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The Washington times., 1938-03-21
TEXTILE UNIONS
GUARD MEETING

NEW YORK, March 81 Q.N.S).
The Textile Workers Organizing
Committee, offshoot of the CIO,
today threw a mantle Of secrecy
over an intra-union meeting Of
delegates here.
Reporters who sought details of
the conference from TWOC Off
cialS received this succinct reply:
THE meeting is a closed ses-
ssion. - ~S
Asked for identities Of the dele
gates who would attend, a TWOC
official said:
I'VE can't tell you that"
Pressed for time of the meeting
and location of the conference,
this official said:
1--WE can't tell you that
either"
The sole concession was:
when the meeting has been
concluded, if there is any infor.
nation to be given the press, we
will issue a release"
The Washington times., 1938-03-21
Whales Sighted
In Gulf, Report

MOBILE, Ala, March 81 (T.N.S.)
Marine circles were still talking
here today about reports two large
whales were sighted in the Gulf
Of Mexico approximately 40 miles
south Of the Mississippi River.
The reports, relayed by radio
to the Coast Guard office here,
stated the two whales, said to be
between so and 10 feet in length,
were sighted from the tugboat
Satoco.
The Washington times., 1938-03-21
DR.. CAM Appears
With the Symphony
By WILLIAM NEWMAN

Dr. Hans Kinder rested the substantial aures gathered
for him and for the National Symphony in the recent
tanning fund drive and turned yesterdays concert Cons
tion Hall to Dr. Rudolph Ganz of Chicago. Known
chiefly pianist DIR. GAM has been active conductor
from time to time and like all musicians he also has spent
certain Of time and effort in composition. He chose
10 present himself in these three capaeities.
The Washington times., 1938-03-21

MISS MARY JdQS Wu1AICCS
president of the local group,
Rreeted the delegates from Vir-
ginia, Delaware, New Jersey and
Maryland.
At the business meeting sat
urday afternoon, Miss Maude
Carter, of Newark, N. j., was
elected the new governor Of the
Tenth district, succeeding DR..
Mary Northam, of Baltimore.
Miss Carter is dean of women
Of State Teachers College, Mont
clair, N. j.
BRILLIANT BANQUET
The retiring governor pre-
sided during the conclave, ses-
SionS of which included q gay
luncheon on Saturday and
brilliant banquet Saturday eve
ming.
Mrs. Sallie v. H. Pickett,
newspaper women for many
newspaper women for many
years and a charter member Of
the Quota Club, was the speaker
at the luncheon. She described
pressing needs in the Nations
Capital and urged the out-of-
town members to use their in
Nuence with the representatives
In Congress to get things done
which are important to Wash
ington.
Mrs. Ellen s. Woodward, dep
uty administrator, Works Prog
ress Administration, was the
principle speaker at the BAN
quet. Mrs. Woodward outlined
the work projects for women
and professional people of which
she is in. charge. She pointed
out that while the Federal arts
projects were established as
emergency measures for unem.
ployment relief, they have de-
veloped into q cultural force
Of social promise and history
making importance.
BREAKFAST MEETING
Others who addressed the ban
quet we're George Harris, Of
Harris & Ewing, who told of re-
cording happenings in the Dis
trict through pictures, and Miss
Eibyl Baker, director of the Dis
trict Playground Department,
who brought greetings from the
District Commissioners.
The Washington Club also
gave a cocktail party before the
dinner. Yesterday, after an
early breakfast meeting, the
local women escorted the viSi-
tors on sightseeing tours around
the city. The members also at
tended vesper services yester-
day afternoon at the Washing
ton Cathedral.
Mrs. Elsie YelliS, Of Allentown,
Pa, president Of the Quota In
ternational, and Miss Glwadys
Jones, international secretary,
who is at headquarters here,
also attended the conference.
Plans were discussed for the
nineteenth annual international
convention to be held at Banff,
Alberta, Canada, July 1915.
Mrs. Ruth Shipley, past presi-
dent Of the local club, was the
general chairman Of the conven-
ton.
The Washington times., 1938-03-21
LOtte Walter He'd
By Vienna NaZis

AMSTERDAM, March II.
GN.S0.-Lotte Walter, daughter
Of Bruno Walter, former director
Of the state opera in Vienna, has
been arrested there, he was in
formed today. No reason was
given. Walter left today for
Monte Carlo.
The Washington times., 1938-03-21
AVERAGE FLIGHT SPEED

The average length Of a passen-
gers trip on airlines in the United
States is 432 miles and the aver
age speed Of a transport plane is
153 miles per hour.
The Washington times., 1938-03-21

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So start taking time-proven Lydia z.
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the difference. Pinkham's Compound, made
especially for 1vOmeH from wholesome herbs
and roots, helps Mature tone up your system
and thus calms irritable nerves and gives you
more pep to really enjoy life.
For over so years one woman has told an
other bow to 60 Smiling thru" distress from
female functional disorders with Pinkham's
Compound. Let It hOlp YOU
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-03-23
TIPPING


Last week our Inquiring Reporter
preached the question as to whether or
not tipping should be PERM tied i n the
Greenbelt Barber Shop and Drug Store.
Of the four replies received,
three oppo sed tipping, and the fourth
advocated ipping only if salaries are
Inadequate.
We thoroughly endorse the opinion
expressed by these Greenbeltians, with
the qualification that in Cooperative
Stores, salaries should be adequate.
Granting that this is the case, as in
Greenbelt it certainly should be, and
thus far has been, there seems to be
no argument to support tipping, and
there are numerous arguments in oppo-
sition.
In the first place, tipping is I'M
democratic, tending to lead to servi &c
preferential n proportion to tips,
while coope rotive enterpri Sc must
fundamentally be democratic.
In the second place, tipping is
humil ioting to the recipient and annoy
ing to the donor, the latter Of whom
often provides his donation only be-
eau sc others do and not because he
thinks the service worth it.
Ia the third place, receipts from
tips are irregular, and for this reason
should not be inc luded in computing
wages.
Fair prices and fair wages, with
no tipping permit ted, will insure equit t.
able treatment Of customer, regular
and suffici emit income to employee and
better re1at ionship be tween customer
and emplovee.
W. R. V.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-03-23

800 block Of Howard Street in Baltimore.
The B. c. D. S. operated until about
the year 1885, when t merged with the
University Of Maryland and became the
Baltimore College Of Dental Surgery Of
the University Of Maryland, now located
at Lombard end Greene Streets in Balti-
more.
The City Of Baltimore s called the
cradle Of Dentistry, and will celebrate
the one hundredth anniver sary Of the
founding Of the B. C. D. S. in 1910. At
that inc, the Internal ional Meeting Of
Dental Surgeons will be held there.
Frank .Lastner, l9P Ridge Road
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-03-23
To the Editor:

To the Edlto
In the last ssue Of your paper,
it was enormously stated that the
first Dental School was found ed by the
University Of Maryland in comparat lively
recent years.
Ac tually, the first dent al school
in the world was founded in the year
1910. This school was started by Dr..
Harris and DR.. Hayden and named "The
Baltimore College Of Dental Surgery.
The school was originally located
on Hopkins Place and later moved to the
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-03-23
Page Seven

To the Ed tor:
Don't you think it's about time
for your newspaper to start print ing
some news? I, myself, an about fed
up on all these so-called educati onal
arti cles written in the mo st part, by
people who are in no way competent to
advice me or anyone else.~.
I actually heard and from q very
reliable source that one Of these
so-celled advisors had q certain I'D
turned down because he had read that
the Bayer Aspirin Company one Of
the articles advert sod, was fooling
tho public by. selling an item no bet
ter than any other at higher price,
through ballyhoo.
Now LETT stop all this nonsense
don't your reporters and feature ed
ltors get some news, or give us more
inf ornat ion on our Cooperative Stores
how they will affect US and the Com
munity? That i S the kind Of informa-
tion I want not advice on the proper
milk to drink, where not to buy our
sun lamps, eye glasses, and so forth.
What we want is cooperation not knocks.
J. M. Proctor
45M Ridge Road.
Editors Note: So do we. The Cooper
ator will vel come news articles from
Mr.. Proctor.
REGRETS
The Editor Of The Cooperator owes
an apology to Peter Carroll, Jr.,
faithful young contri butor to this
paper, for overl ooking an article Pete
submi ted for the last issue.
Evening star., 1938-10-23
DIRECTORY OF QNFURNISE1ED APARTMENTS |

6A6 IRVING ST. N.W.-S47.50.
rms. kitchen bath, with tnclosed
porch: modern, desirable
FRANK s. PHILLIPS, DIST. 1411.
Evening star., 1938-10-23
DUPLEX APT.

1893 K ST, Sc
r,,,: Close to 18TH i.S and Pa; aye.-2nd noor, 2
bath with built-in tub and shower; $3T 80.
L. T. GRAVATTE,
729 18th st. Realtor. Natl. O753.
1929 COLUMBIA RID. NV.
S36 .0O-Living rm., larse dress. rm.; Muir.
ply bed. large kit and bath
S42 2.50-Front apt. 2 larse rms, foyer,
kit. and bath.
SIS. 90 bedrms.. LIST. fl. front; rec rm.,
liy. rm.. kit. and bath
RESIDENT MANAGER
Evening star., 1938-10-23
q ROOMS

At 2s12 Connecticut ave. NV. Just one
Living room with fireplace. bedrooms.
each ideally suited to period furniture;
screened porch. large high -ceilinged rooms.
$500
WEAVER BROS, INC,
Wash. Bldg. Dist. 9486.
1896 ST Sc
2 rms, kit, bath. dinette, porch, elcc.
refg Key at No. 2. 1S44 B-$40.O0.
1416 r ST NV.
2 and 3 rm.. kit. bath and porch apart
ments available: elec. refg.; S42.50 to
S47.50.
R. V. MARCERON,
613 18th St. NV. National 65ss.
Evening star., 1938-10-23
MODERN APARTMENTS.

At New Hampshire Ave.
rms, kit, dinette, bath S52. so
! rn.. kit. d.nette bath as. 90
pREYFUee BROTHERS
1924 * st. NV. Natl O5S3
Evening star., 1938-10-23

No. 4, 5312 4th st. NV.
rooms, dinette. kitchen. bath < ! and nd
porch ------------SoG.oO
Evening star., 1938-10-23

Duplex Apis.
No. 3, 5619 1st st. NV.
2 rooms. dinette. kitchen. bath and nd
Evening star., 1938-04-17
INEBRIATES' TREATMENT
IS ASSAILED BY LA ROE
Cruel and MEDIEVAL Asserts
Head of Church Group in Letter
to Commissioners.

Declaring the Districts treatment
Of convicted inebriates IS "cruel and
medieval" Wilbur La Roe, jr.. chair
man of the Committee on Civic AZ
fairs of the Washington Federal ton
of Churches, yesterday asked the Dis
trict Commissioners not to permit the
problem to lapse for want of atten-
ton.
In a letter to the Board of Commits
sioners, Mr.. La Rue said:
"The treatment by the District of
Columbia Of intoxication cases shows
no improvement. Apparently nothing
has been done along the line of adopt
ing Commissioner Hazen's suggestion
concerning q hospital-farm for in
ebriates.
Our present treatment of convict
ed inebriates is cruel and medieval.
We cast them into jail for short
periods and then kick them out.
Then we put them in again and re-
lease them again. One man was
Jailed los times, and was much worse
the last time than the first time.
When shall We come to realize that
alcoholism is disease and not q
crime?"
Attached to the letter was chart
showing the extent to which drunken
ness contributes to the population OF
the workhouse at Occoquan. Va.
Evening star., 1938-04-17
N. |. R. B. DECISION
AGAIN IRKS A. F. |.
1ncurs Displeasure in Setting
Aside Election Held at
Carrollton. Ohio.

The National Labor Relations Board
yesterday again incurred the ire OF
the American Federation Of Labor by
setting aside the results of a collective
bargaining election, in which the Fed
Grafton triumphed over a Commit
tee for Industrial Organization
Union.
The selection. held to determine the
collective bargaining agency for en-
ployes of the Carrollton Metal Prod
ucts Co., Carrolton. Ohio, was ordered
and supervised by the N. l.. r. B. not
withstandine. the board refused to
recognize the Federation's Interna-
tional Association of MachinisJs, con-
tending the company had improper
ly influenced" its workers to favor the
Federation, rather than the competing
c. I. o. union-the Amalgamated
Association Of Iron. Steel and Tin
Workers of North America.
In view of the small majority" by
which the Federation union carried
the election, the board announced it
would order new election, but would
defer the voting until there had been
hearing on new charges filed by the
c. I. o. and until the company had
complied with the order of the COM
mission to refrain from coercing en-
ployes to vote according to its dicta-
ton.
William Green. A. F. of L. presi-
dent, seemed irked by the board S
decision and indicated he might take
legal steps after the decision had been
studied by the Federation,s legal de-
partment
Evening star., 1938-04-17
Rv JnuN 7 nAI.v

On the fourth floor OF the Com
merce Building. in a space less
than so feet square, records that
once occupied an entire warehouse
now are being preserved for pos
terity. They are the facts gathered
in the census of 1900. Eventually
the censuses of 1910 and 1920 will
be so preserved-on films Is milli-
meters In width.
BY the end Of April Herford
Cowling. expert micro-f1lmer. hopes
to finish the task Of photographing
all the papers belonging to the
Census Bureau. Other branches OF.
Government. seeking means of saw
ing space. are rapidly falling in
line. although at present only five
or six governmental agencies have
put the new system into effect.
Aside from tho Census Bureau,
Evening star., 1938-04-17
By THOMAS r. HENRY,
Staf Correspondent of The Star.

otdn correspondent OF ne SIaT.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va. April Is
is morally wrong P. r.
Halmos. University OF Illinois mathe-
matician, used to be taught in Sunday
school.
After a years intensive work he has
succeeded in demonstrating that it
also is geometrically wrong and that
morals and geometry stick close to-
gether. even in mystical hyperspaces
One can't have q system for beating
any fair game. he showed members
of the American Mathematical So
ciety. meeting at the University of
Virginia today. with cabalistic
jungle Of mathematical symbols
Take such game as craps" Mr.
Halmos explained to reporters The
odds are II to 2 against rolling a
7 or IL at any one throw OF the
dice. Supposing person is betting
with the throWer A seven is cast
The bettor wins. He knows, of course,
that neither 7 or II will come UP
at every cast and if he expects tc
come out of the game winner, he can
do so only by guessing right oftenel
than he guesses wrong.
Odds Always IL to 2.
After winning dice have beer
thrown once. it would appear super.
ficially. the chances are greater agains,
the next throw being successful
That is. two wins in row are rarel
than one isolated win. So the bettol
refrains from stalking anything TO,
few throws. Six losing dice are
thrown in succession. Sooner or later
a 7 or II must turn up again and ii
is getting close to the time when
one should. So on the eighth cast
he bets again with, supposedly. q
bettersthan-even chance Of winning
Something of this sort. Mr.. Halmoe
explained, is the basis of most ''sys-
tens" with which men try to break
the bank at Monte Carlo or clean
out the neighborhood gang in alley
crap games.
The dice game described above Is
greatly simplified from an actual con-
test whose intricacies probably will
go beyond the possibilities of mathe-
mates. But Mr. Halmos demonstrat-
ed to the satisfaction of the mathe-
maticians that the chances against a
: or IL being thrown always will
remain IL to for each cast over
an extended period, regardless of any
skill in observing runs" any lunches,
or anything else.
Mr.. Halmos had to resort to the
highest sort Of mathematics to estab-
lish this geometrical morality. He
cited a highly simplified gambling
game-drawing black and white balls
out of box which contains an equal
number of both Elementary laws of
chance assure that in any extended
number of draws one would get exact
ly as many white balls as black balls
and hence, if a bet was made on every
draw, would come out exactly even.
So, of course, no real gambler would
play the game that way. He would
try to bet on lucky sequences. So
Mr.. Halmos' problem was to determine
that no possible sequence Of blacks
and whites at any time was actually
more probable than any other. Every
possible combination Of, for example,
Evening star., 1938-04-17

they are Securities and Exchange
Commission. Federal Reserve
Board, National Archives and tho
Civil Service Commission.
On 100000 feet Of film. Is milli-
meters in width, Mr.. Cowling took
papers crowded on 900 feet of
shelving-each shelf 10 feet long
and z feet wide-and reduced them
to a. permanent parking space that
measures only 10 feet long. feet
high and 2 feet wide. In other
words, papers that occupied an en-
tire floor of a warehouse are now
being parked in a space about as
large as two filing cases.
Eventually all Government de-
partments will adopt this system.
according to Mr.. Cowling-and q
permanent resting place will be
found on the fourth hoof Of the
Commerce Building. On Aims 100
Evening star., 1938-04-17

proved by the last job done by Mr..
Cowling and his associates. They
made micro-photographic repro
ductions Of some 14,000.0 cards
representing the unemployment
census. These went through the
machines at the rate OF $500 an
hour-and one day 347,000 cards
were handled.
DR.. T. F. Murphy. who is now
working on filing the 1900 census.
recently took cards bearing 76,-
000, 600 names. which occupied 1000
square feet of space and put the
entire data in so feet Of space.
We've all got to come to this
system, some day." DR.. Murphy
said. Even the newspapers will
be filed by photography. Banks
will keep their accounting records
that way. So, too, will all the
By eorpoeations."
Evening star., 1938-04-17

feet long records will be catalogued,
indexed and kept In the same sys-
tematic order that now obtains.
The Government Is fast crowd.
ing itself out of house and home"
Mr.. Cowling said yesterday. Take
for instance the War Department.
Merely the papers that had to do
with the World War occupy about
three big buildings at Fort Myer.
With the permission of Congress
we hope some day to take pictures
of all these records-and then de-
stroy the originals"
In doing this work, all records
are reduced to exactly one-seven-
teenth of their normal size. That
means the eventual release Of 16
rooms. or Is buildings.
That the work progresses rather
fast. once the Photographic ma
chimes are started In molten, u
Evening star., 1938-04-17
OFFICERS TOFACE
ARLINGTON JURY
Indictment to Be Sought
in Falls Church
Shooting.

Indictments against two Falls
Church (Va) policemen charged with
the fatal shooting of Theodore B
Daugherty. Washington musician, in
the early morning of March 20 will be
sought when the Arlington County
grand jury convenes tomorrow. Com
monwealth's Attorney Lawrence w
Douglas said yesterday.
The officers. Edwin Scheid, IS. and
Herbert Knox. "a, are under bond OF
$500 each. They we're held for the
grand jury by Judge B. NJ. Hedrick of
the Arlington Police Court. The State
will seek indictments charging Scheid
with murder and Knox with aiding
and abetting in the act, Mr.. Douglas
said.
Mr.. Daugherty. who was 80. was
shot on the Lee Highway in Arlington
County between Falls Church and
Washington. The two police allegedly
fired several bullets into his car when,
they said, Daugherty attempted to run
them down. One bullet penetrated the
automobile and struck him in the back
of the head
The grand jury may make a deci-
sion tomorrow afternoon in view OF
light docket
In case of indictment, the officers
probably will be tried before Circuit
Court Judge Walter T. Mccarthy.
Tests were conducted by 1t. John
Fowler, ballistic expert of the Wash
ington Police Department. on the bull
let which killed Mr. Dougherty The
bullet pierced the base of the skull.
At preliminary hearing for the
two officers a few days after the
shooting crowd Of 1000 persons
sought admittance to the small court
room. which could accommodate only
about tenth of that number.
Other indictments which will be
sought at tomorrow's session include
two for burglary. three for robbery,
one for receiving stolen property and
one for false pretenses.
Evening star., 1938-04-17
Mathematician Uses Geometry
To Proue Gambling Is Wrong
Years Work Shoes Morals Stick Close
toFigures- Odds on Getting
7OrI Are2tO1I.

10 black and white balls would be an
enormous number and would involve
literally endless labor to figure it out
by arithmetic DR. Halmos attacked
the problem by considering each se-
quence as dimension of space, thus
carrying the issue into hyper-dimen-
sional geometry. which is compre-
hensive only to professional mathe-
maticians.
Mirage Profits.
He did cite one simple example
which at first appears paradoxical.
supposing somebody offered to match
dollars with you-he to pay you 81
for every head and you to pay him 81
for every tail Since the chances of
heads or tails are exactly even it
would look as if. so long as the match
ing vas on the level. you should make
clear profit of 81 on every throw
But it DOESN'T work out that way
Every time the coin is tipped you
have half a chance of winning 81
You must subtract from this the half
chance of losing ST. So it can be
expressed as one-half times two minus
one-half times one. which leaves one
half. So the profit per shot would
be so cents-and that is how it actu-
allv works out.
His -dimensional, incontro-
vertible demonstration of gambling's
futility. Mr.. Halmos explained, natu-
rally cannot be applied to games. such
as horse racing. in which there are
elements other than pure chance, such
as special information on the abilities
Of horse or as to whether 1t has
been doped or the race has been fixed
But even these factors tend to even
out in the long run.
Evening star., 1938-04-17

Cornell, who has served as envoy to
China and Germany: Secretary of the
Treasury Morgenthau, Governor Myers
of the Farm Credit Administration.
Justices Stephens and Edgerton OF
the Court of Appeals of the District.
Representative Daniel A. Reed of New
York and Representative Thomas c..
Hennings, jr., of Missouri.
DR.. Day was inaugurated fifth pres
ident of Cornell on october 8. last.
succeeding DR.. Livingston Farrand. He
came to that post from the General
Education Board after an academic
career of 80 years. in the course of
which he also has devoted much time
to public service.
Evening star., 1938-04-17
BAND CONCERT

BY the Navy Band in the Sail Loft
at the Navy Yard tomorrow at 2:3o
pm. 1t. Charles Benter. leader; Alex
ander Morris, assistant.
Program.
March, "Midshipmen" ------ Jordan
Entrance and March Of the Peers"
from "Iolanthe" -- Sullivan
Solo for cornet, "The Southern
Oscar Short.
Hymn, Holy Holy Holy" Dykes
"Lullabye" Mrs. Gillett
"Hymn to the Sum-" Rimsky -Korsakow
Rumbanette. "Cubanola" Marks
Patrol, "Siamese" -Lincke
Introduction to Act III and Air
Of Elizabeth" from the opera,
"Tannhauser' -----------W Wagner
March. Thunder and Blazes" Fucik
The star spansled Banner"
Evening star., 1938-04-17
PHOTO EXPOSITION
Many D. G. Amateurs Plan tt
Attend New York Display.

Hundreds of Washington amateur
photographers will visit New York this
week end for the first international
Photographic Exposition, to be held in
Grand Central Palace.
Those travelling by way of special
tour. arranged by the Amateur Photog-
rsphers' Club of Washington, will
leave at S pm. Friday aboard a spe-
cial train. returning Sunday night
The exposition will begin tomorrow
and continue through next Sunday.