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Evening star., 1937-06-21

dictator, who complimented them on
their achievement, and converse with
their families in distant Moscow.
Chekalovs first request. in Russian
to Kometsky, was for glass Of water.
As he walked from the ship Mrs M.
Evening star., 1937-06-21
Flyers
Continued From First Page.)

bility Of transpolar commercial flying.
The only witnesses to the end OF
one Of the most hazardous flights in
history were some amazed soldiers
of the army post here and three
university r. o. T. c. students.
The men who made the first trans
polar flight from Russia to the United
States were Valeri Chekaloff. pilot,
who did not once rennquish the co.,
Evening star., 1937-06-21

brilliant victory. Your successful
achievement Of the heroic nonstop
flight from Moscow over the North
Pole to the United States excites the
admiration and love Of the toilets
Of the whole Soviet Union.
we are proud Of the courageous,
bold Soviet ayiators who ignored all
obstacles to reach their goal. We
embrace you and shake your hands" !"
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Evening star., 1937-06-21
STRENUOUS TESTS
FOR POLAR FLIGHT
Pilot of Expedition Tells of
Long Preparations Made
for Hop.

The training and preparations
that preceded the record breaking
flight OF three Souiet apiators from
Moscow to the United States and
told here in dispatch from the
pilot OF the expedition, Uritten on
the eDe of their tdke-o6.
Evening star., 1937-06-21
Flyers Told All Russia Rejoices Over
Feat

MOSCOW, June 2l (P).-Josef Sta
lin led high Soviet officials today in
cabling congratulations to the three
Russian transpolar flyers At Vancou-
yer, Wash.
The cable from the secretary general
Of the Communist party read:
Congratulate you warmly on your
Evening star., 1937-12-03
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

"If any maid or single woman hath
a desire to go over, they will think
themselves in the golden age when
men paid dowry for their wives:
for If they be but civil and under so
years of age. some honest man or
other will purchase them for their
wives"
Bound in q volume Of miscellaneous
theological pamphlets. Of which the
single. extant copy has come to light
in the library of st. Johns College in
Annapolis, is the advertising circular
of the first Florida real estate boom,
underway in London in 1869
The book itself formed part of the
first public library in America. started
at Annapolis in 100 and consisting
chiefly Of religious works. But this
curious old pamphlet, which appar-
entity was bound up by accident, rep
resents the beginning Of new type
Of literature-real estate advertising.
Alluring Sales Argument.
The quoted paragraph was one Of
the really convincing sales arguments
of the promoters. The pamphlet is
entitled: "A brief description of the
Province of Carolina on the coasts of
Florida and more particularly of a
new plantation begun by the English
at Cape Fear on that river now by
them called Charles River, the 29th
Of May. 1864; wherein is set forth
the healthfulness Of the air, the fer
tility of the earth and waters. and the
great pleasure and profit will accrue
to those that go thither, whether on
their own accounts or TO serve an
other"
In almost 800 years the technique of
the real estate advertising copy writer
hasn't changed materially. In 1869
the English promoter wrote:
There are many sorts Of fruit
trees. as vines. medlars, peach, wild
cherries, mulberry trees and the silk
worm breeding naturally on them,
with many other trees for fruit and
for building. for perfume and for
medicine, for which the English have
no names; also several sorts Of dyeing
stuff, which may prove of great ad-
The Washington times., 1937-01-09
K I'M 6 STRIKES
AT NUMBERS

Early action on anti.gambling
legislation was forecast today fol
lowing the introduction of a bill
by Senator William H. King DO,
Of Utah, chairman of the Senate
District Committee, outlawing the
numbers racket in Washington.
Senator Kings measure, which
passed tho Senate during the last
session but failed to reach a vote
in the House, strengthens the
present anti-gambling laws by es-
tablishing greater penalties. The
bill specifies a fine of $1,000 or
O year in Jail for those convicted
Of setting up a gaming table,
bank or device anywhere in the
city.
Under terms of the bill, it also
would be illegal to make pools
on the outcome Of elections, to
bet on horses or to buy lottery
tickets.
The bill. which is supported ly
the District Commissioners, the
United States District Attorney
and other local officials, prohibits
dealing in numbers, slips, tokens
and certificates and points out
A. B. c.. faro bank. E. O.. roulette,
numbers, little joker, keno and
thimbles as undesirable games. 4"
In commenting on his legisla-
ton, Senator King said:
''It is said that the princi-
pals carrying on the numbers
game realize about $4,000 per
day on their operations. This
game makes a special appeal to
those Of little means-pOrters,
messengers, domestic servants.
There Is an alIurement to the
youth and immature. School
children in considerable num-
bers invest in the slips"
The Washington times., 1937-01-09
COUNTY FEARS
POWER BILL

ARLINGTON, Va, Jan. g..
Fearful that a "subterfuge" bill,
passed in the final minutes of the
special session of the State legiS-
lature, will result in giving the
Virginia Public Service Company
monopoly in the electric power
field in Arlington county, county
officials and civic leaders today
sought further means of persuad.
ing Governor Peery to kill it by
pocket veto.
Chairman Albert M. Jones to.
day called a special meeting of the
Arlington Public Utilities Com
mission for Monday night, and
I c.. Buchanan, president of the
Arlington County Civic Fedora.
tion. announced he will call q
special session of the federation's s
executive committee to map
action in support Of the move
started by county officials yeSter-
day to have the bill killed.
The bill provides that any pub
lie utility may petition for ex-
elusive rights in a territory where
there is dispute between two
power companies, and that the
st tie Corporation Commission
may allot the disputed territory
to the claimant which it decides
is best equipped to provide Serv.
ice. 1t was introduced by Dele
gate Leon Brazile Of Hanover
county, two hours before the
special session ended,
The Washington times., 1937-01-09
NOVEL GAM f,
BEALL' s IDEA

Conceiving his idea after taking
numerous promotional tests at po-
lice headquarters, Lieut.. Lawrence
r. Beall. Of the Metropolitan Po-
lice Department, has concocted a
new game involving a combination
Of crossword puzzle, information
tests and cribbage board, and ex-
poets to market the device.
Demonstrating the game here
last night, Beall said that he was
undecided whether he would call
the game Fax" (for factS) or I. @.
(for intelligence quotienD. Fellow
officers were so highly amused by
the newly developed game, Beall
said that he decided he would not
retain the combination for the sole
use Of the police department, but
would seek a manufacturer to mar.
ket the proposition.
An assortment of questions listed
on the board are answered by the
player by putting peg on one Of
three holes. After placing pegs to
indicate answers to more than two
dozen questions, the board in
which he places the pegs is slid
forward and those pegs that have
been correctly placed slide out OF
sight. Those left standing auto
matically indicate mistakes. Beall
added that he was inspired to de.
velop the game after seeing SO
much paper wasted on I. @. tests
given at headquarters.
The Washington times., 1937-01-09
HOME MUTUAL
CASH INSURED

Approval of the Home Mutual
Building and Loan Association, 631
Penna. Ave. N. W., for the in
Surance of the accounts of its
members by the Federal Savings
and Loan Corporation, was an
nounced by the corporation today.
This is the seventh District Of
Columbia building and loan asso-
citation to become insured and the
total number of individual savings
accounts so protected in washing
ton has passed the 10000 mark, it
was stated.
The seven insured thrift asSo-
Citations here have aggregate re-
sources of $4,000, 900. In addi-
ton to the Home Mutual Building
and Loan Association, they are the
Brookland Building Association,
District Building and Loan Asso-
citation, Eastern Building and Loan
Association, Columbia Building AS
sociation, Prudential Building AS
sociation and the Interstate Build
L1lS EASSOCldGlOIl. 1lC 32OL1LC Mu-
tual was founded in 1897. Officers
are Clarence F. Norment, presi-
dent; Maurice F. Flynn, vice presi-
dent; Odell S. Smith, secretary
and treasurer, and Marian War
field Smith, assistant secretary.
treasurer.
Under this system, individual
savings accounts are insured up
to $1,000 each. More than 1900
savings, building and loan associa-
tions, with assets in excess Of ST.
$50, ,000, 900, have taken out inSur-
ance since Congress provided for
the organization of the Federal
Savings and Loan Insurance Cor
poration in 1884. The accounts of
approximately 1900, 900 individual
investors were so protected by the
end of 1896. This share insurance
plan, it was stated. has encouraged
and stimulated larger volume of
savings and thus made available
throughout the country greater
funds for home financing through
the long-term amortizing loans
made by these institutions.
The Washington times., 1937-01-09

occo; and Lisbon, Portugal. All
ships en- route to Spain would be
asked to stop at one Of these
ports and submit to inspection Of
their cargoes by a neutral commits
sion.
The Washington times., 1937-01-09
/ NN WASEIINGTON's go
6aS Heroes mBlZ19 @
Mrs. LeoIa Nelson King Boasts DISTINCTION
Of Being Washing tons First and
OnIy-Woman Traffic Cop

Remember Washington's first
and only woman traffic police.
man?
Back in 1917, when the World
War was on and men were ct q
premium, Major Raymond W.
Pullman, superintendent Of police,
decided to make women traffic
cops.
The first-and only one-to be
appointed was Mrs. Leola Nelson
King, whose husband was q cap
tain in the Army Medical Corps.
So in q natty uniform, with .
pistol on her belt, and the ever
ready whistle and badge Of au-
thority, Mrs. King went on duty
at Seventh st. and New York
Ave. N. w.
For six months she served
there well, keeping traffic moving,
and was commended for her work.
Only once did she have any
trouble. That was when q chauf-
feur pushed her off his running
board when she attempted to ar.
rest him, and she suffered a cut
on the scalp.
After six months service she
was transferred to the Won-
ems Bureau, and remained there
for several years until she re-
signed and went to live in Phila.
delphia, her former home.
The Washington times., 1937-01-09
Vesper Rite TO Mark
Feast Of HOLY Name

A vesper service in st. Patrick's
Church, Tenth and G Streets
Northwest, will be held tomorrow
at 8 p. m. in celebration of the
Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus,
it was announced today by the Rev.
Joseph M. Moser, spiritual director
of the Washington section.
The services this year were set
for the tenth Of this month in
stead of the actual Feast Day, it
was explained. because Of its prox.
unity to the holiday season. The
plan was adopted in hope Of at
tracing men in larger numbers
from the various parishes.
The Washington times., 1937-01-09
DODGE SALES
PLAN TOLD

Details Of the 1887 advertising
sales promotion and merchandis
ing plans for Dodge trucks and
commercial cars were outlined yes
terday at q meeting Of 800 dealers
at the Mayflower Hotel by Joseph
D. Burke, director Of truck sales
from the Detroit plant.
Burke said:
with our sales representa-
tives ready to begin active sell.
ing on Dodge trucks, we believe
unusually favorable sales rec
Ords will be made this year.
Improved business conditions
during the last three years have
resulted in greater demands
upon motor hauling facilities, .
situation which at this time in
dicates . large truck replace
ment market as well as brisk
sales to the users who wish to
increase the number Of truck
units in operation.
"This new line Of Dodge trucks
will include numerous features
which we believe will make them
outstanding in the commercial
car field in 1887 Important in
the selling Of Dodge trucks and
commercial cars in 1887 will be
the methods employed in carry.
ing our message to the Sruck and
commercial car buying public.
We plan to use newspapers,
magazines, radio and other forms
of advertising in unusually
large Volumes"
The Washington times., 1937-01-09
GASQUE URGES
NEW DEAL IN
PENSIONS
international News Service

AnVoFuaHOuhl N0Ws SoTVlCS
Predicting that pensions for all
who serve their country, in war or
peace, "are inevitable" Chairman
Allard G. Gasque CD, South
Carolina, Of the House Pensions
Committee, said today he hoped to
initiate q movement creating o
uniform veterans compensation
system that would "save millions
of dollars in years to come, stimuli.
taneously reducing administrative
costs to the minimum"
Pointing to scores Of pension
bills reposing in his and other
House committees, Gasque asserted
they were Significant Of the
growing pressure on Congress to
broaden the scope Of veterans
compensations."
Heading the list already in
House hoppers were bills propos-
ing new, increased and adjusted
compensationS for those serving in
peace and war time, their widows,
orphans and dependent parents.
-Four Of them, sponsored by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars and in
troduced by Chairman Rankin Of
Mississippi, of the House World
War Veterans Committee, called
for broadening amendments to
existing pension laws and a SO per
cent increase in compensation for
widows and dependents Of veter-
ans of the last war.
Gasque, himself, is father Of q
pending measure which would
create O uniform basis for pen
SionS to widows and dependents Of
all veterans who have served either
in peace or war time.
The Washington times., 1937-01-09
BY LINDSAY PARROTT

PARIS, Jan. 9 U.N.S0-The
commander of the French Foreign
Legion at Fez today was instructed
to muster his battalionS "in readi-
ness for an emergency" as France
warned Germany, through the in
surgent Spanish government, that
German inroads in Spanish Mo
rocco would not be tolerated"
Word that Germany has sta
toned more than 5000 soldiers in
northwest Africa brought a speedy
conference between the French
army and navy high commands, re-
Sulting in a decision not only to
place the Foreign Legion on the
alert, but to keep French naval
maneuvers in mid-January in close
proximity to Spanish waters.
Edouard Daladier, French Min
lister for Defense, it was announced,
will make tour Of inspection" Of
French defenseS in Morocco start
ing January Is. Defense experts
will accompany him.
The foreign office said:
"Our whole colonial empire is
at stake in Spanish Morocco.
We are ready to take any
measures to force foreigners out
Of Spanish Morocco"
Prepare For More
German troops already In
Morocco, q note of protest to the
insurgent Spanish junta Of Gen
eralisSimo Francisco Franco indi-
Gated, were sent there to prepare
barracks for much larger forces.
Powerful Notifications, accord.
ing to information here, are being
built at Ceuta, making that port
a rival to Britain's Gibraltar,
across the straits.
These Notifications, it was said.
extend far beyond the existing
Spanish fortress and include in
stallation of several 155 millimeter
guns.
Increased fortification of Ceuta
and landing of foreign troops
there violate three treaties, Ger.
many was informed BY France
through General Franco. The trea-
ties are the Franco British treaty
Of 1904, recognized by Britain, the
Franco-Spanish treaty of 1912, and
the treaty of Versailles.
Two thousand Germans, reports
said, have diSembarked at CeUta,
500 at Melilla, where Tte Spanish
rebellion first broke out last July,
and 600 at Larache. all within the
last 10 days. Preps :ations are
being Speeded to receive more Ger.
mans.
The Reich is also making com.
mercial, industrial and polite al
inroadS in Morocco, according to
Foreign information. Finances OF
the colonial administration have
been taken over almost wholly by
The Washington times., 1937-01-09
Col. Mdn|ey Assumes
Fl. Howard Command

BALTIMORE, Jan. 9.-Col Fred.
erck w. Manley, recently stationed
in the Philippine Islands, this week
became regimental commander OF
the Twelfth Infantry stationed at
Fort Howard.
Colonel Manley, a native OF
Minneapolis, Mimi, entered the
U. s. Military Academy in 1901
and upon graduation was com
missioned q second lieutenant OF
infantry and sent to the Philip,
pines. Returning to this country
in 1908, he was detailed as an in
structor at West Point.
The Washington times., 1937-01-09
District Red Cross
In Conference Today

The annual meeting of the Dis
trict Chapter of the American
Red Cross will be held in the
Service Hall of the local chapter
house at 1870 E st. N. W., Janu'
ary 18, at 4 p. m, it was an
nounced today by Brigadier Ger
eral Frank r. Keefer, chairman
Of the chapter.
Following reading Of the re.
ports Of the chairman OF all RED
Cross committees. the annual
election of the executive COM
mittee of the chapter will be
held. All local members are urged
to be present.
The Washington times., 1937-01-09
PARIS SEEKS JOINT NAVAL MANEUVERS

the Germans, and the Germans
are now said to be operating Rif-
fan mines.
BERLIN, Jan. 9 0NS0.-The
German government today refused
to confirm or deny French aSser-
tionS that NaZi troops are engaged
in systematic infiltration of Span
isln Morocco. To questions regard
ing the French allegations came
this declaration from the foreign
office:
1--WE cannot deny every rumOr
appearing every hour Of the
day."
NORTH TARRYTOWN, N. Y.
Jan. 8 U.NSO.-The 5000 en-
ployes of the Chevrolet and Fisher
body plants here we're being urged
today by labor union officials to
demand higher wages and i'm
proved working conditions and 10
strike If necessary"
The Washington times., 1937-01-09

GIBRALTAR, Jan. 9 Q.N.S).
Uniformed detachments Of Ger
man and Italian soldiers are being
landed at Cadiz almost daily.
arrivals from the Spanish port
said today.
The Washington times., 1937-01-09
Continued from Page u


Charles Corbin to Foreign Secre-
tary Anthony Eden after news
reached here from NORTH Africa
that more than 5000 German sol
diers have landed in Spanish Mo-
rocco in violation of three treaties.
Baldwin Calls Meeting
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin
Immediately called a second emer-
gency cabinet meeting - exceed
ingly rare for a Saturday-before
he left for the royal house at
Sandringham.
Ambassador Corbin informed.
Eden that France is gravely con-
cerned over German penetration
into North Africa, and he pre-
sented fresh private information
showing the extent of the Reich'S
inroads in Frances colonial neigh.
Dor.
Revealing for the first time that
France will speed warShipS to
waters just off Spanish Moroccan
ports, Corbin asked whether Brit
ain would not do likewise. A joint
Anglo-French naval demonstration.
he said, would probably have the
desired effect of restraining Ger
man ambitions there.
Some Vessels There
Eden pointed out that there are
already two British warShipS in
the vicinity of Tetuan.
He agreed, however, to consult
Premier Baldwin, Alfred Duff
Cooper, war minister and Sir
Samuel HoaEe, first lord of the
admiralty, regarding the possibl-
ity of sending more.
The British government today
instructed its ambassador to SPAN
to lodge a vigorous" protest with
Spanish insurgent leaders over
bombing of the British embassy in
Madrid.
The incident was officially
termed violation of the diplo-
matte safety zone.
Smarting under Nazi resent
ment over implied British accuSa-
tions Of German aid for the Span
iSh insurgents, Britain. it was
felt, would hesitate before making
any belligerent display toward the
Reich.
May Ask Truce
To help end the crisis, it was
learned, Britain may propose q
truce" on volunteers" in Spain
for certain period while a new
British scheme for control Of in.
terVention is put into effect.
If there is any further delay
In a volunteer control scheme
Britain feared, Germany and Italy
would have time to send enough
troops to inSurgent Spain to in.
sure the victory of GeneraliSSimo
Francisco Franco.
HarbOr Control Plan
The new British plan provides
for establishment of q control
commission at certain harbors
such as Bordeaux and Marseille
France: Genoa. Italy: Oran. Nor.
The Washington times., 1937-01-09
PLANES RAIN
DEATH0VER
MADRID
BY THOMAS A. LoAYzA

MADRID, Jan. 8 QN.S0-1n'
surgent airplanes dropped an
other death-dealing hail Of bombs
on Madrid today as General Fran.
cisco frances insurgent troops
swept forward in a determined
advance upon the capital.
At 4:30 a. m. and again an
hour and a half later, during
temporary lull in a night long
artillery barrage, rebel planes
roared over the capital.
The inhabitants were thrown
into panic. At the first attack.
thousands fled from their homes
to camp in the streets or in
fields on the outskirts.
NEW ATTACK
A brief lull in artillery firing
today was only the prelude to a
more fierce attack north and east
of Pozuelo de Alarcon. Rebel
batteries concentrated fire on the
tanks Of the loyaliSt international
brigade and militiamen, falling
back on Madrid foot by foot.
In one government counter.at-
tack, insurgent sources said. the
loyalists, although defeated, re-.
fused to retreat, but continued
fighting until every man was
killed, their bodies filling the
trenches.
Evacuation Of the capital was
accelerated today following one Of
the most severe air raids OF the
conflict, in which three incendiary
bombs fell on the British embassy,
Wounding two.
Capt. Edwin Lance, honorary
military attache, was slightly
wounded in the head, and Mrs,
Angela Norris was also wounded.
One bomb started q fire on the
ground floor, but it was quickly
extinguiShed. Several were killed
when bombs fell about half 0
mile from the French Hospital.
Battle "MOst Important"
Loyalist artillery and aircraft
helped delay the inSurgent ad-
vance northwest of Madrid, Gen.
Jose Miaja, chief of the Madrid
defense committee, told Internar
tional News Service. He said:
Both for the numbers in.
vOIved and the importance Of
the ObjectiveS, this Is the most
important battle yet fought in
the civil war.
ENTIRE STRENGTH
"Our impression is that the
enemy is using in this offensive
practically all the forces they
have around Madrid. That we
have been able to check them
shows that my confidence has
not been grOundlesS."
Confirming immense losses in
the Pozuelo campaign, an officer
on the staff of insurgent General
Emilio Mola at Avila said:
"Never have the leftists
fought so bravely. We must ad-
init our victory has been won
at a costly price"
MOSCOW, Jan. 8 Q.N.S0.
Spanish insurgents seized, searched
and then released three more
Soviet merchant ships in the last
few days, it was stated here today.
The Rosa Luxembourg and Belle
morcanal were escorted to Ceutas
Spanish Morocco, and the SAX
halin to Port Ferrol.
GIBRALTAR, Jan. 9 QN.SO.
Uniformed detachments of Ger"
man and italian soldiers are being
landed at Cadiz almost daily,
arrivals from the Spanish port
said todaV
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-06

John j. Howe, 39-year-old father
of four children and a trusted
postal clerl: in San Francisco, &C
cused of & ealing petty amounts
from the mails, told investigators
he stole from the mails to hush
a blackmailer who knew he was
fugitive convicted slayer of two
persons in New Mexico % years
ago. Howe, according to investi-
gators, was identified as the John
Albert Houchin who fled New
Mexico state penitentiary in 1920.
Central Press
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-06
r. G. Howe, envoy in dugout

r. G. Howe, envoy in dugout
Steel-helmeted, r. G. Howe, Brit
ish charge daffairs in Marking,
China, seeks safety in this dugout
of the embassy grounds after a
siren has warned of approaching
Japanese aircraft. Owing to the
poor aim of aerial bombers on
both sides of the Sino-Japanese
war;, each foreign legation is
equipped with one of these dug
outs. No legation is safe regard
less of the desire of combatantS
not to hit legations.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-06

Two badly frightened brothers Goucho left without ms
Chcoare in Los Angeles Ieoe
court they guilty of pratng copyrighted ro
Judge them $1,000 apiece They could nave oe
commented Il expecting inc
worst satisfied" But Chico in anger remarked I'VE
never knowingly material from anybody Our attorneys
are going appeal immediately The brothers were
using expressions appeared in script which Gael a
Carroll submitted to them