Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1931, Page 5

IRAY DESTRYS | LEGREGENERATON Mystery of Salamander Tr/ailed by Experiments on Vertebrates. BY HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE, Associated Press Science Editor. I NEW YORK, July 24—When a man 8 leg he cannot grow a new one, | dut some animals can, notably the em- bryonic amblystoma, & salamander, The | Teason is a mystery, but sclence has| struck a new trail in seeking the This trail is made public to news of the discovery that X-rays de- roy this regenerative power, reducing | amblystoma to man's condition of legs. | 'The report is given out in Science, of- | ficia] organ of the American Association | for the Advancement of Sclence. It is made by Dr. Elmer G. Butler of Prince- ton University as a result of two years experiments. First Application of Kind. Previously, he says, the power of X-rays to deter regeneration in in- Vertebrates was known, but this is the | first application so far as he knows to & back-boned animal. “It is especially striking” he states, “that a dosage of X-radiation, which very definitely prevents limb regenera- tion, has no apparent effect on normal growth and differentiation. “This failure to regenerate under the influence of X-radiation occurs, more- over, regardless of the level at which the limb is amputated. The wovnd at the point of amputation heals as quick- ly as in normal, unradiated controls. However. there is no regeaeration of the Jost part such as takes place rapidly in unradiated embryos. Significance in Results, “The effects of X-radjation in pre- venting regeneration, therefore, appears to bear no relation to the age of the embryo, the stage of limb development or the level at which the limb is am- putated. “One of the significant results of this investigation is that X-radiation affords & method of studying experimentally the differentiation process in regenera- tion as compared with differentiation in normal embryonic developmert. “It would appear that the differen- tiation during regeneration is in some important respect unlike the differen- tiation during normal development; the former is prohibited by a dosage of X-radiation that has no externally visi- ble efféct on the latter.” l U. S. MAY GET $12,000 PEGGY JOYCE JEWEL Government Asked to Accept Dia- mond Neckpiece as Duty Suit Settlement. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 24.—Peggy Hopkins Joyce may forfeit to the Government the $12,000 diamond-studded neckpiece which one of her former husbands, Milton Joyce, gave her. Morton Baum, assistant United States attorney, said today he would recom- mend that the Government accept the neckpiece in settlement of the Govern- ment’s suit for $50,000 duty, interest and penalties pending against her. Miss Joyce offered to forfeit it through her attorney, Moses Polakoff. The ncckpiece vas seized by customs agents in 1922, when Miss Joyce ar- rived from a European visit and was charged with failing to declare it. Articles of clothing seized at the same time were said by Mr. Baum to have deteriorated to such an extent they are virtually valueless. Miss Joyce at the time said the failure to declare the valuables was the result of a malid’s error. WOMAN ROUTES THIEF AND NOTES AUTO TAG | Man Discovered by Bedside Escapes, but Car Is Found to Belong to Close’ Neighbor. Awakening about 5:30 o'clock this, morning to find a man standing beside Ter bed, Mrs. Albert Hodes, 1419 Colum- bia road, called her husband, a doctor, who was in an adjoining room, and the intruder fled. ] He jumped from a window of the first-floor apartment, climbed into an automobile and sped away, but not b-- ' fore Mrs. Hodes had jotted down the license number. The car, it was found, | was listed in the name of a man living in the same block. The intrudr gained entrance through the same window from which he later | leaped. Mrs. Hodes gave tenth precings | police a detailed description of him. FUGITIVE IS RETURNING Detective Bringing Samuel Green- ® burg Here to Face Charges. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., July 24.—Detective | Sergeant Louis M. Wilson of the Wash- | ington department returned home today | with Samuel Greenberg. alias Samuel Green, 30, wanted there on a charge of larceny after trust. It is alleged that | the man made away with $1,750 worth | of jewelry intrusted to him by Louis Lustick of 616 Otis place, Washington. Greenberg who was living here under the name of Samuel Green has been ! engaged In selling automobile polish | since he came to Richmond recently, | he told the police. He was arrested | at the request of the Washington authorities. S SUICIDE IS UNCLAIMED Martin M‘ller, 82, May Be Interred in Potters Field. Martin Miller, 82 years old, who com- mitted suicide at the base of the statue of Gen. Winfleld Scott Hancock, at Seventh street and Pennsylvani aue, early Monday, may be bu potters field, unless some one the body in & few days, it was stated at the District Morgue ay. A card found in the elderly man's pockst gave his home as Jackson. Mich., but local authcrities have been unable to reach any reiatives there. BUTERFLINN 607-609 C St. Will completely s -5 paint the chil- } == dren’s room with Acme Qual- ity Kalso- Will not., Wait Until H +idE EVENING STAR, WASHINGi1uN, D. C, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1931 e Grows Up! YOUNG GIANT, 13, POSES WI TH FATHER AND BROTHER. ATLANTA, Ga.—Robert Wadlow of Alton, Ill, who is only 13 years old, but weighs 290 pounds and stands 7 feet 4 inches tall, with his father, H. F. Wawlow, and his brother Eugene, 9, on a visit in Atlanta, Ga. 43 inches and gained 26 pounds last yea Robert grew r. —Wide World Photo. MEXIGO 1S OPPOSED TOCUSTONS UNION Neighboring Republic Fears “Grave Consequences” of | Latin American Pact. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, July 24.—The Mexi- | can. government informed the, Chilean government yesterday that it con- sidered the proposed pan-American customs union would be of “grave consequences” to the nations concerned Tdnd that therefore it did not favor the | ea. It expressed interest, however, in a suggesticn_ by the Chilean governmert that the Latin American nations pre- sent their point of view on armaments at the Geneva Conference in 1932 and expressed willingness to take part in discussions of means to alleviate the flx‘unchl erisis in Latin American coun- tries. The proposals were made by the | Chilean government in a note to Mexico June 23, ‘The Mexican reply, which was handed to the Chilean charge d'affaires yester- day, said that a pan-American customs unicn might lead to division of the world into three customs groups— America, Europe and Asia—and that this would create a world economic situation of “incalculable consequences.” Europe and America should work in | harmony and any breach in this har- mony might be the cause of grave diffi- cul;tes cn a world-wide scale, the note said. In reply to the Chilean suggestion for a pan-American conference to study the unemployment problem, the Mexican government said it corsidered this problem one for the countries to work out individually. Cited for Gallantry. A Silver Star citation has been awarded by the War Department to Warren D. Lefurgy of Yonkers, N. Y., formerly sergeant, 305th Infantry, 77th | Division, for special gallantry in action | at Marcq, France, October 10, 1918. Union Made 118 PLAIN POUND CHOCOLATE ICED COCOANUT ICED NUT PLAIN CARAMEL ICED | learned RECOUNT OF NAMES ON PETTION ASKED Referendum Request on W., B. & A. Tax Exemption Before Law Official. Special Dispatch to The St. ANNAPOLIS, Md.. July 24—The local committee which sponsored the petitions for a referendum on the Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Electric Railway tax ememption measure is seeking & recount of the signatures filed with the secrctary of State, it was today from Willlam Preston Lane, attorney general of Maryland. While the local committee, of which Walter H. Hart is chairman, announced some time ago that several hundred names had been filed in excess of the needed 10,000 for a State referendum. the official count presented to Attorney General Lane is only in the neighbor- Attorney General Lane said that if the required number of signatures had been filed he would pass a favorable recom- medation to the secretary of State. Mr. Lane says he has been in confer- ence with Mr. Hart and others who are seeking the referendum, and that he s awaiting final count before deter- mining whether or not the question will br placed before the voters of the State at the next general election. ‘While other sections are involved in the two-year tax exemption as granted by the State, Anne Arundel County 1s one of the most severe losers. City and county officials banned together to 'hood of 9,800 it was said. seek the referendum and solicitors were | paid for each signature secured. LEWIS LENDS MEDAL MONTPELIER, Vt., July 24 (&).— Sinclair Lewis, novelist, deposited the! Nobel prize medal in literature award- ed him last year, with the Vermont His- torical Society yesterday as a perma- nent loan. The medal will be kept on display in the society’s rooms at the State building here. Union COOK’S samen PEERLESS CAKES 99 23¢ YOUR DEALER HAS THEM DECORATED WEDDING, BIRTHDAY CAKES 50c Pound Nat. 7828 Mothers, with Grown-Up Daughters, Slen’derwise ’I;le Modern Miss and her Mother . . . both are slender-wise. They know the secret of making the Salad-Meal a daily treat. They have found that no other Mayonnaise has that extra-tangy smooth- ness! . .. And BEST FOODS is such an ¢d.¢y name to remems- ber when you order CERMAS BACKNG Chicago Mayor Declares New York .Governor Accept- able to West. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 24.—Mayor Anton J. Cermak of Chicago, by virtue of his ,office one of the reigning heads of Illinois Democracy, has only favorable comment to make of Gov. Franklin D. ! Roosevelt of New York as a presidential cholce. “From all that I h-(" read about mayor said, “my judgment is that he is wet enough to be acceptable to our wet party in the West.” Talked With G Mayor Cermak revealed his cholce of Roosevelt after a private talk with former Gov. Afred E. Smith, titular head of the national Democratic party. In the mayor's opinion, Mr. Smith will not again seek the presidential nomination, “Nothing he said to me. would indi- | cate that he was or would be a can- diate, and in my opinion he does not | expect to,” Mayor Cermak sald. Smith, he added, was very friendly toward Roosevelt. Tllinois Favors Wet. | He said that Illinols favored a wet, and “a candidate must be honestly wet | to stand the test with us in the Illinois Democracy.” Mayor Cermak lunched with Gov. | Roosevelt and with Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City, considered one of the | most_powerful Democratic leaders of the East. Mayor Cermak in a radio address last night defended Chicago as a much maligned city. He said Chicago would make a bid for both political conven- tions in 1932, NAVY BUYS PROJECTILES Contracts Totaling $600,000 Are| Awarded Three Companies. Contracts totaling $600,000 were awarded yesterday by the Navy De- | partment for projectil:s. The largest, | for $400,000, went to the Tredegar | Steel Co. of Richmond, Va., with livery at Atlantic points, starting in | March. Contracts totaling $200,000 | were divided between the Crucible Steel | Co. cf New York and the Bethlehem | Steel Co. Science Raven Past Master of Flying Upside Down. | The raven apparently is a past mas. | ter of the aviator's trick of flylng up: Iside down, according to a communica. tion to Nature, London, by the Danis] ornitholog'st, A. Vedel Taning. “I have had,” he writes, “the oppor- | unity of seeing many hundreds of these interesting birds in Iceland, where | !their number is rapidly increasing. | probably because of refuse from th fisheries. I have seen about 100 of them performing evolutions in the air around a favorite nesting place, and it | | is rather common to see them fly up- side down | | ‘As far as T can judge, this behavior s not particularly connected with courtship, although it is most often seen at mating time, when air acro- batics are especially prominent.” T. R. H. (Cupyi 1031 i Saturday ME Shirts & 23 Summer Robes; we 143 Handmade Ties; ® WASHINGTON'S FINEST MEN'S WEAR STORE @ > -Hour Clearance of broken assortments. The earlier you get here Saturday morning, the better your selection. $1. Were $3.50, $3, $2.50 and $ JUST 235 SHIRTS 163 - PAJAMAS 17 Sweaters; were to $15 60 Prs. Golf Hose; were to $7,50..now $1,45 168 Belts; were $1.50 to $3 265 Arrow Soft Collars, 3 for 25¢c..each 10¢ Park Free at IROOSEVELT GIVEN: |FARMERS OBSERVE LOMN CODITIONS U. S. Satisfied With Way Bor- rowers Plant Grapes to Secure Advances. Satisfaciion with the manner in 'hlch| farmers receiving drought loans have: becn carrying out their obligations has! been expr:ssed by Government officials. Inspectors of the Agriculture De- pa.tment's sced loan office have found that practically every one has kept his agrezment to plant and cuitivate care- fully the crops upon which the Govern- ment took lien for security. ~ Many payments already have becn made, G. L. Hoffman, the director, said yesterday. Mostly, however, they are small amounts. One farmer paid | one cent to the Memphis rezional of- fice as his first installment. Larger payments will be made later when the major crops are harvested. One hundred and ten loans have been made in Nofth Dakota and Montana where the loans w-re recently reopened to enable drought sufferers to buy feed for live stock. Approximately $4,500,000 of the $48,- 000,000 emergency funds appropriated by the last Congr-ss has been loaned in the Northwest States. In some cases wheat crops in North Dakota and Mon- tana, which were destroyed by this s drought, were pledged to the Gov-rnment for loans made in the Spring. The department has ruled that where thess crops have been seriously d>meged they mav be fed to live stock, thus removing the security. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. \ Meeting. National Aeronautic Associa- | tion, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Moonlight cruise, K;fl‘h'l of Pythias, tonight. Surmer festival program, 13th United, States Engineers Band, Sylvan Theater, m. 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