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Evening star., 1938-07-24
DOG VOCABULARY
UP TO 100 WORDS
photographer W. J. Funk
Finds Pet Responds Like
10-Month.OId Baby,
By .he Associated Press.


NEW YORK, July 23.-The average
pet dog has 4 vocabulary Of 50 words,
about the same As that Of 4 year and
a-half-old baby. says Wilfred J. Funk,
the photographer and dictionary pub
Usher.
DR.. Funk, who for years has been
amusing himself and others by his
researches into the use OF words by
human beings, began a study OF word
recognition among their canine four
legged friends some months ago. His
own six dogs were the first objects
Of study.
If you have been belittling yeur
own dogs vocabulary" DR.. Funk ad-
monishes. lust write out the words
to which he, viii respond and you will
doubtless be surprised ut the number
Of them he knows"
Hollywood Trainer Helps,
With the assistance OF a Hollywood
deg trainer, the photographer came to
the conclusion that trick dogs can be
taught upward Of $50 words. An ordi.
nary rowing mongrel, he found. some.
how will pick up 10 or moe words.
Smartest of his own six dogs Is 4
miniature French poodle with a vocab-
ulary of more than 100 words. Second
place went to mutt" with a vocab-
ulary Of IS words, although the four
other Funk dogs were peeigreed ami
mais. He described his loquacious
mutt as half hound. half police dog.
Dr. Funk said Pomeranian in the
sextet loses no time In showing he
understands the phrase, Get in bed
with me"-even when the Pom Is
under the bed and out Of sight.
Cautions About "Out."
In carrying out his research. DR..
Funk called on his friend, Rupert
Hughes, the author. and found that he
had to be careful about using the
word out in that household.
The Hughes three Pekingese make
wild dash for the door when .hey
hear the word" he explained.
Several years ago. DR.. Funk, who
also is poet. picked as the 10 most
beautiful words, dawn" hush" "lul-
laby," "murmuring. Tranquil, mist" 4"
luminous" chimes" golden and
melody and brought upon himself
lot of rough comment from the late
Ring Lardner Fannie Hurst, Dorothy
Parker and other literati.
Last year there was similar reaction
when he decided upon the. 10 most
"overuorked' words as "okay." lousy"
terrific, ""contact." definitely. gal, :"
racket" SWELL" impact" and
honey"
Dogs Recognize kiss"
So in picking 10 words best known
by dogs, he lists some alternates:
l.. Talk, speak or bark. 2. Quiet or
hush. 3. Wait or stop. 4. Heel, down
or sit. 5. Up or stand. s. Good-by or
by-by. 7. Quick. 8. Bed. 9. Eat.
10. Siccum.
He said he was surprised at the
number of dogs who know kiss. ="
ashamed naughty" and ice
cream"
Evening star., 1938-07-24
UarnH nf Thanka.

BARNES. JOSEPHINE. The family Of
the late JOSEPHINE BARNES wishes to
thank Rev. e. c. Smith members, Miss
johnson, the w. Ernest Jarvis Co., the
St. Francis Tent and their many friends
and neishbors for their kind expressions
OF sympathy. THE FAMILY.
EDWARDS. OCTAvIA. We wish to ex-
press our sincere thanks to our relatives
sympathy and beautiful floral tributes At
The death Of my sister, OcTAvIA ED
CLARA rArsoN AND FAMILY.
=, GooDALL: SARAH ANN. wish to
thank my relatives many friends and or
ganizations for their sympathy. kindness
and foral tributes sent during my bereave-
HER HUSBAND. A. LINCOLN oooDALL.
HOWARD. JAMES n. We wish to thank
our many friends. relatives; neishbors and
ORGANIZATIONS for their kind expressions OF
sympathy and beautiful horal tributes At
the death ~ my beloved husband. JAMES
ELLA D. HOWARD AND FAMILY.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
d. C. Spoilers
Make S,oeep of
ChatauquaBee

Two representatives Of the Capital
City Spelling Club made clean
sweep victory Of the annual spelling
match of the Chautauqua Institution,
at Chautauqua, N. Y, recently. but
spelled against each other 50 long the
authorities finally called it draw.
E. c. Helm. president. and Willard
B. Smith. member of the local club,
spelled down ~ other contestants
from several Eastern States. including
Mrs. Eva Linville of this city, who held
out almost to the finals.
When the word list Of the officials
was exhausted without a misspelling
by either Mr. Helm or Mr.. Smith, the
audience sent up dif1cult and tech
nical words for some time Finally.
authorities called OF the match as a
draw.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
'Chute Jumpers Add Tricks
And Risks to Vary Routine
Night Jobs With Bodies Lighted by
Electric Bulbs Offered to Dazzle
Bored Air Fair Spectators.

lapse on rough ground can drag him
50 badly as to infict fatal hurts.
The fool-proof parachute for use
under any conditions was unknown
to combat aviators in the World War,
and many paid with their lives for
want Of life preserver when their
planes were shot from under them.
Developed by British.
Both the Germans and British had
developed wartime makeshift 'chutes,
and in token Of their efficiency the
British product carried its demon
strator to his death when 1t was
brought to the United States.
Gilbert A. Shoemaker. who in 1920
became chief instructor in jumping
at Kelly Field. Tex, for the Army's
Air Service mechanics school, de-
scribes the invention OF the delayed
opening and a discovery OF fresh
safety for parachuters by the manipu-
lation OF pair of shears.
Shoemaker, now living in Miami,
Fla, was chosen to test a new-type
parachute by Army engineers. Up
to that time service 'chutes were big.
cumbersome and were worn on the
back. The new one was smaller,
compact and became q seat cushion
in flight.
Shoemaker did not trust 1t. Just
for safety's sake, he donned an old
type chute. too. He jumped and
pulled the ripcord on the experimental
Job. 1t opened But Shoemaker sud
denly discovered 1t was dropping 40
feet a second, too fast unless a man
wanted to break his neck In landing.
He opened the second chute. That
was better. He drifted to An easy
landing.
Resistance to Air.
The engineering department rubbed
its chin. Why not cut the silk panels
on the bias? Today's parachute drops
Is feet a second as compared with 40
because bias-sheared silk offers greater
roughage or resistance to the air as 1t
flows into the vent at the top of the
canopy.
Delayed jumps began in 1924 at
Mitchell Field, near New York. Doc
tors had held that the body could not
stand a drop Of thousands of feet be-
fore the ripcord was pulled. A SER
geant who dared to drop 1000 feet
said afterward that his mind was
clear throughout the headlong fall
toward the ground.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
PROSPECTS ARE GOOD
FOR CANADIAN CROPS
sr.tial Dispatch to The Star.

Srteial Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, July 23-"Throughout
the Dominion crop prospects remain
good, with weather that on the whole
has continued to be advantageous,
though in some districts damage from
lack Of moisture Is reported the
Bank Of Montreal states in its cur
rent crop report. "Grasshoppers, rust
and hail have taken certain toll OF
grain on the prairies and in Quebec
and Ontario army worms have ap-
pered. but so far such damage as has
occurred has been of local nature.
I'm the prairie provinces, while grain
crops are somewhat backward. they
promise an abundant yield. although
to maintain present prospects good
rains over wide areas are required. In
Quebec the hay yield is proving salts
factory and all other crops are doing
well. In Ontario the prospective yields
of all the main crops are above aver
age"
Evening star., 1938-07-24
BUDD MFG. co. SHOWS
NET,LOSS OF $773,29O
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, July Backward
G. Budd Manufacturing Co., railroad
equipment makers. reported today for
the quarter ended June 80 net loss of
s773.290, compared with profit Of
S664,409, equal to "a cents a COM
mon share in the comparable period
a year ago. In the March quarter Of
this year the loss was S256.el2.
Budd Wheel Co. reported for the
June quarter net loss OF $l69,264,
compared with profit of s259.253. or
26 cents common share. in the June
quarter last year. In the March quar-
ter of 1888 the loss was s195,961. The
six-month loss of s365,225 compared
with profit of s520,96o, equal to Is
cents common share.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
Shoots Friend,
Inuites Police to
COn1e-but FIees

Police Of the first precinct responded
to an invitation late yesterday-only
to find that their host had disappeared.
The invitation was issued by 35-
year.old colored man who had just
whipped out q revoyler and shot John
B. Crawford, IS, OF 81 X street NE.
The two had been arguing there about
who should do whose laundry"
Laying down his gun, the man
thoughtfully walked to q police call
box 1t the corner.
"This is the guy who just shot =
man down on K street. Come right
on over and get me-" he urged.
oficers hurried. but arrived to find
the culprit WAS not there to be got
he had changed his mind.
Crawford was taken to Casualty
HOSPITAL. where he was reported in A
serious condition With 4 bullet wound
through the groin.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
b the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, July 23.-The profess
sional parachute jumpers, who risk
their necks for pocket change, have
added a few tricks to their trade at
the county fairs and air shows this
summer to combat the ennui Of the
crowds.
Stepping out into space from an
airplane is no longer q novelty, and
the precarious business Of earning q
living by dangling under a canopy Of
sheer silk has undergone change.
It is not good living.
II tAe ordinary jumper clears from
$40 to $40, he is satisfied with his
days chores II he adds few dollars
by judging the wind right as he steps
out OF his ship at an altitude OF 1000
to 5000 feet and wins spot" land
ing contest from his fellow jumpers,
he buys the drinks.
In the last 20 years the parachute
has developed from a tricky con-
trivance that might open to a reliable
life preserver Of the air. Even emer-
gency jumps-Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh had his share Of them when he
was carrying the mails-attract little
notice.
Fresh Thrills Needed.
So the professionals invent fresh
thrills.
One Is doing night work, his body
lighted with electric bulbs. Bat wing"
exhibitions, in which the jumper scars
for a spell on small wings before
opening his chute, are becoming wide
spread.
OF the stock in trade chute per-
formances, mass jumps and delayed
openings as yet have not lost their
flavor for the grandstands.
Though 4 man can dive out OF an
sirplane nova days with almost COM
plete assurance that canopy will
blossom above him when he pulls the
ripcord. jumping still has its hazards
As an added precaution, most jump
ers wear two 'chutes.
A man can oscillate SO badly in a
high wind that landing is almost
worth his life. Even in still air trees
may MAIN him. At air shows parked
motor cars may cause injuries. The
folds of parachute can drown the
jumper forced to come down in water
and chute which refuses to coll
Evening star., 1938-07-24
DrathH.

sELyAGGIo. PETER. On Friday July
22:; 1893 rn A. his I IrsHsidense e. 2ll2 1sth 1l e.
son of rT.nE .nd s4sssrle :d
brother Of Mrs, Mary Pisciotta.
Funeral services at the above residence
70 Holy Rosary church. ara ana ! st. n.x::
spssa fspS;s of Il: :sS .ns
Services by the W. W. Chambers Co.
SETTLES. wILsroRD. On Thursday
VII WfsFohp' 'e2 sErIz sfa%ani sloss.i a}2'Iis NJ.
Mamie Gn.on Mrs. Bertha sestes a,Se, Rsn1
mains resting at the Frazier funeral home.
sss uRsFs1 Raeds saaass assHs .Tf July * at
Front Royal. Va. "a
SHANNON. 1T. CoMDR. WILLIAM g.,
Ss!msat; c:ili:. JaIs =: isss. hs;ssnd si
1nterment San Jose. Calf.
SIMS. GEORGE ROBERT. On Friday,
GEORGE RdsEsr SIMS ea5s5S beoSed hSsRasn sasbsnd
of Marian Duncan Sims
At pm. Interment Herndon' Va "a
SMITH. OWEN I. On SATURDAY. July q,
1898; ,,at, At Glenn Dale sanitarium, OWEN
Funeral services will be held at Timothy
on Monday. July IS st pm. Interment
Mount sd olivet Cemetery. Relatives and
SMITH; r,; OWEN J; There wiz be a. 4 spe: 4, !:
Pressmen's Union, No. /. At the TypoEr aph-
lcal Temple. 423 G st. NV, July 25. 1898.
At ! pm. for the purpose Of attending the
funeral of our late brother, OWEN J.
VIM. H. HAGNER. President.
HARRY c. WEBB. Secretary.
soMMERvILLE. ALEATHA A. Departed
this life Saturday at her residence. 1404
M sEsna Rlxhx e. 'tses InffEins s atss s.
Loved l wife Of the late william sommeYyille.
children. and other. relatives and friends.
Remains resting with L. E. Murray g. Son,
18th and v sts. NV.
Funeral notice later. IS
sUDLER. SARA ANN WALK. On Friday
A1R supIEs hsr viz sta q ss' Inc sac .s
Emory. sudler and daughter OF the late
vslE. y9nn Matthias Eric and Annette M's's'
Funeral from v L. spears Co. 1909 H
St nw on Sunday suIy "a pm I'm
New York City papers please copsJ "a
T.LBERr. FANNIE MAcKALL~ On
FRIDAY. July 22. 1898. at her residence
MAckAo oGradG TAIsERT neoneS wife AfFhs of the
late Perry Talbest and mqther Of Edward
Funeral services at Hysone's funeral
home. 1900 N st. NV Monday. July oS. at
> pm. 1nterment Rock Creek Cemetery.
Relatives and friends invited "A
TRILLING. AMELIA. On Friday July
90" 1925, AMELIA TRILLING. youngest
daughter of the late Elizabeth and John
Triliing. sr
Funeral from safelrs funeral home. AS
st. NV. on Monday. july IS. at $40
an. with reoniem mass at St. Mary's
Church at am Interment Prospect
Hill Cemetery. 'Services and interment
WILLIAMS. VERNON ROBERT. Sud.
denly. on THURSDAY July u. 1a3S VER-
NON ROBERT WILLIAMS. Ased q years
beloved son of John and Mildred Williams
HARPER
Remains resting at the residence Of his
aunt. Mrs r. Shoemaker. 5105 44th ST.
NV, where services will be held Monday
July e5 at Am Interment Cedar Hill
Cemetery Relatives and friends invited
to attend "a
Evening star., 1938-07-24
Boys Faith Shaken.

CENTRALIA. Ill. tP.-"Can you tell
me who stole my doe?" small boys
voice coming through the telephone
receiver asked Ofieer o. T. Bounds.
I'm sorry, but I don't know.
answered the policeman.
A pause from the caller. Then. But
jimminy! You knew it was me the
time you came out to my house for that
bicvcle."
Evening star., 1938-07-24
Received Quick Answer.

DENVER P).-D. v. Bradford and
John Gregg sat on a siding in the
Colorado & Southern Railroad yards,
waiting to catch a freight.
Il wonder what would happen If
train bumped those cars" Bradford
said.
A switch engine did. Gregg tried
to pull Bradford from the tracks but
not in time.
Bradford's right leg was severed.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
Woolsack Gets Wool.

For the first time in nearly 300 years
the Lord Chancellor Of England now
sits on a woolsack stuffed with real
wool. Sir G. Dalziel Kelly, chairman
of the Australian Wool Board, recently
visited London and learned that the
famous woolsack contained horsehair.
As q result, it now contains a blend
Of carefully selected wools from Eng
land, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ire
land, Australia. New Zealand and
South Africa, covered with fine wool
cloth dyed red.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
$50 SAILORS ILL
San Diego Training Station Men .
Poisoned by Food.

SAN DIEGO. Calf. July % (P,.-
Food poisoning put $50 Naval Train-
ing Station sailors under the care Of
doctors today, but naval officials said
none Of the men appeared to be sert.
ouSly Ill.
The oficials sid tie illness col-
lowed the meal served 1920 men
at the station at noon. and that those
who felt the most violent effects were
men who walked or exercised consid~
erably after the meal.
Evening star., 1938-07-24

1t was estimated that 1,2l2,459, $50
barrels had been Withdrawn from the
NJ Tseas = AeM bg March. 1sss.
Evening star., 1938-07-24

Motion pictures are being shown
in hospitals in New Zealand.
Evening star., 1938-07-24

Mil hands In West Yorkshire. Eng
AaA new z 70 work n tAneahs.
Evening star., 1938-07-24

V~SHH8 VIII dSSeHDle az INA Iu-
#AJSfIHH neral home. 14th and Chapin
1 DAY. July IS less' Il for NH he
JAMES fqasss n our 1n9efmsn7 ss s2%F.ss a.:
H /, 1'AMEf hfEErE + MT{SSN. SdiSssSs comm'ndsE 81
1855. ROSE D. MEYER nee Dorr,. DOR the the be-
loved ,d wife wife Of Florenti Meyer and mother of
Whorter and Mrs. Helen walton "
tsr; Mrs. Se9rse l. soa5man, Rises road,
srisi sns tre1S. Church at raisa as% Rsstyss
MoCKABEE. DAVID. On Friday, July
n sss = saNsd HoSpa Hos ~ DAvD
funeral services at the w W. Chambers
Sc, on Tuesday July 26, at p.m., Rela
fr.ssens tyss ana rsnas 1nved ntermen con
PAYNE. ANNIE GOODMAN. On Friday.
xss MXR pxYNN ss ,.ssD zSs ssay.G sooK Ok:
9, g. n. Mrs Il Laura woltord ana I; Howard
fsnrss jseoe .s,ir ii Of i Mssss %ma and
home 47 'sSfns Wson bd the Hss runsTa Sa
day. july "a. at gao pm. Interment
Columbia Gardens Cemetery "a
PUMPHREY: THOMAS F. Suddenly on
d d'T HoMs 5S1z pGMpHRrY0 6ss 4 Y0rn san eaih ef e.
late Tnom.s trom and ~. Mars eumDh{e
ter M Mrs s,. Gsorse IN; NJ G Gaasner 1o1s St
tives and friends invited Interment Glen
wood Cemetery "a
PURDUM. JOHN NJ On Saturday
July %. 1898. at his residence. 225 Whit
tier st. NV. JOHN NJ PURDUM beloved
husband OF Ada l. Purdun and father of
William TAYLOR Purdum and Helen Lenora
Purdum
Services at the s. H. Hines Co. funeral
July 2.5, At 1 pm Rela latives and friend,
invited. 1nterment Rock Creek Cemetery
"a
RUTH. JAMES. On Thursday. July 81,
1885. JAMES RUTH.
Remains resting at the Lee funeral
home. 4th St and Mass. ave ne. where
services will be held on Sunday. July -
at 10 am Relatives and friends invited.
1nterment private
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-03-10

they taste so delicious with milk or cream and fru Crisp
and refreshing as the cackle of new dollar bill Their
tempting flavor is just what your family will enjoy for
variety coldweather meals Instead of making you slow
and drowsy breakfast of Keoggs helps you feel fit and
keen and alive!
Grocers are now featuring Kellogg's Corn Flakes
today and every day. To be sure of the BEST ask for
Kelogg's by name. Made and guaranteed by Kellogg
in Battle Greek.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-03-10

GRANDFATHER bless his heart remembers the blizzard Of
66 There were mighty few modern comforts then to take
the edge off zero weather.
But today we live in an age of steamheated homes and
Offices and schoos-of warm automobiles and Buses It's
fasts every day, just because it's winter
1t isn't the temperature of the food that helps YOU keep
warm It's the caorie it contains Kelloggs Corn Flakes
are as high in caloriecontent many hot foods They
furnish fuel for normal energy and body warmth And
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-11

per cent in the House would have
passed the reorganization bill I have
not looked up the returns but 1 dare
say that small flock of Republican
congressman who escaped the Roos-
evelt landslide by the skin of their
teeth would have been swept away
TWO years ago-if the Sullivan form
ala was applied in reverse.
In brief, almost any political stu
.tion could be turned upside down by
such shift if you could spot the
hanges in those places where it would
nave the greatest effect Not infre-
luently the vote in few precincts
aries the vote of district; ar upset
in one county may change the com
.)leXion of state, etc.
Now let us take up the interpreta-
on OF the primary voting so far as
goes. First, there was Alabama,
" hich had to elect successor to the
hugo Black seat, and Lister Hill, who
according to the anti administration
prophets was hundred per Dent New
Dealer, was nominated to J.
In estimating the value of these
.eductions, it should be recalled, that
he reactionary spokesman, in and out
r. inf bo IL ~
Undertaking purge to get rid of all
IF those who had opposed any of his
Important measures in Congress We
lad the clear-cut issue in Florida
where Senator Pepper, who was sup
posed to have the President s blessing
contested with Congressman Mark
Wilcox for the Senate seat. Wilcox
made his whole appeal on the basis
IT his anti-administ ration record
Pepper, of course, came through by
more than two to one, despite the
Fact that Ex-Governor Sholtz, also pro
claiming himself a New Dealer, got
$4,000 votes, which normally must
have gone to the Senate if the Gov
ernor had kept out of the PRIMARY.
A week Or SO later the same thing
yin North Carolina, where
Senator Reynolds was the candidate
If the New Deal forces and Represent
1tive Hancock appealed to THE other
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-11
side The New Deal majority there was
about $4,000.
What Oklahoma Means


What Oklahoma Means
Congress adjourned, and we come
to Oklahoma, where Senator Elmer
Thomas and Governor Marland, both
asking for New Deal votes, ran
against Rep. Conner Smith who voted
against the Farm Act and other admin
istration measures Thomas got 207,-
900 votes, Marland got $4,000, and
Conner Smith got $4,000. The Gov
ernorship vote in that state was
qually significant Leon Phillips ant
William S. Key and two other eandi'
iates contested for the New Dea
votes. Ex-Governor "Alfalfa Bill
Murray ran on the anti New Deal
side and got fewer votes than eithe,
of the leading New Deal candidates
There were couple of other pri
mary elections in between. There was
Iowa, in which the sitting Senator
and the Representative who was seek
ing to succeed him, broke about even
on the record for and against New
Deal measures. However, because
Harry Hopkins had said that if he
were voting in Iowa he would cast his
ballot for Congressman Wearln, Sen.
Gilletteos victory was p1acarded in 9
thousand headlines as a terrific ad
ministration defeat.
The President on his Western tour
spoke for Barley in Kentucky. He
went through Colorado with nod and
q smile for Senator Alva Adams, who
was conspicuous in his opposition to
the Supreme Court act and some other
administration measures. So on
through Nevada, where Senator Pat
McCarran one of the fiercest oppon-
crts of the New Deal was candidate
for reelection, and the President was
as amiable to him as to Adams in Colo
RADIO.
He also went through Utah and
Texas, where Senator King and Sena-
tor Connally, who worked and voted
against the Court bill, reside. These
two do not come up for reelection un
til 1910. The President made no at
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-11

tack on these two. So it appears that
so far on his journey the "purge"
consisted of the President s not ask
ing the people to vote for the men
who have opposed his policies in Con-
gress. "Purge'' is a fine short word
for headline purposes, but 1 wonder
if those who invented it for specific
purpose expected the President to
campaign for those who hindered his
program. Certainly nobody else did.