Evening star., 1936-05-01
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WiLLiAW VILE.

velt will carry the State this year by
25o,000. having lost it in 1892 by $1,000
Nevertheless, the fact that Col. Breckin-
ridge, the Presidents opponent, received
10000 votes, is eloquent indication that
Democratic opposition to r. D. r. and
the New Deal in the second most popu-
lous State of the Union is far from non-
existent or negligible. In a close contest
it might prove to be more than enough
to turn the tide.
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II the Republicans recapture Phila-
delphia's fourth congressional district
this year a celebrated name will reappear
on Capitol Hill-that of Boies Penrose,
nephew and namesake of the late famous
United States Senator and G. o. P. Penn
sylvania boss. The junior Penrose was
nominated by the Republicans for the
House of Representatives in the recent
primary. The seat is now held by Rep
resentative j. Burrwood DAILY. elected to
the present House by a ma jority of 385
votes as the first Democrat ever sent to
Congress from the half dozen Philadel-
phia wards which comprise the district
Because of his ancestral background
the Democrats are certain to make a
particularly stiff fight against young
Mr. Penrose.
For outstanding work in agricultural
chemistry, DR.. Walter H. MacIntire. con-
Sulting chemist for the Tennessee Valley
Authority. stationed at Knoxville. will
receive. at Milledgeville, Ga, on May Is.
the Charles Herty Award for 1886. T. v.
A. numbers several scientists who have
contributed to the advancement of agri-
culture and other factors in the valley.
Engineers have taken advantage of cheap
electricity to design an electric hotbed
for horticultural propagation, wherein
plants come up earlier than under the
old hotbed method; electric fly screens
for use in dairies. which electrocute flies
as fast as they light thereon; an electric
contraption which dries hay after 1t is
placed in the NOW and makes unneces-
Sary the long and costly process of let
ting it "sun-dry" in the fields; an elec-
trio hay hoist, and small refrigeration
and cold-storage plants. While plant
ing 100000 trees to hold the soil
against erosion and DAM -silting. T. v. A.
foresters are experimenting with ASiatic
chestnuts, which. being blight resistant,
may replace the doomed American vari-
ety. Also, a start has been made in
growing tree crops, like nuts and berries.
which, besides providing food, are vital
to wild life conservation.
4 ~
Forty newspaper men. comprising the
Association of Foreign Press Correspond
entS in the United States, mostly sta
toned in New York, are visitors to WASH
ington. They represent nearly q score
of different countries in all parts Of the
world. Today they had an "off-the-rec-
ord" conference with President Roose-
welt at the White House. Their Capital
hosts include the Russian Embassy and
Overseas Writers. the group Of Washing
ton newsmen who have had interna-
tional professional experience.
President Roosevelt is holding all his
early Summer travelling plans In abey-
ance pending indication of the adjourn
ment of Congress. He hopes to visit
Arkansas, Texas. Indiana, Canada-and
Philadelphia-during May and June, but
everything depends on when House and
Senate call 1t quits.
tCopyrisht 1850