davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1945-06-24
Uncle Ray'S Corner

which then could be placed in a
compass.
Sturgeon learned the same facts,
either through reading about the
scientists work or by making the
same tests. That, however, was not
all The shoemaker took a great
step forward In 1925, he bent a
bar of soft iron, and coated it with
varnish. Then he wound copper
wire around the Iron for 1S turns
The ends of the wire were placed in
mercury cups. When an electric
current was sent through the wire,
the bar of soft iron became a strong
magnet! This bar had a weight of
only seven ounces, but it would lift
a nine-pound iron weight! This was
a great weight to lift. especially with
the help of current from only one
electric cell.
Described Invention.
That success cheered Sturgeon.
and he was quick to tell about it in
a letter to the Society Of Arts in
London. After further work on his
invention, he built a large electric
magnet, also of horseshoe shape,
and this one was so powerful that
it lifted weight of 1886 pounds.
News of the invention spread
across the Atlantic. An American
scientist, Joseph Henry, built an
electric magnet for Princeton Col
lege, and this one lifted 750 pounds.
Shortly afterward, the same scien-
tist made. for Yale, an electric mag
net which would lift more than a
ton.
Since those days, great forward
steps have been taken in the making
Of electric magnets. One of the large
ones Of the present time may be
used lifting and moving Is or 80 tons
of iron in one operation.
Even in the field of medicine, the
electromagnet has found place.
Doctors use 1t in taking steel splint-
ers from the eyes of workmen and
other patients. In some steel mills,
there is special danger OF such
splinters lodging in the eyes, but in
late years the widespread use Of
goggles has cut down this danger.
Evening star., 1945-06-24

instance given precisely the right
and most significant setting.
In some of Mr.. Benson's etchings
there would seem to be a certain
kinship to the paintings and draw
ings by Winslow Homer, likewise
illustrative of life on the New Eng
land coast, north of Boston. Also
there is an element of understand
ing between Frank Benson's and
Charles Woodbury's Interpretation
of the sea with its restless motion
its fearful force. But Woodbury.
line is more nervous than Bensons s.
his treatment more casual. All
three of these men have, through
their art, made exceptional con-
tribution to the saga of the sea.
Rare Catalogues
There are 285 etchings and dry
points by Benson in the Williams
collection given to the Library of
Congress, only % less than in the
authoritative catalogue compiled
and arranged by Adam E. M. Paff,
under the auspices of the division
of prints of the Boston Museum of
Fine Arts. The first copy of this
catalogue was published in 1917, a
fourth edition in 1929. The first
has long been out of print and is
listed among collectors pieces. Like
fate has overtaken Malcolm Sala-
mans brochure, dated 1925, the
illustrations for which were repro
ductions made from original prints
acquired for and chiefly included
in the British Museums permanent
neutrality-suspicious. so excel
lent and close to the originals in
merit that Joseph Pennell once de-
clared them to be "wiokedly good. y
These publications are included in
the book collection of the Library
Of Congress, hence availble for ref
erence purposes.
In comparatively recent years Mr..
Benson has turned to water color
painting, in which medium he has
likewise made outstanding contri-
button, manifesting its potential
tiles, adding to its standing, point
ing the way. Again it is beauty that
he manifests, with simplicity and
directneSS-utmost charm. OF works
in this media the Williams collec-
ton possesses no less than II. Just
what disposition will be made of
them has not yet been announced,
but they will undoubtedly be ex-
hibited well and comparatively soon
Other items of interest included in
the Wallace bequest are one oil
painting, nine wash drawings and
one pencil drawing, which, with the
prints constitute an almost COM
plete roster.
In the spring of 1921 the Cor
coran Gallery of Art invited from
Mr. Benson such a showing of his
works This comprised As paint
ings. 10 wash drawings and ll9
etchings and dry points. Among
the paintings we're two owned by the
Corcoran Gallery as well as num-
ber lent by Washington collectors.
This is American art of which all
Americans can be proud because
of its sincerity, strength and beau
ty. Here is, collectively. picture
of American life as We like to
think of it.
Evening star., 1945-06-24
Purent-T
Activities

The National Congress of Par
ents and Teachers was included
among the AZ organizations recog-
nized by the State Department. for
having done important work in re-
cent months in educating the pub
lie about the Dumbarton Oaks and
other peace proposals. The Ma
tional Congress was one of the three
educational groups invited to have
an official representative and two
alternates at the San Francisco
United Nations Conference. The
other educational groups were the
American Council on Education and
the National Education Associa-
ton. r..
Mrs. William A. Hastings, presi-
dent of the National Congress of
Parents and Teachers, was the Of
ficial representative, with Mrs. j.
w. Bingham, chairman of the Post
war Planning Committee, and Mrs.
j. j. Garland, president of the Cali
fornia Congress, as alternates. At
the close of the United Nations
Conference, Mrs. Hastings will leave
San Francisco to visit the Hawaii
Congress of Parents and Teachers.
Members Of the District OF Co
lumbia Congress are invited to at
Evening star., 1945-06-24
FLYER Has 312 Points

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. H1.
"A Texas fighter pilot with 3l2 de-
mobilization points is the candidate
of I'd Air Force for No. position on
the adjusted service rating list. He
is 1t. Col. Royal N. Baker, 26, Nc
Kinney, veteran OF 272 combat mis-
sions In Africa, Sicily, England and
France, now assistant director of
training at Fort Sumner IN, Mex.)
Army Air Field, fighter pilot school
supervised by I'd Air Force. The
2AF public relations ONCE said Col.
Baker desires to stay In servics.
Evening star., 1945-06-24

There is an old saying, Shoemaker,
stick to thy last!"
A last is a block of wood or piece
of metal which has been given the
shape of a human foot. 1t is needed
by shoemaker in his trade.
The old saying means that If a
person knows one trade we'll, he
should stick to it, instead of chang
ing around. The advice may be
good in general, but if a certain
shoemaker had followed 1t, a great
invention might not have been
made, or at least would have been
slower in coming into the world.
Had Shoe Shop.
The man of whom I speak was
william Sturgeon. More than CEN
tury ago he set up a shoemaker's
shop and earned his living by max
ing and repairing shoes. That was
how he spent most of his time, but
his mind drifted into another field
He had learned a little about elec-
tricity, but wanted to know a great
deal more.
Today we know many things about
electricity and have a thousand uses
for the currents it sends along wires.
Back in 1920, however, the science
Of electricity had not gone very far.
Lightning rods and electric bat
teries had been made, but the elec-
tric motor was not in use, and
neither was the electric light bulb.
What few books there were about
electricity Sturgeon obtained as far
as he could. He studied them in his
free time, and we may imagine that,
at moments, he read them when he
should have been hurrying his work
on shoes for Mrs. Jones or Mr..
Brown.
Also Made Tests.
Sturgeon did more than read and
study. He also made tests with elec-
trio currents. In the years from
1920 to 1925 several scientists
learned that when a current passed
through an electric wire the wire
had something Of the power of q
magnet. It would pull iron filings
toward itself and magnetic . needle
Evening star., 1945-06-24
My Kitty
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
Bv MorfIvn Rro,cne 2

By Marilyn Brorne, 3,
Janney School.
I have a little kitten.
It's just as white as snow.
1t wears a little bell
That tinkles where it goes.
Ill tell you what it's name Is,
II you really want to know
It's a wee little baby.
And it's name is Twinkletoes.
Evening star., 1945-06-24

PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By June Sickels. B,
Central High School.
Sign my picture?
I think there's room
We all look goofy,
So why the gloom!
Going to the prom?
Then go with me!
Who all's going?
Well. now, let's see
Wish he'd hurry,
The speech was great;
I want my diploma,
And just can't wait!
Evening star., 1945-06-24
WOmen Artists " W0rk
At Porter Gallery

ITO evaluate the creative contri-
button women are making to Goth
century art" Is the objective of the
June exhibition at David Porter's
Gallery on G place. 1t is a gallant
gesture of the director; but aside
from that, one does not find any
particular advantage in showing
women's work as a special class.
There is no quality in the show as
a whole, that one can recognize as
feminine.
Washington painters Bernice
Cross, Laura Douglas, Grace Horn
Meas and Elizabeth Poe are among
the more than 30 women repre-
sented. Most of the works are prim-
tive, progressive" experimental or
radical in character.
Evening star., 1945-06-24

'C0nSiderafe
Did you hear the one about the
moron who put fleas in the bus so
every one could have a buggy ride?"
Tech Life.
Evening star., 1945-06-24
Junior Star Photo.
Bv Ruth Dean

maps were well drawn showing strong outlines and impress
sNe accuracy In TACT exceptionally
grader Alongside them miniature batthp
block printing
They were the work of Leonard Mo
con
Evening star., 1945-06-24
ILLUSTRATOR

ILLUSTRATION
II shall now illustrate what have
in mind" said the professor as he
erased the blackboard
Tech Life.
Evening star., 1945-06-24
Work Almost MaqicaI

The artistic quality of his etch-
1ngs and dry points manifests itself
without need of remark. Invariably
his compositions are we'll balanced
and effective, and his use of line,
with all it infers, is almost magical
He has a keen seeing eye but his
birds and wild fowls give a catch to
ones breath because of their light
Evening star., 1945-06-24

many counts, the exhibition is in
teresting and worth seeing.
Work of Anna Moses
Evening star., 1945-06-24
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Burton Advocates D. c.. Representation;
Hope for Annapolis Point Equity
By JESSE C., SUTER
Not Reported Adversely


govern
Se @ s ass in %s s
ear This idea Of @ n from the people of the District Of
sue ID t% its
allowed to vote have and
the House OF to the OF the
woodward his series Of
representation for the of the District
publication testimony
@ h @ So Se sn Y
IA been report on either
Judiciary voted down motion report the resolution the Only
Iof reporting the joint resolution.
the Why uneontested
ea New lew York was so s svSfa1e in Its to more
the Citizens this has its I
es m It s very hard to sn ar battle ssns @ both friend and
influence citizens politicians
in February
The proposal to amend the Constitution of the
d states a to 2op to se the sn the ne
REPRESENTATIVES
and Senate the
referred when introduced ote and
they earnestly
favorable consideration the first
proposed
the the he vns sa
additional regarding
would permit the people Of the District Columbia to partc
s'i @ sna % @ s m
them and all other Americans who reside in the States
d @ and na @ hey In the sos @ country M
country in
4na un t esS eos an % b H1 des s the
world all Of all nations shall have the right participate
reconcd with the great
other devoid Of the very participation for
n be the se sssn which
shall have that there shall be the
by Of the District constituting
All shall b
ject to amendment and repeal"
A Civic Editor Invites Exchanges
avenue Community ASSOCIATION other
in M % of b ns I @ a havg a ear sar
another better job respective
se viii ns whose
Correcting D. c. Inequity Annapolis and West Point
the District of Columbia its people being yoe and without
and Vest far
States of the Union During many District citizens have ag
past failed the
ns
which appointment
Academy at Annapolis from to Is appointments.
similar BILL Chairman Blbo of
Committee avoraby reported awaits
The Navy Department
that justice the District appointments
the population of the National Capital
having Is appointments These five States Arizona
Delaware Nevada New Mexico and Wyoming The original bill
amended by the provides that effect
and limits candidates to bona fde residents the
trct for at least five preceding the appointment
Randolph
the Military Academy ap-
the Military Subcommittee
March
the Secretary said the
posed legislation also added
committee
the proposal.
The the appointments
Columbia strkngly
cadet
as compared with A appointments available to per
cadet $4,000 appointments
States based varying
lonment districts eligible
Iby
These bills have had the enthusiastic support
mlssoners and the
Congress
the Unversali National
euche tb san eau5sn nac %
Activities ne 9sn ensnsne sns asvs s 9ss. attend
ling questions
the addresses will
Evening star., 1945-06-24

Members Of the District OF Co
lumbia Congress are invited to at
tend the meeting Tuesday evening
Evening star., 1945-06-24
A Civic Editor Invites Exchanges

editor
Community desires exchange with other
association publications. Besides
interest in the affairs other associations
another.
mailing
exchange will Traveller address
Farragut street NV, Washington II, D. C.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-02-08

served to the following: Miss Julia
Z~olIicoffer, honoree, Mrs. j. p. ZOl-
licoffer, Mrs. Alex Cooper. Mrs. John
ZOlliColfcr, Mrs. a. a. ZolliCoffcr,
Miss EIVira Chcatham, Miss Helen
Register, Mrs. A. j. Watkins, Mrs.
J. c. Cooper, Mrs. S. II. Watkins,
Mrs. NJ. f, Legg, Mrs. William Cor
bitt, Mrs. +. l.. TOepleman, Mrs.
Edwin Fuller Parham, Mrs. r. G.. S.
Davis, Mrs. Ray Holder, Mrs. William
GoCdWyn. Mrs. BUST Davidson, OF
Charleston, S. c.: Mrs. f. c.. Gary.
Mrs. W. II. Wheeler, Mrs. William
Bowers, Mrs. Allison Cooper, Mrs.
John D. Cooper, Mrs. Boyd Kimball,
Jr.. Mrs. Bennett Perry, Mrs. j. R.
Stevenson, Mrs. Thomas Hunter,
Mrs. Thomas Register, Miss Eliza
beth Toepleman and Mrs. William
COrDitt. ,Ir.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-02-08

each a gift of a cook book.
Those playing bridge were Miss
Z~ollicoifcr, Miss Toeplcman, Mrs.
Thomas Hunter, Mrs. John Church,
Miss EIvira Cheatham, Mrs. Thomas
Crudup. Miss Helen Register and
Miss Elizabeth jenkins.
Mrs. Stevenson, assisted by her
mother, Mrs. Woodcock, served a
salad plate with tea, followed by a
sweets course, to those playing
bridge and the following: Mrs. J. p.
Zollicoffer, Mrs. +. l.. Toeplcman,
Mrs. william Corbitt, Jr., and Mrs.
John ZOlliCOffcr.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-02-08
On Leave Here

Captain j. w. Jenkins, il, who i
stationed at Albany, Georgia, arriV-
cd yesterday 10 spend a leave with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.. W.
jenkins, at their home on Gholson
avenue.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-02-08

resigned.
The hostesscs then served a sweets
course with nuts and coffee to the
members present for the meeting.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1945-01-01
Shipyard Workers Doing Good Job

Needing the plea of President Roosevelt for work
ers stick their jobs and keep the munitions flowing
ihore 500 sfpyard workers of the H. Jones Construc
ton Company volunteered work without the Bruins
wick Ga, shipyard Christmas Day to speed the con-
str,cton of the first Liberty ship named for Negro and
built in that establishment
The ship is the IS William Cox, and named Tor
a Negro fireman who lost his life when the SIS David A.
AtNater was sheed and sunk April 1913 Cox native OF
Cairo Ga was born March %, 1903 He is survived by his
widow Mrs Arec Cox, 81 $50 Indiana ST. Savannah Ga.
- The volunteer drive Tor Christmas work the ship
without pay gift the boys overseas began with 80
shipiitters the yard and rapidly spread than 500
white and Negro workers. Emil krapt general manager
Of the ward revealed The completion OF the ship will mark
up seven Liberty Ships in December for the yard.
In his plea TO workers Friday, December p, Ires-
dent Roosevelt said:
y I'VE can best help 1.-THE Christmas OF lighting
men if carry respective tasks, doing those things
which will contribute winning the the earliest pos
sibe moment.
"Iherefore urge that each OF resolve to keep on the
lob and maintain the steady output OF supplies needed by
Our men the fighting fronts
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1945-01-01
Bath Tub Production AUTH lied

Production of $4,000 iron bathtul during the first
1915 authorized for limited distribution
the War Production Board announced today This rate of
production the that during each quart
er of 1914, officials explained
Sale OF these bathtubs will! be limited orders for mill
tary purposes for Veterans Administration hospitals for ex
port authorized by the Foreign Economic Administrations
installation i'll construction projects specifically authorized
by WPB for petroleum operators approved by the
leum Administration for Mar
The job OF producing the $4,000 tubs during the first
quarter has been assigned the five manufacturers
who produced the $4,000 the fourth quart
of 1914 Each manufacturer has been directed produce
10000 tubs The five producers are
American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp. Louis
vile, Ky; Crane Co., Chattanooga Tenn jer Co. Salem
Ohio: Koher Co, Koler Wis; and Richmond Radiator Co.
Unonown, Pa.
In assigning production quotas, WIPE said that it would
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1945-01-01
Shoe Stamps Will Not Be Cancelled

Cancellation of outstanding shoe stamps is being
considered the Office of Price Administration said today.
Although increased military demands cutting into
civilian supplies the War Production Boards Office OF Civ
ian Requirements said that shoe supplies adequate
honor stamps outstanding
While the War Production Board has hot yet completed
estimate OF 1915 production, OPA said indications
that the shoe stamp probably will be validated
il time next summer
OPA said that specific date for making the next
stamp can be given That decision awaits further
information production for 1915.
reduce authorized quotas facilities and manpower found
be required for essential production programs
The direction also provides that deficit in fourth
quarter l94 quota production be made up only during
the month Of January, 1915
Direction to Order I--42 Plumbing and Heating Sim
plifcation, issued assign, the quotas.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1945-01-01
ANSWERS TO
Test Your l. Q.

l. It was cormeal and milk baked hard so it could be
carried on Journey Journey cake developed INTO Johnny
cake
l,uano nitrogen-rich fertilizer obtained from rocker
les OF fsh-eating birds in islands off Chie's coast
3. About 10 per cent.
L. Camphor sugar, pearls rubber, reSln BAMBOO
tobacco dried fish timber coal guttapercha IRON OIL goo
In the 18th century nails cost 10 pence dozen i'll New
England and were used currency
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-08
14-Year-0Id D. T.. Wife
Wins Temporary AIimony

Justice Henry A. Schweinhaut OF
District Court yesterday granted
14-year old Nancie Bruce Wood
mansee $40 month temporary ali
mony from her youthful husband
Arthur Warren Woodmansee, 5000
block of Connecticut avenue NV
The allowance was granted pending
further action in a divorce suit
brought by Mrs. Woodmansee in
october through her mother, Mrs
Lula G. Nation, 3700 block of Ma =
comb street NV. The suit charges
cruelty.
Justice Schweinhaut issued a
temporary restraining order against
Mr.. Woodmansee enjoining him
from molesting his young wife. Mr.
Woodmansee. in his answer to the
divorce petition, denied that he ever
molested his wife. The divorce suit
says the couple was married in Sep
TENDER, 1914
On Thursday, Milton w. Nation
Marine Band musician, divorced
husband of Mrs. Nation, filed petit
ton to set aside an order issued
some time ago that instructed him
to pay $50 a month for his daugh-
ter's maintenance. Mr.. Nation S
petition seeks revocation of that
order because of the daughter S
marriage to Mr.. WoodmanSee,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-08
National Geographic
Issues New Jap Map

Shrunken Japan, stripped to virtu-
ally the same territory it had wher
Commodore Perry sailed into Tokyo
Bay in 1858, is shown on the Nation
al Geographic Society's newest map
Japan and Korea-a 10-color chart
which is a supplement to the Ma
tional Geographic Magazine fol
December.
In his announcement of the maps
release, DR.. Gilbert Grosvenor
president of the society, explained
that the At procedures or provinces
OF Japan are in contrasting colors
so that they may be clearly de-
lineated. Railroads and main high
ways are shown. If and when GIs
are permitted to travel in Japan
the new map may be used to plot
their projected tours and their rela-
tives and friends at home may fol-
low their routes.
Tankan Bay, take-off spot for the
Pearl Harbor attackers, is shown in
the Southern Kurile Islands. Sew
eral large-scale insets on the man
blow up" small but important areas,
Okinawa, with Buckner Bay, new
geographic name born of World War
II, occupies one inset. Formosa
Tokyo Bay, the Pescadores and
Karafuto, each of them headline
spots in the Pacific campaign, are
similarly dealt with.
japanese names are retained In
Korea since they are better known.
United States Navy charts carry
japanese names, the Society ex-
planned. AS many Korean names as
can be shown on the map are placed
in parentheses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-08
Bus, Union Officials
Called Here 10 See
ConciIiators THURSDAY

Company and union officials of the
Greyhound buslines have been called
to Washington for a meeting Thurs
day with representatives of the Con-
Citation Service in an effort to bring
about settlement of the bus strike
which has tied up service in II
States and Washington for nearly
| six weeks.
1t was believed that the impending
holiday travel, particularly by serv-
icemen. was factor in renewed eff
forts to start buses rolling again.
Three Solutions Possible.
E, w. Callahan, president of the
executive joint council of the AFL
Street, Electric Railway and Motor
Coach Union, in statement issued
in Chicago, said meeting would
be held here Thursday lat which
time the strike will be settled by
one of three methods; arbitration,
through the use of a fact-finding
committee, or the Government will
assume operation of the Greyhound
companies in the area affected"
A Labor Department spokesman
denied the Government had any in
tention Of taking over operations.
He said parties in the dispute had
agreed to meet here as a result of
series of meetings being held in
Cleveland.
He said the Government had at
tempted to have both sides meet in
Washington earlier in the strike, but
that company representatives had
declined
5000 Workers Involved.
A union spokesman in Chicago
said 5000 operating, maintenance
and terminal employees of Pennsyl-
vania and Central Greyhound Lines
now are idle in the dispute which
began November /. Included in the
Central Greyhound group are Cen
trail Greyhound of New York, New
England Greyhound, Eastern Grey
hound and Illinois Greyhound.
Pennsylvania Greyhound has not
been operating out Of Washington
since the strike. Routes to the west
and south have remained open.
Eastern division drivers are asking
top rate Of SIS cents a mile COM
pared with 52l cents currently paid
and the company's offer of an in
crease to 81 cents. Western division
drivers ask 565 cents a mile and
the company has offered So cents
A fat 80 per cent pay raise is sought
for other workers, the bus lines Of
fering a straight l0-cent hourly
( boost.