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Evening star., 1939-10-13
Dr.. Abbot Halls Plan
For Small BUILDINGS
To House Exhibits
Believes RooseveIt's
Program Will Solve
Smithsonian Problem

Solution of problem which long
has hampered the Smithsonian In
stitution was seen by DR.. Charles
G. Abbot today IN President Roose-
velt's encouragement of plans for
construction of series OF relatively
small buildings as part of the de-
velopment of East Capitol street to
house exhibits now cramped for
space
Il don't believe there's been an
annual meeting of the Board OF
Regents of the Smithsonian in the
last Is years that hasn't been faced
with the problem of finding addi-
tional space" observed the secre-
tary of the institution.
I'VE thought the problem was at
least partially solved when Con-
gress, in 1880, authorized a big
appropriation for construction OF
additions to house natural history
exhibits" DR.. Abbot said. Then
the depression came and that fell
through"
Backs Presidents Views.
DR.. Abbot said he was in COM
plete accord with the President s
views that new quarters are needed
to house such exhibits as the Wa,
Departments Medical Library.
There's been some talk of mov-
ing this fine library to Walter Reed
Hospital" DR.. Abbot said. Il be-
Aeve, however. it would be q better
plan to transfer it to one of the
proposed buildings on East Capitol
street."
Many other exhibits now are in
adequately displayed because of lack
Of space, DR.. Abbot said. He men
toned the American Indian exhibi-
tion, the entire anthropology Sec
ton, the aeronautical, mechanical
transportation and communication
exhibits.
1881 Building an "Eyesore."
One of the most popular build
ings. housing Lindbergh's famous
plane and many other exhibits, is
an "eyesore," declared DR.. Abbot
The building was constructed In
1881.
Not only are we cramped fol
space there, but the structure stands
in the way # the development oi
Ninth street." he said.
DR.. Abbot discussed the proposed
East Capitol street plan with the
President Monday. Mr.. Roosevelt
explained that such a development
already has been accorded the favor
OF the National Capital Park ano
Planning Commission.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Band Concert

BY the United States Army Band
tomorrow morning at 11:30 o'clock
In the Army Band Auditorium. Capt.
Thomas F. Darcy. leader; Karl Hub
ner, assistant leader.
Program.
March, "Fairest of the Fair" "-Sousa
American sketch, Street Scene"
Newman
Concert march, World Is Waiting
for the Sunrise" Lockhart
Cuban serenade, La Paloma,"
Yradier
Characteristic, Hungarian
Dances Nos. Z and g. Brahms
March, ''The Captivator"- Williams
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1939-10-13

Harold F. Kurtz, 38, of Rockville,
Md, c. c. C. inspector for the
United States Forestry Service, was
killed early today when his car ran
off the road and crashed into a
fruitstand and tree on the Rockville
pike just north of the intersection
of the Old Georgetown road.
Mr. Kurtz was returning from
Washington and was alone at the
time of the accident. He had been
i'll recently, suffering from low blood
pressure, and Montgomery County
police summoned by a passing mo-
torist believed he may have tainted
or fallen asleep at the wheel The
machine ran off the left side of the
road.
His widow, Mrs. Dorothy Kurtz
executive secretary of the Montgom-
cry County Welfare Board, will leave
tonight for Rochester, N. Y, where
her husband will be buried. Besides
Mrs. Kurtz, he is survived by an
uncle and several cousins, all living
IN Rochester.
Mr.. Kurtz was native of Roches-
ter and a graduate of Syracuse Uni
versity. He had been in Govern
menf service for several years, first
with the c. c. c. and later with the
Resettlement Administration before
he became connected with the
Forestry Service. He was a Mason
and had lived in Rockville for the
last two years.
In another accident near the Capt.
tai, Samuel Montieth, AZ, of Fran
coma, Va, and Otis Shifhett, %, OF
Alexandria, were cut and bruised
when their automobile ran off Tele-
graph road, near Hayfield, Fairfax
County, and struck tree this morn
ing. They were admitted to Alex
andria City Hospital for treatment
Neither was believed seriously hurt
The car, police said, was operated
by Mr.. Montieth.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
BY ALFRED TOOMBS,
Star Stan Correspondent.

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Oct. l3.
The local dog catcher changed his
name and fled the county this morn
ing as 500 bowling hounds descended
on this town to participate in the
18th renewal of the Fredericksburg
Dog Mart.
The dog mart started in 1898, ac-
cording to local traditions, when
the Indians and the early settlers
stopped swapping scalps for a day
in order to swap dogs. The custom
was revived. in 1927 and since then
the Chamber of Commerce has been
beating the tom toms for the annual
dog snow and auction sale.
The town declared a semi holiday
in honor of the dogs and half the
population headed for the high
school athletic field. where we're
quartered as complete collection
Of dogs as has been seen in these
parts.
Many Breeds Displayed.
On view was everything from a
Mexican hairless, which could turn
around in a teacup. to Newfound-
land, which needed half an acre to
wag its tail. There was a plentiful
sprinkling of fugitives from the
pound, dogs who weren't worth
much of anything to much of any,
body but whose owners would not
sell them for the United States
gold reserve.
There must have been a few un-
easy moments in the happy hunting
grounds where the Indians of old
Fredericksburg are now sojourning
when swarm of Western Union
messengers hove into view at the
dog mart, leading dogs for owners
who were too tired to tend to their
pets.
A parade through the towns main
street and showing and judging of
the many fine dogs entered in the
show marked the opening of the
festivities. The animals were quar-
tered around the edge of the high
school athletic field, and necessarily
gave vent to their feelings about the
whole thing. Bedlam was a nice,
quiet place comparatively.
Owners Proud as Can Be.
Owners of the animals were burst
ing with pride and some few led
their dogs about exhibiting the rib
bons they had won in the prize ring.
Probably the most intensely proud
man on the field was Pierce Markey,
80, of Beaver Dam, Va. His rat ter
rier, Judy, was the life of the party.
The old man had taught the dog
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Barking of 500 Dogs Ming|es
At fredericksburg Mart
Fugitives From Pound Given Place
In Display Along With Classy Pets

dozens Of difficult tricks and had
brought her to the show to put her
on sale. He was hoping that no one
would buy her, however
Il wouldn't sell Judy for less than
$50," he said. I'm a poor man and
$50 is right smart of money to me- -
IF you sold that dog" friend
interjected, II reckon you'd grieve
yourself to death. You've done $50
worth of training on the dog all
right. But then I reckon you didn t
have anything else to do"
Enters 13 Dogs on 18th.
Dogs peeked out of coat pockets,
out OF suitcases, or paced. uneasily
on the end of chains. The largest
entry IN the show. made in honor
Of Friday the 18th. was that Of C.
w. Berry of Rectory Post Office.
Mr.. Berry had l3 hunting dogs in
the show.
He is fox hunter, and every Sat-
urday with his friends he roams
through the woods in his native
Stafford County, chasing the red
and gray foxes which abound there.
He goes on foot-none of this So
ciety horse riding business-and
usually lets the fox go after the
dogs have holed it.
Fox pelts. he said, have no value
and the only reason he hunts the
animal is because he likes to hear
his pack baying on the trail. There
are plenty Of foxes around here
he says.
During the afternoon a fox horn
blowing contest was scheduled. The
fox horns are made from steer
horns and a blast from the horn is
used to signal both the dogs and
other hunters.
Auctioneer Wears High Hat.
E. L. Brown, bedecked in a high
hat, was the auctioneer for this
years sale. Mr.. Brown, who comes
from Lexington, KY, is a profess
sional tobacco auctioneer. He is a
graduate of school for auctioneers
He said that he would not use
his machine gun tobacco chant
when selling dogs, and contributed
an item to the sum total of human
knowledge by explaining what il
was that tobacco auctioneer says
The auctioneer, he explained, is TAX
ing bids of Is cents as he chants.
Instead of saving Is. So rs. 81
he is saying "Quarter-ha-re- dollar ~
The auction was scheduled to
last all afternoon and tonight an
old-fashioned barn dance was sched-
uled in the Elks Hall. Dancers will
be asked to check their dogs.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
kiwunis Club Meets

A program arranged by the Com
mittee on the Support of Churches
was presented at the weekly luncheon
meeting of the Arlington County
Kiwanis Club at the Washington
Golf and Country Club yesterday.
The Rev. Kenneth M. Rizer spoke
on THE Existence of God" and the
Rev. P. G. Helmintoller, jr., chairman
Of the committee, talked on why
Go to Church?"
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Rites for Col. PICKERING
Held at ArIinqton

Funeral services for Col. Abner
Pickering, u S. A., retired, who died
October 6 at San Diego, Calf, were
held this morning at Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery.
Serving as honorary pallbearers
were Maj. Gen. E. S. Adams, adju-
tant general; Cols. G. H. Miller,
c. S. Hamilton, j. A. Uio and j. T.
Harris, and 1t. Col. Frederick
McCabe. 49,
Evening star., 1939-10-13
School File Exum Dated

Supt. Frank w. Ballou today an
nounced an examination to set up a
list of eligibles for attendance officers
in the white schools will be held
October q at 8:45 am. at the Wilson
Teachers College. Applications must
be on file by October II, DR.. Ballou
said.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Knee-Hi to Appear
On Radio Program
Tomorrow Mornino

Knee-Hi, The Stars safety
dog, will appear on a special
three-hour radio, broadcast in
the interests of Accident Pre-
vention Week and the Junior
Red Cross, beginning at 6 am.
tomorrow at Eleventh and G
streets NV.
The program, conducted by
Announcers Gordon Hitten-
mark and Lee Everett, will in
clude Knee-Hi's appearance at
$50 and a short address by
Edgar Morris, chairman of the
Red Cross Roll Call. Both SJa-
tions WRC and WMAL will
carry the program. Knee-Hi
will appear with her trainer, DR..
George E. Brunson.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Guard Company
Receiving EnIistments

Arrangements to handle enlist
ments for the Service Company
Maryland National Guard, every
night except Tuesday have been
completed, Capt. Ward Caddington,
commanding officer, announced to-
day. An officer will be on hand at
the National Guard Armory at Sill
yer Spring, Md, to receive applica-
tions, he said.
Several vacancies are open, all for
specialist ratings providing extra pay,
Capt. Caddington said Chauffeurs,
mechanics, motorcyclists and clerks
are needed.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Maritime Arbitrator
Urged to Keep Post
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary of Labor Perkins last
night asked Dean Wayne L. Morse
OF Oregon University law school to
reconsider his resignation as arbi-
TRAITOR of Pacific Coast maritime dis
putes involving the International
Longshoremens and Warehousemens'
Union.
Dean Morse had telegraphed his
resignation to Miss Perkins after the
union indicated dissatisfaction with
q recent decision.
Evening star., 1939-10-13

The bloom" on grapes is really a
thin covering of wax, natures way
OF protecting against the too rapid
evaporation of its moisture into
the air.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Man Killed When Cal
Runs Off Road Into
Fruitstand and Tree
H. F. Kurtz, Inspector
For Forest Service, in
Rockville Pike Crash
Traffic Record

The traffic record, as revealed
at police headquarters for "a
hour period ending at 8 am.
today:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, 81.
Motorists injured, none.
Motorists arrested, 312.
Pedestrians injured, S.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lations of pedestrian control
regulations, none.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-03
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE
APPOINTED FOR PROVING
WILL AND HEARING APPLI-
CATION FOR LETTERS TESLA
MENTARY.
In The Superior Court of The State
of California, in and for The
County of Imperial
In the Matter of the Estate of
CALVIN w. DICKERMAN,
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that petit
tion for probate of the will of Cal
Vim w. Dickerman, deceased. and
for the issuance to Earl Dickerman
of letters of administration with
the will annexed. has been filed in
this court, and that the 7th day OF
April, 1899, at two o'clock PM. OF
said day, at the courtroom of said
court. at the Courthouse in the
City of FL Centro, County of I'M
perial. State of California. has been
set for the hearing of said petition,
when and where any person inter
ested may appear and contest the
same. and show cause, if any they
have, why said petition should not
be granted.
Dated March 25th 1889
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
BY ELEANOR McGIRK,
Deputy Clerk.
Clarence B. Smith, Attorney for
Petitioner NJ. PA. 6 incl
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-03
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
CERTIFICATE OF BUSINESS
FIC'rITIOIS FIRM NAME

THE UNDERSIGNED does here
by certify that he is conducting a
Business at 1861 West Main Street,
Ell Centre, California, under the
fictitious firm name of YORK co.
and that said firm is composed of
the following person, whose name
and address is as follows, to-wit:
A. Y. PREBLE, l46l West Main
ST., Ell Centro, California
WITNESS my hand this Both day
of March, 1899.
A. Y. PREBLE.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-03

WILL SWAP hot water plant, fur
mace and go gallon tank. Also
Westinghouse range. Sand lot,
Oceanbeach. A. w. NeWkirk, 588
Main st. 4-5
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-03

LONG WHEEL base truck chas-
sis. Air brakes, dual tires. In
perfect condition. Trade for
what. Smith, $50 Broadway. 4-5
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-03
This is SWAP AD
WEEK in imperial
Valley
Where To Find It

w mere 10 L ina IL
, death. Funeral Notices
2-Cards Of Thanks
3-In Memoriam
4-Lodge Notices
5-Lost, Found, Estray
6-Personals. Special Notices
7-Business Services
transportation
9-Beauty Aids
10-Help Wanted
11-Instruction
12-Situations Wanted
13-Business Opportunities
14-Apartments for Rent
15-Houses for Rent
16-Wanted to Rent
17-Rooms for Rent
1S--Business Rentals
19-Summer Homes Sale. Rent
20-Pasturage
21-Country Property, Lease
22-Country Property, Sale
23--City Property for Sale
24-Wanted Real Estate
25-Furniture for Sale
26-Miscellaneous for Sale
27-Wanted, Miscellaneous
2S-Let's Swap
29-Poultry
30-Farm Implements
31-Farm Products
32-Livestock
33-Aucti
34-Used Cars
35-Trucks, Tractors, Trailers
36-Auto Parts. Tires, Access.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-03

COMPLETE TRACTOR outfit. 30
Cat, mower, disc, wagons. Can
use road grader, border disc, cool
ing system, fans. Rt. l, Box 1913,
HoltVille. As
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-03

GOOD BALED alfalfa hay TO trade
for hogwire. 800 N. Imperial Ave,
BraWley. 4-5
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-03
Let's Strap
Is L

TRACTOR and DISC-trade fof
cows. Mile north, l mile west Of
Calexico. Charles StinSon. 4-5
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-03

WEDGEWOOD GAS range and
electric booster for water heater.
T. M. Sharp, 1902 Olive. As
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-03

WILL TRADE for good used light
weight outboard motor. $50 Or
ange. 40
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-03
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF IMPERTAL-Ss.

1oOIN Sr lNiL EINAhlJ--SS.
ON THIS 30th day of March,
1899, before me, d. s.. Dawson, a
Notary Public in and for said Com-
ty and State, personally appeared
A. Y. Preble, known to me to be
the person whose name is subscrib-
ed to the within Instrument, and
acknowledged to me that he exc
cuted the same
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
my official seal the day and year
in this certificate first above writ
ten. he
ID. S. DAWSON,
Notary Public in and for Said
County and State.
(SEAL)
My Commission expires Sept. 20,
1899.
A. 3. 10. IT. "a
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-03
When You Want Something Done Efficiently and Economically
CALL AN EXPER T
! RUsfness SernIc.h z EuSIness Nprrce
business Service

READ THESE LINES and get the
number,
It's a good place to buy your
lumber.
1909 Adams st. is the place to
find,
Do Not forget, keep it in mind.
New and used lumber do we sell
And other good buys to you We'll
tell.
Windows, doors, hardware or
lath,
Lime, cement, Or used brick for
path.
Come ON now, let's see your
smile,
Don't have to buy, just visit a
while.
Ell CENTRIC LUMBER &
TRADING CO.
1409 Adams st. Phone 1892
PAINTING, Paperhanging, Decor
ating. Estimates cheerfully given
WALTER d. POLLARD
451 Ell Centro Ave. Phone 994
FURNITURE UPHOLSTERING
Complete Line Of Samples
GEO. II. MORRIS
sci Broadway Phone COG
LOOK LOOK
CNE WEEK SPECIAL Any car
wash til d. m. 75c. Willie Ward
at Barbara Worth Garage.
E,1hHssx ,assr
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-03
Lost, Found, EStr0y

PARENTS NOTICE
WILL PERSON who took track
shoes from Wilson school, please
leave at Post-Press Sentimentai
value to Wallys mother. No
questions asked. Al
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-03

LOST-MAN'S billfold Sunday
Contains Identification cards and
money. Reward. Please return to
w. r. Wick, 718 So 4th. A
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-03

FOR SALE-22 Stands Bees. o. O
Sandberg, Westmorland. 4-6
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-03

HIGHER PRICES paid TOT yuut
junk iron, metal and rags. $3.50
ton mix iron delivered. Will call
for large lots.
Reliable Salvage
524 Broadway Phone 509
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-03
Wanted Miscellaneous

VANTTD-MilI goats. Give price
end number of goats in reply 900
n. Imperial Ave, BraWley. A
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-03

FORTY ACRE ranch, well improv-
ed, with crop OF flax. 2 miles So.
= mile east Of Seal Heights. ice
Groebli. As
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-03
d. S. DAWSON.
Notary Public in and for Sal,
County and State.

A. 3. 10. II. "a
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-24
HAM AND EGGS TAXES
FOR CALIFORNIANS
Christian Science Monlt0r)

Through release of a statement made
at White House press conference on
August 26 1888. all doubt has been re-
moved as to the position of President
Roosevelt on CALIFORNIA; Thirty-Dolars-
Every-Thursday plan. In this statement
Mr.. Roosevelt went to the heart of the
so-called ham-and-eggs proposal He
said plainly that the plan involves a
transactions tax, since approximately
S1,000,000,000 a year as required to pay
$50 every Thursday to an estimated 600,-
600 citizens over fifty years of age would
have to come from the two-cent stamps
applied once a week to the warrants.
Of course, there might be transactions
within week on which no tax would be
paid but the President is definitely right
in saying that transactions tax is in
volved. For no one would pay the weekly
tax on the warrants except to get buSi-
ness. And, if anyone took a S1-warrant
and held it a week he would in effect
offer per cent discount or pay ?
per cent tax on his transaction.
Advocates of the plan say the tax
would come out of new or extra business.
But what assurance is there that such
transactions would be extra or new busi-
ness? Could a grocer say, | will accept
warrants from new customers or Tor
sales above the usual amount | sell to
old customers, but / will not accept them
for debts and for the usual run Of bust
ness? Would not the warrants-if ac-
cepted-simply collect a tax on much
business now conducted by currency or
credit which would cease to function?
The belief that there would be new
business out of which the 81, ,000,000,OOO
could be obtained for warrant stamps IS
an assumption. And when it is under
stood that S1,OOO,0OO,O0O is one-quarter
of California's annual income it may
be seen that Thirty-Dollars-E -Every-Th
day may mean for the people of the
State, not only transactions tax, but as
President Roosevelt said: "a 25 per cent
income tax on everybody
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-24

WESTINGHOUSE is not only
President Roosevelt who is reluc.
tant to offer American mediation
as a means of ending the Euro
pean war.
Some of the men who are moSt
bitterly fighting his arms embargo
repeal program in the Senate fee
that such mediation would involve
America in European affairs more
deeply and directly than anything
that has been suggested since
Woodrow Wilson lost the League
of Nations fight.
The trouble is that mediation
as diplomats use the word, means
a good deal more than simply
transmitting back and forth mes
sageS from the belligerent parties
Ii involves sitting down with the
belligerents at a conference table
taking part in the argument, work
ing actively to bring about a set
tlement-and. in the end, it in
wolves a certain moral response
bility both for seeing that a settle
ment is reached and for seeing that
any settlement which is reached
is afterward lived up to.
One isolationist who feels that
great deal of caution ought to be
exercised about any mediation
program is Senator Sheridan Dow
ney of California
The conference that will even
tually end this war" says Senator
Downey, may be a general Euro
pean conference. Aside from the
warning nations. there are a score
of other countries concerned in
any European settlement. There
would be many pitfalls for any
American president who sought to
take part in any such complicated
conference as that.
"On the other hand, the confer
ence might not include any but
the nations actually at war-Ger-
many, England and France. In
that case the fortunes of the other
nations by the negotiations be-
tween these three powers. Once
again, it is easy TO see the troubles
which might befall an American
president who tried to help work
out a settlement"
Like many others, Senator Dow
ney feels that old-line power
politics" would be apt to be DOM
inant in a European peace con-
ference. Consequently, he suggests
that if this country wants to keep
out of European entauglements
it ought not lightly to consider
taking part in a conference of that
kind.
Less risky-from the viewpoint
of the isolationist-is the actor
which is known in diplomatic Ian
guage as rendering good offices.
That was what President Theodore
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-24
Bruce Cation in Washington
Dissects the News

Roosevelt did in 1906 when he
helped Russia and Japan get to-
gether to end their war. 1t is also
what was done more recently in
the Chaco dispute.
A tender of good offices simply
means that the country which
makes. the offer actS-as the State
Department puts it as a post
office. 1t forwards messages from
one belligerent to another, and is
nothing more than a go-between.
1t does not take part in any con-
ference which results from the eX-
change of messages, and has no
implied responsibility to see that
peace is attained
AS matter of fact, no offer of
mediation would ever be made by
any country unless the ground
work had all been done in ad-
vcance. A government prepared to
mediate would sound out the war
ring parties first and ascertain that
each side wanted to come to some
agreement.
1t probably would get a pretty
straight idea of the amount of
give-and-take that was going to
be needed. Not until a good deal
of sub-surface negotiating had gone
on would an actual offer of media
ton be made.