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CURATOR RETURNS
_
Dr. Anthony to Come Back
With Specimens—May
Make New Trip.
Sr the Associated Press.
GRAND CANYON, Ariz., Septem
ber 25.—Laden with a collection of
interesting small animal specimens,
Dr. Harold E. Anthony, mammalogy
Curator of the American Museum of
Natural History, prepared tonight to
descend from Shiva Temple.
• During his nine-day stay—about
half of which has been alone—Dr.
Anthony has collected rats, mice,
chipmunks, rabbits, squirrels and
similar small mammals, all of which
he said appeared "pale” in color.
Some idea as to the value of these
specimens may be determined when
he returns to the mainland with his
collection tomorrow. The species, he
Relieves, have been isolated from the
mainland by climatic conditions for
centuries.
May Require Months.
The really important biological
questions. Dr. Anthony has said, may
take months to work out.
‘‘It will require much time and
scientific study, involving compari
sons with mainland species of the
same animals to determine their
value,” he said.
While atop Shiva Temple, Dr. An
thony reported seeing mosquitoes and
ants half an inch long and dragon
flies, and finding archelogical remains
which indicated that Indians once
hunted game there.
Among the archeological findings
were stone knives and scrapers, and
crude ovens in which a native species
of yam apparently had been baked.
Walter A. Wood, jr„ of the Ameri
can Geographical Society, who de
scended from the precipitous heights
of Wotan's throne today, said he would
advise Dr. Anthony against attempting
the perilous climb.
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Wotan's throne is another "Island
in the Sky" plateau, 10 miles from
Shiva Temple.
Wood said he would make every
effort to dissuade Dr. Anthony be
cause the "steepest and most treach
erous sections of Shiva Temple's banks
do not compare with the easiest of
Wotan's Throne."
"We were on top of Watan's Throne
for only two hours,” he said. “No
extensive exploration was made of the
135-acre plateau. I am not qualified
to comment on any animal life that
may exist there, but the only signs
we saw were those of small animals.
No trace of deer was found on Shiva
Temple.”
Wood said it would be virtually im
possible to supply Dr. Anthony with
food and equipment should the latter
decline his advice and attempt to
scale Wotan’s Throne.
-•
TAX IS CALLED BAR
TO JOBS INCREASE
IT. S Chamber of Commerce Will I
Continue Fight on Federal
Corporation Levy.
By the Associated Press.
President George H. Davis of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States said yesterday a new survey i
showed the Federal tax on undis- I
tributed corporation surpluses was -
"one of the most important factors
now retarding an increase in em
ployment."
He said the tax reduces jobs, be
cause "'it restricts normal business
development and at the same time !
produces great unevenness in taxa
tion."
The chamber, he added, will con
tinue its fight at the next Congress
for revision or repeal of the tax.
He said the tax worked hard
ships on corporations with impaired
capital or indebtedness hindered
business in accumulating working cap
ital to finance increasing activity,
forced excessive dividends, Increased
cost of preparing income taxes and
hit hardest corporations least able
to pay.
Sought With Husbands
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Sylvia Bird, (left) and her sister, Barbara Bird., are shown
in party dresses as they attended a high school prom two
years ago. Today they are sought with their husbands. Frank
and Charles Bird, under indictment on bank robbery charges,
following the sensational escape of the men from the Cuyahoga
County (Ohio) Jail. Barbara is charged with smuggling guns
to her husband, Charles, which led to the jail break.
_—Wide World Photo.
Missionary Survives Visit
Among New Guinea Cannibals
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Tells of Taking Today's
Benefits to Stone Age
People.
Tales of primitive New Guinea
savages, who wear their hair in
"permanent waves,” eat worms and
occasionally each other and who until
six years ago, had never sene a white
man, were related today by the Rev.
W. G. Turner, Seventh Day Adventist
missionary leader recently assigned to
his denomination’s headquarters in
Takoma Park, Md.
Mr. Turner, an Australian of*Eng
lish parentage, has in the last two
years helped push the frontier of
civilization into the mountainous in
terior of New Guinea, where dwell half
a million negroid people whose cul
ture is that of the Stone Age. He
will speak of his experiences tomor
row in a radio talk over station WOL
at 4:15 pm. and at the Capitol
Memorial Church at 8 p.m.
Until 1931, when discovered by two
white miners in search of gold, the
Ramu natives believed themselves the
only people in existence. Pour years
later Mr. Turner and a few associates
penetrated the mountain strongholds
of this race by plane, introducing sani
tation. clothing, castor oil and other
"benefits" from the white man's
world, including 40 schools. He said
the natives were for the most part
amenable to such improvements.
Mr. Turner found a war-like people,
seemingly as lacking in religion of
any sort as in clothes. All wear their
hair in braids "more permanent than
any permanent wave devised in
America,” he said. Their weapons
are stone axes, sharpened to the keen
ness of steel, and long bows, equipped
with barbed stone arrows, with which
they can shoot to kill at 200 yards,
rhe men shave w'ith bamboo pincers,
picking out each whisker.
Small boys consider grub worms a
?reat delicacy, but the principal item
af diet is sweet potatoes, which the
savages cultivate in neat gardens. The
natives turned out to be cannibalistic
also, but had no designs on the mis
sionary party. Shells are used for
currency and personal adornment.
Like so many other primitive peoples,
she Ramu tribesmen are polygamous.
Conspicuous, said Mr. Turner, is
:he filth of these people, who never
permit water to touch their bodies
and are covered with the dirt of
tears, coagulated with pig’s fat
smeared over the skin as a protection
against the cold of the high altitude.
A RAMU NATIVE.
They live in low-roofed, round, grass
hovels. They are short of stature,
and generally healthy.
From infancy the Ramu natives are
taught to fight and to fight to kill.
There is much inter-tribal warfare,
and these savages have killed at least
a dozen white men, including two
Catholic priests. Mr. Turner's party
encountered no trouble, however, al
though conversation could be carried
only by gesticulation.
DRUG STORE ROBBED
Two Armed Colored Men Get $30
in Hold-Up.
Two armed colored men robbed a
drug store at South Capitol and I
streets of $300 shortly before midnight
last night after forcing the manager
and two clerks to lie on the floor in a
rear room.
John Whitstett, the manager, said
he was counting the day's receipts
when the men entered and command
ed him and his two attendants “to lie
down and keep still." Whitstett said
he could identify both men.
Earlier in the evening an armed
Adored bandit held up and robbed
Katie Rice. 1013 H street northeast,
of $5 as she was walking near Tenth
and I streets.
MRS. IDA DEXTER
DIES HERE AT 87
Memoirs of Days in West
With Prospector Husband
Left Unfinished.
Mrs. Ida Morton Dexter, 87, died
last night at her home, 1869 Mint
wood avenue, leaving unfinished
her memoirs of stirring days In the
Western mountains and plains with
her prospector husband. She had
begun the memoirs when 84.
A native of St. Johns, New Bruns
wick, Mrs. Dexter married the late
Timothy Dexter In Providence, R. I.,
in 1870, and went west with him.
Dexter, an engineer, was said to have
won the warm friendship of a tribe
of California Indians when he dug
them a well. They previously had
been forced to transport water many
miles by pack train.
Mrs. Dexter, who had lived here
for the last 12 years, is survived by
six children, Caroline M. Dexter of
New York, Howard W. Dexter of
Pittsburgh, Mrs. Mary Walton of
Washington, Mrs. George H. Sellers
of New York. Miss Isobel Gregory
Dexter of Washington and Arthur C.
Dexter of Seattle.
Funeral details have not been com
pleted,
PRESIDENT ANGELL
RETIRES FROM YALE
Opening of School Year Tomorrow
Will See Dr. Charles Seymour
in Chief Administration Post.
By the Associated Press.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., September 25.
—Yale University said farewell tonight
to the president who made the school
so big that alumni couldn’t recognise
the place.
Witty James Rowland Angell, author
of the ‘ residen
tuu f/iaa
which increased
the care pus to a
multitude of im
posing buildings, j
was stepping into ■
retirement.
When the new
school year begins
tomorrow his
place will _ be
filled by one of
his chief assist
ants, Dr. Charles
Seymour, provost
. \ J . James K. An«fl|.
years of the An
geli administration and third of his
family to hold the president's past.
Although he will not be formally
installed until Friday, October 8. at
a university chapel service, the new
Yale head has been in charge since
the close of the school's 236th aca
demic year last June.
Yale students will welcome the
new chief on Wednesday, breaking
a custom to do so. Usually a new
Yale president speaks to the fresh
man class soon after the college year
opens. This time upper classmen
will invade the frosh assemblage to
listen, too.
SEA MAIL CONTRACT
SETTLED BY COMMISSION
1 Bj the Associated Press.
The Maritime Commission announced
Yesterday it has settled the ocean mail
contract of the American Mail Line,
Seattle. Wash., a Dollar Line affiliate,
by mutual release of all claims of the
Government and the contractor.
The line, which operates between
Seattle and the Orient, had executed a
temporary operating subsidy agree
ment which became effective yester
day and will run for six months unless
terminated by the commission, officials
said.
The settlement brought to 25 the
number' of companies which have ef
fected agreements. Still unadjusted
are contracts with the Dollar Line,
the Munson Line, United Fruit Co.
and the American Line.
C. OF C. TO DISCUSS
'MARYLAND CHY
Proposal Will Come Before
Prince Georges Trade Body
Tomorrow Night.
*» a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
COLLEGE PARK, Md.f September
25.—The proposed “Maryland City,"
which for 10 years has been envi
sioned by many prominent leaders in
Prince Georges County to combine 10
towns bordering the District of Co
lumbia under a common administra
tion, will be the chief topic of dis
cussion at the meeting of the Prlnoe
Georges County Chamber of Com
merce at the Lord Calvert Inn here
at 8 p.m. Monday.
The proposal for the merging of
municipal activities into one city fol
lowed the issuance of a report by the
National Resources Committee in
which it was suggested that the Dis
trict of Columbia extend police, fire,
sanitation and education facilities
into Maryland. The suggestion met
with almost unanimous opposition in
the suburban areas.
First offered in 1927, the Mary
land City idea Anally was abandoned
when the various towns could not
reach a workable agreement. It was
recalled by leaders in the movement
that each of the 10 towns sought to
retain the balance of political power.
Maryland City, under the present
plan, would call for the establishment
of one city government, under a
city manager, at as near the cepter
of population as possible. This would
bring into being a common police and
Are department instead of the pres
ent 10 separate units. The area in
volved in the proposal covers ap
proximately seven miles and has a
population of about 35,000. When
the proposal was Arst made in 1927
the population was slightly more than
20.000.
To clarify sentiment on the Mary
land City proposal as opposed to the
suggestion of District extension into
Maryland, the Prince George* County
Municipal Association is expected to
hold a meeting of town official* aoon
according to Edward B. Dunford, sec
retary. Dunford said the time and
place for the meeting has not been
decided.
Better Flats Favored.
Steel flats with modern conveniences
and low rents are recommended by the
English Ministry of Health Committee.
Issued in London, the report favors
bigger and brighter rooms, automatic
elevators, central. heating, constant
hot water, noise and fireproof walls
and special cooking equipment. The
committee estimates that a three-room
flat could be built for S1.42S and rent
ed for 12.50 a week.
Greenbelt.
<Continued From First Page.!
announced recently, “to secure the
most economical operation for a town
of this size, only one shop of each
kind has been included in the com
mercial center.”
To avoid “monopolistic abuse,” a
lease agreement has been entered into
. by the administration with the Con
sumer Distribution Corp.. a non-profit
organization founded by Edward A.
Filene, the Boston merchant and phi
lanthropist. --
“No profits will be retained by the
corporation,” the F. S. A. explained,
“but will accrue to the benefit, of the
inhabitants of the town.” It was
added:
“The agreement stipulates that the
commercial enterprises may be turned
over to co-operatives organized by the
residents if they desire to accept this
responsibility. The tenants them
selves. under the terms of the lease,
will eventually determine how the
stores and the facilities w'ill be op
erated. The Consumer Distribution
Corp. has nothing whatever to do
with the operation and management
of the residential properties or with
the administration of the town.”
There is a two-story community
building which will serve as an ele
mentary school in the daytime and
as a social and recreational center
at night. High school classes also
will be taught here until a high
school building Is completed, which
should be by February. To the west
of the town center is a large lake,
created by a dam just built.
Transportation Promised.
Adequate transportation to Wash
ington has been promised. The Cap
ital Transit Co., it was revealed yes
terday, is negotiating with the Farm
Security Administration for contract
- payments for furnishing these facili
. ties.
E. D. Merrill, president of the
company, filed a petition with the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
which must approve the operation, and
, likewise notified the District Public
Utilities Commission.
The plan is to extend the East
J Washington suburban bus line of the
t company from Edmonston road and
Jefferson avenue in East Riverdale,
► Md„ to Greenbelt.
Merrill asked the I. C. C. to con
• aider the application as an emergency,
since the project was about to open
and the first families would need
transportation.
There will be 885 homes. Of these,
574 are units in group houses. All
but 16 of these are two-story resi
dences. There are 306 apartments and
5 detached houses.
Monthly rentals will range from
$18 to $41, with an average of $31.23
a unit, including hot water. The
average monthly cost per room is $5.90,
without heat and other utilities. It
is estimated the average family will
pay $1.21 a month for water and $3.18
for electricity.
Residents Restricted.
Residents will be restricted to fami
lies with incomes ranging each from
$1,000 to $2,000 a year. In some cases
an individual or couple making less
than $1,000 may be accepted, while a
family of five or six with Income as
high as $2,200 will be considered.
To date there have been approxi
mately three applicants for every
dwelling. The weeding-out process is
still going on, but the first-approved
families soon will be announced.
Several considerations, in addition
to the income bracket of the applicant,
are weighed. First of all is his need
for better housing. If his family is
badly housed at present, he will get
the preference, assuming other fac
tors are equal. But the breadwinner
also should have a steady job and
good references, for the F. S. A. wants
families that will pay their rent and
meet their bills promptly.
Children are another important ele
ment. Naturally the couple with sev
eral children need adequate housing
more than the childless couple. Yet
families containing more than six
members will not be taken — the
largest units are considered limited
to that capacity—and some couples
without children can be accommo
dated in the one-and-a-half-room
units. And single persons will not be
entirely barred.
A registration statement issued yes
terday revealed that 2,416 eligible
families had applied for the 885
homes at Greenbelt. The size of these
families was divided as follows:
Forty-three, one member; 610, two
members; 828, three; 57S, four; 233,
five, and 123, six.
The applicants included 2,109 mar
ried couples, 134 single persons and
173 divorced or widowed.
There were 1,781 in Government
employ and 635 in private jobs. The
administration has announced it will
not discriminate between Federal and
private workers, but will choosf? those
held most needy and worthy of aid.
The incomes ranged from below $1,
000 for 70 to $2,200 for 7. The largest
number, 479, earned between $1,400
and $1,499, while 471 had incomes of
$1,600 to $1,699.
The applicants include 1.928 resi
dents of the District. 380 with homes
in Maryland, 107 living in Virginia
and 1 elsewhere.
Must Work in Washington.
The breadwinners of families ap
proved must work in Washington, but
they may live outside the District,
Many of them are from areas in the
District regarded as slums.
Among those who have registered.
693 have furniture, 124 have not, and
there is no information concerning
the household possessions of 1,599
others. -■
The 2,416 families all were held
eligible to register. There had been
a total of 3.982 families which had
applied by Thursday, but 40 per cent
of these were ruled out at th> start
as ineligible. The 2.416 are still in
the running, though almost two-thirds
of them will be eliminated in the final
selection.
This $14,000,000 Government proj
ect—assailed in the Senate and House
as an exorbitant expense and defended
by other Senators and Representatives
as representing value received—was
started in the Pall of 1937.
It was launched, as a Resettlement
Administration announcement at the
time said, “For families of modest
income and arranged and managed so
as to encourage a family and com
munity life whiclv will be better than
they now enjoy, but which will not in
volve subjecting them to coercion or
theoretical and untested disci
pline * *
Greenbelt. Is situated 7 miles from
the District line, about 2 miles from
Berwyn, Md.
COOD OIL,
IS THE LIFE BLOOO
OFAMOIOJt
Those fortunate
enough to own one
regard it with pride
| and affection. Its gori
©us TONE is the re
sult of painstaking
craftsmanship. The
Knabe which you se
lect today represents
! a century of con
tinued development
and improvement. j
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“Can You Spare a Bite?”
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Don’t look now sonny, but you’re going to share that ‘'jelly
apple” soon because Minnie’s manner of approach c&n’t be
denied. Right now she is getting ready to “tap” his shoulder
with her nose to announce her presence. Later the youngster
glanced around, took one look at that woe-begone expression
and unselfishly parted with the delicacy. Picture made in
London._ —Wide World Photo.
IEWS’ PLACE IN HISTORY
PRAISED BY GEN. HINES
Serve Nation Faithfully in War
and in Peace, Veteran#’ Leader
Declare# in Address.
By the Associated Press.
ASBURY PARK. N. J„ September
25 —Tracing the history of American
Jewry, Brig. Oen. Frank T. Hinea,
national administrator of veterans'
affairs, said to
night that "Our
military and civil
annals prove
that in war and
in peace the
Jews of the I
United States 1
have served their ■
country faithful
ly and with dis
tinction.”
"Who knows I
but what the I
Unknown S o 1 - I
dier, resting in I
1X1 A X X U1 K Will, _ . _
may himself be Br,,‘ G,B‘ HlnM
a Jew?” he asked in a speech pre
pared for delivery before the forty
second national encampment of the
Jewish War Veterans of the United
States.
‘‘Our Jewish citizens,” he said,
‘‘have contributed much in interest,
effort and funds to the general wel
fare of the country, to its industry
and commerce and to its development
in science and the arts, thereby iden
tifying themselves with fundamental
elements in the progress of our coun
try—in other words, they are being
good citizens.”
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lakes in Australia.
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