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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-03
WAR ON CAPITALS
f. S[UMS HELD VITAL
Welfare Group Sees Photos
of Conditions at Talk
of Housing Aide.

Illustrating her words with photo
graphs Of actual slum conditions In
Washington, Mrs. Helen Duey Hoff-
man, director of the Washington Hous-
ing Association, speaking yesterday
afternoon before the Georgetown
branch Of the Washington Council of
Social Agencies, painted a distressing
picture of housing needs in the poorer
sections here. Scoring those who
adopt a defeatist attitude toward bet
tering the lot Of slum jewellers on the
theory that they preferred uncleanli-
ness to sanitary living conditions, she
declared that they want to be clean
just as much as you do"
Whenever I hear that old story of
these people keeping the coal in the
bath tub it makes me boil" she said.
Pictures Emphasize Points.
Exterior and interior shots, before
and after Improvements had been car
ried out, drove home many points she
emphasized in her talk.
Speaking on the same subject last
night before the North Cleveland Park
Citizens Association, Mrs. Hoffman
urged the civic group to back efforts
OF her department to reduce the tas
levies necessary to maintain hospital.
and penal institutions by "strikins
at the source of social evil and public
health menaces through a program o.
slum benefits"
Mrs. Hoffman blamed the anti-sociaI
attitude Of many children in such
homes on the contrast they found be-
tween their own living conditions ano
those Of their more fortunate school.
mates. She urged the council to in
vestigate conditions In their own area
and publicize their findings as widel,
as possible.
Its going to be revelation or revo.
luton" she predicted, declaring thai
the housing shortage in the Natior
has become acute.
Hits Law Loopholes.
The city's housing code has to-
many loopholes" which allow land
lords to evade remedying unhealth,
conditions in their properties, Mrs
Hoffman stated.
In line with Mrs. Hoffman's rev
Citations. Mrs. Thomas Balisdell, chair
man of the councils Welfare Com
mittee, reported her findings on tn.
records of sample group of Is chi
dren whose home life was unsatis
factory. All of them have been il
touch with at least seven socia
agencies" Mrs. Blaisdell said, thre,
with as many as IL. Their mos
frequent contacts were with health
agencies, with charitable institution.
ranking next and the police third
Mrs. Balisdell reported
Mrs. Camille Du Bots, public schoo
teacher, declaring that these children
could be aided most effectively through
their parents, said that most of thes,
cases came from homes where tn,
contact between parents and teacher!
is very fragile"
Robert Dugan, executive assistant O
Capital Transit Co., spoke before tn,
civic group on the transportation prob
lens of the North Cleveland Parl
section.
j. w. Howes was appointed the as.
sociation's delegate to the Federation
of Citizens Associations in place Of
DR.. H. N. Roberts, who resigned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-03
VOTE FOR SWEETHEART

Balloting is taking place today at
George Washington University for the
university sweetheart" to preside at
alumni homecoming exercises at the
Capitol Theater November IL and rep
resent the institution at the Uni
versity of Texas spring roundup.
Thirteen candidates have been
nominated, and the winner will not
be announced until she takes charge
IT the late rally at the theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-03
Will Pick Nominating Group.

ARLINGTON, Va, Nov. 3 Especially
The Nominating Committee of the
Arlington County Civic Federation will
be appointed when the federation
meets at the Lyon Park Community
House next Wednesday at 8 pm,
President j. F. Simpson announced
today.
The federation's meeting scheduled
last night was postponed because of the
State elections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-03

TINE six weeks it took a special
survey group to determine
how a Washington working
- woman can get along on
SIT a week came to an end last
night - leaving Mrs. Working
Woman with half a pair of ga
loshes to get through the year on.
According to the SIT a week min
imum wage approved by the Dis
trict Minimum Wage Board, she
will have to buy the other piece of
footwear next year in order to keep
within her budget.
To arrive at the SIT a week
minimum wage the conference
compromised on the general items
Of sundries and room and board
and held as adequate the employers
figures on clothing costs. Broken
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-03
Married at Frederick.

FREDERICK, Nd, Nov. (P.-Dr.
Charles E. Wheeler, minister of the
Presbyterian Church. said he married
Charles Thomas Stearn, IS, Of Rock
vile and Beatrice p. Mcknight, 80, Of
Clarksburg, Nd, yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-03
Man Hurt in 2O-Foot Fall.

John H. Whitson, 40, colored, lot
P street NV, janitor for the Mount
Vernon Methodist Episcopal Church,
received severe head injury yes
terday when he fell 20 feet to an
areaway while repairing a church win
dow. He was taken to Emergency
Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-03
VISITORS DECLINE
Washington Monument and Lin
coin Memorial Less Frequented.

coin memorial Less Frequented.
Charles A. Peters, jr., assistant di-
rector of the National Park Service,
in charge Of public buildings, today
announced that, with the coming Of
fall, there has been decided slump
in the number of visitors both to the
Washington Monument and Lincoln
Memorial.
The Monument drew 1888 visitors
last month, compared with 1903 $3.50 In
September.
Last month 1914 visited the Lin
coin Memorial. against 1852 for
September.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-03
Calvert Second in Tobacco.

COLLEGE PARK, Md, Nov. 3. Dr.
The University Of Maryland extension
service said Calvert County, with 1000
acres of land planted to tobacco, ranks
second among Maryland tobacco
growing counties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-03
DESERTION CHARGED
Wife Claims Husband Left Her
Month After Marriage.

ROCKVILLE, Md, Nov. 3 (Spe-
ciaD Charging that she was deserted
one month after her marriage. Mrs.
Edith G. May of Bethesda, Md, has
filed suit in the Circuit Court here
for an absolute divorce from Au-
gust May of Fair Cakes, Calf. She
is represented by Attorney Kenneth
Lyddane of Rockville.
Mrs. May states in her petition that
she and the defendant were mar
ried July 20, 1929, at Maynard, Mass,
and have no children. The date of
the alleged desertion she gives as
August %, 1929.
Evening star., 1937-04-08

Roman stripe sheers for
daytime and floral prints
on dark sheers, jacket
styles in prints and solid
colors. Sizes II to IT.
Lansburgh's Second Floor
Evening star., 1937-04-08

School and party frocks
Of sheer dirnity, dotted
swiss, hanky lawn-all
fast colorl Girls, 7 to IL;
teen age, IL to is, and
chubbies, 1012 to 1872.
Lansburgh's, Fourth Floor
Evening star., 1937-12-05
CHILD COURT BILL
PARLEY DUE SOON
Senator King to Act Shortly on
Setting Date Of Meeting
of Conference

Chairman King of the Senate Dis.
trict Committee said yesterday he
would communicate with House mem
bers in few days with a view to
fixing time for conferees to resume
consideration Of the proposed new Dis
trict Juvenile Court bill.
The measure passed both houses at
the last session, but conferees did not
have time before the August adjourn
ment to adjust the differences between
the House and Senate on details.
supporters OF the legislation as pro-
posed originally are endeavoring to
bring the District law into line with
improved practice elsewhere by re-
ducing to a minimum the criminal
aspect Of Juvenile Court procedure.
and placing greater emphasis on say
ing the child for. future citizenship.
They regard the House bill Is substan-
TALLY accomplishing that purpose, and
have indicated the need for changes
in . number Of the Senate amend
ments.
Evening star., 1937-12-05
20 PAROLE PETITIONS
TO COME BEFORE BOARD
Applications for Release Will Be
Taken Up Tomorrow at
Lorton Meeting.

Members Of the District Parole
Board, meeting tomorrow at the Lor-
ton Reformatory, will consider appli-
cations for the release Of 20 prisoners,
Hugh F. Rivers, parole executive, an
nounced yesterday.
Applications for parole, he said,
have been received from the following:
Fredericka Vernon, Emilio Ramon
Towles, Daniel johnson, William Hig-
gins, Thomas Shorter, Benjamin Bev-
erly, James Pierce, John E. Jackson,
Marcellus Glascoe, James English, Will
liam Mccoy, William Carroll, Edward
M. Colbert, William A. Gallatin,
Thomas e. Drury, George W. Taylor,
George L. Curry, Willard Middleton,
Charles Jones and Thomas Vance.
Evening star., 1937-12-05
Cases Not Connected.

MEXICO, Mo-, Dec. 4 R.-Prose-
cutting Attorney Latney Barnes said
today investigation had disclosed there
was mo connection" between the sui
eide Of 45-year-old unemployed man
and the fatal clubbing of Mrs. A.
s. Mortimer.
William Baise, who had been aues-
toned among others following the
woman's Staying Thanksgiving eve,
was found dead. a bullet wound in his
Head, in his home.
Evening star., 1937-12-05
rs Ne,u Substances Found
In Petroleum by Chemists
Bureau of Standards Scientists Expect
to Bully Is Other Chemicals
~.~. From Product.
A gallon of ordinary gasoline

gallon OF ordinary gasoline may
be worth about 81 900.
Boiling, freezing. cracking and
otherwise maltreating the clannish
big family Of molecules that make up
petroleum, Bureau Of Standards chem
lists have gotten out of it IS separate
substances, at least Is OF which hith-
erto were unknown to science Some
Of them have immediate commercial
value. The uses of others are I'M
known, but few may constitute the
building stones of new industries.
BY their present bullying methods
the chemists expect to drive out about
IS more new chemicals. Then they
will only have good start, and more
refined techniques may be devised to
coax into the open literally hundreds
Of more elusive members Of the Pc
troleum family. The present status Of
the work is shown in an exhibit ar
ranged for the bureaus 30th birthday
party, which is being held tomorrow
and Tuesday for members of the stan
and specially invited guests.
1000 Separate Chemicals.
There are probably thousand sepa-
rate chemicals in gasoline alone, says
DR.. Frederick D. Rossini, director Of
the petroleum laboratory. Some exist
in such minute quantities and close
associations that it is not likely they
ever will be recovered in pure form.
But five Of them-so-called straight
chain paraffin hydrocarbons, without
which gasoline would be vastly better
as a motor fuel-exist in such quanti-
ties that the amounts recoverable from
a gallon, all of which have uses in in
dustry, would cost $50 if purchased
from a wholesale chemical house.
All the constituents of petroleum
are so-called hydrocarbons, combina-
tions of carbon and hydrogen atoms.
These are tiny chests in which are
stored bits of the sunshine of S00,-
000,0 900 years ago. They fell upon
green leaves and, through the dimly
understood process of photosynthesis,
built up hydrogen-carbon combina-
tions in the growing plant. In each
molecule . little Of the suns energy
was trapped. The plants were eaten
by animals and new hydrocarbon COM
binations formed by the physiological
processes. The animals died and Pc
troleum is what is left Of them. Some
plant material also probably enters into
petroleum.
Coal Builds Industries.
It is the sunshine locked in those
tiny chests which runs automobiles
and heats houses. But at present,
even in the most refined gasolines
and oils, they are all dumped to-
gether. Some have little or no value
as fuel and had better be got rid
of, although they may be of inesti-
mable value in other fields.
Forty years ago chemists began tear
ing coal to pieces and rs . result Of
the things found in . lump Of this
black rock literally hundreds Of new
Evening star., 1937-12-05

industries with a net business of mil
lions Of dollars day have sprung up.
From coal comes everything from the
dyes Of the costliest silks to indispensa-
BILE medicines. 1t Is entirely likely that
petroleum will have a similar his
tory.
Getting out the separate chemicals,
especially the more elusive ones, is an
expensive process, DR.. Rossini ex-
plains. One way is by distilling. They
have different boiling points. BY util-
izing the different heats at which
vaporization takes place they can be
removed from the liquid This method
Is subject to many reflnements. It
has been found, for example, that two
substances which have the same boil
ing point under ordinary atmospheric
pressure have different ones when the
pressure is increased or decreased.
Freezing Also Employed.
Another way is by freezing. Some
OF the hydrocarbons will crystalline
and turn into solids at higher tenn
perature than others. Still another
way is by taking advantage of the
TACT that some will be absorbed by
one material which is impervious to
others. BY combination of these
and more complicated methods the
gasoline or oil slowly can be torn to
bits and then the bits can be re-
arranged more in keeping with mans
needs.
Already new industries are under
way on the basis of this petroleum
debris obtained at the Bureau of
Standards. The finding of these sub
stances in petroleum, paradoxically
enough, should result actually in max
ing better and cheaper the fuel prod
ucts. Probably the most priceless of
them are sheer waste in fuel. If they
can be gotten out cheaply and uses
found for them the cost of the mate
rial left over for fuel may be mate
rally reduced.
This work of breaking up petroleum,
DR.. Rossini explains, started at the Bu-
reau Of Standards about 10 years ago
under the direction of the late DR..
E. w. Washburn and is being con-
tinued as project Of the American
Petroleum Institute. With the refine
ment Of methods more and more sepa-
rate materials are being obtained.
The work now constitutes one Of the
major chemical activities of the bu-
reau but a score of other lines are
being exhibited at the birthday party.
Evening star., 1937-12-05
PARLEY
OPENS TOMORROW
D. c. Site Among Topics Due
to Be Discussed at Ma
ti0naI Session.

Airport difficulties in Washington
and throughout the country will be
discussed at a national conference Of
Federal, airline, airport, State and
municipal officials at the Commerce
Department tomorrow and Tuesday.
Full discussion of the airport
problem here. held to be q key
to similar problems in many parts
of the country, is anticipated. Wash
ington Airport, as is the case with
many other air terminals, has been
outgrown by modern, high-speed air.
liners Not more than five or six
airports in the country will be able
to accommodate safely giant four
engined transport airplanes now under
construction, experts say. Many are
inadequate for the present twin
engined, 2l-passenger types.
Statements of Conditions.
Tomorrow's session beginning at
10 am. probably will be given over to
preliminary statements Of conditions
by representatives of the various Or
CARNATIONS attending. The afternoon
session will be devoted to a general
discussion of the topics presented dur
ing the morning. A committee then
will be appointed to meet tomorrow
evening and return to the session
Tuesday with recommendations for
consideration by the full conference.
The conference, called by Assistant
Corrof rxy Nf Coy,o TopncNn
be composed of representatives of the
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce,
Air Transport Association of Amer
lea. American Municipal Association,
Conference of Mayors, National As
sociation of State Aviation Officials,
National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics, Navy Department, Post
Office Department, War Department
and Works Progress Administration,
as well as the aviation operations
groups and State, municipal and pri-
vate agencies.
Airport Site Here.
1t is understood efforts will be made
to interest the conference actively in
oAA> 4eSooASAA Va "AA GA pOA SAtC AAClC 1ll
view of the fact that locations out
side the District are being considered.
Similar problems have arisen in other
parts of the country and have re-
suited in a portion Of the expense of
constructing and operating airports
which not only are outside the city
limits but are in other counties. In
some few cases, air terminals are To-
Gated in other States than the cities
they serve. Examples are Newark
Airport, serving New York, and Cam
den Airport, Camden, N. j., which
serves Philadelphia.
Discussion of the Gravelly Point
site, recommended by President Roose-
velt in veto message to Congress
just before the close of the last ses-
sion, also is to be proposed, it is un-
derstood. This site, subject of an IL
year controversy, is now being filled
by Army dredging operations in con-
nection with the deepening Of the Po-
tomac and Anacostia River channels
Evening star., 1937-12-05
Arithmetic, but Here's Horse Of Another Color!

man, and wizard at mathematics
took out his pencil and went to
work in a roundabout way to get
the answer-$34.50; but that, too,
is wrong.
d. A. Lyons, attorney at law and
q Western horseman from South
Dakota before he started to prac-
tfce here, came to the same errone-
GUS conclusion: $34.50.
Philip Friedlander, stock broker,
who dabbles In market quotations
DAY after day. went about solving
the problem backward, figuring
that II he sold horse for $22O
and made is per cent prodt Ill he
had to do was 11nd out what e5
Evening star., 1937-12-05

All hands failed. Like wildfire,
the question went over the en-
tire State Of Pennsylvania-and
yesterday most Of the Keystone
State folk we're busy with paper
and pencil trying to figure out
the right answer.
Mr.. Valera took just . few
minutes to arrive at the right
answer, "30," and explained it
thus: "The figure $3.50 includes
the original price Of the horse
and the profit. go the selling
price represents l1S per cent
the cost price, which represents
100 per cent, plus Is per cent
Evening star., 1937-12-05
URGE D. c. Jobs
C0TORES|DENTS
Citizens Federation Reiter-
ates Oft Repeated Demand
for Policy.

The Federation Of Citizens ASso-
Citations last night reiterated its oft
repeated demand that District jobs
should be given to District residents,
in protesting the appointment of two
outsiders" to positions on the United
States Court Of Appeals for the Dis
trict. 1t was made clear that this
action, suggested by Miss Eta Taggart
Of the National Representation Com
mittee. was based on a principle and
indicated no personal complaint
against the two appointees.
Suter Makes Report.
Acting on report by Jesse c. Suter
Of the Society of Natives, the Fedora
ton called for appointment Of . spe-
cial COMMITTEES to consider proposed
revision Of the constitution and by
laws. On the suggestion Of Mr.. Suter
the Federation postponed action on a
proposal to change from November to
May the time for the annual election
of officers
President L. A. Carruthers an
nounced the appointment OF the fol-
lowing as delegates to the interna-
tional conference: Miss Elaine Ep-
pley, Edwin S. Hege, Thomas E.
Lodge, A. F. E. Scheer, Harry N. Stull,
Mrs. Elizabeth T. Sullivan, Mr.. Suter
and Mr.. Carruthers.
Committee Heads Named.
President Carruthers announced the
appointment of committee officials for
the new year. Most of the committee
heads were given reappointments. The
list follows:
Law and legislation, Charles L., Nor
ris, chairman and Harry N. Stull, vice
chairman; public utilities, William
NICK. Clayton, chairman, and Burd
w. Payne vice chairman; public
health, Dr. Charles. B. Campbell,
chairman, and Mrs. Elizabeth T. Sui
livan, vice chairman; highways, parks
and waterways, Arthur Adelman,
chairman, and Miss Elaine Eppley,
vice chairman; education, H. c. Phil
lips, chairman, and Mrs. Horace J..
Phelps, vice chairman; public celebra-
tions, James F. Duhamel, chairman,
and Capt G. L. Shorey, vice chairman;
membership and credentials, A. H.
Gregory, chairman, and A. F.. E..
Scheer, vice chairman: public welfare,
John A. Remon, chairman. and F..
j. Mcdonald, vice chairman; police
and fire protection, Fred S. Walker,
chairman, and Dr.. George R. Ellis,
vice chairman; auditing and examin-
ing, M. M. Mclean, chairman, and
Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley, vice chair
man: zoning regulations, Myron r..
Walker, chairman, and j. Sanders,
vice chairman; fiscal relations, Ed
win S. Hege, chairman, and A. M.
Edwards, vice chairman; National
representation, Miss Eta Taggart,
chairman, and Jesse c. suter, vice
chairman; city planning, Kenneth p.
Armstrong, chairman, and w. I.
Swanton, vice chairman; local SUI
frage, Wilbur s. Finch, chairman, and
| j. B. Dickman, vice chairman, and
safety, Harry S. Wender, chairman,
and Col. Edgar Goring Bliss, vice
chairman.
Evening star., 1937-12-05

Amish girl, whose father, Aaron
King, appeared before the Honey
brook School Board in Chester
County, Pa, after taking the girl
out Of school because further
schooling was against Amish be-
liefs. To prove that the 14-year-
old girl needed further schooling,
the authorities asked her the ques-
ton about the sale Of horse
and she answered, "$245."
The answer was not correct
and the clerk Of the court said
80; but when he was asked to
give the right answer he, too.
Yell down. Then the Judge took
. crack at 1t. Then the mayor.
Evening star., 1937-12-05

profit. Dividing lis into $3.50
gives 81. or per cent Of the
original price. A hundred times
81 equals 5000, or the cost price.
Then, subtract 5000, the cost price,
from $3.50, the selling price, and
the answer is $50 profit"
Sounds to me like somebody hav-
ing trouble with the income tax
collector" said Mel Sharp, public
relations director for the Poto-
mac Electric Power Co.-and Ju-
liam Baber, executive officer of
the Secret Service, said he'd have
to consult Alvin Hall, director Of
the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing.
Evening star., 1937-12-05

free showers during the winter at the
Y. w. c. A. for the same youngsters,
many Of whom have little or no bath
ing facilities in their homes.
The showers were opened yesterday
and. will continue each Saturday dur
ing the winter under supervision OF
representatives of the District Play
ground Department, Mrs. Ida Ner-
Itch and Temple R. FARRELL, who will
see that every precaution is taken to
prevent the bathers developing colds.
The bathing hours for the girls are
from 10 am. to noon and the boys
from 1890 to 2 pm.
Evening star., 1937-12-05

per cent Of the original invest
ment was and he'd have the an
swer. It worked out something
like $3.50, but that also was
wrong.
A visitor to the brokerage Of
fice-Mrs. Ann O'Brien-flnally
worked out the right answer:
$50"
Say" \ mathematical expert,
Oswald Valera, assistant treasurer
Of the National Savings and Trust
Co.. asked, where did you get that
problem?"
He was told: The problem IN
grammar school arithmetic was
put TO Rebecca King, rosy-cheeked
Evening star., 1937-12-05
Louisiana Issues
Special Car Tags
For Congressmen

Louisiana members Of Congress
are proudly displaying their new
automobile license plates, issued
by their home State-the first Of
all the States to issue special
license plates to distinguish their
national law makers.
Senator John H. Overton's car
bears . tag marked "Sen. l."
That Of Senator Allen J. Elender,
the junior Senator, Is marked
"Sen. 2" Each House member
has . license plate marked
m. c." and the number Of the
congressional district each repre-
sents,
Evening star., 1937-12-05
Democrats Plan Dance.

SILVER SPRING, Md, Dec.
(SpecialD.- pre-Christmas dance
will be held December 1s at the Indian
Spring Country Club by the Young
Mems and Young Women's Demo-
cratic Clubs Of Silver Spring. The
committee in charge Is composed of
George Menke, Mrs. James Gill and
Mrs. Tewnley Gamble.
Evening star., 1937-12-05
ACADEMY GIVEN RING
Glass Insignia of Admiral May

Sent to Navy Collection.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Dec. R.-The
class ring Of the late Admiral Henry T.
Mayo, U. S. N, today was added to
the ring collection at the Naval Acad-
emy.
Admiral Mayo, who died at Ports
mouth, N. H., last February. gradu-
ated from the academy In 1875. Dur
ing the World War he was the COM
mander-in-chief of all United States
vessels in the Atlantic Ocean and
European waters.
Evening star., 1937-12-05

100000 kilograms in Reich.
q Foreign and domestic telegrams
handed in Germany In the last year
totaled over $4,000 600.