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Evening star., 1936-06-14
Mvsfrution by
9. Pofriek Nelson

Her hands were clenched upon her breast and
her breath came in choking gasps. And then
she gave small sound, half relief, and half a
sob.
why, puppy!' she exclaimed.
The dog that peered up at her was unde-
niably puppy, though he was pretty big. He
was shivering, and his babyish eyes looked
dazed. Noreen knelt on the pavement.
Whats the matter, lamb -pie?" she asked,
and saw the answer to her own question. His
foot was hanging twisted, and there was a
blackish smear on the side of his lean body.
Noreen's hand reached to touch the rough
head and the dog lurched closer to her and
whined.
For crying out loud" she said, "how in the
dickens did you get down here, anyway? Did
car run over you? wonder -"
A voice spoke. 1t came from above Noreen.
us your dog hurt?"
Noreen jumped. She saw two sturdy blue
clad limbs, a blue coat, blue eyes set in a
tanned, smiling face. She saw vizored blue
hat. She said: It's not mine, officer; guess
it's stray. But the dog is hurt. Badly, I'm
afraid"
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and hurry back. You see, I've date to meet
somebody"
The policeman was startled. "A date, here
with your fellow?" he asked. "Goshl'
Noreens eyes flashed Indignantly. what
do you think ann" she asked. II wouldn't
let a fellow keep me hung up on a street
corner, at night. This is business appoint
ment."
The policeman took off his hat and rubbed
the top of it, with puzzled air. Business
appointment! Well, I'll be - What sort of
business appointment"
Noreen answered with total disregard for
the majesty of the law. "It's nothing to do
with your business, anyway" she said, ''but
that's not why I'm being so close-mouthed.
The fact is, don't know the details lost
my job this evening, and a guy who had work
he thought could do told me to meet him
here"
The puppy crawled closer to Noreen, and
whimpered inquiringly. Noreen laid her slim
forefinger against his nose.
Hot and dry" she said half to herself.
"He's feverish. Hey, YOU - she was address
Continued on poss 15)
Evening star., 1936-06-14

The tall policeman studied Noreen with
frank interest. When he transferred his atten-
ton to the shivering dog, Noreen studied him.
He was very young and very good-looking in
the bright light of the corner arc lamp.
"The pup could use bath" he said finally,
land vet" He was bending from his great
height, running gentle fingers over the dogs
side. Hes had a nasty bump A fine pup, too."
Noreen said, you're telling me2 What's
worrying me is where can take him to be
mended"
The puppy whined again, and slumped flat
on the pavement, resting his head against
Noreen's foot, his sad gaze glued on her face
The policeman grinned. THE pup may be
cripple" he said, "but he's good picker!
There's swell animal hospital not far away
and there's man on duty all night. I've
taken strays to him before If you'll stick by
until my relief comes, I can carry the dog
there for you. 1t won't be many minutes now."
Noreen was fondling floppy ear. She said:
I'm not sure can wait for you ii I'm in
kind of box and I've got to work quick, so
you better show me how to get to this hos
pital by my lonesome. I'll leave the puppy,
Evening star., 1936-06-14

~ the corner OF the deserted street.
She felt that she had made poor
decision, back there in the res
taurant i perhaps dangerous decision. But
girl must eat and be able to pay her room
rent, and job - these days - was job!
She'd come to work at the usual time,
happy as lark singing as she put on the
tricky mauve uniform which she wore in the
hat-check booth. She'd stopped singing how
ever, when Big Mike Coletti walked across
the foyer and paused in front of her.
You can get your envelope at closing time,
Noreen, he said. There's another girl taking
your place tomorrow"
Noreen had stammered But, Mr. Col
etti -
Big Mike had grown ugly This new girl
Il play ball with tn customers" he said,
and walked on, and Noreen knew he was
referring to an incident of the night before
with a ed-faced gentleman, considerably the
worse for wear, who had retired from the hat
check booth nursing a slapped cheek
Noreen hadn't sung any more that evening.
She'd even found it hard to smile and toward
eleven-thirty the tears were hanging so
Heavily Oil llCI ldolkCo tiIdI oikC SoOiol SOli-
ceal them. 1t was the tears that made the
dark. slim man, with the scar on his cheek,
ask: What's biting you, Noreen?"
Noreen tried to swallow her grief. This man
was an important citizen, what Big Mike
called "a spender.'
I'm fired" she managed finally.
The dark man looked at her strangely.
Say" he said, 'for girl who has quick eyes
and ears - and could learn to run car i
know of swell job. How soon will you be
free?'
Noreen told him, I'm quitting tonight
Seems l m not friendly enough"
The dark man moved quite close to the
counter of the hat-check booth. He said
i've been watching you, Noreen You got
judgment, and you don't butt in and you
don't ask unnecessary questions and you
don't feel your oats. You leave tonight, eh?"
He smiled, smile that made his scar do
macabre dance We'll, suppose about mid
night you meet me downtown -" He men,
toned a street. Better wait on the corner.
You'll have the place to yourself - it amt
residential Know where | mean?"
Noreen said, "Yes, | know. It's the whole
sale jewelry district, and it's like a tomb by
twelve. But say explained why Big Mikes
giving me the air - for not being friendly, y
understand"
The dark man smiled again. You needn't
worry, kid. It's only your ears and eyes that
I'm interested in" He stalked off, out of the
restaurant and left Noreen pondering.
Noreen stood on the street corner. The
darkness looked spooky and the dark man
hadn't told her how long she was to wait Per-
haps she'd d have to stand there for an hour -
even two hours. Perhaps he'd been having fun
maybe this was gag! No that guy
didn't joke; she d seen him get mad, once, at
waiter. Using her eyes and ears - it sounded
insane. WE'LL she d be ready to hold an insane
job if she had to stand on this queer corner
much longer She'd almost give her pay en-
velope, pinned in her jacket pocket, for human
companionship. She'd give e all at once she
was screaming in a curiously muffled way. For
something - something not human - had
slithered against her leg.
1t took courage for Noreen to glance down.
Evening star., 1936-06-14
by MARGARET E. SANGSTER

uoREEN stood under the arc light on
\ the corner of the deserted street.
. She felt that she had made a poor
decision, back there in the res
Evening star., 1936-09-13
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undertaken by Secretary Of the
Treasury Morgenthau since taking
of1ice in 1884. Previousy, through de-
partmental orders, he unified the
various divisions Of the Treasury law
enforcement personnel to the extent
Of wiping out liquor smuggling along
our coasts.
Today liquor smuggling along the
Atlantic is non-existent. For the first
time in l6 years, the Coast Guard re-
ported recently to the Secretary, no
liquor ships were to be seen. A year
ago there existed OF the Coast q
fleet Of not less than 70-odd
"rummies." IS to 30 standing in at q
time.
The challenge these illicit cargo
ships presented to Secretary Morgen-
thau was taken up. He met 1t by
co-ordinating all the enforcement
agencies at his command and going
after them.
Alcohol Newest Cargo.
These vessels were different from
the old rum runners Of the prohibi-
ton period. Those were stationary
vessels that dealt in bottled liquor.
But after repeal another type Of
vessel made its appearance. 1t was a
craft low in the water, painted a dirty
gray. provisioned for long voyages and
equipped with radio. And instead of
handling bottled liquor it handled
alcohol. Alcohol which would make
from 2 to ~ gallons OF fake liquor for
every gallon used Old-time smug-
Cling had been revived: Treasury en-
forcement against Illicit stills and al
cohol diversion brought about the re-
vival.
These vessels cruised up and down
the coast. and speed vessels went out
from shore to meet them beyond the
12-mile limit. They were well Or
ganized. When pressed they trans
ferred their cargoes to one another.
This alcohol fleet" reached its max
imum size in the Fall of 1884 and
Spring of 1885.
Against the co-ordinated enforce
ment personnel set up by Secretary
Morgenthau this feet did not have q
chance. There was the Coast Guard,
Evening star., 1936-09-13
appear tomorrow.
Continued From First Page.)

agreed to the setting up of such a
board. the minority were bound by its
decision, and were subject to penal
ties for violation. OF the new deal
measures referred to the court. this
act alone was in effective operation.
The Supreme Court declared the
federal legislation unconstitutional,
there being no national emergency
affecting the marketing of natural
products. Nor was it within the fed
eral power to regulate trade and COM
merce. The latter power, according
| to the court, extends only to external
and to interprovincial trade.
The court applied the same princi-
pie in its decision on the act creating
the Dominion Trade and Industry
Commission. This body was empow-
cred. as is the United States Federal
Trade Commission, to investigate un-
fair trade practices, to administer anti
trust legislation, to inquire into ques-
tions relating to commodity stand
ards, and to recommend to the gov
ernment the approval of industrial
agreements controlling anad regulat-
ing prices or production In order to
prevent "wasteful or demoralizing
competition" The latter provision
again embodied an IN. R. A." idea,
and was invalidated because it ex-
ceeded the federal power; it contem-
plated individual agreements relating
to trade which might be entirely local.
Beyond this section the act was held
in large part valid.
Criminal Law Amendment.
Another new deal masure rgulat-
ing business practices was enacted by
Parliament in the form of an amend
ment to the criminal law. 1t aims at
unfair competition in the form of
price discrimination. The Canadian
Supreme Court held that the legislation
was a valid exercise of the federal
power over criminal law
The only other measure declared
entirely valid was the farmers cred
itors arrangement act, which is along
the lines of farm relief and debt ad-
justment legislation in the United
States.
The social reform measures in Can
ada'S new deal met with mixed treat
ment at the hands of the court. The
employment and social insurance COM
mission act was invalidated by a 4-2
decision on grounds which may well
apply to the recent social security leg
islation Of the United States. The act
provided for system of unemploy-
ment insurance, administered by a
commission, with a central fund to
which employers. employees and the
federal government would each COM
pulsorily contribute.
The minority opinion held that the
act possessed the essential elements of
legislation respecting taxation, and
that it was valid exercise of the fed
eral power to raise money by any mode
or system of taxation and to appro-
pirate it for public purposes.
The majority of the court, however
declared that the act did not possess
the characteristics of taxing statute
but that taxation was merely Incl
dental to the main purpose of estab-
fishing a system of unemployment in
Evening star., 1936-09-13

or even hundreds daily, and it had
been a habit with him to save the
covers in which they were inclosed
The market price of such philatelic
items might not have been high. Yet
they were part of an estate, and even
in 1893 there was a public which
could have been counted upon to ap-
preciate them.
H. E. Miller, 1923 Dent place north
west. has discovered one of the most
interesting and amusing varities in
years. 1t seems to be constant in
an undetermined plate of the Anthony
stamp and gives the celebrated re-
former the appearance of smoking
cigar or Cigarette long dash from
the lips toward the frame in exactly
the right angle and with q pale
cloud" of smoke rising from the end
Mrs. Catherine L. Manning. phila-
telic curator, Smithsonian Institu-
ton, will lead the Washington con-
tingent to the American PhilateliC
Society convention at Omaha, Sep
tember Is to 81. She will carry with
her selected material from the Gov
ernment stamp collection for exhibi-
tion. and will be one of the speakers
in the philatelic symposium planned
for the second day of the meeting.
The Capitol Precancel Club will
meet at the home of Alex T. Britton
4608 Highland avenue, Bethesda, to-
morrow evening at 8. Visitors well
come.
The Washington Collectors, Club,
Branch S, Society Of Philatelic Amer
leans, will meet at the Thomson
School, Twelfth street, Tuesday eve
ming at 8. James F. Duhamel will
exhibit stamps from his albums and
there win be an auction. Public in
vited.
The Washington Philatelic Society
will meet at. the Hotel Carlton, Six
teenth street, Wednesday evening at
8. Harry r. Dunkhorst, veteran prac-
titioner of the science and art OF
stamp collecting, will be the guest
Of honor and principal speaker. Wis.,
itors particularly welcome for "a spe-
cial occasion"
Evening star., 1936-09-13
New stamps from Peru will include:

New stamps from Peru will include:
For regular postage, &c. gray. guano
industry; &c, gray, petrol wells at
Talara; 10c, red, Inca courier: 15c,
blue, Promenade de la Republique;
zoe, black, municipal palace and mu-
scum; soc, University of st. Mark.
Lima; Is, mauve, Post and Telegraph
ONCE. Lima; Is. Viceroy Don Manuel
de Amat y Junyent, Master Of Posts,
1772; los, blue, Don Jose Antonio
Pando; 20s, gray and mauve, Don
Jose Davila Condemarin; Callao Gem
tenary commemoratives. &c, black.
first Peruvian warship, 1927: 4c, greer.
Naval College. Punta: SC, gray. Place
d'Independence, Callao; 10c, blue,
aerial view of Callao: 15c, gray, docks
and custom house; zoe, gray, Callao
in 1746; 35c, gray, La Callao." first
locomotive in South America, 1851:
soc, mauve, Grand Marshal Don Jose
de la Mar; Is. deep green, Packet Boat
Sacramento" 1921: Is. mauve. Vice.
roy Don Jose A. Nanso de Velasco;
IS, red, Maipu fort; los, gray and
orange, Chateau del Real Filipe.
A new series of airmails Is in
dicated for Syria.
Evening star., 1936-09-13
Canada New Deal Blocked by Rulings
On Laws, Paralleling Those of U. S.

surance. This was an indirect attempt
to invade the provincial field of prop
erty and civil rights, which includes
control over insurance matters. If this
were allowed, said the court, "the
| Dominion Parliament. under color of
the taxing power, would be permitted
to invade almost any of the fields ex-
clusively reserved by the constitution
to the Legislatures in each province"
This was one of the main grounds
for the invalidation Of the agricultural
adjustment act by the United States
Supreme Court. 1t held that Congress
was exercising its powers of taxation
to attain an unconstitutional end and
that the tax was merely an incident
to the main purpose. If the A. A. A.
| decision is applied. the Federal social
security act. which is based on the
Federal taxing and spending power.
may also be declared invalid, because
it imposes taxation not for raising a
revenue, but for making payments to
the aged and the unemployed.
The three remaining social reforms
submitted to the Canadian Supreme
| Court involved consideration of a re-
Gently invoked federal power. They
provided for the federal fixing and en-
forcement Of minimum rates of wages
and enacted the eight-hour day. the
4s-hour week and q weekly day of
rest in industrial establishments
These matters had hitherto all been
declared to fall within the provincial
jurisdiction over property and civil
! rights. But Parliament now dealt with
them in virtue of the ratification of
draft conventions of the International
Labor ONCE, Of which Canada is a
member. 1t asserted the federal pow
er to perform the obligations arising
from treaties.
The court divided evenly, S-3, on
this legislation. The judges who de-
clared it invalid held that the federal
power was encroaching on provincial
rights and that international obliga-
tions affecting matters assigned ex-
clusively to the provinces required
their legislative consent.
Exclusive Authority.
The judges who favored the consti-
tutionality of the measures-and their
opinion is supported by recent prece-
dents-maintained the exclusive au-
thority Of the Dominion to give force
to international agreements.
The latter view Is likely to prevail
1t bears important implications for
nations with federal constitutions. So
long as treaties were concerned prin-
cipally with war and peace and inter-
national trade, they did not directly
concern the individual states or prov
inces But now that they may embody
provisions affecting social and eco
nomic regulation-as do the conven-
tions of the International Labor ONCE.
which includes Canada and the United
States in its membership-they are
likely to affect the distribution Of
governmental powers within a nation.
They may, therefore, become an in
strument for promoting uniformity Of
legislation In Federal States.
The attainment Of such uniformity
as appears necessary Is . difncult
problem.
Evening star., 1936-09-13

two tricks with the ace and king oi
spades.
The logical basis for Mr.. Maier's
play. Of course, lay in the fact that
he was playing the hand in the safest
possible manner for six. At the same
time. with the West player void ID
trumps, it was a reasonable assump.
ton that he would hold five diamonds
and four spades. Since this was the
case, Mr.. Maier was able to make
seven.
Other players who tried to set ur
dummy's spade suit found themselves
shortened in their own hands, ano
hence were held to six or went down
QUESTION: Both sides were vul-
" nerable and the opponents had
go. was second hand and held:
Ak
vAxx XXX
K JxX
= A Jx
Dealer opened with one spade
and 1 overcalled with two hearts, was
promptly doubled and set three tricks
My partner, with two small hearts
and five diamonds to the queen,
could have saved cheaply at three
diamonds, but left me in. I would
appreciate your comments"
AnSwer-Your two-heart overcall
was decidedly bad. Instead, you
should have double for takeout. Now,
whatever suit your partner responded
in would have been all right. OF
course. your hand is not really strong
enough in high cards for double,
but when your opponents have a par
tial score, you cannot afford TO sit
back and let them win the rubber.
(Copyright, 1850
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letters from readers il a stamped t3-centb
sell addressed envelope is inclosed with
each communication. II you desire the
pocket outline of the Four Aces system
OF contract bridge. send. with your re-
quest, a stamped (3-cent). Sef-addressed
large size envelope TO the Four Aces. Inc.
l3O West Forty-second street. New York
City. and you will receive an outline with
out any charge
The next article in this series will
appear tomorrow.
Evening star., 1936-09-13

entrance stairway; IS, same as IS, and
los. same as llas.
There also will be a special gov
ernment postcard for the dedica-
ton.
A Far Eastern Philatelic Exhibi-
ton will be held at Manila under
the auspices of the Philippines Chap
ter of the American Philatelic So
ciety, February to Z. co-incident
to the Eucharistic Congress in the
same city.
Nineteenth century stamps are ris-
ing in price. Reports from London
and Paris. as well as New York. indi-
cate steady advances since the begin
ming of the current year. and there
is no suggestion of any decline. The
classics. it seems, are coming into
their own, despite speculation in recent
issues.
Thomas Brown. Governor of Flor
ida. 1849-1853. invented the glass
front pigeon hole mail boxes still used
in hundreds of post Offices. The date
of their first appearance is given as
1910.
Communications for the design of
the Susan B. Anthony stamp continue
to be received. It has been praised
by Eugene Klein, president, American
Philatelic Society, and many other
experts. The credit in the circum-
stances is due to Mrs. Adelaide john
son, sculptor, who created the por-
trait statue of the suffrage pioneer,
and Victor S. McCloskey, jr., Bureau
Of Engraving and Printing artist,
who was responsible for the layout"
of the issue.
When Walt Whitman. poet Of
democracy" lay dying in his little
house in Mickle street. Camden, N.
j., late in February, 1893. his physi-
clans ordered his rooms cleared of a
vast accumulation of books, pamph-
lets and correspondence which he
had collected over a long period of
years.
Friends volunteered for the task,
promising to be careful to prevent
the loss of manuscripts and other pa
pers which might be Of value in the
judgment of the bard's literary execu-
tors. Everything was examined
scrupulously. Bound volumes then
were assembled in one huge pile in
the hallway on the second floor of
the building. Magazines were ar
ranged in second classification, mis-
cellaneous correspondence in third.
At last. according to the poets
biographers, nothing remained to be
disposed of except "a great many old
envelopes, wrapping paper and other
scraps" The debris was burned.
But, from the philatelic point Of
view, 1t always will be regretted that
no stamp collector was present to
preserve such specimens as probably
were irretrievably discarded. Whit
man had friends in every part Of the
world. letters came to him by scores
Evening star., 1936-09-13
War on Smugggglers Winning

the Secret Service, the customs
(agents and patroD narcotics and two
branches Of the Internal Revenue
Bureau-the alcohol tax unit and the
internal revenue unit. In action the
Coast Guard chased the "alcoholers''
at sea; the customs patrol chased
them along the border, and the rev.
enue officers chased them inland. In
the meanwhile the customs agents
pried into their secrets and the Secret
Service checked up stamp issues. Net
result: Coverage Of the Nation and
the waters surrounding it for a dis
stance OF IL miles by a tireless. en-
ergetic body of anti-smuggling human
bloodhounds to the end that the
smugglers Of illicit liquor into the
country gave up the business as a bad
enterprise.
Cargo Diversion Reduced.
But If that were not enough, the
Government did work at the same
time in the chancellories Of the ma
tions from which came the flow OF
illicit liquor. With one after another
arrangements were made whereby ex-
porters were required to post bond
that liquor-laden ships would make
the port in the manifest. Diversion
OF cargoes was thus reduced to a min
imum. No ship could start for Brazil
and wind up in the United States.
During the height Of this warfare.
the Secretary. in addition to using
planes and cutters of the Coast Guard
to stop entry, used also smaller boats
to guard bays and inlets against con-
tact boats. Also shore patrol was
employed, made up Of Coast Guard
personnel, alcohol tax personnel and
customs personnel. This patrol oper-
ated In autos, on motor cycles and
afoot. Today, with the rum feet out
and alcohol smuggling reduced to a
trickle, this shore patrol has been
withdrawn from the enforcement pic
ture.
The problem Of narcotic smuggling
Is not different from that of liquor
smuggling. except in one small detail.
Opium and its derivatives occupy less
space than liquor. Thousands of dol
lars worth Of such smuggled goods
can be brought into the country on
the person. Hundreds Of thousands
of dollars worth of opium can be
brought in on one vessel.
Detection Biggest Problem.
Detection is the great problem
here. This is the work of customs
agents scattered throughout the
United States and countries abroad.
When the public reads of the cap
ture Of a vast amount of smuggled
opium, OF the arrest of members of an
opium smuggling ring-or of some
other smuggling ring-it marvels, per-
maps, at the manner in which the Gov
ernment stumbled onto the facts. But
the Government did not stumble onto
them. Secret agents working in every
part of the world, watching exports
and ships manifests, known smuggling
characters and the channels employed
by them, collect information that
leads to exposure.
Only recently young girl of for
eign extraction was apprehended in
New York in connection with SNUG
Cling. How was she captured? She
had been under surveillance in the
West. The borders were closely
watched to see that she did not re-
treat to Canada or Mexico. Ship
passenger lists were scanned, also
passengers. She was nowhere seen.