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A—2 *%x C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1934, TRAFFIC MISHAPS INJURE SIX HERE Two Struck Down at Same Intersection Within 15 Minutes. THE EVENING Names Off Social Register PRESIDENT’S SON'AND WIFE NOT LISTED. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. RICHBERG'S VIEWS OPPOSED BY LABOR Interpretation of Section! 7-A Declared in Conflict With Board’s. What’s What Behind News In Capital New Deal Shake-Up Com- ing and Rumors Keep ROOSEVELT PLANS CHEAPER POWER Indicates He Will Seek New Laws to Push Large- Bureaus Jittery. Scale Program, | By the Associated Pres The interpretation of section 7a of | the national industrial recovery act | repeatedly insisted upon by Donald R. | Richberg, President Roosevelt's recov- | ery co-ordinator, is “completely unac- ceptable” to organized labor. William Green, president of the American _Federation of Labor, de-' nounced Richberg's interpretation of | the section in an interview today and declared the opinion of the President’s adviser is flatly in contradiction to that of the National Labor Relations Board. he will recommend legis e Phei Htishberg I (erpretations Green push forward nis bower proprem said, served only to increase the “con- - 5 & {Just what the nature of this legisla- fusion” surrounding labor’s rights un- | tion will be it was impossible to learn der N. R. A. Green based his argu- W 5 i here. ment on the labor board's ruling in| F & A i |~ Mr. Roosevelt intimated he would the famous Houde case that if a ma- . devote the afternoon to a drive. Edsel jority of the workers in a particular - { Ford, son of the automobile magnate, plant vote for collective bargaining and his wife will be Ginner guests at representation by a particulat union, the “Little White House” tonigh that. union shall speak for all the Bracing a brisk breeze, President plant’s employes, with the right of Roosevelt late yesterday afternonn minorities to present grievances pro- |wxmessed a demonstration of soil cica) sion control such as he plans for his plantation atop Pine Mountain near the Little White House. It was staged by the farm extension service of Meri- wether County. The President sat with Mrs. Roose- velt and Dr. Rexford Tugwell, Under- secretary of Agriculture, in his open touring car on the hillside of an open field from which a crop of soy beans had been recently harvested as a trac- tor scooped up soil, leaving behind a perfect terrace. Surrounded by possibly a tho persons, the President disc operations of the tractor and i At the conclusion of the demo; tion it was learned from Coun: | Agent Ward that the President | directed his superintend Meriwether County ter acre tract. This work will cost President $150. From the demonstration the Pr dent, Mrs. Roosevelt and Dr. Tu accompanied by Arthur Carper rector of the Warm Springs n tion, continued their tour over Mountain. M. F. COSTELLO DIES OF HEART ATTACK BY PAUL MALLON. A sharp shake-up is coming in the | New Deal. It will be called a re- organization, for the sake of appear- ances, but it will encompass an extensive realignment of the bureau- cratio set-up. - The bureau bosses have had wind of it for some time and are scampering to save their skins or expand them. One of the fanciest inner struggles, | which no one is supposed to know anything about, is being waged be- tween Messrs. Ickes, Moffett and Hopkins. They are tugging at the 56 (count them) widely scattered bureaus relating to housing. Walker Looms as Chief. The result of that struggle may be that rising Frank Walker (the ex-coordinator) will come in and take them all over. Walker has been working on housing privately for several weeks, unbeknown to any one except himself and Presi- dent Roosevelt. If he does not take over the whole show he will at least be the guiding genius in re- organizing it. The relief set-up alse will be ma- terially revised, as will the P. W. A. The A. A. A. will get off lightly, but the N. R. A. will have its horns pulled Six persons were injured in traffic accidents in the District yesterday. Two of them were struck at the same intersection within 15 minutes. Michael Maxey, 64, of 625 E street southeast, and Annie H. Smith, 64, colored, 1434 D street southeast, were hurt at Pennsylvania avenue and Eighth street southeast. Maxey, Who was treated at Providence Hospital for a sprained knee and head in- juries, was hit by an automobile shortly after the Smith woman was knocked down by an auto said by police to have been driven by Raf- faele Demarco, 28, of 2310 Branch avenue southeast. She was treated at Casualty Hospital for elbow and knee injuries. Virginian Struck Down. Charles E. Ashley, 52, Cherrydale, Va., suffered several fractured ribs when struck by an automobile near Connecticut avenue and Porter street. He was treated at Emergency Hos- pital. Police said the car was oper- ated by Allan R. Crain, 2943 Tilden street. Rosa B. Biclaske, 15, 120 Chesa- peake street southeast, suffered head inquries when knocked down in the 4100 block of Nichols avenue south- east by a car said by police to have been driven by Emory A. Hutchinson, 36, of 3216 Randle place southeast. She was taken to Providence Hospital. T. L. Pearson Hurt. Thomas L. Pearson, 53, of 105 Eig ith street southeast, received slight lez injuries when he was struck near avenuc and Halley place by a car police said was ted by David M. Jameson. 20, of 1237 W street southeast. Pearson was treated at Gallinger Hospital. Ida Jackson, 69, colored, 1407 W street, was treated at Garfield Hospi- tal for injuries to her chest and ankle, received when struck by an automo- bile at Fourteenth and W streets. The auto, police said, was operated by Stu- art B. Yanct, 23, of 1375 Irving street. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staft Correspondent of The Star. WARM SPRINGS, Ga., November 24—President Roosevelt today con- tinued his study of a broad national program for cheaper power and ac- cording to all indications he has his plan of action virtually completed and ready to put into operation. As a result of his conference vester- day a group of officials who have been making surveys and studies for the President he has let it be known that Mrs. Kleinschmidt, wife of the leader of The Star expedition in Santa Claus land, has a lunch of dried fish in the igloo home of an Eskimo family not far from the gates of Santa Claus palace.—Star Expedition Photo, |Star Party Leaves %a Claus Land on Return to ‘Airbase Confusion Claimed. Richberg’s contrasting views is that only those actually voting in the elec- tion are to be represented by the union chosen, with those participating bound to abide by the results, but with that result entirely inapplicable to employes who refrained from voting. in The re-dealing this time is going to “Mr. Richberg’s interpretation hul be more deliberate. The idea behind it is to get things started on a perma- nent basis. Remarkable Movie Made on Thrilling Midnight Ride Through the Clouds in Santa’s Magic Sleigh. added to the great confusion that already exists,” Green said. “Either the Labor Board is right and Rich- berg is wrong,'or Richberg is right and the Labor Board is wrong. “In this conflict of interpretations labor accepts that of the National Labor Relations Board, the judicial { tribunal created by Congress for the | purpose of interpreting section 7-A and applying it to particular cases. “Labor cannot and will not accept Richberg’s interpretation. Under his interpretation & corporation can abso- lutely control the economic destinies of all its workers.” Houde Decision Hailed. The controversy goes back to the federation’s war upon the company union. Elections of the type referred to have been directed as giving the| picture which will be flown back | worker an opportunity to express by| to Washington to be shown in the= | secret ballot his preference for a union HEARING IS DATED EDITOR'S NOTE TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF WASHINGTON. Yesterday Capt. Kleinschmidt's message told of The Star expedi- tion's visit with Santa Claus to Easter Egg Valley and to the Christmas tree forest. Today's dis- patch tells of a thrilling midnight ride through the clouds with Santa on the trip back to the airplane base, dunr:i which the expedition’s cemeramar made a remarkable film, to be included in the moving f | | AL p. c. POOR CHILDREN | TO GET NEW TOYS FROM ) CHRISTMAS MATINEES. MR. AND MRS. ELLIOTT ROOSEVELT. —Harris-Ewing Photo. < By the Associated Press. EW YORK, November 24.—The Nation’s socially elect—elecied by the anonymous board which annually decides who shall be who in the social register—no longer include Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt. The son and daughter-in-law of the President have been dropped from the 1935 edition of the Register. now be- On December 15 The Star and Warner Bros.’ theaters will hold their fourth annual Christmas toy matinees, to make sure that every needy child in Washington will receive & new Christmas gift. Last year 30,000 new toys and gifts for Washington's poor chil- dren were brought to the 12 theaters where the toy matinees were held. These were dis- tributed to the needy by the Christmas Planning Committee of the Council of Social Agencies. This year it is The Star’s hope Reliefer Hopkins is the fastest step- per in the administration. He can do a Virginia Reel so swiftly that you cannot detect, with the naked eye, that he has even moved. That was the technique employed in the recent change of F. E. R. A. policy on the 30-cent minimum wage. The order was issued November 19, but it did not get into the newspapers until three days later. Found Labor Shortage. Mr. Hopkins did not say so, but the District of Columbia—Fair and colder, with lowest temperature about 32 degrees tonight; tomorrow fair; moderate northwest winds, becoming | with national affliations or for the ' employe representation plan of the employer. The Houde decision was hailed by BY CAPT. F. E. KLEINSCHMIDT. By Wireless to The Evening Star. gentle variable tomorrow. Maryland—Fair tonight and tomor- row: colder tonight, slowly rising tem- perature tomorrow in extreme west portion. Virginia—Fair tonight and tomor- row; colder tonight, slowly rising tem- | perature tomorrow portion. West Virginia—Fair tonight and to- somewhat colder in north portion tonight rising temperature to- morrow; morrow. in extreme west Outlook for November 26 to December 1. North and Middle Atlantic States— Generally fair except rain Tuesday or ‘Wednesday. Slowly rising temperature ‘Tuesday, Thursday and rising temperature Sat- Monday, urday. warmer Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperature, Barometer Inches. 30.06 30.03 30.07 Yesterday— 4 pm.... 8 pm. Midnight . Today— 4 am.. 8 am.. Noon Degr D ees. 6 30.12 30.20 30.08 Record for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 68, 1 p.m. yesterday. Year ago, 46. Lowest, 42, 7 am. today. ago. 34. Record Temperatures This Year. Highest, 101, on June 29. , on February 9. Lowest, — Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 94 per cent, at 8 p.m. yes- terday. Lowest, 52 per cent, at noon today. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today. . 10:07a.m. 4:35am. . 10:18 p.m. 4:40 pm. ‘Tomorrow. 10:49a.m. 5:19am. 11:00 p.m. 5:23 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Sun, today Sun, tomorrow. today.. . Moon, Rises. . 6:59 7:01 7:42p.m. Sets. 4:49 4:49 on one-half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in (current month to date): 1934. Average. Record. 7.09 the Capital Month. January February March April May June . July August 1.97 3.22 4.18 227 3.84 2.87 2388 5.21 September .. 17.45 October ..... November ... December ... 0.75 1.60 3.55 327 3.75 327 3.70 413 6.84 8.84 9.13 10.69 10.94 10.63 14.41 1745 857 756 Weather in Various Gities. Btatlons. ©** 1ajewoteq *KwpIMsas CquEyu qsvp colder Year 11:14am. Automobile lights must be turned cause of the order was his investiga- tion of relief conditions in the South. He found on his personal tour that there was an actual shortage of un- skilled and domestic labor because that class of laborers (largely col- ored) could get more money for less work in the F. E. R. A. This condi- tion was rather serious in the cetton and tobacco areas of the South and also in the onion growing and beet sugar districts elsewhere, and em- ployed workers were howling because the $2.40 a day going to those on re- lief work was more than they re- ceived. It is not a new situation. Mr. Hop- kins fought a telegraphic duel with Gov. Talmadge of Georgia about it last year. Many words were spilled, but no blood. More recently Mr. Hopkins met with a group of business men in Mississippi. He said to them: *“All right, if we cut the Government wage to $1 a day will you give these people jobs?” The business men said they were afraid they did not have the jobs. “You admit, then,” Hopkins re- plied, “that it isn’t our wage that keeps you from hiring the men.” Something happened to make Mr. Hopkins reel around a few days later, Order Inspired Higher Up. There can be no question but that the about-face was directed by some one higher than Mr. Hopkins. In all previous similar cases he has brought up such subjects at his regular staff meetings. The wage subject was NOT brought up. The first his staff knew about the order was when it came from the mimeographing room. Liberals will howl because they have always insisted with Mr. Hopkins that the New Deal was establishing a new standard of living by a high wage | scale. It will now mean lower relief wages throughout the South, but it may mean an increase in other sec- tions, where the prevailin wage scales, now to be followed by the Govern- ! ment, are much higher. It is another indication of the elimi- | nation of unsatisfactory policies in the quietest possible manner. This Winter’s Ballyhoo. The two big things the administra- tion is going to ballyhoo this Winter | are housing and factory obsolescence. Mr. Roosevelt’s best economists have submitted to him privately some fac- tory obsolescence figures which are quite significant. Their computations show that approximately four billion dollars a year has been laid aside by 'g2 | factory and mine owners for depre- 'g4 | ciation. Little of it has been spent 'g1 [since 1929. The total now available 'g9 | for improvements and expansion in '8 | this stagnant pool of capital is at '00 least 10 billion dollars, they contend. '86 ‘28 '34 '85 '89 01 * zayem You can easily see what the ex- penditure of any considerable por- tion of this sum would do to breathe Abilene, Albany. Atlanta. Atlantic City. Baltimore. Md Tex N, Los Angeles. . Louisville, Ky. San Antonio 8an Diego. Cal €an _Francisco 8t. Louis Mo Eeattle. Wash Wash Fla. D. E£pokane Tampa WASH., Ga... ).08 €. 30.20 38 ... Cloudy 54 . Clear 42 1.11 Cloudy life into the thoroughly deflated and gasping heavy industries. A study of the situation has just been completed by the Social Science Research Council, financed by the Rockefeller Foundation. It has not yet been published, but is being used as a guide book for future Govern- ment policy on the subject. Housing Holds a Key, The housing_possibilities also are tremendous. The United States nor- mally spent about three billions a year on home construction prior to 1929. This item now is down to 300 millions a year (one-tenth of normal). Mr. Roosevelt’s economists have fig- ures indicating we could easily spend upward of two billion dollars next year on housing, just catching up with what they call normal require- ments. The trouble with all these enthusi- astic plans is the same as the ex- perience with all New Deal help so far. Expectations always outstrip realizations. As one wise old journal- ist here said recently: “These things always flow like lava.” Don't expect too much. {(Copyright. 1934. by Paul Mallon.)} ing distributed among the bluebloods and wealthy. President Roosevelt and every other member of his family is listed. Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Dall, his only daugh- ter, escaped the eraser which ofien deletes the names of divorcees. She is listed as a resident of the White Hou-=. | Divorces which win disapproval are not the only reasons for eliminating names, however. Marriages outside the circle and stage careers have cut shert many an entry as the years roll on. Other reasons also prove weighty. Mrs. Mildred T. Holmsen is left out of this year’s volume. She acquired wide publicity by wearing shorts and going barefooted at Reno. Others who have been dropped are | Rosamond Pinchot, actress and niece of Pennsylvania’s Governor; Mrs. | Madeliene Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, | the wife of Enzo Fiermonte, pugilist; | Cobina Wright and her former hus- band, William May Wright, and Fran- | cis Hitchcock, divorced member of the polo playing fomily. If it's any consolation to those dropped from the lists. such promi- nents as James Bryant Conant, presi- dent of Harvard University, and the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia never have been recognized. On the other side of the ledger, the former Eleanor Hutton is back in the register as Mrs. George C. Rand. She was dropped after her elopement with Preston Sturges, playwright, and got no recognition after this marnase was annulled 2nd she became Mrs. Robert Etienne Gautier. o . EXTENT OF INJURY TO HERRON UNKNOWN Doctors Decide Whether Star Advertising Man- ager Will Lose Eye. Tomorrow Whether Col. Leroy W. Herron, ad- vertising manager of The Star and commanding officer of the 313th Field Artillery, Army Organized Reserye, will lose the sight of an eye as the | result of an automobile collision | Thursday night probably cannot be determined definitely before tomor- row, it was said at Emergency Hos- pital today. The eyeball was punctured by the metal frame of his spectacles and an operation on the injured eye was per- formed by Dr. Edward R. Gookin. Cecil Blue, 21, of Clarendon, Vi a passenger in the car which c lided with that of Col. Herron at Twenty-second and M streets, yester- day forfeited $10 collateral on a charge of intoxication. Philip Smith, 21, of Cherrydale, Va., was said to have been the driver of the car in which Blue was riding. | - o | FIRST COLORED MEMBER OF SCHOOL BOARD DIES,‘ Mrs. Mary M. Syphax Gibson Taught for Many Years and Was on Tuskegee Staff Mrs. Mary M. Syphax Gibson, first | colored member of the Washington | School Board, died Wednesday at her | home, 1010 Fairmont street. | Born here October 24, 1867, Mrs. | Gibson was graduated from the Miner ‘ | Normal School in 1886. At one time principal of the Children's House, Tuskegee, Ala., she taught also in| Indianapolis and at the Garnett and | Garrison Schools here, | Her husband was Malachi Gibson of | Baltimore, who died in 1900. She is| survived by one daughter, Mrs. Mary Gibson Brewer, teacher at Dunbar School. Funeral services were to be held at | her home this afternoon followed by ‘private burial. I HIT-RUN PERIL NOT NEWi ANOK, Minn. (#)—The hit-and- | run traffic peril of today seems to have been a problem even before the ad- vent of the automobile. Thirty-six years ago a local weekly newspaper carried an editorial advo- cating rmucuuon of “the reckless bicyclist’ who jostles his victim into the gutter while he proudly continues, on his destructive way.” ] Motion of Goldsmith, et al., Based on Charge Jurors ‘ Were Given Notes. A motion for a new trial, filed yes- terday by attorneys for Zachariah T (Zebbie) Goldsmith and three others convicted November 16 of violating the liquor laws, will be heard Decem- ber 1 by Police Court Judge John P McMahon. | In filing the motion Defense At- torney Charles E. Ford charged a woman juror gave notes to the jury “including evidence admitted and re- jected by the court,” during delibera- tions on the Goldsmith case. After more than 20 continuances. | Goldsmith's trial began Novemper 14 | and lasted two days. Goldsmith Thomas J. Sullivan, William H. Nel- | son and Robert W. Corzaine, who were arrested last February in a raid on the Club Mayflower, then located at 1223 Connecticut avenue, were found guilty on charges of sale and possession of alcoholic beverages withcut a permit. They were re- leased under $1,000 bond each The motion for a new trial was ac- companied by an affidavit signed by Charles V. Dessez, one of the jurors corroborating Ford's statement. The woman juror referred to by the de- | fense attorney “had underscored tes- | timony ruled out of evidence by the | court,” Dessez charged in his affi-| davit. | The motion further charged the | jury was illegally constituted, i Dessez himself is not an American; | that the court had instructed the jury to rely on its own recollection of the | testimony and that the court er- roneously admitted certain testimony and evidence over objection of the | defense counsel. Dessez, it was | claimed, had expatriated himself by swearing allegiance to a foreign coun- ! try in 1916, Home Club Elects. i OAKTON, Va., November 25 (Spe- | cial).—Mrs. Fred Cunningham has ! been elected president of the Oak- | | ton Home Demonstration Club. Other | officers are: Mrs. Verna Pobst, vice president; Mrs. 8. P, Edwards, sec- retary; Mrs. Harry Craig, treasurer, and Mrs. J. A. Hailman, Mrs. Cetha Whitesell and Mrs. James U. Kin- cheloes, leaders. labor as a monumental victory, since, if enforced, the national and inter- national unions chosen in such elec- | tions wculd have the legal right to ] represent all the workers in the plant | in which the election was held Under Richberg’s which was uttcred soon afterward and repoated this week, labor contends | the purpose of sich an election could be defeated by unscrupulous corpora- tions using influence and coercion to prevent numbers of their employes ! from participating in ‘ne election. | The federation, Green said, has several committees at work drawing up proposals for revamping the na- tional industrial recovery act. They | will be submitted to the President and | to Congress. interpretation, | i AID BEGUN FOR 900 VICTIMS OF “RIDER” Furloughs Urged to Hold Posi- tions on Chance of Con- gress Remedy. With a court test scheduled Monday | for the ‘“patronage rider” which is ousting more than 900 employes of the Alcohol Tax Unit on December 1, two otRer moves were under way today to aid them. Letters were going forward to mem- bers of Congress from the American Federation of Government Employes urging remedial measures, while the National Federation of Federal Em- ployes had a request before Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau to fur- lough the employes until Congress had a chance to act. E. Claude Babcock, president of the Federation of Government Employes, writing to members of House and Sen- ate, outlined the history of the law which forced the employes to take new examinations which cost their jobs when they failed to pass, and asked (1) that these tests be either re-rated or canceled and (2) that the | law be repealed. Babcock repeated previously-ex- pressed criticism of the Civil Ser- vice Commission for refusing to give credit in the examination for ex- perience, saying that by confining it en- tirely to a mental quiz it “declined to give advantage to the most qualified eligibles and has violated the spirit and in fact the letter of the civil service act.” Life’s Like That BY FRED NEHER. | IRPLANE BASE, Eskimoland. | A November 24—Yesterday we | stayed at the castle to finish | up taking pictures of inter- | fors and of the great rein- deer herds. Also close-ups of Donner and Blitzen, Prancer and Dancer Cupid and Comet, Santa's great Chistmas team With Christmas only a month away, we know how busy Santa will be getting ready to leave. Our hear:s are heavy with the impending parting and we are filled with grief at leaving this sanctuery of love for mankind, but we realize we came on a mission and duty calls us to fulfill our obligation to The Star which sent us on this expedition for the children of Washington. | Santa, also was loathe to see us leave, and he insisted on accompany- ing us for a while, for two reasons. First, he feared for our safety at the hands of Layluk, the North Wind. “Layluk is no friend of mine, and as long as I have known him he has never done one good deed. If h- hung up his stockings there would be nothing in them on Christmas morning,” Santa said. “You escaped him on your way up, but this may have been a sinister design to destroy you on your way back. I must see you safely past his cave, Then you have a long trip back to your Eskimo village where you left your plane, with all its dangers. “I have not visited my neighbors for a year and I want to see how they are getting along with their reindeer.” Start Trip Home. We hitched up our own team, now | full of spirit from their long rest. | Santa led the way and our deer, anxious to keep up with Santa’s, just | flew over the tundra until we came | to within a few miles of Layluk’s cave. | The North Wind rolled out of the cave with the force of a cyclone and swept the snow and ice flelds with his fury. Our faces and fingers were frozen in a few minutes by the icy blast, and our deer stopped, trembling in toeir traces. “Captain,” Santa shout- | ed, “you will never make the pass fighting Layluk as he is today. See, | even my magic deer cannot face that | fiend. He will be worse tonight for there is no moon. Turn back. Cap- | tain, turn to the valley to the right.” Santa wheeled his team and we fol- | lowed, lashed by the whips of Layluk, until we came to a shelter behind some huge rocks in the vdlley. The moment we had turned our backs to the blizzard, Layluk blew snow and ice into the hides of our deer to the very skin to freeze them, but when we stopped the wise animals again faced the wind and shook the snow off. ‘'What can we do, Santa?” cried Mrs. Kleinschmidt. “There is no other ‘way out of your land but through the cave of this horrid spirit.” “There is only one answer to that | problem,” Santa replied. | ‘What is the answer?” she asked. “We must go above him. I will load you and your equipment into my sleigh and take you soaring into the clouds. Then we will be above Layluk and can look down upon him, as I do on | Christmas evening, and laugh as he | shakes his black mantel.” ut Santa, you will overload your sleigh. You are of more use to the world than all of us, and we will not permit it.” “You are good and brave,” he said, “I'll prove to you it can be done.” low about my reindeer?” Patunuk, the driver, asked. “How can we travel without our deer?” “Don‘'t worry about your deer,” replied Santa. “Captain, load all your equipment ito my sleigh and stow yourself and Eskimos into it.” Then he produced a big plece of $30 in Prizes for Washington Boys and Girls Now is the time, boys and girls, there is a Santa Claus and why every poor child in Washington should receive gifts this Christmas” Don't Claus Editor of The Star. It will be fine to win that prize best letter, and maybe little brother other awards. Don’t forget, you must be not more than 12 years old if you write your letter. The best letter will win a prize third prize is $5. ‘Your letter must be at the office of The Star not later than midnight of Saturday, December 15. Announcements of the winners with their letters will be made one week later. Please write on one side of the that the number of new toy con- tributions will be greatly in- creased and that all children in the District of Columbia will be made happy in the knowledge that Santa Claus will not pass them by. carpet. placed our deer on it and' hitched them behind his sleigh. Santa cracked his long whip. luk howled and howled. started to soar aloft. higher they traveled “Now let old Layluk shake his coat,” Santa chuckled. “We are safe from him now.” Layluk, the North Wind had been defeated. Party Speeds Southward. For hours and hours the party: sped southward. Through clouds and through cold air the voyagers trav- eled. The speed of an express train was not to be compared with the rate we were hurled through the air. The carpet behind the sleigh soared and Trouncer and the other reindeer seemed to enjoy the ride. The carpet as if controled by magic proved perfectly safe for the animals Jimmy Aide, the dwarf. climb>d from the sleigh and perched on Trouncer's back. It was great sport for the little fellow. “I received a Lay- Santa’s deer Higher and letter last night.” Santa said, “in which I was told that ! the little boys and girls in Washing- | ton were writing Santa Ciaus letters ! for a dozen of the characters in The | Star comic page.” Worries About Annie. The gift giver laughed and laughed. “Will Orphan Annie have a happy Christmas?” Mrs. Kleinschmidt asked. Jimmie the dwarf heard little Orphan Annie’s name mentioned and he leaped from the back of Trouncer and climbed up on the seat beside Santa. “What will you give Annie?” Jimmie asked anxiously. “Annie will get plenty of gifts,” Santa answered. “SHe always has been a good girl. I always remember such little girls. “I think that The Star, is doing ! a great work in giving $30' in prizes | for boys and girls writing the best Santa letters. The children not only | learn to write, but they show that | they are interested in other little tots who are in need of help. I make good marks on the record for boys and girls who are kind to their parents, teachers and other little children.” Mrs. Kleinschmidt was enjoying every moment of the ride. The sleigh pitched and rolled with an easy mo- tion and the deer burst through the clouds without any trouble. Rides Over the Ocean. By this time our sleigh, with a speed faster than an airplane, was soaring over Banks Land. Then we crossed Wales Strait to the northern | part of Victoria Land, where we had | a battle with wolves on our way up to Santa’s home. Three hundred miles more flew under us and Santa Claus spoke to Donner and Blitzen, his two leaders. They poigted their antlered heads dewn to edrth and in a few moments we landed on the level ice flelds not far from the Eskimo village, our airplane base. It was the most unusual ride mor- tal man had ever taken, :nd some- how we were glad to be on solid ground again. We hitched up our own teams once more, for it would | not do, Santa said, to arrive at thel village other than in a human, nat- ural way. As the jingle of our sleigh bells was heard in the village men, women and children popped from their underground igloos, like prairie dogs, and came running up to our caravan to give us a great welcome. Santa Claus was the center of at- traction and they all clustered around to write your letter, “Why I know delay, send it in now, to the Santa of $15 offered by The Star for the or little sister will win one of the of $15, second prize is $10 and the paper only, and get your letters in Native of Boston Is Survived by His Widow and Eight Children, Maurice F. Costcllo, 73, & resident of Washington for 51 vears, died Thursday night ofter a heart attack 2t his home, 1741 Lanier place. Born in Boston, he vas an employe of the People’s Life In- surance Co. by Mrs. Mary A. Costello, and eight children— Mrs. Horace W. Talley. Mrs. John M. Foley, Elwood J. and Howard F. Costello, all of Washington, and > Mrs. Edmund J. M. F. Costello. e e Mass.; Mrs. James B. Henry, and Walter A. and Maurice Richmond Fourteen grandchildrcn and three great-grand- children also survive. Funere! services will be held at the o Foley, 1309 Loazfellow Monday at 9 am., followed by requicra mass at Nativity Church. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Costell him with shouts of delight. The chubby little fur-clad children came rushing out of their burrows. Some little tots hardly able to toddle came sprawling over the snow like little pup- pies to greet him. Their faces were brown, round and shiny and they smelled of seal oil. But Santa did not mind, any more than he minds how children in Washington look if they are really good children. His well-filled pockets were soon empty of gifts, as the children gathered about him with cries of welcome. After a while a group of Eskimos came up to Santa C and one whom Santa called “Amucktulik,” which means “humpback salmon,” said, “Santa, you are such a wonder- ful driver, won't you break in a re.n- deer for us?” Santa laughed and said. “Now, neighbors, I know you like fun and you are always playing jokes, so I guess you would like to play one on Santa Claus. Your reindeer do not know me from any other man, but I will show you how to handle a wild one. “We are going to have some war pictures,” I shouted, and got ready with the camera. First the Eskimos got rawhide ropes and lariats and began searching through the herd until they found the big reindeer stag they wanted to break for a sleigh deer. Then they closed in on him and as the deer raced past, an Eskimo threw the rope around his antlers and succeeded in tying him to a stake. They har- nessed him to a low reindeer sled with runners wide apart so it would not upset easily. Then up came Santa to break the deer. that is, get him used to the harness and sleigh as they would break a wild horse to the harness and wagon. Santa untied the deer and in a flash the stag made a wild leap to get back to the herd a half mile off Santa is a nimble old man as you know and thinks nothing of sliding down a chimney but he missed jump- ing onto the sled and Santa and sled ‘were tumbling and racing and drag- ging in the snow for many minutes while the Eskimos laughed loudly. At last the deer grew tired and Santa picked himself up out of the snow with his cap gone and his whiskers and hair full of snow, but smiling and laughing just the same, Then Santa very slowly and quietly went up to the deer and started to talk to him, but the reindeer did not seem to like Santa's red coat and trousers and sat down on his haunches and tried to strike Santa with his forefeet and shook his antlers at him when he came close enough to pet him. They all had a good laugh at Santa’s expense. Three times Santa and the reindeer repeated the per- formance except that Santa did not miss the sled again. Finally with all the coaxing and petting, the reindeer gave up and followed Santa like a good little dog, back to the village. (Tomorrow, Capt. Kleinschmidt and his party take off in The Star Expedi- tion's airplane on the flight back to ‘Washington. Watch for this impor- tant news in the wireless dispatch.)