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Evening star., 1936-02-21

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With shaking fingers Marcia clicked
the dial again. "Rosalie?" Her tone
was ruefully apologetic, but as musical
as a silver bell. Can you and Bart
make it 8 o'clock instead of 7. You
see"
Marcia, dearest!" Horriied con-
sternation in the soft, drawly voice.
Can you forgive US? We forgot COM
pletely about your dinner-and I'm
giving party"
MARCIA rocked slightly as she re-
placed the hook. Fiery tongues
were blazing before her.. Blindly she
dashed back to the little apartment.
They'd forgotten. Forgotten.
She, planning to snuff out her life
because of two people who'd forgotten
that she still existed. Why-why-it
-it-it-was funny! She threw back
her head-laughed. A clear, healthy
laugh. Actually practicing the death
scene to make those two suffer.
She went to the window. ouened II
wide. pulled back the drapes. She in
haled the cool night air. Why, life was
good and sweet. She was young-and
sane once more.
Gradually the emotion within her
subsided. She gazed steadfastly at
myriad stars dotting blanket of deep
est blue. It was lovely, beautiful
world. Then she turned sharply. The
door had burst open.
"Bart!" She stared at the tall blond
figure in evening clothes. i
Il X X
WE HAVE a dinner engagement, +"
he said gravely. II didn't know
until you phoned her."
"Rosalie didn't tell you?"
mo. I just happened to overhear.
I made her tell me where to find YOU.
thought" his lips grew white with
anger you'd gone out West. Rosalie
told me you had. I made a FOOLS trip
to Cleveland. Your aunt told me she
hadn't heard from YOU"
"But-but I've seen Rosalie-she,s
been here. She told me that you and
She"
"Oh, Lord" he strode across the
room, gripped her f1ercely in his arms.
What does Rosalie matter? I've
found you. If you knew the hell I've
been through-thinking of you alone
SO cursedly proud-and pennies"
But I'm not" she laughed shakily.
'T've SIS for three dinners. Bart, can
you eat two squads? They're-theyre
50 expensive" Then, woman fashion,
she burst into tears.
He crushed her close-closef.
(copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-02-21

a reasonably good play for the nand,
namely, trump finesse and break.
However, when West doubled, South
should have realized the following:
First, West would have trump tricks
massed in back of him, and, second,
West would have good lead all picked
out. which undoubtedly would be a
club. Accordingly, South should nave
refrained from redoubling and thereby
cut his loss in half.
Summarizing, we must point out
that 1t is winning bridge to bid your
games, even though they are not abso-
lutely guaranteed, but when you have
bid a doubtful game, ana your oppo-
nent doubles, do not redouble; you
are merely increasing your loss. Save
your redoubles for hands that you are
certain to make.
Evening star., 1936-02-21

gers slid the tablet beneath a water
goblet.
Seating herself, she toyed with the
glass. The stony bitterness left her
face. She smiled archly in the direc-
ton of the two vacant places.
80 nice of you to come, my dear
Rosalie and Bart" she murplured lilt-
ingly. II did so want to hear about
your plans. It's Venice, of course?"
She must get Barts eyes when she said
this. "Rosalie wrote me only the
barest details and as you haven't an
nounced it yet, the newspapers-"
her voice broke.
n r X X
PERHAPS, after all, she couldn't
face Bart. Better to end every-
thing now-abandon this crudely
dramatic plan. Find some obscure
path in the park.
The tablet rolled from her fingers.
She stared at it. Innocuous- looking
speck to offer SO much. First-sleep,
blessed sleep. No more tossing about
until daylight, worrying about money
for food and shelter. No more slink-
ing into pawnshops, parting with
treasures. But best of all, freedom
from the hurt that never left her, the
hurt Of losing Bart. Rosalie didn't
matter so much.
Suddenly, she thrust damp ringlets
from her forehead. It wasn't true.
This was all horrible dream. She
wasn't penniless-hiding from every
one. Bart still cared, Rosalie was her
dearest friend.
She couldn't do this to Bart. Gay,
irresponsible Bart, who had wor-
SHIPPED her. Her lip curled. Bart
had never tried to find her. Had left
the city for months. Then Bart had
turned to Rosalie's waiting arms. I'VE
both treasure your friendship" Rosalie
had said, admire your splendid sports
manship-about things" They'd see
Marcia's mouth frightened.
Bitterly enough, it was true. Bart
didn't care any longer and Rosalie
wasn't her best friend; she was the
woman who had taken first place in
Bart's affections.
And Bart Marcia's eyes misted
as she thought of how happy they had
been. How humble she had been in
his presence. always content if he were
near, loving him.
X X X n
THEN-the climax. The crash of
her investments. Her moving from
her penthouse apartment near Rock
Greek Park to this little fiat: too proud
to tell Bart she'd lost everything;
afraid that, since he had loved her
wealthy. he would scorn her. poor.
Evening star., 1936-02-21

MARc1A shrus.
away from the
cheap little mirror
which had reflect
ed the grirnness in
her young lovely
face. Before the
table, correctly laid
for three, she ad-
iusted a fork
Strengthened a can
die made sure,
once more, that the
dinner cloth hid
the deepest scars in
the vanished gate
leg table.
She took a tiny
box from the bodice
of the black velvet
"a gown that had
been beautiful two
seasons ago and
opened it. 1t con-
tanned one small,
white pellet. Her
soft. taperine fin
Evening star., 1936-02-21

The king of clubs was opened, and
eventually declarer lost two club tricks,
one diamond and two trumps for
penalty of 600 points.
In our opinion the bidding on this
hand was absolutely correct, with the
exception of South's redouble of the
four-spade contract.
It will be noted that, in nine cases
out of ten, the North and South caros
will produce game. First, if club is
not opened, declarer will be able to es-
Evening star., 1936-02-21
How 1t Started
BY JEAN NEWTON.
To Ring True.

Ills speech rang true" was a COM
ment on an address recently de-
livered by man prominent in political
councils.
Strictly speaking, of course, there
was no ring, true or otherwise, to the
talk in question.
To ring true, in this connection, as
in its customary usage, is to sound
sincere.
Both these and similar expressions
originate in the allusion to the ring
ing" of coins, those which ring true
having the sound of the real coin, the
others false.
(Nopvriobt 1noeN
Evening star., 1936-02-21
TABLE TALK
By G. Frances Brady.

And he had. He
hadn't followed her.
And finally had
com e t h e an
nouncement of his
impending m ar
riage to Rosalie.
Yes, this little
scene tonight was
inevitable.
A few moments
later, she was down
in the vestibule
p u b Ii C telephone
booth. But I said
$50 delivery on
those three din
ners," she was say
ing, desperation in
h er voice. I've
guests coming at 7.
I won't have those
dinners delivered
after they arrive. +"
Sorry, madam.
Order says 7:3O.
We can't do better,
if you want broiled
Evening star., 1936-02-21
Jolly Polly
A Little Chat on English.
BY JOS. ]. FRISCH.

L. D. Alma Dudd, as well as her
brothers, thinks that" ETC., is the
correct form. When two subjects are
connected by "as we'll as" together
WITH" ETC., the verb agrees with the
first. John, as we'll as his sisters, is
(not are) coming" THE leafet which
you requested, together with several
others, is (not are) inclosed"
Evening star., 1936-02-21

20 AAAASAA WV A
mond tricks be-
fore his club ace
is knocked out,
and hence dis
card his losing
clubs, SO that his
onlylosing tricks
will be one dia-
mond and what
ever trumps he
cannot pick up.
And even with
a club opening,
Sec1arer still has
Evening star., 1936-02-21

w YHITEY THE SNOWY OWL
M had come down to the sea-
wv shore at the mouth of the
Big River. He had come
down from the Green Forest. Whitley
has a liking for the seashore. He al
ways has managed to pick up a pretty
good living there. You know, he likes
Fish. He likes both fish and meat.
He is big enough and strong enough
to take fish away from more success
full fishermen than he is. He had
stayed while up in the Green Forest,
far up the Big River. But Terror the
Goshawk was staying there, and
Whitley soon found that there were
Evening star., 1936-02-21
RY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

Make ZIP your mind. and then stick to IL
The chances are you ne'er Will rue II.
-Blacky the Crow.
Evening star., 1936-02-21
Winning Contract

BY THE FOUR ACES.
David Burnstine. Michael Gottlieb. Os-
wsid Jaecby: aoward nr.I.o. Sehsnksn' Torids rs
system that has beaten every other
system in existence.
The Washington times., 1936-02-14
VETERAN QUITS
RAILS AT 70

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Feb. IA
familiar figure is missing at Po-
tomac. Yards here today. after
nearly a half-century Of regular
service. .-.. tA
Engineer Charles Claude Cooper,
70, of 1905 Shepherd st. N. W.,
Washington, today will begin his
retirement after 40 years Of rail.
reading. His first day Of retire
ment also rounds out his seven.
tieth year Of age, for today is his
birthday.
Bringing his engine into tn e
yards here yesterday, Mr.. Cooper
blew down brakes" as the en-
gine came to a halt. As he
stepped from behind the throttle
he remarked:
'"This is the last roundup"
Beginning in September, 1887,
with the Pennsylvania railroad,
Mr.. Cooper served. with this com.
pany until 1901, when he trans
ferred to the Richmond, Freder-
icksburg and Potomac railroad
when the latter took over t h e
Southern's run from Washington
to Quantico.
Other railroad men making the
last run with Mr.. Cooper were
Conductor Thomas Rowley, Fire
man Pat Leake, Brakemen Thomas
Burns, Thomas Decker, Charles
Linton, Alfred Hughes. Jam es
Barnes, Leo Grammar and Jack
Dial,
The Washington times., 1936-02-14
NAVY TO FIGHT
FOR CONTROL
OF SAMOA
BY KINGSBURY SMITH
Copyright. 1885. by International
News Seryicel

News Service)
A new congressional move to de
prive the Navy of control over one
Of its most vital defense links in
the Pacific, the Samoan Islands
today had the naval high com
mand up in arms.
without consulting the Navy
Department, the Senate Insular
Affairs Committee reported out q
bill to deprive the Navy Of con-
troll over the islands and place
that control in the hands Of the
natives.
A similar move was under way
in the House, sponsored by Repre-.
sentative Leo Kocialkowski Of ILL
noiS, chairman Of the House 1nsu-
lar Affairs Committee.
All Departments Ignored
Not only was the Navy not con-
suited about the move, but inqui-
ries disclosed the Bureau Of InSular
Affairs was not consulted, and no
Government department is spon'
Soring the move.
Members Of both the Senate and
House committees were vague as
to why the bill was reported out
or is being sponsored. The office
Of Senator Tydings CD Of Mary.
land, who is sponsoring the bill in
the Senate, said it was introduced
in accordance with q practice fol
lowed at each session Of Congress
as the result of recommendations
made some years ago by q con-
greSSional committee which Wis
tied the islands.
The Navy views the move as a
serious blow to the effectiveness
of its defense plans in those is
lands and will vigorously oppose
passage of the legislation, which
also would bestow full American
citizenship on the islanders.
Importance Enhanced
With the advent Of the aerial
weapon as q powerful factor in
the defense works Of the Pacific,
the Importance of the Samoan
Islands to the Navy is considered
to have Geen greatly enhanced.
They are considered vital stepping
stones in the aerial defense plans
Of the Pacific.
Ever since their acquisition by
the United States, the islands
have been listed as a naval sta
ton under control Of an Ameri-
can naval governor. The Navy
regards maintenance of this con-
troll essential to the effectiveness
Of the part which those islands
are designed to play in the Nays
plans for defense in the Pacific.
The Washington times., 1936-02-14
BILLS
RETURNED

ATLANTA, Ca, Feb. IA. U.N.S0
Nearly $25,000 Of the ransom
money paid kidnapers for the re-
lease of Eutimio Falla Bonet,
young Cuban millionaire, last
April has been returned to the
Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
during the past several months.
Part Of the ransom was recovered
at st. Paul, Mimi, leading Federal
agents to believe the Cuban snatch
was linked with the kidnapping Of
Edward G. Bremen. st. Paul bank
er, it was learned here today.
The money returned to Atlanta
was part Of the $300.00O paid for
the young Cuban's release by his
father in Federal Reserve Bank Of
Atlanta bills.
The majority Of the bill were
returned from the Federal Re
serve Bank of New York, though
on January II, $1,100 Of the
money was returned from Mime
apolis.
The $1,100 was collected during
the trial of Cassius Mcdonald,
Detroit contractor, and Bryan
Bolston in st. Paul in connection
with the Bremen case for which
$500, 900 ransom was paid.
Federal agents believe that the
Cuban kidnapers were in st. Paul
during the trial, possibly to fur.
nish aid to the defendants. Part
of the Bremen ransom money
was discovered in Cuba, following
the release Of the st, Paul banker.
The Washington times., 1936-02-14
CROP CONTROL
VOTE NEAR
International News Service

International News Service
Under limited debate, Senate
leaders drove the soil conserva-
ton farm bill forward today in
the hopes Of reaching vote by
nightfall.
Minor amendments were dis
posed Of yesterday, leaving the
road clear for consideration Of
the chief obstacles to the bill.
These include substitute bills by
Senator McNary (R0 Of Oregon,
and Carey (R.) of wyoming, and
an amendment by Conally CD
Of. Texas, calling for an export
debenture farm aid program.
Nevertheless, Senator Robinson
CD Of Arkansas, majority leader,
predicted Senate passage by an
overwhelming majority.
The measure, devised to replace
the AAA invalidated by the Su-
preme Court, has been bombarded
most of the week a. unconStitu-
tional and a costly experiment,
but it was predicted by, one Sen
ate farm leader that "this oppo-
sition will melt away when the
time comes to VOTE"
The Washington times., 1936-02-14
Balance Of Power
Held by Greek Reds

ATHENS, Feb. 14.-Interparty
skirmishes for control Of the mon
archy's first elected government
gave the anti-Venizelists 144 seats
and the Venizelists 141, with Is
Com m unists holding the re-
mainder. The Venizelists are ST.
lent on Communist offers Of CO.
operation.
Official circles are peSsimistic
regarding King Georges chances
of forming the all-party cabinet
he is asking.
The Washington times., 1936-02-14
DR.. Walsh TO Lecture
Here on Communism

Opening a series Of public lee
lures tonight at Georgetown on
Christianity, Communism and
Democracy" DR.. Edmund A.
Walsh, s. j., regent Of the School
Of Foreign Service will address an
audience at $3.50 O'Clock.
The Washington times., 1936-02-14
BILL HITS BOYCOTT

An amendment to the water
carriers bill which would prevent
private ship owners, particularly
foreign operators, from boycotting
Federally improved ports, was in
troduced in the Senate yesterday
by Senator Lonergan Cd, Of
Connecticut.
The amendment would prevent
private carriers from entering
The Washington times., 1936-02-14
Howard U. Showing
Illustrators Works

Works by American illustrators
are being displayed in the How
ard University Gallery of Art.
The exhibition will continue e
through February 20. Following
upon this will be an exhibit Of
Autographs and etchings by
kathe Kollowitz from March 2
ta IA
The Washington times., 1936-02-14
Sand Bag Order Seen
As War Preparation

LONDON, Feb. 14-As an in.
dication that Great Britain is
making preparations for war, a
rush order for 10000 sandbags
has been given to British prisons,
DR.. Alfred Salter, Laborite M. p,
told a meeting of business men
arranged by the London Mission
ary Society.
The prison commissioners at
Whitehall admitted that "a small
ish order for sandbags was be-
ing carried out In the ordinary
way" and that recently there had
been an order for 100000 bags.
The Washington times., 1936-02-14
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The Washington times., 1936-02-14
Nicholson Under Knife

p. w. Nicholson, retired Deputy
Chief Engineer Of the District Fire
Department, is resting comfort
ably at the Garfield Hospital, fol
lowing an operation last Wednes-
day. Mr.. Nicholson is president of
the Retired Firemen's Association
The Washington times., 1936-02-14

into agreements or using other
methods to favor private ports
and thus discriminate against
ports constructed or improved by
authorization Of Congress or vari-
Gus Federal agencies.
Senator Lonergan said ports In
Connecticut, Rhode Island, New
Jersey, Delaware, North Carolina,
Texas, California, Oregon and
Washington, would be protected.
The Washington times., 1936-02-14
Girl Treated for Poison

Collapsing in the waiting room
of the bus terminal at the An
napolis Hotel today, Anna Jack.
son, 20, of the 100 block Third
st. N. w., was taken to Emergency
Hospital and treated for the
effects Of poison, police said.
Evening star., 1936-03-08

engineers, If the navigability of the
lower river is to be improved through
out its length. The various dams, they
say, must be treated as integral parts
of a whole project, and, if the project
is legitimate, then each of its COM
ponent parts is equally so.
Navigation has been stressed in the
Columbia River Basin. where the
Bonneville and Grand Coulee Dams
are located.
In 1882 President Roosevelt said:
I'VE have. as all of you in this Sec
ton of the country know, vast posi-
bilities of power development on ,the
Columbia River. The next hydro
electric development to be undertaken
by the Federal Government must be
that on the Columbia River"
The Bonneville Dam, however, which
is located about 40 miles above Port
land, Oreg, will open navigation as
far as the Snake River. Scheduled
for completion this year, it is esti-
mated to cost $55,000,000, of which
P. w. A. has allotted $32 100000.
The Grand Coulee project is under
the Reclamation Bureau and will be
completed in 1887 at cost of $685.
100000. It was begun with an initial
P. w. A. ALLEGATION of $4,000, 900. The
dam is about % miles north of Almira,
in Washington.
Boulder Dam, on the Colorado River
about IS miles southeast of Las Vegas,
New, was completed in 1895. under
supervision Of the Reclamation Bu-
reau. 1t Is designed to curb floods
and aid irrigation in Palo Verde, Yuma
and Imperial Valleys. The dam has
a power rating Of 1,835,000 horse
power,
The other big development is on the
Missouri River in Montana, where the
Fort Peck Dam is under construction
by the War Department. The entire
project will cost $S6, ,000, 900, of which
$71 100000 has been allocated by
P. w. A. and F. E. r. A. This dam
has power capacity of 67,00o-horse-
power
These Western dams form the basis
of vast power development on the
West Coast, which would be of great
value in time of war. If they should
be attacked in the Supreme Court the
defense. in all probability. will rest
on the theory they are essential to
the national defense.
Evening star., 1936-03-08

the extensive Tennessee Valley sys-
tenn, the Columbia and Colorado River
projects and numerous auxiliary dams.
Similar projects now in contempla-
ton involve the expenditure Of other
vast sums of money.
What is to become of thems
Are such gigantic undertakings as
the Norris, Bonneville and Grand
Coulee Dams destined to become Moth
ing more than abandoned monuments
to misguided governmental policy or
will they be carried through to their
ultimate purpose as the nucleus of
vast, co-ordinated power system FORM
ing the basis for incidental irrigation.
flood control and reforestation work?
After studying the opinion in the
T. v. A. case, constitutional lawyers
generally agree that future litigation
concerning the new dams must GEN.
ter around the question whether the
Government, in constructing them,
exceeded its constitutional authority.
To win this point the Government
must show they were primarily in
tended and reasonably adapted to the
promotion of national defense or the
improvement of navigation.
In discussing the national defense
aspect of Wilson Dam the Supreme
Court said:
I'VE may take judicial notice of
the international situation at the time
the act of 1915 was passed, and it can
not be successfully disputed that the
wilson Dam and its auxiliary plants,
including the hydroelectric power
plant, are, and were intended to be,
adapted to the purposes of national
defense. While the District Court
found there is no intention to use the
nitrate plants or the hydroelectric
units installed at Wilson Dam for the
production of war materials in time
OF peace, the maintenance Of. said
properties In operating condition and
the assurance of an abundant supply
Of electric energy in the event of war,
constitute national defense assets
This finding has ample support"
In other words, the Supreme Court
has said the Federal Government does
not have to wait until war is immi-
nent or has been declared before it
can take steps to insure an adequate
supply of electric energy. From this,
the New Dealers say, all the projects.
such as Boulder Dam, Bonneville,
Grand Coulee. Fort Peck and the
Norris, Pickwick and Wheeler Dams
in the Tennessee Valley, are cloaked
by analogy with Supreme Court sane
ton. s
Combating Defense Theory.
Successfully to contest this view,
most observers believe, the antagonists
Of the program would have to show
that the dams are not primarily
adapted to the production of power
which could be used as a defense as
set in time of war, or that the power
they are capable Of producing would
not be needed in such national
emergency.
Considerable light Is thrown on this
point by q recent national power sur
Evening star., 1936-03-08
BY JOHN H. CLINE.

THE fate of our Federal power
system. forerunner of an
epochal attempt to harness the
turbulent energy of this Ma
tion's waterways. has emerged from
the controversy following the recent
Supreme Court decision in the T. v. A.
case as one of the most vital issues
confronting the country.
In substance, the Supreme Court
held that Wilson Dam. keystone of
the T. v. A., was constructed for a
constitutional purpose" since it was
adapted to the purposes of national
defense and calculated to improve
the navigability of the Tennessee
River. This basic determination hav-
ing been made, the court went on to
rule that the Government had right
to sell surplus power generated Incl
dentally at the dam and convey it to
distant purchasers by leasing trans
mission lines.
The fact that the ruling was re-
stricted to the leasing of transmission
lines for the sale of power from Wilson
Dam was hailed by critics of the
electrification program as the Joker"
in the decision. They pointed out
that Wilson Dam was wartime
measure and argued therefore that
the ruling could not be extended by
analogy to the newer dams in the
Tennessee Basin. The latter, they
said, must stand by themselves and
eventually be thrown out on con-
stitutional grounds because they are
peace-time projects.
Hailed by New Dealers.
Jubilant New Dealers, however, paid
scant attention to these dire forecasts
and hailed, the courts ruling as
sweeping victory for the power pro-
gram. The implications Of the de-
cision, they said, extend to other dams
scattered across the country and es-
tablish the right of the Federal Gov
ernment to carry out its avowed pur-
pose of "'electrifying America "
This conflict of opinion has led to
some confusion concerning the legal
status Of the Governments power
projects.
Many millions of dollars of public
money have gone into development of