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Evening star., 1936-11-29

waking him up talking in a loud
daytime voice; but as James lay there in his
bed, listening to the sound of the lawn mower
over in the Northrup's yard, he got around to
rea izing that it wasn't dream. His father
actually had come home in the night. Two or
three times, lately, James father had come
home long after everybody else had gone to
bed James did not know why He did know
that this novelty did not seem to please any
body. Last night he had heard his mother say
ing. ''Oh. Richard! Quietlyi Don't waken
Jimmy. Where have you been?" No. she had
not sounded pleased.
Stanley Northrup seemed to be doing rush.
ing job with that lawn mower. Stanley could
push one, Stanley himself said, faster than any
body. Then it stopped and Stanley's voice rose
in a yodel. Stanley was calling for James
Whitaker, but James did not jump up and
yell a response out the window. James did not
move.
Stanley's yodel was admirable. louder and
wilder than any other. With that yodel he
could 60 on the air, Stanley said so himself
Stanley was an admirable guy, all around,
really. It was queer that James mother, who
was smart otherwise, should entirely miss the
point of their friendship - James and STAN
ley's. Matter of fact it was break for James
to be accepted in friendship by one 50 mani
testify superior, in years. wisdom, toughness.
And if James couldn't play with Stanley
Northrup, whom could he play with? People.
it seemed to him, were getting dumber and
dumber.
James got out of bed, dressed, and went
downstairs to get his breakfast. His parents
were 50 busy talking to each other they did
not say good morning" until he had said it
twice himself Genevieve, the cook, who had
black face and black hands, came in with
James breakfast.
James father, who worked for THE Evening
News" and knew all the important people.
like wrestlers and baseball players, had white
hair, and young. tanned face. There was
Evening star., 1936-01-23

Reich Split Into Air Divisions.
BERLIN (R.-For administrative
and defense purposes neO regula-
corps areas, with centers in Koenigs-
berg, Berlin, Dresden. MuenSter,
Munich and Kiel,
Evening star., 1936-01-23
100 ESCAPE DEATH
IN BURIED BUSES
School Children Are Saved
From SnoW-Drifts
Cover Machines.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio. January
23.-Sheriff's deputies on horseback
rescued 100 school children last night
from buses buried In 16-foot snow
drifts in this hilly, sparsely settled
section on the West Virginia bound
ary.
Sheriff Howard Duff of Belmont
County. returning with the last OF
the rescue parties, said the children,
some of whom had been stranded
since noon, were all accounted for and
appeared in good shape.
The sheriff said deputies and high
way department crews discovered a
missing school bus containing more
than 40 children halfway between St..
Clairsville and Glencoe, miles south.
Two other busses containing 60
children were located near Fairpoint,
S miles north.
Actually, you couldn't see the
Evening star., 1936-01-23
RECOVERY IS HELD
BASED0N BUILDING
Home Construction Nations
One Big Opportunity,
FIJI. A. Man Says.
Nv the Associated Press.

1y the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 23.-Ihe
renaissance of the American home
was held out today as the highngnt
Of economic recovery.
Former Gov. A. o. Eberhart OF
Minnesota, special representative OF
the Federal Housing Administration.
told the National Retail Dry Goods
Associations Convention that restora-
ton OF the building industry is the
Nations zone great opportunity"
A. w. Zelomek. New York econ
omist, who addressed the same organ
ization, predicted an ''undeniable re-
turn of interest to the home" will
bolster the house furnishings indus
try. He estimated that the national
income in 1896 will be 12.5 per cent
greater than in 1885, and that ex-
penditures for the home will jump II
per cent.
Auto Begins to Cooperate.
One of the big factors in the
renaissance, said Zelomek, is that
ownership of an automobile is no
longer any special mark OF social i'm
portance." Insted of competing with
the home, he said, the car has be-
gun to cooperate.
Eberhart declared: I'm order to
reach stable national recovery, there
are only two courses we can pursue.
We can either continue to mete out
the wasteful dole and thereby sacri-
fee the morale of the workers, or un-
der this Government plan (the F. H.
A. find the necessary profitable em-
ployment which will release billions
of frozen capital and make it avail
able for building repair and con-
Struction.
I'm repairing and modernizing ap-
proximately one-half of our 100000
homes and the building of 100000
new homes, which constitute a most
conservative estimate of Americas S
needs. at least one-third of the entire
unemployed population. or about 5000,
600 men and women, are taken out OF
the breadline and put back to work.
1.-The resulting relief to the tax
payers will therefore run into billions" !"
Zelomek, commenting that for sew
eral years the number of houses de-
stroyed by fire has exceeded the num-
ber built, said an increase in construc-
ton possibly exceeding so per cent"
could be expected in 1886.
The total, he said, would still be
far below the peak year. Kenneth
Collins, New York department store
executive, urged the retailers to "dra-
matically increase their promotional
efforts"
Its our job," he said, ito convince
the mass of people that those pur-
chases which run into large figures
should be contracted for at our stores
through some type of credit arrange
ment And you can mark my word
that if you do not seek that business
the automobile industry will, and the
country will find itself heavily mort
gagged to the makers of cars"
Evening star., 1936-01-23
Aut1tOr of First Bonus La,u
Sees Predictions Come True
Judge Green Forecast
Long Period of Votes
for Veterans.
Recalls That His Bill Re.
Quired No Large I'm.
mediate Outlay.
Rx tho Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Judge william r. Green, 6S, OF the
Court Of Claims, author OF the nrst
bonus bill that became law. leaned
back in his chair yesterday and said'
II told them So"
He referred to q day in 1924 when
as a Republican Representative from
Iowa he was chairman OF the House
Ways and Means Committee, and had
perfected his adjusted compensation
BILL" He regarded 1t as q sort OF
paid-up life insurance policy tor the
World War veteran.
Some Of the members" he said,
wanted to load the bill down with
amendments. I wouldn't let them.
1T you try to stop u.s." he said
they told him, We'll vote against It,
Confident Of Success.
Judge Green said he looked at MS
colleagues and smiled.
"Oh, no, you won't, gentlemen. he
replied. you'll vote for 1t and Con-
gressmen will continue to for long
long time"
He introduced his bill under q mo-
ton to suspend the rules and pass the
bill, This cut of amendments and
left only a limited time for debate.
Speaker Gillett had agreed privately
to recognize him. The bill passed
with more than the necessary two
thirds majority, Judge Green recalled
He drew up the bill, he explained
because Canada and Australia
seemed to be doing so much more for
their veterans than the United States. v
He said he also believed it would make
pensions unnecessary.
Debt Spread Over Years.
His bill. of course, gave the soldier
no immediate cash, but provided he
should receive his money in 20 years
with interest. Should he die before
that time, his beneficiaries would re-
ceive the entire 20-year value.
Judge Green emphasized that his
bill called for mo gigantic immediate
outlay of money" explaining it would
have cost the country about $4,000.
100000 spread out through 20 years
with a sinking fund Of about $200, ,000,-
900 yearly during the first years anc
gradually diminishing. The bill was
amended materially later.
The blue-eyed, gray-haired judge
resigned from the House in 1928 when
President Coolidge appointed him te
a judgeship in the Court of Claims.
Born in Connecticut.
He was born in Colchester, Conn.
spent most of his younger life ir
Council Bluffs. Iowa, and worked his
way through Oberlin College, receiving
bachelor of arts and law degrees
He is the author of THE Theory anc
Practice of Modern Taxation" ane
Tariff Facts and Fallacies."
Judge Green said he always ha.
regretted that he might have hae
anything to do with bill that helpee
bring a bonus march on the Nation,
Capital"
Evening star., 1936-01-23
EX.CONWCT HELD
AS GIRLS SLAYER
Paroled Thief Admits Killing
Child Of Lawyer for Revenge,
Sheriff Discloses.

BY the Associated Press.
FRESNO, Calf, January ga
paroled motor car thief was held at
an undisclosed Jail today as the con-
fessed slayer of Mary Louise Stam-
mer, IS, daughter of Walter H. Stam-
mer, wealthy Fresno attorney.
Sheriff George j. Overholt said Elton
Stone. 30, paroled from San Quentin
in 1884, readily admitted shooting the
girl last November "a.
Sheriff Overholt said Stone admitted
he killed the girl because he had vowed
to get" one Of the Stammer family,
but would not disclose his motive. The
Stammers said they did not know
Stone.
Stone was trapped by his failure to
submit to volunteer flngerprinting.
About 5000 men and boys around
Fresno were fingerprinted voluntarily
in the search.
Evening star., 1936-01-23

buses at ALL" the sheriff said. "The
drifts were is and 16 feet deep, and
snowplows that set out simply begged
down and would not bulge. The
temperature was about 8 below and
going down all the time"
School Supt. o. o. Crawford said all
pupils had been rescued and there
would be no more school the rest Of
the week.
Evening star., 1936-01-23
1000 DETAINED IN RAID
Two Miami Gambling Places Are
Sacked bv Police.

MIAMI, Fla, January % R).-
Miami police, in surprise gambling
raids, halted the play Of some 1000
persons, arrested IA alleged operators
in two establishments and seized thou
sands of dollars worth OF valuable
gaming equipment yesterday.
Great confusion resulted when po-
lice prohibited departure Of any ore
until arrests had been made and ap-
paratus seized.
Evening star., 1936-01-23
KERMESS COMMITTEE
TO ENTERTAIN KNIGHTS
Floor Show to Feature Dance
Tomorrow Evening at
K. c. Hall.

The Kermess Committee Of the
Knights of Columbus will entertain
members of the order at a dance at
pm. tomorrow in the K. c. Hall,
Tenth and K streets. A floor show
will be a feature Of the program.
All officers were reelected at the
club meeting last night. They are:
William H. Collins, president; George
Harbin. vice president; Fraucis A.
McCann, secretary; John j. Curtin
treasurer, and P. Frank Hannah
marshal.
Very Rev. Harry I. Quinn, spiritual
director of the Baltimore Archdiocesan
Union of Holy Name Societies. was q
guest at the meeting. The speakers
were Rev. Thomas B. Dade, Percy
Saffell, Msgr. Quinn and Rev. Joseph
Moran.
Evening star., 1936-01-23
POST OFFICE CLOSED
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MADISON, Va, January 23.-Olc
Rag. last post Office in the Shenan.
doah National Park, was closed per-
manently this week. It has been con-
Quoted by Mrs. w. T. Gallihugh at
her home since April, when w. A.
Brown, old postmaster. moved to Syria
Persons in the neighborhood will be
served by mail route.
Evening star., 1936-01-23
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home. He and his brother left
their mark on their holdings in
such local terms as wilson's
Bowl and wilson's Hollow"
Betsy Wilson was a New
Hampshire girl, daughter of a
veteran of the Battle of Bunker
Hill. In 1897, the brick business
well under way, Sam returned to
Mason to marry her and bring
her back to Troy. She bore him
four children, two of whom
reached maturity. Benjamin be-
came a lawyer. 1t was his daugh-
ter, the late Mrs. Marion Wilson
Sheldon, who erected to her
grandfather's memory the monu-
ment which marks his grave to-
day. Her son, Carlton Wood Shell
don of Kansas City, his daughter,
Mrs. Helen Marion Brockett, and
her daughter, Betty Sheldon
Brockett, are Uncle Sans and
Aunt Betsy's only living descend
ants today.
Early Packers
The brick business well in
hand, the Wilson brothers ex-
tended their efforts. Adjoining
one of Sans farm houses was
large field suitable for grazing,
watered by two ponds. Here the
Wilson's undertook to raise stock.
Their cattle fiourished. The Will
sons erected slaughter house,
and entered the meat business.
AS early as 1905 they could ad-
vertise in the local papers: 1.-TWO
large and convenient slaughter
houses" where could be KILLED,
cut and packed $50 head of cattle
per day." When times were at
their best, the slaughter houses
required employment of 200 men.
Still the Wilson's expanded. At
the foot of what is now Ferry
street they built a dock. They
purchased their own sloops. Out
from the firm of S. and E. Wilson
at Troy and down the Hudson to
Albany and points east came
Wilson meats and Wilson bricks
by the shipload.
And what is so noble in that?
What to warrant flags and
wreaths and military salutes?
Nothing at all. Uncle Sam was
simply being himself, working
shrewdly but with honor for his
own interests.
The War of 1872 created urgent
demand for provisions for the
troops saving the United States
from the British. One Ebert
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SALUTE TO SAMUEL WILSON,
THE ORIGINAL "UNCLE SAM
BY LOUISE M. COMSTOCK

MEN variously serve their
1F1 country. Some live, others
die for it. Samuel Wilson rem
dered the United States of
America a service no other in
dividual has yet been able to
duplicate. He gave his country
that symbolic personality which
embodies all the traits popu-
larly attributed to its people;
the name by which it has been
praised and reviled, revered
and ridiculed the world over.
He did it uniquely, simply by
being himself. Samuel Wilson
was Uncle Sam.
For this service Samuel Will
son recently received his ma
TONS thanks. At the impressive
upright oblong of granite which
marks his grave in lakewood
cemetery, in Troy, N. Y, new
flag climbed its pole, a stiff,
fresh wreath tipped against the
stone, a band played and state
troopers fired military salute.
The New York department of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
convening at Troy, thus paid
homage to an early Trojan.
But, I'VE are not in the final
analysis honoring a single indi-
yidual," said National Comman-
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der-in-Chief James E. Van
Zandt. Rather we are dedicat-
ing this program to Our country
itself, to the spirit of American
ism which prevails in Our rela-
tons with one another and with
the world"
Had Samuel Wilson been
aware during his lifetime that he
was 20 become all that, it is
probable he would have thought
his metamorphosis a huge joke.
That, we gather, is the sort of
person he was. Kindly, shrewd,
humorous, scrupulously honest:
the best of New England broad
ened a bit by it's first adventur-
Gus step westward.
A Bay State Scot
He was born in 1865 at Memo
tony, now Arlington, Mass,
eighth of thirteen children in a
Scotch family which could claim
early and influential connections
in Boston but never rose to the
dignity of a coat of paint on its
own shack! In 1870 the family
moved to Mason, N. H. And in
1871 the youthful Samuel, hav-
ing attained the advanced age of
fifteen years, did his duty as he
saw it by enlisting as service
boy in the American Army of the
Revolution. Had he been even a
drummer boy, history might
have caught him early. But he
was merely a service boy.
In 1889, at the comparatively
mature age of twenty-three, Sam
left Mason with his brother,
Ebenezer, and followed the trend
of the times westward. Not very
far west, except as measured by
the near-sighted eyes of 1889.
What is today the city of Troy
was then but raw settlement on
the banks of the Hudson river.
Early Trojans
Sam and Ed Wilson were
among the first to settle there.
They chose well. Behind the set
Element rose two small hills,
named in accordance with that
regions taste in classical no
menclature, Mounts Ida and
Olympus. Their western slopes,
where is today Troy's pleasant
Prospect park, contained clay
suitable for making bricks. Sam
and Eb had learned about bricks
back in New Hampshire. They
had also sized up shrewdly the
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and about Troy. They had known
Samuel Wilson all their lives,
they knew him as Uncle Sam,
and they found it funny. That
was enough.
Began as a Joke
Whatever the psychology in
volved, the joke stuck. So Uncle
Sam Wilson was feeding the
army, was he? Well, if it was
Uncle Sans meat they were eat
ing, why not Uncle Sans so-and-
so uniforms they were wearing,
Uncle Sans lousy blankets they
slept under, Uncle Sans this
and-that hospitals to which they
carried their wounds, and Uncle
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OF INTEREST TO
THE HOUSEWIFE

Do not uncover a steamed pud-
ding for the first half hour of
cooking.
Tarnish can be removed from
brass articles with a mixture of
lemon juice and wood ashes.
To prevent the juice in fruit tart
boiling over, mix a little corn
starch with the sugar before add
ing it to tart filing.
Green bananas may be ripened
by placing in paper bag and
keeping in a dark closet for a
few days.
Leftover juices if boiled and
used instead of water to dissolve
gelatin will give gelatin richer
flavor.
After bottles have been washed
with soap and water they can be
further cleaned and sweetened by
dropping small pieces of fresh
lemon into each bottle half filed
with water and shaking.
To remove water spots from
silk, dampen evenly and press
material while still damp. This
may be done by sponging care
fully with clean water or by shak-
ing it IN the steam from briskly
boiling tea kettle until it is thor
oughly damp.
When having oak floors laid,
have flooring delivered at the
house a number of days before
work is to be done. Open bales
SO that dry air can get to the
strips to reduce any moisture
content.
g Associated Newspapers.-wNUs Service.
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jams who will loudly deny that
their hero ever wore whiskers!
Tailleur, however, is one thing,
personality another. And while it
is as certain as Monday morning
that Samuel Wilson would have
as soon submitted to one of his
own butcher knives as worn stars
and stripes, it is equally certain
that the kindly smile behind the
fictitious whiskers, the shrewdly
twinkling eye, the thoughtful
brow and the big, capable hands
of the cartoon were his. We must
give due credit to the acorn.
Samuel Wilson was Uncle Sam.
g Western Newspaper Union
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Sans observation-disclosures war
they were fighting? 1t is fact
that by 1913 the term was in
common use among the troops
stationed near Albany to desig-
nate the United States Of
America.
1t was first printed in this con-
notation in the papers of that
region. The Troy Post in an edi-
torial of September 7, 1913, re-
ferred to the hard luck which
had lighted ION Uncle Sans
shoulders, and added in a foot
note "this cant term for our gov
eminent has got almost as cur
rent as John Bull" Shortly there
after Uncle Sans teams, his
troops and payroll were men,
toned in several northern New
York and western Vermont pa
pers. The Columbia Sentinel in
December, 1914, printed an edi-
torial entitled "Uncle Sam and
John Bull" contrasting the Mig
gardly pay in the American
Army with that in the British.
Finally, in Niles Register for
1915, we find a definition: gu. S.
or Uncle Sam-a cant term in
the army for the United States"
1t was time and the cartoon
iSt, of course, who promoted
Uncle Sam from "cant
term" to definite personality.
1t was done by the conventional
methods of caricature.
The first known perturbation
OF the new synonym for the
United States appeared in Punch,
London, in 1874. It showed
long, lean Uncle Sam in long
coat tails and stove pipe hat.
According to those who should
know, Samuel Wilson was long
and lean and wore a high beaver
hat, though how the news
reached London is beyond con-
lecture. First American cartoon
was drawn in 1852 by F. Below
for the New York Lantern,
comic weekly of the period. It
added, whether to the London
version or to the original we
shall never know, the familiar
tight trousers; low-cut waistcoat,
high collar and bow tie. It was
Thomas Mast, famous American
cartoonist, who embellished the
figure further with chin whis-
kers, striped his trousers, starred
his waistcoat, and otherwise
brought it up to what is today
accepted as standard. Mast be-
gan his drawings within year
or two of Samuel Wilson's death.
But there is no evidence that he
drew from life. There are Tro-