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Evening star., 1937-07-03
HYDE PARK SCOUTS
AWAIT PRESIDENT
0utchess County Contingent
Repr0duCes Summer
White House."

Scouts from Dutchess County today
were preparing the approaches TO
their reproduction of the Summer
White House" at Hyde Park in antlci-
patton OF a presidential visit to their
camp, near the Virginia end of
Arlington Memorial Bridge
Mr.. Roosevelt'S home on the Hudson
has been copied in exact detail as
to front facade and landscaping, on
scale Of one-third natural size The
exhibit has been completed and the
Scouts now are decorating the road
up which they expect the President to
drive some time Wednesday.
The miniature Summer White
House" cost more than $4,000, and
was presented to Dutchess County
Boy Scouts for use at the jamboree
by Frederick Acker. president of the
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Co, a
public utility which serves much OF
the Hudson Valley.
Duplicate Trees.
The company's trucks brought the
exhibit here after 1t had been COM
pleted in New York. and Scouts
helped set it up. The company
supplied funds for the purchase from
local growers Of evergreens and shade
trees, which were placed about the
lawns OF the Summer White House
in exact imitation Of the original
setting.
Thus front view Of the reproduc-
ton is an optical illusion which would
deceive casual observers Scouts are
photographing the exhibit and send
ing the pictures back to New York
State to fool the home folks.
A small cannon barrel mounted
on the front porch of Mr.. Roose-
velt's New York State residence is
reproduced here, along with a ships
bell said to be a favorite of the
Presidents.
The idea for the reproduction was
conceived by Gerald A. Flewelling
Scout commissioner for Dutchess
County, and proposed to the local
council, which approved the plan
The council then laid the project
before Acker, who financed it. Acker
has been a. friend of Scouting for
years, and personally paid the ex-
penses Of several Dutchess County
boys now attending the jamboree.
50 by 18 Feet.
The reproduction is so feet long and
l8 feet high. Graveled walks lead up
to its doors. The lawn is nicely
graded and sodded Miniature vines
cling to the field stone" facade, and
evergreens flank the entrance.
The Dutchess County Scouts are
quartered in tents Immediately be-
hind their Summer White House.
They hope that the President will
visit the exhibit in the late morning
on Wednesday, 50 that he can stop for
lunch with them. AS yet, however
they have not been informed OF
Mr.. Roosevelt's plans
1t was said only that the Presi-
dent will visit the camp some time
Wednesday. BY that time every posi-.
bic detail will be perfected, the Scouts
said.
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Evidence that the white man might
have lived in the Mississippi Valley a,
early as 900 years after the death OF
Christ was brought to the Boy Scout
jamboree by Scouts from East St
Louis, III.
In long wooden box in the exhibit
tent of region Scouts from the Mid
die West-are the separated bones OF
skeleton and other relics taken from
famous Monks Mound, largest arti-
ficial mound in the United States
located near st. Louis.
DISCOVERIES of the skeleton believe
it may be that of white man. be-
cause Of the cranial characteristic.
Of the head.
Monks Mound, 70 feet wide, 1,08C
feet long and l04ha feet in altitude al
the highest point, has yielded a wealth
Of relics Of past centuries. The skele-
ton with the Uranium of possibly Z
white man was buried with pots, urns
and stone arrows
Near the exhibit hall Is one Of the
unique gateways of the great tent
city. gate Of stainless steel brought
by the Scouts Of Starved Rock Area
Council. La Sale. Ill.
The reservation Of the Marion Und J
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Flags Are Raised
In World Section
Without a Bugler
New Zealand Banner
DO,Un Three Hours
for ReDuirs.

They had flag trouble" at jamboree
headquarters the other morning.
The American troop in the world
jamboree section, whose turn it was
to take charge OF the flag-raising
ceremony. failed to arrange for a
bugle tooter, so the colors Of the vari-
GUS nations had to be raised in awk-
ward silence.
One of the flags failed to go up,
however. bugle or no bugle.
The staff that should have flown
the New Zealand bunting was bare
for almost three hours after the others
we're hoisted. 1t all cane about when
some one detected flaw in the nag
when it was lowered Wednesday after
noon.
Four stars in the upper right-hand
corner were in the wrong position,
20 the nag was rushed to a tailor s
for an emergency operation. The
bunting was under the scissors until
10 am.
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INFORMATION BUREAU
OPERATED BY SCOUTS
Union Station Office Aiding Boys
and Parents En- Route to
Jamboree City.

Washington's Boy Scouts are operat-
ing an information bureau at Union
Station to aid fellow Scouts en- route
to their camping grounds in the big
jamboree city.
Tie local Scouts are giving the
newcomers directions as to where
their sections are located and the
best means of getting there During
the busy days of arrival the bureau
operated in shifts from am. to mid
night.
More recently the Washington
Scouts have been helping visiting
parents to find their sons here It's
quite a task, what with almost $1,000
Scouts spread over miles of water
front and park lands.
Evening star., 1937-07-03
BUS LOADED, SCOUTS
FILL PATROL WAGON

Several Washington policemen got
the surprise Of their life when they re-
turned to the patrol wagon they had
parked at Union Station and found it
full OF Boy Scouts from New Bruns-
wick.
1t seems that the "black Maria"
and a special Scout bus were parked
alongside each other. The Scout dele
CATION filled the bus. and the over
fiow piled into the patrol wagon, bag
and baggage.
The 10 Scouts were persuaded to
find other means Of locomotion-the
police needed their wagon" for an
other type Of passenger.
Evening star., 1937-07-03

higher pressure than Leslie Stratton.
public relations director, Boy Scouts
of America. Stratton has rapid-fire
comeback for a barrage Of questions
withering enough to datten less
experienced man.
Job to Advise Newsmen.
He and his staff have learned to
talk into two telephones at once while
debating memorandums and answer
ing a few casual questions on the side.
There are features. high lights, camera
subjects and local delegations enough
for all, and it's Stratton's job to keep
the newsmen In touch with their op-
portunities.
A telephone call from Los Angeles.
a request for press passes for visiting
special correspondents. demand for
mimeographed handouts query
about a Scout from China-all are
answered in almost the same breath,
and always with haste, for others are
waiting. Stratton and his staff refuse
to get rattled-in fact, they haven't
time.
More than 526 news, camera. radio
and publicity men and women have
reported to the press tent. OF these,
about a score are local reporters, re-
inforced by a dozen still" photog-
raphers. The wire services have 10
or is men covering the jamboree and
as many photographers.
Five crews of sound reel cameramen
are on the job Half a hundred
Washington correspondents keep in
touch with the delegations from the
localities served by their papers. and
there are 100 Boy Scouts commits
stoned by newspapers throughout the
country to write stories about the
| jamboree.
| All three broadcaSting companies
have crews on the jamboree grounds.
| Stratton said that so far 10 photog-
raphers with Washington news Gre
| dentials have applied for camp passes.
In addition to the Boy Scout reporters,
sizable staff of Scouts are working
for the Jamboree Journal, now being
issued daily.
Special Writers on Hand.
Special writers are on hand from
such magazines as the Saturday Eve
ming Post, Time, Life and Fortune,
together with their photographers.
A mimeographing machine is busy
most Of the day grinding out hand
outs enough to swamp one Of the best
publicity mills ever organized by q
New Deal agency. These hand outs
are sent to all Washington correspond
ents, to the National Press Club, to
some 1850 daily newspapers and a.
900 country weeklies. They also are
filed at the press tent for use OF the
reporters on the grounds.
battery Of 20 telephones connects
the press tent with the jamboree
switchboard. and two telegraph serv-
ices have messengers on hand for
running copy. The publicity depart
ment provides newsmen with trans
portation when they wish to visit some
distant section Of the far-lung camp
The department also signs the checks
for hungry newspaper men dining on
Coy Scout fare in one OF the many
mess tents.
| If the world doesn't hear about this
jamboree, it won't be from lack OF
opportunity!
Evening star., 1937-07-03

With the tents that some OF the
Scouts brought with them. there are
approximately 5000 tents, stretching
from the Washington Monument to
Hains Point and Columbia Island.
The Army supplied 1901 tents.
These include 1855 Of the 16 by lo
"pyram" tents; 1900 Of the small 9
BY os; 140 of the Is by Sos; 80 Of the
II by 14s and l26 of the large 40 by
SOS. Maj. Roberg said this probably
is the largest group of the 40 foot by
30 foot tents ever assembled. This
type is used by the Army chaplains.
Besides all these, Uncle Sam fur
nished 400 mattresses, 10000 cots,
10000 bsd sacks, $4,000 blankets, 7s.-
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won't cost the Boy Scouts one nickel
for the use OF this tremendous amount
Of Army equipment.
The Scouts are bonded to replace
any article lost or destroyed, but the
United States will stand the wear and
tear cost.
The job Of supplying these $4,000
Boy Scouts with tents and accessories
was handled by Maj. r. L. Roberg.
U. s. A.. Ordnance Reserve. who Is
quartermaster for equipment. It was
. tough job
The equipment came from Army
posts within 100-mile radius Of
Washington and from points a. far
away a Columbus. Ohio, New York
and Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1937-07-03
SCOUTS TO ATTEND
MASS SERVICES
To Recognize Obligation to
God as Set Forth in
Constitution.

Since the constitution of the Row
scouts OF America points out that no
boy can grow into the best kind OF
cltlzenship without recognizing his
obligation to God" preparations have
been made for impressive mass reli-
glous services tomorrow. the only Sun
da,' during the first national iamboree
Chaplains of the Protestant. Cath
oiic. Jewish Mormon and Christian
Science faiths will hold separate sery-
ices.
Al O'Clock tomorrow night all de-
nominations will join in the grand
nanonal convocation at the Washing
ton Monument. Ministers of various
sects Will take part in this great DEM
onStration OF faith and conservation.
ana the music Will include a sacred
concert by the Marine Band and sing
ing OF the massed audiences of Scouts
and visitors.
United in Allegiance.
The object of the grand conyocation
thus is set forth:
Inc purpose Of this assembly is 10
obJectify our allegiance TO the reli-
glous principles which undergrad our
national life. 1t is not a union service
Oh worship. 1t is our united express
son of loyal support of the spiritual
forces which have contributed so much
TO the progress and being of our
people from the foundation of this
republic"
The religious program started with
service for Jewish Scouts at O clock
last night in the auditorium tent on
the G. H. @ quadrangle west of the
Washington Monument, with the SER
mon by Rabbi Phillip D. Bookstabe
Of Harrisburg, Pa Another Jewish
service was held at 10 O'Clock tins
morning. A reception and social hour
for boys of this faith was arranged
for 2:30 pm. today.
Archbish0ps at Mass.
For the Catholic boys there will be
solemn pontifcial field mass IN the
arena at 10 am. tomorrow. Most Rev.
Joseph F. Rummel. Archbishop of New
Orleans, will pontificate at the throne
and Most Rev. Francis J. L. Beckman,
Archbishop Of Dubuque, will preach
the sermon.
From to 10 m tomorrow Protes-
tant denominations will join in services
in each of the six sections. Dr.. Will
liam c. Covert is chairman of the
National Protestant Committee and
jamboree chaplain for these groups.
DR.. w. L. Darby, secretary of the
Washington Federation of Churches,
has arranged for local ministers to
, conduct these services.
The four Churches of Christ. Sci
enlist, of Washington will hold a serv-
ice at am. tomorrow in the Sylvan
Theater. The Christian Scientists
| also have tent set up on the G. H. @.
quadrangle.
Apostle Melvin j. Ballard of the
Church of Latter Day Saints Will lead
service in its chapel at Sixteenth
street and Columbia road at 10 m.
tomorrow. Bus transportation will be
provided Scouts who want to attend.
Evening star., 1937-07-03
my field ranges

900 canteens, 1o6 Army field ranges,
125 flags.
The Army equipment in use also
includes 5000 meat platters. 1900
rakes, 5000 shovels, 1900 hand axes,
854 sterilizing bags, 40 field telephone
units being used In the arena. 900
coffee pots, 1882 butcher knives,
1882 cook spoons, 1852 meat forks,
$4,000 serving spoons.
The 900 American Scouts who will
travel overseas to take part on the
nth world jamboree to be held
July 20 to August 13 In Bioemendaal-
Vogelansang, the Netherlands, will
be supplied with complete Army camp
ing units. These already have been
shipped oveFssas.
Evening star., 1937-07-03
HUNTING AUTOGRAPHS
POPULAR WITH SCOUTS

Autograph hunting seems to be sec
ond in popularity only to taking snap
shots OF anything and everything at
the jamboree camp
Undoubtedly the most autograph
sought boy in camp is Scout Yang.
from Nanking. China's sole delegate.
He can hardly walk three PAGES with
out having a booklet thrust at him
Every time DR.. James E. West,
chief Scout executive, makes an in
formal appearance, he is besieged by
autograph hunters, and sometimes he
has to wave them away good naturedly
because Official duties press him hard.
Evening star., 1937-07-03

Ice, composed OIL
troops of WASH
/ n g t n, W a 5
founded.
Every troop in
the service is
there voluntarily.
The plan " a S
broached to the
scoutmasterS and
their response is
shown in the fact
that over 1900
Scouts and IS
s C Ou t erS are
working willingly
every day.
There oro Ava
Evening star., 1937-07-03

divisions. To each of these. 240 Scouts
are assigned. Exact knowledge OF his
division and also the jamboree grounds
is required for every Scout. He Is
given a mimeographed copy OF all In
formation which might be of interest
to the boys in the troop he directs
Evening star., 1937-07-03
STARS AND BARS FLY
ON BANKS OF POTOMAC
Confederacy's Emblem Crosses
River Once Again, and Will
Go Down Avenue.

The Stars and Bars Of the Con-
federacy flies on the banks Of the
Potomac River these days.
The nag of "the lost cause" was
run up by . troop Of Scouts from
Richmond, Va.
Russell Starke. senior patrol
leader in Troop No. ~ of Richmond,
said the Virginia Scouts had more
than so Confederate flags on hand
and would carry them down Pennsyl-
vania avenue during the jamboree.
Visitors to the Richmond troops
headquarters are made to salute the
flag
Evening star., 1937-07-03

the jamboree encampment.
For a batch Of good will from 49,
600 Of his nephevs, Uncle Sam
swapped 100000 worth OF Army
equipment-cots, blankets, canteens,
shovels. coffee pots. butcher knives.
flags and the amazing assemblage Of
tents, which, II placed end to end,
would cover one square mile.
Uncle Sans was An Indian gift, Of
course. The United States Army
might want to do some camping Of
its own at . future date, and the
equipment must b returned. But It
Evening star., 1937-07-03
N-Foot Tower of Saplings.

A 40-foot observation tower made of
saplings has been built in the center
Of the Firelands, Ohio, area.
Evening star., 1937-07-03
Scout Exhibit Hints White Man
Lived in i. S. About 900 A.D.

Scouts, also near the exhibit hall, is
surrounded by an old rail fence. the
rails stripped from native Indiana
timber and erected to remind the
Hoosier lads of their home State.
Evening star., 1937-07-03
Air Clothes on Golf Fences.

The fences erected in East Potomac
Park to protect the greens on the golf
courses are being used by the Scouts
as places to hang their clothes for
airing and drying.
Evening star., 1937-07-03

for a mass of in
formation going
out to every COM
munity in the
United Sta tes and
to a dozen foreign
countries which
have sent delega-
tionS to the
! a m b or e e and
t h eref ore are
directly interested
In its progress.
No city editor
driving his staff
after a fast
breaking st ory
Gould u,ork ,,pdpr
Evening star., 1937-07-03
HUNDREDS WRITING
ABOUT JAMBOREE
Radio, Newspaper and
NeWsreel Men Keep Press
Staff Busy.

Almost 500 reporters, photographers.
magazine writer's. radio announcerS
and neWsreel men today were covering
the multiple phases of the national
jamboree for readers and theatergoers
all over the world.
A press tent larger, buster and
nolsier than the city room of a big
metropolitan daily is the clearing house
Evening star., 1937-07-03
BY GORDON ENGLEHART.

for The Star.
r. VERY Scout who comes to
~ Washington has a natural de-
sire TO see its famous buildings
and statues. Anticipating this.
one OF the first thoughts Of the jam
ooree Committee was to fulfill this de-
sire adequately. Thus the guide sery-
Evening star., 1937-07-03
Scouts and Uncle Sam Make 100000 Trade

\ Y YHEN you come right down
VA to 1t, Uncle Sam probably
v " Is the biggest snapper in
fhiS hAvan Of su,o rax,or<
The Washington times., 1937-07-26

ADVANCED on diamonds. watches, 1ewelry
and silverware, loans 5000 and over 2% :
all tickets good for one year. MORNINGS
LOAN OFFICE. opp. Washington Airport
The Washington times., 1937-07-26
MONEY TO LOAN

IOIS 4 81. N. W. UIsLTICB IUIU
REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE & GUARANTY
CORP. 1910 K ST. N W. NAT. 1903
The Washington times., 1937-07-26

C HATTEL NOTES BOUGHT. Butler,
923h N Y. Ave. N. W. NET. 1855.
The Washington times., 1937-07-26

QUICK MONEY on Auto Loans, UNITED
FINANCE CO. 943 N. 7. Ave. MA. 2463.
The Washington times., 1937-07-26

41acS. SO and 5h 20 INTEREST
WIN H. SAUNDERS CO.. INC.
1919 K St N w District 101I
The Washington times., 1937-07-26
SEASHORE PROPERTY

MoNTEVIDEo-Fine country estate. $40
acres near Warrenton, Va As miles
from Washington; Colonial house-hand-
carved woodwork. parquet floors, fire.
places. 2 baths; lawn of fine trees: priced
for quick sale to settle estate. Phone CO.
lumbia 7702. Extension 8. city, or see
Mrs R. D. Cox Warrenton. Va.
The Washington times., 1937-07-26
PERSONAL LOAN COMPANIES

Operating Under Uniform Small
Loan Laws
INTEGRITY LoANS-S1o to $500 on your
name only. Domestic Finance Corp,
1906 R l. Ave. Mt. Rainier. DE. 1874.
Also Arl. TT Bldg. Rosslyn. Va. WE. O306
The Washington times., 1937-07-26
LOTS FOR SALE

CoLoRED-Beautiful lots In Northeast.
NE Hgo i1V 1883 for app S4M1 'n'n'
The Washington times., 1937-07-26

OPERATING Under Uniform Small
Loan LRWD
QUICK LOANS Up TO S300-TAKoMA
INDUSTRIAL BANKERS. SHep. 1925,
IMMEDIATE CASH on auto. Furniture
or Signature Loans. Potomac O012.
PROTECTED LOANS UP TO $500
MARYLAND PERSONAL BANKERS.
1919 GEORGIA AVE SHEP. 2S52
LOANS Up TO $500 AMERICAN Fl.
DEITY LOAN CORP. Citizens Bank
Bldg. Takoma Park. Nd. SHep. 1896.
SALARY LoANS-S10 to $500
ARLINGTON FINANCE CO.
Small Loan Co. WA. 1878.
The Washington times., 1937-07-26

NEGRO COMMUNITY PROPERTY
Homes boarding houses business places,
Ashury Park. N. J. Bargains never before
eQualled Shares taken as cash. Liberal
mortgages Will pay to investigate prices
and terms Limited time. Brokers pro-
teoted. Asbury Park Building & Loan
Assn, 22S Main st. Asbury Park. n J.
The Washington times., 1937-07-26
FARMS FOR SALE
MONEY TO LOAN-ReaI Estate

$50 DOWN go ACRES
On gravel road, 10 miles D. c.; price,
$3.50. MAI 1853 or II. 5976-W.
The Washington times., 1937-07-26
MONEY TO LOAN-AUTOS

ON diamonds. watches, ieWelry. silverWare.
etc. No adv arrangement neces Lowest
rates ROSSLYN LOAN CO.. Rosslyn, Va.
Evening star., 1937-07-19

neighbors In other cities: What of it?
Civic liberty always is instinct with a
measure of risk or peril The question
Is: How are men and women to learn
the lessons of responsibility if they are
shut out from the obligations of citizen
ship? knowledge accrues from effort.
To contend otherwise is to do violence to
logic. Edmund Burke was manifestlv
correct when he told the House of Com
mons: I'm order to prove that the Amer
leans have no right to their liberties,
we are every day endeavoring to subvert
the maXims which preserve the whole
spirit of our own. To prove that the
Americans ought not to be free, we are
obliged to depreciate the value of free
dom itself" That sentiment, expressed
In TITS, might be repeated with equal
force in the interest of National Repre-
sentation for the District of Columbia
IN this present year, 1887.
Evening star., 1937-07-19
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL,

Extreme care should be taken in the
garden to prevent ithaling the vapors
OF any Of the popular insecticides or
fungicides used as sprays.
Commonly this point is overlooked,
sometimes to the real harm OF the user.
1t must be kept in mind that many
OF the mixtures used in this necessary
work are poisons.
Even those which are not poisonous.
in essence, are very irritating to the
lungs, If inhaled. They are foreign sub
stances which have no place in the nasal
passages.
, Stomach and other illness may be
caused by inhaling almost any of the
products SO much used in flower garden
and vegetable spraying.
This work is SO common, and done SO
often without mishap, that most gar
deners never stop to think once of the
essentially dangerous materials with
which they work.
Arsenic, nicotine and copper, to name
three, are virulent and dangerous
poiSOns.
1t might be thought. otfhand. that
when diluted. as they often are, for the
purposes of garden spraying, they would
lOoC oOlliC VI lllCli lOhlS Iuolity'
That is true. They still remain very
dangerous, however, all the more SO on
account Of the fine state Of suspension
they are in.
This permits the materials to be in
hailed without the victim realizing it, or
thinking much about 1t.
He gets metal taste, now and then,
knows he has inhaled bit of the spray,
but does not worry much about it.
That Is where the trouble comes in, If
it does, and perhaps it does more than
many persons realize, who, when they
find themselves i'll, think it is some
thing they ate
Most often, Of course, such poisonings
are mild in nature, and the symptoms
more nearly approximate simple stom-
ach maladies than anything else, so that
warning often is lacking, unless one
happens to think of the possibilities
beforehand.
One Of the most dangerous situations
exists when the gardener attempts to
spray as high as his head or higher.
This makes him raise his head and
look upward, thus putting mouth, nose
and eyes into the very best positions for
receiving some Of the spray
Often the work Of handling a sprayer
is difficult, especially for the person who
may not be strong physically. Especially
the small hand sprayers are fatiguing
This may necessitate the opening of
the mouth, in order to get more air
always dangerous procedure when
using spray gun Of any type.
II the wind is blowing and the worker
has not kept this fact we'll in mind he
may find that g. sudden gust will blow
the spray directly back into his face.
1t is for this reason that every one
who attempts to use a garden Sprayer
of any type will do we'll by himself to
get the direction of the wind before he
begins.
Small gusts may spring up at any time
and these may prove all the more upset.
ting because OF their suddenness and the
plain fact that they vary in direction
from time to time.
Another very good reason for keeping
wind direction in mind is the posi-