Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1933, Page 5

EFFOENCY BAEAD DEFENDEDBY CHF Its Abolition Under Supply Bill ¢ Wpuld Be False Economy, Savs Brown. Abolition of the Bureau of Efficiency under the pending Treasury-Post Office eppropriation bill would be false econ- omy and deprive the incoming Presi- dent of the one” Government agency with a trained personnel ready to serve hini in the reorganization of Govern- ment activities, Herbert D. Brown, chief of the bureau, said today in an inter- view. Pointing to the 20-year record of the bureau in effecting economies in the Government service, Mr. Brown said “the bureau has never cost the tax- payer a penny in any single year, from the day it started—nearly 20 years ago. In its leanest years it has never failed to make actual savings equal to several times its cost through finding ways and means to handle the Government's busi- ness at less expense. “What the bureau needs is backing and support from the committee of Congress that now seeks to destroy it.” There is a real need, especially at this time, the bureau chief pointed out, for an organization trained in the wor': to be demanded by the incoming Pre dent in effecting the reorganization and economies in Government functions ‘Which are being demanded. Surveys Held Necessary. “Few people seem to understand,” sald Mr. Brown, “that a statute or an executive order will not bring about a reduction in public expenditures. It is, ©of course, necessary to have the statute or executive order to bring about the consolidation, buf this must be followed by an-intensive detailed study by some ®gency like the Bureau of Efficiency to plan the organization and procedure of ‘the consolidated ngencies so that their work will be performed to the bast advantage with the lowest possible cost. It is a weird and fantastical notion to place upon the incom'ng President the overwhelming task of re- organizing the Government service and then deprive him of the one agency that has a trained force ready at hand to serve him.” Officials of the bureau declared that the premise of those who would abolish the bureau, i. e, that the work of the bureau has been taken over by the Civil Service Commission and the Bu- reau of the Budget, is not based upon the facts. “The Civil Service Commission has taken over none of the work of the Bureau of Efficiency,” it was said at the bureau today. “The work of the Personnel Classificaticn Board was transferred last Fall to the Civil Serv- ice ‘Commission, but that board has its own staff, and while the chief of the Bureau of Efficiency was, prior to the transter, ex io & member of the board, the transfer made no .change whatever in the work of the Bureau of Efclency. Duties of Budget Bureau. ‘Th“fi.w‘;rk ':t tthhg Bureau .ftf; the Bud- e preparation of the cial statements of receipts and ex- penditures and of annual appropriation estimates. Its attention is given prin- cipally to studies and analyses of the appropriation estimates of the several blishments with a view to deter- g the amount to be recommended to Congress to meet the needs of the varlous branches of the service, mafters that relate rather to the extent that work shall be carried on in the light of $he financial condition of the Gov- emment. The major activity of the Bureau of Efficiency has to do with the organization and procedure to be fol- lowed in accomplishing the work thus decided upon and approved by Congress in such a way as to achieve the great- est possible results with the least ex- penditure of appropriations. “The Bureau of Efficiency consists of a small force of specialists who study specific problems of organization and business methods and develop construc- tive recommendations for improvements. 1t also provides information or recom- mendations on administrative and legis- lative matters. The studies undertaken by the bureau origindte at the request of the President, of Congress, or its Committees, 4O oJidividual members, or e of e several adminis- trative astablishments.” It would be a hardship on the per- sonnel of the bureau with 43 employes, 29 of whom are investigators or other specialists, and the remainder, with the exception of two messengers, clerks, to throw them out of work, as is contem- plated in the measure, with less than & month’s notice and without hearing. 43 Families Threatened. It would mean, it is pointed out, that 43 families in the District would be thrown out of employment. The total force, it is stated, has 54 persons wholly dependent upon it for support. This number includes 25 minor childrer. In addition there are 18 partly dependent. of the employes in the bureau, 18 are buying the homes in which they live. “Most of the bureau’s employes,” it was stated, “have, as the result of many years of conscientious and valuable effort, become specialists in the work upon which they are engaged. “This work is essential to the proper and economical conduct of the Govern- ment business and its discontinuance would not only be & grave mistake, but wonld impose a gross injustice upon the personnel, especially at this time when the extraordinary depression in private industry has eliminated almost all the possibility for private employ- ment. “If Congress does not wish to con- tinue the Bureau of Efficiency as an independent establishment, the bureau's work is so important and essential to the Government that it should be con- tinued by some appropriate existing es- tablishment, such as the general ac- counting office, by an amendment transferring the duties, personnel and appropriation, as well as the records and property, to such existing estab- lishment.” ‘The Bureau of Efficiency was es- tablished by Congress in 1916, and immediately charged with the task of establishing a system of efficiency rat- ings for the classified service in the District. The bureau had difficulty in interesting the various establishments in this project due to the problems of government departments just preceding and during our participation in the ‘World War. Approval of such & sys- tem, however, was given by executive order in October, 1921. Since 1929, according to Mr. Brown, in a letter to Congress, reporting on the proposal to abolish the bureau, it has effected estimated savings in the wvarjous government establishments of more than $3,000,000. ACCOKEEK P.-T. A. MEETS Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ACCOKEEK, Md., January 13.—The rovement of the school grounds and the purchasing of needed supplies ‘were measures approved by the Parent- her Association of the - Accokeek | l | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Streets of Gold Visioned EFFECT OF ULTRA-VIOLET RAYS ON MINERALS STUDIED. | N indescribably weird and lovely world of golden streets, rose-red cities, amethyst mountains and blossoming rockpiles, apj h- ing an artist’s %Pum dise, lies just beyond the old of human vision. It is the familiar, eve~vday world under the invisible ultra-..olet light with visible illumination mostly, or en- tirely, cut off. The phenomenon is in progress all the time but the eye can- not see it. At the Smithsonian Institution there are being conducted a series of experi- ments with a recently discovered prop- erty of minerals to emit color under ultra-violet illumination. Since ultra- violet is invisible it might be assumed that it would have no effect at all on the color of objects. What happens is that these penetrating rays enter the mineral and set up a molecular agita- tion which, in turn, causes the object to “fluoresce,” the color of the fluor- escence depending on the characteristic ultra-violet sensitivity of that particular kind of rock. Under the eye, a chunk of dirty brown stone turns to a lump of glittering gold, a piece of colorless fluorite into a jewel of flashing, un- earthly blue, a bit of common calcite into & flower-like pink. Valuable Results Promised. Different minerals differ greatly in their ultra-violet sensitivity. Thus this | property promises to become a valuable tool in the hands of scientists. analysis of a chunk of stone which for- { merly would have required hours of dif- ficult chemical procedure. The min- eralogist can tell from the color effects | approximately what the rock contains. | If there is a blue glow of a certain | shade, for example, he knows that there is fluorite present. James H. Benn, Smithsonian min- eralogist, is _investigating the fluores- cent properties under uitra-violet light of practically all known minerals in order to provide a fundamental color table for the use of other investigators. Striking differences are found and Mr. Benn already has discovered 15 addi- tional minerals having this property. Many minerals do not fuoresce at all. Some change color only when there are slight impurities present. The reason for this remains an enigma. Calcite, one of the most common min- erals in the earth's surface, turns from dirty white to pink only if there is a slight trace of manganese present. If there is too little or too much the ef- fect does not take place. Presumably the manganese acts in some way as an activator for the surrounding calcite molecules. Of two samples of calcite collected from the same fleld, one will change color and the other will not. Some minerals will fluoresce when the source of the ultra-violet illumination is a mercury arc, and fail to show any effect when an iron arc is used. Others show just the opposite behavior. It is 3 big puzzle to be worked out for the entire table of minerals. In their changed colors under ultra- | “iolet illumination, minute details of It is | possible to make a crude, instantaneous | JAMES H. BENN. the rocks stand out with greatly in- creased sharpness. This promises to prove an aid to photography. Details affecting the rock as a whole, which might be missed under the microscope, stand out to the naked eye under this illumination. Much of the present| study of the trilobites and the cephalo- | pods which swarmed in the primeval | seas when life was young hinges upon | the discrimination of minute details of | structure. | This phenomenon of fluorescence is going on all the time and probably cob- blestones, walls of buildings and field stones are producing rainbow effects of blues and golds. The intensity of ultra- violet illumination used in the National Museum laboratory is little greater than that which is contained in_ordinary sunlight; but in the open world the ef- fect is “drowned out” so far as ordinary vision is concerned by the color effects due to the other wavelengths, especially those of the visible light range. If there | could be a deep twilight, but with the' same intensity of ultra-violet radiation as at high noon, the familiar scenes of town and country would change into vistas of fairyland. ‘What actually goes on in the interior of the rock remains obscure. But it is| known that some of the energy of the ultra-violet ray is used up in producing | molecular agitation. It is the surplus energy which is not consumed in this process and which is discarded that comes out in the form of the visible | fluorescence. It is no longer ultra-| violet, but light of the wavelength asso- ciated with the color it produces. The more energy consumed in the molecular agitation the further down the spec- trum toward the red is the resulting fluorescence. Two Policemen Among Five Held In Kidnap Probe Accused of Abducting Man From Federal Build- ing in Broad Daylight. By the Associated Pres ¥ NEW YORK, January 13.—Five men, including two policemen, were arrested today charged with kidnaping Emfi!t’ Schoenig of Pleasantville, N. J., from the Brooklyn Federal Building o De- cember 27 and holding him prisoncr for 15 days. h.' o was said to have gone mgchoe Mznlm Building in connection with » liquor case and the kidnaping was carried out, police said, in broad day- light by the two patrolmen, an ex-con- vict with a long record and two other men. Detectives were told the sisnlgers de- manded $100,000 ransom, but when ne- gotiations failed they released their prisoner. The patrolmen under arrest are John Nevins and ‘Arthur B. Graef, who have been in the Police Department 5 and 11 years, respectively. The other pris- oners described themselves as Frank Miller, & clerk living on Riverside drive; Max Geller, a_seaman, and Leonard Gawelczyk, & chauffeur. Miller has a record of some 20 arrests, and has served a term in Sing Sing prison. The 200 detectives attending a head- quarters line-up listened to Assistant Chief Inspector John J. Sullivan de- nounce the arrested patrolmen as “worse than sewer rats.” BLAST TERRORIZES AREA IN NEW YORK Gas Station Near Times Square Blows Up, Killing One and Injuring Two. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, January 13.—A sec- tion of midtown Manhattan was ter- rorized today when a big gasoline sta- tion blew up with a roar, killing one man and injuring two. The blast, followed by the crash of hundreds of window panes, spread fear through a populous area a few blocks north of the “crossroads of the world” —the Time Square theatrical zone. The casualty list: Gilman Osgood, 27, of Hempstead, father of two children, killed when the wreckage of the station buried him in an oiling pit. Patrolman William Butler, seriously injured when he ran to investigate a preliminary blast. The big explosion hurled him across a street. ously hurt. The blast, which shook tall apart- ment houses nearby as well as the John Golden Theater, occurred at Fifty-eighth street and Seventh ave- nue at 12:56 am. It was attributed to seepage of vapors from a tank to an office where a coal stove ignited them. Hundreds of people, frightened, ran to the street. Extra police quickly sped to the spot, for an exposion in this crowded section is always a po- tential source of panic. For hours afterward a special corps of street sweepers was busy c:lznmnil up glass broken from tall apartment houses and stores. _— CLUB BACKS BOXING Van Duzer and Havenner Address ‘Washingtonians’ Session. ; Ways and Means, Miss De Wilde, James Atkins and Mrs. Leo Gosnell; Refreshments, Mrs. Kremer and Mrs. G. E. Wilson. A arranged by a committee, Traffic _Director WflgmHA. Van Duzer and Dr. George C. Havenner were the principal speakers at a meet- e e el n! al 3 "1%2 tion indorsed New Hawley, a passerby, less seri- | | and his White House associates co-op- DYNAMITE SOURCE INKILLING SOUGHT Tests Are Awaited to Reveal | Finally Explosive Used in Kirk Slaying. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEONARDTOWN, Md., January 13.— Authorities investigating the death of Miss Ida Kirk sought today to trace the dynamite which an assassin is believed :l;sg:ve planted in her car last Friday They are convinced a dynamite bomb killed the 73-year-old philanthropist, although the result of laboratory tests to determine the type of explosive was awaited today. Detectives from Baltimore and local authorities are canvassing ‘merchants, highway crews, “stump blowers” and others handling dynamite in the couuty in an effort to learn if the explosive could have been stolen locally. Dynamite s Founa. ‘Two sticks of dynamite were found near the spot where Miss Kirk parked her car Friday night. They presumably were left by the agent who manufac- tured the bomb, ‘The explosive, attached to the muff- ler of Miss Kirk's automocbile, fatally injured the spinster Saturday morning shortly after she left Chaptico to drive to Washington. ‘The will disposing of M.ss Kirk’s es- tate probably will be made public in a few days. It was placed on file here early this week, but the contents will not be disclosed until the beneficiaries come to the court house to hear the will read. Miss Kirk was reputed to be worth more than $100,000. More than a score of friends and as- sociates of the dead woman have been questioned in an effort to develop a motive for the crime. Admits Throwing Away Shell. ‘The explosion left no trace of a bomb or firing mechanism. _Authori- ties at first supposed they had tangible evidence of a bomb in the shape of an empty shotgun shell, picked up near the spot where Miss Kirk left her car overnight last Friday, but a small boy living in the neighborhood admitted yesterday that he threw down _the shell. Other shells were said to have been scattered about the vicinity by youths. Lawrence Gau of Baltimore, firearms was expected to report here today on the result of chemical tests to determine the nature of the explosive used. Parts of the destroyed car were removed to Baltimore for examination late Wednes- day. CALLS AT WHITE HOUSE Prescott Voices Thanks for Co- operation With Republicans Here. Samuel J. Prescott, chairman of the for the District of Columbia, called at the White House today to pay his respects and to express his thanks for the manner in which President Hoover erated with the loeal Republican or- ganization during the last four years. Mr. Prescott will leave Washington tomorrow for his expert for the Maryland State Police, Republican State Committee in and E. ‘Winter home in | Lot Miami, Fla., where he will remain until May. OR a few cents a day, ¥ and little parking in ing the day—always ready fee. D. C.. FRIDAY, SATISFIES FOESBY IMFNARY MAY BACK ABSENCE DECISION Senator Coblentz to Await Ruling of Court Before Attending Sessions. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., January 13.—An- nouncement by Senator Emory L. Coblentz of Frederick County that he would absent himself from future ses- sions of the State Senate until the Court of Appeals passes on his case will be satisfactory to a group of his col- leagues, who had planned to request his | resignation from the floor, it was re- ported here today. In making public his decision not to attend meetings of the Senate until his case is decided, Senator Coblentz de- clared he did not wish to be a source of embarrassment to his associates, some of whom let it be known that they would call upon him to resign if he returned to the floor when the Upper House reconvenes Tuesday night. Issues Statement. Mr. Coblentz’s statement, issued after a conference with Gov. Ritchie, said: “I have not the slightest desire to embarrass my colleagues in_the Senate in _any possible way. “The reason I have not resigned as State Senator and have attended the Senate sessions is because I have felt that my resignation or deliberate ab- sence from the sessions might be con- strued as indicating some feeling of guilt on my part. “This T was and am both anxious to avold because, with great respect to the Allegany County Court, its decision in my case does not in any degree what- soever affect my own feeling of complete innocence of the charges of which I was_convicted. “My conscience is entirely clear and I fully expect that the decision of the Court of Appeals in my case will justify the attitude I have taken. “If, however, my continued presence in the session of the Senate, pending the outcome of my appeal, should be the source of the slightest embarrass- ment to any of those whose confidence and friendship I have been happy to enjoy, then I can take the only course left open to me and absent myself from future sessions of the Senate until the Court of Appeals has acted finally on my case.” 7 Appeals Conviction. Senator Coblentz appealed his convic- tion on a charge of accepting deposits in branches of the Central Trust Co. of Frederick knowing the institutions to be insolvent. Other indictments resulting from the failure of the trust company which he headed, are pending against him. 'RETIREMENT LAW CHANGE SOUGHT Bill by Wheeler Would Transfer Supervision to Civil Service. Supervision over the Government employes’ retirement law would be transferred from the,Veterans’ Admin- istration to the Civil Service Commis- sion under a bill introduced yes- terday by Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana. The carrying out of the retirement law is one of the functions of the commissioner of pensions, and for the past two years has been han- dled through the Veterans' Bureau. Wheeler bill also makes several other changes in the retirement law. One proposed amendment would bring under the retirement law all regular annual employes of legislative and | judicial branches of the Government. Earlier yesterday the Senate Civil Service Committee reported favorably another bill which would bring under the retirement law those employes at the Capitol who are not already af- fected by it. Employes who come under the Office of the Architect of the Capitol are already subject to the re- tirement law. It was pointed out that comparatively few of the employes in the offices of members of the Senate and House remain in the Government service long enough to go on the retired list. For such employes the 3% per cent which would be deducted from their salaries under the retirement law would be in the nature of a saving they would draw out when they leave the service. WILL SPEAK AT Y. W. C. A. Miss Woodsmall Formerly With Foreign Missions’ Inquiry. Miss Ruth Woodsmall, former mem- ber of the commissions of the Laymen’s Foreign Missions Inquiry, will be the speaker at the World Fellowship lunch- eon at the local Y. W. C. ‘A. Monday noon. Her subject will be “A Post-War Panorama of Women.” Miss Wood- small is a member of the foreign di- vision of the national board of the Y. W. C. A and formerly was execu- tive secretary of the organization in the Near East. Gl S R B Marriage Licenses. ) 25 23 14th st. and B2 I g hardt, 20, both of Pocoma Park, Md.; Re! v. a 3 m. Albert Friday, 2 14th st. Mary F. Tove, 1 14ih st “William O, Brown. ve. 1 A. B. Fisher. 2L 4301 Kenilworth ave. and Olive R. Hathaway. 20, 3360 Mt nt st; Rev. James D. Hubb _Alvin W. Jaies, 1436 Oak st., and Gindys E. Pruett, 21’ 1615 Isherwood st. n.e.; Rev. John C. Ball. Benjamin P, Garber, 71, Herrisonburs, Va. and Wilhelmink C.’ Culien, 48, Bridge- water, Va: Rev. W. T, Goy Mait Y. A Poole, ichael. rrell, 23, Brockenburg, Va., end Curtis, 21, McHenry, Va.; Rev. John . Briggs. Philip ' Lichtman, 35, Wildwood, N. J.. and Sonia Auerbach, 24, Baltimore, Md.; Rey, Loe) Grant rd., and Mrytle nnecticut ave.; Rev. J. 1321 § st. and Mary 8th st.; Rev. James T. Harvey. Calus Johnson. 26. 614 M st. and Briscoe. 25, 1108 Columbia rd.; Rev. ng. David E. Murphy. 24, 415 1st st. and Florle Davis. 20, 942 Rhode Island av Judge Robert E. M: i se. 5. rog. 35, 21, Vienna, omas Brown, 24, Edwarg Graham Charlie _Lee, 23, Wallace, 21, 1 Alice G..T. “A Capital Idea” Park Your Car Where It'll Be Safe! on a monthly rate, you can enjoy not only the convenience of CAPITAL GARAGE SERVICE —but what greater importance—it will be SAFE from the big dgmages inevitably incidental to out-of-doors tre“ heavy traffic sections and hours. is of even In and out as often as you need to use your car dur- for you; always protected. One repair bill may cost more than a month’s parking Capital Garage, 1320N.Y. Ave. Phone Dist. 9500 | HOUSE FARM BIL [Would Bring Plan “Within ! Constitution”—Committee Meets Monday. (Continued From Pirst Page.) think further hearings on the Senate side would be necessary, but this was a question for the committee to de- termine. Meanwhile the emergency price-fix- ing plan voted by the House in the hope of adding millions to the 1933 national farm income faced two obstacles—the Senate and President Hoover. Senators for the most part reserved opinion pending a closer study of fhe intricate allotment bill's provisions. But in some quarters there was strong opposition as hopeful sponsors began a drive for the needed majority. Democrats Fear Veto. Even should this be obtained, Demo- cratic leaders have said they believe Mr. Hoover will veto the one-year plan. By a vote of 203 to 151, the measure was passed by the House late yesterday, the rumored friendliness of President- elect Roosevelt being a big factor in mustering this strength. But despite the reported desire of i Mr. Roosevelt to see such legislation enacted, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee—Smith of South Carolina—already has indi- catod his opposition. Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho, without commitjing himself, has ex- pressed doubt ut the measure. Nevertheless, prompt_committee con- sideration of the House bill which would pay a bounty to producers of seven commodities — wheat, tobacco, Togs. rice, dairy products and peanuts —was assured. It was after the last three commodities had been added to the_original bill that 139 House Demo- crats, 63 Republicans and 1 Farmer- Laborite united against 101 Republicans and 50 Democrats to secure its passage. One hopeful sign cited by Senate ad- vocates was last year's action by that body in passing & bill—though it later was recalled—containing a form of the domestic allotment plan. The House bill is intended, for a one- year period, to put into the farmer's pre-war ratio with industrial commodity prices. It would start in this way: For all benefited commodities, except tobacco, an initial marketing period, beginning 30 days after enactment and ending when the 1933-3¢ marketing year starts, would be established. In this period, ‘these minimum prices would prevail: Seventy-five cents a bushel on wheat and rice, 9 cents a pound on cotton, 5 cents a pound on hogs, 26 cents a pound on butterfat and 3 cents a pound on peanuts. A Tax on Processing. ‘Whenever average market prices re- ceived by the producer dropped below these prices—as they are now—the Sec- retary of Agriculture would declare the difference between the two and that difference would be levied as a tax on processing. Collections would be out as a bounty to farmers on their percentage of domestic consumption, or, in the case of dairymen, on 80 per cent of their production. Hogs would provide a slight variation. While the bounty would be ed on a 5-cent basis, the tax would be de- termined on a graduated scale mount- ing from 3% to 41, cents & pound, and to participate hog producers would have to market 20 per cent less tonnage. Once the 1933-4 year began, pre- war parity prices would become ef- fective for all commodities except hogs, whose minimum would be 6 cents plus ), cent for every 10- point increase in the Index of factory employment. Tobacco would be in- cluded at this stage. All growers participating would have to prove a 20 per cent acreage cut, dairymen could not increase production and hog producers would have to cut corn acreage as well as tonnage 20 per cent. A presidential proclamation would’ be needed to continue the bill on any or all commodities a second year. The bill puts the cotton-processing ‘tax rate on silk and rayon. A 5-cent per pound tariff is put on short-staple cotton, the same duty on oils and fats, and all existing duties are increased by the amount of the prevailing proc- essing tax. Charles W. Holman, secretary of the National Co-Operative Milk Producers’ Federation, said the ofl tariff “will renck:h llppm;em?m{m l.o:ofio.oog pounds of com) ve Importe: an fats.” It constituted, he sald, “the most significant tariff victory for agriculture of the century.” DISTRICT 0. E. S. OPENS 37TH ANNUAL SESSION Year’s Activities Reviewed by Grand Matron After Welcome—Of- ficers’ Election Scheduled Tonight. The thirty-seventh annual meeting of the District of Columbia Grand Chap- ter, Order of the Eastern Star, began last night at the Mayflower Hotel and will be resumed this evening. The delegates were welcomed, and Miss Edith A, Willlams, grand matron, presented her annual report, reviewing the year's activities. Hi Kimball, grand master of Masons in District, also spcke. A feature of the meeting, the most part to routine business, was a flag drill by the team that performed at the re-enactment of the corner stone laying at the Capitol during the Bicentennial Celebration. Officers will be elected tonight. They will be installed Saturday night. CLEAR EYES . VIGOR a7 60 Internal Cleanliness Intestinal stoppage, com- monly known as constipation, is the cause of 80% of all human ills, say many famous doctors. Thousands feel and look old before “their time,” often because of personal neglect. If you are not feeling up to par, want to regain your old-time energy- an ly again, follow this simple, pleasant m banishing eon-hfuho«n. Take one little E-Z Tablet when- ever you feel sluggish, full of cold, “headachy,” constipated or bilious. I quickly settles upset stomach, banishes coated tongue livens lazy liver, cleanses and sweetens the EZ Tablets gently but surely and pocket a cash return approaching a| JANUARY 13, 1933. ' Buried Here CHEMIST WAS FO! Y IN GOVERNMENT m& EDWARD H. KELLOGG, Forty, former resident here, who died Monday at his Pittsburgh home, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery yesterday. Mr. Kellogg, who was born in Kansag, served in the Chemical War- fare Service overseas with the rank of captain after having been oonnected with both Agriculture Department and Bureau of Standards here. He had been general sc'es manager of the Mine S;rety Appliances Co., Pittsburgh, since 1 THO-HOUR LUNCH PERIOD FORECAST { Pittsburgh Smoke Regulation Head Cites Body Need for Sunshine. | By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, January 13—Take it from H. B. Meiler—and he’s an expert —if you are an office or factory worker in a large industrial center, you prob- ably need two hours off for lunch. Meller is chief of Pittsburgh’s Bu- |Teau of Smoke Regulation, and he | described investigations into air hy- | giene for the Cleveland chapter of the | American Society of Heating and Ven- | tilating Engineers. | He admitted the quest of science for | pure air is far from complete, but as- serted that enough is known to point the way to changed Working conditions in industrial and commercial plants. Two-Hour Lunch Possible. “For instance,” he said, “if the short- er work-day is , it may be found highly desirable for both health and efficiency reasons. to have a general id | two-hour mid-day lunch period, much of which would be spent outdoors in the open e.” Meller explained that ultraviolet emanations from the sun do nct reach the street level in abundance before 10 am., or after 3 pm. “The body,” he added, “has the sun thirst only in these hours.” For that reason, he said, a shorter working day would afford greater time for the work- er to obtain the benefits of solar radia- tion. He “atmospheric pollution is a mfie full aumfl&o of health ] ppiness in industrial centers” an combustion of the memghminlml-- tion of ash by meens of its separa- tion flue gases. Homes Cause Smoke Nuisance. “In recent winters, especially in the last three months,” he said, “under abnormally low industrial and com- mercial consumption of coal, it has been found that unregulated home furnaces and stoves are able to keep up the soot | and tar muisances in annoying and damaging volume.” Meller asserted “an immense amount of city real estate will not be brought out of the red until it is also brought out’of the soot, tar and cinder zone. “Air hygiene will pay big dividends in health and lowered operating costs in home, office, store and alike,” he concluded. —_— WIFE' ASKS DIVORCE Montgomery County Woman Files Petition at Rockville. Spectal Dispatch to Th> Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, January 13.— Through Attorney William P. man of Rockville, Mrs. Marga: Pa ker of this county has filed it in the Circuit Court here for an absolute divorce from Chester I. Parker, whose whereabouts, according to the petition, are unknown. Desertion is charged. According to the bill, the couple were married August 14, 1926, and lived together until July, 1929, and have no children. — ALUMNI GROUP MEETS Capital alumni of the Women’s Col- lege, University of Delaware, held their bi-monthly meeting last night at the home of Miss S. Elizabeth Beatty, 236 Massachusetts avenue northeast. The meeting was presided over by Mrs. Henry W. Marston, head of the Wash- | ington chapter of the alumni associa- | tion. . » YOUTHFUL ret sul | l ;:t-m that clog the intestinal tract, they never cram, or s Bt s B i by druggists everywhere. Keep clean inside and you'll look well outside. Clear, qnm‘ WILLIAM LEWIS HAYES EXPIRES AT AGE OF 62 Veteran of Spanish-American War Had Lived Here for 25 Years. William Lewis Hayes, 62, a resident of Washington for 25 years, died at his residence, 3510 Connecticut avenue, last night. Mr. Hayes had been employed at the Young Men's Shop for a number of years. He was a native of Alexandria, Va, and served in the Spanish-Amer- ican War. ing are his widow, Mrs. Flor- ughter, Florence, Patterson of Funeral services will be held at the residence tomorrow at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery. Actors Too Realistic. PALERMO, Sicily (#).—Hot Sicilian blood got the better of two natives hired to fight a duel in a moving picture being made here, They were separated only after one had driven a saber into the other's arm. 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