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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-27
Linens

Linens
80 Linen Sets, 7-piece; IS
Linen Bridge Sets. Were 7Sc
$3.50, soiled ...........
40 Guest Towels, 1CAc
rayon mixed. Were Ice. AS/ZS
80 Yds. Cotton Damask, 400
So In. Was soc yd.....
$50 Glass Towels, cotton o.
plaid. Were 15c ea...... ~
Kann's+Street Floor.
Jewelry
-25 Rhinestone Neck 90
Iaces. Were $1.00. Nv
is pcs. Jewelry. Were S0~
$1.00
Il Waltham Baguette Wrist
Watch, with 2 dia- @2C IN
monds. Was $4,000. %OS'OO
a Marcasite and Ster-
ling Silver Necklaces. kOc
Were $l95 ............ Wv
a Simulated Pearl and Crystal
Necklaces. Were $l95
to $685.; Is Novelty @1 M
Necklaces. Were $1.95. %A'OO
Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-27
Umbrellas

n Silk and Silk
mixed 16- rib Um- 60 OQ
brellas. Were $685.. ~
3 Silk mixed 10-rib Umbrellas,
were 1895: 4 16-rib C1 QQ
Glorias, we're $780,.
Kann'@Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-27
Coats and Furs

W. WI. B ss vi Fox por Scarf 81. 70
W. w.. Red ID Fox nav searf'' $7.99
IS Fox Scarfs.
Were We e SIS $3.50 to 1895
vs. vsr1 Red s,a Fox 90 s noT $2l.OO
Il Natural Musk COZ *
rat Coat. Was s55.. %@'''o
Il Lapin dyed rabbit) Sway
ger Coat. Was $49.50, @1O
now
Il Evening Wrap, of yellow tat
f fets q: sol soiled' was $l.l9
8 Raincoats, of
swavel suede. Were c7 %
$685.. now ..........
M -. Sport %tr. Coats ats fur nnv 1896
w. w.. W VIZ st. no Coats $500
is -, Sports %.rs G. Coat. IS fur fur 1895
Il Sports Coat, fur
tr i'm m ed. Was &1R M
$3.50, now ......
. Dress Goats,
fur trimmed. Were col M
$3.50. now ...... ~.
Il Dress Coat,
fur trimmed Was coz *
$49.50. now ....... ~~
Kann'@Second Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-27

It'll soon be time for
straw hats and not wish
ing to carry these over, we
have marked them for a
quick clearaWay tomorrow.
Street Floor.
Evening star., 1933-11-05
Bath Room


"A 24x36- inch chenille bath rug
and a seat cover to match. Choice
of pretty designs in pastel colors.
Evening star., 1933-11-05

and adds distinctive note to Winter homes.
A Stub weave quality, in jacquard designs and
glorious shades of rose, blue, gold, green, red
and rust. Arranged to make selection quick
and easy.
Evening star., 1933-06-14
Urges Board to Design
New Naval Dirigible
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
The congressional inquiry into the
crash OF the Akron and the sacrifice
of IA of its crew strongly recommends
construction Of a new dirigible to re-
place the Akron. The committee also
lays crash of the Akron to the COM
mander's inexperience. This Is open to
grave and serious doubt. 1t may have
been so in a minor part, but design,
construction, overweight, plus storm,
that could have and should have been
avoided (this was the commanders
error, were, in my Judgment, the cause
of the crash Of the Akron, especially
design. construction and overweight.
If the recommendation of the COM
mittee for the construction of new
dirigible is accepted, Congress should
make it mandatory that design and
construction of the new dirigible should
be other than the design and construc-
tion Of the Akron and Macon. Testi-
mony before the Investigating Com
mittee clearly brought out that
strength, design and construction Of
the Akron played an important part,
the same or similar to that of the two
destroyed English dirigibles. New COM
petitive designs and construction for
a new dirigible should be publicly in
vited. A board of experienced officers
and men should be selected to pass
upon designs and construction sub
mitted. The experienced Officers and
men" should be of lighter -than-air
dirigible experience; the designers, con-
structors and builders of the Akron and
Macon not to be members of said board.
w. E. RYAN.
Evening star., 1933-06-14
Beneficial Aid to the District.

1t is gratifying, indeed, that the Con-
gress, now about to adjourn, has seen
at. after careful consideration Of the ex
traordinary situation presented. to in
clude the District of Columbia with
the States in the receipt of Federal aid
for the relief of unemployment distress
and for the stimulation of employment
giving public works. In the past the
tendency has been too often to treat
the District as State only when bur-
dens are to be imposed, and not as a
State when bounties are distributed.
The District will benefit, along with
the States, from several parts OF the
Presidents recovery program. Under
the relief act it has already received an
initial contribution of $4,000 for unem-
ployment relief and will receive addi-
tional funds at the end of the second
quarter Of this year. The District, ir
s6d,tipn. u IN position to request fundi
Evening star., 1933-06-14
A Hall of Flags.

Twenty-Five years ago today small
group of employees of the Post Office
Department, acting upon an impulse of
their own. met on one of the balconies
of the building at Pennsylvania avenue
and Eleventh street, In which they
worked. and sang patriotic songs in
homage to "The Star Spangled Banner" !"
That was the beginning of Flag day
custom which has been followed ever
since. 1t also was the beginning of an
institution of a distinctly novel and
useful characterize exhibition OF
State and Territorial colors which
adorns the inclosed inner court Of the
departments hcme.
Thousands have seen this display of
the emblems of the federated Common
wealths, but not many know their story
The fact is that they were collected for
the department by Miss Alice Sanger,
still in the service. She wrote to the
secretary of each of the States, asking
for flag, and the response was imme-
the presentation was made by the Gov
ernors, in others by post Office person.
mel, in still others by patriotic organ
izations. Each banner was put in place
as soon as it was received, and through
all the years since their first installa-
ton they have remained on view, a
rainbow Of emblems, each symbolizing
a sovereign integral of the Union, and
all, as related series, signifying the
Nation as an organic unity.
But now the continued existence Of
the collection is threatened. Soon the
department will remove to it's new head
quarters, the fine new building now in
process of completion at Pennsylvania
avenue and Twelfth street. Unfortu-
nately, there will be no suitable place
there to accommodate the display. Also,
many of the banners have been soiled
and otherwise damaged by the passage
of time. Requirements will be neces-
sary If the exhibition is to be main
tanned inclusively intact. A decision in
the circumstances shortly must be made
Perhaps the ideal solution of the
problem would be that Of using the
Government auditorium to be built
between the new Labor Department
and the Interstate Commerce Building
That would be an eminently proper
setting for the flags, and they them
selves would be beautiful adornment
Of the hall. A precedent, If one be
needed, might be found in st. Georges
Chapel at Windsor.
Flag day is proper occasion for con-
sideration of the subject. The United
States flag is not fetish, and the
colors Of the sister States are not mere
decorations. On the contrary, they are
the Nations symbols, and they testify
TO the peoples freedom. honor, charity
and faith.
Evening star., 1933-06-14
Middleman Is Still
A Dominant Factor
To the Editor of The Star:


May I call your attention to certain
glaring inaccuracies appearing in an
article by Frederic j. Haskin, entitled
Eliminating the Middleman" page ?
of the editorial section. Sunday, June
IL. Mr. Haskin has apparently been
misinformed as to the true status Of
the wholesale middleman. The statistics
which he imputes to the Census Bureau
do not check with the published figures.
For example, in Distribution Bulletin
No. T. G-202, distribution Of Sales OF
Manufacturing Plants" issued by the
Census Bureau, the direct sales to house
hold consumers, of which Mr.. Haskin
was writing, amounted for all manu-
featuring to total of 81 ,009, 900, as
compared with sales to wholesalers of
$18.249, ,o53 900 (pages S6 and 30.
The conclusion that the wholesale
middleman is less important than he
formerly was is true. but to imply that
he is being rapidly displaced Is far from
the facts. He still remains the dominant
type of middleman in the wholesale
market (see page wholesale Distribu-
tion"-Summary for the United States,
Bulletin No W-151-United States
Bureau of the Census).
I am particularly interested in this
problem since I served as special
expert, with the Census Bureau while
the census of distribution was being
taken. I have Just published an article
dealing with the same subject in the
June issue of the American Economic
Review. NATHANAEL n. ENGLE.
Evening star., 1933-06-14
Advises Mr.. Crawford
To Abide Developments
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The star.
entirely agree with J. ]. Crawford
In The Star for June Q, when he ex-
claims: why, F. D. r. has taken
more responsibility on his back than
has any other President" though I do
not share Mr.. C.'s boastful spirit con-
cerning that fact. He does not seem
to be familiar with the advice OF the
sage who says: When thou seest thy
hero greedily grabbing grave response
bilities, be in no hurry to boast
waltz
also agree with the sentiment Of
Mr.. Crawford's so-called moral:
Long live the memory Of Theodore
Roosevelt, but not at the expense OF
Franklin Delano Roosevelt" Who Is
trying to do anything at the expense
of F. D. R.? Is it possible that ne
and his friends have claims on the
island set apart for the memorial to be
built in honor of T. R.? Is Mr.. G. the
custodian of those claims?
In the main, the American people
mean to be fair in their estimate OF,
and regard for, the men who have been
elevated to high position-regardless OF
political party connections. That Is
why people generally do not approve
of the arbitrary withholding. or with
drawing, of merited recognition.
Many names Of many men, hailed
for a time as worthy to be among the
immortals, have grown dim with the
passing of the years. OF all our hon.
ored Presidents, only two have assured
places on the scroll of fame George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
There Is a place for a third. Some
have nominated Woodrow Wilson for
that honor. Others bring forth the
name of Theodore Roosevelt. It seems
easy for some today to imagine they
see F. D. r. successfully vaulting to
that third place-with the aid of their
boosting. Such would do well to heed
the word of the sage when he coun-
sells: Wait"
Meanwhile, Woodrow Wilson will
continue to be studied, and better un-
derstood, and Theodore Roosevelt Is
land will be made ready for the memo
rial to his character and services. The
change from Hoover Dam to Boulder
Dam need not be taken too seriously.
Herbert Hoover's name is written In toe
many hearts, on too many great enter
prises, and in too many forms OF serv-
ice to be soon forgotten.
LUTHER X. LONG.
Evening star., 1933-06-14

for the care of the transient element of
its population, which has provided a
problem of no small proportions to the
private relief agencies. Under the ma
tional recovery act the District will re-
ceive an estimated two million dollars
for highway building and kindred de-
velopment, and under another section
of the same bill is eligible for Fedora.
aid in such projects as sewage disposal,
river and harbor improvements and
slum clearance. In connection with
slum clearance, it is to be hoped that
the House will repeat now or later the
favorable action of the Senate on Sen
ator Capper's bill for elimination of
Washington's alley dwellings. There are
various national projects, such as the
annex to the Library of Congress and
the completion of the connecting road
way between the Lee Highway and the
Arlington Memorial Bridge, that are
provided for in the national recovery
act and which will be of benefit to
the local community.
For timely presentation of the sound
for the inclusion of the Dis
trict of Columbia with the States in the
receipt of benefits under the recovery
act Washington is indebted to the Board
of Trade, which vigorously urged
that principle and received the valuable
aid of municipal officials before the
Senate committee which had the legis-
lation under study. On that committee,
and serving later as one of the Senate
in conference with the House,
was Washingtons new District Commit
tee chairman-Senator King of Utah
who now as such chairman serves as a
special representative of his voteless
constituency In the District of Co.
lumbia He successfully championed
the District of Columbia's rights, and,
together with Senator Capper, again
demonstrated interest in and friend
ship for the people of Washington.
Evening star., 1933-06-14
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

prison bars, but in the. meantime.
under threat of prosecution, the de-
partment Is doing great job in prying
loose the unlawfully withheld gold and
gold certificates and recovering them
Tor the Treasury. The department now
has the names and addresses of some
$4,000 men and women from coast to
coast who are tentatively listed as
hoarders of gold. Against each name
is an exact amount of the gold sup
posed to be in their possession. 1t
ADDS up to $50,034, ,424.17 There is
nothing like having exact figures. The
department also reports that some 500
persons claimed to have voluntarily re-
turned some $15,000,0 900 since the drive
started; SO persons, yielding to the de-
mand OF the Department of Justice
agents, have surrendered $177,OOO in
gold and gold certificates, and 95 per-
sons, interviewed by the agents and
holding between them $500 900 in gold,
have refused to give it up.
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, as admin
lstrator OF industrial control, is by way
OF becoming the most important figure
In the Roosevelt administration-sec-
ond only to the President-more i'm
portant in power and authority than
all OF the cabinet put together and the
director Of the budget thrown in for
good measure, If, as now seems proba-
BILE, he has a free hand in debating
to American industry and to American
labor. Gen. johnson, a West Point
graduate, Is much more than a military
man. He is lawyer, too He is extra
ordinarily versatile, extraordinarily ap-
proachable, extraordinarily democratic.
He is now SO, of middle height with
gray hair, piercing eyes, sunburned face
He radiates virility, and at the moment,
Is doing the work of hundred men.
The senatorial stock market investiga-
ton, before recessing for the Summer,
will put the partners of Kuhn, Loeb g.
Co. on the grill at hearings now sched-
uled for the last week of this month.
Then adjournment will be taken until
the Autumn. The reverberations of
the J. p Morgan disclosures are likely
to last some months, and few months
delay in putting on the spot some of
the other big New York banking firms
will do no harm. Ferdinand Pecora,
however, will take no holiday. and with
the grant of another hundred thousand
dollars expense money from the Senate
contingent fund. and with corps OF
investigators and accountants, he pro-
poses to work all Summer on Dillon,
Read and the Chase National Bank.
Copyright, 1933)
Evening star., 1933-06-14
A Sweeter America.
Frem the New Orleans Times-picayuns

from the New Orleans Times-Picayune
Statistics to date go to show that
sugar consumption in the United States
for 1888 will exceed that of 1882. This
proving true, 1t will be the first time
In four years that the use of the sweet
stuff will have risen above that of the
previous year. The announced esti-
mate is based upon the record of the
first four months of the current year
which have shown a distribution of
1,795,654 tons, 129,102 tons ahead of
the previous years corresponding
months. This unusual activity has re-
suited in cut-down of our Nations
existing invisible supply to 80 days'
requirements, which is six DAYS under
the normal. Assuming that efforts will
be made to bring that invisible back
up to normal, this win insure a move
ment of sugar to the consumer appre-
ciably above the 5.231, ,961 tons of 1882.
Our invisible" let us explain, consists
OF sugar on hand at wholesalers, re-
tatlers' and in the homes.
The very favorable distribution this
year Is due most probably, according to
sugar trade experts, to the imitation
scare. which took hold of the public q
Few weeks ago. causing consumers to
stock up heavily '.in an effort to hedge
against imitation"
An interesting factor Of the situa.
ton Is the probable effect of q con-
tinued gain IN sugar sales upon the
countries that supply US with the COM
first, of course, but also
Puerto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippine
klapds,
Evening star., 1933-06-14
Education Needed to
Abate Needless Noise
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Allow me to congratulate you on
your timely editorial in q recent issue
protesting unnecessary noise This is
one of those insidious things that from
small beginnings grow gradually until
they attain tremendous and almost un-
bearable proportions.
It is remarkable and hardly less than
amazing that the invincible volume of
noise borne by city dwellers today has
not been generally protested and thus
gotten rid of. Perhaps the reason Is
that we are not yet fully aware of the
damage that is being done to us. Prob
ably we do not perceive how immeas-
urably better of we would be If the
situation were improved.
An intensive campaign Of education
is needed. All the agencies of civic
information, the press, the clubs and
the schools, ought to get together for it.
Let citizens be informed that the noise
they endure day in and day out is
needless. And let them also be in
formed in precise and scientific
terms, Of the price they pay in allow
ing this present day evil to exist.
DAVID FREILICOFF.
Evening star., 1933-06-14
Forsees Danger of an
Era of Speculation

To the Editor of The Star:
I wish to call your attention to a
grave danger which confronts us at this
time. We are entering again upon an
era of speculation which will carry
prices of stocks and commodities to un-
warranted and fictitious heights and
bring about duplication Of our un-
fortunate condition of 1923 and 1929.
I hope that you will use the influence
of your great newspaper against this
tendency and also will protest against
speculation from a moral and ethical
standpoint.
AS I see it speculation is prompted by
a desire to get something for nothing.
or in other words, to get something of
value for which an honest and fair
equivalent has not been given, which
must be vicious principle of life.
This Is also a demoralizing habit. as
1t affects the individual and units him
for the serious work and responsibilities
of life
Please do what you can to do away
with this evil A. L. POTTER.
Independence. Kans.
Evening star., 1933-06-14

days more than half the population Of
the Nation will have expressed itself.
Within that period more than half the
members of the House of Representa-
tives will have direct indication as to
the wishes Of their home States. Later
in the Summer, thirteen additional
States are scheduled to have their elec-
tions, so that by the end Of September
twenty-nine States with a combined
population Of 77,595. 800, or more than
So per cent Of the total population, will
have acted"
I'VE cannot too earnestly insist, says
the New York Herald Tribune, s'that
to retain the eighteenth amendment in
the Constitution in the face of sentiment
shown would be in the highest degree
disruptive of orderly government and
disastrous to the cause of temperance
On the other hand, the Salt Lake Des-
eret News tnterprets the matter as IAN
interesting social struggle of q demo-
cratic people, who have the right to
decide their questions in their own con-
stitutional way" and takes the position
that "the justification for the drys to
use every legitimate means to hinder
repeal, nationally and within the State,
Is that they fight for principal. Their
cause Is not lost until the thirty-sixth
State ratifles, and their battle may hold
the decision back until honest vets have
wakened to their responsibility of adopt-
Ing a sound formula, for regulation in
order to avoid chaos"
Looking forward to verdicts in Ala
bama, Arkansas and Tennessee. the
Boston Globes argues that "if any one
OF these three States should take a
place IN the wet column, it would be
the signal for a general stampede The
Charleston Is. c. Evening Post declares
that intelligent prohibitionists must be
convinced that the eighteenth amend
ment is dead letter." while the Es-
canada Daily Press condemns "Legisla-
lures which have been dillydallying with
the ISSUE" and the Cincinnati Times
letter"
Judgment that the Indiana result is
conclusive as to the fate of prohibition
Is attested by the Rockford Register
Republic, the Akron Beacon Journal.
the Goshen News Times, the Rutland
Herald, the Danbury News-Times. the
youngstown Vindicator, the Providence
bulletin, the Atlanta Journal. the Boise
idaho Statesman and the Dayton Daily
News.
Evening star., 1933-06-14

Norway and the United States with
1.3.
@. Did Goryas do any work In South
Africa?-C. j.
A. After the completion Of the Pam
anna Canal. Gorgas went to South
Africa TO fight pneumonia in the gold
and diamond mining fields. Due to his
efforts, the death rate dropped from
$50 per thousand to per thousand, and
death rate from all diseases to per
thousand. Oxford University bestowed
upon him the degree Of doctor Of
science.
@. Who invented the phrase take
him for q ride"?-J. S. H.
A. Little Hyn1ie Weiss, o leader Of
Chicago gang. Is supposed to have
used this pleasant phrase. which in
reality meant an automobile ride end
ing in murder.
@. What is the military name for
the hag?-T. T. G.
A. There are four terms in use,
nag, color, standard, and ensign. Flag
Is a general term. A color Is q flag
carried by unmounted units A standard
Is flag carried by mounted or motor
lied units. An ensign Is a flag flown
on ships and small boats.
Q. When was a Biblical subject or
incident first made the theme of a
play?-M. C.
A. The first attempt at dramatiza-
ton was made before the Christian
era. 1t was Exodus" by Ezekielos,
20o-100 B. C.
Q. Is the interjection ooh" also
spelled o B. McN.
A. The common interjection Is
spelled oh. and capitalized only when
1t is the first word in a sentence. o.
the sign OF direct address, is always
capitalized, for example, o God, we
pray Thee
g How long have toys been in use9
A. The doll is the oldest toy known
and has been found among practically
all nations from the remotest antiquity.
remarkable collection of dolls has
peen made by Edward Lovett of London.
OF which the Oldest Is doll 1000 years
old, found in an Egyptian tomp.
@. Where did the fashion of wearing
PACK crepe Tor mourning originate?-
A. This use of the material oriei-
mated in Bologna, Italy.
G. Can people who earn q living by
being undersized secure Insurance.
against growing?-H. N. c.
A. Such insurance is obtainable. one
example being that of Johnny, the Az
inch page boy at the Hotel New Yorker,
who has been insured against growing.
II ne grows l inch in a year he gets
100000. If he grows inches he gets
100000 and If he grows inches he
can retire. He Is % years old.
@. Why is Remrandt,s Christ Heal
ing the Sick" known as "the Hundred
Guilder Print"?-J. j.
A. In the eighteenth century 1t once
established sale price indicated in this
name.
@. Do postal receipts show that btlsi-
ness Is on the upgrade?-M. e. B.
A. A statement OF postal receipts at
so selected cities of the Nation for the
month Of May, 1888, shows total re-
ceiptS at these cities to be $24,392,-
1861 for last month, as against but
$22, ,621 ,478.80 for May, 1892, a gain of
s1.771 ,288.11, or 1858 per cent, in re-
ceipts for May, 1888, as compared with
May a year ago. Postal receipts at so
industrial cities throughout the country
for May, 1888, showed gain of $780,
973.06, or 7.56 per cent over the corre-
spending month of 1882 The total re-
ceipts at the so industrial cities for
May, 1888, were $2,702, ,650.06, while
fo- May, 1882, they were but s2,512,677.