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Evening star., 1937-02-08

Mrs. B. Y. Martin has been made gen.
eral chairman of the arrangements for
the banquet, Mrs. Miles G. Allgood,
chairman Of music: Mr.. r. Lee Barnes,
chairman Of reservations, and assist
ing with furthering the plans are Mr..
Alphonse Lucus. Mr.. Louie De Mouey,
Mr.. Claude Hamilton, Miss Claire
Storrs, Mr.. Osce Bentley, Mrs. H. o.
Sargent, Mrs. E. L. Deal, Mrs. Pauline
Vann Byrd, Miss Frances Youngblood,
Mrs. Lamar Matthews. Mrs. Charles
Calhoun, Miss Nina Gluckstein. Mr..
and Mrs. Claude Sizemore, Mr.. Tom
Owen, Col. A. r. Brinley, Mrs. j. I.
Crockett and Mrs. Mary Malone Moore.
Evening star., 1937-02-08
Lecture Tomorrow

The Supreme Court-veneration on
ventures the all-important question
with which Mrs. Georgette Ross
Howard will open her weekly current
topic lecture at Sulgraye Club tomor-
row morning at 1880 o'clock. Other
subjects for discussion include the
weeks development in the labor crisis
and trade accord as q basis for Eu-
ropean peace.
Evening star., 1937-02-08
Miss Anne Pierce,
Mr.. StOutenburgh
Wed in Capital
4 WEDDING of interest to Fairfax

A WEDDING Of interest to Fairfax
County is that Of Miss Anne Mo-
nimia Pierce, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Irving Richardson Pierce Of Oak
ton, Va, and Washington, to Mr.. John
Birch Stoutenburgh. son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Seymour Stoutenburgh Of Falls
Church. which took place Friday aft
ernoon in the rictory Of Sacred Heart
Church. Washington. with the Rev.
John Dunn oficiating. The rectory
Evening star., 1937-02-08
It's Great For
Aching Muscles
joint PAINS

Hsrs's Q eiesn, stnjniess, antiseptje md
PENETRATING rub thsf eoatains ptsnty
of Ssnnins Aspihs-t&s oWiy rub that
does contain Aspkin-ss vel - ssvssal
ethsS eatsfssding paiR Fsilsving sesafs-
rs called ASPlRUb.
Aspiaab b . powerful, vt harmless,
Dsia knahng rub and when h psnstEstss
swiftly th1u the skin those tostuying
tetnt p.tns snd distressing sebss GET
RIGHT OUT.
Dust tsy oos Inexpensive jsr fer hack
seize, lsmbago, sore burning fest, chest
eoSds, eoagestioo, ribeumstie agony and
mOe1lsr md ioint psins-sub u in good
and fhsn u you are not jpyfuny sstisflsd
-mensy bsek-eA dFugStorss.
Evening star., 1937-02-08
Speaker of House
Will Be Honor Guest

The Speaker of the House and Mrs.
william B. Bankhead will be honored
with q banquet Thursday evening,
February 18, to be given at the VIII
lard Hotel by the Alabama Society Of
Washington.
Elaborate plans are being made
under the direction Of Mr.. Edwin K.
Mcdowell, president OF the society.
Evening star., 1937-02-08

. lace Jacket and q corsage bouquet
Of yellow roses, and the bridegroom's
mother, wearing black suit and q
shoulder bouquet Of mixed sweetpeas,
assisted the young couple in receiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stoutenburgh left
later in the afternoon for O motor
trip South and after February IL will
be at home in Falls Church.
Evening star., 1937-02-08
VISITING Here

Miss Caroline @. Hill, daughter Of
Mr.. Arthur Hill Of Charleston, w. Va,
is visiting In Washington for several
days, accompanied by her grand
mother. Mrs. r. M. staunton Of
Charleston.
Evening star., 1937-02-08
Know what you
are taking for
that cold.

Avoid narcotics, sedatives,
or nerve deadening drugs
in any form.
Father Johns Medicine
is NOT "just another cold
remedy"
Has been used over 80
years for Colds and as a
Body Builder.
Rich in Vitamins A and D.
Clinical tests prove that Father Johns
Medicine shortens the duration of many colds.
In thousands of families it has been used by
one generation after another.
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ready, you night cIubbers!
Lake Placid Is coming to WASH
ingtOn with all Of the accom-
panying trimmings.
Edith Delaney, q delightful bit
OF Killarney. is making the guests
gasp at the Carlton Gel Patio"
with her fast and furious tap
dancing. The little Irish gal is
well known here having shown at
both the Capitol and Earle The.
aterS in the past. Her style re-
sembleS that Of Hollywood'S
Eleanor Powell.
KIM Mihara, the lovely JAP
anese miss headlining the Cocoa.
nut Groves lavish Cherry Blossom
revue, is proving quite adept at
interpreting American swing steps,
and her seemingly endless ward.
robe is evoking myriads Of femi.
nine comment,
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bly, among the collegianS who flock
to the Metronome Room to hear
Warren'S fancy arrangements Of
smart South American rhumbaS
and tangoes.
Reviving our adventures along
the wine trail, we stop off for a
refreshing concoction suggested by
Bartender Jacques Webb at the
Mayfair Cafe. Jacques favorite,
curiouSly enough, is called Cherry
Blossom Cocktail and is in keep
ing with the local cherry blossom
celebration. It's made of mara
schino juice, gin, cherry brandy
and egg white, and according to
Jacques, is the essence Of what you
would taste If drinking the juice Of
the blossom itself.
Cliff and Carmody are bringing
the house down nightly at La
Paree with their Interpretation
of the current terpsichory rage,
1.-THE Suzy-Que." Featured on the
bill o'faire are Julia Ruthe, who
spins and spins; the Dions, a
clever ballroom team, and the
Three Cards, a rip-roaring aero
batic trio with plenty Of zip.
Check April 10 on your social
calendar, folks, because it's 60
ing to be the biggest thrill in
many moon. On that partic-
ularly Monday night the Shore
ham Hotel ballroom will be GOV"
cred with a cake Of ice, yes,
real frozen liquid in order to
present the ShOreham Ice Carni-
val Among the attractions of
the evening will be Evelyn
Chandler, glamOrous charmer
and fancy skater, who poses for
cigarette advertisements on
magazine covers, and Bruce
Mapes, sometimes seen with
Miss Chandler ON the same
magazine cover.
Bobby Hearn, ambidextrOuS
barrel jumping champion, and
eight FanchOn and Marco femi-
nine experts of the shining
blades will exhibit their stuff to
patrons. To top it off, some
thing novel for CapitOlians-
dancing on the ice-will follow
after the main show. Get
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to his Casa Grande roadhouSe In
Berwyn, Md. Folks to and from
Baltimore find the Casa'S floor
show featuring Ann Parker and
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Diane and Duval, held over at
the Lotus this week, will do their
popular rendition Of the Indian
adagio and Veil of the Mist dances
for after darkers tonight. Also in
the floor show are the Banfields,
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of radio fame, doing a specially
act, and Emile Parrd, a song and
dance man with q new method OF
presenting his wares.
Here's something for the ladies!
Beginning Monday, any woman
who comes to the Raleigh Pau
Mall room will receive a numbered
ticket in return for which the lady
will sign her name and address
and deposit this with the manage
ment. On Tuesday, April ~. az
1880 D. M, a drawing viii be
made, and the holders OF the Two
lucky numbers will be awarded a
pair of RED Cross" shoes in any
style desired. However, the lady
must be present at the drawing
to claim her prize.
Tiny, 4-year-OId Peggy Ann
Garner, Of New York city, Is the
latest infant rage to WOW the
night club customers with her
baby-talk vocalizing and her cute
dancing tricks. Peggy Ann
is now appearing at the Mary
land Club Gardens. She Is cute
enough to eat" has golden blond
curIs, and big brown eyes. Her
last radio appearance was with
Benny GOOdman'S orchestra at
the Hotel Pennsylvania in New
York.
Some ardent patrons of the Am
bassador Hi-Hat suggested that
Helen Malcolm add to the Ha-
waiian atmosphere in the lounge
by ornamenting herself in a grass
skirt. But lovely Helen turned
thumbs down on the idea saying
she drew the line when it came to
padding around barefoot in q
couple Of yards of hay.
BY no means the least colortuI
person at the Club Volga Boatman
is william Darochkin, Suave waiter
who failed to finish first in the
recent race conducted among MEM
bers of his trade, just by a hair.
Darochkin, however, is an amiable
fellow who knows his onions plus
when to and when not to spill hot
soup on a bald headed customer.
After so many years Of experience,
murmurs William, who wouldn't?
Milt Barrett is planning to open
an outdoor summer spot adjacent
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BOONDOGGLING
REVIVAL CITED
ASRELIEF AIM
BY EARL GOODWIN
Back to BoOndOggling."

That's the way the Washington
observers interpret the Presidents
statement in which he explained
that for the next few months
public moneys in the relief and
stimulation enterprises should be
spent more on human labor than
on durable goods, like copper and
steel.
1t puts Harry Hopkins and his
army of Public Works Admins
tration workers back on top. 1t
explains why the President has
been slowly choking public works
to death, despite the fact that
every Congressman wants more
instead of less, public works, and
despite the fact that PWA Ad.
ministrator Ickes has been an out.
standing success as a free Spender
totally unsoiled with charges Of
graft.
Market Reacts
The Presidents statement yes
terday came as a great surprise
to many folks-eSpecially the
stock market, which took to the
toboggan just as soon as the Wall
Street tickers could get the news
on the tape. However, if they but
knew it, this same Misunderstanding
news had been told to an 83-year-
old visitor at the White House
only three days beforehand while
the gist Of the thing was in the
possession Of White House news
men at the time, it did not seem
to be so very important.
The grocer'S name is Albert A.
Cole. brought in by a Maine Con-
gresham, March 81. In the course
of the visit, the President began
to talk about copper and steel
being too high and used some Of
the same figures that knocked the
props from under Wall Street
yesterday.
Casually Told
These figures later were related
to q few newspapermen-but
that's as far as it went. The old
time grocer got his picture in
some of the papers. The bust
ness of knocking Wall Street
flat was reserved for the PreSi-
dent himself.
The President, stating the policy
of retrenchment on public works,
leaves the gate wide open for a
very large relief appropriation
next year. He has spoken of a bill.
lion and a half as the possible
relief item for the next fiscal
year-but the committee Of hun.
dred mayors asks for TOO million
more.
This huge sum, or any part
thereof, would be spent entirely
on work that was largely made up
Of labor and not made UP largely
Of heavy stuff like steel and cop
per. It means more earth dams;
more ''leaf raking";; more channel
dredging-anything to get the
Governments money spread
around largely among an army of
individuals and not a select CO.
terie of manufacturing organiza-
lions.
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DEPARTURES

DEPARTURES
Accumulated excess of tempera-
ture since January /, 1887, 351
Excess of temperature since
April /, 1887, 9.
Accumulated excess of precipita-
ton since January l, 1887 l.89.
Deficiency of precipitation since
April l, 1887, O.20.
TEMPERATURE SAME DATE
LAST YEAR
Highest .... a Lowest "a
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The Weather
CONTINUED from Page p

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tonight: slightly warmer in ex-
IRENE southwest portion.
TIDE TABLE
! High tides today at 1890 a. m.
and 100 p. m.
Low tides today at TIT a. m.
and 8:06 p. m.
High tides tomorrow at 1886
a. m. and 1859 p. m.
Low tide tomorrow 8:15 a. m.
and 900 p. m.
sun AND MOON
The sun rose today at 5:53 a. m.
and sets at 6:32 p. m. 800.
The sun rises tomorrow at SAC
a. m. and sets at 6:34 p. m.
The moon rises today at 1899
a. m. and sets at 1905 a. m.
The moon rises tomorrow 1:29
a. m. and sets at 11:05 p. m.
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APACHE NUMBER RUSSIAN TROKA ATTRACTS BIG CROWE

Betty Moore, dancers, and Betty
Ann, diminutive radio singer, a re
freshing eyeful during q stopoff
Heading South, we find the
welcome sign extended at Boule-
ward Farms and Stone villa, both
comfortable GASES on the Mt. Yer
non Memorial Highway.
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Sunday Night
Dancing For
River Bend
BY FRANCOIS

Spring breezeS and not a sign
of customary April showers. But
swell night to get a glimpse Of
the artistic presentation of a
French apache street scene at the
Russian Troika. Mrs. Helen
Hamilton announces that the
Apache number, which has eX-
cited more comment than any
other entertainment number in
local night clubs, will be with.
drawn soon, after topping the
Troika show for many weeks.
Truly a triumph Of costuming
and musical background combin-
ing the artistry of the entire en-
semble, this number more than
anything else has served to cover
the Troika troupe with the glory
it deserves.
So realistic are the scenes,
which incidentally take half hour
in presenting, that guests sit
mummified throughout the entire
sequence, deeply affected by what
they see. The songs too range in
selection from the well-known
Fannie Brice number, my Man."
sung in French, to the wild and
haunting melodies of the Paris
bowery.
In Difference to the many re-
quests from its patrons, River
Bend has announced the In
auguratiOn of Sunday night
dancing. George Stein - usual
will conduct the band.
Harvey Lowe was the name Of
the lucky winner of the SO third
prize given at Stone Villa this
week in the regular draw prizes.
The first and second prize winners
failed to show up when their
names were called so the ante for
next week will be SIS for first,
Sc for second, and 50 for third.
The dancing elite are finding
Art Warren's Wardman Park
music a sure cure for insomnia
these balrny spring nights. The
tea dances on Saturday afternoons
also exert their magnetism, nota-
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Bulge and Taylor
Honored by DeMoIays

Members Of the National Grand
Council of the Order Of DeMolay,
meeting at the Mayflower Hotel,
yesterday awarded membership
into the order of the Legion of
Honor to Don Bulge, tennis star;
Robert Taylor, movie idol: and
Dean Bloy, of st. Paul's Episcopal
Cathedral in Los Angeles.
General Amos A. Fries was
elected Grand Master Of the Or
der Of DeMolay. The council will
conclude its meetings today.
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Milt Barrett is planning to open
an outdoor summer spot adjacent
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Jessie Lands to Wed

NEW HAVEN, Conn, April 2
GN.S0. D. Jessie Royce Lands,
who has appeared in number Of
Broadway plays in the last 10
years, has been granted a waiver
of the five day law and announced
she would be married today to Rex
Smith, magazine editor and play
wright, of New York.
Evening star., 1937-08-23
EIGHT SOVIET WORKERS
EXECUTED AS WRECKERS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, August 23-The execu-
ton Of eight workers in Leningrad fac
tories after conviction by a military
court of "wrecking activities and
numbering workers" was disclosed by
the Soviet press yesterday.
More specific charges were not made
public, but the eight were understood
to be involved in accidents in which
lives were lost
The court decided the accused were
members of a unter-revolutionary
organization operating in the Morosoff
and Ulganovsky plants and were pre-
pairing similar acts" in an unnamed
third plant. What the plants manu-
factured was not divulged.
The commissiariat Of transportation
announced the discharge of Is work
ers for sabotage and Trotzkyism'' in
connection with wrecks and 81 for
undermining work"
Evening star., 1937-08-23
AMERICANS URGED
TOLEAVE NANK|NG
Officials Expect Increasing
Bomb Attacks Upon
China Capital.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NANKING, China, August 23.-The
United States Embassy today urged
the few Americans remaining in
Marking to leave Immediately for
Hankow, up the Yangtze River, to
which most of the American women
and children already have withdrawn.
Off1cials expressed belief this capital
Of China was doomed to increasingly
numerous and severe bombardment
by Japanese air forces.
Three japanese bombing planes
tried to raid Nanking late tonight,
taking advantage Of bright moonlight.
but we're turned back before they
could do any damage Searchlights
held them constantly in view for the
Chinese anti-aircraft batteries.
Marking has been bombed several
times but with little damage. No
Americans have been hurt.
Chinese air officers said the swift,
powerful built bombing
planes used by the Chinese Army were
proving superior to japanese craft
These planes have enabled quick
vitted Chinese aviators to score many
victories over japanese pilots. who
the Chinse declare, are slow-thinking
prone to fly "by the book" and hence
at 4 loss in emergencies.
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Evening star., 1937-08-23
have landed q shell in the Interna-

have landed a shell in the Interna-
tional Settlement.
The shell screamed into the middle
Of Marking road just few minutes
after l O'Clock when the area could not
have been more crowded with business
men and shoppers on their way to
lunch.
Among the witnesses OF the blast
was Al G. Huebner OF Marinette, Wis.
who was within half block when the
shell hit. The explosion shattered the
windshield and windows of the auto
mobile in which he was riding.
Volunteers Quick on Scene.
Squads Of American volunteers, serv-
ing in the Shanghai Defense Corps
were among the first on the scene, re-
moving the bodies Of dead, aiding the
wounded and rescuing the survivors.
Some military experts advanced the
theory the prcjectile might have been
a l20-pound 8-inch shell which Japa
nese warships of Woosung were known
to be firing today to protect the land.
ing OF their reinfOrcements
The foreign experts explained the
slightest variation in the elevation OF
the guns would have thrown a shell
into the heart OF Shanghai instead OF
the intended objective.
japanese Ships Reported.
According to independent estimates
the japanese fleet in the waters
around Shanghai now totals 81 war
ships of nearly all categories, including
battleships and aircraft carriers.
Chinese asserted daring raids by a
new type Of torpedo-armed sea sled y
had penetrated the japanese feet and
sunk several warships OF Woosung
The Chinese said the mysterious
raiders had thrown the Japanese
fleet into something like panic.
AS the heavy shell screamed over
Shanghai it could be heard all the
way to the Bund. The terrific detona
tion and rumble of walls crumbling in
on the helpless masses shook Marking
Road for blocks.
"A NdAA VA SAllOhC dllu UlllOWcO
up almost as high as the skyscraper
stores, blacking out the whole area.
Fire engines, police and ambulance
corps from all over the internati
city raced to the scene.
1T was disaster Of the greatest
magnitude Huebner said. Human
hands and legs rained down in terri
Tying fashion. Those who were not
killed rushed panic stricken in all
directions and 1 almost ran over some
OF them as they threw themselves
in front of my car.
My first thought was that my own
car had been struck by shell when
was showered by the shattered glass
from my car, but I soon came to nv
senses and realized the scope of the
disaster.
Natives Hunt Kin Frienxiet1v.
Il saw frenzied natives searching
Tor relatives and one women Calling
frantically to her PROSTATE HUSBAND
to get up. But he was cold in death
The whole scene was 4 terrible
shambles."
The naval warehouse was filled witt
both Navy and Dollar Line employees
Within 4 short distance are the head.
quarters of the Socony-Vacuum Co.
the United States consulate and nu-
merous hotels and American business
firms.
The projectile measured Is inches
across, The American naval officer.
said they had not determined the
origin definitely, but the evidence lf1ui-
Gated it had been fired from a Chinese
trench mortar from Pootung, across
the Whangpoo.
They attributed the shells failure tc
explode to the fact it plunged through
great quantities of rice. which broke
Its impact.
Evening star., 1937-08-23
Landing
Continued From First Page.)

would be cleared quickly Of Chinese
armies.
In spite Of withering naval barrage
and Furnishing attacks by Japanese
air bombers, the Chinese offered stiff
resistance to the landing. their ma
chine gun nests taking heavy toll
OF the heavily loaded boats More than
20 Japanese planes repeatedly bombed
the Chinese shore lines.
American naval officers stationed
miles below Woosung on tn.
Whangpoo River said they saw only
six japanese transports standing oil
shore. However, landings were known
to have been effected at Paoshal
Creek, about miles up at the south
bank OF the Yangtze River from
Woosung. Foreign observers in thai
area could see little of the operation!
because of smoke from large fire.
nearby.
Three other villages along the
Yangtze north OF Shanghai wer
named as sites Of japanese landings
Japanese civilians predicted tina
the newly arrived army would opef
a smashing offensive against tht
Chinese within matter Of hours.
Evening star., 1937-08-23

BY Okinobu Kaya, finance minister,
that the government does not intend
forcing business to underwrite ma
tional defense bonds with their ixed
reserves nor establish unreasonable
capital coatrol.
kaya said the government finds 1t
necessary to readjust investment cap
ital IN order to provide financially for
Evening star., 1937-08-23
FIREMEN CHECK BLAZE

Attracted by smoke from q small
fire in a ninth floor room of the Ham,
ilton Hotel. several hundred specta-
tors saw firemen climb an 85-foot lad
der yesterday Afternoon to fight the
blaze.
Origin Of the fire, which burned 4
bed, chair and rug, was not known.
Firemen erected ladder to the ninth
floor window, dragging hose up the
outside OF the building. Four COM
panies answered the alarm.
Evening star., 1937-08-23
"WAR" ENDS VACATION

LONDON, August 70 R.-Prim<
Minister Neville Chamberlain will
break his Scotland vacation and re-
turn to London this week because OF
the Far Eastern situation.
The day of his return was not
divulged, but it was emphasized it
wasn't 4 question OF any special
emergency or Of summoning the cabi-
net"
The premier will confer with his
cabinet colleagues to fully acquaint
himself with the present picture at
Shanghai, where British investors
were estimated to have lost between
$25 ,000. 900 and $50, o,000, 900.
Evening star., 1937-08-23

expansion OF munitions and export
industries.
Stock exchange oficials predicted
the measures would benefit munitions
industries.
Evening star., 1937-08-23
JAPAN NTOMOB|[|zE
INDUSTRY FOR WAR
Bill Prepared for Diet Will
Marshal All Economic
Resources.
Resources.

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC, August 23.-Japan will take
further steps to mobilize her eco
nomic resources at an extraordinary
session Of the Diet next month, the
newspaper Ashahi said today.
japanese industry and finance, al
ready under severe regulations to
meet the war emergency, will be on
full wartime footing under legisla-
ton Premier Prince Fumimaro Kon-
Dyes government will demand.
The finance ministry already has
drafted measure for Parliament's
almost certain approval.
Heavy Spending Since July l.
Since July l. Japan has made heavy
war appropriations, has ordered gold
bullion purchases to Bolster the yen
Evening star., 1937-08-23

The first material used 10 eon.
duct electricity was not wire but 4
linen thread.
Evening star., 1937-08-23
and has legislated new taxes and anti.

and has legislated new taxes and anti
profiteering laws.
The new legislation will give the
government sweeping control Of pri-
vate industry.
Permission would be granted the
government. under the bill, to effect
necessary business mergers. establish
new corporations, increase their capt.
tai, collect overdue share payments
within certain limits and make loans
for the expansion and improvement
Of government facilities.
Won't Force Underwriting.
The measure, known - the fund
control BILL" would be continued one
year after termination of present hos
tilities.
Business men have been assured