Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1930, Page 47

* HSTORI BULDIG FIVLLY REPLACED Progress Overtakes Court House Employed in Famous Dred Scott Case. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, August 2.—A gray old building where the course of a nation " started to swerve has fallen victim of | & swift-paced age. A new, more stately temple of justice has pushed aside St. Louis’ historic court house, mellowed by its century of service in the law. ‘There the history-making Dred Scott case was initiated. There once slaves | were auctioned on the steps. Historians Cite Civil War Cause. Among the 600,000 files moved to the new Civil Courts Building none was given as much attention as the file of the Dred Scott case. Historians see it & one of the direct causes of the Civil Var. Yellowed by age, 58 longhand docu- ments were carried by the circuit clerk, John Schmoll, to the vault of the new building The Dred Scott case filp, prized pos- session of the court, consists of pleas, subpoenas, depositions, motion for & new trial and bills of exceptions which had a part in the original case. The first petition in the now noted slavery case was filed in the St. Louls Circuit Court April 6, 1846. The paper set forth that Dred Scott was claimed as a slave by Irene Emerson, widow of Dr. John Emerson, an Army surgeon. It stated that since the colored man had lived with the Emersons in free territory for more than seven years, he should be allowed to sue for his free- m. After long litigation, Scott was given his freedom by the Circuit Court only to have the decision reversed by the Missouri State Supreme Court. Missouri Compromise Voided. Meantime Dred Scott became the roperty of an absentee master living n New York. Anti-slavery lawyers con- tinued their interest. The case finally reached the United States Supreme Court. In the final decision the Mis- souri Compromise was voided, and mas- ters were given the right to hold slaves anywhere in the Federal domain. “The old court house dates from 1833. *The new Civil Courts Building rises 13 stories and cost $4,500.000. X The future of the old court house is wncertain. It may become & museum. OXFORD BECOMES MORE FREAKISH IN FASHIONS Pale Gray Lounge Suit, With Four Buttons in Front, Is Latest Model for Men. LONDON (N.AN.A.)—Oxford, long noted for its some freakish fash- fons in men’s dress, has now modi- fied its tastes and is, in fact, ieading the way in suitable Summer male attire. You must, apparently, if you are to impress your lady friends as a veritable Beau Brummel, wear pale gray lounge suits with four buttons only on the front, a very long, soft, rolling lapel and pocket of the patch kind. It may, if desired, be striped with a darker erey. For sports wear you must have checks. They may be brown and vanilla mixture shepherd's check pat- terns, with, perhaps, an oversquare in red, orange or green. Green is decidedly fashionable. You may have green suits, knitted wear, neckties and shirts, and if you are very bold, a light green dinner jacket. One of the newest ideas in sports- wear, also emanating from Oxford, is a sleeveless pull-over made very short at the waist, to be worn inside the top of plus fours. This may be carried out in black, navy, raspberry or hunt- ing yellow. It almost looks as if a brighter London is approaching at last! (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) Movie Films Quickly Developed. ‘The invention of a developing ma- chine for motion picture film that has & capacity of 1,000,000 feet of film per ‘week has been announced. The original machine is already in operation at Uni- versal City and the company is build- ing two more, It is claimed that by the new process sound is improved by finer development of the sound track; small- er lines can be developed than hereto- fore, due to slower processing. The film moves at the rate of 10 feet per minute, permitting the development of sound wave frequencies as high as 12,000 per second. Thirty minutes from the time & plece of film goes into the machine it is out, completely developed and dried and on a reel for projection. First-Edition Forger Busy. With the rapid rise in prices of mod- ern first editions in Europe has appeared the “first edition forger.” Alteration or deletion of dates on title pages, the | addition of spurlous authors' signatures, | the insertion of false titie pages and even the reprinting of “rare pampilets, are among the devices of the new craft. modern | Young Adventurer N LEE CHRISTMAS, JR., Twenty-one, son of the famous soldier of fortune, Gen. Lee Christmas, sailed from New Orleans to Honduras to seek his fortune. —Associated Press Photo. \WOMEN'S JURY SERVICE DEMANDED IN POLAND Recent Verdicts Lead to Statement That Conditions Could Be Improved. WARSAW (#)—The women of Po- land are making a concerted fight to get women on court juries. At present jury courts exist only in | that part of Poland which was in Aus- | tria before the World War, but there is still a bill pending which would intro- duce the jury system all over the coun- try, though women would be excluded from service. Two recent jury verdicts have aroused the women. A jury of Lwow condemn- ed to death three youths for distributing Communist literature, while the jury court of Krakow sentenced & young girl ': be hanged for killing her illegitimate aby. The women claim that if they had been represented on the juries such severe punishments would not have been meted out. Early Farm Machinery. ‘The nucleus of an exhibition of early farm machinery at Rutgers College of Agriculture, has been assembled at the College of Agriculture in gifts already received. Among these are plows and cultivators, a wooden sweep Take and a one-horse cultivator. The latest con- tribution, an old Smalley cultivator of the type commonly used on farms in Central New Jersey years ago, has been given by Ira Stern of Middlebush. John Smalley of Bound Brook pat- ented the cultivator, which bears his name, in March, 1859. It was one of the first of the two-horse riding culti- vators. The inventor was the grand- father of George O. Smalley of Bound Brook, Rutgers, '06, who is now a mem- ber of the State Board of Regents. Joker Swamps Director. ‘When a motion picture director re- cently attempted to film a scene at a colliery at Wolverhampton, England, he was besieged with “extras” as the result of a practical joker. The wag had writ- ten a number of letters to prominent residents of the village of Lower Cornal, 5 miles from the colliery. As a result the entire village went to the colliery prepared to act before the camera. Are You Proud of Your Hair? IF SO Get one of JACK'S Perfect Permanent Waves, it is the abso- lute effect of the nat- \ ¢ ural wave, i G Soft, . Glossy' and with the much de- sired ringlet’ ends. A COMPLETE $10 WAVE For- $ 5 Including No i 2 Shampoos & Finger Wave Guaranteed Work. Call District 9718 Jack’s Perm. Wave Shop 1320-1322 F STREET N. W. Third Floor Front | i Bleach Tan before it fades to sallowness! 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That it once again is seriously con- det this course is revealed in that agency’s own statement to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, the radio appeals body. The commission “is duty bound to| affect & reduction in the number of certain types of and classes of sta- tions,” the court was informed in & formal pleading transmitted incident to an appeal of a broadcasting station from an adverse commission decision. The biggest amount of pruning must be done in the Middle West and in the AUGUST 3, 1930—PART THREE. East, where the congestion is most severe, it is believed by some. There have been other indieations of an impending reallocation, too. Mys: tery has enshrouded the operations of the commission’s broadcast engineers, who have been busily engaged on a “special job.” It is generally to overcrowding of more than 600 sta- tions on the 90 available channels. ‘These paper shifts are being worked out behind closed doors. Several engi- neers have been assigned to them in the “allocation room,” where none but the commission staff is admitted. The d| nature of the work being carried on in informed radio circles hat this| within this “special job” is the working out of a revised set-up of stations that might eliminate much of the existing inter- channel interference, so harassing to the listener, and which is traced directly Toom is not divulged. (Copyright, 1930, tz: Consolidated Press.) e In a recent month Norway shipped nearly $180,000 f fish United States. e ¥ t!}e cAnnouncing MJ‘ Unrivaled : Summer Sale of Winter Coats A Merchandising Eventwhich brings v y y POSITIVE SAVINGS! A Fashion Event to Absorb the Interest of Women == Larger Women == Little Women New Styles Misses == Juniors Specially Designed for Each Group Nearly 1,000 Coats to be presented tomorrow! At f 585 785 98 *125 At a Saving of $10 to $23 on Each Coat BETTER COATS-$163 to 8225 at straight 13% Reduetion Some Things that will interest you A New Jellepfs is in the making— You have probably noticed the builders— no inconvenience in the coat shops, however, during August. The Coat Shops, Third Floor Goreeous NEw U-SHAPED FUR COLLARS—large fur cuffs of unusual designs— coats with the semi-fitted line—the slight swing—the very wide wrap-over—the blouse back—the holero—the new coats now begin- ning to be pictured in the smart fashion maga- zines are here for you to choose from! THE IMPORTANT NEW rasrics—differing in their depth, weave, feel, dullness —65% black, but also Africana brown, mus- cova green, red—the marvelously beautiful furs: Persian lamb, beaver, kolinsky, Jap mink, fitch, lynx, kit fox, black fox, blue fox, mink, badger, wolf, caracul, skunk — here tomorrow in these great assortments! You suouin BUY in the Summer Sale—if you wish to save! Only a small de- posit required—or charge to your account. Storage free until November first—Privilege of exchange for any other coat in our stocks during October if you wish some other style when you come to take your coat out of storage. O~NLy AT JELLEFF'S—will you find a summer coat sale of such magnitude. Work- ing with ten other large specialty shops in other cities we have given the manufacturers tre- mendous orders and have secured tremendous savings. These are for you—if you will make your selection now! : Frank R. Jelleff, Inc. Salesman on the Screen. ‘The energetic management of an adding machine company has adopted the film as a means of educating the salesmen and speeding up sales. At regular intervals the salesmen are as- sembled and see a reel or two run off, in which the salesman and his meth- ods are exemplified in a story. One | story was based on the play of the | “Trial of Mary Dugan” which stresses | open-faced honesty in dealing with prospective patrons. 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