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Evening star., 1937-04-23
FESTIVAL CIRCUS PLANS
RAPIDLY TAKING FORM
Community Secretaries Work
With Mrs. Peoples on Third
Annual Event,

Plans for the third annual Chill
dren's Festival Circus of the Com
nunity Center Department are rapid
ly taking shape under leadership of a
committee Of community secretaries
working with Mrs. Elizab beth K. Pee
pies, director Of the Community Gen.
ter Department. The circus will be
held Saturday, May 8, in Central
High Stadium
A wide variety of posters have been
made by elementary and junior high
school students for distribution to
department stores May for display.
1t IS expected $500 boys and girls
will take part in the circus.
A meeting was held yesterday at
Franklin Administration Building TO
perfect plans for the closing act Of
che circus.
Evening star., 1937-04-23
VISITORS INVITED
T0DECATUR HOUSE
Funds Secured Will Go to
Naval Historical
Foundation.

Visitors today were invited to in
spect the old home Of Commodore
Stephen Decatur, American naval
hero.
The historic mansion, located at
74S jackson place, h being opened to
the public today and tomorrow to
raise funds to carry on the work OF
the Naval Historical Foundation.
Permission for the Decatur house
TO be shown TO the public was grant,
Cd by its owner, Mrs. Truxtun Beale.
Evening star., 1937-04-23
.FOLGER TO OBSERVE DAY
Prof. g. l. Kittrsdgs to Talk On
Shakespeare Tontrht

The s7sd anniversary Of the birth
OF William Shakespeare will b OBJ
served at $50 o'clock tonight at Fol.
ger Shakespeare Library.
Prof. George Lyman Nttredse
professor emeritus Of English ut Har.
ward University, will deliver An i'd.
dress on Shakespeare and the Crit.
les" A reception in the founders
room will follow.
Evening star., 1937-04-23

Our 4st Anniversary brings another special from Young Mems
Voy Shop AwooI two ond three piece Gobodines single
and double breasted models Plain shades and checks Eze
Swing books and the blouse boeks with guet sleeves
Lounge models with slightly broader shoulders fuller chest and
topeed woistne Save dollars by purchasing during Ann
veso Grey blue grey ton and brown Sizes "a SO chests
Uaruus shop secndYoe TAs xshtc
Evening star., 1937-10-24

nand Eberstadt of New York City and
Long Island and represents a coilec-
ton made over a period of years. 1t
includes a large and varied assort-
ment of prints gathered and owned
by Admiral Won Fischel of the Ger
man Navy before the World War. The
whole collection is composed of en-
cravings. etchings and Autographs.
The subjects are ships and seascapes
executed by Dutch, English, Scandi-
navian, German and other masters,
dating from the fifteenth to the twen-
tieth centuries. The prints are OF
unusual historical value, depicting
as they 90 many outstanding naval
actions, and show the expanse and
advance of shipping and naval tactics
over very long period of time. This
collection is reputed to be the most
complete of its type in the United
States, and has but few European
rivals. At the present time it is being
catalogued to show the engraver's
name, the subject, the chronology, and
other important facts necessary to fit it
for artistic and historic reference. The
prints will be placed in the projected
Naval Museum to be constructed In
conjunction with the new Navy De-
partment. A few Of these prints have
been framed, but most of them are
on file.
There are so many pictures of inter-
est in the Navy Department that 1t
is impossible to include them all in
Evening star., 1937-10-24

this article, but a few more which de-
serve especial mention are the splen-
did portrait of Admiral M. c. Perry
and the picture depicting his victory;
the moonlight battle between Gen.
Armstrong and the British squadron;
THE Battle of Mobile Bay" August 5,
1864, from a painting by w. H. Over
end. which shows Admiral David Glas-
Cow Farragut in the shrouds of his
flagship, U. S. S. Hartford, directing
the action against the Confederate
States ram Tennessee; and the Return
of the Mayf1ower, which is particularly
inspiring, what with the trim convoy
of destroyers plowing through the deep
troughs of the oceans surface, with
the wind filling the sails Of the British
fishing smack that stands by to watch
them pass. The destroyers are known
by their numbers which appear on the
bow, such as in the picture. No. so is
the U. S. S. Wadsworth; No. SO, the
U. S. S. Porter; No 65, the U. S. S.
Davis; No. SO, tlp U. S. S. Conynham;
No. 81 the U. S. S. McDougal, and No.
So. the U. S. S. Wainright. These
we're the first U. S. destroyers to ar
rive at Queenstown, Ireland, May 4.
1917.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
.AutOmOtive Briefs

All Lincoln and Lincoln Zephyr
dealers and distributors in the Alex
andria zone of the Ford Motor Co.,
gathered at a Luncheon meeting at the
Mayfiower Hotel last Wednesday. H.
L. Walters, manager of the Lincoln
zone in this branch, addressed the
luncheon meeting and presented mer-
chandising plans for the coming year.
The 1888 Zephyr was shown to the
dealers for the first time
C. P. Turner, branch manager OF
the Nash Motors of Washington. local
Nash distributors, has just returned
from the Nash convention in Chicago
Distributors from every State and
from Cananda were at the convention,
where the new 1888 cars were un-
veiled for the sales organization. Jack
Turner says that figures made public
at the meeting by Nash officials show
ed 1887 one of the best years in Nash
history. The 1888 cars are reported to
have conditioning" as an exclu-
sive feature.
Williams 81 Baker, Inc, authorized
Nash dealers. held open house to the
public last Friday night in officially
announcing the opening of their new
location at 26l9 M street northwest.
Refreshments were served and the
1888 Nash was shown for the first
time. Sales, service. general offices.
new and used car showrooms will be
maintained at this new location.
David A. Brodsker, manager Of the
Old Guard Petroleum Corp. of 1885
Fourteenth street northwest was host
to so statesmen and dealers last
Wednesday night. The meeting was
conducted by r. L. Stophlett, regional
manager of Philadelphia. and Robert
Townsend of the Kelly-Springfield
factory. After examining the details
of the new "Armorubber" tire, the
group was treated to a buffet supper.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

ability to resist headlight glare, brak-
ing and steering tests, reaction time.
ETC., are installed. Last year $4,000
persons took tests at the show when
a similar although smaller clinic was
installed.
The New York State Bureau of
Motor Vehicles has an educational
safety exhibit and Commissioner
Charles Harnett plans to show the
oldest automobile in the State of New
York operating under its own power.
There also will be a miniature me
chanical city" depicting modern traf-
fic control.
The American Automobile Associa-
ton will have a general safety display,
including a dual-controlled sutomo-
bile for driver training; stationary
device teaching the rudiments of the
mechanical operation of automobiles:
glare" machine showing the time
of recovery after glare on the eye
sight of tested individuals. Also q
battery of devices in which the per-
sons being tested drop metal balls
into proper slots in answer to ques-
tions on driving practices. safety, ETC.,
should prove highly interesting.
The New York State Police De-
partment will show a street and high
way safety exhibit and will hand out
literature on correct driving, etc. The
International Association of Chiefs OF
Police is to be represented with a
booth demonstrating the effective ap-
proach to sound enforcement proceed
ure, the success OF accident preven-
ton bureau installations in police de-
partments and modern police traffic
methods.
The rapid sequence of new car an
nouncements has left the automobile
world a bit breathless, according to
the North American Newspaper AL
lance. From now until show time
the 1888 models promise to monopo-
lie more and more attention.
The manufacturers have not been
slow to unveil their new offerings be-
fore the public. But managers of the
big-time shows contend that the deal
er christenings have done little to
dim the prospects of record attend
ance at the big motor exhibits of the
year. The public appetite will only
have been we'll whetted by the time
the shows are ready for opening, they
declare.
The manufacturers have been eager
to get their 1888 cars on the market
and there has been race TO supply
dealers with new models. But the
dealers have been wary about book
ing heavily on 1888 cars on the basis
of advance orders Present deliveries
are chiefly for floor stocks, anyway.
Whether the pressure will lift, once
the selling season gets under way,
will determine the dealer orders for
the remainder of the year.
The dealers are certain to do some
cropping in the next few weeks to
catch the public reaction to higher
prices. Until they have determined
the effect of the increases. they may
be expected to withhold any blanket
| orders.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
YOU AND YOUR CAR
AIDED BY RUSSELL
Excessive Heat on Distrib-
utor May Cause Trouble
in Restarting.
BY FREDERICK c. RUSSELL.

BY FREDERICK Z. RUSSELL.
A liberal allowance is a gift which
an automobile dealer makes in order
to permit his customers to help him
go out of business.
A driver Is in a quandary over the
habit his cars engine has Of refusing
to restart after it had stood idle
for short while. The situation looked
like q gas condition, but all of the
known schemes for correcting this
sort of thing failed. He was not able
to restart by opening the throttle wide
80 as to allow the pistons TO suck In
more air. Even the plan Of loosening
the spark plugs to liberate the pos
sible accumulation of over-vsporized
gas failed to make restarting easier.
1t is entirely possible that this is
a case of excessive heat on the dis
,tributor. I have known cases where
such heat has caused expansion of
the metals In the distributor so that
the breaker points failed to open.
One remedy is to adjust the points
for slightly wider gap.
More About Voltage Drop.
To those motorists who have Won
dered if it Is normal for a generators
output to decrease as 1t heats up I
should like to quote from an inter-
esting letter received from one OF
my most valued readers. During
1901" he says. when was an en-
gineer in an industrial plant power
house we had one generator that
would get very hot with an ordinary
load. Several hot afternoons we would
turn an air blast from an 80-pound
air line on the generator to keep the
voltage up to normal. From 1900 to
1910, large storage batteries were
part of most all plants and the plant
where 1 was employed had battery
unit of 70 cells rated 200 amperes
at 100 volts for eight hours. We took
our acid readings with compensat-
ing hydrometer to compensate for the
weather temperature changes"
Mechanic Joe Speaking.
II am a firm believer in giving q
car q trial run when trying to dag
nose trouble, but I try not to over
look the advantages in getting closer
to the situation by lifting the hood.
This was brought home to me lor-
chilly the other day when customer
complained of failure Of his cars en-
CINE to pick up either on hills or on
the level. Any one Of dozen things
might have accounted for this con-
dition, but 1 save time in the trouble
hunt by asking him to pump up and
down on the accelerator pedal while
watch the carburetor carefully.
"There Is a screw at the end Of
passage into the acceleration well. On
this particular car the screw had
looeened Just enough so that every
time the accelerstion pump vent into
action raw gasoline squirted out"
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Navy Day
Continued From First Page)

and oil, but at present. for practical
reasons, each one contains an electric
light bulb. Looking up over the door,
YOU will see an unusual sight, an arc
of shining bare steel cutlasses, the
kind we associate with piratical board
ing parties. Their shiny brass hits
are grouped together, while the long
blades flare upward and outward, fan
like, with war-like grace. They are
also from the now dismantled Con-
stellation. As you turn around you
will notice long poles grouped to-
gether in a specially made rack with
holes in which to insert them. Each
pole has sharp metal spike at the
end. They are also from the Con-
stellation and are called boarding
pixies" In the old days, when ships
came to close quarters, these pixies
were used to board other vessels and
again as hand weapons to ward of
others attempting to board.
ONE of the most interesting things
in the Navy Department today,
from an artistic angle, is the extraor-
dinarily valuable collection of $500
naval prints, appraised at $4,000. 1t
was just recently given to the Naval
Historical Foundation by Mrs. Ferdi-
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Sweeter Oranges.

THE chemist has found a new way
to make oranges sweeter and at
the same time ripen earlier.
The addition of manganese sulphate
to the soil around orange trees in
Florida, where an experiment was
carried on, brought encouraging re-
suits
Evening star., 1937-10-24

when two cavemen first met on for
est trail and the one with the heavier
club had the law on his side when it
came to deciding which should stand
aside to let the other pass. But down
through the ages the refining influence
of civilization operated and made traf-
fic laws matter of mind rather than
might.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

The worlds tallest school building
the University of Pittsburgh's 42-story
Cathedral of Learning-rises to a
height of 535 feet.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
District Automobile Show
Begins Next Saturday
Motoring Interests Center
Also on Gotham Exhibit
Opening Wednesday.
Bv G.. Adams H0Mard.

HIS week marks the opening OF the 1888 automobile shows The Ma
morning The display eighteenth
the Washington Auomive
socaon will
Evening star., 1937-06-30
CLOSING OF HIGHWAY
FOR JAMBOREE REVISED
Section of Mount Vernon High
way Barred, Except for ~
Hours Daily.

A revised program for closing the
Mount Vernon Memorial Highway be-
tween the Arlington Memorisl and
Evening star., 1937-06-30
Hit by lightning,
Girl Unconscious
For Eight Hours
By the Associated Press,


W1LLARDS, Md, June 30.-Mar-
garet Hancock, II, who remained ur-
conscious for eight hours after she was
struck by bolt Of lightning, was back
at her daily chores today, apparently
none the worse for her experience.
The family of Ansley Hancock. a
farmer, was in one room of its home
near here when a terrific thunder
storm broke over the farm A bolt of
lightning entered the room through
an electric light socket.
1t struck and knocked out Mrs.
Hancock and her two daughters, Eliza
beth and Margaret. The lightning
then passed downward through the
floor, cutting rug in two on its pas
sage.
Hancock and neighboring farmer,
who were in the room, were unhurt
Hancock notified DR.. Frederick s.
Nicoll at Berlin, who went to the house.
The mother and Elizabeth were re-
vived after an hours work by the
doctor but Margaret remained uncon-
: scious. Dr. Nicoll worked over her
Tor eight hours. She finally regained
consciousness after he had used ordi-
nary restoratives.
Il never thought the girl was dead"
the doctor said
He said the Hancock girl suffered a
severe shock from being struck.
News OF the girls experience spread
quickly, and farm neighbors gathered
at the house while the girl was still
unconscious. When she recovered, the
news spread more widely, and scores
of curious visited the Hancock farm.
Evening star., 1937-06-30
LESSON FOR CONGRESS
DRAWN FROM JAMBOREE
legislators Could Use Some Of
Boys Enthusiasm, Says Rep
resentatiVe Crawford.

Members Of Congress could take
lesson from Scouts at the jam
boree. according to Representative
Evening star., 1937-06-30
KANSAS WANTS
CURRY TO RETURN
BeIated Recognition Given
Painter Who Depicts
State Sin Raw" "
n the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
TOPEKA, Kans., June 30,-Kansas
has taken a major step in atoning
for its belated recognition of John
Steuart Curry, the native-son artist,
who paints the SunhoWer State "in
the raw"
-Four years ago the broad -shouldered
painter, who grew up on a farm. had
sold only one of his works to a
Kansan.
Now the State wants to bring him
home to paint l,400 square feet of
murals, portraying the States history,
In the Capitol building. The Kansas
Editorial Association last week end
Endorsed proposal to launch a $20,-
900 campaign to finance the project.
For several years Curry's lonesome
prairie homes. ferocious bulls, un-
broken horses and tornadoeS attra cted
attention elsewhere, but Kansas re-
manned cool
In 1881 William Allen White, noted
editor and a Curry booster, sponsored
an exhibit of the artists works In
Wichita.
Too drab," KanSans said of one
Of the best-known paintings, "Bap-
tism in Kansas"
"Uncivic," was the characterize
ton given his Tornado" 1t pic
lures a farm family scurrying for
the storm cellar before a giant cloud
funnel
Eastern critics took Kansas to task
Tor failure to appreciate the robust,
stark portrayals of a native son.
Back in 1888, commenting on the
fact he had sold only one painting
to a Kansan, Curry said:
They have Kansas. They hardly
need paintings"
Within two years his works began
breaking into private collections in
the State.
Kansas State College purchased his
Oil. Sun Dogs" The first Of Curry's
works to 90 into a public collection In
Winter, with one human habitation
pitted against the loneliness Of space.
Recently several editors proposed
the historical murals for the State
House. Two weeks ago Curry came
here for conference with Gov Walter
A. Human and a committee Of
editors.
Il have my own ideas about telling
the story of the pioneers coming into
Kansas said Curry. II want to
paint this war with Nature and I
want to paint the things feel as
native Kansan."
The series" he added, would be
one that I could do only for my
native State"
Kansans are wondering if the
murals, when completed, will result
In the heated discussions that arose
when Missouris native son, Thomas
Hart Benton, portrayed the States
history in the Capitol at Jefferson
City.
Evening star., 1937-06-30
Without BARRIERS
Campers Forced
To share SeIues
More a Formally Than
Necessity for Some
Visiting Boys.

Scene--early morning at the jam
boree city of tents.
In front of their tents. before hand
mirrors. some of the older boys are
shaving.
And younger boys are looking on a
bit enviously.
But with some of the larger kids
shaving is more Of formality than
necessity.
There is no barber shop set up in
tie Boy Scout camp. Executives
scoutmasters and those OF the boys
who are old enough to shave have to
do it themselves with hot water bor-
rowed from the kitchen or use electric
razors in one of the administration
tents equipped with electricity.
And as for those who need a hair
cut-well, they just have to let their
mains grow or patronize one of the
local tonsorial parlors.
Evening star., 1937-06-30

Highway Bridges because Of the Boy
Scout Jamboree was announced today
by c. Marshall Finnan, superintendent
OF the National Capital Parks.
The new plan became effective at
10 am. today and means that the
area will be closed to motor travel
except between 1 and $50 pm. each
day until July 10.
Finnan said the area will be open
Evening star., 1937-06-30
Fred L. Crawford Of Michigan

FTeu D. OrHWlOfu OF Mlch1Ran
Every Congressman should visit
the Scout camp and observe how these
boys pitch in and get things done"
Crawford said after greeting Michi-
gan Scouts at the jaHboree grounds
1T this Congress would put half as
much enthusiasm into its work as do
these boys" he said, I'VE would get
some constructive legislation on the
books and get out Of here and relieve
the Nation Of 4 bad case of the jitters
Evening star., 1937-06-30
DANIEL E. SNYDER DIES

Daniel E. Snyder. A. carpenter and
repair man for Baskin IL Co.. real
estate firm, died today Of a sudden
illness at his home. 1901 Park road
He had been a Washington resident
since the World War
His wife. Mrs Margaret D. Snyder,
Is his only surviving immediate rela-
tive.
Evening star., 1937-06-30

For DoneinS-fos Dinins, lin
ems, piQues and cottons-mony
boldly printed. Including some
Of our most successful styles.
FORMAL ROOM, THIRD FLOOR.
Evening star., 1937-06-30

at all times to cars bearing official
jamboree stickers. The Scouts are
encamped in that part OF Columbia
Island, and this is the reason for
the order.
Evening star., 1937-06-30

sheer Afternoon ovsssss-in
white and deep background prints.
Cool, colorfuI and delightfully."-
feminine. Severoi styles.
Misses DaEssss. THnD FLooa.
Evening star., 1937-06-30

Shows have given way to brilliantly
colored flowers on the steppes and
tundra Of Siberia.
Evening star., 1937-06-30

caused by congressional uncertainty.
That Is the good turn Congress can
do for the Nation"
Evening star., 1937-06-30
Ten Children Die in Fire.

TOXIC. June 30.-Ten children
were burned to death today in 4 FIRE
at Toxic childrens home.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-10
MOTOR OWNERS IN
STATE ARE SOAKED
Pay Higher Portion of Tax
Total Than Motorists
Over Nation
Daily Dispatch Bureau,

Raleigh, Nov 10.-NOrth Cardinals
motor vehicle owners pay a much
nlgher percentage of the states taxes
tnan do motto" We icle owners as :,
class throughout TIE nation if d CON
parlson between figures just sent out
by the National Highways Us@?s Con-
ference and the Department of Re
venues collections for the first folr
months of the current fiscal wear IS
a true comparison
Ttn Departments figures show that
for four months Of the f:s-
cal year ".al tax collections Of all
sorts reached $21, 1926, 65720, of which
no less than $9,O88, 562 was collected
through ta~ S Of one sort o. another
on motor vehicles and their owners
or operators. This makes motor We
hicle collections about % par cent Of
tho total collected from all sources
Only one-sixth of all the money
gathered in taxes by all local, State
and Federal units of government is
obtained from levies upon ownership
and use of motor vehicles, the confer.
encc reports.
According to the report, motor We
hicle owners and users bear a total
ultimate consumer burden of at
least 81, $50, 100000 in levies placed an
nually upon automotive transporta-
ton in all it's phases.
Annual tax receipts from all gov
ernmental units are estimated at $10-
2OO,OOO,0O0.
Establishing the annual total of d.
rect and indirect taxes at an average
Of eco motor x1nhi010
says:
"The actual average unit value Of
each of the 28,OOO,OOO vehicles in the
United States is only $190.08, accord
ing to the American Automobile AS
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-10
FORECLOSURE SALE.

Bv virtue of authority, vested II
the undersigned as trustee, in that
certain deed of trust, executed by J
M. Harris and wife Maggie p. Harris
to the undersigned as trustee, record
ed in book 95, page 42S, register Of
deeds office for Vance County, North
Carolina, default having haen mad
in the payment of the debt snerel.
secured, at the request of the holde'
of the same, will offer for sale by
public auction for cash, at the court
lous, coor in Henderson, N. c., on
the 9th day of November, 1887, al
IL O'clock, the following describe.
land:
Begin at a stake!s 26 poles N Z e, Of
an old hickory stump. and corner Of
Tabbey Falkner's dover, in corner
of grade, where Joi'n H. Falkner for
merly resided, and run thence N,
deg. E, SO pores t. e stone, thence N
Z e. SO poles to a stone, thence w
As poles to a stone in the old road,
thence along the old road. ) z w, 80
POLES to the beylanng. containing
20 acres NOR. or less, see deed book
70, page 400. Register of Deeds office
of Vance Co lnty. North 'arolina.
This 9th law of oc'oher, 1887.
a. "A. BUiJN, Trustee.