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Evening star., 1938-01-09

4 lady or grand society dame
at will Or she can act quite dead
Adelaide Klein knows She is the
actress who portrayed the dead wom-
an" returning from the grave with a
key message in recent columbia
Workshop" production of the Fall of
the City" by MacLeish, and she is the
one who, but short time later, with
equal equanimity, was romping
through the weekly ''Earaches of
1888" as Gypsy Rose Liebowitz," the
stooge.
Averaging one performance a day
over the WABC-Columbia network,
the mistress of all dialects has Won
the distinction Of playing without de-
lection as many as four parts during
one broadcast. That her versatility
runs the gamut from humorous to
emotional characterizations is proved
by resume of few of the roles Miss
Klein recalls "offhand." Her New
England Yankees are no less true"
than her colored and Irish cooks,
farm and Western women, Jewish and
Italian mothers, neighborhood gossips,
Russian cabaret singers and business
girls.
Speaking in the vernacular, her
roles in Gang Busters" range from
the toughest kind of gun moll"
through society dowagers who fall
for con lines" to sweet old ladies who
get bumped off," Among the C. B. S.
programs upon which Miss Klein is
heard regularly from once to 10 times
a month are Emily Post-How to
Get the Most Out of Life" johnnie
Presents-Front-Page News" "The
O'Neills." Aunt Jenny's Stories" )"
Kate Smith Hour" "Myrt and
Marge," American School of the Air"
"Earaches of 1885," columbia Work.
shop" and Gang Busters"
Evening star., 1938-01-09


the democracies and the dictator
countries being slowly but surely
drawn into the verbal conflict.
Four Of the five American delegates.
q large retinue of Government ex-
perts and several dozen representa-
tives of private broadcasting and COM
munlcations companies sailed last
week aboard the S. S. Exeter to at
tend the parleys, which are called
every five years to revise the treaties
governing the international uses of
radio, cables and the like. Heading
the American delegation is Senator
Wallace White Of Maine, foremost
authority in Congress on radio mat
tiers. With him as delegates are Capt.
S. c. Hooper, veteran former COM
munications chief Of the United States
Navy; 1t. E. K. Jet, newly named
chief engineer of the Federal Com
munications Commission, and Francis
c. De Wolf of the State Departments
Treaty Division.
The fifth delegate, Comdr. T. A. M.
Craven. member of the Communlca-
tions Commission and the outstand-
ing American authority on interna-
tional radio. expects to leave later
this month, his departure having
been delayed by the pressure of duties
piling up while he was absent in
Havana during November and early
December as head of the American
delegation to the Pan American
Radio Conference.
CoMDR. CRAvEN's presence at
Cairo bodies well for unified &C
ton on the part of the nations Of
North and South America, who, at
Havana and afterward, urged that he
lead them as bloc to protect the
rights Of the Western Hemisphere.
Out of Havana came a proposed
treaty, whose ratification is regarded
as a certainty, which recorders the
uses of the wave lengths among the
North and Central American nations
and which prescribes new technical
paths for South America. Comdr.
Craven was the prime mover in Sc
curing this agreement, the first ever
reached among the nations of the
Western Hemisphere. and his work
and knowledge 50 impressed his Latin
American colleagues that they urged
their governments to persuade WASH
ington to have Craven lead them at
Cairo.
The formidable White Craven lead
ership combination is expected to play
a major role in the radio discussions at
Cairo. There are only 81 international
short waves set aside under the last
treaty, signed at Madrid in 1882, yet
242 broadcasting stations in various
parts Of the world are operating on
the short waves despite the fact that
the Madrid treaty allowed room for
only l29. They are thus playing havoc
with one another's services. The de-
mand at Cairo will be that the inter-
national wave bands be widened SO
that more stations can be accommo-
dated. To do this inevitably means
reducing the number of waves avail
able for commercial and governmental
radio-telephone and radio-telegraph
Evening star., 1938-01-09
Aspires to Opera.

BUDDY CLARK, crooner and 10
mantle tenor. is studying operate
parts with ambitions to become An
opera singer He recently sang
Laurltz Melchior's part at q Hit Pa
rade rehearsal, when the great Danish
star. who was to be a guest on the
program, appeared few minutes late,
Evening star., 1938-01-09
Here. Is Whv.

ONE reason for the conversational
spontaneity of Mary Margaret
McBride's broadcasts is that when
she's on the air she looks at and
addresses her announcer, Ken Rob-
erts, who sits opposite her, rather
than the mike.
Evening star., 1938-01-09
New Opera "Find'-
Martha Raye.

Glenn O. RAIKES, noted Holly
wood voice coach who numbers
among his pupils Dorothy Lamour,
Nadine Connor, Walter Cassel and
many others. declares that the finest
potential grand opera voice IN al
Evening star., 1938-01-09
Novel Charm.

JANE RHODES, Mardi Gras song
stress. has a charm bracelet hung
with miniature phonograph records
bearing the name in gold of each
ditty she has sung in movies.
Evening star., 1938-01-09
Looks Other Wav.

THE Mystery Chef has been photo
graphed countless times showing
the back of his head or his profile
in shadowed silhouette, but never full
face.
Evening star., 1938-01-09

program broadcast from the stars
dressing room i. To Mr.. F. l.. Hig-
gins: F'ibber McGee's Molly is recuper-
ating after q serious operation. She
hopes to return to the air soon.
Evening star., 1938-01-09
Tension Seen as Certain
At Air Conference
Western Hemisphere's Delegates
Look to Locking of Horns
With Dictator Nations.
Bv Martin COdeI.

The lace OF world dsquet aggravated plethora
counter
delegates participate the International
Telecommuncations
world OF
hopes do not
Evening star., 1938-01-09

w. c. Fields, now fully recovered
from a cold, is working on his new
picture script Things Began to Hap
pen"
Evening star., 1938-01-09
Georges Enesco Is Guest
OF Concert Program
Famed Composer and Violinist
To Be Soloist and Conduct
Latter Half of Concert.
By Chris Mathisen.

EORGES ENESCO Rumanian violnt
the baton this afternoon the
New York Philharmonic through
The celebrated
orchestra while John Baboh
in England for a months vacation.
Mr. Enesco is not to the podium until
Evening star., 1938-01-09
JANUARY 9. 1888

Hollywood belongs to none other
than-Martha Raye!
Miss Raye has the full, resonant
voice production of a Wagnerian So
prano," says Mr.. Raikes. "Of course,
she has directed her efforts along
popular channels, but she really pos
sesses fundamental power and tonal
quality which might well be the
envy of many stars Of the Metro
politan."
Evening star., 1938-01-09
Short-Wove Programs

11:10 a.m.-BERLIN. Symphonic
Concert DJD, 25.4 m,
11.77 meg.
4:45 p.m.-TOKIO, Variety Pro-
gram, JzJ, 25.4 M,
11.80 meg; JZI, 3l.4
m, 9.53 meg.
sos p.m.-LONDON, Music of
Cesar Franck, Csc,
31.3 M, 9.58 meg; GSB,
31.5 M, 9.51 meg; GSL,
49.1 M, GIL meg.
7:00 p.m.-BUDAPEST. Program
of Songs, HAT4, 1878
M, 9.l2 meg.
500 p.m.-LONDON, B. B. c.
Mems Chorus, Csc, 3l.3
m., s.58 meg; GSB,
Bis M, 9.51 meg; GSL,
49.l m, GIL meg.
l2:45 a.m.-TOKIO, National
Program, JZJ, 25.4 M,
ll.80 meg.
Evening star., 1938-01-09
|Dialectician
An Asset
'ToC.B.S.
Adelaide Klein Is
Versatile Air
Performer.

tn HE double -barreled, nails-hard
gun moll of a Gang Busters"
program can be sweet old
Il ladV or q grand Sncietv dame
Evening star., 1938-01-09
Air FunSterS
Make Few
Changes
Casts Different,
But Patterns
Are Same.

r. ACH year, IS fall rolls around
- and radios favorite comedians
resume their microphone tasks,
Evening star., 1938-01-09

-oeeN'''1o1'tR1' 1Sfeifs
jeanette Mcdonald returns to the
Open House program tonight-WJSV
at Z O'clock
Marjorie D'Vore, 17-year-old Chi
cago saxophonist, is the guest soloist
with Frank Simon's band-WMAL at
3S30 The nrngram.
Evening star., 1938-01-09
Novel Tunes
Second to
Romance
Hit Parade Files
Are Reviewed
By Warnow.

n OMANT1C tunes have made q
- greater hit with the public
N than novelty numbers in the
Evening star., 1938-01-09

VARIETY-Senator Fishface and
Prof. Figsbottle visit Mother
Goose Land-WMAL at 6:45.
Ned Sparks, dour- faced screen
Evening star., 1938-06-29

non School; Wilton Lambert, IA, Of
l03 Edmonston road, Edmonston, Md,
Bladensburg High: Alton Reed. l3,
Hyattsville, Md, Hyattsville School;
David Richards, 9, of Boyd avenue,
Takoma Park, Md, Takoma Park Ele-
Dentary School, and Carlton F. Ballou,
II. Of ITO Spring street, Silver, Spring,
Nd, Takoma-Silver Spring High.
Inspector w. E. Holmes of the
Metropolitan Police spoke in behalf
Of the Soap Box Derby last night over
Station WJSV, pinch hitting for Maj.
Ernest w. Brown. superintendent OF
police, who had been scheduled origi-
nally for that broadcast.
The Derby Question Box, which has
answered on each daily radio pro-
gram questions confronting boys in
building their racers. was conducted
over WJSV last night by Charles
Dumont Heath. Is, OF SOL Kansas
avenue NV, Roosevelt High School
student, and Mr. Holleran.
Donald w. Smith, chief Judge Of
the derby and member of the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board, will be
the speaker tonight at 6:45 o'clock
over WJSV in the last derby broadcast
of the current series. Marion Harris,
IL. Of 1857 U street Sc. Ketcham
School pupil. will question Mr.. Hal
loran about the derby.
Evening star., 1938-06-29
Retirement STATUS
DENIED SUBSTITUTES

Substitute teachers employed on an
annual basis here are not eligible for
retirement pay under the Teachers
Retirement Act, or for compensation
under the unemployment compensa-
ton provisions of the Social Security
Act, according to ruling by Acting
Controller General Richard N. Elliott.
The question was raised by the
District Commissioners in behalf OF
"a annual substitutes" authorized in
1926.
Mr.. Elliott said there was nothing
In the history of the act creating the
substitute corps which would show
whether annual" referred to the
basis for paying compensation or to
the tenure of employment. The
Board Of Education, however, he con-
tinued. has for IA years limited
appointments to one year, and re-
quired reappointments if the teachers
were to be continued in service.
Therefore, he concluded, they can
not be regarded as having the perma-
nent status necessary to qualify for
the Retirement Act.
AS their service, however, Is for
the District of Columbia, they are
barred from unemployment compen-
sation, as are regular District
employees.
Evening star., 1938-06-29
R|VERBOOM HELD,
CHINESE DECLARE
Cautious Communiques Veil
Trend of Crucial Fight
for HankoW.
BY the Associated Press.


SHANGHAI, June 29.-Chinese de-
clared today they still held the impor.
tant Matowchen boom, barrier to
Japan's drive up the Yangtze River
against Hankow. But the trend of
what may be . crucial battle in de-
tense Of the provisional capital. ITS
miles upriver from the boom, was OBJ
scured behind cautious communicates
from both sides.
Chinese, who earlier had acknowl-
edged loss Of one of several forts
guarding the barrier of sunken, rock
laden junks. said fighting still was
raging in the area.
japanese would not discuss their
brief war bulletins in detail and made
no claims to possession Of the boom
itself.
Reports in Conflict
Both sides issued conflicting reports
Of aerial warfare in the Middle Yang
tie River Valley. where the drive
toward Hankow has shifted the main
theater OF the war.
japanese declared continued heavy
air raids in the sector had inflicted
new losses on Chinese aviation. Nam
chang, important Chinese air base,
was reported bombed again.
Chinese replied with denials Of jap
VirfnriAC
Chinese planes operating from Han
kow were harassing japanese river and
land forces.
| A flood menacing Hangchow, Japa-
nese-held Chekiang Province capital
south Of Shanghai. and nearby cities
on the Chientang River spread when
breaking dikes loosed heavy torrents.
Walled City Burned.
A retreating Japanese Army. in re-
prisal against Chinese guerrilla fight
ers, burned the walled city Of Ankow. in
Hopeh Province 140 miles south Of
Peiping, June "a, delayed message
disclosed.
Ankwo was the fifth walled town in
AAOPSA DuAAlNa Wy oAAC OdPdlAC6N 1A AC.
prisal for guerrilla activity, foreign
investigators said. They also listed
230 villages in the same area that have
been similarly attacked.
Chinese mercenaries who fought
with the japanese said they had been
compelled to loot all shops when the
Japanese retreated from Ankwo Chi
| nese business officials estimated the
loss at 100000.
Shen Teh-ling. director of the Ship
ping Control Bureau of the Japanese
fostered Shanghai reformed govern
ment, was assassinated today.
His death was the fifth political
murder in 10 days by alleged anti
Japanese elements operating against
Chinese puppet officials Of the Japa-
nese.
The killing occurred in the heart of
the International Settlement, the slay-
ers catching Shen as he was being
pulled in ricksha Their bullets also
| killed the ricksha boy and a passerby
Evening star., 1938-06-29
Scientists
Continued From First Page }

DR.. Gregg said. and pour into the
forecasting stations of the world full
reports at stated intervals on what
Is happening in the way of weather
in such places as the center Of Green
land. the countless uninhabited is
lands Of the Pacific, and on the sum-
mits Of high mountains.
Once such station was set up, he
said. the only expense involved would
be for human inspections at rare In
tervals to keep 1t in running order.
The brass-brain observers, he sug-
gested, would be of special value
scattered over the Caribbean islands,
many Of which are uninhabited. The
annual West Indian hurricanes. which
sometimes do millions of dollars
damage and take hundreds of lives
are preceded by great drops in bar
ometric pressure at some point. The
storm may be well underway before
this drop is recorded at any observing
station and trained human observers
could be maintained on the islands
only at excessive cost. A meteorograph
station, however, would furnish a
running forecast of the changing con-
ditions known to precede one of the
big tempests.
Weather forecasters long have
recognized that the Arctic Basin is q
weather kettle, especially in winter.
Over the rim Of the Arctic break the
heavy. cold masses Of air, titanic in
proportions, that sweep over Canada
and the United States as cold waves.
At present it is possible to detect
these highs" only when they already
are overflowing the rim of the ket-
tie, when they are picked up at the
American station at Point Barrow,
Alaska, or at the Canadian stations
at Fort Churchill near Hudson's Bay
or in the Mckenzie River Valley. Thus
they come without much warning,
although they may have been develop
ing for weeks, because there is no
means Of getting information on the
building up Of high pressure areas in
the Arctic Basin itself.
Interior Greenland is special
enigma. Its great icecap may gov
ern the winter weather of half the
Northern Hemisphere, yet it would be
impossible for human observer to
live there for any extended time. But
one Of the brass-brains proposed by
DR.. Gregg might be set up which
would give daily reports of changing
conditions. Other vantage points for
such stations would be Wrangell
Island and the interiors of some Of the
waste lands of the Canadian Arctic.
Life Held Creative.
Life is something more than q
''physical-chemical-mechanical con-
glomerate," DR.. Frank R. Lille, pres
ident of the National Academy Of Sci
ences at Washington, professor of
zoo!>gy at the University of Chicago,
and one Of the foremost living expert
mentalists In the life sciences, said In
q speech here. ,--...-.et -~
The head Of the Senate of Amer
ican Science" said emphatically that
biologists no longer can accept a pure
ly mechanistic view of the rise of life
from crawling things in the sea ooze
OF half billion years ago to man and
the higher animals in terms of reac-
tions explainable by physics and
chemistry and that the doctrine OF
Evening star., 1938-06-29

evolution still is in its infancy 50 far
as explaining first causes is concerned
Mechanistically, he explained, the
lowliest organisms, such as the proto-
zoan or the tuberculosis germ, are as
complex as man himself, and repre-
sent as great degree Of advancement
along this line. The real evolution,
he stressed, has been in terms Of bio
logical organization-the conglomera-
ton Of the simpler units of life into
complex. interacting systems with
highly specialized functions, such as
in a human being.
Beyond the physical and chemical
substrata common to all life, he
stressed, living things possess crea-
tive side shown in a tendency to de-
part from routine and to produce novel
action or organization, for which we
have at present no physical analogy
The creative side is best shown in
evolution. in individual DEVELOPMENT,
and In the course of experience, behav-
ior and education"
DR.. r. E. de Lury, president of the
Royal Astronomical Society of Can
ada, reported a new determination of
the suns speed OF rotation on its axis
which shows that the solar disc is not
slowing down as some astronomers
have believed. He also gave the re-
suits Of series Of studies made at
the Dominion Observatory here on
the economic effects of sunspots, some
NJ uhirh hffHar<4 h.,
suspected.
Some Of the most striking evidence
yet offered Of the far-reaching ef-
fects of sunspots on economic con-
ditionS was presented by the astro-
nomical society president. Grain pro-
duction, he found, runs from to 7
bushels per acre higher at q sunspot
minimum than at maximum, because
Of the temperature and rain varia-
tions that can be traced to them.
Potatoes show generally the same
curve, except in the East, where it is
reversed. The value of fisheries prod
ucts has a curve which almost paral-
lels that of grain production. This is
not only because there are less fish
in the sea during sunspot maxi
mum, but also because the farmers
with little money to spend because of
the poor grain yields, cannot afford to
buy. This in turn Is reflected through
out the business structure of the
country.
Another notable economic effect,
hitherto not suspected, was found in
the flux in the development of water
power following sun disturbances.
Measurements of the amount of water
discharged by the Niagara River show
decrease of about $4,000 cubic feet a
second during sunpot maximum,
Evening star., 1938-06-29

compared to a minimum. This means,
he said. a difference of approx
mately 25o,o0o.oo0 potential horse
power between the two periods. An
other is in the date of the freezing
of the St. Lawrence River. This re-
mains open a week longer during =
sunspot minimum period than dur
ing q time OF maximum storminess
on the sun and may mean a difference
Of many millions TO shippers.
Both the minimum and maximum
effects on earth. however, do not ex-
actly coincide with the sunspot curve
itself. but follow about year after
its major peaks and depressions. The
sun is now about year away from
its last maximum.
Evening star., 1938-06-29
Derby Question Box

For the benefit Of boys who
have questions to ask about the
rules and regulations for build
ing a Soap Box Derby racer, The
Star has started the Derby Cues
ton Box.
Questions must be submitted by
mail to the Soap Box Derby Editor
Of The Star. First, be sure that
you have read carefully the 1898
official rule book for the ALL
American Soap Box Derby.
Answers will be given in the
current series of derby broad
casts continuing through Wednes-
day. The broadcast schedule will
be found in today's derby story.
Evening star., 1938-06-29
TRIO Of BROTHERS
BUILDS FOR DERBY
g. Year. Old Raeder Twins
and Older Boy Cooperate
on Car for July 23 Race.

Tune in on Station WJSV at
6:l5 O'Clock tonight for the last
Soap Boz Derby broadcast Of the
current series. Marion Harris,
IL, OF 1857 U street Sc, and o.
c. Hollerdn, derby director, tDiu
conduct the Derby Question Boz.
The speaker pill be Donald w.
Smith. chief Judge OF the derby
and member of the National Ld-
Dor Relations Board.
Evening star., 1938-06-29

avenue. Alexandria. Va, Mount Ver-
non School; Russell Kranzfelder, IA,
Of lat Grove avenue, Alexandria, Va,
George Washington High; Lester Viii.
son, l3, Of 1915 North Hartford street,
Arlington. Va, Washington and Lee
High; August Huff, jr., IA. Of Route
No. 3. Alexandria, Lee-Jackson High:
Charles Roberts, jr., 209 Raymond
avenue, Alexandria, Va, Mount Ver-
Evening star., 1938-06-29
Soap Box Derby
Rules

(Note to boys: The Star and
the American Legion are sponsor
ing Soap Box Derby this sum-
mer for boys of the Washington
metropolitan area. The derby
will be race of motorless minia-
ture automobiles or coaster racers,
built and driven by boys. The
winner will represent Washington
in national and international
finals at Akron, Ohio.)
These rules are your guide for
the first Washington Soap Box
Derby.
l. Eligibility: Boys not younger
than 8 nor older than Is may
enter. A boy who has passed his
10th birthday anniversary on the
day Of the local derby is ineligible.
You must live in Washington or
nearby Maryland and Virginia.
Sons Of Chevrolet dealers or sons
of employees Of the Chevrolet
Motor Co. and The Star will not
be allowed to compete. There is
no admission fee.
2. Rule books and entry blanks:
Secure these and sign your safety
pledge at the salesroom of your
nearest Chevrolet dealer. You
must be accompanied by your
parent or guardian, who also must
sign. Observe to the letter the
rules, regulations, dimensions and
other building requirements for
your derby racer. Registrations
will not be accepted by The Star,
nor will rule books be issued by
the newspaper.
3. Groups of boys, as well as
individuals, may enter racers. No
adult may assist, except by giving
advice. Chevrolet service mana
gers and mechanics will be glad
to advise you.
4. No racing car can cost more
than $40.
Derby Watchwords!
Read the Rale Book Csrefslly.
Observe Your Safety Pledge.
Read Tie Star Regularly for
Derby News.
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-16
E as ball Games Much
 Enjoyed E d

Attended by the usual fans and baseball addicts, the Commun- ity Xmas Tree double header baseball games were played Wed nesday night at the School Gym.
 Action was fast and furious in the first game of the evening between the Hammon and Alas kans, which ended in last min ute rally which netted the AL askans only 3 runs, four short of tieing the HammonS. The final score was l2 to 8.
 The second game was between the Commercial and Nome teams and for the first four innings, tight, exciting ball was played but during the last three innings the Nome team seemed to go to pieces and the Commercials rolled up lead of three into a final score of 20 to 8 in their favor.
 Of marked interest were the number of n.cw players present on the floor and their initial salt ing before a crowded attendance. Undoubtedly there will be four quite evenly matched teams in the series play which is due to commence after the first of the year. Definite time for commenc- ing the series has not yet been announced. Funds derived from last nights game will go to the Community Xmas Tree Celebra- ton.