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Evening star., 1936-08-19
CRUISE AUGUST 27
FOR REGATTA UNIT
Acts, Carnival Features and Music
to Be Presented on Trip
to Indian Head,

The Presidents Cup Regatta Asso-
citation will hold its annual Summer
Gold Cup cruise August ~ on the
Steamer Potomac at $50 pm. The
Sponsors Committee of the associa-
ton, of which Harold Allen Long is
chairman, will present a number Of
acts, carnival features and music on
the boat trip to and from Indian
Head.
Music on the pier and convoy Of
yachts and aircraft will herald the
beginning Of the cruise, which will
precede the annual regatta Septem-
Der 24-27.
The entertainment program will In
clude q dance orchestra, band on the
upper deck, the Hill Billies." the
Harmonica Band, the Estelle Went
worth Opera Chorus in nautical songs.
the Johnnie Westbrook Guitar En-
semble. Alice Louise Hunters Dancers
and the singing team Of jeanette
Bittner and Eugene Kressin.
There will be carnival features on
the lower decks under direction Of
Adam Arnold, president Of the Lions
Club, and floor show in the dance
hall Of the boat.
Tickets for the Gold Cup cruise
are on sale at woodward & Lothrop's.
the Willard, the A. A. A., Keystone
Automobile Club and other downtown
agencies.
Evening star., 1936-08-19
GRANDMOTHER WINS
MOVIE JUVENILE
Edith Fellows to Remain in Gus.
tody of Mrs. Elizabeth Eel.
lows in Hollywood.

Ry the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, August 19.- The
grandmother who reared Edith Fel-
lows from babyhood retained guard
ianship of the 13-year-old film actress
by court order today after legal tilt
with the child's mother.
Edith's S2,700 bank account and
5000 a week salary we're consigned
to a trust company.
The girls mother. Mrs. Harriet
Fellows, had sought to gain the Gus
tody she relinquished to Mrs. Eliza
beth Fellows, paternal grandmother.
IL years ago.
A lawyers conference brought the
week-long hearing to sudden termina-
ton after Edith, her mother and
grandmother all had testified.
Mrs. Harriet Fellows declared she
spent years searching for her daugh-
ter and, when she found her, the
child acted as If her mind were poi
soned against her
Mrs. Elizabeth Fellows told of scrub
bing floors and doing odd jobs to earn
enough to educate ''the little girl
whom I loved as a daughter" MY
grandmother Is the only mother I
have ever known" testified Edith.
Evening star., 1936-08-19

Officials say he enjoys standing
near the guide house and listening to
the comments of visitors who do not
realize that the neatly dressed stranger
apparently engrossed in the beauty Of
the view from Hurley Hill is the
master mind of the entire project.
Most Of the comment he hears Is
favorable.
X r X
ROW.
ONE of our operatives could tell
~ you the story, If you would care
to listen, about a wife who won an
argument with three words and q
question mark the other night.
The wife, with her husband. had
been calling on some friends in
Shepherd Park. The evening had been
a very jolly one. what with one
amusing thing leading to another,
and it continued to be that way until,
on the way home, the wife remem-
bered she had forgotten her purse.
The husband refused to turn around
and go back for it. Moreover. he be-
gan to review the long list of things
that the wife had managed to forget
in their years together. There were
quite few such items, so many, In
fact, that he had to talk fast to
cover them all before they got home.
The wife listened without q word
until they reached home. Then, in
mild voice, she asked:
where's your coat?"
He didn't say.
Evening star., 1936-08-19
Po,cer Delegates to See Ho'o
U.S.. SOlued Problem of Salmon
Engineering Project to Permit Fish to
Get around BOnneviIe Dam ShO,U1l
in Exhibit for Conference.

group of three dimensional electric
current load graphs, which, to the lay
man, appear like the towering peaks
Of toyland city.
To the engineer, however, 1t forms
a useful composite picture Of a city's
electrical power needs for any hour Of
the day, any month of the year. It
reveals the masS-living habits of
city: the breakfast hour, when the
factory wheels start turning, the
change of seasons.
Detroit. for instance, gets up earlier
than does Tupelo, Miss.-but in Tu-
pelo they 60 to bed earlier.
Drop Occurs on Holidays.
On holidays, the power load drops
of sharply throughout the country
you can pick the Fourth Of July or
Christmas by the dip on the model.
Power load drops OF everywhere
sharply between IL noon and pm
while every one Is at lunch. It is
highest around dinner time.
The Rural Electrification Admins
tration has prepared q small-sized.
revolving model showing a farm be-
fore and after electrification.
The exhibit in the new National
Museum Building Is one Of several to
be displayed in Washington before and
during the conference. The electrified
Rosedale dairy farm in nearby vir-
ginia, and the two electrified farms
sponsored by the Potomac Electric
Power Co. already have been visited
by hundreds.
In addition. exhibits are being ar
ranged In the lobby Of the May
flower Hotel, the conference headquar-
ters, and special exhibits in the Con-
gressional Library, in the United
States Patent once, the Smithsonian
Institution where DR.. c. G. Abbot's
solar heat engine will be on exhibit,
and In ,pther .scienttac agencies IN
WaShiue1oo,
Evening star., 1936-08-19
WATCHING, (
FOOD PRICE INDEX
Checks to See if Wages Are
in Line With Living
Costs.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
w. p. A. officials said today they are
keeping close watch on the Labor
Departments index Of food prices to
see II relief workers wages are in line
with the cost of living.
Attention was focused on this ac-
tivity yesterday by the request of a
delegation, which said it represented
large number of w. P. A. workers
in Detroit, for an increase from $50
to s72 in the monthly allowance for
unskilled labor there. The delegation
contended food prices and rents had
increased so that workers families
could not live on $50 a month. Its
request Is pending.
Hour Increase Not Planned.
Asked by reporters if there was
possibility that w. P. A. workers might
be permitted to put in more time at
present hourly wage rates in order to
obtain larger monthly pay checks to
offset oflcially-predicted food price
increases, Aubrey Williams, deputy
works progress administrator, said,
such a step had not been considered.
Another W. P. A. spokesman said,
There is no use crossing bridges
until We come to them"
He added that. even if food costs
increase further, workers on W. P. A.
projects will be receiving more under
present monthly schedules than if
they were on the other relief He
contended also that the present sched-
ules provide sufficient leeway" that
employees under them could meet some
increases
See Higher Prices.
As the relation between food costs
and work relief wages was discussed,
Government experts forecast an up
ward revision of the general public's
grocery budget. They said the
drought already has raised prices Of
milk. butter and eggs in some sec
tions. c. A. Burmeister, Agriculture
Department economist, predicted meat
prices may dip slightly for few
months and then climb sharply next
Spring and Summer.
w. P. A. spokesmen said monthly
wage levels for its relief workers now
are about the same as in March this
year, when the national average was
S52O3, an increase of 81 over last
December.
The. Labor Departments index Of
retail food prices stood at "a on July
IA, the latest date on which a COM
pilation was made. This compared
with an index of 795 on March 10
this year.
w. P. AS policy is to pay its work
ers the same hourly wage rates that
prevail in their locality for similar
private employment. The monthly
wage is limited, however, by the num-
ber of hours they are permitted to
work.
The average monthly payment last
March ranged from S7294 in New
York City and s64.2o in Massachusetts,
to s23.s5 in Mississippi.
Evening star., 1936-08-19
GRAND JURY RESUMES
PROBE OF OIL CONCERN
Evidence Will Be Gathered c.
Gasoline Marketing Practices

Evidence Will be Gatnered c.
Gasoline Marketing Practices
Protested by Independents.
Py The Associated Press.
MADISON, Wis. August ia Fed
eral grand jury. which has indicted "a
defendants on charges of violating the
Sherman antitrust law, resumed to-
day its investigation of business prac-
tices of the major oil companies.
The jury was first convened last
May at the request Of Attorney Cen
eral Homer S. Cummings. :
Federal officials declined to discuss
details of the inquiry. but said evi-
dence would be submitted on gaso-
line marketing practices through which
independent jobbers claimed they were
being squeezed" out of business.
The jury recessed July 20 after re-
turning indictments against % major
oil companies, 5S individuals and 3
oil trade journals.
-Four antitrust experts were as
signed from Washington to assist Fed
eral District Attorney John J. Boyle.
They said a date for the trial would
not be set until the jury completes its
work.
Evening star., 1936-08-19
NEUTRAL
|NLABORi DISPUTE.
National Relations Official
Cites Precedent to Guide
View,

By the Associated Press.
The struggle for power between two
warning factions in organized labor
was said today to be beyond the off,
cial interest of the National Labor
Relations Board.
The boards policy in the dispute
between the groups, led by William
Green and John L. Lewis, will be one
Of strict neutrality, according to
Edwin S. Smith, board member.
Already in the boards brief his
tory q precedent was found which,
it was said, will guide its attitude.
Referring to case which came up
last Spring regarding a jurisdiction
dispute between two types Of unions,
Smith said the board reported this
finding of fact:
1T Is preferable that in the light
of the declared policy of Congress
The exercise by workers of full free
dom Of association, self-organization
and designation of representatives of
their own choosing-the board should
leave organizations of labor free to
work out their own solutions through
the procedure they themselves have
established for that purpose"
A second development of the strife
within the A. F. of L. was an an
nouncement from William Green, fed
Grafton president, that nothing had
occurred to change his admiration
for the President"
Green, stressing that the Fedora
ton would remain neutral in the pres
idential election. made the statement
to Arthur Markell, member Of the ex-
executive board of the Telegraphers'
Union. He had asked whether there
was justification to report from
William Hutcheson, president Of the
Carpenters Union and head of the
Republican party Labor Committee,
that "a vote for Roosevelt is virtu-
ally a vote for the Committee for In
dustrial Organization"
The A. F. Of L. executive council,
overwhelmingly craft unionist. has de-
cided to expel the Lewis unions un-
less they disband the Committee for
Industrial Organization by Labor day.
Evening star., 1936-08-19

ton. The process Of deterioration Is
turned back upon itself. First the
barren field, then the rank growth of
weeds. then the grass. Nature works
everything perfectly. if given a chance.
Sheep to Aid Restoration.
Next year, it IS likely, sheep will be
restored to the experimental acres
The restored growth of grass will allow
more animals on the land. without
causing damage, than is possible today
The sheep themselves will aid in the
restoration by collecting grass and
weed seeds in their wool and scattering
them over areas at present denuded of
vegetation. This. in turn. will check
further the flow of water.
The primary problem at Mexican
Springs is the restoration of the land
changing an almost lifeless desert back
to the fertility reported by the Span
iards when they first entered the Nav
ajo country. But this involves almost
every problem of scientific agricul-
ture-fruit raising, animal husbandry
stock breeding, forestry, meteorology,
entomology parisitology, even the cul-
tivation of flower gardens. Experts
are at work in all these lines. Millions
of trees have been planted. There
have been all sorts of experiments,
most Of them apparently failures, in
the introduction of exotic plants.
The essential point is that under
Mr.. Musgrave's direction everything Is
being correlated and problem in for
estry, for example, is not settled with
out calling upon the expert knowledge
Of the climatologist and the geologist.
All the men engaged on a problem are
intimately acquainted with the par
ticular conditions.
This is what makes Mexican Springs
far more than scientific effort to
solve the difficulties of a particular To-
cality. In the sage brush hills of New
Mexico q method has been worked out
which Is applicable anywhere where
land is deteriorating below the point
where it can feed its population. 1t is
as good in the Australian desert or in
Newfoundland as here.
Soil conservation is one thing
Bringing all the resources of nature
and science on soil conservation is
quite another thing. with far-reaching
potentialities for the country as q
whole.
Copyright. 1886 by The Evening Star
Newspaper Co..
Evening star., 1936-08-19

The mention of salmon usually re-
minds one of q fish that reaches the
family dinner table from tin can. For
the Federal Government, however, the
salmon presented an engineering prob
lem of magnitude.
The story of how this engineering
problem was solved-the means by
which salmon, going up the Columbia
River to spawn, could get around the
man-made Bonneville dam, Is pre-
sented as part of a miniature picture
of power development at the new Ma
tional Museum of the Smithsonian
Institution.
The exhibit opened today, an ex-
tensive collection Of models, charts,
pictures and maps, the first unit OF
the Third World Power Conference
Panorama Of Power It has been pre-
pared for 5000 foreign and American
representatives expected in Washing
ton, September 7-12, for the confer
ence and includes developments IN
production, distribution and consump-
tion Of coal, oil, gas and water power,
from the water wheel to the modern
hydro-electric giant.
Bonneville Project Details Shown.
The complete layout Of the giant
Bonneville project is shown IN MI
nutest detail. with the elaborate set
Of ladders, locks and bypasses which
have been built to accommodate the
Columbia River salmon.
There is q model of the power house
itself, complete in detail, which can
be taken apart. revealing inside the
water wheel and generator.
Around the side Of the power house
run the channels to be taken by f1sh.
There is one channel for the big fish,
and q smaller channel-the finger
ling bypass''-for the small fish.
The living habits of half 3 dozen
typical cities aro ssvealsd By . novel
Evening star., 1936-08-19
RAIN FAILS TO CHECK
FOREST FIRE SPREAD
Strong Wind Whips Blaze on
Several Fronts on 1sls
Royale.
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HOUGHTON, Mich. August ia
strong west wind whipped forest 6res
on Isle Royale last night into an ad-
vance on several fronts, despite light
rainfall that aided the flre-fighters
earlier in the day.
C. E. Shevlin, National Park Service
supervisor, said the blaze had ap-
preached within a quarter of a mile
of the Chippewa Harbor resort and
C. C. c. camp. He said the crew OF
workers there was well organized with
pumps set up, and expressed belief the
properties could be saved.
Boats stood by to remove Holger
Johnson, owner of the resort. and the
c. c. C. crews if necessary.
Evening star., 1936-08-19
Eels and Trout Invade Pipes.

Stornoway, Scotland, Is having q
water problem. Eels and even trout
have found their way into the pipes
carrying the new water supply from
Loch Mor-a-Starr. Plumbers are
working overtime. The town was
forced to change to Loeb Mor-a-Starr
earlier than was expected. At pres
ent the water is not being filtered, but
an effort is being made to hurry the
construction Of the new filter house.
Evening star., 1936-08-19
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
TOLD.
CERTAIN Washington {

4 CERTAIN Washington Sum-
~ mer widower Is being governed
~ these days by remote control.
4 n While his wife is away he
is guided in his domestic behavior by
a series of injunctive signs which his
wife left plentifully sprinkled around
the house.
On the electric refrigerator she
thoughtfully placed a card reading:
"Defrost daily"
At the back door there is the in
formation: Trash man comes Mon
days."
Over the kitchen sink appears the
command: do not let anything down
the drain"
Above the fish bowl in the dining
room window are orders including
Feed every morning."
And scattered about upstairs the
husband found the warnings: Keep
the blinds down" and Watch out
for moths"
The unkindest cut Of all probably
was a formal ukase carefully pinned
to hubby's pillow: PAY all bills
promptly"
CONCLUSION.
II you are not a school teacher
nor Irish, you probably ,otll not be
interested in the fact that the
bitterest letter in this mornings
mail came to its Gilman ,cith the
statement:
"Au that remains cipilized are
teachers and kind Irish"
The adjective represents quail
ifcation on the matter OF euen the
Irish, it Uould seem.
DE LUKE.
EOR how long our operative did no
wait to see, but he found fellow
| in the Smithsonian Institution build
ing the other day who was doini
some very de luxe sight seeing
Instead of wandering around look
ing at things, this chap came in will
a pillow. dropped it on the end Of
bench, laid down as unconcernedly a
if he were at home, and waited ther
apparently for the sights to come t.
him.
Evening star., 1936-08-19
GUEST VICTIM OF FIRE
Minneapolis Man Burned to Death
in Oklahoma City.

III ON1dHUIud OICy.
OKLAHOMA CITY, August 10 P).
William j. Schwab, Minneapolis,
Mimi. business man and associate Of
John Peacock, Oklahoma City oil man,
died today in a fire at the Peacock
home.
Schwab's body was found in a bed
soon, behind a dresser.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peacock, sleeping on
the roof of a sun porch, were saved by
6remen.
Police and fire department reports
indicated the fire was caused by a
lighted cigarette left in q downstairs
room. Damage to the $4,000 home
was estimated at $500.
Evening star., 1936-08-19
Ex-Wife at Surprise Party.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. R.-
When friends gave a surprise birthday
party for Judge M. B. Hubbard, 81
his divorced wife, Mrs. Alice M. Hor.
ton, was among the guests.
During the celebration she recited
a poem. It was: That Old Sweet
heart Of Mine"
Evening star., 1936-08-19

ment to not ship arms into Spain. Great Britain
accepts in principle, provided Italy, Germany.
Russia and Portugal do likewise. The British
foreign office issued a solemn warning of possible
serious repercussions unless neutrality is main
tanned" ... .-s
All these, translated out Of English diplo-
matte language, means simply that italy is
wicked nation and that II there is any trouble
in Europe over the Spanish affair, it will be
Mussoini's fault.
II Duce's smashing defeat of England and
the League Of Nations In the Ethiopian mess
rankles in the hearts Of British statesmen.
Evening star., 1936-08-19
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Evening star., 1936-08-19

Alice Ions"'''n' The European powers do not want war
that they get for Italians and
fighting rebel side in Spain against
the reds all the foreign offices
expressions surprise let the matter
drop.
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Evening star., 1936-08-19
PRAIRIE DOGS BANNED
California Determined to Keep
Rodents Out of State.

Rodents Out OF State.
BLYTHE, Calf. R.-Los Angeles
has lifted its police blockade against
indigents. at the State line, but Cali
fornia's ban on prairie dogs still holds.
Perry McCart of Phoenix, Ariz., was
fined $40 here the other day for at
tempting to bring three prairie dogs
through the Blythe quarantine sta
ton. State officials claim the ro-
dents are not native to California.
Evening star., 1936-08-19


TECHNICALLY.
A prisoner doun in the District
Jail has come to the conclusion
that justice Is so blind it cannot
tell night from day.
That is implied in letter he
Urote to Lapyer Robert I. Miller.
in Which he urged the attorney to
seek Urit of hdbeas corpus on the
ground that his sentence Is illegal.
Why illegal? For the uery SIM
pie reason, so the man calculates,
that Judge Mattingly sentenced
him for 80 days and they have
been keeping him there nights as
Dell.
He thinks he ought to hdpe the
nights out, but so hare other pris-
oners iDho hare raised the same
Doint-dnd lost.
Evening star., 1936-08-19
LISTENING IN.

d SETTLEMENT ADMINISTRA-
~ TOR REXFORD TUGwELL likes
to get f1rst-hand information on the
public's reaction to Greenbelt, the
administrations s50O0.000 housing
project at Berwyn Heights, originally
called "Tugwelltown" by the press.
Evening star., 1936-08-19
The National Scene
BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH.

AN FRANCISCO August lsThe diplomasts still search
ing guarantee the peace of Europe during
the Spanish
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-13
girls of all and brunei tall and
 girls like orchids

sides the $1,0OO, the girls are paid for all the modelling they do, and they can work for as many other advertisers as they please - but no other cigaret company. Some of these girls earn as much as $5,0OO and $6,000 a year. Of course there aren't many of them. I believe I forgot to tell you that we charge 10 per cent of all fees for our services"
 He reached for a largel eather- bound book on the corner of his desk, and handed it to Toby.
 Here" he said, "is our model book. Maybe you'll like to look through it."
 Toby opened the book and turned the pages. Each was made up of re- productions of photographs. There were girls of all types-blond and brunei; tall and aristocratic-look- ing; small and vivacious; girls who loked like "the outdoor type" and girls who were like orchids; girls posing in evening wraps, in bathing suits, in riding habits. Beneath the pictures were descriptions of each girl, giving the color of her hair and eyes her height, weight and the sizes of dresses, hats, shoes, gloves, etc, she wore.
 What do these letters mean?" Toby asked, poiAting to line that read "A-B-E-H-L-M-N-O
 That's code Blake told her, flor convenience. "A means Camera experience. O means that particular girl has beautiful legs. Some models are willing to pose in bathing suits, lingerie and so on, and others are not. Some will do medicinal adver- Using and some won't. The code tells. These books go to photogra- phic studios and advertising agen- cies. From it they select the models they want and telephone us. We get in touch with the girls, make ap- pointments and do the rest. See how it works?"
 Toby nodded. I'm beginning to-" she said. MT. Blake, do you really think I can do it-pose, like these other girls"
 He smiled, "IIl tell you after I've seen those photographs" he said. But you'd better be getting along now. Know where Hiatus studio is?"
 She said she did not and Blake told her how to reach the place. The address was within walking distance. Toby hurried away and IS minutes later was stepping from another elevator into an- other hallway.
 She found the studio and en- tered without hesitation. A girl sitting at a desk, looked up and asked whom she wished to see.
 Toby said, T want to see MT. Hiatt. I'm Toby Ryan"
 "Oh, yes, Miss Ryan," the girl said quickly. "Go right on in. He's expecting you"
 Toby entered large room, un- furnished except for curious as- sortment of chairs, bench and table at one end. There was a camera, facing a small raised plat form. On either side of the plat form were lights such as those Toby had seen when she posed for the photographs at Bergman's. A tai basket of artificial flowers, an iron railing and several strips of linoleum were the only other objects in the room.
 A tall young man was working