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PERSONALS

DR.. ]. E. Register, of Dover, was
the guest of ]. w. Denney on Sun
day.
Mrs. Kate Pettingill and Miss
Louise Russell, of Philadelphia, are
guests of Miss Minnie Clement
Mrs. L. l. Handy is visiting
friends in Princess Anne and East
ern Virginia.
Mrs. ]. c. Erickson, Of Berlin,
Md, is visiting her brother A. Lee
Cummins.
Miss Mollie Emerson is visiting
friends in town.
Miss Elite Benson, of Bombay
Hook. is spending week in town
with Miss Nora Cotton.
Miss Kate Tschudy left this
morning for Bordentown, n. j., to
attend class reunion.
Albert w. Cummins will gradu-
ate at Lafayette College on The
18th inst. with the distinction Of
Glass Day Prophet"
Miss Lizzie FAIRIES has returned
home, after a visit of two or three
months to North Carolina.
Harry r. Bell, who left last
summer to take a place with the
Edison Electric Company is
home" on a visit
There are several clerk changes
announced this week. H. r. Mich
OILS, Of Clements store, goes to Tai
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MOVIE
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Attractions at Roxy Theatre

To-day, Friday and Saturday
The generations of people both
young and old who have been
thrilled by Treasure Island" Rob
ert Louis Stevenson's famous story
of pirate adventure, will find the
vivid story-book experiences of
their youth created on the screen
in the picture with Wallace Berry
and Jackie Cooper in co-starring
roles. Full power of the most
widely read fiction book about
pirates ever written has been re-
tanned in the adaptation by John
Lee Mahin. Scenes have been re-
produced exactly as described in
the book with much of Stevenson S
own dialogue between the charac-
tiers followed to the word With
Berry as Long John Silver and
Jackie Cooper as Jim Hawkins,
boy adventurer, a cast has been as
sembled to bring each rover of the
Spanish Main to the screen with
living reality. Lionel Barrymore's
clustering Billy Bones is one of
the most entertaining characters
he has ever played.
Monday and Tuesday II Beverly
Roberts comes To the screen once
again enacting the part of the bus
mess woman this time in The
Daredevil Drivers" The speedy
story tells Of the rivalry between
two bus companies.
Wednesday Thursday "Torchy
Blame" famous girl reporter char
acter who has been made famous
to the film fans by clever Glenda
Farrell, will be seen again in
Blondes at Work"
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lapoosa, Ala, Charles Porter, of
Winford's store. succeeds James
Wilson at Beck's, the latter having
obtained a position in Wilmington.
The following compose the
Smyrna contingent at the Chicago
Conventions: John H. Hoffecker,
William A. FAIRIES, Walter o. Hof-
fecker and John A. Hoffecker.
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Burl,hoIder on Bates FacuIty

f. Paul Burkholder supervise
of Kent county rural schools, a'S
been asked to conduct two courses
in the summer session at BATE
College in Lewistown. Maine lh'
courses are principles and FRA.
tees in Elementary Education
and Supervision of the Elenlen,,
ary chool." The session opens on
July 5th and closes on August =
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Some activity has started again
on the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal, resulting in a number of
men from Delaware City section
being called back to work BY the
government. the American Dredg-
ing Company or the Tidewater
Construction Company The TIVE
companies now have contracts on
the waterway which viii require
several months to complete
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quarrel, and Sweeney, who is much
the larger man, struck Martin.
They then clinched and Martin bit
Sweeney's ear, when they were
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Angel. former 2'a
University. Two t'n
tv received degrees 70
colt, Jr.. Dover 'a-'
and c gorge N 7 .;is
ing bachelor Of ats
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Dost thou love life, then do not
Time, for that's the stuff
life is made of Franklin.
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ADVERTISEMENT

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BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE PENINSULA
Brief News Items of People
We Know in and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

Dr. ]. S. Gould, professor Of eco-
nomics at the University Of Della
ware, was the principal speaker at
the afternoon session Of the Home
makers Short Course being held at
the University Of Delaware His
topic was "Women's Role in Our
International Relations"
The United States Department Of
Agriculture, Bureau Of Entom0l-
ogy, and the Entomology Depart
ment of the University Of Mary
land, have begun spraying pro-
gram to control the Japanese beet
Ie All shade trees, on which the
beetles feed, were treated.
The year Of active training with
the First Engineers at Fort Du-
Pont will soon end for eight Thorn
ason Act officers who were ordered
to report to Fort Dupont late last
June. These officers We're all Re
serve officers of the Corps of En-
gineers in the Second Corps Area
Firemen from Maryland and Del
aware attended the dedication Of
the modern two-story frehouse at
Chesapeake City, Nd, recently. 4
parade, headed by Mayor Howard
Jackson of Baltimore, and the Elk
ton, Nd, band, preceded the exer-
cises. Mayor Henry H. Mitchell.
of Elkton, Md, presided at the
dedication.
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COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS
Fish are not being caught il
large quantities at the bay now,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
JOBPLACEMENTS
DROP IN DISTRICT
Virginia Shows 4 Per Cent
and Maryland IS Per
Cent Increase.

While placements by the United
States Employment Service increased
2 per cent last month over June, such
placements in the District dropped 10
per cent, the Department OF Labor re-
ported yesterday. Maryland reported
IS per cent increase and Virginia
registered per cent rise.
The report shows that the service
found work in July for 1876 persons
In the District. of which 1859 were
private and lot public jobs. At the
same time 9,7l6 applications for en-
ployment were made at the District
office, of which 53S7 were new. This
represents a per cent increase over
June. The local office has 81 ,728
applications in its active files.
1903 Placements Made.
The Virginia Office reported to the
department that 1903 placements were
made. of which 1908 were in private
employment and 1895 were in public
work The applications numbered
20,042, Of which 1l,047 were new.
The active file lists 1888 applications
for work.
In Maryland the placements num-
bered 1896. OF which 2.243 were in
private work and 1928 on public pay
rolls. Applications numbered l7,469
last month, the report says.
Placement Of war veterans dropped
20 per cent in the District, while
Virginia registered an IL per cent de-
crease and Maryland showed per
cent rise In the District 81 veterans
were found employment, while in
Maryland l61 were found work and
in Virginia 1856 got jobs.
Private Jobs Increase.
Gains in the rate Of private place
ments were reported in 81 States, the
largest increases being reported in the
Northwest Central area and in New
England" Secretary of Labor Perkins
said. THE betterment in private
placement rates was centered in Jobs
Of regular duration and the greatest
increases were noted in placements of
men,"
Men were placed in 90,l46 private
jobs and women in IS 1896. In addition
to these, the employment Offices filled
7o,8l3 jobs in public employment. Job
applications numbered l,237,665, of
which 703,996 were new requests for
work.
The number of veterans seeking
work through the Government service
again declined in July, the report
said. At the end Of the month 434 ,65l
veterans were registered, decline of
$40 per cent. Veterans we're placed
in 1l,722 jobs, of which 6,476 were
in private employment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
Ne,u Whitman, Poems Found
In Battered Trunk in Library
Lon g.Hidden Collection of Notes and
Verse Discovered by Auslander Sheds
Ne,u Light on Writer.

indicates that the poet was in the
habit Of chewing tobacco and eat
ing apples while writing.
1t is already known that Mr.. Whit
man was very poor. This is corrobo-
rated by the old trunk, which con-
tains poems that he wrote on paper
from which he had erased either first
versions Of the same poems or other
poems. Dr. Auslander hopes that
either through the use of chemicals
or a magnifying glass he will be able
to decipher the poems that Mr.. Whit
man erased.
Many Random Notes.
Also in this trunk are many new
Whitman notes of his thoughts and
observations as he wandered about
the United States. He was an in
satiable traveller. And from these
travels he would bring back not only
notes but newspaper clippings of sto-
ries that interested him. Many Of
these are in the trunk.
He wandered from coast to coast,
making notes Of what he described
as the Timber lasting fierce words
Of the American languauge, including
American slang which he called "a
wholesome protest" of Americans
sDainst the words they inherited from
t Z. many foreign languages.
He liked strong, aboriginal Ameri-
can names such as Mississippi and
Monongahela and thought that such
cities as St. Louis and st. Paul should
change their names.
Even when he returned to New
York City to work on newspaper he
continued to be a roamer Without
explanation or excuse, he would wan
der out OF his newspaper Office and
stroll along the New York waterfront
or in the tougher districts of the CITY
where he would have long chats with
street car conductors. sailors and fire.
men. He would lie in the park looking
out at sea or else reading newspapers
from which he would tear out clippings
or make notes which he stuffed in
his pocket to take home. Many of
these are in this newly discovered
trunk
DR.. Auslander is now busily deciph-
ering and arranging these new poems
and notes OF Whitmans.
Its a thrilling discovery and task, "
he said. But, Whitman was a man
who didn't care very much for order
and this looks like at least another
six months Of work before we have
all this new Whitman material de-
ciphered and arranged"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
ARTIST IN STAINED
GLASS.

Must be fine figure draughtsmsn IN
sketches, as well as full size. perma-
b be Position IS assured with one Of The
to the person who qualities. State previous
experience age. religion. nationa lity and
salary expected. Box 45-J. Star.
WE HAVE OPENINGS in our or
ganization for experienced men
to sell the new General Electric
OIL burners. Apply in person to
Mr.. Preston between 1920 and
IL am, 1927 Penna. ave. NV.
THE HEIGHT co. requires
the services of a thoroughly
experienced bedding and
furniture adjustment man.
Apply Employment Office
Monday, between 10 and IL.
RADIO SERVICE MEN. 10
MEN NEEDED. MUST BE
EXPERIENCED ON NEW
MODEL RADIOS. CAR NOT
NECESSARY. STEADY EN-.
PLOYMENT. VERY INTER-
ESTING SALARY PROPOSE
TON. SEE MR.. WASSER-
MAN, BIG F ST. NV. BE-
TWEEN 10 Am. AND IL
NOON, OR PHONE DIS
TRICT 1900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21

window to be dry lake. He took over
the controls and glided down to the
lake bed. only to discover that it had
water in it after all. He banked
into desperate turn and hit the
sagebrush near Crown Point. New
Mexico, at close to 100 miles an hour
After while an Indian appeared
and looked at them, but he was afraid
to come near them. He was finally
persuaded to 60 for help, and they
were carried 80 miles to a hospital
in truck over dreadful roads.
This Is. the man who today takes
the 42-passenger Douglas sky SOW
ereign aloft, with its nearly $4,000, 900
initial cost written all over it, and
skillfully and scientifically tests its
performance
The first time this writer met
Benny was at indianapolis in May,
1887, when the Lorenz blind landing
system was being given its first
American demonstration. A group
of us few down from Chicago in
special ship, and it was the first time
oCAlly AldO bCCLl Ill tl1C all SllCc Ills
crash. The first thing our pilot did
was ask him to come into the cockpit,
and before we reached our destin-
alton. Benny had handled the controls.
But when 1 asked him later for
his opinion Of the landing show, he
simply grinned quizzically and said,
why don't you ask some one who
knowS?"
Pursues Research Work
During the past year and half, his
principal job has been to carry on i'm
portant research work with United's
flying laboratory 1t is there that
his skepticism has full play. When
everyone else is satisfied that a prob
lem is thoroughly licked, Benny is
sure to sit back and say. Yes, but"
and the result is that some special
angle Is brought out that might later
on have caused trouble. He takes
nothing for granted.
Among the tests he has carried
through since his accident was the
work he did with the new type Strom-
berg non-icing carburetor, where he
flew the Laboratory" into weather
loaded with ice, not once, but many
times, until it was proven. He has
done extensive and valuable expert
menting with United's blind landing
system, developed comparatively with
Transcontinental Western Airlines
and Bendix, making over 500 landings
with the ship set on the automatic
pilot control. He has assisted in the
installation Of the system at the air
ports at Denver, Burbank, Chicago
and Cleveland. In connection with
the static research being conducted
by Herbert Hucke, trying to find ways
Of giving pilots clear and noiscless
radio reception, he has flown the lab
oratory into all kinds of storms to
test new equipment. He has done
check work in flight on a stall indi-
Gator on which the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics was exper-
imenting.
He doesn't fly passengers, of course
Bureau of Air Commerce regula-
tons bar any pilot who has been dis
abled in any manner from regular air.
line operation. But his special work
is adding to the safety of those pas
sengers. When, for instance. the new
Pratt and whitney twin wasp engine
was ready to 20 into Use, Benny new
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
Ply the Associated Press,


From an ancient and battered trunk
unexpectedly discovered in the store
rooms Of the Library of Congress, there
came recently lons-hidden collection
OF notes and unpublished poems by
Walt Whitman which may doubly
enrich the wealth of literature left
behind by that lusty American poet
when he died in 1892.
DR.. Joseph Auslander, noted modern
poet and author OF such poetic volumes
as Letters to Women" and Sunrise
Trumpets." has been doing much re-
search work in the Library with his
wife, and among the cards In the
index he found Whitman item listed
about which he had never heard
before.
Knowing Whitman and his works
as we'll as I do" DR.. Auslander said
afterward, Il was very puzzled be-
cause thought l was acquainted with
everything he had ever written.
so followed the directions on the
index card and found Whitman's trunk
hidden away in one OF the Library's
storerooms. Further research revealed
that the Library of Congress had pur-
chased the trunk from Whitman's
landlord shortly after the poet died
They then stored it away in this
room with other unclassified material
and apparently forgot all about it."
Although the contents of the trunk
have not yet been thoroughly exam
ined, the few items that have been
brought out reveal some things new
and enhance other things that are
already known about this earthly,
simple poet who was such a strong
influence in American literary life
from the time Of the Civil War on.
John Gibbons Huneker the essay
list, once said that Mr.. Whitman was
"a gay old pagan who never called a
sin a sin when 1t was pleasure"
and further said that he never smoked
nor drank. Mr.. Huneker should have
known II this were true or not, for he
knew Mr.. Whitman very we'll Once
he asked Mr.. Whitman for his auto
graph, and in return Mr.. Whitman
asked him for 81 cash.
However. Mr.. Whitman must have
used tobacco in some form, for scat
tered among his papers. which Dr.
Auslander found in the trunk are
many old, dried cuttings of tobacco
and frequent stains of tobacco Juice.
Also. pressed among his papers, are
many bits of apple peel, all of which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21

the first tests made by any of the air.
lines. Again, he wasn't satisfied with
the current procedure of handling the
big Douglas transport-pulling it off
the ground quickly, with the chance
that the ship might squash" and
ground-loop if an engine failed. Ben
ny's development was to lift the tail,
but keep the front wheels on the
ground until he had single engine fly
ing speed-which was both safer and
more efficient. This is now standard
practice for all pilots.
After his accident, many people said
he would never fly again. Benny, the
skeptical. Just looked at them with
that quizzical grin and said, Eyes,
but"
teepyrisht, 1pae, By the North American
Nsvlnaesr ANanss. fns.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
SOCIAL DISEASE
CURE IS CLAIMED
New Orleans Health Officer
Finds Hydroch|oric Acid
Is Successful.
BY STEPHEN ]. McDONOUGH,
ASSOCIATED Press Science Writer)

'hSSOClAteu FIess oClcHCc WHO'LL
A new treatment for gonorrhea,
Chained to be 100 per cent successful,
was announced today by Louisiana
Public Health Service officer.
BY the simple use OF a weak solu-
ton Of hydrochloric acid. one of the
commonest industrial chemicals, it
has been possible to treat even ad-
vanced cases quickly and surely. &C
cording to DR.. Charles E. Verdier,
medical director Of the Public Health
Institute Of New Orleans.
Writing in the Military Surgeon,
Dr. Verdier said many thousand in
jections Of hydrochloric acid have been
made into veins and muscles in the
past three years. for every con-
ceivable type" of gonococcal infec-
ton In men. women and children
In no case has there been a failure
to achieve curative results and, more
over, there has never been an I'M
favorable reaction in our observation"
he added.
See New Form Of Treatment.
Some physicians contend that, If
additional work confirms the findings
OF DR.. Verdier, medicine will be given
new form of treatment rivaling
sulfanilamide In its efficiency. Sui
fanilamide has been found effective
In treating more than a half dozen
different diseases caused by the COMO
coccus, meningococcus, and streptococ-
Gus germs.
Hydrochloric acid may prove effec-
tive in treating other diseases than
gonorrhea. the New Orleans physician
said, since it stimulates activity of
the white blood corpuscles. the body's
chief defense mechanism against the
invasion of disease
Further experiments with the chem
lcal may lead to a real understanding
of immunity Of the human body to
disease, he added. Many drugs will
stimulate the production of white
blood cells, but only hydrochloric
acid will reinforce the cell activity,
for it has now been demonstrated that
it is component part Of the white
cell and herein may lie the solution
to our theories of immunity"
Stimulates White Corpuscles.
The failure of the body to resist
disease is the result Of inability of
its defense forces to mobilize quickly,
DR.. Verdier declared, adding that it
now appears that hydrochloric acid
has a specific action in stimulating the
white blood cells to immediate action.
He reported rs cases OF specific
cures" Of gonorrhea chosen at ran
dom from several thousand" case
histories in the Institutes files.
Some individuals responded quickly
to the treatment and others improved
slowly, DR.. Verdier declared. This
does not always depend upon the type
Of disability. and thus may point to
a new conception of theories of re-
sistance of the body to infection"
he said.
The most striking feature of the
hydrochloric acid treatment lis the
quick response of the subjective
symptoms in the patient combined
with feeling of general bodily slim
ulation which they report he
added.
Furthermore the method is eco
nomical and free from danger"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21

SANTA MONICA, Calf. Aug. 20
CN.A.NAD-Day by day here at the
Douglas Aircraft Co. plant where the
giant DC-4. newest and largest land
transport plane, is being put through
its strenuous test flight program. one
man constantly attracts observers eyes
He is slender and slightly over medium
height, dark-haired. with a quizzical
impish Smile-and a cane.
Test pilots are supposed to be active,
powerful daredevils, with more than
the normal physical equipment to
handle their dangerous and difficult
job of making it safe for ordinary
men and women to fly.
Yet, in one of the most responsible
and important test jobs of aviation
history-a job that any test pilot in
the country would give his eye teeth
to rate-Benny Howard with his
broken body, is sharing honors with
Maj. Carl Cover, vice president of
the Douglas company, and Johnny
Gable, their co-pilot
Almost a Legend.
Benny Is almost a legend in air
circles. If he ever knew the meaning
of the word defeat" no one Ia
heard him admit it. unless it is his
cherished wife, Mike" Howard, her.
self pilot and the partner who suf-
fered with him in the frightful crash
that left him with an artificial leg
and other, less evident injuries.
Other pilots have encountered bad
luck and had to face the business Of
living afterward with grim determin-
alton to overcome such handicaps
Wiley Post set his round the world
record in spite of his one eye. Jimmy
Doolittle crashed in South America.
where he had gone to demonstrate
his company's ships in competition
with foreign bidders-and took his
plane up again to put it through its
PAGES with his leg in plaster cast.
Igor Seversky, whose plan for huge
flying wing" to be built for over-ocean
travel is being much discussed at
present, also lost leg during the
World War in an air battle for his
naClVe RUSSIA.
But none of them has returned
to a more varied career or to any
more significant contribution to avn
alton advancement than has Benny
Howard.
Today, he Is chief test pilot for
United Airlines. Wherever there is
a new development to be tried out,
Benny gets the job. In addition. he
has a natty little factory of his own,
where excellent planes from his de-
signs are being built.
Crack Up in New Mexico.
1t was one of those planes, an ex-
perimental model. that caused the
trouble. Back in 1896, during the
Bendix air races, Benny and Mike"
were flying cross-country well ahead
OF the field. They were up at $4,000
feet over an 8,000-foot terrain when
suddenly, without warning, the pro-
peller blade let go. The shock was
so great that it knocked him tenn
porarily unconscious. Fortunately,
the engine stayed with the ship, but
steep dive developed. There was
oil all over the windshield, and, when
Benny came to, he couldn't see
thing. However, Mike" had stayed
on the job and she was pulling back
on the stick with all her strength.
With great effort, he manaeed 10
spot what looked through the dim