what position
France would take if German
troops entered the demiIitariZed
zone.
The reply, these sources stated,
was that all of Frances frontier
garrisons would be reinforced im-
MeiiateIy.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-17

will show a decided decrease in auto
mobile accidents, BOney said.
Il refused these requests for addi-
tiOnal increases in the automobile liza
bility insurance rates because | am
convinced the people of the State are
at last waking up to the terrific cost
of automocil lie accidents as well as to
the unnecessary loss of life and limb
they are causing and that the accl-
dent rate is going to decrease from
now on" Boney said. "1n fact. [ am
confident that an aroused public OPP
inion assisted by the new drivers
license law and the enlarged State
highway patrol, is going to bring
about decided reduction in accidents
during the next six months"
But even if the number of accidents
decrease steadily from now on. there
will be little hope for material re-
duction in liability insurance rates
until the accidents records show a
decline over a period of from one to
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-17
WINTER ORCHARDS
CLEANING HELPFUL
Pays To Remove Twigs and
Leaves and Dead Fruit
Left On Trees

College Station, Raleigh, Jan. 10
A winter cleanup of apple and peach
orchards will go long way toward
reducing the incidence of disease in
the trees next season.
Many Of the disease organisms sur
vive the winter in leaves, twigs, mum
flied fruits, and other trash in the
orchards, said Luther Shaw, extension
plant pathologist at State College
When all trash is removed and
burned, or otherwise destroyed, he
pointed out, there are fewer disease
organisms left to attack the trees IN
the spring and summer.
In controlling brown rot of peach
es, he ysaid, it. is especially important
that all dried fruit be collected from
the trees and the ground.
Leaves from apple trees which are
infected with black rot or scab should
be cleaned up and burned. The more
severe the disease has been, the more
thorough the cleanup should be.
During the winter pruning program,
all diseased twigs from peach, apple,
pear and other fruit trees should be
collected carefully and burned. This
will destroy many of the disease or
ganisms in the over-wintering stage.
Sanitation is not all of the disease
control program, however, Shaw point
ed out. In the spring and summer,
when the trees are putting out new
life and when the fruit is growing,
application of the proper sprays will
be a big help in controlling disease.
A spray calendar showing the sprays
recommended for apples and peaches
at different times may be obtained
free from the agricultural extension
editor at State College.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-17

carry out the program in 1886.
Mr. Roosevelt emphasized that soil
erosion constitutes not only the ac-
tual washing away Of soil into the
river beds, but also loss of chemicals
in the soil resulting from continued
use for the same crops.
Asked if this Interpretation did not
bring every farm of the country I'M
der the scope of the erosion law. the
President said he thought it die He
said he thought the existing agencies,
including county agents, would be en-
ployed in bringing about the new pro-
cram
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-17
Insurance Rates
On Cars May Rise

CONTINUED from Page One
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-17
President Paints Agricul-
ture Plan Well Rounded Up

Continued rom rage One)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-17
Four Great Sea
Powers Draft Pact

Continued from Fage One.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-17

clause" to permit individual steps
against g sudden move by any power,
such as Japan, not entering into the
agreement.
Should a non-signatory power build
a new type of ship, or begin an arms
race, the agreement could be set
aside by the signing powers on
grounds of self-defense.
None Of the delegations now repre-
senting the United States, Britain,
France and italy. in the efforts to
maintain some sort of fleet restric-
ton after the Washington and Lon
don naval treaties expire at the end
of the year, believe that the new
agreement would be very extensive.
They felt, however, that they had
Japan ain a corner" as one delegate
expressed it.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-17
Vile Pr(:s<rvers

Soft water saves soap, and a wa
ter softening solution may be pre-
pa(N and kept at hand in a large
jar 70 make it, dissolve one pound
of borax in one gallon Of hot water.
Use one half cup of this softener
to each machine load or tub OF
wash water. This is a good pro-
portion for water OF svarage hard.
Aaaat
Evening star., 1936-03-27

House passed a provision to force the
Secretary Of Agriculture to pay
tenants and sharecroppers for losses
suffered when land is withdrawn
from commercial crop production.
Protect the Interests"
Senator Smith, Democrat, Of South
Carolina led a fight against this. It
was finally changed to provide that
the Secretary shall protect the in
terests" of this class.
Represented at the conference be-
ginning today are: The Fruit and
Vegetable Workers Union, Imperial
Valley, Calf: Beet Workers Unions,
Colorado, Nebraska, Idaho and Mon
tana: Onion Workers Union. Ohio:
Citrus Workers Union. Florida; Agri-
cultural Workers Unions Of New Jer-
sey and Long Island, N. Y; Southern
Tenant Farmers Union. Texas. Okla
homa and Arkansas: Sharecroppers'
Union, Alabama, and the Fruit and
Vegetable Workers Union, Oklahoma.
Evening star., 1936-03-27
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON D. C., FRIDAY MARCH 2 1885,

said the chairman. "Since early In
January Mr.. Gordon has been con-
fined to his home by serious illness.
It had been my hope and his that
speedy recovery would permit him to
resume his activities with the COM
mittee before now. Because Of con-
tinued illness, he has rendered his
resignation.
when he first became afiiliated
with the Republican National Com
mittee in 1921, Mr.. Gordon created
the bureau Of research, which, under
his guidance, has grown through the
years, and has proven q fountain Of
political information. Accuracy and
thoroughness characterized Mr.. Cor.
don's work. His dependability made
our research bureau not only q per-
manent, but one Of the most valuable
Evening star., 1936-03-27
FARM GROUP HERE
TO AIR PROBLEMS
Labor and Tenant Delegates
tC See Wallace and
Other Officials.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The farm labor and tenant problem,
which has produced complaints, con-
troversy and struggles in Congress,
was due for an airing today.
Fifty delegates from unions of agr1-
cultural laborers and tenant farmers
gathered to tell the A A. A., Reset
tlement Administration and other
agencies what they believe should be
done to improve the workers con-
ditions.
Secretary Wallace planned to vel
come the delegates as they opened q
two-day discussion with Government
officials, arranged by the National
Committee on Rural Social Planning.
AS the delegates arrived in town,
ReXford G. Tugwell, resettlement ad-
miniStrator, unfolded plans which, he
said, may result in the placing of 49,
600 to 10000 tenant farm families in
land of their own in the next fiscal
year.
Working Satisfactorily.
Recently returned from a Southern
trip on which he investigated the ad-
miniStrations experimental placement
OF 1000 families this year, Tugwell
said the plan was working every
satisfactorily" He outlined this pro-
cedure for placement of tenants or
their own lands:
A family is selected by local COM
mittee, including business men, other
citizens and resettlement officials.
The family is granted a resettle-
ment loan and moved to a farm
bought by the administration.
The family is given f1ve-year lease
on the farm. For the first five years il
pays the Government rental to eoua,
per cent interest on the cost of the
farm.
At the end Of the five years thu
family may buy the land, paying thu
Government over a 40-year period
with interest slightly over 4 per cent
The problem of tenant farmers pro.
duced struggle when the new sol
conservation-subsidy bill was goine
through Congress recently. Tht
Evening star., 1936-03-27
Pilgrims Fight Wolves.

Unusual hardships so delayed the
pilgrimage of 400 Moslem pilgrims
from Soviet Russia that they did not
reach Mecca in time for the annual
ceremonies this year. Attacked by
starving wolves while crossing the
Russian Steppes, seven of their num-
Der were killed by the animals. The
other pilgrims reached Istanbul, Tur-
key, almost exhausted. but left at once
for Jeddah.
Evening star., 1936-03-27
GORDON, RESEARCH
HEAD OF COP, QUITS.
Fletcher Lauds Work Of Commit.
tee Aide, Long

The resignation Of J. Bennett Cor
don as head Of the Research Bureau
Of the Republican National Commit
tee, on account Of illness, has been
announced by Chairman Henry p
Fletcher Of the committee.
1T is with great regret that I an
nounce Mr.. Gordon's resignation,