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Evening star., 1936-08-09
VT. v. ARRANGES
PICNIC AUGUST e
Armistice Ball Planned and
HoIIingsWorth Appointed
Vice Chairman.
Meetings This Week.

Monday, Front Line. at HOS
Sixteenth street; Washington,
1903 Fourteenth street; Internal
Revenue Post, Hamilton Hotel.
Tuesday, National Capital Post.
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines
Club, Eleventh and l. streets; Ad-
vance Post, Continental Hotel;
Admiral Robert e. Peary Ship,
Hamilton Hotel.
Wednesday, Columbia Post,
Thomas Circle Club, 1926 Massa-
chusetts avenue; Maj. Gen. Clar-
ence r. Edwards Post: Defense
Post, 2030 Rhode Island avenue
northeast; McKimmie Catterton
Police and Fire Post, Twelfth and
I streets northeast; Overseas Mil
itary Band, Drum and Bugle
Corps, at the National Guard
Armory.
Friday, United States Treasury
Post, Soldiers, Sailors and Ma
rines' Club.
Evening star., 1936-08-09

A meeting of the Council of Admin
iStration of the Department of the
District of Columbia, Spanish War
Veterans and delegates to the ma
tional encampment at Saratoga
Springs, N. Y, on August 80 to Sep
tember 3 was held last Wednesday
night. Department Comdr. James B.
Freeland presided. They chose the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad for trans
portation, leaving here August 90,
stopping over in New York Saturday
night and continuing on to Saratoga
Springs Sunday.
Information regarding rates. etc,
can be obtained at the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad Office. Fifteenth and H
streets, or of Department Travel Di-
rector George F. Cook, 1881 Woodley
place.
The department presented a gold
medal to John ]. English, 35l6 Massa-
chusetts avenue, who stood highest in
excelling in military activities in the
Citizens Military Training School at
Fort Myer, Va.
Comdr. Charles Cohen presided at
the last meeting Of Col. James S.
Petit Camp. w. G. Copley and Louis
FELTON, were elected delegates and
George F. Lang and Ike Hersch alter
mates to the national encampment.
Evening star., 1936-08-09
Farm Cure for
Drunks and Drug AddictS.

Farm Cure for
Drunks and Drug Addicts.
THE proposed establishment OF
a farm for the treatment of
habitual drunkards and drug ad-
diets is to be revived by Commits
sioner Melvin c. Hazen. The idea
is TO have a farm section at the
workhouse at Occoquan where these
cases may have proper treatment
with a view to being cured, instead
of simply serving prison terms.
Hazen is thoroughly sold on this
idea and believes that in the long
run it will save money, human lives
and reclaim some men and women
for useful lives.
There has been considerable dis
cussion Of this proposal in the vari-
Gus organizations and through the
columns Of the press. Many who
favor the creation and operation
Of such a farm believe that its
cost should be borne by special
tax on the dealers and manufacur-
ers of alcoholic beverages. The
so-called drunk farm" is ex-
pected to be included in the Com
missioners' legislative program.
Evening star., 1936-08-09
Catholic War Veterans.

The Father Francis J. Hurney Post,
No. 112, met at the knights Of CO.
lumbus Club on Wednesday evening
with Comdr. Thomas Cullen in the
chair. During the coming Summer
and Fall months regular meeting will
be held on the first and third Wednes-
days. A membership campaign is in
progress. A ladies' auxiliary is being
formed, in which women who have seen
service in the armed forces of the
country are admitted.
Trustees have been elected as fol-
lows: Arthur McCreight, Andrew l..
Oehmann and Harry Bethel.
Evening star., 1936-08-09

Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Review of the Week-Hazen to Confer With
Citizens on New Northumberland
Still Remains Problem.

nation whatever between these
two committees.
This practice is entirely differ
ent from that in the Senate,
where members of the legislative
committee regularly serve on
the Appropriations Subcommittee
handling District appropriations.
The House plan has proven very
unsatisfactory to the friends of
the District in Congress and to
citizens generally. 1t Is believed
by many that, If the House Com
mittee on the District Of Colum-
bia were given some authority or
participation in the handling of
the District appropriations, the
committee would have added i'm
portance and there would be in
creased inducement for service on
that committee.
A number of able and earnest
Representatives, who have served
as members of the District Com
mittee, have become discouraged
and disgusted through this lack
of influence as to appropriations
needed to make other legislation
effective. 1t has been reported
recently that Chairman Mary T.
Norton of New Jersey will seek
assignment as a member of the
Appropriations Committee in the
Seventy-f1fth Congress and for
service as a member of the Dis
trict Subcommittee. 1t is, Of
course. understood that Repre-
sentative Norton expects to con-
tinue as chairman of the District
Committee If the House continues
Democratic.
Senator Elmer Thomas Of Okla
homa, chairman of the Senate Ap-
preparations District Subcommittee,
endeavored during the Seventy
fourth Congress to work out plan
of cooperation, including Joint
hearings by the House and Senate
subcommittee, but he was unable
to get needed cooperation from
members of the House committee.
Civic leaders are expressing the
hope that in a reorganization of
the House next Winter. there may
be some kind of set-up which will
improve the methods Of handling
District appropriations and other
legislation.
Evening star., 1936-08-09
DISABLED VETERANS
TOSEEK LEGISLATION
Plan to Press Program for Adop-
tion by Congress as Soon
as It Convenes

The Disabled American Veterans
plan to press a legislative program
for adoption by Congress as soon as
1t convenes in January Capt. Thomas
Kirby, in charge of the Washington
Office of the organization. announced
yesterday the program was adopted
at the recent national convention at
Milwaukee.
M. Froome Barbour, Cincinnati
attorney, elected national commander
at Milwaukee. is expected in Wash
ington the latter part of this week
for series of conferences with the
staff Of the Washington Office.
With Joseph A. ASH as the prin-
cipal speaker, Federal Chapter will
meet at the Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines club house tomorrow evening
to hear reports on the activities of
the District of Columbia delegation
at the Milwaukee national convention.
Members of the auxiliary will be
present and an invitation has been
extended to any wartime disabled
veterans regardless of their member
ship in any of the service organiza-
tionS.
Evening star., 1936-08-09
SPANISH VETERANS
TO GO TO CONVENTION
Plans for National Encampment
Are Discussed by District
Department.
Meetings This Week.

Monday: Col. James S. Petit
Auxiliary, 8 pm, Naval Lodge
Hall.
Tuesday: Col. James S. Petit
Camp. s pm, 92l Pennsylvania
avenue southeast.
Thursday: Admiral George
Dewey Naval Camp, 8 pm,
Pythian Temple.
Friday: Gen. Nelson A. Miles
Camp. 8 pm, Pythian Temple;
Gen. Nelson A. Miles Auxiliary,
8 pm, Pythian Temple.
Evening star., 1936-08-09

Harry Coope was nominated for the
Office Of commander of George Wash
ington Post last Tuesday night at the
Club Admiral, 1640 Rhode Island
avenue.
Other officers nominated we're
First vice commander, John F. Dull:
second vice commander, c. Cassard
Schroth; third vice commander
Charles S. Beilman; chaplain, Rev
Howard E. Snyder; quartermaster, F.
H. Dryer; sergeant at arms, George
F. Hooven; master at arms, Harry
Brown; surgeon, DR.. M. H. Darnall;
historian. Past Comdr. Howard S
Fisk; color bearers, L. E. Hutchinson,
Judson Knappen and Past Comdr.
Bernard c. MCGEE. The election will
take place at the September meeting.
New members elected included
Homer Phillips, who served in the
Navy Intelligence during the World
War; Norman c. Brown, a lieutenant
(junior grade) U. S. Navy, and Walter
Frederic Reeves Of the 6th U. S.
Marines.
At a special meeting Tuesday eve
ming in board room Of the District
Building, Vincent B. Costello Post had
nomination Of officers as follows:
Commander, Henry S. Heine; first
vice commander. Maurice McGrath
and Matthew Mcintyre; second vice
commander, John Dominick Fitzger-
aid; third vice commander, Ollie
Schriver: quartermaster, Louis J.
Willette; sergeant at arms, Henry I.
Pahlow; master at arms, Leslie H.
Browne, and post chaplain. Pop
Richardson. Election will be held
September /.
Comdr. Elliott Clark requests all
members to report promptly at Z pm.
at John Marshall place and C streets
Thursday evening TO participate in
parade opening the convention.
Quentin Roosevelt Post, with their
Sons of the Legion detachment, of so
members in uniform, will march in
the parade Thursday. Members will
wear white pants and shirts and dark
ties. Comdr. Mckay will announce
later the position of the detachment
in the line of march.
Fort Stevens Post met Thursday,
Comdr. John D. Kiley presiding. De-
partment Comdr. Joseph ]. Malloy
presented a stability citation to
Comdr Kiley commencing the post
for its intensive Legion activities dur
ing the past year.
The post Endorsed Comdr. Kiley for
the Office Of senior vice commander
and instructed its delegation to the
convention for the candidacy Of John
H. OConnell as department COM
mander and John D. Kiley as depart
ment senior vice commander.
Nomination of officers to be elected
in September are: Commander, George
w. Phillips and Frank Howard; senior
vice commander, Robert Kennedy;
second vice commander, Frank Bloom;
junior vice commander, George Dono-
hue; chaplain, James Shea, and post
executive committeeman, Lewis K.
Hile, John Long, Joseph A. Walker,
Leo j. Reel and Joseph Oliver.
Evening star., 1936-08-09
Meetings This Week.

Mon d y-Quentin Roosevelt
Post. No. IL, Potomac Boat Club,
8 pm.
Tuesday-Department Conven-
ton Committees, Mayflower Hotel,
8 pm.
Thursday - Department con-
Vention parade, 6:45 pm. Depart
ment convention, 8 pm, May
flower Hotel.
Friday-Depertment conven-
ton, Mayfiower Hotel, 8 pm.
Saturday - Department con-
vention and supper dance, May
flower Hotel, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1936-08-09

Prof. J. v. Herring of Howard Uni
versity, and music, by Prof. Lewis and
company.
Evening star., 1936-08-09

The Capital Transit Co. and
peoples counsel have both filed
briefs with the Public Utilities
Commission in the one-man-car
case. The record of this case now
being completed, including the
briefs, the next step is considera-
tion and action by the commission.
Evening star., 1936-08-09

Among announcements of in
terest made at the District Building
during the week were that Health
Officer Rutland is starting a drive
against diphtheria, the building of
the new Police Court will start
about September l and the new
s4,000,000 sewage-d disposal plant,
now nearing completion, is being
Handicapped.
Evening star., 1936-12-04

predecessors tailor At me out with
q uniform similar to his. A gorgeous
thing. Gold braid wherever the eye
could see. Stupendous. stunning. I
kept 1t well out Of sight.
Uniform Finds Way 70 Circus.
"In Germany, Count Eulenburg, the
court marshal, told me I would not
have to wear the uniform at all II I
didn't want to. So I never did. In
the week after we had severed diplo-
matte relations with Germany and my
passport was being held up. was very
busy selling OF whatever Of my pos
sessions I could not take with me
several cars and 20 forth.
"some circus people arrived to buy
two fine saddle horses that I owned.
They asked me If had anything else
they could use. and my servant spoke
up. Why don't you sell them that
golden uniform?' he said. I did. and
the ambassadorial garb performed
useful service for some circus ring
master"
The appointment Of Mr.. Gerard to
the coronation is regarded here as
fitting. He Is the only
living American to have received .
vote of thanks from the British Par
lament. This was for his work in car
ing for British prisoners Of war.
tcopyrisht. 1895. BY the North American
Newspaper Alliance. IneJ
Evening star., 1936-12-04
RETIRED SERGEANT
BURIED IN ARLINGTON
W. J. Kirkpatrick, q. q Marine
Corps Hero, Given Military
Honors.

william James Kirkpatrick, 50, re-
tired Marine sergeant who died sud-
denly Sunday In front Of 1911 M street
Of . heart attack, was buried in
Arlington Cemetery yesterday with
military honors.
Born In Michigan In 1856 sergt.
Kirkpatrick Joined the Marine Corps
in 1908 and served until the expiration
Of his third enlistment In 1920. During
his service in France he participated
in operations in the Toulon, the Aisne
and the Belleau Wood sectors in 1918.
He was wounded In the knee by shrap-
mel at Belleau Wood. He was awarded
the French Croix de 0uerre with
bronze star for bravery at Bouresches,
the silver star for citation and the Vic
tory Medal with Aisne and defensive
sector clasps. the Purple Heart and the
Good Conduct Medal with two bars.
Sergt. Kirkpatrick leaves . wife,
Mrs. Evelyn J. Kirkpatrick, one-time
assistant supervising nurse at Colum-
bia Hospital, now Of Hines, Ill.
Evening star., 1936-12-04
Jimmy Fox Baseball Shoes

The ideal Christ
mas gift for the
outdoor boyi AL
D.: izes!
Evening star., 1936-12-04
Others $1.eS to $3.50
Buddy Myer Baseball Gloves

II he likes base
ball he'll fall in
love with this
gift. Right or
left handed styles.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-11

Far away the faint dust of an approaching cara
van.
Horse is of family, like wife, like chill
dren,' said the Bedouin. with whom was pass
ing the time of day.
The very bone and snew of the Arab horse
have been shaped by the desert. The back
has one less vertebrae than that of other horses
This short coupling maks a surer-footed horse,
makes shorter back to carry more weight in
proportion to the size of the steed. The Arab
is made to go over rough ground I have seen
him gallop down steep fiinty hillsides But then
his feet are large, broad, and of very finty
texture. His bones are tough and of ivory
like solidity.
So much for the physical characteristics OF
the pure-bred Arab, the greatest horse in the
world the horse whose blood has produced most
of the best known breeds of horses history.
The Arab has been known to make so to so
miles a day carrying heavy rider
Arab horses are not so fast as thoroughbreds
countrybreds viz native breds) of thorough
bred part thoroughbred derivation In fact
the thoroughbreds will pull away from the Arab
Arab ponies run an average eight to ten
onds slower in the mile than the larg foreign
horses But for stamina, the Arab pony cannot
be beaten, and at eight or ten years old some
times at 20. will be putting up its top speed
track for years.
The BedouinS great racers and bring thelf
horses long distances from Syria and Palestine.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-11
Eyes OF Sports
World Centered
On Arab Races

sometimes riding them all the way The best
of the Arab ponies that have won in native races
NAV be worth from $50 to $3.50, but if they win
one of the big Egyptian races in their class their
value may mount to $500 and up. Hence some
very shaggy but sturdy looking creatures in
horse flesh are ridden across the burning sands
in trips lasting three weeks and up, by proud
Bedouin owners whose ponies may represent
almost their only wealth. If his pony wins, the
Bedouin blossoms into gorgeous flowing apparel
and the shaggy beast Is elevated into royal es-
tate and currycombed until he shines like
thoroughbred
One could then scarcely recognize him as the
same horse, and if he maintains his record he
stands good chance of bringing his avaricous
owner relatively small fo tune. The point is
that you never can tell when one of these desert
wanderers is going to run away with the field
in its class.
- AGING Is held tn oughout the year, Alex
X andria in summer and at Heliopols and
Gezira in winter time The president of the
Jockey Club of Egypt is Prince Omar Toussoun,
a member of the regnng family of Egypt,
tall slight young man with an Oxford manner.
He is unassuming and popular.
Under the rules of the Jockey Club,
horses in Egypt divided into the following
classes
Glass All horses except Arabs and country
breeds This has meant a good proportion of
English French and Australian horses of thor
oughbred derivation
Glass II. (aD Horses of thoroughbred stock.
got and foaled in Egypt
Class II tb) Horses of mixed breed with
Arab blood got and foaed in Egypt
Class III. Arabs.
But Arabs the most numerous of all. Arab
ponies wiz, horses of AL hands and under
being rated as ponies far more plentiful
on the circuit than Arab horses. AS many as
800 Arab ponies may sometimes be seen going
through their PAGES in the oval inside the track
at Helopols.
Racing in Egypt is carried on with a great
show. King Fuad himself is the patron of the
Jockey Club, and maintains elaborate stable.
Each owner has. of course, his distinctive
colors The Jockeys come from all parts of the
world, those of English French, Egyptian and
Arab predominating. The stakes mutuels and
with the gay costumes of the Bedouin sheiks
and the latest Partisan modes on lady racing
fans, the races in Egypt are panorama of
color and animation.
Copyright, 1886
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-11
Thousands Of PICTURESQUE
Desert Sheiks Prime
FavOrite Mounts
For Huge Event =
By Hamilton NJ. Wright

EAlRO, Egypt.-Out in many oasis IN the
~ far Sahara and Libyan deserts, Achmed
Mamud Mohamnled and Ahmed all of whose
names are derivatives of Mahomet. are grooming
up their favorite Arabian horses for the great
races at Cairo.
Al Borak, my beauty, stand still. thou rest
less one while comb thee cries Achmed to
his favorite stallion which dances like flea
on a hot griddle
Know then, thou black demon that | am
going to take thee to the races Thou must sur
pass all the horses as the wind surpasses the
donkey in speed SO that all men will say 'Achmed
of the Shadf' won the races and much money
What has Achmed done with his black horse
Achmed has sold him. Achmed has got much
money. Achmed spends this money on his
women
Throughout the desert these days, something
of this sort is going on among the Bedouns who
are printing up their favorite steeds for the races
at Cairo.
With the opening of the winter racing season
at the Heliopolis track in the suburbs of Cairo
at hand, favorite horses are already being primed
for the great contests in which more than 500
purses will be offered during the coming season
Well-known jockeys are already on the scene but
they will not be so colorful as the wild Bedouin
riders from the desert. The terrain around the
paddocks will present scene of animation when
the season is formally inaugurated but none
will be so animated the Bedouin Probably as
heretofore the races will be opened by His
Majesty King Fuad, of Egypt, who is an ardent
patron of racing and maintains his own stables
Egypt is the center of Arab horse racing in
North Africa. Almost 1900 Arab ponies in addi-
tion to Arab horses, and countrybreds, and
thoroughbreds, are maintained on the racing cir
cult conducted by the Jockey Club of Egypt at
the Gezira Sporting Club and the Heliopolis
Sporting Club in Cairo and the Alexandria Sport
ing Club in Alexandria.
All the romance you have read about the Arab
horse still exists. The trackless desert where
this gallant horse is bred has not changed in
the centuries, and the magnificent Arab horse
himself is still cared for in much the same fash
ion as attended his rearing during the era of
the Mohammedan invasion. That is, the Arab
horse is reared as one of the family, kept in
the tent of his master while colt, petted talked
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-11

heit when every other variety of horse would
die from exhaustion.
Your true Arab has wedge-shaped head,
like a gazelle a very small muzzle, and thin
lips The windpipe is large and loosely hung
affording him complete freedom from wind trou
bles; the chest is deep with great lung capacity
Remember that the Arabs owner has depended
from the dawn of written history, not on his
living but for his life, on the speed and stamina
of his horse The neck is long and finely arched
close to the head, entering well back into high
soping shoulders which well muscled at the
withers
An Arab horse carries his head nigh Like
many other creatures of the desert, he sees what
is going at a great distance. and his active
and alert ears. which are of his ways of
talking to humans, prick forward Lounging be-
meath the shade of skin tent in the desert last
winter saw the Arab stallion pricking his ears
forward, scoopng the ground with his hooves
Presently he began to neigh. l rose and looked
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-11

The Desert Sheik and His Arab
Mount Are Inseparable. The Sheik's
Life Frequently Depends Upon the
Speed and Endurance of His Horse
Whom He Treats Like Member of
the Family.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-11

TO, CnerlSneQ. II Inere De OUT d nduuIul VI udleS
to divide, the Arab horse receives his share.
THIS long and very intimate association with
mankind has made the Arab horse the most
intelligent equine in the world In actual cubic
inches of brain capacity he is far in excess of
other breeds The Arabs think of him as almost
human. He is extremely courageous and high
spirited and at the same time very docile and
obedient. He has been known to defend his mas
ter with his hooves and teeth in battle. putting
up terrific fight, very demon in action; to
rescue him when overcome in the desert: to exist
with almost no whimpering when food was
scarce. In fact, centuries of hardship and de-
privation have developed the Arab horse. He
actually has a much smaller stomach than other
breeds of horses He excels in endurance. STAN
ina, carrying ability. and extremely low food
consumption. In fact, an Arab horse will keep
in condition on less food than any other horse,
and will stand heat of 120 to 130 degrees Faren-
Evening star., 1936-03-09
DEFECT BLAMED
FOR FATAL CRASH
Metal Plate on Lieut.. Gio-
vannoIi's Plane Found
to Have Broken.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, March "a struc-
tural defect was believed by Logan
Airport officials today to have caused
the plane crash, fatal to Lieut.. Robert
K Giovannoli, hero of the Boeing
flying fortress disaster at Dayton,
Ohio, Last October.
Louis w. Rawlings. field manager
of the airport, said in the wreckage
of the plane was found evidence that
the metal plate, holding the support
ing wires from one wing to the fuse
lage. was broken in two, allowing the
wing to collapse. 1t was found thou
sand yards from the rest of the plane.
Lieut. Giovannoli, described by his
commanding officer as most promis-
ing young officer" was killed instantly
in the crash yesterday, shortly after
h took off from Logan Field In his
single-seater pursuit plane.
Body Held at Hospital.
His body was removed to the Hola-
bird quartermaster depot hospital to
await funeral arrangements. Coroner
J. M. Kelley of Dundalk started an
inquest and Maj. Gen. Albert J. Bow
ley, commander OF the Sd Corps Area,
was asked to name an investigating
board.
Giovannoli received the Cheney
award for 1885 for rushing into the
burning wreckage of the flying fortress
and pulling out Maj. Plyer P. Hill,
pilot, and Leslie Tower, a civilian
pilot. Both later died of injuries.
Giovannoli, who also was given a
soldiers medal by the Army, was
badly burned.
The flyer, a resident of Lexington
KY, was on a oss-country flight
from Wright Field at Dayton and had
taken of for Middletown, Pa.
Describes Crash.
Lieut.. Col. H. c. K. Nuhlenberg, air
officer of the Sd Corps area, had
landed his plane on a flight from
Pittsburgh as Giovannon took off.
Il saw the plane just as it began to
Zoom and then the right wing crum-
Pied" he related The ship went
into a horizontal spin and
crashed on the field about 800 yards
| from me. Lieut.. Giovannoli was
badly mangled and instantly killed by
the impact"
Col. Fred L. Martin, commandant
at Wright Field, said at Dayton on
learning of the fatal accident the flyer
was on his last tour Of duty at the
| time of the crash.
Giovannoli was 81 years old and a
native of Washington. D. c. He was
graduated from the University of Ken
lucky in 1925. commissioned in the
| Air Corps Reserve in 1928 and entered
active service as second lieutenant
May 8, 1880.