Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1931, Page 3

LUCAS ANNOUNCES - FARM BELT DRIVE G. 0. P. Forms Regional Of- fice to Bid for Support on Party Policies. Bidding for farm support for the ad- ministration, Robert H. Lucas, execu- tive director of the National Republican Committee, yesterday announced the formation of an advisory council for ! agriculture to co-operate with the Re- publican National Committee in its ‘work in the farm belt. Mr. Lucas said the primary purpose of the new group, to be headed by Sen- ator 'Dickinson of Jowa, would be to disseminate in the corn and wheat belts “accurate information” of gitempts the administration has made help the farmer. Members of the committee will in- clude Senator Capper of Kansas and Representatives Simmons of Nebraska and Purnell of Indiana. All have been active in farm legislation. Dickinson Heads Work. Senator Dickinson believes the com- mittee’s work will do much to offset claims that the Republican party’s farm relief efforts have failed. He said in a statement: “Tt is the belief of those interested in this movement that it will be a source of real strength in furthering the in- terest of the Republican party in the rural localities. especially in the Middle ‘est and Northwest.” w'l'he educational work will begin im- mediately. It will be conducted from offices in Washington and in the Far West at & point not yet selected. Seek Proper Contracts. To carry out the program, Senator Dickinson, who was a farm leader in the House until his election to the Senate Jast November, expects to obtain “proper political contact in various localities outside the regular political channels and interest these parties” in the spread of “proper information” concerning the legisiative policies of the administration. The council also will work through farm and co-oge’rnflve organizations, showing them the “benefit of the co- operative farm relief program now in process of promotion STANTON PARK GROUP PROTESTS GAS COSTS| Citizens’ Association Secretary Wfll' Write to Federation and XKeech on Bills. Protests against mounting gas bills ‘were voiced in a general discussion last night at a meeting of the Stanton Park Citizens’ Association in the Pea- body School. Mrs. L. H. Brown, secretary, was in- structed to write to the Federation of Citizens’ Associations and Richmond B. Kzech, people’'s counsel, calling atten- tion to the complaints received by the organization. This action. was taken by unanimous vote upon a motion of Harry N. Stull. - The association also’ sespted resolu- tions contending the Federal Govern- ment had be:n unfair in taking over a large amount of taxable property with- out increasing its contribution toward | operation of the District Government. Twelve new members were admitted on the recommendation of E. J. El- chairman of the Membership P SIS O BOARD OF TRADE TO MEET Scientists and Engineers Will Be| Guests Tomorrow Night. A group of scientists and +ngineers will be guests of the Board of Trade at its meeting.tomorrow night at the Wil- Jard Hotel, when research specialists of the General Electric Co. laboratcries will stage an extensive scientific demonstra- Maj. Gen. Samuel Hof, chief of ord- nance, United States Army, and District Commissioners Reictelderfer and Crosby ‘will be- honor guests. SPECIAL NOTICES. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- holders of the District Agency Company will be held on iesday, April 14, 1331, at 11 at 910 17th Street N.W.. Washington, E. P. GOTTWALS, Secretary. ' NOT ANY debts other than f * ARTHUR J. H( PONSIBLE FOR those made by myse OPKINS, 1224 Irving st. n. T BHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY debts other than those contracted for by myself. PRANK RUSK. 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[4 % FLOOD §$ 25 YEARS' DEPENDABLE SERVICE PLUMBIN NO BETTER T HEATING 200 ROOFING LowEsy i BUDGET PAYMENT PLAN 1411 V ST. N.W. Clev. 08 NOW—EX. MECHANICS T PRICES IN THE EVENING * Tests Rocket Sled STUDENT GOES 75 Harry Bull and his sister Helen, MILES AN HOUR. who helped construct his rocket sled. Below, Bull is shown inspecting the rockets on the side of the iceboat. YRACUSE, N. Y., March 10.—Hav- | ing experienced the thrill of | being shot over the ice at a rate | made rocket sled, Harry W. Bull, 21-year-old Syracuse University student, was determined today to continue his experiments with rocket propulsion. | On the ice of Oneida Lake Bull yes- | terday piloted his craft a distance of 50 feet in two-fifths of a second. Then it swerved from its course and came to a stop in a snowbank. | The tiny craft, shaped like a plane | without wings, was constructed during | spare time at a cost of $22, of which | $15 went for the rockets, 36 in all. | Explaining why the craft left its course, Bull said the cardboard tubes in | waich the rockets were incased burst. He said a jolting ride from the city out to the lake caused the powder to be- come loosened up, giving the rockets greater explosive force than expected. A liquid fuel, such rs gasoline and fluid oxygen, will be used in his future experiments, Bull said. He hopes to apply its propulsive force to a small plane or glider, believing the rocket motor better adapted to the airplane | than to land or water vehicles. PLANS FUTURE EXPERIMENTS. By the Assoclated Press. of 75 miles an hour in a home- | Inventor of Rocket Sled Believes Motor | Ideal for Airplanes. | BY HARRY W. BULL. | SYRACUSE, N. Y., March 10 (N.AN.A) —Although my test of my rocket sled yesterday was disappoint- ing as to th: distance covered, it shows the possibility of rapid acceleration. | So quick -was the pick-up that I only remember touching the contact switch | and then finding myself facing in the | other direction. | However, I felt no ill eff=cts from the | terrifi« push. | Due to the jarring of the rockets | while my sled, the BR-1, was being | transported to Oneida Lake, some li th: explosive was loosened, causing the | rockets to give a propulsive force far | greater than I echtfid. . Because of the high ‘velocity of the gases escaping from the rock:t tubes I was in no danger of being burned. Un- fortunately, those at the stern received | a shower of sparks. Improvement of such a ship lies en- tirely with the improvement of the mo- tor rockets. In the. future I plan t carry on experiments at Syracuse Uni- versity, using rockets employing gaso- line and liquid oxygen as fuels. This type of rocket is controlled in much the same way as on a motor car. Ideal Airplane Motor. As soon as the tremendous power of | the rockst can be controlled, it will | form the ideal airplane motor. The | efficiency is equal to the gasoline en- | gine. It has no moving parts, hence | will last far longer, than any other | motor. | It is vibrationless and is extremely | simple in construction. | The only thing holding back the| future development of the rocket motor | is the fuel. Many propellants, such as | hydrogen, carbon oxygen and gasoline, | have been tried, but, due to their high | cost, have been prohibitive for com- | mercial use. | At present T am trying to find a pro- pellant which will develop the tre- | mendous heat necessary and at the| same time be cheap enough to use on | some practical spplication. | Rockets never will be used to propel | vehicles on_the ground, owing to their | noise and dangerous slipstream. Their | useful field is in the air, where they provide tremendous power with ex- tremely little weight, réquire no atten-.| tion from the pilot and work b:tter at | high altitudes than low ones. 1t 15 interesting to note that a rocket | does not_get its power from pushing | against the air. Its power is obtained | h | merely by forcing the stationary par- | ticles of gas in the tube up to & tre- mendous velocity. At the present time | 1 have succeeded in raising the velocity of these particles up to 5,000 fect per | second, but the veloclty must exceed | at. | The rockets used in yesterday's test | e constructed of ordinary powder, WASHINGTON’S NE rammed tightly in cardboard tubes to reduce the danger of explosion. The form of the ship represents the most efficient form of streamlining known at the present time. 1t is designed in this form to prevent the air from forming eddies at the stern, which retard the speed to a large extent. If, in future tests with liquid pro- pellants, I meet with success, I will apply this new type of rocket to a small plane or glider. My inability to steer the sled was caused primarily by the bursting of rockets on one side. When this type of Tocket is operated correctly, it delivers a force of 15 pounds for three seconds. However, when it bursts, the force runs up to 300 pounds, lasting only half a second. This additional force on one side caused the ship to swing in spite of the rudder control. In learning to drive a car, one may take hours, and drive slowly.’ With my rocket ship. I was forced to get ac- quainted with the road, the flames and the steering apparatus in an extremely short time. 1 was rather excited a moment before 1 closed the switch, for so much could happen. With many pounds of expl sive within an arm’s length, it takes a Iot of reassuring thinking to light the charge. Although the fuselage of my ship is | made of inflammable material and the windshield of celluloid, the boat was not in serious danger of catching fire. This was due to the extreme velocity of the flames, which tore past the side only two feet away from me, yet damaged the clothing of a participant 12 feet 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) WILL IRWIN TERMS PRESS EDUCATIONAL Author Tel; Central Community Center Meeting of Change in News Values. away. (Copyright, Newspapers were rated as an out- sfxndmg epdeucatlonnl factor in American life by Will Irwin, noted author, in a lecture last night at the Cential Com- munity Center. Irwin declared owes to the ne to-the-minute nowledge of events. He described the chenge from the time when the editorial columns were the sole section of the paper used to educate the public, to thc present, when the readers receive greater knowl- edge from the news columns. The speaker said Germany sent men to this country early in the World War in order that they might learn the se- crets of American newspaper technique. He said as a result Germany succeeded in creating pro-German f:eling in the modern citizen | some countries by “coloring” the news. Shingles of Clay Appear Old. In restoring old houses, which is extensively done at this time, it is often desired to preserve the appear- ance of age and this cannot be done if new shingles or those of slate are employed. The best effect of old shingles is secured by the use of shingles of clay, a new product which have the appearance of a ripe old age from the very first. D flc&flavor | ) | GULDENS ‘ Mustard‘ WEST FINE HOME DEVELOPMENT The Forest Section Cl’)evy The quarter of a ence of this organiza today's low building ues that will comm f Chase century in experi- tion combining with costs produces val- and your attention. Information Home Furnished by Dulin & Martin Ofpen for Inspection Daily and Sunday —TO INSPECT— Drive out Connecticut Avenu, LEFT two squares (along e to Bradley Lane, then turn the grounds of the Chevy Chase Club) to Maple Avenue, then follow our direction signs. " Painting and Papering irst-clias, Work. Guaranteed. Ruckers, Met. 0333 1210 H 8t N.W. Twenty Years in’ Same Store. HANNON - & LUCH STAR, WASHINGTON, GAS READING DATE EHANGE 13 SOUGHT Progressive Association Seeks to Set Specified Dates for Meter Findings. Addresses on verying phases of the gas problem faced by the citizens ol the District and a resolution asking for establishment of set dates in gas bill readings last night marked the meet- ing of the Progressive Citizens' Asso- ciation of Georgetown. Speaking before the association, whose membership is made up entirely of women, Willlam Roberts, assistant cor- poration counsel, declared that action of the Public Utilitles Commission should be governed by the feelings of those people affected. The statement made was general and was not limited to the situation then under discussion. Mr. F. A. Russell, speaking as & re- resentative of thes Washington Gas Co., declared that his firm was anxious to render the best possible service and to assure the satisfaction of consumers. Meter Reading Dates. ‘The motion seeking a time readjust- ment in meter readings, submitted by Etta L. Taggart, asked that the last discount rate. as shown by the bill ren- dered each consumer, be changed to a specified date. It would have bills ren- dered on the second day of the month when the meter has been read between the 15th end last day of the preceding morth, and on the 17th day of the month when the meter has been read between the 1st and 15th. Included in the resclution is a clause providing for a special committee, appointed by ‘the president, to call on the Public Utilitles Commission and the Washing- ton Gas Co. as a means of securing quicker action on the measure. Library Praiskd. ‘The association praised the work of the Peabody Library, located in the Curtis School, commending the recent advance noted in the handling of cur- rent literature. The library, while it is located in a public school, is for the use of all Georgetown citizens. Spen- cer Gordon, addressing the association, outlined the work of the library, ex- plaining the recent expansion into the field cf modern fiction, history, etc., and asking the co-operation of the as- sociation. ©On a motion from Mrs. Fred Du Bois, the association voted to ask of People’s Counsel Richmond B. Keech an inves- tigation into the alleged refusal of cer- tain apartment houses to allow tenants to install private phones. Members de- clared that they were forced to use phones installed by the apartments, calls coming through a switchboard. | The cost of these phones was declared to be higher than that of a privately owned and operated line. Mrs. Eliza- beth Sullivan presided at the meeting. PLAN “HARVARD DAY” Cornell Club to Hear Justice McCoy at Luncheon. Numerous Harvard graduates will be guests at a luncheon meeting of the Cornell Club of Washington Thursday | at 12:30 o'clock in the University Club. | Chief Justice Walter I. McCoy of the cipal speaker. The occasion will be known as Harvard day. Marriage Licenses. Stephen T. DeLamater, 54. this city, and Eugenia H. Lyle, 27, Arlington, Va.. Rev. J. Hillman Hollister. Joseph % .{’onzn 24, and Sophonia Lee, RS 23. and Helen Shapiro, 21; . Loeb. 26, ‘h: Nora ‘Johnson, 23; am D, Jary! Oehmann, 35, and Irma C. Rode- th of Baitimore, Md.; Rev. H. Members of the 39 Years at . . Jewelers time District Supreme Court, will be the prin- | Stationers .0, Hoarder of Pennies For Care in Old Age Dies of Starvation By the Associsted Press. BALTIMORE, March 10.—An- ton Pekarek spent the last 10 years or 50 of his 73 years hoard- ing every penny “to take care of me in my old age.” Yesterday he starved to death. In a trunk in his rented room $2,110.98 in cash was found, and savings bank books showed de- posits of $547.44. Pekarek was found unconscious and taken to a hospital, where doctors said he was suffering from starvation. e was so weak that the foods and medicines gliven him did no good. Neighbors said they saw Pek- arek Sunday trying to sell a rusty hatchet “so I can get something to eat.” Police said they could find no trace of relatives. Should none show up the margin after funeral expenses will go to feed the un- employed. DROUGHT LOAN GROUP READY FOR BUSINESS |State Committees Prepared to Pass ! on Credit Corporations and Live Stock Companies. State committees are ready to pass on credit corpdrations and live stock loan companies seeking drought loan funds, Lewis T. Tune, chairman of the National Advisory Loan Committee, an- nounced yesterday. Persons interested in forming credit corporations or in increasing the stock of such organizations will lay their cases before these State groups. ‘The Agriculture Department has set side $10,000,000 for the corporations drought loan fund. Maj. Gen. B. Frank Cheatham of ‘Washington was appointed by Secretary Hyde yesterday as a member of the Na- tional Loan Committee, completing its personnel, I _other member, besides Tune, is B. C. Powell of Little Rock, Ark. ‘The committees have offices in these cities: Montgomery, Ala.; Little Rock, Ark.; Atlanta, Ga.: Springfild, IIl; Evansville, Ind.; Louisville, Ky.; Balti- more, Md.; Jackson, Miss.; St. Louis, Mo.; Raleigh, N. C.; Columbus, Ohio; Columbia, S. C.; Memphis, Tenn.; Dal- |las, Tex.; Richmond, Va., and Charles- ton, W. Va. Committees in some States are in- complete and location of their offices has not been announced. .. Reorganization of the National Rail- ways system of Mexico is planned. Mrs. K’s Toll House Tavern Colesville Pike And Business Men —who have an hour or so at noon find the “Old Tavern's” Cheerful Log Fires and splendid DOLLAR LUNCHES an attractive place to bring their business friends. n i it in twenty |ll*1 S5t strect i le through 1t—RO . ong Waits Prompt Service Phone Silver Spring 5 Amsterdam Diamond Exchange Easter Gifts Imported and Domestic Items to Charm Any Recipient From the most inexpensive novelty to the finest DIAMOND A.Kahn JInc. . 935 F Street Platinumsmiths Let RESULTS Talk Few people can take the to become expert judges of fuel. They base their ple 2z3 WILLIAM opinion on results. Because we realize that our success depends upon your satisfaction, we have selected our hard coal after a careful investigation of ‘all other Try some of it in fuels. your furnace. KING & SON ESTABLISHED 1835 COAL MERCHANTS Main Office 1151 16th Street Georgetown 2901 K Street TUESDAY, MARCH 10, out of the supplemental $20,000,000 | M o 1931. CITIZENS INDORSE GAS RATE INQUIRY Northeast Group Would Have Utilities Body Work With Bureau of Standards. Declaring that if necessary drastic action should be taken to remedy the h gas bill situation throughout the city, the Northeast Citizens’ Association | last night gave their indorsement for a thorough Public Utilities Commission investigation. ! A suggestion that the utilities com- mission should obtain the co-operation of the Bureau of Standards in standard- | izing gas pressure in mains over the entire city was contained in the reso- | lution drafted by President Evan H.| ‘Tucker of the citizens’ group and Jo- | L Notes, secretary. igh gas bills brought about much discussion within the association, but the body was unanimous in agreement that as it was a subject “close” to them all, they should take official action. | A resolution requesting the District | | PARE government to replace the inadequate lighting arrangement on the majority of | streets from North Capitol street to | Fifteenth street northeast and East Capitol street to Florida avenue north- | east, with the improved lights was| passed by the association. | Stating that floors in schools of the Northeast section, especially those in Ludlow School, where the mesting was held, were a disgrace to the city, the group will request the Board of Educa- tion to make a survey of the condition. Hearty indorsement was given the annual District Clean-up week cam- paign, to be conducted this year by the Central Committee on Employment with assistance of various other organi- zations. New members elected were O. R. Heidenreich, James A. McDonnell, Mrs. E. Smoot, Vernon Eskridge, A. H. | Boyman, A. O. Shaffer, J. L. Vassar, John M. Shaen, Dennis J. Sullivan. | Joseph H. Prinz and Sears, Roebuck & Co. store at Fifteenth street and Bladensburg road northeast. | SOCIETY MEETS TONIGHT | Former Y. M. C. A. Official Will | Pay Tribute to A. K. Parris. | . The Columbla Historical Soclety will | meet at 8:15 o'clock tonigh' in the | Cosmos Club assembly hall William Knowles Cooper, former Y. C. A M 1 official, will pay tribute to Albion K. Parris. Subjects of discussion include “Willlam Hickey of Greenvale” and “The Audubon Society of the District of Columbia.” throat | i Mistol e.u.8.RAT.OFF. When your whole throat aches and | throbs with the agony of hoarseness | or coughing—gargle a spoonful of ‘ Mistol quickly! How soon the painful, scratchy feeling vanishes as Mistol | blandly soothes the soreness away! | Some in the nose checks head colds, too. Doctors use it. Keep Mistol handy! | Get a bottle today, at any drug store. THROUGH THE enjoyable— AT NO EXTRA BEVERLEY HILLS, Calif.—There is not much humor in this, but there is & whole lot of warning. This “jamaica gin- gor jag” has hit our coasl. Here is what you get in a two-ounce bot- tle for fifty cents: “First the fingers and toes become numb, then the Jegs and knees become permanently paralyzed. It seldom rcaches above the knees” Among yester- day's cases, a barber with wife and two children, hands totally par- alyzed, a laborer with wife and three children will never walk again, at old soldiers’ home 32 cases and two deaths, and all a druggist has to plead is “that he didn't know it was poisoned.” This is not to be construcs as a prohibition lecture, its really an ad for just old “corn.” It only paralyzes you temporarily. NTS SEEK GIRL . JILTED AND MISSING | Six Months Ago, They Tell Police, She Left After Bridegroom Failed to Appear. After waiting in silence for almost six months for some word from their daughter, who dicappeared from their home at 726 Sixth street cn September 25, four days after she had been left waiting at the church by her intended husband, Mr. and Mrs, Georg: Econo- mou have appealea to police tc aid in | their search for Rer. | Catherine Economou, 19 years old, the | missing girl, was to have beer married to Charles Hundros on September 21, according to her parents. On that day the festive group that made up the wed- ding perty had assembled, but the |z groom did not show up. About an hnuri after the scheduled wedding. Nick Pou-| das, the best man, sent a telegram say- ing he was unable to find the groom. Four days afterward, her father told police, the girl disappeared and she has | not_been seen since. Go Away Without Care —having given the re- sponsibility for the safety of your valuables (silver- ware, furs, rugs, art ob- jects, etc.) to us. 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