Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1935, Page 4

"AA4 WS PAGEANT TRACES HISTORY OF CITY Events in Development of Northeast Portrayed at | McKinley High. Historic events connected with de-, Velopment of Northeast Washington | were portrayed last night in a| pageant. “The Land of Heart’s De- Isire,” presented by the Community | { Center Department on the plaza of McKinley High School Auditorium. Including re-enactment of events A beginning with the laying out of the | «Capital City by George Washington | current population of the country, | it all comes down to this: There is| “and his advisers in 1791, the pageant included in 10 scenes such historical “events as editing the first issue of The National Intelligencer, and *terror-stricken inhabitants fleeing from the British down Bladensburg | ‘road toward Washington with their + belongings. Washingto Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. NOW YOU TRY. machine that clicked off the population of the United States as it was “popping,” has been moved from the lobby of the | Census Bureau out to San Diego, for | the fair. But— According to the bureau's best figures, one person is born every 14 seconds, one dies every 22 seconds, an emigrant leaves the country every | seven minutes, and an immigrant ar- | rives every 12 minutes. So, if you are interested in the a net gain of one person every 36 seconds. There's the dope: Take the latest figure of 126,425,000 as of July 1, 1934, and figure it out yourself, * % & ™ A synopsis of each scene, as well as +the prologue and epilogue, was read | ‘by Henry Gilligan of the Board of | Education, while other leading citi- | zens of the Northeast section ap- | . peared in pageant episoces. Opening | = with a concert by the United States * Marine Band, under the direction of . W. F. Santlemann, the pageant pro- gressed through 10 scenes, each of which was presented by a different group or organization, with dancers, singers and others interspersed | - throughout. The pageant was arranged and di- rected by Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest of the Community Center Depart-| ment and was presented under the] general supervision of Mrs. D. E. Middleton, community secretary at the Eckington Community Center. . Other groups taking part in the| ¢ performance included the Salvation | s Army, Boy Scouts and Transient Bu- ¥ yeau as well as many juvenile groups | . from the schools, community centers and playgrounds. " GRANDMOTHER HELD ON GIRL'S CHARGES‘; Orphan, 17, Reports White Slave | Abduction—Three Men Also Arrested. By the Associated Press. LEBANON, Ind., August 10.—Boone County officers held four persons to- day while they checked the story of 17-year-old Rosalie Hawkins that she was abducted and taken to Kentucky a week ago. Deputy Sheriff Wi the girl told officers she was to have been “sold” for $2,000. A charge of kidnaping was placed against Roy Thompson, 45, of In- dianapolis, after his arrest at Sheri- dan, Ind, last night. The girl's grandmother, Mrs. Rosie Frazier, 64, of Sheridan; Max Martin, 30, of In- dianapolis, and Eddie Spencer, 64, of| . Sheridan, were charged with contrib- uting to delinquency. | . Miss Hawkins, an orphan, lived| with her grandmother on a farm near | Sheridan. Charges followed her story, | told to an uncle, that she had been | N criminally attacked. 0gs (Continued From First Page.) figure for the week is 39,000, the few- est on record. To date this year hog receipts amounted to 2,229,000 head, | compared with 4,045,000 hogs received by this date last year. Employment in the yards had fallen | to about 200 hog handlers, where the | average is 700 to 800. A year ago 860 | were employed. | Pork chop prices to the consumer showed much variation, ranging fioml 17 cents a pound at Des Moines, Iowa, | to 50 cents in Cleveland. Chicago of- | fered chops at 39 cents, 10 cents| higher than a week ago and four times | the price offered at times last year. . Des Moires, in the heart of the| % pork-producing area, had the low| price on hams also with 19 to 25 cents a pound asked. The price ranged up to 35 cents. Pork roast was as low as 17 cents in Oklahoma | City and sold up to 58 cents a pound | in Kansas City. and from 3523 to| 3725 cents in New York. Milwaukee bought roast at 50 cents. Most cities quoting prices in sn'; Associated Press survey showed pork chops selling between 30 and 40 cents. Denver at 25 cents, St. Louis at 221 cents, Lincoln, Nebr., at 25, and St. | Paul at 13 to 23, were well below the | general figures, however, Hams ranged in the 20s and low | 30s. while most cities seported bacon selling in a range from 35 to 45 cents. * Lincoln, with bacon at 19 cents, was low. Detroit had the highest fig- ure at 45. ¥ | | | . President’s Town May Manufacture Buffing Wheels ; Hyde Park Seeks to Create Industry to Ab- sorb Unemployed. By the Associated Press. HYDE PARK, N. Y, August 10— President Roosevelt's home town is considering the manufacture of buff- ing wheels, it was disclosed yesterday by Paul Garrigue, mainspring of the Hyde Park Association. For six months the town has been trying to create an industry for its unemployed. Since the night last Winter that townspeople sat down with Mrs. Roosevelt in the cozy town hall to discuss local unemployment, three projects have been considered and laid aside. “The raising of flax was suggested,” Garrigue said, “but we found that this would take a bigger investment than is available. We looked into the posibilities in a can- ning factory. That would have to be | quite large, and besides, there are cheaper places to grow vegetables than Dutchess County.” The third proposal, Garrigue said, was for a shoe factory. “That was mentioned but not really seriously considered,” he explained. The buffing wheel in which the town is interested uses an abrasive ingratiated in the material rather than an abrasive applied while the wheel is in use, Garrigue said. Free samples were made by a New York City concern, and these were sent out to various industries. The patent is _held by John Stiner, a local resident. P SHOWERS FOR JUSTICES. The new United States Supreme Court Building contains only one bath tub, in the first-aid room. Those who had the final say seemed to prefer showers. NEW USE FOR THE REEL. LEAVE it to the ingenuity of chil- dren to find another use for a fishing rod and reel. ‘When the fathers of Lyon Village, Va.,, are not fishing, the youngsters use the fishing tackle to fly kites, and have discovered that it works better than the old-fashioned hand line attached to a stick. The reel provides quicker and better control. * % % * THE WAYS OF MEN. The Monday Club meets on Tuesdays, the Wednesday Club on the day of the week for which it is named, and the Friday Club on Thursday. All are inter-organi- zation clubs of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. Bl S STRANGE PEOPLE. OHN S. WHITE of Colmar Manor, Md, anecdote-telling member of amuses his audiences whenever he makes a speech in hot weather by | telling about a Chinaman who was | ilbur Small said | trying to explain American ways to | local convention men as an excellent | one of his countrymen. THE EVENING n Wayside | people,” White quotes the Chinaman | as saying. “First théy boil tea to make it hot, | | then they put ice in it to make it cold. They put a lemon in it to make | it sour, and then put sugar in it to| 1make it swezt. Finally they hold up the glass and say ‘Here's to you' and drink it themselves.” * X X X KITE RESTRICTIONS. The flying, or even the seiting up, of a kite “in or upon or over any street, avenue, alley, open | space, public inclosure, or square within the limits of the City of Washington” is prohibited by law. The District code specifies a fine of not to exceed $10 jor each of= fense. % &% %k ¥ G-MEN ON DISPLAY, THE Department of Justice, head- quarters of the famed “G" men, has become a rival of the Capitol, | the Monument, the Lincoln Memorial | and Arlington Cemetery as an at- traction for the thousands of visitors who come here to see the sights of the Capital City. - So popular has the Federal Bureau | of Investigation become as a gather- ing place for tourists that J. Edgar | Hoover has had to arrange two regu- | | 1ar sightseeing tours daily in the bu- reau’s ‘crime museum,” fingerprint division, technical laboratory and oth- er interesting units. | | ‘The visitors start with a view of Dillinger's guns and other belongings | on exhibition in Hoover's reception { room, move on to a room containing Hauptmann evidence and conclude with an inspection of the identifica- tion facilities and the laboratory. Hoover provides free guide service. Tours are made at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 pm, | | * ok % X [ ADVERTISEMENT. ! | "THE demand for extra electric fans at a big hotel here last week end | was only exceeded by the demand for | blankets several nights later. A vet-| eran executive said it was the biggest | Summertime run on his blanket store | he ever experienced. | the Maryland House of Delegates, | | - ! The blanket demand was cited to point when next they go on the road | “The Americans are very strange |to sell Washington to the visitor. THIRD PARTY SEEN PLENTY OF WHEAT BY SENATOR NYE Would Be Used as Pro- gressive Agency, With Eye to Future. By the Associated Press. Senator Nye, Independent Repub- lican of North Dakota, predicted to- | day that there will be a third party in the 1936 presidential campaign. In an interview, in which he also said that it appears President Roose- | velt will be re-elected if he does not “swing strongly to the right,” Nye asserted that many liberals have felt a third party should be created now “to be used as a progressive agency” with an eye to the future. Nye spoke of what he believes is likely to happen when Mr. Roosevelt leaves office. Too Much Conservatism. “Without him,” he said, “it is likely | that the Democratic party would re- assume its former conservatism. And should the Republican party remain conservative there would be no place for us to go. “And, if, because of recent troubles, the Democratic party and Mr. Roose- velt should swing sharply to the right for reasons of political expediency or otherwise we would be up a tree.” However, he added, there is another side of the picture which gives pause to the liberals. “A third party would draw the ex- treme liberals away from Mr. Roose- velt. 8o, if the Democrats were to remain liberal and progressive a third | party would tend to hinder the execu- | tion of its own principles.” Would Support Roosevelt. “As for myself,” he went on, “un- less the Republicans nominate a real liberal, I imagine I'll support Roosevelt in 1936 provided he remains liberal. “Otherwise I'll support a third party candidate always with the proviso that it isn't a demagogue. Of course, you realize that the demagogues are going to capitalize in every way they can on the third party agitation. That's another problem we have to face. “However, it is certain that there will be a third party next year.” 10 WIRE OFFICIALS TO GIVE UP POSTS | | Communications Commission Or-| der to End Multiple Board Memberships. By the Associated Press. Ten widely known telegraph and telephone officials are due to re- linquish some of their positions as the result of an order from the Com- munications Commission that they not serve on more than one board of di- rectors or as officials of more than one company. Walter S. Gifford, president of the | American Telephone & Telegraph Co., has been director of 23 companies which are subsidiary or assoclated with A. T. & T.' Others affected are Edwin F. Carter, A. T. & T. official; Sosthenes Behn, | president of the Internaticnal Tele- phone & Telegraph Co.; Edwin F. Chinlund, Postal Telegraph official; Joseph J. Halpin of the International Telephone & Telegraph Co.; New- comb Carlton and E. Y. Gallaher of Western Union Telegraph Co., David Sarnoff and Lewis MacConnach of R. C. A. Communications, Inc., and Frank L. Polk, a director in several companies. [ ISRDBIAA L ‘Estimate 124,000,000 Bushels Short, While Corn | Crop Is Larger. By the Assoclated Press. The Agricultural Adjustment Ad- ministration took the view today that | there is still “plenty of wheat"” despite & drop of 124,000,000 bushels in the | Government estimates of that crop. The August 1 estimate of the Agri- | culture Department, issued yesterday, | | placed the ‘otal wheat crop for 1935 | at 607,678,000 bushels. This compared | with a July 1 forecast of 731,000,000 | bushels. | Increased Corn Production. “Radical changes” have taken place | in the past month, said the depart- | | ment, which also reported a corn esti- mate of 2272,147.000 bushels, as! against the estimate of 2,045.000.000 bushels a month earlier. This was| an increase of 228,000,000 bushels in | the 30 days. | A. A. A. officials made plain that | the altered figures for wheat fore- shadowed no change in their plans to | require that acreage be reduced 15| per cent next year. The four-year | wheat adjustment contracts also will | | remain unaffected by the estimate, according to George E. Farrell, di- rector of the A. A. A’s grain division. | Spring Wheat Crop Drops. | There was a reduction of 97,031,000 | | bushels in the Spring wheat crop and | | officials attributed this to black rust, | hot weather and drought. Winter wheat, on which the estimate dropped 26,291,000 bushels, was described as| threshing out “substantially below earlier expectations.” i As for corn, the department slld.! “Corn, which was so late that farmers | were afraid it might be caught by an | early frost, grew vigorously during| | July and is now expected to produce a yield nearly equal to the average during the past 10 years.” PRIEST IS ARRESTED | Accused of Violating Mexican | Law on Masses. MEXICO CITY, August 10 (#).— Catholic officials said last night that | Father Manuel Araiza of the Church cf the Buen Tono here had been ar- rested and sentenced to 15 days in the penitentiary on charges of violating the religious laws by saying mass without a license. | Manuel M. Carreno, secretary to Archbishop Pascual Diaz, announced he had learned two other priests were being sought by the authorities on similar charges. The reported arrest of Aralza was the first involving a priest since Arch- bishop Diaz himself was held in jail overnight several months ago. o Police Battle Communists. | ORAN, Algeria, August 10 ().—| Oone man was wounded and a police- man was severely beaten today when | police battled manifestants trying to rescue six Communist comrades sen- tenced to jail terms for a nolsy dem- | onstration Wednesday night. ‘ WILL YOU LET US EXPLAIN WHY OIL6MATIC OIL BURNERS Have “Heating Engineers’ Prefer- ence the World Over.” Ralph J. Moore Coal Co. Phone Potomac 0970 2 STAR, WASHINGTON, D, Q. SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1935. WoobDwARD & LoTHROP IO™]]™F AND G STREETS PHoNE DiIstricT 5300 The Artisans Skill Finds Full Play In the Making of Fine Vencers IME was when most table tops were solid wood. Scarecity of finer woods plus the dis- covery of the added strength and beauty to be gained in the laminations of thinly sliced layers brought into universal popularity the process of veneering. Today the surfaces of the finest furniture pieces are veneered. But finer veneer- ing calls for craftsmanship and skill of the high- est order. While the art of veneering is almost as old as the use of furniture itself, there has never been dis- covered a short-cut to fineness. Infinite care and the patience of the true artisan coupled with years of accumulated knowledge is still the order. First comes the carefully constructed base—a core of chestnut wood properly aged and cured. To this are glued the rims of mahogany or walnut. Over the entire base are laid five—some- times seven, and even more—layers of the finish wood of mahogany or walnut. These layers are applied so that the grains run alternately in opposite direc- tions. The alternating grains of the various layers insures against future warping and upon the care with which each step is done depends further satis- faction both in beauty and utility. The selection of veneers demands the finest craftsmanship and the keenest knowledge of woods. MAHOGANY Mahogany is the aristocrat of woods. Its genteel dignity, its soft rich beauty, its unusual resistance to wear and the ease with which it can be worked under the tools of the artisan have combined to keep it in high favor ever since its in- troduction early in the Eighteenth Century. The finest mahogany trees of today grow in Central America. The “hidden values” of truly fine furniture lie buried beneath the visible surface. Even the well versed pur- chaser cannot always know when they are there or when they are not. He must rely upon the knowledge and integrity of the seller whose responsibility is that of protecting a respected name. The Semi-Annual Selling Furniture, Floorcoverings Yo, Wy Wi To see a tree through the eyes of the furniture-maker is to divide it into three distinct parts—the trunk, the stump and the crotch. From the trunk comes the veneers of fine, long and graceful grains. From the stump and crotch come the more mottled pat- terns used for the more decorative veneers, as do veneers cut from “burls,” knot-like growths which occur on the limbs of the trees. In either case the making of fine veneers is a meticulous and delicate process, for it is not uncom- mon that hundreds of pieces must be carefully matched, one to the other, to give the whole the desired exquisite effect. Only the artisan with a true veneration for finer woods can qualify for such a meticulous task. WALNUT Walnut is another wood that has stood the test of time. It reached its peak during the Queen Anne period and has held it ever since in spite of many challenges from other woods. Its deep brown tint makes the warmth of its informality and homely charm felt by all lovers of fine furniture. The black walnut (finest of all walnut woods), is truly an American tree. Fine furniture is not necessarily a matter of high price. Inthe Woodward & Lothrop Furniture Section you will find moderately priced pieces as well as the more expensive. We welcome the opportunity to dis- cuss these “hidden values,” and we are sure you will delight in a trip through our model rooms, arranged and decorated by members of our own staff. Draperies and Lamps Begins Wednesday, August 14th The Savings Will Be Very Worthwhile &,