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Evening star., 1932-01-28
LETTERS P|L|NG Up
IN BLOOMS OFFICE
Depleted Staff Unable to
Keep Up BiCentennial
Correspondence.

Functioning with depleted staff be-
cause of the cut in its appropriation
the United States George Washington
Bicentennial Commission is slipping
back" in its correspondence at the rate
of 1000 letters day, 1t was declared
today by Representative Sol Bloom OF
New York, associate director OF the
commission.
With the flow of mail steadily in
creasing as the period of the celebration
nears, there are now approximately
$4,000 individual pieces of mail piled
up in the various departments OF the
commission awaiting answer and the
figure is mounting daily, he said. Some
units are as far as II days behind, and
although clerks are working day and
night, without extra remuneration, they
are unable to cope with the work, &C
cording to Bloom.
1,1I7,183 Pieces Mailed.
Up to the 25th of this month the de-
partment handling the distribution OF
literature on the Bicentennial had
mailed out !, 1,l17163 pieces of mail, and
still It's unanswered correspondence is
mounting at the rate of 1000 pieces
a day Bloom declared.
The unit having to do with the an
swering of letters is called upon to turn
out thousands Of misSives every day, but
because of the lack of sufficient help
they are now 10000 letters behind and
slipping by 1900 more each day.
1t is expected that next month will
see fewer of the higher paid employees
Of the commission on its rolls. The
Braille department which has been
turning out BicentenniaI literature for
the blind, is expected to be discontinued,
and it is understood also the commits
sion will be forced to abandon a plan
Evening star., 1932-01-28

to publish a history Of the National
Capital, for which 1t has been paying
an author to write. The music unit
also probably will be affected In the
changes, 1t was learned.
1000 Stories Sunday.
indicative of the patriotism with
which the people Of the country are
responding to the celebration, Bloom
says, IS the fact that newspaper clip
pings from papers received at the COM
mission headquarters show that nearly
1000 individual stories were published
in papers all over the country on last
Sunday alone.
I'VE are receiving complaints" Bloom
said, from agitate6 correspondents
whose letters we have been delaying an
swering, and we are growing tired Of
making excuses. But there is nothing
we can do. The employees Of the COM
mission are volunteering extra hours of
work, but still we cannot keep abreast
of the flow.
"I wish 7 could get some Of those
folks up on the Hill who voted to cut
the appropriation for this commission
to come up here and see what we're
doing. But they don't want to be con-
vinced, apparently" the New Yorker
concluded.
Evening star., 1932-01-28

ington was emphasized In the Senate
by Senator Fess of Ohio, vice chairman
of the commission.
Presents Indiana Plea
Senator Fess laid before the Senate
resolutions adopted by the Indiana BIZ
centennial group urging the National
Commission to concentrate its efforts
on supplying such literature to the
country, even If some other features OF
the commissions program have to be
abandoned.
In presenting the Indiana resolutions
Senator >Fess again reminded his COL
leagues that the Budget Bureau rec
commended considerably more for con-
tinuirs the work of the National Com
mission than has been approved at
this session.
The budget, he said, allowed s427 ,00C
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for the commission The House cut this
figure to S250,000, and the Senate made
further cut to 100000. The item is
still In conference In the deficiency bill
and probably will be definitely settled
within few days.
Publication Authorized.
The Senate passed a bill making
minor changes in the law authorizing
the Bicentennial Commission to publish
the complete writings of George Wash
ington In set of Is volumes. The
amendment merely fixed July l as the
date within which libraries and other
institutions may order sets of the books.
Under this bill the sets would be fur
nished libraries for $50, and any re-
naming sets would be disposed of at
an amount that would cover the re-
mainder of the cost of the publication
Evening star., 1932-01-28
BANK ROBBER ADMITS
SLAYiNG, OFFICER SAYS
Claims He Killed Accomplice in
Row Over Bungled Hi-jacking
at Seminole, Okla.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SEMINOLE. Okla, January as
Chief Of Police Jake Sims said last
night Harold Glenn Roy, identified as
one of the three men who robbed the
Dover State Bank last week, had con-
fessed he killed one of his accomplices,
Maurice Harkey, 35, whose burned body
was found near here last Friday
Officers at first believed the body was
that of George Birdwell, lieutenant of
Charles (Pretty Boy) Floyd, desperate,
wanted for slayings and bank robberies
in Oklahoma and other States.
Sims said Roy declared the shooting
had nothing to do with division of the
Dover loot, but concerned a bungled
hi jacking" at Seminole
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ASKED,
! FOR B|CENTENN|AL
Senator Fess Bares Trouble
in Meeting Demands
With Funds.

The difficulty which the United
States Bicentennial Commission is hav-
ing in meeting the demands from all
parts of the country for literature and
pamphlets on the life Of George Wash
Evening star., 1932-01-28

address, while Senator Watson Of Indi-
ana and Representative Beck of Penn@
sylvaria also will speak. Senator Hat
field OF West Virginia will preside ~
POSTMASTER
Evening star., 1932-01-28
WILBUR TO SPEAK

Speakers for the Lincoln day ban
quet of the National Capital Republican
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Club, to be held February IL at the
Willard Hotel were announced today by
Thomas P. Littlepage.
DR.. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of
the Interior, viii make the principal
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I'M
NEW
YORK
!!YE. sal!a3 Swan

New York, Jan. Swell, mesdameS
and messieurs, I've discovered a
show where it costs $3.50 to sit down.
It is staged only twice or three times
year and the afternoon that I at
tended-on passes-about a hundred
people or more were packed in snug
salon in the swanky Fifties.
And what did the $250-a-seat GUS
toners get for their money? Well,
they watched four or five extremely
lovely ladies swish about in some ex-
tremely lovely gowns.
Yes, it was a showing of spring style
creations in one Of the smart and ex-
elusive ateliers!
The bright idea is this: For many
seasons the famous Paris style crea-
tors have been threatening to go gaga
because fashion bootleggers" were
lifting their IDEAS and repeddling
them. A recent news dispatch report
ed a special conference of the FASH
ion moguls, seeking to figure out some
way of copyrighting their original and
exclusive designs. Police were asked
to aid in ferreting the Inside" meth
DDS of certain expert style snitchers.
= X
So here in Manhattan'S 5Sth street,
smart fashionist by the name OF
Samuel Lang thought of a scheme
that may help solve the Paris prob
lem. Lang had been. up to this sea-
son, a personal designer of clothes for
such society notables as Doris Duke,
Mrs. Andre de Copette, Miss Barbara
Phipps, Miss Hope Williams and Mrs.
Orson Mum. Having decided to ex-
hibit to the trade" Lang asked an
admission fee of $780, This allowed
the manufacturers and buyers to lift"
as many as three different designs.
And so, philosophers the design
err. IF they lift ideas. at least get
that much out Of it,
THE problem is to invent a gown
that can first be worn for cocktails
and dinner. after which it must be
suited for the theater and still be good
when a smart highball resort is WIS.,
tied.
prohibition has affected women's
styles in America more than any sin
gle factor in the generation. Each
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Daily Health Service
Trachoma Causes Blindness
Infected Granulation of Eyeids Is Contagious Wnen
Sufferers Are Not Properly Segregated

should not be permitted to use the
same washing facilities, roller towels,
and similar toilet articles in public
places which constitute source OF
the spread Of this disease. Washing
in public places should be preferably
with running water without havins to
touch either the faucet Of the stop
per.
Physicians who handle this disease
prescribe solutions of zinc and cop
per with suitable antiseptic substances
for use on the eyelids as specific pre-
ventiye measures. The disease Is
best controlled by routine examina-
ton Of human beings who are con-
SANITY associated in educational,
housing or working groups. Emil
grants, school children. the inmates
Of orphan homes and of homes tor
the INDECENT, and employees in lumber
camps and in construction camps
should be regularly examined with
the idea Of prevention of trachoma Ii
mind. Delay in the treatment OF in
fictitious granulation Of the eyelids IS
an extremely serious matter because
Of the tendency of this condition to
result In permanent blindness.
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year the problem changes. The speak,
easies get swankier and classier
crowd attends them.
= + 4
"You can't suggest the old formal
gown. In fact, where can a woman
wear the dear old ball gowns today
at least in New York? Only In some
ones private ballroom. In the new
settings such gowns become anachro-
nistic. The very peak of bad taste
and manners is to appear elegantly
clad in even the best cocktail resorts.
It just isn't done. Or rather, it Is
done, but not by the women who
know.
$50 what? So we have to worry
and fret and grow gray trying to fig
ure out just what is good taste for
such places. Well, at any rate, it
keeps us busy"
All of which is much too compli-
Gated for the likes of me-and posi-
bly, for you.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, Inc.)
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Democrats at Forks
Will Meet Thursday

Grand Forks, N. D., Jan. 5.-R)-
Grand Forks county Democrats will
meet here Thursday to elect delegates
to the state convention scheduled for
January IA at Valley City, Chairman
E. ]. Collette of the county committee
announced. Ten delegates, the county
chairman and secretary will be named.
Petitions indorsing the nomination
Of Franklin D. Roosevelt for president
in the 1892 campaign will be circulat-
ed by the II precinct committeeman
this week and will be brought to the
county session.
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6,191 Families Given
Cheerful Christmas

Grand Forks, N. D., Jan. 5.-R]-A
total Of 6.l9l families In the north
western North Dakota drouth region
received Christmas gift boxes from
residents In other parts Of the state,
through the work Of the state drouth
area Christmas committee.
The state headquarters here of the
committee supplied the names Of
5,613 families to persons willing to
send gifts, and sent 588 packages d.
rect to the drouth victims, according
to q report by Mrs. Laura Butterwick,
director of the office.
Mckenzie. Bottineau, Williams,
Renville, Ward and Mclean counties
comprised the region 20 which the
gifts were sent. The names of needy
families were supplied by the Red
Cross chapters Of the counties.
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Japan Outlaws Herself
New York World telegram

New York ld-Telegram)
The Japanese army, in violation of
various treaties. including certain to
which the United States is sigma
tory, is marching on Chinchow. Sec
rotary Of State StimSon has gone off
on shooting holiday. The state de-
partment, lacking a definite policy,
refuses to act or comment on the
Manchurian crisis.
Rarely, II ever. has the foreign po-
Icy of the United States been so
bankrupt as today. Japan's betrayal
of the (American) Nine-Power Treaty
guaranteeing the territorial and ad-
ministrative integrity Of China. and
Japan's betrayal of the (AmericaN
Kellogg Anti-War Pact. cannot be
justified. But at least it can be UNI
derStood, considering the militarists
in power.
But Americas betrayal of the trea-
ties cannot be understood.
Our government has betrayed the
treaties. It Is betrayal to refuse
as our government has refused-to
invoke those treaties against viola
tor.
Never since September IL, when
Japan began her treaty violations,
has the United States as a signatory
Of those agreements directly or OPEN
ly charged Japan with guilt.
And when the League of Nations
council issued a time ultimatum TO
Japan in defense Of American trea-
ties. our government-by refusing to
cooperate-in effect invited Japan to
defy the ultimatum.
If the United States government
had been in league with the japanese
militariStS to seize Manchuria and
destroy the American treaties the re-
suit could not have been more disas-
trous.
OF course, our government had nc
such motive. But, regardless Of mo-
tive. in fact it's cowardly secre1
diplomacy has played into the hand.
Of the Japanese militarists from thu
beginning.
This is not case of hindsight be.
ing better than foresight.
Ever since the September Is inya'
sion supporters of the treaties hav,
pointed out that thet state depart
ments do-nothing policy was en-
couraging Japan to destroy tn,
worlds peace machinery.
Now that the Hoover timson po
Icy has failed 50 completely: nov
that Japanese militarists are master
Of Manchuria: now that the Unite.
States has advertised to the work.
that 1t will not cooperate with othel
neutral nations to restrain treat,
outlaw, the least our government Cal
do Is to withdraw its ambassado
from Japan in protest.
The United States does not rul
the world. The United States can
not and should not seek to dominat
Japan or any other nation. The Uni
ted States should not intrude in loca
foreign disputes which do not concerl
1t.
But the United States should kee
faith With It's own treaties. So lon
. Japan persists In violating It
| treaty agreements with the Unite
states this government should with
hold from Japan the friendly diplc
matte relations accorded to Law
abiding nations. The choice Is nc
ours but~Japar's. II she outlaws her
SELF let her b. treated Is IN OUTLAW
Z
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Dickinson Building
In 1881 Sets Record

Dickinson, N. D., Jan. 5.-Dickinson
set an outstanding building record in
1881, one surprising the 1890 mark,
when a new record was set. A total
of $354,872 was spent here during
the year on constructions, an examin-
alton of building permits at the city
hall and a compilation Of other pre-
jects at the city's limits reveals. The
1890 figure was $292y 900.
Four major projects are listed in the
1881 figure, the $50, 1000 women's dor
mitory at Dickinson state teachers
college, the $45,O00 addition to st.
Joseph's hospital, the $4,000 Lefor
apartment building and the $4,000
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lie 100000 more men for the ship
yards, and 100000 more for military
service.
He declared: I'VE are not fighting
q war Of aggression against the Ger
man people.
I'VE are not fighting to destroy
Austria Hungary or to deprive Tur-
key Of its capital.
Belgium must be restored.
I'VE must stand by the French
democracy to the death in the de-.
mand 1t makes for reconsideration
of the great wrong of 1871.
There must be reparation for the
injuries done in violation Of interna-
tional law.
I'VE are fighting for just and
lasting peace"
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Heavy Shipments to
Dry Area Reported

Fargo, N. D., Jan. 5.-(R-More
than 400 carloads Of hay have been
shipped into northwestern North Da-
kota through allied agencies Joining
in the campaign to assist farmers Of
that area to carry through the un-
precedented drouth situation, 1t was
reported today by N. D. German.
county agent leader at the North Da-
kota Agricultural College.
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BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

ANNE. CEClLx ass NARY
FRANCES FENWBCk live With
their era ndrareat once wealthy.
now % Impoverished shss Ana4's
household. Ch~ sister. savs eets
orphaaea stn~~ rhisdhapd. The
Erandparents are knOwn feegee.
lively ~ ~ROSAi.0Gc" and .s(;R Al nv"
aad they lnalst On keepia9 ~ ore.
tenses ~ their f0pmee wealth..
Anne. s.. and Crcily. -: Do sec.
reta.ss' work and ry.Ffasees.
IS. II stiii In school. When the
story opens Anne haa hees en-.
gnged Z" PHILLIP Et'KOYD. y00ok
lawyer. Tor ei9ts years. They ees
not marry because Aa0e knoNs
her skaters and Erandveeeats ae.
veno an her "a manage their 60aoe.
Ceciiy brings BARRY Mex EEL
home to din1er with her. she b
falllng In tive with hin. Nary
Frnnccs and her srien1. ERMbE.
TRUDc. are excited alS0os the Or.
rival Of q stock cnnI:sy :eSss
They NEE, hin. On the street so
he sreaks TO them. D1ssy.Freeess
Il thrilled. agrees IL aiees elm
that night after the Oefeermaore.
She tells Aim she q ~ talIs -
note the chenpness ~ bis oOve.
making md utter that 0Sst meet.
80
Next morning (ecily aalks %
Anne ah0us Barry.
NOW co ON WITH the sToay
CHAPTER XVI
ssT'M more interested" Ann said
I'm what Lindbergh thtnk,
about you"
HE likes my looks" Cecily wal
earnest again. THAT is-be Away,
says. lovely That 10 less thar
beautiful. l know. And. Of course
I'm not beautiful. But l ihink II 1,
better than pretty. What do YOU
think"
II think." Ann answered. 40 CHI
walked to the door, that b Il u
love with you. Isn't that what In
supposed to lhink. Cissy3"
:Ann. don't know. Truly.
can't tell. He says something. ant
then Well. l don't know. In
CHOKING to find out He likes me {
lot. I'm sure Of that. But he's cor
ot-shy Of love. or queer about It.
think"
Most men are" said Ann.
mo. / don't mean that way
Barry's different He 10 sntissl,
different from any other man II,
ever known. He"
Ann interrupted. Il must run Of
down and start breakfast. But
want to tell you something while
nave . chance without Mary
!'ranccs around. II you maven
made q dinner engagement witt
Barry for this evening. perhap
you'd better not See him Gste
dinner. II you Ike. but come hom
Tor dinner. Grand"
"But l have made one. And Cd
going to Yep t. Dear heavens. 10
Grand found bic leading string
again1 Will no take Il ont o. you
angel. r. | GOT"
MOI don't care II DO does. Thi
d It: Grand did fuss BECAUSE 70,
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were gone last evening lot OtuucT-
but that didn't matter. After din.
ner, though. Ermintpude came over
and for some reason that seemed to
get both Grand and Rosalie started
on that same old stun about our
never having friends nere-mustc
ana merriment and laughter In OUT
home. you know. They Just kept at
It, and went from bad to worse. and
then Rosalie had to remember your
birthday. Z week from tomorrow.
and they are insisting upon giving
you . birthday party. ! couldn't
stop It nor do thing about It. I'm.
less you can stop 1t, I'm afraid
they'u make me carry It through.
thought you might say"
"A party! For met" questioned
Cecily.
"lsn't It dreadful! brought out
every objection l decently could
without hurting their feelings.
but"
But" Cecily interposed. lid
love it. Ann. | was thinking only
last evening that It might seem odd
| to Barry that W haven't people 70
play with-a group. you KNOW"
I'VE haven't. though" Ann said.
mot any more. There'd be no one
to invite"
Pooh! We can think OF plenty
Of people II W count them up.
There's Barry. and you and Phil.
and Marta and Herbert l said
Barry. didn't II Let's See"
well. We can talk It over later. =
Ann said. and opened the door.
EYES," Cecily agreed. 1T will be
fun!"
Ann closed the door and went
down the hall toward the back
stairway. THE cats taken poison.
and the baby's gone tnsane!" she
muttered. It was her pfofeundest
oath. significant Of her furthest des'
peration.
GIT needn't" were Cecily's hrst
; words when she came. wearing
her best brown dress With its wide
white collar and cuffs, into the
Kitchen ~ minutes later. ''be such
. lot Of work-ths party. mean,
need It. Ann. nor 90 very expen'
| stve?"
! Ann. trying to unscrew the lid
from . Jar Of stewsd plums. glanced
from Il to Cecily. mo. DEAR" shl
answered. "Of course not" and
desptsed herself. she had planned
to restore Cecily's sanity. 10 part
At least at any cost But wiptnl
that expression OF wtstfil shtntni
biiss from Cissy's face wodld b. I,
seemed to Ann. 40 cruel - rubbing
damp sponge across . pictuts
drawn b. Z child on : slate and
preSented for admiration.
we could have Ice cream ant
| cake and coffee. that would b,
enough. We wouldn't positivel,
have 70 order brick lce cream-s
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g 1884, BY
Doubleday.
Ooran and Co,
kitchen was cOudoned.

kltcnen was cOudoned.
DOOR Cissy. when Ann returned
: to the kitchen, was standing
precisely where she had been stand.
ing when Ann had left the kitchen.
The smell Of burned toast was bitter
in the room. and blue spirals OF
smoke were writhing out from the
oven door.
Il could wear my pink" Cecily
unused dreamtly. land you could
wear your yellow. and Oh. angel!
| am sorry. forgot all about the
toast Here. let me do it. I'm 90
absent.minded lately. Please. I'll
attend to 1t. Cant l scrape 1T"
Mary'Frances. pink checked ana
sweet a. q cherub on a candy boz
lid. came into the kitchen and said.
"Whew! What's burning? Resale
would like her breakfast on a tray
this morning. II 1t isn't too much
trouble. She's feeling a little weak.
She'd prefer orange Juice to cooked
fruit. It It 10 convenient. She wants
It strained. Grand needs q Gun Of
not water right away. III take It
up. He fears . slight digestive dis.
turbance. He has hiccups. And. oh.
yes. Ann. almost forgot. Phil
wants you on the telephone. He,
waiting"
"Phil?" Ann questioned incredu.
lousy. and sped to the dining room.
and to the telephone, and ouayerad
Hello"
"Ann. dear! Did l startle you7"
Ann released the long breath abe
mad been holding. "Phil. are ron
all right! IL thought somethinr
must have happened-it's 80 early"
Sorry! Surely I'm all risht 4
only wanted to come over in the car
and take you to the ONCE this
morning" '
Phil" Ann said. and succeeded
at last In steadying her voice. .tell
me now. What is it? What IL the
trouble?" w
Not thing en EARTH" he ~.
sured her.. except that / haven,t
seen you since day before yester.
DAY. and that It is gloriou. morn.
Ing. and l want to see you. carr
2 man take q notion to SEQ his girl
10 the morning without causing /
panic?" -
"Well-but-" she said. Il ~.
700 amazing. 1t was like old times.
things. A1'us %
We'll. but" he Knocked. .H.,.
you = date with another man "a
rae to your ONCE this morninef.
;. PHI. dear" she protested. ana
! : and almost sang. .lIl love
- OF course. How good Of you to
think Of It How rood.
"0h-oh!"
""en sne went into the kitchen
...n there was something Of C.
cllye dreamy radiance In her own
heart'shaped face. -"
could wear my yellow" she
ssld. And you could wear your
Ito BE Continued)
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Football Preserving

Officials Of the q. 8. Naval Aca-
danny, about to conclude an agree
1,ont With those Of the military AGA
1omy q West Point for renewal
n ex1dlron relations, have given tacit,
I ITkcyu 70 : proposal to recruit high
1919 football stars - midshipmen.
HI change IN the policy q the
! nIgVni aeademy doubtless WIN 1T Up
q lnT 1beut ovsremphasis On football
tiae dangers which result from
i ~ ne nations defense serv-
4 sl1i1 = Sncaee II this sort Of thing.
c1lnm which may be directed
naYal academy will be under