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BILL SEEKS B. S.
MUNITIONS RULE
|
Senate to Get Measure
Providing for Na
tionalization.
■r the Associated Press.
A bill to provide for Government
ownership and operation of ship
building facilities and plants for man
ufacturing war materials was an
nounced for introduction in the Senate
today.
Describing a program for national
izing the munitions industry, five Sen
ators, headed by Bone, Democrat, of
Washington, said their plan would
round out efforts to "take the private
profit out of war and preparation for
war," and added they would present
a bill embodying the program.
The bill, an outgrowth of the Sen
ate's munitions investigation, would
direct the Secretary of War to con
struct or purchase factories and other
•facilities in sufficient number to pro
duce war munitions and supplies "to
meet all of the requirements of the
United States Army" and Navy.
The Secretary of the Navy would be
directed to expand, by construction or
purchase, existing navy yards, armor
plate plants, naval arsenals, naval gun
factories and shipbuilding plants so
they would be capable of handling all
haval construction and repair work.
The bill would declare it to be a
public policy to make the Government
"as nearly as possible self-sufficient in
national defense, in time of war as
well as in time of peace."
The War and Navy Departments,
.prohibited from acquiring sources of
raw materials, would be required to
purchase supplies in the open market.
Senator Bone said the bill would
give the Government "a monopoly of
‘the function of manufacturing raw
materials Into final form for actual
combat purposes "
He said the munitions inquiry
showed that for little more than the
price of a modern cruiser Government
navy yards could be expanded and
equipped to handle all contemplated
naval construction.
33 ARE GRADUATED
AT COMMENCEMENT
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Msgr. Edward B. Jordan Presents
Diplomas at Immaculata
Seminary.
Diplomas were awarded 22 high
school and 11 junior college student*
at exercises at Immaculata Seminary 1
yesterday. Right Rev. Msgr. Edward
B. Jordan, professor of education at
Catholic University, delivered the
■commencement address and also pre
sented the diplomas and degrees.
Miss Mary Agnes Bauman, ranking
itudent in the junior college, wa*
awarded a scholarship to St. Mary
ln-the-Woods College.
Class night ceremonies were held by
the Junior college graduate* a week
•go yesterday, at which time they were
received into the Alumnae Association
ktv Miss Ann Brnsman, alumnae presi- '
<ent. Final recitals were held during
the past week.
Graduate* are:
H»«h
X 5-T\*T!r1. V K
Carnelo Leonora.
Mary M
Curtii. Elizabeth R.
3>rennan. Mary Lou.
Doolina. Hannah M.
Ferzacca Elizabeth.
Franks. Mary W.
Healy. M A.
Johnson. H E
Karnes. Teresa E.
Keene. Evelyn F.
Mccarron n
Rufh L.
Oast on. V. McL
Pons. Marie L^ucy.
Stadrler. D M.
Thompson. L. J
Tiernan. EC.
Toome.v. Helen E.
Tons. Mercedes
Mercede*. Mary
Zimmerman. M. O.
JnnUr Colin*.
Bauman. Mary A
-Cooksey. Mar? A.
J>owd Elsie J.
Oaeffler. Mar? C.
Grotan. Mariana.
L^nch. Ames A.
McKenna. Betty A.
O'Connor. Mary F.
Pfeiffer. Shirlev
Qulnone*. Julia I
Weschler. Mary R.
17 ARE GRADUATED
BY ST. CECILIA’S
Kiss Veronica Gertrude Gillin
Principal Award Winner
at Academy.
j Seventeen students werp graduated
from St. Cecilia's Academy at, exer
cises last night at SOI East Capitol
Street. Right Rev. Msgr. E. J. Con
helly delivered the commencement
iaddress.
Principal award winner was Miss ‘
Veronica Gertrude Gillin, who was i
presented a scholarship to Columbus '
University, a half scholarship to
Strayer College and an award for per
fect atendance over the past four
years.
Graduates are Henrietta Auth, Betty
Marie Barnard, Jane Gertrude Beil,
Ottilia Maria Diegelmann. Veronica
Gertrude Gillin, Elizabeth Grace
Janezeck.
Also Geraldine Grace Manuel, Mar
garet Elizabeth Marx, Ruene Marcella
Norris, Mary Shirley Ray, Helen Rose
mary Sillers. Margaret Mary Sullivan,
.Doris Ann Tansley, Gwendolyn Marie
Wathen. Prances Lorraine Wells, Mary'
Anna Werner and Rita Marion Zuch.
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Congress in Brief
TODAY.
Senate:
' Debates District appropriation bill.
Joint Labor Committee continues
Wage-hour hearing.
Interstate Commerce Committee re
sumes rail financing inquiry.
House:
Considers tax evasion inquiry resolu
tion.
Interstate Commerce subcommittee
begins hearings on proposed loan lor
trans-Atlantic dirigible service.
Agriculture Committee hears State
farm officials on farm price program.
Flood Control Committee continues
hearings on $800,000,000 flood pre
vention program.
Judiciary Committee resumes hear
ing on revising bankruptcy laws.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Probably will not meet if District
appropriation bill passes today.
Banking and Currency Committee
meets at 10:30 a.m. on bill to regulate
sale of certain securities in interstate
commerce and trust Indentures.
Joint committee continues hearing
on wage-hour bill.
House:
Considers miscellaneous bills on
calendar.
Library Committee considers mis
cellaneous bills, 10:30 a.m.
Immigration Committee considers
private bills, 10:30 a.m.
District Committee considers day
light saving bill, I0:3^k.m.
! Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
EXPECTATION.
HERE is one 60-year-old grand
father In Washington who has
resolved not to speak to strange
women without a formal in
troduction under any circumstances.
Thomas I. Luckett, the hero of our
recitation, en route to his home at
1415 Crittenden street, was mistakenly
given two transfers by a street car
conductor. As the Fourteenth street
car approached the platform where
Mr. Luckett awaited it, he noticed a
lively, white-haired lady, hovering
around her seventh-fifth or eightieth
year, fumbling in her purse, evidently
looking for a token or a dime.
With all the gallantry of his South
ern rearing, Mr. Luckett stepped for
ward, saying:
"Pardon me, but I happen to have
two transfers for this car. I'll be glad
if you take one of them.”
A freezing glare along with the fol
lowing rejoinder made Mr. Luckett
move fast in the other direction:
"Young man, how dare you aay such
a thing to me. I have a good mind to
go over to that policeman and have
you arrested for annoying me."
a- * * *
QUERY.
Vermont Connecticut Royster,
n'hose cognomen has been the
theme of a dissertation in this
space, told this true story to one
of our operatives. While going
across the Mall recently. Royster
was accosted by an intelligent-ap
pearing. presumably sober chap of
about 30 years of age.
"Can you tell me.’’ said the lat
ter, with a marked American ac
cent, to the former, "where is the
Washington Monument?”
Royster, doubting he heard cor
rectly. asked that the question be
repeated. This was done without
a trace of jest.
"Why, there it is. right over
there." Vermont replied, pointing
to the. 530-foot shaft which stood
only about 100 yards from the pair.
"Thank you so much," responded
the inquirer. "I'm in the wrong
part of town "
* * *
UP.
JP RUSSELL PLUMMER, member of
an orchestra which played recently
at a local theater, is making mourn
ful sounds wherever he may be to
day, it is perfectly justified. He broke
an ankle during the second day of
his engagement here. They took him
to Casualty Hospital, set the break,
put it In a cast and said it was too
bad but Russell would have to stick
around a couple of weeks.
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Every one felt it was too bad, none
more so than Russell. He lay there
thinking about it for five days and
then decided it was definitely no go.
He needed money. He had to play.
So he had them carry him, stretcher
and all to a train. He went aw'ay ,
with the band and has been playing j
with it ever since; probably the only
musician playing in a major band
with a cast on his teg.
* * * *
SPECIALIZED.
An operative bursts in with the
story that he has found the ulti
mate in specialization in this ape
of specialization. It is a rooming
house run by Mrs. Louise Wynne
of 1314 N street northwest.
It happens that Mrs. Wynne's
place is located next door to the
Sigma Chi Fraternity house. All
she asks of her roomers is that
they be Sigma Chis. They are.
Every darned one of them. Living,
one supposes, in the ultimate ex
pression of brotherly love.
* * * *
NOVELTY.
CTREET cars are not the prosaic
vehicles you think; not always.
It depends upon how much imagina
tion the motorman has. That at least,
is indicated in a story which comes
from so reputable an operative that
it is offered here without apology.
I
oeems uiav a woman passenger
tripped and fell on a car in the vic
inity of Eighth street and Florida
avenue northeast a few days ago. It
struck the motormr.n as a situation
about which something ought to be
done, and without delay. With the
approval of his few other passen
gers. he went flying up the street,
clanging his bell and converting the
car into a swell ambulance until it
reached Casualty Hospital. Once the
fall victim was unloaded the car went
back to being a plain, everyday street
car.
SOLICITUDE.
ENRAGED and unobserved young
wife, who obviously cannot be
intentified, on a recent afternoon hap
pened to see her unsuspecting husband
entering a downtown theater with a
blond. When he arrived home that
night the following note, pinned to
his pillow, greeted him:
Dear Bill:
I’ve gone home to mama. I am
leaving you for good. Be sure to take
off the silk spread and fold it up neatly
before you go to bed. Love.
HANNAH
* * * *
UNFAIR FARES.
'T'HE item some time ago about the
Senator paying the regular 20
oent sone rate to a taxi driver who
spent an hour getting him to his office
can be equaled by this story of Arthur
S. Harder’s.
A few days ago Harder was told by
the association’s dispatcher to drive his
cab to an apartment building to get a
fare. Also sitting in the lobby as
Harder entered were two merchants
who jointly occupy the most expensive
apartment at the swanky address. Fol
lowing him out, they asked Harder’s
customer—whom they did not know—
if they could ride downtown with him,
pointing out it is difficult t» get a
cab on a rainy morning.
The fellow who <£}ered the trans
LATEST SURGERY
RESTORE®
Dr. R. E. Moran of Washing
ton Tells Medical As
sociation of Miracles.
BY THOMAS R. HENRY,
Staff Corrcwendsat of Th. star.
ATLANTIC CITY, June Weird
ly diatorted human face* are being
restored to normal by two entirely
new surgical operations, results of
which were shown at the meeting of
the American Medical Asaociation
here today by Dr. Robert E. Moran,
Washington surgeon.
These operations are for the cor
rection of "pop-eyes" and sunken eyes,
both of which give the victim a
grotesque appearsnee.
Protruding, wildly staring eyes,
which usually result from a goitre
due to hyper-activity of the thyroid
gland, sometimes remain through the
life of the victim after the original
cause has been removed by a suc
cessful gland operation. The individ
ual is disfigured, and hitherto very
little could be done about it.
Discovered In Principle *1 Physics.
Dr. Moran. Ln devising this treat
ment. went back to first causes and
is offering a new explanation of how
a swelling In the neck can cause the
eyes to pop out. He found it in a
principle of physics first promulgated
by the French mathematician, Pas
cal, more than 300 years ago—that
pressure exerted on liquid in a closed
chamber is exerted equally ln all di
rections. Now, he points out, the
chamber of the eye is essentially a
closed chamber, of which the eye ball
constitutes the front wall. The place
of the liquid is taken by the fatty
substance which fills the space be
tween the eye ball and the thin, bony
wall—part of the skull—in the rear.
Normally, he point* out, the eye is
held in place because the pressure of
the air on the outside and of the fat
on the inside is almost exactly equal
and opposite. When the thyroid is
oversecreting, he says, it stimulates
the nerves activating the eye muscles.
The first thing that happens is that
the upper eyelid Is pulled back, re
sulting in a wild stare, which makes
a person look as if in mortal terror.
As this continues the pressure inside
the eye cavities Is increased. There
is no give" to the bony wall In the
rear. The eye Itself is the weak part
of the chamber walls and as the pres
sure is increased It looks as if it were
about to shoot out of the head.
aume turn rcunincni.
Often this is completely and per
manently cured by the thyroid opera
tion, but sometimes local condition*
of pressure have been set up by the
stresses and strains of the muscles
so that the pop-eyes continue. Dr.
Moran showed striking photographs
of two Washingtonians both before
and after the new operation—a deli
cate procedure, which involves cut
ting away bone to enlarge the orbital
chamber. The operation, requiring
fine technique because of the nerve
and muscle involvements, was devised
jointly by Dr. Moran and Dr. Shugrue
of the Georgetown faculty. The eye
cavity is entered by an incision
through the bone of the skull be
tween the eye and the ear. By the
enlargement of the eerily pressuie
between the outside air and the in
side "liquid” is again equalized
Sunken eye*, on the contrary, are
due to some injury which results in
the sinking, or • buckling,” of the
floor of the eye orbit. The condition
is quite disfiguring. The new opera
tion devised by Dr. Moran consists in
transplanting narrow strips of car
tilage between the bony floor of the
eye orbit and the tough, fibrous mem
brane which lies over it. The opera
tion, Dr. Moran explained, is per
formed in two stages about five weeks
apart. It results in pushing the eye
ball forward Into a normal position.
A new operation for which the con
dition which often follow* pneumonia,
known as empyema, was demonstrated
bv Drs. Charles S. White and J. Lloyd
Collins of George Washington Uni
versity Medical School. Thl* opera
tion, their autistic* show, is reducing
the death rate from this ailment
nearly 80 per cent and is. roughly,
cutting in half the time which the
patient must remain In a hospital.
12 Per Cent Death Rate.
There have been 303 cases of em
pyema in all the Washington hospitals
in the past five years with a death
rate, following other treatments of
approximately 12 per cent. The condi
tion is one in which pus gathers in
the chest cavity, which causes high
fever and must be removed by a sur
gical operation. In the past this has
been done either by inserting a needle
between the ribs and drawing off the
thick fluid or by removing one rib for
a more liberal drainage. By the needle
method the death rate was approxi
mately 26 per cent, while with the rib
resection the mortality was 10 per
cent.
Dr. White and Dr. Collins devised
the operation of removing two ribs
and thoroughly cleaning out the cavity
»f the flbroud debris which gathers
there and which, if left alone, even
tually is absorbed. The process of
absorption, they point out, keeps the
temperature up and forces the patient
to remain in the hospital an average
of two weeks or more. They have cut
this down to nine days.
The new operation, they warned, is
radical and should be undertaken only
at the proper time, as determined by
an experienced surgeon. It is esential
that the lung be walled off by ad
hesions or collapse of that organ is
likely to follow the opening of the
cavity.
Blood Test for “Drunks.”
A new way of getting the evidence
on the drunken driver was presented
in an exhibit here today by Drs. R. N.
Harger, H. R. Hulpieu and E. B. Lamb
of the University of Indiana Medical
Be hoot.
They took blood samples of scores
of “drunks” picked up by the Indian
porta tion got out at the Southern
Building, giving 75 cents to Harder.
He then drove the merchant princes
to their exclusive shop, where they
alighted and started to dash for the
door. Harder, through an open
window, asked for the money du him.
One of the pair retorted:
"The fare from the apartment house
to here is 50 cents. One step is 10
cents. One extra passenger above two
Is 10 cents. The gentleman who got
out first gave you 7S cents. So you
have not only been paid, but you also
have been given a 5-cent tip.”
They came across expeditiously,
however, when Harder threatened to
go back to No. 1 rider, a prospective
clothing client, and tell him of their
reasoning. m
■polis police. All, they found, had
•t. least a milligram and , a half of
alcohol per euMc centimeter of bleed.
They fixed this amount as the mini
mum on which anybody eould be
pronounced too drunk to drive an
automobile. Many, of courae, might
reach that stage on much less.
They then determined that the
amount of alcohol in two liters of ex
pired breath was equivalent to that
In a cubic centimeter of blood—that
Is, a millimeter and a half would
mean that a man was tight. AH the
policeman need do is have the suspect
blow up a rubber balloon capable
of holding two liters. It is well to
do this about two hours after an
arrest, when the alcohol has had a
chance to become generally diffused
over the system.
Then the procedure is to discharge
the air in the balloon through a mix
ture of sulphutic acid and a red dye.
The alcohol removes the dye. The
amount is so regulated that a milli
meter and a half will make the mix
ture colorless. If it stays red the
man can hardly be declared legally
drunk, other evidence to the contrary.
The doctors admit that the device
might give a man who was slightly
Intoxicated an edge on the police. On
the other hand It would be certain
to protect the innocent man, falsely
accused. He might be a victim of
police intolerance or there might be
the odor of liquor on his breath due
to a few sips or even to medicine he
had taken.
Mo Mi Produce Medicines.
Valuable medicines produced by the
action of various molds on glucose
sugar at the color laboratory of the
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils at
Arlington, Va.—gome of which were
priceless a few year* ago but which
now can be made abundantly and
cheaply—featured another exhibit.
Among these is calcium glutonate
which is one of the best mediums for
getting calcium into the system, by
intramuscular injections, in cases of
calcium deficiency.
With another mold the Depart
ment of Agriculture chemists have
been able to make out of sugar a sub- ,
stance known as kojic acid which Is i
extremely poisonous to dogs, rats and
mice and which, according to some
investigators, is formed in the ani
j mal tissues in epileptic attacks. Still
[ of unknown therapeutic value, the
new substance may throw considerable
j light on the physiological mechanism
of this mental disease. Started by
Dr. Orville I. May a few years ago.
the work now is being carried on by
Dr. Percy Wells of the bureau staff.
: Surgical problems commonly dis
cussed fade into insignificance when i
| compared to the rising toll of auto- |
mobile injuries. Dr. Claire L. Straith
of Detroit, said in a lecture before the
association. There were, he said,
38,500 deaths from this cause during i
the past year and 1.340,000 non-fatal;
accidents of which 110,000 resulted in
permanent disability. I
As one means of cutting down this
appalling toll he urged a moral
renaissance" of the general public.
"What a hue and cry would be raised,"
he said, “if typhoid fever or smallpox
were to bring a similar epidemic of
death. Tuberculosis in its moat de
structive years was hardly more
devastating.
"Studies show clearly a decided in
crease in the number of accidents dur
ing the cocktail hour, and late at I
night after the brawl is ended. The '
holiday mood of the week end with j
its csrefree inebriety provides somber ’
headlines for blue Monday’s news- '
papers. Whether legislation or er- \
gingering can do more seems doubtful.'
r*r. Straith is a fee j surgeon. Fully
75 pe- cent of the isore serious face
i crushing accidents r jrder his care, he
said, are sustained ' f girls on the f -ont 1
seat beside the. driver. The driver
himself receives steering post injuries
involving the lower part of the face.
The girl, having nothing to which to
cling for support, is thrown violently!
against the windshield, with injuries'
to the middle third of the face.
BALTIMORE STEEL
WORKERS BACK C.I.O.
Eaitern Rolling; Mill*’ Vote I»
4 to 1 in Favor of
Committee.
Bj the Assoc i a led Press.
BALTIMORE. June 8.—Employes of
the Eastern Rolling Mills Co., inde
pendent steel plant, voted early today
b.v a more than 4-to-l margin to have
the Committee for Industrial organ
ization represent them in negotiations
with the company.
Bennet F. Schauffler, regional di
rector for the National Labor Rela
tion* Board, announced the vote as:
To name the C. I. O. as bargaining
agent—578.
Against naming the C. I. O.—128.
Vote blank—1.
Vote* void—3.
Supervisory, salaried or clerical em
ployes were not affected by the vote,
Schauffler said. The company em
ploys between 800 and 900 man.
Factory Employment Gaini.
Factory employment in the United
States during the last year was 40
per cent higher than in 1932 and
weekly factory pay rolls were *0 per
cent greater, according to the United
State* Department of Labor.
Two Princesses
Guests at Old
Gauntlet Rites
Allegiance Pledged to
King George in Col
orful Ceremonies.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 8 —The little Prin
cesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose
were invited as guests of honor today
to see the revival of a century-old
ceremony—the throwing down of the
gauntlet by the King's champion.
Allegiance to the newly crowned
King-Emperor, George VI, was the
central theme of Rushmood Tattoo,
the largest military demonstration ever
held in England. Thousands of troop*
will take part in the display, which will
be held every evening until June 19.
Today's show was planned as a day
light rehearsal for the heiress-pre
sumptive to the throne and her sister,
Margaret Rose. The tattoo takes its
name from the “continuous beating or
drumming” of the regimental bands
throughout the pageant.
The highlight is the throwing down
of the gauntlet by the King’s champion
in challenge to all who do not share
the army’s loyalty to the sovereign.
As the champion rides into the
arena, a procession bearing the ban
ners of the Kings and Queens from
1068 M 1937 clusters around a repre
sentation of the lion of the empire
guarding tl{$ Imperial crown.
REHEARSAL HELD
BT EttIPSE PARTY
Observatory Plane Prac
tices Maneuvers for Study
of Sun Today.
A rehearsal for scientific observa
tion of today's total eclipse of the
sun from a plane flying 2S.000 feet
above the coastal plateau of Peru is
destribed here by the pilot of the
Pan - American - Grace Airways’
plane which has been converted
into a flying obeenmtory. Capt.
Disher is a veteran of five years’
sendee on the regular cross-Andes
routes.
BV CAPT, C. R. DISHER.
LIMA, Peru. June • tN.A.N.A.)—
Everything that planning and prepa
ration can do to insure the succeas of
the Pan-American-Grace Flying-Ob
servatory Mias von to study today's
eclipse has been done. No matter how
the conditions of surface visibility turn I
out this evening, no matter what
measure of success the ground expedi
tions watting below us may have in
observing and recording the various
phenomena which make a solar eclipse !
of such Intense value to science, the j
observations it will be our share to
make from a point near the base of ‘.he i
stratosphere seem assured.
For more than a week our mechan
ical specialists have been going over
every last detail of the Santa Silvia,
the big twin-engined Douglas airliner
that has been detached from Pan
American-Grace service for the expe
dition. Its powerful SOO-h.p. engines
have been tuned to super-perfection
against their task of climbing to the
ship's service ceiling.
Oxygen Equipment Supplemented.
The oxygen equipment carried for
our regular operation* acrou the high
mountain passes of the Andes has been
supplemented to permit us to cruise for
more than sn hour fsr above the
15.000-foot level, where oxygen be
comes necessary for every one aboard.
The door and several windows have
been removed from the cabin to per
mit the free operation of motion pic
ture and still cameras and the delicate
machines used for the measurement of
coemlc ray intensity.
Several short test flights showed us
their removal has had no serious efTect
on the flying qualities of our ship
Yesterday, to make proof positive that
every last detail was in order, we made
a full dress rehearssl of the ascent we
will make just prior to the eclipse to
morrow evening. Five of us took |
part in the rehearsal—E. W Orav,
who will serve as co-piiot and radio
operator; Harold Harris, vice president
of Pan-Amertcan-Grace Airways, in
charge of operations; William Cockrell,
chief of maintenance, and Maj. Albert i
W. Stevens, who has been assigned to
our ‘ observatory” by the American
Museum of Natural History.
We made our take-off at midafter- j
noon from the big and magnificently ;
equipped Limatambo Airport outside 1
Lima. As is frequently the case this j
time of year, low clouds obscured most !
*. . the sky from view at this near
>.2-level airport. But a few minutes
Alter we were climbing rapidly be
neath a brilliantly clear blue dome.
A hundred miles to the westward
stretched the Pacific, clearly visible
beyond the band of coastal clouds. To
the east of us the long backbone of
the Andes thrust upward like a wall.
As we headed northward in re
hearsal of today's plan we could see
Mount Huascaran s great snow-capped
summit, far inland from the coast,
yet so high—22,180 feet—as to be
clearly visible. An hour after our
take-off our altimeter showed us at '
an altitude of 25.000 feet. Our radio
direction finder fixed our position as !
dead over Chimbote. the Peruvian 1
coastal town which will be directly In I
the middle of the eclipse's totality and !
which will be our station for tomorrow. 1
Tempera tare 18 Btls*.
Outside the ship, the temperature
had fallen to 18 degree* below aero
centigrade. In the control room, the
plane's heater kept Gray and myself
in snug comfort. Back in the doorle**
cabin, our three observers were thank
ful for the heavy flying suits, boots and
gloves they had donned before the
take-off.
At 25.000 feet, our Douglas was
still climbir^ steadily, Its motors
sang in the clear cold as though
they were on some test stand. Every
one on board had been steadily using
oxygen for half an hour In complete
comfort. For an hour we coursed
back and forth over the invisible
line along which we expect to study
the eclipse tomorrow. Then, our pre
liminary plans all carefully checked,
we throttled back and turned toward
home, landing at dusk. We had been
gone just over two hours. The re
hearsal had been letter perfect.
tCepyrlsht, 1837. bv the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc J
50 G. W. U. PRIZES
WILL BE AWARDED
Presentation* Will Be Hade at
Clan Bight Exercise* Thi*
Evening.
More than 50 prises for scholarship
and extracurricular achievement will
be prsaented at George Washington
University's class night exercises at
8 o’clock tonight in the university
yard by Dr. Cloyd H. Marvin, presi
dent.
Last night 18 members of the grad
uating class were inducted into the
Order of the Coif, legal honor society,
at a banquet at the Cosmos Club.
Final ceremonies will be held at
8 p.m. tomorrow at Constitution Hall,
when Dr. Marvin will deliver his
charge to the graduates and present
tha degrees.
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FIVE TO GET DIPLOMAS
District Students Graduate From
New York U. Tomorrow.
New York University will confer
degrees on five Wkshlngtonians at ex
ercises there tomorrow.
The graduates and their degrees are
Epaminondas James Demas, 1908 Irv
ing street northeast, bachelor of sci
ence in aeronautical engineering, Col
lege of Engineering; James Amos
Porter, 738 Gresham place, master
of arts as of February, 1937, Gradu
ate School; Osceola Adams, 341 Bry
ant street, master of arts as of Oc
tober, 1936, School of Education;
Arthur Alexander Verner, 3036 Por
ter street, master of business admin
istration as of October. 1936, Gradu
ate School of Business Administra
tion, and Ruth Louis Kemp, 3301
Second street, master of arts. School
of BdueaUpn.
How to Behave During Eclipse
People of Old Mode Elaborate Precautions to
Ward Off Evil.
BY BANS YON HEN TIG,
Formerly professor at criminology of
the University of Bonn am Rhine,
now an expert with the Attorney Oen
eral'a Survey of Release Procedure.
An official order issued by a German
prince In the year 1854 commands
all wells to be covered and the cattle
kept In the stables during an eclipse
of the sun. Another regulation oi
the sm kind recommends to all
loyal subjects a 13-day fait and the
use of purifying pills. All eating and
drinking on the dangerous day was
officially prohibited because the ail
during the ecllpae was declared to be
poisonous
These beliefs and practices are not
as absurd as they may aeem at flrsi
glance. The regular course of nature
such aa the cyclic movement of aun,
moon, stars and tides, seemed tc
prove to the primitive mind that a
general and beneficent law governed
mankind. All irregular or destructivs
phenomena, on the other hand
frightened man and made him seek
protection through special acta.
Such feared and venerated phe
nomena were thunderstorms, comets,
the aurora borealis, earthquakes, cor
posants, volcanoes and eclipses.
Eclipses were regarded by many peo
ple aa attacks made by some animal
on the enahadowed sun. In the final
world catastrophe, according to th«
Teutonic mythology, a monstrous woll
will devour the aun. In accordant*
with a world-wide custom a terrific
noise was made by the people during
the eclipse to frighten away the at
tacking monster.
The use of magic was anothei
method of control. Precious stones
were hung tn trees to lure the aun
from its hiding place. Pi re* were
lighted aa a solemn act of Imitative
magic. For the same purpose fire
tipped arrows were shot Into the air
In ancient Egypt the King, aa the rep
resentative of the aun. walked with
great dignity around the walls of a
temple that the sun might be induced
to move in it* daily path. What tht
King desired was, in reality, to mak<
the sun "find Its legs."
As in all great calamities human sac
rifice was used to placate the anger ol
the evil forces. The Peruvians thought
that the sun was angry when his fact
became obscured; they therefore sacri
ficed red-skinned people to the sur
and albinos to the moon. Other peoplt
regarded the sun as ill during ar
ecllpee.
In addition to magical means, the
attempt to expel evil force* by noise
or as animals are driven away, and
the effort to placate the gods by hu
man sacrifice, there are other methods.
The Eskimo of the lower Yukon
believe that a subtle essence or an un
clean Influence descends to the earth
during an eclipse. If any of it was
caught by weapons or utensils it would
produce sickness, The same Idea pre-1
j vails in Germany, and that was why. j
j during an eclipse, cattle must be kept
in the stable, because poison drops
I from heaven. One is not, therefore, al
lowed to fetch water or fodder for the
! cattle.
Thu nefarious influence pertain* to
human life, too. Let ua aee what a !
few of these rules of protection are:
Do not leave your house during an
eclipse of the sun without tying up '
your mouth with a cloth. Do not eat
herbs or fruit that were in the open
air during the eclipse unless they have
been purified by rain. Do not leave
laundry hanging out of doora during
an eclipse. Close windows and shut
ters. On the day of an eclipse do not
start on a journey and do no work.
No food should be eaten during the
darkening of the sun.
These are all European beliefs, but
they exist in far-away India as well.
Among the Hindus all household activ
ity must cease. High-caste Hindus
do not even eat food which has been
in the house during an eelipae, but
give it away, and all earthen vessels
In use in the house at the time are
broken. The aame idea of protection
aeems to prevail when Eskimo
women turn all their pot* wooden
buckets and dishes upside down.
Fire is the little brother of the sun.
Therefore, in Germs ny crumbs are
thrown into the Are as a form of
atonement. German peasants drop
to their knees in prayer during an
eclipse and must face toward the fire
place.
;
French people believe that children
, born during an eclipse will live only a
short time.
The President will not walk solemn
ly around the White House during the
eclipse. Government work will not
stop. And the little Washingtonian
who by chance might be born on this
Tuesday will have a long and lucky
life. But nevertheless, an eclipse of
the sun has not only astro-physical
importance: it is intimately related to |
the cultural development of mankind. ■
MRS. SOPHIE HANLEIN
DIES OF LONG ILLNESS
Widow of Leather Dealer Expiree
at Age of 87—Native
of Germany.
Mr*. Sophie Hanlein. 87, widow of
Emanuel Hanlein, leather dealer, died
yeaterday after a long illneae. at th«
home of her daughter, Mr*. Loui* T
Nathan, 1700 Taylor street.
A native of Germany, Mrs. Hanlein
came to this country 85 years ago and
had lived in Washington since. Sht
was one of the oldest members of the
Washington Hebrew Congregation.
Beaides her daughter, she leaves five
sons, Meyer. Samuel. Joseph H . Isa
dore and Julius Hanlein, and six
grandchildren. She also leaves s
brother and aister, who live in Ger
many.
Funeral services will be held at 2 30
p m. tomorrow at the daughter * home
Burial will be In the Washington He
brew Congregation Cemetery.
YOUTH IS RECOVERING
FROM LUNG OPERATION
Be th« Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. JuDe *—Twelve
year-old Andrew J. Blakeley, jr.. wa.’
•'resting comfortably” today after un
dergoing an operation for the remova
of a metal pencil cap from his lung.
The boy swallowed the cap Iasi
Thursday. Hit case attracted atten
tion Saturday when his stepfather
Roy Ferguson, appealed oyer a codes t
to-coast radio hook-up for aid in lo
cating a similar pencil cap to helf
fashion a surgical instrument of tht
correct alte.
Physicians said no complication)
were expected.
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JAILED BY CONSCIENCE
DETROIT, June 8 (4*1.—Louis Nis
newtts, 45, Brooklyn, N. Y., postal
clerk who Mid his conscience had kept
him sleepless, was voluntarily in cus
todav today on a charge of embezzling
$1,800 from a New York City post
office branch.
"I haven't been able to sleep since
I left New York last Tuesday and I
want to give myself up.” Postal In
spector Roy L* Forge said Nisnewitz
told him upon surrendering. The in
spector Mid Nisnewitz confessed.
Nisnewita was held for arraignment
today.
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Senators Warned
Not to Be Misled
By D. C. Tax Rate
]Vw Committee Mem•
bers Told to Consider
High Assessment.
New members of the Senate sub
committee on District appropriations
were cautioned in this year’s hearings
by Senator Copeland of New York
against underestimating Washington's
property tax levy by looking at the
rate without considering the high
basis of assessment. When Senator
Hitchcock, Democrat, of South Dakota,
one of the newcomers, asked the pres
ent rate and was told it is $1.50.
Copeland informed him of the local
full value assessment, and added:
“A man who Is familiar with the
tax rate at home says. My heavens,
what a low rate exists here,’ but it is
due to the fact that the assessment
here is based on 100 per cent of value,
or perhaps 125 per cent.”
Chairman Thomas cited the further
fact that tax rates elsewhere have to
be fixed to cover the amortization of
bonded debts, whereas Washington is
required to operate on a pay-as-you-go
basis, which eliminates sinking fund
requirements.
Copeland and Thomas, veterans on
the subcommittee, have felt for a long
time that Washington’s tax problems
would be understood better in Con
gress if the elty followed the rule of
most Aher cities of using a lower
basis orasasssment and a higher rate.
Mother, 60, Hunts
Woods for Son,
, Asylum Fugitive
Thinks She Can Per
suade Him to Drop
Cun, Surrender.
Bs the Associated Press.
SUTTON. Mass, June It.—A <10
I year-old mother, fearful for the life
| of her mentally deranged son, walked !
into the woods behind her farm home I
today in quest of her boy, for whom !
! State police have searched in vain 1
since Sunday.
Believing she would be able to per- j
I suade her son. Homer Robbins, 31, !
to surrender, Mrs. P. Orrin Putnam
went into the woods alone. Robbins,
an escaped inmate from the Wor
cester State Hospital, was heavily
armed when he fled his mother's
home Sunday after firing at a State
! trooper.
! He emerged from the woods before
dawn today and fired another blast.
I Pursuing troopers were unable to
I loeate him, however.
Charles Town
.» JTRST RACE—Purse $400: claiming;
J-year-old maidens; about 4’, furlongs.
Sandid (Machado) 104
Stealing Home iMunot) llo
Mis* Bones (Wisntr). 110
Neville (Terhune) _77 _ Ill
Croix De Tour (Palumbo) _ _ ll-'t
Caldon (Machado* 77 107
Hagerstown Jr. (Polk). _ "7" " 107
Princess Tour (Powlert . _ _77 104
SECOND RACE—Purse. .9400; claiming;
•T-year-olds and up.
Nyach (Verbus* 333
Johnny Bane (Welch* . _ __ jou
Good Oracious (Snyder). _ 7_ 7 100
! Loch London (Tryon* _ 333
' Silver Arch <8impsont_7_7_77 111
I Mabel Beyond * Lauch* _777 77 10«
‘ Fred 5 Warning (Snvder) __ 314
| Wise Revue (Terhunet __ _ 300
I Miss Toucgn (Simpson) _ __ io«
Radial • Root) 330
; Lady Glasgow (Garrett)_77I_7_ loo
Lady Buck (Lauch* _ 112
Justa Town (Fowler) _ _ 77 10ft
Hogarty (Wisnen . _7_ _ 7" 111
Lilteen (Tryon* _ __ 300
Kyoto (Cusimano* __7777~7_ 106
THIRD RACE—Purae. $400: claiming:
.{-year-olds and up: Charles Town course
Maid of Dunlin (Polk) 111’
Gemwick (Root) . _ 100
Penny (Lauch) . _____ _77" 107
Merita (Munoz) _ __ 111
xWorthful (Pillman) __ “7_~ 104
Envious (Oarrett) _ 105
Gay Bride (Laurin) __ 333
Miss Symphony (Coffman) _ 7 111
Heather Lassie (Terhune) . _ 333
Sea Finn (Wisnen .... _ "lift
Halloo (Palumbo _ ~ 1 ri
Roquepine (Garrett) _ lit
Chateau Rock »Polk) __ "_' 111
Povel (Palumbo) 7~7_~ 11.*1
Tuleyries Star (Machado) 7_ 7" 111
Queen Blaze (Tryon) _~7"’_ 105
ruusin nntjp—Purse »400: claim
ini: 3-ycar-olds and up: about fur
longs.
Vil X. (Simpson) in»
Crossing Over (Girrett) _ _'ill
Truthfully (Terhune) __ 10p
Mahogany iRooti _ ' 105
Jusia Jimmie (Root) _ ion
Canteret (Palumbo) __ " mo
Jim Moss (Laurini _ 107
Topsle H. (Lauch) _ _ n*
xPageantry (McMullen) _ _ ' ion
Monocacy iTryoro __ __ _ ni
Hurdy Gurdy (Lauch) _ Z Z 108
Running Water (Snyder) __ in
Chtnning (Machgdoi _ in
Old Hop (Wlsneri __ _HI
FIFTH RACE—Purse $500: 4-yegr-oldt
and up: claiming: about 7 furlongs
Tom's Boy (Polk i. _ 100
Bromide (Munoai _ _ _ Z 108
Miss Patches (Root) _ __ HO
Dudley C. (Root) _ 1 in
Hard Chase <Lauch)__ __ Ho
Happy (Cualmano)_ inn
Morun (Palumbo) _ _ 110
Fredalva (Machado)_ _ 115
Cora Kay (Garrett) _ ion
Wise Money (M Berg)._ _ 115
Jobakhata (Machado). ' 115
Tell It (Root) 113
SIXTH RACE—Furse. $000: the Out
Lombardo; 3-year-olds and up; about 4\i
furlongs.
Nay Nay (Root) 114
a Trixie Lass (Machado) _ 102
a Royal Veil (Machado> inn
Teddy's Squaw (Garrett)__ inn
Highland Song (Terhune) log
Prince Turley (M. Berg) _ _ h •»
Edith Walker (Welch) ' 104
Stand B* (Munos) _ 10*
Brooke Herod (W Kirk) _ ' ion
Sea Dove (Mach-do) ion
Stool Pigeon (Palumbo).__ 115
a A. E. Pierce entry.
SEVENTH RACE—Purse. $5(10: claim
ing: 3-year-olda and up 1,’. miles.
Ellen Lane 1 Snyder) _ __ 103
Sambo Jones (Lauch)_ 112
Slempre (Leonard) ___112
Mary Wales (Laurln)_ 107
Plain Ace (Terhune) _ 112
Light Aetion (Machado)_115
Pukka Heaven (Tryon)_110
Star Sotclal (Root) _ ion
Porphyry (Palumbo)_ 115
EIGHTH RACE—Purse. $500; claiming;
4-rtar-olda and uo: IV. miles.
McDonald H. (Custmano)- 110
Amaaln (Root)_ _ 11A
Airway (Tryon) __110
IRateolet <Wlsner) ___HI
Miss Catalan (Mur01 >_log
Bay Wrack (Palumbo).. ... . __ I13
Dressmaker 1 Garrett>_ . Ill
Lucky Tur* (Coffman)_ lolL
Pocgy Dawn (Tryon)___110$
Witnesses Divide at Hearing
on Wage-and-Hour ,
Measure. J
BACKGROUND— M
Labor and Justice Departments^
drafted wage and hour legnlat-or®
several months ago; from these avd^t
other proposals present version oi I
Black-Connery bill was constructed^^
After validation of labor relation.®
set, Washington minimum wao^I
law and other Nero Deal measures
administration rushed present leg- ■
islation before Congress. 1
Open hearings are scheduled to '
end next Monday.
BY JOHN C. HENRY.
Outspoken disagreement over the
most effective means of achieving
Federal regulation of child labor In the
pending wage-and-hour bill developed
before the Senate and House Labor
Committees today.
By the bill as it now stands, such
regulation would be sought mainly
through application of the prison
goods law requirment of labeling, to
gether with a prohibition against ship
ment, under certain conditions, In
interstate commerce.
Today, however, several witnesses
joined m criticising this proposal and
suggested, instead, reliance on the
work certificate system of the 191«
child labor act.
Testimony was unanimous in favor
of continued efforts for adoption oX
the child labor amendment.
Miss Lenroet Heard.
mis* Kstnenne Lenroot, head of tha
Childrens Bureau, appeared first to
indorse the bin. Although not criticiz
ing Its present provisions, Miss Len
root did suggest more specific authori
sation of the certificate system.
In ner discussion of the problem
*he disclosed that recent studies In
non-agricultural pursuits show;
"A decided shift in the employment
of boys and girls under 1« from fac
tories. where child-labor abuses first
attracted public attention, to miscella
neous occupations in trade and service
industries, in which child labor is mor*
difficult to regulate than in large in
dustrial plants, snd in which the old
evils of long hours snd low wages per
sist
' Regardless of the kind of work,
however, the hours of work tended to
be long snd the wages low ” Miss Len
root continued "Nearly one-fourth
of the children under IS were found
to be working 60 hours a week or
longer, and only about one-third had
a work week of 40 hours or less.
Wage* as Low as It Weekly.
"Earnings were very low; the median
weekly wage for children under 18 was
only slightly over *4, and nearly one
fifth of the children earned leas than
$2 for a week's work.
"Information obtained by the Chil
dren's Bureau regarding the conditions
of work for boy* snd girls of 16 and
17 years indicates that in non-manu
facturing Job*, in which almost half
of the 16 *nd 17 year-old workers
were engaged, the median weekly earn
ings were only *6 30. and even in
manufacturing occupations half earned
lea* than *8.30 a week.
"Of the entire group of 18 snd IT
year-old workers, a fifth earned less
than (4 for a week's work: hours of
work tended to be long; 28 per cent
of the 16 snd 17 year-old worker* re
ported a work week of so hours or
mor*. It was significant, however,
that hour* of work were longer and
earning* lower for the children under
16 than for those 16 snd 17 year*
of age.
"The provisions of the pending bill,
administered on the principle of the
same minimum for men and women,
boys and girls, with properly safe
guarded provisions for learners and
apprentices, will not only eliminate
the labor of children under 16 In the
occupations covered, and under 18 In
especially hazardous occupations, but
will shorter the hours snd raise the
wages of those 16 snd 17 years of
age.
"The large portion of the children
engaged in intrastate industries makes
it essential that the movement for
completion of the child labor amend
ment be continued until ratification
by eight additional States is com
pleted."
Following Miss Lenroot, Mrs. Lam*
Brown of the National League of
Woman Voters indorsed the objectives
of the child labor provision, but ob
jected to their application by the
prison-codes principle of prohibiting
shipment Into States having regula
tions
“The administration of such a
principle would be extremely com
plicated," she said. "It would neces
sitate new legislation in all but three
States and might, therefore, hamper
ratification of the Federal child labor
amendment. It also is an unsound
governmental policy because it would
have the effect of setting up trade
barrier* among the State*."
The League of Women Voter*. Mrs.
Brown said, would prefer to have the
Children s Bureau sole administrator
of the child labor provisions instead
of its sharing responsibility with tha
proposed five-member board.
Urges Civil Serviee.
Mr*. Brown urged that all employes
of the administrative board be ap
pointed in accordance with civil serv
ice law*.
Likewise urging continuance of the
fight for the child labor amendment
and supplementary prohibition by law ,
Courtenay Dinwiddle of the National
Child Labor Committee joined in criti
cism of applying the prison-goods
principle as a means of such child
labor regulation.
' The assumption of a sound analogy
between the control of prison-made
goods and the control of child-made
goods is a fallacy,” Dinwtddie declared.
Instead he urged the effort should
be made through legislative provisions
similar to those of the 1916 child labor
law.
Lucy Randolph Mason of the Na
tional Consumers’ League also joined
with those advocating employment of
the work certificate system of the 1916
child-labor bill as most effective means
of regulating such labor.
Indorsing the wage and hour pro
visions, the witness took occasion to
answer one of the moat frequently
heard complaints about wage setting
William H. Collins, attorney for th#
Waltham Watch Co, appeared to ask
that the act either be made appli
cable to imported products or that
the Labor Standards Board be directed
to study the results of foreign com
petition under the act and report
findings to Congress.
Swiss competition, Collins said, has
driven all but three American makers
of jeweled watches out of business.
Speeding up their procedure to
eliminate reading of long statements
and lengthy questioning of witnesses,
the two committees today expected to
hear from 11 witnesses.