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Evening star., 1940-01-16
Senator Frazier Hits
Pupils Use of Liquor

Senator Frazier of North Dakota
criticized the use of liquor and to-
bacco by public school children at
meeting last night of the Allied
Organizations. Inc, of the District
of Columbia, held at the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Other speakers included DR.. Rob-
ert A. Hare of Washington Sani-
tarium, Mrs. Lloyd w. Biddle, former
president of the District Federation
of Women's Clubs; ]. Raymond
Schmidt, general superintendent of
the National Civic League, and DR..
Garnet c. Wilkinson, first assistant
superintendent of public schools.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Choral Additions Slated

Additions for new members for
the Washington Choral Society will
be held beginning at 7:30 o'clock
tonight at Central High School in
preparation for the first perform
ance ever to be given in Washing
ton of Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis. "
Fifty new members are needed for
this performance, to be presented in
April under the direction Of Louis
A. Potter. conductor Of the society.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Pittsburgh Fights Robes

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 16 (P.-The
Post-Gazette reports the worst out
break of rabies here in q decade
despite 100-day quarantine in
force in three of the city's 80 wards
Five rabid dogs have been killed
this year. Fifty-two were killed last
year and PIG men, women and chill
dren given inoculations.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Doll Display to Open

With a display of modern and an
tique dolls of many nationalities the
annual kindergarten doll show of
the Chevy Chase (Md.0 Elementary
School will open at 1880 o'clock to-
night in the schoolhouse on Rose
mary street. The show will be con-
tinued tomorrow from 9 am. to 2
pm.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
H. }. Graham to Play
At Orqan Demonstration

James A. G.. Koehl, patent at
torney in charge of the patent de-
partment of the Central CONNER
cial Co., Chicago, will lecture and
give a demonstration of an electric
organ at 3 pm. tomorrow in the
Commerce Department Auditorium,
the United States Patent Office an
nounced today.
H Jerome Graham, organist at
the Universalist National Memorial
Church, will play the organ, and
Miss Irene Koehl, Washington solo,
ist, will sing.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Johnson to Make Trip
Up Yunqtze to Hunkow

Ey the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Jan. 16.-United
States Ambassador Nelson T. john
son plans to leave Shanghai Janu-
ary % for an inspection trip up the
Yangtze as far as Hankow, it was
announced today.
For this first visit by the Am
bassador since Hankow was taken
by Japan in the fall of 1888, Mr.
Johnson will sail aboard the Luzon
gunboat flagship of Rear Admira
William GlaSSford,
Evening star., 1940-01-16

Japan has been the largest buyer
of scrap metal in the United States
every year for 10 years except 1881.
That year, Canada headed the list.
Evening star., 1940-01-16

Greece is shipping more goods
to the United States than to any
other country.
Evening star., 1940-04-07

perfect examples Of early American
architecture west Of the Mississippi,
Shadows-on-t the -Teche has been q
historic landmark of the Evangeline
country for more than 100 years,
and since its construction In 1880 it
has not been necessary to alter, Its
lines or restore any of its parts from
need OF repairs.
Like most plantation houses, the
Shadows is white, columned struc-
ture. Built close to the ground, it
Is rectangular in shape with the
massive, circular pillars of the deep
veranda gracing the front only. The
slanting roof covered with tile is
broken only by several dormers of
plain construction. The architecture
is Roman Doric with simplicity the
keynote of the structure inside and
out, and no ornamental gee-gaWs or
useless appendages mar its classical
lines.
Northeast from New Iberia, not
Evening star., 1940-04-07

The mechanics involved in bring
ing a train to stop would be of
little more than passing interest to
passengers were it not for the fact
that the comfort of the ride is af-
fected. High speed over the rails,
trend Of the lines in recent years
to shrink the travel map of the
United States and generally improve
service, have accentuated the prob
lem of providing a flowing" stop
and reducing the wear and tear on
equipment. Out of this problem has
come a new type of braking action
which has been tried out on one of
the Burlington Railroads stream
liners, the General Pershing, and
will be standard equipment on new
additions to the feet of Zephyrs.
The developer Of the brake, the
Budd Wheel Co., found in the auto
mobile industry a principle that
takes away the familiar iron brake
shoe from the rim of the wheel,
applies the breaking action against
discs rotating with the axle under
the car, and surfaces the shoe with
a composition material similar to
Evening star., 1940-04-07

the brake lining that stops today's
high-speed automobile trayelers.
The mechanism, hidden under the
middle Of the car, can hardly be
seen outside Of . railroad shop, but
this Is Whist 1t looks like: The drum,
Of cast iron, is similar In shape to
the grindstone that twirls In its
framework In hundreds Of farm
Yards.
It Is hollow and the rim is punc-
tured with vanes that fan air be-
tween the discs, carrying OH the
heat generated by the braking fric-
tion IS the Shoe presses against the
smooth lateral surfsces. Squeezing
the shoes against the surfaces is a
combination Of levers, responding to
compressed air pressure that fills a
cylinder when the brakes are ap-
Evening star., 1940-04-07

piled, pushing piston into action.
Stopping a train at high speed is
discomforting at best. The friction
Of . conventional shoe not infre-
quently generates a heat that
causes the shoe to grab the wheel,
then slip, then grab again. The re-
suit Is stop In a series OF frantic
jerks. Such heat has been known
to convert the shoe and the wheel
rim into almost q molten state. The
trucks, fitting with the alternating
grips and slips. seems to hammer on
the floor Of the car. This fault Is
said to be eliminated in hooking up
the new brake mechanism to the
body Of the car. ~.
The manufacturer claims that a
train going 100 miles per hour can
be brought to a smooth stop in l.
800 feet.
Evening star., 1940-04-07
The Travellers Notebook
Train and Auto Travel Combined in New Service
Western Railroads Will Offer to Voeotionists
And Businessmen on Moy1
BY JACQUES FUTRELLE, Jr,
Travel Editor.

Recreational and business travellers
will have something new to conjure
with in this, "Travel America. Year."
when Railway Extension, Inc, goes
into operation in about $50 American
cities on May l.
The latest device for combining
train and automobile travel, train
auto service supplements a device
worked out by the railroads in the
early 1930s, permitting the inveterate
automobile driver to take his car
along while he lolls in a Pullman
and rests fof trips over the high
ways and into the byways hundreds
of miles ahead. This was possible,
but neither convenient nor practical
until the Nations rail lines generally
joined in system of shipping the
family car by fast freight at the
price Of one passenger ticket for
every two tourists. The new service
will permit the traveller and his FAM
lily to leave the auto at home in the
garage and still have the con-
venience of a car for roaming the
countryside far away from the fam
lily hearthstone.
Eleven Western railroads are Of
fering train-auto service west of the
Mississippi River to the business
man and his fellow traveller, the va
cationist. Here is the way the serv-
ice will work: When the traveller
buys his rail transportation he asks
the ticket agent to wire ahead to
reserve an automobile. 1t will be de-
livered to him at the station of his
destination on arrival, or at any
particular time. The traveller must
either make a $40 deposit with the
agent as he takes over the machine,
or present railway extension card
of Identification obtained in advance
through the Chicago headquarters
of Extension. The keys are handed
to him and he drives of.
The cooperating railroads have
worked out itemized sample trips
to present the economy of the train
auto service, in money as we'll as
tlme ana energy, even II the driver
insists on figuring mileage costs Of
his own car as low as cents. Double
the figure is perhaps more accurate.
No specific type of railroad accom-
modations is required The auto
service is available to the vacation
ist who takes a grand circle tour of
America for $50, as we'll as the
traveller who rides in the de luxe
surroundings of famous name
trains
Rates for train-aute service cars
range from cents to 6is cents,
depending on miles of use or certain
minimums. Current model, five-pas-
senger autos are supplied. Other
places may be added to the system
during the months to come. but the
lines have announced operation of
Evening star., 1940-04-07
Louisiana Plantation
Homes Hint Of Past
5p|endors
Mansions Dot Stute:
Variety Of Architecture
Adds Interest

BATON ROUGE, April 6.-Numer-
Gus plantation houses. a large num-
Der Of which are in the truest sense
mansions. are to be found scattered
throughout Louisiana and are today
reminders of a past splendor.
Cited as one of the most nearly
Evening star., 1940-04-07
RESORTS.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. ].

WILDWOOD, N. ].
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-21
Fairbanks an Example

Douglas Fairbanks was an ex- ample. He was a good friend and we often exercised together. But at 45 and 50 he was doing exer- else rnat would amaze young ster Of 25.
 T think that handball. squash and too many sets of tennis are harmful to men over 40. Such sports as golf, hiking and bowling are excellent for older men who feel they are equal to them"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-21

, 1art for knick-knacks and things he'd always wanted-but he used noye than half of 1t to pay off the mortgage on the family's 400-acre rarm, enlarge it and improve it.
 "Oh. I should have saved more of it." Payne says, but l haven't anything to regret.
 I'm lot better off than I was before the race
 Whatever he gained he earned. Imagine running and walking 50 to 70 miles a day for 84 days.
 Payne, when he set out on a mo- torcycle fer California to enter the race, had had some notion of going to college and becomingn a school eacher. The events of the next few lonths changed the course of h.s fife.
 Promoter c. c. Pyle - the late Cash and Carry'-started l99 run aers March 4, 1928, in San Francisco. Three-fourths of them found the ,oing too tough. Payne took the lead lbout halfway across the countJ and held it. On May 26, the grind tumbled to it's erd in Madison Square Garden.
 Payne celebrated with sightsee- Ing tour in New York-on foot.
 A short time later a motorist gave lift to a young fellow trudging along under a hot summer sun one Sunday afternoon in Oklahoma. It was Andy Payne He had left the train at Vinita and was walking 20 miles home. The driver never knew his passenger.
 At Foyil, the village where he had gone through school, Andy got out, walked over to vacant lot and cas- ually joined some friends in a base ball game as though nothing had happened.
 But banquets and praise were the Crder for some tune.
 Called on to speak, Payne had Q stock remark:
 "I'd rather run 40 miles a day than chop cotton-I owe it ali tc cornbread."
 Six years later his name was enough known to get him elected clerk of the state supreme court. H, was elected again in 1888 and has two more years to serve.
 Payne's exercise now is less stren ucus. He likes golf and fishing. but he probably still could jog 10 miles every day before breakfast.
 It's mostly walking now, Payne explains:
 "I walk to work every day-six blocks"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-21

not competing. At the end of that time my heart was of normal size and I was physically sound.
 There is one point I'm fanat- ical on, and that is that I think the greatest mistake made by men past 35 is to engage in stren- uous sports. They enlarge their hearts and undoubtedly shorten their lives. I've seen too many Of them go bad around 55.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-21
3uNt0N DERBY W,HNfR STILL
 WALKS, SOME
Andy Payne, That 1928. Wonder Boy, Is in
 Perfect Health
By JOHN E. OWEN AP Feature Service

OKLAHOMA CITY, May 2l Re member the bunion derby? Did yo ever wonder what became of th, gangling, sun -blackened boy who won it?
 He's doing all right.
 Andy Payne won the longest mar- athon in history, the nightmare cll- max of the sports mad l920's. The 20-year old farm lad headed 54 othel contestants into New York city at- ter trotting and walking 3,400 miles across the continent 12 years ago ir one Of the most gruelling endurance contests ever conceived. He woa $25000 as first prize
 Today he is the elected clerk of Cklahoma's supreme court, married 10 a pretty former school teacher father of two children-and he never walks any farther than he has to.
 He is 32, his health is perfect, he has no bunions and no S25,o00.
 To a farmer boy who never had an extra nickel, handling wind fall of money was problem he didn't meet very successfully. That doesn't mean he whopped it off, but hell save more of his next $25 ,000
 A big chunk of it went for expens- es of the race, part of it for a car,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-21
By SAM JACKSON AP Feature Service Writer

LONG BEACH, Cal, May 2l.- Charles w. Paddock, the wonder man of track in the 1920s has some pronounced ideas on how the retired athlete should take care oi himself-and Charley himself ap- pears to be living proof that they are correct.
 Today the famous sprinter if 39 and is the crisp, hard-work- ing and successful business man. ager of newspapers in Long Beacn and Pasadena Despite the con- stant travel and double respon- sibility this tandem job demands he writes a daily sports page col Hmn.
 T stopped strenuous athletics Tt thirty says Paddock. T took four years to train down-tapered of, you might say-doing all the preliminary work for season but
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-21
1inlepieee
 Is Old One


 HOUSTON, Tex, May 21.-Dur- ing the reign of Charles II, London watchmaker constructed a bulky hand-carved clock and attached to it a hammered brass plate bearing the following inscription:
 "R. Hopwood, fecit London, 1882 lyme Passeth, Swift Awaye"
 Today, 258 years later, the clock is the prized possession of R. J. Slage, of Houston, Vice-Pesident of the American National Retail Jewellers Association. The clock was given Slage by watch firm which bought it from an Englishman who inher- ited it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-21

Rubies were the first gems to be made synthetically on a com mercial scale.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-21

on that line with National League clubs, 50 the necessary juggling of
 But it's a problem that can be solved. I had a taste of it this season because four American League clubs adopted some night games. But I had some experience dates was accomplished"
 He thinks night games should be limited to the months of June, July and August. That proposes a particular problem around New Tor where 21 games for Brooklyn and the two New York clubs would be slotted in l2-week period.
 He'll Try
 But he's willing to roll up his sleeves and give it the old college try as soon as the major league clubs are ready for it.
 His unique job-which pays rather Well-started as a hobby and is still that for Schwener.
 A rabid fan, he noticed more than 25 years ago that the two leagues were most uncooperative, sometimes forcing two teams to engage in week-long series.
 He drew llb some suggestions and forwarded them to the proper places. The American League sniffed but the. National League took a chance
 The proposals worked and soon schwener had all the schedule work he could handle. The two leagues began to rely on him more and more and today he has the complete job to himself Off cials of the two leagues give him their hearty cooperation-and pay him well for ending their sched- ule headaches,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-21

Today Paddock himself merely plays a little tennis for exercise.
 The California sprinter frs came to national attention in 1913 when, as a mere grammar school stripling, he won the far western AA.U championship for the 100- yard dash. He went on to equal the existing record for that race "at least 20 times" and then to set a new one. He also broke the 220- yard record that had stood for 25 years.
 Sees 9I Century
 During high school Paddock was beaten in only one race and ir his college days was never beaten at all He competed in the Olym- pic games of 1920, 1924 and 1928 to run up an aggregate point tota they're still shooting at.
 Since his retirement, Frank Wy koff and Jesse Owens have beater his l00yard mark by tenth ol a second-at 9.4-and his 220-yarc time of 20.8 has been clipped bJ both Owens and Rowland Locke Owens existing record being 20.4
 The day will come" says Pad. dock, when some man will TUT 9.1 in the 100 and 20 seconds flat in the 220 This doesn't mean that physically the men of tomor- row will be any better than those of today. Improved training meth ods, better tracks and a tremen dous increase in the good material that turns out will be the factors in these so-called impossible achievements"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-21
Quite a Problem

If night baseball continues to grow in popularity" he explains, and it looks now as though all 16 clubs eventually will play some of their games under lights, it's going to be quite a problem.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-21
HAS HOBBY
 c: MAKING
 SCHEDULES
Major League Schedules Worked Out by Bank
 Employee

BOSTON, Mass, May 21.-It looks a Boston bank employee quarter century to evolve baseball sched- ule satisfactory to 16 major league clubs-but he'll tackle and throw the growing problem of night base ball in much shorter order.
 Clement Schwener, employed ir Boston bank for the past 30 years, admits the task of spotting night games will add to his intri- cate calculations but he's unwcr- ried.
 Things are different today. He has the full cooperation of officials of the two major leagues and he also has the wealth of experience amaSsed in a quarter-century of schedule tinkering-not to men, tion the aplomb gained in slip ping arc-light games into sched- ules in the past couple of seasons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-21
PHONES FIREMEN::
 YOU'RE ON FIRE''

KITTERARY, Me, May 21.-Possi- ply the shortest run" on record for the Kittery fire department oc- cured when Mrs. T. w. Hollis tele- phoned the station to notify the firemen that their headquarters were afire. The firemen removed the trucks from the station, set up hose lines and poured water onto the flames. Damage was estimated at $500.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-21

The Egyptian house -cat, is be- lieved to have had a major share in the development of European breeds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-21

Cats do not yield catgut. This type of cord is produced from the intestines of sheep, and occasion ally mules and horses.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-21

And things kept going the same way up to the platter first and were over the Cincinnati Reds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-21

Jelly doughnuts usually appeal to youngsters. Roll doughnut dough 4 inch thick Cut into 2-inch circles. Place jelly in the centers of the cir cles and bring up the edges over and pinch in place Fry as any other doughnuts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-23
December Bride Is
Honored by Shower

A miscellaneous shower was
given in Bethany hall on November
IS. honoring Miss Mary Csnnella,
who will become the bride of Mr.
Ernest p. Thoren Of Sumner
Heights on December s
Guests for the evening were
Mesdames J. zajac. Clara Connella
L. A. Curtice. Peter Sireello. Guy
Sircello. Ernest Secreto, Helen
Cappello. W. Dahl. c. S. Davies, NJ.
Sutton. Eva Allegro. Mary Alongi.
Rose Reed. V. Barber, Santa Le-
pirs. Lena johnson, Carmela
Oliver. Mary Maekeda, d. Tropiano.
Katherine LAMA. F. Lombardo, 1.
Riggio, II. Tsravella. NJ. Sircello.
Marie Sheets. c. r Williams and
Jennie Cannello, mother Of the
bride-to-be.
Misses Anna Lee Lancaster. Ann
Cannella. Betsy Davies. Jennie
Verderico. Lorraine Bosworth,
Nargie Nelson. Lorraine AcCiars-
han. Jeanette Oliver. Virginia and
Beverly Tropiano and Stella Hop
kznA
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-23
Tacoma Bridge Team
Wins Over Seattle

For the first time. the Tacoma
Contract Bridge team won over
the Seattle team in the match held
Sunday evening.
Ted Hammer. Phil Garland. John
Corliss and Mrs. Eunice Cooney,
Tacoma Bridge team-of-four. de-
cisively outpointed the Seattle
team of Tom Amos, Ken Kelso.
VIM. Luhmsn and Mrs. stephen
Conway in the annual contract
bridge duplicate inter-city match.
This lie a contest in which the
same hands are played by both
teams, the winner being that team
which secures the greatest num-
Der Of points In making 30ll
more points than the Seattle team
with the same hands. the Tacoma
team clearly demonstrated that
they were able 10 compete sue
cessfully with the players from
the larger city.
The main swing in points came
on two slam hands bid and played
by Ted Harmer and Phil Garland.
They were made BY the Tacoma
team but not bid by the Seattle
team.
A return match will De held in
Tacoma the early part OF Deem
Der. All Of the Tacoma team
are members Of the Tacoma Bridge
club which holds weekly tourus-
rnents al the Odd Fellows hall
Tuesdays AZ s o'clock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-23
Defense Round Table
Hears JUDGE Card

one or the most interesting
programs OF the autumn season
was enjoyed Monday afternoon by
members and guests of the Taco-
ma Americanism and National De-
Tense Round Table at the home Of
Mrs. Edwin E Rhodes, state
regent of the Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Judge Ernest NJ. Card. who ad-
dressed the group on Problems Of
Naturalization" told Of the phe-
nomenal increase in the naturaliza-
ton of aliens in the last two
years. He urged that all aliens be
told OF the citizenship classes
open TO them. and in speaking Of
ways in which naturalization
might be assisted. thought that
the work might be facilitated by
the establishment OF naturaliza-
ton division. with a formal appeal
to the federal courts provided
when necessary.
An impressive welcoming pro-
gram provided for new citizens
each year should he sponsored by
all the patriotic organizations Of
the community.
Howard Norwood. inspector in
charge Of immigration. told Of the
many recent changes in the laws
affecting aliens. which greatly in
creased the problems Of imrigrs-
ton authorities.
Mrs. o. F. Hite. chairman OF
Ameneanism for Virginia Dare
chapter gave an excellent talk or
foreign language newspapers. She
explained both the value and
dangers Of these publications.
Mrs. c. G Jesperson. Mrs. A
W. Hamer. Mrs. X X. Myre and
Mrs r. o. Roberts presented and
discusse4 congressional bills passed
or pending. which are Of interest
20 the y. s. D. A. r.
Guests welcomed for the pro
gram were Mrs George A. Allen
president OF American Legior
auxiliary Edward 2. Rhodes pos
No. 2; Mrs. z. SW1ndler. chaplain
Mrs. o. H Lennen, Mrs. (. B
Wright Mrs L. B. Oyerdahl snC
, Mrs c. 4. Burrowk
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Liberty opened
their new home, on No. Bristol st,
recently, for q housewarming
party at which more than two
score guests were present
Attending the party were the
following guests: Mr.. and Mrs.
Molly. Mr.. and Mrs. Karen. Mr..
and Mrs. Albert DiLoreto. Mr.. and
Mrs. Dan Liberty. Mrs. Castagns.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Panieo, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Mariana, Mr.. and Mrs
Jim LuZzi. Mr.. and Mrs. Tony
Bertocchini. Mrs. Lena Caputo and
niece, Mr.. and Mrs. z. Weller,
Mrs. c. Porto. Mrs. Billye Yseo-
nett, Mr.. John Quisisni, Mr.. DOM
enic Msrsillo. Mr.. VIII Dyer. Mr..
and Mrs. John Castrilh. Mr.. and
Mrs. Carpenter. Mr.. and Mrs.
James Carpenter. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frevel and family and the Misses
Yolands Liberty. Leons Mariana,
Helen Logan and Jean Brosseau-