Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1937, Page 22

13 STATES' TREES PLANTED AT RITES Placed Along Parkway in Honor of Anniversary of Constitution. Representatives of the Thirteen Original States planted trees on the west benk of the Potomac yesterday afternoon, along the new addition to the George Washington Memorial Parkway, at & spot north of Arlington Memorial Bridge, in honor of the 150th anniversary of the formation of the Constitution of the United States. School children of Washington, members of the High School Cadet Corps, cavalrymen from Fort Myer and men and women in all walks of life took part in the elaborate cere- monies held under the auspices of the various societies representing the Thirteen Original States in the Dis- trict of Columbia. ‘With Representative Sol Bloom ot New York, director general of the United States Constitution Sesqui- centennial Commission, as principal speaker, flags of the Thirteen States were unfurled, first by the mounted cavalrymen and later by the civilian representatives of the attendant States. E Pluribus Unum Section. Citing the fact that America and Americans think in terms of symbols, Bloom pointed to the motto on the Great Seal of the United States and said, “The symbolism of the present occasion is so evident that we might hereafter call this part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway the “E Pluribus Unum Section.” He pointed to the difference of the individual States as exemplified even in their trees and showed how, with all their diversified interests, they cling together in the grand cluster that makes up the Union. State frees plantéd were: Delaware, red oak; Pennsylvania, hemlock; New Jersey, white oak; Georgia, pecan; Connecticut, red maple; Massachusetts, American elm; Maryland, white oak; South Carolina, willow oak; New Hampshire, Ameri- can ash; Virginia, red oak; New York, American plane (sycamore); North Carolina, sweet gum; Rhode Island, Kentucky coffee tree. Halsey Is Present. Since the ceremonies were held on ground that once was deeded to the District by the Commonwealth of Vir- ginia, the Virginia delegation was the largest at the tree planting. Col. Edwin A. Halsey, secretary of the United States Senate and newly elected pres- ident of the Virginia State Society, represented the Governor. Wilbur C. Hall represented the State. Other representatives and their States fol- low: Gov. Richard C. McMullen, Dela- ware; J. Buell Snyder, Pennsylvania; Walter Hall, New Jersey; Henderson Latham, Georgia; Capt. B. T. Mc- Queenie, Massachusetts; Senator Au- gustine Lonergan, Connecticut; Col. Harry C. Jones, Maryland, with John Marshall Boteler, flag bearer; Hugh E. Phillips, South Carolina; John 8. V. Davie, New Hampshire; Maurice C. Sands, New York; Gen. R. L. Cox, North Carolina, and William J. Crane, Rhode Island. Music by Army Band. Music was given by the Army Band under the direction of Capt. Thomas Darcy, U. S. A, leader. First spec- tacle was the grand entrance of Rep- resentative J. Buell Snyder, chairman of the committee, with his staff offi- cers and officials of the State and United States Government. Then came the mounted representatives of the 13 societies with the State flags. | As soon as the assemblage was in order, Dr. James Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the House of Representa- tives, invoked benediction. Children | from the Gordon Junior High School | then sang “America,” after which | children from Garfield and Virginia | Avenue Playgrounds, dressed like syl- | van nymphs, gave “The Dance of | the Trees.” C. Marshall Finnan, superintendent of the National Capital Parks, sketched the history of his organization in a brief talk and superintended the ac- tual planting of the trees. 'Kipling's *Recessional” was sung by Earl Car- baugh, a short talk was made by Marie Moore Forrest, who directed the pageantry, and the ceremonies were closed by the singing of “The Star Spangled Banner,” led by Mr. Carbaugh and accompanied by the United States Army Band. “JITTERY” TACTICS HIT BY HAMILTON Roosevelt Practices “Anything but Encouraging,” G. 0. P. Chairman Declares, By the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, W. Va., October 23. «John Hamilton, chairman of the Republican National Committee, charged today that President Roose- velt has made the American people “jittery” by practices that are “any- thing but encour- aging to econom- ic revival” The recent stock market slump, Hamilton declared in an @ address to West Virginia Repub- lican women, “portends great possible distress” and Mr. Roose- velt “should pre- pare to deal with the squalls.” § Hamilton said administration J°hn Hamilton. policies have created “widespread alarm” instead of “true prosperity” and that the President “has shown himself unaware of actual economic developments.” “Our Republican opposition to the New Deal, which has been trans- formed into the Roosevelt deal, has always been based on the fundamen- tal consideration that in the long run it could not work,” Hamilton said. “Now that this Roosevelt- deal is beginning to creak at the joints, we may expect to hear again that the Républican party is the party of | chlorine, phosgine, lewisite and tear PEERSYLVANIA Planting of hemlock tree, symbolic of Pennsylvania. & Left to right: Dr. Edward'Dumbauld of the Department of Justice, Miss Margaret Angle, assistant secretary of the Pennsylvania State Society, and Representative J. Buell Snyder, president. British Fit Masks to Young For Safety Against Gas War Tests Are Made to Determine Earliest Age at Which Infant Can Wear a Respirator. BY JOSEPH DRISCOLL. LONDON, October 23. — “Death stands at attention, obedient, expect- ant, ready to serve, ready to sheer away the peoples or men, ready if called on to pulverize without hope of repair what is left of civilization.” So speaks Winston Churchill, chief prophet of the doom that awaits Britaln in the next war if she is not fully prepared against the new menace of the air, and not even Mr. Churchill can say the government is anything but thorough in its preparations against wholesale gas attacks upon the populace. Having made substantial progress towards manufacturing 40,000,000 gas masks which are to be kept in store- houses and distributed free at the outbreak of war, the home office anti- gas experts this week got around to the problem of protecting babies (as well as adults) from mustard gas, gas. A nursery home for infants just outside London was the scene of strange tests, as government agents fitted masks on babies only a few weeks or months old. The experts sought to determine the earliest age at which a child can wear the smallest type of respirator now available, or whether an entirely new type must be devised for small children. Mask Trials at Schools. Other gas mask trials for boys in their early teens are proceeding at preparatory schools throughout the country. At Eton, for instance, the schoolboys added respirators to their | sultant picture, of these young aristo- | crats with their features concealed | privilege, that it is antagonistic to the welfare of the common man, and that his interests are only safe in Mr. Roosevelt's hands. - This is far- thest from the fact.” 100,000 Attend Fair. Nearly 100,000 people, including 6,174 foreign buyers, attended the re- cent Fall fair in Leipzig, Germany. stylist ensembles of silk hats, cutaway coats and striped trousers. The re- by plebian false-faces of rubber and canvas, was quite funny, except 10:; the tragic implications of their re- | hearsal. All over the country the govern- ment is methodically instilling the fear of gas warfare into the citizenry. This fear serves the purpose of spur- ring enlistment for the hundreds of thousands of ambulance Wworkers, nurses and voluntary fire wardens who are deemed necessary. In front of the Chelsea Town Hall the other day this correspondent came across a curious sight. Parked on the sidewalk to attract attention was a but I do not believe in the probability of anything worse than mustard gases,” he said. “Then there is the bogey of the use of disease in weapons. If pos- sible, pneumonic plague might be dis- seminated by airplane, but that is more difficult than it sounds.” (Copyright, 1937, by the New York Tribune, Inc.) FEDERICO PAEZ RESIGNS AS ECUADOR PRESIDENT Bucceeded by Minister of War * With Cabinet Largely Made Up of Army Officers. By the Associated Press. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, October 23. —Provisional President Federico Paez suddenly resigned today and was suc- ceeded by his minister of war with a cabinet composed largely of army offi- cers. ‘The newspaper El Telegrafo reported from Quito that the war minister, Gen. Alberto Enriquez, issued a decree assuming power immediately after Paes, who became provisional presi~ dent following the 1935 revolution, presented his resignation to the Na- tional Assembly. Reports that the capital accepted the change quietly were brought to Guayaquil by Col. Ricardo Villacreces, inspector general of aviation, who ar- rived to confer with local garrison chiefs, —Star Staff Photo. INSURANCE LEADER ASSAILS NEW DEAL Parkinson Charges Administra- tio nWith Blockading Invest- ment Channels, By the Associated Press. ROCHESTER, N. Y, October 23.— President Thomas A. Parkinson of the Equitable Life Assurance Society charged the national administration today with blockading investment channels of the country. Speaking at a Chamber of Com- merce luncheon, Parkinson asserted the New Deal set a bad example by teaching the individual spending, rather .than virtues of thrift and saving. Other speakers were Dean Herbert F. Goodrich of University of Penn- sylvania’s law school, and E. M. Pat- terson, professor of economics in the university's Wharton School. They combined with Parkinson in an eco- nomic symposium to paint a picture of a world in flux confronted by economie, political and sociological problems challenging existing institutions of every description. Dean Goodrich directed attention to the recent constitutional crisis. It has, he asserted, made us “acutely conscious of our American govern= mental way of life,” resulting in a “more wholesome and realistic point of view.” Constitutional questions, particularly with reference to social problems, will continue as long as democracy under a written con- stitution, the speaker said. RESORTS. SCHWENKSVILLE, PA. PRING MOUNTAIN HOUSE 150 mi. from Wash. Ask | r Tra WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. Firemen Recover Ring. Divers belonging to the city fire de- partment of Frankfurt, Germany, went to Budingen, 50 miles away, to retrieve the engagement ring a honeymooning couple from England had dropped into a river swimming pool. Three firemen in diving suits found the precious circlet in less than five min- utes. RESORTS. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. huge motor truck, such as used in | American streets for sprinkling dusty streets. chemicals and a& sign on the truck proclaimed its mission, “Gas Contam- ination.” Around the truck were lined up its crew of half a dozen men, en- veloped from head to foot in gas masks, rubber boots, rubber gloves and overall suits of yellow “rainproof” ma- terial, The vision was horribly Well- sian. Incendiary Bombs Shown, Inside the town hall there was & more complete, more horrible dem- onstration of what modern warfare means. One saw a shiny, nickel cyl- inder about the size of & small loaf of French bread. This was an in- cendiary bomb. A war plane could drop 2,000 of these on homes, offices and power plants. One inspected gas masks of various sizes and was in- vited to try them on. Segments of brick walls were on view to demon- This one was filled with|: strate how easily chrapnel could pene- trate thin jerry-built walls. Beauti- ful nurses were on hand to show visi- tors through the sample gasproof rooms. To keep the gas out one must paste cellophane against the inside of the window panes, making the glass shat- terproof. One must tack blankets tightly over all doors and windows. The equipment recommended for gas- proof rooms include books, cards, chil- dren’s toys, radios, gramophones, canned food, chairs and matches. Presumably the British Broadcasting Company will make use of air raid periods to radio first-aid instructions and cheerful music. Unlike Paris and other continental capitals, London has not gone in for large bombproof shelters. Since Lon- don experts expect to get only five or 10 minutes’ warning of an impending. air raid, the authorities figured house- hold and office workers would not have sufficient time to run to a cen- tral bombproof and had better re- main where they were. Valencia Surpasses London. Prof. J. B. §. Haldane, the scientist, who has recently returned from Spain, reports that when it comes to bomb- proof shelters Valencia is much ‘bet- ter off than London. In Valencia he found shelters for most of the 800,000 inhabitants. Prof, Haldane offers some consola- tion by exploding the myth of new death-dealing gases. “We hear about terrible new gases, Zirioays, AND FAIR WEATHER Whether golfing, cycling, roller- chairing the Boardwalk or canter- . you'll feel “right up to par”—in a matchless Autumn climate that has popu- larized the October-November season. Hotel rates invitingly low. [ Write Room 119, Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. ing on the strand CHALFONTE- HADDON HALL One of the nice things about these beachiront hotels is ‘the high type of guest you'll meet here. Restricted clientele. LEEDS AND LIPPINCOTT COMPANY ATLANTIC CITY SERson your well-veing with our Autumn walt and sun. There's golfing. riding, stroll- ing.roller chairi fing. 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Charging that sgitation for reduc- tion of interest rates on loans made by the Home Owners’ Loan Corpora- tion is coming principally from pro- fessional promoters who are attempt- ing to turn the movement into & money-making campaign for them- selves, Charles A. Jones, general man- ager of the corporation, yesterday an- nounced - that the board of directors “is unanimous in its conviction that no reduction from the present interest rate is justifiable.” At the present time the loans call for 5 per cent interest and amortiza- tion within 15 years. Among several bills introduced on the subject last year in Congress were some calling for reduction of interest rates to 2% per cent and extension of the amor- tization period to 30 years. “Promoters” Blamed. “It is significant,” Jones said, “that the agitation for a revision of the H. O. L. C. mortgage terms has not sprung at all from any spontaneous movement of H. O. L C. borrowers. It came from a few small groups of men who thought they saw an oppor- tunity to make money at the expense of the borrowers. “One group, for instance, adver- tised for fleld men, organized a train- ing school for solicitors and sent them to H. O. L. C. mortgagors to sell mem- berships in their movement for $3 down and 25 cents a month. This is| the group which sponsored one of the bills introduced at the last session of Congress.” Arguments Against Cut. Estimating that reduction of the interest rate to 2!, per cent and ex- tension of the amortization period to 20 years would cost the Government and the taxpayers ‘$1,000,000,000, | Jones presented seven conclusions in | support of the corporation position against any changes. They follow: would Terms as low as 10c A DAY Liberal Allowance for Your Old Cleaner 814-816 F St. N ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY KNICKERBOLKER AMERICAN ANO EUROPEAN PLAN LOWEST AATES ON THE BOARDWALK ATLANTIC CITY District 1900 have little or no effect on future fore- closures. 3. The proposed changes would result in heavy losses which the tax- payers would ultimately have to pay. 3. There is no real desire or demand on the part of H. O. L. C. borrowers for such changes. 4. H. O. L. C. collections are con- tinually improving and its rate of foreclosures has passed the peak. 5. The H. O. L. C. must be per- mitted to build up reserves to meet losses. 6. A lowering of interest rates would seriously influence the general home mortgage market. 7. The savings of millions of people in mortgage lending institutions would be adversely affected. e GORGAS ESSAY CONTEST WILL CLOSE JANUARY 21 Third and, Fourth Year High School Students May Try for Prizes’ Third and fourth year high school students all over the country this year will write essays for the Gorgas prizes on “The Achievements of Wil- liam Crawford Gorgas and Their Rela- tion to Our Health,” Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Gorgas Memorial Institute, announced yesterday. The essay contest, now in its ninth year, will close January 21, 1938. For the best essay written in each school, a bronze Gorgas medal will be awarded and the student so honored will represent his school in the State competition. The winner in each State will receive a $10 cash prize, judges be- ing the State health officer, State offi- cials, the State superintendent of schools and the Secretary of State. First national prize is $500, with a traveling expense allowance of $200 for a trip to Washington to receive the award. Complete details of the contests may be obtained from the office of the institute at 1835 I street. P.-T. A. Masquerade. COTTAGE CITY, Md.,, October 23 (Special) —Parents and teachers have been invited to attend the masquerade to be held in the auditorium of the Cottage City School October 26 as a feature of the regular monthly meet- ing. | opment of radio—the great American | | handy-man-around-the-house — the | | fellow who can build | long as he has the parts. TELEVISION SETS 10 BE HOMEMADE Parts Will Be Marketed Be- fore Complete Apparatus Is Offered. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 23.—The first television sets, like the first radios, will be homemade. Engineers confirmed this today after word leaked out that the Radio Corp. of America will soon market parts from which such sets can be built. The first sets will probably cost from $200 to $300, The parts will be sold, it was ex- plained at the R. C. A, offices, because television experts have found no better way of bringing radio pictures from the experimental stage into widespread practical use. From the time television emerged from the dream phase, engineers have striven to bring the new medium to life full grown. They wanted receiv- ing sets, broadcasting apparatus and programs perfected together so the thing could start at full tilt. The Fed- eral Communications Ccmmission co- operated in this by limiting television broadcast licenses to an experimental basis. g Programs Too Expensive. But experience has shown that tele- vision programs are too expensive to attract commercial sponsors unless those sponsors are assured a large audience. The audience will not be there unless buyers of television sets are assured a steady flow of good programs. And—here is the big catch —television engineers are afraid to sell complete sets now because develop- ments are coming so fast that the sets soon would be out of date. So the television men are turning deliberately to the man who, acci- | dentally, was responsible for the devel- anything as | by inserting a new part instead of buying & whole new set. His expe- riences help the television engineers, and when commercial sets are ready they are compact and cheaper because they are made for mass consumption, The growth of television will thus be like that of radio, but it will also be different. Early Days of Wireless. In the earliest days of wireless any one anywhere could sit in his parlor with his crystal and earphones and listen to cots and dashes of the Morse code. That was great stuff then because no one thought of anything better. The voice and music broad- casts which followed could also be heard over a wide range. The first television sets, on the other hand, will be dependable only within a hundred-mile radius of New York and Philadelphia, the two cities from which regular picture programs are now broadcast. Another difference between young television and young radio is that the first radios had innumerable, crude parts. In television, much of this prelimi- nary detail has slready been elimi- nated in the laboratories. The main part in the homemade sets will be a large cathode ray tube, similar in appearance to an overgrown radio tube, through which electrical impulses are filtered, amplified and converted into light rays, Other important parts “scan” the picture, picking up light and shadow line by line just as your eye reads a book, from left to right, down the page; focus the screen and “step up” the current. The parts, which will go on the market within a few months, can be assembled and hooked up to an ordi- nary radio set. 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