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THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1932, LANSBURGH’S 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 Wins Prize JOBLESS CAMP PROVES SUGCESS Cafifornla Creates Housing and Work Without Pay for 2,000 Persons. GETS $1,000 AWARD FOR SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY. No Connection With Any Other Washington Store EBpecial Dispatch to The Star. SAN FRANCISCO, January 11.— California’s experiment in providing idle men with constructive work minus wages to tide them through the Winter without being dependent upon charity 15 working out splendldly, according to Rexford S. Black, secretary of the Cali- fornia Forest Protective Association and one of three membets of the Governor's Executive Committee in charge of the undertaking. Sixteen camps, well scattered from Humboldt County in the north to San Diego County in the south, are now being operated, housing close to 2,000 men.' About 700 men were taken to the camps from various secticns of the State last week, and additional camps will be opened as necessary ke care T The influX o ates has dropped from Most Extraordinary—This January Feature Selling! Inner ao Englander (Spring untary 2 cells which have the power to move ‘gmr ool Aommunities & and change shape. A. P. Photo. 3 - . 7 o . { i . fare is provided: the men occupy Io — = % s 4 : : g M d S 11 - e o TR SR ade to Sell at $29.75 DKo Pork. B | BAHAMAS GREET CHIEF His studies of nerve construction won for Dr. Carl Caskey Speidel, University of Virginia, the $1,000 prize of the American Association for the Advance- Went of Science for the year's out- cientific discovery. He found after cons ment is provided from many 50 cluding the forest services, cOI firms, A Navy and National Impressed With Personnel. have been much impressed,” cting | uard, | New Governor Is Youngest Ever Named and Has American Wife. NASSAU, Bahamas, January 11 () ' | —capt. B. E. H. Clifford, new governor of |and commander in chief of the Baha- - | mas, arrived yesterday to take over his s two 1 A duties. who faced the and are happy 1o be | o open for board and | He is 41 years old, the youngest gov- nor in the history of this British t Indian colony, and formerly was ntative_in South Alice Devin Gun- of Cleveland large crowd welcomed the new governor and formed & procession. With - | native girls in brilliant costumes throw- Ip each On a few | i s sidents have been able | to earn a few expected opport v _d - have gone at once in for the benefit of all. Any disputes that have come up have been settled by the men themselves in their ‘kanga- r00' courts. And the State has been recelving more work than it would from paid employes.” Organized Mainly for Transients. The camps were organized particular- 1y to take care of out of State unem- ployed, thousands of whom have flocked to California this Winter. Local com- munities were in a position to aid their | own idle but were not able to provide charity for incomers. The State through the labor camps undertook this task, g roses in front of his automobile. Aerial cableways in Germany have creased in number since 1929. New—Auto—Parts & Used Auto Parts 5000 Cars in Stock for Parts Save 50% to 75% Satisfaction or Momey Back Glasser’s, Inc. 2d & Fla. Ave. NE. Met. 8867 -State visitors food and | case they would work | for it | The camps are well supplied with equipment, but are in need of more clothes, particularly work snoes, und | wear, overalls and heavy shirts, to sup- | || ply which donations are depended on. | ||| The recent heavy storms held up the work of the men in the camps and ||| kept out new arrivals for & while, but ||| recruits are again entering the camps, ||| none of which is under snow. “ (Copyright, 1932.) | POOR RICHARD CLUB WILL HONOR EDISON | Franklin Birthday Observance Will Be Featured by Tribute to His Electrical Successor. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, January 11— Thomas A. Edison, who continued the “electrical age” initiated by Benjamin Franklin,' will be honored at the annual observance of Franklin's birthday by the Poor Richard Club Friday. The observance is being held two days prior iversary of Franklin's birth. 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