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Evening star., 1937-07-25
NEW DC. SUFFRAGE
EFFORT |SPLANNED
Mass Meeting Called for
Thursday-Kennedy Drafts
Bill Furthering Aim.

The surging interest in getting q
vote for the District brought dis
closure yesterday Of another organized
effort afoot to bring pressure on Con-
gress to grant at least measure OF
enfranchisement to Washington citi-
zens.
The Citizens Committee for Pro-
gressive Action, whose vatchword is
Progress Through Suffrage" an
nounced that it has called a mass
meeting for Thursday at $50 pm.
in the Sylvan Theater by the Monu-
ment. This announcement follows
hard on two other recent moves to
provide the Capital with some
autonomy:
/. Organization of the District of
Columbia Suffrage Association, in
terested first in local suffrage as a
prelude to bringing national repre-
sentation in Congress for the District.
Kennedy Drafts Bill.
?, Drafting of a bill by Represen-
tative Kennedy Of Maryland, member
Of the District Committee, to give
the District government greater power
IN controlling municipal affairs.
Speakers at the Sylvan Theatel
meeting will include Representative.
Reuben Wood of Missouri, member o.
the District Committee, and Henry
George Teigan of Minnesota, anc
Charles Franklin, Conduit Roads Citi.
zens' Association delegate to the Fed.
Grafton of Citizens Associations.
Carl Gerber, Washington busines,
man. is temporary chairman of the
Citizens Committee, which plans tc
enlist the organized aid of busines.
groups. citizens associations, politica
parties and the unemployed to further
its aim.
Drive Planned.
After the Thursday meeting, tn,
committee expects to extend invita-.
tions to these groups to participate ir
council which would draw up spe.
| ciflc plans for booming the suffrage
cause.
The committee has already deter.
mined to stir the support of voting
citizens in the 48 States through q
campaign OF enlightenment on the
lack OF thu franchise in Washington
The comn1ktee will seek both local
enfranchisement and national repre-
sentation.
Chairs and music will be provided at
the Sylvan Theater.
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WOMEN VOTERS HAIL
SECTION 213 REPEAL
Lifting of Marriage Persons Ban
Seen as Gain for Federal
Merit System.

The National League OF Women
Voters yesterday praised Congress for
repeating the so-called married per-
sons clause OF the economy act Of
1892.
In statement from league head
quarters. Miss Marguerite Wells,
president. said:
The decisive action of the Senate
in voting unanimously to repeal Sec
ton 2l3 of the economy act. following
quickly on the heels OF similar action
by the House, eliminates a barrier
Of five years standing to the applica-
ton Of the merit principle in Gov
ernment employment"
This action not only wipes Off the
statute books policy Of discrimina-
ton in connection with Government
employment. the statement said, but
also allows the reinstatement on elig-
ible lists Of persons discharged under
its provisions.
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DECISION ON A. A. A.
HAILED BY OFFICIALS
Circuit Court Ruling UNFOLDING
Validity Seen Heart
ening."
b. the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Farm administration officials hailed
yesterday as 'heartening" the decision
OF the United States Circuit Court OF
Appeals in San Francisco upholding
constitutionality OF the amended agri-
cultural adjustment act.
They expressed the hope, however,
that the case. brought into court by
the Edwards Fruit Co., Cotton, Calf,
would be carried to the Supreme Court
% 1t could rule on the points involved
The California company contended
the law, even as amended in 1885,
illegally delegated legislative power to
the Secretary of Agriculture and vio-
lated the due process" clause of the
Constitution. Justice William Den
man OF the Circuit Court held that
act is within the Federal police power
and not contrary to the fifth (consti-
tutionaD amendment"
Administration officials said they
would proceed with present marketing
agreements and control programs as
they have during previous legal dis
putes.
Evening star., 1937-07-25
NEWHOUS|NCB|LL
INCLUDES DISTRICT
Wagner loW-Rent and SIum
Clearing Plan Specific
ally Mentions City.

The District of Columbia is .speci-
flcally included, along with the States
in the new Wagner housing bill for
Federal cooperation with local COM
munitles in the rebuilding of slum
areas and development of low-rent
housing projects, an examination Of
the measure yesterday disclosed As
reported from committee, the bill pro-
vioes that the definition of the word
State shall include Washington
D. c.
The measure contempAtes loans to
public housing agencies or to limited
profit housing organizations. The
District already has public housing
agency-the Alley Dwelling Authority
created by Congress to rebuild the
inhabited alleys of the National Cap
ital.
Senator Capper Republican, of Kan
saS. former chairman of the District
Committee and sponsor of the local al
ley-improvement law, said yesterday
he wanted the District TO receive the
same benefits as all other cities under
| tAaC AlC" COCl dl 1lOuSlIlk pldll, ana
announced he would study the Wagner
measure as reported to see how It
might prove Of assistance to the local
program.
Meanwhile. Senator Walsh, Demo-
| crat, of Massachusetts, pointed out that
the bill in its present form would make
possible slun clearance throughout
the country at rapid rate.
The Senate Labor Committees
adoption Friday of an amendment
by Walsh made it "in fact a slum
! clearance bill" he said.
The amendment provides that con-
struction for low-income families
must be coupled with elimination or
renovation of an equal number of
unsafe or insanitary dwellings.
Administration leaders have made
plans for Senate consideration of the
measure after action on the wage and
| hour bill.
Evening star., 1937-07-25
INTERIOR BUILDING
VISTA TO BE IMPROVED
Area South of Building Will Be
Beautifed With

Improvement Of the area bounded
by Eighteenth and c streets and Vir-
einia avenue, South Of the new In
terror Building. will be launched Mon
day. officials OF the National Capital
Parks announced yesterday.
The area will be beautified with a
lawn. Top soiling and a water sup
ply will be installed A temporary
building which housed Army units
was torn down recently and a con-
tractor has been grading the land.
The Temple Wrecking Co., which
is doing the work of grading the area
bounded by Constitution and Virginia
avenues and Nineteenth street, i'm
mediately south of the other park
triangle, is expected to complete that
Job shortly. The old Research Build
ing has been torn down from the lat
ter area. The contractor is to re-
ceive so cents for the job, being per-
mitted to take over the salvaged ma
teriak from the building. When the
Constitution Avenue triangle is va
Gated, the park authorities will in
stall water supply, place top soil and
establish a lawn area.
Evening star., 1937-07-25

History textbooks, it is pointed out
in the report of the Smithsonian In
stitution, have been mainly responsible
for circulating a lot of erroneous in
formation on the meanings of State
names.
Ohio, the home of so many Presi-
dents, is term that comes from the
1roquois and is generally translated
as beautiful river" This is the deri-
vation generally given in dictionaries,
according to DR.. j. N B. Hewitt,
another Smithsonian authority. The
word beautiful he says, 'is probably
not to be interpreted in the esthetic
sense. 1t means rather beautiful for
camping or fishing"
So goes the quest for higher educa-
tion among people Of the various
Evening star., 1937-07-25

measured. brown brooding bug. is
a Melanophus spretus, one Of millions
whose voracious appetite denudes
mile after mile of cultivated fields in
the Central Northwest.
The biggest jumper, lively green
investigator of what might lie where
the next leap will take him. is the
noisy katydid, an operate hopper in
love with the music he makes by rub
bing row of peglike joints on his
femur against the hardened veins Of
the forewing.
The brown hopper. short-horned, Is
related to the lOcusts Of Biblical fame
who lunched of Egypt until the land
Of the Pharoahs was bare as a nudist
colony.
When breeding conditions are fav-
orable. the brown fellows multiply
until their flving numbers blot out
the sun, They are not quite that bad d
in the United States. The advance of
civilization has limited their breeding
centers to Northern Idaho.
Evening star., 1937-07-25

is the translation, too. given in most
dictionaries. Take it from DR..
John r. Swanton, Smithsonian expert
on the language Of the Southern In
dians. this is haywire translation.
Alabama, the doctor, says, means
"thicket cutters" or, possibly, "medi-
cine gatherers" The best derivation
suggested, he says, is from the Choctaw
words alba" meaning vegetation"
and "amo," meaning Ito cut or gather"
Take the case of Kentucky Many
Of the Colonels. big and little, for
years have believed the name means
dark and bloody ground" This is
libel. Kentucky comes from the
good old 1roquois root word "kenta,"
meaning level. The term "kentayen-
tonga" would mean level country"
Simply that and nothing more.
Evening star., 1937-07-25
COUGHLIN CHURCH
AWAITS PILGRIMS
Baltimore Archdiocese Catholics
to Attend Maryland Day.
at Roval Oak.

A pilgrimage of Catholics from
the archdiocese of Baltimore to the
Shrine of the Little Flower, parish
church of Rev. Charles E. Coughlin
Royal Oak, Mich, will take place in
the middle of August, it was an
nounced yesterday.
A special train of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad is to carry the
pilgrims westward so they will be in
Royal Oak for Sunday, August Is,
which Father Coughlin has desig-
mated Maryland day"
The priest will offer a high mass
for the members of the party from
this archdiocese. August IS is also
the Feast of the Assumption of the
Blessed Virgin Mary, patroness Of the
archdiocese.
The special rate for the round trip
is sl2. The manager of the pilgrim
age is Peter F. Rydzynski, 627 South
Streeper street, Baltimore.
Evening star., 1937-07-25
STRIKING PAINTERS
SEE HOPE FOR PACT
FROM 3 DIRECTIONS
Labor Department May Fix
y Wages and Hours and
Settle Dispute.
CONTRACTOR OFFICIAL
MAY AGREE TO FARLEY
Third Possibility Is That Labor
Board May Act Soon on
Complaint.

Leaders of union painters conduct
Ing a strike against Federal projects
here let through the Procurement Di-
vision Of the Treasury Department
last night were pinning their hopes
for favorable settlement on three pos
sible developments
First was the possibility of ruling
BY the Labor Department on wages
and hours demanded on public con-
tracts. The department ruled last
week in the District school labor dis
pute on the wage issue, but did not
specify as to hours per day
Second was the prospect that rep
resentatives OF the firm OF William
Wilson IL Sons of Atlanta, which
holds three of the disputed Federal
painting contracts, would consent to
come here for conferences on Tues
day with Howard T. Colvin, concilia-
tion officer of the Labor Department,
and representatives OF the union. Col
win has requested the company to
send spokesman here.
Third was the possibility of speedy
and favorable action by the regional
ONCE OF the National Labor Rela-
tions Board on the unions complaint
OF discrimination against union paint
ers by the Wilson firm.
Immediate prospects seemed bright
est for the Labor Department ruling
on wages and hours, since it acted
promptly on request in connection
with the strike-bound District projects
In that ruling, it was specified that
contractors must pay predetermined
wages for each classification of work
and not be allowed to evade this requ-
site by assigning laborers to do skilled
work and paying them only laborers
wages.
The painters, however. are desirous
OF having a ruling which would de-
fine the hours to be worked daily. one
OF their complaints against the Will
son firm and that of Coones IL Raptis
OF New York, which has another dis
puted Government contract. being that
these firms require men to work more
than the seven hours daily set for
union painters.
Ohstructing the chances Of getting
such ruling has been the unwilling
ness Of the Procurement Division to
ask It. The Bacon-Davis public con-
tracts act specifies that such requests
Be made by the contracting officer. in
this instance the Procurement Division,
Evening star., 1937-07-25

States, in a campaign to enlighten
them on the meanings of their State
names. A summary shows the fol-
lowing worth remembering:
Illinois: From the Algonquin "Ilini"
or man." plus the plural termination
Eek" Thus it means the people"
Then French explorers shifted the
"ek' to "ois.''
Texas: From an Hasinai word
meaning friends" or allies" Its
original form was probably "techas." !"
1t came to be used as form of greet
ing-"hallo, friend" or just "hello."
Dakota: An Eastern Sioux term
meaning feeling friendly"
Missouri: An Algonquin phrase
meaning "he of the big canoe"
In the case Of the word Missouri,
Dr.. Truman Nicholson. expert "a
Evening star., 1937-07-25
Smoking Ice Box
Mystery is Quickly
Solved by Firemen

When smoke pours out of an
ice box that's news. too.
Imagine the surprise of Ken
meth Birgseld last night when
his refrigerator acted like
chimney.
Smoke filled his apartment at
140l Fairmont street and fire.
men came changing up the street.
What's so hot around here?"
asked a hoseman.
1T seems to be the ice box"
replied Birgseld
The f1remen disconnected the
electric motor which keeps the
refrigerator temperature low and
departed. The smoke went out
the window and Birgseld stopped
choking.
Evening star., 1937-07-25

Chickasaw phrase meaning red peo-
pie"
Nebraska: A Delaware Indian term
meaning ION the plain"
Massa sachusetts: From the Algon-
quin words "masa'-big-and "wad-
chu'-hill.
Connecticut: From the Algonquin
"quinni- i-tukq-ut," or, "On the long
tidal river"
Only in the case of Mississippi can
the well-known meaning Of big wa
ter" be accepted as correct, the scien-
fists say. Most OF the other State
names have been corrupted in one
way or another through the years,
Smithsonian authorities claim. They
hope to clear up the entire misunder-
standing when the present survey Is
completed.
Evening star., 1937-07-25
MANS INTERNAL ORGANS
ARE FOUND REVERSED
Autopsy Reveals One Of Rarest
Phenomena in Medical
Annals.

The case of a man whose internal
organs were reversed-one of the rar-
est in District medical annals-was
revealed following an autopsy Fri
day at Gallinger Hospital.
The dead man was Grant Hibkins,
TO- of 1907 Third street southwest. who
died, apparently from heart disease,
at Gallinger early yesterday
An autopsy performed by a George
Washington University surgeon showed
the heart. stomach and spleen were
on the right side OF the body, while
the liver and appendix were on the
left.
Holding that such a phenomenon
does not occur once in more than
10000 autopsies, hospital authorities
said X-ray photographs of the internal
organs will be preserved for medical
study.
Evening star., 1937-07-25

Algonquin languages, did the research
work. The earliest spelling he was
able to find. he says, is missouri" !"
BY 1887, however, it began to appear
as Missouri" French explorers
probably dropped the final "t."
Wisconsin is a word with which
DR.. Nicholson long has wrestled in
vain. The original Indian phrase
must have been greatly distorted, he
says. Nothing that makes sense can
be twisted into anything that even
resembles Wisconsin.
Minnesota: Land Of the sky-blue
water" is an approximation. Mime
is Siouan word for water. "Sota" is
defined as clear but not perfectly
blue"
Oklahoma: Easiest Of ALL" says
Or. swanton. "Just the Choctaw and
Evening star., 1937-07-25
HELIUM BILL o. KID

The Senate Military Committee yes
terday approved a bill permitting sale
Of helium gas for use in foreign pas
senger- r-carrying airships.
The measure, considered at extern
sive hearings after the destruction Of
the hydrogen-inflated German dirigi-
bic Hindenbure, also provides for a
Government monopoly Of the rare
helium gas.
Evening star., 1937-07-25
Wooden Nickels Sought.

DALLAS, Tex, July "a (P)-"Don't t
take any wooden nickels," is sage
advice, but the Chamber of Com
merce will take one If it can find one.
A letter over the signature of Mrs
Madeline Tutcher, Brooklyn, N. Y,
said: Il saw in the paper that you
have some wooden money circulating
in Dallas" and asked for samples.
The chamber began a search.
Evening star., 1937-07-25
10 SET the record straight, sci

TO SET the record straight, sci
entists at the Smithsonian
Institution recently turned
their attention to the meanings
Of the names of various States in
the Union-States whose names were
originally derived from American In
dian dialects.
When the ethnologists finished their
studies. released to the general pub
lie yesterday, they found some very
misleading interpretations of such
names as Alabama, Arkansas, Ari-
zona, Kentucky and the like. All due
to early pioneers ignorance OF In
dian language.
Take Alabama. for instance. Good
Alabamans claim the meaning Of this
Indian name Is here We rest. That
Evening star., 1937-07-25
MRS. GARNER'S ABSENCE
AUGURS SESSIONS END
By the Associated press

BY the Associated Press,
Vice President Garner finished yes-
terday his busiest week of the session
without the assistance of his wife
secretary.
Mrs. Garner remained in Texas
when the Vice President returned
Monday to take a hand in the court
bill battle. She has managed ris Of
fice for more than 80 years.
Congressional oldsters interpreted
her absence as meaning Just one
thing-that Congress soon will ad-
journ.
Evening star., 1937-07-25
HOUSE TOMORROW
MAY ENDD.C. WORK
Body Expected to Clear Its
Calendar of Last Four
Local Measures.

The House tomorrow, on what may
be the final District day of the cur
rent session Of Congress, is expected
to clear its calendar of all pending
local legislation.
There are only four District bills
on the calendar. headed by the one
sponsored by Representative Kennedy,
Democrat, OF Maryland. authorizing
the Commissioners to borrow Federal
funds to tide the municipal govern
ment over its prospective period OF in
solvency between August l and Octo-
ber l..
Important among the others bills
are those to regulate adoption pro-
ceedings and changing certain fea-
lures Of the liquor control act The
fourth measure. which has been on
the calendar for nearly two months.
provides for licensing and control Of
BARRIERS.
Chairman Palmisano Of the Dis
trict Commute plans to call up the
loan authorization bill. although the
tax measure which passed the Senate
Friday contains provision giving
the Commissioners the privilege OF
borrowing Federal funds.
Deadlock Feared.
Palmisano fears the tax bill NAV
be deadlocked in conference. and to
prevent the District from being
financially embarrassed In such An
event he thinks the loan authorize
ton should be approved. The House
has twice refused at the current ses-
sion to authorize the Commissioners
to borrow Federal money. but Palmi-
sano is confident now the Kennedy
bill will be passed. He said he had
held = series of conferences with
House leaders and "oiled the machin-
ery' for speedy approval OF the meas
ure.
The bill to amend the liquor control
act has three features.
/. 1t will permit the sale OF hard
liquor by the drink over bona f1de
lunch counters where only beer and
light wines are now allowed to be
served.
Will End Liquor Tax Loss.
2. 1t will vest in the District Court
rather than the Commissioners au-
thority to review decisions Of the Alco-
holic Beverage Control Board.
3. 1t will prevent shipment into the
District Of large quantities Of tax-free
liquor by allowing consumers the privi-
lege Of importing only gallon a month
for personal consumption. Liquor now
shipped into Washington direct to the
consumer escapes the State tax at the
point of origin as well as the local tax
and there is no limit on the quantity.
The adoption bill is designed to
eliminate the present quick adoption
procedures and to prevent adoptions
without proper investigation.
II Congress remains in session until
August Is, the District may have an
other day in the House. but Palmisano
Is skeptical in view of the fact there
may be last-minute rush for ad-
Journment and local legisla ton side
tracked. For that reason he is
anxious for the House to wipe its CAL
endar clear OF local bills tomorrow.
Evening star., 1937-07-25
CIVIL SERVICE TO FILL
JOBS AT ST. EEIZABETH'S

The Civil Service Commission will
receive applications through Wednes-
day for the position of attendant at
St. Elizabeth's Hospital. The en-
trance salary is sl,260 minus the
statutory 3l2 per cent retirement de-
duction.
The ages are 18 to 35 for all but
those persons having veterans pref
erence. They may be employed with
out regard to this limit
Applications may be obtained from
the manager of the fourth civil service
district, 9l6 G street.
Evening star., 1937-07-25
Wanted-Cure for a Cure

BLUEF1IELD, w. Va, July "a CR.-
Sam B. Freeman found a sure cure
for the bugs and insects in his gar
den-now he wants a cure for the
cure.
Terrapins he turned loose ate the
bugs, but then destroyed his tomato
plants.
Evening star., 1937-07-25
CONTINUANCE GRANTED
IN D. c. PAY ACT CASE
Nicholas Corvelli Accused Of
Failure to Return Tax.
Bond Is Given.

A continuance of two weeks yester-
day was granted Nicholas Corvelli,
proprietor of the Blue Flame Valet
Shop, $40 F street, when he was ar
raigned in Police Court for allegedly
violating the District unemployment
compensation act. He WAS released
under $500 bond.
Corvelli's case marked the first time
criminal charges under the act have
been pressed by the district attorneys
ONCE. He allegedly failed to pay taxes
under the act for May and June.
Evening star., 1937-07-25
HOUSE UNIT WILL HOLD
DISTRICT BILL HEARING
Measures Affecting Members of
Police and Fire Departments
to Be Considered,

A special subcommittee Of the
House District Committee, headed by
Representative Jenckes, Democrat, of
Indiana, will hold hearing at 10
am. Wednesday on bills affecting
members of the District Police and
Fire Departments.
One of the measures is designed to
establish 5-day work week in the
Fire Department. Another would
amend the existing police and fire.
mems retirement act.
Serving on the subcommittee with
Mrs. Jenckes are Representatives
Wood, Democrat, of Indiana, and
Bates, Republican, Of Massachusetts
Evening star., 1937-07-25
Y yITH the help Of the mail
\ n man. four RraSshoppers.


narily long leap last week from West
ern Nebraska, which plopped them
yesterday into the news room of The
Star
The insects are more remarkable
for their size than for their 1900
mile travels. One of the scourges
OF the Western farmer measures 2.125
inches from stem to stern. Another
stretches good 2.5 inches along a
ruler OF unmpea cha BILE accuracy.
They aren't fully grown yet was
the laconic remark of H. NJ. Bixby.
Nebraska reader of The Star, who
sent the specimens eastward
These Brobdingnags of the insect
world came parcel post in fiat box
wrapped in brown paper on which
was penned the warning to the men
in gray: Fragile"
The shorter of the two which were
Evening star., 1937-07-25

Tourists Increase in England.
Foreign visitors to England in May,
the coronation month, totaled 1882.
an increase Of 14,129 over May, 1896.
Evening star., 1937-02-14
ANDERSON FUNERAL
TO BE TOMORROW
Widow of Former Chief Examiner
Of Federal Trade Body Lived
Here 80 Years.

Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel s.
Anderson of 1889 Spring road. who
died Friday in Georgetown Hospital
after a weeks illness, will be held to-
morrow at $50 pm. from the S. H.
Hines funeral parlor, 1901 Fourteenth
street. Rev. Bernard Braskamp of
Gunton Temple Presbyterian Church
will conduct the services, with burial
in Glenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Anderson, who was So was a
resident of the District for 80 years.
She was the widow of the late H. L.
Anderson, former chief examiner of
the Federal Trade Commission.
She Is survived by her mother, Mrs.
Isabelle Sheppard. Of Wilmington,
Del; daughter. Mrs. Marguerite A.
Thomas, of Coronado, Calf; a sister.
Mrs. E. P. Burnham, of Wilmington.
and two brothers, j. H. Sheppard of
of 4709 Colorado avenue and Charles
H. Sheppard Of Wilmington.