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Evening star., 1937-06-08
EVENING D. TUESDAY, JUNE g. 1887

but one-third Of our Nation Is still
undernourished, Ill housed and poorly
clad. Crime IS not diminished, but
rather Is more rampant. Commitments
to Federal prisons this last year
reached = an all-time high.
Even bootlegging has far from
ceased. Two years after repeal the
Federal Government established q
record Of seizing 1861 illegal stills
and getting 1881 convictions for
violation Of the liquor laws. The best
estimates OF the authorities indicate
that from one-quarter to one-half Of
the liquor consumed is still manufac-
tured and sold outside the law. Many
patriotic citizens sincerely believed
there was = better way to control the
liquor trafdc than by prohibition. They
are now having their day in court and
are entitled to the loyal cooperation
Of all thoughtful Americans in the
endeavor to make some other system
work.
Puts Faith In Education.
Meanwhile. all will agree that
education Is the one final answer
to the age-old problem that we face.
AS each individual comes to the con-
clusion that there is more Joy in living
without alcohol, the problem for him
will be no more"
In the election of officers held yes
terday Mrs. Ella A. Boole Of Evanston,
Il., president of the World Union, was
reelected for her third consecutive
three-year term.
With the exception OF Mrs. Milda
Kempels Of Latvia, chosen for the
once Of third vice president in place
Of Miss Dagmer Prior of Denmark, all
officers were reelected for tie three
year term. They are:
Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith, Evanston,
H., president Of the National w. c.
T. u. first vice president; Mrs. Evelyn
Strang, Australia, second vice presi-
dent; honorary secretaries. Miss Agnes
E. Slack, England. and Mrs. w. T. G.
Brown, Canada, with Mrs. Margaret
c. Munns, Evanston, as honorary
treasurer. The of1cers receive no
salary.
Mrs. Anna Klara Fischer, president
OF the German w. c. T. u, told the
convention last night of her organi-
zations successful efforts to popularize
non alcoholic fruit beverages and to
put in operation 4 number Of res
taurants where no liquor is served.
Booklet Gives Recipes.
Recipes for the alcoholic
drinks have been placed in a little
booklet called What Shall We
Drink?" Mrs. Fischer said. adding
that thousands Of copies Of the book
let have been distributed throughout
Germany and other German-speaking
countries.
Describing the dry" restaurants
which her organization has started
In many Of the larger cities Of Ger
many, Mrs. Fischer said their sue
cessful operation was undoubtedly one
OF the reasons why Hitler appointed
last year "our group OF women as host
esses for more than 400 women Olym-
pic. competitors from rs different
countrles.'
Convention officials recalled last
night that when Mrs. Fischer told
Hitler Of her intention OF coming to
this country for the convention he
suggested the expense Is too much
just to go over there for q meeting
Apparently with this counsel in mind
Mrs. Fischer declined an invitation to
go motoring with the German Am
bassador one afternoon recently, stat
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COMMITTEE TO STUDY
ADMINISTRATION COSTS
Number of Larger Cities Will Be
Visited to Secure Data
for Report.

The National Capital Auditorium
Commissions Advisory Committee will
procure from seven or eight OF the
country's major cities data on operat-
ing costs, special problems and accom-
modations by sending special repre-
sentative to collect the information
on their auditoriums.
This was announced today by C..
Marshall Finnan, superintendent Of
the National Capital parks. who is
chairman OF the advisory group. The
cities which will be visited were not
disclosed.
The information obtained will be
utilized in framing the Advisory Com
mittee's report, to be made shortly
to the commission, OF which Secretary
1ckes Is chairman. F1nnan will desig-
nate the person who Is to make the
survey later.
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ator Truman, Democrat, Of Missouri
and referred to the District Commit
tee for report. The purposes Of the
society are set forth Is benevolent.
religious and educational.
The proposed corporation would be
authorized to take over an existing
unincorporated Bible Foundation and
any other organization created for
similar purposes. The organization
would be authorized to spread interest
In the Bible by plays, writing and
other educational means,
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BIBLE BILL INTRODUCED
Senator Truman Asks Incorpora.
tion Of Foundation.

Incorporation in the District OF
Columbia Of the Bible Foundation to
further interest in the Bible is pro-
vided for by bill introduced by SEN
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START
AT | Pm. TOMORROW
Chain Grocery Stores and Markets
Ask That Customers Do
Shopping Early.

An appeal to the public to shop be-
fore pm. on Wednesday. beginning
tomorrow. 80 employees may be per-
mitted = half day each week for the
rest OF the Summer. was made today
by three chain grocery store concerns
and two Of the city's principal markets.
Making the request was the Sani-
tary Grocery Co., Inc; American
Stores, Inc; Great Atlantic d Pacific
Tea Co., Giant Food Store, New Gen.
ter Market and the Arcade Market
Evening star., 1937-06-08

Detroit with Federal taxes bumpers spare tire and tube
and preparation for delivery included Amy state local
be added. To ascertain price in your city, simply
add transportation charges local and any
Evening star., 1937-06-08

10, had asked the monks Of the
Hospice to destroy all the dogs.
The brothers attributed the un-
natural viciousness OF the dog, which
they could not single out from the
pack, to the mating season. They
said they would be guided by the
ruling Of the gendarmes,
Evening star., 1937-06-08

As an insurance execu-
tive, have to make frequent calls, and
the easy handling qualities as we'll as
the economy Of the Royal stand ace
high with me. In all my driving expe-
rience, I've never seen any brakes
that equal Chrysler's hydraulics. -
&c. MscnEshEY. Chieaoo, ~.
Evening star., 1937-06-08

wothings stand out in
my mind about my new Chrysler
Royal. First, its great driving comfort
=. both in room and easy handling.
Second, its great reliability which
incidentally has been a characteristic
Of every Chryslcr car I've owned"
JOSEPH cAUNI. Rs,sd.na. Golf.
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= MIZ1HE< HE ZDl/kR2EEDH

styles: & CHRYsLER CUSTOM IMPERIAL. e. Is
,sPassenger Sedan, $1,000. Sedan Limousine $3.50.
& CHRYSLER AIRFLOW Passenger Sedan and
Coupe, $3.50. Al prices quoted delivered prices
Evening star., 1937-06-08

SHOOT MOTOR COMPANY. NC.
3343 II Street N.W.-West 1850
MOTOR SALES 3 SERVICE
Alexandria. Va.
DAUGKlNANS 4klvlCE
zliiastss. vaf
Evening star., 1937-06-08

There is more room IN
mynew Royal than in much more ex-
pensive cars I've owned. Big as it is, it
steers and parks with the greatest ease.
l get 18 miles to the gallon in ordi-
nary city driving, and average consider
ably better than that on long trips"
X. L. clEtlAND, o. C., Aspinwsli, p.
Evening star., 1937-05-27
WILLIAM A. BRADY
. IS GUEST STAR
Kate Smith Hostess to
Broadway Producer.
Bob Burns Back.

XX VILLAIN, LIAM 4, A; .,o14;, BRADY, I 7s-
w Ger and actor. will be
presented by Kate Smith
as feature Of the Bandwagon show,
heard through WJSV at o'clock. His
vehicle is to be radio version Of "A
Free Soul" which he produced in
1928 with Lester Lonergan in the
leading role. Lonergan became Ill
after the second performance, and
Brady stepped in for the duration of
the run.
Brady, husband of Grace George
and father Of Alice Brady, has been
active as manager during his long
Broadway career, guiding Jim Corbett
and James j. Jeffries.
OOKA-PLAYING BOB BURNS
returns to Bing Crosby's music
Evening star., 1937-05-27

keeper, and w. G. Benton. another
employe OF Masson's.
"She was strangled to death in a
house full Of people" the sheriff said,
but none Of those around her heard
sound or knows anything about
the case"
The girls nude body was found in
q bedroom May l8.
Evening star., 1937-05-27

hall, with Zasu Pitts and Gall Patrick
of the screen and Rudolph CAM, con-
cert pianist, as guest stars-WRC at
9 o'clock.
CONDUCTOR ARTHUR FIEDLER
draws from the works OF Wagner,
Handel, Beethoven and Saint-Saens
for the program Of the Boston SYM
phony Orchestra pop" concert, a full
hour feature on WMAL at 7:30.
I" HE WITCH'S TALE" eerie Mutual
feature, celebrates its, sixth anni-
versary, becoming the Oldest dramatic
series on the air, when The Scar"
is presented over VOL at 8.
HARRY L. HOPKINS, Federal relief
= = head. discusses "The Federal
Government in Social Welfare" at
meeting Of the National Conference
Of Social Work, with the address
broadcast by WJSV at 1890.
A NINA MAY WONG ana Florence
Reed play the leading roles in
Autumn Flower" one-act drama to
be offered by Rudy Vallee. Joe Lau-
rie, jr., vaudeville and night club
comedian, will receive his introduction
to radio-WRC at 7.
TWO popular sustaining N. B. c.
features are on WMAL's schedule,
the Spelling Bee, guaranteed to pre-
Evening star., 1937-05-27
Canals IA Centuries Old.

"Venice Of the Orient" or Srinagar.
capital Of the State Of Kashmir, in
Northern India, Is traversed by canals
built II centuries ago. The noiseless
waterway streets are connected with
the river and with the neighboring
Lake Dal. A city famous for its silver,
wood-carving, precious stones, carpets
and silk,
Evening star., 1937-05-27
LAST TWO RELEASED
IN MYSTERY DEATH
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BAKERSFIELD, Calf. May az
The last two persons held as material
witnesses in the strange death of
ls-year-old Dorothy Shrum were re-
leased yesterday, and Sheriff Ed
Champness said: mo solution is in
sight"
The two are Percy G. Mason, who
employed the girls mother as house.
Evening star., 1937-05-27
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON D. THURSDAY o. 1887

sent at least a few words Of which
one has never heard, and the Night
Club, with Maury Amsterdam as
master Of ceremonies-9 and 10, re-
spectively.
Evening star., 1937-05-27

Evening Programs.
700 p.m.-WRC, Rudy Vallee:
VOL, Five Star
Final; WJSV, The
Band Wagon.
1880 p.m.-WMAL, Boston Pop
Concert.
SEQ p.m.-WRC, Show Boat:
WJSV, Mai. Bowes'
Amateurs.
800 p.m.-WRC, Bing Crosby;
WJSV, Floyd Gibbons.
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1890 p.m.-WOL. Wrestling
Matches.
11:15 p.m.-WMAL, slumber
Hour.
Short. Wave Programs.
s:55 p.m.-PRAGUE, Czech Phil
harmonic Orchestra,
OLR4A, 1884 m, 1874
meg.
$40 PM SANTIAGO, Dance
Music, CB960, 31.2 M.
$50 meg.
1000 p.m.-"The Empire Follies,"
GS1, 1876 M, 1925
meg; GSF, 1913 M,
1914 meg; GsD, ass
m, ITS meg; Csc,
31.3 M, 9.58 meg.
Evening star., 1937-05-27

Air Headliners
Afternoon Programs.
$3.50 p.m.-WMAL, Recital on
Frederick the Greats
Flute.
SEQ p.m.-WMAL, Evening Star
Flashes.
Evening star., 1937-03-26
John Drinkwater.

John Drinkwater loved life so ardent
ly that it is particularly sad that he was
fated to die at only f1fty-four years Of
age. Certainly, his spirit still was young;
his art as vigorous as ever. Nothing in
dicated any decline in his powers.
Rather it seemed that he was on the
threshold of a larger achievement than
those which had distinguished his
earlier career. He was winning a place
for himself in field in which he might
have made his most cherished dreams
come true.
Always venturesome SOUL Mr..
Drinkwater had attempted many diff
ferent conquests. He was poet and
playwright, critic and promoter of
literature and the stage, an organizer
and manager, propagandist in the best
meaning of the phrase, an evangelist
for the democratization of the arts,
popular lecturer on all manner of
themes, successful business man.
Nature gave him intelligence of high
but intensely practical order and en-
dowed him also with personal charm
Evening star., 1937-03-26

which contributed immensely to his
progress upward from the obscurity Of
desk in an insurance company Office.
He could do things, and he did do them
In America, 1t was for his dramatic
Interpretation of Abraham Lincoln that
he was most widely famous. Mr. Drink
water designed 1t to be the first Of a
long series of biographical plays. The
others were to present Oliver Cromwell,
Mary Stuart, Robert Burns, Robert E.
Lee, William the Silent and Garibaldi.
And the plan was carried out almost as
it had been projected. If the Emanci-
pator engaged greater public attention
than the other figures the author re-
created, the explanation probably lay
in the fact that mis- story is supremely
magnetic. The piece was no better
example OF its sponsors genius than the
rest. 1t was British concept, but pos
sibly it should have been so-it might
have been less interesting to the people
Of the United States if it had been a
native production; just because it was
an "alien approach it was applauded on
this side of the Atlantic.
Mr.. DrinkWater, however, would pre-
fer to be remembered for his verse. II
he could choose, he might ask for i'm
mortality only for the lines:
MY garden wind had driven and havened
again
All ships that ever had gone to sea,
And I saw the glory of all dead men
In the shadow that went by the side
of me-
Evening star., 1937-03-26
The German Embassy.

For reasons not fully disclosed, Dr.
Hans Luther, German Ambassador to the
United States since 1885, is to retire from
the diplomatic service. His place here
will be taken by Dr. Hans Heinrich
Dieckhof, undersecretary of the Berlin
foreign Office. DR.. Dieckhoff is favorably
known in Washington, having served be-
tween 1922 and 1927 as counselor of the
Embassy during the strained period when
the Reich was re-establishing postwar
relations with this country. Afterward
he was counselor of the German Embassy
in London, and later chief of the Anglo
American section in the Wilhelmstrasse.
A sympathetic and informed student of
American conditions, DR.. Dieckhoff will
assume his duties unusually well equipped
for mission which, for many reasons,
bristles with extraordinary difficulties.
Ambassador Luthers career in Wash
ington has not lain along pleasant paths
1t was his i'll fortune to be assigned to this
Capital soon after the advent of the Nazi
regime, which, because of its denial of all
those political ideals dear to the hearts
of the American people, has never had
their confidence or approval. Under such
circumstances, DR.. Luthers efforts to
negotiate a trade agreement with the
United States and generally to improve
relations between the two countries were
oil foroIory,oal fN foil To
vate his task, he was intermittently called
upon to protest in his governments name
against anti-Nazi developments and
demonstrations, which frequently were
external expressions of the bitter hostility
of wide sections of American public opin-
ion to the things which Hitlerism typifies.
DR.. Luther himself has never been for
mally identified with the Nazi movement.
1t would be easy to understand that he
gradually tired of acting periodically as
it's complainant messenger boy at the
State Department, as he had to do again
only the other day, in connection with
the La Guardia episode. Nor can the
departing Ambassador have felt anything
except deep personal resentment of the
coarse aspersions recently cast upon
Americans and American life in the Nazi-
controlled press, for DR.. Luther, like all
intelligent Germans not slavishly yoked
to the totalitarian chariot, knows how
grotesquely unfounded those ISLANDERS are
DR.. Dieckhoff, like Dr. Luther, Is said
not to be an official Nazi partisan. As
seasoned career diplomat, as an exponent
of the German people and their legiti-
mate rights and interests in the world,
and as an advocate of their desire for
mutually agreeable relations with the
United States-rather than as spokes-
man or apologist for the Nazi cult-he
may rely upon cordial welcome back to
the scene with which he is already
familiar.
Evening star., 1937-03-26

When man suddenly attains ex-
traordinary prominence some enthusi-
astlc admirer is sure to mention him
as possible President of the United
States. 1t happened even to Lindbergh.
John Lewis is already being suggested
as one whose hat may in the course of
time be "in the ring" What may be
intended as compliment in many cases
proves disadvantage. Many members
OF Mr.. Lewis following would be at a
loss to depict him juggling cup of
afternoon tea and a thin sandwich.
Evening star., 1937-03-26
Signed!

Not q few friends of art must have
breathed sigh of relief yesterday when
they learned that President Roosevelt
had signed the act of Congress whereby
Andrew w. Mellon was permitted to give
his country his magnificent collection of
great pictures, a monumental gallery in
which they will be sheltered indefinitely
and an endowment fund for their main
tenance in that noble environment and
for the purchase of such accessions as
may seem desirable to the trustees.
Hitherto only whispered, it now can
be told that there was time when it
was indicated that Mr.. Melons philan-
thropy might be exercised elsewhere. In
deed, as late as only few days ago
Evening star., 1937-03-26

danger still threatened the project.
Certain groups presumed to cor
rect" the plan wholesale. One actu-
ally wanted the paintings sent on
tour of a coast-to-coast circuit OF
railroad stations! Another desired them
interlarded with modernistic productions
la Van Gogh and Gauguin! But the
President wisely protected the integrity
of the gift, lent the prestige Of his in
fluence for its acceptance and finally,
with happy stroke of his pen, gave 1t
the substance of irrevocable official ap-
proval.
The significance of all of which is this
Washington Will be the richest art CEN
ter of the Western World; here, in the
city where every American citizen is "at
home" the Nation will possess an un-
paralleled treasury of the most beautiful
and precious esthetic works ever con-
ceived by human genius. Soon the GAL
lery will be built, furnished and dedi-
Gated; its hundred rooms will attract
thousands of visitors each year-among
whom will be many young students who
will be inspired to similar achievement
and providentially not fall altogether
short of their ideal goal. Power will flow
from the structure into the mind and
heart of an America already entering
upon renaissance of creative enterprise
in every department of life. Each sepa-
rate canvas will live and stimulate living
Such is the business of art; such the pur-
pose of Mr.. Melons benefaction.
March Is, 1887, is date which is
destined to be written large in the history
of civilization in the United States. It
marks the beginning of a new chapter
in the progress of American culture.
Evening star., 1937-03-26
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.
Spring Is more than time or tenn

Spring is more than time or tenn
perature.
It is, above all, bird song.
We seldom stop to realize how mucn
nose and ears play In our enjoyment OF
this season.
Strange, balmy scents in the warmed
air-familiar, beloved bird songs IN our
ears
1t is only when we hear the robin
that we know Spring is really at hand,
only when his elastic measures enter our
ears that we realize how much the season
depends upon him, after all
Those far-flung, excited measures
Loud, clear, not the most beautiful
bird song by any means, but one Of
the very best
The robins song is the very voice Of
Spring.
We know it all along, but it is not
until that first early morning concert
In ones own yard, that we realize 1t
fully.
Take all the other songs away, but
leave this, and Spring would be the same
as of old.
Leave out the song of the robin and
put in all the rest, from the sweetest to
the hardest, something would be missing
from the real Spring song.
Smoothly the composer, in his great
melody, portrayed that song, but the
real thing is not quite SO flowing, In a
sense.
If there is any one bird song which
typifles this true melody, it is that of
the robin red breast Che really should
be called robin orange breast), and his
song is not smooth at all.
No, his song is thing of pep" punch
and virility, thrown out Of full heart
and mind in the exuberance of the
season.
Who dares deny the robin-or any
other bird-a certain amount of true
intelligence?
Watch him there, moving around
keenly, bright eyes down, intent on sens
ing the first wiggle of his morning worm.
Whether he sees it, or hears it, we
are not sure, but every move shows in
telligence, mind working we'll as far as
the necessities of mind are called for in
the case.
His bold, handsome form is known to
all persons, city, suburban, farm.
Wherever there is a plot of grass as
large as few feet square, there he will
go, to try his fortunes.
He is at home in the small city back
yard as in the larger suburban garden.
This at-homeness in his environment,
wherever he may be. is one of his most
distinguishing marks.
He is not afraid, we say, but it is
not altogether that; Immediately he
seems to belong"
Seeing him for the first time. in Spring
somehow he gives the feeling to the
spectator that he has never been away
at all.
Yet he is far traveller, having come
hundreds of miles to our yard, for which
we can all be very thankful, and give
him his full share of credit for bringing
Spring with him
A few of his brothers and sisters
and very few-have been here all VIM
ter, but they probably can be counted
on the fingers of two hands.
These were specimens which, somehow,
forgot their ancestral wisdom. Maybe
they were the "dumbbunnies" of the robin
race. Or perhaps they were sports,
Evening star., 1937-03-26

really trying to see what Winter In the
North means
Well, at any rate, there Is no telling
them apart any more. The few which
stayed blend in with those which have
lust returned. The robins are with us
in force once more.
The robins song is more melodious
than many listeners at first will give 1t
credit for being; 1t sWells and rings out
wildly, especially several hours before
q rain.
This is the famous calling FOR rain"
which country folklore has long asso-
ciated with the robin song. 1t is en-
tirely In q different measure than its
usual song.
1t may be stated that in this attempt
at prophecy the bird is no more in
variably correct than is man when he
tries to forecast what is coming in the
weather.
Those who have studied the song of
this bird closely and scientifically feel
that it often is overpraised, owing to Its
relation to the season we all love.
Be that as it may, let it break in places
as much as it will, nevertheless 1t Is
a mighty swell song, seeming to fit exactly
into the mood of the great outdoors.
X X X
The speckled breasts of the young
robins show their relation to the thrush
family.
Only in it's loudness is there any re-
semblance between the robin song and
that of the wood thrush, the one best
known in this locality.
1t will be only about month, now,
before the loud, clear, f1utelike notes OF
the thrush resound above suburban COM
munities. The thrush is one Of the very
best reasons for living in the outskirts
of great cities. Seldom does this beau
tiful singer come to the heart OF the
city, but despite his name nothing de-
lights him more than the society OF man.
In this he shares something with his
cousin, the robin.
We should not compare their songs,
however, for the wood thrush is real
musician, and the robin only wants
to be- Let us honor him for his attempt
and find gladness in his wild strains
Especially in the early morning, there
are few songs more delightful than that
of the robin, whether his normal cries,
or his calling for rain
Although the robin on our lawn seems
to eat worms alone he really consumes
many types of insect life, including OBJ
noxious larvae. The other half of his
diet is composed of fruit, practically all
of the wild sort. so that no one, accord
ing to the ornithologists, can quarrel
with this bird over his diet.
1t is amazing to think that until the
year before the World War, this Won
derful bird was classified, in some States,
as game bird" and permitted to
be shot on sight.
Fortunately, enacted laws put it in its
rightful classification, that of migratory
song bird, and gave it the protection of
Uncle Sam.
Let all right thinking people rejoice
and be glad that bird protection. through
the tireless efforts of a few devoted
persons, has become commonplace
throughout our country.
Those who wish to know more about
this work are referred to a book just
published, Adventures in Bird Pro-
tection," the autobiography of Thomas
Gilbert Pearson, president emeritus of
the National Association of Audubon
Societies.