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scribe, and the President of the United
States shall thereupon appoint his
successor, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate
His Services Needed.
One problem involved in the change
is summarized in report Of the
House Committee on the Library which,
dated June 8, reads as follows: 1T
seems that the time has arrived when
DR., Putnam should relinquish the
active administration Of the Library
Of Congress. but the Government
should not be deprived of his service
in the field in which he has been SO
successful. namely that of securing
gifts both Of money, material (much
Of which is priceless. and endowments
looking to the increase Of the biblio-
graphical facilities and other appropri-
ate additions to the usefulness Of the
Library Of Congress. Since 1925, DR..
Putnam personally has been the means
Of securing over s4,000,000 in gifts
Of actual cash, which has come to the
Library in the form of sums for i'm
mediate disbursement and in the form
Of endowments. 1t would hardly be
possible to present herein list Of
the books and other material that has
been donated to the Library during
and because of the service of DR..
Putnam. Such list would run into
the thousands and would be worth
much more than the sum Of cash do
nations listed above"
Seeking New Gifts.
1t is an open secret at the Library
and at the White House that DR..
Putnam at the present moment Is
| negotiating with friends for gifts to-
falling several hundred thousand dol
lars-one for funds for an important
building operation. another for an en-
| dowment OF supplementary activity
! of the fine arts division Naturally. it
is desired by all concerned that these
items of unfinished business" be con-
cluded before the librarian assumes
his new status.
The question of a successor likewise
may require time to answer 1t Is
understood that the American Library
Association, in convention at Kansas
City, has appealed to the Chief Execu-
tive to designate a professional IL
brarian of sufficient training and ex-
perience to preserve the integrity of
the Library as an institution undis-
| turbed. A precedent for this petition
exists in the. fact that the American
| Historical Society recommended DR.
| r. D. w. Connor to be archivist OF the
United States.
DR.. Putnam, however, does not wish
the transition period delayed. Rather,
| 1t has been his hope that his sue
cessor might be appointed promptly,
so that he might consult with him as
soon as may be convenient. The
| librarian will be II on September 20.
His health is good, he says that he
| feels none of the inf1rmities of aga,
but he does not want to put off any
| longer than necessary the work he
still looks forward to completing be-
| fore he really retires
AS librarian emeritus, DR.. Putnam
will receive a salary of SIS. 900 a year
| approximately one-fourth OF the
amount offered him a few years ago
by Henry Clay Folger. who unsuc-
cessfully sought his services for the
Shakespeare Library.
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Hazardous Weather Observer
Flights Taken Over BY Robot

No longer is 1t necessary, as 1t has
been for years, for a sleepy-eyed,
yawning naval aviator to hoist him.
self into an airplane at the Anacostia
Naval Air Station long before dawn
each day and to climb, regardless Of
rain, snow, clouds or winds, thou
sands of feet above the sleeping city
to escort bunch of meteorological
instruments into the high attitudes.
The work now is being done by small
balloons and robot observers.
Defying pre-dawn darkness, storms,
ice. fog and clouds, day in and day
out, they have climbed into the open
cockpit of the station Astrological
plane and climbed to an altitude Of
two or three miles, sometimes more,
sometimes less, according to the pre-
vailing weather conditions.
The results were used by the naval
meteorological service and the United
States Weather Bureau in the prep
aration of forecasts based upon
upper-air conditions The results
we're of particular interest to aviators
but, during the past few years, have
been of increasing Importance to the
Weather Bureau, which now bases a
major portion Of its forecast work on
high-altitude observations. Daily alti-
tude flights are made in all parts OF
Of country by Army, Navy and Ma
tional Guard pilots or by civilian
pilots under contract to collect the
information required for weather
forecasting.
During the past year. however, the
Navy Department, working with the
Bureau Of Standards, has developed
radio-meteorograph to do the work
Of the Astrological pilot" Instead Of
sending up an airplane and crew into
possibly dangerous weather, it was
proposed to send up a balloon large
enough to carry the necessary tnstru-
ments.
The problem, however. became one
of getting the observations back to
the ground. To be of value, they
obviously had to be received quickly
and with certainty. TO send ua re-
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cording instruments to read tenn
perature, air pressure, humidity and
other factors and then to wait fol
the balloon to land and be found and
for the records to be returned OBJ
viously was impracticable.
The problem was solved by develop.
ment of q small, automotive radio
broadcasting outfit, connected with the
weather instruments, which would
send down the readings of the instru-
ments at regular intervals. The whole
outfit, radio and all, was small and
light enough to be carried into the
substratosphere by small meteorolog-
ical balloon and the whole equipment
was cheap enough so that even If quite
large percentage of them were lost
the method still would be less costl,
than daily airplane flights. Better still
there would be no risking of human
life under bad weather conditions.
The acknowledgements, developed
last year, have been put to the acid
test Of performance since that time
in hundreds Of flights made in com.
petition with each other and with
the airplane crews
Results indicated that the balloons
and their robot observers and broad
casters may be depended upon TO,
accurate temperature readings within
q range Of two degrees and for similar
accuracy in other readings.
Now the daily airplane flights a,
Anacostia have been abandoned en-.
tirely and each morning a little bal
loon Is sent up to do the Job, sending
down its radio reports at frequent
intervals until the complete record is
In hand. usually for far higher alti-
tudes than those reached by the air
plane. ~
"On cold winter mornings, when
there isn't too much ceiling and the
visibility Is low, the pilots will find
1t much more comfortable sitting by
the radio in a warm ofIice watching
the data being ground out up ia
10000 feet than If they were I'D ther,
battling the elements" it was ex-
plAined at the Navy Department
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d. c. Girls at Camp to Learn
H01u to Cook Latest Delicacies
Art of Making Ian, ps
and Pans From Tin
in Scout Plans.

Some TOO to 800 Washington girls
will be taught the art of making fry
ing pans and lamps from tin cans,
cooking Angels on Horseback" and
Apple Mores" and more gen.
orally to become fine and useful
American citizens at six summer day
camps to be opened later this month,
it was announced today by Miss
Katherine Carter, Girl Scout field
captain. who will supervise the camp
programs for second term.
Five Of the camps. to be operated
under sponsorship of the District
Girl Scout Council. will be for white
children and one for colored. Girls
other than Scouts between the ages
Of II and 10 years will be accepted.
registrations being taken now by field
workers and at Miss Carter's head
quarters. 1925 M street NV. There
will be no fee other than for milk
supplied the campers and few in
expensive materials used for crafts
manship work.
Each of the white camps will be
open two days weekly from $50 am.
to 4 pm. During those hours girls
will be taught craftsmanship. includ-
ing the making of frying pans, candle
holders, ash trays, lamps, lanterns and
baskets from tin cans. Weaving and
the making of burlap bags and belts.
modelling and instruction in sketching
and chip carving also will be included.
New Delicacies Popular.
One Of the favroite sports with the
girls, Miss Carter said, is the making
Of new delicacies.
The "Angels-on- Horseback" consists
OF square of American cheese
wrapped in bacon and toasted over
an open fire. then eaten between slices
Of roll More to the liking of some
of the campers probably will be the
Apple Some e-mores" To make that
| the girls toast marshmallows or q
chocolate bar between two slices Of an
| apple. Still another treat to some will
be the Banana Boat" which is q
banana sliced in two with the skin on,
filled with marshmallows, and baked
in the fire Goals.
After being instructed in the build
ing OF open-air fires. proper Use Of the
knife and hatchet and how to roll a
blanket, the girls will be taken to
specially selected and approved sites
on overnight trips. under supervision
of adult instructors.
Mixed with the fun. the girls will
be instructed on the subjects Of clean
illness, clothing. habits, rest and proper
food. Their creative capacities, cul-
tural interests and social attitudes will
be watched.
Instructors Listed.
Mrs. H. j. Matchett, q member OF
the Girl Scout Council, will be instruc-
tor for the camp to be located at
Greenleaf Point, First and v streets
S,W. Mrs, Arden Bing will be in
charge of the Fort Kemble Park Camp
at Foxhall road and Cathedral avenue
NV. and Miss Margaret West. super
visor of the Jessup Blair Community
House Camp at Georgia avenue and
Blair road NV. These three camps
will be opened on June 20. and July
S. 6, II, l3, 10, 20, rs, ~ and August
2, 3, 8.
Mrs. Joseph Beattie will have charge
of Camp Fort Bunker Hill, Fourteenth
and Otis streets NE. which will have
for its camp days June 20, 80; July 6,
7, l3, IA. 20, 81. q, % and August 3
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SUFFRAGE DRIVE
TO Be KEPT ALIVE
Conference Discusses Plans
to Keep Congress Members
Aware of Desire.

Plans for keeping members of Con-
gress and the citizens Of the States
at large constantly aware of the over
whelming desire of Washingtonians
for voice in government through the
ballot box were discussed at meeting
last night under auspices Of the Con-
ference on District Suffrage at 1917
H street NV
Chairman Wilbur S. Finch was au-
thorized to draft a letter urging Pres
ident Roosevelt to appoint friend OF
District suffrage to the vacancy on
the Board of Commissioners to be left
by the resignation of Commissioner
George Allen. who long has been an
advocate of votes for Washington.
1t was proposed that members OF
the House and Senate campaigning for
reelection this fall be urged by mail
to put themselves on record for
District suffrage.
Development of precinct organiza-
tions in the District, with view to
preparing for a proposed official
plebiscite program in the Capital. was
suggested. On election night, 1t wa,
stated. precinct mass meetings will be
recommended.
The Resolutions Committee Of the
conference, it was announced. will
draft general plan Of local suffrage,
for consideration at the next full
meeting of the organization.
Included in the campaign plan will
be the publication and widespread
distribution of pamphlets setting
forth the need for the ballot box in
washington.
Attending the meeting last night
were members of the Resolutions Com
mittee, Executive Committee and
campaign council of the Citizens Con-
ference on District Suffrage The next
meeting will be held July 25.
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PERMITS ARRANGED

As the result of an agreement be-
tween the United States Forest Serv-
ice and the Virginia Commission Of
Game and Inland Fisheries a special
permit will be issued after July for
fishing or hunting in the Jefferson
and George Washington Forests, it
vss announced today.
Funds obtained from the special
permits will supplement the regular
maintenance allotment for the two
parks, which embrace an area of
100000 acres Of forest land In 80
Of Virginia's Western counties.
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WAR HERO MEMORIAL
ASKED IN RESOLUTION
Veterans of Three Conflicts Would
Be Honored by Project in
Northwest D. c.

by the Associated PreSS.
A resolution asking Congress to ap-
propriate Sufficient" funds for erection
Of q memorial to veterans of the Span-
ish-American War. the Philippine In
surrection and the Boxer uprising in
China has been adopted by the Dis
trict of Columbia Department, United
Spanish War Veterans.
The request calls for construction
of the memorial in the area bounded
by Pennsylvania avenue. E street and
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets NV
The resolution asks for the shrine after
pointing out that such veterans have
never been suitably recognized by any
form OF memorial in the City Of Wash
ington."
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upon separation
from the service.
by resignation or
otherwise, on or
after July /, after
approval of this
act, Herbert Put
nam, the present
librarian of Con-
gress, who has
served In that
office for 80 years,
shall become IL
brarian emeritus,
with such duties
as the President
of the United
States NAV pre-
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CAPT. BRYAN SHIFTED
Naval officer Assigned to Duty
as photographer Here.

Assignment of Capt. George S.
Bryan, U. S. N. to duty as hydrog-
rapher at the Navy Department before
July /, was announced today Capt.
Bryan. who has served as assistant
photographer since last July. will re-
lieve Capt. Lamar Leahy. who will be
assigned to the Sd Naval District with
headquarters in New York.
Capt. Bryan, q native of North Car
olina, was graduated from the Naval
Academy in 1906 While on duty here
in November, 1919. he was married to
Miss Mary F. Littell of Washington.
He is member of the Army and Navy
Club.
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east portion tomorrow.

disturbance is moving east-northeast-
4a0 w. international ice patrol vessel.
1910 inches. disturbance is centered on
the North Carolina coast. Cape Hatteras,
29sS inches. APPARENTLY moving slowly east
northeastward. Another disturbance is
moving eastward over Hudson Bay Ches-
terfield District of Keewatin. 1896 inches.
Pressure continues low over the Plateau
region. Salt Lake City. Utah, 29.70 inches.
Pressure continues high over the Lake
region and the middle Mississippi Valley,
Peoria. nj. 80 16 inches. and southeast Of
Bermuda. St. Georges 3O.16 inches. Pres
sure is rising over Alaska and the Macken-
zie Valley Juneau, Alaska. 3O.32 inches
During the last "a hours there have been
showers in the South Atlantic and Gulf
States and the southern portion of the
Middle Atlantic States. Showers occurred
also in the middle Rocky Mountain and
Plateau regions and the Red River Of the
the North Atlantic States.
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BAR Representative
TO ATTEND SESSION
6. L. Boothe Of Alexandria Named
to Appear Before Court in
Reform Act Consideration,

Gardner L. Boothe of Alexandria
has been elected by the bar of the
sixteenth judicial circuit of Virginia
to appear before the Virginia Su-
preme Court of Appeals when it con-
siders the terms of the Bar Reform
Act passed at the last session of the
Virginia General Assembly.
Mr.. Boothe's selection was made
yesterday at the opening session of
the June term of the Arlington Coun-
ty Circuit Court.
The Supreme Court will consider
the act when it sits in Lynchburg on
June 80. The act was drawn to pro-
mulgate rules and regulations and
provisions for the creation, govern
ment and conduct of the Virginia bar.
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PRESIDENT SIGNS
BILL FOR PUTNAM
But Retirement Is Iona
Time Away for Too.UsefuI
Librarian of II,
By JAMES WALDO FAWCETr

by JAMES WALDO FAWCETT =
President Roosevelt yesterday ap-
proved an act Ito create the office Of
the librarian emeritus of the Library
Of Congress-" but it may be several
months, perhaps longer, before DR..
Herbert Putnam, librarian of Congress
for nearly 40 years, "retires."
The language of the bill, passed BY
both House of Representatives and
Senate on June IA, does not demand
immediate action. 1t says: That
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TWO YOUTHS HELD

Two Boys, 16, Accused of Theft
of Automobile in Maryland.
SILVER SPRING. Md, June 81
Especially Two 16-year-old boys who
told police they ran away from their
homes in Youngstown, Ohio, to
search for work" were arrested here
last night in connection with the
theft of an automobile in Ellicott
City. Md.
Sergt. Snyder and Pvt. Paul Wat
kins stopped car that had been re-
ported stolen in Ellicott City a short
time before and arrested Paul Holton
and James Powell. They were turned
over to State police from the Waterloo
station.
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WEATHER REPORT

Coumba-Generaly tonight
Mryand-Coudy generally
much change
Internationally fair tonight slightly
morton
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MEXICAN TO SPEAK
Workers Confederation Aide to
Talk at Press Club.

Vicente LOmbardo Toledano, gen.
eral secretary of the Confederation of
Mexican Workers, will speak here
Monday night in the National Press
Club auditorium, it was announced
today.
Mr.. To1edano will be accompanied
here by Alexandra Garlic. head of the
Workers University of Mexico City
The two visitors are returning from a
convention of the International Fed
Grafton of Trade Unions at Oslo,
Norway.
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PreciultatiOn.

Monthly precipitation IN inches In the
Capital (current month to date):
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CoHba 0a INCREASED by some 200 pounds in the past to
State made trip shopn Candidate Albright
switched into on yesterday in empty bor
brought petition demanding shake in the Oklahoma
lie Welfare and Social Security Administration
OF children dying of undernourtshnaent A P Photo.
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River Report

River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear at
Harpers Ferry; Potomac clear at Great
Fails
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Report for Last "a Hours.

(From noon yesterday to noon today
Highest, II, at noon today. Year
Ago. SO.
Lowest. SO. at am. today. Year
ago, II.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 81, on June 12.
Lowest, 1S. on January %.
Humidity for Last "A Hours.
rrom noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, "a per cent. at 3 q m. today.
Lowest, 81 per cent at 1 pm. yesterday.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
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The Sun and Moon.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-20
EVIDENCE OF TYPHOID
FEVER is REPORTED

Ray Miller, 21-year-old resident of
the Tuckerdale community, has been
ill for some time at his home with
typhoid fever, it was learned when
a special test was made by the State
Board of Health, Miss Pearl Weav-
er reported this week.
Miller had been sick for the past
81 days and apparently did not
know what was the matter with
him. Sanitarian Ashworth made an
investigation and sent species to the
state laboratory for diagnosis.
The report from the laboratory
showed positive typhoid bacillus
present" and Sanitarian Ashworth
has ordered the landlord there to
erect sanitary privy.
Cali neighbors who have not had
typhoid immunization, are urged to
visit their family physician or the
county health department at once
for immunization," Miss Weaver
stated.
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now.
'.Shed!' he called out into the
night. 'Shed! Or Shed!"
Where are yuh?"
J 'tHere. Come here" He could
! hear Shed slog across the stretch Of
mud, could see the freighter in the
inadequate, rain-slanted light giving
off by the lanterns, fighting the six
horses in an effort to get them
turned.
There's men down in the shaft,
Shed. Six of them. I've broken my
leg-I think. Shed-can you reach
them?"
But Shed had already gone down
the slanting shaft. Hammond could
hear his voice roaring, calling the
men, DINNER now as the seconds
passed. Thank God the shaft went
horizontally into the hill side and
not vertically. They might have
chance to get out.
Then the full force of accident hit
Hammond.
Dave Turner" he said aloud, and
then he cursed viciously.
When he was calm again, he knew
he would have to move, go out. The
whole damned lake was coming
down the hill from the sound of it,
and he'd be caught. He crawled
, painfully on his hands and knees
through the slime He heard a
horse gallop away and dimly real
lied that it was Dorsey fleeing.
When he came to the diversion
ditch, he knew the water was only
a few inches from the top. He had
to crawl through it and it's chill
seemed to clam every muscle in his
body to it's nearest bone. He rest
ed on the other side.
The sound, the rumble, was closer
now, more e. ominous. He began
crawling again, feeling the sharp
stones on his knees almost a relief
from the pain that was stabbing up
from below. The rocks were bigger
now, giving him some sort of hand
hold and leverage as he lifted him
self among them fighting his way
! up the hill.
Shed be lost" he thought mis-
erably. Lost, drowned. Seven of
them, like rats"
Then the noise, a great yelling
roar, seemed to charge out of the
night.
1t opened up, this bowling, furious
bedlam. The unleashed lake had
! jumped the watercourse, lifted it.
self in a mighty surge over the sur
rounding land. He dimly saw the
light wink out in the office, heard
and felt the timbers of the building
crash and scrape.
Continued Next Week.
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- The FEUD az
49, SINGLE SHOT :
KM,n1 I ...- ByLuke Short

81 got called all of them this af-
ternoon," Hammond said quietly.
"Who?"
young Turner up at the D Bar
T. Claimed I hired Freeman-re-
member him?-to take pot at him
last night from a dry gulch. He
thinks done it to get that lake up
there we been quarrelin' about.
''He looks like decent kid, young
and hot-headed, but clean" He
looked up at Shed. what hurts
me, Shed, is that he believed it him.
self. He called me and was willin'
to back it up"
Hammond sighed, and suddenly
smiled a weary smile. "Years ago,
Shed, I reckon wouldn't have
cared. Now I'm old, and I've lived
as square as man in these times.
It-hurt like hell"
Shed made an awkward guesture
of sympathy.
Hammond got a hold on himself
and Strengthened up. 'Think you'll
get her finished tonight" he asked.
Shed raised hand and they list
ened to. the ore crashing out into
the wakon. Shed smiled.
well make it," he said grimly,
''but damn me if I don't think we'll
have to swim The 1last load into
Single Shot.S
"Boggy?"
"Plain hell" She said. ever try
to drive a six-horse hitch through a
DANCED swamp in the rain? 1t amt
no fun"
81 know it," Hammond said. "I'm
sorry had to work the men
through tonight, Shed, but you
know how I stand. If I have to pay
demurrage on those cars, wouldn't
be able to meet next months wag-
es."
Shed turned to the door and yank-
ed it open. Standing just outside
was a slim, slickered figure. He
peered at it silently.
''What in tarnation are you dom
out on a night like this? he asked
sternly, but I'm unkindly.
Shed guffowed and held the door
open for her.
Hello. Dad" she called to Ham
mond, swinging a dripping saddle
bag onto his desk.
Hammond looked at the clock on
the wall. -Four o'clock. What are
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-20
VESSELS WARNED
OF IMPENDING JAP DRIVE

Shanghai, Oct. 1.-THE Japanese
navy, with its forces smashing up
the Yangtze river within rs river
miles of Hankow, warned vessels of
neutral powers tonight to move up
river from the Chinese military cap
ital.
The warning was contained in an
official communique which said the
japanese zone of naval operations
now was nearing Hankow.