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Evening star., 1940-09-18
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ATKINSON, JOHN P. In fond memory
Of a devoted godfather and kind friend
passed away one year ago today, Septem-
Lucy AND WESLEY sPELLER AND THE
STEWARDS.
BAILEY. EDNA TRUE. JACKSON. In
TRUE JACKSON BAILEY. who departed
this life three years ago today, September
Is, 1887.
May God keep her memory forever fresh
in my heart. EVERETT.
BERNAU, MINNIE G. In loving memory
of our beloved sister MINNIE G. BERNAU
September s. 1896.
The depth of sorrow we cannot tell
OF the loss of one we loved so well.
And while she sleeps a peaceful sleep
Her memory we shall always keep.
SISTER AND BROTHER, ARCHIE AND
KATIE BERNAU.
CANFIELD, WILLIAM J.. In loving
J. SqE Who -FOUR
years ago today. September s. 1896.
While you rest in peaceful sleep.
Your memory we shall LAY alyays .1 Keep;
coFGoRAS Ssoess CORA A B. d9RS o SvHs GeR
CoRAN. who passed away one year ago
today. September Is, 1899.
Green be the turf above thee.
Wife of my better days
None knew thee but to love thee.
Nor named thee but to praise.
When hearts whose truth was proven
Like thine are laid in earth,
There should wreath be woven
To tell the world their worth.
While memory bids me weep thee:
Nor thoughts nor words are free;
The grief is fixed too deeply
That mourns wife like thee.
HER LOVING HUSBAND.
ESSIG, AUGUST c., JR. In loving
memory of my dear son. AUGUST c.
ESSIG. Jr., who died twenty years
ago today, September Is. 1913.
MOTHER
SCOTT. MARCELLINA A. b. In sacred
memory Of our dear wife, mother and
daughter. MARCELLINA A. B. SCOTT.
who departed this life thirteen years ago
today. September Is, 1927.
Sweet memories Of you lnser with us yet,
Yes, precious memories we can never
LOVING HUSBAND MOTHER AND cH1L-
DREN.
Evening star., 1940-09-18

abnormal growths at distant sites
Some, which are virulent cancer
producers, can be rendered harm
less by little chemical juggling.
Experiments with animals show
that these detoxifying operations
may take place in the body itself
Recently DR.. Feiser said two
chemical substances have been
found in the blood of persons with
tumors of the adrenal glands, which
closely resemble cancer-producing
chemicals. Neither of them actually
are, but slight chemical changes
would make them such and it Is
possible that such changes 90 take
place.
ON the hypothesis" he said, that
a cancer-producing hydrocarbon can
be detoxifled by interaction with
suitable disulfide compounds, it is
conceivable that the normal func-
ton of -thrombin may consist in
the protection of the body from in
cidental carcinogens. This would
suggest the possibility that mainte-
nance OF prothrombin at the top
level of activity by administration
Of vitamin K may produce a condi-
ton favorable to the inhibition of
hydrocarbon carcinogenesis and ex-
perlments to test this point are in
progress"
Urges Defense Mobilization.
The United States must organize
its brains for war, military or eco
nomic, the conference was told by
DR.. Frank B. Jewett, president of the
Bell Telephone Laboratories and of
the National Academy of Sciences
and member of the recently Or
ganized National Defense Research
Committee.
He stressed this committee. the
National Academy and the National
Research Council at Washington as
appropriate directing organizations
and said: My own view is that we
are now we'll launched upon an era
during which all these existing ad-
visory aids to the Government, as
well as others still to be created, will
have to function almost continu-
ously"
Evening star., 1940-09-18
Mrs. Olive R. Ames Dies
OF Iona Illness

Mrs. Olive R. Ames, IA, OF 1850
Mount Pleasant street NV. died
yesterday after an illness of several
months.
She was the wife of Alonzo L.
Ames, retired art dealer, and had
been a resident of Washington for
more than 33 years, coming here
from her native town of Williams
port, Pa.
In addition to her husband, Mrs
Ames is survived by son. Harry
C. Ames, Washington attorney; a
daughter, Mrs. E. P. D. Hathaway,
also Of Washington; four grand
children and three great-grand-
children.
Funeral services will be held at
3 pm. tomorrow at the residence,
with the Rev. Peyton Williams
officiating. Burial will be in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1940-09-18
Study Shows Trend
To Serious Literature
Moves Southward
Circulation in Spring
Is Found to Follow
Route of Ozone
BY Staff Correspondent of The Star.

By Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. l8.-An-
nual brain activity pulsations sweep
from north to south every spring
with the presence Of rare gas. ozone.
in the atmosphere close to the
earth's surface.
First observations of this phenom-
enon were reported at the bicenten-
NAL conference of the University Of
Pennsylvania here today by DR.. Ellis
worth Huntington, professor OF
geography at Yale.
One of the studies reported was on
the circulation of books from public
libraries in communities from CAL
gary. Saskatchewan, to Panama,
and from st. Johns, New
Brunswick, to Hawaii. Start
ing in mid-February in the Ca
madam cities. DR.. Huntington re-
ported, there Is sudden increase In
the total of non-flction and classical
books in circulation. This increase
spreads rapidly southwark and by
the end of March has reached the
Texas border. but it decreases in
vigor as 1t moves.
This can only mean, DR.. Hunting
ton said, that peoples minds turn to
serious subjects in this curious, wave
like seasonal progression. BY the
time Texans are poring over science
and philosophy the Canadian read
ing public is shifting back to fiction
once more.
Simultaneous Wave of Ozone.
simultaneously with this wave. he
said, wave Of atmospheric ozone
sweeps southwark. also with dimin-
ishing vigor. Ozone is a form of
oxygen formed in a thin sheet in the
atmosphere about 20 miles above
the surface of the earth where it
serves as shield against destructive
ultra violet radiation from the sun
and makes life on earth possible.
atmospheric ozone" said DR..
Huntington, behaves in the same
way as the circulation Of non-flc-
ton. 1t reaches a maximum in high
| latitudes toward the end of winter.
This maximum moves eQuatorward
with a Wavelike motion, diminishing
as it goes, and reaches India month
or two after it appears in the North.
Ozone Aids Plant Growth.
Another study leads to the con-
clusion that the growth Of plants
and the power of animals to recover
from infections such as tuberculosis
are increased by very small amounts
of atmospheric ozone The same
seems to be true of human comfort
and health
AN especially important contrast
| is found in our ordinary cyclonic
storms. Each storm is normally pre-
ceded by short period when the at
mospheric ozone sinks to very low
proportions. At such times people
have feeling Of relative inertia and
the death rate Systematically rises.
The end Of storm, on the other
hand, is normally accompanied by q
wave of ozone brought by a polar air
mass which usually brings drop in
temperature. At that time people
feel much invigorated, and the death
Evening star., 1940-09-18
New Cancer Research
Announced
By Harvard Chemist
Two Substances Found
Which May Contribute
To Fight on Disease
By a Staff Correspondent Of The Star

By Staff correspondent OF Inc Star.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. ia new
trail of cancer research and possible
prevention was blazed before the BIZ
centennial conference of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania here today
by DR.. Louis F. Fieser, Harvard pro-
fessor of chemistry and one of the
chemists who, two years ago. sue
cesSfully synthesized vitamin K, the
blood -clotting vitamin."
Nearly a century ago an extreme
prevalence of skin cancers was found
among the chimney sweeps of Lon
don. 1t was found that this was due
to their contact with SCOT. tar COM
pound. This was set down as one
of the many causes of cancer but a
very unimportant one. Very few
people like the unfortunate CHM
ney sweeps worked with SCOT or tar
and those who did could be ade-
quately protected.
Experimental Cancers Produced.
1t was convenient for research
workers, however, to have this easy
way of producing experimental cam
GERS in animals Here the matter
rested until 1884 when two British
scientists found that a hydrocarbon
substance known as methylcholan-
threne could be produced in the
laboratory through chemical treat
ments of bile acid. normal con-
stituent of the body, and that this
applied to rats, was the most potent
cancer producer ever discovered. Yet
the same thing that happened in
the laboratory might very we'll hap
pen in the body itself
Bile acid contains substances
known as steroids. These also are
constituents of several of the
hormones, especially those life es-
sential hormones produced by the
adrenal glands. DR.. Fieser and his
associates have been doing all sorts
of chemical tricks with these
Steroids ever since. Two groups of
compounds are under investigation.
One, which contains no nitrogen,
nearly always produces cancer
at the place where it comes in con-
tact with the body. The other, con-
tanning nitrogen, produces these
Evening star., 1940-09-18
{. A. Brandenburg Dies;
Former D. T.. Official

Clarence A. Brandenburg, "a, a
native of Washington, who was
assistant corporation counsel here
in 1900. died Sunday in Denver,
Colo, where he had made his home
since 1901, friends here were in
formed.
Mr.. Brandenburg was the son of
Frederick w. and Gertrude w.
Brandenburg. Educated in local
schools, he was graduate Of
Columbian College, now George
Washington University. He moved
to Denver to practice law
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Carrie Crook Brandenburg, and
three children, Stanley c. and Dud-
ley Brandenburg and Mrs. Charlotte
McDermid.
Two Of his brothers. the late
Edwin c. Brandenburg and the late
F. Walter Brandenburg, were we'll
known lawyers in Washington. The
Evening star., 1940-09-18
Mrs. Katherine Nash Dies;
Widow OF Educator

Mrs. Katherine Cleveland Nash,
96, widow of Prof. Francis Philip
Nash of Hobart College, and daugh-
ter Of the late Arthur Cleveland
Coke, Episcopal Bishop of Western
New York, died here yesterday at
her home, 5000 Sixteenth street NV
She leaves a son. Arthur C. Nash;
granddaughter, Miss Katherine c,
Nash, both Of Washington; grand
son, Francis Philip Nash Of Groton,
Mass, and three great-grandchil-
dren. Three other sons, Francis p,
jr.; Paul B., and George Tucker
Nash, died.
Private funeral services were held
yesterday. Burial will take place
tomorrow in Mount Auburn Gene
terry, Cambridge, Mass.
Evening star., 1940-09-18
Divorce PIeu Granted

ROCKVILLE, Md, Sept. 18 (Spe-
ciaD.-Circuit Court Judge Charles
w. Woodward has signed a decree
granting Mrs. Bernice r. Jones Of
Bethesda an absolute divorce from
Samuel Jones of Washington. De-
sertion in October, 1896, was charged.
The couple was married in Staun-
ton, Va. January IS, 1896, and has
no children.
Evening star., 1940-09-18

rate regularly drops regardless OF
whether the temperature is favor
able. Thus the ozone Of cyclonic
storms appears to be one of the rea-
sons why certain climates such as
those of the Northern United States
and Western Europe are especially
healthful and invigorating."
Evening star., 1940-09-18
O'CONNFII. JOHN

OC0NNELL. JOHN. The members of
n n. Carroll Council. No. 317.
!: 81 q !:
sZpAM Knishts of Columbus. are re-
uuested to be present We'd
HI l@SSS1FSpesday evening. September 1s.
TLX II 1910, at 8 O'Clock, at the
NR/I/ home of the son of Brother
W. JOHN O'CONNELL. .o732 18th
w ST. ne to recite the Rosary.
JAMES P. FOX, Grand knight.
CLARENCE E. GORMAN. Elm Sec
Evening star., 1940-09-18

LIDEhAN, HAhhf u. LOOM dueS VI
A ican Lesion are Teauessed, to o
E1S8 comrade, HARRY D. LUDEMAN,
ta AZ 3 pm Wednesday, September
HS&eE is 1910, and at | pm Thurs
day. September 10. at the Hines
funeral h9me HaTyaTd and l4th stS nder ~"
HERBERT F. AUDAs, Adjutant.
MAYNARD, ALoNZo On Monday. Sep
tember Ia, 1870, ALoNzo MAYNARD
children, Helen and Frances Maynard;
father. william MAYNARD; three sisters,
Mrs Katie Gross. Ralvetta and Mary May
nerd two brothers. Wesley and Joseph
Maynard: other relatives and. friends Re-
mains resting at Stewarts S funeral nome
Funeral FRIDAY. September 90 at $50
McCAULEY. RENRYI On Monday. Sep
tember l6 1870, at the washington Semi
tarium, Takoma Park. Md. HENRY l. Nc
CAULEY. husband OF the late Florence B.
McCauIey, father of Georee A McCauley
Services at the Chambers funeral home
14Oh Chaplin st. NV. on THURSDAY: Sep
tember 9. at . m. Relatives and friends
invited. Interment Confessional Gene
terry. lo
MOORE, CHARLES D. On Friday. Sep
tember 49, 1910. at Kansas City, Mo-
ISHARLES D. MOORE, brother of Albert A.
Moore Of WASHINGTON. D. c. Remains rest,
ing at the Chambers funeral home. 400
Chaplin St NV. until 1890 IN. Thursday
Services at Fort Myer Chapel. Fort Myer.
Va, at IL 1nterment Arlington Va
tional Cemetery. 1e
Evening star., 1940-09-18

O'CONNELL, JOHN. The membership
Of St. Anthony's Holy Name Society is
requested to meet at St. Anthonys Church
at 1:45 pm. Wednesday. September Is,
1910. TO go to the late residence of JOHN
OCONNELL for recitation OF prayers.
REV JAMES E. DIVER.
Evening star., 1940-09-18

LACEY. EDWARD. The family of the
late EDWARD LACEY OF 1905 T st. NV,
express their deepest gratitude 10 Rev.
Henry Booker, Rev William Jarvis. vari-
GUS ASSOCIATIONS. friends and relatives, for
their kindness during the illness and at
the death of their beloved one:
THE FAMILY.
Evening star., 1940-09-18
Draths

NICHOLSON. CHARLES J. On Tues
day September i. 1870. CHARLES J.
husband of Elizabeth Hart Nicholson and
father of Charles, E., Elizabeth K. and
Mary Virginia Nicholson
Funeral services al his parents resi-
dence. 1000 Maryland ave ne. on Friday.
September 20, a. $50 m: thence to ST
Josephs Church. where mass will be offered
at 10 am. Relatives and friends invited.
1nterment Arlington National Cemetery.
Arrangements by the VIM. H. Sardo & Co.
tBrooklyn. N Y, papers please copy) 10
O'CONNELL. JOHN. On Saturday. Sep
tember IA. 1870. at Los Angeles. Calf.
JOHN OCONNELL. beloved husband Of the
late Monte O'Connen and father of John
H. OConnel and Mrs. Doris Healey.
Funeral from his late residence. 2132
18th st. ne, on Thursday. September 10.
at $50 m. Requiem mass at St. An
thongs Church at am. Relatives and
friends invited Interment Mount Olivet
Cemetery. Is
Evening star., 1940-09-18

law Arm Of Brandenburg g.
Brandenburg still exists here,
although none Of the family is now
associated with It, A third brother,
Evening star., 1940-09-18

O'CONNELL, JOHN. The membership
Of St: Anthony,s Holy Name Society is
at 7:45 pm. Wednesday. September IS,
1910. 70 go to the late residence of JOHN
OCONNELL for recitation OF prayers.
REV JAMES E. DIVER.
Spiritual Director.
JOHN E. DONAvAN. President
september i; 1870, RoGER oDoNNELL'
Friends are invited to call at Gawler's.
1856 Pa. ave. NV. where services Will be
held on Friday. September 20, at II q m.
lnterment private. 10
RANDOLPH, HENRY d: On Monday.
HESRT p RASbofPA ,A'HsSF as laaSss sSs2'' TO
Randolph: four children, three sisters, one
brother and a host OF other relatives and
friends.
Services will be held on Friday. Sep
tember 20. at 30 pm. at the johnson &
jenkins funeral home 2053 Georgia ave.
NV. Interment Lincoln Memorial Ceme-
terry.
RHAN. ADAM R. Suddenly. on Tues
Md, ADAM r. RHAN, beloved husband Of
% Rhan. Friends s may ao cali 1li at the TsRoms
funeral home. 254 Carroll st.
chScb corner at the Of F'kSm %ov Park a5d Carol
aves.,. on Friday. September 20. at pm
Rela tives and friends invited. Interment
| Washington Memorial Park. 10
| Hohat r. On SATURDAY
September a. 1910. HORACE ROBINSON
| of 39l5 Sherman ave. NV. devoted hus-
| band Of Isadora Robinson, father CT Ora
| Robinson.
Funeral from the Malyan & schey fu.
| Thursday. September 10. at l pm. In.
terment Woodlavn Cemetery. 1S'
RUSH. OSCAR SUMMERS. On Tues
day, September l.. 1910. OSCAR SUM
MERS RUSH OF 1905 North Carolina ave
| Sc
Services at the S H Hines Co. funera
! home, 39O1 18th ST. NV. on Thursday
| September 10, at " pm. 1nterment Ar
| lington National Cemetery.
THOMPSON. MARY LEIGH; On Mon
| THOMPSON. the beloved wife OF Harry
| Thompson, jr.: daughter of Elmo P. anc
| Lillian E. Denton.
Services at Chambers funeral home. 81
| 11th st. Sc, on Thursday, September 10
at IL I'm. Relatives and friends invited
| Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery. 10
WEIGH. J. EDWARD. On Wednesday
September Is. 1910. at Sibiey Hospital J
EDWARD WEIGH of the ,Cumberlane
Apis. husband of the late Margaret E
Welch. Remains resting at the S. H
Notice of funeral later.
Evening star., 1940-09-10
Doctors Hobby Develops
Color Blindness Remedy
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. lo.-Dr.
Percy Barnette Wiltberger has
turned a colorful hobby into a
blessing for people who can't tell
whether a traffic light is red or
green.
He prescribes lenses to correct
color blindness.
Its amazing" he says. that sci-
ence has given so little attention to
the correction Of such a common
ailment"
Six years ago DR.. Wiltberger-an
obstetrician and a medical examiner
for the Civil Aeronautics Authority
on the side-took up color photog-
raphy. This led him into an explor-
alton of color vision which caused
him to develop what he says is a new
theory of color blindness.
A New York interior decorator
couldn't tell one color from another.
A haberdasher found all colors
looked alike-gray. He prescribed
for them tinted lenses which in
tensified colors sufficiently for them
to be identified.
Help for color blind motorists was
simpler. They merely pasted a piece
of transparent red paper on their
windshield.
Evening star., 1940-09-10

chairman of the roll call, announced
that each of the volunteer services
will give demonstrations of the
years work of the chapter during
the course Of the house warming" !"
to last from TO pm. Mrs. Evalyn
Walsh Mclean has given the use
of the mansion, her former home,
for the duration Of the roll call.
A new class in home hygiene and
care of the sick will be started at
the District Chapter headquarters,
1880 E street NV, at pm. Thurs
day under direction of Miss Caro-
line E. Thomson, District Red Cross
instructor. The class will meet on
succeeding Thursdays and Tuesdays
from 2 to 4 pm. for minimum of
six weeks
Evening star., 1940-09-10

carry on a major war and, as for
armor plate and bombs, while the
private facilities are being strained
to the utmost, new plants alone win
meet the needs of the Army and
Navy for ordnance. This blunder,
which in the event of an attack
from a foreign power would mean
at the moment serious losses of life
to America, S the result of politics
and incompetence in high Office and
lack of aggressive leadership.
Even today the administration is
far more interested in seeing that
demagoguery is used to cover up
these mistakes than it is in sep
arating from the already cumber-
some excess profits bill that part
which deals with amortization and
which could have been passed by
Congress overnight if the President
had said the word.
Reproduction Rights Reseryed)
Evening star., 1940-09-10
The Political Mill
Swing Of Political Pendulum Believed Reflected
In Maine and By-EIeetion Results

was a Democrat himself only a cou-
pie OF years ago, might find himself
in a tremendously difficult situa-
tion. II the anti-New Deal, Re-
publican swing is strong enough to
elect Mr.. Willkie, however, it is
almost sure thing that the House
will go Republican.
Political trends-such as the
trend toward the Republican party
and away from the New Deal-take
time to start and grow. They lose
their momentum slowly. The Re-
publican trend was such in 1888 that
1t affected Connecticut and Ne
braska-which have very little in
common and are widely separated
geographically. There was some
common denominator that touched
the people in all the States outside
of the Democratic solid South Re-
publicans won and Democrats, if
they were reelected, won by mar
rover margins. This trend was
continued in by-elections which
have been held for the House earlier
this year-despite the war situation
abroad.
Usually it takes people a consid-
cradle time to make up their minds,
but once they have been made up
they do not change overnight. A
great many people came to the
conclusion two years ago they had
had enough of the emotional New
Deal. which was getting them no.
where. They made up their minds
for number of reasons. There
has been nothing to change them
since-eXcept the war situation.
How effective that may be is still
very much question.
When this country was engaged
in the World War the trend in this
country which had set in in 1916
and the year earlier against Wood
row Wilson and his reform Demo-
cratic administration continued.
Mr.. Wilson was reelected Presi-
dent. it is true, in 1916-but by the
skin of his teeth. In 1918 Mr..
Wilson called for the election of
Democratic House of Representa-
tives. Despite the fact that the
country was then at war and Will
son was the war President, the
political trend away from the Demo-
cratic administration continued
right along. The Republicans
gained control of the House. and
two years later the Republican
presidential landslide followed.
Today President Roosevelt is
seeking a third term. Certainly
that is not calculated to halt in
any way the trend against him and
the New Deal which started in
1888. On the other hand, it is
likely to prove a material help TO
the trend against Mr.. Roosevelt
especially in time when the people
look with suspicion on dictatorial
acts or anything that smacks Of
an effort to perpetuate power in
the hands Of one man.
II enough voters in this country
made up their minds a year ago
to defeat the New Deal and its
chief exponent, Mr.. Roosevelt. at
the coming election, the chances
are, in view of past experience,
that enough will be found voting
against him next November to deny
him third term. The New Dealers
are counting on the war situation
abroad and the threats which the
world situation carries for this
country to pull the chestnuts out
of the fire for them and bring about
the reelection of President Roose-
welt. 1t may-but it has yet to be
proved.
Evening star., 1940-09-10

particular piece of manufacturing
equipment should be charged off.
1T is recommended that repre-
sentativeS from the Navy Depart
ment visit the Treasury Department
and take up this matter informally
to pave the way for framing meth
cd to be followed for depreciation
allowances later to be approved by
the Secretaries of the Treasury and
Navy, who have joint cognizance in
framing the regulations under the
act, Public No. 1876. After the pre-
liminary conference definite recon-
mendatiops would be made to the
Secretary of the Navy on the sub
ject"
What happened after that dur
ing the two years or more of in
action is a sad story of official in
competence, politics and sheer in
difference to the urgency of pre-
pairing Americas national defenSes.
Two members of President Roose-
velt's cabinet had the responsibility
Secretary Morgenthau and Secre-
tary Swanson. The latter was kept
at the head of the Navy Depart
ment long after he was physically
unable to perform his duties ag-
gressively, and the Secretary of the
Treasury had a disagreement on the
amortization problem which led to
the resignation of Undersecretary
John w. Hanes.
The controversy revolves around
this point: Did the Treasury have
power to handle the amortization
question by suitable regulations?
The Navy thought so, but the Treas
ury haggled and delayed and, what
is worse, failed to go to Congress
to get the needed legislation.
Today the United States does not
have enough powder or explosives to