Evening star. [volume], December 09, 1936, Page A-2, Image 2

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POPE’S CONDITION
CONTIKBETTER
Vatican Officials, However,
Say Heart Action Is
Still Irregular.
B7 the Associated Press.
VATICAN CITY. December 0 (JPi-—
Vatican officials said today Pope Piui’
health continued to Improve, but a re
liable authority declared his condition
■till warranted constant watchfulness.
The 79-year-old pontiff was unable
to move his legs, which were badly
swollen, and his heart action was still
Irregular, this source said.
Hot compresses were being placed on
the holy father's chest day and night
to improve his circulation, it was un
derstood. Dr. Amantl Milani. his
physician, was striving to prevent the
leg swelling from spreading.
Cardinal Pacelli Received.
Confined to his bed since Saturday,
the Pope received no one but Cardinal
Pacelli, papal secretary of State.
Several relatives took turns keeping
a vigil In the ante room of his cham
ber, awaiting the latest word.
The Vatican newspaper Osservatore
Romano declared this afternoon the
Improvement in Pius' condition con
tinued ever more appreciable.
It added, however, that the pontiff
would be convinced of the necessity
Of taking great care of himaelf for
aome days.
Prelates said the holy father, whose
Condition was discovered Saturday,
probably would be allowed to get up
Thursday and spend several hours in
an arm chair.
Conducts Affairs From Bed.
The Pontiff spent an hour and a
half with Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli,
papal secretary of state, conducting
Vatican affairs from his bed. Prelates
aald Cardinal Pacelli entered the aick
room with a stack of documents, dis
cussed various business with the Pope
far an hour and then said:
“I don’t want to tire you. We will
finish these later.”
"No,” the Pope was quoted as reply
ing. "We will finish them now.” The
conference was continued another
half hour.
Creation
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by very large distances of the order
of tens of millions of times the di
ameter of a star.
"Our sun is a member of one of
these galaxies—the Milky Way. It
Is known from star counts in various
directons that the Milky Way or gal
axy is roughly lens shaped, with a
diameter of perhaps 100.000 light years
and a maximum thickness of some
thing like one-fifth to one-tenth of
this. The sun is at a considerable
distance from the center but not very
fai» from the median plane of the
system. Knowing the distances and
directions of other galaxies, it be
comes possible to construct a scale
model of that part of the universe
•bout which we are best informed.
Galaxies in Cluster.
“These neighbors, together with our
Milky Way, appear to constitute a
small cluster of galaxies. 12 in num
ber, the individuals of which »re
considerably nearer together than is
the rule in the surrounding space;
In fact a moderate gap appears to
♦xist between this group *,nd the other
nearby systems. Studies of the de
tails of nearby systems help us under
stand distant systems and especially
our own system, while studies of our
own system clear up problems which
•rise in the study of our neighbors.
The conclusion follows that almost
©ur entire success in the exploration |
of extra-galactic space has been due I
to the fortunate circumstance that our ;
own galaxy is a member of a small j
group or cluster of galaxies
"The new knowledge about absorb- ‘
tng material in the spaces of our
galaxy has contributed to this pic
ture of the local group of nebulae, and
of the universe as a whole, princi
pally by reducing the inferred im
portance of our own system. At one
time the Milky Way system was con
sidered large enough to contain all
the nebulae. When these were de
termined to be independent external
systems of stars, the Milky Way still
held the predominant place, being
thought to be perhaps five times as
large In diameter as the next largest
similar system. With the dimensions
of our own galaxy revised on the basts
of absorption to about half the previ
ous size, and the diameters of other
galaxies found to be larger than were
formerly measured, our own place in
space is not nearly so unique as we
formerly had good reason to believe.”
mis picture oi tne universe is me
result of observations of spiral nebulae
with the 100-inch telescope at the
Mount Wilson Observatory of the Car
negie Institution of Washington, with
which It is possible to penetrate about
600,000,000 light years of space.
New Fields for Telescope.
Somtime in 1940. if all goes well, it
may be possible tc "see” twice as far—
approximately 6,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000 miles—and at events which
were happening 1,000,000,000 years
ago. 8uch is the theoretical possi
bility of the new 200-inch telescope—
weight 700 tons, cost $6,000,000—which
now is being set up on Mount Palo
tnar, near Pasadena, Calif., in a co
operative project of the Rockefeller
Foundation, the Carnegie Institution
of Washington and the California In
itiate of Technology.
Progress made to date in the proj
ect was described in a lecture before
the Carnegie Institution here last
night by Dr. John A. Anderson, phy
sicist of the Carnegie stall, who has
been the executive officer and taken
a leading part in the planning and
construction of the titanic eye.
The night the great telescope is
first trained on the sky is likely to be
a notable date in history, for then it
will be possible to look twice as far
and see eight times as much of crea
tion as has been possible in the past.
Washington
W ay side
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events,
and Things.
TRAPPED.
VIRGINIA WILKINSON, West
ern High School student, Is
authority for the story of
Peary Stafford's failure to
catch a miscreant In a mouse trap..
Peary, It seems, has a habit of ap
pearing dally at a certain place, hang
ing up his overcoat, and coming back
to find that some one has been
through the pockets. A mouse trap
struck him as just the thing in which
to catch the offender. He stuck one
in ttoe pocket of the coat and awaited
results.
He got results all right—in the form
of catching himself by the thumb
when a chemistry experiment so en
grossed his mind that he forgot all
about his well-laid plans to appre
hend the coat searcher.
* * * *
DAWN.
At Mr. Ripley toys, you can be
lieve it or not, but there is a
policeman on duty at No. 1 pre
cinct whose associates call him
Daybreak. Which isn’t odd be
cause his name is Early Dawn.
* * * *
PHOTO.
\/I OST persons think newspaper
pictures fail to flatter them, but
sometimes the cameramen and their
first lieutenants, the retouch artists,
prove friends in need.
There was a Maryland official, for
example, who happened to be playing
tennis when a photographer, who had
a “must" assignment to get his pic
ture, found him.
The official was obliging, but re
fused to change his clothing for the
picture. When developed and printed
in the office the result was far from
complimentary to a person holding &
position of some dignity.
So the retouch artist went to work
and when the picture appeared the
man appeared to be wearing a collar,
coat, and striped necktie.
He has ever since been most helpful
to the press.
* * * *
LOVE.
T*HIS is a story of love, money and
difficulties.
Nourhan Mesrobian of the Demo
cratic Central Committee dressed hur
riedly the other day and rushed to
the store to place his weekly phone
call to his "one and only” In Grey
stone Park, N. J.
To his dismay, he found his “love
talk” had caused a 85 cents overcharge.
The operator informed him to this
effect, so acting hastily to avoid em
barrassment with his sweetheart on the
wire, he placed in the coin slot the only
15 cents his trousers would yield.
That was pretty fast thinking, be
smiled, and walked out.
Two days later he received a letter.
His "love,” night superintendent of
nurses at a large hospital there, in
formed him the extra overcharge had
been credited to her.
•Please,” he was pleading today,
“can’t my predicament be made clear
some way? I really love the girl.”
* * * *
INCIDENT.
AT ONE of the downtown parking
lots where business is frantic
around the theater hour and the man
agement always tries to make every
car park about two inches away from
the next machine, in order to con
serve space, a gentleman drove his car
in the other night, and was about to
step out when he heard a wild screech
of brakes behind him.
He paused on the running board of
his car, to see another driver whcg
being in a great rush, had almost
dashed in to clip off a door, or may be
a leg.
!gM^REe.ECW
The escaped victim stepped down,
took oS his hat, bowed and said sol
emnly, "Thank you very much.”
“Thanks for what?” said the gent
who’d almost perpetrated the man
slaughter.
"Thanks for not killing me, you
lout.” said the gentleman, and walked
away with great dignity.
» * * »
READER.
On Attorney General Cummings’
recent visit to the District Jail,
aides who knew the "General’s" in
terest in rehabilitation got a chuckle
when Cummings peered into a cell
in the east wing. Two prisoners
occupied it. One of them, lying
in his bunk, was reading a rnaga
* sine which he held in such a way
the article’s name was inescapable.
It was "Underworld Nights."
Scout Heads to Hear Priest.
Rev. Father Edward Fuller, S. J.,
will speak on the duties of troop com
mitteemen before the scoutmasters
and troop committeemen of the
Capitol Division of the Boy Scouts
at St. Aloysius School, North Capitol
street, tonight. Roy L Green, chair
man of the Organization Committee,
will discuss future plans.
Night Final Delivered by Carrier
Anywhere in the City
Full Sports
Race Results, Complete Market News of the Day, Latest News
Flashes from Around the World. Whatever It Is, you’ll find -
It In The Night Final Sports Edition.
THE NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY 8TAR—delivered
by carrier—70c a month. Call National 6000 and service
;wlU start at onoe.
GIFT DRIVE SPEEDS
IN FEDERAL UNITS
Daniel Outlines Procedure
for Contributions by U. S.
Workers.
As Government workers in large
numbers continued to board the Santa
Claus band wagon, the Federal em
ployes’ Christmas campaign gained
momentum today and Chief Co
ordinator Harry R. Daniel outlined a
plan of procedure for his aides.
His instructions are being issued to
representatives of all departments and
bureaus of the Government who wish
to Join The Evening Star, Warner
Brothers theaters, the National
Broadcasting Co., the Metropolitan
Police Department and the Parent
Teacher Association in its movement
to see that no one in Washington
is forgotten this Christmas.
Of foremost importance is the
necessity of establishing at once a
oentral point for collection of gifts
in each branch or section of the Gov
ernment participating in the cam
paign, Daniel stated. In some de
partments one room is being desig
nated for that purpose. In others,
boxes or tables are being placed
throughout the building for the col
lection of toys and clothing. Volun
teer workers who have assumed lead
ership in organizing their own sec
tions are requested to attend to this
detail.
run-up wins ucccmwr is,
December 18 has been set as the
date for a fleet of trucks to pick up
all gifts on hand In the Federal
bureaus at that time. These contri
butions will be delivered to the
Warner Brothers’ Earle Theater and
from that point will be turned over
to the Parent-Teacher Association
for distribution in co-operation with
the Metropolitan Police.
In order that the drivers may
know where to call for gifts, however,
persons in charge in the individual
bureaus are requested to notify the
co-ordinator of the whereabouts of
depositories. This should be done as
early as possible by calling District
2200, Extension 2421.
Gifts collected in the Federal
bureaus after December 18 will be
taken up by the Metropolitan Police
upon a call either to National 4000 or !
Metropolitan 1100. Bureaus wishing
to record gifts collected after De
cember 18 should also notify Daniel’s
office of the size of their contribu
tions.
Clothing Need Stressed.
The need for clothing as well as toys
is being stressed by the co-ordinator,
who pointed out also that gifts for
adults as well as children are in order.
Among the first Federal agencies
to report a campaign already well un
der way is the Maritime Commission
in the Commerce Building. Headed
by William R. Kavanaugh, a commit
tee in charge has distributed bulletins
throughout the commission urging
employes to ’’join the toy and joy
club.” A box will be provided in
room 6511, Commerce Building, for
gifts from employes In the Maritime
Commission, the bulletin announced.
Chief Co-ordmator Daniel also re
iterated his request for the names of
all volunteer workers who are willing
to personally organize small groups
in co-operation with the campaign.
NINE CAPITAL PEOPLE
WINNERS IN CONTEST
Three of Contestant* in Picture
Title Competition Receive
$50 Prizes.
Nine residents of the District won
cash prizes in a picture title contest
conducted by the Standard Oil Co. of
New Jersey. W. H. Evans, division
manager of the concern, announced in
Baltimore today.
Fifty dollar prizes, the largest re- j
ceived in this section, were won by
Harry L. Clark, jr„ 1425 Rhode Island
avenue; Mrs. J. M. Coe, 518 Ninth
street northeast, and John J. Dunn,
1814 Kearney street northeast. Win
ners of S25 awards included Miss
Marion F. Ferguson, 6812 Eighth
street; Hal B. Lary, 2229 Bancroft
place, and Jack Wolk, 1818 N street.
The other three received $10 prizes.
They were William C. Cody, aviation
chief machinist, Anacostia; George
A. Elfman, 1321 Belmont street, and
Elizabeth M. La Boiteaux, 4115 Fes
senden street.
The contest called for supplying
titles to four cartoons which appeared
in a series of newspaper advertise
ments.
PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION
WINS GREYHOUND PRIZE
Annual Safety Award Made for
Having Only One Accident
Per 155,000 Miles.
For averaging only one accident per
155,000 miles, the Pennsylvania Grey
hound Lines was awarded last night
the annual safety trophy of the Grey
hound Bus Co. The prize indicates
the Pennsylvania division was the
safest of the line's 21 divisions.
The award was announced at a Lee
House meeting presided over by Mar
cus Dow, Greyhound manager of
safety and personnel. It was the sec
ond time the Pennsylvania Greyhound
won the prize.
Robert A. Nunn was given a gold
and-silver safety button for having
driven five years without having even
rubbed a fender. He drove 250,000
miles in those yesrs.
PATIENTS INCREASE
181 at Children's Tuberculosis
Sanatorium in November.
The number of patients at th£
Children’s Tuberculosis Sanatorium at
Glenn Dale, Md., continued to in
crease during November, Dr. Daniel
Leo Pinucane, superintendent, re
ported yesterday to the Board of Pub
lic Welfare.
There were 181 patients at the hos
pital last month, as compared with
177 at the end of October and 106 at
the end of November of last year.
The capacity of the Institution was
increased from 150 to 300 last Sum
mer with the opening of two addi
tional wings.
D. C. Woman Sned for Divorce.
Mrs. Louise Thomson, 3100 Connec
ticut avenue, was charged with cruelty
In a divorce petition filed yesterday
by her husband, Arthur D. Thomson,
In Reno, Nev., according to an Asso
ciated Frees dispatch. The couple
were married in Alexandria, V*., on
August 80, 10M.
Local Ladies Give Time for City’s Needy
In widely different fashions,
Washingtonians are trying to
prevent any one at the Na
tion’s Capital being forgotten
this Christmas, all co-operat
ing with The Star-Warner
Bros.-N. B. C. Christmas cam
paign and the Metropolitan
police.
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Toys
(Continued From First Page.)
and talented of this season's de
butantes. will act as mistress of cere
monies and sing several songs.
Eddie Elkins and his Pall Mall room
orchestra will play for both radio lis
teners and dancers, while Henry C.
Nestor’s quartet will sing. Nestor is
attached to the office of District Com
missioner Melvin C. Hazen, who will
be guest of honor. The Telephone
Quartet, managed by Raymond B.
Leavitt and made up of Chesapeake
& Potomac Telephone Co. personnel,
will sing to stringed instruments.
Mr. and Mrs. John Raymond Lus
key. known professionally as “the
Rays,” will sing and play both the
accordian and the violin, and Sara
Bella and Jacqueline McOraw will tap
dance.
Santa Arrives Friday.
Late news on the campaign designed
to feed, clothe and delight every needy
soul in Washington this Christmas,
included the fact that Santa Claus
will arrive from his North Pole quar
ters on an American Airlines Co.
transport about 10 p.m. Friday, the
night of December 18, his welcome to
be broadcast over WRC. He will then
rush to the Shoreham Toy Ball, via
Connecticut avenue, escorted by a
motor cycle escort provided by MaJ.
Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of
police. He will be presented with the
keys to the city at the Shoreham cele
bration. to be on the air from 10:30
p.m. until a very late hour. A new
article of clothing—ho6e. shirts, shoes,
sweaters or anything else—or a new
toy will be the only cover charge that
night.
The same sort of contributions are
invited from guests who attend all the
toy parties run In conjunction with
The Star-Wamer Bros.-N. B. C. Christ
mas campaign and the Metropolitan
police Christmas party, at the Russian
Club Troika December 14 and the
Heigh-Ho and Club Volga Boatman on
December 16.
So that those who may attend either
Warner Bros.* toy matinees December
19, or night club parties, or contribute
to Federal or apartment and hotel
gift centers may know that there are
needy in Washington, radio audiences
will be transferred to the very homes
of the needy tomorrow night. The
broadcast will be held from police
precinct No. 5, at 9:15 p.m., over
WMAL, and will last 15 minutes. Capt.
Joseph C. Morgan will be Interviewed
on conditions in thousands of homes
the prosperous never imagine.
Collection Baskets in Lobbies.
Seven apartment houses and hotels
are placing collection baskets in their
lobbies where non-perishable food,
clothing and toys, may be received from
generous guests. They are the Carlton
Hotel, Wardman Park Hotel, Cathedral
Mansions, Davenport Terrace, the
Boulevard Apartments, the Chastieton
and 2700 Connecticut Avenue.
While arrangements for bestowing
necessities and gifts on the needy pro
gressed all over the city, a number of
citizens displayed an interest in pro
viding an entire Christmas for some
one family. Such a call came today
from Miss Anna Jane Copeland, who
with her sisters in Beta Chi Sorority of
Business High School, were referred to
Mrs. Ada M. Minnix. Metropolitan
1100, who is listing the destitute for
the Police Department.
Dolls for the campaign will come not
only from the toy matinees and Gor
don Hittenmark’s Doll House at Four
teenth and F streets, open for collec
tion 24 hours daily, but from some of
our embassy and legation folk. Sev
eral ladies of the diplomatic set have
suggested to Ted Kimble, announcer
THE SIXTH ANNUAL
STAR-WARNER BROS.
N. B. C.
TOY MATINEES
and
THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL
METROPOLITAN POLICE
PARTY
in co-opetation with
THE PARENT-TEACHER
ASSOCIATION
have joined forces to provide food,
new toys and new clothing for
needy children and poor families
this Christmas.
New toys and new clothing will
be received at all Warner Bros'
theaters and will be taken as
the price of admission at It
theaters on Saturday morning,
December 19.
Non-perishable food or any
other gifts will be received at any
police precinct in Washington.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
PHONE NATIONAL 5000
Brandies 260, 292 an* 412
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Upper left: Miss Bette Hartz,
a popular debutante, will act
as mistress of ceremonies at
the toy party to take place to
night at the Raleigh Hotel.
This affair will be on the air
from 11 to 11:30 p.m., the last
half of an N. B. C. broadcast
beginning at J0:30 p.m.
Upper right: Mildred Mackin
with a few of the dolls al
ready collected at Gordon Hit
tenmark’s Doll House, Four
teenth and F streets. She is
one of the Alpha Zeta Beta
Sorority members assisting
him.
Lower: Mrs. Ada M. Minnix,
standing, and Anna Logue,
Marion Mortimer and Doris
Hudson preparing lists of the
poor for the police.
Earle Maestro
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Fred Clarke and his Earle
Theater Orchestra will be on
the air tonight at 10:30 o’clock
for The Star-Warner Bros.
N. B. C. Christmas campaign.
for WMAL, who Is in charge of the
fifth international children's program,
4:30 pm., December 31, that their
boys and girls bring native dolls to
this annual Christmas function, to be
distributed later In The Star-Warner
Bros.-N. B. C. Christmas toy campaign.
Their Idea has met with enthusiastic
response.
Each embassy and legation child
under 13 years of age will speak both
in his native tongue and English on a
good will program that is interna
tional—it will be heard all over Europe,
South America and Asia, as well as the
United States.
Matinees December 19.
In the meantime every one is urged
to bring a new toy or new article of
clothing to the Warner Bros.’ mati
nees, to be held at 11 Warner Bros.’
theaters the morning of Saturday,
December 19. The Earle and Metro
politan shows will start at 9 a.m. and
all the others at 10 am. Programs
and contributing producers are as fol
lows:
Earle—Jane Withers in the Twen
tieth Century-Fox production, "Paddy
O’Day.”
MciropuuLan—joe t. arown in War
ner Bros.' "Earthworm Tractors.”
Tivoli — Freddie Bartholomew In
United Artists’ ‘‘Little Lord Faunt
leroy.”
Ambassador — Harold Lloyd in the
Paramount picture, "The Milky Way.”
Uptown — Laurel and Hardy in
M-G-M’s "Bonnie Scotland.”
Penn—Laurel and Hardy in M-G
M’s “Bohemian Girl.”
Apollo — Eleanor Whitney in the
Paramount picture, “Timothy Quest.”
Home — Joe E. Brown in Warner
Bros.’ “Sons o’ Guns.”
York—Buster Crabbe in the Para
mount production, "Desert Gold.”
Colony—Jane Withers in the Twen
tieth Century-Fox picture, "Little Miss
Nobody.”
Savoy — Richard Dix in M-G-M's
"Yellow Dust.”
Dutch Traders Successful.
Of the many attempts made by Eu
ropean nations to trade with Japan
in the sixteenth, seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries all failed except
ing that by the Dutch, who had a
curious arrangement, whereby the nec
essary Japanese interpreters were
trained to carry on an oral conver
sation in Dutch, but were forbidden
to learn to read or write Dutch under
penalty of death.
Representative Russell Hurt.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass., December 9
UP).—United States Representative
Richard M. Russell, skating with his
daughter Olivia yesterday, tripped on
the ice and fractured a rib. At his
home last night he was reposted "rest
I mg aomfortabty."
MAXWELL DEFENSE
Girl Will Claim Father Died
of Heart Failure, Not
Blows. _
By the Associate? Press.
WISE. Va„ December 8 —Counael
for Edith Maxwell brought a new
theory of defense into her second trial
today for the murder of her father
with the claim that Trigg Maxwell
died in his mountain cabin 18 months
ago of heart failure and not of blows
struck by his daughter.
Charles Henry Smith one of the
former school teacher's attorneys, said
“competent medical authorities” would
support the defense contention that
the Pound. Va., mine-blacksmith died
of natural causes.
On that claim, he indicated, the 22
year-old woman would mainly rely ir
her plea for acquittal on the State's
charges that she deliberately slew hei
father because of long years of emnitj
between the two.
Edith admitted in her first trial, ir
which she was convicted and sen
tenced to 25 years in prison, that sh«
struck her parent in what she said wai
a struggle that began when he tried
to whip her. But, she testified, hei
weapon was only a high-heeled shoe
she snatched from the floor of a dark
ened room in desperation when hei
drunken father assailed her.
Mrs. Anne Maxwell, the mother,
who is still under indictment in the
case, and a younger sister corroborated
Edith’s version of the fight. They also
said Trigg Maxwell died not imme
diately after the blows were struck,
but after he rose from bed and strug
gled across the back porch.
Gregg to Confer With Cabans.
MIAMI. Fla.. December 9 Dr.
Willis Gregg, chief of the Washington
Weather Bureau, yesterday said he
would confer Thursday in Havana with
Cuban meteorologists over ways
weather men of the two nations could
be mutually helpful in plotting the
course of storms.
Insurance Company Esti-!
mates New High Figure of
28,277,000 in 1937.
By the Associated Press.
I HARTFORD, Conn., December 9.—
| Registrations of motor vehicles in the
United States will reach an all-time
high of about 28.377,000 this year, the
Travelers Insurance Co. announced to
day the estimate is based on complete
| reports from 43 States.
New Mexico, with a percentage gain
of 16.06, stands at the top. Connecticut
is second with an increase of 15.39 per
cent.
Reports from 47 States indicate that
gasoline consumption, too, will exceed
the best previous year's record by a
wide margin.
The car registration figure for 1936
i not only exceeds last year's total by
I nearly 8 per cent, but is also 6‘2 per
cent greater than the previous high
total of 26.545,000 in 1930. New Hamp
I shire was the only reporting State to
show a decrease.
In addition to New Mexico and Con
I necticut, seven 8tates showed increases
I of more than 10 per cent. These are:
Vermont, 13.78; Montana, 13 06; Utah,
! 11.98: Louisiana, 12.69: Idaho. 12.71;
Oregon. 11.27, and Michigan. 10 83.
Gasoline consumption by the end of
the year will reach the staggering total
of 19.579,000,000 gallons, it is esti
mated. This is an increase of 11.04
per cent over the previous high mark
j which was set last year. The Dakotas
were the only two States which re
ported decreases. Montana, Colorado,
New' Jersey and New Mexico all show
gains of more than 30 per cent.
The Mountain States led all other
sections of the country in both car
registration increases and gasoline con
sumption gains. Por the former, the
percentage gain was 11.71; for the lat
ter, 19 09.
Tunnel* Under Butte.
Running under the city of Butte,
Montana, are 2.700 miles of tunnels
] in the mines, traveled by a narrow
gauge electric line totaling 1,400 miles.
Federal Bureau Christmas
HONOR ROLL
Federal employes wishing to co-operate with The Evening
Star’s Christmas Campaign sponsoring the Sixth Annual
Star-Warner Bros.-N. B. C. Toy Matinees and the Sixteenth
Annual Metropolitan Police Party with the aid of the Parent
Teacher Association, to provide toys, food and clothing for
needy families in Washington, are kindly requested to com
municate with
. HARRY R. DANIEL,
Public relations chief of the Department of Commerce, in
charge of the Federal Employes’ drive, at
DISTRICT 2200,
BRANCH 2421,
or with
THE EVENING STAR,
NATIONAL 5000,
Branches 260, 418 and 385
JOIN THIS WORTHY CAUSE. HELP THE POOR AND
THE NEEDY IN YOUR ADOPTED CITY. MAKE THIS
A MERRY CHRISTMAS FOR ALL WASHINGTON.
POLICE TO APPEAL .
WMAL to Carry Plea for
Support of Christmas
Charity.
A “human interest" story, more
poignant than could be told In print,
will be broadcast tomorrow night from
the fifth precinct station.
Over Station WMAL from 9:15 until
9:30 will come an appeal for support
of the sixteenth annual Metropolitan
police Christmas party, oldest charity
of its kind in Washington. The theme
of the broadcast will be interviews
reflecting actual conditions in the *
homes of needy persons whose Christ
mas happiness depends on generous
contributions of money, food, cloth
ing and toys to the police drive as
well as to the allied Star-Warner
Bros-N. B. C. Christmas toy campaign.
Hittenmark in Charge.
Gordon Hittenmark. “your time
keeper” of Station WRC and keeper
of the Doll House, collection center for
dolls at Fourteenth and F streets, will
conduct the broadcast. There will be
real police "atmosphere” and Christ
mas "atmosphere" as well. It will
be announced that police have suc
cessfully trailed and arrested “Christ
mas Gloom,” a marauder threatening
to steal children's happiness, and
have him locked up in a cell at the
fifth precinct.
Jack O Connell, veteran police
officer in charge of collecting and dis
tributing Christmas presents donated
to the drive, will be interviewed by a
member of The Star staff, who re
cently accompanied him on his regu- '
lar visits to the homes of needy fami
lies. He will describe the ragged
ness, hunger and general misery
found in these humble homes. He will
tell of the necessity for gifts of food
and clothing, of old folk whose Christ
mas will be meaningless unless they
have something more substantial than
recollection to cheer them.
An emergency call, after the man
ner of a police radio patrol alarm,
will be dispatched to instruct police
throughout the city to be on the look
out for conditions that might cause
Christmas heartbreaks.
Morgan to Be Interviewed.
Capt. Joseph C. Morgan, chairman
of the annual police campaign, will ♦
be interviewed by Hittenmark. to
whom he will describe how prospective
donors may have their gifts called for
and delivered by calling the police
station nearest to their homes or by
notifying Mrs. Ada M. Minnix. in
charge of gift collection headquarters,
at Metropolitan 1100.
The feature of the broadcast will
be a "conference" between Capt. Mor
gan and poor children of various
neighborhoods, who will bring to him
their pleas for a visit from Santa ’
Claus and tell him what they want
most for Christmas. The voices of
many of these impromptu radio per
formers probably will betray their
skepticism regarding Christmas joy,
for such children have been neglected
before and are dubious if not entirely
ignorant of the real spirit of Christ
mas. Capt. Morgan is going to assure
them that they shall not be forgotten.
HIGH-TENSION WIRE
INJURES ENGINEER
B. A 0. Employe Severely Shocked
by 11,000-Volt Charge in
Union Station Yard.
A Baltimore & Ohio Railroad engineer
—Allen W. Ecker. 54—was severely
shocked today when he came Into
contact with a high tension electric
wire carrying 11.000 volts in the yards
at Union Station. '
Burned badly about the head, arm
and hand. Ecker. who lives in Balti
more. was taken to Emergency Hos
pital after being given first aid at the
station.
Detectives investigating the incident
were unable to learn immediately how
Ecker happened to be close to the wire.
A short time before the accident he
had brought in a train from New York.
George McFadden. New York, who
was waiting to meet a friend in the
rotunda, told police there was a flash
above the engine, and he saw Ecker
thrown about 5 feet Into the air. He
said he had not seen Ecker prior to
the flash and could not say whether
he was standing on the coal tender or
on some other part of the engine.
CABLE AND RADIO RATES
TO MANILA REDUCED
Charges for Honolulu Service
Also Cut by Communications
Companies, Effective Jan. 7.
Reduced radio and cable rates from
the United States to Honolulu and
Manila were announced yesterday by
Mackay Radio. R. C. A. Communica
tions. Commercial Pacific Cable Co,
Postal-Telegraph Co. and Western
Union Telegraph Co. The new schedule
becomes effective January 7.
At the same time, the companies
announced introduction of a new day
letter sendee between this country and
the same Pacific points. This service
wdll replace the present night letter
sendee and will be less expensive. The
new rate wdll be 4 cents per word
from San Francisco to Honolulu and
6 cents between San Francisco and
Manila. Letters filed from the Atlantic
Coast will be 4 cents per word higher.
On the fast cable service, the new
rate Is to be 15 cents per word from
San Francisco to Honolulu and 39
cents per word from San Francisco to
Manila. These represent reductions of
5 and 14 cents, respectively.
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