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Metropolitan news. (Chicago, Ill.) 1935-19??, 1936-10-31
Prep Talk
By Walter McMullen

This column will endeavor o
bring to light the goings-on in the
city's public high schools. We hope
you'll like it.
It is rumored that Howard Brown
is working. 1t seems as if the age
old adage that Truth is Stranger
than Fiction" is again coming to
light. AT the triple Us dance at 70
rum Hall Friday night, Joe Lewis
was seen getting his kicks" with
Margaret O'Doul. Maybe the song
has ended but the melody fingers
on for Jimmy Watkins.
Charles Murray is singing Il Got
Trouble, Double Trouble these
days. James Flowers is in a daze
over the peolas at DISABLE. Maybe
it's all one sided, who knows.
James Bell has butterfingers. 1t
seems as if all the f1ychicks just
run through his fingers. Better get
a grip on one, Jimmy, and hold on
for all you're worth.
Who is is that Ed Towards chas-
ing now? His car is always seen
parked in front of st. Lawrence
and 46th Pace. .Portia Trctter is
competing in the & L popularity
contest. Good luck, kid, you'll be
able to use it.. The two dancing Gu
ties who did their number in the
middle of the floor at the dance Fri
day, here's a tip for you. They say
it's getting boresome. Grow up, fell
lows, grow up.
Jack Brown is doing pretty nice
ly with his new Buick in the Wood
lawn territory We wonder if it Is
Jacks overwhelming personality
or the shining chassis OF the new
car. And that is food for thought.
Send in all your contributions to
this column in care of the Metro
poIitan News. See va next week.
Well be bigger and better.
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ney William G. Bennett, food in
spector for the City of Chicago;
DIR. A. H. Stith, prominent dentist;
Rev. Frank A. Lawry and Rev. and
Mrs. Al Thompson, Mr.. George w.
Wilson, realty operator, Mrs.
Maude l.. Giles, Attorney Eldridge,
Attorney Imogene Drigermon, Mrs.
Willard Payne, successful sausage
manufacturer, Mr.. and Mrs. An
derson Ward, florist, Mrs. Laura
b. Griffin, former Democratic pre-
cinct captain, Rev. B. F. Jackson,
Mrs. Daisy E. Parks, former Demo-
Metropolitan news. (Chicago, Ill.) 1935-19??, 1936-10-31
AUTOMOBILE EoGHoRN

Homesick New Yorker Alice
Faye has obtained a horn for her
automobile that Stimulates the fog
horns of the Hudson river ferry
boats.
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The members of the Optimistic
Harmony Queens, who can be heard
every Sunday night from 1880 to
1880, as they broadcast over radio
station WHFC. These young wom-
en- have established themselves
we'll in the minds Of the public and
their unseen audience is constant
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r. L. MlLES,Jr., - The TAILOR,
Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing
Work called for and delivered.
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ly congratuIating them. The Han
mony Queens, pictured above are,
left to right, Mrs. Sallie Hicks,
contraIto; Mrs. Carrie Wyett, alto;
Mrs w. A, Mcqueen, soprano, ana
Mrs. Hioia Barber, soprano ana
manager.
Evening star., 1936-08-25
CONSUL QUITS POST
Resigns Rather Than Obey
Madrid Order to Sell Ships.

BORDEAUX, France, August 25 (P).
The Spanish Consul here said today
he had resigned after refusing to
obey a Madrid government order to
authorize the sale of two Spanish
steamers to the Mexican government.
The Rightist French press has been
charging Mexican vessels were carry
Ing arms to Spain.
Evening star., 1936-08-25
FRANCE is ALARMED.

PARIS, August IS (P.-The French
press today estimated that Reichs-
fuehrer Hitler's establishment of two
year military service would give Ger
many an army twice as large as that
Of France.
Newspapers figured that the Reich
army in 1887 would total 100000
men, compared to Frances COS 1000
1t was estimated that Germany
would have an additional 100000 men
in semi-military organizations, while
France would have to leave 10000
soldiers in her colonies in the event of
war.
The French government, faced with
the prospect of the biggest German
army in peace time, was determined
today to rush completion Of Spanish
neutrality agreements and concentrate
all efforts on the coming five-power
Locarno conference.
Hoping that the Locarno parley
would ease mounting tension in Eu-
rope, all quarters here were agreed
that Chancellor Hitler's doubling of
the one-year military conscription
term would cause new alarm
Ohcial circles were silent, but were
represented as studying the gravity
of the situation"
The Spanish neutrality agreement
was termed virtually in effect after
the Reich's action placing an en-
barge on shipment Of arms to Spain.
Evening star., 1936-08-25

both with the ancient code and with
the universal human nature.
Navajo law is inextricably mixed
up with the clan system of social Or
ganization. Often a decision seems to
be gross injustice, when these in
tricacies are not understood. II
white man tried to improve upon them
he probably would make a terrible
mess.
Navajoland has seven hospitals, in
Guiding one large base hospital. But
the confidence of the solitary nomads
still is mistaken in the primitive
shamans who continue to prescribe
herb remedies. many of them very
good, and magical fol-de-rol for the
most serious ills of life. Strange as
it may seem. they are very successful
and sometimes bring about cures
where physicians fail Much is still
to be learned about the ancient medi-
cine and still more ancient faith
healing.
Ghost Ridden Land.
Above all, this is a ghost-ridden
land. The primitive Navajo is in con-
slant terror of anything associated
with the dead. As soon as a member
of family dies the house must be
destroyed or abandoned so that the
lonely ghost will not return to its old
home and take some Of its loved ones
with it to the drear land where it has
gone. And there must be elaborate
publication ceremonies. the nature of
which still remains profound secret.
There are known instances of families
fleeing all Winter from the ghosts of
their dead. As soon as they had eS-
tablished a new home some member
would dream of "chindy," the demon
Of death, which indicated that the
pursuing ghost had found them out.
There was nothing to do but move
again.
Inflexible are the people Of Navajo
land in all that regards spiritual
things. Yet as regards material cul-
ture, says DR.. Ruth Underhill of Co
lumbia University, who is at the Fort
Wingate College, on the edge of
Navajoland, this Summer, they show
one of the most remarkable records
of adaptation in history. They have
adopted and improved upon the arts
and crafts Of all their neighbors.
Evening star., 1936-08-25

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Evening star., 1936-08-25

MOSCOW. August rs (R.-Death
before firing squad ended today the
careers Of l6 confessed conspirators,
many Of them once high in the ranks
of Bolshevik leadership.
They had been convicted a little
over "a hours before the death SEN
fences were carried out secretly.
A terse statement announced the
executions after the General Execu-
tive Committee of the Soviet Union
declined an appeal for mercy.
1t was believed the execution took
place at Detention Prison near the
foreign office in the heart of Moscow.
Executions of this kind generally are
believed to be carried out individually,
with each prisoner shot in the back.
All had confessed their participa-
ton In the plot to which the exiled
Leon Trotzky. former minister Of war
and one-time revolutionary zealot, was
linked as leader.
The communique announcing the
fulflllment of sentence, "the highest
measure Of social defense-death be-
fore q firing squad" stated:
THE presidium of the Central
Executive Committee declined the ap-
peal for mercy Of the persons (the l6
conspirators herewith named) con-
demned by the military collegium of
the U. S. s. r.. August "a.
THE sentence in regard to all has
been carried out"
The Soviet officials did not state
where or how the executions were per-
formed. a customary procedure.
The communique also did not ex-
plain why the action was so sudden.
A previous announcement had said the
prisoners would have 72 hours Of grace.
Included among those who died were
Leon Kamenef and Gregory Zinovieff.
once members with Dictator Joseph
Stain OF the triumvirate at the head
Of the Soviet Union during the illness
of Nikolai Lenin.
Many Of those executed had marched
in the October revolution l9 years ago
when the Bolsheviks fought the Gar
lists.
If the government follows its Gus
tom it will dispose of the bodies rather
than return them 10 relatives-to in
sure against any demonstration.
There were indications today's ex-
ecutions would not end secret police
search for other members Of the con-
spiracy.
Evening star., 1936-08-25
TOWNSEND TELLS
OF EXPENDITURES
Pension Plan Leader As.
serts Right to Spend
as He Sees Fit.
By the Associated Press.

CLEVELAND, August 25.-Dr.
Francis E. Townsend was expected
to testify further today concerning
financial affairs of his $200-a-mont
pension movement after asserting his
right to spend funds as he saw At.
The 70-year-old chieftain of Old
Age Revolving Pensions. Ltd, also
testified last night at q deposition
hearing that his wife's travel funds
came from the organizations general
account.
There doesn't have to be a reso-
luton for the expenditure of funds"
DR.. Townsend said in response to Q
question by Attorney Ben F. sacha-
row asking If the Board Of Directors
approval was required.
II am president of the o. A. R. p"
he said. "All I have to do Is to order
the money drawn from the account.
I merely tell the treasurer what I'm
going to use 1t for"
His statements followed Sacha-
rows demand Of by what authority
DR.. Townsend turned over $500 of the
movements funds to Townsend Visual
Education, a Baltimore stereopticon
project, after ordering National Treas
urer Baxter G. Rankine to keep
still" about 1t.
The doctor said the keep still"
order was given because Of opposition
Of r. E. Clements, who later resigned
as national secretary.
Sacharow is attorney for the Rev.
Alfred j. Wright Of Cleveland, a de-
posed Townsend director who brought
suit asking an accounting OF more
than 100000 Of the movements
funds, removal Of DR.. Townsend and
the present directors. and appoint
ment Of receiver.
Evening star., 1936-08-25
Curley Buys Meal
For 5 Pickets Paid
To Oppose Race
Governor Learns They
Are Hungry, and Sends
Dollar to Each.
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
BOSTON, August 25-Five men re-
ceived a dollar each for supper" last
night from Gov. James M. Curley
after parading in front Of the State
House carrying placards opposing the
Governors candidacy for the United
States Senate.
The Governor didn't see the men
there were six originally, but one
went home early-but when he was
told of their presence he sent Robert
w. Gallagher, member of his staff,
to inquire whether they need any
thing to eat"
The men said they did, so the Gov
ernor directed Gallagher to give them
each dollar for supper"
One Of the placards urged support
Of Mayor Robert E. Greenwood of
Fitchburg, Curley's opponent for the
Democratic senatorial nomination.
The 'pickets" had permits issued by
the State Department of Public
Works for advertising" purposes.
They said they got their jobs through
an employment agency and expected
to continue their marching until the
September primaries.
Evening star., 1936-08-25
SPA|N'S COLD HELD.
IN SAFEST VAULTS.
Revolution Defense
Protects 100000, 900
Reserve of Nation.
By the Associated Press.

- the Associated Press.
MADRID, August 25.-"Revolution
proof" vaults, declared by Bank of
Spain officials to be the strongest in
the world, safeguard the nations
500, 1000, 900 gold reserve.
They are intricate, labyrinthian de-
lenses, far beneath the capital, re-
Gently completed by engineers who
were instructed to picture what is
now a near-reality-legions of rebels
marching on the city.
They took novel, almost fantastic.
measures to protect the long rows Of
stacked-up bullion bars.
The vaults are seven stories beneath
Alcala street, under new wing of
the Bank of Spain building facing
the war ministry. Bank officials re-
gard them virtually impregnable, not
only because of their depth, but also
because of their 7-foot thick, armored
steel and concrete walls. The steel
and special concrete is so tough it
turns the edge of a chisel Bank OFF,
cials smile at the thought of raiders
kTylIlS 10 IuIlllel IllIOuSH.
Passageway Patrolled.
A passageway like a forts RAM
parts. however, encircles the vaults
and guards patrol it ceaselessly. To
enter the vaults through the regular
entrances it is necessary to pass five
lines of defense. each virtually i'm
pregnable in itself.
There are only two main entrances
one for changing the guard and the
other for the admission of money
trucks and bank officials. They are
at the base of two armored- concrete
wells about 200 feet deep and about
$50 feet from each other.
Each is within-a- -well-a
yard-thick jacket of water under
pressure separating the inner and
outer shafts to forestall entry to the
wells by boring through the sides.
At the mouth of each well is a
heavy vault door opening in the lobby
fthe bank and dominated by ma
chine-gun turrets. At the base Of
the guards we'll is another vault door,
JuSt loA sc CAlOd6AA Ava oAAS RSAo0AA oS -
time.
Guarded by Machine Guns.
It opens into a circular passage
whose roof supports the tubular water
jacket. Through machine-gun Sits in
the inner wall another nest guards an
elevator and stairway to the bottom.
Two more machine-gun crews guard
the tortuous approaches to the vaults
through successive walls of 7-fOot-
thick, bullet-proof glass.
The bottom of the other we'll is
filled with water and its exit can be
reached only by drawbridge over
the subterranean moat. The retract-
able bridge, with its rallied runway for
the money trucks, is guarded behind
the reinforced vault doors. 1t can be
let down only when the doors open.
But as last resort, in case of
mass attack:
The whole money fortress can be
flooded in two minutes except for a
veritable armory for so guards which
is always provisioned for a months
siege. The food controls are inside.
Evening star., 1936-08-25
Germany

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Evening star., 1936-08-25

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designed to offset "bolshevik danger"
and for the first time give the exact
strength of Nazi fighting forces.
The two-year term of training is
expected to begin October l, when
the 1914 class of recruits completes its
first year. Leniency. the propaganda
ministry spokesman said, will be prac-
ticed in cases where the financial con-
dition of family makes necessary
the presence of wage Garner.
Coming as the elimination Of an
anti-bolshevik campaign linked with
SPANS civil war, the service increase
was treated in the press as an "un-
avoidable step" against arming by
the Soviet state which is pure Of
fensive arming."
FRANCE is ALARMED.
Evening star., 1936-08-25
PAY AMENDMENT
ASKED BY LEHMAN
Labor Convention Told Constitu-
tion Should Allow Minimum
Wage for Women.

BY the Associated Press.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, August 25.-
Gov. Herbert L. Lehman told the an
nual convention Of the New York
State Federation of Labor today that
If it becomes necessary to amend
the Constitution. believe that course
should be pursued" to obtain a mini
mum wage law for women.
He described the New York State
minimum wage law inyalidated by the
United States Supreme Court as a
carefully prepared measure. one that
required thorough investigation Of the
facts and full opportunity to be heard
for the employer and employe alike
before the minimum wage was estab-
lished."
There Is no doubt in my mind, !"
he declared, that the vast majority
of the people Of New York strongly
favor Q minimum wage law for
women.
"A motion for reargument has been
made. 1t Is my earnest hope that q
way will be found to enable the Legis-
lature to regulate the minimum wages
paid to our woman workers and
minors"
Evening star., 1936-08-25
ITALIANS IN MANEUVER,

AVELLINO, Italy, August Is R.-
Seventy thousand italian soldiers, un-
der the eyes Of their King and die
tator, plunged today into mimic war
fare in the Apennine Mountains to
show they learned their lessons of the
Ethiopian campaign.
Maps of the war zone disclosed it
corresponded exactly to the Yugoslav
and Eastern Austrian frontiers, al
though Italian newspapers drew no
such parallel.
A neutral state, also outlined, cor
responded with the Upper Adriatic
Sea. The curving line of "belligerent"
forces followed the synthetic Yugo-
slav-Austrian borders.
Evening star., 1936-08-25
TROTzKY PLOTTING
MOSCOW REVENGE
ExiIed Leader Sees Duty
to Avenge Execution
of Is PIotters.
BY the Associated Press.

BY tne Associated Press.
HOENFOSS, Norway. August 25.-
Leon Trotzky declared today it was
his duty to "avenge" the 16 men
executed in Moscow today for an
anti-Stalin conspiracy.
The Soviet government accused
Trotzky. celebrated Bolshevist exile,
as the absent master Of the plot.
MY duty Is to unmask one Of the
greatest crimes in the worlds history
and to avenge the executed" said
Trotzky.
THE executions in Moscow were
necessary to prevent any reprieved de-
PENDANTS from unmasking the @. p.
U. (Soviet secret police.
But I. who was represented as the
chief promoter, am still alive!"
SENTENCES CARRIED OUT.
Evening star., 1936-08-25
U. S. PLANT Is USED

BARCELONA, Spain. August Is (P).
Catalan officials disclosed last night
the American General Motors plant,
seized early In the civil war by the
government of this autonomous re-
gion, had been turned into q NUM-
tions factory.
One unit, under the direction OF
army technicians, Is turning out
bombs, while another is producing
apparatus for carrying and releasing
bombs from civil planes, officials
said.
Evening star., 1936-08-25

There Is a fire and genius about them
which is encountered in few present.
day Indian tribes.
Such is the human material with
to bring about self-supporting. pros
porous community in a land whose
resources have been wrecked-not pri-
marily through the fault Of the
Navajos, but through the i'll example
of their white neighbors.
(Copyright. 1885 by The Evening Star
Newspaper Coz
Evening star., 1936-07-16
Bankers Are Warned.

The Chinese ministry of finance has
announced that it will hold banks
criminally responsible If 1t finds that
smuggled goods were used as securi-
ties for loans.
Evening star., 1936-07-16
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, July Is GP.-The live stock
market showed furthers substantial i'm
Drovement today under the Influence of
lighter receipts and cooler weather.
Both the hog and cattle runs were under
advance estimates for the second conSecu-
tive day and this gave the advantage to
sellers On top of an average drove cost
increase of 50 cents yesterday to 9.5l.
widest Spring swing since the processing
Is to mostly 25 today. TOP reached 1878.
The general cattle grade was strong to
to 300; Most sales were fully so above
Steadiness of the wholesale meat trade
after a rather sharp decline in the prices
Of some cuts earlier this week was fa-
vorable influence to buyers of live stock.
steer carcass auotations remained at $50
Beef and veal carcasses have been cut as
much as LOO this week. while some lamb
cuts have lost 800. Fresh pork is so to
ZOO lower than late last week.
The sheep market resained steadiness
tfter a sharp decline earlier in the week.
although some common lightweight lambs
we're easier. A few natives sold up to
q ~
Evening star., 1936-07-16

NEW YORK, July Is. - United
States Government issues again tipped
downward today in an irregular bona
market.
Comparatively steady through the
forenoon, the Treasury loans met in
creased selling in the late trading.
Support appeared after declines rang
ed from 1-32nd to 12-32nds of point.
The widest losses occurred in the
35ss of 1916, and 3l4s of l94l.
Pressure on the Government list
indicated continued uncertainty as to
the effect of the Federal Reserve
Boards edict raising reserves of men,
Der banks on money rates. Prime loans
in the corporate sector were unaf-
fected.
Some railroad liens declined frac-
tions to around a point. Utilities and
industrials we're steady.
Polish 8s steadied after sizeable
loss in the early trading. Uruguay cs
were weak. Brazilians improved.
Evening star., 1936-07-16
MARYLAND CROPS
REMAIN STABLE
Survey Indicates Production
Prospects Are Same
as Last Year.
By the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
COLLEGE PARK, Nd, July 16.-
A survey by the Maryland Crop Re-
porting Service indicated today that
production prospects for all Mary
land crops, except sweet potatoes, are
now those of last year.
Based on July conditions, the sur
vey showed wheat was up per cent
in planted acreage, with barley and
soybeans up II per cent. Against
these increases, however, acreage de-
creaSeS were noted as follows:
Corn, 4 per cent; oats, II; rye, II;
potatoes, Is; commercial truck crops,
7; truck crops for canning, 8.
No acreage change was reported
for sweet potatoes. hay and tobacco.
Wheat Acreage Compares.
The report estimated Winter wheat
acreage for harvesting at 445,000,
compared with $4,000 acres last year.
and the hve-year Q928-32) average of
AGO, 900.
Conditions July indicated a prob
able yield of IT'S bushels of wheat
per acre. Last year, the yield was
205 bushels.
Because Of decreased acreage and a
slightly below-average condition, the
report estimated corn crop Is per
cent below last years production, but
3 per cent above the f1ve-year aver
age.
A crop Of 27 per cent in oats pro-
duction and 26 per cent in barley was
predicted by the service, as compared
with 1885 figures. A very short" take
hay crop was likewise anticipated.
Potato production will be 20 per
cent under last years mark. the sur
vey stated, and rs per cent below
the f1ve-year average.
Sweet Potato Prospects.
Sweet potato prospects on July
were slightly better than on the same
date in 1885, but somewhat below the
10-year average Q923-32). An apple
crop "a per cent below last years, and
a peach crop II per cent below, were
predicted.
Although tobacco acreage is about
the same, the service said, July con-
ditions indicated the crop will run
about l9 per cent short of the 1895
production mark and II per cent un-
der the five-year average.
Evening star., 1936-07-16
Washington Exchange

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so at II.