Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1931, Page 21

"RAIL CRACK FINDER " PROVES SUGCESS| Lata lnventor’s Electrical - Safety Device Perfected . Since His Death. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jamuary 30.—Alive, Elmer A. Sperry, the “Iron Mike” gyro Wwizard, made ocean travel safer. His latest discovery rises posthumously to rid railroad travel of the disasters due to_“rail cancer.” mmerry died a few months ago, while were incomplete upon his last major_scientific achievament, an elec- trical detector of the invisible cracks in rails which have been an unending] “source of accidents since the beginning of American railroading. ‘The records of success in overcoming this menace are published in the pro- ceetdings of the American Institute of Eiectrical Engineers which closed its meeting here today. They are written by Harcourt C. Drake, research engi- neer of Sperry Products, Inc. He tells how Sperry caused an elec- tric current to close the transverse fissures within the “interiors of rails, fissures which grow like living things, théir presence often unrevealed until the rails fall apart. “Since the first detector was placed in service two years ago,” Drake writes, “many interesting fissure facts have been accumulated. “The most important point is that the transverses fissures are now being Jocated before they can cause any dam- @ge, whereas prior to two years ago their presence was not known until they had grown to the surface or hnken the rail,” Drake said. NICARAGUAN SERVICE " SUBJECT OF PARLEY Officials Here to Report to Stimson , on Marines in Central America. Acting at the direction of Secretary of State Stimson, Matthew E. Hanna, United States Minister to Nicaragua, and Col. Douglas McDougall of the Marine Corps, commander of the Nica- raguan National Guard, have begun a series of conferences on future plans vnh regu‘d to the American forces i llcaragua. Speculation as to future was heirhtened when it was ed that Gen. Frank R. McCoy, who superviced the 1928 elections in Nicaragua, also is in Washington and will be here “for two or three days.” Even though no mention had prev- fously been made of his coming to the Capital, Gen. McCoy’s presence here was assumed to have some bearing on the Nicaraguan discussions. Col. Mc- Dougall will not return to his Nica- raguan post, it has been announced, for & while at least. The next Nicaraguan idential elections have been set ~Zor 1932. Hanna and McDougall conferred yes- Iu'dly with Secretary Stimson and were understood to have gone over the gen- eral situation, although no official com- ment was forthcoming. Demands have been made in Congress for withdrawal of United States Marines from Nica- IR RRED BALTIMORE MAN NAMED RUSSIAN RAIL ADVISER Chanles A. Gill Given Leave of Year to Act as Chief Consultant Engineer. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, January 30=—Charles A, Gill, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad official, will leave February 10 for Mos- . cow, where for the next year he will be chief consultant engiveer for the Russian state railwayg it was an- nounced yesterday. Mr. Gill, superintendent of motive wer for the Eastern lines of the Bal- ore & Oh'o, will be called on to expenditure of the $1,700,000,000 budget. vho started with the Balti- more & Ohio in 1896 as a call boy, has been extended a yeer’s Jeave of absence Selection ‘of Gill ioliowed a visit of | All In & Russian railway commission to t country last year. . PRINCESS GETS BETTER King's Aunt Responds to Treat- ment When Queen Victoria Arrives. LONDON, January 30 (P).—Made happy by the presence of her daughter, Queen Victoria of Spain, the Princess Beatrice, aunt of King George, today ylelded to treatment and was reported somewhat improved. The patient, who has .a broken left arm and is suffering from acute bron- chitis, had a good sleep and was said in 2medtca1 bulletin issued today to have spent a very restful evening and night. Queen Victoria arrived here yester- day from Madrid. Pol!pone Dry Repea] DES MOINES, Iowa, January 30 (/) ~—The House Committee on suppression of intemperance voted unanimously yes- terday to postpone indefinitely action on the bill of Representative James H. Hayes, Dubugue County, to repeal Jowa's prohibition laws. | By the Assoctated Press. | fess to serve and_that in the present | Deaf Man Employs Finger Alphabet in First Phone Call By the Associated Press. ,g!:w YORK, January 30.—Dr. as F. Fox, 54, talked by telephone Wednesday for the first time. Totally deaf since he was 10 years old, he carried m a con- versation with his son, Edwin, jore than a mil> away. Dr. Fox was in & television booth in the Bell Telephone Laboratories on Broadway, hLis son in a like booth at the Mat- toon street laboratories. ‘The conversation was all by finger alphab:t. Dr. Fox is senior assistant and librarian of the New Yoik Insti- tute for Deaf and Dumb Persons. Bell officials said Wednesday they knew of no precedent for the conversation, FORCED- RAIL LAYING DECLARED ILLEGAL Interstate Commerce Commission | Right Is Den‘ed by Act of Federal Court. PORTLAND, Oreg., January 3".7'[1’1!" authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission to require a railroad com- P to build lines against its ‘wishes was denied in a Fe 1 court decision on_file here today. The court upheld the Oregon-Wash- ington Railroad & Navigation Co., which sued to annul the order ef the com- | ssion requiring it to build a 185-mile -State line from Crane to Creggent, reg. The decision held that the commission | may not require ra ds to construct | new lines in territory they do not pro- case thé Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. did not profess to serve the territory through which the proposed road would run Attorneys connected with the case said they expected it would be carried to the United States Supreme Court. Bandit Victim on Way Home. BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio, Janual i . Tampa, ago, was en route home la% night. He was removed from lhr‘ “hospital on a due in Tampa tomorrow morning. He was shot through the bo _SLIP COVERS Three-pc suite cushicns. snap fasteners: taliored furniture, Beantital cretonne and Roman striper 316,50, Write or phone { mples. 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For Fashion-and-Econonfiy-Wisé Shoppers Tomorrow New Hats to Add Chic to Tired Winter Wardrobes $8.75 Nothing revitalizes one’s morale and wardrobe as quickly as a smart new hat that hints of Spring . especially these copies and adaptations of Paris models. Rough straws band together in dashing turbans. Chanvre Soie and cellomat are new. MiLLiNeRy, THIRD FLOOR. Costume Necklaces and Bracelets z‘ian)‘ Pieces From Manufacturer’s Sample $ Line That Would Regularly Sell Higher The type of costume jewelry you want—ivory-colored beads, coral chokers, turquoise-and-black pieces, emerald-green necklaces, crystal* and gray, glittering rhinestone and black, exquisite evening pieces of pearls¥* and rhinestones and pendant styles for deep decolletage. *Simulated. CosTUME JEWELRY, ArsLE 10, FirsT FLOOR. Sweaters and Blouses have “gone Feminine” $1075 Could anything be more feminine than this darling little sweater blouse of rayon-and-wool with a frill in surplice line? In white and delectable shades. O, if you prefer, a blouse of eyelet batiste. Chanel, Augusta Bernard and others sponsor them in these very feminine styles. Copy of Marcelle Roche blouse is sketched. See the new collection of hand-knitted Sweaters Just arrived, $8.75 and $10.75. SPORTSWEAR AND BrousEs, THIRD FLOOR. Fur Coats Reduced These are new coats in the foremost styles for this season, the fur coat styles that will be good for several Winters to come. These reduced prices offer great savings. $i80 5165 6 Coats of black and beige galapin (sheared 13; gray, tan and brown caracul; black, rabbit), black caracul, gray caracul and sil- natural and brown pony; kidskin; South ver muskrat. American otter. 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Dull Service-Sheer i Silk Hose Specially Priced $ 25 A real grenadine hose giving that much-desired dullness, in a heavier-than-chiffon weight that insures long wear. A limited quanmy at this special price for a limited time. Exclusively here in Washington. With picot top, French heel and lisle-plaited cradle foot. In new shades: Nightingale, plage, beachtan, naive, promenade and boulevard. HosiEry, Arsite 19, First FLOOR. Something New . . . 3 4 . Children’s Nu-Hi B Socks, 50c pair A new length . . . longer than an anklet and shorter than a half-sock . . . these Nu-Hi socks will be a Spring favorite in the juvenile fashion world. In blues, tans and browns . . . with gay colored stripes. Sizes 6 to 91/, CHILDREN'S HOSIERY, AIsLE 17, FnsT FLOOR. Of the New Prints and Plain Crepes One and two-piece frocks for dress or sportswear,. . . with either long or short sleeves. The smart styles young Wash- ingtonians want to wear, at a price they want to pay. Other smart models at $10. 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