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Evening star., 1934-06-26
G. O. M'MINIMY DIES:
BUREAU ATTORNEY
Veterans Administration EN-,
ploye Resided in Washington
for 13 Years.

Grundy Orr McMinimy, 54. an at
torney in the Veterans Administra-
ton. died today at his home, 2027
Newton street northeast, after an ill
ness of several years.
Mr.. McMinimy had resided in
Washington 13 years, coming here
from Illinois to enter the Govern
ment service. He had been in Ill
health for nearly five years. but con-
tinued his duties until last Septem-
ber, when he was forced to give up
his work
He is survived by his widow. Mrs.
Clara j. McMinimy, and three chill
dren. Winifred NJ, Margaret M. and
Clare McMinimy.
Funeral services will be held at the
home Thursday at 10 am. Burial
will be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1934-06-26
EXPERT JOINS EASTMAN

Charles E. Bell, former railway ad-
visor to the Turkish government, to-
day joined the staff of Joseph B.
Eastman, federal co-ordinator of
transportation.
Bell will be traffic assistant to East
man. He is ST years old and a native
of Georgia. He began his railway
service with the Southern Railway in
1895 as a stenographer.
Evening star., 1934-06-26
Marriage Licenses Issued.

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, June 26
(SpeciaD Marriage licenses have
been issued here to the following
Gernot Paul Rasmussen. 81, Brent
wood, Md, and Ethel D. Sodeman, II,
Bladensburg, Md; Carl B. Balluf, "a,
and vivienne M. Hardy. 80. both OF
Washington.
Evening star., 1934-06-26
Alpha Phi Mus to Dance.

Alpha Phi Mu Fraternity will close
its social season for the Summer to-
morrow night with a dance at the
Montgomery Country Club. A floor
show will be included in the enter
tainment. John Flaherty, chairman
OF the fraternitys Social Committee.
IS in charge of arrangements.
Evening star., 1934-06-26
AIRSHIP COMING HERE
Goodyear Resolute Will Fly Over
City Daily.

The Goodyear airship Resolute,
flown by Capt. Verne Smith, is sched-
uled to arrive over Washington this
afternoon from New York to partici-
pate in the formal opening of new
Goodyear master service station at
Connecticut avenue and N streets.
The airship Is to fly over Washing
ton daily until Sunday towing adver-
tising streamers. 1t will be based at
the Army Proving Grounds, Aberdeen,
Nd. where the nearest airship hangar
is located. committing" each day be-
tween Aberdeen and Washington.
Evening star., 1934-06-26

The former Baroness Won Hagen, who
won an uncontested divorce yesterday
from her fourth husband, Peter
Arthur Drury, jr, part owner of the
Drury Brewery. The decree was
granted in New York Supreme Court
after Drury had withdrawn an
answer, in which he had contended
he had obtained an annulment in
Reno, New, in 1928 The couple was
married in Rockville. Md, and, ac-
cording to Drury, the annulment was
obtained six weeks later, on the claim
he was intoxicated at the time of the
wedding. He subsequently married
Wendela Taylor. with whom he now
lives here. Mrs. Drury charged he
deserted her five days after their
marriage and ordered the gas and
electricity cut off in their apartment.
Evening star., 1934-06-26
Lawn Party Planned.

ARCOLA, Va, June 26 (SpeciaD -
The Arcola All Club will hold a
party on the lawn of A. L. Mankin,
at Arcola, tomorrow evening begin
ming at 8 o'clock, when refreshments
will be for sale for the benefit of the
club.
Evening star., 1934-06-26
SPECIAL NOTICES.

WANT TO HAUL FULL OR PART LOAD
Pittsburgh and all way points; special rates.
NATIONAL DELIVERY ASSN, INC. 1917
N. Y ave. Ma. 1850. Local moving also.
WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
FRANK HENDERSON. 4O4 3rd Sc. .
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. OFFICE OF
the Comptroller of the Currency, WASH
tngton. D. c.. May "a 1934.-Notice is
hereby given to all persons who may have
claims against Chevy Chase Savings
Bank" Washington, District Of Columbia,
that the same must be presented to Cary
A Hardee. Receiver with the legal proof
thereof within three months from this
date or they may be disallowed
j T F. O'CONNOR.
Evening star., 1934-06-26
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UPHOLSTERING
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hearses and ambulances 25 undertakers
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REPAIRS. RooE PAINTING Well
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HEATING-PLUMBING.
Pittsburg Water Heaters installed. 81
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repair work. Established 1910 R e.
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Evening star., 1934-06-26
Report for Last "a Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
CFrom noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest, 81, pm. yesterday; year
ago, S6.
Lowest, ST, 4 am. today: year
ago, SO.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 96, on June 81.
Lowest, -6l2, on February 9.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, IS per cent. at am. today.
Lowest. % per cent, at pm
yesterday.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey)
Today. Tomorrow
High ........ 6:58a.rn. islam
Low ......... 12:54am. 1855 am
High ........ 7:26p.m. 8:l9p.m
Low ....... 200 pm. 2:51 pm
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun, today -. 4:44 1888
Sun, tomorrow. 4:44 7:38
Moon, today =. 8:30pm. 4:48arn
Automobile lights must be turned
on one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in
the Capital (current month to date) :
Evening star., 1934-06-26
FOREIGN.
Horta (Fayal), Azores .. "A Cloudy

Moon. Greenwich time. today1
Evening star., 1934-06-26
The Sun and Moon
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches in
the Capital (current month to date)
Evening star., 1934-02-07
Dickens Day.

II ever Americans are tempted to
edd to the list of annual occasions
celebrated in February, there surely
will be many who will indorse the
birthday anniversary of Charles Dick
ems. He shares with Shakespeare and
the editors of the King James Bible
the distinction of teaching successive
generations the language and the
tdealism OF the British race, and there
already are thousands who commemo-
rate him on February Z. He has a
permanent and honored place in the
calendar of a multitude's memory.
OF course, the reasons are legion
why it should be so. Certainly the
most popular and perhaps the greatest
Of the great English novelists," the
author Of 1.-The Pickwick Papers" 4"
sDavid Copperfleld," "Oliver Twist"
sNicholas Nickleby," 1.-The Old Curl
osity Shop" and "A Christmas CAROL
was 50 much in advance of his own
proper time that 1t appears incredible
that 1t is one hundred and twenty
two years since he opened his eyes
On the human scene in which he was
destined to play an unparalleled role.
He was modernist and his thought
still has application at this present
moment. The problems with which
he grappled differ little from those
with which President Roosevelt cur
Sently Is struggling-poverty, disease,
Gr1me, seldshness and ignorance. Any
Evening star., 1934-02-07
The Bloody Ground Of Paris.

The scenes now being enacted IN
Paris with the semblance OF q revo-
luton are mainly on historic ground,
deeply stained with the blood Of the
people OF France. The center of the
disturbance is the Place de Ia Con-
corde, fronting on the Seine, the
great open space fanked by the gar
dens of the Tuileries on the east and
the Champs-Elysees on the west.
Across the Seine to the south is the
Chamber of Deputies, object Of the
attack of the mob yesterday. On the
other side is the Ministry Of Marine.
fired by the crowd and badly dam
aged. In the center Of the Place de
Ia Concorde, where now stands an
obelisk from Luxor, stood the guillo-
tine In the last days Of the Terror,
where Louis XVI and Marie Antoin-
cite were executed, most notable Of
the many hundreds Of victims Of
"The Widow" A short distance to
the north Is the Church Of the Made
line, and little to the east Of that
is the opera. At both of these build
ings rioting occurred yesterday.
The Paris Of today is quite different
from that of the times of the Terror,
nearly a century and a half ago, for
in the reign Of Napoleon III the cap-
Evening star., 1934-02-07

reader may take up any Of his works.
open it at random and fnd mirrored
In the page the Issues OF 1884.
But that is not to say that Dickens
labored In vain or that no progress
has been made toward the correction
Of the Ills he indicted. On the con-
trary, he has monument in every
church, school, hospital, prison, social
center and legislature In the world
even in distant Russia, where he
ranks as a 'best seller" six decades
after his death. As boy and man he
saw and suffered, and out Of his ex-
perience he wrote the chronicle Of an
age in letters Of fire whose brilliance
has not faded. BY the power Of the
blaze In his own soul he Illuminated
the spirits of others and outworn So
cial fetishes were burned away-still
are being cleansed from the earth. He
was the supreme journalist Of the
nineteenth century, and he employed
his genius as an honest journalist
should-for the benefit Of his fellow
men. Moreover, his influence persists,
and it may be presumed that 1t will
not pass until the changes and re-
forms he advocated have been effected.
It will live as long as 1t IS needed.
And even when the forces against
which he toiled have been vanquished
he will be remembered. Generations
yet to follow will read him with graft
tude. The prophet Of the forgotten
classes, he never will be among the
forgotten men.
Evening star., 1934-02-07
French Moves Interpreted
As Step Toward Strong Man

the Scranton Times, while the Colum-
bus Evening Dispatch, starting with
the view that perhaps what follows
may affect the international outlook
of almost every nation in the world"
suggests as to the selection of strong
man: "A Fascist France, added to a
Fascist Germany and Fascist Italy,
would make Europe worse hotbed of
suspicious and hatreds than it is now
even. 1t is to be hoped that the
French keep their heads and do not
surrender their sovereignty to an am
bilious demagogue, who might easily
stir up more trouble"
The Hartford Times believes that
France promises to survive its latest
crisis with a renewed sense Of need
for internal unity" while the Rock
ford Register-Republic suggests the
future availability Of Herriot as
French leader" putting emphasis on
his belief that French obligations to
this country should be recognized, and
the Haverhill Gazette finds it stgnifi-
cant that 'Daladier is reported favor
able to direct negotiations with Ger
many on the questions Of armament
and the Saar Basin"
Democratic government Is facing a
serious threat" in the judgment of
the Watertown Daily Times. while
conceding that "if Premier Daladier
cleans up the scandal and proceeds
energetically to punish any high Off
cials involved, it will do much to win
for him the confidence of the nation"
The Troy IN. W Record advises that
France is accustomed to political
scandals and knows how to handle
such irregularities. The Owensboro
Messenger holds that "for the first
time in a generation the cries of the
Royalists are something more than the
vocal eccentricities of ridiculously little
groups Of fanatics" but the Chester
Times sees mo revival of Royalist
spirit"
Evening star., 1934-02-07
Dangerous Precedent.

From the Texarkana Gazette.
The Philadelphia judge who i'm
posed fines on jurors who acquitted
q defendant in a racketeering case
undoubtedly touched popular chord.
The public has grown weary Of seeing
criminals win acquittals; this judge,
asserting bluntly that the verdict was
miscarriage of justice, deprived the
jurors of their fees-amounting to
S21 apiece-and dismissed them from
further service.
Salutary as this action may seem.
however, it sets bad precedent.
The jury system may be clumsy
and woefully inefficient sometimes,
but It still represents a bulwark of
popular liberties. You do not have to
think long to see that 1t would be
weakened very seriously If jurors gen.
orally knew that the court might fine
them If they fail to return verdicts
Of guilty.
Whatever 1t does, the jury Is sup
posed to function on its own, and not
to be q rubber stamp for the Judge.
Evening star., 1934-02-07

Frances need Of . strong man in
the crisis growing out Of a national
financial swindle is read by the Amer
ican public into the demonstrations
in that country. The cabinet change
by which Daladier succeeded Chau-
temps is interpreted as q step in the
direction Of effective handling Of af-
fairs.
"Of immediate interest, which over
shadows the aspirations Of the Royal
ists," according to the Boston Tran
script, rs the quest for the strong
man who can shape existing institu-
tions to his leadership" The Tran
script believes it probable that France
will find q way out Of her troubles
without resort to q king or dictator
Of twentieth century model" The In
dianapolis Star observes that ''Dala-
dier served as premier from January
to October Of last year, so that he
bounces back to his, first place after
an unusually brief interval" and con-
cludes that "the country needs politi-
cal stability, but little improvement is
likely so long as irresponsible Depu-
ties play so loosely with the response
bilities Of public Office"
when an affair like the Stavinsky
scandal is brought to light" says the
Richmond News Leader, "the extrem-
lists always claim that the cabinet had
q hand in the thievery." That paper
draws q comparison between the new
premier and his predecessor, stating
that "Chautemps was not strong;
that "his cabinet was drawn almost
entirely from the Radical
with support neither Of the Repub-
licans on the right nor Of the Social
from the outset" and that 'cDaladier
may be able to command some Re
publican following, but he, too, will
not succeed In bringing the Socialists
into his cabinet"
The Oakland Tribune concludes that
"the scandal has given the Royalists
more hope than they have had in
years." but points out that In that
country politics is capitalizing on
outraged personal feelings"
"The Frenchman does not trust his
politicians" AYERS the Philadelphia
Public Ledger, with the thought that
"in setting up a cabinet of public
safety the French leaders acknowl-
edge and proclaim that the present
crisis Is no ordinary incident in the
ups and downs Of the French govern
ment." The Public Ledger offers the
analysis Of the forces involved: when
Royalists stage riots In Paris they are
ordinarily not protesting merely about
the dishonesty or inefnciency of the
government Of the day. They are pro-
testing against the Republican regime
itself. And even though the 'newsboys
Of the King may have been put up to
their disturbing antics by politicians
with Interior motives. there is strong
evidence that the French are Won
dering whether one cabinet is not
much like another. The French, in
fact, are in q mood to welcome a die
tatorship, II an honest dictator could
be found for them"
Those who know Daladier and the
position he has to face are fearful
that even II he succeeds his cabinet
will not have very long life," says
Evening star., 1934-02-07

| they were candidates, respectively,
for President and Governor. Cope
lands radio talks and syndicated
health articles have built up an i'm
mense personal following for him.
especially among women. Those who
vote in New York are relied upon to
go to bat for the doctor in serried
ranks whenever his fortunes are at
stake. Meantime the Senator wears
his red carnation at the same jaunty
angle and in all other ways radiates
accustomed composure.
y ~
Galleries were packed and standing
room at q premium while the Mac
Cracken contempt proceedings held the
Senate's attention this week. The at
mosphere had all the electrical ten
sity of one of the Hills big days"
The Chambers many lawyers were in
their element, because of the legal
stic questions involved, especially the
point Of privilege" raised by Mr..
MacCracken as to the confidential
nature of relations between attorney
and client. Senator Black Of Ala
bama made q strong impression with
his dispasSionate, court-hke presenta-
ton of the issues. The Alabaman is
one Of the youngsters Of the Senate,
as ages 60, being just 48 this month.
Through his outstanding work as
chairman of the special committee to
investigate air and ocean mail con-
tracts he has inherited the place held
10y the late tom" Walsh of Mon
tana as the Senate's champion in
vestigator. Senate lawyers of dis
tinction who Joined In the contempt
debate included Borah Of Idaho, Reed
Of Pennsylvania, McCarran of Ne
vada and Lewis of Illinois.
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Petitions representing about a mil
lion names have reached the House
Of Representatives protesting against
alleged radio censorship" The petit
tioners are shooting at the determina-
ton of broadcasting stations to keep
of the air the propaganda sponsored
by an organization, which is assailing
one Of the country's biggest religious
denominations. The broadcasters' at
titude Is that the wave lengths must
be kept free from religious persecution
and argument, especially Of abusive
character, under any and all circum-
stances. The petitions, which arrive
from some part OF tho country almost
daily, are referred to the House Com
mittee ON Merchant Marine, Radio
and Fisheries, of which Representative
Schuyler Otis Bland, Democrat, Of
Virginia, Is chairman.
Il II X II
Robert Lincoln O'Brien, chairman
Of the United States Tariff Commis-
sion (Harvard 91), in a recent ad-
dress before the Harvard Club Of
Washington, boasted that his alma
mater has now caught up with Will
liam and Mary College by having
landed four of her sons ip the presi-
dency of the United States-two
Adamses and two Roosevelts. "Har-
ward Presidents" O'Brien explained,
work In pairs, like plumbers" VIII
liam and Mary is still ahead in the
total number Of years her graduates
occupied the White House, but Har-
ward win match her In that respect,
too, Mr.. OBrien observed, when F.
D. r. gets his second term" As to
Yale, the tariff chairman said, the
best Old Eli has been able to achieve
was one President addition
to "a lock and laundry" From
Princeton have come two Presidents
Madison and Wilson.
tcopyrisht. 1e34)
Evening star., 1934-02-07
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.

The fascination Of Q gutter for a
child remains something Of Q mys-
terry.
Tho law Of gravity has no more
eject than q good gutter, with or
without water. Its attraction Is just
as powerful.
The average lid simply cannot 70
sist q nice gutter.
It had rather play in one than In
all the backyards In tho world.
In the old days, undoubtedly gone
beyond recall, the good mother Of a
perfectly proper child had q healthy
fear Of one epithet:
"Gutter snipe!"
Perhaps that was an importation
from the mother countries, where
class distinctions were more tightly
drawn, where little counts and dukes
did not play In cutters, where the
children Of the commoners probably
did.
In the 80s and COS, at any rate,
In the United States, mothers did
not care to have their children called
gutter snipes" by other mothers, par
| ticularly.
There was, accordingly, . very
strenuous effort made by them to pre-
vent their little ones from more than
casual acquaintance with the fasci-
mating city brooklets.
Even In the proverbial transforms,
which filled village cutters to over
flowing, the children were not sup
posed to pay too much attention to
them.
European children, according to the
classic stories, always found great
amusement in sailing paper boats
Even Asian little ones got fun out of
1t, too. for the Indian poet, Rabindra-
nath Tagore, In one Of his volumes,
has a poem devoted to the sport.
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Washington children were ever
fortunate in their cutters.
Neat curbstones, impounding plenty
OF fluid, with capable sewers to carry
of the excess, have provided plenty
OF Fairgrounds OF this type.
Never, however. do we recall having
seen q child sail . paper boat in q
Washington gutter.
It may have been done in the big
rainstorm Of the Summer OF 1913, but
this observer over the years does not
recall it even then.
His best remembrance Of gutter
play is connected with q most hu-
initiating incident.
He must have been all Of 8 years
old; very great age, indeed, when
one Is 8 years old!
That innocent youngster Of long
ago played In the soft Summer eve
ming with about score Of other in
nocent youngsters, presumably Of the
same age.
Where they all came from he did
not know, but there they were, run
ming up and down the sidewalk, max
ing mcursions into the cutters.
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Now at that time in the history
Of the National Capital it was the
custom to sprinkle the streets of that
section shortly before dusk.
The sprinkler wagon always drew
the attention Of the children. who
followed 1t in droves the entire length
Of the block, then as now one Of the
very longest In the entire city.
Nice dirty water swirled along the
curbs, making black eddies for every
child who dared the whirlpool.
The hero Of this episode had some
how gotten hold Of q small American
flag, for it was in the Spanish -Ameri-
can War days, when flags were in
tensely popular.
Who knows what causes q child to
do anything?