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they lasted, as he was not at all
certain he would be able to get
more later on. AS I was a foreigner
he was willing to let me have 20
packets.
For the benefit Of my wife he
then brought out an immense Sc
lection of bad powder. rouge and
lipSticks, and so on. She just
glanced at it and then asked Ma
rushka to tell him in Russian that
if they did not make better powder
than this in Russia they must not
expect her to become a customer.
Matches Luxury
We bought three tumblers and
a packet of matches. The matches
were a great favor on the part Of
the shopkeeper. who told Ma
rushka that he was certain I did
not expect to speculate in them
and that was why he let us have
them, for they could be sold alta
great profit in the open market.
Ordinary Russians could only
buy one box at a time.
But for the things I have men
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toned, the shelves in the store
gaped empty.
What we could have got, how.
ever, were portraits Of Lenin. Sta
lin and others responsible for this
nice state of things. If the por'
trait of Stain had been painted on
a saucepan we would have bought
it with pleasure. as I presume 1t
would not have made the sauce.
pan less useful.
These pictures did not seem to
be very much in demand. I saw
thick layers Of dust accumulate
on a big pile of them all through
the summer.
Having finished our extrava-
CANT shopping we went on a little
tour of inspection to the local
market. All that was sold here
was wooden spoons, dark shoes,
some dark-brown tough pancakes,
rusty nails and screws and old,
moth-eaten cloths and rags.
There were also fresh cucum'
bers to be had. The Russians ate
them as we eat apples.
Downcast, we returned home
with our matches and our tum'
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gathered outside In order to look
in. To their great disappointment
we succeeded in fastening sheets
to some pipes that ran just under
the ceiling, and so deprived them
Of the pleasure Of watching us.
The manager had been true to
The Washington times., 1936-07-31
STORES ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE
SOAP, pins OR NAILS

lme good, however.
The manager had promised new
beds and some men were already
busy making them.
We now moved to our new home,
Blinds were not to be had, nor
drawing-pins, so it was extremely
difficult to cover the windows,
and this was really necessary for
our room, as has already been
mentioned, was on the ground
floor and the Russians were now
The Washington times., 1936-07-31
Strom Tells How Sugar
Is DoIed Out to Eager
Housewives
BY ARNE STROM

(Copyright, 1896, by American News
papers, Inc. All rights reserVed.)
When our party-my wife, my
boy, and myself with Marushka
on the box-arrived in Povorino,
the stencil from the sewer rested
as usual over the town.
We first entered the big wooden
shed which Marushka had dis
tinctly said was the best shop in
the town.
It was crowded with people who
had come to buy sugar, everybody
awaiting his or her turn to get
the monthly ration, which con-
sisted of 500 grammes of granu-
lated sugar. The crowd consisted
of men and women workers from
the railway, who, according to
MaruShka, were the beSt-fed work
ers in the Soviet Union.
Patient and sweating, heavy
Shawls wrapped round their heads,
the women stood waiting for their
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his word and had actually pro-
cured beds, but never had ! known
that the word bed could be made
to cover such strange contrivanceS
as the one which "DaSISt Gut"
brought to us as darkness came on.
They consisted Of Sackcloth be-
tween two treStles.
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UNCLE GIVE US BREADNecessities Are Lacking in Russia

Arne Stron poultry expert Uho had ued in Can
engaged By the Soviet gouer
ent help Improve its state farms He spent year oft the
track collective and travelling tOdely
throughout the country.
EperyDhere he oent in Russia heard the from Stdrv
people, Uncle Ue Us BreGd He returned
Denmark utterly dSusioned and published the record OF
his experiences.
The translated Danish and issued in England
In the spring of 1885,
Evening star., 1936-04-05

man. Looked at from all angles, she
is a beautiful ship. According to the
men who have test flown her, she is a
pilots ship" which means that she is
easy to handle, powerful and depend
able. 1t also means easier riding for
the passengers. One Of the special
gadgets she sports Is a newly de-
signed landing gear, supposed to make
feather light landing possible, SO that
you and in our 6-foot 5-inch berths
will not be disturbed when the thou
sand-mile point is reached, If We wish
to slumber on. Technically speaking,
she measures 95 feet from one wing
tip to the other, weighs $4,000 pounds
and develops 1000 horsepower in her
two military-type supercharged mo-
tors. She can climb fully loaded to
23,800 feet, and with only one engine
running can hold herself in level
flight some 1000 feet above the
ground, an important safety factor.
THE Pullman boasts accommoda-
tions for 16, eight upper and eight
lower berths, the forward compart-
ment. in the American Airlines' order,
being completely inclosed for privacy
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Drawing Room to Be Made
Available for Patrons
During Flights.

as the first sky drawing room. Inter-
ior fittings have been planned for lux
urious comfort, attractively decorated
in special color scheme along some
what modernistic lines, and most in
geniously contrived in the available
space to include every possible aid to
easy riding. When the berths are not
down, the seats are Of the ground
Pullman type, wide and deeply up
holstered, and far enough separated
so that table can be placed between
them for writing, card playing, or the
serving Of meals In flight. And speak
ing Of meals (Which one does with
considerable emphasis after a thou
sand or so miles have sped by below
there is a tricky little gallery for the
stewardess Just back of the pilots
cabin, where she can arrange such
things as fried chicken and salad at
the proper times.
Another first" In comfort Is the
provision Of separate dressing rooms
for men and women passengers. Lady
birds in this plane can powder their
noses and comb their curly locks in
their own little quarters, while their
husbands and brothers adventure
their all next door in the battle of the
razor versus the air waves. And If
cleaning the teeth at 10000 or 10000
feet in the air seems bit incongruous,
remember that teeth are teeth, no
matter what the altitude.
Nobody believed in the public's will
lingness to accept sleeper planes until
American Airlines remodeled some of
their older Condor bi-planes and ex-
perimented with selling the idea
Astonishingly, it was so well received
that year ago, c. R. Smith, presi-
dent of the line. went to Donald
Douglas and asked for a real air
sleeper. built especially for that pur-
pose. So was born the DIST and the
United States will be ready to write
another aviation achievement into its
growing list when she is released.
Evening star., 1936-04-05
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

Arrangements have been made with
the German postal administration, Z"
says the Postal Bulletin April 8, "for
the dispatch Of mail for Europe and
countries beyond by the new airship,
Hindenburg, which is scheduled to
make 10 flights from Frandort-am-
Main, Germany to Lakehurst, N. j.,
and return during the coming late
Spring and Summer. -"
''The first flight is scheduled to leave
Frankfort May 6, to arrive at Lake.
hurst May and to start on the re-
turn flight May 9 or 10.
Rates, including the ordinary post
age, fixed for articles to be mailed in
this country for dispatch by the air.
ship, are as follows: For dispatch by
airship only, 40 cents per half ounce;
for dispatch by air in this country and
by the airship, 43 cents per half ounce;
for dispatch by the airship and by air
in Europe, 43 cents per half ounce;
for dispatch by air in this country, by
the airship and by air in Europe, 46
cents per half ounce. -"
For the first flight only, letters for
delivery in the United States will be
accepted for dispatch to Frankfort by
the Hindenburg. Arrangements have
been made for return of such letters
or covers to the addresses in the regu-
lar mails. Such articles having the
appropriate postage afiixed Of 40 cents
per half ounce should be inclosed In .
cover and sent to the postmaster at
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New York, to be placed in the dis
patch. The articles should be marked
BY First Flight Hindenburg' in the
upper left corner Of the address side.
A cachet will be applied at New York
to all articles dispatched by the first
flight and they will be backstamped at
Frankfort. This department will not
issue = special postage stamp for these
flights.
"The German postal administration
will provide for dispatch Of flight
covers that may be desired from Ger
many to the United States. Such
covers will necessarily bear German
postage stamps. Two new German
Zeppelin stamps showing the Hinden-
burg, in denominations Of so and rs
pfennigs. will be used on mails dis
patched by the Hindenburg from Ger
many; also q separate special cachet
will be provided.
Persons in this country may secure
first-fiight covers from Germany to the
United States by sending the covers to
F. w. Won Meister, United States Zep-
pelin representative, 354 Fourth ave-
nue., New York City, who will make
provision for sending the covers re-
ceived in bulk to Germany, having
them stamped with German postage
and dispatched by the first fight Of
the Hindenburg. The rates quoted for
such covers are as follows: Letters,
10 grams, " ounce, 70 cents each:
postcards, s. cents each.
THE covers 20 sent to Mr.. Won
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AutOmOtive Briefs

Joseph B. Trew, president of the
Trew Motor Co., Dodge distributors in
this territory, announces the appoint
ment of F. A. Palmer as used car
sales manager. Palmer Is well known
to the automobile trade and the public
in Washington. and has served in ex-
ecutive capacities here with other au-
tomotive outlets for years.
The Hudson Motor Co. has added
a new retail sales company in Wash
ington, known as the Washington
Motor Sales Co., Inc. located at
$685. H street. Officers include
James E. Smith, president; Edmund
o. Carl, vice president and general
manager, and Joseph A. Burkart, Sec
retary and treasurer. Besides ham
ding Hudsons and Terraplanes, the
company has retained the services Of
Call Carl, Inc, to take care Of the
entire service end Of the business.
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mental Western Airlines. and was as
yet in the hands Of the Government
test pilots. What happened afterward
is aviation history, including the IA
nous air race to Australia. Today,
there are few leading countries In the
world that do not have one or more
DouglaSes in service on their transport
lines. The modest factory last year
built 100000 worth of planes and
is now increasing its floor space from
350,000 to 100000 square feet and its
working force from 5000 to 5000 men
In addition to the American Airlines'
order for 20 Of the new sleepers and
day ships, United has placed q $4,000, =
600 order for the same ships, and while
! was in the office this morning. word
was received that the new model for
the huge new four-motor job. just
of the draughting boards, had been
accepted by the combined airline
committee, for delivery about 1888. OF
interest to Washington, too, are the
two editions Of the present model, be-
ing specially fitted as flying Offices,
one for Secretary Dern and one for
the chief Of staff of the Army.
But back to the DST-our Sky Pull
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Meister should be addressed to the
sender or other person to whom they
are to be delivered. The rates stated
above will provide for delivery to the
addresses in the regular mails.
ANY such covers should be sent in
time to reach Mr.. Won Meister not later
than April %.
Payment should be by postal money
order"
Postmaster General James A. Farley
has announced that the Scent Rhode
Island Tercentenary commemorative
will go on sale at Providence, Monday,
May 4. Those who prefer Washing
ton cancellations of the same date may
arrange for stamps to be brought to
the Capital by airmail.
The old State Capitol, Little Rock,
has been selected for the design of
the Arkansas commemorative.
No official announcement has been
released, but it is understood that the
souvenir sheet to be issued for the
third International Philatelic Exhibi-
tion, Grand Central Palace, New York,
May 8 to IT. will show four different
State stamps-probably Texas, Con-
necticut, Michigan and the San Diego
issue for California.
The American War Mothers ap-
pealed in vain for reissue of the
Mothers day stamp in silver grey.
A stamp has been requested for the
18th anniversary of the Battle of
Gettysburg, 1888.
Michael L. Eidsness, jr., in Stamps
Magazine for April 4, says: "The Post
ONCE Department not long ago asked
for suggestions for the Army and Navy
series. But did the collectors seize the
opportunity and make the most of it?
They did not. On the contrary, only
a handful Of letters were received-not
more than so. altogether. Yet COM
plants will be plentiful when the set
appears. Human nature Is like that!"
Elmer G. Pratt, philatelic editor,
Camden IN. j. Courier-Post, writes:
THE new stamps to depict Army and
Navy heroes is not q real innovation,
for we have had many such in the
years gone by. In fact, we have issued
stamps with portraits Of 1s. Army
heroes and 2 Navy heroes, 13 Army
war associated scenes and border
line issues, 2 Of which were connected
with the Army and / with the Navy.
In this list we have not included the
many Presidents who. by virtue Of
their office, were commanders in chief
Of both the Army and the Navy.
Representing the Army, we have
had pictures by the dozens of Gen.
George Washington. Then come Gen.
Winfield Scott, Alexander Hamilton,
Gen. Zachary Taylor, Gen. Ulysses s.
Grant, Gen. william T. Sherman, Col.
Theodore Roosevelt, the Green Noun
tain boy, Maj. Gen. Sullivan; Gen.
Won Steuben, Gen. Casimir Pulaski,
'Rochambeau and De Grasse with
Washington, Gen. Oglethorpe and
Gen. Tf1addeus Kosciusko.
"0f the Navy, Commodore Oliver
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for the reduction Of postal stamp duties
by about 35 per cent and the new series
will comprise 10 different values. Illus
trated post cards showing over 100 diff
ferent sites and monuments are also
to be issued"
The last Of the King George photo
gravures of Great Britain have ap-
peared. They are 5p, orange brown;
10p, bright blue, and 1sh, olive bistre.
From The Hague it is reported The
Netherlands has In preparation COM
plete new set for ordinary use First
release is scheduled for this Summer.
Gen. (Count) Casimir Pulaski,
Polish patriot killed at the siege Of
Savannah during the American Revo-
luton, was introduced to George
Washington by Benjamin Franklin,
who wrote from Paris that he was
famous throughout Europe for his
bravery" The 1881 commemorative
stamp in which he is honored was
reproduced from a portrait etching by
H. B. Hall, dated 1871. To have
marked the sesquicentennial Of The
hero's death, as indicated in SCOTS
Catalogue, the stamp should have
been issued in 1929.
The Australian Post Office had
net profit Of $8,735, 900 in 1s35-and,
incredible as it may seem, the postal
authorities have acknowledged that
much Of the good showing is attribut-
able to the patronage Of stamp col
lectors
Gibbons Stamp Monthly, London,
estimates that a collection including
one copy Of every postage stamp ever
issued would be worth approximately
$1,750,o0o
To estimate the advantage Of cheap
postage, 1t may be mentioned that
century ago it cost Is cents to mail q
letter-about half the days wage OF
laboring man and the equal In price
Of q bushel of potatoes, two dozen
eggs, six pounds Of pork. four pounds
Of beef, three-fourths ysrd Of calico
or two pounds of good candies. Or
dinary writing paper In 1885 retailed
at 4 cents q sheet. It follows that
letter was something Of luxury.
Stamps Magazine editorially defends
authentic philately in the declara.
ton: stamp collection Is primarily
hobby, : Tns minute It becomes Q
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partment appropriations bill.
Early In February, after months oi
previous investigation, the Senate sub
committee opened hearings and per-
mitted its investigators and other wit
nesses to fill the public record with
charges against officials of the Bureau
of Air Commerce and the reliability
of the aids to air navigation which
they have established. These charges
were given Nationwide publicity.
For seven weeks charges. vicious
criticism and allegations, some OF
them so unfounded they have been
diSclaimed by the committee itself
have been permitted to circulate, to
the obvious detriment of air trans
portation, the Bureau of Air Com
merce and the officials of the bureau
For seven weeks these officials have
been denied the fundamental Ameri-
can right of prompt reply. deprived
of the right Of defense.
The first opportunity the bureau has
had to get any sort of defense state
ment into public record came not
from the State subcommittee, but
from the House Appropriations Com
mittee, during the course Of hearings
in executive session, on the depart
mental supply bill. These hearings
just made public, contain the first
public refutation Of long-standing
charges against the bureau.
Radio Beam Questioned.
During a discussion before the Ap-
propriations Committee of items fol
aids to air navigation, Eugene L. Vidal
director of air commerce, was asked
by member of the committee whether
it was true that an of f-course radio
beacon had been responsible for the
crash near Kirksville, Mo-, in which
Senator Cutting Of New Mexico was
killed. This crash led to the Senate
investigation now in process.
Vidal replied that Transcontinental
and Western Air, operators of the air.
liner in which Cutting was killed,
first felt that the weather report at
Nirksville was erroneous" 1t was not
until the Senate subcommittee hear
ing, months later, Vidal testified, that
T. W. A. claimed anything had been
wrong with the aids to air naviga-
tion.
I'VE have their own testimony, in
the public hearings out there, and
officials and pilots to the effect that
all the radio service provided by the
Government was operating and func-
tioning properly that night" Vidal
told the Appropriations Committee.
I'VE have T. w. A. official that
flew on the beam that same evening.
and reported that it was directly on
the course. So this story that you
have heard since then is something
entirely new to U.s."
Representative Rabaut Of Michigan,
a member of the committee, said he
was glad to have that statement.
Another member, Representative Kahn
of California, then asked Vidal why
there has not been any rebuttal testi-
mony put in before the Senate COM
mittee.
Because" she said, II am going to
tell you that that information is ex-
tremely widespread, and you have no
idea how much antagonism it is work.
ing up. We get reflections from that
from all over the country-the fact
that that beam was presumably out
Of alignment, so that this plane
cracked 18 miles beyond KirkSville;
and. Of course. the Government is
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Scarcity of Seamen Faced.

Stafford. England. reports a scarcity
Of suitable men to work on tramp
steamers sailing from there. Firemen,
junior engineers. carpenters and petty
officers are wanted. British hands
are supposed to have preference in
subsidized ships" said an official of
the Stafford Shipping Federation, but
recently we have had to give workers
to make up the crews"
Evening star., 1936-04-05
Super transport Is Going
Into Commission With
Coming of Summer.
By Alice Rogers Hager.

LOS ANGELES.
w WASHINGTON, considered in
M spite Of its airport diff
wv culties as the greatest po-
tential air center in the
country, will within few months be
one of the principal stops on the new
transcontinental route to be offered
by American Airlines when their new
Douglas Super er-Transport-the first
sky pullman-goes into service this
Summer, according to William Dunn,
executive of the company, with whom
I talked in Chicago yesterday.
I have just now come from the
Douglas factory here at Culver City,
home Of big moving picture and air
plane plants, where I have seen the
Aew giant Of the skies, figuratively
straining at its leash to be away into
the element for which it was designed
Marking the high point Of years re-
search and experiment, and based
upon three years experience in opera
ton of the two earlier models which
have won so many honors for their
maker. Donald Douglas, this sleek sill
yer monster will offer Washington
00-mile-an-hour overnight hops at
high attitudes, with only one stop for
refueling en- route. In other words,
you can be checked into the plane at
the local station" by smiling stew
ardess, climb into your airy berth to
dream peacefully, and waken to find
yourself on the ground again approx
mately thousand miles forward on
your journey. Day passengers will
ride in the same type of ship, fitted,
however, with some "a daytime seats.
THREE years ago I first visited this
factory, then comparatively mod
est plant in a somewhat isolated loca-
ton. The first Douglas model was
still a month from being released to
its original purchaser. Transconti.
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protection via highway sidewalks, on
the one hand, and an appropriation Of
$500, 100000 for grade-crossing elm
ination on the other hand. I mention
these facts because I think our indus
try can help in this great emergency
by trying to divorce the economic from
the safety considerations"
Increased amount of motor travel
in Washington, Maryland and Virginia
during the past year is indicated by
the larger amount of gasoline con-
sumed in each of these territories. the
American Automobile Association re-
ported today. The A. A. A. statement
continues:
''The total consumption in the Dis
trict in 1885 was Ill 1,913, 900 gallons.
as compared with 103,734,000 in 1884,
or an increase of per cent; in Mary
land, 216,776,0 900 gallons were con-
sumed in 1885, as against zoe, ,279, 900
In 1884, or an increase of ST. per cent.
and in Virginia 281 1886, 900 were con-
sumed last year, as compared with
259, 9,123, 900 in 1884, or an increase OF
per cent.
Gasoline consumption, one Of the
best indicators of tourist travel, rose
to new high level in many sections
Of the country during the year just
closed. Total consumption for the
United States as whole was 1924
100000 gallons. compared with 49,
sos. 100000 gallons in 1884, a gain Of
more than 100000, ,000o gallons.
This increased consumption, cou-
pied with higher tax rates in several
States, resulted in a sharp increase
in total gasoline tax collections. To-
tai Federal, State and local gasoline
taxes during the past year are esti-
mated at s804,50o,oo0, the highest
gasoline tax collection total in the
history of motor transport"
Evening star., 1936-04-05

"dry print" process Of manufacture
probably goes even further to explain
its distinction. The process employed
In the Bureau Of Engraving and Print
ing here Is . wet" process.
The London Observer reports from
Istanbul, Turkey: "A new series Of
stamps has been decided upon as q
result Of the postal agreement with
the countries belonging to the Entente
BaIkanique. The agreement provides
Evening star., 1936-04-05

The Star announces a revised
edition Of its booklet, Stamp
Plates Used in Printing Of Com
memorative and Airmail Issues of
the United States From 1893 to
1886"
Complimentary copies may be
had by readers who send self
addressed standard-size stamped
envelopes for the purpose to
Managing Editor, The Star,
Washington, D. c.
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pfcCAGUu VI us
esthetic char
acter, it should
be compared
with the ordin-
ary IS cent,
gray, U. 8.
stamp Of cur
rent use. It Is q
more vigorous
drawing, more
compelling In
power of attrac-
ton. But the
fact that 1t Is q
product of a