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Evening star., 1939-10-24

Pressure continues low over and east Of
Maine, Eastport 10000. millibars 20 so
incheS). Another disturbance is moving
eastward over the Plains States. Williston.
N. OAK. 1,001.7 millibars (29.5s inches).
(2954 inches). Another disturbance is
central over Southern Idaho. Boise. 1853
millibars (2a.41 inches). Pressure con-
Atlantic States. Columbia. s. C., 1O21.O
mllibars t3O15 inches, and on the South
Atlantic coast. A high-pressure area is
sault Ste: Marie. Mich, LOPEZ MILL
bars (30,29 inches). During the last "a
hours rains have occurred on the Middle
Pacific coast. in the North Pacific States
and at scattered points in Northeastern
New York. Temperatures have fallen IN
the North Atlantic States, the eastern
Yeshington while they have risen in the
Middle Plateau, the Middle Mississippi, the
Lower Missouri and Lover Ohio Valleys.
West Gulf States.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Senators Clash
On Speech Writing
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate heard a spirited de-
bate late yesterday as to whether
Charles Nicholson, publicity chief
for the Democratic National Com
mittee, wrote speeches for Senators.
Senator Holt, Democrat, of West
Virginia, a vigorous administration
critic, remarked that Il write my
own speeches. don't have to go to
Charley Nicholson for them"
Il don't think that Charley would
write one for you If you went"
rejoined Senator Connally, Demo-
Nrat, of Texas.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Gale Wrecks Junk
After Blowing Il Back
Beyond Starting Point
Coptoin, Wife and Crew
Are Rescued After
3 Doys in WHds

By the Associated Press.
OCEAN FALLS, British Columbia,
Oct. 24.-The strange maritime
odyssey Of the barnacled Chinese
junk Tai Ping has a new chapter.
Heading south from Quatsino
Sound on Vancouver Island it was
blown 120 miles north of its start
Ing point by a bowling gale. 1t
was driven onto reef. tearing a
hole amidships, near desolate Prin-
cess Royal Island
Capt. John Anderson, his wife
and three crewmen abandoned ship.
After three days in wilderness"
they were rescued.
The Tai Ping had just completed
Pacific crossing of more than 100
days on which 1t was plagued by
pirates and typhoons. The crew
was near starvation when a passing
boat replenished its supplies.
The 60-foot craft seemed in easy
reach of a haven in Seattle.
Then came the storm-"Worst
ever saw" declared Capt. Ander-
son.
I'VE took all sails down and threw
out sea anchor and were driven
northward. In 81 hours we drifted
l2O miles. The rain was torrential,
From Sunday to Tuesday (Octo-
Der l5-1D all hands were on the
wheel without food"
Things were better for a while,
but when the gale revived, "all
hands already had packed up pro-
visions, with each man assigned 4
canvas bag with 80 pounds. When
I gave the order they were to throw
the sacks ashore and Jump after.
We finally made our way ashore
and slept in the woods that night,
Next day we lookeds around and
thought We were in q wilderness,
with no hope of rescue.
For three days we worked on a
raft and had it practically COM
pieted when, on the 22d, we saw
a fishpacker come into sight. We
lighted a huge bonfire on the beach
which attracted the fisherman and
he picked us up.
I'VE expect to repaiar the Junk,
which is not badly damaged, and
continue our many times interrupt
ed voyage to Seattle"
Berger Larson, crewman, suf-
fered broken leg jumping from the
boat as 1t drifted onto the reef.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Real Death Ray
By Giant CycIotron
Projected for Peace
New Field Of knowledge
Forecast for 2,000-Ton
Eleetromugret
BY HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE,
Associated Press Science Edito.


Associated Press Science Editol
PROVIDENCE, R. l., Oct. 24.-The
price of three giant bombing planes
will build the worlds first real death
ray. bright, blue beam 50 feet long,
q few inches in diameter, whose
touch for one instant would be
human death warrant.
The machine is a paradox, be-
cause it can't be used for war, and
the ray for peace purposes promises
knowledge beyond all present
dreams.
The ray machine is cyclotron,
which would manufacture 100000
OOO-volt particles and shoot them
out at speeds of $4,000 to 10000 miles
an hour. Its possibilities were de-
scribed to the National Academy Of
Sciences by DR.. Ernest o. Lawrence
Of the University of California.
Attain Great Speeds.
A cyclotron is huge electro
magnet arranged so that atomic
particles whirl around in it until
they attain speeds of thousands of
miles IN hour. The speeding par
ticles are drawn off and used to
lombard chemical elements.
The first cyclotron was invented
by DR.. Lawrence 10 years ago and
today there are small cyclotrons all
over the world, from Toxic to Lon
don and many places in the United
States.
But nowhere is there anything
like the 2,000-ton machine which
DR.. Lawrence proposes to the Ma
tional Academy. His plans are based
on some amazing things which have
happened in the last two months, at
the University of California, with a
new cyclotron, the largest in the
world, but just half the size of the
one which would make the blue
death ray.
"Radiumizes" Substances.
This machine has revealed the
surprising fact that when the volt
age of a cyclotron is doubled, the
energy it develops is multiplied
many fold. One of the things, for
example, which cyclotrons do Is to
render ordinary substances radio
active. They emit the same rays as
radium.
The new machine showed that
when its voltage was stepped up
from 100000 to 100000 it was
able to produce 20 times more ra-
dioactivity In iodine. If valu-
able document, like will, were ex-
posed to this present California ma
chine the paper itself would emit
radium rays and even if lost at the
bottom of rubbish heap so feet
high could be detected and found
the same as lost radium.
DR.. Lawrence said that the things
done with the present new Cali
fornia cyclotron prove that the
giant he now proposes is entirely
feasible. Its 100,000000 volts would
give science power equal to some of
the coSmic rays.
Promises Great Discoveries.
These rays, for example, produce
occasional particles known as heavy
electrons, which are too rare for
any experimenting. But the death
ray cyclotron should be able to make
heavy electrons in quantity. It
would open, DR.. Lawrence explained
to the academy, a whole new do
main Of knowledge, in which dis
coveries might be expected as sur
prising as X-rays and radium.
AS a death ray the blue beam
would have no military value, for
two reasons. The person touched by
1t would not die for several days
and meanwhile would remain for
some time a very live fighter. The
giant is too heavy to be moved
around.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Peter Fritz Cleared
OF Beer Charge
On Technically
Judge UphoIds View
Warrant Was bosed
Upon Defunet Law

A charge of selling beer without a
license lodged against Peter Fritz,
proprietor Of the Log Cabin Inn,
near Wheaton, Nd, was dismissed
on technieality by Trial Magistrate
Ralph G. Shure in Police Court at
Silver Spring today.
Judge Shure acquitted Mr.. Fritz
by upholding the contention OF
James H. Pugh, defense counsel, that
the warrant under which the de-
fendant was arrested charged a vio-
lation Of law not now in existence.
Mr.. Pugh pointed out that the
warrant alleges Mr.. Fritz sold beer
in violation of a 1885 act, whereas,
Mr.. Pugh said, the specific section
of the 1885 act under which the ar
rest was made was repealed at the
1899 session of the Maryland Legis-
lature. and incorporated in a new
statute.
The arrest of Mr.. Fritz had at
tracted widespread interest in Mont
gomery County, coming five days in
advance of hearing on his appIca-
ton for a commercial reZoning of
the Log Cabin Inn property this
Thursday night, and the courtroom
was crowded by county residents
"Spot" Zoning Feared.
In the throngs were a number OF
civic leaders who are fighting Mr..
Fritz's petition on the ground that
if the classification of his property
is changed from residential to COM
mercial it would establish a prece-
dent whereby any other demands for
spot" zoning undoubtedly would re-
suit.
A hearing on the rezoning petit
ton now pending will be held by
the Montgomery County commits
sioners and the Maryland-N National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission at 7::30 o'clock, Thursday
in the Silver Spring Dispensary
Building.
Two Hearings Cancelled.
Two hearings on zoning applica-
tions scheduled last night before
the Board of Commissioners at
Bethesda were Cancelled at the re-
quest Of the applicants.
James c. Christopher, attorney
for William H. Case, asked that
the latter's fourth application for
rezoning lots in Cabin John from
residential to commercial be with
drawn from consideration until re-
advertisement. He gave no ex-
planation for the request, which was
granted. J. Guy Neel, represent
ing civic groups in that section,
appeared to protest the rezoning
with about so nearby residents.
The Cabin John Park Citizens
Association and the Montgomery
County Civic Federation are on
record against granting the petition.
The property is surrounded by resi-
dental land, citizens said.
An application by Board President
Thomas E. Hampton to rezone a lot
at 1855 Wisconsin avenue on which
his real estate Office Is located was
withdrawn at Mr.. Fampton's own
request. Mr.. Hampton disqualified
himself from acting on the petition
and the other two commissioners
present, o. w. Roby and r. w.
Farmer, would not constitute a
quorum, he pointed out. He said it
would be acted on at a future
hearing.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Cyclists Warned
Vehicles Must
Bear Lights

A warning that the new State
hw governing the operation of
bicycles at night will be strictly
enforced was sounded today by
Montgomery County police.
The statute requires that all
bicycles have headlights which are
visible "for at least 200 feet" and
also q reflector affixed to the rear
fender.
Cyclists who violate the law are
punishable by fines ranging from
IS to $50.
Police said they have received
numerous complaints from motorists
against unlighted bicycles.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Smoke in Basement
Comes From Peat
Under Cement
BY the Associated Press,

- S~S SAeoVSAetSu 61Ch8s
QUINCY, Mass, Oct. a.
Mrs. Cora A. Bennett has got a
fire in her basement which fire
men are afraid they can't put
out.
She called the firefighters
last night because she couldn't
understand what caused all the
smoke to come up through her
cellar floor. Firemen chopped
out some cement and found a
peat bog smouldering there.
They doused it with water,
but said they feared it might
continue to burn for several
weeks.
Evening star., 1939-10-24

meeting is anticipated, as 1t has
been announced through the mails,
in the town school and from the
town pulpits.
But responsibility isn't all the
youthful deputies will get out OF
this plan, Mrs. McCuen said. A
big party is being planned for the
children in the flrehouse the next
night-November /.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Report
FURNISHED by the

FURNISHED
District of CoubiaCoudy
followed by degrees
to moderate northeast
Marand-1ncreasng cloudness tonight;
Vrgna-Cloudy tonight tomorrow cloudy
rain in west and north portion
West Vgna-Coudy followed by
portion late in extreme west
tonipht -
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Advance Gifts Unit
Of Chest Reports
Good Response
Pledges Are Larger
Than Lost Year,
Workers Indicate

Volunteers of the Community
Chest Advance Gifts Unit went back
into the field to make individual
solicitations for funds today after
their first report meeting yesterday
showed givers were making SUBJ
stantially larger pledges than they
did last year.
Seventeen out of 81 large gifts
reported at the meeting were con-
siderably larger. the increases alone
amounting to nearly $4,000.
Approximately 10 per cent of the
units 1921 900 goal was reported by
the workers at the luncheon in the
Willard Hotel yesterday. This did
not include the A gifts reported by
the Group and Metropolitan sections
of the Advance Gifts solicitation as
their totals will be credited toward
the quotas of their respective units.
No report was made by the SUBJ
urban section.
Explains Setup Of Quotas.
Thermometer charts, serving as
a guide to the progress of the So
licitation in the various sections Of
the unit were introduced by Ran
dolph Bishop. campaign manager,
who also explained how the quotas
Of the sections had been set.
Thomas P. Morgan, jr., unit
chairman, who presided at this
first of series of pre-campaign re-
port meetings, re-emphasized the
individualized approach to contrib
utors to bring about gift increases
over last year.
James A. Webb, q member of the
Chests volunteer speakers bureau,
explained to the workers how the
bureau works. The speakers, he said,
before starting out to address groups
and answer questions, visited a
number Of Chest agencies to have
a first-hand knowledge of their sub
ject.
The best approach in addressing
groups. he said. was to explain to
them what contributors get for their
money.
Dividends Are Large.
Community Chest agencies" he
said, bring dividends every day in
the year, not in dollars and cents
but in improvement to the COM
munity."
Edward j. Noble, Assistant Secre-
tary OF Commerce, was announced
as the speaker for the units report
meeting tomorrow.
The Chests Metropolitan Unit
also swung into action yesterday
when William w. Wheeler, chair
man, met with the volunteer forces
of area at 2400 Sixteenth street.
Attending the meeting, which was
called by the area chairman, Mrs.
Louis Kalichstein, were Morris
Klass, executive of the Jewish Social
Service Agency and secretary of the
area, and Mrs. Maurice L. Bern
stein, chairman. Park Viek-Georgia
Avenue division. and Mrs. Joseph
Bernstein. jr.; Mrs. A. B. Nathan
son, Mrs. Jack Rosenberg and Mrs.
Sol Scher, team captains: Mrs.
Maurice Bisgyer, Piney Branch
Sixteenth street division chairman,
and Mrs. Maurice T. Firestone, Mrs.
Edward Ehrlich and Mrs. Julius
Bisno, team captains; Milton King,
chairman, Petworth division, and
Banjamin L. Golstein. Henry Salus
and DR.. Maurice A. Goldberg, team
captains: Mrs. Walter B. Fry, divi-
sion chairman, Columbia Park. and
Mrs. Willard E. Givens, Mrs. Vivian
T. Raywid and Mrs. Henry E. Du-
erst, team captains; Mrs. Samuel
Rubenstein, Sixteenth Street
Heights division chairman, and Mrs.
Joseph j. Cherner, Mrs. Maurice F.
Levy and Mrs. Samuel Goldstein,
team captains.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Crash Injuries FotoI

ITHACA, N. Y, Oct. "a R).-
Richard K. Marsh of Cleveland,
Ohio, a student at Cornell Univers-
ity, died last night at the schools
tnfirmary of injuries received in an
automobile accident last Friday.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Contract Awarded

The Navy Department yesterday
awarded a $221.149 contract for an
aircraft storehouse at the Naval
Air Station, Pensacola, Fla, to A.
4. Adams d Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
TOMORROW.

Instructive Visiting Nurse Society,
1926 G street NV; hours: 2:30-4:30
pm.
Children's Protective Association,
1907 S street NV; hours: 3-6 pm.
Hebrew Home for the Aged, 1125
Spring road NV; hours: "a pm.
Salvation Army Alexandria
Corps, 319 King street, Alexandria,
Va; hours: At pm.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Summary Of
Todoy's Star

Editorials --A-10 Society B-3
Finance - ALI Woman's Page.
Lost, round Biz A-12
Foreign.
U. S. to ask Russia to release City
OF Flint. Page Al
10 tons of Polish gold arrive in
Paris. Page Al
British ship reported sunk by
Deutschland. Page Al
Germans increase pressure on French
lines. Page AS
Firms will return with new Soviet
demands. Page AS
National
Gale blows junk far north, wrecks
1t on reef. Page Az
Man and two women slain in car
near Reno. Page Az
Boy survives steam asphyxiation
fatal to five babies. Page AS
Gov. Long revives military tactics of
Huey in coup" Page A-9
New home building will total billion,
is forecast. Page Alb
U. S. to push antitrust medical case
in Appeals Court. Page B-I
Washington and Vicinity.
Body of 60-year-old man recovered
from river. Page Al
Jordon juror repudiates statement
on code book in room. Page B-1
Chest Advance Gifts Unit makes
report, continues work. Page Az
Peter Fritz cleared of beer sale charge
on technicality. Page B-1
Society Of Natives backs Pine for
District judge. Page B-1
House members traffic ticket among
those fixed. Page B-1
Editorial and Comment
This and That. Page A-1o
Answers to Questions. Page A-10
Letters to The Star. Page A-10
David Lawrence. Page ALL
Alsop and Kintner. Page ALL
G. Gould Lincoln. Page ALL
Lemuel Parton. Page ALL
Jay Franklin. Page ALL
Sports
Tennessee voted top grid team by
wide margin. Page Ala
Terps face Pitt system in Florida
game Saturday. Page ALA
Tech, Western favored over Roose-
welt and Wilson Friday. Page Ais
Current plight revives talk of Big
Ten dropping Chicago. Page A-16
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Go and See

A hospital from which the Com
munity Chest purchases services
through its disqualification Fund and
member agencies of the Chest hold
ing open house today and tomorrow
follow:
TODAY.
Saint AIMS Infant Asylum, 2300 K
street NV; hours: 3-5 pm.
George Washington University
Hospital, 1888 H street NV; hours:
"a pm.
Young Mems Christian Associ-
alton, 18th and G streets NV;
hours: 1906 pm.
Boys Club of Alexandria, 40
North Payne street, Alexandria, Va:
hours: 3:50-5:30 pm. and 6:3O-9:0O
pm.
Evening star., 1939-10-24

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 100, on September 8.
Lowest II, on February 90.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun. today -- 6:26 5:l9
Sun, tomorrow 6o7 5:l7
Moon. today ---- 1924 pm. 253 am.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-han hour after sunset.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry: Potomac slightly muddy
At Great Falls today.
we.ths, In v.,,.vs c,,,..
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Editorial and Comment
T1oSe 4~I FYSl,e
MisceIIonv

Natures Children.
Service Orders.
Vital Statistics.
Bedtime Story.
Crossword Puzzle.
Letter-Out. .t.
Winning Contract.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Report for Last u Hours.

Record for Last r. Hours.
rrom noon yesterday to noon today
Highest. 81, 2:30 pm. yesterday. Year
ago. &C.
Lowest. 40. 6 Am. today. Year ago. 4S.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
(rrom noon yesterday to noon today.)
Lowest, II. per cent, at 2:30 I'm. today.
Lowest, 30 per cent. at 2 pm. yesterday.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
At Harpers Ferry; Potomac clear at Great
Falls today.
Tide Tables
(TurntShed By United States Coast and
6AAdAffe
Evening star., 1939-10-24

The Sun and Moon.
Evening star., 1939-01-03

words. the husk reminds you Of q
cob. The Albert nut is long and OBJ
long In shape, the cobs angular
and roundish. These are often con-
fused with the hazelnut, which is
small, roundish and hard-shelled.
It Is difncult to find any authen-
TIC information concerning the Al
pert. 1t Is claimed by many that
the name filbert comes from the
word which means "full-beard."
The leaves are heavily veined
and have saw-toothed edges, while
their stems are short. The lining
is much lighter shade than the
upper color of deep green. The tree
Evening star., 1939-01-03
MANY species Of hlberts developed

many species Of hlberts developed
and those growing successfully In
Europe cannot cope with the cli-
mate and the fungus diseases which
they are susceptible to here. Since
we have almost any type Of soil and
climate, the filbert will be made to
feel at home some day.
The fllbert belongs to . group Of
nuts produced by the Corylus
species. You will find in botany that
the nuts Of Corylus are classified
or 'variously grouped and those
spoken of as f1lberts have husks,
tubular In form and much longer
than the fruit 1t covers. In other
Evening star., 1939-01-03
Natures Children
(Corylus) Filbert

nuts in stockings is long established.
There is a satisfaction boys get in
cracking shells to obtain the rich,
nourishing meat so carefully pro-
tected.
Filbert trees are grown in many
parts of Europe and their nuts are
shipped to America in large guam
titles. They are rich in oil and do
Evening star., 1939-01-03
Fertilizer Views Changed

Fertilizer experts who used to
think nitrogen, PHOSPHORUS, pot
ash and lime were the only arti-
fetal plant foods crops needed now
include many minor elements such
as boron. copper, manganese and
the like,
Evening star., 1939-01-03
Nv LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

At Christmas time we seem to
have an urge to serve various kinds
Of shelled and unshelled nuts. There
are barrels of them, windows piled
high with various types which we
realize we have seen little Of since
last holiday season.
The practice of putting unshelled
Evening star., 1939-01-03

grows to be about 20 feet high and
Is well-shaped, though It Is usually
no more than a fourishing shrub.
The finest fllberts grown today are
from Spain.
(Copyright, 1939)
Evening star., 1939-01-03
not keep well unless stored In .
cnld nlace

not keep well unless stored In .
cold place.
There have been many unsuc-
cessful attempts to grow these trees
In the United States, but each
venture has ended in q financial loss,
and finally it has seemed best to
have the nuts imported to our mar
kets. Oregon and Washington have
some fine young trees, however, and
great hopes are centered about
them.
There seems to be variety Of rea- =
sons why this tree does not flourish
in America, one being the kind Of
soil the trees have been planted in.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-14
Opposition to City Manager Plan Voiced In Resolution
City Manager Plan Explained
 To Audience At Mass Meeting
Group Completion Says White t Up Pubc DeBisschop Shouts "Stop Beating About
 the Bush" to Chief Speaker

figures from memory, eventually finding statistics printed on pam phlet on the table before him and relating to about four years of city manager government in San Diego, California. These, he said, showed that the California town had rec duced taxes by about % cents in four years.
 Thereafter, he offered Mir, De- Bisschop Q three-cent stamp for a letter to Norfolk ot obtain figures from the city government or the chamber of commerce,
 Another questioner, anonymous, asked about the situation in Cleve- land, which, last August, discarded the city manager plan, Regarding this defeat for proponents of the plan, MT. Willard said that the elec- ton was held In August and that only l7 per cent of the electorate voted, the plan losing by 2,l00 votes,
 He described Cleveland as being in the worst shape of any large American city, saying that there are about 100000 on relief or WPA, that 1t has more city employees for population than any other compars able town. Mir. Willard spent some time discussing Cleveland and Ohio politics, saying that imperfections in the original Cleveland charter were removed when the Cincinnati char ter was adopted. He opposed coun- cils of 25 members, explained how the proposed 7-member council for Waterbufy would be elected under proportional representation,
 Ballots Explained
 Attorney Michael J. dalullo asked how the ballots would be arranged for proportional representation vot- ing and MT, Willard explained that they would be printed in series form so that each of, say 2i candidates would have his name at the top of Q ballot as many times as any other candidates, by shifting the names, Thus, Aloysius Allen would be No. l so many times, No, 2, so many times Zez Zane would be No, l, etc.
 He remarked that the voting plan allowed every elector to have part in voting for some winner of the seven who could be elected of the hypothetical 2i candidates, as they would make 2i choices, numbering their selections,
 MT, White declared that the cam paign for the plan will be success ful only by effort of the voters and that the association Is fulfilling It's pledge to give the voters opportun- ity to vote on the plan,
 MT. Willard said that the average American doesn't kick over high taxes If he feels he is getting his moneys worth" and that service oi 6 government Is the more important consideration.