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Evening star., 1934-02-17
Ban on Alien Debtor Loans
An Expression of Sentiment

A proposed law to prevent loans by
Americans TO foreign countries which
are in default to the United States
is viewed by many in this country
as practically unnecessary, although
having some value as expression of
American sentiment. 1t is contended
that there is a very small market for
foreign securities here at present.
at will be q good law, thinks the
Sacramento Bee, with the conclusion
that with such legislation I'VE can
prevent good money from going after
bad, and at the same time ofhcially
inform these debtors what We think
Of their credit" The Wichita Eagle
holds that it ''is very much bluff, but
1t Is a serviceable bluff at that" The
Eagle adds that ''it will remove from
the minds of defaulting debtors that
the United States is an easy mark"
"a wholesome effect" Is predicted
by the Nashville Banner, which makes
the explanation Of the measure: An
American can be sent to Jail for flve
years for buying any new issue COM
ing from one of the blacklisted coun-
tries. There will be, of course, posi-
tive resentment against such pro-
cedure by the United States; but the
effect, in the last analysis, will be
salutary. 1t means that the matter
of Indebtedness will not be permitted
to drift in its present unsatisfactory
conditions for an interminable period.
The United States is still the great
creditor nation Of the world, and by
far the richest. Other nations and
units of government in other nations,
like municipalities, will need Ameri-
can money to float public improve
ments and various enterprises Of
meritorious character, based upon
sound financial set-up; but as long
as the statute which appears TO be
certain Of passage by Congress exists
American money would not be avail
able. Such q law will spur the de-
faulting countries to make approach
with serious intent to the United
States for adjustment Of their obli-
cations"
1.-THE measure Is strictly one Of re-
taliation for the attitude of the de-
faulting nations, and expresses this
country's displeasure over the nom
payment attitude or nations which
borrowed American money and now
refuse to pay it back" declares the
Texarkana Gazette, while the San
Jose Mercury Herald describes the ac-
ton as 'the natural expression of
primitive impulse" and continues:
When inanimate objects injured our
savage ancestors they struck back at
the objects. We civilized people often
feel the urge Of this impulse when we
bump against q door in the dark.
Some Of us cannot resist the impulse
to kick it. The pain suffered in
kicking the door we hit has taught
us that intelligence is required IN the
use Of retaliation. Some reprisals net
gains. Other net losses. Whether
Evening star., 1934-02-17

In spite Of economic complications
there is one familiar symbol that
means about the same that it always
did: IS" Very few pause to do mental
arithmetic when it is concerned in the
ordinary processes of trade inter-
change.
Evening star., 1934-02-17

Hotels can easily provide shower
baths for the comfort of those con-
cerned in an arrest, but they cannot
be expected to go so far as to put up
barred doors for scenic effect in cases
of technical detention.
Evening star., 1934-02-17

IN government as we'll as in smaller
enterprises an assistant official may be
PISS useful In actual service than when
It Is necessary to have someone at
hand to assume the responsibility of
answering embarrassing questions.
Evening star., 1934-02-17

Dollfuss and Starhemberg will ad-
minister dictatorship in Austria.
This recalls the fact that Lenin and
Trotsky managed to share the same
spotlight, but not for long.
Evening star., 1934-02-17

Germany processes to be in fear of
be expected to add to war horror by
appearing at the battle front with a
regiment Of surgeons.
Evening star., 1934-02-17

A new fashion has come into cur
rent usage in photography. Instead
of smiling into space the subject is
encouraged to gaze at a document
with a serious expression that can
leave no doubt as to its Importance.
Evening star., 1934-02-17
Modern Matrimony.

From the Louisville Herald Post.
Only one couple out of nine in this
country stays married, where there are
no children, say the experts. The
one couple and those having ciaildren
fight It eat 10 the last gasp.
Evening star., 1934-02-17
Shark Scarcity.

From the Savannah Morning News.
Sharkskin shoes are most durable
Of all, says the United States Bureau
of Standards. Too bad we can't get
them now, since nearly all the sharks
went down with the 1929 crash.
Evening star., 1934-02-17
Overanxiety.

Why fret about this mighty sphere
And seek each mind with dread to
Flip
This world rolled round ere we were
here
And when we're gone will do 50
still.
Evening star., 1934-02-17

As an economic mechanism N. r. A.
still needs skillful attention In order
to get all the parts standardized and
perfectly adjusted.
Evening star., 1934-02-17
Aerial Pocket Hunting.

From the Arkansas Gazette.
Av;atrix on a long distance flight
reports a very bumpy journey. Nat
urally a lady aviator couldn't resist
going through all the air pockets.
Evening star., 1934-02-17
Those Knees.

From the Duluth News Tribune.
Hereafter when you think you hear
a knock in your motor 1t probably
will be Just that the car has gone
knock -kneed.
Evening star., 1934-02-17

The melancholy report goes out
that some Of the big financial direc-
torates were beautiful but dummy.
Evening star., 1934-02-17
Relic.

From the Indianapolis Star.
The depression never produced any,
thing more heart-rendinR than the
sight Of . 1875 model parked outside
an automobile ahow.
Evening star., 1934-02-17
Climatic Conversation.

Climatic Conversation.
'The weather Is always a con-
venient topic Of conversation"
'I don't think so. You are so often
compelled to think twice in order to
select polite phraseology."
Evening star., 1934-02-17
THE LIBRARY TABLE
BY SARAH C. BOWERMAN.

PRIVATE AFFAIRS OF GEORGE
WASHINGTON, From the Rec
ords and Accounts Of Tobias Lear,
Esquire, his secretary. BY Stephen
Decatur, jr. With Illustrations.
Boston. Printed by the Riverside
Press Ior Houghtop Mlfdin Co.
George Washington commissioned
Gouverneur Morris to secure for him
In France eight double wine coolers.
"0f plated ware may be made. ! con-
ceive, handsome and useful coolers
for wine at, and after, dinner" Then
follows a detailed description Of the
kind Of coolers desired, ending with:
Should my description be defective,
your imagination is fertile and on this
I shall reply" That George Wash
ington paid as careful attention to
the affairs OF his personal life as he
did to public affairs has been noticed
by most Of his bicgraphers. He was
man careful In all things. This
volume by Stephen Decatur, jr., has
made use Of considerable new source
material in its account of the per-
sonal interests Of George Washington,
which were many, during the period
from his Inauguration in April, 1889,
to December, 1892. Mr.. Decatur says:
"A few years ago, while rummaging
in an old chest containing family
papers, I came across several cash
memorandum books and a large led
ger.' found them to be the house
hold accounts Of George Washington
during his first term as President of
the United States, mainly in the
handwriting Of his private secretary,
Tobias Lear. The chest had not been
opened for nearly 30 years, and the
existence Of these extraordinarily in
teresting records had been forgotten"
The yield Of the chest has been sup
plemented by Mr.. Decatur with
original letters, papers, and documents
left by Tobias Lear, now mainly in
the possession Of the Decatur family.
The frontispiece Of the volume Is
reproduction Of the opening page Of
the cash book. The material is clas-
sified chronologically and includes ex-
penditures for household needs and
luxuries, for stable and carriages, for
travel, for clothing Cloth for a rid
ing dress for Mrs. Washington and a
pair OF stays for Miss Gusts are
among the items), for entertaining,
much for charity, for various lessons
and recreations for Mrs. Washington's
two grandchildren, and always recur-
ring entries Of contingent expenses"
The narrative is continuous and pro-
vides an interesting picture Of the
family and social life Of George Wash
ington during the period covered. In
reading 1t, one wonders how the
statuesque George Washington per-
sisted so long in our historical tradi-
ton.
Evening star., 1934-02-17
procession Of negative legends, Thou


sands hold that ministers sons and
daughters are bound to go astray,
that actors are improvident and un-
reliable, that writer's are incorporate.
that sailors have sweethearts in every
port, and that cowboys invariably are
addicted to sentimental songs. The
facts are quite otherwise. but it is
utterly vain to argue In the circum-
stances.
However, It certainly would be de-
sirable II there were at least @ few
legends Of constructive and helpful
character. Hope, for instance, would
be such an aid. And, as wise philos-
opher once declared, it should be pos
sible even on the saddest occasions
to hope for hope.
Evening star., 1934-02-17
A Radical Refnrmer.

A Radical Reformer.
do you approve Of a curfew law
for children?"
Hadn't thought of it," replies Mr..
Sirius Barker. Have been too much
occupied with some scheme to prevent
parents from spending most of their
time away from home"
Common humanity" said HI Ho,
the sage Of Chinatown, ALWAYS COM
mands respect. Even the most un-
scrupuious ambition begins with the
assurance that it aims to benefit the
human race"
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penurious. the French as greedy. the
Germans as egotistic. the Turks as
cruel, the Chinese as untruthful. Yet
Edmund Burke knew that. 1t Is i'm
practicable to attempt to indict an
entire nation. The difficulty Is that
millions do not reason such matters
to their logical conclusions as Burke
did. It is so much easie,: to follow the
line Of least resistance, to remember
and to repeat the sophistries current
at the moment.
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Evening star., 1934-02-17

@. Who was the leading cartoon
list Of the Civil War7-T. G.
A. Thomas Mast. His caricatures
influenced public opinion in the
North, and Lincoln styled him "our
best recruiting sergeant"
Evening star., 1934-02-17

Q. Did DR.. Mary Walker merely
Evening star., 1934-02-17

wish 10 adopt masculine attire her
self or did she advocate It for other
wonaen?-W. I. w.
A. She zealously urged dress re-
form for women. She was an ardent
sufragist and ciafrned to have been
the first woman to attempt to vote at
the polls.
Evening star., 1934-01-26
ARMWOOD HANGING
INQUIRY IS CLOSED
Somerset Lynching Probe Ends
When Grand Jury Fails
to Indict.
B. the Associated Press.


PRINCESS ANNE. January 20
Somerset County today had written
"closed" across its investigation into the
lynching here on October 18 of George
Armwood, colored. accused OF attacking
an aged white woman.
The grand jury, concluding it's spe-
cial session late yesterday, returned nine
indictments, but none of them con-
cerned the lynching case, although the
inquiry body had earlier in the week
summoned AZ witnesses who had been
identified with the case
The indictments concerned three re-
cent murders and several lesser crimes
Sam Jones, colored. was charged with
the Staying of Mrs. Margaret Brumbley.
elderly farm woman. whose body was
found by her husband when he returned
20 their Marion Station home early New
Year morning
Earle Collins. Virginia oyster Shucker.
was charged with the murder of Mrs.
Norris Taylor whom he is alleged to
have shot to death at her fathers store
IN Crisfield early in December
The third murder indictment was
against George Maddox. colored, for the
killing Of Woodrow Wilson also colored.
Jones is being held in the Baltimore
City Jail while Collins and Maddox
are in the Somerset County Jail here,
awaiting arraignmentS today on the
charges Jones probably will not be
returned here for arraignment
The Armwood lynching case had been
seething for more than three months.
causing in November a clash between
county and State authorities over the
method to be used in bringing into
court the alleged members of the mob
of more than 1000 persons who broke
into the local Jail and dragged away
the colored man to hang him near the
towns limits.
Evening star., 1934-01-26
ADMIRAL RABY BURIED
IN ARLINGTON TODAY.
Prominent Navy Officials Serve as
Pallbearers for Former
Commandant.

Rear Admiral James J. Raby. u S.
N, was buried today in Arlington Ma
tlonal Cemetery. The body was escort
ed by military guard of honor.
He was former commandant of the
Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Naval Dis
tricts and the Charleston, S. c.. Naval
Yard. At the time of his death, in an
automobile accident near Midway. Ga.
January Is, Admiral Raby was under
orders to report as commandant of the
18th Naval District at San Francisco
He was on duty in the Navy Depart
ment and at the Washington Navy
Yard from April, 1919, until Febru-
AIRY, 1922.
Honorary pallbearers included Ad-
miral William H. Standley, Rear Ad-
miral S. E. w. Kittelle U S N re-
tired: Rear Admiral H. H. Christy, Rear
Admiral w. D. Leahy. Rear Admiral W.
r. Gherardi and Capt. Sydney K. Evans
Of the Chaplain Corps
Surviving him are his widow Mrs j.
J. Raby; son. Lieut.. John Raby, U.
S. NJ, and two daughters.
Evening star., 1934-01-26
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Evening star., 1934-01-26
France Cipes Legion of Honor
Cross to Senator Leluis' Wife
Chicago Social and Ciric
Leader HOnOred for
activities.
Ambassador de LabOulaye
Makes A,pard at En-.
bassy Here.

Honored for her many activities In
the interest of France. Mrs. ]. Ham,
ilton Lewis, wife of Senator Lewis Of
Illinois. was decorated with the Cross
of the Legion of Honor. with the rank
of chevelier. by the French Ambassador,
M. Andre de Laboulaye, yesterday aft
ernoon at the embassy.
In response to the tribute paid by
the Ambassador. Mrs. Lewis, who has
lived much in France. replied in the
French language to express her appre-
citation OF the honor.
Among those attending the cere-
mony were Mrs. Hugh Wallace. wife
of the late American Ambassador to
France; Miss Mary Patten, Judge John
Barton Payne and Mrs. Adolph Casper
Miller.
Received War Medal.
Mrs. Lewis activities for France
have been varied, and she had been
decorated previously for her work. In
Paris, just before the close of the
World War. she received the French
Hospital War Medal of Honor of des
Eperdime, and also the French medal
of La Reconnaissance Francaise with
Star. in appreciation of the French
government for her work under the
French war Office in the hospital de-
partment in France.
Mrs. Lewis was the first president
in Paris of the Franco American CHAR
ity, Les Petites Puelbote. founded by
Count Jean de Piessac for the benefit
of the helpless waits of Paris.
Mrs. Lewis. with Senator Lewis, has
visited almost every civilized country
in the world. They have fingered for
weeks in the more important coun-
Evening star., 1934-01-26
DC. NEWSPAPER MAN
SUCCUMBS AT HOME
E. G.. Sandifer Edited Journals in
Carolinas-Funeral
Held Here.

E. G. Sandifer "a, a newspaper man
here for many years. died yesterday
at his home. 1649 Newton street. after
a brief illness. He was an employe
Of the Washington Herald at the time
of his death and had previously worked
for the Times and the Post.
Mr. Sandifer had edited and pub
lished newspapers in North and South
Carolina. and MS family was identi-
fled for several generations with the
history of both States. He was a son
of Dr. Thomas Thorne Sandifer and
was born near Charlotte. N. c.
Surviving are his widow and three
sons. T N Sandifer of the Washington
Bureau of International News Service.
C. w. Sandifer of the Colombian
Steamship Co. in New York and Gra-
ham Sandifer. also of Washington.
Funeral services were held at the
home here today. Burial will be at
Columbia. S. c.
Evening star., 1934-01-26

tries She speaks French, German and
some Italian
She was chairman of the French
Commission to entertain the Interna-
tional Bar Association on its meeting
in Chicago a few years ago and was
a delegate to the International Suffrage
Alliance in Geneva She is a trustee
one of five women appointed-of the
World Fair and was elected a director
Of the Chicago Grand Opera Co. and is
box holder each season.
Palmistry Is Hobby.
Mrs Lewis lifelong study has been
palmistry, and she has studied the art
of palm reading under many Of the
most famous instructors in the world.
While it is her hobby, she has turned
thousands of dollars into the Golfers of
charitable organizations and churches.
Senator and Mrs Lewis live at the
Mayflower, and it is there that Mrs.
Lewis carries on her social activities
while Congress is in session.
Evening star., 1934-01-26
SHOW IS PLANNED
IN BIRTHDAY FETE
Midnight Performance Will
Be Given at Fox in Presi-
dents Honor.

Detailed plans for the midnight show
to be presented at the Fox Theater
next Tuesday night. as a part of the
Nation wide celebration Of President
RoOsevelt's SD birthday, were an
nOunced today
The program. sponsored by all the
motion picture theaterS in Washington,
will include stars OF the current stage
shows of both the Fox and the Earle
On the list are J. Harold Murray.
radio and stage baritone; Duke Elling-
ton and his orchestra Alex Hyde and
his Musical Darlings," featuring the
-Four Rhythm Queens" and Ruth Brent:
Bob Hope, with Lew Parker g. Co.'S
Antics OF 1884" featuring Paul Muir
doch,> George TOWneS, Marion BailOr
and Bill Durdee: the Dodge Bros
revue. with Mildred Jay and Terry
Green. and several other radio and
stage stars, who will come here from
New York.
special overture by the combined
Fox and Earle Orchestras also will be
feature of the program
The musicians, as well as movie Op-
orators and stage hands, are donating
their services through arrangements
made with A. c. Hayden. De Forest
Ormes and George Donaldson. repre-
sentativeS of their unions.
Tickets for the show were placed on
sale yesterday at the Fox, Earle, Palace
Columbia. Metropolitan. Rialto and
Keith'S Theaters. The price is 81 each
and the receipts will be turned over to
the committee in charge of the drive
to raise $1,000 900 endowment fund
for the Warm Springs Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis.
Meanwhile. sale of tickets for the ball
at the Shoreham is continuing at a
rapid rate. according to an announce
ment from Mrs John Allan Dougherty
chairman of the committee in charge
Of the Capitals part in the birthday
celebration.
Tickets to the ball are on sac in
hotels and Western UniCn Offices
throughout the city, as well as al the
committees headquarters. 1851 H street.
The price is s5, with 81 additional for
tahlac
Evening star., 1934-01-26
UNION ALLEGATION
DISPUTE SHELVED
National and International
Groups Adopt Plan to In
crease Membership.
Nv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
In a move to facilitate expansion of
their ranks, leaders OF the American
Federation of Labor have decided to
shelve the internal dispute arising over
allocaticn of newly-organized workers.
This step was taken yesterday as
heads of national and international
here. A resolution proposed by COM
mittee headed by Matthew Woll, vice
president of the federation, was adopted.
bridging the gap between the traditional
unionization of workers according to
trade and the present frequent need for
organizing mass production plants in
units
Plans for new legislation also were
reviewed, with talks by Senator Wagner
Democrat, OF New York. who Is propoS-
ing to strengthen the labor section of
the industrial labor law; Chairman
Connery of the House Labor Committee
and Donald Richberg, general counsel
of N. R. A.
Four Cardinal P0mLS.
The plan of the Woll committee con-
tanned four principal points;
|. That unionization be carried on
with increased vigor and determina-
ton" both through the national and
international union and by the fedora
ton itself, and that the fullest possible
latitude be exercised by the Executive
Council (of the federation) in the grant
ing of Federal charter with any in
fractions of rights of the several unions
to be adjusted lin the spirit of taking
full advantage Of the immediate sltua-
ton and with the ultimate recognition
of the right of all concerned
2. That conferences be arranged be-
tween federation and union organizers
in the principal centers to lessen frlc-
ton and conflict.
3. That executive officers of the fed
erations several trade divisions be
called into frequent consultation to re-
view progress and map out strategy.
Publicity Drive Planned.
T. That arrangements be made for
mass meetings of workers all over the
country with an energetic publicity
program to stir up unlCn sentiment.
The resolution pointed out that un-
der N. R. A.. labor is expressly invited
to organize. but the method to be fol-
lowed is not prescribed: that employers
have taken advantage to form company
unions and to prevent their men join
ing national unions.
It maintained that in the rapid Or
ganization called for by the situation
conflicts of jurisdiction between the
federation units were to be expected
but should be tolerated until the job
Is done.