Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1930, Page 4

CHRISTMAS ROLE Film Colony’s Celebration Quiet—Charities Given Cinema Dollars. By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., December 25.— Hollywood doubled for Santa Claus and film celebrities played real life parts today on a lavish 1930 Yuletide stage. Hundreds of movie colony dollars poured into chariatable organizations in the last two weeks to assist in caring for the needy of Los Angeles and out- lying districts. No special parties or programs were held. Pickfair, the home of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, and the seaside home of Marion Davies were to claim the elite of the film colony today. Boles Goes to Mountains. John Boles and his family, whose idea of Christmas included Wintry snows, sought the higher levels of the moun- tains. First Christmas trees were to be lighted for infant children in homes of the Irving Thalbergs (Norma Shearer), the Robert Montgomerys, Johnny Mack Brown and John Barry- more. The Barrymore tree was in the actor’s sick room, where he is con- valescing from jungle fever. Members of the Malibu Beach colony burmed out during the recent disastrous fire were to receive a consoling welcome 1rom Leila Hyams, whose seaside estab- lishment was next in line to those razed by the flames. Actresses Sent Presents. Dozens of parcels were sent Lila Lee and Renee Adoree, convalescing in an Arizona sanitarium. . For Mary Brian, herself a seeker of Christmas cheer not many years. ago, times have changed. Eighteen years 8go tonight Miss Erian, then 6 yédrs old, hoped their mother, Mrs. Louise Danzeller, might find some way for them to attend a church party. Now. Miss Brian, her mother and brother reside in & fashionable Hollywood home.’ Santa Claus will be good to them this year. INDIANAPOLIS RETAINS PRINTERS’ HEADQUARTERS Typographical Union Against Raise in Official Salary—Will Reclassify Laws. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. December 25.—Locals of the International Typo- graphical Union voted overwhelmingly to_retain- the. international headquar- ters in Indianapolis, the complete and official results of the referendum showed Tuesday. The vote in favor of removing head- quarters to another city was :‘hne 34,530 voted to retain the offices re. The vote also defeated a proposed constitutional amendment to strike out the word “Indianapolis” in connection with the offices and “Headquarters City.” 27,643 to 20,667, A total of 26057 voted against in- the salary of the first vice president from $4.000 annually to $5,200, while those in favor were 23.592. ‘Theodore E. Perry of Indianapolis is the first vice president. The unions voted 31,882 to 16,966 14,933, | nigh fortress was taken Picture above shows loyal troops occupying the k- Below, loyal tréops are shown prepared for action when the revolution threatened Madrid. military garrison at Jaca, center of the recent Spanish revolt. The without resistance after.s pitched battle in: the Pyrenees, bringing about the collapse of rebellion. —A. P. Photos. AMERICAN FAR NORTH CELEBRATES IN DARK ‘Whites and Eskimos Dine on Goose and Frozen Fish in Arctic Circle. By the Assoclated Press. POINT BARROW, Alaska, December 25.—Cliristmas in this northernmost point of Alaska was being celebrated in darkness today by a feast and weird dancing that will continue far into the ight. School children gave a program in the little white church here last night, and gifts of frozen fish and Eskimo clothing were exchanged. The mission gave each person & package of assorted presents, All children received a small toy and a big bag of candy and nuts. ""The feast for the natives today con- sisted mainly of “Eskimo ice cream,’ made by whipping to a froth reindeer tallow, seal oil and whale blubber. Whale flesh, frozen meats and fish rounded out the menu. About 400 Es- kimos gathered here for the festivities. The whites, about 322 in all, assem- t?e constitu~ 8 WS, “.‘m conducted by president: Wood- 'y-treasurer, and polis, appointed bled at the new manse to exchange gifts and enjoy » wild goose dinner. The village 48 enjoying practically a 24-hour Christmas radio program from all parts of the world. Reception of ams from European stations is ex- i ly good. Stock Taking Starts Soon... Tomorrow— We Are Placing on Sale, at Entire_ building devoted Pianos, Radios, Purniture. and Novelty Department. to Gift excepting merchandise made by nationally advertised price, for undersell, : Furniture Department Special Prices Everything . .. manufacturers who maintain.a which we have agreed not to Floor Lamps, Table Lamps, Indirect Lamps and other Lantps of every description; Desks of all kinds; Living Room Suites and O ccasional Chairs; Chests of Drawers; Nests of Tables; Coffee Tables; Tea Wagons, etc. In fact, anything in the line of Furniture you can buy, at prices that are unusual. Pianos New Upright and Grand Pianos, Specially Priced Traded-in Pianos Your Choice of Fine Upright Pianos, for only Phonographs Your Choice of Fine Traded-in Victrolas . | vBenzene Test Also Shows By the Assoclated Press. EUGENE, Oreg., December 25.—Ex- periments with invisible infra-red rays reveal that vaporized benzene absorbs a different and more energetic type of heat than liquid benzene. This finding has been announced at the University of Oregon. It is the result of a year of almost incredibly difficult work by H. J. Unger of the de- partment of physics. The discovery is another of the sci- entific facts for which practical en- gineers find unexpected uses. One pos- sibie field is in chemistry. The finding was rated as highly im- portant by Dr. W. P. Boynton, head of | the department of physics, since it leads to further knowledge of the dif- ference between the vapor and the liquid States. lal’g has been suspected. nger found with a spectroscope that benzene vapor absorbs slightly | shorter wave lengths of heat than does the liquid. Short waves are more pene- trating and energetic than the long ones. His big obstacle wis to detect and identify the invisible radiation, and he overcame this by use of an ap- 14 Years Famous One and VAPOR SHOWN TO ABSORB HEAT OF DIFFERENT TYPE THAN LIQUID Former Element After Year’s Research. It proves something that | Greatest Reductions in DOUBLEWEAR 2-Pants SUITS O’COATS More Energetic Nature of paratus made by Dr. E. M. McAlister, 20w of the Smithsonian Institution, who | was professor of physics here last year. |MUSSOLINI DECORATES TREE FOR HIS CHILDREN/ By the Assoclated Press. ROME, December 25—Benito Mus- | solini was not the boss in his house, | Villa Torlonia, today, for little Anna | Maria Mussolini was there. | Anna Maria is spending her second Christmas cn earth and it is natural at | |the age of 15 months not to take | | papa's importance too seriously. | | Romano Mussolini, age 4, and Bruno | and Victor, also young enough to be ex- | | cited over the celebration. | The Duce and Donna Rachele Musso- | lini hung presents for all on the fam- | ily Christmas tree d sent their | | Breetings to the absent daughter Edda, | who is spending her first Christmas away from home with her -husband, Count Ciano, at Shanghai. She had moral support, too, from | ARMAL PONEERS INTD ARID REGION Service Reaches Many Rec- lamation Projects in West, Report Reveals. Penetrating the desert wastes to the areas covered by reclamation projects in the West, airmail lines are continuing the march of science which began with the construction of dams and canals to bring the arid regions to productive life. In a summary issued yesterday the Bureau of Reclamation sets forth the part now being played by the airplane in carrying on pionesring in the West and bringing settlers on the reclama- tion projects closer to the business centers of the country. Dr. Elwood Mead, "commissioner of reclamation, in making public the sum- mary, expressed the hope that reports made to him by divisions of his bu- reau and the Department of Commerce on progress in aeronautical fields will continue to show advancement in devel- oping of airmail and passenger service. Yuma Now Has Airport. Yuma, Ariz, center of one of the reclamation projects, expects to have a shuttle route plying to California and other West Coast cities within a few months. The city has established gn airport. Orland, Calif., reports no direct air- mail line, but facilities near. Grand Val- ley, Colo., is in a similar position. ‘The Uncompaghre project in Colorado has an airport at Montrose, but no reg- ular plane rervice. Boise, Idaho, is served by the main trunk air lines. King Hill, Idaho, re- ports neither mail nor passenger serv- ice, but plane lines near. The Mini- doka project has an emergency field at Burley, with the nearest regular service at Pocatello. Billings airmail facilities serve the Huntley project in Montana. Great Falls provides an outlet for the Milk River area and for the Sun River recla- mation district. Other Services Listed. The Lower Yellowstone project, in Montana and North Dakota, reports no direct airmail available, but tri-weekly service 125 miles away. North Platte, Wyoming - Nebraska, lacks regular airmail service. Carlsbad, N. Mex., center of a reclamation project, boasts of a first-class airfleld, with 40 planes landing monthly. and commer- cial lines over Eastern New Mexico. The Rio Grande project, centering about El Paso in Texas and New Mexico, taps the transcontinental air routes at El_Paso. In Oregon, the major reclamation projects lack direct airmail facilities, but Umatilla is served through Port- land; Vale by fast trains to Bolse; Klamath reports a few planes owned in that area, but no regular service: go“g:‘ee‘ Oregon-Idaho, airmails through COMPLAINANT ARRESTED EMPORIA, Kans., December 25 (#). —Pierman McCoy, Herington, Kans., came before the county attorney de- manding justice and got it. He asked the arrest of Glen Smith for uttering a worthless check for $63. The county attorney filled out a ‘warrant. “What was the check for?” he asked casually. “Ten gallons of whisky,” McCoy de- clared. The county attorney reached for, another warrant, and the erstwhile | complainant went to pail charged with | said violating the prohibition law, 2 of the Important on 7 7 Z R % 7 22 Reduced Groups: Suits & O’Coats Reduced to 23.50 formerly up to $40 Suits & O’Coats Reduced to FLYERS RESCUED IN FAR NORTH Two months after they had disappeared in a seaplane in the frozen Yukon wilderness, Bob Marten; Alaskan pi rospector, were found alive. Their pilot, Capt. E. J. A. Burke, was dead. They right: Kading, Marten, Joe Walsh and Pilot.Everett their rescuers. Left to 1 Wasson. , and Emil Kading, plane mechanic, are shown with —A. P. Phcto. METHOD FOR TRISECTING AN ARC REVEALED BY BOSTON PROFESSOR George A. Hund, Manufacturer Who Gave Up Business to Perfect Plan, Is Credited With Idea. By the Assoclated Press. NEWTON, Mass., December 25.—A method for trisecting an arc or of di- viding a circle, or a part of a circle, into any desired unit was revealed Tuesday by Prof. Harold A. Zager, head of the mathematics department at Boston Col- lege. George A. Hurd, a Boston manu- facturer, was credited with originating the new method, which was completed | in collaboration with Prof. Zager. Trisection of the arc is a problem that has puzzled generation after generation of students of geometry and mathe- matics. Bisecting an arc—cutting a ed line into two equal parts—was accomplished. Cutting the same curved line into three equal parts proved the stumbling block. However, various methods were evolved. Those miethods, Prof. Zager sald, have used the circle as the basis from which to work. The method worked out by himself and Hurd, he said, the only one using the square and angle only.” He demonstrated the method by a few sweeps of the compass and the drawing of a few lines. Zager.dnd Hurd'are rticent about exact proof and detail, because they plan to have the method copyrighted. They assert that it has Wroad appli- cation in navigation, range finding at sea end even in astronomy. Reiterating that the new method can be appiied to determining any unit or an f circle accurately, Prof. Zager it was in respect the dis- 'was superior to price. mas gifts. $3.49 Navy Blue Cheviot Coats| ‘“Pongeen’’ Dresses Mothers, this is indeed an op- portunity to save money. Warm, practical coats for boys, from 4 to 7 years—rich shade navy blue with red flannel lining, brass but- tons and emblem on sleeve. Girls’ Regular $2 Frocks evolved systems. The older methods, he said, “falled after a certain critical angle was reached.” ‘There is & human drama behind the announcement-—the story of Hurd, & manufacturer, who was fired with the ambition to solve this ancient problem and who laid aside his business 10 years ago to that end. At length, he evolved the present theory, based upon square and angle instead of the circle—a method in which the previous theory, based upon the circle only, was reversed. He met Prof. Zager last Fall, described his ideas, and convinced the professor that he had achieved an important dis- covery. Together they perfected the remaining details, ARRIVES IN. HONDURAS Capt. Tollman, on World Tour in Sailboat, Radios Whereabouts. NEW ORLEANS, December 25 (#).— ‘The Tropical Radio last night an- nounced receipt of a radiogram from Capt. E. Tollman of the sailboat Globe Trotter from Castilla, Honduras, an- The mes- nouncing its arrival there. sage said: “Fourteen-foot sailboat Globe Trot- ter, Capt. E. Tollman, and companion, W. Ullrich, arrived from Tela, Hon- [ ics en route Panama City . and around the world. Eight months out remain here duras, from Detroit, Mich. Wil several da; The Store for Thrifty People==== HARRY KAUFMANzc 13161326 Seventh StNW. 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IFOUR PRISONERS SOUGHT BY POSSE Penitentiary May Cancel Yule Plans—Rockefeller Estate Scoured. By the Assoclated Press. EAST VIEW; N. Y., December 25.— Four short-term prisoners who took ad- vantage of holiday activities to saw their way out of the East View Peni- tentiary were being hunted by a posse today. State police and prison guards were following their footprints through the snow and guarding all roads leading into New York and the southern part of the State. The nearby estate of John D. Rockefeller was scoured without succeess. Led by a veteran of three escapes, the corvicts made their way from a ocell block into &n unoccupied prison doctor's office and cut the bars, apparently with saws provided by outsiders. Judging by their trail, they crossed the prison lawns and fled in a northerly direction. They are: Charles Sirico, 26, of New York; Peter Reynolds, 30, of Yonkers, N. Y.; Ames Clark, 30, of Newark, N. .i‘. ;nd Willlam Rapp, 36, of Linden, Sirico has escaped from the Orange | County Jail at Goshen, N. Y., and twice from East View, where he was serving time as a fugitive on a robbery con- viction. The break threw a cloud over Ghrist- mas jollification, Prison offictals or- dered extra vigilance over the cells and there was a possibility that entertain- ment plans might be canceled, MAGISTRATES SHIFTED IN NEW YORK COURTS Four Mentioned in Vice Inquiry Testimony Are Given New Posts for Period By the Associated Press. ;. NEW YORK, December 25—Four Women's Court magistrates who were mentioned in testimony before the vice inquiry will preside in other courts beginning January 1. Without comrienting, Chief Magis- trate Jogenh E. Corrigan let it be known Tuesday that Magistrates Jesse Silber- mann, Jean Norris, H. Stanley Renaud and Earl Smith had been transferred from their present posts for the six months’ term ending June 30, 1931. Of these only Magistrate Silbermann has been called or to defend himself against accusations that a ring of police, lawyers and bondsmen preyed on women who were convicted of immorality in their court. Mayor Walker conferred with a group of civic leaders yesterday relative to the vice graft charges. Although the tesults of the meeting wege kept secre! it was understood the mayor for co-operation in guarding . breakdown of the morale of the police. TWO KILLED ON CROSSING Train Hits Auto Carrying Four to Church Services. NEW KENSINGTON, Pa., December 25 (#).—Christmas joy was turned into sadness here today when a Pennsylvania railroad freight train crashed into an automobile at a grade crossing, killing & man and his wife and injuring two other persons en route to church serve es. Allo Nico and his wife, Mary, killed. Their daughter, Helen, Frank 0, driving the machine, fered injuries. 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