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The Washington times., 1937-05-29

Mr.. Wells tells his story with a
wars and political skirmishes.
real newspaperman's flair. Down
toearth verbiage in the clinches
over what makes the big wings
click and real sense Of hulmor in
the light spots. AS an example Of
what to expect in Blood on the
Moon." there is the story about
his father.
His father was very strict. He
was a piouS church-going pew
holder up to the time he sent
little Linton for a bucket Of suds.
Little Linton happened to run into
the preacher on the way back
and with the frankneSS Of his age
told the preacher he was taking
the bucket to papa. The next Sun
day in church the preacher put
aside his usual longwinded ser
mon to announce the evil Of one Of
his members.
He read the riot act about drink.
ing and Of teaching the little ones
to come in contact with it. Little
Linton hadn't had a drop, but he
was no end interested in the new
turn of events, because the
preacher read his father out Of
the church. Such personal reminis-
cenceS lead to better ones very
soon with lot more action.
The story Of how he came to- 60
to work in China, how he covered
a Chinese rebellion by helping the
gunners to sight and shoot their
guns on UP to his trip to the far.
off places from the South Seas to
AddiS-Ababa are something to
spend time over.
Winning $4,000 in q sweep.
stakes, hobnobbing with royalty
and facing gun fire and other
hazards, are a few Of the interest
ing things he writes about. And,
he really writes. Read Blood aon
the Moon"
CBlood on the Moon," by Lin
ton Wells, published by Houghton
Mifflin Co..
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
Medical Book
For Home

"Ten Million American Have
I'll" by s. william Becker, M. D.,
should be considered in passing.
AS the title suggests, 1t has to
do with a social disease. but ua-
like the "scare.headline" quality
of such an embracing statement,
Ten Million Americans Have It"
will probably set many minds at
rest.
It is at once a warning and
q reinsurance. People who go
about afraid to breathe for fear
Of contamination would benefit
by a session with DR.. Becker.
So would the uninitiated.
What he does is sum up the
history of the social disease and
it's effect upon civilization. What
he says Is based upon pure rea-
son and medical science. There
is no need to brand his book for
adults only"
The illustrations are nothing
more than charts done in cold
black and white. In consequence
this handbook will never be 9
best seller but It should do a lot
of good in a quiet way.
C'Ten Million Americans Have
It." a medical book for the home
by S. william Becker, M. D. Pub
lished by LippincottD
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
Clues Mislead
Police

"The Purple Parrot" is indeed
an unusual murder story. It has
its beginning as all well written
mystery stories should with a r11ur-
der. Hezekiah Morse is found
murdered and his will named the
murderer.
OF course the reader must un-
derstand that it contained no
clause saying 1--WE written this
will and so-and-so is going to muir
der me-" It was far from being
as simple as that. The police
thought the will pointed to his
granddaughter to whom he had
left his purple parrot. And so
when the parrot disappeared they
put Sylvia Morse in jail.
Professor Westborough, who
has a habit of attacking the solu-
ton of a crime in a far different
manner from that used by the
police, thought an injustice was
being done to Sylvia and so ne
decided to find out who really did
murder the grandfather.
He did, and most of the readers
will be as surprised to find out
how he did it as they will to find
the answer to the puzzle.
("The purple Parrot" by Clyde
B. Clason. published by the Crime
Club, Inc)
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
Artists Union
Active

The coming of unionism to a
sector Of Washington art is now
being illustrated in an exhibition
which opened this week.
The District Of Columbia Ar
lists Union opened its first ex-
hibition at the gallery Of the
Inter.Professional Association, 6oS
Seventeenth st. N. w. The open
ing was featured with speeches by
Representative Robert G.. Allen,
of Pennsylvania, and John Gun
ningham, of the New York Artists
Congress.
Affiliated with the Artists Union
Of America, the local union is
composed of independent artists
and artists now employed on the
Federal art project. The purpose
of the organization is to unite
all artists engaged in painting,
graphic, commercial and sculp-
tural arts Gin their pursuit of eco
nornic security" to encourage a
wider distribution and understand
ing Of art and the furtherance
of educational activities along such
lines"
Spurred on by the belief that
there is a need for vigorous &C.
ton in Washington to make this
city a leading cultural center, the
union planned this exhibition rs
the first of several.
The exhibition will continue
through June 6. It may be seen
on week days from 8 to Z p. m,
and on Saturdays and Sundays
from 2 to Z p. N.
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
'tBraVe Years .
LnStructS

That the Brave Years" come
after the mad ones, seems to be
an active theory with William Hey
Tiger, who calls his newest novel
just that.
He chooses to show what hap
pens when the cooperative move"
ment Of today is put to the test.
He takes two children Of the de-
preston for the experiment. They
Rave an old Ford and $3.50. For
tunately they also have an aunt.
She offers them a long-term mort
gage on a dilapidated farm. They
accept, little dreaming Of the
troubles connected with till1ng OF
some 80 acres Of land.
Furniture, feed, fertilizer and
seed make huge inroads on their
finances. They learn about binder
twine and blacking for the kitchen
stove and the struggles OF preserV-
ing and reaping. They earn their
first money at market and spend
1t almost at once for an automo-
blle Tire.
BY this time they have exactly
So 80 to go on. They add to this
selling wood and make a deal
with q local hatchery for eggs
Then he catches his coat in the
whirring steel teeth Of the disk
saw and mangles 1t beyond repair
That means another raid on their
slender resources and more fears
of defeat.
So it goes with greater trials
ahead when the aunt dies and the
executor of her estate attempts
to foreclose the farm. Here the
Cooperative Society's Credit Union
comes to the rescue with a loar
and lights a way out Of their dif
ficulties.
('Brave Years" a novel Of today
by william Heyliger. Published
by D. Appleton Century,
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
POppies
By GEORGE M0R1ARTY
(Americon League Umpire)

(Americdn League Umplre)
They grew where lads fell fighting,
The poppies all aglow,
A flowers way of lighting
The way they were to go,
For what though life is choppy,
And seeks soldiers doom,
'Tis written in the poppy,
His life again shall bloom.
With death in every screeching,
And life cheapened mess,
Instead of loved hands reaching,
The poppies gave caress,
They felt young, fleeting footsteps,
And seemed to understand
Those doughboys would not put steps
Again in poppy-land.
It's just an humble flower
That God grew at their feet,
To show that each last hour
Links life anew, complete,
No friends of war 60 hooting
Der Flanders fields today,
But poppies bloom, saluting
The lads who went away.
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
Current
Art

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Special exhibition of etchings by
John Sloan. America Today"
gress. Exhibition Of prints by
Elizabeth Keith extended to Mon
day.
Phillips Memorial Gallery
Water color. pen and pencil
studies by Robert Franklin Gates.
I. P. A. Gallery
5O8 Seventeenth St. N. w.
District of Columbia Artists Union
exhibition.
Little Gallery
Sculpture by Fay Gaer and paint
ings by q group of Washington
artists.
Smithsonian Building
Division of Graphic Arts
Exhibition of prints by Chicago
Society Of Etchers.
Public Library
Exhibition of work Of pupils Of
Eugen Weiss.
Mt. Pleasant Branch Library
Central High School students'
work.
Gallery of Modern Masters
Exhibition of water colors by
Howard Giles.
Arts Club
summer exhibition Of member
work.
The Washington times., 1937-05-29

ciety Of Artists, American Insti-
tute Of Arts and Letters ana the
Art Students League Of New York.
AS early as 1905, he received
honorable mention from Carnegie
Institute in Pittsburgh. His other
awards include bronze medal for
etching of the Panama.Pacific Elk.
position, San Francisco, 1915;
gold medal, Sesqui-C Centennial Ex-
position, Philadelphia, 1926, and
Beck gold medal for portraiture,
Pennsylvania Academy Of Fine
Arts, Philadelphia, 1881.
His exhibition will continue at
Corcoran until June 13.
"SOcial Consciousness"
The so-called social conscious
ness" of the artist Of today is per
haps best illustrated in Rock
well Kent's "And Now Where?",
which is among the 100 prints in
the American Artists Congress ex-
hibition at Corcoran.
The great majority Of the
others are equally as eloquent in
their expression Of the economic
forces at play with humanity. Don
Freeman'S Dawn in the Assem-
bly," is another example, and
others too numerous to mention
line the walls Of the special ex.
hibition room.
This exhibition brings together
the prints Of artists from all sec
tionS of the country. The prints
were selected on the basis Of a
nationwide competition, til e
judges of which were the follow
ing artists: Arnold Blanch, Stuart
Davis, Ernest Fiene, Hugo Gellert,
william Gropper, Wanda Gag,
Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Margaret Lowen'
grund, Louis Lozowick, George
Picken, Harry Sternberg, Lynd
Ward and Max Weber.
It was originally planned to hold
duplicate print exhibitions stimuli
taneously in December in 80 large
and representative cities, but the
show was not put on here at that
time because there was no room
at Corcorar.
Revolutionary Change
Concerning the social conscious
ness" of the artists represented
in the exhibition, Alexander r.
Stavenitz, chairman Of the graphic
committee of the American Artists
Congress, has this to say:
@It 1.-THE exhibitiOn1 reflects a
deep-gOing change that has been
taking place among artists for
the last few years .. q change
which has taken many Of them
not only to their studio window
to look outside, but right through
the door and into the street, into
the steel mills, coal mines ana
factories.
"ThiS revolutionary change OC-
curing among artists is finding
its complement in q changing at
titude on the part Of a growing
public toward the print. Many
people are learning to appreciate
the fine possibilities for humOr,
tragedy, biting satire and full
bodied praise inherent in this
medium"
This exhibition will also con
tinue until June 13.
The Washington times., 1937-05-29

Among the women's clubs
painters this cannot be said to
be true, but among the younger
artists, whose candid eyes have
seen much and whose Sympathies
have been aroused, it becomes in
creasingly apparent.
John Sloan
Particularly is this true OF the
exhibition of the American Artists
Congress, entitled America To-
day." at the Corcoran Art Gal
lery. In the same degree it is
true of John Sloan, the famous
painter and etcher, whose prints
are also being shown at Corcoran.
However, it is not fully true OF
the Sloan prints currently shown.
Sloan is the famous painter,
etcher, photographer, illustrator
and teacher whose work has been
well known here and abroad since
the beginning of the century.
He has a poignant and sardonic
touch that distinguishes his work.
and which colors even his work
of lesser social significance.
Distortion Of figures and q
bizarre note are characteristic Of
much Of his work, although these
features are not so exaggerated as
to be Objectionable. Rather they
lend themselves to his subjects
and make them all the more
forceful.
Sloan was born in Lock Haven,
Pa. in 1871, and as a young man
studied under Robert Henri and
Thomas P. Anshutz, both OF
whom he has painted.
Etchings and Oils
He is represented in the per
manent collection of the Corco'
ran Gallery by several etch1ngs
and by his famous oil painting
entitled yeats at Petitpas," and
in a large number Of other i'm
portant art museums and private
collections.
He is a member of the Society
Of Independent Artists, New So
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
"Watchino God"

Their Eyes Were Watching
God" is the title Of the new book
by Fora Hurston which will be
published by Lppincott. She is
now studying the native customs
in Haiti on an extension Of her
Guggenheim fellowship.
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
Awarded Honors

The Welcome gold medal for
Anthropological research in 1886
will be presented to Dr.. G. K.
Meek, author Of Law and Au.
thority in a Nigerian Tribe" to
be published in July by the Ok
ford University Press.
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
"CaII 1t Freedom"

Marian Sims, has always
thought that a divorce is the
beginning of a story instead Of
the end and so has written a
novel starting right there entitled
"Call It Freedom" It is published
by Lippincott.
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
The Best.
Sellers

FICTION
The Outward Room
Mlllen Brand Simon
The Years
Virginia woolf HAROOuEt
Three Comrades
Erich RemarQue Little
Bugles Blow No More
Clifford DOwdey Lattas
File on Rufus Ray
H. Reilly Morrow
Washington Calling
Marquis W. Childs Morrow
NoNF1CTIoN
Coronation Commentary
Geoffrey Dennis DOad
Middletown in Transition
The Lynds HArcOuTS
How to Win Friends
Dale Carnegie samoA
King Edward the Eighth
Hector BOIithO LpDtneeGs
Present Indicative
Noel Coward DOueledav
Miracle of England
Andre MaurOiS AAsDa~
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
First Effort

A New England novel, "A Mighty
Fortress" the first effort of Le'
Grand Canon, jr., has just been
published by Farrar and Rine-
hart.
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
Blood on the Moon " Is
Autob1ograph1ca1

real bangup book the autobiography Of Linton Wells for
egn correspondent and adventurer entitled Blood on the
Moon With the face twist Of his wrist Mr. Wells changes
the tempo Of his typewriter from notes his personal history
fshand intimate descriptions Of the Orient
background history ymang events in European and Aato
The Valley settler., 1937-12-09

THE VALLEY SETTLER is published ovcry- Thursday by the Matanuslc Valley Farnors' Cooperating association at Paluor, Alaska
 Managing Edi tor, Mrs. Vcrna Eas sthaI Subscription rates: $l.OO year
 $l.50 year by nail Nailed anywhere: 1Of Q copy This paper is issued for the purpose of giving information and news Of t.e Matanuska Valley Fnraors' Cooperating 4~sso cio ticn's work, problem end accolpl s.1lents and al so news cf loc1l and general interest; and to Le1p foster t!lo cooperative spirit of the farmers If the hatanuska Valley. To solicit tl.c frank and honest ex- pross1ons of opinion and ideas fron members and employees of t..e Cooporat- ing Associ otion and tho people Of the Community at large.
The Valley settler., 1937-12-09
IS THERE A L.ARAE17


 Recently ,tr. John V. Curtis, yl.o hendl os tic sclos of produce for tl.c Cooperating Association, Ilede q trip alcnss tic 1ri1 Belt into Fairbanks and woypoints for tie purposo Of 6 market survey. He coac back vi th the assurance it w~s his opi inion tliat merchants Of Fairbanks, Talkectnc and ether places nlcn,, tho Rail Delt are willing ond anxious to buy "MctGnuska lioid" products Cnd rcollv prefer tIon, providing cur prices are = equal to t.-oso of the Seattle I.0rkot plus frei ;ilt cl4orC and tLeg cen secure the sane quality Ccods they require in the quantities they need w3-en thoy wont then. nDcuotless, next soasoI4 when the general public hes become ovon !lore awarc of t..o excellent facilities we have in the Valley for producing and handling, ii Gh-Cradc coLlIaodl tics, fresh and canned meats end vegetaOl es will be as llucl. in demand IS cur butter md egsTs gre nov, II Mr. Curtis assures us. Fliers gcin3 into tho Interior report that lIany miners and trappers are much interested in securing tho fresh products of tl4eVal1ey. In Gir-ni ndod Al asllo, it seems logical tLat efforts should already have been made to ostaolis sl a2 "air- delivcryn service into tho Interior for the sale of liatanusk5. products. Mr. Leo B. Jacobs, General NaneSor of tho Corpor- ation, and Dr. H.A. Colvin, Legal Counsel for the W.P A., who is now in Washington, D.C., gre working vi tll tke E.P.1 to i.nvo tlen furnisl. the means to establish an
The Valley settler., 1937-12-09
There is every req

furnl sl those in far distant parts of ulcslIa vi tn fresI- food products, but It the salo tine It would be q safety treasure for planes going into anchorage by fur nj shlng an alternate landing field in case Of unfavoraDlo c condi ions in the anchorage weather. Fos; sometimes nakes tho anchorage field 1nposs bio to lcnd on and P0luor is alrcst entirely free of fol, condi ions; and furthoIT.ore it has rail connections to AncfcrajTo and other points in casc oi cIlcr, ,,ency landings md Las ncdorn hospital equipment. Tl.e people of Alaska generally arc be- coming uoro md uoro willing to cc-opcrato in the development of the llotanusl1a Valley IS Q thriving; a6sricul turol center of Alaska nble to serve local markets. Fi guros end investigations SLOW that the alaska market ebsorbs cocl. yoar Q great deal nore food produce tnon the Alcska farmers ore nov able to produce. With tl.is 2roven ner1ot and c dcfini to effort ti4o nart Of oac.1 Individual farmer to supply q nj E3ll-quclity product, ti.e Valley cen expect to furnish an ovor-lncroosinc proportion of the food roqui rcr.onts of AaskC. Our cl1icf conpetion is, Of course, iron tl.o States but VIC dc hovo very obvious advonta. .sos: uo can supply fresh produce; we are able to nolcc proEpt deliveries; and VIC l!cve a froi .3it differential which gives us onsi6ornblo advantage over outside di stri butors.
 
 WHERE AXE CHRI STalAS DECORATE ONS7 To notice tlc lack of all those 'decora- tions that mako C1ri stnas Chris tnas around the Civic Center.
 Isn't it up to our Civic Council t. got tEi started and usher Santa Claus into our midst tl.is yoar7 Seems to us ho brought ba,gs Of con6y for tLo kids last voar, too. We have Loard tl1at tic Alaska StonLsip ship of ;ccd cl.oor will not arrive l1erc until after Clri stnas.
The Washington times., 1937-01-27

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Wrestler Collects
HORIZONTAL

VANCOUVER, B. C. QNSD.
Jack Strong was q professional
wrestler for IS years, but he was
no match for a car door, he
claimed, as he collected $3.50 from
Charles LeBeau, a lumberman, for
injuries. Strong was talking to
LeBeau, as the latter sat in his
parked car. AS LeBeau started to
drive away, a door flew open,
struck Strong and knocked him un-
conscious into the street. He came
to the next day In . hospital.
The Washington times., 1937-01-27

Step into the kitchen and see
just how true to life" these fami-
liar articles really are! The sill
houette bands give a border effect
when folded. Do the 8-to-the-inch
crosses with bright floss as befit
ting dotted pitcher, striped mix
ing-boWl and shiny tea-kettle. These
six towels make grand set for
that shower. Pattern 1407 con-
The Washington times., 1937-01-27
Boy Bags Octopus

ALBERNI, B. C. Q.N.SJ.-Fred
SchWarz, 16, went duck hunting
at the mouth of Shoemaker Bay,
and bagged a 15-foot octopus In
stead. The boy shot a duck and
waded into the shallow water to
get it. AS he approached the octo-
pus seized the bird in one of it's
tentacleS, then headed toward
Schwarz. The charge from both
barrels of his shotgun had little
effect. Schwarz hastily reloaded.
as the creature moved forward,
and fired twice more, killing 1t.
Evening star., 1937-03-04
ACE
IS GOLF H|CHL|CHT
Washington Pro Succeeds
After 29 Years-Texan
Bags a Pair.
BY tie Associated Press.

BY tie Associated Press.
N YEW YORK, March 1.-Two
nj holes-in-one by the same
VI player in one month and the
4 first ace by an internationally
known professional golfer in 20 years
of competition figure prominently in
1875 initial roundup of the second
annual Associated Press Hole-in-one
Club members.
The lions share of the inaugural
honors go to Morris Norton of Wichita
Falls, Tex, who already has two aces
to his credit. The West Texas open
champion hung up his first ace of the
year on January Is, when he nego-
tiated the 2l5 yards Of the Wichita
Falls Country Club tenth hole with
his driver. On February IA he cele-
brated St. Valentines day by acing
the 2l4-yard No. hole on the same
course with brassie.
Witty Gets His in Florida.
RUT the hole-in-one made by jovial
Witty Cox, Washington, D. c.,
professional. whose face Is always
tanned like saddle leather. is perhaps
of more significance because it was
part of a record-equaling sc over the
Miami Biltmore Country Club course.
Wiffys ace was made two days after
Norton's second ace. Cox, playing
with Ralph Guldahl and Roof ellison,
slammed No. iron into the can at
the 2l5-yard twelfth hole on the Coral
Gables, Fla, layout for his first hole
in one in 20 years of play. All told.
Cox carded a 66, under par. for the
round.
Two Ace Same Hole.
THE sixth hole of the Gasparilla
(Fla) Inn golf course and the
eighth hole of the Woodlawn course
at Oklahoma City we're the most vul-
nerable for the clubs l8 charter men,
bers in 1887. Donald Witten and
Temple Holder, both of Oklahoma
City. aced the l05-yard hole on the
Southwestern course. Ted Smith, the
home pro, and F. B. McBrier of Erie.
Pa, holed their tee shots on the 1885,
yard sixth at GaSparilla. both on Feb
ruary 26.
DR.. @. D. Sewell of Tacoma, Wash.
who scored two holes in 1886, started
bright and early this year. He aced
the 155-yard third hole at the Frcrest
course, Tacoma, on February II. with
a No. iron.
Evening star., 1937-03-04

THIRTY-THREE out of 46 who ex-
pressed views on women's tennis
believe Helen Jacobs will regain the
crown she lost to Alice Marble last
year. The remaining l3 named fair
Alice to repeat.
Goodman tops Fischer. the defend.
ing champion. for the national ANA.
teur golf championship, by the close
margin of II to 16. Walter Emery of
Oklahoma, runner-up to Lawson Little
two years ago, and Seattle's Scotty
Campbell received three votes each.
On the theory that anything can
happen, Harry Givan, Charley Yates,
George Dunlap and Gus Moreland
each emerged with one backer.
The Americas Cup voting: Ranger,
new yacht being built by Vanderbilt,
skipper Of the last two successful de-
tenders, IS; Endeavor II, T. o. M
Sopwith's new British challenger, 10.
Poughkeepsie regatta race: Wash
ington, 40; California, 8; Navy, /.
Evening star., 1937-03-04
Schmeling Not Worried.

THE Garden has a second legal
worry on its mind-over the
Braddock-Louis thing Promoters Of
that fight, scheduled for Chicago in
late June. already have been warned
there's trouble ahead for any one in
volved in messing up the Gardens
plans for a Braddock-Schmelin go.
Schmeling. arriving from Germany
early yesterday sat il at a confer
ence with Garden heads and lawyers
last night and was appraised of the
whole situation. Afterward he said
he wasn't worried
The dizzy muddle was given a fit
ending to its week Of somewhat bur-
lesque activities last night when Leroy
Haynes. Philadelphia heavyweight,
and Eddie Blunt of New York, both
Negroes, got as far as the seventh
round of a waltz at the Hippodrome
before Referee Billy Cavanagh tossed
the fight out of the ring. He awarded
the decision to Blunt, charging Haynes
was mot trying"
Evening star., 1937-03-04
STORMY MATMEN
COLLIDE TONIGHT.
Little Genuine Wrestling
Expected as Cox and
Katan Clash.

1.-TWO of the most vicious villains
ever to haunt this cauliflower
sector will invade Turner's
4 Arena tonight for the weekly
squirmfest when John Katan, lantern-
jawed journeyman, collides with the
walking brick wall. Joe Cox, in the
feature bit of twisting
Actually there promises to be little
wrestling. Cox becomes a bit i'm
patient when nestled in the embrace
of scissors hold and heaves his fists
or feet in the general direction of his
foe, or, If it will help the show,
spectator. Joe's acting is the finest
displayed here since Katherine Cornell
visited.