Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1926, Page 13

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D 13 FERGUSONS DRAW FIGHT METAPHOR “Farmer Jim” Compares Moody With Firpo in First Round of Battle. [ 4 Br the Assnciutad Prees. TEMPLE, Tex., August 21.—A pugilistic metaphor was used by the Fergusons to describe the Texas Democratic gubernatorial campaign In opening the run-off race here to- night for Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson in her old home town. Speaking before a crowd of their own neighbors. Gov. Ferguson out lined her fundamental planks in a brief address, and James E. Fergu- #on, her husband, filled in the detalls of the platform in the traditional Fer. gusonian campaign manner. Mr. Ferguson drew on the padded arena. and the leather mitts for his descriptive simile. comparing Mrs. Ferguson to Champion Dempsey and Dan Moody, her opponent. to Luis Firpo. the erstwhile contender from Argentina. Draws Fight Parallel. “This campaign has its funny side s well as its serfous.” he said. "It reminds me of great pugilistic contest betteen the champion. Demp- ®ey, and the South American kid, Firpo. You will uber that in that ficht. it looked for a short time As though the uthful contender had the the second round the nder waded into his an bheat voung triumph of youth and iznorance “So. in this contast Dan Moody * * * people’s champion and for 2 moment or victorious. A few days his fricnds were sure that he had won the contest for the governorship. The champion paused for a moment only to catch her breath, and she is again back in the and with the rising tide of an zed public opin- fon. again is winning a. contest which will typify or 1 brains and courage ov {gnorance.” Opposes Ku Klux Klan. whipped and standstiil—a in and courage over the youthfi has charged the vour Making her onl ‘h of the -un-off eamp hich ends h the prin balloting next Sat urday, Mrs. | son. who preceded her husband, said the reason she had changed her mind about withdrawing from the campaizn. as she had an- nounced she would do two davs after tha July 24 priaary, was hecause she did not intend to un opposed » Ku Klux Klan.' Mr. ¥ id that the i were: Fo vs. Ku Kluxism, Moocdyism ection. Moody fem vs. or schools and roads The for governor charged a number s in the first primary, « at the ballot boxes had be stuffed by ihe Ku Klux Klan.” Court investigation as sible was promised by the former governor. PARK CARS IN SKYSCRAPER. Ingenious Mechanism Gives Chi- cago a 22-Story Garage. Prom the Populsr Mechanics Magaz: e space ing unti determines wh: floor ing the designation ¢ d and glves it 1o the laim che the ke pletes electri com age rack ors open in tilting the «d to the stor 1 storage the ed bill f the ¢ nserts it i board To remove a pwner receives a 1 shier and pres 6 an attendant, who lock on t svmbols « aim key the “tions ton a signed and atically comes clevator. The a ticket to wtor to the t stops at auto- pulls plat- t the that floor, matically ‘open handle which form on the s rear a elevator f to the grc away Adv | while or removing it from the rtection against theft building. and elimi Successful Merchants. §. & Kresge, the chain store mag nate, has t given $23.000,000 to char storekeepers go, Mr Kresge ¥ well fixed—although 30 yea he was a poor man. His ear for his 300 stores went 00,000 and his net more Hardward Magazi 1im the foremost mer Ame: chandiser 1 Cocoa Not Harmful. There is a prevailing but erroneous jdea that som wpes of cocoa con tain alkalis wi e harmful to the an If this werae the case :xmsu h a could be offered for sale under the food and drugs act. The misconception s probably due to the I that an “alkall treatment” art of the process of manu Dutched” or “Dutch proc- The word alkali prob- to many people the such as lye or soda, d for household clean- ing. small amounts of very mild alka says the Progressive Grocer Magazine, are used in making this type of coc Glass 7Tiut Bends. Two Austrian scientists have pro- duced a glass that hounces, that may ha bent and can be carried about in iquid form like wate: : q’;'xh]u invention, suys the Good Hard- ware Magazine, is a product of the rondensation of formaldehyde and ‘urea, and has amazing properties. In its liquid state it is crystal clear, but s actually more like glue than water. When heated to a certaln temperature it becomes olid, with the appearance and transparency of or- «inary glass. is one facturi! Jersey Folk Rebel At Dodging Shots Meant for Leopard By the Associated Press. RED BANK, N. J., August 21.— Farmers of Middletown, Rumford and Atlantic Highlands plan te take steps officlally to check the long continued hunt for the leopard that escaped from the Twinbrook Zoo several weeks ago. They don't fear the leopard, but they dislike the hundreds of bullets that excited hunters are showering about the vicinity without regard to the tillers of the fields. 'SOME GOVERNMENT 0BS GO BEGGING Technical Positions Pay Lower Salaries Than Do Outside Posts. Few Government jobs g0 begging. but those that do give civil service officials just about the maximum of trouble. Applicants with sufficient ability ‘simply won't stay on. some jobs. Contrary to the belief of those who have been unable to secure Govern ment posts in the last vear because of President Coolldge's now famous “Two Per Cent Club.” consisting of those department heads who are ef fecting a 2 per cent reduction in per- sonnel as an economy measure. there » some -elvi. service jobs that actu have gone begging for as long as two vears A check-up made yvesterday by B. A. Brande, chief of the certification section of ‘the Civil Service Commis sion. revealed that there are now avallable a half hundred jobs, some of them paying good salaries, as Gov- ernment salaries go. Examinations for one of these posts have been held 70 times in the past two vears, and still the vacancy has not been filled. Salary Chief Drawback. 1d story of salary in most responsibilities of the posts re- strict applicants to highly trained per- sons who, however, can obtain better ies .in non-Government positions. Most of the vacant posts referred to are of a technical nature. Junior engineers are in the greatest demand, and there are always vacan- cies to be filled. These junior en- ®ineers start at $1.860, and have varied flelds open to them, including we in agricultural, chemical, irri- gation, drainage, highway, mining and structural lines. These jobs require a college engineering degree or an quently vacant is cartographic engineer for the Geodetic Survey, paving Five examinations also have 1d in the last two vears to ob. nautical assistants for the Bu : Vigation. None are needed at present, however. One of the most to fill troublesome jobs nd keep filled is that of an t chief marketing specialist responsible post with the of Agriculture paying art and with promotion to necialist is needed as a on committee to pass on the grade of cotton linters i many celluloid products Ticulty here.” Mr. Brande tplained, “is that cotton men quali- ed to pass judgment on cotton lint- n make many times the salary offered by the Government and would b ve to work but one cotton season ad of the vear around as they would with us.” Requirements for this post are Ligh. Tn addition to a college degree, the applicant must have had at least six vears' experience in handling and wding linters, Ale with this job is that of marketing specialist for similar work at an entrance salary of $3.000 and 1 advance to a possible $3.600. Medical Aides Needed. Chemists also are needed. aminatic Six ox- < had to be held in the past two s before all posts were filled According 1o civil service officials, there nearly always are vacancles in the medical and dietetic departments f the Veterans' Rureau and the ic Health Service. ietitians, who receive frora §1.680 to £2,040. must meet a host of require. nts, including a two-vear college ourse, training in chemistry, biolog ical science. food preparation and other dietetic lines and must have at least three mon¢hs' experience in a hospital. Physiotherapy aides also are in perennial demand. They are pald from $1.320 to $1.650 and staff aldes $4 830 ta §2,040. Occupational therapy aides. also in demand, are rated from $1.650 to $2.040. Medical officers who have special- ized in tuberculosis, or eve, ear. nose and throat, may find places with the ¥ Bureau at $3,800. How- applicants have taken the examinations. records show. With all the teachers being turned out by normal schools the Civil Sery- “ompission has great difficulty in ing a teacher of home eco- nics for the Indian Field Service at 10 to §1,560 sala Luxemburg Farms. Luxemburg is a country of small landowners and of farmers tilling their own holdings. The total area of land devoted to agriculture is about 500000 acres, and of this amount 430.000 acres are farmed by resident proprietors. Individual farms number 40.000, of which 15.000 are s than 1'% acres in extent. 9.800 E between 1% and 6 acres and 7,000 others are less than 12 acres. Teach Women Self-Support. A professional school for women has been established at Ta Paz by the Bolivian government in response to a vigorous campaign conducted by women's clubs and socleties. Tts cu riculum is to include all subjects bear- ing on homemaking and others calcu- lated to enable a woman to maintain herself when on her own resources. No public school of this kind has existed in Bolivia heretofore. Ko i Downstairs Logie. There are some very peculiar quirks in the human make-up. One of them is that you can get people to go downstairs more easily than upstairs —yet in the end they must trudge the sarmge number of steps whether they go down first or last. The successful merchant, says the Good Hardware Magazine, must take all of these human peculiarities into consideration In case there is a choice between a salesroom .n the basement or second floor, it is hest to give preference to the basement. Wi"ll Leave Canal Zone. Col. Thomas F. Dwyer, Coast Ar- tillery Corps, in the Panama’Canal Zone, has heen assigned to the 10th Coast Artillery, with station at Fert Adams, R. 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