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Evening star., 1937-09-10

1870 CLIFTON ST. N.W-Nicely fur
nished room. 2nd floor. southern exposure:
unusually large closet: c.hw. unlimited
ph one: automatic heat: delicious cooked
meals: suitable for l or 2. Reasonable.
Evening star., 1937-09-10

CLEVELAND. PARK LARGE, BRIGHT
rooms in detached home, suitable for
three, c.h.w., Electrolux: $50. Clev. 1868.
40 v ST. NV ROOMS. CONTINUOUS
hot water, gas, cleo. convenient to stores.
cars and bus. $50. 15s
Evening star., 1937-09-10
ROOMS WITH BOARD WANTED.

MOTHER and 7-yesr-old daughter would
like room and board with Catholic family.
Box 159-R, Star. TO-
? ROOMS AND BOARD WANTED by father
and 12-year-old son in private home, in or
near Cleveland Park. Box l04-R, Star.
TO-
IMMEDIATELY, by Govt. employe with
yeer-old daughter. very clean home: no
other small children: not over S65 Call
Mrs. Brady. Decatur 490s-W. after pm.
WIDOW LADY wants room. board for girl,
II, in Va, near Cherrydale; $50 month
Box 173-R. Star.
EMPLOYED MOTHER, and child. yrs,
desire room and board and care for child.
Box 151-R, Star. 12'
Evening star., 1937-09-10

1909 18th ST. N.w-Youne people and
employed couples, beautiful rooms: selec-
tive menu: splendid location. See I'll
1745 RHODE ISLAND AVE. NW.-Well-
furn. bright rooms for young people. Al
Conn. ave. close downtown
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-23
REBEKAHSH
LADIES' NIGHT

Irma LeCompte, the new noble
grand. resides in Lincoln City. She
Is woman of keen business ability
and past matron of Georgetown
Chapter No. 3, Order Of Eastern
Star. She takes charge of har Office
well prepared to advance the inter-
ests of the Margaret Pyle Lodge. An
other advantage she will have is the
support and cooperation of her hus-
band. John LeCompte, degree master
of Crystal Fount Lodge No. 10, I. o.
o. F.. who is a member of the Re-
bekahs.
Florence Potter. Mary A. Cannon
and Louise Higman, associate officers
are well known and qualified to fill
their positions.
This will be gala occasion for
many Delaware Rebekahs. Strange
as it may seem, Margaret Pyle Lodge
one of the youngest In the State is
without a doubt one of the most pop
ular. Many visitors, prominent in the
Odd Fellows fraternity, make II
point to be present In Milford on
lHCoC ONlaofOhbs Aht vi 0h0 AN0otCA
of the Delaware /. o. o. F., accom-
panied by members of his staff. has
signified his intentions to be present.
Many members from local lodges
will attend.
Special committees have been
named to decorate the temple and
to provide for the comfort of the
guests. A refreshment committee is
planning to serve tasty refresh
ments.
Pearl Stevenson, a member of the
Margaret Pyle Lodge, is the guard
ian on the assembly staff. She is
we'll known in this vicinity, having
recently filled the noble grand office
in her lodge.
Marguerite Tease. the retiring No
BILE Grand finishes her term with the
satisfaction of having filed her Office
with credit to the fraternity and her
self. She made a host of friends
during her term.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-23
.Mah1i,31,s
Aia7Nob
~ JAl4Es PREsross

Sit-down strikes may have prov
ed an effective, II illegal, weapon
but many observers in Washington
now see that they are proving q
boomerang on John L. Lewis.
When the sit-down epidemic start
ed. persons close to Lewis spread
the word that he had not authorized
them. They thought that would take
te blame off him.
But the cumulative effect of re-
pcated denials of responsibility for
the -sit-down strikes has been to
show that Lewis has no control over
his unions.
+ Thus, when the new wave of sit
downs broke out in General Motors
plants, Lewis again sought to deny
responsibility. And then General
Motors pointed out 30 unauthorized
Interruptions of work after General
Motors and the Automobile Workers
Union signed their contract some
weeks back.
Even some of Lewis best friends
in Congress are asking: How can
you expect an employer to bind him
self to enforce a contract when the
other signer won't?"
FLASH - AS Walter Winchell
would say. The Department Of Agri-
culture has now embarked on a new
project for the benefit of the apart
ment house dweller the develop
ment of a streamline watermelon
which will go into the average
apartment refrigerator.
The Departments experiment sta
ticn at Charleston. S. Cts trying to
develop a new. smaller succulent
melon as substitute for those
which have to be sliced in two be-
fore they can be chilled in the re-
frigerator.
ncunecd it was going to breed small
er turkeys for small ovens and ice
boxes. But latest reports are. that
turkeys object to being dwarfed.
-
President RooseveIts recent press
conference remarks that the price OF
durable goods-steel and the like
was too high. certainly stirred up
the animals in Washington.
Most significant to many was the
fact that he accepted. for the Fed
eral government. good share of the
responsibility for the increase. in
prices. OF course. he blamed foreign |
naval armament steel purchases too,
but he also said the Federal govern |
nient would now transfer its pump |
printing activities to the consumer
clothing and the like
industries. -
The President pointed out. too. /
that wages in the steel industry had
gone up, accounting for part Of the
price rise. But he did not cover the
Increases in other casts which also
must figure in the sales price of
steel.
Wages in the steel industry alone
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-23
WILL HOLD A.
CONVEN TIONAT
SEAFORD APRIL "A.
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Sharp, elementary supervisor, Tow
er Hill School, will participate. Reg
istration will start at nine o'clock in
charge of Mrs. Frank C. Taylor,
Mrs. Ernest Norris, Miss Rachel
Hastings, Mrs. Robert E. Lewis,
Miss Mildred Smith, Miss Keturah
Beideman and Mrs. Evelyn l. Nor
ris.s
Local arrangements have been
made by Mrs. p c. Elliott, State
vice president and Mrs. Karl Brown,
local president, assisted by Mrs.
Fred Howard and Mrs. L. c. King.
Musical features of the program are
in charge of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
We'll of Seaford.
Luncheon meetings are planned
for the State Board of Managers,
the health chairmen and the library
association. Reservations may be
made with Mrs. P. C. Elliott. Sea-
ford.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-23
BEATING BOOMs

"I'm foreman of a construction
crew for the telephone company.
With all the millions, we've al
ready spent for telephone plant,
you might think there wouldn't
be much left for US to do. The
fact is, however, that we've
never stopped growing. We're
always planning ahead-to an
ticipate the needs of each COM
munity and be ready to render
the service as soon as it's needed.
So when a new development
starts to boom-when new
houses, stores, factories or Offices
are going up-you'll find tels-
phone trucks there soon after the
first steam shovel"
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-23
REV. R. l.. SHIPLEY TO PREACH
IN NJ. p. CHURCH SUNDAY NIGHT

The Rev. r. l.. Shipiey. d D.. of
Baltimore. editor of the Methodist
Protestant Church paper. will preach
in the Methodist Protestant Church
here this Sunday night, April 25th.
DIR. Shipley is a splendid preacher
and an able speaker. Be sure to
hear him. He has served some OF
the leading churches in the Mary
land Conference, and is one of the
leaders of the Methodist Protestant
Church today. Don't miss this SER
vice
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-23


It's good business to plan
ahead. If your business is
growing, your telephone serv-
ice should grow with it. Per
haps your facilities for han
ding calls arc already tagging
behind your needs How many
busy signals are your Gus
tomers getting when they call
your Officer We can tell. you.
Why not let US check your
telephone trafic3 It may i'm
prove your sales and service.
No obligation. just call the
Business Office.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-23

win be s1sO,OOO.OeO "a year more.
The cost Of raw materials, like
scrap iron, iron ore, tin and zinc,
win be $S5.OOO,O0O higher. That
makes the total cost for wages and
materials s2l5.0OO00O whereas the
increase in the sales price will
bring in but 100000, 900.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-23

in such stores goes to manufactur-
ers and producers. Thirteen ceats
goes for wages. Only three cents is
retained by the store. she balance
going for advertising. rent. taxes and
other costs. - :. :. .-i,s .. .-..a.. : : ~.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-23
ANNUAL DOVER
DAY MAY FIRST
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gress all afternoon and there will
be an interesting outdoor program
The exhibits will be held in different
houses and the objects will thus be
shown separately to permit intimate
study. All of them are of great rar-
ity and some have no known dupli-
Gates or copies.
Committees of ladies in colonial
costume will receive the visitors and
all of the houses open for inspec-
tion, as well as the gardens viii be
plainly marked.
The majority of the people who
flock to Dover for its festivals OF
antiquity go in motor cars and am
pie provision will be made for
parking.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-23
EFFICIENCY DOES THE TRICK

Lo wcost merchandisers are tho
farmers friend. as well as the con-
sumers'.
According to authoritative figures.
73 per cent out of every dollar spent
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-23
Wore Prince AIherts

In the nifty nineties." most
United States senators wore Prince
Alberts. The frock coat was a SYM
Dol of craftsmanship and a beard
was the mark of man of maturity
aud substance.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-23
LY WITH YOUR OLD TIRES

Modern driving demands
perfect battery performance
and its just that" that has
made Sears Cross Country
Power Flo" Batteries fa-
nous. Faster Starting,
Larger plate area, More re-
serve energy. Longer life.
Other sizes .proportionately
low priced.
Evening star., 1937-11-21
Red Herring?

There Is little to be said in favor of
the resolution by Senator Ellender, Demo-
crat of Louisiana, to investigate civil
service. The present Senate so con-
sistently has houted every civil service
precept that 1t is hard to believe any
inquiry proposed under present circum-
stances is designed really to improve
conditions. In fact, it is difficult to
escape the thought that the objective
Is to speed up the disintegration of what
Is left of the system.
No one doubts that discrimination and
favoritism play their part in the civil
service. for even the Government has
not succeeded in changing human nature.
Nor does any one doubt that members
OF Congress are among the offenders
against whom the Louisiana Senator and
his associates protest. To obtain >proof
OF this 1t is not necessary to go beyond
the resolution sponsored by Senator Nc
Kellar of Tennessee, which would over
rule President Roosevelt and permit one
OF three ranking applicants for q post
mastership to be chosen, instead of abid-
ing strictly by merit and award the
post to the candidate rated highest by
the Civil Service Commission.
If Senator Ellender really wants to
ind out something about discrimination
and favoritism in Government, he can
talk to Representative Ramspeck of
Georgia, chairman Of the House Civil
Service Committee, who has made a
rather exhaustive study Of conditions
In the New Deal agencies which are non
Evening star., 1937-11-21

civil service. Mr.. Ramspeck. who spent
this past summer and fall campaigning
for merit system extension, and particu-
larly for his bill to take postmasterships
out of politics, is in a position to en-
tighten Senator Ellender.
A good feature of the Ellender pro-
posal is his plan for appeals machinery
under which Federal employees could OBJ
tain adequate consideration Of Just
grievances. Now, unless religious or
political discrimination can be proved,
there is no redress. It happens, how
ever, that such an appellate court"
would be provided in President Roose-
velt's plan to extend civil service to all
but policy forming positions and it
would be helpful If Senator Ellender
and some of his associates, who have
up to now been significantly silent on
civil service reform" would lend their
strength to the Presidents program.
Evening star., 1937-11-21
Organized Woman Power.

In all branches of industry there are
certain well-recognized standards avail
able for the reckoning of effective power
exerted or required for the accomplish
ment of the desired result 1t may be
horsepower. manpower, mile, ton
mage or some other yardstick by which
definite estimate is available upon
which to base all calculations.
There has never been devised, however,
any standard by which to measure the
effective power of woman to get what
she makes up her mind to get. This
principle has blossomed as a new hope
in the campaign for political equity for
the District Of Columbia in two inspir-
ing civic gatherings during the past week.
The Voteless D. c. League of Women
Voters in its symposium on national rep
resentation for the District of Columbia
showed conclusively that the women have
thorough understanding of the
subject. are convinced that immediate
aggressive action is required and that
they have made up their minds to see
that the objective is reached. As one
of the mere men who spoke at their
semi annual dinner meeting remarked:
"The women always get what they make
up their minds to get. Whether it is a
fur coat, new dining room furniture or
other personal or home adornment, she
is justly entitled to rating of 100 per
cent Of accomplishment"
At the large meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Citizens Joint Com
mittee on District Of Columbia National
Representation the attendance was di-
vided about half and half between men
and women. The most cheering reports
came from the representatives of the
Womens organizations They have been
doing some Of the most effective and far
reaching work to obtain for District
residents those vital American rights of
voting representation in the two houses
of Congress and the electoral college.
Expressing the conviction at these
meetings that the foundation has been
well prepared, they have determined to
press on vigorously for conclusive action
by Congress and ultimate State ratifi-
cation. They propose to continue to work
shoulder to shoulder with the men, but
are not to be retarded by any male
laggards.
The women want Federal suffrage for
the District and the representation Of
District residents in the councils of the
Nation, and they intend to see that they
get what they want without unnecessary
delay. The women will win. They al
ways do. There is no way under the
sun to measure their effective power
once their minds are made up.
Evening star., 1937-11-21

ences, but these are not insuperable bar
riers that may not be leveled in the
interests Of loyalty to the common good
and the common ideals for which Amer
lea as Nation uniquely stands. The
processes of assimilation may be slow
but they must not be retarded at a
time when America occupies a supreme
place OF vantage in a world that is torn
by conflicting ideals and unreasoned
motives. Political and religious freedom
are footing stones on which we have
builded the Republic, and to maintain
them inviolate Is to secure to ourselves
and to all our children life, liberty and
the pursuit Of happiness. Any movement,
antt-Semitic, nti-Protestant anti
Catholic or anti-racial, Is fraught with
grave perils to the Nation as whole.
What we are contending for calls for
something other than respect for and
obedience to law, or even patriotic ex-
preston of loyalty to national ideals
1t calls for strong reaffirmation of
those immutable religious principles that
governed and directed the men who gave
Us our Constitution and our birthright
It was not in an atmosphere Of secular
ism or materialiSm that they wrought.
They were motivated and impelled by
deep, religious convictions and they
dared to express them. They conceived
Of a state where reverence for and
obedience to God and spiritual ideals
were primary and not secondary. A
nation without these could not long en-
dure. The changes and growing COM
plexltles which time brings do not change
moral and religious principles and ideals
Growth in power and wealth only serves
to increase and accentuate these prin-
ciples and ideals.
We may survive the losses of a deyas-
tating depression or the abandonment
OF gold standard, but we shall hardly
survive II We lose out of our life those
elemental virtues that constitute our
strength and our capacity to endure. In
world that seems to have gone stark
mad, that is 1oundering in a morass of
unreasoned and untested schemes and
experiments, America is called to keen
Its head and to maintain its poise. This
she Will do, not because of her wealth.
her man power or her excelling genius.
but because she stands true and loyal to
her ideals and traditions, and these find
their warrant and their security in her
unchanging religious convictions.
Evening star., 1937-11-21
Last Phase.

The final aspect Of the annual Com
munity Chest campaign invariably is the
most newsworthy of all. History repeats
itself this year. As these lines are writ
ten there is reason to hope that the
ultimate goal Of $2,o590O0 may be
reached during the next few days.
II this should be so. the fact would
demonstrate something more than cheer
ful and generous giving. It would signify
the reality of fellowship in the Nations
Capital. In sober truth, it would be a
manifestation Of high state Of civiliza-
ton in Washington.
Society. it seems. depends upon an in
stinctive democracy of the spirit. There
are many names for 1t Brotherhood,
charity, cooperation, mutually among
the number. But. however it may be
called, 1t is single force. It makes
life worth living. Any city in which it
is compelling power may be deemed
fortunate.
OF course, sacrifice is involved. That
is part Of its virtue. Its connotation is a
sharing of the soul as well as of the
purse. Through it, the otherwise poor
and friendless are made unseen guests
in every home, unknown but not unloved
members of every family.
To help the Community Chest is .
privilege. Those who have not yet
enlisted" should telephone Metropolitan
2284 Immediately. Everybodys assistance
Is invited In the last phase Of the 1887
campaign.
Evening star., 1937-11-21

rooms for members (all built in the fur
niture shop; hundreds Of draperies. One
large committee room is thoroughly over
hauled during each vacation Of Con-
gress. During the vacation just closed
more than 10 pieces of furniture In the
Naval Affairs Committee were reuphol-
stored. Before that it was the judiciary
Committee room. But, aside from these
big jobs and the staggering figures. what
really takes the time is the small Jobs
done for the members, such as putting
q new button on an upholstered chair or
dtvan-and Mr.. Rapee gives personal
care to all Of these countless requests.
That's why the members are unanimous
In cpmmeudtnS him.
Evening star., 1937-11-21
THANKSGIVING DAY REFLECTIONS
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN d. d. ILL., d. D. C. L.
BISHOP WASHINGTON,

As the people Of the Nation, hidden by
their President. assemble this year to
give thanks to Almighty God for His
abundant gifts and mercies, it Is most
hitting that they should acknowledge With
deepened gratitude the one hundred and
nifty years Of blessing under the Consti-
tuition Of the United States. This ma
tional creed, which sets forth the ideals
and hopes of the American people, has
stood the test of a century and half,
and still stands as the safe guide Of the
Republic for the years that lie ahead.
In world that is experiencing new birth
pains, world that is uncertain as to its
future, whose governments are in process
Of far-reaching changes. this Republic
once again turns to its ancient chart and
by its well-def1ned articles shapes its
course, believing that its destiny Is
secure.
The fathers Of this Nation with incom-
parable wisdom and foresight, laid the
framework on which new nation was
to be builded. Different from anything
that had gone before, they planned here
a system Of government that was de-
signed to serve the ideals OF people who
were seeking freedom from the despot-
isms and tyrannies of the old world.
What they set up has endured and upon
1t Republic has been erected that is
the wonder and envy Of the modern
world.
The amazing fact in our history is that
the Constitution has survived all the
changes and chances that have marked
the transitions in our life and that it
stands today as the unimpeached guide
Of the Nation, the Polar Star by which
the Ship Of State sails on. Whether the
sees be rough or smooth, whether the
pilots who guide 1t are weak or strong.
still by this chart and compass we con-
tinue on our way. undisturbed by the
confusions and distractions that make
uncertain the course of other nations.
A national Thanksgiving Day has no
large significance If it Is not expressive
OF the ties that make us one in spirit
and purpose. That God has made of one
blood all peoples, and that brotherhood
Is basic teaching of the Christian re-
ligion, compels us to recognize that 1t
is of the genius of our Nation to recog-
nize unity in diversity. There will always
be social, political and religious differ
Evening star., 1937-11-21

IN China. Italo-G German Russian inter-
ference in the Spanish civil >war, and
other depredations that menace world
peace cannot and never will be checked
until somebody does something about
them. The chances that the age of
innocuous desuetude in world affairs may
some day be succeeded by an era OF action
are at least strengthened when man Of
Bob" Cecils caliber calls for the ire
department before civilization goes up In
flames.
Evening star., 1937-11-21

persons close to the White House say
resulted in destruction of machinery that
might now be invaluable.
Why this is 30, officials explain, can
be demonstrated by the situation in the
building materials industry.
In order to encourage q revival of q
debated housing boom, the Government
thinks that there must be some modifica-
tion Of building material prices. But it
lacks any machinery through which 1t
might present its arguments and its
point Of view to the companies in that
industry. Codes would have offered that
machinery. Lacking codes, some volun-
tary substitute must be sought. Such .
substitute u In the process Of being
worked out. -
What iS true for building materials y
equally true for other key industries,
(0opyrisht, 1o37.)
Evening star., 1937-11-21
Force for Peace.

Something savoring refreshingly of
practical idealism is grated onto the
so-called peace movement by such utter
ances as those of Viscount Cecil of Chel-
wood in his first public address after
receiving the 1887 Nobel Peace Prize.
Speaking in New York, with undisguised
reference to events in Asia and Europe,
the fervent British apostle of warless
international relations unqualifedly ad-
vocated the use of force against aggres-
sors to enforce peace. Lord Cecil, 1t goes
without saying, favors collective action
among the nations to this end, contend
ing that "the supremacy Of the law"
which is his formula for peace" can be
upheld in no other way
Plainly with the Brussels Conferences
inglorious demise in mind, the newest
wearer of the Nobel crown urges that
peace-craving world cannot afford to rest
content with another series of admirable
resolutions" If they are willing to do so,
nations must not blind themselves to the
fact that they ARE assisting in triumph
of violence, with the recognition of might
as more important than right" And, as
a final admonition, this dyed -the-wool
advocate of remuneration of war as an
instrument Of national policy roundly
declares that 1T can't be right for the
peace movement to stand aside and let
these results be obtained" As q states
man who has never permitted the ideal
to blind him to the practical in interna-
tional affairs, Lord Cecil does not rest
content with pious platitudes. He pro-
poses the creation of sufficient force
. world police force" which means
armies, navies and air fleets, is appar-
emily in his thoughts-as the indispen-
sable need, if the reign OF law and order
Is to be anything but an Aspiration"
Viscount Cecil's counsel deserves the
dispassionate attention Of peace lovers in
America and elsewhere, who CRY peace"
when there Is no peace and who, like
Mark Twain's chronic critics Of the
weather, complain q lot, but never "do
anything about It." Japanese aggression