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{ ton Hol | schools | employment and disaster relief.” | N. R. A and to answer any + of New York. CONTRASTS IN JAVA &= Motor Cars Whiz By Human Freight Trucks, Traveler Discloses in Lecture. Java has at least one type of motor vehicle which is unique. It is the “dog cart”—although it has nothing to Co with dogs. There are three wheels. A small, motorized one in front is cteered with a bar. and two lighter vheels behind it support a covered cart in which three or four passengers may ride. This and other examples of the mo- tor age that have reached the Isiand of Jave, in the Netherland East Indies, 'scribed and illustrated by Bur- es. noted traveler and lec- . before the National Geographic Soclety in Constitution Hall last eve- | ning. )l‘!’! Holmes said it is now possible to | motor from one end of the busy, pic- turesque island to the other and every- i one sces striking contrasts be- iween the old and the new. OX carts| znd canal barges now share with mo- tor trucks, express trains and Ameri- can motor cars the amazing freight| and passenger traffic of this energetic Dutch colony. Native venders still carry their wares on shoulder poles, but they must await signals from traf- fic_officers at each corner. District of Columbia—Fair and warm- er, with lowest temperature about 42 cloudy with and southwest winds. Maryland and Virginja—Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow cloudy with mild temperature, probably light rain; colder tomorrow night and in extreme west portion in afternoon. West Virginia—Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight, followed by light rain, beginning in west portion late tonight or tomorrow and in east por- tion tomorrow; colder tomorrow and to- morrow night. Outlook for November 27 to December 2. North and Middle Atlantic States— Generally fair weather probable, except rain over south, and rain or snow over north portion Wednesday and Thursday. Colder Monday and Monday night; warmer Wednesday and colder Thurs- day night and Friday. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear this morning. Report for Last 24 Hours. ‘Temperature. Barometer. Degrees. 46 43 a1 Yesterday— 4 pm 8 p.m. Midnight .... Today— 4 am. 8 am. Noon Record for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 50, nocn today; year 2go, 61. Lowest, 32, 7:00 am. today; year ago, 33 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, " HOLMES DESCRIBES| 3 16 NEARBY J0 e ASSUREDBYC.W.A. Hopkins Approves Projects Hereabouts to Cost $1,313,910. Jobs for 3,146 men, with a total ex- penditure of $1,313,910, for Federal civil works projects in and near the Dis- trict, were assured with the approval yesterday by Harry L. Hopkins, civil works administrator. The biggest job is one giving jobs to 2,689 men and costing $1,025.000 for grading the landing field, pianting and improving the industrial area at ‘Bolling eld. Another of the projects approved yg- terday is for clearing a portion of the National Arboretum, the regular funds for which were curtailed by the last Congress. The Arboretum work, along with work on translating forelgn books | on plant diseases and compiling data on seeds, will give employment to 34 men and cost $34,578. The Civil ‘Works Administration aj proved 18 projects in the District which had been submitted by the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils of the Department of Agriculture. These projects will in- 1 -0 il Works Fund App For 2,000 Airports Is Denied SATURDAY, roval . Aeronautics Branch Again at Odds With Supervisors of Federal Aid Allot- ments—Applications Called For. For the second time in two weeks the Aeronautics Branch of the Com- merce Department today found itself at odds with another agency of the Gov- ernment on whether it would receive allotments of money. The latest case is the information that Harry Hopkins, Civil Works ad- ministrator, knows nothing of the plan, announced by Eugene L. Vidal, director of the Aeronautics Branch, that the Commerce Department, with C. W. A. funds, would hire 50,000 men to build 2,000 pew aircraft landing fields” in 2,000 communities throughout the coun- try. ‘About two weeks ago the Acronautics Branch. , in a formal Govern- ment news Telease, that $1,500,000 had been alloted by the Public Works Ad- ministration to build an ocean sea- drome. The Public Works Administra- tion denied that any such allotment had been made. Applications Advised. At the Civil Works Administration | Experimental Farm, improvement of today it was stated that C. W. A. of-| ficials, not Administrator Hopkins, how- | facilities at _the fertilizer laboratory at | ever, had told the Aeronautics Branch American University and the drafting | to get applications for landing fields of soil maps. and to submit projects, as have other clude improvement at the Arlingtogn Java is the most densely populated| _Record Temperatures This Year. land in the world today, Mr. Holmes| Highest, 100, on June 9; lowest, 14, stated. Its 44.000,000'J peo;:lé! are|on February 9. TOW( into an area about e size | Neod Yotk SateJava Is. the third | Humidity for Last 24 Hours. largest producer of sugar in the world, | (From noon yesterday to noon today.) and its tobacco, precious woods and| Highest, 85 per cent. at 7:00 aumn. batik production have brought it pros- | today; lowest, 45 per cent, at noon to- perity and many fine new public build- | day. ings, hotels, railroads, air lines and Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today. Tomorrow. 2:2lam. 3:2¢am. 9:00am. 9:56am. 2:57pm. 3:55pm. 9:35pm. 10:35pm. The Sun and Moon. Rises. 7:01am. Back in the mountains, however, Mr. | Holmes found the crumbling ruins of | ancient civilizations_ that have flour- | ished and died on the island. Many High of these cities rivaled in splendor those | Low of Cambodia and India, he said. | High Dutch engineers and archeologists | Low have begun the restoration of some of | the magnificent Bhuddist temples and | shrines, and motor roads are making | these relics of the past more ac le to the visitor, One of the temples vis- ited by Mr. E s had more than {wo Sets. Sun, today...... 4:49pm. | {Sun, tomorrow.. 7:02am. 4:48pm. | Moon, today.... 1:19pm. 12:34am. Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in | the Capital (current month td date): RED CROSS PUSHES v A5 7o h hese reliefs 6.84 Februar, March 884 LAST-MINUTE DRIVE 9.13 10.69 1094 10.63 April | May ‘ June July : 59 0 | 86 | At Soldlers’ Home, approximately $9,700 will be spent to employ 43 men repairing drives and roads, repairing walls and resetting headstones. At the recently expanded experiment- al laboratory of the Bureau of Animal Industry, at Beltsville, Md., $150,000 will { bc spent and 807 men employed to cleer and drain the property, build l‘(l:!:lds and construct a sewage disposal plant. The local office of the National Em- ployment Service will be expanded bg the addition of 25 men, for whicl $6,000 has been provided. For grading and repairing roads, draining and planting, $15,500 will be spent and 63 men employed at Walter Reed Hospital: At the Army War College, work has been provided for 120 men, building roads, draining and improving the grounds, at a cost of $30,120. POLLARD T0 JUDGE VETERANS’ APPEALS 15 Members of Board to Pass on Payments and Civil Service | Retirement. By the Associated Press. Government departments, for approval by the administrator. But no approval was given to any projects. It was further stated at the Civil ‘Works Administration no approval was given to any project for 2,000 airports, | a $10,000,000 allotment or employment of 50,000 men on the job. J. H. Geisse, an official of the Aero- nautics Branch, today said there is no positive assurance that applications for afrport work would be received from 2,000 citles. “It might be 1,500 or it might be more than 2,000," he de- clared. So far two applications for airport work have been received by the Aero- nautics Branch. Both Hopkins and Vidal were out of town today, both attending the Army-Navy game at Philadelphia. Press Requests. ‘The aeronautics branch, however, {s golng ahead with its requests for applications for the landing fleld work and will present projects to the Civil Works Administration as fast as they cor Fairmont, Minn., notified the aero- nautics branch that it has a site which it would like to have developed as an airport and requested that an engineer be sent to look it over and pass upon the project. Bismarck, N. Dak., re- ported to the branch that it has an adequate airport which requires con- ditioning and asked to be placed on the list for Pederal aid. A survey is being made of all field employes for the selection of engineers, aviation inspectors and other qualified min“to inspect sites submitted for air- ports. BAPTIST SESSON | PROERAN IS FXED Speeches and Election of Officers to Feature Stu- dents’ Union Meeting. Two addresses, election of officers and a discussion of a program for the com- | ing year were scheduled to open the annual convention of the Baptist Stu- dents’ Union of Maryland and the Dis- trict at First Baptist Church this aft- ernoon. The convention proper was to open at 2:30 p.m. though delegates last ECONOMISTS UNITE AGAINST INFLATION Eight Educators Hold Gold! as Only Possible Inter- national Standard. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 25.—A group of eightr economists completed plans yesterday for forming an organization to oppose inflation and to urge a return | to_the gold standard. Prof. Edwin W. Kemmerer of Prince- ton was elected honorary chairman, NOVEMBER 25, 1933. INDUSTRIAL GODES STUDIEDBY C. OF . Two Committees of U. S. Chamber Seek Means of Self-Regulation. By the Associated Press. In a quest for means by which industry may govern itself under codes, members of two committees of business men met yesterday afternoon in a pri- vate session at the United States Cham- ber of Commerce and took up recom- mendations of Gerard Swope, made at a recent meeting of the Planning and Advisory Council of the Department of Commerce. ‘The Swope plan looks to a permanent set-up of an authoritative body con- trolled by industry itself. A brief state- ment from the Advisory Council said the meeting was called “for the general discussion of the best means of bring- | ing about the greatest self-regulation | of business under the administration codes with a minimum of Government supervision and bureaucracy.” Will Not Undertake Enforcement. No statement was made at the close of the conference on progress made or upon future studies of the two groups. Liars’ Club Busy Gathering Fibs in Championship Race Head of Wisconsin Group Says 32 States Have Been Heard From. By the Associated Press. BURLINGTON, Wis,, November 25— ‘The Burlington Liars’ Club, which was founded some years ago by a hot stove assemblage of prevaricators, is busily gathering in this year’s crop of fibs. On the last day of the year, club officials gather to confer on some Story- teller the title of champion liar of the United States. All year the lies pour in, mostly by letter. O. C. Hulett, president of the club, whose statements are thoroughly unreliable, announced that to date lles have been submitted from 34 States. “You will note,” said the boss of the lars, “that we already have the two- thirds of the States necessary for the repeal of all restrictions against the gentle art of stretching the truth.” States not yet represented are Oregon | Idaho, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Alabama, South Carolina. Delaware, New Hamp- shire, Connecticut and Maine. “Ahd there must be some corking lies in those States” observed Hulett as _he awaited the postman. *x A-S GOLD PRICE §3376 FOR FOURTH DAY Dollar Is Stronger Abroad, With Administration Hold- ing Domestic Quotation. By the Associated Press. With the dollar stronger abroad. the administration held the price of domes« tic gold unchanged today, with the figure nearly a dollar above the value | of the metal in London. A price of $33.76 an ounce was es- tablished, the same rate as the three previous days. Meanwhile, the dollar opened on foreign exchange at $5.19 to the pound, at which the London goid price was $32.83, Gov. Eugene Black of the Pederal Reserve Roard denied that his agency | and the Treasury were working at cross | Purposes He said there was no connection between the administration's monetary policy and the Reserve System's opera- | tions in the open bond market. For several weeks the Reserve banks bought Bonds ot & Fate or £35.000.0008 8 ‘The later dropped to $10.000,000. week purchases were $2.000,000 and this week the Reserve Board's state- Phil McCarthy of Denver, who told | The chamber, however, set forth its own beliefs about codes saying in a statement: “The representatives of the chamber | made it clear that the chamber itself see a mouse around a corner, is this year's champion. So far he hasn't made a move to defend his title. a story of a cross-eyed cat that could | could not and would not undertake the enforcement of codes, this being a task of the Government, although the feel- ing was expressed that the code author- ities colud settle a large percentage of complaints by conciliation without re- course to Government action. “The chamber believes that each | trade association should set up machin- ery to adjust as many difficulties as pos- sible by mutual agreement and that under such a system of self-regulation, few difficulties need to go to enforce- ment by the Government. Sees Two Distinct Functions. “The chamber sees two distince func- | tions in the administration of codes. One js enforcement. The other con- templates questions of general policy connected with code administration and | how best to procure code interpreta- tions and amendments when needed. “The chamber holds that a deter- mination of general policy probably would call, first, for discussion with times by correlated associations, and | that finally certain problems would have to be considered by some central group.” It was said authoritatively that the general aims of the combined commit- | tees would be to seek a plan for inte- | grating industry, to suggest definite pol- |icies for N. R. A. and to seek to bal- | ance the growing power of labor. ‘The feeling was expressed by some | executives that N. R. A. policies were trade associations themselves and some- | EXPORTS IN OCTOBER SHOW SHARP GAIN Dollar Value Up $34.000,000, as Compared With September. Imports Also Increase. By the Associated Press. United States exports were shown today by Department of Commerce figures to have gained $34,000,000 in October as compared with September. Imports increased $3,000,000. The excess of exports over imports for the morth was $43,000000 and for the 10 months ending October was $111,- 000.600. Exports in October totaled $194,000,- | 000 and imports were $151,000,000. ‘The October exports were 21 per cent over the September figure, 27 per cent above October, 1932, and the largest total since October, 1931 ment showed holdings of Governmens bonds $1,000,000 less than the weex | before, “There is absolutely no rift betw-en the Federal Reserve Board and the { Treasury.” he said in reply to questions, He explained that the decrease of |tm.s week was due to the operation of a | repurchase agreement between the Kensas City Reserve Bank and an acri- cultural agency. This, he said. coul not be interpreted as selling of honds | by the Reserve Board | “Since May 1 we have bought $594,- | 000,000 of Governments to put excces | funds into the market,” he said. “Those p)l:.rchases. 'dofmther with our prior p chases. made excess fun 50 - Bl unds of $850 “These funds were put into the market to stimulate credit and furnish | ample funds for ecredit expansion and in an earnest effort to make money go to work.” In the absence of Acting Secretary Morgenthau, who is at Warm Springs, | Ga.. consulting President Roosevelt, of cials would make no comment on the | expressed views of Alfred E. Smith, d | nouncing the administration monetary | policy and asserting he was “for gold | dollass as against baloney dollars. | A |AVIATION FEAT OF 1925 PRAISED BY SWANSON Imports were 3 per cent over the Secretary Commends Lieut. Comdr. September figure, and 43 per cent : 2 e O Price, Who Landed at Night on Carrier Under Way. Gov. John Garland Pollard of Vir-|night were guests at a dinncr at the church given by the Baptist Women's with Prof. Ray B. Websterfield of Yale, | too indefinite and a clearer definition °' | August Septem! i October November | December 28 | 89 1100 B 0 B L WS P Weather In Various Cities. H furn to date —_— e W H Stations. Weather. +aaamoivg ve beer g workers to s appeal, eds of the Red Cic year which, he said. have been made acute by d demands and dim- inished financial resor pent in une He added that he hcped last year's mem- bership of near 000,009 persons will be exceeded thi: N.R. A. PLANS DIGEST T0 AID QUESTIONERS Handbock Will Include Informa- tion Interesting to Industries Pr.cloudy Cloudy . Clear Involved in Codes. Part cloucy . Part cloudy A handbook on the National Recov- | ery Administration, intended to make plain the purposes and operation of the uestions ‘ Berlin, ' Germany ance Brest, Zurich, Switze:ld Stockholm, Sweden Gibraltar. Spain (Noon. G or Horta (Fayal z (Current observations.), Georges, Bermada. . GR Juan_Fuerio Rico. Cloudy Part cloudy Cloudy that may arise as to the meaning of the complicated parts of codes, is being compiled under the direction of Charles | Michelsor., press director for the N.R.A. | 8t roenwi ). Azores. | Hines sai The book is intended for the use of industries affecied by the recovery act. All pertinent information regarding general questions that have arisen and policies that have been announced will be_contained in the compilztion Interpretations of many phases of the | act made by 1 department of N. R. A, under of Donald Richberg, and labor p under supervision of Senator Wagner also to be included. A part of the handbook may be de , voted to questions and their answer. i cided. but this detail has not vet been d Questions and answers, how ever, will be used as a guide in gather- i ing together the information needed. “We have had a flood of questions about the N.R.A.” William V. Lawson, a member of Mr. Michelson's staff, said today, “and this handbook is intended in a general way to take care of such iries.” mgflile publication will be distributed to interested individuals and business or- ganizations directly from N. R. A. head- quarters here and through the enforce- ¢ ment authorities of the several codes. ————— OLD RUSSIAN- EMBASSY PAPERS ESCAPE DAMAGE Cigarette Believed Responsible for ¥ Fire in Storage Room of Tem- porary Building F. A few dollars’ damage was caused yesterday by a fire which broke out in a storage room for Government papers in Temporary Building F, on Seventh street near Constitution avenue. Docu- ments recently removed from the ald Russian embassy on Sixteenth street were stored in another part of the building and escaped damage from the flames. Fire Marshal Calvin G. Lauber, who investigated, said the blaze apparently started from a cigar or cigarette dis- carded by some employe. The papers damaged were antiquated United States Government records, which were about to be destroyed, Lauber said. Records of the Russian embassy un- der the Kerensky regime were removed to the building in Army trucks about 10 days ago, just before the President an- nounced formal recognition of the Soviet government. < Students Escape Frat Fire. AMES, Iowa, November 25 (#).—Ten Jowa_ State College students were in- _jured, one seriously, when they leaped * from second-story windows of Chi Phi Fraternity House early today to escaps |- fire which wrecked the building. ms handled | | San | Havana, Cuha 5 ! Colon, Caral Zone. \TRACTION EMPLOYE FOUND DEAD BY GAS |John" R. Oliver Is Discovered inj Room With Tube From Jet in Mouth. John R. Oliver, a street car conductor for the Washington Railway & Eectric Co., was found dead in the house where he roomed in the 200 block of Eighth street southeast shortly before 1.00n to- day. He was 59 years cld and a native of Scmerville, Va. When :he body was discovered, gas was flowing from a tube which had been connected to an cpen jet and placed in the man's mouth. The tran- som and windows of the room were stuffed with paper to seal them. The only note found by police listed the names and addresses of a son, Robert L. Oliver, of the Diamond Taxi- cab Co.; & brother, S. J. Oliver, of the { Office of Public Buildings and_Public Parks, and a sister, Mrs. A. L. Haislip, of 25 Takoma avenue, Takoma Park, Md. . Friends of the man said he had been depressed over ill health and finances recently. He had been an employe.af the street car company from 1899 to 1914 and from 1919 to the present time. During the interval he worked at St. Elizebeth’s Hospital. According to his acquaintances, Mr. Oliver was| known as the man who once rebuked President Taft, not knowing who he was, when a White House car got jammed ‘in the street car tracks, but members of the family said today they had never heard of such an ingcident. 'ARMY CONTRACTS LET $179,758 to Be Spent for Barracks at West Point. Contracts involving $179,756 for the United States Military Acedemy at West Point, N. Y. and $26,080 for Langley Pleld, Va:, ffom funds allotted ynder the public works program, were awarded yesterday by Gen. DeWitt. . A military ce barracks will be constructed "Wt while- the work at Langley Fleld calls for & chemi- cal magazine, bomb-loading /magazine and an ordnance shop. I ginia has been chosen by President | "7€ | Roosevelt as chairman of the Veterans'| Missiona 5| Board of Appeals, the final court to| of which which former service men may take compensation cases adjudicated by Vet- | erans’ Administration agencies. The appointment was announced last | night by Veterans' Administrator Frank | T. Hines, who said “the veterans of the | country should have every assurance cf} hat high quality of consideration to which they are entitled.” ‘The board will have 15 members, with the vice chairman and six members | from the personnel of the Veterans' Ad- | ministration. The other members are | being chosen from geographic areas| in so far as practicable, Administrator nd will be announced socn. ‘The board will consider virtually ali the questions within the field of vet- erzns’ relief payments, and appeals in | connection with civil service retirement. | Among its immediate tasks will be disposition of cases coming up from the special boards of review dealing with | benefit payments ‘to former soldiers whose illness or disability under old laws was presumed to have originated in | service. Under the economy law, the reviewing boards decided whether veterans in this classification should continue to receive compensation or be taken off the roils. ILL COUPLE EVICTED FOR OVERDUE RENT Husband, 60, Bedridden for Eight Menths, Is Removed to Hospital. Almost seven months behind in rent, lonzo L. Keefer, 60-odd years old, who has been bed-ridden with paraly- sis for eight months, and his wife, An- nie, 85, were evicted yesterday from the squalor of their three rooms in the 600 block of Indiana avenue, where they had lived for 27 years. Keefer was taken to Gallinger Hos- pital in an ambulance and his wife, who also is in precarious health, re- fused to leave the building despite as- surances from a charity worker and police that she would be cared far. Her 53-year-old son, Thomas E. Hayes, who works two days a week for the Emergency Relief Committee, lived across the hall from the aged couple and Mrs. Keefer insisted on waiting outside his locked door until he re- turned from work. A friend waited with her and assured Miss Mary L. Bauskett, worker for the Catholic Charities, that she would persuade Mrs. Keefer to go to her home until some permanent arrangements can be made for her care. Dr. Everett M. Ellison, who has| known the couple for years, attended Mr. Keefer yesterday and left a note stating that if the old people were put on the street it probably would result in their death and that if moved it should be in an ambulance, EQUITY AND STAGE;IANDS OFFER TO POLICE CODE N. R. A. Told Groups Will With- draw From Theaters Where Agreement Is Violated. By th~ Assoclated Press. This is one way to secure N. R. A. code obedience. Actors, stage hands and musicians have proffered themselves as a regulatory body to police theater man- igers and producers. A proposal was put before Deputy Administrator. Sol A. Rosenblatt, in charge of the legitimate theater code, by the Actors’ Equity Association, Inter- national Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes and American Federation of Musicians, whereby they would withdraw all hands from any theater where the code was violated. ‘With N. R. A. opposed to strikes and preferring volunteer compliance to force obedfence, Rosenblatt made the plan public without comment. HONORED AT HOLYOKE Miss Rastall of D. C., Among Three Eleoted to Phi Beta Kappa. Miss Mae F. Rastall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Rastall, 5357 Reno road, is one of three senfors at Mount Holyoke College elected to Phi Beta Kappa, it was learned here today. The I announcement was made by President ¥ Mary E. Woolley. ind funior scholarship Miss Rastall is a duate of Western hool. m‘:é';'g her ed years also had sttained honors at Mount Holyoke, v Association of the District, Mrs. O. E. Howe is president. Miss Brame to Speak. This afternoon’s addresses were to be by Miss Sibyl Brame, associate South- wide student secretary, of Nashville, whose topic was listed as “Plans and Purpose of B. S. U,” and Dr. G. G. Johnson, pastor of National Baptist | Memorial Church here, who was to talk ‘We Would See Jesus.” be taken part attending the on The symposium was to in by 10 of the studen conference, discussing “Scme Features of the B. 8. U. Program.” and the elec- tion of officers was scheduled for 4 pm. Howard G. Rees was to preside at thjs| afternoon’s session, to be opened by a devotional service led by Hodges, Jr. Miss Brame will spe night's sessicn on “Experiences in Cove- | nant Keeping,” and Dr. Henry Alford | Porter, pastor of the First Baptist | Church of Charlottesville, Va.. will ad- dress the students on “The Imperious Call for tae Saving Few.” The night session will open at 7:15 at the church. | 12 Institutions Represented. Twelve institutions of higher learning | in Maryland and the District were rep- resented Ly the 200 students at the banquet last night, and more are ex- pected to have representatives at the two-day session to_open this afternoon. Mrs. W. Dewey Moore, wife of the pastor of Anacostia Baptist Church, ided. r‘“ésnngs, cheers, school roll call and other group enterfanment was led by Bruce M. Fowler of Gecrge Washington University, ar¢ addresses were given by Dr. Owen C. Brown. cXecutive secretary of the American Baptist Publicaticns | Soclety, Philadeighia, and Miss Brame. RESTORATION OF PAY CUT | GETS ADDED SUPPORT Three Senators and One House Member Reply Favorably to Federation Poll. Three Senators and one House mem- ber lined up today with their congres- | sional associates in favoring the restor- ation of the pay cut in the poll being conducted by the American Federation of Government Employes. The Senators favorable are Praz‘ler.‘ Republican of North Dakota: Smith of South Carolina and Lang of Louisi- | ana, Democrats. The Representative | is Nesbit, Democrat of Tlinois. | Senator Keen of New Jersey. a Re-| publican, and Representatives Elzey of Mississippi anid McSwai _of South | Carolina, Demoerais, Wwere noncommit- tal in their replies. DR. JAMES ROBERTSON GIVEN DEGREE BY G. U.| Director of Nautical Almanac Of- fice of Naval Observatory Made Doctor of Science. D:. James Roberston, director of the | Nautical Almanac office of the Naval| Observatory, last night was given ths degree of doctor of science by George- town University, the Navy Department said today. The degree was conferred upon him | in recognition of his international rep- utation as one of the foremost astro- nomical mathematicians, the depart- | ment asserted. | For many vears Dr. Robertson has | been noted for his accuracy in calculat- ing solar eclipses, the department as- serted, adding that to him “more than any one else is due the credit for the excellence of the American Epherneris and Nautical Almanac, which is pre- pared under his dn’ec't, supervision at the Naval Observatory. BODY FOUND IN CANAL Corpse Identified as That of Wel- ford Miller, Meadows, Md. The body of a man found floating in | the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal near Twenty-ninth street early this morning was_identified at the Morgue as that of Welford Miller, 50, of Meadows, Md. The identification was made by his niece, Elizabeth Ashby, 1303 Wisconsin avenue. Miller's body, fully clothed, was dis- covered by Charles Zarback, 1300 block of Third street. The Emergency Hos- rescue squad | Committee said that utopsy will be: .l:dq‘ue; held in thz"!g'sefl president, and Prof. Walter E. Spahr of New York University secretary A statement issued by the Executive ‘while we recog- nize that the gold standard, as it has heretofore existed, is far from being a perfect standard. It is the best stan- dard with which the world has had any extended experience, and is the only standard which offers any immediate gx»ps of bacoming an international stan- lard.” Besides the officers, those present were Prof. James W. Angell of Colum- bia, Prof. Neil Carothers of Lehigh, Wesley C. Mitchell and H. Parker Wil- lis of Columbia. and Ernest M. Patter-' said, such items of cost as fuel field , Association son of the University of Pennsylvania. — . Big Wheat Crops. Mexico expects its wheat crop this 1932. “MEET ME AT HARRY'S” “MEET ME AT HARRY’S” 9:00 P.M. to 1:00 A.M. “MEET ME AT HARRY'S” “MEET ME AT HARRY’S” GLASSWARE From E. B. ADAMS & CO. 643 N. Y. Ave. NW. Constant Supply of Fresh Linens From NATIONAL LAUNDRY 21 Pierce St. N.W. SOFT DRINKS From HERRMANN BOT- TLING WORKS 750 10th St. S.E. “MEET ME AT HARRY'’S” 631 Mass. Ave. N.W. | was needed. | [CHEAP AIR TR.IPS ORDERED | | Government Workers Should Use i | | Private Lines, McCarl Says. | _ Private airlines should be used by | Government employes whenever a trip can be made cheaper than by Army or Navy planes, under a ruling by Con- | | troiler Gen. McCarl to tac Farm Credi | Administration. In the use of a service plan. McCarl | fees, storage and traveling expenses of the pilot should be assessed rgainst the department engaging the trans- portation, but that it would not be | liable for pilot pay as these ufficers | Army or Navy, as the casc may be. NOW maintained unchanged the rate of in- | creaze reported for September. The increase in exports during the past two months has occurred while the import movement was leveling off after the rapid rise from May through August. — 'BODY ASKS GOLD RETURN Chicago Chamber of Commerce Ex- ecutive Group Wires President. CHICAGO, November 25 (#).—The Executive Committee of the Chicago of Commerce yesterday asked President Roosevelt in a telegram to clear the way for a return to the gold standard and to fix the value of the dollar immediately. The committee said re-establishment ak again at 0-year to be 22 per cent greater than in | draw their regular salaries from the | of confidence and national recovery de- pended upon such action. OPEN HARRY’S TAVERN '507-13 8th St. S.E. 10 AM. to 1 AM. DINING—DANCING BOWLING Sea Food Our Specialty ANHEUSER-BUSCH ON DRAUGHT Budweiser in Bottles MUSIC MY FRIENDS AND THEIR FRIENDS CORDIALLY INVITED. HARRY WININGDER CHOICE CUTS OF MEATS From DISTRICT HOTEL SUPPLY CO. 500 12th St. S.W. MILK 530 7th DELICIOUS ICE CREAM From CARRY ICE CREAM (0. 1327 D St. N.E. FIXTURES WALKER- HILL DAIRY, Inc. FANCY - GROCERIES From S. A. Gatti & Bro. 1317 Water St. S.W. OIL SUPPLIED By James E. Colli- flower & Co., Inc. 1001 15th St. N.W. Popular Brands of CIGARS From From & CO., Inc. 613 K St. N.W. SEA FOOD From LANHARDT SEA FOOD CO MUNICIPAL FISH MARKET Water St. S.W. St S.E. ICE SERVICED By AMERICAN ICE CO. 1320 F St. N.W. by “CHEESE” and his CRACKERS GEO. W. COCHRAN The advance in export value has Lieut Comdr. John D. Price, new | serving the Flight Division of the Navy | Bureau of Aeronautics, who in Ap: | 1925, was the first naval aviator | make a night landing on an air | carrier under way. yesterday recc letter of commendation f of the Navy Swanson for Three cther naval aviat T { night landings followinz those of Pr: | likewise received letters o | tion. They were Licut D now attached to the U. S. S Lieut. Adolphus W. Gorton Naval Reserves and L: Rossmore D. Lyon, now at T. 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