Evening Star Newspaper, November 3, 1931, Page 16

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1931. {CAREER FAILING, GIRL | sicmpied micide hee Susdey br|her up et the vewel wae ;,wv_g!:,: Byl ot “seventy-secnd 10| NAVY TRAINING COURSES |t ary Department,today brongcst | TRIES TO END HER LIFE “hee ol G i e WGt o | T e o B ¢ en e HIT BY HOOVER ECONOMY-‘m"m Bursen of Nuvigation has s | hospital. | was being. detained because of | Rehearsal Is Planned. e el | than half the funds avatiable for 1931-32 CHEMISTS DISCUSS Sturtevant Blowers For Burning ANALYSIS OF FOOD Agricultural Body Stresses| Laws Governing Myste- rious Enzymes. Delicat mining t snd food the meeting of eultural Cherm today. Special at for deter- | of plants | s meeting at the Raleigh n was paid to the laws determinin action of enzymes, still mysterious ical substances which enter the cémposition of most living matter and which causes changes such s fermentation without being changed themselves. Dr. Arnoid K. Balls, spe- talist in m the University { Prague, w 15t been added to the staff of tment of Agricul- | ture, told | ent stage of knowledge these can be measured only by the actual | changes they produce. They are be- | Meved to be very unstable, cannot bei grouped in any definite chemical family, and most of them probably are present in organic matter in such minute quan- tities that it 1s practically impossible to detect them, except through their work- ings | Formulas Presented | He presented two formulas for meas- uring the amount of an enzyme in a substance by the rate of the reaction. | Enzymes, he pointed out, are of especial | importance because of the part they Play in buman physiology. Thus, one of ! the striking differences between cancer tissues and normal tissue is the enzyme content Dr. C. A. Browne, assistant chief of the Bureau of Chemistry and Soil of the Department of Agriculture, stressed the need of accepted methods for de- termining the content of plants in fthose substances which are most bulky, such as cellulose and lignin. While ex- act methods are available for measur- ing some of the minor constituents of plant matter, he pointed out, crude Methods are used for those substances Which constitute more than 40 per cent of the total mass of forage crops. Formulas for the solution of this prob- lem were presented by Dr. Max Phillips ©f the Department of Agriculture. Plant Analysis Discussed. Rescued After Leap From Ferry- boat, She Says She Will Make nother By the Associated Press BAN FRANCISCO, November 3.— | Despondent over the collapse of & | promised career, an attractive biond &irl, who refused to rev Prancisco, Attempt. young Secon: and had separated from her husband | this threat and her wrought-up mental | on the promises of friends who had of- | condition. fered her a career, and motored to San She had been residing in Pledmont authorities there was nothing left for since with friends, she said fused to reveal their identity Wroth because she was rescued, the oman deciared the effort of ate E. O. Kelly of the ferry- 1 her identity, | boat, who dived into the bay and held The Rubinstein Club will hold a joint | rehearsal in the small ball room of the Willard Hotel tonight at 7:45. Mrs. Mil- ton C. White is vice chairman of the club Learning the promises of her friends of a “career” were unfounded, she told 8he re- her but death her expensive ermine coat on a seat, and laid her purse on top before she Jjumped into the bay. She told hos- pital attendants to call her “Irene.” The young woman said that in New She carefully placed e bt Attendance at the Royal Show, the than in 1930 Trade-In Allowance On Your OId Furniture Take Advantage of It Says, IRADE IN YOUR.OLD Ten- Piece Dining Suite Regular Price Less $30 Allowance $ A charming group of ten pieces, made of genuine wal- nut veneer on gumwood. Buffet, server, china cabi- net, extension table and six slip-seat chairs. | for production of training courses than rtment Broad ¢ Depa: eadensts . Mews Of| yere avaflable tn 160000, tion will extend into the future “It I8 belleved that,. even with re- duced funds, it will be possible to fur- | nish courses to all men who should have It is requested, as a measure of | economy, that ships and stations ask for courses only when they have men ready to take them.” : Impending Reductfén in Funds. President Hoover's naval economy annual agricaltural exhibition at Mel- cAmpalgn has struck training courses | tbem. bourne, Australia, this year was larger |for the service. | The bulletin of the Bureau of Naviga- | This condi- Buckwheat Coal Cut Your Fuel Bill... Fries, Beall & Sharp 734 10th St. N.W. 40% NA, 1964 Keep Your Home Looking Attractive and Modern Trade In Your Old Furniture Regular Price Less $30 Allowance $ Made of genuine walnut veneer combined with gum- wood. Dresser, chest of drawers, wood bed and styl- ish vanity. Decorated panels. I s‘[ ‘N}m '/a i\ o7/ i $5.00 Down! 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