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Evening star., 1937-02-12
DR.. CARRE[ Wins
NEWMAN AWARD
echnique of TranspIanting
Limbs and Organs Cited
in Announcement.
1y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, February a.
The Cardinal Newman Award for 1885
will go to DR.. Alexis Carrel, New York
scientist and surgeon, for his notable
contributions to medical science" the
Newman Foundation announced to-
day.
The award is conferred annually for
outstanding contribution Ito the en-
richment Of human life in the fields
of literature, art, science or humani-
tarianism." The award is gold medal.
DR.. Carrel, So years old and native
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re-
search. In 1912 he received the Nobel
prize for research in suturing blood
vessels and transplanting organs.
Presentation February FL.
The award was established in mem
ory of John Henry Cardinal Newman,
who died in 1890. Presentation will
be made February 81 at the University
Of Illinois. A committee including
five university faculty members select
the recipient.
Previous winners included Senators
Gerald P Nye of North Dakota and
George w. Norris Of Nebraska, DR..
Robert A. Millikan, Pasadena, Calf,
and Frank B. Kellogg, st. Paul.
"Dr. Carrel has achieved world emf
nence for his pioneer work in develop
ing a technique for transportation Of
limbs and organs and for the pres
ervation and growth of organs OUT
side the body" the citation read. "Of
far-reaching Importance for the saw
ing of human life was his discovery
Of a method for the treatment Of
wounds SO as to keep them contin-
ually free from infection, known as
the Carrel-Dakin method.
Blood Vessel Research.
"His research in blood vessel sur
gerry resulted In discoveries Of greater
significance than any made in that
field since 1916, when William Har-
vey advanced the theory of the cir
culation Of the blood. His work has
revolutionized the technique Of sur
gerry in this field.
I'VE hold him up before the eyes
OF the youth of America and of the
world as an inspiring ideal and as a
symbol of the richness of q life that
loses itself in the service Of others.
His life points the way out of our
cropping darkness to the dawn OF a new
and better day."
Evening star., 1937-02-12

whsn bhe walked between two parked
automobiles into Connecticut avenue
at Porter street. The driver q the
car that struck her--gsrnard Clark,
%. Of 1910 Twenty second strsst--will
appear at an inquest, 10 bs held later
by Coroner A. Magrader Macdonald.
Brook Z. Reed, 30, Of 3s32 Pennsyl-
vania avenue southeast, was slightly
injured early today when his car
crashed into q tree at Ninth street
and MaSsachusetts avenue northeast.
Ninth precinct police, who took him
to Casualty Hospital, said he told them
he fell asleep at the wheel.
Evening star., 1937-02-12

w. Kelly, Of Eighth street and vir-
ginia avenue southeast yesterday.
The ofiicer's left shoulder ana right
leg were sprained and he was taken 70
Providence Hospital. The car later
was found abandoned. Kelly y 80
and lives ut 1000 Ninth strsst south
east.
The Districts trafic death toll for
the year mounted to 10 yesterday. two
ahead Of the same time last year, with
the death in Georgetown Hospital Of
Mrs. Rosa Myers. 10. Of se7o Con-
necticut avenue.
Mrs. Myers succumbed TO . frac-
tured skull and other injuries received
Evening star., 1937-02-12

ton OF the forty
first anniversary
of the college at
t h e Mayfower
tomorrow night.
Mckinley will
introduce the
principal speaker,
Senator McCar-
ran Of Nevada,
who will talk on
1.-The M o d e r n
Conception Of the
Law" DR.. Grace
Hays Riley, dean
Of the college,
will preside; and
n1arkr mill iH
Evening star., 1937-02-12
CLUB PLANS HIKE
Trails Club Members to Follow
Blue Ridge Route Sunday.

Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
members will hike over the mountain
top trail from Thornton Gap to
Range View Shelter, a distance of
miles, Sunday. A chartered bus will
leave the Treasury place at Z am.
The group will follow the Ap-
palachian trail which overlooks the
Virginia Piedmont and Mount
Marshall and Hogback, highest peaks
in the Shenandoah Park. After lunch
the mixers may choose between Winter
sports and an afternoon hike Of four
miles. If there is snow there will be
skiing in the vicinity of Sexton Knoll,
where the park service has cleared a
slope. The leader is A. H. Jackman,
2805 @ street. Phone North 1912.
Evening star., 1937-02-12

SucStS WILL III.
clude members of the Board Of Trust
ees. the faculty, alumni and student
body.
Mckinley was selected as toast
master by the college Faculty Com
mittee.
Evening star., 1937-02-12
LAW COLLEGE TO MARK
ITS 41ST ANNIVERSARY
W. II. P. Mckinley to Be Toast.
master at Celebration BAN
ouet At Mevnowar

William H. P. Mckinley, president
OF the evening division junior class,
Washington College of Law, will be
toastmaster at the banquet celebra-
Evening star., 1937-02-12
POLICEMAN INJURED
BY HIT.RUN DRIVER
City-Wide Search Made for Four
Colored Men Believed
in Auto.

A city-wide search was In progress
today for four colored men believed
to have been the occupants Of a hit
and-run automobile that injured
Twelfth Precinct Policeman Lenwood
Evening star., 1937-11-04
CUMMINGS AIDE
ENDSLONGCARE
William R. Benham Honored
on Retirement After
38 Years Service.

Retiring after 38 years in Govern
ment service, william r. Benham, q
special assistant to the Attorney Gen.
eral in the Antitrust Division of the
Department of Justice, was presented
with a watch and other gifts at
ceremony yesterday in the department.
The presentation was made by
Wendell Berge, also a special assist
ant, who read a message from At
, torney General Cummings praising
Mr.. Benham's service.
Mr.. Benham was born here June 6,
1868, and his first Federal position
was in the Government Printing
Office, where he went to work on
January IL, 1889. In May. 1902, he
was appointed deputy clerk of the
United States Court in Territorial
Oklahoma, and on June 26, 1908, was
made special agent in the Bureau
of Investigation. Mr.. Benham occu-
pied this post Is years until on Oc-
tober 16, 1923, he was named as
special assistant to the Attorney Gen.
eral.
In an unusual procedure, President
Roosevelt, on June Is, 1887. issued an
executive order bringing Mr.. Benham
under the Retirement Act on the
recommendation of Attorney General
Cummings who told the President, II
earnestly feel that persons who de-
vote an entire lifetime to Government
service should be entitled to some
benefits and protection for future
years"
Mr.. Benham has figured impor-
family in antitrust Investigations.
Evening star., 1937-11-04
MARKHAM STUDIES
HAWAII DEFENSES
Former Chief of Engineers
Sent to Territory on
Special Mission.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
An informed person disclosed today
that Col. Edward M. Markham, former
chief Of Army engineers, has been sent
to Hawaii on special mission con-
nected with the Army's 100000 de-
fense program for the islands.
AS q personal representative of Sec
retary Woodring, he will survey the
engineering projects in progress there
and report his findings to the War De-
partment general staff.
His recommendations may form the
basis of new plans for strengthening
military and naval defenses in Hawaii
"A program advocated in high Army
quarters because Of unsettled condi-
tions in the Far East and the ap-
preaching grant of independence to the
Philippine Islands.
Survey to Take Six Months.
Markham left Immediately after
completing four-year term as chief
Of Army engineers on October 18. At
that time he reverted to his permanent
rank of colonel from the temporary
grade of major general His work is
expected to require six months.
Although the Hawaiian Territory is
a naval base as well as an important
Army post, Army engineers are re-
sponsible for most of the technical
work of maintaining and strengthen
ing both types of Notifications.
Cost s6,776,000 at Least.
They are in the midst of a three
year program of developing defense
works there. A minimum expenditure
of s6,776,321 is contemplated, and
Congress already has appropriated
more than half of this sum.
This work involves not only the con-
struction and maintenance of fortifica-
tions, but the development of high
ways, utilities and harbor facilities.
Proposals recently have been made to
relocate certain docks to help relieve
congestion in Honolulu Harbor and to
deepen the channel for the Pearl Har-
Dor naval base.
Evening star., 1937-11-04
MAN HELD IN SLAYING
OF MOTHER RULED SANE
Virginia Prosecutor Will Move to
Have Hospital Inmate
Face Arrangement.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROCKY MOUNT, Va, Nov. A.
commemorative Attorney c. C. Lee
said yesterday he would ask for court
order for removal of Woody Nowlin,
now an inmate of the Southwestern
State Hospital at Marion, to Franklin
County to face arraignment on a
charge of numbering his mother in
January, 1928
The commemorative attorney said
he had received communication from
DR.. George A. Wright. superintendent
Of the Marion Hospital. declaring that
he believed Nowlin was now of bal
anced mind.
Nowlin was indicted, according to
Mr.. Lee, on a charge of breaking his
mothers neck with his hands, resulting
in her death. He was committed to the
institution for observation and has re-
manned there since 1928.
Evening star., 1937-11-04
MOTORISTS PAY MUCH
One-Sixth of Total Taxes Found
to Come From Auto Users.

The National Highway Users Con-
ference estimated yesterday that one
sixth of the total taxes collected by all
divisions Of government come from
ownership and use of motor vehicles.
Automobile owners and users bear
a total ultimate consumer" levy Of
50,000.000 placed on automotivs
transportation, the report said.
Evening star., 1937-11-04
Be Fair TO Oysters
Enjoy them with Guinness

. year, in oak vats and in
Bottle.
Although oysters always call
for Guinness, millions of peo.
pie enjoy Guinness without
oysters. In fact, the natural en-.
joyment Guinness has brought
to all sorts of occasions since
1859 has made it the most
popular brew in the world.
Guinness is enjoyed before
or during meals, after exercise
or when tired, and before re-,
firing. Get it wherever you buy
good beer or ale.
The Washington times., 1937-01-15

That extremely a mark-up of only lilo of
from previous of 316 Such figures micro
scopc that in normal times they would not seem real
The interesting point is the fact of change movement
that percepbe to the naked and that fact that the
movement is upward
Furthermore any significance of the move is increased by
the fact that other indications of higher discount rates have
been appearing For several weeks the at which the
United States Treasury gets its finance bills discounted
has been gradually increasing 1t has crawled up from al
nothing to the neighborhood of 1-3 of per cent.
This that the Government is having to pay more
for borrowed funds.
There has also appeared small tendency toward
lower prices for Government bonds which of
that the interest yields higher percentage the price
paid for the bonds.
Do these symptoms that the money market is about
to tighten up? Are credit conditions Tightening that
higher money rates in prospect?
yesand-no has TO be given It that 0)
these to be interpreted preliminary symptoms of
that will eventually; but that 2) they merely the
preliminary STRINGS that indicate that the market is gng
ready for advance to come later.
All these so-called money rates abnormaly and art
ficially low. Probably normal "asked 9O-day
bankers acceptance would be about per and the yield
high grade bonds should normally be about per
Some of are almost "nomna' as illustrated by the
fact that there has been very little demand for bankers
ceptances.
Thus of 1-16 to rate of a of per cent is in
significant.
Almost certainly the proposal the New Deal authorities
make another increase in the required for bank
poss has something do with this rise in bill 1t
worth noting therefore, that change in requirements
would also be attempt to get out of unreal and abnormal
position.
Bank have long been artcaly and abnormaIy
great There is need of increased Why, hen
increase the requirement? 1t in anticipation of
future need!
The New Deal is osrch-like policy of attempting
to prevent result by pretending that the not there
But only the gold land gold certficaes
which monetary policies have brought in still here;
also the huge bank deposits still here They balance the
banks investments" in Government paper.
The plain fact is that the Government ought have
paying much higher interest rates. that rose as it
borrowed and wasted funds.
Present moves in money rates. however but the foeta
utterngs of credit strain which hardly be expected
many months Indeed they may indefinitely postpone the
proposed increase in reserve requirements.
The Washington times., 1937-01-15
WHEAT .ERASES
EARLY GAINS

CHICAGO, Jan. IS G.N.S0.
Wheat futures developed an easy
tone here today and early gains
ranging to a cent were converted
onto small losses.
May and July wheat here re-
acted to below the previous close
after advancing 12c each while the
September delivery gave up practi-
cally all of a cent advance.
At mid-SeSsion wheat was lsc up
to &c off, corn 1sc lower to 1sc
higher, oats unchanged to &c down,
rye 1s to 14c off and soy beans "a
to kc lower.
The Washington times., 1937-01-15
RUBBER SHARES
RISE ON CURB
BY EDWARD KRICKER

NEW YORK, Jan. IS G.N.sJ.
Curb stocks continued to advance
in later dealings today with the
rubber and aviation stocks improv-
ing moderately under persistent
demand.
A few issues scored wide ad-
vanceS but on the whole gains
were narrow and some irregularity
was In evidence. Trading, while
heavy, was slightly less than yes
terday's volume.
Brown Company, preferred, was
outstanding the miscellaneous
stocks with a 6 point climb to a
new peak at 591a. Bliss Corpora
ton advanced more than a point
in active buying.
The Washington times., 1937-01-15
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO, Jan. Is (I.N.S.).-Butter-
Receipts 1924 tubs; market steady to
easy; old cars 2; new, 2; extras, S3c.
standards, s3c; extra firsts, 81 u q 9S2Sc;
specials, 33h q @34c.
Eggs-Receipts 1895 cases; market
steady; old cars, s new, 2; current re-
ceipts, 21hc; fresh, extra firsts. less
than cars. 22Ac; cars 23Ac; fresh
extra firsts, less than cars 22%c; cars,
2sAc; fresh firsts less than cars, 22hc;
cars a2%c; dirties, 19c; checks, 18c.
Live Poultry-Market unsettled; tur-
keys, iS0lSzc: hens 13@1Shc; leg
horn hens. s@13c; broilers. 209z1c;
springs, i661Sc; chickens boise;
,roostsrs. 1IG12c; ducks, lO916c; geese
1OG14o.
The Washington times., 1937-01-15

to investors, because the discount or interest
rate is too low to be attractive to buyers.
These dealers are holding commercial paper
in the form of "bills" that are drawn by the
sellers of goods on the buyers. These bills
mostly call for payment in 80, 60 or 80 days.
When bank vouches for the goodness of the
bill, by accepting" it, the paper becomes
bankers acceptance"
The new bill rates are now 5-16 of per cent
bid, and IA of per cent asked by the dealers:
In other words, the typical rate on bankers
:r 1 1 nE nnnnt
The Washington times., 1937-01-15
Washington Stocks

Sales
Washington Gas IS, 1860, 500
9125.
After Call
Capital Transit Company, 100
is, 15@15.
American Security and Trust
Company, 2@305.
The Washington times., 1937-01-15
"AA AYTXT Mark-Up in Bill Rates Means
n IA ~ n, Bankers Acceptances Art
AAA "A AA - Hard Selling to Investors
By LEWIS HANEY
Professor of Economics New York University

One Of the most interesting nanca developments Of late
the markup "b rates. This that dealers in socalled
hanker dcmlt sell such
The Washington times., 1937-01-15
Volume Yesterday
100000 Shares

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High Low
Evening star., 1937-02-27

Is of considerable practical importance.
For example. police radio stations in
stalled few years ago and operating on
high radio frequencies could be received
only 80 or 40 miles away. Now they can
be heard on the opposite side of the
Atlantic. When the stations were first
established the high frequencies used
penetrated the ionosphere and were lost
in space Now. owing to the increased
ion-densities of the ionosphere. they are
reflected back to the earth so that the
echoes are received at great distances.
The ground hog is unique among ami
mails in its ability to live for as long as
a month with both kidneys removed.
This discovery was made by DR.. Sidney
w. Britton and Dr. Herbert Silvette
University Of Virginia Psychologists. in
connection with study of how death is
caused by poiSons formed within the
bodies of mammals that have lost their
kidneys. Ground hogs from whom both
kidneys had been removed continued for
two, three and even four weeks to eat
and drink freely, and to have occasional
fights with their cage mates, just like
normal animals. In several cases food
was eaten within few hours before
death, but the animals always died, show
ing in the end the usual symptoms of
uremic poisoning.
This behavior, Drs. Britton and Sill
vette report, is strikingly different from
that of other animals without kidneys.
Rats, guinea pigs, cats and dogs all show
severe effects and survive only a few
days. The University of Virginia physi-
ologists also found that ground hogs
from whom the kidneys had been re-
moved in Winter survived much longer
than those operated upon in Summer.
This Is not due to Information, however,
for in the warm air of the laboratory
the animals do not go into their GUS
tomary Winter sleep. but remain active
through January and February. Ground
hogs whose kidneys were removed in
Winter lived an average of 20 days, while
those operated upon in the early Summer
lived only week or less.
Evening star., 1937-02-27
Merit System Plans Lead
To Wholesale Spoils Raid

To the Editor Of The Star:
The fact is steadily gaining recognition
that the real object of many of the
schemes for extending the merit sys-
tenn" is to throw open the entire Fed
eral civil service to wholesale spoils
raid.
In all the discussions OF competitive
VS.. non-competitive examinations for
conferring civil service status on political
and other favorites now being cared for
In non-civil service positions. one pre-
caution has been consistently, not to
say studiously, avoided:
Whenever the holder Of non-civil
service position is given competitive civil
service status therein, by any means eX-
cept open. preferential, competitive
examination. why not prohibit him from
using that status as basis for trans
ferring into any other civil service posi-
ton for at least four years thereafter?
Such restriction would not interfere
in the slightest degree with the ostensible
purpose of any Of the plans for "ex-
tending the merit system" into the New
Deal agencies without disrupting the
work of those agencies by too abrupt a
turnover-but it would prevent the foun-
dering of the entire competitive civil
service by an overload of favorites
brought into 1t by non-competitive
methods. TT. MEAD.
Evening star., 1937-02-27
Pedestrian Cooperation
Is Not a Major Problem

To the Editor Of The Star:
There appeared in your paper on Feb
ruary z, if remember rightly, an article
on the automobile page headed "Pedes-
trian Control Urgent" Apparently this
article Is an Endorsement of that one
appearing in The Star of January 16, by
Betsy Caswell, with the heading going
entirely across the page. as follows:
pedestrians Must Cooperate With Those
Who Drive" am wondering If either you
or Miss CaSwell believe that cooperation
on the part of the pedestrian is lacking
or anywhere near it. 1t is true that there
are those who walk carelessly, and sup
pose We will always have that class with
us. What about proposing that motor
lists must cooperate with those who
walk? Until the people who drive are
compelled to be careful about protecting
the pedestrians there will be no improve
ment in the traffic mess in Washington.
There are careful and considerate motor
lists, and always have been, but there are
plenty in the other class. 1 have always
understood that it was a rule of society
when it was possible to avoid an accident
ton seems to be made whenever a
motorist and pedestrian are involved,
the exception always being in favor of
the motorist. And how about the effi-
cheney rating of lots of the drivers being
very high when 1t comes to stopping on
the crosSwalks. thus compelling us to
60 outside If We cross the streets at all.
I have always thought that people
should cross at the street crossings and
be encouraged to do so, but am vigor-
ously opposed to any law compelling
them to do it. HENRY j. HALLAM.
Evening star., 1937-02-27
City Manager Government.
From the Charlotte Observ,

From the Charlotte Observer.
AS unluclsy as Cincinnati has been in
its experiences with the flood, it has been
exceedingly fortunate in that, when the
waters overspread the city and precipi-
tated a crisis without precedent, that
city had a city manager form of govern
ment and an exceptionally efficient one
man executive control
c. A. Dykstra was that man. He di-
rected all municipal activities focused
upon relief; his orders were never ap-
pealable; his commands had to be car
ried out by those to whom they were
given.
How the emergency might have been
met otherwise can we'll be imagined by
those who continue to live in communi-
ties governed by the ancient and cum
bersome aldermanic form In which au-
thority is scattered and important func-
tions of municipal government are in the
hands of committees. usually appointed
on the basis of political considerations.
The city manager form of government
has been put to critical tests in times of
normal and ordinary conditions and
come out unscathed.
In this instance, it has been COM
pelled to face an unprecedented situa-
ton and emerges from that with all the
argument and credit for efficiency on its
side.
Evening star., 1937-02-27
Supreme Court Proposal a
Stimulant to Lawlessness

To the Editor of The Star:
Some Of the critics Of the Supreme
Court who support the Presidents plan
for getting favorable decisions are point
ing to the Dred Scott decision as the act
OF an aged jurist who had outlived his
usefulness on the bench. They assume
that the decision was q principal cause
of the Civil War. 1t no doubt had an
exciting influence, but as 1t was In favor
Of the South and the South nevertheless
seeded I am unable to understand how
the effects could have been any better
II the decision had favored the North.
Further, it is wrong to charge the Dred
Scott decision to Chief Justice Taney,
since 1t was concurred in by six other
members Of the court. At the time 1t was
rendered the Chief Justice was q little
less than 80 years old, and was therefore
younger than is Mr.. Justice BrandeiS at
this time.
1t Is not for me to decide whether or
not the court should have held the other
way, but 1t Is obvious that the circum-
stances were then quite different from
those now confronting the President and
his party. No constitutional amendment
abolishing or restricting slavery could
have secured either submission or ratifi-
cation at that time. Now, however, there
is no sectional division Whether or not
the President has mandate" he car
ried 46 of the 48 States, and there is q
very general sentiment in favor Of the
enactment of so-called social legislation.
can see no ground whatever for resort
to questionable methods On the other
hand, the proposal, in my opinion, tends
to stimulate the lawlessness that is now
sweeping over the country.
G. v. BURNSIDE.