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Evening star., 1936-11-16
Wasp Expert Never Stung
Nearly 80 Years Experience to Credit of
DR.. Parker of Catholic u.
by PHILIP H. LOVE.


M r. JOHN B. PARKER, pro-
fessor of biology at Catholic
University and one of the
worlds foremost authorities
on wasps, has been working with such
insects for nearly 80 years and has
never been stung.
"Wasps aren't likely to sting you,
anyway" DR.. Parker, who lives at
l217 Lawrence street northeast, ex-
planned today.
Unless" he added, you try to
hold them in your hands. And then
you'd better watch out-especially if
you happen to pick up a white-faced
hornet. That's the worst stinger Of
them ALL"
DR.. Parker became interested in
wasps back in 1908, while working as
an assistant in entomology at the
Kansas State Agricultural College. He
studied live wasps at first. but in more
recent years-especially since he
achieved recognition as an expert
most of his work has been confined to
dried and mounted specimens.
Right now, DR.. Parker is awaiting
rare collection of wasps coming to
him by parcel post from the British
Museum st oxford University These
insects, referred to by experts as
bembicine wasps, were captured in the
wilds of Borneo-on Mount Dulit, at
the headwaters of the River Tiniar,
Sarwak-by a British Museum ex-.
pedition.
Collection From Oregon.
While the Borneo insects are on
their way, however, DR.. Parker is
completing examination and classifi-
cation of a collection submitted to
him by the Oregon Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station.
"The British Museum wasps are
likely to prove difficult to identify"
DR.. Parker admitted, but the batch
from Oregon is comparatively easy.
Most of them are specimens of insects
that I've seen before, and the Job is
largely one of labelling I expect
to be finished by Christmas"
DR.. Parker's work on the Borneo
wasps will be divided between the Ma,
tional Museum and his laboratory at
Catholic U. The museum, which
boasts an exhibit arranged by DR..
Parker, will be used in identifying
insects already known to science,
while the laboratory will be employed
in any microscopic work that may
prove necessary. In the laboratory
studies DR.. Parker will be assisted by
Sister M. Flavia Lochner, who does
all his illustrative work.
Altogether there are more than TO-
600 species of waSps. And. just in
case you think becoming an authority
Evening star., 1936-11-16
DIVORCE ACTIONS
INCREASE IN D. c.
liberaIized Law Is Declared
Responsible for Bigger
Number Filed.

The number of divorce actions
brought under the Districts liberalized
divorce law. which became effective
August 8, 1885, has increased steadily,
according to statistics compiled from
court records by Jean M. Boardman,
attorney, who, with George c. Cert
man. secretary of the District Bar
Association, is generally credited with
securing enactment of the law.
According to Boardman's figures,
2.117 divorce suits have been brought
here since the law went into operation.
Contrasted to this number is that for
1884, showing only 392 divorce actions.
The increase was interpreted by the
attorney as indicating that, instead of
going to other jurisdictions to secure
divorces, persons are turning to the
local courts.
The new divorce law permits abso-
lutte DEGREES to be granted on grounds
of five years voluntary separation or
two years desertion, in addition to
inf1delity. which was the sole basis
for an absolute divorce action under
the old statutes. Infldelity as ground
for absolute divorce is steadily de-
creasing, Boardman's figures showed.
In October, 1885. the District Court
granted total of IS absolute divorces,
of which 36 were on this ground. Last
month there were 173 absolute di-
vorces, but only l3 of them charged it.
This furnishes proof that infidelity
Is seldom cause for divorce and
that under the old law it was resorted
to as ground for divorce after the
home had been broken up for some
other reason" Boardman said.
Bigamy was shown to be the most
common ground for annulment of
marriage. OF the 81 annulments
granted from August 8, 1885, to Octo-
Der 81 last, 36 were on the ground of
bigamy.
One OF the most surprising facts
developed by the study. Boardman
said, was that only % of the 9O6 abso-
iuoe oecrees granted since the new
law became effective were obtained
by erllarging old limited DEGREES. At
torneys generally expected that there
would be a deluge of suits filed under
the new law by persons having limited
DEGREES to completely sever the mari.
tai bonds, but this did not materialize.
Boardman's figures. which cover the
period from August 8, 1885, through
October 81. 1896, show:
Matrimonial suits filed, 1891; mat
rlmonial DEGREES granted, 1880; abso.
lutte divorce suits. 1857: absolute de-
crees. e06; limited divorce suits, $50;
limited DEGREES, IS; maintenance
suits, l62: maintenance DEGREES, 80:
annulment suits, los; annulments
granted, 81. In addition there were
seven suits involving the custody of
children.
Evening star., 1936-11-16
RULING IS ISSUED
ONANNUAL LEAVE
Held Fright" Rather Than
Privilege in Decision
by Elliott.

Holding that annual leave now Is
right rather than privilege, Acting
Controller General Elliott has changed
rule that for years has applied to
travel expenses, and Federal employees
will benefit thereby.
This finding, made public today.
came out of a claim for s14.60 filed
by w. Frank Persons, director of
Employment Service, Labor Depart
ment, who was on leave in Boothbay
Harbor. Me, last Summer when sum-
moned to conference at Hyde Park
by President Roosevelt.
In accordance with a rule laid down
by former Controller General McCarl,
under the old leave law, the General
Accounting Of6ce, in pre-audit of
Persons expense account, had disal-
lowed s14.60 by limiting the cost of
his trip to Hyde Park from what it
would have been had he been at his
permanent station of duty here, rather
than the actual cost he incurred by
proceeding from the place where he
was vacationing.
In reversing this pre-audit, Elliott
said: Prior to January l, 1886. leave
of absence was granted to officers and
employees of the Government as a
privilege and not right. BY the act
of March IA, 1895, (the new leave act)
leave of absence is granted as right,
said act providing, with certain ex-
ceptions that are immaterial, that all
civilian employees and officers in the
United States shall be entitled to 26
days annual leave with pay each
calendar year, exclusive of Sundays
and holidays. -
While the head of the department
or establishment concerned may at
any time. when the needs of the serv-
ice requires, terminate the leave and
require the employe to return to his
regular duty station at his own ex-
pense, If instead of having his leave
so terminated the employe is directed,
while ON leave. to perform duty at q
place other than his regular duty
station, and permitted to return to
the place where he was on leave to
resume his vacation, he is entitled
to reimbursement of the authorized
expenses of the travel involved be-
cause such travel is made necessary
by official business rather than by
leave of absence"
Clarifying another point, however,
the acting controller general set up
this difference: "Of course, if the
Government should terminate the
employees leave upon completion of
the temporary duty and require him
to return to his regular duty station,
as it would have the right to do, there
could be allowed in reimbursement of
travel expenses only the difference
between what it cost him to return
to official headquarters via such tenn
porary place Of duty and what 1t
would have cost him to return to his
headquarters direct from the place
where he was on leave This on the
principle that when an employe alb
sents himself from his headquarters
on leave of absence he assumes the
obligation of returning himself there
to at his own expense"
In accordance with this latter And
ing. McCarl refused to allow expenses
from New York to Washington to per-
sons, who on his return from Maine,
was delayed In New York. bridey for
onfcial duties. This cut his claim from
el4.60 to $6.Ss.
Evening star., 1936-11-16
Member of Band
Drops Dead After
Playing at Funeral
Charles o. Mills, 63, Is
Tictim of Heart
attack.

Charles o. Mills. So, Of lis West
moreland street, Takoma Park, Nd, q
member Of the Soldiers Home Band.
dropped dead today just after playing
at the funerals Of two home members.
Physicians attributed his death to o
heart attack
The band was returning from the
ceremony after playing at the funerals
of Staff Sergt. Henry Schmid, retired
Marine. and Pvt. Samuel Smith. US.
A., retired. both of whom died Armis-
tice day. when Mills dropped uncon-
scious at the cemetery gate. He was
rushed to the hospital, where he was
pronounced dead.
Mills, - are all members Of the
band, was a civilian employe. He Is
survived only BY his widow.
Evening star., 1936-11-16
BALDWIN ESCAPES

LONDON, November Is R).-Prime
Minister Stanley Baldwin escaped in
jury last night in motor accident
on Hillingdon Hill, in Middlesex.
The car in which the premier was
riding collided with another at
road intersection. Both cars were
damaged. but none of the occupants Of
either was hurt.
THE whole thing was very slight
incident" said a statement issued at
No. 10 Downing street last night.
Evening star., 1936-11-16

street and Pennsylvania avenue by
a car allegedly driven by Charles
Greenwall, IS, colored, Rosslyn.
Bert Wood, So, who lives on prout
street southeast. suffered fractures Of
both legs Saturday night when an
automobile struck him. in the $500
block, Pennsylvania avenue southeast.
He is In Providence Hospital in an
undetermined condition. The driver,
police said. was Victor A. De Mott,
%, of 2127 p street.
Marshall Gather. SO, of Cedar
Grove Nd. suffered minor cuts OF
the head and face. last night when
struck by an automobile driven by
John @ Miller Of the 1000 block Six:
teenth street, at Middlebrook, Nd.
Evening star., 1936-11-16
Dead Man Identified.

A 65-year-old man who died sud-
IDENTIFY Saturday in Holy Comforter
Church, Fourteenth and East Capt.
tol streets southeast, was identified
in Casualty Hospital yesterday as Will
liam Joseph Simpson, AL Twelfth
street northeast. The identification
was made by his son-in-law. w. 9.
Friedrich, <l03 Twenty-first street
northeast,
Evening star., 1936-11-16
OY'SAUTO DEATH
HELD ACCIDENTAL
Chum, IA, Tells How Little
Playmate Ran Into
Cars Path.

A coroner's jury today held acci-
dental the death Saturday of 4-year-
old Robert S. Dyke, STA Fourth street
northeast, after hearing l4-year-ol
Billy Kidwell tell how his little chum
ran from the sidewalk into the patn
of an automobile while they were
playing in front of their home.
I'VE had been playing together for
about 20 minutes-chasing each other
Evening star., 1936-11-16

up and down the
sidewalk" Billy
said. Suddenly
B o b by ran in
front of q parked
car out into the
street. An auto
mobile hit him
and I picked him
up and carried
him upstairs to
his mother on
the third floor"
The jlry's ver-
dict, rea C h e d
after less than
In minutes de.
liberation. auto.
Evening star., 1936-11-16

officer was forced
of the Alexan-
dria road into a
box car and the
fugitive automo-
bile overturned
with seven pas
sengers.
Policeman JOS
eph L. Proctor.
81. Of 1859 U
street southeast
suffered sc lp
cuts and a severe
i n Jury to his
right shoulder
when his motor
cycle craS h e d
Evening star., 1936-11-16
Evangelist Honor Guest.

Alexandria Wasilewska, evangelist,
will be honor guest at pm. tomorrow
ct . meeting at the Foundry M. E.
Church, under sponsorship Of the
Christian Youth Feliowship. Chester
williams and the Nllowship Quar-
tet win offer . musical program.
Evening star., 1936-11-16
Wanderlu,ters to Meet.

The Wanderlust Travel Club will
meet tomorrow at 8 pm. at the home
of Miss Eileen Robinson, 5302 Eighth
street. Miss Bertha Jones will speak
on Mexico The club will sponsor q
progressive dinner November 81.
Evening star., 1936-11-16

Bache, an en-
ploye of the Bu-
reau of Engrav-
ing and Printing,
were injured, sew
eral seriously.
Mr.. and Mrs.
Bache had kept
their marriage a
secret because the
wife feared she
would lose her
job, according to
Bache's mother,
Mrs. Anna Bache.
1900 @ u e e n S
c hapel road
nnrfheoct - G n o
Evening star., 1936-11-16
TWO ARE INJURED
IN AUTO CHASE
Policeman Proctor Forced
Off Road-Speeding
Car 0verturnS.

A 75-mile-an-hour dash over High
way Bridge after a speeder ended
early today in two serious injuries
when a traffic division motor cycle
Evening star., 1936-11-16

By the Army Band in the audito-
rum at 6 pm. today. Capt. Thomas
F. Darcy, conducting.
Program.
PERSIAN March" ------Langey
Finale from Symphony In
D Minor ----- ---------.-Franck
"Patrouille Francaise" Homer
Waltzes from
Die Fledermaus" s"--------Strauss
March. Gloria" -Losey
THE Star Spangled Banner"
BY the Marine Band in the audito-
rum Of the Marine Barracks at 3 pm.
tomorrow. Capt. Taylor Branson, lead
er; william r. Santelmann. second
leader.
Program.
Marines Hymn.
Overture, Schubert" ----------Suppe
Trombone solo, mon T. ver"- Mattel
(Dale Harpham.
March, Entry Of the Olympic
ChampionS" - Blume
Manhattan Serenade" ------ Alter
Bassoon solo, Charlie Is My
Darling" -------- Winterbottom
emil Grasser)
March, Drum Major Florea, U.
s. Marine Band" -- Siegfried
Scharbau of the Marine Band.
Caprice, "Eglantine" IVAN Loock
Descriptive, MY Grandfather's
CLOCK AmSoen
(Chimes obligato, Oliver zinsmeisteD
Last Dream Of Virgin ----Massenet
(Arranged for military band BY Albert
Bennert Of the Marine Band.)
The Star spansied Banner"
Evening star., 1936-11-16
BAND CONCERT.

By the Army Band in the audito-
rum at pm. today. Capt. Thomas
F. Darcy, conducting.
Program.
Evening star., 1936-08-13
Washington Produce

gathered from wholesale dealers !prices to
nearby shoppers based on Philadslphia .If and and
q" 'oo seoret @ se0 s.? .,poqhd I pTints carton 81
scOre}. $: tubs tas score,, 81: tubs 900
MEATsmmBeef I4als: veal; l,o 15aiS; ,aisS
ham. 25a26; pork loin. "a: compound ID;
LIVE sToCK-Lisht hogs eHaaloa.;
5aS: calves 5as: lambs. 7a9.
pss Bs Bsd The shRRse Hned Bates ss saesa Of
prsss sSs at fssSss
22Iaa23la: hennery whites. 24laa25ls. a
few fancy at lalls-cent premium S1ts no. G0st st
prices paid shippers. fob. Washinston, :
q. s. extras large, 3lla; U. 8. extras, me-
diums. 2Sla: U. S. standards. large, 2Sl2;
oovsfnment graded and dated white eggs
are quoted on a net. basis to producers
instead of as formerly, on a gross basis
which included grading ana Market
ing LIVE VET fPouLTRY-Market barely steady
Psi'fs ssfs qInsahsnfsa Iesharnss 14a3S roOs5efS ios
Chickens: Virginia Rocks broilerS 20:
siYe.f fl Sizes: 81 a5 59ai5sEEs
and fryers 1920; LeEhornS, all sizes.
l6a17: mixed colors. l7als.
Fruits ana Fegetables.
Sales in large lots by original receivers
up ppEAcaEsIone E 1 @ teGa South Carolina arrived
two broken cars on track. Supplies MOD
crate: demand light; market about SteaSsi
s'ooes' a5; SN-Srs, inches s:sssS so; fey
s75:- Virginia. bushel baskets Bellies y :.
inch minimum 2.00a2.2 .25: Maryland and
New Jersey, bushel baskets; Bellies. U, ,as; .;
No. /. l34-inch minimum. 22aI So. le"
hishsTi hsps bsskess safa Hiieys Ris!muT No.
inch minimum. 5oa6o; 2-ineh minimum
sa5lot t.s511s'sst s5EIsss no 20
reported Re onasd wednesday. Supplies mOdsTatsS mOdA,S (
esmnS Ehs tlnck ms5es, psdep.s Tom
Sol9o % Bounds average. 40a5o; Boat re-
ceipts: Virginia, selects. 20a3o; primes
1oelhSNi ocelhSNi1fAhouPasNo fIlts carlot arrivals: no
cars A on track frack. Supplies moderate; demand
sh. market ssssdy AN Mexico a9o salmsan stana,
es'' aTds CAS- to ass. $50; North carq9li6nns; ina.
Salmon meats standards; 24s to Abs; 1aos os
i 50; Maryland. 1a-hushel hampers 1oa
'cARRoTsCNo carlot arrivals; no esar esrs
on track. Supplies light: demand liens,
market steady csitoTRia Wesfe5n Wessfnen5yISana IsiIs
25a3O per dozen bunches. r, -,
CORN-No carlot arrivals; no cars on
sHPPss seRay nease4 Gsreand sd and
Walhei Wi1Ffnia. SACKS SACKS s dozen; 4oa50 .vo
CELERY-one sots0 New YORK caaT aFrtyeo on track. %
Supplies moderate; demand, light: market .
stesdy Michigan. Highbslls, s5aso; rev
higher !, crates, washed. ad,r,d1sfly - dUsgN;
vanis wasiheo crates ate A dozen fair to ordinary
quality and condition lOoal.29.
Evening star., 1936-08-13
SLIGHT PORTFOLIO
CHANGES SHOWN
Investment Trusts Favor
Equipments, Chemicals,
Tools, Utilities.
sLe cial Dispatch to The Star

obtSidA 1iopdbSil 70 4Qo 6LhE
NEW YORK. August 13.-Midyear
reports Of general management type
investment trusts revealed increases in
net assets, in most cases narrower
than the rise Of the 90-stock index Of
the Standard Statistics Co., during
the first six months of 1886. The
smaller appreciation in portfolio val
ues was, of course, partly due to the
stabilizing effect Of relatively small
holdings Of cash and bonds.
AS In the first quarter, portfolio
changes during the second quarter of
the year were the result Of miscellane-
GUS switching operations. No impor-
tant changes were made. Individual
units showed differences Of opinion
regarding the relative attractiveness of
utilities and rails as against indus
trials, but the latter continued to con-
stitute by far the bulk Of investment
company funds.
No uniformity Of trend in the mat
ter Of switching from one industry to
another could be discerned from COM
parison of portfolio changes. The most
general inclination, however, was to-
ward larger investments in chemical,
machine tool, equipment and utility
stocks. Most companies maintained a
heavily invested position.
The progress Of the investigation Of
investment trusts by the S. E. c., or
dered by Congress in 1885, as revealed
by public hearings, thus far provides
only hints as to the eventual recon-
mendations to be contained in the
final report of the commission. This
report is expected to be ready for the
consideration Of Congress in January,
1897.
Evening star., 1936-08-13
AUTO MEN WATCH
| USED CAR TOTAL
Many Believe Solution of
Problem Still Remains
to Be Found.
BY rhe Associated Press.

DETROIT, August l3.-For every
100 motor cars the dealers receive
from the factories and pass on to
consumers they have been required to
accept more than IS used units as
part of the initial payment. The fig
ures give fairly clear comprehension
Of what the used-car problem means
to the automobile industry.
Unusually successful as the in
dustry has been this year in clearing
out the used cars accepted in trade,
there are many among its executives
who believe the final solution of the
traded-in-car difficulty is yet to be
worked out.
Figures compiled by the National
Automobile Dealers Association show
that the percentage Of traded-in cars
that went direct to the junk heap last
year totaled less than 8 per cent of
the aggregate
Problem Persists.
The used car has been an almost
perennial problem to the automobile
industry. certainly one that has
plagued the dealer organizations as
well as the individual distributor ever
since the advent of mass assemblies
made volume distribution imperative
to profitable operations both in manu-
featuring and retailing divisions.
This year the motor car industry's
chiefs, convinced they were on the re-
covery highway, with an expanding de-
mand for new vehicles, faced almost
deluge in the wave of old cars that
had to be accepted If a sale were to be
made from new stock Immediately
they began a used-car campaign that
overshadoWed at times the sales drive
on new cars.
The result has been the largest dis
tribution of used units in the indus
trys history, which, combined with the
larger volume of new cars passed on
to consumers, bore out the claims of
the industry's optimists that consumer
demand for automobiles was again at
its highest peak.
Regarded as Temporary.
TO many OF the producers ana dis
tributors the successful handling of the
used-car problem this year is seen as
only temporary remedy for an afflic-
ton that has baffled all efforts at per-
manent cure" and already they have
begun discussion of plans for handling
another large load of used cars when
the 1887 types are introduced within
the next few months.
Various proposals have been ad-
vanced during the last few years for
relieving the uSed-car accumulation.
but none with as much apparent
chance for success as that adopted this
year in pushing the resale Of these
vehicles. The producers and dealers,
however, seek some solution that does
not SO greatly penalize the movement
Of newly assembled units.
Evening star., 1936-08-13
DOMESTIC COPPER
SALES UP SHARPLY
Seven-Month Volume Likely
to Show 113 Per Cent
Gain Over 1885.
Srtciai Dispatch to The Star.

SItciai Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, August 13.-Domestic
copper sales for the first seven months
Of 1896 probably exceeded 100000 tons.
an increase Of lib per cent above the
235,000 tons sold in the same period
of 1885, according to new report on
the copper mining industry appearing
in Poor's Industry and Investment
Surveys.
Sales expanded substantially during
the second quarter, amounting to 191,-
600 tons. as contrasted with $4,000
tons in the second quarter of 1885. A
tremendous gain was registered in
July, when sales probably exceeded the
record monthly volume of 158, 900 tons
registered in April of this year. This
contrasts with the July 1885, sales of
II 400 tons.
Price Advances Cited.
Price advances in April and July
were responsible for the sharp sales in
creases during these months" con-
tinues the report. And prospects point
strongly to further consumption gains
along with the broadening of the re-
covery movement Increased needs for
equipment by the utility industry
brought on by record electric output,
expanding operations in the electrical
equipment and household industries
and the upward trend in building ac-
tivity should all continue to be re-
flected in expanding copper sales.
Gains in copper consumption
abroad are also indicated. Preliminary
estimates place foreign consumption
for the first half about Z per cent be-
low that registered during the like 1895
period. But the lifting Of sanctions
against Italy, disturbances and war
menaces in some sections of Europe
and expanding industrial activity in
others should maintain consumption
during the last half above the levels
of the previous year.
Supplies Show Decline.
THE price of domestic copper was
recently advanced to CTS cents
pound from $50 cents. This repre-
sented the second increase this year.
the first in April having lifted the
metal from the 9.25-cent level. The
combination Of expanding consump-
ton and reduced stocks forecasts at
least maintenance of the higher price.
Domestic stocks of refined copper
at the end of June amounted to about
5000 tons. contrasted with 100000
tons a month earlier and 273000 tons
on June 30, 1895. Foreign stocks. like
wise. dropped to 100000 tons at the
close of June from 236000 tons on
May 81 and from 100000 tons at the
end of June a year ago.
Maintenance of the current price
will mean substantial earning for low
cost copper companies While the price
increase may bring some high-cost
properties into operation. it is likely
that the production of such copper. If
resumed, will be of small proportions" :"
Evening star., 1936-08-13
Ey tie Associated Press.

Wy tFe ASSOClaLeQ EEtSS.
NEW YORK, August 13--The ris-
ing movement of values in the bond
market received fresh impetus today
from further climb in various long
term United States Government issues
to the highest levels since their is
Suance.
Treasury 234s, 1851, showed the top
gain In that division in late trading,
being 6-32 of point over the pre-
vious closing The rest were 1872 to
5-32 improved. Also prominent in the
rise were Federal Farm Mortgage 3s,
both series, up 1872 Of point.
A fairly rapid upward movement in
rail liens encountered some resistance
in late realizing, although gains were
shaded only moderately. Other corpo-
rate groups were steady.
Some of the largest gains were
picked up by loans of Allegany Corp,
Cuba Northern Railway. International
Telephone, Union Pacific and Mis-
souri,
Chicago & Eastern Illinois SIS and
certificates rose more than points,
while Duluth, South Shore g. Atlantic
SIS jumped 3.
Foreign loans were steady to firm,
barring Cuban 512s. which backed up
more than point.
Evening star., 1936-08-13
RUBBER FUTURES.

NEW YORK. August 13 OP,.-Crude rub.
Der futures opened dull. 4 to higher.
September. 16.19b; December. 16.30bl
March. 16.42b. Bid.