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began to toss seeds to them.
The two youths came over to
watch her, but she turned angriIv
and snapped:
GO aWay-can't you see you're
frightening the birds"
The pigeons fluttered around
her, some of them lighting on
tha rail beside her and pecking
seed from her hand. Then she
walked on. q tiny brown dog trail
ing her on a leash.
A few minutes later pigeons be-
gan to drop out CT the SKY. They
fell on the street. on the park and
on passing automobiles. Their tinv
chests burst. and blood spattered
the pavement.
Within a half hour the small
square was covered with dead
and dying birds. Police and in
SpectorS for the society for preVen-
ton Of cruelty to animals were
summoned.
They questioned Dunbar and
Kelly. and were told that the wo-
man had continued towards Cen
trail park. The police hastened
thsre, and found more dead birds
Strewn over the ground. and 9TH
erS still falling from the sky.
More than 300 pigeons were kill
ed. A preliminary examination in
dicated they died of poisoning,
probably from arsenic. An alarm
was broadcast to other parks to
watch for the woman in the brown
dress.
Before nightfall reports of more
destruction came in from River
side Drive and several parks with
in mile Of Verdi Square.
Inspector Grant w. Howard Of
the S. p c. A. said a watch would
be established at all parks in the
vicinity IN the hope of trapping
the woman.
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Bethel Personals

Mrs. w. D. Curtlss left Thurs,
day for Norfolk, where $ne VIII
spend some time with relatives.
Dennis Perry of Norfolk spent
Wednesday with his family mere.
Archie Mobiles returned TO his
home in Hertford after VlSitlne
Elmer Harrington for a few days.
Blakemore Weston returned
home Thursday after Spendlng a
short while in Raleigh attending
the State Farm Convention.
Mrs Gladys Cnappell of Wins
ton-Salem is spending some time
with her parents, Mir. and Mrs. l.
C. ChappeL.
Mrs. r. F. Standin and two
daughters spent seVcTai aayS III
Norfolk last week.
Grant Barber returned nome on
wednesday from Norfolk where
he has been working.
Miss Nell williams eft sunday
to spend some time with MI. ana
Mrs, Kramer Williams OF Engel-
hard. c,
S. A. Jenkins of winston Salem
is Spending g. few days with Mrs.
Claude Chappell.
Miss Esther Ward returned
home Sunday after spending a few
days in Ballahack with Miss Ellz-
abeth White. .
Jessie Curtiss left Saturday to
spend some time in Norfolk.
Mrs. Fannie COrprew continues
to be very i'll at the home OF her
daughter, Mrs. {. K. ChaPP2H' 57,. Hel
sister, Mrs. John Allen OF Ply
mouth were here rh,s Weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Edg2l Everett and
Mrs Kate Everett and children OF
Norfolk spent SUNDAY With Mr..
and Mrs w L CurtlSS.
Hubers Harrington Of Elizabeth
City is spending a fe" Gays with
Elmer Harrington.
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Jordan, One Descended

The name Jordan is Christian
transliteration Of the Hebrew Var.
den, which means descendant, or
one descended. It was brought west
from Palestine by the Crusaders.
and has been traced to the river
Jordan which flows or descends In.
to the Dead sea. In England the
name has been traced to Canter-
bury and Huntingdon, and was
known there in 1880. It's pronuncla-
tion when spelled with an I or Y
is ee-or-dan; when spelled with
J. it is pronounced Jor, never Jer
nor Gcr.-Literary Digest
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unanimously approved resolu-
ton designed to give farm legis-
lation privileged status. The COM
mittee acted in the apparently er-
roneous belief that this promise
of action would carry out the
congressional end of the bargain
and that if the house adopted the
resolution the president would
give them the crop loans they
sought.
But Mr.. Roosevelt believes that
to loan money to farmers on crops
that promise to set six-year high
would bankrupt the treasury. un-
less the government is given con-
troll over production so that it can
pare down the surpluses that ruin
prices. The agriculture depart
ment yesterday estimated the 1895
cotton crop at 1888. 900 bales,
six-year high, and today it FORE
cast huge wheat and corn har-
vests.
The president chose this typical
story to illustrate his theory OF
the relation between crop loans
and control of production:
He said that if friend earning
$4,000 a year asked him for
loan of 100000 he would say no
because of the size of the mans
salary; if the man told him he had
good prospects of earning SIS, 900
year starting next January. the
president would ask him If he had
contract; if the answer was no.
the president still would be forced
to refuse the loan because OF in
adequate security.
The story also served 10 illus
trate his belief that the only guar
antee congress could give him Of
security" for the crop loans would
be production control law ap-
proved by both houses and lying
on his desk fcr signature.
Tro agriculture departments
crop reporting board forecast a
1887 corn crop of 1888. 748,0 900
bushels, more than a billion BUSH
els greater than last years crop;
and a wheat crop of $50, ,4l9,000
bushels, more than a quarter-bil-
lion bushels greater than In 1885.
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places Of ill-fame. His program
also includes:
Picketing known gambling
places and houses of prostitution.
Bringing former bOokmakerS
and white slave" -raffickers be-
fore the grand jury TO get the
low down" on vice conditions in
Los Angeles.
Employing private detectives 20
shadow so-called big shots" Of
gambling.
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Where Girls Pop the Question"

u some Il the Old French villages
u Provence the girl puts the ques-
,'a, >cc makes a cake, called a
~lsasSe, and sets it With a jar Of
s~e somewhere outside her house.
S.ae aamcs nave w.all inches left
y Z. ne builders for this purpose.
"asn aeC lover comes. he eats the
'a"s' a'!nks the wine. and leaves a
~Aea IN the niche. Usually the
!. .~eh IS something Of silk, which,
: "e IS acceptable. the girl wears
: !. Ta4'ch The following Sunday. The
s~S d his region used to refuse a
s.~"' ;, man in q novel way. They
''V'ea him handful Of oats.
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ity in the nine-year history of
Eastern Air Lines, during which
its liners covered almost 100000
900 passenger miles.
The Investigations were aimed
directly at revealing circumstances
of erection of the power line blam-
cd for the crash. The line, it was
understood. furnished power for a
beacon located west Of the air
port outside the city on the Deland
highway. The beacon previously
received power from a small elec-
tric plant designed for home use.
Pete Dygert. manager of Sholtz
Airport, charged that officials of
the field were not notified of the
power line after it was construct
ed yesterday.
The power line was not there
Yesterday" Dygert said, "and we
had not been notified of its erec-
ton.
Officials here said that over
head wires are barred in the vicin-
ity of the airport.
Wiley Wright, Bureau of Air
Commerce inspector from Atlanta
vino is conducting initial inveSti-
CATION. received unofficial reports
Of how ,he wire was strung. One
report made to the official said
that the line was strung as an
emergency measure about 10 P. M.
last night after a ground line
transformer burned out.
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Start Agriculture
Building Aug. 26
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we were to start work on he pro-
ject this week and then some legal
obstacle popped up before the 10Th,
VIC would be in q real predica-
mcnJ.
We could start on the goth, but
because of the fact that the WPA
pay period begins on the Goth, we
decided TO hold off until that
date"
Mr.. Richardson said the WPA
could start on the project right
now. for that matter, inasmuch as
most of the brick, crushed stone
and other materials already have
been purchased and are here.
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The Eutaw Flag

The Eutaw flag was a crimson
banner prcsenad in 179C to Col.
william 4. Washington by Miss
Jane Elliott of South Carolina,
whom he later married. II was car
cicd in the battles @ Cowpens and
Eu:aw Springs. Mrs. Washing
tom later presented the flag to :he
Washington Light Infantry OF
Charleston, s c.
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0r. Rondthaler
Offers a Theory
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- -
-t.., mystery. Is the most
15cns. o.4,1 III some respects the
ciI1'"I Ir,o,fl. and probably the
nlo>, Unanswered
me-, ,.rs II the Lost Colony Is
J.. ,,,,wu. however. DR.. Rond-
2& ~. 49, ,4pa seemed 10 be that
ia',, ,,emb,y> VI the colony shed
i'' ,.,,s N their departure from
~ eSsaose and that they Wv were s,.;o,,1I, raS-
:, m,a the ."oN, ,.oo VI c,' anS :, aS'',,iS b;s
T,s,q. ,r,lG oI MdL''So' "'A" 4'''
-sssoss for o'.'S'l''S 'i''S "e'e
r,r substantial.
>, GIVING the reasons causing
- ,.ref n the coloniStS Satesy
IF gondthalsr related much OF
-. y. ri>,ory around the time tnat
-, ,.,, ,nIony was lost ana gave the
~ ,;rs,r causes Of the failure OF
,1s ~, colony 10 be eS.aolrSheo per-
tNs wv WV. 10 read a part Of a
Ea!'",' r,r,, Whites diary which
COZ! u sudden belief that the
StiIS UY =, ,.,,,,, not killed hut were
eo.'.lS,, u, Nv the friendly Croatan
taH5. ,s =, same other proofs that
l.'~',,, n,,r5,harer gave towards put
D'' ',r,rgar base on this state
tlls " ,.,r, n>, ~ follows:
nsA' ..,,r -, +,,o eorI;e,
One one W 60. -, t,.,u,a,.a,
history OF the h"VIolI, ilo|e.e'' .,
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Workers in the Old Hickory,
Tenn, plant of E. L du Pont de
Nemours & Co., recently completed
361,846 hours of work without
q lost-time injury-a new nation
al safety record.
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In Europe, more than 100000
apprentices for skilled-labor jobs
are now being trained; in the U.
S., less than $4,000.
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Returns From Hospital

DR.. J. H. Saunders left tuesday
for Richmond, Va. to see Mrs. j..
II. Saunders, who has been in a
hospital there for some lime. Mrs.
Saunders friends will be glad that
she will return home with DR..
Saunders and that she is rapidly
improving.
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In normal years the railroads
purchase approximately 23 per
cent. OF the total bmitumlnous
coal produced in the U. S.
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Farm bankruptcies during the
1896 fiscal year declined % per
cent. from 1885.
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POlSOner Kills
0OPark Pigeons

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No Crop Loans
.Without.ContrOl

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Photograph Dive
Patrons, Advise
Vice Crusaders

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Unseen Wire Brings
Death to 4 In Crash

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Food Handlers
Closed by State

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Evening star., 1937-10-17
News of Residents
In Sligo Park Hills

Mr.. Robert S. Pilgrim entertained
at stag party Wednesday night in
honor of Mr.. George Haddock OF Los
Angeles, Calf, who is visiting Mr..
and Mrs. w. Boyce Morgan Of Forest
Glen, Md
The guests included Mr. Carson Ly-
man, Mr.. Wallace Burgoyne of Beverly
Hills, Va; Mr.. George Amen Of Hyats-
vile. Md: Mr.. Donald Kline Of Chevy
Chase. Mr.. Perry Griffith Of Wash
ington and Mr.. Morgan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Justin Lawrie enter.
tanned at dinner Wednesday for Mrs.
Lawrie's uncle, Mr.. George Gray, and
his daughter, Mrs. George Ramaker,
OF Rochester. N. Y, and Miss Louise
Starrough Of Washington.
Mrs. Tallman w. Peel will return
to her home the early part Of this week
from Barre, vt.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Gilchrist will
leave tomorrow by motor for Engle-
wood, N. j.. to visit Mrs Gilchrist's s
brother and stter-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Meehan, jr. Accompany
ing them will be Mrs. Gilchrist' 8
father, Mr.. Thomas Meehan, who has
been spending the Summer in Sligo
Park Hills.
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Horse Show
Opening Is
Awaited

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ary 20. and on Thursday. February ,.
the reception to the onicials Of the
Treasury, Post Once, Interior, Agri-
culture, Commerce and Labor Depart
ment and Federal agencies will take
place February 3. The dinner to
the Speaker Of the House Is planned
for Tuesday, February 8. and the
season will be brought to . close
February II with the reception to
the of1icers Of the Army and Navy.
All state functions at the President's
house are marked with impressive
formality. yet there Is at all parties
given by the President and Mrs
Roosevelt that pleasant atmosphere
Of informality. The dinners are fol.
lowed by . special program Of music ir
the east room, and at the receptions
the Marine Band Orchestra play,
as the line passes through the STATE
rooms to be received and later TO,
dancing In the east room.
All state receptions are opened with
the fanfare Of trumpets, and Hal
to the Chief" is played as the presi-
Dental party crosses the red corrido,
to the state parlors.
1t does seem almost impossible that
such large parties can be handled so
perfectly, no delay In the line, no
confusion whatsoever. And much OF
Evening star., 1937-10-17

Continued From First PAge)
interest in the four-day outdoor meet
reaches q high peak ~ this Is the first
time European team has ever shown
in Washington.
Out at Meadowbrook the interna-
tional courses are being laid out, the
Jumps all ready to be set UP in the
arena for the big international mill
tary team jumping event. Rows OF
bleachers, tiers Of reserved seats and
a long line Of boxes will take care OF
the spectators who will witness this
great sporting event.
Ambassador Of Poland
Enters Hunters.
The Ambassador OF Poland, Count
jerry Potocki, one Of the judges In the
international military classes, has two
hunters, Munroe and Prosperity, which
he will show in the open hunters class.
Mrs. John Hay Whitney is bringing
up string Of her famous hunters and
jumpers from Llangollen stables at
Upperville, and other well-known ex-
hibitors will show during the four day
event.
The show this year has an added in
ternational aspect In the list Of Judges,
for the Ambassador Of Ecuador, Senor
Captain Colon Eloy Alfaro, a graduate
OF West Point, will Judge along with
Count Potocki. Gen. Leon B. KRONER
chief Of Cavalry. and Lieut.. Col. EN-
manuel Lombard, military attache of
the French Embassy. Col Wyndham
w. T. Torr. military attache Of the
British Embassy. will Judge the hunter
events with Maj. Henry Leonard, U.
8. NJ. G.
The ticket ONCE has been doing a
whirlwind business. telephones ring
ing. people In line for seats. The di-
rectors OF the Inter- American predict
huge Saturday and Sunday crowd
and provision has been made to seat
10000 people
Among the boxholders to date are
the Ambassador Of Belgium and
Countess van der Straten:Ponthoz,
the Ambassador Of Italy and Donna
Matilde de Suvich, the Ambassador OF
Cuba, Senor DR.. Pedro Martinez Fra
ga; the Ambassador of Germany and
Evening star., 1937-10-17

Frau DieckhofY, the Minister Of the
Union Of South Africa and Mrs. Close,
the Secretary Of War and Mrs. Harry
H. Woodring, Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Albert ]. Bowley, Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Leon B. KRONER, Commissioner and
Mrs. Melvin G. Hazen, Col. and Mrs.
Jonathan M. Wainwright, Mai. and
Mrs. Frank L. Whitaker, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh Auchinloss, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Woods Bliss, Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis G. Caldwell, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Bourne, Mrs. Frank T. Chambers
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Chiswell, Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Counselman, Mrs.
Thomas r. Cowell, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carlos Del Mar, Mr.. Frank Durrance
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hines, Mr..
and Mrs. Alanson B. Houghton, Mrs
Carl Joerissen, DR.. and Mrs James
Alexander Lyon, DR.. william Nc
Clellan, Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Mclean
and Mr.. and Mrs. George Hewitt
Myers.
Round Of Parties
Arranged.
No sooner had the members of the
Belgian team arrived at the Union
Station last Friday-not in uniform,
to the disappointment OF the crowds
on hand to welcome the four young
ofhcers-but In plain "civies," than
they were rushed of to the Shoreham,
there to change into their uniforms,
which had been shipped ahead with
their horses, then to start right of
on the gay round Of parties planned
in their honor.
Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Mclean, chair
man Of the Women's Entertainment
Committee; Mrs. James F. Curtis,
vice chairman, and other members
will keep both the Belgian and the
United States Army teams on the go.
M. Gerard Walravens, second secre-
tary Of the Belgian Embassy, found
1t difficult to find spot" for the
cocktail party he Is giving on Tues
day afternoon following the official
stag luncheon being given by the
Commissioners at the 1928 F Street
Club. Tomorrow morning daily school
ing Of mounts starts in at Meadow
brook, which takes care Of the morn
ings-but Mrs. Mclean and Mrs. Cur
tis are filling up the afternoons and
evenings.
Evening star., 1937-10-17
Benefit Card Party
To Be Held.

The District of Columbia Divi-
sion, Daughters Of the Confederacy,
will hold their annual benefit card
party at the Willard Hotel Tuesday,
October 26, at O'Clock.
The committee in charge of ar
rangements includes Mrs. Ernest Will
liam Howard, chairman; Mrs. l.. Vann,
tr; Mrs. Benjamin Grady, Mrs. Cora
E. Settles, Mrs. Mary K. Nalle, Mrs.
j. Mason Smith, Mrs A. w. Tuck,
Mrs. G.. H Alexander, Mrs. E. c.
Fred, Miss Viola Jones, Miss L. E.
Carpenter, Mrs. E. o. Pillow and Mrs.
P. T. Carter.
Heading the list Of patrons and
patronesses are Commissioner and
Mrs. Melvin c. Hazen, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Clarendon Smith, Mrs. Rich
ard A. Allen, Mrs A. Eugene Barr
and Mrs. A. w. Tuck.
Evening star., 1937-10-17
Rector's Aid Society
To Hold Party.

The Rector's Aid Society OF St. Mar
garet's Church will have a card party
in the palm garden of Wardman
Park Hotel on Tuesday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock.
Miss Eleanor Fits, the vice chair
man, is being assisted In making ar
rangements by Miss Caroline Smith,
sister of the rector; Mrs. Joseph Wall,
Mrs. Willoughby Chesley, Mrs. Don
aid B. Macleod, Mrs. A. D. Newman,
Mrs. c. w. Nickless and Miss Helen
Mulliken
Miss Caroline Smith, chairman Of
the candy table, will be assisted by
Mrs. j. v. White, Mrs. Guy o. Dove,
Mrs. Elmer Oliver, Mrs. J. A. G..
Pennington, Mrs. Lawrence Gourley
and Mrs Fitzhugh Shapter.
Evening star., 1937-10-17
Residential
And Official
Activity
Mrs. Roosevelt
To Be Away
For Week.
the lower Colorado River yesterday
He spoke In Houston Friday.
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the lower Colorado River yesterday.
He spoke In Houston Friday.
Senator and Mrs. Morris Sheppard
( are expected to return to their WASH
ington home about the first Of No.
+. vember. They sailed the end Of Au-
gust for Bermuda, where they are
spending the early Autumn.
Representative and Mrs. Joseph E.
Casey have arrived in Washington
from their home in Clinton, Mass, and
while here they are occupying a suite
at the Carlton Hotel.
Mrs. Casey is the former Miss Con-
stance Dudley of Washington.
Yesterday they attended the Har-
vard-Navy foot ball game in Baltimore,
returning to the Carlton last night.
Mrs. Basil Manly, wife of the vice
chairman of the Federal Power Com
mission, will be hostess at luncheon
Wednesday.
Mrs. James c. Pilling returned the
middle of the week from Blue Ridge
Summit, where she has been for sew
eral weeks since leaving Cape Cod,
where she spent the Summer Mrs
Pilling again is at 2723 N street, where
she has lived for several Winters.
Mrs. William Fitch Kelley, who
maintains an apartment at the Ward
man Park Hotel during the Winter sea-
son, has reopened her apartment for
the coming season.
Mrs. Samuel Connor is entertaining
at dinner Tuesday evening at the May
flower, and the latter part Of the week
will leave for few days stay in New
York. Mrs. Ray Bush of Shepherds
vile, KY, has been her guest at the
Mayfower during the past week.
Miss Janet G. Lester, accompanied
by Miss Evelyn Girault Of New York,
Is spending the week end at the Dodge.
Mrs. Louise Crenshaw Ray will ar
rive from her home in Birmingham,
Ala, today to visit Mrs. Estelle Man
ming Brewer Thompson at her resi-
dence, 1880 Columbia road. Mrs Ray
is we'll known as hostess and will go
to New York October % to attend a
meeting Of the Poetry Society of Amer
lea.
Mr.. John H. Jones and his daugh-
ter, Miss Betty Jones, will arrive to-
day from Laurel Miss, to spend sew
eral days at the Dodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond H. Veins,
who formerly made their home at the
Wardman Park Hotel, and who ave
just returned from West Indies
cruise, spent several days in WASH
tngton last week at Wardman. Ac-
companied by their young daughter,
Elaine Veins, they left on Friday for
Larchmont, N. Y, where they have
taken a house and will make their
home in the future.
DR.. Ida L. Benner of Fair Lawn, N.
j., is stopping at the Dodge while in
the Capital.
Evening star., 1937-10-17

the success Of these state parties, As
well as the less. formal Affairs at the
mansion, must be accredited to Mr..
Raymond H. Muir, chief usher, and
his able assistants, Mr.. H. @. Grim
and Mr.. Wilson Searles. They are
not only ever present when q party
is in progress, but much of the ad-
vance details have been thought out
by them. Parties, however, are not
the only part that Mr.. Muir and his
assistants have in White House af-
fairs. Many are their duties, and
these they carry out with an ease
that u almost unbelievable.
With the official season opening
Evening star., 1937-10-17
White House
Calendar
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Is set to take place Thursday, Janu-
ary 9, and this will be followed by
the reception to the judiciary Tues
day, January II. This latter enter
tainment will this year be centered
with interest with the appearance
Of the new associate justice OF the
Supreme Court and Mrs. Hugo l..
Black.
Following the judiciary function
will be the dinner to the heads OF
foreign missions, Thursday, January
10, and Tuesday, January l8, is the
night selected for the congressional
reception. Chief Justice Charles Evans
Hughes and Mrs. Hughes and the
associate justices Of the Supreme
Court and their wives will be honor
guests at a dinner Thursday, Janu-
Evening star., 1937-10-17
China Supplies Tungsten.

Sixty per cent of tungsten. that rare
whitish-gray metal, comes from China
to the United States. It has a higher
melting point than any other known
metal, 5000 degrees Fahrenheit, and
is used in electric lamp filaments,
radio tubes and high-speed tool steel.
Evening star., 1937-10-17

earlier than last year and members
Of Congress due back in Warrington
the middle of next month, the aocial
whirl indeed promises to be unusually
gay.