Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1930, Page 29

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1930. §1.000000 IS LEFT [ - YILE A BYSPERRY Gyroscope Inventor Pay Debt of Gratitude for Aid When a Youth. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 15—Half a cen- tury ago a poor boy from a country town went to seek his fortune in Chi- cago, and at the Y. M. C. A. he found # home and fellowship and friendly The boy was Elmer A. inventor of the gyroscope, and which is to be filed today, | he leaves $1,000,000 for Y. M. C. A. activities in payment of that old debt of gratitude The remainder of the estate, amount- ing to several miilions, is left to the rviving _children, Edward G. f A i Helen Sperry Lea and Elmer | \ L & it . W Porch Clider Closing out all mod- els-—one similar to il- lustration .. . A. Sper . The bequest to the Y. M. C. A. is/ left in the form of a trust fund. For the first 10 years the income is to be divided equally between the seventy- fifth anniversary drive of the Brooklyn | 3 and Queens Y. M. C. A. and the com- letion of the Flatbush Y. M. C. A.| Euuding fund. After that it will be /s used for any-¥. M. C. A. project the |& trustees may designate, preference to be given the Brooklyn and Queen: Y. M. C. A. organizations, and particu tbush branch. in Cortland, N. Y. Clean Sweep of Day Beds—3 Styles Metal Day Bed Day Bed Complete Metal Day Bed $2375 $1385 $1 895 Windsor type wood fin- A popular style at a pop- vood- ished metal frame, Including | ular " price. ' Wood-finished | o AT artistic wood-fiushed a cretonne covered pad and frame, Cretonne-covered pad rame, including a cretonne- valance. included. covered pad with valance. that were to bring him more than 400 patents before he died a month ago. His most widely known inventions were the gyro-compass, gyro-stabilizers for &hips and airplanes and a flaw detector for steel rails The inventor was closely associated with the Y. M. C. A. all his life, for many vears serving as a director and trustee of the Brooklyn and Queen: - Y. M. C. A i A handsome group of perfectly matched pieces—dresser, Holly- ’ OO 3 MAGNESIUM IS USED wood vanity, deck chest of drawers and a wood bed. Genuine walnut S matched veneers laid on gumwood foundation. Clean Sweep Sale = PIICE wisioniisicatvietsisiseh Lwn Bench Iron frame, hardwood slat seat and back. No Phone Orders o Rustic Cedar Chair Investigator Reports to French Academy of Medicine That |& Results Are Achieved. Special Dispatch to The Star. PARIS.—Prof. Plerre Delbet contin: ues to notify the French Academy of Medicine of the progress of his searches in connection with the influ- ence of magnesium in retarding the progress of cancerous growths. His theory is based on the fact that senile decay in the human organism is | marked by a rupture o. equilibrium be-| & tween calcium and magnesium salts, to the detriment of the latter. Conse-| quently the restoration of the balance & 2 porch or garden. No phone orders Pull-up Chair Overstuffed Chair Cogswell Chair $4.89 $1650 $139 g Velour seat and form- Wing chairs, overstuffed A velour-covered spring by the introduction into the body of magnesium in an easily assimilated | 3 form is calculated to retard the ad- vance of disease in general and of can- cer in particular. In further support of this theory Prof. Delbet has communicated to the acad- Excellent quality— nozzle extra. Wood Reel fitting seat to match. Mahog- seat and upholstered back agy-finished exposed wood | and covered in velour. Loose | armchair with & host of rame. spring-filled seat cushions. @ decorative possibilities. | emy some statistics regarding cancer | in Alsace in sections where the subsoil | 2 is particularly rich in magnesium salts. | In such sections the number of cases | of cancer is remarkably small as com- | pared with the rest of the country. (Copyright, 1930.) ARSON CHARGED IN FIRE TO AROUSE VOLUNTEERS r . v v ! , Eight Years Ordered for Member Three-Plece LIVIng Room SUlte of French Company Who Serpentine-front settee, armchair and wing chair with loose Grew Impatient. spring-filled seat cushions. Upholstered in attractive velours. A @pecial Dispatch to The Star. 1 d-d 1 1=A17.xs,L0em-g§'u Blond;l has been splendid value. sent to jail for eight years by the Assize Court of Seine-et-Marne for arson. He $5.00 Down—T he Hub protested at the trial that it was not arson, merely a lesson in punctuality which he desired to give to his fellows of the volunteer fire department of the town of Mouroux. Some weeks ago there was to be fire drill at Mouroux, to begin punctually at 7 pm. Georges Blondel was there five minutes before the appointed time. By 8 o'clock no other volunteer fire fighters had arrived. “I'll make you turn out, you lazy hounds,” thought Georges. He walked forthwith to & large farm in the neigh- borhood and set the barns on fire. 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