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Evening star., 1937-01-09
D. A. r. Tea Planned.

The Emily Nelson Chapter, Dis
trict of Columbia D. A. r., will enter
tain national and State officers and
chapter regents Of the D. A. r. at its
birthday tea tomorrow at the home Of
the regent, Mrs. Lois e. Hicks, 5o04
Thirteenth street. The tea viii be
from 4 to o'clock.
Evening star., 1937-07-28
DRIVE ON To CUT
infant MORTALITY
0bstetrica| Treatment in
Homes Planned to Re-
|ieve Hospitals.

In an effort to lower Washington S
high infant mortality rate the Health
Department is planning to divert ex-
pectant mothers from the overcrowded
wards Of Gallinger Hospital to receive
obstetriacl treatment in their homes.
DR.. Daniel L. Seckinger, deputy health
officer, said today.
An intensive campaign of prenatal
treatment and education of INDECENT
eXpectant mothers through co-ordina-
ton Of the activities Of the Health De-
partment clinic and nursing service
will be the first step in the program,
DR.. Seckinger said
Normal. healthy mothers will be en-
couraged to have their babies in their
homes If conditions there are such
that they can be assured of adequate
care, Dr., Seckinger declared.
In his first move as director of
municipal hospitals. as we'll as of the
Health Department. Dr. George F..
Rutland. health officer. ordered DR.
Edgar A. Bocock. superintendent Of
Gallinger Hospital. to discontinue the
practice Of not refusing hospital care
to any INDECENT expectant mother
who appealed for treatment.
DR.. Rutland ordered DR.. Bocock
to cease putting beds in corridors to
care for the overflow Of maternity
cases. Such cases should be limited
to the number of beds available in
tho OF yr-av ~ D,,k,
land said
DR.. Seckinger said he is hopeful
that pressure on Gallinger Hospitals
maternity department will be greatly
relieved If the new program begins to
show results in the next several
weeks. Arrangements are being made
to have physicians and internes call
at the homes of the expectant mothers
to deliver their infants, he said.
All expectant mothers tn need of
municipal care will be urged to register
at the maternity clinic at least five
months before they expect their in
fants, DR.. Seckinger said Complete
prenatal records will be kept in each
case. Each expectant mother will be
given blood test and if found to be
suffering from syphilis will be placed
under immediate treatment.
DR.. Seckinger pointed out that 50
per cent of all still births and deaths
Of infants under months are caused
by syphilis. The District infant death
rate is the highest Of any city Of COM
parable size in the Nation, he said.
Evening star., 1937-07-28
D. C. TUBERCULOSIS
CAMP FUND AT $3,057
Twenty-Four More Children Can
Be Cared For if Contribu-
tions Increase.

Contributions to the District Tuber-
culosis Association health camp fund
mounted today to total of S3,O57.77,
enabling the l0lst child to begin a
Summer battle for health at the camp
on Bald Eagle Hill and leaving s5277
toward the care of another youngster
With facilities for 125 children,
there is room at the camp for "a
more, whose care can be financed only
through additional donations, accord
ing to Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, managing
director Of the association. 1t will cost
$50 for each child during the re-
naming six weeks of the camp period.
A steady flow Of contributions has
made it possible to add Al children
to the camp enrolment since it opened
three weeks ago with sufficient funds
to care for only so. There is a long
waiting list of children suffering from
tuberculosis in the early stages which
usually can be cured by rest, nourish-
ing food and medical care provided at
the camp.
Evening star., 1937-07-28
TOnlbStOnes Fail
ToHide Joyriders
after Auto Crash
Tw0 Fined $40 Each as
Car Ouertur,,s in
Cemetery.

Found hiding behind tombstones In
Rock Creek Cemetery after their auto
mobile crashed through the graveyard
fence and overturned early today, Earl
c. Dixon, 80, and Everett j. White,
40, were fined $40 each on intoxica-
ton charges in Police Court several
hours later
Policeman E. T. Vessels told the
court he discovered the overturned car
and broken fence, then discovered
Dixon behind one tombstone and White
behind another.
The officer said he was unable to
charge either man with driving while
drunk because he had not seen the car
in operation.
Dixon gave an address in the first
block Of Rock Greek Church road and
White one In the same block northeast.
Evening star., 1937-07-28
D. c. WATER SYSTEM
Will BE STUDIED
Trio Will Report to Commission
ers Whether Rate Change
Is Necessary.

A three-man committee was ap-
pointed by the Commissioners today
to make a thorough study of the city's
water system and report whether any
change should be made in existing
rates. The survey was authorized in
the 1888 appropriation bill.
Members of the committee are Riley
E. Elgen, chairman Of the Public UtiI-
ties Commission Lieut.. Col. Raymond
A. Wheeler, representing the War De-
partment, and Capt. Don G. Shingler,
Assistant Engineer Commissioner.
The committee members will serve
without additional compensation, but
will have 100000 to employ necessary
personnel and defray other costs of
the survey.
Congress instructed the committee
to determine the reproduction cost
and historical cost of the water system
Of the District of Columbia and the
proper water rate to cover not only
operating expenses but also deprecia-
ton reserve
Evening star., 1937-07-28

1t turns out ice and refrigeration for
the station and for every train. With
out the lights of various colors and
designs, the yards at night would be a
bedlam
The plant generates its own power
from the steam that enormous ovens
produce. Every gadget in the place
is as familiar to King as bis own
backyard. for he directed construction
of the plant when he came here in
1907.
He started railroading 49 years ago
in the Pennsylvania shops at Balti-
more. After learning how to repair
locomotives, he transferred to the
power end and mastered the ways Of
electricity.
Sons Follow Mechanics.
His five sons all followed mechan-
ical pursuits, though none went into
the railroad business One is a con-
tractor, another an automotive en-
gineer King lives at 1918 Seven
teenth street northeast.
At 4 pm tomorrow, as he rounds
out his final day at work, his fellow
workers have planned to observe the
event in some appropriate and care
fully guarded way.
They've always thought Of him, one
of them explained, as passing his days
in just about the noisiest spot in
Washington, where even the telephone
inclosed in booth. summons you
with whistle, because you couldn'
hear bell
Henceforth they'll have to imagine
him seated somewhere with fish
ing pole in front of him, with the
loudest sounds about him the casual
call of a bird or the swish of the
Evening star., 1937-07-28

QuceQ CIllS ucCASAol.
Men can largely control the general
prevailing weather and winds in the
corn and wheat belt"
Physics at First Hand.
Summers is no college graduate, but
he is a practical hand at physics. In
physics he learned of visible and in
visible light, and a few years ago in
Kansas he made some experiments on
absorption Of light by the soil. He
found:
The more light the land absorbs the
hotter is the weather; the darker the
land the greater the absorption; plow-
ing and overgrazing increase the dark
ness Of the land and make 1t hotter.
So he concludes that overintensive
farming sends up the mercury to the
point where the crops btrn and farm.
Evening star., 1937-07-28

ing turns into . non-paying PROPOSE
ton.
These basic discoveries" Summers
said, make it possible for man to con-
troll the general weather conditions
erosion Of land by water and wind; to
increase the fertility of depleted soil
for his general welfare by controlling
the amount of land plowed and culti-
waited and how close the land Is pas
tured, and the amount Of land put into
grass. timber and other vegetation
over the agricultural belt"
Bumper Crops Raise Mercury.
In year Of bumper crops Of wheat
and beef, Summers has found, up goes
the temperature. Too much soil is
turned where the sun can stare right
through it, with the result that the
heat waves simmer visibly Nature
will get you II you are reckless with
the plow, Summers holds. Thus:
1T is apparent when men generally
in the agricultural belt plov more land
than they should, and generally pas
ture more live stock than they should,
nature takes the matter in hand gen.
erally over the greater part Of the
belt by checking or wholly stopping
the rains in the growing season, max
ing record breaking droughts, dust and
sand storms, forcing men generally to
decrease their production OF grain and
live stock. Therefore only a maximum
amount of grain acreage can be used
safely in the agricultural belt"
Summers Is more interested in his
invention than in his theory, which he
wrote down last year and published
under copyright. Several years ago
he mentioned his idea to . man In the
Department Of Agriculture, but he has
not forced the Issue.
Evening star., 1937-07-28
NAVAL RESERVE
|. Of BOYS PLANNED
Roosevelt Talks to AdmiraIs
About Summer Courses
to Rate Abilities.

President Roosevelt is working out
plan to build up an adequate Naval
Reserve, in line with his general
program for improving national de-
fense.
The President is whipping this pro-
gram into shape with the assistance Of
the high command of the Navy, and
according TO his tentative plans it
will not cost great deal and can
be accomplished without an act Of
Congress. However, it may be nee
essary TO obtain special appropria-
ton act for this purpose
AS he outlined his proposal at his
press conference yesterday, the Presi-
dent said ne would build up a Naval
Reserve mostly from high school boys
over l6 as we'll as some college youths.
They would be offered the attrac-
tlons OF an interesting and educa-
tional vacation with no cost to their
parents. but at the same time with
no remuneration.
These boys would be sent to the
schools being conducted now at the
naval stations in California, the Great
Lakes and Newport, r. l., and prob
ably other stations to be esta blished.
They would be taught the rudiments
OF Navy life and seamanship.
The President said these boys would
be furnished free transportation from
their homes to the nearest naval
station and would be provided with
the necessary wearing apparel and
equipment. Mr.. Roosevelt said that
from his knowledge Of young Ameri-
cans he believes the offer would be
very attractive and that there should
be no difficulty in recruiting any
number Of young men for this train
ing
The present plan is then to offer a
second-year course, during which the
youths would learn more about Navy
life and responsibilities. At the con-
cluslon they would receive individual
ratings, so that if this country should
enter a war the Navy would have a
Well-trained and adequate Naval Re-
serve, and many of these young men
would nave definite Navy rating.
He said some of them would be
worthy Of receiving commissions.
The President went into some de-
tail concerning this plan during a
conference yesterday with Admiral
William D. Leahy. chief Of naval
operations. and Rear Admiral Adolf
phus Andrews, chief Of the Bureau
OF Navigation.
Discussing the plan at his press
conference, the President recalled the
situation when this country entered
the World War. He said the United
States had practically no Naval Re-
serve, and the Navy was forced to
take in about $4,000 officers ard
men without previous training or
knowledge of Navy life.
Evening star., 1937-07-28
steps be taken in the House to block
the Camp Springs proposal.

steps be taken in the House to block
the Camp Springs proposal.
Oppose Camp Springs Site.
The subcommittee is opposed to the
Camp Springs Airport on the ground
it would destroy the usefulness OF q
100000 Navy radio project At Chel-
tenham, Md, three miles from the
proposed airport site.
There was no conflict with the Camp
Springs airport proposal from sup
porters of the Copeland-May bill, it
developed. Senator Copeland, who
reported both his bill and the King
bill to the Senate, explained that he
was not opposed to the Camp Springs
project. He said he believed there
should be two airports for major cities,
one close in and the other on the
outskirts, to provide for all conditions
of weather and types of operation.
Representative Nichols of Oklahoma,
who, like Copeland, refused to sign
the District Airport Commissions re-
port recommending Camp Springs,
explained he did 30 because he, too,
believes there should be two airports.
Evening star., 1937-07-28
FREEDOM IS WON
F0RACCUSEDBOY
Mother Takes First Round in
Legal Battle After Man
Is Stabbed.

Mrs. George w. Reed today won the
first round in battle for the liberty
Of her l4-year-o old son. who, according
to police, stabbed his father In the
back to save her from q threatened
beating yesterday afternoon.
The son, Louis. who was held over
night at the Receiving Home on a
police charge Of assault with a deadly
weapon, returned home with his
mother after she conferred with
Assistant Corporation Counsel E. M.
Welliver at Juvenile Court.
Welliver indicated no charges would
be pressed against the boy. but said
the case would be held open until he
had heard the fathers side Of the
story. Mrs Reed said she would do
everything possible to save Louis from
prosecution land keep my husband
locked up"
Reed, arrested on charge OF dis
orderly conduct, was confined to GAL
linger Hospital for treatment for
alcoholism.
The family battle occurred in the
rear yard of the Reed home at 1882
Douglas street northeast Police. called
by neiehbors, said they were told that
Reed. 56-year- unemployed la
borer. was Intoxicated and began
chasing his wife. Ellen, 49, with q
club. Louis rushed to his mother s
defense with a Boy Scout knife which
she had given him for Christmas
Police took Reed to Casualty Hos
pital, where he was released after
treatment for superficial stab wound,
and left the boy in custody Of his
mother temporarily.
Returning later to take Louis to
the Receiving Home, police reported
they found Reed creating another dis
turbapce and took him into custody
on the disorderly conduct charge.
Evening star., 1937-07-28
MERCHANT ROBBED
OF $610 BY PATRONS
Two Customers Buy Watermelon,
Then Take L. L. Lisk for
Extensive Ride,

Two customers, who bought water
melon last night from Lewis L. Lisk. at
Tenth and F streets southwest, per-
suaded him with a revolver to enter
their car, took him for short ride and
robbed him of $610, he told police.
Lisk said he was taken to Eleventh
and D streets southwest, where his
pockets were rif1ed and he was put out
The dealer gave police a description
of the young man who bought a water
melon and had Lisk put it in the car.
The other bandit sat at the wheel
ProWlers smashed a window in the
drug store at the Roosevelt Hotel dur
ing the night and took S25 from the
cash register and merchandise valued
at 1922. the manager. Hyman Dick
man, 1925 New Hampshire avenue, re-
ported.
Evening star., 1937-07-28
| Lewis Office
| Workers to Ask
| Union Contract

1t looks as though Local q Of the
United Office and Professional Work.
ers of America has an energetic press
agent.
From the headquarters Of the local
c. I. o. affiliate-today came the
announcement that within a few
days" John L. Lewis. c. l. o. gen.
eralissimo, will be asked by the union
TO sign an employe- employer contra ct
as an employer" covering his own
Office force
1T is expected the contract will BE-
a model of its kind but the workers
are considering few new frills," the
local said.
The local is to receive its charter at
meeting at O'Clock tonight at the
Hamilton Hotel, which is to open an
organizing campaign among clerical
forces in private industry here.
Evening star., 1937-07-28
BAND CONCERTS.

BY the Navy Band at the Navy
Yard bandstand at 7:3O o'clock to-
night. Lieut.. Charles Benter, leader;
Alexander Morris, assistant leader.
Program.
Overture-"Tally Ho'' Ansell
"Je Suis Titania." and "Gavotte"
from "Mignon" Thomas
Solo for cornet-"Sounds From the
Musician Oscar Short
Grand scenes from the opera
LA Traviata" a"-----V Verdi
Fantasia-"By the Swanee River
Myddleton
Tone poem-"Kaleidoscope" Buys
Valse-"S Sleeping Beauty"
Tschaikowsky
Hungarian Fantasia" Tobani
Grand march-"Entry of the Guests
Into Warthburg," from Tam
hauser" - Wagner
THE National Anthem"
BY the Marine Band at the Capitol
at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Capt. Taylor
Branson, leader; William F. Santel-
mann, second leader.
Program.
'"The Marines Hymn"
March-"The Monarch"
Walter Smith
prelude and Dance Of the Appren-
tices" from Die Meistersinger"
Wagner
waltz in A Major" Brahms
Trombone solo-'Love's Enchant-
ment" Pryor
Musician Robert Isele
March-"Will Rogers" Pryor
Fantasy-"Romeo and Juliet"
Tschaikowsky
Baritone saxophone solo-"My
Regards" ---- Llewellyn
Musician Felix Eau Claire
Excerpts from "Maytime" - Romberg
"Rhumba" from Second Symphony
Mcdonald
Overture Mountains Of the
North" TreRina
'The Star spangled Banner
Evening star., 1937-07-28

N NIIIR eVtIy yUdy WUl1u VII De
~ STRANGELY hushed and TRANQUIL.
Instead of the strident
voices of dynamos, there will be the
placid countryside. In place of the
trains that roar past all day, streams
| will speak softly to him.
For King. recently turned 10. retires
tomorrow after 80 years as chief en-
gineer Of the Union Stations huge
power plant and after 49 years of rail-
roading
I'm going to take things easy the
rest of my life" he explained, raising
his voice above the roar of the
dynamos. And by taking things easy
mean fishing. From now on fish. "
His eyes lighted with the peculiar
CLEAN that lights the face of a real
fisherman.
ANY kind Of fshing-anywhere /"
he added. waving away the concen-
trate of noises compounded of switch
engines. shuttld cars. dynamos and a
few other unclassified sounds.
Vital Job.
As chief engineer for the Washing
ton Terminal Co. main power plant.
King has been responsible for lighting,
heating and furnishing electric power
for the Union Station and its intricate
networks of yards.
It's most important job. for any
shut down of that plant would disrupt
not only the vast terminal. but the
shutting of the trains to the right
tracks and many lesser but essential
details
The plant propels the compressed
air by which the switches are move,
Evening star., 1937-07-28

erin Washlng-
ton to obtain a
patent on a radio
part he invented
-contended to-
day.
Summers Is a
weather man who
spent a long time
figuring out why
it is hot and what
can be done about
It. He put To-
gether the knowl-
edge and expert
ence he had as
in v e mt or and
farmer and pro-
Evening star., 1937-07-28
WORKER HURT FATALLY

Crushed between a portable COM
pressor and truck while working
in the 54O0 block Of First place yes
terday. Claude A. Neville, 80, COL
ored, 635 Forty-ninth street northeast
employe of the Potomac Electric Pow
er Co., died shortly afterward in
Casualty Hospital.
L. I. Edward, 1914 Blair road, driver
Of the truck, was released by police
pending coroner's inquest, the date
Of which has not yet been set. Edward
is a Power Co. employe.
Evening star., 1937-07-28
DEATH HELD SUICIDE
Mrs. 1rma Klatt, 35, Is Victim of
Poison.

A certificate of suicide was issued
last night by Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald in the case OF Mrs. 1rma
Dean Klatt, IS, who died Monday
night from poison taken in her base
ment apartment in the 100 block Of
Maryland avenue northeast.
As the woman was being removed
to Casualty Hospital, her husband,
Fred G. Klatt, engineer of the build
ing, and her daughter, Patricia, IA,
who had been out, returned home.
Klatt said his wife had been de-
spondent for two years.
Evening star., 1937-07-28
BURNS KILL WOMAN
Mrs. Elizabeth Allen, 80, Hurt
When Clothing Catches Fire.

Mrs Elizabeth Allen, 80, colored
relief client, died yesterday of burns
received when her clothing ignited as
she worked in the kitchen of her
home. 933 Liberty street southwest.
Noticing smoke, Mrs. Elizabeth
Gray, also colored, neighbor, broke
down the door and found Mrs. Allen
lying On the door. her clothing In
flames.
Evening star., 1937-07-28
NEW HAWAII STAMP
Three-Center Will Garry Likeness
of King Kamehameha.

A new, Scent stamp honoring Ha-
.waii will carry likeness of Kameha-
meha I, first King Of the Hawaiian
Islands.
"Kamehameha the Great" was born
in 1895 and died in 1919 after group
ing the islands into one kingdom
Historians frequently refer to him as
the Napoleon of the Pacific"
The color, date and place Of the
frst-day sale will be announced later.
Evening star., 1937-07-28
Farmer Blarnes Hot Weather
On Overplo1ving, Ouergra5ing g

When it's hot out West, the people
who are wishing they had ice in their
pockets can blame only themselves,
Frank Summers. Memphis, Mo-, farm
Evening star., 1937-07-28
OFF TO EUROPE

Three Senators Leave to Dedicate
War Memorials.
Senators Duffy, Democrat, Of Wis
consin; Russell. Democrat, of Georgia,
and Gibson, Republican. of Vermont,
left last night for Europe to dedicate
a group of war memorials for the
American Battle Monuments Com
mission.
Evening star., 1937-07-28

FTER tomorrow. Willioam A.
Kings everyday world will be
strangely hushed and tranquil.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-05
Hold scayenger Hunt

Teams composed of young men and women from the Holy Name so-
 ciety and the Children of Mary Sodality of St. Joseph's parish took part in the third annual scavengers'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-05
HOWARD HICKCOX
 TAKEN BY DEATH
Former WatertOwn Under- taker Dies Tuesday Aft-
 CT Brief Illness

Watertown, May 5-Funeral ar- arrangements were being completed today for Howard M Hickcox, 76, who died here last night after a brief illness at his home at the cor- ner of Main and Cutler streets
 Former judge of probate, town treasurer, and undertaken, Mir. Hickcox was known as a prominent citizen of this town, and through out the state. In addition to his town duties he served as financial agent of the Waterbury Library as- sociation and was the last surviving original officer of the Watertown Mutual Protective association which disbanded last year after an exist- ence of 50 years.
 Although disabled in late years, Mir. Hickcox was active in the af- fairs of the township until his final illness. He was elected judge of probate in November, 1890, and af- ter a term of 40 years, believed to be 8 record in the state. was re- quired to resign at the age of 70, according to the statutes. He re- signed September 19, 1890. He was town treasurer until 1920 when he resigned after a term of more than 20 years. The undertaking estab- lishment, which now bears the name Frank B. Hickcox, was founded by him in 1884, but after conducting it for 49 years he turned it over to his son.
 Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Amelia (Atwood) Hickcox; two daughters, Mrs. James M. Yard of Chicago, Ill.,, and Mrs. Justin L. Smith of Watertown; three sons, Arthur F., and Frank B. both of Watertown, and Rev. Ed ward s. Hickcox of Bradford, Vt, and one brother, Truman Hickcox, of Suffield.
 His son, Arthur, is purchasing agent for the Scovill Mig. Co.,, in Waterbury. Frank B. Hickcox, in addition to taking over the undertaking business, followed his father as judge of probate. Rev E. s. Hickcox served as pastor of the Southbury Federated church in Southbury until several months ago when he accepted 8 call to Bradford, Vt,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-05
DEMOCRAT WOMEN WILL PLAY BINCO l

A delegation of the Women's Democratic Club of this city will at tend the New Haven county meet ing at Rainbow Inn, West Haven, Thursday evening, May 13, 1t was announced following a meeting last night in democratic headquarters. The West Haven Federated Club, of which Mrs. Jane Egan is president, will sponsor the county meeting.
 Mrs. Henry A. Hayden, president of the Women's Democratic Club, presided at the meeting last night. Plans were made for a bingo party at headquarters, Friday evening, May IA. Miss Sarah Doyle is chair