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Evening star., 1937-05-10

weeks ago Of Roberta Semple's suit
for $l50,000 from Willedd Andrews,
her mothers attorney, charging SIAN
der. Miss Semple was awarded 1000
damages.
Indications were Miss Semple and
her grandmother, Mrs. Minnie Ma"
Kennedy, would testify for Miss Craw-
ford, former Angel OF Broadway"
Rolf Mcpherson, Roberta's half
brother, has supported his mother.
The temple congregation has raised q
fund to defend its pastor, contributing
valuables ranging from gold teeth to
automobiles.
Miss Crawford charges 18 counts
OF slander. Mrs. Mcpherson, she al
leges, accused her of attempting to
wrest the temple from her, said she
was net fit person to stand in the
pulpit, compared her to Al Capone
and Dillinger, called her a Jezebel, a
Evening star., 1937-05-10
AIMEE MCPHERSON
SLANDER CASE UP
Evangelist to Defend ST..
100000 Suit of Miss CraW-
ford, Former Co-Pastor.
By the Associated Press

B, the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. May 10.-Aimee
Semple Mcpherson was called into
court today to defend herself against
a $l,080.000 SANDER suit by Rheba
Crawford Splivalo, her former co-pas-
tor of Angelus Temple.
1t is the forty-ninth time the four
square evangelist has been sued In the
last IA years. Thirty-one Of these
suits were dismissed or never brought
to trial
Only twice has Mrs. Mcpherson ap-
peared as plaintiff. Once when she
filed suit for divorce from Harold S.
Mcpherson, charging desertion, and
again, when she obtained permission
to drop the name Of her third hus-
band, David L. Hutton.
Both Miss Crawford and Mrs. Nc
Pherson figured in the trial three
Evening star., 1937-05-10
FOUR WIN SCHOLARSHIPS

Metriculation scholarships next Fall
to Worcester Tech at Worcester, Mass,
have been awarded to four Washing
ton boys, 1t was announced yesterday
by Admiral Ralph Earle, president Of
the college.
The boys are Albert H. Bowker,
AIS Thirty-ninth street: Sidney w.
Clark, 54 w street; R. Keith McIn-
tyre, 1890 Ontario place, and John G.
Tryon, 1928 jackson street northeast.
Evening star., 1937-05-10

Judas; accused her of being the mis-
tress Of State offlcial, intmated Miss
Crawford had blackmailed her and
circulated a report she had conspired
to kill her.
Evening star., 1937-05-10


pressed his pie1Ds on the subject in
= series OF unpublished lectures.
The Associated Press presents the
trst OF three stories reDie,uing the
ideas thus expressed by the admin
tstrdtton'S farm spokesman
Three-fourths of the next genera
ton OF Americans, Secretary Wallace
says. may be raised under miserable
conditions" unless Federal and State
Governments assume responsibility
for improving their lot.
The Agriculture Department chief,
credited with being the idea man for
the adminiStra ton in many under
takings, blamed this situation on the
fact that the bulk Of the population
IA the future will come from the
bottom one-third" Of farm families.
1T is possible" he said, that two
thirds OF the farmers, producing only
one-fourth Of the commercial agri-
cultural output. will be producing
three-fourths of the children with
which to supply the next generation" j"
He did not indicate exactly what
action he thought the Government
. should take, but viewing the expand
Ing functions of Government broadly
he said regulatory activities in the
fields Of relief, wage and hour regula-
ton and farm planning have only just
begun.
Making Machine Servant.
1T Is possible to make the machine
the servant of man not the master"
the Secretary said. But it is going
to be necessary sooner or later to
change many of the Government rules
OF the game as they apply to agri-
culture. to labor, to industry, to our
natural resources, and to the dis
tribution Of our national income"
Wallace declared many rapid strides
OF agriculture, commerce and science
IN recent years have failed to benefit
1.-The masses. In farming, he said, the
well-to-do have benefited most, the
bottom one-thlrd" least.
In 1877 it required l9 people on
farm lands to support one person in
town." he said To-day 10 people on
the land support 56 people in towns
and cities Of the United States, as
well as five to 10 in foreign coun-
! tries"
He expressed the belief that in an
other so years-by 1987-the average
farmer possibly would be producing
twice as much as today and 20 times
as much as the farmer in 1887" He
said such gains have been made pos
sible by development Of the threshing
machine. binder and tractor and by
other advances in farming.
industry's Advances.
Wallace declared similar advances
in industry had far outstripped agri-
bculture, with the average factory work.
er, trtpling his output In the last so
years through advances in machines
and methods.
Observing, however, that with pro-
duction back to near pre-depression
levels, 100000 persons remain un-
employed, he said:
"On the whole it seems clear that
. rather high percentage of the bene-
fits OF increased productivity, result
Ing from new inventions and new
methods, goes to the people who are
already better off.
There are plenty of exceptions, but
on the whole technology exalts the
dominance of those already on top
and makes more helpless the position
Of those at the bottom of the heap"
Such a condition, he said, will re-
quire governmental action in the fu-
ture.
Evening star., 1937-05-10
CLEAR LIGHTS SOUGHT
Drivers Asked to Report Those
Obscured by Foliage.

District motorists were urged today
10 report to the keystone Automobile
Club all intersections at which traffic
lights and signs have become OBJ
scured by foliage.
George E. Keneipp, manager of the
club, said all such complaints would
be turned over to Clifford Lanham
District superintendent of trees and
parking. The club is conducting a
campaign to clear away trees and
shrubs from in front Of traffic signals
: 'Keneipp pointed out.
Evening star., 1937-05-10
ADVERTISEMENT,
His Best Friend
Told Him

It was his wife, and she told him the
truth. But she didn't say he had bad
BREATH" Instead, she said, my dear,
you need Ell Tablets" A hint to the
wise is sufficient. Don't wait for some
one to tell you. If you feel sluggish,
,headachy, dizzy or bilious, due to con-
stipation, you may be quite sure your
breath Is telling others. Get a pack
age Of E-Z tablets today. At all good
drug stores, only 25c.
Evening star., 1937-05-10

Spears Tribes Calling Cards.
Naga tribesmen of Assam formerly
left spears stuck in the ground to serve
as calling cards.
Evening star., 1937-05-10

Beatrice Bartlett and James Doen both students of the
first grade Takoa Park Elementary School, playuo in the
post office built BY their classmates Beatrice dauqher
OF Mrs. Sarah Bartlett 13 Elm avenue James, also s.
the son OF Mr. and Mrs. James Don 32 Greenwood auenue
IomorroW Hugh Popenoe, son OF Dr. Wilson Popenoe
Madeline Mabin daughter OF Mrs. w. j. Mabin at the
East SiUer Spring School, Star Staff Photo
Evening star., 1937-05-10
EXTENSION Of US.
CONTROL IS SEEN
Many Rules of Game Must
Be Changed, Secretary
Wallace SAYS.

(Edttor's note: The Supreme
Courts Dalidation of the Wagner
tdoor relations act and contro-
cersy oDer the Roosevelt court re-
organization proposal haze intensi-
red speculation ouer Uhether the
administration may recommend an
expansion or contraction of Federal
dctiutty IN agriculture. commerce
and industry One cabinet men,
Der, Secretary Wallace, recently er-
pressed his Die1Us on the subject in
series OF unpublished lectures.
The Associated Press presents the
trst OF three stories reDieUing the
ideas thus expressed By the admin
tstrdtion's farm spokesman
The Washington times., 1937-12-17
Hahn to Open
NeW Store
Monday

william Hahn g. Company is
remodeling a building for a new
Seventh Street store to be opened
Monday, Gilbert Hahn, vice presi-
dent Of the company, announced
yesterday. .-
The store is at 915 Seventh st.
N. W. Electricians and carpenters
are working day and night.
mo fire damaged mer-
chandise will be offered for
SALE" declared Hahn. "Only the
old stores records, kept in fire
proof safes, were Salvaged."
Through special arrangements
with shoe manufacturers, fresh
stocks Of merchandise will replace
those burned in the fire. Damage
has been estimated between $780,
900 and $500, 900.
The new store will house the
firms executive offices pending
reconstruction of the Hahn build.
ing, destroyed Sunday by fire,
which is now being razed by
wrecking crews.
The Washington times., 1937-12-17
SOcialite Opens
Fight for Children

LOS ANGELES, December II
QN.SJ Mrs. Blossom MacPher.
son Jaffray, Greenwich, Conn,
sSocialite, has begun a fight to
regain custody of her two chill
dren, now with her former hus-
band, Cameron ODay MacPher-
son, wealthy New York and Los
Angeles sportsman.
She came here from the East
to petition the courts to cite Mac
PherSon for contempt of court in
an effort to regain the children,
Deirth, 10, and Patricia, IL. Mrs.
Jaffray said MACPHERSON disap-
peared with their daughter; more
than a year ago from his estate
at Santa Monica, when he was
supposed to return the children
to her custody in accordance with
a court order.
The Washington times., 1937-12-17
REMOVES
Lime ON HEART

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 17.-"His
heart turned to stone"
That phrase means something
different to Kenneth Ripley, 81,
of 5548 Upland St., than 1t does
to most persons.
His heart almost did turn to
stone and he almost died as a re.
suit.
His heart was being Strangled
as the sac surrounding it became
calcified by deposits of lime. AS
the hardening increased in thick
ness, Riley suffered shortneSs of
breath and swelling of the ankles
and abdomen from lack of circula-
ticn.
Three weeks ago surgeons at
University Hospital found way
to save him. They cut through
his ribs and removed part Of the
stony sac. The heart started to
beat normally.
Riley is recuperating at the hos
pital.
The Washington times., 1937-12-17
Six Seek Places
On Library Board

SILVER SPRING, Md, Dec. II.
Six candidates are in the field for
the four seats on the board of
trustees Of the Silver Spring Ii.
brary Association, according to
an announcement made today.
The election will be held on Janu-
ary II.
The list of candidates seeking
seats on the board include Mrs.
II. H. Hewlett, Fred L. Lutes and
Howard P. Bailey, incumbentS,
and Mrs. Howard D. Dozier. Yer
non H. Brewster and Miss Mildred
Pare, new candidates.
The Washington times., 1937-12-17
Paris Police Find
New Arms Cache

PARIS, Dec. II 0NS0.-The
basement Of a luxurious apartment
house on fashionable boulevard
Courcelles today gave up the sec.
ond revolutionary arsenal, 20 cases
Of grenades, discovered in two
days. Like the munitions found in
a garage yesterday, this arsenal
was linked by police to the alleged
plot Of the hooded men, to over
throw the government. =
The Washington times., 1937-12-17
U. S. DOES DUTY
IN HIRING AGED,
RANDOLPH TOLD
Due Regard Paid '0Ider
Brackets Quiz Reply

Uncle Sam pays due regard to
the older residents in this coun-
try in hiring employees, Represent
ative Jennings Randolph Cd,
West Virginia, was told today in a
letter from the Civil Service Com
mission.
The West virginia Representa-
tive has taken UP the cudgel Of
mlddle-aged folk who have been
unable to get position in the Fed
eral Government. He was advised
that 45-age limit was placed upon
employment officers and is prepar-
ing bill to compel Government
personnel executives to give equal
regard to older applicants.
COMMISSION REPLIES
In the course of his investiga-
tion he wrote a letter to the Civil
Service Commission, asking for
statistics in the matater. Today
in answer to his query came a let
ter which said in part:
I'VE question very much
whether any employment service
on the face Of the earth Is as con-
Siderate of older people, or has so
many of them in its ranks as has
that branch of the executive civil
service which is covered by the
civil service law.
Certainly the age limits for
civil servants in the foreign coun-
tries, so far as we have any in
formation, are much lower than
those in the United States, and
In most Of the States which have
civil service laws, the age limits
also: are lower"
TO INCLUDE LETTER
= In connection with this asser.
ton the commission included fig
use showing that 43 per cent of
Government employees on the
civil service retirement list were
under 40 years Of age and 81 per
cent were over 40.
Mr.. Randolph said today that
he would continue with his sur.
vey Of conditions in the Govern.
ment service and include the
letter in the facts he would use
when the time came to push legis.
lation, to see that persons over
IS years Of age were given con-
sideration when Government jobs
were handed out.
The Washington times., 1937-12-17
AK Murderer
Hangs Himself

MONTREAL, Quebec, Dec. IT.
Napoleon Seguin, 59-year-old un-
employed lake sailor, killed his So,
year-old-wife here yesterday with
an ak and later hanged himself
Two children slept while the
tragedy occurred. NeighborS said
the dead couple had quarreled for
wears.
The Washington times., 1937-12-17
SPECIAL CONCESSION
r., COUPON

u. Lure .ditiO" pries per oolu".s 50 es"s.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-13
World Lawlessness

The Mediterranean world has got over the bad attack of jitters which afflicted It a few months ago. Not long since, the Air around that historic sea was charged with tension and nervous expectancy. War was in the wind, and breakdown or international law, and strong-arm tactics of high and low degree. Everyone looked ahead to the worst.
 Now, says Anne O'Hare Mccormick m dispatch to the New York Times, the ten sion is eased. The war scare has been raised so oftSn that people are no longer scared by It. The state of tension, has come to seem normal. People have stopped worrying. But this Is not good news. On the contrary, as Mrs. McCor- mick points out, 1t Is just about the worst news possible. For 1t means that people are getting hardened to cruelty, laWless- ness and fear. They are taking TOT granted a world In which all of the old securities have ceased to exist.
 It is worth while to ponder over this fact for a moment, for 1t IS perhaps the most dismaying fact on the horizon to- day. Consider the state of affairs on the Mediterranean. Warships are patroling the sea lanes on wartime basis. Hidden submarines turk in sheltered coves, to dart out every SO often and sink unof- lending merchant ships Bombing planes cruise in the skies, dropping down ever and again to blast some peaceful carrier of goods. Every naval base on that sea, every fleet and squadron and flotila, IS kept constantly ready for action.
 On shore things are little better At least three great nations, technically at peace with the world, are up to their naoka iy, a war that iS tearing Spain to , bits. Rumors of revolt, of international plots and of mutiny are rife all along the African coast. In Palestine an ugly threc- sided fight Is taking It's toll in murders. guerilla encounters, and bomblngs. And ii1 no Mediterranean land have the com. mon people the slightest assurance that they may not be called to arms day after tomorrow. Yet 1t Is this situation, as violent and unsettled as something out of the middle ages, which people are get ting used to.
 Now the point Is this: In an orderly, civilized world, such a state of affairs does not exist. Order and civilization go hand in hand; international anarchy such as is evident In the Mediterranean today can appear only when the struc- ture of society Is in state of collapse. Yet, as Mrs. Mccormick remarks, people have grown used to this anarchy. It seems to be the normal condition for the world of 1887. And world which &C., cepts such a condition as normal IS obviously world that lies on the crumb- ling edge of the abyss.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-13
Won't Build Roads

Commissioner Robert Hurley's Public Works Department won't build any roads In Connecticut. The courts have just handed down ruling whereby the mean ing of "real assets,o as related to the jurisdiction of the Public Works Depart. fnent, Is not construed as highways and bridges Rather the court stated in It's ruling that such assets" might be con- ,tidered the physical properties in which 6ther departments might be housed In short this new State Department was not created to take over the duties of another duly-constituted agency.
 All of which is probably what was in- tended Still the issue may not be settled yet for an appeal from the recent decis- ion can be expected with the state seek ing further clarification of the rights and duties of the Public Works Depart ment. There is this much to be said about the recent court decision. It will not make one state department sub servient to another. The Highway De- partment can continue to build roads and to be the proper agency doing such work.
 It has occurred to us since debate of the powers of the Public Works Depart ment started this past summer that as- sumption of complete control over all state agencies would virtually eliminate them from the government and allow everything to be run by the one depart ment What need would there be even of a State Park and Forest Commission if the Public Works Department was to take charge of laying out and beautifying new parks and forests. That's mere conjec- ture, of course, but possible
 We sincerely hope that the proper tri- bunals will definitely settle to the satis- faction of all concerned just where the Public Works Department may have cause to encroach upon the territory ot other state agencies. That this new de- partment can do an immense amount of good in our state government and may be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-13
Parental Advice

Congress is about to convene in special session called by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Some weeks back the Presi- dent spoke to the nation on the ills and foibles of the day and what might best be done to counteract them. This week his Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, delivered an address via the ether waves which commanded much space in the newspapers of the land the, following day. It dealt with finances and what we would have to spend next year in the good old U. s. A.
 For the first time since the Roosevelt administration took hold of the govern mental reins balanced budget is men, toned. MT. Morgenthau proposes to balance the budget. And he will do 1t, unless Congress now doesn't want to play and refuses to balance the budget, Famil- iarity with an unbalanced budget, which MT. Morgenthau says was deliberate in the past four years of the Roosevelt ad- Ininistration, may be hard to overcome. At any rate savings to the nth degree are to be accomplished in public works.
 Oddly enough just before Mr. Morgen- thau delivered his talk Senator Byrd or Virginia, an implacable New Deal oppo- nent, although democrat, was talking in no uncertain terms about this unbal- anced budget and the rates of spending that has shot up in the U. S.A. And along at the same time National Grange spokesman was praising President Roose.- welt for calling this special session so that farmers might benefit. Perhaps after hearing or reading what Mr. Morgenthau had to say about farm expenditures he won't be so generous in his praise.
 There is universal acclaim, of course, for any plan that encompasses living within ones income. But when such a financial plan goes into effect 1t shouldn't be accompanied by such artificial price pegs as feeding nice new potatoes to hogs, because the potato supply Is too large. We know people whose supply of potatoes is extremely low and will re- main SO all winter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-13

Somebody will recall the name of Mrs. Henry w. Peabody, militant prohibition ist Remember back some years ago when the noble experiment" was totter- ing on its throne she declared publicly that if the United States ever became "wet" again she would move to Canada. Well, the change actually came to pass, but Mrs. Peabody didn't leave for Canada. She remained here In the country and kept up her work in behalf of the dry movement. She did, however, move from Massachusetts to Florida. Now she's leaving for India to interest herself in a movement by the Women's Christian Medical College. Mrs. Peabody's declara- ton was something along the lines of that made by Connecticut man g year or so ago who was advertising his breeding farm in Maryland for sale, so that he could go to Canada, If Roosevelt was elected MT. Bishop has not departed, If we recall correctly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-13
A Book a Day
Story of Sir Philip Lacking in Warmth

"Astrophel" means star gazer. Sir Philip Sidney chose this name for himself in his sonnet sequence to Penelope Rich, his stella" Alfred II. Bills use of 1t as the title of his biography of Sir Philip (Farrar and Rinehart: $3.B0) leads the literarily inclined reader to expect somewhat more of the poet and less of the pawn in EliZabeth'g game of politics.
 It is c scholars volume, but many are going to Do disappointed in finding fewer than 50 pages de- voted to Sir Philip as the author Of Arcadia, the sonnets, and the fa- nous Defense of Poegie.
 It is the impeccable courier that MT. Hill writes about. As c boy, staid ness of mind, gravity, grace and rev. erence characterized Philip. He won all the prizes, tournaments. As dip- iomat, as governor of Flushing, finally as 6 warrior, he was always Q model of perfection. Even his death was perfect. Wounded at Zutphen, he insisted that the water held to his lips be given to Q soldier Wno lay gasping nearby.
 The book gives @ not too entranc- ing picture of the hot-tempered queen, of the official red tape of the court. Philip was 22 when Elizabeth first sent him abroad as her am- bassador He was g when he died That he could have packed into that short space so much influence on statecraft and literature is especial ly remarkable because he lived in one of the most zestful of all periods.
 If Philip had the ardent spirit his biographer would have us be- lieve, it is difficult to catch here The fabric of his chivalry is so fine ly wrought that no real feeling car break through. MT. Bill claims that Sir Philip found all the material fol tho sonnets in his own heart. Never. theless they lack warmth. His lovers woes sound like so much amatory fireworks. not like any genuine con fiagration. And his biography, like Sir Philip himself, is admirable, but cold. S. F.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-13
Selected Poem
THE BEE TREE

THE BEE TREE Catherine Cate Coblente in the New York Times) Iris past all use men said about the tree, For not a soul among them who could see It had become the squirrels favorite way As there 1t stood so straight and slimly gray Without it's leaves its ranches falling slow With warning thud upon the ground below. Yet every dusk upon its top would be The woodthrush spilling certain melody. Day after Summer day the dead trunk stood Proud and imperious within the wood What though it's time of flower and fruit were gone It still was landmark and carion. The rabbits played about 1t on the ground And all day long a small contented sound Came from the bees-a whirl of golden dust As toward that tree their little wiligbeats thrust Iris past all use. men said, and What pity! Undreaming that its heart now housed city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-13
|P ress Comment
doBBLING PRESTIGE (Christian Science Monitor)

Can tho turkey wrest the heavy weight symbol championship from the titled eagle? This Is tho qies- ton for which tho great turkey areas of tho United States North west seek on affirmative answer And no less on organization than the Northwestern Turkey Growers Association is on the sidelines for the historic bird that made the Pil. grims famous.
 The proposal to make the turkey the national bird is submitted ser. iously. It has "better habits" than It's "bald-hoaded" competitor. It is "a native of America" II is "by far the nobler bird" These are some of the reasons advanced by the pro- ponents of the movement for the glorihcation of the turkey. And 1t must be acknowledged that It's noe bility is often shown in the dignity and resignation 1t displays when the annual Thanksgiving Day proc- lamation forecasts it's future pros- poets.
 But the average American, whose special interest in the turkey lies in c slice of white meat, please, with plenty of gravy" is somewhat confused over 6 movement that pro- poses to elevate the turkey to the level of c national symbol, and then -eat the symbol.