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$1,675,000 Goal Expected
to Be Reached Tonight
at Final Meeting.
/Continued Prom Pi rat Page Λ
confident of meeting their quota of
1501,000 before tonight. When they
started work today they had about
(60,000 more to get and they went
about this task with the memory of
their tremendous drive of last Friday,
which brought in more than $115,000—
an all-time record for any Chest unit
in a single day.
Capital Unit Near Top.
The Capital Unit at yesterday's
meeting reported 91.36 per cent of its
quota of $4,299.24 in hand and was
expected to go over the top today.
The Group Solicitation yesterday
cut its "deficit" from $154.381.60 to
$87.568.02. while the Metropolitan Unit
reached the 60-per-cent mark in Its
quota drive, with $103,491.89 yet to be
raised.
A feature of today's closing drive
will be a flying squadron of solicitors,
which will respond to calls made by
Washington citizens as a result of a
final radio appeal by Joseph D. "Radio
Joe" Kaufman, chairman of the Met
ropolitan Unit, at 6:15 p.m. today.
All campaign barriers were down
today, leaving teams and individual
Chest workers free to campaign where
they pleased.
Government Unit Celebrates.
Amid scenes of the greatest en
thusiasm, the Governmental Unit
workers yesterday celebrated their at
tainment of virtually their entire
quota at the final midday report
meeting of the campaign. Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt was
there to report that the Navy De
partment was "over the top" and
atill going strong. He brought along
the Navy Band Orchestra to help
In the celebration.
Maj. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, deputy
chief of staff of the Army, was pres
ent to witness the triumph of Maj.
Gen. Frederick W. Coleman, chief of
finance of the Army, who was drafted
by President Roosevelt to head the
Governmental Unit and who has put
over one of the finest campaigns In
Chest history. Gen. Coleman, who
had left the head table to sit among
his workers on the floor, received an
ovation from the largest gathering
of Chest volunteers during the pres
ent campaign, which had previously
broken all attendance records.
When the Governmental Unit fin
ished its report yesterday the records
showed that a total of 81.440 Federal
and District employes in Washington
have contributed $560,472.19. Gov
ernmental campaign chairmen, key
men and captains went out with the
expectation of clearing up the re
maining $8.311.21 of their quota im
mediately after the meeting, leaving
all of today in which to work for
oversubscription of the unit quota.
Campaign Chairman H. L. Rust, jr.,
touched off yesterday's celebration at
the start of the meeting by an
nouncing that 70 per cent of the
Government, personnel in Washing
ton had raised 92 per cent of their
quota and seemed certain of going
above the amount allocated them.
Navy 105 Per Cent.
"It gives me very great pleasure
to report that the Navy Department
early yesterday had exceeded Its quota
with a percentage of 102 per cent."
Secretary Roosevelt then announced:
"Thia percentage has today been in
creased to 105 per cent and we have
not finished yet.
"It seems to me from the figures I
have seen of the general Community
Chest contributions that not only the
Navy Department, but all the depart
ment* of the Government have made
• most creditable showing.
"To understand the significance of
such a response, it must be appreciated
that a large percentage of the Govern
ment employes are not citizen* of
Washington, and many of them have
obligations to their own communities
as well as to Washington. Their open
handedness, in many instances, shows
real sacrifice and self-denial. The fig
ures these departments have reported
show enthusiastic and untiring labor
on the part of the division chairmen,
keymen and assistant keymen."
Secretary Roosevelt cited the Wash
ington Navy Yard especially for its
fine showing in the Chest drive.
See· Quota Pins.
"It is also most gratifying to all of
us here," he concluded, "that the Gov
ernmental Unit as a whole is fast ap
proaching 100 per cent of its quota.
When you consider the modest salaries
these Government employes receive it
shows a fine spirit toward the work
of the Chest and reflects great credit
on the leadership of Gen. Coleman.
"I am certain that Washington will
go over the top with a substantial
amount over and above its quota."
In opening yesterday's report meet
ing, Chairman Rust introduced Maj.
Gen. Drum and in doing so highly
praised the work ο/ Gen. Coleman dur
ing the campaign. He also introduced
Newbold Noyes, former president of
the Community Chest and former
campaign chairman.
During the progress of the unit re
ports, one after another of the area
and division chairmen brought in re
ports of large contributions f na assur
ances of reaching their quotas.
TTie largest unit return of the day
m-as made by Walter B. Clarkson for
Group Solicitation, when he turned
in contributions from 10,137 new
Chest supporters for a total of $66,
*13.58. These reduced the unit's quota
deficit to $87.568.02 and brought the
total of 73.7 per cent of its quota.
ομτνι·ι viuto ocvuiiu,
Hie Special Gifts Unit was second
with $40,920 in new contributions,
which brought its total to $434,954.68,
or 88.5 per cent of the unit quota.
Governmental, nearing the conclusion
of 1U work, turned in $34,896.94 in
contributions, bringing its total to
$580.472.19, or 98 24 per cent of its
quota.
The Metropolitan Unit, with $20.
882.98 in contributions, completed 60
per cent of its quote, with $103.491.89
«till to be raised. There was hope
for materially better returns today,
however, as a result of the action of
Chairman Rust declaring "blank" all
the cards of the Metropolitan Unit
workers at the close of yesterday's
meeting. This released these workers
from the necessity of following a pre
scribed list of "prospects" and made
It possible for them to solicit anybody
In Washington.
The close of yesterday's meeting
found the Campaign Committee with
83.89 of the quota in hand in the
form of contributions and pledges.
On the same dey last year the total
was only 61.5 per cent Yesterday'»
total was greater than the percentage
of the quota raised last year even by
a hard post-campaign drive lasting
nearly a week. ι
Additional Government divisions
reported 100 per cent or more of
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Predicts Chest Drive Success
Assistant Secretary ol the Navy Henry L. Roosevelt, who led the Navy
Department Community Cheat drive In an oversubscription of the depart
ment's quota, is shown as he arrived at yesterday afternoon's Chest report
meeting and was welcomed by Campaign Chairman H. L. Rust. Jr., (right).
Secretary Roosevelt predicted success for the Chest drive, which Is to end
tonight. —Star Staff Photo.
their quotas at the report·?* ng
vesterday afternoon, as follows
Plant Industry. Department of
- M-e»»»»·
Thomas O. Shearman, division chair"
man 100 09 per cent: executive office.
District Government Daniel £
„_division chairman, lzi.iu pei
^t militia of District of Columbia,
Col Ρ G Nevitt, division chairman.
10S 35 uer cent: Municipal Court.
τ„h« George C. Aukam, divis.on
Judge C to ? t Vehicles
chairman. 175.25 per ca f
and Traffic Department, Dtetitet of
Columbia, William A. Van Duzer,
division chairman. lOAOB per {ce£*:
Engineer Department. District of Co
Uimbia. Roland M. Brennan dWsi«i
chairman. 105.60 per cent.
division. Engineer Department, Walte
Ε Kern division chairman. 109.46
;rr cent Water Department. District
of Columbia. D. W. Holton dMslon
chairman. 11146 per ■cent. TntHc
Bureau. Inspector Β A. Lamb, divj
sion chairman. 109.55 per cent.
Public Library, Dr. G. F. Bowerman.
division chairman. 106.28 per cent,
southeastern branch. Public
Prances S. Osborne, division chair -
man 100 per cent: PUblic Welfare
Board Elwood Street, division chair
man. 111.72 per cent, emergency re
lief works division, Public Welfare
Board. William C. Cleary. Mon
chairman. 219.17 per J*"1: ££2^
Emergency Public Works Administra
tion. Maj. Philip B. Fleming, division
chairman. 100.24 per cent. General
Accounting Office. Reed P. Martin,
division chairman, 106.41 per cent,
office of general counsel. General Ac
counting Office. J. J Dowd. division
chairman, 100 per cent: claims divi
sion. Department of Justice, r. J.
Keating, division chairman. 101.03 per
cent: labor statistics division. Depart
ment of Labor. Joseph Bober, division
chairman, 105.76 per cent.
National Capital Park and Plan
ning Commission. Frederic A. Delano,
division chairman. 106.30 per cent:
Research and Planning Division. Ν
R Α., F. D. Bertrand, division chair
man," 12101 per cent: Mailing Divi
sion. Washington City Post Office.
Sidney O. Bursley, division chairman.
102.13: Registry Division. Washing
ton City Poet Office, Staley M. Clarke,
division chairman, 102.22 per cent.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
Stanley Reed, division chairman.
100 61 per cent: Legal Division, κ
F. C.. J L. Fort; division chairman.
100.68 per cent: Customs. J. H. Moyle,
division chairman. 115.78 per cent.
Administrative Division, Customs.
Garrett Lange, division chairman.
120.16 per cent: Architectural Divi
nion No 4 of the Procurement Divi
sion. Department cf the Treasury·
Dove McKee, division chairman,
110 84 per cent: Division of the
Treasurer of the United States. W A
Julian, division chairman, 105.42 per
cent" executive assistant and admin
istration office, Veterans' Administra
tion, Loretta Ryan, division chairman.
100.22 per cent, and the White House.
Frank K. Sanderson, division chair
man. 103.67 per cent.
The Group Solicitation Unit yes
terday reported the following firms
and organizations as being 100 per
cent and over:
Addressograph sales agency, Bur"
ltngton Hotel. C. C. Coat & Towel
Service, Call Carl. Carolina Theater.
Oliver T. Carr. real estate ; Capital
Cadillac Co., Ebbitt Hotel. Equitable
Life Insurance Co.. Fatrlawn Theater.
Garrison's Toy & Novelty Shop,
Georgetown University Hospital, Hous
ton Hotel, Liberty National Bank
B-K-O Keith's, St. Albans School
for Boys, St. Ann's Infant Asylum. St.
Joaeph's School, St. Rose's Technical
School, Seco Theater, Southern Dai
ries, Southern Investment Co., South
em wholesalers, Inc.: '
Xnc ' Wakefield Dairy, Washington
Animal Rescue League and the Y.
M. C. A.
Author-Artist Dies.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo., November 21
(/P).—Charles K. Soper. 70. author,
artist and civic worker, died here yes
terday. He was formerly auditdr of
the Chicago & Northwestern Railway
in Chicago.
Zimbalist Relieved
Of V iolin Payments
On Claim of Fraud
Allowed to Keep Ttco
Instruments, JVoi of
Rare Make.
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. November 21.—
Efrem Zimbalist, celebrated violinist,
was relieved of further payment· on
two violins which he claimed were not
of the rare makes represented, in a
decision yesterday by the District
Court of Appeal.
The court dismissed Zimbalist from
paying $6,000 for the two "fiddles" on
testimony they were imitations of a
Stradivarious and a Guamerius.
Zimbalist purchased the two Instru
ments from George Smith nine years
ago. under the impression, he said
today, they were authentic. He as
serted he paid $2,000 at the time and
agreed to pay an additional $6,000
later.
Smith died shortly afterward and
Zimbalist claimed to have learned the
violins were imitations. An expert,
he said, had told him they were
worth not more than $300. Adminis
trators of 8mith's estate sued him for
the remaining payment on the violins.
*
Chest Donors
Campaign Teams Report
Larger Gifts.
Contributions of $100 and over re
ported yesterday were as follows:
$5.000—Mrs. Eleanor Patterson.
$3,000—Mrs. John C. Boyd, Peo
ple's Drug Stores.
$2,500—Jutid Ar Detweiler. Inc.
$2,400—Nathaniel H. Luttrell.
$2,000 — Chestnut Farms - Chevy
Cha,se Dairy Co.
$1.800—Mr. and Mrs. Henry P.
Erwin.
$1,500—Mr. and Mrs. Sherman
1 Flint.
$1,200— Edward H. Burling, Na
i tional Savings Λ Trust Co.
$1.000—Mr. and Mrs. Chester C.
Bolton. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Houghton,
Col. and Mrs Morris E. Locke, Mrs.
i Mary Roberts Rinehart.
$900—C. B. Keferstein.
j $850—Mrs. E. Newlands Johnston.
$800—Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett.
$750—Elite Laundry. Inc.; Mr. and
j Mrs. Arthur J. May, Mr. Justice and
Mrs. Harlan F. Stone.
$700—John H'. Wilkins Co.
$617—Liberty National Bank.
$800—Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Ber
liner. Mr. and Mrs. William M. Han
nay. William A. Julian, Maj. and Mrs.
I Henry Leonard.
$500—Dr. Walter W. Boyd. Dr. and
j Mrs. Arthur C. Christie, Mr. and Mrs.
I John Crosby, Mr. and Mrs. William
F. Ham, Mrs. Charles Is ham. Mr. and
Mrs. Charles S Marlatt. Marlow Coal
Co , Martin Wiegand Estate, Dr. Ed
ward B. Meigs. Newbold Noyes. Mr.
; and Mrs. Duncan Phillips. H. L. Rust,
jr.: Dr. and Mrs. A. Camp Stanley,
Edward R. True, jr.; Mrs. H. C. Wal
lace. Mrs. Wilbur E. Wilder. Mrs.
Thomas 8 Wiles, Comdr. and Mrs.
T. S. Wilkinson
$450—Thompson's Dairy.
$425—Percy L. Atherton. "
$400—Mrs. Walter Burnside. Mr and
Mrs. Dwight Clark, Dr. William E.
Clark. Mr. and Mrs. Frederic A. De
lano. Mr. and Mrs. Newell W. Ellerson.
$360—Joseph B. Eastman.
$300—Mr. and Mrs. Jesse C. Adkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Brand. Henry
N. Brawner. jr.; Mrs. H. I. Cone,
Samuel A. Drury. Gunston Hall, Mr.
and Mrs. Leland Harrison. Mr. and
Mrs. Demarest Lloyd. Joseph Alpert,
and Charles L. Pilzer, Dr. and Mrs.
Philip Sydney Smith, Dr. and Mrs.
William H. Wilmer.
$250—Mr. and Mrs. Frederick K.
j Brooke, Mr. and Mrs. Giles F. Hellprin.
; John C. Letts. Mrs. Fedora Lewis, Miss
Madiera's School. Welfare and Recrea
tional Association of Public Buildings
and Grounds, Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Powell.
j $240—The McCambridge Si Mc
; Cambridge Co.
1 $200—W. B. Bryan. Mr. and Mrs.
William S. Conant, Holton Arms
School, Mrs. Charles G. Matthews.
Ernest F. Mechlin. Carroll B. Merriam,
National Radio Institute, Mrs. Eliza
beth P. Patterson. A. Harding Paul,
! Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Reizensteln. Mr.
! and Mrs. George Shiras, Berkeley L.
Simmons, Simon. Koenigsberger A;
ι Young, J. E. Smith, A. L. Thompson,
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Trowbridge. R. E.
Vincent, Mrs. Flora B. Welch. Mr. and
Mrs. George W. White. William Brad
! ley Willard, Bernard Wyekoff, Young
& Simon.
$180—Gerrit S. Miller.
$175—Samuel J. and Mr*. Ida A.
Prescott.
Sleo—Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Bel
lows, Lewis D. Bliss.
$150—Allen Mitchell & Co., Anony
mous, Mrs. Henry E. Davis, Electrical
ι Workers' Beneficial Association, Col.
; William W. Gibson, H. Prescott Gatley,
! International Brotherhood of Electri
| cal Workers, George B. McClellan. Mr.
I and Mrs. W. E. Pearson, Capt. and
Mr». Chester Wells.
! $125—Β. H. Meyer.
$120—Mr. and Mrs. Alexander H.
! Bell, Winifred V. Richmond, Ward &
Paul, Dr. Herbert C. Woolley.
$100—Eugene G. Adams, Harry
Alexander. Inc.; Clarence A. Aspin
wall, Jennie O. Berliner. Gordon W.
Bonnette. Edgar N. Brawner, A. J.
Brylawski. Charles H Burke. Walter
Eben Burnside, L. G. Caldwell, Judge
James A. Cobb. John H. Davis, Clark
O. Diamond, R. Golden Donaldson.
Dr. and Mrs. L. C. Ecker. P, J. Far
rell, Capt. W. W. Galbraith, Herman
Goldberg, Oroeners, Mr. and Mrs.
Alexander Hagner, Miss Rae Hahn.
Arthur J. Harnett, AvereU Harriman,
Carl Hayes, Col. and Mrs. Paul Hen
derson. Albert Hinrichs, Dr. and Mrs.
Stephen C. Hopkins, Woodson P.
Houghton, Howenstein Bros., C. R.
Marshall. Frank McManamy, Mrs.
David Meade Lea, Mrs. George Marye.
Mis» Matilda Mellon, Miss Mary Mel
lon, National Capital Insurance Co. of
District of Columbia, J. F. T. O'Con
nor, Otto Elevator Co., Judge Mary
OToole, Mrs. G. W. Pearson, George
P. Plummer, Claude R. Porter, Poto
mac School, Ε. V. Pugh, Henry I.
Quinn, Real Estate Title Insurance
Co., Mrs. G. K. Richards. J. T. Rich
ards Co., Inc.; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
L. Sabin. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan B.
Scott, 3d; James Sharp, Thomas R.
Shlpp. Dr. and Mrs. W. M. 81mkins.
D. A Skinner. Snappy Motor Fuel
Co.. Mrs. William F. M. Sowers. Stand
ard Cigar & Tobacco Co., Mr. and
Mrs. John M. Sternhagen. Miss Julia
D. Strong, Hugh M. Tate, United Asso
ciation of Journeyman Plumber* St
Steam Fitters. Maj. Ennals Wagga
man. Wade Hall Co.. Waehington To
bacco Co., Mrs. C. W. Waterman,
Alfred A. Wheat. Mrs. Woodrow Wil
son. Witt & Merman and Mr. and
Mrs. Waddy B. Wood.
►
FEDERAI SYSTEM
BEING RENOVATED
Roosevelt Declared Grad
ually Reorganizing Func
• tions of Government.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
A complete reorganization of the
functional side of the Federal Gov
ernment will be consummated under !
the Rooeevelt administration.
Stipe already have been taken j
which look toward a regrouping; and
rearrangement of Federal activities so
thoee which are really related to each |
other may be brought Into closer con-1
tact. Heretofore, the need for modern- !
izlng our antiquated Federal structure I
has been fully recognized, as, for in- j
stance, In the many recommendations .
to this end beginning under President |
Taft and continuing under President ;
Hoover.
Mr. Roosevelt has hit upon an ι
entirely different approach and It bids
fair to succeed where his prede
have failed. The President has in re
duced the idea of collaboration of
bureaus and departments, rather than
consolidation.
Emergency Council Is Example.
The first and most significant step
was the formation of the National
Emergency Council, created by execu
tive order. This comprises 30 agencies
of the Federal Government, the reg
ular departments as well as the
emergency establishments
Some of the emergency bodies will,
in due time, disappear, byt the prin
ciple back of the new collaboration
of all agencies of Government. :
whether permanent or temporary, is
essentially sound.
Having put all the agencies into '
the National Emerg'ency Council, it j
will be possible now to form com
mittees of the council. Already the
President has formed a committee to
include all the lending agencies and
bureau: in fact, every part of the
Government which deals with credit.
He has put Secretary Morgcnthau at
the head of It.
Trade Group Is Next.
The next step contemplated is to
put into a single group all the Fed
eral agencte? dealing In any way
with foreign trade. There are about
40 different places in the Federal
Government where there is jurisdic
tion over some aspect of foreign
trade.
The Department of State, as well
as the Department of Commerce, is
involved in foreign trade. But ihere
is a distinct difteience between strictly
political and strictly commercial re
lations. and yet both are to some ex
tent interwoven
These committees will function In
formally at first. It will mean that
the Roosevelt administration will feel
j its way toward a better grouping of
Federal agencies, and. when experi
ence has revealed the practicability
of consolidation it will, no doubt, be
ratified by Congress.
I
rirxiDie sysiem seen.
The National Emergency Council
some day may become the National
Executive Council and bring into the
Federal mechanism a more flexible
administrative establishment than we
have had. For the present set-up has
grown, like Topsy, over a period of
150 years, and is the result of a
patchwork of appropriation bills
; which were adopted to suit various
occasions in American history long
! since grown obsolete.
. Mr. Roosevelt has broad powers,
already given him by Congress, to
reorganize the Government, and he
has a substantial majority, so he
can command any additional power
he may need. Whatever else the New
Deal may do from «η economic stand
point, it certainly has a splendid
chance to bring a new deal in the
administrative machinery of the
United Stales Government.
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HIGH SPEED MADE
BY ARMORED TANK
Eight-ton Weapon of Modern
Warfare Driven at 60
Miles Per Hour.
An eight-ton armored tank, the
latest weapon of modern warfare,
was driven through the streets of
Washington and along the Mount Ver
non Memorial boulevard yesterday at
speeds ranging up to 80 miles an hour.
From the Army viewpoint it was a
perfect demonstration.
This Army tank Is protected by
three quarter-inch armor plate, and
cost $30.000. It mounts three machine
guns and runs on revolving tracks of
specially designed hard-rubber plates.
It stands nearly β feet high, is about
10 feet long and β feet wide.
Maj. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, deputy
chief of staff, and Maj. Gen. Edward
; Croft, chief of infantry, reported that
the tank rides like a heavy passenger
car. At 20 miles an hour it can al
most turn in its own length. It has
a cruising range of 125 miles. The
two generals were passengers on the
tank during its demonstration run yes
terday.
The machine guns mounted in the
tank are of JO caliber, and capable of
firing 500 shots a minute. In its run
about the city the tank maneuvered
at ease through heavy traffic.
Prettyman to Speak.
The Knights of the Round Table
will meet at the University Club
Friday at 1? 30 p.m. to hear E. Bar
rett Prettyman, corporation counsel,
discuss the duties of his office and
its relation to the public.
Seeks Ample Supply of In
expensive Substitute
for Radium.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS. November 21.—Par Into the
night Irene Jollot-Curie, young thin
faced daughter ο 1 the late Mme. Marie
Curie, U working to give the sick an
ample supply of the healing rays now 1
available only in rare and costly ra
dium.
She and her husband. Dr. Frederic
Joliot, who proudly Joined Curie to !
his own name after their marriage. !
are concentrating on a single aim
•ince they succeeded In creating ra- ■
dlum substitutes by bombarding atoms
of ordinary elements such as alumi
num. with alpha rays to make them
radioactive.
Their aim is to produce, largely with
American money, the radium substl- .
tutes, which they have named "ra- '
dlophoephore," in sufficient quanti
ties to permit experiments by medical
men.
Follow Mother's Example.
Therein lies their hope of ready
relief to suffering humanity, the task
to which they consecrated themselves
in emulation of Mme. Joliot-Curie's
famous mother.
These high plans were outlined by
the young couple, each about 3* years
old, in the Curie laboratory at the
radium Institute, founded by Mme.
Curie. There they work so closely
together at the same task that neither
professes to know just what each in
dividual's contribution has been to
their discoveries and creations.
"We are functionaries of the state,
you know," they say smilingly.
Their life is as simple as that of
their most humble laboratory assist
ants. but their scientific work is more
time-consuming.
Mme. Joliot-Curie, with white lab
ratory coat wrapped about her slen
der, erect figure, looks as if she were
born to science, which she was. Her
features are Slavic, like those of her
Polish mother, and her black hair U
brushed back from a high forehead.
Trained by Mother.
She was only a small girl when her
father, Pierre Curie, was crushed to
death under a truck. But she was
trained by her mother to carry on the ,
family tradition of scientific research,
already crowned by her parents' dis
covery of radium.
She was educated in a private sci
entific school and then at the Uni
versity of Paris. Now she supervises
her mother's laboratory with a calm
air of authority.
Her modesty and that of her hus
band are so in the scientific tradition
that it is difficult to get them to
talk of themselves or their two young
children.
"We never have enough time." they ·
Aiding Needy
1 pi
MME. JOLIOT-Cl'RIE.
explained, "especially to reflect."
"Occasionally we go Ashing, be
cause fishing, you know, gives us an
opportunity for reflection. That and
walking are our only diversions. We
talk over our experiments on long
walks after dinner.
Work Long Hour*.
"We have no fixed hours, except
that we get up usually at 5:30 in
the morning and try to be at the
laboratory by 9 Sometimes we are
in the laboratory al) day and half
the night.
"At other times we take our notes
home, to make calculations and talk
over the day's work. Occasionally we
have dinner or spend the evening
with our collaborators, to exchange
notes.
"We only go to sleep when we
are tired."
Much the same undivided atten
tion to work is carried with them on
their long vacations In a cottage be
side the sea at L'Arcouest, on the
Brittany coast.
Radium-like pills, which might be
swallowed by sufTerers from stomach
ailments, and which would quickly
discarge all their rays, then pass
from the body, are envisaged by Mme
Jollot-Curie.
A radioactive gas. which might be
inhaled into diseased lungs, is
another of their dreams. Whether
the pills and gas are possible remain
for their own experiments and those
of biological chemists to determine.
For their own experiments the
Joliot-Curles have built a tiny new
laboratory in Cachan. a suburb of
Paris. It Is to be completed about
December 1. and there they will bom
bard ordinary substances with invis
ible nuclei of helium gas. projected
in a tube by millions of volts of elec
tricity. The substances, they already
have discovered, will absorb rays like
those of radium, which are promptly
discharged for lengths of time vary
ing from several minutes to several
hours.
Because the length of time required
for the discharge of the rays can be1
determined with mathematical cer
tainty by the force of the radio ac
tivity. the theory of the Joliot-Curle»
Is that they might be administered In
fixed doses more safely than radium,
whose energy must be carefully con
trolled.
"Until recently." the young couple
said, "the only radio-active bodies
known were those contained In the
earth's crust.
"We have succeeded In creating new
radio-active substances in bombarding
ordinary inactive elements like alum
inum, magnesium, boron, etct, with
alpha projectiles (nuclei of helium
gas in rapid movement).
"These new radio elements do not
exist in nature. Once they are created
they transform themselves spontan
eously more or less rapidly into ordi
nary Inactive elements in emitting
rays of positive or negative electrons.
"The first researches were repeated
and developed in the United States.
England and Italy. More than 70
new radio element* are known at pres
ent.
"The lifetime of these elements
range from a fraction of a second to
about two weeks.
Production Too Limited.
"The quantities produced up to now
are too small to let us dream of apply
ing them easily and practically, par
ticularly in biology or medicine.
"Despite all difficulties, we are
building at present new equipment,
and we hope soon to obtain results."
Lack of sufficient funds has handi
capped the Joliot-Curles. as it did
Mme. Curie, say their friends. Some
of their own meager income, includ
ing S3.500 annually from a fund estab
lished by American women for Mme.
Curie, is going into their work.
Births Reported.
Thomas and Esta Nicholson, boy.
Kaiph .and Alice Judd. boy.
John end Beatrice Thomas, boy.
Serge and Ivah Doubroff. boy.
Pred and Louis- Williamson, boy.
Jurgen and Loretta Piper boy.
Joseph and Cecil Miller, boy.
John and Lilly Huff. boy.
Warren and Agnes Sweeney boy.
AntoniO and Virginia Diaz. boy.
Guy and Emma Lester, boy
Will am end Helen Schllasky. girl.
Nicholas and Eiieen Bruno, girl.
Harry and Estelle Martin. girl
Frederick and Dorothy Morris, girl
Austin and Pannie Waller, girl.
Milton and Rose Perbei. firl.
Warren and Hazel Smith, girl.
Howard and An'ta Burkley. fir!.
George and Delia Thomas, firl.
Freeman and Bertha Welch, girl.
Charlea and Katie Sutherland, girl.
Charles and Mary Thompson, boy.
Kenneth and Mary Howard, boy.
Harr* and Loretta Wtllach. boy
William and Beatrice Leachman. bo?.
McCrllan and Irene Pinch, boy
Bernard and Catherine Donovan, bo?.
James ana Yclanda Sul'lvan. boy.
Oliver and Daisy Kidwell. boy.
Earnest *»nd Emily Heisley. boy.
Guy and Blanche Swan bo*
Robert and Mary Thomas, bo*
William *nd Either Bowte. girl.
Joseph ard Era Ο Connor girl.
Leslie and Edna Amouri. girl.
Leo and Lticinda Ffaughton. girl
Herbert and Helen Rar. girl.
Michael and Mar* Kilbride', firl.
Osrar and Jean 8harpe girl
Melvin and Bertha Johnson, girl.
Vincent and Dorothv Reid. g rl
Herman and Doris Darls. girl
Roscoe and Selma Atcherson boy
James and Lrol* Aeee boy
Edgar and Lucille Lewis, boy.
Oscar and Mamie Millard bo*.
Edward and Virginia Butler, boy.
We rner and Nancy Lewis. irtrl
Samuel and Elliabeth Kill ebun. f
Oscar and Irene Millard, boy
Leslie and Ha?el Johnnon. boy.
Leroy and Lucille Hart. bo».
Calli and Pauline Murray, boy.
Walter and Klmore Cole» ïirl.
Leo and Corine Collins. »lrl
SylveaMr and Martha Harper, boy
Three Children Among Those
Hurt Yesterday in Traffic
Accidents.
Four persons, three of them chil
dren, were Injured yesterday In traf
fic accidents, the moat serious being
7-year-old Ann Montgomery, daugh
ter of Comdr. and Mrs. Alfred E.
Montgomery. U. 8. N„ of 3811 Upton
street. She received a fractured left
leg and numerous bruises when struck
by an automobile at Thirty-ninth
street and Wisconsin avenue.
Orvllle I. Gantt. 22, of 1207 Ν street,
driver of the car which police said
struck the child, posted bond of $1,000
for his appearance on a charge of
reckless driving.
Taken to Casualty.
Prank Simmons, 7, of 135β South
Carolina avenue southeast, was struck
by an auto driven by Lloyd 8. Denni
son, 30, of 2 New York avenue, when
the child is reported by police to have
run from between two parked cars on
Fifteenth street southeast. He was
taken to Casualty Hoepttai where his
Injuries were said not to be serious.
James Matthews. 5. colored, of 013
Fourth street southeast, was knocked
down while playing in the street at
Fourth street and Virginia avenue
southeast. The car was driven by
Harry Rosenthal, 32. of 1429 Upshur
street, police said. The boy was taken
to his home after receiving first-aid
at Providence Hospital.
Struck by Track.
Michael Tadleh. 50. of 454 C street
was knocked down by a truck at
Maryland avenue and Eighth street
northeast. He was treated at Casualty
Hospital for Injuries about the hips
and legs.
Police an-ested Charles R. Tanner,
27. of Madison Court House. Va, near
ι the District line, charging him with
being the driver of the truck. He
was released on bond of *500.
Deaths Reported.
Joseph M Eggleston. fcS. 1101 Masaachu
Ktu tve
Lucy Patteraon. κη Home for Incurables.
Lou'sa M. Hoffman. 7R. 14.'Hi Foxhall rd.
Albert O. Palmer. 74 sson Conduit rd.
Thomas J Irwin. «H. Hfr Τ st.
Walter I VilllPlque <54. Galilrger Hospital.
George G. Rlinknett. S3. 330 John Mar
shall pi
Jesae A. Taylor, «2. 2224 l«»h at. i.e.
Thomaa D. Walsh 61. IIS D st. i.e.
William Jester. 5£. T'lbeieulosis Hospital.
Joseph C. Mason. 40. 8t. Eliiabeth's Hot
pttal.
Omeda M Perry. 44. Gallinger Hospttifl.
William A. Mauro. 21. Walter Reed Gen
eral Hospital.
Wainrlght Corbin. 11 Emergency Hospital.
Infant. Robert H Miller. 1037 Park rd.
Infant. Reld. Columbia Hospital
Infant. Glaser. Providence Hospital.
Infant Cralghlll Children's Hosp tal.
Mary P. Williams. ·<»·. 4MI.S Meade at. n e.
Matilda Talbott. CO. 1501 flth St.
Joseph A Barton. 4Y Oalltnter Hospital.
Vlrglni» Lewis 25. Galllnger Hospital
Myrtle Robinson. 22. Garfield Hospital.
James Brown. 22. Tuberculosis Hospital.
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