Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1930, Page 5

NAVY WAGE BOARDS i- TOBE APPOINTED Present Issue Thought Dead, | Although More Discussion F Planned. ‘While talk of the tariff and unem- loyment goes on apace, commandants the various naval shore establish- ts are ‘getting ready to appoint 16 1 boards to assess the wage soales in various sections of the eoun- &Y, 30 that the Secretary of the Navy y be advised what salary workers in Wy yards and other shore stations . be paid during the calendar Wear 1931, JIn naval circles the proposal ad- inced earlier in the year by labor lead- to have the Secretary reopen the Wage question for the current year is mow considered dead. Secretary Adams dissolved the Navy Wage Board of Re- view and directed that the same wages Be continued at naval shore stations this year as prevailed in the last cal- endar year. The local wage boards in the 16 dis- tricts are due to convene about the mid- dle of August, and they will confer th various committees to ascertain e wage scale being paid in other ‘in- dustries in their own localities. Data will be collected on wage in represent tive lines of work, to be presented later to the Navy Department for study by | the Navy'’s Wage Board of Review. Local Board Powers Wide. The wage board to be appointed by Capt. Claude C. Bloch, the new com- mandant of the Washington Navy Yard, will investigate wage conditions, not only in Washington. but in this vicin- igy—at the Naval Torpedo Station at xandria, Va.; at the Naval Proving Ground at Dahlgren, Va.: at the Naval Powder Factory at Indian Head, Md.; at the Naval Research Laboratory at evue, D. C.: at the Naval Air Sta- at Anacostia; at the Marine Bar- racks at Quantico, Va., and at the Naval Hospital here. Information on salaries of office workers, as well as the skilled trades and unskilled workers, will be ascertained for this section of the country and forwarded later to the Navy Department for perusal by .the Navy Wage Board of Review. which will hear spokesmen for the various trades present their cases, to supplement writ- ten information. Secretary Adams will name this Navy ‘Wage Board of Review to advise him on wage conditions over the country, f committee in charge, is presenting Johnson with tickets. Shires and Dr. Joseph D. Rogers. Shires assured Dr. Rogers that he'd be there to “pep up the'party.” Walter Johnson yesterday accepted on behalf of the Washington Senators an invitation to attend the Casualty Hos- | pital outing Tuesday night on the steamer City of Washington. ‘In the photograph, J. Mitchelt Owens, chairman of the Left to right: Fred A. Smith, Mr. Owens, Walter Johnson, Art —Star Staff Photo. BOATTRIPT0 AID CASUALTY BENEFIT Dinner Will Be Served Aboard City of Washington Before - Potomac Jaunt. and this group will go over the 16 boards’ reports and determine the scales in various sections of the Nation. * The Navy Wage Board of Review, which will convene about November 1, will likely consist of Capt. Yancey S. ‘Williams, aide to the Secretary of the ®iavy, with relation to navy yards, as the al officer; F. S. Curtis, chief clerk of the Navy Department; William D. Bergman, chief of the appointment division, Navy Department, and John P. Frey, secretary-treasurer of the Metal Trades Union of the American FPederation of Labor, as the labor mem- ber. As Capt. Williams has been in Washington for a long time and is rep- Tesented as being anxious to get a ship, it is doubtful at this time if he will be in the National Capital during the lat- ter part of the year to take part in the board’s deliberations. . Plan Prevailing Wage. ‘The review board will lay before Sec- fetary Adams information on the vari- ous wage scales, =o that the cabinet efficer may determine what should be paid to civilian personnel at naval shore stations during the coming year. There are some 46,000 civilian "em- wyu of navy yards in the naval serv- ., and while some reduction in num- bers are taking place, the wages of the eat majority of these will be affected the deliberations of the boards that are to convene shortly. Officials at the Navy Department explained yesterday that the policy is to make sure that the Navy will pay the wage scale pre- valling in each locality, so that the Government will not be taking men sway from private industry, due to a higher wage level, and vice versa. COLLEGE COMMITTEE MAKES PLANE TESTS . Long Island Study of Types Would Give Public Information About Flying Qualities. By the Associated Press. GARDEN CITY, Long Island, June 21.—A committee of professors from | universities and technical scnools of the United States today conducted the | first of a serles of tests at Curtiss- | Wright Pield designed to give the pur- chasing public accurate knowledge of the powers of practically every airplane manufactured in the United States, The tests are being conducted under the direction of the Aeronautical Chu ber of Commerce. The object i to p vide authentic information whicn a: plane manufacturers may incorporat their advertising and which tne Lub- Yc will know is neither exaggerated nor sed. The first plape tested today was €hosen by lot. Tests made made for minimum speed with the motor on and off, stability, durability and every other quality an airplane should have The testing committee was by Prof. Alexander Klemin of .New York University. Other members in- eluded Dr. Clark B. Millikan, California Institute of Technology: Maj. William A. Bevan, lowa State College; Piut. F. Astalker, University of Mlchlgan‘ Prof, ‘Bradiey Jones, University of Cinclrira®! and Prof. J. W. Miller, University of ‘Washington, Seattle: "mmu of the headed tests will be announced ‘ednesday by the Aeronautical Cham- ber of Commerce. ————— . JAPANESE PRINCE , PLEADS FOR PEACE Peers President Says Three Nations Can Maintain World Amity. By the Asiociated Press VICTORIA, British Columbia, June 31.—Prince Iyesato Tokugawa, president of the Japanese House of Pee Ar- rived here today. He said: “World peace can never be assalled with the United Btates, Great Britain and Japan stand- Ing together. “Japan desires to be friendly with other countries and has been always to the forefront in her endea o bring about international amity,” said the Tokugawa is en route to the inter- parliamentary union conference in Loa- don in July. HOTEL MEN ELECT ¥ay Thomas of -Roanoke, Va., to Head Tri-State Association. WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., June 21 (). ~3pay M. Thomas of Roanoke, Va., was re-clected president of the Tri-State Hotel Association at the closing session i s Vireine totaz. . ouR Cagolina ay. Eugene R. , Winchester, Va., stituted for the | Final. preparations are being made | for the Casualty Hospital benefit trip | down the Potomac River Tuesday night on the steamer City of Washington. | Arrangements for the trip are in the | hands of a committee headed by J.| Mitchell Owens, assisted by Fred A. Smith. | At 6 pm. a blue plate dinner will be | served aboard the boat. It will leave | the Seventh atreet wharf two ‘hours | later. | Dance musie will be furpished by an | orchestra under the leadership of Happy | Walker, who also will act as master of | ceremonies. Fourteen specialty acts by well known local entertainers, who are donating their services through the Edith Reed Entertainment Bureau, have been provided to enliven the trip. Additional entertainment will be fur- nished by the Hudlow sisters. It was also announced that’ Walter Johnson and members of the Washington ball team will attend. Fred Emery, president of the Society of Natives of the District of Columbia, | has announced that his organization | will attend the outing in a body. The | rip on the steamer has been sub- regular Summer picnic of the society, ! ‘The use of the steamer and the pro- | ceeds from all concessions aboard have | been donated to the hospital by the ‘Wilson Lines, Inc. | Casualty Hospital has been conduct- | ing a campaign for. $50,000, the money | to be used in retiring part of the in- | indebtedness . on its new building and for the purchase of additional equipment. HUNGARIAN. DRYS } FACE STONY PATH Agriculture Minister Promotes Sale | of Wine as Weélfare Leader | Fights Liquor Using. ! L | | By the Associated Press. BUDAPEST, - Hungary, June 21.— Hungarian temperance ' leaders taday admitted that prohibition in Hungary | will have a long and difficult road to travel. Gathering in a general assembly to protest against a recently organized government competition for the best method of pushing the sale of Hun- garian wines. the leaders. of the Fed-. eration of Abstinence Societies eited what they described as the benefits of prohibition in the United States. Martin Lanyi, former lord lleutenant of the district of Pecs! made a long address accusing the minister of agri- culture of promoting the sale of wines while the minister of social welfare was sponsoring - -propaganda - against - the consumption of alcoholic lquors. GRANT TO GOULD CASINO | BRINGS LAW SUIT TO NICE| o | Municipal Casino Franchise Made Basis for Clafm of Millions on By the Associated Press. NICE. Prance, June' 31.—Contending . | Lost Gaming Monopoly. ‘ | {4bat the city .of Nige had no legal right to grant a charter to Prank Jay Gould's Casino de Medieterranee, and that the | opening of the new establishment has | seriously hurt its business, the local Municipal Casino is suing the city for $12,500,000 damages. This is the largest suif ever entered in the Riviera courts. The Municipal that, in 1879, Casino contends it was granted an 80- year franchise, under the terms of which the city agreed not to grant further gambling privileges which would tend to affect its business prospects. ‘The authorities contend that - they: acted within their rights, since chang- | \nlq:ondiuom and the growth of Nice | made, toom. for, two large gambling | extabishments Actually the 'c\ty‘ hu’x seven at, present. | POPULATION OF TEXAS NEARS 6,000,000 MARK By the Associated Press. | DALLAS, Tex., June 21—A Texas,| population of just less than 6,000,000 | was the prospect tonight when the As- | sociated Press compiled census returns | from 225 of the 254 counties. The 225 counties which had com- pleted their returns showed 5,097,457 residents, as against a total for Texas of 4,663,228 in the 1920 census. The 10-year increase of the counties ‘which had reported was slightly more than 25 | per_cent. West Texas and the Rio Grande Va ley were the sections which revealed the greatest | population ~ iricreases. The growth of c Was more pronoun than that ot countles. treasurer, and C. was re-elected rer, mlnrry largest e3ecutive seeretary, From the Front Row Reviews and News of Wash;nyton‘s Theaters. | ““The Florodora Girl” Amusing Glimpse of “Gay Nineties.” RANDMOTHER'S wardrobe is given an airing this week at Loew's Palace. It is, in fact, the stellar part of the latest Marion Davies film, “The Florodera Girl."” Beginning with the “under- panties,” and traveling upward and outward to such_accessories as leg-of-mut- ton sleeves and billowy hats, each change of costume may be counted upon for a hearty laugh, which perhaps. has its culmination in the bathing suit, otherwise this.picture is a stilted, awk- ward picturiza- tion of “the gay nineties” that i3 Marion Davies. Often funny but ‘at no time as funny as it ought to be. Here is told the tale of the only member of the famous “Florodora Sextette.” Daisy (Marion Davies), Who didn't have a beau. (Was there ever such a one, grandpa?) She Tid have a very “lowbrow” young man, who took her for bicycle rides. But, unlike the other girls, she was never given jewelry or escorted from the stage door by a silk-hatted young man to a coach and four, a horse and buggy—or what have you. ‘Then suddenly one day “love flew in at the window,” in the form of the most notorious “lady-killer” in New York. A rich, handsome, swell and perfectly elegant gentieman, who made all sorts of advances to the fair Daisy. One particular ad- vance, however, was 100 much, for Daisy vowed she would ‘“never speak to him again.” Shortly after- ward she consented to be his wife— he hadn't suggested such a nice thing before—then she broke off the engagement to please hismother— and then, finally—well, you must guess the 'end. Whatever is happening in this film, it is the gay whimsical spirit of the past century that makes it really sprightly. Some of the old songs are heard at a jolly pienic “outing,” .there is a wonderful auto- mobile which shakes Daisy almost out of her seat in going at the fear- ful speed of 12 miles an hour, and there are wigs, headdresses, bustles and pufied sleeves to provide some of the best of the amusement Miss Bavies is spottily funny and coy as Daisy; Lawrence Gray is a smiling ard genial “foil,” and Walter Catlett, saying “Johnny has come home” and attending to Daisy's unbuttoned frock at the ball, is cerjainly the most hilarious part of the film. A novel stage concoction 1§ pre- sented, with Henry Bergman and his Black Sheep besporting, themselves to the obvious approval of the audience, and Dick Liebert offering his “Dream Train” a distinctive and popular novelty. Other’ items on_ the bill ‘include newsreels, the Palace Qrchestra and “Killing the Killer,” ‘one of the most exciting of animal pictures, shown not so long ago at another local picture house . <. E.de S M. . Byrd Films at Columbia A Magnificent Achievement. “HE pictures of the Byrd expedi- tion -are almost supernatural in their beauty. They are, besides, a genuinely thrillifg record of oné of the most spectacular expeditions of modern times. Even if constant newspaper reports * and publicity have made this sort of thing seem tame, a few minutes at Loew's Co- lumbia theater. where these pictures are being shown, will suffice to con- vince one that such was certainly * not the case in “Little America.” Willard Van der Veer and Joseph Rucker, the Paramount cameramen who are responsible for “With Byrd at the South Pole” deserve the greatest measure of praise. ‘They have not only filmed the most im- portant occurences in this “anti- + tropical” haven with an eve for beauty and worth, but they have turned the whole ‘thing into an ex- . Gtipg and humanly moving record of man's battle against the elements, Long as is the picture, it never be- comes tiresome. It is in fact, the most complete and compelling photographic panarama of polar ex- ploration ever shown. - The final version, which was .cut from 30 miles of camera exposure, has been adroitly handled by the amount staff, and in its present form includes a rhusical accompani- ment that is at all times effective. Only when the voice of Floyd Gib- bons is made to come suddenly from the screzn at the climatic beginning of the plane’s dash to the pole is a false note sounded. Up until this moment, the film had been progress- ing_sometimes calmly, more _often excitingly, building up to the final episode when Byrd is to fly across the Pole. Then, without warning, Gibbons takes command of the situation, and, in a voice reproduced with a harsh nasal tang, recounts the events as the plane leaves Little a- Byrd drops the American flag out of mmmm:am-g‘m of the world. Luckily, this vocal misfit s muted until these last few thrilling moments. It is impossible to give even a suggestion of the most interesting highlights in this film. It is all good—every bit of it.. And the ex: plorers, with the “commander” their helm, make splendid actors. That they have accomplished “more than they set out to do” can be readily seen in this record of their trials” and tribulations. It was no pink-tea party down there on the quaking polar ice fields. For six months they were shrouded in dark- ness. That they came back. whole and hearty, every one of them, is a splendid achievement. And so is their film—which every one should see. E. de 8. M., Hersholt's “Mamba” Well Acted at R-K-O Keith’s. MAMBA, the deadly snake of the East African jungles, comes to the National Capital this week, on the screen, at R-K=O Keith's, where Jean Hersholt, a mamba in the flesh, plays a great role as the villain in & magnificent Tiffany technicolor production entitled “Mamba.” Eleanor Boardman and Ralph Forbes co-star with Hersholt in this tale of human fangs and venom and rise to triumphs of dramatic art. The story is rather overdone and bits of the acting may be exagger- ated, but the whole combines into a splendid production, beautiful in carefully blended coloring. Director Al Rogell has exhibited the touch of & master in lifting this story of F. Schumann-Heink and John Rein- hardt from the ranks of the ordinary into the spectacular. One finds something rather Beery- esque in Hersholt, but there is no copying of Wallace's methods of act- ing, as each is a star in his own right. However, Hersholt is made up to look a good deal like Beery did in his earlier production and as a villain he equals any of the best bits that Beery has produced. Eleanor Boardman’s portrayal of the impoverished nobleman’s daugh ter again brings the laurels of drama to her. Sold into bondage as the wife of Hersholt, the dread “king” of an East African post, who is de- spised by the whites and hated by the natives, she has a difficult role to cprry at times. There is vivid contrast between the villainy of Hersholt and the noble character of his “bought” bride. Forbes, cast in the role of the Ger- man officer who long has been an enemy of Hersholt, provides, with Eleanor Boardman, the love interest of the story. On her honeymoon trip to East Africa she meets him and hears from him a bitter denun- ciation of her husband, although he did not know she had been wedded to the mamba. The villainous hus- band’s boast that whatever he owned bore his mark—that of the whip— lays the setting for the climax. The human “Mamba,” to heap fuel upon the flames of native hatred he had kindled, kills a na- tive woman who had been bothering him. Exciting events follow-in quick succession as the story unrolls. The post to which the bride has been taken, garrisoned by the Germans, is torn by the declaration of war between England and Germany; friends of yesterday become foes and to complicate matters, the natives open hostilities to get Hersholt and _the story ends in his dramatic death at the hands of the natives. with the near sacking of the fort by the rebellious tribesmen, held at bay by Forbes and a few troops just long enough for the British to rescue them .and take the German officer and’ his sweetheart as prisoners of war, safe from either the perlls of WAr of of the “Mamba.” ‘Where the story weakens, the acting and the splendid coloring save the production, which is well worth seeing if only for these hwg“k D.J. K. Girl Gang Caught in Berlin. Led by a miss of 15 a gang of six | girls, all under 21, who specialized in plundering Berlin stores and shops, was recently rounded up by the police. They usually stole wearing apparel, especially quantities of stockings and, like veteran crooks, the movements of one thief was covered, by the other gang girls. All have lost elther father or mother or are children of divorced parents. MAIN OFFICE—6th & C Sts. | factorles and CORCORAN GALLERY MERITS OUTLINED Director Minnigerode, in Re- port, Stresses Need of Ex- tension and Improvement. Although a visit to the Corcoran Gallery of Art is on the program of nearly every visitor to Washington, young and old alike, and although the resulting impression is in most minds well worth the effect, neverthless offi- clals of the institution itself feel that there are various ways in which it might increase its usefulness to the community and to visitors. However, with the situation in which the gallery finds 1 today, it is Impossible to carry out further plans for extension or development, however ardently desired. This point is particularly stressed in the annual report of the director of the gallery, C. Powell Minnigerode, for the year ending May 31, 1930, which has Jjust been issued. It contains a frank admission that certain possible ecriti- cisms of its functioning are justifiable and, at the same time, no remedy is at present in sight. Work of Years Cited. “The gallery has endeavored through- out its 56 years of existence to serve the public in the fullest possible way with such resources as were at its com- mand,” states the rerofl. “During this time it has never solicited funds in any way and has received its support solely through its- original endowment, door receipts and subsequent voluntary gifts by friends.” It is an undoubted fact that while the original endowment has been wisely and fruitfully investéd and subsequent gifts have been generous | ones, yet on neither score has the ln“ stitution been enabled to match witl corresponding service the growth of the Capital. A point emphasized by the director is to the effect that, with modern labor-saving appliances in homes, shops, ices now coming into general use, an ever-increasing number of persons are enjoylng more leisure than ever before, and one of the great problems to be met is to provide means whereby such spare time may be utilized to best advantage. In the provision of such means it is felt that the Corcoran Gallery and other institutions of its type, should, if possible, increase their sphere of influence by making art a real and vital thing to the people. Notable Benefits Possible. Some of the particular ways in which this old established gallery feels it could offer notable benefits are the corre- lation, by means of an educational | worker, of the trips of school children through its exhibition rooms with their | outside studies; the establishment of | lectures on i the maintenance | through concerts of a close relation- ship between art and musie, and, pos- sibly most important of ali, improve- ment and enlargement of the facilities and quarters of the popular art. school which is such an important, component part of the institution. More prizes and | more, scholarships for the benefit of | this school. tuition in which is purely nominal, would be highly desirable, it | is pointed out. | The trustees of the Corcoran Gallery | are thoroughly and constantly aware that these and other improvements and extensions cannot be undertaken un- less, through gifts—either bequests or otherwise—substantial additions may be made to the endowment funds of the | gallery and its art school. “We are,” they frankly admit, ng great op- | portunities of which we cannot take | advantage without financial assistance and it is to be hoped that in the near | futiire other friends of the gallery may feel that they would like to have some part in furthering the work which we | are trying to do. g Y | SCHOOL GETS $100,000 | North Carolina U. Alumni . Carillon Tower Fund. CHAPEL HILL, N. C., June 21 (#).— A gift of $100,000 to the University of North Carolina by two alumni for con- | struction of a carillon tower was an- | nounced today by university officials. | .. The donors are John M. Morehead. | United States Minister to Sweden, and Rufus L. Patterson, New York banker. Mr. Morehead formerly was mayor of Rye, N. Y. | _The tower, to be constructed on the | university campus, will be 36 feet ls?ulrt at the base and rise to a height {of 171 feet. It will be a memorial to | the Morehead and Patterson families. DELEGATE IS NAMED Mrs.' Ruth Bryan Owen to Go to Sessions at London. Representative Ruth Bryan Owen has been appointed one of the Ameri- can delegates to the Interparliamentary | Union to meet in London July 15 1o 26. She is the first woman ever to rep- | resent the United States at this gath- ering of the parliaments of the world. | She will sail July 6 and return July 3( 2001 16th St. N.W. Exceptionally attractive apartments of three out- side rooms, reception hall, bath and large kitchen. Electric refrig- eration. Give Reasonable Rentals Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Bath | and Reception Room. Electric Refrigeration. Reasonable Rental THE ARGONNE 16th & Columbia Road 3—Branches—3 W, i C. POWELL MINNIGERODE. CHARGES FOLLOW CITY GRAFT STUDY Denver Grand Jury Names Mayor's Former Secretary in Embezzle- ment Count. By. the Associated Press. DENVER, June 21.—The first action of the Denver grand jury which for several days has been investigating the T affairs of the municipal was to return an against Isaac H. Merritt, former secre- tary to Mayor Benjamin F. Stapleton. Merritt is charged with embezzlement of $26,802 of the city's funds. was set at $10,000. The grand jury informed Judge Hen- government ley A. Calvert that it hoped to com- | plete its investigations by next Monday The investigation was precipi- tated by the arrest several weeks ago of S. J. McFarland, employe of the Stock Yards National Bank, chlrz;d the McFarland pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a term in the State penitentiary. He confessed he | took the money to pay gambling debts establishments night. with appropriating $46,000 bank’s funds. of and named several where he had gambled. ‘The investigation of vice and graft went ahead while arrests were being made in various quarters in an attempt by the police department to “clean up the city” of gambling. Mayor Stapleton, Chief of Police J. PFred Reed and other city officers were called before the grand jury. indictment today Bond | NEWS REEL GIVES BYRD'S RECEPTION New York’s Roaring Welcome for Returning Explorer Is Described Vividly. New York's roaring welcome for Rear | Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd on his return from his Antarctic exploration trip was caught by The Evening Star Universal Newareel cameraman and is being shown today on the screens of | Warner Metropolitan, other Warner theaters and leading Virginia and Maryland theaters. The Talking Reporter gives a vivid description of the event and of many other interesting scenes. that appear ‘in :the reel. | The welcoming started far down the | harbor, where the admiral’s boat was met by a fleet of warships and escorted up the harbor. The Los Angeles and more than a score of airplanes also formed an aerial escort. The three- time hero led the parade through Gotham streets, where he was met ‘y an avalanche of ticket tapes and paper torn from telephone books, and the cheers of enthusiastic crowds along the sidewalks. He was met at the City Hail by municipal officlals and decorated by Mayor Walker before he went to Wash- ington to meet the President. The | entire scene is vividly depicted in the latest newsreel. | _ Other interesting events include .a |new eruption. of Mount. Vesuvius, a year after the last great disaster; ships rushing into the New York harbor to | discharge millions of dollars worth of commodities before the new tariff bill took effect; the march of old grads at Cambridge, Mass, on larvard class day, which ended in a ¢“infetti rough- | house. . Other important ¢rena include the |landing of Brock and Sahlee at Jack- sonville, Fla., after a trip across the continent and back in- which they nearly came to disaster; the start of the Japanese flyer from California to circle the globe, poing eastward: the first test trial of the helicopter at Valley Stream, New York, a plane which has | been four years building in secrecy, Stirring scenes include a steeplechase at Brookline, Mass. in which many riders were hurled from their mounts; a yacht race at the.Golden Gate,.in which the tiny boats bucked mile gale; skiing through the city streets in Paris, without snow, and a revival of the marionette dancers. in Chicago, Il Music is furnished by the Vietor | Concert Orchestra, Rosario Bourdon conducting. RADIO TO PIERGE MOUNTAIN SHYNESS Sets to Be Distributed in Edu- cational Tests in Back- ward Regions. Radio will be used to pierce the wall of distrust and suspicion in the hol- lows of the Smoky Mountains in a great experiment, under the general direction of the Department of the In- terior and Secretary Wilbur, to seek a way of leading the backward familiss into the worlu ‘aey fear. The broador aspects of elvilization will be brought to their hearthstones over the air from scveral Southern universities, and radio sets, supplied by philanthropic manufacturers, are being distributed among the mountain cabins today in furtherance of this program, which will continue two or three years. The effects of the radio programs upon the inhabitants of the hollows will be noted carefully by sociologists, disguised as radio repairmen, who will maintain the sets and study the moun- taineers unbeknown to them. Moun- tain fastnesses in five States form the scene of the experiment—Georgia, Ten- nessee, Kentucky, Virginia and North Carolina. Fifty-nine battery-type sets have been dispatched by the Department of the Interior to the Southern universities co-operating in the experiment. Six sets have been sent to Alaska and one probably will go to to Rico. A wom- an member of the faculty of the Uni- versity of Porto Rico has asked that the experiment be reproduced among the peons and mestizos of the island possession of the United States. Thirty-five more of the 100 sets giv- en to Secretary Wilbur by the Radio Manufacturers’ jation and its members, remain to be distributed, and will be placed as quickly as possible. Secretary Wilbur, who has announced within recent months that in his opinion the radio will be one of the greatest educational allies and agencies of the future, is the guiding spirit be- hind this move. His friends believe that, indirectly, the discoveries of President Hoover regarding the neigh- bors of his Rapidan camp are respons- ible for such swift action among the hill familles of the Southern Appa- lachians. William Butterworth, the president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and close personal friend of Secretary Wilbur, assisted him when told of the Secretary’s ambitious plans for furthering his desire to uplift the mountain denizens. Thre Mr. Bute terworth’s efforts, the manufac- turers gave the sel NOWING a guest is “at home” in your guest room—ah, there’s the.fun; the thrill of satis- faction that comes with entertaining. Look at this room - as your visitor might inwardly appraise it. Then think how one or two new - pieces of furniture, a lamp at- the bedside, 2 new print on the wall or fresh draperies at the windows would remake the room. . Just now, prior to our taking inventory, we have many things'admirably suited to rooms of this kind and the nice part of it is that all involve a very modest outlay, & J. SLOANE 709 TWELFTH STREET, N. W. WASHINGT DNI‘) (o%