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PUBLIC REHEARSAL
500 Fund Drive Volunteers
See Musicians Work
in Shirt Sleeves.
For the first time in its history the
National Symphony Orchestra went
through a rehearsal yesterday before
an audience, and when it was all over
Dr. Hans Kindler. the conductor, was
a little afraid his listeners might
have been somewhat disappointed.
"I didn't break my baton, you see,”
he said, "and there wasn't a harsh
word. Maybe some of you expected
something else and are a little dis
appointed. But I just wanted you to
see that these musicians give every
thing they have in their work—and
all they want is the opportunity to
keep on working.”
Dr. Kindler's audience was com
posed of 500 of the volunteers who are
conducting the orchestra’s campaign
for a $110,000 sustaining fund. The
campaign was started yesterday.
For nearly an hour the workers
watched as the conductor led the
musicians through two compositions,
which will be played at Sunday's
concert. They saw the men plug away
in shirtsleeves. The musicians seemed
to give ‘'all they had." but Kindler
promised they'd give “even more than
they have’’ if the sustaining fund
campaign is successful.
Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe, general
campaign chairman, appealed to the
workers to make the drive a success,
and Harold A. Brooks, vice chairman,
pointed out the goal this year is higher
than in previous years because the
orchestra hopes to be able to give more
concerts, increase the scale of wages
for the musicians and provide for more
rehearsals.
Officials announced they had re
ceived a telegram from Walter Dam
rosch, noted New7 York conductor,
which said: "To maintain the National
Symphony Orchestra in the Capital
of our country is a noble and proper
duty. I congratulate you on your
efforts and hope with all my heart
that this orchestra, under its highly
gifted and lovable conductor. Hans
Kindler, may enjoy many years of
enthusiastic support by the citizens of
Washington.’’
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BANDITS ARE ROUTED
BY ENRAGED VICTIM
Colored Taxi Driver Pursues Pair
Six Blocks in Futile Effort
to Capture Them.
Enraged at being held up though
he had no money, Jefferson Smith,
colored taxicab driver, chased two
youthful armed robbers six blocks be
fore they escaped him last night.
Smith, who lives at 645 Morton
street, picked up the two colored ban
dits at Seventh and O streets.
Threatening him with a pistol, they j
directed him to drive to Eighth and
Barn,- place.
Having convinced them he had no
money, the young _bandits ordered
'Smith to “drive on.’’ Instead his !
’temper got the better of him and the :
chaise began. The two were not ap
prehended.
William Roane. 47, colored, 1326
Sixth street, was held up by three col
ored men when he stopped for a traffic
light at Eighteenth and O streets, j
They forced Roane at pistol point to !
drive to Alexandria, where they left
him and took his car.
Three colored men, believed by po
lice to be the same who robbed Roane,
later held up Samuel Levitt, liquor
store proprietor at 1208 Eleventh |
*treet southeast, of $60.
Sophie Plass, 1722 Nineteenth street, ]
had her purse containing $14 snatched
by a colored man at Ninetenth and R I
•treets.
Open Symphony’s Campaign
, ,Mrs- Walter Bruce Howe, (left), general chairman of the
National Symphony Orchestra's campaign for $110,000 photo
graphed at the rehearsal party yesterday with Dr. Hans Kindler,
conductor, and Corcoran Thom, president of the National Sym
phony Orchestra Association. -—Star Staff Photo.
Boys’ Nut Bread Baking Class
Raises Storm Among Parents
By the Associated Press.
ROSLYN. N. Y., March 11.—The
"progressive education" system of hav
ing nut bread baking classes to teach
boys arithmetic—as opposed to the
old-fashioned “three r's” method
had parents of this Long Island com
munity split in stormy controversy
today.
A protest meeting of 400 persons
before the Board of Education last
night touched off the long-smoulder
ing dispute, with grim-lipped fun
damentalists airing their views about
"new-fangled” and "highfalutin" in
novations in no uncertain terms.
Eugene McClean, champion of the
anti-progressives, said nearly five
hours had been spent one day to teach
a group of boys in the Roslyn Heights
School how to bake nut bread. And
in a voice tinged with bitter irony,
he asked to be informed what possible
connection nut bread baking had with
education. He stressed the word “nut”
in a manner to suggest he felt it
summed up the whole situation.
MORE P.-T. A. UNITS
BACK RIDER REPEAL
10 Additional Associations Are
Behind Move, Says Head of
Educators’ Committee.
Helen E. Samuel, chairman of the
Legislative Committee of the Educa
tion Association of the District, an
nounced today that 10 additional
parent-teacher associations are ne*v
on record in favor of outright repeal
of the red rider.
These associations are: Eastern High
School P.-T. A . Western High School
Home and School Association, Ana
costia Junior-Senior High School
P.-T. A . Alice Deal Junior High
School Home and School Association,
Eliot Junior High School P.-T. A.,
Jefferson Junior High School P.-T. A.,
Paul Junior High School P.-T. A.,
Blow-Webb P.-T. A.. Ross-Force P.
! T. A. and Petworth P.-T. A.
Gen. Cox to Be Speaker.
Gen. Albert Lyman Cox, local at
torney, will address members of the
Washington Round Table tomorrow at
12:30 p.m. at the Cosmos Club. His
topic will be "The United States Su
preme Court.”
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‘ Why.” he said darkly. “I questioned
several high school students and they
couldn't even tell me where Albany
was.”
A ripple of applause swept the audi
torium when Supt. of Schools Fred
erick Wegner explained about nut
bread baking and arithmetic.
Nut-bread making, said Wagner,
was a good way of teaching arith
metic because "it gives the pupils
practice in adding and multiplying
ingredients."
The explanation left some of the
fundamentalists cold. "You multi
ply four eggs by three cups of flour,
and what have you got—even adding
nuts?” demanded one fundamental
ist. sourly, in an aside to a neighbor.
The progressive method was adopted
eight years ago in the Roslyn Union
Free School District and gradually ex
panded.
Other opponents of the system com
plained that the pupils were woefully
lacking in history, spelling, reading,
writing and. yes, even arithmetic—
despite the nut-bread baking classes.
'G-MEN’ HUNT HAWK
»
White House "G-men"—in this rase
gardeners—are on the lookout for a
hawk.
Last Summer they discovered a part
ridge nest under the South portico.
Although right next to the steps, it
remained undisturbed, and a brood of
11 little partridges appeared. Despite
every effort to protect them, the num
ber has dwindled to four.
Circumstantial evidence is said to
indicate a hawk.
CHEST BROADCAST
WINS 2 VETS IOBS
Cash and Food Are Donated
Also as Result of
Radio Plea.
Two World War veterans, inter
viewed last night during the "Help
Wanted” broadcast by Station WJSV,
in co-operation with the Community
Chest and Board of Public Welfare,
were offered permanent jobs oefore
completion of the program.
Among the 3,000 employables in
Washington who are registered at
Community Chest headquarters as
"out of work and in desperate circum
stances” are many ex-service men.
Several phone calls announcing cash
contributions and food donations for
their relief were received last night.
R. L, Zinglas of the District De
partment of the American Legion out
lined the activities of his organization
and its auxiliary in the peace-time
war against hunger and poverty m a
brief talk.
Among the letters received by the
Chest was one which contained a $5
check and suggested the money be
used for "transportation while looking
for work" and for keeping up the
“appearance" of “job seekers." The
contributor further suggested the
money be considered as a loan to be
repaid later by the “borrower" to
another in need.
Both of the men interviewed last
night were painters, both had large
families, had been out of work for five
months and were behind in their rent.
The two also had honorable dis
charges from the military service after j
full-time service during the World
War.
Offers of employment, money and
clothing are being received by the
applications secretary of the Com
munity Chest.
Rock Fish Appear.
PRINCESS ANNE, Md.. March 11
(A3) —Olin Webster, Deals Island
waterman, drove into town with a
load of the Spring's first rock fish and
the crowd which gathered around his
car blocked Main street traffic. The
fish ranged from 2 to 10 pounds.
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RICHMOND, Va„ March 11.—Wil
liam A Smith, State W. P. A. ad
ministrator, said yesterday Mrs. Eudora
Ramsay Richardson of Richmond had
been appointed director of the Federal
writers' project in Virginia to succeed
Dr. H. J Eckenrode, resigned.
Mrs. Richardson, author and prom
inent in women's activities, was ap
pointed by Ellen S. Woodward, as
sistant Federal W. P. A. administrator
in charge of women's work, on nomi
nation of Henry O. ALsberg, director
of the Federal writers’ project, Smith
said.
Dr. Eckenrode. director of the State
division of archaeology and history,
who has directed the project in Vir
ginia since its inception, said he had
acted on a part-time basis and re*
signed in order that a full-time direc
tor could be appointed.
The project includes preparation of
a guide book for Virginia, giving in
formation on Virginia history, high
way tours and other data.
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Treat a cold to kill it, not to
coddle it!
Many a cold lightly treated turns
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Hit it with a cold medicine, not
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First of all, it is a cold tablet,
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Here’s what it does:
First, it opens the bowels, an ad
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That’s the fourfold treatment a
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Sunspots Forecast
Setting Record for
Size and Number
Effects on Weather and
Radio May Be Solved
in Summer.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 11.—Sunspots
surpassing In size, number and vio
lence those of 1929, the Summer when
unprecedented rains flooded the West
ern dust bowl, are predicted for this
coming Summer.
Already the spots, seen through the
world’s largest telescope, at Mount
Wilson, Calif., exceed the 1929 aver
age. They total now about a dozen
daily, and bid fair to set a record for
the present century.
It is certain they will affect weather
and radio directly. The further mys
tery of their indirect effects may be
partly solved before the Summer Is
over.
The present spots lie in two broad
bands across the sun’s face, each
corresponding roughly to the tem
perate zones of earth. Their sizes range
from continents to black fields larger
than the whole earth.
The reason tor their position Is a
mystery astronomers would like to
fathom. Only during the "maximum
sunspot cycle,” as at present, are they
seen in the "temperate” zones. In
the "minimum cycle,” wlien there are
few, the spots gather in a belt near
the sun’s equator.
They are whirlwinds. But they
whirl in the opposite direction now
from that of "minimum” spots, near
the Equator.
Their driving force appears to be
electrical and magnetic. They are
black because their light is ultra-violet
rays, which have far more energy and
destructive power on atoms than heat.
Sun spots have been traced back
30,000 years, in 11-year cycles, through
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Leaders’ Class.
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well, 5 th Battalion, Fleet Marine
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honor graduate of the 1936 platoon
leaders’ class, it was announced today.
Pvt. Cogswell is the son of Dr p.
B. Cogswell, 4815 Fourteenth street!
His designation as honor graduale
makes him eligible for a commission
in the Regular Marine Corps, it w„s
said.
Pvt Cogswell has been a member
of the local battalion of the Marina
Corps Reserve since March 13, 1933.
He is a graduate of the University of
Maryland and of Staunton Military
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the 5th Battalion.
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NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
A MUTUAL COMPANY FOUNDED IN 1845
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
The management of a life insurance company is one of
the great assets which never appears in its balance
sheet. The New York Life Insurance Company is ac
tively managed by its Board of Directors who represent
the 2,000,000 policyholders of this mutual company.
Every Director serves on at least one of five general
Committees which meet regularly to supervise the
Company’s operations. The Directors devote their ex
perience, their judgment, and the necessary time to
this work in the interest of the millions of people pro
tected by this cooperative, non-profit institution. The
following men constitute this Board of Directors:
ALFRED L. AIKEN
President
JAMES ROWLAND ANGELL
President. Yale University
New Haven. Conn.
NATHANIEL F. AYER
Treasurer, Cabor Mff. Co. (Textiles)
ARTHUR A. BALLANTINE
Lerryer. Root. Clark, Buckner 9k
Ballant me
CORNELIUS N. BLISS
Member of the Board,
Bliss, Fabvan & Co.
HENRY BRUERR
President. Bowery Savings Bank
MORTIMER N. BUCKNER
Chairman of the Board,
Naw York Trust Co.
THOMAS A. BUCKNER
Chairman of thm Board
NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER
President, Columbia University
CHARLES A. CANNON
President, Cannon Mills Co.
Kannapolis. N. C.
GEORGE B. CORTF.LYOU
Former Secretary of the
Treasury of thm United States
WILLIAM H. DANFORTH
C hair man of the Board,
Ralston-Purina Co.
St. Louis, Mo.
ROBERT F.. DOWLING
President, City Investing Co.
JAMES G. HARBORD
Chairman of tha Board.
Radio Corporation of America
CHARLES D. HILLES
Reaident Manager. Nam York State.
Employera' Liability Aseurance Corp.
HALE HOLDEN
Chairman of Southern Pacific Co.
HERBERT HOOVER
Format Praaidant of tha Umtad Statu
Pak> Alto, California
PERCY H. JOHNSTON
Chairman of the Board.
Chemical Bank gk Truat Co.
WILLARD V. KING
Retired
GERRISH H. MILLIKEN
Presiden*.
Deer mg. M ill i ken 9k Co.
EDWARD L. RYERSON, Jr.
Vice-Chairman.
Inland Steel Company
Chicago, IiL
ALFRED E. SMITH
Preaident,
Empire State. Inc.
J. BARSTOW SMULL
Vice-President.
J H. Winchester 9k Co.
PERCY S. STRAUS
President.
R H. Macy 9k Go., I no.
RIDLEY WATTS
Direcfor,
Chemical Bank 9k Trust Co
A BRIEF DIGEST OF THE 92d ANNUAL STATEMENT
DECEMBER 31, 193C
ASSETS
Total A Meta
Cash on Hand, or In Bank. $61,082,294.13 2.54
United States Government, direct, or fully
guaranteed, Bonds . 440,280,359.82 18.31
State, County and Municipal Bonds. 228,059,533.25 9.49
Railroad Bonds. 327,501,466.21 13.62
Public Utility Bonds. 215,994,580.80 8.98
Industrial and other Bonds. 26,818,027.51 1.12
Canadian Bonds. 57,048,825.88 2.37
Foreign Bonds. 317,330.50 .01
Preferred and Guaranteed Stocks. 84,036,258.00 3.50
Real F,state Owned (Including Home Office). 126,631,821.63 5.27
Foreclosed Real Estate Subject to Re
demption. 3,521,041.35 .15
First Mortgages on City Properties. 404,236,105.38 16.81
First Mortgages on Farms. 7,867,995.97 .33
Policy Loans. 361,232i688.26 15^02
Interest and Rents Due and Accrued . 29,154,196.50 1.21
Net Amount of Uncollected and Deferred
Premiums. 30,338,272.23 1.26
Other Assets. 115,616.16_.01
TOT AL.$2,404,236,413.58 100%
1
LIABILITIES and RESERVES
Insurance and Annuity Reserve . *1,957,638,266.00
Present Value of Future Instalment Pay
ment*. 97,225,326.62
Dividends Left with the Company at Interest 100,709,573.83
Other Policy Liabilities. 16,054,897.36
Premiums, Interest and Rents Prepaid. 11,284,946.96
Miscellaneous Liabilities. 3,337,471.86
Reserve for Tales. 3,856,238.81
Reserve for Dividends payable to Policy
holders. 38,233,060.00
Special Investment Reserve. 50,000.000.00
Surplus funds reserved for general con
tingencies. 123,896,632.14
TOTAL. *2,404,236,413.58
Bond, eligible for amortuahon are carried at their amortiied value* determined in accordance with the law* of the State of New
ror*. All other bondi and all guaranteed and preferred itock* are carried at market value* a* furniihed by the National Amoci.
tion of Insurance Commimioner*. Secur.tie* amounting to $36,145,051, included above, are deposited a* required by law.
Over 199 million dollars was paid or credited in 1936 to policyholders and beneficiaries. This is a meas
ure of the Company’s service in a single year in providing human comfort and family protection.
On December 31, 1936, the Company had 2,722,956 policies in force guaranteeing insurance protec
tion of more than six and a half billion dollars, to be exact, $6,660,968,484.
The 451 million dollars of new insurance issued and the 46 million dollars paid to the Company by
men and women for annuities in 1936 reflect continued public confidence and participation in
the cooperative security offered by the New York Life.
As we enter 1937, New York Life continues in its preeminently strong financial position.
A more complete report Hating the aecuritiea owned by the Company will gladly be aent upon requeat.
THOMAS A. BUCKNER, Chairman of the Board ALFRED L. AIKEN, President
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