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GEORGETOWN ROAD
Bethesda Firemen Aid Move,
Citing Peril to Drivers
and Children.
Bi a Stsfl Correiaondent ol The star.
BETHESDA, Md., December II—
Heads of the administrative and oper.
atinf units of the Bethesda Fire De
partment today joined the ranks of
Montgomery County citizen* who are
advocating immediate widening and
resurfacing of Old Georgetown road.
Not only the safety of the Are fight
ers and their equipment, but also the
live* of motorists, school children and
others who travel the narrow thor
oughfare are imperiled on each fire
alarm or ambulance call, they de
clared.
John A. Dickinson, president of the
Bethesda Fire Board, and Hiram Mus
crove, chief of the 58 volunteer mem
bers. charged further that hazardous
conditions of the highway react against
the efficiency of the department on
emergency runs.
Good Luck Averts Crash.
"The fart we have never been in
volved in a serious mishap has been
due primarily to good luck," they
stated. "It appears to be only a ques
tion of time before some real tragedy
will occur unless steps are taken to
eliminate the dangers.”
The department, generally regarded
a* one of the most efficient and best
equipped in the State, one which an
swers an average of 200 fire and am
bulance calls annually, is located on
the treacherous road where two mo
torists died in a bus-auto wreck Sun
day.
Dickinson said both the volunteers
■ nd Fire Board, which Is composed of
delegate* from the citizens’ associa
tions and governmental bodies located
In the fire tax area and charged with
administering tax funds, have urged
improvement of the road on several
occasions.
"The county commissioners referred
the proposals to the State Roads Com
mission, but no favorable action was
ever taken by that agency," he de
clared.
He said representatives would be
Bent to the mas* meeting to be held
by the Old Georgetown Road Citizens
Association at the Bethesda Women's
Club on Wednesday night to urge
State officials to widen and resurface
the road at once.
Xear-Cstastrophies Occurred.
Near-catastrophles with other ve
hicles have occurred a number of
times when the department's equip
ment turned into the narrow road on
emergency calls, but all, fortunately,
have been averted, the board presi
dent said.
•'The road really should be widened
Into a three-lane traffic artery to In
sure the safety of firemen and others
forced to use the thoroughfare,” he
concluded.
Chief Musgrove declared the effi
ciency of his men suffers a great deal
because the thoroughfare is of a width
insufficient to safely accommodate the
traffic it is forced to bear.
"An average of 20 men respond
on each alarm," he explained. “They
leave their homes or places of em
ployment to offer the county a service
It could not afford except for volun
teers. On each call they are forced
to wine} their way through traffic to
reach the fire house.
Hard to Reach Quarters.
•'Great difficulty is always experi
enced by the men in reaching quar
ters because of the congestion which
occurs all along the lower section of
the road when traffic halts at the
gound of our siren atop the fire house.
"The delay slow* us up in getting
out with our equipment. We suffer
an additional loss of time because we
must proceed carefully with our
large engines to avoid a crash in the
maze of traffic confronting us each
time we go out.
"There is no one who would rather
see Old Georgetown road improved
than the men of this department.”
Both Dickinson and Musgrove and
possibly other department officials will
attend Wednesday's mass meeting and
voice their views regarding the pro
posed improvement. .
The meeting was called by indig
nant citizens of the many subdivi
sions along the road after Sunday's
tragedy. Another motorist was killed
14 months ago when his car over
turned on Gingeli's curve, one of the
worst hazards in the roadway.
Spurred by the complaints against
hazards along the road, the Advisory
Board of the District of Columbia
branch of the American Automobile
Association today ordered an immedi
ate Investigation of conditions on the
thoroughfare.
A special committee was created by
John Vandergrift, vice chairman of
the Advisory Board, to study condi
tions and recommend remedial meas
ures. Officials of Montgomery County
and civic organizations will be con
sulted during the survey.
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Christmas
seals
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
GAMBLER.
CITY editor*. In between pro
verbial blue pencil Jabs, are
called upon sometime* for
duty as bet settler*.
There was, for example, the man
who called up on the telephone the
other night to ask if the city editor
would serve as bet settler on the ques
tion of what city is the capital of
Austria.
That one not being as hard as the
one where the woman wanted to
know the correct diameter for dress
shirt studs, the city editor felt h*
could answer.
"Vienna," said he, "is the capital
of Austria.”
There was perturbation in the
voice of the man on the telephone.
“That makes me lose,” he said. "I
thought it was a city called Czecho
slovakia."
* * * *
MR. WRIGHT.
Although disdainful of the hum
ble pun, school matters do make
them, consciously and unconscious
ly. The one about to be given
here happened at George Washing
ton University.
A young quit master in the his
tory department brought by that
institution from the West is named
Gordon Wright. During the course
of a lecture on Hispanic America
given by him he told the class:
"Mr. Wright is asking me to read
Mr. Wrong's writings" and apolo
gised for the play on words. Mr,
Wrong is the author of "The Rise
of Hew France.”
* * * *
GRRRRM
'INHERE is a sign out at the King
Smith Studio Playhouse which
starts out to be very emphatic and
then changes its mind about midway.
DoMTObt
TdiS DOOR
il^Yco Do
It is a card on a door. "Do not use
this door.” it reads, and then adds.
; "But, if you have to. be sure it's
locked again ”
* a * *
DRIVER
jV /f ANY taxicab drivers, among other
1 1 good qualities, are Good Samari
tans.
One cabbie plays a kindly role
among the unemployed. Often he
passes The Evening Star office when
the Blue Streak edition is coming off
the press. On the sidewalk occa
sionally are jobless men who spend
their last pennies for a paper. They
turn to the help wanted column, pick
out the likeliest prospect for a job and
then look around for transportation.
On several occasions the cabbie has
j carried them to their destination.
And in some cases the men get a
job and later search him out to pay
the fare. Thev are always grateful.
* * * *
GIFT.
F\AVID LA88ER, the militant presl
^ dent of the Workers’ Alliance of
America, is a thorn in the side of
j W. P. A. Administrator Harry L. Hop
kins. They have had many verbal
battles over the plight of the unem
ployed and their viewpoints are still
as far apart as the poles.
Lasser either isn't satisfied with
what Hopkins tells him or Hopkins
either refuses to concede a point and
so they remain in a constant dead
lock. But the other day, after a two
hour conference on the relief situa
tion, Lasser emerged triumphantly
from Hopkins’ office.
"What did you get out of the con
ference?" newshawks demanded. He
held up a familiar-looking volume and
replied. "Thie."
On the fly leaf waa inscribed by
Hopkins: “To David Lasser. who
never agrees with me on anything."
It was Hopkins’ recent volume on
"Spending to Save."
* * * *
BONUS.
Christmas bonuses are arm
mantling lots of attention these
days. Every one is counting, in bis
mind’s eye, what he's going to do
with his.
Two employes of a local enter
prise believe they have ope of the
sadder, if not the saddest, story to
tell of bonuses.
When the company sent the
word 'round that a bonus was be
ing given to persons hired prior to
October 1, their castles in the a*r
fell with a dull thud.
They were hired on October J,
O. A. R. GROUP TO MEET
Manor House Chapter to Present
Christmas Program.
The Manor House Chapter of the
D. A. R. will meet on Tuesday at the
home of Miss Lillian Chenoweth and
her mother, 1330 Meridian place, for
a Christmas program, lach member
will bring a gift for the Christmas
baskets which the chapter will All.
Assisting Miss Chenoweth will be
Dr. Florence Armstrong, Mrs. Clifton
P. Clark and Mias Mary Lee Goddard.
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DRIVERS’ABSENCE
Three D. C. Motorists Fail to
Attend Police Probe in
Prince Georges.
Delayed by the failure of three
Washington motorists to appear for
testimony, the Prince Georges County,
Md„ grand jury, inquiring into alleged
police irregularities, was unable to
complete its investigation yesterday
when it recessed until Wednesday.
According to present indications the
panel will not present its report until
Thursday at the earliest. The jury
men were expected to finish the police
inquiry yesterday, with the probability
that their findings would be given to
the court on Wednesday.
Evidence to Be Summarised. ,
It Is not customary for the group
to meet on Saturdays, while Monday
and Tuesday will be devoted to a
summary of the evidenoe by the pros
ecutors prior to the jury’s gathering
on Wednesday. The panel will prob
ably spend some time on that day In
considering the reoent attempted hold
up of a Brandywine bank which re
sulted In the arrest of three youths
yesterdgy. There are also two cases
not connected with the police investi
gation to be heard.
High light of yesterday’s session was
the appearance of Walter Newrath,
Keystone Automobile Club attorney
and auditor. Newrath, who assisted
in the study of documentary evidence,
was in the Jury room for nearly an
hour. The Keystone lawyer was one
of three men who analysed polloe,
bonding. Justice of the peace and
court records for checking against
affidavits submitted to the auto club
by District autoists complaining of
alleged police graft and alleged police
bonding collusion.
Two Capital motorists went before
the panel yesterday. They brought
the total number of witnesses who
have testified since the speeial session
opened three days ago to 19.
Three Driver* tail to Appear.
Washington police have been asked
to contset the trio of Washington
drivers who once complained of re
puted virtimiaation by the county con
itabulary in affidavits given to Key
stone. and have failed to appear.
Scheduled for appearance before the
jury on Wednesday or Thursday is
Louis Lebowitz Washington and Mount
Rainier attorney. He began the police
investigation last Summer when he
studied law-enforcement records. Key
stone entered the inquiry after Lebo
witz presented his preliminary ftnd
: Ings to Club Attorneys Harvey L.
Cobb and Newrath.
BURIED IN ARLINGTON
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Funeral Rites for Capt. M. M.
Cloud Are Held in Cemetery.
i Funeral services for Capt. Marshall
M. Cloud. 68, Medical Corps. U. 6. A.,
retired, who died December 3 in Los
Angeles, were held today in Arlington
National Cemetery. Burial was with
| full military honors.
A native of Hillsville. Va„ Capt.
' Cloud was a student at the Army
Medical School here in 1896-7. He
was retired in November, 1901, but was
recalled to active duty several times
, afterward. His last active service
was from June, 1917, to February,
1919
MISS DEACON DEAD
Funeral for Capital Winter Resi
dent to Be in Connecticut.
Miss Marie E. Deacon died yesterday
after a short illness at her residence in
the Cordon Hotel.
Miss Deacon, daughter of the late
Dr. John Deacon. New York physician,
had spent each Winter in Washington
for many years. She had lived in
Connecticut much of the other time.
She leaves a niece. Mrs. Belden Brown
of Stamford, Conn
Funeral services and burial will be
held in Waterbury, Conn., Tuesday.
RYAN TO ADDRESS
STODENTSTARLEY
Public Utilities Topic of
Power Commission Coun
sel at Closing Session.
Oswald Ryan, general counsel of tha
Federal Power Commission, will dis
cuss public utility questions today at
the closing session of the George
Washington University Conference for
Senior High School Students.
At the same time representatives of
22 public and private high aphools
will attend a parley on girls' athletics
In Corcoran Hall.
The first conference, which opened
yesterday, Is an annual aflalr ar
ranged by the university's department
of public speaking to give high school
students In Washington and nearby
communities an opportunity to hear
outstanding speakers.
Ownership Discussed.
Yesterday the delegates heard tha
merits of public as against private
ownership of public utilities debated
by Dr. Harry W. Laidler, director of
the League for Industrial Democracy,
and Frank A. Newton of tha Common
wealth and Southern Corp.
Gladys Hendricks of Eastern High
School was secretary of the parley,
while other officers were Prank Davis
of Richard Montgomery High School,
Rockville, sergeant at arms, and Mar
garet Wells of Western High School.
Baltimore, clerk.
The other meeting is sponsored by the
Women's Athletic Association of the
university and students of the uni
versity’s teacher-training course in
physical education.
Address an Athletic*.
Virginia Rath of Swarthmore Col
lege, president of the Eastern So
ciety of Directors of Physical Educa
tion for College Women, will addrea*
the conference on “Athletics for Girls
Today." Panel discussion will follow.
After luncheon, the delegates will
be entertained by a program which
will include a preaentation of athletics
for girls in other countries by Lota
Ing of Nanking, China, and Mary
Oreason of Honolulu. There will be
music by the university Glee Club,
dances by Orchesis and a bout by the
Fencing Club. Delegates from at
tending schools will give modern
dance demonstration*. Health and
posture exhibits »nd showing of
sport* equipment will be a part of the
conference program.
MRS. C. H. MAYERS
SUCCUMBS AT 68
Wife of Retired Furniture
Dealer Was Long Active in
Church Work Here.
Mrs. Myrtle Rank Mayers, 88, wife
of Charles H. Mayers, retired furniture
dealer, died yesterday of heart disease
at her home, 7405 Alaska avenue.
Mrs. Mayers, a resident of this city
for 4* years, had long been active in
church work and at the time of her
death was vice president of the Wom
en's Bible Class of Central Presbyte
rian Church. Formerly she taught
8unday school at Eeklngton Presby
terian Church. She was a member of
the Women's Christian Temperance
Union. Mr. Mayers, who retired about
18 years ago. formerly was owner of a
furniture store in the 1200 block of G
street.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Mayers
leaves two daughters. Mrs. Helen
Golden and Mrs. Ruth Melroy. and a
granddaughter. Helen Imogene Golden.
Funeral services will be held at 2
p.m. Monday at the residence. Burial
will be In Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Jack Manufacturer Dies.
NEW YORK, December 12 to -
ward M. Burgess, automobile jack
manufacturer and former Omaha
merchant, died last Thursday night at
his home here after a long illness. He
was 66. Burgess, chairman of the
board of directors of the Jackomatic
Corp. of New York, was chairman of
the National War Savings campaign
during the World War.
Scientists
(Continued From First Page.)_
system at speeds approximating 40.000
kilometers a second.
A fromula already worked out by
Carnegie Institution astronomers is
that the speed of outward recession
of a spiral nebula, or island universe,
increases 548 kilometers a second for
each million parsecs, or the distance
which is traversed in three and a half
million years by light moving at a
speed of approximately 186.000 milee
a second. The more distant they are
the faster they are moving away.
Following this calculation, the
farthest known objects in the past
were approximately 70,000.000 parsecs
away. There is also a rough correla
tion between brightness end distance
of similar objects. A decrease or halt
a magnitude in brightness indicates
about a 30 per cent increase in dis
tance, making the newly found cluster
about 100,000,000 parsecs away.
Light 325,600,0M Teen Old.
This means that the light received
this year on the photographic plates
at Mount Wilson started from the
star about 335,000,000 years ago, when
the first living creatures were crawling
out of the ooze of the primaeval sea
marshes to conquer the solid earth.
The cluster of nebulae was photo
graphed where it was then. Ever
since it has been moving outward,
prasumably at a constantly accelerat
ing speed.
This group of great aggregations of
stars probably lies almost at the outer
limits of space which can be pene
trated by man until larger telescopes
are In operation.
Observation of another such aggre
gation only 6,000,000 light years
away in the constellation of Virgo
revealed the supernova, e giant star
undergoing an explosion of some sort,
which at its brightest was 20,000.000
times brighter than the sun—the most
stupendous outpouring of light over
known in creation.
During the past three years there
have been two such supernovae in
our own galactic system-^one in lost
in the constellation of Hercules and
one this year in the oonstellation of
Lacerta. The letter was the brightest
—1(0,000 times brighter than the
sun «t its maximum—and wm defi
nitely identified with a faint atsr
almost at tha limits of visibility
Which had been kaown in the past.
But It was a tallow candle in com
parison with the supernova In Virgo.
The “red shift," indicating the
speed of recession, amounted to a
velocity of approximately 2,200 kilo
meters s second. The shell of the
star Itself, it warn estimated, at eng
time wu expanding at a velocity of
6.000 kilometers a second. The ex
pansion of the shell of the nova in
Lacerta approached a velocity of
1.200 kilometers a second and that
of the nova in Hercules 800 kilometers
a second. After reaching its maxi
mum brightness the Virgo nova faded
rapidly for 100 days. Spectrum
studies were made of it at various
stages in its development and decline
which may shed considerable light on
■ the nature of such star explosions
which still is very obscure to as
tronomers. The explosion. Just seen
this year, happened about 20,000,000
years ago, probably long before the
first man appeared on earth, and
must have been one of the most
sensational events in cosmic history.
The heavy star is a very faint ob
ject in the heavens, registered on star
catalogues as Ross 627. Spectograms
taken at Mount Wilson show it to be
a “white dwarf." but one of the three
faintest yet discovered.
There are only about a half doaen
of these white dwarfs known in the
universe, the best known of which is
the first discovered—Mira, the won
derful, the companion star of Sirius.
They are extremely small but with
terrific heat. Ordinarily a small star
Is a cold star, having radiated away
most of its heat energy through bil
lions of years. Actually every radiat
ing object is supposedly losing its
mass, since radiation energy and mass
are Interchangeable. Thus the sun Is
losing mass at the rate of several mil
lion tons a minute because of the
heat and light It emits, but is so vast
that this loss makes little difference
in the slender spen of a couple of
billion years of geological time.
The ract that a Star is until, yet
terrifically hot and with a tremen
dous weight calculable from its gravi
tational effects, Indicates that It must
represent a condition of matter un
known upon earth. A part of It the
size of a marble would weigh a ton
or more. This usually is explained
from the assumption that it consists
entirely ef the nuclei! of atoms.
The faintness of Ross 637, combined
with the feet that it Is a white dwarf,
indiaatas that it is at least as heavy
as any of the others and may be even
heavier, mass for mass. Its luminos
ity, according to the Carnegie report,
is slightly mors then one two-thou
sandth that of the sun.
A persistent search hag gone on
during $e yegr fag et*r« much fginter
tht spn. Twelve hgve recently
been found with luminosities low thin
one-hundredth that of the gun, a»d
two, each of which gives oply gne tep
thousaBdth the sun's light.
The Mount Wilson astronomers algo
reported fundaaseptpl studies op the
yufeethms af the radiptta} af the W*
which apparent^ have tmfoftapt ff
Santa Does Surprise Act at Earle
With the aid of kindly Washingtonians, Santa Claus has been coming down the Earle Thea
ter lobby Chistmas chimney every night of late. New articles of clothing and toys received from
many sources are already collecting therein advance of the Warner Bros.' toy matinees, December
19, allied with The Star-Warner-Bros.-N. B. C. Christmas campaign. Gifts for the needy will be
tickets to these 11 performances.
The picture shows three women who remembered the poor while doing their holiday shop
ping and dropped in at the Earle to leave contributions for them.
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TO POLICE PLEAS
Food Emphasized as Most
Necessary Type of Con
tribution.
With Christinas leas than two weeks
off. the response to appeals for money,
food and clothing to make the day
properly joyous for families which
experience little joy throughout the
rest of the year, today Indicated a ban
ner season for the metropolitan police
Christmas party.
Police sponsors of this annual char
ity declared, however, that so greet is
need and so numerous the needy, the
flow of donations cannot come too fast
or In too large a volume.
Pood has been emphasized as the
mnet necessary type of gift, and food
the police charity has been getting.
Special Show Planned.
A big supply of canned goods yes
terday was assured th« police party
by the offer of Lloyd J. Wineland,
proprietor of the Fairlawn Theater.
Anacostia. to give again the special
show he has been staging annually for
five years. A movie, chosen to delight
children especially, will be given at
; the Fairlawn at 3:IS p m. Tuesday,
December 22. The price of admission
i will be one or more cans of food. The
entire "proceedi” will be turned over
to the polioe party for distribution not
only in the eleventh precinct, where
I the theater la located, but in every
neighborhood where there are fami
lies desperately in need of such sup
plies.
Another large gift of canned goods
will come from the General Amuse
ment Co, Inc, 3419 Eleventh street.
Jack Cisenfeld, president, offered to
give 160 baskets of food, but at the
suggestion of police will give instead
the equivalent in canned goods.
Canned Goods Received.
Among gifts of food received or
1 promised yesterday at the police
party’s gift collection headquarters in
the District National Guard Armory
were 14 cases of canned goods donated
' by Mrs. P. R Bushnell. and 500 quarts
of nominy, the gift of Brewer-Snyder
| Co, Inc. The hominy will he pre
pared by the latter’s cooks and dis
tributed on Christmas eve. Mrs.
Bushnell also will give some candy.
Gordon Hittenmark "your time
keeper’’ of Station WRC. is planning
a party Christmas morning for chil
dren at the Glenn Dale Tuberculosis
Sanatorium. The young patients will
be given toys, and dolls collected by
Hittenmark at his Doll House and
through The Star-Warner Broa.-N. B.
C. and police Christmas campaigns. If
the response to those various Christ
mas appeals is sufficient it is planned
to purchase a see-saw, chute, swing,
or other item of playground equipment
for use by the children at this Dis
trict institution.
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WRITER, IN LECTURE,
SHOWS WAR VIEWS
Robert Neville Tell* Geographic
Soeiety ef Scene* Encoun
tered in Spain.
Movies of battle and destruc
tion. interspersed with oolered slides
ef the beauty of old Spain, were
shown last night by Robert Neville,
New York newspaper writer, ae he
told members of the Nations! Geo
graphic Soeiety in Constitution Hall
how his vacation in Castile had been
terminated by the outbreak of the
civil war.
entering Spain in July from the
north at Iran. Neville said he moved
south through San Sebastian to
Madrid in peace. By the time he
reached Seville conditions wars tur
bulent, and he left the city only
shortly before a state of siege was de
clared. In Granada, his next stop, he
was in the thick of trouble and
watched from his hotel window while
rebels took carloads of loyalist sym
pathisers to the cemetery for execu
tion, and loyalist planes dropped
bomb after bomb into the city ef ths
Alhambra.
Tor four weeks. Neville said, he was
penned up In Granada. An aid naval
offioer lit the same predicament
grumbled to him that "a company of
Marines could lick both sides of this
war.” Finally, the lecturer paid, a
Buy of 30 was evacuated from thy
leaguered city by airplane to Seville,
whence they prooeeded to Cadis,
where they bearded thy V, S. S. Okla
homa.
Movies showed such incidents as the
burning of Inin and thy destruction
of portions ef San Sebastian. Toledo
and Msffil.
Toys
(Continued From First Page )
Washington children have been made
happy by Christmas gifts supplied
by these matinee programs But al
ways some have been forgotten, rec
ords of local agencies revewl. It is
hoped that this year every little gir!
and evtry small boy in the city will
sUU believe in Santa Claus December
25. and that young women over 12
years of age will have at least a pair
of hose and each young man may
have, perhaps for the first time, at
least a brand-new shirt.
Programs scheduled for neat Satur
day are designed to please adults and
youngsters alike. Performances open
at the Earle and the Metropolitan'
theaters at 9 a m. and at the neigh
hprhood hou-es at 10 a m. The com-!
plete list of features and shorts fol
lows :
Earle—Jane Withers In the Twen
tieth Century-Fox production, "Paddy
O'Day"; "Night Before Christmas,"
United Artists’ Silly Symphony; and
"Want to Be a Lifeguard," Paramount
cartoon with Popeye.
Metropolitan—Joe E. Brown In War
ner Bros.’ "Earthworm Tractors”: "I'd
Love to Take Orders.” Warner-Vita
phone comedy: “Let* Get Moving.” j
Paramount cartoon with Popeye;
“Dognapper.” United Artiits' cartoon
with Mickey Mouse.
Two Comedies at Tivoli.
Tivoli — Freddie Bartholomew in
United Artists' "Little Lord Pauntle
roy'; "Bridge Ahoy,” Paramount car
toon with Popeye. and “Touchdown
Mickey," United Artists' cartoon star
ring Mickey Mouse.
Ambassador—Harold Lloyd in the
Paramount picture. "The Milky Way";
"Bosco's Parlor Pranks.” Warner Bros,
cartoon, and “Whoopee Party." United
Artists’ cartoon with Mickey Mouse.
Uptown—Laurel and Hardy In M
G-M's “Bonnie Scotland"; "Three
Little Pigs." United Artists’ Silly Sym
phony cartoon; and "What. No Spin
ach?” Paramount cartoon with Pop
eye.
i Penn—Laurel and Hardy in M-G
I M s “Bohemian Girl"; “Pal Pluto.”
I United Artists' cartoon with Mickey
Mouse; and "Lost Chick," M-G-M
cartoon.
Apollo—Eleanor Whitney in the
Paramount picture." Timothy s Quest':
“The Bunt.” Twentieth Century-Fox
cartoon; "What, No Spinach?" Para
mount cartoon with Poptyc; and
“Some Class.” Warner Bros -Vita
phone comedy.
Home—Joe E. Brown in Warner
Braa.' “Sons o' Guns": “Cat Comes
Back,” Warner Bros.-Vitaphone car
toon. and “Good Little Monkeys," M
G-M cartoon.
York—Buster Crabbe in the Para
mount production. “Desert Gold”;
"Mike Fright.” “Our Gang” comedy
release by M-G-M, and "Bridge Ahoy,”
Paramount cartoon with Popeye
Colony—Jane Withera in the Twen
tieth Century-Fox picture, “Little
Miss Nobody ": “When Cat's Away."
M-G-M cartoon: and "Mickey's Good
Deed,” United Artists' cartoon with
i Mickey Mouse.
Savoy—Richard Dix m m-g-ms
"Yellow Dust”; "Dummy Ache.”
R-K-O comedy with Edgar Kennedy;
and "I-Skl-Love-Ski-You-Ski," Para
mount cartoon with Popeye.
Gifts presented to four night club
Christmas parties scheduled next
week in connection with the Star
Warner Bros.-N. B. C. campaign, and
to 10 hotel and apartment houses with
collection centers in their lobbies, will
be distributed through the seme
channels as thoaa received at the
matinees.
Christmas music of old Russia will
be featured at tbe Russian Club Troika
party Monday night, that will be
broadcast from 11 to 11:30 p.m. over
WMAL. Guests are invited to bring
gifts for the poor to all night club
celebrations.
Just preceding the Troika broad
cast an N. B. C. program will be on
the air, also allied with the Star
Warner Bros-N. B. C. Chriatmas toy
campaign, presented from the fifth
Precinct Police Station by the fifth
Precinct Police Boys’ Club, it was an
nounced today by Morris Fox. assist
ant director of the clubs. Details of
this event are still to be announced.
Wednesday night sees a triple gt
tack on behalf of the needy. Earl*
Theater stage stars will present an
other program from N. B. C. atydios
over WRC from 10:30 to 11 p.m.,
followed by entertainment from the
Volga Boatmen 'Santa Claus festivi
ties from }1 to 11:30 p.m. The same
plght the Heigh-Ho toy party will be
on the air from 11:30 pm. until mid
night over WMAL.
New Offer ef Help.
A new offer of help far the drive
earn* today from Un. Roan flroche.
Ah* ig the proprietor ef the Broche
Beauty Shop, at 3017 Fourteenth
street northwest, and says that 10
par oent of the proeeeds she takes in
between now and Christmas from two
kinds of permanent wavaa, one $10
and one $0.50. will go to the Metropoli
tan Police to buy food for their
THE SIXTH ANNUAL
JTAR-WARNER IROS.
N. I. C.
TOY MATINEES
and
THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL
METROPOLITAN POLICE
PARTY
In co-operation 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 tcill
he received at a!> Warner Bros.'
theaters and mil he taken at
the price of admission at 11
theaters on Saturday morning,
December 19.
Non-perishable food or any
other gifts mil be received at any
police precinct in Washington.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
PHONE NATIONAL 5000
Iraachtt 260. 293 aad 419
thin*, however email, to the needy are
reminded that they may leave rash,
food, clothing, or toy donations at
collection center* established In the
following hotels and apartments: The
Shoreham, the Willard, the Raleigh,
the Carlton, Wardman Park, Cathe
dral Mansion*. Davenport Terrace, the
Boulevard, the Chastleton and 2"00
Connecticut avenue.
Climaxing the night club parties Is
the Shoreham Toy Ball, set for Friday
night, December 18. when Santa Claus
will be the .guest of honor. The whole
town will be let in on the festivities
over WRC from 10:30 o clock on.
Cover charaes for the evening will be
forgotten If you bring a contribution
to charity. Reservations are already
coming in by the dozens, the Shore
ham reports. Eddie Peabody, inter
nationally known banjo piayer, is
only one of numerous floor show at
tractions with Bamee's Orchestra,
known by every one who has ever
been to Washington.
AMENDMENT PROPOSED
TO ABOLISH ELECTORS
Representative Lea Would Pro
vide Direct Vote of People
for President.
Br the Asseciatea Press.
A proposal for a constitutional
amendment designed to lessen tlie
chance that a candidate receiving a
minority of the popular vote might be
elected President was advanced yes
terday by Representative Lea, Demo
crat, of California.
The amendment would abolish pres
idential electors, permit the people lo
vote directly for the presidential can
didates and divide the vote among
them in direct proportion to the pop
ular vote.
Had such a plan been in effect he
said, it would have changed the out
come of the Jackson-Adams race in
1824, the Hayes-Ttlden campaign in
1878 and the Harrison-Clevelend con
test in 1888.
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Thieves Get Rat Poison.
CHICAGO (^'.—Robert Schaefer's
indignation over the theft of his sam
ple case was tempered by his anxiety
for the thief. He Mid the uniabeled
cans in the case contained food treated
with rat poison.
NAVY HEAD LEADS
Swanson Urges All Offices to
Designate Those to Take
Donations.
Secretary Swanson today led tha
Navy Department in joining the Fed
eral employes' Christmas campaign
to ward off the tragedy of a diaap
polnted Yuletide for Washingtons
needy.
Having personally indorsed effort#
of The Star. Warner Bros., National
Broadcasting Co, the Metropolitan
Police Department and Parent
Teachers’ Association to collect and
distribute gifts for the needy of the
community this Christmas, in a pub
lished statement. Secretary 8wanson
later issued a letter requesting that a
person or persons in all bureaus,
boards and offices of the Navy De
partment be designated to accept con
tributions from offices and employe#
of the department. All gifts, it was
announced, will eventually be turned
over to P. J. Plant, chief of the Navy
Department supply division, room
1542. for collection by The Star and
its affiliated agencies.
New Reports Arrive.
Reports from other Government
bureaus and agencies continued to
arrive today in the office of the chief
co-ordinator, Harry R. Daniel.
Prom the National Emergency
Council came word that Eugene S.
Leggett, acting executive director, has
authorised Prank Brown to accept
voluntary gifts from the National
Emergency Council personnel.
In the Veterans' Administration,
Mrs. A. C. Irvin, in the office of the
chief clerk, room 308. Arlington
Building, has been designated to ac
cept contributions of toys, baskets,
clothing or cash from employes.
In order that employes of the Fed
eral Home Loan Bank Board, the
Home Owners' Loan Corp., and the
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance
Corp. might be represented, R. L.
Nagle, secretary of the Federal Home
Loan Bank Board placed Gray Brew -
er, room 7324, Poet Office Department
Building, in charge of the collection
of gifts from the personnel of all three
group* In addition, employes hate
been notified of the purposes of the
campaign through a memorandum
which has been widely distributed.
Prom the Library of Congress. Rob
ert A. Voorus. chief clerk, informed
Daniel that the librarian has desig
nated Samuel M. Croft, chief of the
mail and delivery division, to receite
contribution* from employes
The Smithsonian Institution, rep
resented bv H. W. Dorsey, adminis
trative assistant to the secretan. has
advised that the institution will he
glad to co-operate and that the cam
paign is being called to the attention
of all employes. Mrs M. J. Spotts
wood. in Mr. Dorsey's office, has been
placed in charge.
In the National Labor Relations
Board. Herbert Glaser has been ap
pointed to receive contributions, ac
cording to announcement by Benedict
Wolf, secretary- *
As it became evident that Federal
employes throughout the city expec#
to contribute lavishly to the cam
paign, moving companies in the city
volunteered to aid The Evening Star
in collecting gifts from the various
bureaus on December 18.
Calvert A Rogers Help*.
Calvert & Rogers. Inc.. 2145 Queens
Chapel road northeast, was the
first company to place its service
at the disposal of the campaign work
ers. James Rogers, president, notified
; Daniel that his company will be glad
1 to assist in any manner possible.
Jack Ciscnfeld. president of the
General Amusement Co.. Inc, 34'•
Eleventh street, also has promised the
use of a one and a half ton truck
next Friday. Clsenfeld informed Dan
iel. in addition, that the General
Amusement Co. expects to donate ISO
baskets of food for distribution by the
police.
i Other moving companies wishing to
co-operate in the campaign by fur
nishing trucks to be used December 18
are requested to communicate with
Daniel by calling District 2200,
branch 2421.
Gifts collected on Friday will be
distributed by the Parent-Teachers'
Association in co-operation with the
metropolitan police. Contributions
made after that time will be collected
by the metropolitan police upon call.
Moving companies
wishing to co-operate
with The Evening Star
and the Federal bureaus in
the drive to aid needy fam
ilies this Christmas, by fur
nishing trucks to collect gifts
from Federal bureaus for de
livery to the Earle Theater on
December 18. are requested
to communicate with Mr.
Harry Daniel, campaign co
ordinator for Government
employes, at
DISTRICT 2200,
BRANCH 2421.
Federal Bureau Christmas
HONOR ROLL
Federal employes wishing to co-operate with The Evening
Star’s Christmas Campaign sponsoring the Sixth Annual
Starr 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 ehlef 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,