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Evening star., 1935-11-18
sprawled out comfortably at full length
on the clnnn Of nrnlind mnr Ind Rlnka

SpraWled out comfortably at full length
on the slope of ground was Jed Blake,
his shirt opened at the neck and mis-
elongated face all aglow with a smile.
Hello" said Chuck. after a mo-
ment's hesitation. Didn't know you
were here"
Il always get where I'm going early
cause I believe in that old adage my
grandpop used to quote me-the early
bird catches the worm"
Chuck was annoyed at Blake's
suave implacability. He didn't know
what to say or do so he just stood still
and looked at him. The tall South
westerner never batted an eyelash.
Nonchalantly he reached out and
snatched off tall weed, stuck it in mis-
The Washington times., 1935-06-22
This Girls VctoryExacts
A Cruel Toll

Hope Williams Sykes went to
Colorado, the land Of the sugar
beet, to get material for Second
Hoeing," sternly realistic &C
count of the biennial cultivation.
Using a simple graphic style she
tells of the planting, thinning, Sec
ond hoeing and harvest which is
more passion than an industry
to the toiling beet workers.
Life and death and human
strength count as nothing against
the great gamble to produce the
largest and most flourishing sugar
beet. Women and children crawl
along the ground on their hands
and knees. Men break their backs
and their hearts. And all, for the
sugar beet.
Sometimes the crop is good and
very often it is not and yet they
keep on planting year after year.
So it was with the SchreiSsmill-
ers and in a way Second Hoeing"
is the Schreissmiller family saga.
Russia German by birth, peasants
by inclination they go their Sordid.
The Washington times., 1935-06-22
Hun1Or and
Suspense

Grim hu1nor supplantS the US
ually necessary cloak Of suspense
in Edwin Greenwood's 1.-THE Dead
~ Dowager' now taking its place
in the odd lot Of mystery books
gradually filling the library lists
today.
Little attempt Is made to OBJ
scure the plan chartered out by
Lady Engleton" as she goes about
building up her grandson'S for
tune and the glory Of the de Biz
kett name by killing off all Of the
family and its branches. That Is
after she has carefully arranged
for insurance for them.
The pull" in the volume that
keeps you reading apace, as all
good mystery stories should, Is the
simple and naive way in which
she arranges for the sudden TAX
ing off Of the individual members
of this not progressing tribe.
AS you read on into the ramifi-
cations Of the tale your curiosity
is bound to rise and keep equal to
events right to the bitter end.
"The Deadly DotDdger," BY Ed
tDtn Greenwood: DoNbIedGy
Dor1n Co.
The Washington times., 1935-06-22
NOtesAbOut
Books
Answer

answer
Several letters have been re.
ceived asking about Mabel E. Bald.
wins "Diet and Like It." AS ad-
dresses were not included on all
the letters and the questions were
about the same, they will be
answered here.
The book may be obtained at
the leading book stores in Wash
ington or by writing to the pub
Usher, D. Appleton Century Com.
pany, New York City. The price
is $3.50.
Doubleday, Doran has received
the latest manuscript of w. Sum-
erset Vaughan. It is entitled
Don Fernando" 1t is not novel
but a book about the sixteenth
century in Spain. It tells of her
people, her literature, her drama
and language.
J. P. Lippincott Company, has
just published "She Stands Ac-
cused." The story is about various
notorious murderesses in England
and Europe, from the pen Of Victor
MacClure.
The Washington times., 1935-06-22
Problems of
MARRIAGE

All Kathleen Norris needs for
"Beauty's Daughter" is q new
name, though naturally enough
titles would be something of q
question for a lady whose accom-
plishments include well over fifty
published books.
The point in criticizing her
latest choice is that this particu
lar volume is more meaty than her
recent efforts.
She tackles the problem of mod
ern marriage and gives it a hearty
workout, and to- her credit the
finished product is far more enter
tanning than the evaneScent
Three Men and DIANA" which
diverted the light fiction readers
! last season.
"Beauty's Daughter" is sort OF
an echo of her much-touted sue
cess, Mother" only Vicky Her
rendeen is a modern mother with
a modern mothers problems. All
of which are solved by Mrs. Norris
with remarkable skill and plain
workaday wisdom.
Hence, though you may have
read almost all" Of kathleen Nor
ris and think you know Kathleen
Norris thoroughly, "Beauty's
Daughter" will unearth still an.
other facet of her many-sided per-
Sonality.
It begins as most Of her books
do, with a burst of fancy writing,
but once she does away with the
preliminary props and sets the
stage for the story the readers
interest rises.
"Beauty's Daughter" a story Of
the American domestic scene,
By Kathleen Norris. Doubleday
DofGn.
The Washington times., 1935-06-22

ShiftleSS way until Hannah, a
mere sixteen year old flapper,
takes over the management of the
household upon the death of her
mother.
Slowly, sturdily, step by step,
sometimes wavering but always re-
turning to her purpose, Hannah
sacrifices herself for her family
and succeeds in winning the re-
spect of the entire community.
Unfortunately, this reformation
exacts a cruel toll, involving not
only Hannah's personal freedom
but bringing sad end to her love
story as well.
She meets 1t bravely but there
it is and if you insist upon sweet
ness and light Second Hoeing" is
not for you. In some ways it is
very nue. like Barren Ground"
which came out many seasons
back. At any rate men will like
Second Hoeing" much better
than women.
C"Second Hoeing," a story of
the soil By Hope Williams
SkyeS. PutnansJ.
The Washington times., 1935-06-22

There is despair in Mr.. Cobb's
book. There is the injustice anG
the meanness of warfare too, but
Mr.. Cobb wrote about Frenchmen.
Won Remarque about the Ger
mans.
The national differences, the
fact that one was the implacable
enemy and the other the defender
Of home and country, make the
difference.
Mr.. Cobb has assumed the
true style of the tale bearer in
stead of aspiring to any flour
ishes of literary exactness. He
has q story to tell. The regi-
ment is due for rest. Orders
halt it on it's march back from
the front. The men are amazed.
They are going back. Back into
the trenches again. A big drive
is on.
The regiment is chosen to cap
ture fortified German hill.
Great preparations are made.
Zero hour arrives. The barrages
begin. The men start over the
top. The Germans unleash their
defense in almost an offensive
manner. The attack fails. The
regiment is cut in half. It is
relieved-to go back under ar
rest.
A whole regiment is put under
arrest. And then the startling
climax. Three men. One from
each of three companies are Sc
lected for a summary court
martial and shot for cowardice.
It is a real story well told.
And it is not too long after
wards to freshen ones memory
of the pitiless toll the great
World War exacted.
"Paths of Glory" 1Odr NOBEL By
Humphrey Cobb, Viking Press.
The Washington times., 1935-06-22

Mr.. Davidson has just lent his
bronze bust of President Roose.
welt to the Corcoran Galley of Art,
where it will remain on exhibition
indefinitely.
This bust is typical of Mr.. David
sons sculptured portraits. 1t has
depth, Imagination, vigor and un'
derstanding. It gives one the feel
ing that when the President sat
for the work, 10 Davidson visual
lied in a glance the strength and
force Of his subject.
Purity Of Lines
His modelling is minute and
there is a purity in his lines which
demonstrates beyond any question
that he is master Of his art.
Mr.. Davidson has been com.
pared with Houdon, the great
Eighteenth century sculptor whose
bust Of George Washington is
recognized as the greatest ever
made. Houdon crossed the Allan.
tic to carve out the image of
George washington as soon as the
Declaration of Independence was
signed.
In like manner, Davidson
crossed the Atlantic to make his
portraits of the great Allies fig.
ureS when the World War was
ended.
At that time, the great Ameri.
can sculptor executed his famous
busts Of Marshall Foch, Ignace
Paderewski and other war figures.
At the conclusion of the war,
President Woodrow Wilson also
sat for him. It was the only time
he sat for a sculptor while he was
President.
Individualistic
Davidson is a realistic, impress
sionistic artist, who doesn't de.
pend on tradition for his art. He
is individualistic in the greatest
degree.
His statue of Gertrude Stein,
the bizarre poetess, has created
much comment here and abroad.
The work shows the poetess sitting
cross-legged, apparently thinking
out some Of her dash-dot poetry.
Davidson's bust of his mother
first brought him out Of his OBJ.
security, first demonstrating the
force Of his ability to handle facial
expression and the amplitude OF
his style.
He was brought up on the East
Side Of New York and suffered
the pangs of hunger on many oc.
casions in order to realize his
great ambitions in art.
The Washington times., 1935-06-22

A Hero

It's too bad that the story Of
Cupid Napoleon" takes 50 long
in the telling.
It's bit too 1ong!winded to car
ry the full force Of its amazing
sequences. Napoleon Bonaparte
Luckett was just an ordinary
young man until author Slater La
Master took him in hand. And
when he gets through with him
he makes Christopher Columbus
and some other heroes look 1ike
bargain counter products.
To begin with Mr.. N. B. Lick.
EFT gets so drunk that he makes
his first airp1ane flight. a solo in
the worlds fastest plane. Then
the world discovers what the N. B.
stand for.
After that it's just q race to
see to what heights the author can
raise his hero, and he picks the
moon as about the best goal. So
Napoleon Bonaparte Luc kett
starts out for the moon in a rocket
ship.
To keep the story at least par
TALLY reasonable, Mr.. Lancaster
lands the rocket on earth and not
on the moon. But he picks a
pretty preposterouS place. Right
smack in the midst Of one of the
most exclusive nudist colonies.
The adventures of N. B. Luckett
are unique. It takes rather a
long time to tell about them, but
at least Mr.. Luckett moves fast
enough each time he gets started.
"Cupid Napoleon" rolltcking
adventure, BY Slater La Master,
published by Bruce Humphries
Company.
The Washington times., 1935-06-22
The Best
Sellers
FICTION

= AO44ON
paths of Glory" by
Humphrey Cobb, Viking.
Now in November" by
Josephine johnson, Simon
& Schuster.
Treasure of the Sierra
Madre," by B. Traven,
Knopf.
Young Kenny" by
Mao de la Roche, Little,
Brown.
Green Light" by Lloyd
G. Douglas, Houghton,
Mnflin.
Forty Days Of Musa
Dagh," by Franz Werfel,
Viking.
NONFICTION
r. z. Lee," 4 vols, by
Douglas s. Free m a n,
Scribner.
Road to War" by
Walter Mills, Houghton,
Mifflin.
1.-THE Old Boat Rocker"
by William s. Mudd,
Dodd, Mead.
Catherine" by Gina
Klaus, Viking.
Ordeal by Fire." by
Fletcher Pratt, Harrison
Smith.
Autobiography Of John
Hays Hammond" 2 vols,
Farrar & Rinehart.
The Washington times., 1935-06-22
Another Story of World
Wars Pih1ess Toll

"Paths of Glory Paths of shame. Paths Of horror.
They synonymous to Humphrey Cobb. They all lead
the same way They all have the same end-Death
Mr. Cobb has written about all three in his latest work
the World War; Already his novel is being called
other "A Quiet the Western Front The comparison
is incorrect Mr. Cobb in the enthusiasm Of his story tell
ing has substituted buoyancy for the hopelesnes Of AL
Quiet
The Washington times., 1935-06-22
Sculptor s Rise toFamels
Modern Success Story

Sometimes he is called the greatest American sculptor
times the greatest contemporary sculptor Frequently he is
compared with Houdon and Rodn One great critic has called
him the Thinker in Bronze"
He is 10 Davidson whose to fame is Success story
which is almost without rival in annals artists
The Washington times., 1935-06-22

ent traffic regulations probably
has more to do with Washing
tons amazing accident total than
anything else which might be en-
countered, police officials say.
This does not necessarily indi-
cate any laxity on the part of
the examiners who quiz appli-
cants for permits. Rather it is
an indictment of the motorists
who secured their permits several
years ago and have not taken
the time nor trouble to acquaint
themselves with subseq uen t
changes.
Right Of Way
A striking example is the regu-
lation pertaining to the right-of-
way. Formerly the regulations
provided that when two vehicles
approached an intersection the
one on the right had the right of
way. Many court battle which
followed collision was settled by
just that rule. Now, however. this
has all been changed and the
right-of-way ordinance now states
that:
"The driver of vehicle ap-
preaching an intersection shall
yield the right Of way to a We
hicle which has already entered
the intersection. When two We
hicles enter the intersection at
the same time, the driver Of
the vehicle on the left shall
yield to the driver on the right"
The regulation pertaining to
stop signs has likewise been
changed in recent years. It is now
not nearly so stringent as for"
merly.
A few years ago when a driver
approached a street at which a
stop" sign had been placed he
was required to come to full
stop, and could not proceed until
the street had been cleared OF
traffic.
Now, that regulation has been
amended so as to allow a vehicle
to proceed as soon as it can do
so without creating a hazard, and
any vehicles approaching after it
has entered the intersection must
yield the right-of-way.
Scores of other regulations have
been amended in recent years,
some having been made less ex-
acting while others have become
increasingly stringent. In view
of this numerous civic organiza-
tions, traffic authorities and po-
lice officials have demanded that
a person be required to pass an
examination in the regulations
each time he has his permit to
operate a car renewed.
Small Minority
Not all traffic violations result
from ignorance of the regulations,
however. There is a small mi.
nority who deliberately violate the
ordinances, almost defying the Of
ficers on traffic duty to give them
a ticket.
And there are others who just
can't see why the police have to
be so 'fussy." A few days ago a
woman received a ticket for park
ing in a space reserved for vehi-
cles loading or unloading COM
mercial cargos. It seems that her
daughter was to be married in
just few days, and she was so
busy that she just didn't have
time to search for a parking place.
So she took the first vacant one
she found. Commercial vehicles
were restrained from loading or
unloading while her car occupied
it, and when she appeared at the
traffic bureau to attempt to have
the ticket quashed she explained:
"But my daughter is getting
married next week, and you've
no idea of how much work I
have to do. Besides, I wasn't
in that space more than three
quarters of an hour"
The Washington times., 1935-06-22
DISTRICT MOTORISTS PAY 100000 A VEAL
Probably Enjoy 1t as the
Figure Is Mounting
Annually


Washington motorists pay than 100000 year for
the privilege of violation traffic regulations!
What's more they to be growing and more
figure has mounted steadily every twelve months.
This year. for instance it is estimated that something in
the nehborhood of $2o60O will be taken in by the Traffic
Records Office in payment of collateral tickets"
against $1532S which passed through the cashiers window
during the fiscal year 1884.
Evening star., 1935-07-13

But if you will look at his origina
message to Congress, you may find q
significant piece of evidence. In it he
favored both the viewpoints of Mr.
Hopkins and Mr.. Ickes.
His primary principle then er-
pressed was that all works should
be useful mot for day, or
year, but useful in the sense that
it affords permanent Improvement
in lining conditions" this is the
Ickes contention erdctly).
But his third principle then laid
down was that projects should be un-
dertaken on which large percentage
Of direct labor can be used. (This Is
the Hopkins philosophy He wanted to
spend for wages first, Ickes for ma
terials f1rst)
To give you an idea of the confusion
still existing, the mayor of large
Eastern city wired Washington recent
ly as follows:
do you know when contemplated
allotment of works progress funds will
be made? There is considerable ques-
ton as to whether city will have to
pay for material. My original under
standing was that Federal Govern
ment would bear entire cost of w. P.
A. When will final forms of W. p A.
applications be ready? Only forms
we have had are stated to be tenta-
tive"
Rankin Charges Heard Calmly.
Representative Rankin failed to Gre
ate much excitemsnt among his col
Evening star., 1935-07-13
SCORES INJURED
IN LUMBER RIOT
Rocks, Rifle Butts, Slaves
and Bayonets Used in
Street Fighting.

TACOMA, Wash, July 13.-Scores
nursed hurts from rocks, rife butts,
slaves and bayonets today after riot
Gus street fighting precipitated by the
prolonged Pacific Northwest lumber
strike. Six persons were seriously in
jured before National Guardsmen
quelled with tear and nausea gas a
melee in which nearly 1000 strike
sympathizers participated for four
hours.
At least 40 OF the demonstrators
were arrested and hustled of in Ma
tional Guard trucks, while scores
more. including sympathizers and
spectators, were affected by the gas
which flooded the Federal Building
and adjacent Office structures.
National Guard forces. ordered here
by Gov. Clarence D. Martin several
weeks ago. guarded today against fur
ther outbreaks.
The rioting began when big crowd
attempted to push by National
GuardSmen across the Eleventh street
bridge. leading from the business dis
trict to the mill area.
Troubles of lesser kind also
spotted" the strike picture in other
Western Washington cities. but oper-
ators asserted the strike was nearing
an end.
The striking union demanded rec
ognition, a 40-hour work week and
wage increases.
Evening star., 1935-07-13
GOVERNOR REFUSES
LUKE LEA PARDON
Sentence in Asheville Bank Fraud
Case and Long Fight Are
Recalled.
BY the Associated Press.


RALEIGH. N. c., July l3-Gov.
Ehringhaus today announced he had
declined the petition OF Luke Lea,
former United States Senator from
Tennessee, for a pardon.
Lea was sentenced in Asheville after
his conviction on charges of conspiracy
to defraud the Central Bank g. Trust
Co. there He fought his conviction
through every court at his command
and entered prison May 9, 1884. TO
serve his term of six to ten years,
though he had been convicted in
August. 1881.
Luke Lea. jr.. was convicted with
his father and entered prison at the
same time, but was released last year
on parole due TO his physical condi-
ton. Wallace B. Davis. president of
the Central Bank, also was convicted
in the same case, and after one petit
ton for clemency was denied in his
case, he was freed under parole sew
eral weeks ago.
]. NJ Broughton. Raleigh lawyer
presented the Lea pardon petition to
Edwin NJ Gill. parole commissioner,
on June l and the middle OF last
month a hearing lasting more than
six hours was held before Gill at
which voluminouS records contending
that Lea had been shown to be in
nocent by new evidence" were pre-
Sented.
Evening star., 1935-07-13
COUPLE ESCAPE FIRE
BY LEAP INTO RIVER
Rx the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MILLINGTON, Md, July ia
six-hour fire of unknown origin de-
stroyed the D. E. Foote & Co. cannery
and packing house five miles from
here today, caused damage officially
set at $4,000 and forced the plant
vice president and his wife to leap
for their lives into the Chester River
The Foote Co. built the Crumpton
plant l9 years ago at an approximate
cost of SLOT 900, and its activities pro-
vided the sole means Of support of
approximately 300 residents of the
village Of Crumpton.
George Phillips, jr., vice president,
was asleep with his wife in an apart
ment adjoining the factory. When he
was awakened the fire had gained
such headway that all exits were
blocked and he and his wife were
compelled to leap. They swan about
so yards along the shore to escape the
sparks, Phillips said. and landed below
the plant. They were clad only in
night clothes.
Hampton Steele, secretary treasurer
Of the Foote Co., said in Baltimore
that the loss approximated $75000-
most of which was covered by insur-
ance. He said an investigation would
be launched Immediately to determine
the origin Of the blaze.
Evening star., 1935-07-13
Italy Would Negotiate.

ROME, July l3 tP).-Italy will at
tend a meeting of the Council of the
League Of Nations if one Is called
shortly on her dispute with Ethiopia.
it was said today in authoritative
circles.
At the same time authorities, COM
menting unofficially on Secretary
Hulls declaration in support of the
BRAND kellogg pact. asserted Italy in
no way" has violated that treaty.
Italy's attitude toward the League
will be that the Council cannot pro-
ceed to name an arbitrator, CT fifth
member. to the conciliation COMMITS
sion. whose labors recently broke
down.
ANY attempt on the part of 'he
Council to interpose its will in the
controversy will be met with the
strongest opposition, it was made
clear, and If such an action on the
part of the Council should continue
Italy would leave the League Of Ma
tions.
Rome contends that the commits
sion was constituted to discuss the
specific question Of frontier incidents
and that it begged up because Ethi-
opia sought to inject the question Of
frontiers.
Therefore, 1t was argued, an arbi-
traitor cannot be appointed until the
four members had exhausted dis
cussion of the question placed before
them by the League-that Of frontier
incidents.
British Are Hopeful.
LONDON, July 13 (P).-Some Brit
ish circles professed today to see il
Secretary of State Hulls declaration
in support of the BRAND kellogg pact
a hint that the United States is will
ing to join Great Britain in front"
to prevent an Italo-E Ethiopian con-
flict.
These quarters viewed the American
Secretary's statement as the most i'm
portant contribution yet to impress
upon Premier Mussolini the gravity
with which other nations view posi-
BILE hostilities.
Because of the weekend holiday
no official comment was anticipated
Immediately.
Evening star., 1935-07-13
10000 SOLDIERS
MASSED IN PARIS
Modified to Prevent
Clashes in Celebration
of Basti||e Day.
Ry the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, July ia potential dicta-
tor and his left-wing opponents strug-
gled for the control of France today,
the eve of the Bastille day holiday, as
troops and police were massed to keep
their supporters apart.
Soldiers from provincial posts were
brought into the city to reinforce local
garrisons and 10000 police stood ready
to prevent political disorders.
So tense was the feeling that
leaders of hostile masses gave orders
for severe discipline to their forces.
gathering for monster demonstrations
at opposite ends of the capital.
A demonstration by the nationalistic
French solidarity" organization at the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier this
afternoon, was the first week end job
for police.
Leaders Of the Nationalist Croix de
Feu Crosses of Fire. pledged "devo-
ton" to Lieut.. Col. Francois de la
Rocque, chief of their ever-swelling
forces, who would be dictator Of
France.
Members Of this national union Of
war veterans announced they "are
remaining calm, but are ready, II
necessary, to respond to our leader 5
call if a red dictatorship Is attempted
by a sudden attack"
LeftistS, on the other hand, warned
their followers that display of the red
flag is forbidden. They set up their
own police force Of 5000 men with red
| arm bands to maintain order among
their 100000 comrades.
Disorder at Valenciennes, in which
several persons were injured in an
anti-FaScist" clash, increased author
tiles fears of stormy week end here
A Paris secondhand dealer, in
whose shop police seized $50 rifles was
charged with keeping war arms"
Young Radical Socialists. Socialists
and Communists have formed ''popu-
lar front" against De la ROGUE. They
are led by former Premier Edouard
Daladier, Leon Blum and Maurice
Thorez, respectively.
Left wing forces will march tomor-
row from the former site OF the Bas-
tile to the Vincennes Wood. while the
Croix de Feu, after gathering at the
Arch Of Triumph. will proceed to the
Bois de Boulogne.
La ROGUE. 42year-old aristocratic
'strong man" and retired officer.
claims $4,000 followers in the Paris
region.