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Evening star., 1937-06-12
DENG|S ALSO GETS
BIG PLAY IN DOPE
Bartlett of Canada Feared
Contender - Diminutive
Wyer a Dark Horse.
BY ROD THOMAS.

N A cOlOrful held OF the fastest
marathon runners in the West.
ern Hemisphere, Mel Porter OF the
L Millrose Athletic Association Of
New York went to post a slim favor.
lite today in the sixth anual Evening
Star marathon for the National A. A.
U. championship.
Bill Schlobohm, here to represent
the National Long Distance Running
Committee Of the A. A. u, who has
seen every important race In the East
for years, rates Pat Dengis Of Balti.
more, who won The Star contest in
1885, even with Porter, but most Of
the other informed marathon fans
conceded Mel the edge. The Millose
star in the last four years has fin
ished no lower than third here
Schlobohm also likes the chances Of
Jimmy Bartlett Of the General Mo-
tors Of Oshawa, Canada, and Dick
Wilding of the Gladstone Club Of
Mount Dennis. Canada He rates Por-
ter and Dengis at to l and Bartlett
and Wilding at 8 to 3.
DE Mar Is lO TO 4.
NEXT in favor with Schlobohm are
Bill Steiner Of the Millroee A. A.:
Clarence De Mar. the famous Keene.
N. H., veteran, and Hugo Kauppinen.
the little New York Finn, whom he
quotes at 10 to 4.
A newcomer to the game, Bill WIKI
lund OF the h-American Club of
Newark, N. j., is among the dark
horses, being quoted by Schlobohm at
Is to s. along with Joe PloufTe of Wor-
cester, Mass; Augustus Johnson Of
Port Chester, N. Y: Paul De Bruvn
Of the Chippewa Club. Yonkers, N. Y,
and Johnny Semple Of Beverly, Mass.
each rated at Is to 6. He puts the
field at 20 to 8.
We believe that Schlobohm is over
looking bet in the smallest man
in the race, Percy Wyer of the Forest
Hill Club of Toronto Percy stands
under five feet and weighs about SO
pounds, but every ounce Of him is
running stuff. To our way OF think.
ing, tiny Percy is the most danger-
GUS of the dark horses.
Skeptical OF Rios.
(CHLOBOHM Is skeptical Of the
ability Of the much publicized
Jose Rios OF Peru to run a strong
race following plane trip that be-
gan at Rio de Janeiro last Monday
| and wound up this morning His
ship lost "a hours due to stormy
weather and Jose was done out Of
his only chance to lay up a full night s
sleep on terra f1rma during the week
OF the race.
Jose arrived at the Washington air.
port at sos this morning and was
hied to the Annapolis Hotel by mem-
bers Of the Emergency First Aid Corps.
He will remain here several days, then
fly to Dallas, Tex. where on July ia
he will run for Peru in the marathon
Of the Pan-American games.
At lease one Of the contestants IN
today's race has beaten Rios. Jimmy
Bartlett. representing Canada In the
last Olympic marathon, was the first
runner from the Western Hemisphere
to finish in the Berlin grind Of last
year, with Rios we'll behind him.
With a dozen top-fighters entered
DR.. Ben ChitWood, the District cham.
pion. gives himself one chance in 8
hundred of winning the national
crown.
DR.. Chitwood, biologist in the De-
partment Of Agriculture, runs for rec
reation and not fame. In college he
was tWo-rniler
Evening star., 1937-06-12
Follow Race on Horseback.

MOT infrequently the first kicking
Of the sticks send them flying
over the heads OF the second and
third racers In advance and they fall
near each other. The excitement is
intense, for none Of the dozen young
men spare themselves in scrambling
over and pushing one another in Or
der to secure the stick. The distance
which it Is sent by q single kick, or
tossed with the toes. Is remarkable.
Very often it falls at least 100 feet
from the point at which it was lifted.
Sometimes careless kick will send
the stick into the brush, where great
difficulty may be experienced. as a
racer IS never allowed to touch it with
his hands.
Accompanying the racers may also
be seen from 200 to 300 men and
women on horseback. II the season
is dry the dust kicked up by the
loping horses is dreadful and the
nude, sweating bodies Of the racers
soon are covered with mud.
Training for a Zuni foot race be-
gins at childhood At almost any
time naked youngster of four or
five years may be seen kicking the
stick in front Of his home"
Evening star., 1937-06-12

Burnett is something like four or five
under par for 8 rounds, which Is =
testimonial to the life Of . fireman.
But Wednesday night, after he had
won the medal, he thought he'd never
get to sleep. Up there at No. 6 truck
they had four false alarms that night
and for each one Volney had to pile
out and hop the truck. The next day
he shot 81 and u, which puts Old
Man Par about 6 down to Morpheus.
Washington Wins Women's Title.
MEANWHILE that predicted all
" Washington final in the Maryland
women's championship is being
played today over the lengthy Five
Farms course Of the Baltimore Coun-
try Club, where q throng Of sad
faced Baltimoreans are watching
Helen Dettweiler. Congressional ace,
match shots with Elizabeth Hough-
ton of Chevy Chase for the Old
Line State title, which Mrs. Betty p.
Meckley relinquished yesterday.
Miss Dettweiler-but all golfers
know who she is-has won the State
title before, but Miss Houghton's big
gest tourney victory came three years
ago in the Post Cup affair." handi-
cap tourney. Miss Houghton Is .
daughter Of Alanson B. Houghton.
formerly Ambassador to the Court Of
st. James, and the young woman IS
quite . golfer, as she showed yes
terday, In trouncing Mrs. Meckley !
up.
In fact, she called on some q
that old British bulldog stuff
that she learned in Albion to,
win, for she was } down at the
18th and pulled the match
out.
Miss Dettweiler won from Mrs. Z.
Boyd Morrow Of EHidge, the
women's Middle Atlantic champ, by
and l. The final started ut II
O'Clock.
Evening star., 1937-06-12
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.
bI IHONIHS N. hENN1.
TINE marathon was old in Amer
lea when Columbus landed and
among the Zuni OF New
Mexico 1t Is still the favorite

lea when COlumO BUS landed and
among the Zuni OF New
a Mexico 1t Is still the favorite
sport.
These Zuni long distance races cover
courses of about 20 miles. The run
ners are divided into two teams. Each
team carries light stick which must
be kicked before the runners as they
go. Such a race is both a sport and
a religious ceremonial and betting
Is without bounds.
The Zuni is perhaps the greatest Of
Americas aboriginal runners. A few
years ago DR.. Frank H. H. Roberts
OF the Smithsonian Institution was
excavating some ancient ruins with
a crew of Zuni workmen. The site
was 40 miles from the pueblo where
these men lived.
Early Sunday morning the whole
crew would start out to visit their
families. They would run to the
pueblo. spend the day with their wives
and sweethearts, and then run back
again in time for work Monday morn
ing-covering . distance Of 80 miles
in a day. 1t was nothing to them,
however, because they had been
trained to It from infancy.
Evening star., 1937-06-12
Use Cigarettes In Sacrifice.

THE following description Of one
Of the Zuni marathons Is taken
from the library OF the Bureau Of
American Ethnology:
"On the evening Of the day before
a long race takes place the partici-
pants repair to q secluded spot in one
OF the mesas some distance from the
village. where hole foot or two
in depth is excavated in which is
deposited sacred meal and two ciga-
rettes. The hole is filed and the
Indians retire some distance and sit
reverently without whisper. Should
a roosting bird become frightened and
take flight. or the hoot OF an owl be
heard, 1t is considered an i'll omen
and the race postponed.>
"The racers are greeted on their re-
turn to the village by priest, who
offers blessing, and q single cigarette
Is passed around among them. The
following morning the runners arise
earlier than usual, take short run,
and rest until time to start. About
an hour before starting they partake
sparingly of bread soaked in water
after which they don breechcloths,
either entirely white or red. The hair
Is tied In knot above the forehead
by one Of the priests. To this knot
an arrow point Is invariably attached
as symbol OF flight.
Excitement at Keen Pitch.
"ITHOUT the excitement is in
w tense. The women bet as spirit
edly as the men. Here may be seen
fellow who has wagered all he pos
sesses. Another has ventured all his
own property as we'll as that of his wife
and II he fails to win q divorce is
imminent. The small boys also are
jubilant. The articles that are to
change hands at the close Of the race
are placed In = heap in the center Of
a large dance course near the old
Spanish church.
"The runners line up on both sides
OF the river. A Zuni foot race is not
entirely a contest Of swift-footedness.
In preparing for the start the mem
bers Of a team arrange themselves
several PAGES apart in an irregular
line In the course to be pursued, in
Evening star., 1937-06-12
Zu11i Indians Make Marathon
Running a Sacred Festival,
Kicking a Stick as They Go

such a manner that the movements of
their leader at the point OF starting
can be readily seen. The leader places
across his foot at the base Of the
toes rounded stick about the size Of
the little finger. A mounted priest goes
ahead sprinkling the trail with sacred
meal.
cat the signal each of the leaders
kicks his stick as far in advance as
possible. The racer OF his side who
happens to be nearest its place Of
falling Immediately rushes In and
again kicks it. his companions run
ming ahead In order to be ready to
send the stick on its further fight.
This operation is continued through
out the entire course, the racers in
the rear each time running ahead
that they may kick the stick as often
as their companions.
Evening star., 1937-12-26
CAPPER SEES VOTE
LEVER IND. c. TAX
New Burdens May Cause
Congress to Favor Fran
Chise, Says Senator.

The new tax burdens recently ap-
piled to residents of Washington will
have tendency to strengthen senti-
ment in Congress in favor of suffrage
for Washinetonians. Senator Capper,
Republican, of Kansas predicted yes
terday.
The Kansan, long a member of the
District Committee, is co-author of
the pending joint resolution for con-
stitutional amendment that would en-
power Congress to grant the District
representation in House and Senate
and the right to vote in presidential
elections.
There is stronger argument 70,
suffrage today than ever before" the
Senator said, land 1 believe that with
the local tax burden getting heavier
Congress will recognize the existence
here of taxation without representa-.
ton, an undemocratic principle
Senator Capper also expressed keer
interest in recent discussion of needei
Improvements for Gallinger Municipa
Hospital. and made known he will sup.
port whatever items the Commissioner!
recommend to give the hospital ade.
quate facilities. including additiona
personnel. if they deem that necessary
Senator Capper is one of the three
District Committee members who serve
as ex-officio members of the Distric
Subcommittee Of the Appropriation.
Committee.
Evening star., 1937-12-26
THOMAS SUGGESTS
SURFACE HIGHWAY
Senator Would Prefer BouIe.
ward to Elevated
Structure.

A surface-level boulevard circling
the central congested area of the city
was urged yesterday by Senator
Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma in
preference to an elevated highway for
through traffic.
Senator Thomas. chairman of the
Senate Subcommittee on District Ap-
propriations. made the suggestion in
commenting on indications that pro-
vision may be made in the next Dis
trict supply bill in the House for
engineering studies looking toward an
elevated boulevard similar to the
Pulaski skyway leading toward New
York from Jersey City.
The proposal is being advanced to
facilitate the movement of through
trafiic between Bladensburg road In
the Northeast and Highway Bridge at
the south end of the city.
Senator Capper. Republican, OF
Kansas. who also serves on the Appro-
priations Subcommittee, said the
project is worthy of serious study, but
added he would want to be certain
the Commissioners and the public
would support the plan before making
up his mind.
Senator Thomas expressed the view
surface highway would be more
economical and would improve new
areas of the city An elevated high.
way, on the other hand. would deader
the section through which it passed
he contended
To move traffic more expeditiously
from Bladensburg road to the bridge:
leading to the South, Senator Thoma!
said he thought a surface boulevard
we'll marked, should be developed
through the area south of the Capito
Building and south of Constitution
! ayep11p
Evening star., 1937-12-26

With the fund aggregating nearly
$5,000,000 today, board officials say it
will top the $6,000,000 mark before any
benefits are payable after January 1.
Every State now has an unemploy-
ment compensation law, but only in
the District and 81 States do the stat
utes provide for beginning the bene-
fits in January. Wisconsin, alone OF
all the States. has been paying out
unemployment checks this year be-
cause the Wisconsin statute, enacted
earlier, provided for an earlier pay-off.
Other States Begin Later.
Eight States-Indiana Mississippi,
Iowa, Michigan, South Carolina,
Idaho, New Mexico and Oklahoma
will begin payments later in 1888.
The others will begin in 1899.
The 81 States and the District have
accumulated an aggregate of $780,
489, ,768 and their unemployment stat
utes cover 1l,565,O00 workers. New
York and Pennsylvania alone cover
approximately 100000 of the insured
workers.
The number of insured workers in
the District of Columbia and the
States who are now idle is not avail
able, but labor leaders regard the
first large-scale payoff as an impor.
tant cushion" against business reces.
sion.
Tomorrow: How the Jobless Will
Beneft.)
Evening star., 1937-12-26

silence reigned as he besought his
muse in vain.
II had it when I got up, but now
I've lost it," he lamented, yielding the
floor to better poets.
The verse included Zone comb for
eyerv home" This Christmas gift is
powder. I certainly will smell louder
and Love me, love my DOG"
Asked in press announcements OF
the party by DR.. Grace "A. Thompson,
whose lonely Christmas here IA years
| ago inspired these stranger get
tnpethers started in 1884, to bring q
rift costing not In excess Of . quarter,
one e,,est solved the dilemma Of chotca
Evening star., 1937-12-26

by wrapping up Is cent piece in
Christmas paper.
I'm not beggar, but somebody
gave me q quarter" said the man
who got it. Merry Christmas!"
The presents were numbered and
left on a table, and during the middle
of the meal walters called of the
numbers, placing the gift under the
chair of the guest whose ticket bore
the corresponding number.
Those present, about half of whom
were Government employees. followed
the dinner with song and story
swapping, and all agreed It was Q
grand party"
Evening star., 1937-12-26
WILL HONOR JACKSONS
Montgomery County Club to Give
Dinner for Mayor and Wife,

ROCKVILLE, Md, Dec. Is (Spe-
ciaD About 400 persons are expected
to attend the dinner for Mayor and
Mrs. Howard w. Jackson of Baltimore
at the Congressional Country Club
January 3, sponsored by the Mont
gomery County Jackson-for- Governor
Club, according to Jesse F. Nicholson,
president.
Mr.. Nicholson announced that en-
tertainment would be furnished by
Mrs. Elsie Harvey Weaver. Charles R.
Haycraft, Miss Maria Duchen and Will
liam j. McNally. Miss Margaret
Dronenburg is in charge of reserva-
tions.
Evening star., 1937-12-26

TIFTY strangers from % States,
T the District, and even Norway,
i celebrated Christmas yesterday
with song and merriment at a
Dutch treat" luncheon at the
Shoreham.
Gifts not over Is cents in cost were
exchanged and announced in i'm
promptu verse that often drew howls
OF laughter from the group.
One Of the heavily outnumbered
men arose from the long table to
show OF h0 pickanniny doll, and
Evening star., 1937-12-26
"Fleas" Become "Flies. u

Jerome K. Jerome, the famous Eng
list writer. wrote travel story for
a magazine and, necessarily, used the
word "fleas" quite few times. The
magazine editor thought the word q
bit too torrid for the fastidious English
taste and changed the word to "dies'
every time It occurred.
Evening star., 1937-12-26
VESSEL IN DISTRESS
Panamanian Ship Sends SOS From
Position Off Vancouver.


SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 25 tP).-
Mackay Radio said tonight it had
picked up an SOS at 7:3O pm
I0:3O pm. Eastern Standard Time)
from the Panamanian motorshir
Beulah, which reported itself in dis
tress with rudder trouble off Vancou-
yer, British Columbia, and asked as.
sistance
The Beulah. a l,O42-ton vessel in
service between Pacific Coast ports
and South Sea Islands, gave its po-
sition as three miles south of Car
manah Light, in Juan de Fuca
Straits.
Mackay Radio said the freighter
Europe messaged she was nine miles
from the Beulah and would attempt
to assist the vessel. The United States
revenue cutter Redwing was reported
proceeding to aid from Seattle.
Evening star., 1937-12-26
Dog Owners Warned.

RIVERDALE, Md, Dec. IS (Sne.
ciaD.-Owners Of dogs living in the
nineteenth district are being warned
that license tags from the county
must be obtained by the end of De-
cember or owners are subject to 4
fine Of $25. Burton B. Dowden Of 43e
Clinton avenue here is the dog tax
collector for this district.
Evening star., 1937-12-26

now the major concern of every State
participatipg-could be set in motion
for the District of Columbia tomor-
row. if called upon.
During the last two years, Washing
ton employers paying a tax on the
wages of their employees have contrib
uted approximately s5,000,0o0 to the
Districts jobless insurance fund to
meet the emergency of temporary
unemployment, the District Unem-
ployment Compensation Board re-
ported recently.
$3,296,000 in 10 Months.
In the first 10 months Of this year
alone, the employers added to the Dis
trict's fund a total of s3,296,833.37
through 2 per cent tax on their
pay rolls.
In 1886, when employers paid a
l per cent tax on their workers wages,
total of s1,706.65904 was contrib
uted, including the District govern
ment's payment of 100000.
This means that the District, as OF
October 81, last, had collected a total
of $5,OO3, 1924. OF this amount. how
ever, s95 1868 was in the collection
account in process of being cleared
to the trust fund, making the total in
the trust fund on that date $4,-
908. .105.78
This figure does not include the
November or December payments
The November total was expected te
be considerably higher than that OF
any preceding month this year, par
TALLY because field agents of the
board made a special canvass of tax.
able business establishments to rounc
up those in default.
Contributions by Months.
The tax contributions for the frs
10 months OF this year ranged be.
tween approximately $238. 900 to $379.'
600. The boards records show tn,
monthly contributions as follows.
Evening star., 1937-12-26
Historical Sleuths Seeking
Jefferson's Room in Capitol
Intrigues Members of Congress
as Records Are Explored to Locate
Vice Presidents Office in 1900.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

the Capitol intriguing
by Col Ches rny the Senate and has provoked
Ruskin McArd librarian the
research division the Library Congress- National Archives officials
historians
building
Adams
Philadelphia then the Capital
Evening star., 1937-12-26
c. of C. Statistician to Speak.

LURAY. Va, Dec. Is (SpeciaD -
Chester Leasure, statistician Of the
United States Chamber Of Commerce,
will address the Luray Rotary the
night of January Il.
Evening star., 1937-12-26
By JOHN H, Cassidy, Jr.


After the
evil will begin paying out unemployment checks
Evening star., 1937-12-26
DC. to Begin Paying Checks
To .J0bless after January /
Ne,v Year Viii Bring Government First
Chance to Test Vast Program of
Mass Security Insurance.

Unemployment compensation important part OF the national
security the benefit
Most this kind attempted
the eligibility benefits An
explanation the workings the
Columbia contained series articles mhc this
Evening star., 1937-12-26
PRANKSTERS ROUTED
Radio Cars Arrival Scatters
Youngsters Plucking Lights.

Several youngsters, apparently fig
urins Santas next visit is long time
of. gave way to their prankish natures
last night and started plucking COL
ored lights from the gayly decorated
trees in the. 400 block OF Emerson
street NV.
They were discovered by one OF
their victims and ded through an
alley tust before . police radio car
rolled into the block.
Evening star., 1937-12-26
Fire Destroys College Chapel.

311V 00SV1UyS OU11o6V 011uPV1'
PARKVILLE. Mo. Dec. 25 (P).-The
100000 Park College Memorial
Chapel was destroyed tonight by fire
of undetermined origin. The stone
structure was erected in 1882.
La gaceta., 1937-01-18

Gel clero y la iglesia, dice,
deben abstenerse~de figurar en-
la polftica. Nosotros pedimos,
por ejemplo, que ell Cuerpo Ne
gro cese sus ataques sobre Ia
cristiandad Y la iglesia."
Isl la ideologia del CuerPo
Negro debe estimarse como la
dnica ideologia de los aiemanes,
entonces ,caeremos EN- un caos
de princioios y opiniones que a.
menazaran nuestra existencia".
Heinrich Himmler, CONAN
dante de la policia especial de
Hitler, contest6 por "a radio a
los cat6icos, diciendo:
Buscaremos y perseguiremos
a los rea,cionarios o religiosos
que por una u otra raZon pien-
sen que pueden oponerse al es-
tado de Hitler.
La gaceta., 1937-01-18

tase de albollr sIete de los anti
guos estados y dejar solo a Pru-
STA, Raviera, Baden, Sajonia,
Wuetemberg, Turingia y Mex
lenburgo.
La gaceta., 1937-01-18

ma que no han violado ninguna
ley que por 10 tanto no ppeden
ser perseguidos por las autori-
dades federales.
Lesde aquf estableceran plei-
ITO reclamando al ministro do
aviaci6n de Espana, por servi-
clos no pagados, la cantidad de
$6s5OO.00
Aseguran que ell gobierno de
Madrid les di6 aeroplanos CO
merciales, convertidos en- apa-
ratios de bombardeo, para COM
petir con los aviones militares
de Alemania e Italia.
Hablando de los aparatos ru-
SOS que protegen a los aeropla-
nos espanoles, mantienen que
son superiores a todos los como
cidos, y que los aparatos alema-
mes Kenkel y Junkers y los Fiat
italianos no pueden eomparar-
Sc con los de Moscou.
La gaceta., 1937-01-18
CLUB P~RO-CLEMENTE SEN
DOYA PARA CONCEJAL
DEL DISTRITO NO.

En- la noche del viernes Is
del corriente tuvo lugar la reu-
ni6n del Club Pro-Clemente
Sendoya para CONCEAL por ell
Distrito No. 9. Muy cerca de
100 simpatizadores y miembros
del Club cambiaron impresio-
mes acerca de la propaganda a
favor de dicho candidate. Que
do nombrada la mesa directiva
de la campana y differences Co
mites.
En- los sa'ones de la Herman
dad Wesley. en- la Is avenida y
Gale Is, SO reune todos los vier-
mes ell club.
Sc recuerda a todos los ami
gos de Sendoya que no olviden
que la pr6xima junta sera ell dia
% del corriente y q la bora Sc
nalada.
La gaceta., 1937-01-18
A Fines de Emero Sc HdrdB
Cambios MGyores

Berlin, enero 18.-Cambios
de importancia Sc esperan aqui
para fines de enero, incluyendo
la superioridad del Reichstag,
ell ''parlamento indtil".
Creese que ell Canciller pedi-
"a al Reichstag que el mismc
firme su defunci6n v que cons
tituya I'm senado compuesto
por jefes del partido ''nazi' y
altos funcionarios.
Tambien sc dice que Hitler
piensa retener los poderas de
Canciiler Y que ell general Goer-
ing pasara a ser no solo primer
ministro de Prussia sino de to-
dos los EstadOs alemanes. Ira
La gaceta., 1937-01-18

nos dicen que solo las peasSseaS
civilizadas temen a la muerte.
70 supongo que este me hace
primitiVa. Puede cue 10 sea-"
Expresa completa confianza
en- Ia victoria de los izs1ierdis-
tas, a menos que Alem3 ia to-
me Una mano muy fueM
Cpina que Europa llegara a
la guerra 81 Hitler lcontin1a in
tersandose POI dominar a Els
pana. No tiene respeto alguno
para 10 que Francia e Inglate-
ira llaman neutralidad.
"Es ridicula la idea de que la
victoria de Espaiia significaria
el establecimiento de un gobier-
no c~onAnista. Ell verdadero E.
Jemento comunisFa en- ESpana
IS muy debil y los espanoles no
aceptaran nunca una dictadh-
ra. No aceptaran dictadura dies
Yues de comlbatir por la liber :
tad como 10 vienen hacienda. Ell
gobierno sera democratico, quiz
zas con nuevos principles de co
lectivizaci6n y cooperac; IN.
Durante su estancia en- Lon
dres hara propaganda como re-
presentante de Ia Confedera :
ci6n National de Trabajadores.
Despues retornara a la PENN
sula iberica.