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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-09-17
Old Aaron had

OLD aaron mao
changed. 1t
was nothing tan
eible, nothing that
you could lay your
finger on. 1t lay
beneath the sur
face.
We noticed it
that night sitting
around the stove in
his kitchen, with
the dogs at our
feet and our pipes
going and the fire
giving off friendly
heat and friendly
sounds.
At last I said.
well, what are
our chances this
year, Aaron? Plen-
ty of birds ?"
"Eh?" said Aaron.
"Eh?" AS though
rousin & himself.
birds? Not good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-09-17
Of justice, foreign affairs and labor or
their representatives.

Of justice, foreign affairs and labor or
their representatives.
The premier urged speedy considera-
ton of stringent legislation as the first
step of reforms which we consider
necessary for the security Of the coun-
try"
The law would place thousands Of
] foreign refugees under rigorous police
surveillance France is additionally \
sanctuary of political and other exiles
of foreign nations.
A man identified by police as an
italian anarchist was held at Tou-
louise today after lengthy questioning
in connection with the Paris bombings.
The prisoner declared his innocence
and asserted he had not known about
the explosions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-09-17

knew best, answered the advice by
jumping into the boat from the wharf.
capsizing it, of course, and throwing
him and his instructor into the water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-09-17
INDICT GIRL STUDENT
IN JERSEY Staying

Grand Jury Acts After Hearing
so Minutes of Testimony, In
GLIDING Her Confession.
BY the Associated Press.
NEW BRUNSWICK. N. j.. Septem-
Der 1.-THE Middlesex County Grand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-09-17

Trucking services which compete
with government railways in France
have been ordered to raise their rates,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-09-17

Britain has 83,191 fewer cotton
looms than in 1898.
Evening star., 1937-07-01

who makes various things (sometimes
goldfish, sometimes a girD disappear
and does other feats Of legerdemain
Dance music is supplied by Barnee
and the orchestra.
X X X
VOlga BOatman ROOf-Cool here
too, where there's always a breeze
astir. The nightly shows have a lot
OF fine music, contributed by Dimitri
Sokolovsky and his six-stringed cello
Violinist Gypsy Kohlia, Singer Anna
Sablukova and by Matt Windsor him
self with his accordion.
X X
Maryland Club Gardens-Dance
music on the pleasant outdoor terrace
beside the cool waters of the swimming
pool is supplied by Lou Williams and
his Orchestra.
Casta Grande-There's floor show
every night here. Music for dancing
is by Bert Motley's Orchestra.
X X
Hamilton Hotel-Milton Davis and
his Orchestra furnish tunes to give
rhythm to dancing feet at the cool
Rainbow room. There are songs by
Ginger Lee, lou Behrman and Bert
Bernath.
X X
L0tuS-Jackson and Blackwell head
line the floor show, with novelty
acrobatic routine and a comedy dance
that's really funny. Others featured
are Dancer Jack Whitney, the Van
Evening star., 1937-07-01
After Dark
Smart People, Smart Things, Smart Places.
BY the Spectator
Trade Mark REGISTERED. q. 8. Patent ONCE

Ludwig chat over a chop with Harry
Hopkins, Mr.. Ludwig admitting his
three hobbies are swimming, dogs and
his son. And Eddie Rickenbacker's
back IN town again or was, long
enough 70 be spotted in the Carlton
lobby.
''' We start for the Powhatan Roof
and it begins to rain so we decide to
go instead to the Volga Boatman Roof
which should give you a fine
idea as to the inner workings of what
this department laughingly calls q
mind But at the Volga Boatman
everybody's come inside and forgotten
the showers and we arrive just in time
to hear Matt Windsor practically take
his accordion apart with that special
arrangement of Schubert's Ave
Maria" -. and there's the Nays Com
mander Collins with a friend from
New York :. and at another table a
raft OF naval officers with various
handsome lassies, including Miss
knight :. whose first name we'd re-
member only it in those notes in
the other suit Oook, he's Dragging
again e. Then it dawned that there
was no reason for not going to the
PoWhatan in the first place because
there's the Crystal Room when it
rains -. (The Crystal Room is there
when it doesn't rain, too, if you're 60
ing to get technically So there
was Pete Macias banging on a piano
like a mad thing and Martyr Rubin
having vocal tantrums about merry
go-round breaking down and you, too,
had better be careful because the
merry-go-round you're on will break
down some day and even the brass
ring won't do you any good then
But lot of people were having them
selves lot of fun on the Powhatan
Crystal rooms merry -go-round.
Out at the Shoreham Terrace,
Mary Senate Howes Stewart has fun
the eve before her wedding, feted with
her husband tthen her fiance) at
mammoth dinner party given by her
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. w, w.
HoWes and Col and Mrs. c. c.
Schif1eler desert the Raleigh for an
evening to try the terrace at Mr..
Moore's Calvert street boarding
house =. Senator Harry Flood Byrd
dimes there, too.
''' The Earle's Charles Grimes paid
the Hi-Hat a call the other eve for
a look at the Three Ms and listen to
their music heard them do that
bang-up arrangement Of Lullaby of
Broadway they used in film
short . couldn't wait to see their
trick doings with Man on the FLYING
Trapeze' Over at the Madrillon
the band-stand's bare of Johnny
Shaw, In New York vacationing, but
the lads come through nobly with
You Were There" .. Play it in three
different tempoS . even as a tango
:. Matt Windsor says "romawncing"
and "daWncing" in one song
which is a lot better than the guy
who rhymes 'Septembore' and 're-
membore" :. The Van Sisters at the
Lotos have appeared in some of jeff
Machamers Gags and Gals" movie
shorts.
Evening star., 1937-07-01
Supper Club Notes

"A 4 ADRILLON-Nice here, for
M luncheon or for dining and
dancing in the evening, and
4 L no matter what the weather
outside, it's always right inside. There's
dance music by Johnny Shaw's Or
chestra and there's Helen Forrest to
make songs sound brighter.
Wardman Park HOtel-The Metro
nome rooms air-cooled and smokeless.
Jimmy Santneyer and his orchestra
supply music for dancing.
X X X
Powhatan Roof-It's always cool
and pleasant these II stories above the
street and there's smooth music for
dancing, turned out by Pete Macias
and his orchestra.
X
Mayfi0wer Hotel-There's dancing
IN the cool lounge every afternoon until
and every evening after 10. Music
Is by Sidneys Orchestra.
HI Hat Lounge - Entertainment
every evening Is supplied by the Three
Evening star., 1937-07-01

Thompson. Let's look for her"
Waiter hastened up. ReaSSuringly
he spoke. 1t wasn't rain, it seemed:
Just an artificial substitute. Seems
the sun beats down on the awning,
whereupon it's bound to get warmish
under the awning. So the Washing
tons master minds went into confer
ence with themselves, came forth with
an idea.-NoW when the sun beats
down, the gadget is turned on and a
long pipe sprays water on the awning
Presto it's cool as a Summer shower
beneath the awning
ge-WhiSperS in the Night:
Il can't think of anything off-hand
that would disqualify one for being the
wife Of an air-corpS officer"
When I saw that act 10 years ago I
thought it was funny"
Il came out when I was 13 at Eagle
Hall in Nome, Alaska"
Some dame hit him over the head
with gin bottle and it didn't do him
any good"
80 Color at the Carlton Princess
White Deer, in full Indian regalia,
looking over the buffet table, then
lunching ION Tomato Surprise, if you
want all the facts) And in the
lounge Hall Roosevelt cools off with
one of those Barbados Cooler concoc-
tions OF Chief Bartender Myers :.
In the dining room Emil and Mrs.
Evening star., 1937-07-01

IL being flnicky about it, are not
stopping to say Gee, don't
L L look so good; I'd better not 60
Ia" The lassies are tossing per-
manent waves to the winds 81. .
podden, casting them upon the
waters . dashing right from their
swim in the Wardman Park Pool to
their dancing and their pink lemonade
In the Metronome room . deciding
soft music and turn or two about
the floor is fun even if they can't look,
when stepping from pool, as sleek as
when stepping from Ye Beaute
Shoppe :. And out for a swim and
a dance the other night was that nice
Patsy Brewer, with bronzed Lehigh
lad at her elbow :. and scads of other
bright people try the same Summer
tonic :. :.
"Oh dear walled the lass in
blue. the sun was shining when I came
up here and left the top down. Now
look. Rain" Her escort listened to
the plunk-plunk on the Washington
Hotel Roofs awning, looked at the
water dribbling down from the edge
nf ~
Evening star., 1937-07-01

Sisters, twin tap specialists; Don
Alvarado and Marion Dawn.
X X X X
King Cole Room-Joan English still
remains to sing her songs for the
people and now she is being aided in
the entertaining chore by Ward Du-
Vail, known to local radio listeners as
the Gypsy Minstrel
X X X
Boulevard Farms-Every Friday
Saturday and Sunday night there is
floor show, with scads of pretty
girls and all the other things that
Evening star., 1937-07-01

Huh" he said.
ats not raining
anywhere e lse
Guess we're nuts"
Two t a b | e S
away a lad reused
himself from
silent contempla-
ton of a julep.
L ook 80 h e
mused, " S Pago-
Pago. Rain, rain,
rain"
'Wunner." :" said
his companion,
where's Sadie
Evening star., 1937-07-01

Ms, a trio of lads who can produce
a lot OF music and a lot of Swing"
from piano, sax and guitar.
Shoreham Hotel-Featured attrac-
tlon here Is Gwynne, the magician
Evening star., 1937-07-01

make up floor show. Phil Loria and
his Orchestra play for dancing.
Hay Adams HOuse-The Old Eng
lish Tap Room is the spot for relaxing
here. Buffet service If you're hungry
Evening star., 1937-07-01

and any other service you require II
you're thirsty.
X
Brooke Johns Old Barn-Music for
dancing every evening from $50 till
1870. The chef has reputation.
UptOwn-For cocktails and food
Evening star., 1937-03-26

Pretty hots-in an outstanding collection.
Bright strows, light strows, dark! Bo|libuntIs,
bokecs, porte bonbeur, rough strows! Soft,
cIinging silks, supple fur fets. Sweeping brms,
ho|oes, sailors, bretons, turbons, piIboxes, peach
baskets! Very gay very Eostey, with flowers
and feathers and vei|s Pretty hats!
at $5-Just the beginning Of gloriousN
complete selection Of Easter hats from $3.50
to $35
Evening star., 1937-03-26

FOX coIIored swoeeer suits, boW
or full swoger untrimmed suits, 3
fitted suits in dressmoker versions
and wolf trimmed. Fine wooIens IL
clude cereal tweeds, ComeIlo cloth,
shetIonds, basket weoves. In navy,
beige, light blue, Picodilly tan, oot-
meal, grey, rust.
Suit Shop-5th Elees 49,.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
A Brother Quicker Than Eve,

OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. IA R.-
Ten OF the brothers in Ring SO, In
ternational Brotherhood of Magicians.
received 27 votes for vice president.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
Toys
Continued From First Page

ranto & Wasman. Inc, 1921 L street
NV. Capt Joseph C. Morgan of
police precinct No. will give to rs
persons who may otherwise have no
holiday dinner one of Mr.. Taranto's
cards, emitting the bearer to a Christ
mas dinner there that day, 40 being
served at 2 o'clock and IS at 3 o'clock.
In the meantime tickets are going
rapidly for The Singing Minstrel"
play to be put on Saturday afternoon
at S o'clock at the Mayflower Hotel
ballroom, according to Miss Nancy
Letter, business manager of the show.
This play, written by Miss Margot
Garrett, who made her debut here last
year, and presented by young people
of Washington society, is being her
aided as one of the important events
of the holiday social season.
Santa Claus and Monte Blue at one
party is the schedule for Friday nights
Toy Ball at the Shoreham, an event
that will be on the air from II to IL: 80
O'Clock, Beginning with Santa's ar
rival from his headquarters at the
North Pole in an American Air Lines
2l-passenger airplane at IL pm, to
which everyone is invited, the pro-
gram to be broadcast includes his re-
ception by Maj. Ernest w. Brown, SUI
perintendent of police, at the airport,
and his arrival at the Shoreham.
There Melvin c. Hazen. president
OF the Board of Commissioners, will
present Santa Claus with the keys of
the city. Monte Blue will preside over
all the festivities and Barnee's music
and Earle Theater talent will enter
tain the aerial audience. Guests of
the Shoreham for the Toy Ball are
invited to bring contributions of toys.
food or clothing, to be distributed by
the Parent-Teacher Associa ton and
the Metropolitan Police to listed
needy families.
On Thursday night the Earle The
ater orchestra will be on the air
through the courtesy Of the Musicians
Protective Union. Local 16l, A. C.
Hayden, president.
Being Santa Claus is possible in the
following ways:
l. Attend a toy matinee Saturday
morning, December 1S, at any Warner
Bros theater. A new toy or new ar
ticle of clothing will be the price Of
a ticket
2. Leave a new toy. new article of
clothing or non-perishable food
Canned food is excellent at Federal
Building collection centers, at any
Peoples Drug Store collection box or
any night club toy party. Dona-
tons made at all of these places 60
to The Star-Warner Bros.-N. B. c.
Christmas campaign.
3. Deliver food, clothing or toys to
any police station or call National
1000, ask for precinct five and ask
that squad car be sent to your home
for anything you wish to donate.
4. Attend the Shoreham Toy Ball.
bringing a donation for the poor.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
VALUE OF PANAY
PUT AT $5o0,76O
Speculation Centers on Amount
of Damages U. s. May Get
in Bombing Incident.

Speculation in Government circles
on the amount of indemnity the United
States might receive from the sink
ing Of the gunboat Panay centered
today around the value of the vessel.
Naval officials said the Panay Is
valued on the books at about $500, 76O,
although it cost 100000 when COM
missioned on September 10, 1928.
OF course, officials added, the value
Of human life, lost in the Panay
when Storekeeper First Glass; Charles
Lee Ensminger met death, cannot
readily be determined. The same Is
true in the case of the wounded men
| and the sufferings they have gone
| through since the vessel was de-
| stroyed
Ohhcials familiar with the Orient
recalled that the japanese had ex-
acted from China an indemnity vary-
ing from $4,000 to 100000 for the
loss of one life.
No Government Official was found
who was willing to estimate the pu-
nitive damages the American Gov
| ernment might receive and which
President Roosevelt suggested.
Evening star., 1937-12-14

Spanish authorities the Maine steamed
out of the harbor of Key West, Fla,
on January "a and on the day fol-
lowing entered Havana Harbor.
Taps" sounded at 9 pm. on Feb
ruary Is by the marine bugler. c. H.
Newton of Washington, D. C.-his
last Writing some letters in his
cabin was the commanding officer,
Capt. Charles Dwight Sigsbee. Sud-
denly he heard number of rumbling
sounds following the explosion. His
orderly, the marine private, William
Anthony, made that famous report ::
Sir, I have to report that the ship
has been blown up and Is sinking. !"
The vessel was ablaze, and she
soon went to the bottom. The next
morning and the days following the
harbor was searched for bodies, and
some were buried in Havana, others
at Key West, but in time they were
brought here to rest in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery-mute testimony to
an historic explosion,
Evening star., 1937-12-14
Maine Disaster Is Recalled
BY Sinking of Cunboat Panay

Sinking o, the United States gun
boat Panay in the Yangtze River in
China recalled to officials in WASH
1ngton today the sinking of the bat
tleship Maine in Havana Harbor on
Tuesday, February Is, 1898. There
Is strange coincidence in the fact
that the Panay is named for one of
the Philippine Islands, which the
United States secured as the result
Of the Spanish-American War, caused
by the sinking of the Maine.
The disaster to the Maine brought
death to 266 persons, officials said,
while SO were saved The Maine had
. complement of 26 officers and a
crow Of 2eO, with 80 marines.
Washingtonians have a vivid re-
ininder Of the Maine tragedy, for the
mast Of the veteran battleship now
ts in Arlington National Cemetery,
where many of the men connected
with that conflict are buried.
The Maine was on goodwill mis-
sion to Cuba when she was hurled
below the waters by an explosion,
presumably caused by those friendly
10 Spain. With the approval of the
Evening star., 1937-12-14
Turkey to Build Ships.

Turkey plans to use iron from its
government plant, now under con-
struction in Karabuk, in ships for its
merchant fleet.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
METHODISTS EXPECT
UNION TO BE BINDING
Church Publication Says No An.
nual Conference Can Be Exempt
if Merger Is Approved.
ey the Associatsd press.

Ey the ASGocleGeo Press.
BALTIMORE. Dec. 14.-The Metho-
dist Protestant Church expects all its
annual conferences and congreea tions
to adhere strictly to the plan Of union
II and when the three branches Of
Methodism are merged.
The Executive Board of the church,
which has ratified the plan Of union,
said in q statement "All annual con-
ferences, their subsidiary organizations
and the churches Of these conferences
are bound by that ratification" II the
merger materializes.
The statement. prepared for this
weeks issue Of the Methodist Profess
tant Recorder, added:
mo annual conference can be ab-
solved or made exempt or in any way
excused from adherence to the pro-
visions and Implications OF the plan
OF union. including property rights
heretofore belonging to the Methodist
Protestant Church"
The plan OF union would bring
together in one church the Metho-
dist Protestant, the Methodist Episco-
pal and the Methodist Episcopal South.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
FRANC0.Y .YUG0SLAV PACT
SIGNED TO BOOST TRADE
Increased Purchases Pledged by
French-Delbos to Talk With
Stoyadinovich Again.

By the Associated Press
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia. Dec IA
A trade agreement whereby France
would undertake to increase consid-
ersbly her purchases from Yugoslavia
was signed today by French Minister
OF Foreign Affairs Yvon Delbos and
the Yugoslav minister of commerce.
France, agreeding to buy 20 per
cent more than she sells Yugoslavia,
contracted for increased purchases of
wood, wood products and agricultural
produce.
One provision of the agreement was
the partial lifting of currency restric-
tions. 1t stipulated Yugoslav dinars
may be sent to France freely in pay-
ment for goods.
NJ. Delbos lunched with the Yugo-
slav minister and arranged a final
political conference with DR.. Milan
Stoyadinovich, premier and minister
OF foreign affairs, after which q COM
munique was to be issued.
The French official planned to leave
later for Praha, by way of Budapest.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
PATHET|CLETTERS
ASK YULE lifts
Needy Plead for Food and
CIothing-Won't You
Give?

It's too late to do your Christmas
shopping early but 1t is not anything
like too late to buy toy. food or
clothing or contribute cash to The
star-Warner Bros. Christmas Cam
paign.
Your contribution will go 70 really
pathetic people, now being listed by
both the Parent-Teacher Association
and the Metropolitan Police at their
Christmas party headquarters at the
National Guard Armory, Sixth street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV.
So that you will know what sort of
persons your donations will reach,
excerpts are printed from letters that
pour into campaign headquarters with
every visit of the postman.
Not Toys-Necessities.
I am wrighting to ask you if you
could help to get something for my
little sisters and brother-something
for Christmas--as my father has not
worked but l month in the last 4 and
we are having hard time getting
something to eat and know we will
not have anything We do not care
about toys but the little ones need
shoes and something to eat There
are Of us children in the family :"
The following letter is typical of
hundreds from homes where the bread
winner has either part-time or
w. P. A. job:
Il am writing to ask you will YOU
please give me a Christmas basket.
have three children and very soon
will be mother again. My husband
Is working on the w. P. A. but the nav
he gets before Christmas will have to
60 for house rem and fuel. 1 have
never asked for anything before be-
cause l have been working myself to
help out but due to the fact that I
am to be mother I can't work"
Husband at Lorton.
Another, even more grim, reads:
I am writing to ask you if you will
put my name in for a basket for
christmas. My husband is serving
time in Lorton. He has been there
Tor the past 19 months 1 have five
children and am on relief. I will an
preciate it if you will help me out"
That the aged of the city need
Christmas cheer as much as the young
Is shown by the following letter ask
ing for food basket.
I am an old woman. 1 get onlv
what relief gives me and I rent part
OF nat with another woman. The
rent is SIS. She pays one half and
! the other"
Another reads:
Please see if you can help me to
get my little grandson some shoes and
coat or a heavy sweater so that he
can go to school. The relief used to
neip me but the" have cut me off
now :"
Evening star., 1937-12-14

hospital for an operation following a
long illness.
Miss Wilhelmy had been employed
by Mr.. Martin for some 80 years, serv-
ing on his secretarial staff when he
was Representative from Colorado in
the Sixty-hrst and Sixty-second Con-
crosses, 1909 to 1918. Subsequently
after he had declined denomination
she returned to Pueblo, Colo, and
worked for him while he practiced
law there.
Miss Wilhelmy again came with Mr.
Martin to Warrington when he was
elected to the Seventy-third Congress
and had continued here with him
Evening star., 1937-12-14
U. S. MISSIONARY KILLED
1owan Shot by Chinese Soldiers,
Peiping Reports Say.

PE1PNG, China, Dec. IA F.-
Garland Leonard, Pentacostal mis-
sionary from Yale, Iowa, was shot and
killed by Chinese soldiers at Yuanping,
North Shansi Province, on October Z,
reports received here said today
A message from the British Baptist
Hospital at Taiyuanfu, through Domei
(Japanese) News Agency, said Mrs.
Leonard was safe at Taiyuanfu.
Evening star., 1937-12-14

since. She leaves no immediate
survivors.
Funeral services were held at 10
am. today In Lees funeral home,
Fourth street and Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NE, with Rev. DR.. James Shera
Montgomery, chaplain Of the House of
Representatives, officiating. Burial will
be in Pueblo.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
Film Couple to Wed.

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. IA R.-Wavne
Morris and Priscilla Lane, both of the
films, announced their engagement
yesterday.
Miss Lane. former singer, is a sister
OF Rosemary and Lola Lane, both film
actresses.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
MISS WILHElMY
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Member Of Secretarial STAFF Of
Representative Martin Was
Long III.

Miss Minnie wilhelmy, SO East
Capitol street, member Of the secre-
tarial stan Of Representative Martin
OF Colorado. died yesterday in Homeo-
pathic Hospital. She had gone to the
Evening star., 1937-12-14
VAN ICELAND TO VISIT
ROOSEVELT ON SURVEY
Former Belgian Premier to Bring
Report on International
Economic Sfudv

Report on international
Economic Study.
BRUSSELS, Dec IA R.-The news
paper La Libre BelgiQue said today
former Premier Paul van iceland
would leave in few days for Wash
ington to present President Roosevelt
his report and suggestions on an in
international economic survey.
Van iceland undertook the survey
with the view Of finding means OF
reducing world trade barriers, at the
suggestion Of Britain and France. He
visited Mr.. Roosevelt in connection
with his studies last spring.