Evening Star Newspaper, October 9, 1936, Page 13

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1936. CIVIL SERVICE GROUP NAMES YADEN COUNSEL To Ald New Babcock Unit in Af- fairs Concerning Members as D, O, Citizens. James G. Yaden, chief of the ex- amining division of the Civil Service Commission, has been named ecivic Affairs counsel of the United OCivil Service Employes, the organimtion being formed by E. Claude Babeock, the latter announced today. active part in civic matters here, 1s Ppresident of the District Department of the American Federstion of Gav- ernment Employes, of which Babrock formerly was national president. He 18 to aid the new group “in such problems as may concern the United THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, CONSERVATION PAY CHECKS LIMITED Only 90 Per Cent to Be Given Farmers Now, Except in Northeast. 85 the Associated Press. To “avold possible deficits,” the A. A. A. said last night, initial payments to farmers who participated in this year's soil conservation program will be limited to 90 per cent in virtually all regions except the Northeast. Producers {n the Northeast, includ- D. C, *% A—13 bobbed up today with a recipe m‘omomomoumomo sweet potato chips. b e TROUBLE * Beyond saying “they are sweeter & than Irish potato chips,” the inventor, § WITH YOUR SHOES? | g SHOE REPAI The agriculture administration has a total of $470,000,000 available to make payments under the soil con- servation program. A. A A, spokesmen sald the partial payment to be made in four regions did not indicate a deficit was faced in any of them. They sald the soil conservation act provides an elastic payment of from 90 to 110 per cent of the schedules previously announced, They added it was possible payments eventually might total 98 per cent in one region and 102 per cent in an- other, but complete figures on ex- penses and participation would be necessary before this eould be de- termined. Officials said “payments” will be made as rapidly as possible, but “due to the amount of work involved seve eral weeks will elapse before they can |80 out in volume.” ‘They said no checks had been sent * CLIPPER RENEWS WESTWARDFLGHT Midway Island Next, Stop " for Newspaper Men on Way to Manila. BY CHARLES E. GARNER, Associated Press Staff Writer, ABOARD CHINA CLIPPER, Octo- ber 9.—Roaring steadily westward on its Pacific Ocean spanning flight, the China Clipper left Pearl Harbor, in | Hawail, at 6:47 am. (12:17 p.m. East- ern standard time) today, Off for Warmer Clime Byron C, Brunstetter, did not g0 Into | @ vyt ‘ot sides - lemmprs—te detall about the recipe. It will be | made available to the public later. He hinted that the potatoes must | be carefully selected, sliced just so and cooked just right. | G RSRLS Split Ships to Enlarge Them. Five mall ships running between England and South Africa are to be "made speedier by builders at Belfast, | Northern Ireland, who will make room in them for larger engines.. The re- | powering will mean cutting several of the vessels in two so that they can be | lengthened. This is part of the plan to make mail vessels fast enough to complete the trip to South Africa in i NG * 2 A LANGENBACH Dee. BB 2SI HS. A%l ®e. 7 0000000000000000000000¢ 00000000 0000000% ter Arrives n for an estimate. isfactory work thal ociated with the name son for twe decades is The great plane, bearing five news- men passengers on a flight to Manila from Alameda, Calif., preliminary to | regular passenger service, flew away | from Oahu Island’s green hills in the | coolness of a clear dawn. Its first des- tination was Midway Island, 1,323 miles away. We obtain information at Honolulu which adds to knowledge dramatized by the voyage. Our mentor was Maj. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, commanding the Hawaiian Department of the Army. We called on Gen. Drum after & | reception by Gov. Joseph B. Pol Gl dexter, who described Pan-American Airways' route across 2,400 miles of the Pacific as eliminating the former solation of Hawail. Gen. Drum looked at the situation from a military angle, He described | Hawali as the focal point in the | United States’ western defense. The general pointed out the United States has 6,000 miles of coastline, in- | cluding Alaska, to defend, but Hawaii's strategic position permits rapid avia- | tion movements to intercept any type | of mainland attack from across the Pacific. | ‘We proved that statement by reach- ing Hawaii from Alameda, Calif, in 18 hours, traveling as passengers | aboard a mighty flying boat. The trip ‘would have consumed about the same i time from Alaska, | Our trip to Midway, next stop in | the voyage to Manila, entails a flight of 1,323 miles northwestward, The conference with Gen. Drume disclosed the Army is devoting mueh attention to developing Hawaii as an air base, with Honolulu the center of operations. | Drum's vision of the future of Hawaii does not end with a picture of the islands as the hub of Pacific defense. He sees the Territory as the hub of commercial transportation be- tween Australia and Canada by Brit- ish lines as well as the present Amer- dcan link with the Orient. FOUR BRITISH AIRMEN. RESCUED FROM REEF Fishing Boat Discovers Plane on Timor Sea After Flight From Australia. f By the Associated Press. PORT DARWIN, Australia, October 9.—Four British aviators, attempting & flight from Australia to England, were rescued today from a& lonely coral reef in the Timor Sea. A wireless message said a fishing boat discovered the plane after the fiyers had been on the reef two days. ‘The airliner, owned by Lord Sempill, was abandoned and the men taken aboard a steamer. The fiyers, whose names were given 85 Wood, Gilroy, Davies and Oro- combe, were said to have made a forced landing soon after taking off | rom here Tuesday night. | CROSBY SHOES HOSIERY | d | Protected from the rain by an umbrella, John D. Rockefeller, sr., 97-year-old financier, is shown about to board his train at Lakewood, N, J., for his annual trip to his Ormond Beach, Fla., Winter estate, the Casements. The train was drawn up on a siding at the jreight station so that the Rockefeller automobile could drive up the ramp onto the loading platform to permit the oil magnate to step directly into his private car without climding any step: Wide World Phoi The Foening Hfar ADVERTISENENT bl RECEIVED HERE CH 0 Alban Towers Pharmacy—Wise. & Mass. Aves. Isan Authorized Star Branch Office HE ones who can supply your wants may be right next door, or 25 miles away—but wherever they are a properly worded and classified advertisement in The Star will put you in touch with them—and quickly. | [sm Classified A Placing a Classified Advertisement in The Star is made easy by the gratuitous services rendered by authorized Star Branch Offices—one of which is located in practically every neighborhood in and around Washington. Copy left with them will be promptly forwarded to appear in the first avail- able issue. The above sign is displayed by all authorized Star Branch Offices Crosby's Deluxe Grade 49c HANDBAGS § CROSBY 1115 F St R R R E s hm.dtopq%hqmu. : 414 THh'St., N.W. ing New England, New York, New Uz ye%: Jersey and Pennsylvania, will be paid in full in one check, A statement issued by the farm ad- ministration said estimates of particie pation in the program in the North- east, “although not complete,” showed funds would be available for full pay. | ment in those States. | H, R. Tolley, the A. A. A. adminis- trator, said in the other regions where | | 90 per cent would be paid at first “the | second part of the payment will be made as soon as participation and | the expenses of the county eonserva- tion associations have been deter- Cat Mothers Baby Skunks. JUNEAU, Wis. (#).—Mamie's un- usual display of maternal affection | threatens to make Joseph Kasten- meier & shunned man. Mamie—his pet cat—brought six baby skunks out of the woods recently. 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