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Evening star., 1937-01-10

there for about 100 years. He holds
a great fools court" his councillors
wearing fancy peaked caps and the
badge of the Order Of Fools, and his
bodyguard carrying wooden muskets.
After weeks of balls and parties the
season in Cologne reaches its climax
on Rome Monday, this year February
8, when scores of floats, humorously
Or fantastically decorated, wind
through the city in parade.
Whatever carnival city travellers
visit in Germany at this time, they will
find the people dressed in picturesque
costumes for the celebration. On Lake
Constance some of the fun-makerS
are known as "Hansele." and decked
out in crazy quilts, with giant noses
and fox tail around their necks, they
go about giving children candy and
other sweets. In another German
town, Riedlingen, carnival is the time
of the visit Of Cole" or the Biblical
Goliath. who was supposed to have
come there once during his life. In
still other places men and women
celebrate by dressing as babies, wrap
ping themselves in crazy quilts, going
about in night shirts. decorated with
bunting, or in masks of animals or
devils.
For fanciful costumes, however, few
cities can rival those Of the Belgian
town of Binche, near Mons. There
on Shrove Tuesday, this year, Febru-
ary 8, hundreds Of citizens deck them
selves out as giles or clowns, wearing
great head dresses of ostrich feathers,
dyed in all colors, and real lace en-
broidered with gold. They take over
the city from morning to night, dane
ing and capering through the crowds
which come from all over Belgium and
other lands to see the fun, and they
pelt with oranges any one who fails
to wear fancy dress.
Italy, Hungary and Austria also
have great carnival celebrations to
make travellers merry at this time
On the Italian Riviera the season will
be celebrated with masked balls and
flower shows at such cities as San
Reno and Alassio, while Viareggio and
Capri are planning special festivities
for this year.
In Austria the carnival season is
celebrated chiefly in Vienna, where,
beginning January Is, there will be
series Of costume festivals, artists
balls, ball of fashion and many other
special events. Hungary, too, makes
gay at this season, but its greatest
fun is reserved until the last night of
carnival. Then clubs and sporting
organizations give balls for their mem
bers and the people of Budapest turn
out in gay costumes for a great fools
ball"
Evening star., 1937-01-10

on January 28, their preparations will
be complete, and with garlands OF
electric lights sparkling up and down
the promenade and arches OF flowers
decorating the streets, Carnival, with
a troupe several hundred strong, will
parade through the city and begin his
rule.
Battle Of Flowers.
Hundreds of Americans and travel
ers from other lands are now gather
ing along the Riviera for this gala
season of balls and other events. Feb
ruary the reign of King Carnival
will be celebrated with a battle Of
flowers. February with parade and
February with yet another parade.
That evening, however, will bring the
end of his rule, for then he will be
burned in effigy before thousands Of
dancing and laughing people, while
fireworks are set off along the sea-
front to mark his passing.
Other European lands are already
beginning their carnival celebrations.
In Germany such cities as Berlin,
Cologne and Mainz started their
merry making January Z. while Mu-
mich is planning a four-day interna-
tional carnival congress. opening jan
uary IA, to which England, France,
Belgium, Switzerland, CzechoSlovakia,
Hungary and other carnival countries
are expected to send delegates.
In Cologne the festivities will be
presided over by Prince Carnival, who
has been ruling the carnival season
Evening star., 1937-01-10
The Travellers Notebook
Scribblings about the Income-Reyealing Peat Piles
in Ireland and the Ban on Construction
Noises at Miami Beach.

mile stretch Of beach Is almost as
long as Atlantic City's Boardwalk;
fashionable stores are located on
Lincoln road, the Fifth avenue Of the
South: riveting machines have been
stilled by law until March Is, within
100 feet Of hotels and apartment
houses to Soothe the nerves of the
harried Winter visitor seeking rest
and relaxation, and all construction
noises stop at S pm. until the next
morning at g.; the Police Department
boasts that every part Of the city
is rigidly patrolled, policemen pass
ing every house. even in the outlying
districts, at least every hour on foot,
in cars or on bicycles; there are more
than $50 hotels and over 500 apart
ment houses, with facilities for $4,000
at any one time; to protect visitors
from crooks, an ordinance makes it
compulsory for employees of hotels,
restaurants, parking lots and similar
businesses to be fingerprinted for
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
checking; polo matches are scheduled
four times a week.
Appropriately enough. the finest
world is to be found at Dresden. An
example Of practically every piece
turned out by the factory at Meissen,
II miles away, is displayed.
DLAYING golf on the Mont Agel
course at Monte Carlo, visitors
overlook three countries-the French
Riviera, italy and the Swiss Alps.
The worlds first hothouse was built
in Ghent, Belgium. more than 300
years ago, and the city is still known
as the flower capital.
Though located on the edge of
vast prairie, Buenos Aires Is one Of
the greatest seaports in the world.
The Queen City" looks across the 28-
mile-wide Rio de la Plata.
Suntan pictures on the legs and
arms Of bathers are possible. A pic
ture Is taken on a special, sensitive
film. When developed, the film is
placed on the skin and exposed to
the rays for a few minutes. Morton
Mencher. manager of the Floridian
Hotel at Miami Beach, has perfected
the technique through his hobby of
photography.
Havana's Casino Nacional opened for
the season during the Christmas
holidays.
While the North descends upon
Florida in droves for the Winter, many
homeowners. move North. reaping, in
Evening star., 1937-01-10
SEEING SOUTH AFRICA
is OUTDOOR PASTIME
Good Motor Roads Cut Great Dis
tances-Wild Game Roves
Near Highways.

NEW YORK, January s-The ex-
oduS Of tourists to South Africa con-
tinues. Unlike Europe, sightseeing in
South Africa is mainly out-of-doors,
point distinctly in its favor. The
most impressive journey into the open
county is found in the 8,000-square-
acre Kruger National Park, where
from motor car one may see near
at hand the lion, the hippopotamus,
the giraffe, the zebra and an un-
counted number of other wild animals
in their native habitat.
In the early morning breakfast at
half past five) you may see a mag
nificent lion posing majestically few
yards away from you, doing. as they
say in South Africa, ''the Trafalgar
Square stunt" Another day brings
one to Victoria Falls, and perhaps
the whole world has no more awe
inspiring grandeur to show. Small
wonder if Gas they say) an American
visitor, after gazing spellbound at
the falls, hastened to cable to New
York: Sell Niagara"
Distances are long in South Africa,
but the motor roads are excellent.
Evening star., 1937-01-10

the process, tourist crop income by
renting their homes at fancy prices.
Bermuda no longer is an isle devoid
Of motor vehicles. Since the advent Of
the automobile they have been barred
from the island and the ocean-bound
resort was a refuge for those who
wanted to get back to buggy
and bicycle days. But the ban applies
only to public roads.
The Elbow Beach Hotel recently had
an automobile bus towed by horses to
its property. The vehicle will operate
over a private road between the hotel
and its private beach, a short dis
tance.
A MONG the changes possible in
the Paris motor bus and tramway
system Is loss Of first class" compart-
ments or, at least. social distinction in
transportation. The forward part Of
busses have for years been devoted to
extra-fare sections. Although these
compartments frequently are empty
and the rest full. many thrifty French
men and tourists. too, let the vehicle
60 by. waiting for lower fare accom-
modations. According to Arthur Dob
son, Paris manager of the American
Express Travel Service, the abolition
Of class seats is being considered.
Most of the $25, ,00o, 900 regalia to be
used in the coronation of King George
vi next May IL was made for the cor.
onation Of Charles II in 1649.
Happy is the Balinese mother who
bears twins, which event causes gen.
eral rejoicing-unless one happens to
be boy and the other a girl. 1t then
is a disgrace and the house in which
they are born must be consumed by
fire.
The superliner Normandie resumes
service by sailing from Havre on
March 10. The first eastbound trip
from New York is scheduled for
March IT.
Those planning trips to Mexico City
should remember that 1t Is not In
tropical climate. Overcoats are neces-
sary: tropical clothing is a white ele-
phant. for although it is warm in the
sunshine, 1t is cold in the shade, and
the. nights are chilly. The secret lies
in the altitude, 1000 feet. The eleva-
ton should be taken into account in
diet and physical activity as well as
clothing.
Evening star., 1937-01-10
Jai Alai Popular in Miami.

MIAMI, Fla, January 9-Jai alai,
Latin American pastime, is one Of
Miami's most popular evening at
fractions. This year the law permits
pari-mutuel and point betting for the
first time under the rulings of the
Florida State Racing Commission. At
Biscayne Fronton, where the sport is
played on huge court, crowds gather
nightly to watch the agile young
men with the "cestas" and to bet on
their favorites.
Evening star., 1937-01-10
EUROPE RETAINS
KING OF CARNIVAL
Popular MonarCh'S Realm
Crosses Borders of
Rival Nations.

NICE, France, January 9.-From
Nice to Munich, from Binche to Buda-
pest, Europe is now making prepara-
tions for celebrating carnival, a sea-
son which will be ushered in here
January 20 with the arrival Of his
majesty King Carnival LIX himself,
one of the Old Worlds most popular
monarchs. While interest in other
lands centers about costumes and balls
at this time, here the efforts of every
one are directed to making the vel
come of King Carnival the most jubi-
liant ever.
The citizens of Nice have been work.
ing for weeks, manufacturing dragons,
huge birds, giants and animals of every
description for his procession. Then,
Evening star., 1937-01-10
STUDY UNDER SEA
University of Miami Students Don
Submarine Suits for Glass.

MIAMI, Fla, January "a class
in marine zoology where the students
go to school under the sea, attired
in helmets and bathing suits, Is a
popular course of study here at
the University OF Miami.
While fellow students pump air
into their lines from the research
vessel above, the divers drop 80 feet
to the sea bottom where under the
guidance Of professor they explore
the floor Of the ocean and study
flora and fauna, types Of ocean bot
toms, and wind and sea currents.
Evening star., 1937-01-10
BY JACQUES FUTRELLE, Jr.

DA ShSaCEC " AkEAA<LD
~ CRIBBLINGS: Looking at the
peat stack near the Irish farm
er's house is almost like pc
~ rusing an American income tax.
The larger the pile, the greater the
prosperity. Country families use about
30 tons Of this fuel a year.
Elaborate care Is taken of the fiow-
ers that go to sea. Bon voyage blos-
SONS no longer fade the second day
out. Aboard the Normandie. the stew
ards collect them and keep them
fresh and at the owners disposal in
a specially refrigerated room-located,
oddly enough, in the first funnel Ga
dummy stack provided largely to give
the ship an imposing silhouette).
Mayor La Guardia recently put his
foot down on pedestrian control in
New York City, openly confessing
that the law is powerless to regulate
the individualist American to goose
step grooves. Authorities of Hanover,
however. are bolder. The German city
fathers have set up a penalty for
jay-walkers. Pedestrians who cross
the street while the signal is set
against them are required to attend
a class on the Sunday following the
offense. There they receive instruc-
tion in the rules of the road, and,
furthermore, pay one mark for the
tutelage.
Artistic and bright are the carved
and gayly painted native sleighs that
flash by in zakopane. Poland. Equally
characteristic are the costumes of
their drivers. the mountaineer Gorals.
The trousers are elaborately embroi-
dered. Atop their heads are jaunty
little hats. Their waistcoats are of
sheepskin.
DEvOTEES Of belfry bell-ringing
- are gaining in England. II suff-
ciently qualified. they may arrange
to peal forth their music for those
in the blocks and blocks around.
The glamor Of the port of Ragusa
in the centuries before the World
War gave a word to the English
language-"argosy." This seacoast
town of Yugoslavia is now called
Dubrovnik
Notes on Miami Beach: The Z
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1937-11-24
Cooperative Bachelors
Continued from Page l2l

thot they bonvoyaged him into new
home when Mrs. l.. arrived.
A typical and favorite menu is pork
chops, potatoes, carrots, cabbage.
vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce.
Coffee, tea and milk is served with
white, raisin and rye bread to fill the
empty spaces.
The dishes, we gather, are done in a
haphazard fashion. When it reaches
"that point" they oil take turns some
controversy over this) washing dishes.
Levy members are threatened wi tn dinner
served on their breakfas plate unless
q little COOPERATION is shown.
The boys were In accord that their
noble experiment Of womanless living
has been q great success in the same
breath) they also stated that all con-
tributions Of home cooking would be
gratefully received).
However, the bachelors days are
almost over, and In the near future
there will be an influx Of wives. The
C0-OPS were heartily in favor of pro-
ject to be built for bachelors, but at
the same time Bob Jacobsen quietly but
definitely commented that he intended
to go into the city Sunday to get some
thing to eat, whereupon he was almost
overwhelmed 18th the number Of fellow
travellers he acquired pronto.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1937-11-24
SHOPPING NEWS

Shopping In Greenbelt is going to be
such fun! beautiful new market with
just everything to please every taste.
And everyone seems to be pleased wi tn
the self service idea and the travelling
market baskets.
Have you seen the grand array Of
Continued on Pege Fifteen)
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1937-11-24
SOCIETY

Mrs. Elliot and Mrs. Manning gave
G. shower for Mrs. Frenk Harris at the
home Of Mrs. Elliot, SOB Ridge Rd.,
last Wednesday afternoon. About twelve
women we're pres sent, including Mrs. ALL
red, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Murdock, Mrs.
Newton, Mrs. Norvel1, Mrs. Pittman,
Mrs Roehling, Mrs. Slaughter and
Mrs. Ste1nlas
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1937-11-24
November "a, 1887
MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS


The slanting rays Of the rising sun
are greeted each morning by formid-
able array of cardboxes, packing crates
and paper stuffed barrels : hera1ding
the arrival Of newcomers among US.
They may have come in the dead Of
night; they may have crept in through
the deepening shadows unannounced, shy
and unbeknown to the veterans Of three
deys' residence. It is our desire to
assist these retiring newcomers In
meeting and knowing their nei ghbors.
With these pref remarks we
introduce:
MIR. end Mrs. J.. Wheeling, SIX East
way and their two small children hail
from South Carolina Mr.. Wheeling is
an employee Of the Bureau Of Air
Commerce.
Mr.. W.. o'Brien Of sc Eastway, that
rarity Of. rarities native Of the
! District, is employed by the National
Bi tumi nous Coal Comni IS ion, while his
wife names Penna., as her state. Two
younger o'Briens, aged Ia and II, make
up the rest Of the. family.
MIR. and Mrs. Letkemann and two
children moved to I'd Wood1awn Rd.,
very recently. Mrs. Letkemann is
graduate Of the Walter Reed Hospital
in Physical Therapy and is interested
in Child Welfare. Mr.. Letkemann is
with the Bureau Of Public Roads.
SOCIETY
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-17
GEN. MORROW
ESIN JERSEY

ENGLEwoOD, N. J., April IT
G.N.S0-Brig. Gen. Jay J. Nor
row, U. s. A., retired, died sud
denly at his home here today from
apoplexy. He was a brother Of the
late Senator Dwight w. Morrow.
General Morrow was born in
FairView, w. Va, February 20,
1870. He was graduated from the
United States Military Academy
and commissioned a brigadier gen.
eral in 1918.
He saw considerable service in
the Philippines and also served
with the A. E. F. during the World
War.
Since the death of his wife in
1885, General Morrow has made
his home here with his sister, Miss
Alice Morrow. Recently he visited
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh in Eng
land.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-17
APPLE BLOOM
FETE MAY 7-8

WINCHESTER, Va, April II.
The annual Shenandoah Apple
Blossom Festival will be held May
Z and 8, it was officially an
nounced by the committee in
charge of the festival today after
a survey showed that the blossoms
will be at their best then.
With warm spring weather in
the past few days the buds are be-
ginning to swell, apd the blossoms
are already out in few places,
but will reach full maturity around
here at festival time.
Preparations have been going on
for some time to make this fes-
tival the greatest in the history
of the event. There will be page
ants, parades, court ball for the
queen and her princesses, and
other events crowded into the two
days,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-17
Farley Must Explain
Job Row i'm Court

formal demand upon the acting
postmaster in Milford, Allan j.
Cooke, to turn over to him papers
and accounts of the Milford office.
Cooke refused to do this.
Curran in filing suit for man.
damuS claimed a $4,000 loss for
the term involved, inasmuch as
the position pays 5000 annually.
He said that next week he would
file suit in the United States Court
of Claims here for an immediate
payment Of $4,000, the amount of
money he would have earned in
the position had he taken over
after his confirmation.
Farley has never publicly ex-
planned his reasons for refusing to
turn over the commission to Cur
ran. The latter took a Civil Serv-
ice examination last spring and
was second on the national list
of those competing. In q second
examination he was first.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-17
Unexpected Ducks,
$500 Loud, Driving
Game Warden QuaCk\

Paul Hodges, game warden" Of
the National Capital Parks office,
found himself in a quandary to-
day.
Mr.. Hodges is playing host to
some 1000 unexpected guests
ducks-at the wild game preserve
at Reaches Run. Usually the
abode of about 500 ducks, the
preserve today was overrun with
more than $500. according to Mr..
Rhodes report to Edward J. Kelly,
Of the parks office.
Mr.. Kelly believes the ducks are
stopping over here on their spring
flight northWard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-17
TELLS HOW
HE CAUGHT
BANDITS
Small Town Sheriff
Traps Two Thugs in
Dead-end Street

PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., April
II Q.N.SD.-Big city desperadoes
may frighten some people, but
they are no harder to corral than
ordinary chicken thieves, said
Sheriff Homer Sylvester today as
he told of hating the spectacular
flight of two New York bandit
suspects after they shot down q
Federal agent trying to capture
them at Topeka, Kan. The
sheriff recounted:
81 guess they had us marked
down as a couple of small
! town hicks when we stopped
them on a dead-end street, and
they thought they could talk us
out of 1t.
How did we happen along to
catch them? Well, accidents
will happen. My brother CasS
and l sighted the car. We
Continued on Page 3, Col. 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-17
International News Service

Postmaster General James A.
Farley today was ordered to ap-
pear before the United States Dis
trict Court here on May II and
show cause why he should not
turn over the postmaster commits
sion of Milford, Mass, to John F.
Curran of that city.
The order by Justice Joseph w.
Cox followed filing Of suit by Cur
ran here, seeking a mandamus to
compel Farley to turn over to him
the poStmaSter's job.
The action grew out of Curran's
presidential appointment to the
job last summer and his confirma-
ton by the Senate June 8, 1886.
Farley refused to turn over the
commission to Curran, and later
the name Of John F. HiggiSton
was sent to the Senate and con-
firmed for the same post.
Early this year, Curran made 8
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-17
HEARD
INCALL0N
: PHONE
Mystery Auto Helped
Miss DaingerfieId
Escape Guard

ALEXANDRIA, Va, April IT.
Eluding two guards, Miss Mary
H. Daingerfield, Sc, millionaire
heiress whose sanity has been un-
der question here, fled from her
home at Melvern last night and
was believed to be outside Of Vir-
ginia jurisdiction today.
With the aid OF an accomplice
who waited in a yellow automobile
on side road near her country
estate while she slipped away from
two court attaches posted to watch
over her, the wealthy spinster out
distanced an immediate police
search and was still unreported
early today. 4ss5
Outwits Guards
Authorities said the principal
figure Of secret sanity hearings
held in the corporation court this
week cannot be extradited If she
has sought refuge in washington
or in another State.
Her relatives in washington
said they received telephone call
from her at Union Station shortly
before midnight. but police were
unable to find a trace Of her
there.
About 1890 p. m. last night,
Miss Daingerfield told Ralph
Nails, one Of her guards, she was
going to a lavatory on the porch
of her home. When she did not
return after some time, Nails dis
covered she had fled through a
back door and saw her running
across a field 300 yards away.
He gave chase, but Miss Danger
field reached a mysterious yellow
car waiting on a side road and
was whisked away into the night.
Physicians Disagree
The sanity proceedings against
Miss Daingerfield were temporarily
ended Thursday when a commits
sion of two physicians disagreed
after hearing testimony Of IA wit
nesses. A third physician is to be
appointed to review the record
within 10 days.
Miss Daingerfield is reported to
have a small fortune in negotiable
securities on deposit in a Wash
ington bank. She is a daughter
of the late Edward Daingerfield,
former president of the Citizens
National Bank.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-17
GIVES
ROBBERY AS
. N0TIVE0F
GRIM
Anne Arundel Woman
Slain for SIT She
Carried in Purse

BALTIMORE, April Thames
Irwin Howard. colored, today
signed a confession admitting hav.
ing slain Mrs. Mary Gunther, Of
Lpin's Corner, April /. The con-
feSsion was made to States Attor-
ney Roscoe c. Rowe, Of Anne
Arundel county, after a grilling
which lasted all night. Mrs. Gun
ther was the mother of nine chill
dren.
Howard broke and confessed
after his aged mother, Nanny How
ard, was brought to the Bal esa,pfe
city Jail, where the son Is being
held, and, in his presence, told
of finding his bloodstained cloth
ing in an clubhouse on their prop
erty. She said she positively iden-
titled the clothes as she had
patched them.
Howard, in his confession, said
he slashed Mrs. Gunther's throat
purely from q robbery motive.
The murder took place on q
lonely road near Lipin's Corner.
Howard, a former convict. said
he planned to kill some one, the
day Of the murder for money.
Howard Said he had placed a
log across the road when he saw
q car coming and hid in the
woods until Mrs. Gunther got
out to remove it. AS she stopped
over he slashed her throat. He
said she never saw him.
He took pocketbook containing
$17.59 from the seat of the car
and later showed the money to
another colored man, which led
to his arrest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-17

This is one time when a mo-
torist wished the police were re.
sponSible for his troubles.
The story involves Victor A. L.
Mallet, chief counselor of the Brit
ish Embassy, who awoke today ex.
pecting to find his auto safely in
the custody Of local police authori-
ties, but, to his chagrin, and also
that Of the police, the auto re-
mains unaccounted for.
Last night Mallet parked his
car, which bears special license
tags given to all members Of the
foreign diplomatic corps, in a re-
stricted zone near Sixteenth and