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The Washington times., 1937-10-09

Wrepepco Girls Club Of the
Potomac Electric Power Com
pany-Annual luncheon, Olney
Inn.
Minnesota State Society and
University of Minnesota Alumni
Association - Football cocktail
hour, 2:30 p. M, Lafayette.
w as h ngton-Baltimore Psy.
choanalytic Society - Meeting,
$50 D. m, Shoreham.
The Washington times., 1937-10-09
Ships Penetrate
japanese Blockade

ANTO N, China, Oct. 9
O.N.S0-Foreign vessels bottled
up by the japanese blockade
of the Pearl River succeeded in
passing the barrier at daybreak
today and made their way to
Hongkong.
The Washington times., 1937-10-09
HERE'S YOUR |. Q. TEST

2. Frederick the Great"
3. Bloody Mary -
4. "Kingfish" ---
5. Good Queen Bess"
6. 1.-THE Belle of Epping
Forest"
z. Serpent of the Nile"
The Washington times., 1937-10-09
WHAT'S DOING TODAY

Ellis Island Committee of the
D. A. R.-Meeting, 8 p. m, Will
lard.
Gridiron Club-Meeting, noon
willard.
Lawyers Club - Luncheon,
12:45 p. M, Mayflower.
Metropolitan Police School
No. 2-Dinner dance, p. m,
Mayflower.
The Washington times., 1937-10-09
By SHIRLEY SPENCER

This is a quiz on famous
names. Score 10 for each blank
filled in correctly. Who or what
was called by the following
names.
Score
l. Old Lady Of Thread -
needle street"
The Washington times., 1937-10-09
10000 Italians
Quit Africa Colony

LONDON, Oct. 9 Saturday
G.N.S0. - Colonization of Eth
opia is proving impossible, the
Daily Herald reported today, and
10000 Italians who were sent
there to settle the country are
being brought back to Italy.
The Washington times., 1937-10-09

8. THE Autocrat" -
9. Lorenzo the Mag
nificent"
10. Little Corporal"
ANSWERS on Page III
How the weather wrecked Mr.. Hlrd's
welded bliss. a curious piece of hard
luck that may have broken mp many
q romance. This IL only one OF the
many interesting features Of human
interest to be found in The American
Weekly with Herald Times.
The Washington times., 1937-10-09
WOMEN VOTERS
OPEN SEASON At
LUNCHEON MEET
Plans For Year Topic
Of First Gathering

CIubwomen OF the Capital
and Dtcinity are tnDited to send
notices of activities By their or.
ganizations to the Club Editor.
Such notices may be either
mailed or telephoned. To in.
sure publication of club net0S it
is advisable that material be
submitted 1UeH in GdD1nce of
the date of desired publication.
Notices of meetings, social &C.
tiUitieS, club aims and cam.
pdignS, sorority GctivitieS and
personality sketches of club.
Don1en are among items Which
DiH be daily features OF this
column.
The Washington times., 1937-10-09

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many others. Both offer the driving sensation of the
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Evening star., 1937-06-30
Jamboree Snapshots
New Zealanders Attract Attention With
Their Game, Maori.

which will pack the arena on these
nights.
The scene OF these shows, the arena,
lies in the very shadow Of the WASH
ington Monument. It Is ringed by
bleachers on the north, east and west
sides, In which the public will sit,
and to the south. under the Monu-
ment. the Scouts, Themselves will
sit. These bleachers have a seating
capacity Of 10000 and with all Scouts
present, will seat over 10000 people.
Construction Of the arena was be-
gun over four weeks ago. Forty to
fifty men have been at work on it
daily. All work is being completed
today in preparation for the huge
bonfire tonight. When finished, it
will have cost around $4,000.
Lighting facilities will be of the
finest and most adequate. For light
ing and amplifying purposes, four 43-
foot block houses have been erected at
the corners Of the field. In each
Of these houses will be 120-ampere
arc spot lights. and covering the en-
tire field will be a 44,000-w watt flood
light.
For announcements. monographs
with 100-watt amplifier will be used.
Communication between various posts
Of the field will be established by
means Of an Army field telephone
system. Twenty telephones will be in
use. The organ, for singing, will take
1000 watts.
Evening star., 1937-06-30

Gillette is planning to hold several
boxing matches on the quarterback
OF the ship as part Of the camp S
athletic program.
Camp Run Like Ship Board.
The troop ships in the section are
regular formation. and are decorated
in traditional seafaring manner. In
stead OF the rope fences which are
around most troop divisions in other
sections OF the camp. the Sea Scout
ships have boat rails built around
them, with rope tenders and life pre-
servers hanging over the side, and
everything in camp is run as it would
be aboard. Instead OF patrols leav-
ing camp, it is crew" which lines
up and goes ashore" and each ofi-
Ger is assigned white-uniformed
orderly"
For several months the Navy has
been making preparations to receive
the Sea Scouts in the proper style
This work was in charge of Lieut.
Alfred J. Bolton, U. S. Navy-former
commanding offlcer OF the former
presidential yacht U. S. S. Sequoia
He is a member OF the Presidents S
Jamboree Committee. representing the
Navy Yard. and the group is headed
by Commissioner George E. Allen.
Lieut.. Bolton is on duty in the once
OF Navy Intelligence, at the depart
ment.
Evening star., 1937-06-30
SCOUTS CHARTER
TO Be ON DISPLAY
Archives to Show DoCu-
ment-3,D0 to See It
Each of 10 Days.

In honor of the Boy Scouts of Amer
lea. the National Archives will place
on exhibition today the original char
ter granted to the Scouts by the
United States Government.
DR.. James E. West. chief Of the
Scouts, and Dan Beard the idol OF
all Scouthood, will be present when
the charter goes on exhibit in the
great rotunda at Archives.
To make sure that each boy at
tending the jamboree has an oppor-
tunity to see the charter signed by
high officials OF Government. arrange
ments have been made to take 5000
Scouts through the building each day.
By the end Of the tenth day OF the
encampment all will have seen the
charter
District Boy Scouts have been as
signed certain groups, divided into
numerical strength Of 800. In this
fashion, one Washington boy will have
charge of 800 brother Scouts-to see
that they get through the Archives
Building on time.
Guides at Archives have been in
structed to see that the boys are given
every opportunity to study historic
documents on exhibit. 1t will be ex-
planned to the boys that the original
copy OF the United States Constitu-
ton. now on exhibit at the Library
Of Congress, will one day rest in the
new building-Archives.
The Scouts charter was signed by
President Woodrow Wilson, the Presi-
dent pro tenn of the Senate, the Speak
er of the House, and the following
Scout oficials: Beard, Colin H. Living
ston, Charles P. Neill and DR.. West.
Evening star., 1937-06-30

clothes are the envy Of the other
Scouts, being comfortable trousers and
jacket made Of pale blue khaki
While participating in the regular
Scout activities of the jamboree, the
Sea Scouts have heavy program Of
their own, highlight of which is their
trip next week to Annapolis. They also
plan to hold regatta on July S.
Destroyer Here.
The new Navy destroyer, u S S.
Porter, reached Washington yesterday
and will primarily be open to Scouts.
The Coast Guard cutter Apache also
will be anchored in Washington Chan
mel for the Sea Scouts They will be
transported to and from the Porter on
Navy launches so that they may at
tend the movies held there nightly
during the encampment.
The Navy also is contributing to
the success of the jamboree by tying
a lighter to the seawall in East Po-
tomac Park so that the steamer City
OF Washington may tie up alongside
and transport Scouts to and from
Mount Vernon. In the absence of
the lighter the steamboat could not
conveniently tie up at the seaWall
Aboard the Kimo Wilder, the ship
anchored in the middle of camp, cere-
monies and reviews will be held. 1t
is decorated with flags and buntings,
as though it were real ship in port
for some special occasion Comdr.
Evening star., 1937-06-30
EXECUTIVES GUARD.
SAFETY OF SCOUTS
Special Precautions Taken
to Protect Boys From
Traffic Hazards.

Elaborate precautions have been
taken by Scout executives to safe
guard the lives Of Boy Scouts in and
around the jamboree encampment.
In a special order to regional and
section directors, Scout and troop
masters NJ G. Clark, chief OF service
troops, today outlined methods by
which officials hope to keep traffic
hazards at minimum and safeguard
all camp property and equipment.
At the same time L. E. Massey of
the Connecticut Avenue Business AS
sociation in a telegram to The Star
urged the public to exercise extreme
caution in driving in and around the
Scouts encampment to avoid serious
accidents.
AS far as possible, all trafac on main
thoroughfares around the camp areas,
particularly at hazardous points, will
be handled by park police, but service
troops will be maintained In each sec
ton to control the dangerous points
In traf1ic within the camp.
Scouts on trafnc duty, Clark's order
stated, are not there to stop trafIic,
but rather to keep Scouts from cross
ing except at times when traffic is
clear, with the understanding. how
ever, that il a crossing must be made
a leader may stop vehicular traffic to
permit the crossing.
To reduce the danger to youths
encamped in the sections on Columbia
Island the highway between Arling-
ton Memorial Bridge and the Four
teenth Street Bridge will be closed
from $50 pm. each day until pm.
the following afternoon.
Tours Of Scout groups will receive
police protection, such as escorts and
trafiic officers.
Evening star., 1937-06-30
SCOUTS PUBLISH
OWN NEWSPAPER
First Issue Out Yesterday.
Eleven Other Editions
to Follow.

No city Is complete without daily
newspaper. and the Scout jamboree
city of boys has everything, and 50.
Of course, 1t has . paper.
The Jamboree Journal, written and
edited by Scout journalists, is thor.
ough and lively, like all Scout activi-
ties.
It's first issue appeared yesterday,
and II others will follow. And lest
you think it's any small enterprise,
know that $4,000 copies of No. were
printed.
Some 10000 OF these were mailed to
every section OF the United States
to families, friends and fellow Scouts
Of the home patrols.
The Jamboree Journal contains COM
plete news Of the encampment, dressed
up with plenty Of pictures OF arriv-
ing contingents and q huge double
page map Of the tent city. There are
even breezy gossip columns and ran
dom notes on humorous and unusual
happenings
The journal has its canvas "city
room,' with daily beats for the va
rious reporters posted on bulletin
board and special assignments for
others. Each regional delegation is
canvassed for local news" and the
high spots Of the general program are
chronicled fully.
Published only for the duration Of
the jamboree, the journal calls itself
"a newspaper without past and with
out future"
The editor Is Homer Paul Anderson
Of Hyrum, Utah, and E. S. Martin OF
the national staff OF the Boy Scouts
Is editorial adviser.
Evening star., 1937-06-30

added 80 king snakes to their re-
sources before they showed of for
Washington. The snakes were going
pretty good today. The Alabamans
will put them in circulation even If
they have to take loss.
AIligators Are Scarce.
Florida alligators were fairly scarce,
with the demand we'll out ahead OF
the supply. A Scout from Idaho
bought one yesterday with the tooth
of an elk. The tooth bore some evil
dence OF having been worn on a
watch chain. The Idaho boy said
he was going to "acclimate" the al
ligator next Winter. In the meantime,
he said, he felt sure his mother would
be glad to keep the little reptile in
the bath tub.
The Westerners brought to this great
national market such merchandise
as COW branding irons, genuine Indian
war bonnet feathers, baby coyote,
samples of California gold ore, bits
Of semi-preciou stones, bull whips
and cowboy ropes.
Neckerchief clasps OF hundred
varieties were offered by Fasteners
Southerners brought miniature bales
Of cotton and sacks OF rice. They
wanted to swap for Kansas wheat
New York blown glass or Californis
redwood.
The general idea, the Scouts said
was to sell the souvenirs for spending
money. But the barter system go
them.
You can't trade panther claws fol
ice cream" sighed one Boy Scout
"and they won't let you into picture
show for a Florida turtle"
Evening star., 1937-06-30
Discusses Farming Methods With Midwest Boy Scouts

The Big Train grinned: Sure I'm
Walter Johnson" he said. How'd
you know"
THAT boy over there told me-" the
youth answered.
Would you mind signing my auto
graph book?" the Scout asked. and
offered Walter johnson fountain pen.
johnson signed up. Soon he had 4
group gathered round him. They all
wanted the famous signature.
Say" one OF the boys said, lets
ct him 70 toach - how 70 plta6 -
Evening star., 1937-06-30
FIRST SCOUT SHOW
TOMORROW NIGHT
Troops of Washington and
Nearby Areas Will
Participate.

The first of the six arena shows
comprising series known as THE
Cavalcade OF Scouting" will be held
in the improvised stadium At the
foot of the Monument tomorrow
night.
Scout troops participating in to-
morrow's show come from Washing
toll, D. c., and the States Of Della
ware, Maryland, Pennsylvania. Ken
lucky. Ohio and West Virginia.
The evenings program, divided into
two sections, includes some OF the
massed drills in fire making and sig
mailing and also a large historical
pageant based on the adventures Of
the pioneers who blazed their way
along the Nations frontiers.
Instead of a curtain to be raised
and lowered as on stage, the same
effect Will be obtained in the stadium
by the use OF lights streaming from
high wooden towers in four corners
OF the inclosure Scenes will change
swiftly while the lights are tenn
porarily extinguished.
Mass Salute to Flag.
The first number OF tomorrow
nights program includes several COL
umns OF Scout troops with American
flags and other banners passing in
review and coming to a grand climax,
which will feature mass salute to
the flag.
This will be followed by a formal
greeting from American Scouts to
will then be scouting tests, athletic
stunts, such as pyramid building, and
relay races. This part Of the pro-
gram will end with the balloon
bursting" battle, in which it is claimed
that the boys will smash 5000 toy
balloons as a rapid finish to their
stunt.
The show then changes to woods
mems scene, featuring the world
famous ak man, Peter McLAren, who
is said to be able to chop log in two
or fell a tree faster than any other
human being.
This will be followed by a mass
demonstration OF scouting stunts "
More than 500 boys will take the field,
some of them carrying bicycles and
signaling apparatus. and will show
the speed with which Scouts can set
up tents, build signaling stations and
pyramids and other feaD OF speed.
An outstanding phase OF the speed
show will be the erection and dis
mantlinR OF a field OF tents in three
minutes.
They will have series OF Scout
games with such interesting names
as stirring soup" let 'er buck"
skunk tag" and skin the snake"
Maneuver by 800 Boys.
The climax Of the act by the speed
demons will be remarkable maneu-
Yer by more than 800 boys armed
with long staf1s. neckerchiefs and
ropes. which they will bind together.
as though by sleight-of-hand. into 4
series OF tall towers. up which scouts
will scramble with nags
There will be an Indian number, in
which 800 boys dressed like redskins
will interpret correctly many of the
Western tribal dances Music for this
part Of the program will be furnished
by a l00-piece Scout band. with
plenty of tom-toms to lend additional
atmosphere.
A brief signaling drill, in which
several hundred Scouts will demon
strate the use Of the Scout flags in
time to = large open-air organ, will
follow.
The program will end with a mine
rescue exhibition which the Scouts
have practiced under the tutelage OF
experts Of the United States Bureau
OF Mines.
Evening star., 1937-06-30

Johnson was speeding out the Rock
Vile pike, on the way to his farm,
when he sighted car from Kansas
coming his way-a car from Coffey-
ville-and filled with Boy Scouts
Walter hollered 1T the boys, but they
were so anxious to get into Washing
ton they did not hear him. They sped
along. He turned his car and tried to
catch up with them. but to no avail.
30 he turned around again and kept
on going home
Yesterday Walter johnson, the idol
Of boghood, put ou his best elothas and
Evening star., 1937-06-30

rambled down to the jamboree head
quarters, in search OF that gang from
Coffeyville.
"Coffeyville has changed lot since
I was there" Walter said. reminiscing
on the days when he left Kansas.
Il suppose none Of these kids would
know me, or know who am." john
son said.
A boy stepped beside him, saluted:
II beg your pardon, sir" the boy
said, but aren't you Walter John
soni"
Evening star., 1937-06-30

I'm more interested in farming
right now" the old pitcher told the
boys: "How's everything on the farm
back home?"
There were boys in that group from
Nebraska. Iowa and Illinois, and all
of them knew something about farm
ing.
ITS the best year we've had since
the depression" one fellow spoke up.
What do you know about the de-
preston" Walter asked.
NY daddy tod No -
Evening star., 1937-06-30
Jamboree Big Market
Whale Bone Is Bartered for Toads, Alli-
gator and King Snake.

4 WHALE Is worth more than
" two or even three horned toads
~ plus Florida alligator and
a an Alabama king snake, espe-
cially il the whale belongs to q
Yankee from New Bedford.
Yeah. that's a pretty good whale"
admitted the tall. freckled Texan. 1t
was more than an admission it was
q confession. The Texan had confessed
in a naive way that the Yankees
sales talk was lulling him into
state OF submission.
The Southerner lost his trading ad-
vantage when he fell, quite inno-
Gently, into the Yankees way OF re-
ferring to q very small section OF a
vertebra as whale" The New
Englander said that this particular
whale sailed around the Horn on a
Nantucket clipper.
That clinched the deal as far as
the Texan was concerned. He was
bit shady on his history, but he
knew the Yankees had done lot OF
sailing around the Horn by their own
confession. So three horned toads,
one Florida alligator and an Alabama
king snake changed hands for a
rather ossified section of a killer
whale
Snake Strayed Into Tent.
The Yankee. however, had clearer
title to his bit of whale backbone
than the Texan did to his juvenile
menagerie. The king snake had
strayed into his tent from the Ala
hama section, and the Texan put
his brand on the maverick quite in
formally.
Also one OF the horned toads was
his by the rather shaky right OF
adoption. The toad had jolted up
on the Texans lap while he and three
young cowboys were galloping through
the foothills of Alabama in a model
T. But no one could identify the
toad-one of the virtues of horned
toads is that they all look alike.
This enables the Texans to say
without fear OF successful contradic-
ton that every horned toad was the
very one which lived for countless
years in a sealed corner stone. The
Southwestern Scouts have imported
at least 500 toads for trading pur-
poses. They are building up the ira
ditions of the whole desert toad family
with more enthusiasm than profit.
Horned Toads Flood Market.
Horned toads are a drug on the
jamboree barter market. A local Scout
can get one or two for a few teeth
from the mouth OF Chesapeake Bay
shark. One Scout bought three.
horned toads for Virginia scorpion,
and the scorpion was quite dead, hav-
ing been preserved in alcohol.
Next to horned toads, king snakes
are the most popular jamboree cur
rency. For = fairly lively king snake
an Alabaman can get Sally Rand
photograph Of the Chicago Worlds
Fair or a shell souvenir ring from
Puerto Rico. A couple Of prairie dogs
from the plains States went yesterday
for picked octopus direct from the
West Indies.
When 1t comes to trading, the Scouts
take advantage Of their natural re-
sources. For example, the Arizona
contingent collects the skulls of long
horn cattle. They make pretty good
trade-ins on a Maine moose horn or
a vanished sailfish.
The Alabamans, who had less cash,
they felt, than their needs demanded,
Evening star., 1937-06-30
\ HERE'S Walter johnson!"
Three hundred eyes eazed
In wonderment, $50 mouths

tOOK up tne cry, There'S
Walter Johnson!"
The Big Train. the Old Master, the
demon speed artist Of the base ball
diamond now turned farmer, wandered
down on the Monument Lot yesterday
to look up the Boy Scout contingent
from his native Kansas.
1--WE gotta hnd that Coneyvtlle
gang" he said.
Seems that on Monday night Walter
Evening star., 1937-06-30

The answer WAS drowned out in an
tried to tell the great pitcher Of the
Washington ball club what the depres-
sion had done back home.
Now, however, they were all agreed,
everything was o. K, because they
were getting good crops in the farm
belt-especially out where the tall
corn grows.
Base ball was practically forgotten
In the serious conference on crops and
their attendant care.
Evening star., 1937-06-30
THE 800 Sea Scouts attending
the jamboree the encampment
is fleet rendezvous" with 20
Il ships" or troops "moored" in

"O THE 300 Sea Scouts attending
the Jamboree the encampment
is fleet rendezvous" with 20
Il ships" or troops "moored' in
their section near Hams Point.
They are anchored around the
klmo Wilder, a l00foot ship built on
land and named after the first Sea
Scout commander. 1t is reproduction
OF real ship with mainmast, foremast,
yardarms, quarterback and all the rest.
At present the fleet is under command
Of Comdr Howard F. Gillette.
The land ship was constructed near
the tip end of East Potomac Park by
enlisted Navy men from the Norfolk
(Va) Training Station and these men
are stationed there to show the Scouts
at first-hand how the Navy actually
operates.
Learn New Language.
The Sea Scouts have had to learn an
entirely new language so they can
speak to each other in the lingo of the
sea. The kitchen is galley" hospital
or first aid tent is the sick bay" and
what is the trading post to other Scouts
is the "canteen" to them
Orders and signals are given by
means of the ship bell, bos'n's whistle,
semiphore flags and bugles.
Instead Of dressing in the regulation
Scout khaki Sea Scouts wear conven-
tional navy blue. with white trousers
for officers Their fatigue" or work
Evening star., 1937-06-30
AVERAGE AGE, is

The average age of jamboree camp
ers is 16; officials at general head
quarters estimate.
The ages -of the boys range from
IL upward, and there are some As
old as 10 or 10.
The foreign boys are somewhat
older, most of them II or older.
Evening star., 1937-06-30
Guides Available
For Inspection of
Scouts Jamboree

Visitors who wish to inspect the
Boy Scout Jamboree encampment
will be furnished guides at gen.
eral headquarters at the foot Of
the west slope OF the Washington
Monument. Guides will not be
required, however, oficiak said
today. ?
Any one who wishes to wander
about the canvas city ION their
own" may do so each day Of the
Today encampment between the
hours of 9 am. and 10 pm.
Taps will be sounded at 10
O'Clock each night and visitors
will not be permitted on the
grounds after that hour.