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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-06-25
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close to the eye-hole, and saw with
an indescribable sensation, the slight
figure of the Cleeves girl advancing
down the passage.
The guard, armed with yaghatan,
saluted; but the prisoner stood erect
in pitiful defiance, until the black
giant drove his knee roughly into her
back and with his ebon hand cruelty
wound in the auburn curls, forced her
to kneel.
With pang, Roberts saw Anne
Cleeves' white slender wrists were
bound behind her. She was barefoot
and barelegged, save that one one
limb the shreds of gauzy grey silk
stocking fluttered in pathetic distress.
The remains of a vivid green dressing
gown was all that inadequately hid
the gentle curves of her boyish figure.
She must have endured incredible
hardships, for the silk was ripped and
torn in dozen places.
Roberts wondered that Anne should
be so scantily clad, until he recalled
that the attack on her encampment
had occurred in the early hours of the
dawn, when that willful lady was on
the point of rising.
A pathetic, proud and helpless fig
ure the daughter of Amos Cleeves
presented-the wreck of the gorgeous
dressing gown, the copper-colored hair
which was her only covering of her
head, falling in confusion over her
marblewhite forehead. There was a
long scratch across one of her ivory
tinted shoulders, where the fragile
fabric had been wrenched aside, and
in her ragged finery with small head
expression of indescribable horror.
But, noted Roberts, of fear there was
no trace. She stood before the divan
in her ragged finery with small hear
defiantly uplifted and her face Taught
lily composed.
A subtle change came over the fea-
lures of the four chieftains, as their
glittering black eyes swept lingeringly
inch by inch, up and down that slen-
der, half-revealed figure. The young
man thrust out his clearcut, hawk-like
head and stared at the captive, as
though she were from another world
an incredibly beautiful vision from
the promised paradise of Mohammed.
Tchek Ismail passed the pink tip of
his tongue over thick pendulous low
er lip then glanced sidewise at his
conferes. They, too, seemed mesmer-
lied by the fragile whiteness of the
lissom prisoner. Then all at once, the
young man broke into an eager plead
ing, but his father cut him short and
turned to a fat little man who had
silently entered and stood nearby,
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-06-25

who wished to arrange the ransom
nodded eagerly.
"Will thy father pay" the Touareg
hesitated, and his eye sought the cell
ing, much as small boy does when
he calculates, eff I ask that the ran
som be the weight of fifty rifles in
gold?"
The Cleeves girl hesitated not at
all.
at will be paid" she said prompt
ly.
"That is not enough" greedily pur-
sued the old man on the divan. "Your
ransom shall be" and the others
glanced at him in establishment. AL
ready he had demanded fortune and
this prisoner had expressed willing
ness to pay ransom to their print
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-06-25

feasting his eyes with his superiors.
To him the Tchek addressed sew
eral words, and, for the first time,
Roberts was able to understand what
was said as the interpreter addressed
Anne Cleeves in Arabic.
"Tchek Ismail," he began, with a
deferrential salaam to the stern old
man, wishes to know what ransom
you will offer"
The sentence, spoken in thick brok-
en- French, was none the less under
standable to both Anne and the breath
less listener outside the malodorous
felidj.
"Tell him." replied Anne in a clear,
level voice that quite surprised Rob-
erts with it's calmness, "that I'll not
talk while my hands are bound"
With fearful look, the interpreter
gave the Targui chieftain the mes
sage.
"Wilt not" snarled the old man.
"Since when does slave say what she
will or will not do?" Anne Cleeves
a slave! The idea seemed incompre-
hensible-what an anachronism in the
Twentieth Century! Yet it was so.
Violently the one-eyed Tchek sig
nailed to the guard back of her. With
a cut that whistled through the air,
the negro brought the whip down a.
cross the smooth white shoulders of
Amos Cleeves' daughter. Then and
there Norman Roberts nearly threw
away his life and that of the girl,
for as her scream of anguish smote
his ears, he would have burst raging
into the tent, but Selim, with a hand
of steel, held him quiet.
Peace, Sidi! he pleaded. "The time
has not yet come"
Roberts knew the Senegalese was
right and sank back trembling like
frightened horse.
"Wilt thou speak?" brutally demand
ed the hoary old tribesman, and a.
gain signaled the guard to raise the
camel whip.
Anne swayed where she stood, her
1.-the body shaking with her sobs and
the red veal rising on the soft round
ness of her shoulder. For a moment
she said nothing; then, resigned to her
fate, she nodded.
What ransom wilt thy gutter-born
father pay?" inquired TcheK Ismail
again.
Whatever you ask" Anne manag-
ed to gasp. Roberts could see she
struggled to restrain her tears-even
in her subsection she had not lost her
pride of race. She would not beg,
she would not retreat, but stood des-
perately alone among those hostile
savages, bargaining for her life.
The old mans single black eye mar
rowed suspiciously.
"Take care, oh, white lalla. How
dost thou know what must be paid?"
The young man broke into an i'm
passioned cultural TRADE, but the two
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-18
DEATH CLAIMS
MARY HAGAN

Death claimed fiv e-year-old
Mary Ann Massey Hagan at 8
a. m. today in Children's Hospital.
The little Sweetheart" of the
George washington University
football team, who for the last
two weeks has been waging a gal
liant battle against an undiagnosed
bloodstream infection, finally sue
cumbed despite efforts of Wash
ington's leading specialists.
On May IL, when it was de-
cided that a TRANSMISSION was neces-
sary, virtually the. entire G.. W..
football squad olunteered blood.
Mary AIMS father, Foster j..
Hagan, Virginia attorney and for
mer newspaper man, has made it a
custom for the past several years
to give a barbecue party for the
squad at his lone at 1890 North
Buchanan ST., Arlington, and for
two years she had been his "of-
fetal hostess"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-18
DC. GIRL MD. u.
MAY QUEEN

COLLEGE PARK, Md, May IS.
A queen and eight attendants, all
University of Maryland seniors
chosen by vote Of the Junior class,
participated in the university's an
nual May Day pageant presented
on the front campus here yes
terday before more than 1000 spec
tators.
More than $50 students. elabo-
rately costumed, depicted episodes
in the lives Of famous women of
history.
Before coronation of the queen"
eight senior girls were indicted
into membership in Mortar Board,
national honorary scholarship So
ciety.
Flora Waldman of 273O Chesa-
peake st. N. W., Washington, D.
c., was queen; Jean Barnsley of
Rockville, Md, was maid of honor.
Other maids were Florence Hill
of Laurel, Nd; Mary Frances
Garner of 34OO Mckinley st. N.
W., and Dorothy Lindner of IA
Claiming st. N. w., Washington;
Isabelle RaSnitSky of Jersey City,
N. j.: Rita Dubrow of Newark,
N. j.: Geraldine Schulz of 4O6
Rosemary st. N. W., washington,
and Margaret Crisp of Balti.
Those tapped by Geraldine
Schuh. president of the university
chapter Of Mortar Board, were
Elean0r Broughton Of College
PARK. Nd: Christine Kempton of
Lanham. Nd: Ida Fisher of Ia
kuma PARK. Nd: Eileen Kellerman
q HyattsyiIle. Md; Shirley Dan
forth Ct Riverdale, Nd: Dorothy
HOBBS Of Linden, Md; Mildred
Hearn Of 1875 NJ st. N. w., Wash
ingtOn. and Ruth Lowry of Balti-
more.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-18
BIG FIREWORKS.
SHOW PLANNED.

Planning a gigantic fireworks
display, the committee in charge
of the Fourth of July celebration
has decided to hold the festivities
this year at the Watergate op-
posite the Lincoln Memorial.
Commissioner Melvin c. Haze1
is general chairman of the COM
mittee, which held its initial meet
ing yesterday at the Harrington
Hotel. The committee decided to
hold the celebration at the Water
gate instead of the Monument
Grounds this year so as not to
conflict with the Boy Scout JAM
boree, which will be in progress
in the vicinity of the Monument.
Hazen announced the fireworks
will be shot off from scows
anchored in the river, which Will
add a touch of color to the cele-
bration. The demonstration will
be timed, he said, so as not to In.
terfere with airplane traffic
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-18
BIRTH CONTROL
CL|N|CURGED

establishment Of birth control
clinics would rid the country Of
the evil Of illegal operations and
would help to overcome the
ravageS Of social diseases.
That was stated by two doctors
at meeting here yesterday to dis
cusS establishment of a birth con-
troll clinic here, following recent
rulings by federal courts on trans
mission of contraceptive devices.
The meeting was called by the
Family Betterment Committee,
and was addressed by DR.. Bessie
L. Moses. medical director of the
Baltimore Birth Control Clinic,
and DR.. PrentiSs Wilson, Of Wash
ington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-18
CIee Club to Sing

wOODSIDE. Md. May 1S.-The
Glee Club Of the Montgomery
Blair Senior High School will
give q concert at the WoodSide
Methodist Episcopal Church at 8
o'clock tonight under auspices Of
the Ladies Aid Society.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-18
| 0BBY SEEKS
"L0NGHAUL"
REPEAL
BY EARL GOODWIN

There was a time when anyone
in q railroad organization who put
out q press agent piece saying that
capital and labor had joined
hands" for this, that or the other
thing would be looked on as some
what crazy-but that was in the
days when the railroads were pre-
sumed to be running the Govern
ment,
Today, it's different, and rail
roads and labor are pictured by
the railroad executives as being
hand in glove to get rid of one Of
those things which seem to be as
difficult to describe as it is to re-
peal. This relates to the long
and-short-haul clause"
Railroad lobbyists are working
rather Smartly these days to get
rid Of this sort Of Strait-jacket, put
on the railroads to keep them
from making such low rates for
long hauls that they can take the
business away from coaSt-wiSe and
other water-borne traffic.
In addition, the AilroadS, in the
days which died with the frock-
coat statesman and the bewhiS-
kered lobbyist and the gold-headed
cane school of "fixers," were
charged by the farmers of the Mid
West with reducing the long-haul
freight charges and soaking the
short.haul farmers.
Farmers Lament
But today the farmers and the
labor leaders are pictured as COM
ing to washington, carrying a
poor, weak little 10Y named The
Railroads between them, and tell
ing Congress that a great big Ship
ping Interest is taking away the
little boys water borne freight
and will not Congress please do
something about it. The lion and
the lamb, lying down together,
present no greater contrast, no
clearer picture of one time natural
enemies getting together 70: !
sort Of Last Mans feast.
The spoon which holds the Sus-
tenance the railroads crave is
called the Pettingill bill, passed
by the House and now awaiting
the good word from the Senate
Committee on Interstate Com
merce.
The bill would repeal the long.
and-Short haul clause which is o
product Of the days Of 1920 when
the railroads had a near-monopoly
on transportation. Since then has
developed the competition Of the
water carriers through the Pana-
ma Canal and the motor trucks,
neither Of which are subject to the
limitations Of such q clause. These
compete with railroads and can
make lower rates than the rail-
road because Of this long and short
haul clause whieA prevents the
roads from slashing rates night
and left.
D9VeF1s TFzfEls
One effect is 60 GEw@F4 mzrh
transc0nttneufal trzffle -, hke
and seapOrts. thence ~ vzz1
through the Panama CA - ens
opposite coast RailEuaG expeEts
declare that this has I'D o Ten
dency gradually 70 couceu9r4GR m
dustry at . few industrial cities
They present figures 60 prove that
in the past ten years for which
census statistics are available. q
all the increase In the population
of the United States. 60 per cent
took place within 50 miles Of either
the Atlantic or Pacific, the Gulf
or the Great Lakes. The popula-
ton Of the Central Valley States
stood Still-or nearly So-in that
time. This, the railroad workers
here now claim, viii all be changed
if the railroads can carry more
freight and have less water-borne
traffic with which to compete.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-18

THIS is not an ordinary clothing advertisement
II can't e-becouse It's not about ordinary
eothes A food Of exaggerated sUperIotivss
would probably make you soy. rive seen all that
BEFORE. And this would be doing Park Lane
Suits gross injustice. For we believe you've
never seen anything quite like them, al $35
Including 2 trOusers). The simple facts about
these clothes need no embroidery TO moke them
impressive. 4 Park Lane wooIens are twin
brothers TO those employed by many custom
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investment at any price. Park Lane nssdIework
is Rochester's finest. II is hand tVOrk- produced
by moster-toiIors in our own Rochester workrooms.
And the Park Lane price Is low and has been
kept LOW because no outside maker has O
finger in the pie. X But This trio Is Just an
Introduction! You'll begin TO appreciate your
Park Lane Suit only offer you've worn il for
long time Thot's when quality really asserts
itself. And thot's when you'll get real Kick"
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The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-21

travellers. It is as near to the heart of the Chinese as the Five Year plan is to the Soviets. Civ en another three years of peace and continuous development and China would be changed into a modern States.
 But it is exactly because Japan will not give China a chance to continue her normal development and internal reconstruction, at a time when at last China has pull ed herself together and got on the road of progness, that the Chinese hatred against Japan is so deep and bitter. What the Japanese are doing is, in common English parlance, unfair" It is neither English flair play" nor Chinese 'gentlemanliness" nor Japanese "bushido."
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-21
Chinese Author
 Tells Why The
 Chinese Battle
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tContinued From Page Two) Manchus," and not as substitu- tion of republic for monarchy The Tungchow Rebellion is also testimony to this truth.
 This strong racial hatred again st the Japan ese guarantees on the Chinese side the finest fgh ting morale any nation can hope for. Every Chinese coolie knows that Japan is China's enemy. In fight ing the Japanese, every Chinese soldier is steadily advancing unit. Negatively, this fact makes it impossible for Japan to conquer any part of China in a true sense. Whatever the Chinese lack, and however they may be subjected by force, they have racial pride, a consciousness of great cultu- ral past, persisting like a dream of childhood.
 That is why, even in areas al- ready occupied by Japanese for ces, China is not reckoning with the current popular theory of "racial absorption" but with pre- venting the Japanese from being absorbed into Chinese blood. Large numbers of Japanese girls have married and will marry Chinese husbands.but no Chin csc girl will marry Japanese.
 The new Chinese nationalism is a growing, living thing, the nat ural result of the steady penetra- ton of modern ideas. It is in it. self constructive, and not destruc tive, as evidenced in the amazing internal progress reported by all
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-21
More On Pastor
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The work carried on by these people," said Rev. Youel, "is the highest order. The Eskimos ap- pear intelligent and happy. Their health has been improved throu- gh cleanliness and sanitation and the type of education which they receive seams to be best suited to their environ" he added.
 On his return trip from Wales, Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Youel visited at Teller for a couple of hours, while the plane made a side trip to bring other passen- gers for the trip into Nome.
 Farthest West In U. S.
 The Thorn ton-Memorial Church is the farthest West church in the United States, and on the North American Continent. It is a small wooden structure, and when ser vices are held it is crowded to overfiowing.
 Religious history of this section tells many exciting tales and of the work carried on. But, said Rev. Youel, today, the Eskimos appear to be receiving the best in religious, educational and medi- cal training, carried on under en- frightened and intelligent direc- ton.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-21
Current Comments
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 popular process which is known as reducing. Fortunately Sty- les change. Hoop skirts no longer are in vogue and queues are not necessary for high social standing in China. The skinny figure may give way to well rounded curves, and there may be return to the old rule about three square meals a day. With the change may come a huskier race, better able to bear the heat and burden of the day. In addition, there will be an improved outlook for the few cannibals which the earth still supports.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-21
Weather Today GU. s. Weather Bureau)

Generally fair weather contin- ues over western, central and northern Alaska while unsettled and rainy weather continues ov- CT the Gulf and in southeastern Alaska. Fair skies are observed in the Pacific Coast States and interior of western Canada.
 An intense area of low air pres sure still covers the Pacific Oc- can and Alaska with the center charted about 100 miles south southwest of Kodiak Island. High pressure is observed over the Pacific Northwest States and western Canadian Provinces. With this distribution it is likely that fair weather will continue for Nome and vicinity tonight and Friday with no much change in temperature.
 Temperatures are near norm al in practically all sections of Alaska.
 The lowest Nome temperature last night was 28 above and the highest yesterday 3o.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-21

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The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-21
Southern Pacific

Tor folders additional FAY. 1oR 1905 Fourth Ave- seattls Wn G.ALTON, Csasdan Gsa Ast. 6s Howe St, Vaneouvsr, B.c 4. OQNANDY Gsa Pssa Agt. ez7 Pacific Bldg, Portand Oss.
Evening star., 1937-05-18
Y TOLD YOU 1T IS EASY
ENOUGH" SAID HE MILDLY"

ENOUGH" SAID HE MILDLY"
could get it. OF course, he couldn't,
for, while the water was shallow, it
was deep enough to be well over his
head. And, anyway, Redwing likes
the water only to live near and for a
bath. He cannot swim and would be
quite helpless in deep water
Teeter had alighted on the end OF
a log close by and was bobbing and
bowling in his usual ludicrous manner.
Not far away Mr.. Quack the Mallard
Duck was swimming along shore and
now and then stopping apparently to
stand on his head in the water as he
searched for food on the bottom
1T must be nice to be able to swim,"
remarked Redwing idly.
"Oh, that's easy enough" replied
Teeter.
For the Quacks, perhaps, but I'd
like to see you do it, retorted Red
wing. Then he nearly lost his perch
from purprise as, without q word,
Teeter stepped into the water and
swan about. Finally he swan almost
beneath Redwing II told you 1t Is
easy enough" said he mildly.
Anyway, you can't hold your head
under water like Mr.. Quack," retorted
Redwing, just wee bit spitefully, for
he didn't dare try swimming himself.
Il guess you didn't see me dive the
other day when Sharpshin was after
me. Watch" replied Teeter. He dived
and swan away under water. Looking
down as he was, Redwing could see
him under water, and again Redwing
almost lost his balance. Teeter was
using his wings! In a way he was
flying through the water. He bobbed
up ON the surface some little distance
out, turned and swan back. "How
did you like that?" he asked.
Fine" replied Redwing. Can you
60 TO the bottom?"
Where It isn't too deep I can.
Watch this!" replied Teeter, and down
he went
For the third time Redwing nearly
lost his balance. Teeter not only had
gone to the bottom, but he was running
along ON the bottom, his head held
low and his funny short tail up. And
suddenly respect for his neighbor was
born tn Redwing
Copyright. 1879
Evening star., 1937-05-18

In Judging them you have been blind.
-Teeter the Sandpiper.
LII his life Redwing the Black
n bird had known Teeter the
~ Spotted Sandpiper. Every
4 4 Summer they had been neigh
bors at the Smiling Pool. Redwing had
been inclined to look down on Teeter
somewhat Teeter had no dignity.
No one who continually bobbed and
teetered the way he did could possibly
have dignity. Then Teeter couldn't
sing. Redwing has a charming song
OF his own and was inclined to be
wee bit scornful of others less
fortunate. lot of people are like
that, you know. Having been given
certain blessings, they feel themselves
superior to those who nave not been
similarly blessed.
Teeter could run, and of course, he
could fly, but his flying was nothing
to brag about At least, that Is
the way Redwing felt about it. He
never had seen Teeter make long
flight. Always he made little short
flights low over the water or the shore.
not at all graceful. He had no more
dignity in flight than when standing,
bobbing and bowling.
So. while they were good friends,
RedWing was inclined to feel superior
to Teeter and to look down on him
somewhat. He was even more in
clined to do this when he discovered
how Mrs Teeter left all the care of
the eges and babies to Teeter.
He can't have much spirit" de-
clared Redwing to Mrs. Redwing Il
wouldn't let you do that to me- I'm
willing to do my share, but not all
the work.
So from his favorite perch in the
top of an alder Redwing looked down
on Teeter, not only actually, but also
In his mind. That is, he felt su-
perior Teeter was a nice neighbor,
but there was nothing about him of
special interest Then one day some
thing happened to change all this,
and RedWing never again would look
at Teeter in quite the same way, never
again look at him without a certain
amount of respect.
Redwing had perched on a cattail
growing In the water. He could look
down into the shallow water and see
the bottom clearly 1t was favorite
perch of his, and often when looking
down he had seen a water insect on
the bottom and had wished that he
Evening star., 1937-05-18
Bedtime Stories

BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Laugh not at others lest you find
In Judging them you have been blind.
-Teeter the Sandplper.
Evening star., 1937-05-18
Lifeboat Coxswain Rescued.

Fred Barnes, aged 66, who had
never learned to swim during his 20
years as coxswain Of the Selsey, Eng
land. lifeboat crew. was rescued re-
Gently by the lifeboat when his fishing
boat capsized.