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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, NEW YORK, SUNDAY. JULY 5, 102,1. mobile Chamber nf ComniMcp. ItiipM stridea Ixint? mnde alont? this linn. Two hundred and thirty-one cities opened 635 new play ureitw in ficcordinff to the reports of the Phty-ground and Jiecreation Assoc nn of America.

Kpental attention nhould he paid tn this effort, particularly in the larger i the Xa'ional Au'omnhile 'hit in her of ('umnit'ri'f points out as the flames fur the year indicate, that pi-oLrrcs in safety is less rapid in the ith tr er Hju.nrto han fur ho country a whole. Totals for th hve months in li'L'5 are 4 percent reattr thnn the same period last year for cities over lOo.OtiU. In the country as a whole, however, there hits I't'fii some reduction. This ('counted in the chamber cf. bv the entrtneerinir skill and minist rat ive eft or which is apparent in the work of Statt- highway detriments and motor vehicle authorities.

J. cities have an acute problem in congest ion. but hey are meet inp 1 in Nhw York, F'hiiadelphia, Ietmtt and Los Aneelen. 1925 PEERLESS ROADSTER BOY SCOUT NEWS 157 WINS LAURELS IN BROWNSVILLE 500 Hilarious Scouts At Kanohwahke Lakes A last minute rush of applications at Brooklyn Scout Headquarters In ral beauty of the Interstate Park to the laker, which are midway between Beur Mountain and Tuxedo. From the ramp headquarters largo motor life boats transported them across the lake to the Breuckelen Camps, where they were distributed among the five camps Midwoul.

C.ropsey, Leeming, Kanohvet anJ Burton. 2 i ii mi, i i 1" early days of last week brought the first batch of campers to the BreHckeleu Scout Camps on Kanohwahke Lakes to well over 500 boys, who' taxed to capacity the transportation facilities at tho Bear Mountain landing in making the last leg of their journey to camp. If omens count for anything In these days the Scouts should all have perfect summer, as the entire trip v.as niado on a day of perfect weather. Departing exactly on time from, the Battery piar Wednesday morning the steamer ruade tho trip to the Bear Mountain Landing In a little less than five hours, arriving For tha aecon-l ucceniv year Troop 167 has won the championship of the Brownsville District. The competitions wete held on Sunday.

June 21. on the grounds of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum. Troop 157 was first In the Antelopt, knot tying, water botllnT and second In semaphore, pinking a total of 18 points. The championship (lag will be presented with fitting ceremony as soon as the. insignia of the troop is placed on it.

Preceding the competition, all Scouts gathered at Hetsy Head Park at noon and, headed by tho band of Troop 157, paraded to tho Hebrew Orphan Asylum through Douglass ft. and Saratoga ave. Thero wore about SOrt Scouts in line. After the call to colors a welcome address whs made by Julius Meyer of the Home, following which the events begun. 30 Percent Alcohol Vodka Sends Rival Hiker to Camp for Beating Him Scout Milton Wold, Vanquished Champion, to Pay Wook't Board for Now Champion at Camp Croptty.

2 p.m. Many parents had gone to see the deoarttire. and when the lines were Now Sold in Russia; Prices Reduced; Drinking Increasing cast off the rail was lined with cheering Scouts. who cheered Announcement of troop awards and prizes at the final meeting of Troop 51 brought much excitement last Brooklyn, the camps, tncir parents and everything In signt. Upon pulling out of the lanes of traffic In the lower roaches of lie river the hilarious spirit with which they had Klarted soor.

subsided as the magnitl-ocnt crandmir of the historic Hud Friday night. PROSPECT HEIGHTS BOYS EMPLOY PATROL SYSTEM An official resume of the Courts of Honor of the Prospect Heights District for the year shows that ten troops of the district are working A two-weeks vacation in camp manufacturing "samagonka," whl literally translated, means "self-brew," has spread -to every nojk and corner of the Soviet. Union. Not a village, probably, that cannot boast went to Scout Joseph Huge! -for win son made itself felt. ning the troop efficiency contest with of at least one still which supplies under the patrol system.

They are a total of 154 points. Jack Reagan with 151 points was second and received a lumberjack shirt, while William Kalb, who was third with Troops 237. 64, 141. 99. 129, US, lb, 135 and 1ST.

Curiously enough the outstanding troops in various de 149 points, was awarded some Camp ing equipment. partments or Scouting are among the inhabitants with bootleg vodka. I have visited many villages aa.l asked many a crafty old fellow whether one could get Rome "samagonka" here. And the sly peasant closes an eye and crones. "No, no, little father; but our neighboring village has it barrels." Then you go to the next village, and you gH these ten, and Troon 237 apparently Scout Milton Wald, the champion excels In four out of nvo Scouting subjects.

hiker of the troop, announced that Joseph Frlen won first place In the hiking contest by the small margin of two hikes. As a reward Wald The ratines, according to District the same reply. Yet he who knows can always find what ho seeks. Tlv personally will send Frlen to Camp Commissioner H. W.

Hungarz. aiu ns follows: Most progressive, Troop 237; best in first aid, Troop 237; model troop in all departments. Troop 237; best In signaling, Troop Cropsey for ona week, as a prize. Scoutmaster J. N.

Pennell an As they tiled off the boat at Bear Mountain the veteran, experi-ouced campers and hikers couJd be easily distinguished from the novice. Tho veterans brought everything in packs and bags, while the tenderfoot campers had their things packed, in everything from paper parcels to dilapidated valises and small campaign trunks. All were happy, however, and jokes and gibes flew about profusely as they were marshaled upon the bus stage to await their turn for busses. The spirit of competition they showed at this bodes ill for rival camps on tho Kanohwahke Lakes during the annual competitions, as every one wanted to be first in the bus and thus first ill camp. It took the good natured guidance of three fatherly purk policemen to keep them In tine, and the problem was finally settled by collecting a fleet of busses and getting them all off at once.

After (hut they were soon in camp after a short drive through the natu peasants naturally are afraid of the authorities, who continually make wholesale arrests of these domestl" distillers, who are usually women. Nevertheless, such methods cannot nounced the prize winners and'made tho awards. In the efficiency con test honorable mention went to 84. ANDERSON, EAGLE SCOUT succeed. Force simply drives thfc practice further underground, but Scouts Joseph B'rlen, 120 points; John.Krohn, 118 points, and Fred Littman 107 points.

Pins for 100 Scout George i Anderson of Troop cannot eradicate It. 141, who a year ago was selected Now, argue the proponents of the vodka policy, if the peasants drink from 8,000 Scouts as the most per percent attendance -went to Milton Wald, Joseph Frlen, William Kalb, Joseph Castino, Joseph Hugel, John Kmhn. Oscar Fisch, Philip Stephan, this poisonous stuff anyway It oftci. feci physical specimen, has just pased the final test he, needed for By IiOUIS FISCHER (Special Correspondence of The A'nolr) Berlin, June 14 Durinir the last year the consumption of the famous vodka In Soviet Russia has tripled Tha renewed popularity of th dreadful drink is In a large measure due to the Bolsheviks themselves. They have gradually Increased the percentage of alcohol In the vodka until it Is now 30.

Naturally, as the alcohol content rises, the number, of customers grows. Observers In Russia are not even certain that the percentage will re. main what It Is. They fear that it will be added tb until perhaps it reaches the pre-war strength. As a result of a broader consumption of vodka, the Government trust which produces the liquid has been able to reduce prices.

Reduced prices will Inevitably make the beverage available to a greater number of persons, and the will probably continue. Trotiky Opposed Vodka Policy. Months ago, when Trotzky wa still a power in Communist Rusnia, he and many of his supporters vehemently opposed the vodka policy of the Bolshevist leaders. He argued that his party must not contribute toward the moral degradation and physical debilitation of the peasant masses. He likewise fought against a Government vodka monopoly, tli did not want the onus of increased drinking to fall on the State.

But his suggestions were all defeated. The advocates of the vodka polky. such people as Stalin, Kamenev and Zlnovlev, for Instance, present argument which may bo logical br.t which Is, nevertheless, unsatisfactory. They maintain that the prohibition of war times and of the first years of tho Red regime merely forced the peasants to brew liquor for themselves. It is a fact that the practice of contains 70 to so percent alcohol winning the rank of Kagle Scout why should we not supply them wMi Thjs is the highest rank obtainable a-vodka which Is weaker and theri in Scouting.

fore less dangerous? By doing oo William McCotter, Fred iuimun, Charles Ford and Lee O'Callaghan. .7 New Second-Class Scouts we perhaps wean them from "saniu-gonka," which encourages law THIS MIGHTY SPEED WAGON, for the purpose designed, is the best self-propelled vehicle in the world. It will haul a pound, a bushel, or a gallon, or any multiple up to its rated, capacity, cheaper and quicker than any other method of transportation. REO conceived the SPEED WAGON idea created the vehicle copyrighted the name and popularized the type. There is only one SPEED WAGON; to be a SPEED WAGON, it must be a REO.

REO MOTOR CAR CO. OF N. Inc. 1530 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn Telephone: Prospect 5508 breaking and Is very harmful. This At the last meeting of the Bath is especially true, since we can earn much profit in the bargain by sell Beach Court of Honor, held Jun 16, seven Scouts passed the second ing our own vodka.

The friends of Trotzky, on the class requirement They were Charles Koblnson. Troop 20: George rjscner, troop xot, aiiwii, 17 Mo CnUnn Tronn 222 other hand, feel that the Government lowers Its prestige by engagtng in the whisky business. It ought rather to conduct a strong campain against "samagonka." In the meantime the vodka policy has won out. Cmm Rhlinirn. "Troon 228: Samuel Simons.

Troop 234. and Sidney Simons, Troop 234. PRICE OF PEEKSKILL More Playgrounds Aid to Child Safety, Says Bulletin "More playgrounds, better organised." Is an outstanding need, particularly for the summer months, according to the monthly traffic bulletin compiled by the National Auto- POND JUMPED WHEN LANSING, MICHIGAN REO MOTOR CAR COMPANY STATE TRIED TO BUY 1 A Owner Lost Good Chance by Boosting Figure -Property Crjeap Now. (SpecM to The Eagle.) 9t Peekskill, N. July 4 Wallace's Pond and Its surrounding 140 acres abutting on the Peekskill Slate Nobody can say I wasted my money- tere0lo2sHulmmpoIisRammer military reservation to the north east Is for sals cheap.

About a year and a half aga the price asked wa $40,000. A few weeks and It jumped to $60,000. It wouldn't be as much as either figure quoted now. Not near as much. There Is quite a story attached to Wallace's I'ond and, Its near sale to New York Slate ns a part of the Peekskill camp grounds.

Perhaps, had it not been for its owuer the property now would be a of th? reservation. He, thinking the state had to have his laud, boosted his price $20,000, pfter the Leglsla- tore had already appropriated tha V40.lini to carry through the deal, killing the gooKe tlvit laid the golden Long Life 0 lloailqiiBi teis of tha National Uunr-I refused to have the State mulcted to tha tuno of $20,000 and wouldn't continue negotiations, hav-Irg the purchase money re-ap- prunrlated and mlng It to dig wells and In the Installs Hon of an up-to-date pumping minion. Wallace's Pond gave a good lea ylWii in winter and was surrounded 1 ice houses. The owner's scheme to sell Ire to the National Guard and also to the town of Peekskill Last winter tha National Cluard filled their Ice house with les eu from fhe swimming pool and tills spring an lee manufacturing plant CASE owners have been spared the risk and expense and dissatisfaction that come lith frequent and radical changes in chassis and bodies. Case cars never look old or act old until an impressive mileage has been rolled up through a leng period of years.

An accurate knowledge of the "Endurance Factor" of every part and scientific co-ordination of these proven parts has made possible the remarkable durability of the New Case the 10-Year Car. See for yourself how the Case is designed 1 and built. lor artificial Ice was built in the town. Mr. Man doesn't own the prop erty any more but It Is still for sale.

And the price la quoted, with a laugh by the natives, is "cheap. Debutantes Must Hearken Paolo and hit mm Buick To the Lord Chamberlain London Frocks worn at court functions at Buckingham Palaco must not ha too flimsy, according to a special ruling by the lord chamber Iain's office, which has charge of This statement from recognized 'the dependability and per-the young race driver, formance of Ruick and the Valvc-in-Head who purchased a type of engine upon which Buick has oocial affairs for King George and Queen Mary. The ruling was prompted, It was explained, by the tightness of hut In this con nection the lord uhamherlaln has Brooklyn and Long Island Distributor L. J. FRIEDMAN 643 Bushwick Avenue (One Block From Myrtle Avenue) lot It be known that there had been Buick a week after he vvhc-cicu his car to victory 'at Indianapolis and broke the no ban on narrow skirts ao long as Ihry were full enough to permit the curtsey to be gracefully curried out by tho wearer.

With regard to the flimsy frocks he lord chamberlain ajild It appeared, from reports In his hands, ihut aome of tho debutantes at lust year's courts did not wear sufficiently Mibstantial lingerie and consequently, In some Instances, even kneea uar I fi Iss 13 I record of that famous Speedway, sums concentrated for 21 year.s. De Paolo bought a new Buick with part of the $39,000 prize money that he won on the Indianapolis Speedway and drove it to Altoona where he won the 250 mile race. He bought it with the motor car expert's discriminating eye for performance, for dependability and for genuine value. And his purchase, made solely because he has tried Buick and tested its performance for himself, is further evidence of the regard in which Buick is so universally held. visible, whteh was not to the liking of 'certain 0(7101818." As tha onti come oi me lorn chamberlain's order a new material has been brought into use by tha modistes to meat the occasion.

It la very heavy crene de chine known pnn i up the nation-wide opinion of Buick. For, just as De Paolo recognizes the superiority of valvc-in-hcad engines for the race track and personal use, so too have more than a million every-day motorists niado Into specially designed 'slips unaer court gowns. BETTER TO WEIGH BUICK MOTOR COM PANY, FLIiNT, MI CHIGAN Division of General Motors Corporation BROOKLYN BRANCH Flatbush and 8th Avenue Atlantic at drand Avenue corxTY nrii inc. 1 603 llu-hick Avenue Hll Kochling Sircit Fifth Avenue at K.llh Si reel 12Hfi Flathuxh Avenue Km pi re Blvd. Franklin Ave.

in i mi in ii motui: o. Ul'21 Coney- Island Avenue When Better Automobiles Are Built, Buick Will Build Th LITTLE THAN MUCH "A bit overweight befora $0 and a bit underweight after 10." That la the motto that Americana should ndopt If they want to be healthy, jays Mary Bwsrts Rose, Columbia I nlversity nutrition expert. In an ertlcle on "Food After Forty," in Hygeia. "A man needs to rlght-ahout-fare in his food program after he passrs HO." says Mrs. "A great many men est as much at middle ngn us they did at 16.

when they were run-liing, wrestling and playing football. "At 40 a man needs less meat potatoes, bread, butter and pie, and mora vegetables, bran bread and row fresh fruit.".