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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-03
Contrast in Black Spring Dresses
BY MARY MARSHALL.

colors were going to be smarter 1or
Spring than black. VIII you piease
give me your advice?"
Undoubtedly colorS are going 70 be
worn more than black for Spring. Inere
is every reason to think that navy blue
and other fairly dark shades OF due WIN
be much in evidence, but II you look
better in black than In dark blue by al
means select the black coat.
Unless you have definitely DECIDED
YOU want an all-black dress, why not
brighten it with white collars and Guns
or, better still, with touch OF Drlgnt
color? This touch of bright contrast
ing color is found on so many OF the
black dresses for Spring. You may md
it most convenient to use trimming
braid. You can buy it at the trimming
counter in bright colors. trimming
band about an inch and hall wloe
may be used for belt and introduced
somewhere on the sleeves as well.
Another good way to introduce color
on the black dress is by means OF
heads This is not at all difficult and
decidedly inexpensive. Choose rather
large bright colored beads, which may
be made of wood or glass. The sketch
shows a new dress with conventional
lied flower designs worked in bright
beads-red, bright blue, green and yell
low. Simply make conventionalized
petal design and trace it of on The
sleeves and bodice as shown in the
sketch and then sew on the beads.
You've no idea what an attractive
touch it will give your new black dress.
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In our Western mountains, and there
are traces in Europe to be found IN
their rocky strata Until very recently
the only living saSSafras was in North
America, but it is said that a sassafras
is to be found in China.
In the Southwest the leaves are dried,
and after the stringy portions are re-
moved, the powder is used to thicken
soups. The ropy consistency is from
the mucilage in the leaves. This prepa-
ration gives an unusual flavor to their
''gumbo'' and is greatly relished.
The housewife of olden days dyed her
homespun wooden with the orange dye
made from boiling the bark in a small
amount of water for several hours. For
some time the tree was called the
"ague tree" because the hot tea was
given those affiicted with malarial ague
and fever.
Still, the tree has much to commend
it In q commercial way, too. 1t makes
the most durable posts and fence rails,
cooperage and light boats. The oil OF
sassafras is distilled from the bark OF
the roots; soaps are perfumed with it,
candy and medicine are favored with 1t.
The wood is a dull orange, soft, light,
weak and brittle The tree is small,
aromatic and not over 35 feet high. 1t
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dear, I don't want to see him caught.
without Chatterer the Green Forest
will never be the same Oh! That
fellow almost got him then. If only
there was hole in that tree he would
be safe and could laugh at them"
He watched Chatterer gradually climb
higher and higher and wondered what
he was doing that for. You see, the
higher he got the smaller became the
trunk of the tree. HE ought to stay
down where the tree is big" thought
Whitefoot. 81 should think he would
know enough for that. He must be
so frightened he doesn't realize what
he Is doing"
1t was Just then that Chatterer
darted out along a limb and made a
flying leap to the branch of a hemlock
tree. As he ran along this Monkey
face was so close behind him that he
was reaching for him with those long
legs and big feet with their sharp, cruel
claws. 1t looked to Whitefoot as if it
was all over with Chatterer. In those
thick green branches he couldn't see
just what was going on. He lost sight
of Chatterer and he felt sure that the
big Owl had caught him.
1t Is too bad, too bad" moaned
Whitefoot. It didn't have any love for
Chatterer, but shall miss him. There
goes Mrs Monkey-face to see what has
happened"
Mrs. Monkey-face alighted in a tree
next to that hemlock. Monkey-face
was in the hemlock itself Whitefoot
could hardly make him out and she
couldn't see at all if he had Chatterer
For some time neither Owl moved.
That is queer" muttered Whitefoot
IT suppose the one that caught him
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DLD AANAA ~ OASAAo W. Burgess.

is making his dinner Of him. Alas, poor
Chattererl"
Presently the two Owls few of in
the direction of Farmer Browns.
Whitefoot couldn't tell whether or not
one OF them was carrying Chatterer.
Then from farther away in the Green
Forest there came sound that could
not be mistaken. 1t was q sharp, jeer-
ing voice, an impudent voice, and In
it was note of triumph.
"Chatterer!" exclaimed Whitefoot.
with a little sigh of relief. He did
escape after all I can't doubt my own
ears and that certainly is Chatterer's
voice. There is no other voice like it.
I wonder how he got away"
Chatterer had known Just what he
was doing when he leaped to that hem
lock. 1t was a big tree and the
branches we're wide spreading and, of
course, covered with green leaves, or
needles. as they are called. 1t was
easy to hide among them and those
branches we're in the way of his pur-
suers. He had lodged around the
trunk of the tree just in time and
there he had remained, clinging to it
motioness. All the time Monkey-face
and Mrs Monkey-face had sat SO STILL
looking and listening. Chatterer had
remained equally still. They had
lost sight of him and so long as he
didn't move they couldn't tell where
he was. That hemlock tree meant
safety and Chatterer knew it. So, not
until they were well on their way to
Farmer Browns did he move. Then
he scampered to the safety Of home
and it was from his doorway that he
was sending forth his call of triumph.
In half an hour he had forgotten
his adventure. At least he didn't think
of 1t. The little people of the Green
Forest are like that. What is past is
past, and they have no thought for
anything but the present and the
future
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Read how your grocer gets
truly fresh bread for you by Happy
Wonder Bakers rapid delivery system

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Wv Truly fresh bread?
Right from the oven? So
good that it's delicious all
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You can have this fresh
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Your nearest grocer gets
oVen-fresh Wonder-Cut
Bread twice Gotten three
times) every day. Just ask
him for the delivery time
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is a common tree In the District Of Co.
lumbia and prefers dry soil. 1t often
grows in abandoned fields, the seeds
being dropped by birds and the little
sassafras, not being "choosy" about soil,
has sprung up. The leaves are most
Characteristic; you will find three types
on one tree, often on the same branch.
There is one which looks like q wee
wooden mitten with only a thumb.
The flowers are clustered and greenish
yellow; they open just as the buds are
unfolding; the male and female flowers
are on different trees. The bees assist
the flowers and carry the pollen from
one to the other. The fruit is oblong,
dark blue and most appealing to the
birds. Inside will be one seed. On the
tip of a crimson stalk 1t Is pretty
sight indeed.
1t is in the Fall that the tree is in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-03
Cream of Pea Soup.

Open one large can of peas, add two
cupfuls Of cold water. one and one
half teaspoonfuls of sugar, two pork
sausages and cook for 20 minutes. Re-
move the sausages and put the mixture
through strainer. Season with one
teaspoonful of salt Make a cream
sauce with two tablespoonfuls Of but
ter, two tablespoonfuls Of flour and two
cupfuls Of milk Pour this slowly into
the pea mixture, add two pork sauSages
diced and cook for one minute. Serve
with croutons.
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MARYLAND

ABERDEEN, Henry Earring & Son.
ANNAPOLIS, Thomas & Stokes.
ANNAPOLIS, Eastway Stores.
BELAIR, The T. Bond Boarman Co.
BRUNSWICK. H. N. Werntz.
CAMBRIDGE, Herbert Hearn Howe. Co
CHE STERTOWN. C. Z. Noiand & Son.
CRISFIELD. J. W. Riggin & Son.
CUMBERLAND. McMullen Bros.
EASTON, w. J. Hartnett. Z
ELKTON, George Hdwe. g. Elec. Co.
EMMITSBURG, c. A. Harner.
ETCHISON, N. z. Hawkins Co.
FEDERALSBURG, Long & Short.
FREDERICK, A. z. Fisher.
FREDERICK. Eastway Stores.
FROSTBURG, The Prichard Co.
GAITHERSBURG. Robt. l.. Young.
HAGERSTOWN. Eyerly's Dept. Store.
HAMPSTEAD, H. r. Lippy.
HAYRE DE GRACE, Pitcock Bros.
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Whitefoot Is Relieved.
The past is past. IT'S wisely said:
Look not behind. but Just ahead.
-Chatterer the Red SQUIRREL.

whitefoot the Wood Mouse felt his
own little heart going pit-a-pat, pit-a-
pat with excitement, as from beneath
a stump he watched Chatterer the Red
SQUIRREL In a tree Just before him,
dodging for his life while Monkey-face
and Mrs. Monkey-face the Barn Owls
tried to catch him.
At first there had been only Monkey
face and Whitefoot had soon seen that
Chatterer was quite equal to taking
care Of himself, but when Mrs. Monkey
altogether.
They'll get him nowl" thought
Whitefoot. "Chatterer is smart and
quick, but they are two to one. Oh
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and get it right from the
oven. But you can be sure,
no matter when you shop,
that Wonder-Cut Bread is
always absolutely fresh.
Wonder-Cut Bread today
is fresher bread than you
have ever served before. The
kind of bread that everyone
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friends. Approved by ex-
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sands Of families. The best
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town. Serve it and see!
BAKERS ALSO OF HOSTESS CAKE
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Celery Com bination.

Cut some celery into inch lengths
and boil until tender Drain and COM
bine with enough well seasoned white
sauce to moisten well. Place in the
center of a deep small platter and sur
round with a ring of oysters or scallops
wrapped in thin bacon and crisped
quickly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-03

slo-Baking is the Happy Wonder Bakers'
registered name for their own baking
method. Slo-Baking 10 the modern develop
ment Of home baking methods. II bakes
every loaf uniformly, through and through
makes it fully norishing and doubly deli.
cious. Slo-Baked bread 10 best. That's why
more people buy Wonder-Cut Bread than
any other bread.
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its glory, the puppies, reds and gold are
mingled in one glorious mass. After
the leaves depart you may still enjoy
the berries.
(Copyright, 1922
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-03
N A T u II E ;
C. I'll IL ID II E N
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEf.
Illustrations by Mary Foley.
SASSAFRAS.
Sassafras Karat.

SASSAF hASs .I
Sassafras Karat.
THOUSANDS of people still BUY
the SaSsafras bark and make
tea Of it ito clear the BLOOD
4 The Indians of Florida gave the
tree its name and told the COLO
nists who came with Columbus OF us
many virtues.
The colonists found that all the IN
dams claimed for it was true, and the
fame of the sassafras spread along the
Atlantic seaboard. When the first cargo
of home products was shipped back 10
England from Massachusetts, there was
a big consignment of sasS1fras rooCs
with specific directions for the tea.
There are fossil leaves of this tree
found in the Arctic regions, as well as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-03

~ YHAT about black for
ee n Spring." asks a reader
wv who says that she buys
her suits and coats ready
made but usually makes
her dresses and blouses. Il look better
IN black than In colors and had about
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17
My Country lis Of
 Thee
 By Hill Billy In The Seattle Star

| I always fancy writing about our great American holidays af- ter the event; this writing can- ned Christmas opinions on July Fourth never appealed to me. So this is Memorial day essay, pounded out the day after Deco ration day, and published when the lordly editor gets around ! to it.
 The thing that struck me Memorial day was the high powered patriotic bunk peddled over the radio by the professian- al fag-wavers, who wept over Lexington, thrilled over Gettys- burg and sobbed over Flanders field; quite pathetic; profound ly inspirational, and 100 per cent Americanism; M. & M. patriot ism; Schwab and Lamont and Du Pont patriotism.
 Meanwhile, thousands of dus- ty, ragged, hungry veterans were marching on Washington to ap- peal for their due bonus, and the chief of police of Washing ton was giving them just 48 hours to remain in HIS fair city. During the war there was a I slightly warmer welcome for the marching soldiers who were on their way to make the world safe
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17
Al Smith Denies
 "Plain Talk

Editor, The Alaskan, Petersburg, Alaska. Dear Sir:
 A clipping has been sent me of an editorial appearing in your paper, entitled Knight Errant, " which repeats certain material published in a magazine called Plain Talk"
 send you herewith an extract from letter which I have writ |ten to a newspaper which pub lished a similar editorial. I ask you to print this in your paper so that it will attract at least as much attention as your editorial. Very truly yours, (Signed) Alfred E. Smith
 President
 Empire State, Inc.
 New York
 The Chatham Phoenix Nation a. Bank never arranged any loan for the Empire State Building The first mortgage on the build. ing has years and years to run. The Chatham Phoenix National Bank does not exist today; it has been merged with the Manu- lecturers Trust Company and that institution has not applied for funds to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and neith- CT has Empire State, Inc. Aside from the first mortgage, all the junior securities are held by three men.
 It is certainly downright mean ca the part of your paper, with out having the facts, to make the suggestion that I would pro- ject myself into anything on a false premise.
 I appeal to your sense of jus tice and fair play to print this letter.
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17

for the $40, ,O0O,oOo,OOO the Amer ican bankers had loaned the allies.
 And on that bright, warm Memorial day, in this patriotic land, while the officials of east ern railroads were calling out the militia to throw off the freight trains these ragged vet erans-the dirty buns pat r.otic government handed out $2,0OO,OO0 to banks and railroads tc unfreeze credits and promote interest on watered stocks and sick " in the tummy inflated bonds.
 Here is a typical story about enc of the railroads that kicked the ragged veterans off it's freight trains: It recently se- cured $2,5OO,OOO from Uncle Sam 10 help the return of prosperity and with this loan it intends to install machinery that will en- able 40 men to replace 400 railroad workers. My Country, 'Tis of Thee!"
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17

than their true market value, the concession being made to promote their operation in for eign trade. To construct only the Leviathan now would cost over $20,000,000. About eight years ago the Shipping Board expend- cd nearly $1O,OOO,OOO in recon ditioning her.
 (b) Loans: T he Shipping Board has lent this line $15,- 100000 in aid of building two vessels. This large sum has been loaned it at the excessively low interest rate of one-half of 1 per cent, and for 20 years. The average interest rate on the
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17

public debt of the United States is about eight times greater. The interest loss on this one trans action will exceed $5,350,00O.
 Co Postal contracts: There have also been granted this line two ocean mail contracts" the compensation under which greatly exceeds the transporta- ticn value of the mail in fact carried. They are:
 CD Route No. 43, between New York and Hamburg, Germany, for 10 years, under which it will be given $14,OOO,OOO.
 (2) Route A, between New York and London, for 10 years,
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17
Debt Saddled With
 European Debts
By Senator Robert B. Howell of Nebraska.

We are, indeed, easy. When European negotiations came 70 Washington to settle their war debts We did not insist on their agreeing to pay those debts in full, together with the interest we were paying because of them.
 We did not even insist they should agree to pay such inter est for a reasonable period of time, even tho the principal sums of the debts were to be cancelled. We complacently set tied with them on this basis:
 Huge Sum Cancelled
 Their debts exceeding $12,- coo, ,000,OO0-or, to be exact, $12,- ego, ,667, ,O00-were cancelled, the debtor nations agreeing merely to help us out in paying inter est on the money we had borrow ed to loan them. Yes; and all they are to pay, taken together is the equivalent of less than two and ve-eighths per cent interest annually for 62 years on this $12,OOO,OOO,0OO. Then they are thru. We must pay the $12,- G00,000,000 without help, and al-- so the difference between this two and fve-eighths per cent in terest and the interest we are paying on the money we bor- rowed to loan them.
 Interest Is High
 On this account alone our in terest charges on $12,OOO,OOO, 900 of our bonds outstanding, bear ing the highest rates of interest, have been averaging $5OO,0OO, ,OOO a year-and there is no such thing as moratorium for us. All that these debtors paid us last year was $235, 100000.
 This year they were to pay US $247, 100000, less than half the interest we must pay; but the moratorium has also shifted this $247,000,000 to our shoulders, temporarily at least.
 Europeans Escape
 The net cost to us of carrying these debts from their dates of settlement up to the end of this moratorium-less than eig h t years, as an average-will exceed in interest alone the total pay ments of every kind and nature made by our European debtors by more than $2,365, 100000. Do you wonder a deficit has over taken our treasury?
 These twelve billions of debts, plus interest deficits accrued, are equivalent to an empire ap- proximating the assessed valua- ton of Minnesota and 12 addi- tional states west of the Missouri river. Seattle Star.
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17
Subsidizing of
 Steamship Companies
Remarks of Hon. Kenneth Me-
 Kellar of Tennessee, in the Senate of the United States

Statement of the Substituting Transactions between the United States and the Franklin -Roose- velt-Dollar Group of Steamship Companies, by John Nicholson. Congressional Record
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17

MT. McKELLAR. MT. President I ask unanimous consent to print in the RECORD as a part cf my remarks a statement of the subsidizing transactions be- tween the United States and the Franklin -Roosevelt-Dollar group Of steamship companies, giving them over $1OO,OOO,OOO, compiled from the official records of the United States Shipping Board and the Post Office Department as of May, 1882, by John Nichol- son.
 The VICE PRESIDENT. With cut objection, it is So ordered.
 The statement is as follows:
 Substituting Transactions Be-
 tween the United States and the Franklin Roosevelt Dollar
 Group, Giving Them Over
 S1OO, 100000
 Compiled from official records
 of the United States Shipping
 Board and the Post Office De-
 partment, May, 1882, by John
 Nicholson)
 The P. A $. Franklin, the Ro- bert Dollars, and the Roosevelts have a joint interest through stock ownership in one or more .of the lines mentioned below, all of which are owned by one or more of this group, hence this combined statement of the fin ,ancial aid they are receiving from the United States incident to sales of ships at very low prices, loans from the construc- ton loan fund, and ocean-mail contracts" under Title " Of the merchant marine act, 1923:
 |. The United States Lines Go. The Franklin, the Roosevelts. and the Dollars are all financial ly interested in this company, they own it. The line is greatly profting at the cost of the Unit cd States through large conces- slons from true value in the sales prices of vessels sold it, in the loans made it for the con- !struction of new vessels, and in postal contracts given it.
 (a) Sales prices: The vessels sold it include the Leviathan the Roosevelt, the Harding, and seven others. Their total cost to the United States exceed $44,- 100000. They were sold to this line for $3,175,OO0, and as the part payments received from a previous defaulting purchaser was more than offset by unpaid accrued interest and by loss re- tsulting from taking back the steamships America and George Washington, the amount named (S3, ITS ,OOO) is all the United States will receive for these ves- sels, less than 10 percent of their cost. While the ''cost" does not represent present market value the sales price is very much less
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17
Settlement 5000 Years Old Found

On the heights of Leubnitz- Neuostra, a suburb of Dresden, Ia Stone Age settlement, whose age is estimated at more than 5000 years, has been discovered. Flints, parts of a stone ax and Lotterv shardS have been found.
The Washington times., 1932-11-29

Net telephone operating rev.
enues of the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company for
October showed a decrease Of
$64,O96 as compared with the
same month last year, the report
of operations just filed with the
Public Utilities Commission shows.
Total operating income for
October was $154,812 as COM
pared with $218,215 for October,
1881. This was a decrease of
$63, ,4O3.
Operating Revenues Off
Net telephone operating rev.
enues for October were 1922 ,639.
For the same month last year
they were $286,735. Net tele-
phone operating revenues for the
first ten months of the year
were decreased $243,145 from the
same period in 1881.
Total operating income for the
ten months ending October 81
was $294,477 less than for the
same period last year. For the
first ten months of 1882 this
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
30-HOUR WEEK
PARLEY SET

BALTIMORE, Nov. 29.-Con-
tractors and subcontractors now
engaged on public building con-
struction here will meet tomorrow
to decide if the 3O-hour week pol
icy, adopted by the Public I'm
provement Commission, can be
made retroactive.
The commission, in deciding
that all future public building
construction labor should be en-
ployed only 80 hours week to
spread the work, said the con-
tractors have agreed to the plan,
but that the subcontractors may
not. Hence, tomorrow's meeting.
Normal building operations in
Baltimore, exclusive of private
construction of houses, apart
ments, garages, plants, ETC., reach
$24,5OO,OOO annually. Although
curtailed now, one-third of the
normal labor in the city could be
employed on such projects . by
means Of the 30-hour week, it is
said,
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
DROP
:. MET BY FIRM
(. MARKET "
BY LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 I.N.SJ
The stock market today gave it's
second firm performance in the
face Of a fresh break in sterling
to new historic low levels.
Yesterdays steadiness brought
O more confident tone in specula-
tive circles and stocks worked
higher after an irregular opening.
BY the end of the first hour a
number of issues were up point
and more over the previous close.
Trading was extremely quiet, turn.
over running about 100000 shares
for the day.
Slump Hits Franc
The slump in sterling carried
the French franc along and the
latter sold at a new low for the
year and at approximately the
level at which gold shipments
from France were possible.
The better action of the stock
market was accompanied by i'm
provement in bonds. Commodi-
ties likewise showed mere resist
ance. Wheat was down slightly
while cotton worked a few points
higher.
A. =. & T. Backs Rise
The markets improvement was
led by issues such as American
Telephone Allied Chemical and
American Can. U. S. Steel did lit
tie, held back by heaviness in the
preferre.