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Evening star., 1936-09-12
By Leila Mechlin.

T HARVARD UNIVERSITY is cell
- ebrating. at this time, with
elaborate ceremony, the 300th
Il u anniversary of its establish
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Continued on Page R-67
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LAD BRAVED MANY DANGERS
Travels With Oil Well Shooter Might Have Denied G. Q. Its
Present Nominee if Ancient Blackboard Had Slipped
Off Muddy Trails Along Ohio's Hilsides.

There was nothing about the boy
which ever made me believe he would
do anything great" Wheeler said.
He was a good pupil, but I've had
others who made better grades.
could tell you exactly how he stood
If nv records hadn't been destroyed
in the 1918 flood.
tITHE thing I remember best about
him was that he was always so
neat that I wondered how boy could
play so hard and still keep his clothes
50 clean. He got along well with the
other pupils"
In talking to Marietta people about
Landon you get the impression that
nearly everybody under so attended
school with him, and most of them
over so once dandled the candidate
upon their knees. AS a matter of
fact. Marietta. although old, is not
a big city, and it is quite the natural
thing that many people should have
known him.
John Landon's plans for his sons
education were quite definite. From
the beginning he planned that Alfred
should have a college education. and
the boy went from grade school into
Marietta Academy. private preparatory
school to Marietta College. He at
tended for two, years. Then the oil
fields about Marietta and Elba began
to fail and new ones were developed
in the West, so the Landons moved to
Kansas and Alfred, after completing
his preparatory school work, entered
the University of Kansas.
He returned to Marietta a couple
of years ago to deliver the annual
Founders day address and receive an
honorary degree. No sooner was the
cap and gown and started off down
the street alone, looking up old
friends. They will show you many
a desk corner where he sat and
chatted with the men he had known
when he was boy. That night
Ben Putnam gave a neighborhood
party. There were no invitations. but
1t was open house for all OF Lam
don's friends. and enough turned out
to make sizable convention.
The Kansas Governor got several
Of his former intimates off in a
corner. They thought he was going
TO talk politics, but the question he
wanted to ask was whether the old
swimming hole up at THE Rocks"
was still good place to swim. The
Governor recalled that in his day it
was necessary to wear bathing suit
there
Evening star., 1936-09-12

graphical data concerning both those
whose portraits are shown and the
artists by whom they were painted. to
create, on the part of the visitor,
feeling of something more than ac-
quaiptance, and this is well, for the
keynote of this entire exhibition is
personality. 1t may be remarked also.
in this connection, that not all those
honored are New Englanders by birth.
Here is a Self-portrait of Washington
AllSton, Charlestonian by birth.
who. however. after studying abroad.
settled and painted in Boston. The
Lely portrait is of Sir Henry Vane,
Governor of the Massachusetts Bay
Colony. and member of the general
court which appropriated f400 for the
founding, in 1886, of a "schoale or
colledge"-a true friend of New Eng
land" 1t Is, indeed, amazing how.
with the meager means of communi-
cation and the overwhelming difficult
ties OF travel of those early days,
Colonials in the North and South
Kept in touch with one another, and
with those across the seas.
IN SOME respects as interesting as
the oil paintings are the miniatures
in this exhibition, with which are
included quite number of silhouettes
both cut and painted. Here is an
excellent full-length of John Marshall,
Chief Justice Of the United States,
from Virginia, cut by William Hankes
who also did one Of James Monroe.
Here Is likewise full-length silkou-
cite of Daniel Webster by Augustin
Edouart. and one by an English sill
houettist of Thomas Jefferson There
are several interesting wax portraits,
notably one Of Benjamin Franklin by
Patience Wright, the first woman to
do sculpture In this country. and one
Of George Washington in this medium
Evening star., 1936-09-12

THE river was rising to flood stage
and his route took him past the
old ice harbor lot" at the end Of
the bridge. a sort Of commons where
farmers tied their horses to the tail
gates of their wagons and fed them
while they went shopping. Rats found
both hiding places and food there.
On this morning the flood was driving
them from their holes. to the delight
of a crowd of boys and dogs.
A rat ran toward young Landon
and he stopped to grab a stick and
kill it. Then the chase was on, and
before he realized that time was
passing Sunday school was out. dutiful
worshipers were returning home and
his new Easter suit was hopeless
mess. He went home by alley routes,
and no one remembers what hap
pened to him.
His proper behavior, the old neigh
bors say, was due in part to the fact
that the little boy considered himself
the man OF the family and took the
responsibility gravely. His father was
out on the oil leases during the week,
returning home only to spend Sunday.
and little Alfred felt himself charged
with the duty of looking after his
mother and sister.
Tragedy hit the family heavy
blow when the little sister, Helen.
died at the age Of 10 years during a
diphtheria epidemic. Almost as soon
as the funeral was over the family
| left the house and moved to another
in the main residential section o.
Marietta.
There Alfred attended the Third
Street School. now a filing station,
| and Frank Wheeler, his teacher in the
seventh and eighth grades, is still
| living.
Evening star., 1936-09-12

was a classmate and club member
with Landon. There was nothing like
the Y. M. C. A. in those days, so the
| boys organized their own club and
met in Judge w. H. Leeper's barn.
"Alf Landon was the quietest men,
ber OF the crowd" Burns said. He
seldom had anything to say. and I
suppose the rest of us probably
thought he didn't amount to much"
T IKE most Of the other academy
students, Landon was pledged to
fraternity, and his choice was the
Alpha Sigma Phi. When he left
Marietta he was just beginning to go
to social affairs, and his intimates re-
call a puppy love affair with the
young daughter of neighbor, but
it passed off when the Landon family
moved away.
College publications Of the day
merely mention him. The yearbook
printed his picture along with the
other fraternity pledges, and the col
lege monthly has a single paragraph
stating that ALFRED Landon will be
back in school next Fall and expects
to play foot ball" He had broken
his shoulder the previous season play
ing with the academy team against
the Parkersburg (W. Va High
School squad.
Marietta celebrates its sesquicen-
tennial next year, and everybody in
town confidently expects that Alfred
Landon. win or lose in November,
| will be back to help celebrate.
Glib Dutton is pretty much excited
over it, for he has a letter from
Landon saying that the next time
he is so close he Is coming out to
Elba. Old Fred has been dead these
many years. but Dutton is going to
have another horse for him to ride
down to the water hole.
Evening star., 1936-09-12
Fishing Train a Lure.

TAKING hint from the ski trains
which proved so successful last
Winter in taking city folk out to the
mountain resorts for sport. one East
ern railroad this year is running fish
ing trains from the upstate sections
in New York to New York City for
saltwater fishing.
A person. planning a trip, makes
reservations at his local ticket office,
boards train with his equipment and
is carried to Jersey City. where a fish,
ing boat, chartered by the railroad. is
waiting for the train. The party Is
then taken out to sea for deep sea
fishing. Returning, the fishermen find
a train waiting to take them back
home.
Evening star., 1936-09-12
Corn Sugar Remedies.

CHEMICAL engineers of the De-
partment Of Agriculture have
through their research, perfected
methods Of producing valuable me-
dicinal compounds from corn sugar
mechanically and at a very greatly
reduced cost over the natural methods.
It was discovered that mold attack
ing corn sugar produced four bene-
ficial compounds, calcium gluconate
kojic acid, calcium di-lactate and cit
ric acid.
The improved methods have re-
duced the cost of calcium eluconate,
the most widely used of the COM
pounds, from $3.50 pound to so cents
q pound.
Evening star., 1936-09-12

News of the music world,
which ordinarily occupies
this space each Saturday,
will be found in the special
educational section of The
Sunday Star tom orrow.
Thereafter music news will
be printed in its regular
space on this page.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-28
Big Distribution 5
Due Monday From
Rail Credit Corp.

The Railroad Credit Corp. next
Monday will make to the participate
ing rail carriers the largest liquidat-
ing distribution 50 far made by it at
any one time, e. G. auckland. presi-
dent Of that corporation, announced
today.
The distribution will amount to
$7,354,139. or 10 per cent Of the fund
originally contributed by the carriers
participating in the marshaling and
distributing plan. 1891.
The Railroad Credit Corp. was or
ganized by the railroads to make
loans to those rail carriers in need Of
funds to prevent them from default
ing Fixed interest obligations.
OF the total amount to be dis
tributed on August 81. $3.753.6S0 will
be In cash and $3,6oo.So9 will be
credited on carriers indebtedness to
the corporation.
This will bring the total amount
distributed by the Railroad Credit
Corp. to $46,33l .o74, or 50 per cent of
the fund originally contributed by the
participating carriers. OF the latter
amount. 22,475,5s4 will have been
returned in cash and $23,s55, 400 IN
credits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-28
THE gatekeeper

THE gatekeeper
took the pass
from az an d
glanc ed at the
name. Say" he
asked. you amt
the Ray Sanborn
the papers had the
big writeup about.
are you? The one
who developed that
oil con c e ssio n
som e " here in
South America!
Il guess I am"
Ray admitted.
The eatekeeper
rose with quick re-
spect. I'll have a
guide take you to
No. 3 stage right
away. Mr.. San
born"
Ray watched the
old man telephon-
ing with the same
sense Of wonder
l,l f>fk .-~u ~tv4 ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-28
ESERVEBALANCES
RISE 1O3 MILLIONS
Gain in Monetary Gold and
Drop in Treasury Cash
Are Factors.
- the Associated Press.


Federal Reserve member banks re.
ported that reserve balances climbed
Sl03 1000 during the week ended
August 20 to s6.332 .o0o. 900, rejecting
an increase in monetary gold stocks
and drop in Treasury cash and de.
posts with member institutions.
Monetary gold stocks rose $1,000.
900 to sl0.695, 0oo, 900, while Treasury
cash and deposits with Reserve banks
fell on $72.000,000 to $2,553, ooo, 900.
Non-member deposits and other Fed
eral Reserve accounts also dropped
$5,000.000. Treasury currency In.
creased $4,000, 900.
Bills bought, Government securi.
ties. Industrial advances and money
In circulation were reported I'm.
changed.
The week saw the Treasury make
expenditures which reduced its cash
on hand by the $4,000. 900 figure.
The effect was to take this money
from the Treasury's vaults and put
1t into general circulation. Then 1t
flowed back into banks in deposits
by those to whom the money went.
In turn, the banks deposited the
money to their Reserve accounts. Re.
serve accounts also were increased in
that amount by the 100000 rise
In monetary gold stock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-28
SHORT STORY
SECOND GLANCE

from eyes heavy
with makeup.
An authoritative
voice sounded
the scene froze
into realistic ac-
curacy. The star
was impressive in
her role, but Rays
hungry eyes dis
m Used her to
search for Stella
In the costumed
crowd. His breath
sucked In sharply
when he found
her.
Stella was kneel-
ing before the
queen, q lady OF
the court pleading
for the life of q
slave. She was shy,
her voice soft. She
was what Ray had
always pretended
she'd be when he
found her again .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-28
CHICAGO PRODUCE.

live sse Au snnst, ss un..,si.d pop Ss5
41a pounds up; 1Si2; less than Az
pounds. 10; Leghorn hens. IA: Plymouth
pred: Is; Plymouth Rock lrysrs: II white
White srn Rock STolIssrs' Is; eOIoisd;, AZ;
pounds. 14i2: bareback chickens. ID:
ROSTERS. 14iz: Leghorn ROSTERS. 1917:
turkeys. 13a16; heavy old ducks, -: heavy
young. l51a; small white. lltz; small col
: s u .a iS;I55; STEADY prices qn,
drsts. local, 33is: cars %: fresh graded
nrsts, local Local. Il; cars. 22+: current re-
- Potatoes: 80; on track s.; total United
supplies very light. demand fair: sacked.
$50 1asho k ss. r fSss1shb: Ne Ne T.
2.7Oa3. 10: partly graded. 200: Idaho Rus
get Burbanks. q. 8. No. !. fne quality.
EOS: Washington Russell Burbanks. y. o.
10: l. fine quality. rs: Washington White
ss2n s Mh..e = Eos. r. srqNs No. SsS; wy:
quality. GOOD color. 500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-28
FASTER PACE SET
BY RETAIL SALES
Interest Shifts to New Mer-
chandise-Lag Seen
by Wholesalers.
81 the Associated Press.

81 the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. August 2s.-Retail dis
tribution resumed more vigorous strides
this week. with interest shifting to new
merchandise, Dun e. Bradstreet said
today in the Weekly Review Of Trade
and Business.
Wholesale markets were quieter, fol-
lowing . buying wave that persisted
nearly o month, but the volume was
only slightly under the best for the
season, the agency said.
Some Of the leading industrial In
dices were carried to new highs by the
advancing trend. including electric
power production. Steel output was
higher than In the same period q year
ago for the twenty-ninth consecutive
week. the report said. Freight car
loadings continued ahead Of last years
number for the twentieth straight
time.
Receivers From Lull.
Recovering from the lag Of the two
weeks preceding" the review stated,
retail demand turned stronger. Dis
plays Of fresh Fall merchandise were
the center of interest, except in cities
where the continued hot weather
cleared the remnants of Summer
goods.
THE requirements Of school and
college students helped to swell the
sales total for the week, but most of
the enlarged volume was built by
August promotional events. Furni-
ture, floor coverings, house furnish
ings and other lines moved out more
rapidly and further gains were re-
ported in sales Of fur garments. Cloth
coats. dresses. hosiery. millinery and
shoes were more sought than q week
earlier.
Weather More Comfortable.
more comfortable shopping weather,
except in districts where the heat wave
fingered. enabled an increase of to
5 per cent to be reported by most
cities from the totals of the week
preceding Retail sales for the coun-
try as q whole were estimated at IL
to IS per cent larger than the cor
responding 1885 volume"
Percentage gains over o year ago
for the major geographical regions
we're: New England. IL to Is; East
ern, 8 to IL; Middle West. IL to 10;
Northwest, 10 to Is; South, IS to IS;
Southwest, Is to 20. and Pacific Coast,
Is to Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-28
Extra of Is Cents
Voted by Board Of
Commercial Credit
~ ire Associated Press.

~ ire Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 2s.-Directors
Of Commercial Credit Co.. at q meeting
yesterday at Baltimore, increased the
quarterly dividend to 81 on the COM
mon stock and declared an extra of
Is cents. Formerly the company paid
50 annually.
In addition. the directors carried out
the previously announced intention Ut
declaring 20 per cent stock dividend
on the common stock which was ap-
proved by shareholders at q special
meeting held Wednesday.
The regular quarterly dividend Of
$1.06A per share also was declared on
the ~ per cent convertible preferred
stock. All dividends are payable
September 80 to stockholders Of record
September 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-28
CURB.L|ST GOES
10 HIGHER LEVELS
Utilities and Industrials Vie
for Leadership, While
Oils Falter.
Nv NE Associated Press.

Nv NE Associated Press.
NEW YORK. August 2s.-With lead
ership contested by utilities and indus
trials, and with oils faltering, most
stocks In the curb market set fast
forward pace today.
The oil shares lost their early gains
and sold OF fractions as the session
moved toward its close.
American Manufacturing was among
the best gamers, up more than points.
Niagara Hudson Power added more
than . point. Others ahead included
Electric Bond & Share. American Gas
g. Electric, American Light & Traction
and Pepperell
McWilliams Dredging moved up with
an advance of more than 2 and Stand
ard Oil Of Ohio gained a point or so.
In the high-priced list Aluminium
Co. of America added about 212 ana
MONTGOMERY Ward "A" about 8. Sher-
win-Williams reacted more than
point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-28
Sy the Associated Press.

~ tht ASS6clated Pfeta.
The Association Of American Rail-
roads reported today loadings Of reve-
nue. freight for the week ending last
Saturday totaled 734,973 cars.
This was. q decrease Of 1924 cars,
or or per cent. compared with the
preceding week, an increase Of 109,-
1879, or IT'S per cent, compared with
q year ago, and an increase Of 12S,-
056, or oil per cent, compared with
two years ago.
The weeks loadings Of various clas-
sifications. giving comparisons with
the preceding week, and corresponding
week q wear aco follow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-28

, the original Of the pattern he'd been
weaving for IL years.
| +
As HE watched, Stella's pleading
"A was waved aside. A young slave
girl rushed forward and threw her
self prone before the queen. Stella
rose slowly to her feet; lovely. tragic
patrician. Only the guides arm
halted Rays involuntary step toward
the stage.
"Cut."
"You still haven't got 1t Bette"
the director spoke with weary pa
thence. You're a slave-gril. plead
ing for your life" The youngsters
chin trembled and he added a little
more kindly, "Okay. we'll try it again"
Once more make-believe ruled as
reality. But only for moment.
This time the directors. "Cut!" was
angry impatience. That was lousy"
Again he was speaking to the slave
girl, Bette. We'll relax for five min
utes, then we'll do 1t right or
else!" He walked over to slump into
q chair at the side of the script-girl
behind Ray.
A BABBLE of sound rolled out as
every one on the set took adj
vantage Of the break. Ray started
to press through to where Stella
stood alone watching the slave-girl,
Bette. He stopped. his face working
oddly, as Stella turned and walked
directly toward him.
stella I" he began. Stella
brushed by him. unseeing.
Listen, Sterner." she spoke to the
director behind Ray. That's the
third retake. just because Bette
muffed those slave-girl lines"
Strangely, Stella's voice was now .
remembered shrillness and Ray was
once more q boy stumbling down .
path into darkness. He turned to watch
with an oddly disinterested curiosity.
Stella went on harshly, why not
put that cheap little extra back in
the mob where she belongs. and give
me the part?"
This wasn't his Stella. Ray was
Q boy no longer. He was . man.
A man who knew. suddenly, that
this woman had never been his Stella.
Sterner hesitated . moment, then
nodded weary assent. Stella's lips
thinned triumphantly as the director
waved o scowling dismissal to the
frightened Bette.
| Hey" the guide called rs Ray
| turned toward the exit. you going?
Wait. I'll show you out"
The guide caught up with Ray
and nodded back at the stage. "A
hard boiled chisler, that Stella. She
knows no millionaire Il going to
| come along and drop Q fortune In
her lap, 30 she's out for every dime.
That little business with sterner
means u bucks extra on her. pay
check"
ccepysasnt. 1see.y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-28
Utah Copper Lifts
Wages for 1890,
Plans Expansion
er rnn Associated Press.

ey une Associated Press.
BINGHAM, Utah. August ga o
per cent pay increase, affecting about
1900 employees. was posted today by
the Utah Copper Co., subsidiary OF
Kennecott Copper Co.
At the same time it was disclosed
the company's Arthur mill. some Sec
tions of which have been shut down
about six weeks, will be put on an
operating rate of one-third OF ca
pacity September l.
The mills new schedule will entail
EMPLOYMENT of about $50 additional
workers, and will result in a rate OF
so per cent of capacity for all plants
and mines of the Utah Copper Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-28
FOREIGN MARKETS.

LONDON, August 2S OPl.-Stocks con.
tinued to push ahead In an active market,
industrials scoring slight advances despite
scattered profit-taking sales. Trans
Atlantic issues moved higher in sympathy
with yesterdays rise in Wall Street and
hrmness also prevailed in the oil and gilt.
edged sections. Mining shares. rubbers
and foreign bonds remained steady.
PARIS.-Prices in the Bourse closed
generally hrm. with the exception Of bank
and coal issues. which moved irregularly.
Rentes and electrical shares were weak
in the easly trading. but were supported
at the close.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-28

well No. 80 had come In. The defer
ence of this hard-boiled gatekeeper
was as convincing as any Of the kow-
towing he'd had; but, to himself, Ray
Sanborn was Just Ray sanborn.
"a guides on his way over" said
the eatekeeper. He looked specula-
lively at Ray. "It amt every day a
bit-player has a Ray Sanborn call
ing on her. Stella oughta be glad to
see you"
Ray frowned. "She and are old
friends" he said, curt at the sug-
gestion of Stella, too. kowtowtng.
The guide came and Ray followed
him through the gateway to No., 8
stage. The guide nodded at red
light that glowed its warning above
the door, Wen have to wait. They're
turning"
BEYOND that door was Stella.
~ Closer than she had ever been.
Back In Fairview there had been So
cial and financial barriers between
them. Rays hands folded into en-
barrassed fists As the old feeling Of
inadeouacy swept over him. Mil
lionaire or no millionaire, he was still
Ray Sanborn from the wrong side
Of the tracks.
Ray tensed as he remembered how
amused Stella had been IL years ago
at his tentative, hating, proposal
that she wait. "Wait for o geology
student! Why? What will you ever
have to offer me?" His proposal had
suddenly been ridiculous and for the
moment Ray had doubted even his
own future. Twelve years ago. Little
muscles licked Rays cheek at the
memory of shrill laughter that had
followed a stumbling, boy down q path
into darkness.
It would be different today. Stella
had been to the top once, not only
to Fairviews, but to Hollywood's top,
and what he had to offer would mean
much more to her, now she was on
the way down. He'd kept the promise
he'd made to himself not to offer Stel-
Ia anything until he could of5er her
everything. It had been worth II
years-to be able to drop . fortune
into Stella's lap today. Ray held
this thought close as the red Hight
blinked out and the guide opened the
door.
A IL the hurly-burly Of Hollywood
= WAS presented In Rav,S first
glimpse Of a sound set. He watched
the chaos merge slowly into . definite
pattern Is the stage was prepared for
Q scene. Girls, In the garb Of tat
terdemalon slayegirls, rushed to the
wardrobe mistress for pins and
rushed franctically back to their
places. Not 90 frantically, however,
that they missed the tall sickness
Of the man beside the guide. Even
the star. sweeping BY Ia her queens
regalia, slauted Ray q quick glance