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Evening star., 1937-06-28
\ir Conditionnq Began With Bees Rotating Wings

movese disease germs and hay fever
pollens and 20 aids in the prevention
and cure Of influenza, typhoid fever,
infantile paralysis and other infec-
tions.
It is estimated, Daniel said, that
at least 100000, 900 worth Of ai--
conditioning equipment will be sold
in the United States during -y37
as compared with half that amount
last year.
II am told that before long it may
be possible at the turn OF a switch
to manufacture different kinds Of air
such as mountain air or sea air." he
said "Air conditioned airplanes will
be able to speed through the rarefied
atmosphere many miles above the
earth with perfect comfort for the
passengers. For air conditioning really
means the hnal conquest Of the
AIR"
Evening star., 1937-06-28

more than 100 years ago, but the
system was eventually discontinued.
Daniel said. The first industrial use
Of air conditioning tn this country
was undertaken by Stuart w. Cramer
in Southern cotton mills to improve
the quality Of cotton textiles, which
were found to be exceedingly sensitive
to excess or deficiency of humidity.
Physicians speedily discovered that
the employees in an air-conditioned
mill at Gastonia, N. c., were far less
subject to sickness than those in an
other mill just across the road. This
discovery, IS years ago, marked the
beginning Of air conditioning as =
means Of conserving human health,
Daniel said.
He described progress OF the art Of
cir conditioning, especially in the
deld Of disease control. Washing Of air
admitted to buildings, he said. ~
Evening star., 1937-06-28
|U.S RELIEF ASKED
||NCLEAN|NGSTR|KE
Delegation to Demand Fed.
eraI Aid for Workers
in WaIkout,

A delegation representing 400 work.
ers, whose walkout last week closed II
wholesale dry cleaning plants here,
planned today to demand Federal re-
lief for the strikers and to picket chain
store concerns said to be accepting
work from strike-bound plants.
This program was planned at a
meeting OF strikers yesterday afternoon
in hall at 920 U street. Meanwhile,
union leaders said they would confer
today and tomorrow with owners OF
various closed plants on the demand
OF strikers for 40-hour week and an
Sl8 minimum wage.
Strikers yesterday claimed the sup
port of 200 independent retail tailors
who were said to have voted to with.
| hold all business from the wholesalers
until they sign agreements with the
| union.
The tailors also voted 500 to the
strike fund and promised further
| financial aid. The meeting was hele
yesterday morning at 1902 Fourteenth
| street.
Mrs. Julia KatZ, union organizer
said a labor delegation has reported
two dry cleaning companies for al.
| legged violations Of the 8-hour day law
for woman workers in Washington.
Strikers today were picketing tn.
plants and retail stores of at least ont
chain store" dry cleaning establish.
ment accused of unfair" practices
These practices, it was said. con.
sisted Of attempts to form a compan,
union, acceptance OF work from tn,
closed plants, and the alleged lock-ir
OF employees at the lunch hour to keer
them from mingling with pickets out.
side.
Evening star., 1937-06-28
c. U. SUMNER SESSION
ENROLMENT AT PEAK
Greatest Number of Students on
Record Is Listed, With
Time Still Open.

Enrolment for the Summer session
at Catholic University is the largest
in the history Of the institution, it was
announced today.
The current enrolment is more than
100 above that of last year at the same
time, 1926 having registered to date,
as compared with lib in 1896. Sew
eral days still are open for new regis
trations.
Although more students come from
the District of Columbia than from
any other single place, AZ States are
represented in the enrolment. Five
foreign countries also are represented
The Summer session opened yester-
day with a high mass celebrated in
the National Shrine of the 1mmacu-
late Conception by Rev. James J..
Brennan, S. S., chaplain of the ses-
sion.
Where else can the solidarity for
Christ be found that will make this
Nation peaceful and truly great
than in gatherings like this before
the altar Of God?" Right Rev. Joseph
M. Corrigan, rector of the university,
asked IN q sermon during the mass.
Evening star., 1937-06-28
TWOP[EAD GUILTY
IN NAHUM DEATH
Admit MansIaughter and
Second-Degree Murder
in Staying.

The two youths indicted in con-
nection with the Staying, February 6,
Of James Nahum, s4-year -old insur-
ance agent, pleaded guilty today be-
fore Justice F. Dickinson Let's in Dis
trict Court.
The accused are Lawrence N Kicker.
"a. of the 1900 block of Rhode Island
avenue northeast, Public Assistance
Division worker, and Robert W. Mein-
Ter, %, of the 3l00 block of Seven
teenth street northeast. Both were
indicted on a irst-degree murder
charge. Kicker, however. was allowed
to plead guilty to manslaughter and
Meinzer to second-degree murder.
Justice Let's said he would impose
sentence Thursday.
The two young men and Eunice
Constance Gerard. pretty 19-year- old
blond, were held at a coroners inquest
for grand jury action. The girl. how
ever, was not named in the indict-
ment.
Nahum was found lying on the rain
soaked ground alongside Chapel road
in Capitol Heights about 80 am on
January 81 by passing motorist. He
was revived and taken to his home
1909 North Capitol street, where he
lived with his wife and son. Later he
died in Sibley Hospital. presumably
from q cerebral hemorrhage.
Kicker, Meinzer and Miss Gerard
said Nahum had been drinking and
that they picked him up in their auto
mobile to 60 for a ride.
Evening star., 1937-06-28
GIRL HELD IN "RI0T"
PUT ON PROBATION
Not to be Returned to National
Training School, Says Police
Judge.

Agnes Thomas, colored. II, one of
two girls held in connection with a
recent riot" at the National Training
School for Girls, was placed on proba-
ton for one year today on an intoxi-
cation charge, by Police Judge John
p. Mcmahon.
The sentence followed a series of
conferences with officials of the school
and the Women's Bureau, during
which it was stated that the probation
onicer at the school would find q job
for the girl. She will not be returned
to the school, Judge Mcmahon said.
The other girl, Frances Mack, II,
colored, who was held on charge of
assaulting Willie Mae Benjamin, II,
will have hearing Wednesday before
Police Judge Walter j. Casey.
Evening star., 1937-06-28
Bomber Is Ordered
To AnncOstin Base
For Test Flights

Flight tests Of new Seversky dive
bomber. which has proved its ability
to stand q l5,0O0-foot power dive at
more than 500 miles per hour, are to
begin within a few days at the Flight
Test Section, Anacostia Naval Air
Station.
The plane was ordered to Anacostia
following contractors tests Saturday
at Farmingdale, Long Island, during
which James B. Taylor, jr., socialite
test pilot, dived the ship IL times to
terminal velocity 1t will be put
through performance tests at Ana
costa and sent to Dahlgren, Va. for
its Official terminal velocity diving
tests
Taylor, who considers power dives
the supreme thrill in life, was laced
into corset OF leather to hold his
internal organs in place during the
dives, according to an Associated Press
dispatch from Farmingdale.
He made the twelfth dive from an
altitude of 10000 feet and pulled out
in 1000 feet less than a mile above
the ground. Experts said the sensa
ton must have been similar to driving
car at so miles an hour into a brick
wall.
Evening star., 1937-06-28
SLOW TR0LLEYS
LAID TO POLICE
Citizens Group Official Hits
Traffic Enforcement for
Transit Ills.

Failure Of District police to ex-
pedite the movement Of public trans
portation vehicles was criticized today
by J. R. Manning, vice president Of
the Chevy Chase Citizens Associa-
ton, testifying before the Public Utili-
ties Commission.
Appearing at hearings on the Pc
tition Of the Capital Transit Co. for
an increase in its token fare rate.
Manning said he believes citizens are
not so much interested in the amount
of the fare, as long as it is reasonable,
as they are in the type Of service
rendered by the company.
Unlike other civic representatives
who have criticized the company,
Manning said he sympathi7ed with
the management and felt it had not
received the cooperation it Is en-
titled to from District officials.
Il believe citizens should give
greater attention to methods Of re-
ducing the high cost of public trans
portation," Manning said. "One OF the
most important factors in reducing
that cost is securing cooperation from
District officials to give public trans
portation vehicles right Of way over
private and commercial vehicles.
Delays Make Costs High.
obviously, we do not have the type
of traffic enforcement We should have
and the delays forced upon the COM
pany by trucks parked double and
automobiles blocking its rails con-
tributes more than anything else to
the high costs Of transportation.
Il cannot understand why the Dis
trict Commissioners and the police
and traffic officials and the commits
sion do not do something about this
situation"
Manning said he did not believe it
would be possible to maintain adequate
transportation service at fares lower
than those now charged.
Louis I. Obergh, representing the
Federation of Business Mems Asso-
Citations, joined Manning in criticizing
police for failing to expedite movement
OF street cars in rush hours.
William NICK. Clayton, repre-
senting the Federation Of Citizens
Associations, said committee of the
federation has appealed repeatedly to
the proper authorities" to expedite
the movement Of street cars.
Promises Not Kept.
Interference with the movement of
street cars Is worse now than 1t ever
has been,"' Clayton said.
Manning estimated that the fleet of
street cars could be increased from
10 to 80 per cent If tracks were kept
clear, but E. D. Merrill, president OF
the Capital Transit Co., said this esti-
mate was excessive.
The transit company head said he
thought street car speeds might be
advanced one mile an hour during
rush hours If tracks were kept clear
Harry N. Stull, president OF the
Stanton Park Citizens Association,
followed Manning to the stand and
declared the transit company has no,
kept the promises it made to the pub
lie when it was seeking permission
to merge.
stull said the company promised
better service and reduced fares, but
neither has materiali8ed.
Evening star., 1937-06-28
Appendix Lost
By Scout Here
For Jan,b0ree
Bedford Raley of
Texas, First Casualty,
Is Recovering.

The first casualty Of the jamboree
occurred yesterday, when Bedford Ra-
ley. 14-year-old Scout from Lubbock,
Tex, was rushed to Naval Hospital
with acute appendicitis.
Bedford developed what he thought
was just bad stomach ache, but when
us,ial treatment failed to help him,
camp physicians examined him and
found him in urgent need Of surgical
attention. He was reported resting
comfortably today.
a number of boys used their own
Arst-aid kits to treat the usual run of
A report that one Scout had de-
cuts, scratches and the like.
veloped mumps could not be substan-
siated An investigation was under
way.
Evening star., 1937-06-28

said Betty. who lives at 609 Ninth
street southwest
And 50 did l." Dorothy agreed.
Both girls wept as they awaited an
Animal Rescue League ambulance
They knew" the dog had a broken
back, and they were equally sure he
would have to be chloroformed.
DO you think they're going to have
to disclose him?" Dorothy kept ask
ing. What she was trying to ask was
OF course. if the puppy would have to
be disposed Of.
Because the Rescue League has no
hospital service, the dog was taken to
the Office of veterinarian The chill
dren-still crying-held their breath
as the doctor x-rayed the animal
Finally
It's only broken leg said the
veterinarian It'll be healed in 9
couple of weeks
Evening star., 1937-06-28
MINE SWEEPER SINKS;
BEING TOWED TO COAST
Sanderling, Decommissioned Yes
sci, Sprang a Leak on Trip
From Hawaii.

The decommissioned mine sweeper
Sanderling sank Saturday while being
towed from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to
the West Coast by the U. S. Guyana,
the Navy Department announced
today. There were no casualties.
A leak which could not be con-
trolled developed on the sanderling
and she was abandoned. The vessel
was built during the World War and
in May. 1922, was decommissioned at
Pearl Harbor.
The Guyana left Hawaii towing the
Sanderling last Tuesday. Lieut..
Comdr. Leonard B. Austin commands
the Guyana.
Evening star., 1937-06-28

gers full speed to the opposite dock
and made about.
The pair Of pioneers ran the re-
naming 200 yards to the pool.
Last one ms rotten egg" they
shouted as they made a dive for the
dressing room.
They stopped suddenly. however at
the voice of the pool manager, Bill
Rinehart
"There'll be no swim today, fellows"
he announced. we washed the pool
out last night and it's only half full
now Besides, you don't want to go
in in weather like this"
1t was a quiet trip back across the
channel
Evening star., 1937-06-28

Finally, small launch, labeled
Survey, Department of Interior" !"
pulled alongside. The boys jumped
to their feet.
You kids ready for swim?" A. w,
Luistro hollered.
"Oh. boy!" they shouted, Chamber
ing aboard.
And so the ferry service was inau-
gurated with two passengers.
But by the time the first boat load"
was half way across the channel the
wharf was cluttered with late comers
shouting, Don't forget us!"
Luistro rushed his first two passen-
Evening star., 1937-06-28
CRASH DAMAGES DENIED
D. G. Not Held Lab for GARBAGE
Truck Accident.

The District Government Is not
liable for injuries to citizens caused by
its garbage collection trucks. the
United States Court Of Appeals held
today in suit brought by Rebecca
Loube for injuries sustained when a
garbage truck collided with a street
car on which she was riding, December
81. 1885.
The court said the collection OF gar
bage Is q governmental function neces-
sary for the public health and that the
city therefore may not be sued for IN
jurtes caused in this performance.
Evening star., 1937-06-28
LEvIES ARE APPROVED
FOR RAIL WAY PENSION
D. the Associated Press,

~ the Associated Press.
The Senate Finance Committee ap-
proved today special taxes on railways
and their workers to finance the re-
vised railroad retirement act.
The measure, passed last week by
the House, would impose graduated
levies on pay rolls, shared equally by
the roads and employees, starting at S1a
per cent for three years and increasing
to 712 per cent by 1949.
Separate legislation to revise the
1885 retirement act was signed last
week by President Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1937-06-28
Charles Fellon, Actor, Dies

HOLLYWOOD, June % E). -
Charles Fellon. 66, stage and Aim ac-
tor, died Saturday night Of heart
disease He had played supporting
roles to the late Will Rogers and Shir.
ley Temple before he became Ill 10
months ago
Evening star., 1937-06-28

TODAY was the day for the kids
to start getting free rides across
the Washington Channel to
the swimming pool in East
Potomac Park.
The National Capital Park and
Planning Commissions new ferry
service for the youngsters was to
open at the harbor police wharf at
$50 am. and it did
Two kids showed up before o'clock
despite the slow drizzle of rain.
They sat nervously fumbling their
bathing suits and watched a gray
haired colored fisherman pull perch
and catfish from the murky. mist
covered water
Evening star., 1937-06-28
. OROTHY DEERING, 9, and
her playmate. Betty McCrea.
IL. were bound for a grocery

IL. were bound for a grocery
store today to buy the younger
girls police puppy, Tim, his breakfast
AS they crossed the street near
Dorothy's home at 524 Ninth street
southwest. the dog bounded along at
their heels, wagging his tail in happy
anticipation of the feast to come.
Suddenly there was loud screech-
ing of automobile brakes. Both girls
turned to see their pet beneath the
wheels of a car.
The motorist, Dorothy said later.
"drove off without even waiting to see
what he had done. And.' she added
bitterly. 'he looked as though he'd
have backed over Tim again if Betty
hadn't yelled at him.
Il thought sure he was a goner,"
Evening star., 1937-06-28

-
cient Egypt, air conditioning
today is one Of the fastest-growing
industries, Harry r. Daniel reveals in
his latest weekly Commerce Depart
ment broadcast on American in
dustries.
One of the most amazing stories Of
nature is that Of the air condition.
ing Of bee-hives, which xist on the
basis OF a system Of artificial ventila-
ton, Daniel said Working In re-
lays, squads of female bees provide
air circulation by rotating their wings
rapidly in opposite directions. creat-
ing two separate currents of air, one
Of which removes foul air and the
other draws in fresh air from t =
outside. II IN odor Objectionable to
the bees Is blown into the hives,
squads Of ventilattng workers. Win ap-
Evening star., 1937-06-28
DISTRESS SIGNAL
Forestry Service Offers sugges'

tion for Universal Call,
The Forestry Service suggested to-
day that the universal call letters of
distress for persons lost in the
woods be:
Three shrill whistles, three smoke
signals, three small fires or three
flashes from an electric torch.
Evening star., 1937-06-28
POWER RATES CUT
Study of 1872 Cities Shows Large
Reductions.

Many consumers enjoyed cuts in
electricity rates during 1886, the Fed
eral Power Commission reported today.
It studied 1872 American cities and
announced that the public In 66 per
cent Of them had lower rates to pay
January l. 1897, than on January l,
1896.
Evening star., 1937-06-28

RIGINATED in the dim days
before history by honeybees
and used first by man in an
cient Egypt, air conditioning
Evening star., 1937-07-13
Court Fight Ciues Congress
Perfect Legislative Alibi

The Senate court bill fight a
Senator said today. affords a per-
feet camouf1age for anybody who feels
that way
1t was his way of saying that the
Congressman who cannot accomplish
what his constituents expect. has now
legitimate excuse: 1T was caught in
the court fight jam"
Bills of immediate personal and
political interest to Senators and
House members are already caught
in the jam There was striking ex-
ample of this yesterday.
A conference report on mon mill
tary' War Department outlays, which
means flood control and river and
harbor projects. fell temporary vic
tim to the tense situation in the
Senate.
Again, should the House override
yesterdays presidential veto Of legis-
lation extending for two years low
interest rates on farm land bank loans.
the Senate will have to act or the bill
must die The Senate may not be
able to act.
Obviously some form OF gentlemen's s
agreement at least, to permit selected
measures to get action must soon be
attempted
Evening star., 1937-07-13

Emily Waites, colored, 9l2 T street
Of bronchial pneumonia.
The Associated Press said warmer
weather was forecast for most Of the
Nation today after an interlude Of
thundershowers that provided tenn
porary relief to nearly all OF the Is
States held in the grip Of the week-old
heat wave
J. r. Lloyd, Government meteor
ologist. said the only cool spot on the
heat-stricken area was marrow belt
extending from Southwestern Kansas
to Southeastern Minnesota"
An Associated Press survey showed
at least 357 persons In Is States died
from causes attributable to the pro-
longed heat wave New York led with
a total Of So. New Jersey had 49 and
Connecticut 38
In Chicago two heavy downpours
yesterday sent temperatures down Is
degrees from the days high of 8s.
Nine inches of rainfall flooded
streets and Easements Of business
houses at Blockton, Iowa The first
rain since mid-June checked the heat
in Northern South Dakota. Showers
also broke the hot spell in the New
Evening star., 1937-07-13

From the House side, notably silent
on the court bill since the Senate word
battle got started, came intimations
Of increasing restlessness. There never
has been any published attempt at a
poll Of the House on the court bill
compromise now before the Senate.
However, during the months since the
original court bill was sent in by the
President there have been evidences
in the House of the same party split
that divides the Senate.
With the whole House to be elected
next year the actual political effect
of the court bill fight on the fortunes
Of sitting members will be more
quickly evident than is the case with
the Senate Only a third OF the Sem
ators will be up in '38.
One House member is quoted as
having said that some of his Eastern
and Northern Democratic colleagues
are in difficult position. If the court
bill cached the House and they voted
against it. he said. they might be
beaten in the primaries; If they voted
for it, they might win in the pri-
maries and lose at election. For that
reason, 1t is said, some House Demo-
Gratis express hope the bill will never
get out Of the Senate.
Evening star., 1937-07-13
DR.. MAR|S BOGCS,
EDUCATOR, DIES
Woman Prominent in Capt.
tai 20 Years Dies While
on Trip to Palestine.

Or. A. Maris Boggs, internationally
known economist, educator and phil
anthropist, died yesterday in Jerusa-
lem. Palestine, according to cable
gram received here today At the Fran
ciscan Monastery. She was So years
old
DR.. Boggs had been identified with
Washington educational and literary
circles for more than 20 years when
she went abroad in 1884 for her
health. She Travelled with her com-
panion, Miss Dorothy Quincy Smith,
over Europe and into Western Asia.
In January, 1885, she was forced to
hospital and did not recover SUM-
GENTLY to continue her travels.
She was the founder here in 1913 OF
the Bureau Of Commercial Economics
philanthropic educational institu-
ton for the promotion Of interna-
tional amity and understanding She
was the director OF the bureau from
1922 until she was forced to retire be-
cause Of Ill health.
DR.. Boggs was a special collaboration
In the United States Bureau OF Com
merce visibility education, through
motion pictures, from 1915 to 1925
Born in Philadelphia, November a.,
1888, she was educated at Bryn Mawr
College and the University Of Pennsyl-
vania, receiving her masters degree
from the latter in 1911
DR.. Boggs was former president
Of the League of American Pen Women
and a member of the Authors League
OF America. She was an honorary
member OF the Medical Academy of
Science and the Cleveland Photo
Evening star., 1937-07-13

the walls japanese and Korean citi-
zens who reside in the district were
said to have attempted to escape into
the old Tartar city-the northern
section-only to find the Chien-men
gate, near the United States Embassy,
barred to them.
The southern city was cut off COM
pletely from the Tartar city, which
contains the former imperial palace
and the sacred area All traffic was
stopped and the populace was con-
fined to the houses.
Reports received in the Tartar city
indicated the fighting was among the
heaviest Of the last Wek. Chinese
troops were rushed from all points
about the city to reinforce the guards
at the southern gate.