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Evening star., 1939-04-19
-Men Who Build Houses

"As to windows, like the double
hung kind better than some kinds
OF easement windows, but the case
ments I'm putting into the house
I'm building now are fine, and sure
ly do work well. Care must be
taken in fitting window so it will
be loose enough, but not too loose.
Loose double-hung windows will rat
tie when the wind blows.
"The joists In a house are heavy
planks on which the floors rest.
They should measure at least two
inches by 10 inches in all spans
OF 16 feet or more. This allows
for good, strong bridge-work be-
tween the joists. When small joists
are used, there is danger Of the floor
'sagging' after it is put to USE"
If I had talked longer with Mr..
Kuehn, am sure he would have
told me much more about his work.
l liked the way he said, II haven't
learned 1t all yeti" After IS years
as carpenter, he still has his mind
open to learn more.
alSr seneral interest section Of your
Evening star., 1939-04-19
CARPENTER WORKING ON A
FRAMEWORK OF A WINDOW.

I don't know just why, but that's
what I do like best. There's no,
so much STOPPING to it as for many
other kinds of carpenter work.
"It takes close to an hour to fl
and hang q door after 1t comes tc
us from the mill. We must use
care so the door won't bind on the
side where the hinges 60. We
must see how deep the hinges are
to be placed. Each different kind
of hardware has to be tested %
we can get this right.
Evening star., 1939-06-25
BrownmiIIer Convicted
For Misuse OF Funds
BY the Associated Press.

HARRISBURG, Pa. June Is
Sunday Roy E. Brownmiller,
former Pennsylvania highway sec.
retary, was convicted early this
morning OF malfeasance and nom
feasance in ONCE in the misuse
and waste" Of more than $500 900
in highway funds in Luzerne County
during last falls election.
A jury Of II Republicans and ons
Democrat announced its verdict in
court at 1:25 am. e. 8. t.. They
convicted BrOwnmiller on the first
and third counts of an indictment
returned by special grand jury Of
Dauphin County which investigated
campaign charges in 1898. They had
been out approximately 10 hours.
The second count, charging mall
feasance, was thrown out by di-
rection Of Judge Howard Hughes
"as a mater of law" because, the
judge said. it contained the
words unauthorized expenditures
of funds"
Brownmiller was not present
when the verdict was read. Tho
former secretary was accused spe-
cif1cally Of condoning the padding
OF highway department pay rolls in
Luzerne County, home of Republican
Gov. Arthur H. James, who led the
successful Republican fight that
brought defeat to Democratic can
didates last fall.
Evening star., 1939-06-25
|ChHdren Raise
$50 at Circus
For Symphony

It was a swell circus, all the kids
agreed. They ought to know-their
fellow students in the sixth grade
Of Thomson Elementary School got
1t up, and it was held in the school
auditorium. Everybody thought it
was well worth a nickel. A number
Of adults paid dime each and liked
It.
Today c. C.. Cappell, manager of
the National Symphony Orchestra,
had q check for $30-proceeds of
the children's circus.
The check was presented by five
Of the youngsterSCatherine Coki-
nos, Mary Jaudon, Ardath Newton,
Charles Keeter and James Fountain.
Asked by Mr.. Cappell why they
had given their show money to the
symphony, Charles Keeter said:
I'VE wanted to show the other
schools how they could get a mem
bership in the National Symphony. /"
The children's check will 20
toward meeting the expenses of the
Sunset Symphonies" which begin
at the Water Gate Wednesday, July
IL, with the regular conductor, DR..
Hans Kinder, welding the baton.
Evening star., 1939-06-25
Hatch Radio Forum Speaker
Will Discuss Bill to Bor
U. S. Employees From Politics

His bill to prevent Federal en-
ployes from participating in political
activities will be discussed by Sen
ator Carl A. Hatch, Democrat, Of
New Mexico in the National Radio
Forum tomorrow at $3.50 pm.
The National Radio Forum is ar
ranged by The Star and is broadcast
over a coast-to-coast network of the
National Broadcasting Co. 1t is
heard locally through Station
WMAL.
The bill, sponsored by Senators
Hatch, Warren r. Austin, Repubh-
can, of Vermont and Morris Shep-
pard, Democrat, of Texas. has passed
the Senate and now is before the
House Judiciary Committee.
With the expectation the bill viii
be passed by Congress before the
end of this session, Senator Hatch
said it would prevent "pernicious
activities, on the part Of Federal
employees.
Long an advocate Of keeping Fed
eral employees out Of politics, the
New Mexico Senator last year tried
unsuccessfully to amend the relief
bill to prevent the use of relief
funds for political purposes. At the
present session Of Congress he In
troduced the ideas contained In the
amendment rs q bill.
In discussing the bill tomorrow
night he VIII give its aims and pur-
poses. He said the bin would pro-
hib1t Federal employees from par-
Evening star., 1939-06-25
Music Appreciation
Campaign Enters Final
Week Tomorrow
Successful Cultural
Movement Will Hove
Run for II Weeks

The Evening Stars music appre-
ciation campaign moves into it's
final week tomorrow.
Acclaimed as one of the finest
cultural movements ever conducted
In Washington, the campaign will
be brought to a close next Satur-
day exactly II weeks after it was
launched under the sponsorship Of
committee Of distinguished lead
ers in the fields Of music, education
and public service.
All Recordings Available.
During the six days remaining,
The Star win continue distribution
Of the recordings Of a group Of the
worlds greatest masterpieces of
music-recordings which today are
being enjoyed in thousands of
homes in Washington and other
communities.
The special counter in the lobby
OF The Star Building will remain
open each day from 8 a m. to 6 pm.
to carry on the distribution.
The overwhelming enthusiasm
with which the District greeted the
campaign is reflected in the num-
Der of symphonic recordings OBJ
tanned by music lovers at the music
appreciation booth.
During the four months in which
the program has been conducted,
a total of more than $4,000 sets of
the recordings have been distributed
to homes in Washington and in
widely scattered comm nj t e S
throughout the country.
Nearly 10000 recordings Of one
symphony alone were purchased.
That was the immortal Unfinished
Symphony" Of Franz Schubert, the
initial release of the campaign.
More than $500 recordings OF
Beethoven's symphony No. 5 in C
Minor" and more than 6,7OO record
ings Of Mozart's symphony No. 40
in G Minor" also have been OBJ
tanned.
Electric Players Popular.
The electric record players in
cluded in The Stars offer also have
proved popular. A total of 2,272
regular players and 1854 de luxe
players have been distributed.
The list of masterpieces available
include, in addition to the three
named: Wagner's preludes to Die
Meistersinger" and "ParsifaI," Bach's
"Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2 and
g." Debussy's Afternoon of a Faun."
Clouds" and Festivals" Faydn's
Symphony No. SO in E Flat Major"
Tschaikowsky's Symphony No. 4 in
F Minor, Brahms Symphony No 2
in D Major and Franck's Sym
phony in d Minor"
Evening star., 1939-06-25
Quakss in California Break
Dishes, 1opp|e Furniture
By the Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO. June a.
Earth tremors were recorded from
West Central California south into
Mexico City today, but reported
damage was nominal. There were
no deaths or injuries.
One shock centered approximately
IS miles southeast of San Francisco.
1t brokes dishes. toppled chimneys
and overturned furniture at Cienega.
cracked brick walls at Hollister and
caused winery wall to crumble at
San Benito. Gilroy and Salinas
also felt the temblor. At Hollister
it was described as the most violent
since 1906.
The second tremor swayed chan
deliers and shook chairs at San
Diego and was felt south with vary
ing degrees to Tiajiana, Mexico. Of
ficials OF the California Institute of
Technology laboratory at Pasadena
said 1t was strong enough to have
caused considerable damage had 1t
been centered in a thick populated
area. Its center was estimated at
200 miles from Pasadena.
The first shock was timed at
5:Ol:40 am. 1901 40 am. Eastern
standard time); the second at
8:28:03 am.
Evening star., 1939-06-25
W Water Gate Concert
Tickets Will Go on
Sale Tomorrow se
II Sunset Symphonies
And Madam Butterfly
Will Be Presented

Sale Of tickets for the National
Symphony Orchestra's new series of
sunset symphonies" at the Potomac
Water Gate will begin tomorrow at
$50 am. at the box ONCE Of the
Homer L. Kilt Music Store.
The first season ticket will be sold
to the wife of a high h-ranking Army
official. c. c. Cappel, manager Of
the orchestra, and Mrs. Gordon
K. Yount, member of the Summer
Concerts Committee, will be present
at the ceremony.
Series Of IL Concerts.
A series of IL symphony concerts
and the first opera performance
ever staged at the open air "theater"
Will be presented, beginning Wednes-
day, July IL. under the general
musical direction of DR.. Hans Kind.
Ter, conductor of the orchestra.
Through the cooperation of the
National Capital Parks office and the
Works Progress Administration, the
shell built especially for the SYM
phony last year will be reassembled
for the concerts. The barge and
shell will be moored short distance
from the shore.
DR.. Kinder will conduct the first
and final concerts of the summer
season. Guest conductors for the
intervening concerts will be Erno
Rapee, conductor of the Radio City
Symphony Orchestra; Reginald
Stewart, leading Canadian musical
figure and conductor of Toronto's
promenade concerts; Andre Kostela-
metz, Burle Marx. conductor of the
Rio de Janeiro Orchestra; Charles
OConnel, conductor of the Phila-
delphia Orchestra at the Robin
Hood Dell; Efrem Kurtz, musical
director of the Monte Carlo Ballet
for several season, and Rudolph
CAM, former conductor of the st.
Louis Symphony Orchestra. Noted
artists will appear as soloists.
Opera August 2.
Alexander Smallens. who has pre-
sented operas at the Lewisohn Sta
dium in New York for several sea-
sons, will present Puccinis opera,
Madame Butterfly" at the Water
Gate on August 2. with a cast of
Metropolitan Opera singers and the,
same chorus, scenery and costumes
used for the New York productions.
The concerts will be presented
each Wednesday and Sunday until
August %.
Evening star., 1939-06-25
THipIets Gain
Weight After
Trip Home

The Lokerson triplets ought to
make good travellers when they grow
up. They've had their first trip
and gained weight on it.
The trip was from the Homeo-
pathic Hospital, where they were
born April 18, to their home.
Their father, John T. Lokerson,
123 Aspen street, Chevy Chase, Nd,
checked their weight the day after
they had reached home and found
that each had gained.
David Thornton, who weighed
pounds ~ ounces at birth. now tips
the scales at Z pounds 6 ounces.
Donald Gusts has gained from, z
pounds 131s ounces, to pounds, Q
ounces. Doris Anne, who weighed
pounds 4 ounces at birth, has
reached 8 pounds ga ounces.
Mr.. and Mrs Iokerson have one
other child. Jean, q months.
Evening star., 1939-06-25
Praise for Steadiness
Won by Mauretania
BY the Associated Press,

NEW YORK, June 24.-Cheers,
whistles and airplanes greeted the
Mauretania today as her maiden
voyage brought back to New York
one of the most popular names in
the history of transatlantic travel.
Two thousand tons bigger than the
old Mauretania, which was junked
five years ago. the $4,000 ton steamer
is neither large nor speedy by pres
ent-day superliner standards. yet
she won praise for being steady as
a rock.
Her machinery is described as the
largest ever built for any ship. how
ever, being even more immense than
that of her much larger sister of
the Cunard- White Star feet, the
Queen Mary.
The Mauretania's two main gear
wheels weigh IS tons each, and her
twin screws Is tons each.
She was 6 days ID hours and Is
minutes out of Liverpool when she
reached her pier in the Hudson
River, without a bid for the speed
ribbon that her namesake held for
q years.
After playing host to New York
visitors. the Mauretania viii sail for
England June 80.
Evening star., 1939-06-25
Man, Begging Wafer, Dies
With $4,937 in Pockets
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, june 24.-The man
who walked into the restaurant and
asked for a glass OF water looked
like just another bum.
There was a CLASSY stare In his
brown eyes, set deep in lined face
topped by sparse gray hair. His
blue suit was shady; his green
striped shirt was frayed The soles
OF his black shoes were paper thin.
After drinking the water he tot
tered out of the restaurant and COL
1opsed. Police, searching him for
Identifying papers, found four coin
purses in his pockets. In them were
four 81 900 bills. nine 500 bills three
SO bills, one IS bill and two 81 bills
In another pocket they found sill
yer medal bearing the word "phar-
macy" in Latin On the diverse
side was the inscription-"Presented
to George Dart, 1883'
The body and $4,937 await claim
at the morgue.
Evening star., 1939-06-25
Eorhort Note Reported
In Massachusetts
By the Associated Press,

BEVERLY, Mass, June "a
Police 1t William j. Tobin said to-
night four boys had turned over
to police note they reported find
ing in a bottle in the Bass river
which appealed for aid for "A. Ear
heart" somewhere "off the coast Of
Wake Island"
Wake Island is in the Pacific
Ocean, over which famed avia-
trix Amelia Earhart was max
ing a flight two years ago when
she disappeared. She since has
been declared legally dead)
Declaring I'VE have to investigate
such things, even though it seems
impossible the message is authen-
tic 1t. Tobin said police had fol-
lowed instructions of the note to
notify the Coast Guard" Boston
Coast Guards said they had notified
their New York division, and WASH
ington.
1t. Tobin said the message. un-
dated, and printed In pencil on
cheap, block paper. was as follows:
Am off the coast of Wake Island
Latitude 120. Longitude lit. Have
some water, but no food. Pleas
notify George Putnam (husband of
the missing aviatrix) or Coast
Guard"
Evening star., 1939-06-25
rode Treoty Is Signed
By Soviet ond China
~ the Associated Press.

~ lIie ASSOCIATED HreSS.
MOSCOW, June 24.-Mystery
cloaking the recent Moscow visit
Of Sun Fo. son OF China's late DR..
Sun Yat Sen, at least partially was
cleared tonight with the announce
ment that Soviet Russian Chinese
trade treaty had been signed June
Is.
Sun Fo signed the pact as a spe-
cial envoy for China. and Com
missar of Foreign Trade A. 7. Mi
koyan signed for the Soviet Union.
The treaty, based on the prin-
cipfes of mutuality and reciproc-
ity, contains most-favored-n ation
clause 1t provides for maintenance
of Soviet trade mission in China
and a Chinese trade mission in Mos
cow
The implications of this agree
ment may be far-reaching. Mos
COW makes no secret of its desire
to assist China to resist Japan's
conquest.
Evening star., 1939-06-25
Fog Holds One Clipper
As Other Speeds 10
US. Through Clouds
Europe-Bound Officials
And MoiI to Spend
Night at Shedioe. N. B.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, June 24-The four
motored flying boat Atlantic Clipper
droned toward New York tonight
through darkened skies above the
North Atlantic. while her sister ship,
the Yankee Clipper. was fog-bound
at Shediac. New Brunswick, on a
flight to Europe along the most
northerly airlane.
The Atlantic, flying the southerly
an-year course, paused for 2 hours
at Horta. the Azores, this afternoon
to refuel, then headed westward
again at 2:42 pm. (E. S. IT,.
At 1890 am. tE. S. IT, Sunday.
the ship gave her position as 1925
miles out of Horta, nearing the
halfway mark on her 2.397-mile
flight. Strong head winds sometimes
reached as high as 50 miles an hour.
She was due at Port Washington.
Long Island, about $3.50 am. E.
S. t. tomorrow.
She is bringing back to the United
States part Of the group of news
paper writer's and radio men who
made a special 'preview flight" to
Europe last week. preliminary to
Pan-American Airways' inaugura-
ton of regular passenger schedules
next Wednesday.
The Yankee, battling fog over the
Gulf of st. Lawrence. Travelled the
COL miles to Shediac from Port
Washington, Long Island. in hours
81 minutes, landing there at 1:58
pm. On mail trip, with 81 Fed
eral ofiicials and observers aboard
she was held at Shediac overnight
Capt. Harold E. Gray planned to
start the next leg, to Botwood. New
foundland, at 5 am. (E. S. t. to-
morrow, and to arrive in Southamp-
ton. England. Monday afternoon fol-
lowing a stop at Foynes, Ireland.
His course over this great route.
which was pioneered IL years ago
by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's solo
hop to Paris. is 3.418 miles long. The
over-ocean fight from Botwood to
Foynes is 1895 miles.
Encountering better weather on
the southern route, the Atlantic was
expected to reach her Port WASH
ington, Long Island, base Sunday
morning.
Evening star., 1939-06-25
PART FIVE.
Features.
japanese Misireaimenf
OF u. ). Sailor Protested
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TIENTSIN, June Is Sunday
United States Consul General John
K. Caldwell made representations
to the japanese today charging mis-
treatment of Robert S. Casey, an
American seaman from Seattle,
Wash.
Mr.. Casey was said to have been
held by the Japanese four days
when he came here to join his boat.
Japanese gendarmes, it was said,
refused to recognize Casey's creden-
tials, a seaman's certificate and a
letter of identification from the
United States Consulate at Dairen,
Kwangtung leased territory.
He was released yesterday after
having been held one day without
food and then three additional
days. Mr.. Casey got Chinese po-
licemen to send a note out for him
at the same time that the Japa-
nese themselves communicated with
the United States consulate general.
Evening star., 1939-06-25
Stubborn Trosh Fire
Damages Three Stores

A stubborn trash fire In the base
ment of building on the northwest
corner OF Fourteenth and H streets
NV. early today sent dense smoke
billowing through at least three
stores and heckled firemen for
nearly an hour before the source was
discovered.
Stores broken into before the blaze
was reached included the Astor
Mems Shop, 802 Fourteenth street;
George w. Spier Jewelry Co., 806
Fourteenth street, and the Whelan
Drug Co.. 14O1 H street. Late diners
at the Bamboo Gardens. night club.
on the second floor of the building,
were not disturbed by the fire.
Damage, excepting that caused by
smoke, was slight, firemen reported.
Evening star., 1939-06-25
Cordenos Tiehtens
Liquor Restrictions
By the Associated Press,


MEXICO CITY, June 24.-Presi-
dent Lazaro Cardenas, an ardent
temperance advocate. today ordered
the federal Labor Department to dry
up work centers in various parts of
Mexico
The President now is on a tour
of Northern Mexico and in his or
der to the Labor Department cited
by name some of the districts he
had passed through as violators of
saloon regulations.
Saloons may operate in cities
within 212 miles of a work center.
such as mining communities, but
not within the centers themselves.
Cardenas directed that ejidos (com-
munal farm centers) henceforth be
designated as work centers.
Evening star., 1939-06-25

lending program, have materially
changed the situation. AS the days
pass, stronger opposition to the lend
ing program-or to several features
OF it's materializing. The proposal
to lend $500 0OO,O 900 to Latin -Ameri-
can countries for the purchase of
supplies in this country has been
followed by brisk attacks.
A simple" bill, containing no ap-
preparations. but merely giving Ger
tain authority to the President, will
be required to put the lending pro-
gram into effect, and such a meas
ure will be presented Immediately.
1t may, 1t is said, originate in the
Senate. since 1t does not appropri-
ate money. 1t looks, however, as
though the Senate may have its
hands full for some time to come.
Despite opposition on the part
of some New Dealers, the Hatch bill
appears to stand a real chance of
being enacted. In the first place,
Senator Hatch, Democrat, OF New
Mexico has given due notice to
Representative Celler, Democrat. of
New York. acting chairman of the
House Judiciary Committee, that if
the bill is not reported out, he will
offer an amendment to the relief
measure embodying provisions aimed
to prevent Government officials,
other than policy-making officers,
from taking part in political CAM
paigns.
According, to reports last night.
Representative Celler expects to re-
port out the Hatch bill. with some
amendments, on Tuesday. the meet
ing day Of the Judiciary Committee.
Whether the form the bill takes
will please Senator Hatch remains
to be seen.
Evening star., 1939-06-25
MonopIone a Doys AIoft

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. June "a tP.-
Wilbur Parrish and Hunter Moody
reported tonight life was "unevent.
ful" in the small monoplane in
which they are spending their fourth
day aloft.
The ship motor droning at half
speed, the flyers circled above the
municipal airport as night came on.
They have flown more than one
third of the 2l8 hours necessary to
equal the present endurance record
for light planes.
Evening star., 1939-06-25
Bacteria Exploded
In New Treatment
OF Disease
Pennsylvania State
College Scientists
Explain Methods
4y the Associated Press.

PRINCETON. N. j., June 24.-A
new method of disease treatment by
disintegrating bacteria with high
pressures was reported today to the
American Physical Society at the
closing session of its meeting.
DR.. r. B. Dow, one of a group of
scientists studying the effects of
pressures at Pennsylvania State
College, declared it was possible to
break bacteria into small fragments
by putting a solution of them into
. cylinder and forcing a piston
against 1t. The bacteria and other
substances actually explode and
sometimes solidify under pressures
5000 to 1000 times the pressure of
air at the earth's surface.
Create Pure Milk.
Thus far DR.. Dow and his col
leagues in the departments of ami
NAL husbandry, bacteriology and
biochemistry have been able to Gre
ate actually pure milk by destroying
Ill the bacteria which it contains.
At the same time they create
''homogenized' milk in which the
fat particles are broken up fine to
make it easily digestible by infants.
They are working, too. on the ef-
fects of pressure on insulin in an
effort to determine more fully its
effect on the body and possibly aid
in the development of more effective
forms of insulin to aid diabetes VIC
tins. They also have studied the
effects on the engines pepsin and
rennin, which promote chemical ac-
tivity, to determine their structure
and activity.
One of the great possibilities OF
this method is the development of
the anti-disease substances, known
as antigens, by bursting the bacteria
and injecting the particles OF them
into the body.
The body ordinarily creates these
antigens as a method of resisting
the invasion of bacteria which cause
disease. At times however, it can
not manufacture them fast enough.
New Cathode Ray Described.
A new cathode ray tube which
may prove effective in the treat
ment of cancer was described in a
preliminary report by DR.. R. w,
Cloud, DR.. r. j. Van de Graaf and
DR.. j. G. Trump of the Massachu-
sets Institute of Technology.
The machine is designed to pro-
duce ionization, or destruction of
cancer tissues. inside the body with
out burning the skin At the present
time cancer treatment is limited to
the "erythema dose" or Just enough
to cause reddening of the skin, and
enough of the rays may not pene-
trate to destroy the growth. !
The M. I. T. scientist have found
that the cathode ray tube will cause
ionization beneath the surfaces of
such materials as water. lead, copper
and aluminium and hope to use 1t
In the treatment of cancer.
The tube, encased in small tank
three feet in diameter and eight feet
long, delivers a radiation of 1,5OO,-
600 volts.