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Evening star., 1935-02-05
BY FLETCHER ID. SLATEl

gagged her villainously, for her voice
ended woefully as if her face had been
crushed to his coat, in, that comfort
able angle between the arm ana the
chest. >,
II don't know what to say"
Johns voice went on, after moment
of rapture. "I didn't figure on this
till tomorrow night. Maggie slipped
I'D on the date. SO I haven't got
every thing Straightforward to say
Only, I'm so tired of standing back
there in this pill box day after day,
adoring you, dear-the slim, true
beauty of you, the way that thick sot1
knot of hair brushes your neck every
time you slide the door back, your rich
voiee-oh, I'm mad, ! guess, but ]
had to tell you love you'll!
John! You're making my hair come
down. I'll be a sight!"
LET it come down, dear. I'll pick
up the pins when the light goes on.
You're not angry? Nobody will be
in the building all night long. Do
do you love me-just ittle?"
mo, John" The voice was sud
denly, ineffably, low and soft and
carressing. Not little. More than
you'll ever know"
He kissed her again. then the light
went on with a glare and the slow
dropping of the bottom out of things
made Esther Jump to the lever. She
had left it at on"
She steadied the car at three
and, using the reflection of the
door, wound up her hair into a
semblance of order.
Quick, John, my hairpins!"
He CROPPED cavalierly and soon re-
trieved enough to suffice. But, dar-
ling. not a soul will see you." he pro-
tested.
Except Maggie" she said.
And so she took him down to the
main floor. Sure enough, Maggie was
there.
she perceived that the girls hair was
not in its usual well-groomed perfec-
ton, that the hastily smoothed
clothes were satisfyingly wrinkled and
the pink cheeks more full of color
than the drafty shaft warranted. She
turned to John Wheeler. who stood
protectingly behind the girl.
you'll not be wantin' me to
pull the switch tomorrow night
like you said, Mr. Wheeler-seein'
as I pulled it tonight for Miss
Esther?"
(Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1935-02-05

III looks IKE IL.
There was a chasm of silence. Then,
"Maybe it won't be long. Perhaps
something went wrong at the power
house" There was no conviction in
the small, hopeful words.
He laughed, suddenly. Buck up,
Esther. You have to work all night,
anyway, don't you?"
"Yes. I was thinking about you,
Mr.. Wheeler"
His booming laugh again rocked
the cage. Worse things could hap
pen to me. In worse company. So
you know my name"
"Of course do. I've known 1t since
the second day you came here"
The voice out of the far corner
came musingly. And I've known
yours since the first day, when that
imbecile, Whitehead. pulled the braid
you wore on the side of your head
and said, How goes 1t, Esther, old
thing2' hate familiarity in public
especially an elevator" :"
Perhaps she was considering this,
for there was no reply for some time.
Then her clear, mellow voice said,
"Yet, perhaps Whitehead had cleaner
thoughts in his head than others who
stand behind me, day after day. I
Il can feel their eyes on me, some
Of them"
Am I included in that Category
She laughed at that, "Oh, no, Mr..
Wheeler"
His firm voice continued: by the
way, since we're having such a nice,
coy, intimate little chit-chat. don't
you suppose you ought to throw this
"Mr. Wheeler" down the elevator
shaft and call me 'John'?"
I'm afraid I couldn't get Mr..
Wheeler through the crack between
the door and the wall. Besides, if I
threw you down the shaft. who would
there be left to say John to9"
He chuckled. NO. But really?"
Il thought you were against ia
nlI1iarity in public places, especially
in elevators"
st am. Do you call this a public
place, or even an elevator. right now?"
"No-o-o. But"
There was a noise of movement in
the far corner. ANY more of your
f1imf1amming, young woman-any
more of your time consuming argu-
ments and I'll kiss you forthwith,
defenseless as you are!"
mo, J-John," she covered. I'll be
good"
His retreat had a disappointed
shuttle to 1t. There was another
silence, but this time not so long.
"Why did you say 'time-consum-
ing John? Isn't that what we're
trying to do, until the power goes on?"
1t was too much. With a blind
Evening star., 1935-02-05
Wives Join in Alimony Fight

TWo former
1DiDes of Charles
Dunno, %, Chi
cago advertising
salesman, Dho
notD share an
apartment to-
gether, Joined
forces against
him In court
seeking $1,460 In
alinony alleged
ly due No. !.
Here they are
in court January
2s. Left to right:
Mrs. Mary Lou
Dunno, 1oite No.
l.; her 5-year-
old son james,
and Mrs. Eunice
Dunno, 70ite No.
2. The second
NJ RS. D u n n e
takes care OF
the boy each day
Dhile lDife No. I
DOrkS in q de-
pdrtment store
to make q ltptng
for the three of
them.
A. p. Photo.
Evening star., 1935-02-05
SHORT sTORY--
BETWEEN FLOORS
A Stalled Elevator Seemed as Good Place as Any For
Budding Romance to Bloom.
BY FLETCHER ID. SLATER
bound he was be-

bound he was be-
side her, or ap-
proximately so. He
paid no attention
to the crash of the
falling three-legged
stool as he collided
with it in the
blackneSS.
Where are you,
Esther? Darn this
dark"
Here" said a
S m a ii, uncertain
voice, almost under
his arm, from the
sound of it. What
do you want?"
Want? I want
you! What do you
suppose I had
Maggie shut of
the elevator switch
for? You needn't
be scared. It'll &c
on in an hour"
John! But l.
L"
"You keep still"
- ky1r he
Evening star., 1935-02-05
+. C. RAND IS ELECTED
Heads Boards Of Trustees of Van.
derbilt University.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, February S
R.-Frank chambless Rand, chair
man of the board Of the International
Shoe Co., ST. Louis, Mo, was elected
president of the board Of trustees Of
Vanderbilt University yesterday.
Rand has been a member of the
board since 1913 He was elected
president to serve until the regular
election in June.
Evening star., 1935-02-05
LOSES HEAD AND HOME
Man Sprints Past Fire Alarm
Boxes to Summon Aid.

Boxes to Summon Aid.
JOLIET. III. February s R.-M-
chaei Turkey became excited yester-
day and lost his home.
His wife awakened him early anc
screamed their house. two block.
north of the city limits, was blazing
Michael leaped out Of bed and rar
l6 blocks in his nightgown to q fire
station.
The house burned to the ground.
Michael passed seven firm alarm
boxes in his lla-mile sprint.
Evening star., 1935-02-05
KATE SMITH COMPLAINS

Man Is Arrested on Charge of
Writing Her Letters.
NEW YORK, February GR.-
A man described by police as Joseph
Peck, 40, OF Chief So. ufs y
the psychopathic ward at Bellevue
Hospital last night after Kate Smith,
the singer. complained that he had
annoyed her by continuous stream
of letters.
Evening star., 1935-02-05
A BREATH W a S

IA let out care
fully, a breath
tina t h a d b G e n
gasped in as the
lights went out and
the ele v a t o r
stoppe d, some
where between the
third and fourth
floors of the apart
ment hotel.
A voice spoke
out of the black
angle between the
door and one side
of the cage. "1-
I'm afraid we're
stuck"
The voice was
warm and soft,
even though a little
frightened.
Another voice,
leaning somewhere
In the opposite
angle of the stalled
lift, replied to. the
girls. 1t was a
mans voice, firm
and deep and dry.
Evening star., 1935-02-05
HICCOUGHING ABATED
22-Day Attack Lessened and
Coed Pronounced Improved.

Coed Pronounced Improved.
ELMHURST, H., February (P).-
The 22-day attack of hiccoughing
which threatened the life of 19-year-
old Elizabeth Warner, a coed in
Wheaton College, seemed today to be
passing.
DR.. A. L. Mathis. attending ply
sician. said sleep had abated the
malady and pronounced the girl i'm
proved.
Evening star., 1935-02-05

Tomorrow: "Ordeal by Water" by
Elcise Lernard, tells how q wife's
bravery and foresight prevented her
husbands going to Jail for attempted
rohhery
Evening star., 1935-02-05
BABY CARRIAGE RUSE
FAILS SAFE THIEVES
Tender Picture of Men Wheeling
Buggy Is Rudely Broken
by Police Chase.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 5.-Two
men were pushing a baby buggy. The
coverlets were tucked tenderly down
the sides.
The men proceeded nonchalantly,
but something about their mein
aroused the suspicion Of the stay up
Iaters. One of the latter summoned
q police radio car, cruising about.
The buggy-pushers, with the ap-
proach of the police car. fed. The
buggy was abandoned.
In it was a small safe, stolen from
Ninth street bakery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-19
Disarmed Crime Object of
 Dripe by British Police

LONDON, July 1s.-Alarmed by n marked increase in tfte number of crimes of violence within a year, England is taking drastic measures to weed out all manner of firearms from the vicious sub-rnachine gun to. the com mp ely innocent sporting shotgun.
 Every person in England possess ing weapon of any description even war trophy-fias been order ed to report 1t to the police. Sane ton to keep them Is given in some instances, but thousands of pistols and rifles have been taken up.
 So thorough is the campaign that auctions of arms have been for bidden.
 Under existing law the ordinary shotgun is excluded from all re- strictions, but legislation is pending to bringi 1t within the foldg British criminals have learned all about what shotgun will do when it's long barrel is sawed off.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-19
Fossil Labyrinthodont
 Dug Up in Australia

SYDNEY, Australia, July 19.-A complete fossilized specimen of a labyrinthodont, estimated to be at least 1Ooo00,O0O years old, has been discovered by workmen at a quarry near Brookvale, New South Wales.
 The labyrinthodont was one of the carboniferous creatures, some thing in the form of giant lizard or crocodile that walked the earth and swan the seas in the Trissiac age. The specimen found measures II feet in length.
 Other finds include fish of the same date in perfect preservation, every scale and pin ray easily dis tinguishable. They have been pre- sented to the Australian museum.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-19
Only One Winners Child
 in Hambletonian Classic

GOSHEN, N. Y, July 19.-Hand- some Tillie Tonka, now rounding in to top form at Lexington, Ky, boasts the distinction of being the only one of 33 colts eligible to this years $40,0Oo Hambietoflian Stake which has as a sire former victor in this classic of the harness turf.
 Tillie Tonka, fleet-footed daugh- ter of Spencer, winner of the Ham, bletonian in 1928, is owned by c. W. Phellis of New York while the famous sire, in the stud at Castle ton, Ky, is owned by David M. Look, also of New York.
 Fred Egan, her trainer, reports she is rapidly responding to de- mands for faster stepping and should be ready for the classic at Good Time park here August IA.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-19

mine are easily seen from the har- bor, and to better advantage by walking to the mine location.
 Sports
 Baseball and basketball games have been scheduled.
 Tennis and Golf
 For fans and addicts of tennis and golf, the facilities of both Ju- neau Tennis Club and the Juneau golf course are available free of charge.
 Rifle Range
 One of the most up-to-date rifle ranges in the country will be found out the glacier highway near Men denhall glacier.
 Recreation Parlors Juneau has several splendid re- creational parlors where dance or cl1estras furnish music. The Ter minal, on Seward and Front street, is a mecca for those who desire to dine and dance. Then there is the Woodland Gardens on Front Street and Capitol Beer Parlors on Front betr cen Main and Seward.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-19
Palomar Road Builders
 To Race Winter Shows

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Jul y19.-Work suspended last January on the con- struction of a road up Palomar mountain to the site chosen for the worlds largest telescopes 200- inch reflector-will be resumed in the near future.
 It is expected seven mile link at the highest altitude can be com pleted before operations are again stopped by snow and cold wealth CT, so that observatory engineers can begin erection of the huge plant. Lack of funds forced the temporary cessation of work.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-19
PIONEER MAIL MAN DIES

Chester V. Brink, aged 50, died suddenly at Takdtna and the re- mains were flown to Anchorage where a military funeral was held
 For many years Brink carried the mail from Seward to the Interior
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-19
TILNEY NET STAR

The eastern intercollegiate ten his championship tournament was Princeton affair as far as the final match was concerned. Nor cross s. Tilney defeated Tom Flynn, his captain and teannmate. for the title.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-19

Out the highway is the Glacier Tavern and Aux Bay Inn
 Juneau has three, movie theatres, Uptown, Capitol and Coliseum.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-19
DOCTOR FOR KENNEcorT

Dr. c. J. Toohey has arrived at Kennecott to have charge of the hospital there. He. was accompan- fed by his wife and two children.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-19

HELLOES AT ANCHORAGE Over 800 telephones are in use in Anchorage, the largest in the history of the city.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-19
VISIT ORS FIND PLACES TO GO
 AROUND JUNEAU
All Kin ds of Spots Are Available for Recrea-
 ton in Channel

tcontinued from Page one,
Evening star., 1935-04-28

full capable service, and the bitter
criticism which undeservedly came to
Air Corps personnel as result Of
the airmail experience of last year is
building back to higher levels than
ever before.
The new G. H. @. Air Force, only
little more than a month old, is COM
ing to regard itself as corps d'elite,"
a fit, efficient fighting organization.
For the first time since the World
War flying officers, by virtue Of whole
sale temporary promotions, are hold
ing ranks commensurate with their
duties and responsibilities.
Swivel-chair pilots have been weed
ed out and the G. H. @. Air Force is
developing into the kind of an outfit
of which combat pilots have dreamed.
1t is fighting organization pure and
simple. The Air Force has no con-
Germ with training problems, with the
maintenance Of depots or of service
schools. Its sole concern is to fit
itself for battle. This it is doing by
the most strenuous field exercises in
all parts of the country. exercises
which already are developing the
most vital information concerning
matters of tactics, types Of equipment
and problems of organization and
supply.
These exercises began while the G..
H. @. Air Force was Just paper Or
ganization, last February. They in
creased when the force became a liv-
ing organization on March l. In their
results the Army is finding the key to
creation of a concentrated. hard-hit-
ting arm, ready for service without
warning. Of this new air force, Maj.
Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, chief Of
the Army Air Corps. has this to say:
This force will be of strength and
Evening star., 1935-04-28
STORM CLOUDS WORRY
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
Insurgents Stirring Up Trouble for
Party and Republican Liberals
Constitute Ma jor Threat.

cratic Senators that the spending pro-
gram of the Government cannot go
unchecked without Government credit
breaking down is one Of the things
most worrying to thoughtful Demo-
cratic heads in the two houses.
Such warnings were heard from
members such as Senator Glass, Sena-
tor M E. Tydings of Maryland, Sena-
tor Bailey and others, when the great
work-relief bill was being considered,
They are recurring from time to time,
and do not become less impressive.
Bankhead Bill AssaiIed.
Senator Adams, speaking on the vast
Government debt as he opposed the
Bankhead bill authorizing 81 100000,
600 of Government-guaran bonds
to buy farms for tenants, predicted
that, once the Government entered
business as a landlord, it would cost
it $4,000, 100000 to $4,000, 900, 600.
He listed direct Government obliga-
tions of more than $4,000, 100000 and
indirect and contingent obligations of
at least S5000.0 100000. He feared that
this total of more than s45,000, 600, 900
soon would be run up to SIS 5000 ,000,-
900 or more. He maintained that this
threatened impairment of Government
credit, with destruction of 1.-The land
lords and tenants, the merchants and
the bankers, the professional men and
the working men,"
And Senator Bailey, conservative
Democrat from. North Carolina.
sounded the alarm that the country
was being driven into Federal
socialism"
1t is true that the Bankhead prof.
ect for aided purchase of
farms for tenants is not known as an
administration measure. However Il
| is in line with much of the New Deal
program, such as subsistence home
Steads, and it is generally supported
by administration Senators. No sug-
gestion is given that the measure
would not be approved by the Presi-
dent.
The Senate, after long debate ard
two unsuccessful attempts, recon-
mitted the bill to the Committee on
Agriculture, with instructions to re-
port back May IL. While this action
OCldNO lllC HLCdSoIACi ~ OOCo AlOb Nil ~
1t is the purpose of the bills spon-
sor. Senator John H. Bankhead Of
Alabama, to press it again later in
the session. 1t seems likely to pass
in some form, although it is believed
widely by Senators that if Government
financing Of farm purchases is once
entered on it will mean ultimately
! that the Government debt will be en-
larged by billions.
But the speeches and remarks
which are made openly in Congress
and especially in the Senate, are far
from being the only symptoms Of in
Surgency in the majority party. The
! talk in the cloak rooms and corridors
! is far more strenuous and bitter. Not
a little of the New Deal program. in
cluding new legislation sought BY the
White House this session, is roundly
denounced in private by Senators who.
for political reasons. do not care to
talk out in meeting" In other words
there is more scope and strength to
the protest in the Democratic party
than the Congressional Record indi-
Gates.
Evening star., 1935-04-28
Repatriated Chinese
Colonizing Farm Area

NANKING, China [P).-Driven out
of the United States and other coun-
tries by the depression. scores OF over
seas Chinese have returned to China
to make a new start on farms pro-
vided for them by the Chinese gov
ernment.
A tract of 1000 acres of waste land
in Anhwei Province. 80 miles south OF
here, is being colonized by the dest1-
tute. repatriated Chinese.
They have founded new town,
which they call Overseas Village OF
Happiness" and they are energetically
tackling the task of restoring the land
to productivity.
About 200 families have been settled
on the tract by the government
Through credit cooperative societies
they are receiving government loans tc
tide them over until crops are har-
vested and sold.
Model" homes are being built in
the village by the government. They
are rented to the returned enigrants
at a nominal rate.
The Chinese government got the
idea for this colonization scheme from
a similar project started % years ago
by Jung Kwei-Kan, a Chinese who
had returned to his homeland from
Panama. Jung's colony has grown
steadily and today has population
of 900, nearly all Of whom are re-
patriated citizens.
Evening star., 1935-04-28
BY JOSEPH EDGERTON.


vUST beginning to find itself
after the most sweeping reor-
ganization in military aviation
~ history, the Army Air Corps,
revitalized and exceedingly
active, is introducing startling and
wholly new principles into the aerial
defense of the Nation.
The General Headquarters Air
Force, created to take the place of
the old Air Corps as the aerial COM
bat organization of the Army, is in
the position of an Infantry soldier
who, after days of marching under
heavy pack, strips down to combat
pack for battle.
The G. H. @. Air Force is stripped
for action. 1t has laid aside the
heavy pack of the old Air Corps and
has become an exceedingly mobile,
alert fighting outfit. instantly ready
for action on any front.
The United States is witnessing
dramatically the rejuvenation of the
Army's air combat organization.
Sweeping the airways like keen, eager
hunting dogs of the skies, the new
G. H. @. fighting squadronS, in a
series of the boldest aerial combat
maneuvers this country has seen in
peacetime, are working out the prob
lens which must be whipped if the
United States is to be adequately
prepared to meet any emergency in
the air.
Higher Levels Reached.
The morale of the old Air Corps.
brought low during the past decade
by inadequate, insufficient airplanes
and equipment; lack of proper flying
training. promotion system which
held no hope of rewards for faith
Evening star., 1935-04-28
Largest of Fountains
Being Built in Secret

OSLO, Norway OP.-What is claim
ed to be the largest fountain In the
world, as well as the most expensive
one. is being constructed here. 1t is
being made under cover, with enough
mystery to keep Norway in suspense
for several years to come.
1t is to be placed, when completed
in Frogner Park in Oslo, to form a
tremendous array Of terraces, pillars,
sculpture and babbling water.
The whole is to be topped by
monolith, hewn from solid granite,
rising 65 feet above the ground, and
placsd at the top of hill.
No estimates of the final cost are
available, except by popular Judgment,
but 1t is believed that the last ac-
counting will show more than 5,000,-
900 kroner (about $l,250,00 to have
been expended.
The fountain is the plan and work
of Gustav Vigeland, greatest of Nor
wegian sculptors, who first submitted
plans for its construction in 1900. For
IS years, work on the project has pro-
ceeded without interruption and
growing in scope.
Evening star., 1935-04-28

have a cohesive control, uniform train
ing, unified command and readiness
for active operations which will per-
init the chief of staff. under whom it
serves directly, to employ it immedi-
ately upon the occurrence of a major
emergency, with all the advantages to
be secured by observing the principles
of war OF these principles. the con-
centration of effort, the objective, sur
prise, the offensive and security are of
primary Importance, and the mobility
of aircraft is such as to permit a
skillful leader to apply these principles
with telling effect"
The G. H. @. Air Force is to consist
Of about 920 airplanes of the four COM
bat type. divided into three wings
which can be welded on "a hours no.
tice into single aerial thunderbolt Of
terrific power. The force is COM
manded by Brig. Gen. Frank NJ. An
drews. who has just completed the
establishment of his headquarters at
Langley Field. Hampton, Va.
Wing in Lonely Area.
The lst Wing is commanded by Brig
Gen. Henry H. Arnold, first and also
latest winner of the coveted Mackay
Trophy, who has headquarters in Cali
fornia. The I'd Wing. commanded by
Brig. Gen. Henry C. Pratt, is the wing
assigned for the defense of the At
lantic Coast and its headquarters are
at Langley Field The Sd Wing, in
the Central United States, is COM
manded by Col. Gerald C. Brant, at
Barksdale Field, La.
Once a lonely neck of sandy, for
ested land on little Back Creek. miles
north of Old Point Comfort and 1875
miles. airline. from Washington. Lang
ley Field today is the nerve center Of