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Evening star., 1936-07-05
W. c. T. U. NEWS

Northeast Suburban Union met at
Che home of Mrs. Richard L. Schefaer,
&lenbrook road, Edgemore, Nd, for a
garden picnic Mrs. Edna Proctor was
assisting hostess.
The guests included Mrs. Beck, Mrs.
Chester Smith, Mrs. Richard Boss,
Mrs. T. C. Pearce, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs.
Harry Foss, Mrs. johnson, Mrs. Mary
McKillen Mrs Leary and Mrs. M. E.
Poole.
Mrs. Scheffler presented Mrs. Proctor
with shoulder afgan in recognition Of
her interest in the union. Music and
moving pictures completed the pro-
gram.
A silver-medal contest was given by
the Northwest Union at Calvary Bap-
tist Church, under the direction Of
Rev. Alice Allen. Those taking part
we're Marjorie Duvall, Marie Louise
Ralph, Betty Lawrence and Loyce
Gooch. The recitations were inter-
Epersed with solo by Mrs. E. H. Fret
well and piano duet by Mrs. John
r. Thomas and Mrs. Fretwell.
The judges were H. Wadleigh, Mrs.
j. E. Wright and Miss Flossie Street.
Miss Loyce Gooch won the silver pin
presented by Mrs. william N. Garner
president of this union.
Northwest Union met with Mrs
John r. Thomas. Takoma Park, for
its last meeting of the Summer. The
president Mrs. William N. Garner,
presided. The devotional was led by
Mrs. Manuel Kline, who spoke on
"Pioneers."
Mrs. Richard Boss, guest soloist,
rang and also joined with Mrs. Blanche
Burton in a duet, accompanied by Mrs
john r. Thomas at the piano.
Miss FRANKIE Knibb, Mrs. H T. Todd
and Mrs ]. R. Wood were appointed
as Nominating Committee to select
officers for the ensuing year, to report
at the September II meeting at CAL
vary Baptist Church.
Mary Pollock Union met at the
home of Mrs L. W. Marshall, 3700
Bangor street, Summit Park, Tuesday
evening. Meeting called to order by
the president, Mrs. Ladd. Mrs. Jean
Graves, devotional director, gave
scripture and talk.
The death of Mrs. Mary c. Ladd
was reported
Selections were rendered by Rev.
Glenn Faucet, pastor of East Wash
ington Baptist Church, on his musical
saw, accompanied by Mrs. William
Prchaska. Clyde Crouch. was the guest
speaker.
The next meeting will be held with
Mrs. Fletcher In Berwyn. Md, July 20.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
| DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA

The degree team of Esther Council
conferred the degree on a class Thurs
day evening. The new members are:
Mr.. and Mrs. George Rowe Miss Min
ME Perry and Miss Emily Higgs.
Installation of officers will be held
July 8.
The last session of Anacostia Coun-
Gil was conducted by the councillor,
Mrs. Mary Plumb. The deputy, Mrs.
Harriet ]. Fairall. of Martha DAN
bridge Council gave a short talk.
Golden Rule Council initiated Mrs.
Orva E. Stone. Mrs. Ida Mae Prison.
Mrs. Violet Schaff, Mrs. Louise K.
Enos, Mrs. Sarah Hef1in, Mrs. Glvorma
Moore, Mrs. Eva Gray and Mrs. Phyllis
Flippin. The degrees were exempli-
fled by the degree team. There will be
no further limitations until September
Installation of officers will feature
the meeting July 10.
Betsy Ross Council elected the fol-
lowing officers: Councillor. Blanche
Whipp; associate councillor, Olive Vow
ell; vice councillor, Pansy Anderson;
associate vice councillor. Marie Koenig;
recording secretary, Mallde A. Wine.
reelected; assistant recording secre-
tary, Ida S. Frazier. reelected; finan-
cial secretary. Ella Treynor; treasurer,
Alden K. Wine, reelected; conductor,
Bessie Crandell; warden, Charles
Whitney, reelected: inside sentinel,
Miss Marjorie Wine; outside sentinel,
Rose N. Barrach. and representatives
to the State Council sessions: Mrs.
Martha Inscore, Mrs. Ella Pellowe and
Mrs. Grace Duckett.
They were inducted into office. with
Deputy Mrs. Lillian Martin as in
stalling officer.
The past councillors OF Esther
Council will hold their annual picnic
at Miller's cabin, in Rock Creek Park,
July Z at 6 pm. Friends and their
children are invited.
Friendship Council convened. with
Acting Councillor Mildred Stevens pre-
siding. Miss Dorothy Donnelly and
Mrs. Ethel Brooddus were elected to
membership. The applications of Mrs.
Ruby Moran and Mr. Howard Lewis
were received.
Miss Dorothy Donnelly and Mrs.
Ethel Brooddus were initiated by the
drill team of Fidelity Council.
A shower" was held for a bride
and groom. Mr.. and Mrs. william
Ghelmine, who were married in Bal
timore, Md.
Installation of officers will take place
July 10.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
VETERANS TO HEAR
RANKIN AND HINES
Others on Program Of Con.
vention at. Milwaukee
July 20 to rs.

Representative John E. Rankin Of
Mississippi. chairman of the Vet
erans' Committee, will be one Of the
principal speakers at the sixteenth
national convention of the Disabled
American Veterans in Milwaukee
July 20 to rs. Gen. Frank T. Hines,
administrator Of veterans affairs,
will be among the speakers.
AS a number of delegates and men,
bers will go from Washington by au-
tomobile to Milwaukee. the plan to
have a special train for the local,
Maryland. Virginia and West Vir-
ginia delegations has been discarded.
Due to the national convention, the
July meeting of the District of Co.
lumbia Department Executive Com
mittee has been Cancelled. but the
meeting will be called together next
month to consider reports brought
back by the delegates to Milwaukee.
With Comdr. Burr Lenhart pre-
siding. a meeting of Federal Chapter
will be held at the Soldiers, Sailors
and Marines Club, Eleventh and L
streets. July l3.
The Rea Chapter. with Comdr'
Howard Starr presiding, will hold its
monthly meeting following the ma
tional convention at the Moose Hall
July 80.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
D. A. R. ACTIVITIES

Mrs. Joseph w. Saunders, State
chairman, District of Columbia, Junior
American Citizens, D. A. r. met with
the Executive Committee, Jean War
field, Mrs H. S. Parsons, Elizabeth
Smith. Mrs. A. F. kempton and Mary
Lee Goddard, at the home of Mrs
Ke.npton. and planned their trip to
Port Tobacco, Md.
Arrangements are being made there
for five clubs of girls and boys, COM
pr::sing several hundred members.
The smaller girls under 10 will 90
TO Holiday House, the Summer home
OF the Girls Friendly Society.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G. Haig were
guests.
Betsy, Ross girls and boys of 1o6
members meet at Friendship House
on Saturday afternoons.
Our Flag Chapter met at the home
of the regent, Mrs. J. Caldwell Jen-
kins, at Middleberg, Va. Silent
tribute was paid the memory Of DR..
Ellen Spencer Mussey and Mrs.
Charles A. Appleby. The chapter
voted to send a child to the Summer
camp.
officers elected were: Mrs. William
J. La Varre, regent; Mrs. Corbin
Thompson, vice regent; Mrs. William
Golf Sears, chaplain; Miss Mary A.
Kaufman. corresponding secretary;
Mrs. George A. Eastment, treasurer;
Mrs Grattan Kerans, delegate.
Evening star., 1936-07-05

Italian Somaliland has new air
mail stamp-a native girl watching a
plane in fight over the desert; IL,
deep blue.
The latest philatelic product Of
Rumania is charity set intended to
mark the sixth anniversary of the
beginning of King Carols reign and
also to raise funds for welfare work.
Seven values are represented, the de-
signs showing peasants in colorful
costumes-5ob plus sob. brown; IL
plus IL, violet: 81 plus IL, green;
81, plus IL, carmine; Al plus 2L,
orange: 81 plus 81, olive; 10L plus
81, blue.
A 5ku, green and red, denomination
has been added to Turkeys current
Red Crescent series.
For the tercentenary of Utrecht
University the postal authorities OF
The Netherlands have issued two
stamps of SURPRISING beauty. Both
are triangular in formal and printed
in photogravure The first, &c. car
noine-lake. shows the helmetec head
of an armed woman, perhaps Pallas
Athene: the second, l21zc, deep blue, a
nortrait Of Gisbertus Voetius 1888
1879, Dutch theologian, appointed a
member of the Utrecht faculty in 1884.
The new airpost stamps of Hungary,
n,aced on sale May 8, are modernistic
in design but not unattractive. De-
denominations are: 1of, emerald; 2of,
scarlet and 3ef, brown, plane and
Evening star., 1936-07-05
LAKE Of ASPHALT
|SWORLD WONDER
Tar.Like Substance, Used
in Road Making, Ages
Old.

SOBO, Trinidad. British West In
dies AO.-Whether or not all roads
lead to Rome, it is certain thousands
of them, running through many parts
of the world, have their beginning
here in a circle covering ITO acres.
The answer to the conundrum is
that here is the famous asphalt lake
which Is one of the wonders OF the
world. From the solidified surface Of
| this black mass, men daily dig the tar
like substance used to make surfaces
for roads, sidewalks and the like.
The asphalt Is said to be hundreds
of thousands of years old, the deposit
left when an oil lake evaporated. Out
of this country were covered with
todon bones and well preserved trees
from ages past.
Columbus Made Mistake.
Columbus, quite likely, saw this
amazing lake when he landed on Tri-
nidad, although he seems to have been
mainly concerned with the fools gold
which he found on the beach and mis-
took for the real thing.
He sent a shipload Of 1t back home
with the statement that the sands
of tn country we're covered with
gold. but he probably would have re-
ceived more thanks If he had asphalt
instead.
1t is recorded that Sir Walter
Raleigh caulked his ships with this
asphalt on one of his expeditions.
The lake is circular, with a cone
shaped basin, the extreme depth being
about 285 feet The surface is fairly
hard and blocks can be Clipped out
very easily with pick. Underneath,
however, it is still soft. and a hole dug
one day will be full Of asphalt the
next.
Supply Will Be Exhausted.
This does not mean though that a
fresh supply of asphalt is boiling up
out Of the ground. The lake level is
much lower than 1t was when the
removal of the substance was begun
on a big scale few years ago. Ulti-
mately the supply will be exhausted,
1t is said. but a lot still is left.
The asphalt is porus and contains
some water when first dug. At a
plant near the shore, the moisture is
dried out and the substance softened
so it can be poured into barrels for
shipment.
Naturally Trinidad highways are built
of asphalt. Road repairs are very
simple. Small pieces of asphalt are
scattered over worn places and the sun
quickly softens them sufficiently so
they fill any holes.
Fish ION" Lake.
One of the most astonishing things
about the Asphalt Lake is that there
are live fish in it, or rather cn it..
Although the lake Is virtually level,
because of the evening up process
which goes on, there are numerous
slight depressions in which rain COL
lects. Fish about an inch and half
long live in the pools.
Science probably can say where
these little fellows came from, but the
natives don't know. Throughout the
greater part of the year. there Is suf-
ficient rain to keep the deprcssions
filled, but during the short dry season
the more shallow of them dry up, leav-
ing the fish in very hot spot.
However. that doesn't worry the fish
a bit. In fact they snap their tails at
it and start unconcernedly off across
country to find depression that still
has water in it, Topping considerable
distances over the asphalt to new
pools.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
RAINBOW DIVISION
REUNION PLANNED
NeagIe to Lead D. c. Group
to National Meeting
at Kansas City.

Headed by Honorary President
Elmer F. Neagle. members of the Dis
trict of Columbia Society of the 42d
(Rainbow) Division. will leave here
next Wednesday to attend the eight
eenth national reunion, to be held at
Kansas City, Mo, opening July II and
continuing through July is.
The other official delegates from this
area include M. Manning Marcus,
honorary national president; Walker
H. Colston, past honorary chapter
president: Edward j. Mahan, past
vice president; Vice Presidents VIM
field Scott Lynn and Huber B.
Schultz, ]. M. Cohan, Harold B.
Rodier, the editor of the national
official publication of the r. D. ", the
Rainbow Reveille: William Hnkay,
chapter president; Bentley Mulford,
chairman of the r. D. v. Medals Of
Valor Committee; Roland E. Packard,
also of that committee, and Bernard
v Rhodes, treasurer.
Following is brief outline OF the
program for the conclave:
July l2-Registration at the Meuhle-
bach Hotel; s pm, reception for r.
D. " and its auxiliary.
July l3-2 pm, opening assembly,
with members of the auxiliary invited.
Address of welcome by Col. Ruby D.
Garrett, national president, and
Speeches by other distinguished
officials; 8 pm: Days of '49 Car
nival and Wild West Show" Municipal
Auditorium.
July 14-10 a m. assembly, commit
tee meetings, and session of the aux
liary; 1890 pm, luncheon for the
members Of the auxiliary: $50 pm
annual banquet, Cone-hah hour of the
program will be broadcast over the
Columbia Broadcasting SYSTEM; HAS
pm, Champagne hour, with Col. j
Monroe johnson, Assistant Secretary
of Commerce and former commanding
officer of the 117th Engineer Train OF
the Rainbow Division, presiding. This
will be conducted at the Liberty Me.
mortal
July 1910 am, assembly with
memorial services for the Rainbowfs
who have died since the 1885 nationa
reunion was held at DaShington, D. c
selections of 1887 national reunion
place; election of national officers
. pm, sight seeing tours, pm, stat
smoker and party for the auxiliary.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
Man Has Throat Stretched.

Swallowing of caustic acid Is years
ago was the cause of the admittance
to hospital in Melbourne, Australia,
of a man whose life was in danger.
When 3 years old he accidentally
took the acid, and it caused severe
burns to the throat. The scar grew
gradually until it blocked the gullet.
While eating meat recently a piece of
the food stuck in his throat, which
had to be stretched with probes be-
fore the obstruction could be removed.
The man probably will be compelled
to have his throat stretched period
ically for the rest of his life.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
Mark Shepherdess' Grave.

A tombstone provided by public
subscription, was unveiled in Gram
shaws Churchyarc, in the valley Of
the Lammermuir Hills, Berwickshire,
England, to Mrs. Jean Punton. For
over q quarter of a century she was a
shepardess of the sheep farm of
Priestlaw. Mrs. Punton had charge
of 500 sheep, trained her own dogs
and won numerous prizes at shows
both for sheep and sheepdogs.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
MILITIA WILL GET
NEW DIRECTORY
First Volume Since 1881
Being Prepared by War
Department.

The National Guard is expected to
get new directory of its personnel
by the beginning of next year, it was
indicated at the War Department.
Although the Army directory is issued
each year, there has not been a di-
rectory of Guard officers and organi-
cations since September 80. 1881.
There have been so many changes
in personnel and in the ALLEGATION
of units to the various States, as well
as changes in units that the directory
issued then is practically useless.
The gigantic task of collecting the
data necessary for the preparation of
this volume already has been started
in the National Guard Bureau of
the War Department, and the informa-
tion will be as of the current July i.
Lack of funds has been given as the
reason for failure to get out this
important volume, and it has not
been issued during the years when
the Government was cutting its ex-
penses. 1t ceased at the beginning
of the governmental economy wave.
1t is estimated that the cost Of pre-
pairing and printing the volume will
be approximately $4,000. In order
to cut down the cost to this figure,
it was said, it will be necessary to
eliminate from the book the history
of National Guard organizations, and
for this purpose the old book should
be retained. These histories, it was
indicated, require about one hundred
pages.
National Guard officials have been
striving for a long time to have the
issuance of the book revived, as it
is valuable in the units, giving as
it does the personal history OF each
officer in the Guard. his training ana
education, as we'll as war service, II
any.
Evening star., 1936-07-05

The design shown above has been
drawn by August Dietz, editor Stamp
and Cover Collecting. Richmond, and
submitted to Alvan w. Hall. director
Bureau of Engraving and Printing. as
a practical suggestion for the Accent
denomination Of the forthcoming Army
heroes series.
Portraits considered the best avail
able of the two Confederate leaders
scheduled TO be honored are shown
Gen. Robert E. Lee on one side and
Gen. "Stonewall'' Jackson on the other
But the central area is reserved for the
principal feature of the composition.
namely, a reproduction in outline of
Frederick Halpin's beautiful engrav-
ing, THE Last Meeting" in which
Lee and Jackson are depicted on horse
back exchanging final greeting.
Hslpin, 1t will be remembered. was
the engraver of the bcst of the Stamps
of the Confederacy. HIS wcrk. Mr.
Dietz believes. should b. recognized in
the manner proposed.
Trans-Pacific airmail depar, ,urcs
have been announced for July s, l5
and %.
The Philippine trade commissioner
Barr Building, Farragut square, ad-
vises that a 2-cent denomination has
been added to the Rial series. Total
cost of the set of three. therefore
will be % cents instead of 81 cents
The stamps should be available here
late this month.
Jean Jaures. Socialist leader as.
seSSinated in Paris during the exciting
incident TO the beginning CT the Worlc
War. will be commemorated in a lamp
to be issued by the French postal
authorities July 81.
Meanwhile, two stamps in tribute tC
Rouget de Lsle, author Of La Mar
seillaise,' French national anthem
haev been released. The 20-cent value
presents the statue of the poet exc
cuted by Bartholdi; the Accent de-
nomination, a sculptured portrait OF
one of the rebel women of 1898 taken
from the base of the Arc de Triomphe
Australia is to have a series of three
stamps to mark the centenary of
South Australia The values an
nounced are: I'd, red; Sd, blue, and
lsh green. A view of the original
settlement of Adelaide and view of
King William street in the present
city of Adelaide will appear in the
design, with a vignette of the So
called proclamation tree" of Glenelg.
New regular postage stamps also are
forecast for Australia-a set showing
native animals, not excluding the
famous koala bear.
The recent Anzac commemorative
of New Zealand are scheduled to be
rare. Sale was discontinued on June
20. and all remainders were destroyed.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
TEMPLE HEIGHTS
PROGRAM TODAY
Patriotic Observance to Be
Under Direction of Dr..
John c. Palmer.

Patriotic day will be observed at
the open-air religious services on
Temple Heights today at 4 pm, under
direction of DR.. John C. Palmer,
grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge
of Masons.
Rabbi Solomon Metz Of Adath
Israel Hebrew Congregation will de-
liver the address. The musical pro-
gram will be under direction of j..
Walter Humphrey. Vocal solos will
be rendered by George A. Myers,
tenor, accompanied by Mrs, Frank
Boal.
Special guests today will be men,
bers of the following blue lodges:
La Fayette, Myron M. Parker, Mount
Pleasant and Samuel Gompers, to-
gether with members of the following
chapters of the Eastern Star: Co
lumbia. Lebanon, Gavel and Mount
Pleasant, all with their families.
The public is welcome.
The uniformed units of Capitol For
est, Tall Cedars of Lebanon, attended
the birthday celebration and cere-
monial of Baltimore Forest there on
June q.
The supreme Tall Cedar of the
United States, Walter l. Fisher, and
members OF the Supreme Forest were
present and made H. Curly Byrd, presi-
dent of Maryland University, and J.
Purdon Wright, potentate of Bomar
Temple, A. A. o. M. S., Tall Cedars
at sight. The supreme Tall Cedar was
presented with a set of silver by Balti-
more Forest.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
Women Attacked by Owl.

Swooping like a vampire, an owl
which frequents the tonbstones in the
cemetery in Aldershot. England, has
been attacking men and women. 1t
has set upon many walking on Gem
etery Hill. a lonely road ringing the
large burial grounds. Albert Wakem,
who was attacked by the bird, said
that many women are now afraid to
pass the spot at night. r. H. Diment
reported that the owl few down and
gave him o terrific blow on the back
of his neck, blood from the wound
covering his shirt and collar.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
Phone Adjusts Sound for Deaf.

British postal engineers have in
vented for persons whose hearing is
below normal, telephone which will
enable them to increase the volume
of incoming sounds by turning q
knob.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

AS forecast several weeks ago. the
National Parks stamps have been re-
moved from the sales list Of the Phila-
telic Agency.
Robert z. Fellers, superintendent of
the Division of Stamps, will represent
the Post Office Department at Walla
Walla. Wash, when the Oregon Ter
ritory commemorative goes on sale
there Tuesday, July IA.
First-day arrangements at Astoria.
Greg, will be in charge of Robert c.
King, assistant superintendent, while
at Lewiston, Idaho. Mrs. Louise P
Shawen, Mr.. Fellers' secretary, will
supervise procedure.
Other assignments are: H. C.
Chamberlin. former philatelic agent,
Daniel, Wyo., and Miss Karen Hanson
agency sales clerk, Missoula, Mont.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
Army Airmail Service.

Brazil's Army airmail service last
year covered 564,262 miles In 443
trips, carrying 40.505 pounds Of cor
respondence and 4o3 passengers, with
% per cent regulariN In schedules.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
FIRECRACKER BLAMED
Pants Ripped 2 Blocks Away
When Dog Attacks Man.

KENNEWICK, Wash. R.-1ndi-
rectly though it was, Walt Knowles
giant irecrackers ripped the pants Of
a man two blocks away.
Soon after he fired them a man
raced up and shouted, Look what you
did to my pants!" Knowles assured
him no one was in sight when the
crackers were fired.
II was going down a street two
blocks away" the irate man said,
when your flrecrackers exploded. A
dog I was passing jumped at me.
Look what he did"