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Evening star., 1937-11-13
Travel and Places,

Travel and Places.
CIRCLING THE CARIBBEAN. BY
Tom Marvel. New York: Harcourt
Bruce & Co.
A circuit of the American Medi-
terranean" by a solo voyager who
sometimes went by plane and some
times by mule. Bright ordinary travel
stuff.
HAWAIIAN TAPESTRY. BY Antoi-
nette Wilmington. New York:
Harper & Bros.
One more book about the islands.
Lives.
THIS ONE MAD ACT. BY 1zola For
rester. Boston: Hale, Cushman &
Flint.
The life of John Wilkes Booth, by
his granddaughter. Supporting the
idea that Booth was not killed after
Lincoln's assassination.
THIS IS MY STORY. BY Eleanor
Roosevelt. New York: Harper q
Bros.
If you have read her column you
know what this is like.
BOY OF OLD VIRGINIA. BY Helen
Monsell. Indianapolis: Bobbs Mer-
rill Co.
The story of Gen. Lees childhood.
AND CHINA HAS HANDS. BY L. T.
Tsiang. New York: Robert Speller.
A laundryman tells his life story.
FARLEY AND TOMORROW. BY
John T. Casey and James Bowles.
Chicago: Reilly 8, Lee.
An outline of the Postmaster Gen.
erals career and reasons why we can
expect him as a candidate in 1910.
WOODROW WILSON. BY Ray Stan
nard Baker. Volume vi. Garden
City: Doubleday Doran g. Co.
This latest volume in the series of
Wilsonian letters takes in the period
between the sinking of the Lusitania
and the entrance of the United States
into the World War. Highly informa-
tive.
Medicine and Health.
MAN, BREAD AND DESTINY. BY
/ c. G. Furnas. New York: Reynal
& Hitchcock.
l. A history OF diet and nutrition
J Popularly. written. Interesting.
Evening star., 1937-11-13
PUBLICATIONS OF THE
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART.

TINE Museum of Modern Art, ir
New York, has just opened q
gallery in Washington. at 73t
Seventeenth street. The fine
arts division of the Public Library
Eighth and K streets NV, has all
the publications of the Museum OF
Modern Art (Which are listed below
and invites you to consult the books
which interest you in the division OF
borrow them on your readers card.
Painting and Sculpture.
AMERICAN FOLK ART; the art OF
the common man in America, 1850
1900 N. Y. 1882. W83 N42af.
AMERICAN PAINTING AND SCULP-
TURE, ls62-1s32; introduction by
Holger Cahill. N. Y. 1892
W83N42.
A BRIEF SURVEY OF MODERN
PAINTING; notes by Alfred H.
Barr, jr. 1882. WP.N42b.
CURISM AND ABSTRACT ART:
notes by Alfred H. Barr, jr. N. Y.
1896. W157N42.
PREHISTORIC ROCK PICTURES IN
EUROPE AND AFRICA. by Prof
Leo Frobenius and Douglas C. Fox
GERMAN PAINTING AND SCULP-
TURE; introduction by Alfred H.
Barr. jr. W47N42g.
LILLE P. BLISS COLLECTION, 1894.
Catalogue raisonne of the collection.
MODERN PAINTERS AND SCULP-
TORS AS ILLUSTRATORS, ed. by
Monroe Wheeler. NJ Y. 1882.
WFN43.
MODERN WORKS OF ART; intro
duction by Alfred H. Barr, jr. A
pictorial anthology.
MURALS BY AMERICAN PAINTERS
AND PHOTOGRAPHERS. N. Y.
1882. WP83 N42m.
PAINTING AND SCULPTURE BY
LIVING AMERICANS; ninth loan
exhibition. W83NX2p.
PAINTING IN PARIS. FROM AMER
ICAN COLLECTIONS; foreword
and critical notes by Alfred H. Barr
jr. WP39 N42.
PAINTINGS BY I9 LIVING AMER
iCANS; foreWord by Alfred H
Barr, jr. WP83 .N42p.
THE ART OF NEGRO AFRICA. by
James johnson Sweeney.
Artists.
CHARLES BURCHFIELD. EARLY
WATER COLORS: foreword by Al.
fred H. Barr, jr.; notes by the art
ist. B893n.
DIEGO RIVERA, CATALOGUE OF
EXHIBITION; essay by Mrs. Fran
ces Flynn Paine. W10.R525n.
DIEGO RIVERA. A PORTFOLIO OF
COLOR REPRODUCTIONS OF
MEXICAN FRESCOES. Wl0.R525
Reference.
EDWARD HOPPER, RETROSPEC.
TIVE EXHIBITION; introduction
by Alfred H. Barr, jr.; essay by
Charles Burchfield. W10.H77n.
Evening star., 1937-11-13
BEST SELLERS FOR WEEK
ENDING NOVEMBER 6.
Fiction.


THE RAINS CAME. Bromfield.
Harpers.
ENCHANTER'S NIGHTSHADE.
Bridge. Little Brown.
TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT.
Hemingway. Scribners.
THE CITADEL. Cronin. Little
Brown.
NORTHWEST PASSA E.
Roberts. Doubleday Doran.
AND SO-VICTORIA. wilkins.
Macmillan.
Non-Fiction.
ASSIGNMENT IN UTOPIA.
Lyons. Harcourt Brace.
THE ARTS. Van Loon. Simon
IL Schuster.
ANDREW JACKSON. James.
Bobbs Merrill.
THE GOOD SOCIETY. Lipp-
mann. Little Brown.
80 YOU THINK IT'S NEW.
Funk. Funk. & Wagnalls.
NEW FRONTIERS OF THE
MIND. Rhine. Farrar &
Rhinehart.
Evening star., 1937-11-13

this book Of Miss Repplier's. To them
1t can be commended. But to others?
The reviewer fears that they would
find no vibrating chord in the COL
lection.
The scope of the subjects is wide,
to be sure. 1t is not solely occupied
with literary memories. In the first
piece in the book Miss Repplier d.
vides her life as her title indicates.
She writes of being 10, Of being 20
and so on. She grades her unquestion-
ably vivid life in terms Of men and
women as we'll as of books and authors.
Yet it is when she writes of writing
that her spirit comes out into her
words. She is more eloquent remem-
bering Horace than she is in telling Of
being sent by the President as one of
six American commissioners to the
Spanish Exposition in 1927.
OF the beauty OF her style, OF the
sententiousness Of her expression
there Is no need to comment. One
knows that. She is an essayist in
the great manner. There are not
many Of her like In the writing world
today.
GLASS FLOWERS. BY Donald Par
son. Boston: John w. Luce & Co.
THE author of this book of verse is
Washingtonian. However, the
volumes claim to Washington's at
tention does not end there. It is good
verse throughout, craftsmanly and ac-
complished
1t is collection Of sonnets and
short poems and Its distinguishing
quality seems to be smooth mastery
of form IN combination with adroit
turning Of thoughN The subjects Of
Evening star., 1937-11-13
Small but Cainful.

ONE thirty-second Of an inch Is
not much in length but that,
length average increase in size of
cotton fiber in this country in 1884
meant an increase of s8.o00,000 in
the value of the crop that year.
Prior to 1928 no accurate statistics
were kept as to the length Of cotton
staple. From 1928 until 1884. how
ever, the increase was noted until
after six years of development, the
length was increased the thirty-sec-
ond of an inch which meant millions
more in total value of the crop.
Evening star., 1937-11-13

E. Dodd. New York: The Mac
milan Co.
A history of the South from the
days of first settlements to the end
Of the 18th century. Slanted to show
how the Southern tradition of democ-
racy was always strong.
Statistics.
HOW TO USE PICTORIAL STA
TISTICS. BY Rudolph Modley.
New York: Harper d Bros.
Do Uu want to?
Evening star., 1937-11-13

Y YEAR after year Children's Book
" Week rolls around, bringing to
the otherwise cheerful reviewer
4 = depressing reminder Of her
Evening star., 1937-11-19

Put . few drops up the nose
breathe deeply-then notice
how nasal congestion due 10
colds Is relieved, how much
easier 1t is to breathe. and
how nasal secretions are
quickly checked.
Evening star., 1937-11-19

A soothing. cooling, expecto-
rant for the prompt relief
Of coughs due to colds.
Pleasant to take quick
to act. Also splendid for re-
iieving irritated conditions of
the throat.
Evening star., 1937-11-19

A necessity Of every
kitchen. Weighs up to "a
pounds. 81 inches high
with 51a-inch square
platform. Enamel finish.
Evening star., 1937-11-19

This Is not an imita-
ton vanilla-but a
pure, aromatic, last
ing extraction from
selected, finest vanilla
beans. The fav0rite
of disc ri m j n a t ing
cooks.
Evening star., 1937-11-19

Guard your health and
figure weigh daily with
these accurate scales. They
weigh up to $50 pounds.
Tuck away when not in use.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
TRIAL BOARD ACQUITS
POLICEMAN GRAVELY
Charges Brought by Mrs. Holt
Cleared After 27 Character
Witnesses Are Called.

Policeman Spottswood Gravely,
fourth precinct, has been acquitted
by the Police Trial Board on charges
Of assault, making q false statement
to . superior of1loer and conduct
prejudicial to the good order of tbs
Police Department.
Charges were brought against
Gravely after he arrested Mrs. Jane
SAKE Holt, wife Of Alexander r. Holt,
an instructor in Columbia University
School OF Architecture and temporari-
~ connected with the Home Loan
Bank Board, on charges of speeding
and assault. The assault charge was
dismissed by Police Court Judge John
P. Mcmahon on April 2.
Shortly afterward Mrs. Holt made
a complaint to the Police Depart
ment, and Gravely was cited to ap-
pear before the Trial Board. His
attorney, Myron g. Early, introduced
~ character witnesses, including In
spector Albert j. Headley, retired.
The charges were brought after
Gravely Is alleged to have gotten
into Mrs. Holt's car with her follow
ing . chase on Highway Bridge, the
policeman and Mrs. Holt each &C.
oaBing The othee of aAAut.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
D. c. WRITER FACES SUIT
ON BOOK ABOUT LEES
Member of Famous Virginia Fam.
lily Demands Publisher Sup
press Volume.

RICHMOND, Va, May "a mem
Der OF the famous Lee family of Vir-
ginia threatened court action against
Richmond publishing house and a
woman author unless a book, con-
tanning correspondence of Gen. Light
horse Harry Lee, is suppressed.
Charles Carter Lee commemorative s
attorney Of Franklin County and
great-grandSon of Lighthouse Harry.
said he would confer Tuesday with
representatives of Garrett g. Massey.
Richmond publishers of the book
"Stratford Hall the Great House of
the Lees" and ask that 1t be recalled
and further publication halted.
If they do not agree to this" he
said, 1--WE will seek an injunction in
Richmond Circuit Court to suppress
Its sale entirely"
Carter Lee said the volume was
written by Ethel Armes of Washing
ton, who was formerly secretary OF
the Stratford Foundation. He said
the letters she incorporated into the
book were the property Of the estate
OF his father. John Penn Lee, of which
he is administrator.
The letters complained of were all
correspondence Of Lighthouse Harry
Lee said, and included none of Gen,
Robert E. Lee.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
D. C. MAN is FINED
ON GAMING COUNT
William Dewdney Gets Suspended
Sentence In Upper
Marlboro,
By Stan Correspondent Of The Star,

61 Sten correspondent OF The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Nd, May s.
Pleading guilty to gaming charges,
William Dewdney, 1888 w street
southeast, Washington, was fined $3.50
and received suspended six-month
jail sentence in Police Court here
yesterday.
Charges against two other men
and woman, arrested with Dewdney
by Prince Georges County police in
q raid on Alex Tavern in Silver Hill
last Wednesday. were dropped.
Although eight patrons Of the res
taurant were held as material wit
nesses under 500 bond each, none
OF them testified before Judge George
B. Merrick. Dewdney. charged with
setting up a gaming table and per-
mitting gambling on the premises,
also paid a $25 fine ON complaint
that he had assaulted an employe Of
Strickland's restaurant, near Alex
Tavern, on the Southern Maryland
pike. His trial on the assault charge
was held before the gaming hearing.
The defendant was also required to
pay court costs in all the cases.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
RED CROSS GROUP
WELCOME URGED
Commissioners Hail Conven-
tion Here Which Opens
Monday.

The District Commissioners today
hailed the coming convention Of the
Red Cross and urged all Washing
tonians to give a glad welcome to the
delegates.
The convention, which opens Mon
day, will stress better organization for
local chapters and more foresight for
emergencies, Rear Admiral Cary T.
Grayson, chairman of the Red Cross,
said.
A formal proclamation. signed by
Commissioners Hazen. Allen and Sui
tan, declared of the Red Cross:
THE peacetime work Of this great
humanitarian organization Is playing
an increasingly important part in our
national life.
Variety Of Activities.
Red Cross chapters throughout the
country assist needy civilians, serve
veterans and their families, sponsor
health and nursing programs, teach
life saving and f1rst aid, establish
emergency stations on our highways to
care for injured motorists and weld
together the youth Of the Nation and
Of the world.
"One Of the most essential phases Of
Red Cross service is disaster relief,
This has been brought to the public
attention with particular emphasis
during the last two years as wind,
Hood and earthquake have devastated
considerable sections of the country.
Appreciation Due.
ut Is but fitting that the citizens
OF Washington should show their ap-
probation of the honor conferred upon
the city in being selected for this
conference by extending a cordial well
come to the delegates and by appro-
pirate display Of American and Red
Cross flags during the period Of the
convention"
For two days flags have been fiying
from every downtown corner to well
come the delegates.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
RETRIAL FOR HODGES
IN EMBEZZLING CASE
Hstrial Declared by Justice Cor.
don in Jury Deadlock After
26 Hours.

Assistant United States Attorney
Charles B. Murray announced today
that Zebulon c. Hodges, jr., in whose
trial District Court jury could not
agree yesterday, will be tried again
on a charge OF embezzling funds
from the former Potomac SAVINGS
Bank Of Georgetown.
Justice Peyton Gordon declared 4
mistr1al yesterday afternoon, when
the jury reported after rs hours de-
liberation that 1t could not agree.
The trial Of Hodges consumed two
weeks. He was charged with en-
bezzling SITS of bank funds between
October, 1881, and January. 1893. The
Government contended he abstracted
legitimate account cards from the
files and substituted fictitious ac-
counts. Through his attorney. Rob-
ert H. McNeill, Hodges denied the
charge.
The alleged shortage was discoy-
cred after the merger of the Potomac
Savings with several other financial
institutions to form the Hamilton
National Bank following the bank
holiday in 1888.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
MERCHANTS GROUP HITS
PCT. PRIVILEGE TAX
Gross Business Revenue Levy
Hold discriminatory, Unfair
and 1nequitable."

The Commissioner proposal to
place per cent privilege tax on
gross business revenue was vigor-
ously opposed yesterday by the Mer-
chants and Manufacturer Associa-
ton, which termed the proposed levy
discriminatory, unfair and inequit-
able"
Ford Young, president Of the as
sociation,s declared such q tax, added
to the social sssurity taxes and other
recently increased expenses, would
force many concerns out of business.
The association also reiterated its
opposition to the proposed automo-
bile weight tax, contending the pres
ent levy Is more than sufficient to
pay for road maintenance in the
District. Diversion Of gasoline and
automobile tax revenues to purposes
other than road construction and
also was strongly op-
posed ~
Evening star., 1937-05-08
De SOTO CELEBRATION
IN 1941 SPONSORED
Colonial Danes Council Asks Con-
gress to Back Program of
National Proportions.

A resolution recommending to
President Roosevelt and Congress that
national celebration of De Soto's
discovery Of the Mississippi River be
held in l941 was unanimously adopt
ed yesterday by the twenty-t third BIZ
ennial council of the National So
c1etly OF Colonial Danes of America.
Shortly after passage of the resolu-
ton the council ended its four-day
session at the Shoreham Hotel
The measure suggested invitation
OF all 4Spanish-speaking nations to
participate in q commemorative pa
geant, which would feature beauty,
color and romance" represented in
progress from the sixteenth century
to the present. The event also would
include depletion OF De Soto's life
and tragic death.
The resolution also recommended
that every State traversed by the ex-
plorer on his historic venture erect
uniform markers on the route, the
markers to include the De Soto coat
Of arms.
Evening star., 1937-05-08

property act. Gould, caught by F. B.
I. agents in a Manhattan tailor shop,
was arraigned before a United States
commissioner yesterday, all held under
$500 bail pending removal here to
face trial In District Court.
Arrested in October, 1885.
The woman was arrested in COM
pany with David Pinas, alias David
Sparks, in October. 1885, by headquar-
ters detectives, who found them in
possession Of $4,000 worth Of jewelry.
The pair was released the next day,
when police found nothing to indi-
cate the jewelry had been stolen.
Two days later. however, informa-
ton was obtained that part of the
jewelry, including a s2,10o diamond
ring, a gem-studded platinum brace
let valued at $4,000 and two pearl
rings had been stolen from houses
IN New York City and Greenwich,
Conn.
The girl was rearrested and released
on bond on November 80, 1895. Mean
while, the F. B. I. charged the woman.
Pinas and Gould with violation of the
Federal laws, but the men could not
be found.
Indicted Last August.
Gould and the woman were indicted
last August. The woman was ar
raigned'in September and released on
$500 bond when she pleaded not
guilty.
Gould, who has criminal record a.
q burglar extending back more than
decade, has served time in San
Quentin prison and elsewhere.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
BUILDING is CALLED
JOB PROBLEM KEY
State Tax Economist Discusses
Work Problem at Virginia
Session.

4
BLACKSBURG. Va, May s.-Resi-
dental construction offers perhaps
the greatest single possibility for the
acceleration Of employment" in vir-,
ginia, DR.. William H. Stauffer, State
tax economist, told the Virginia Social
Science Association here today.
THE need" he said, "is present
both in urban and rural areas. The
retarding influence is the lack of
purchasing power =.
Given the impetus Of an effective
demand for new-construction dwell-I
ings, it follows not only that for the
actual work Of construction will en-
ployment be offered local laborers and
artisans, but also that timber indus.
tries. iron and steel plants, stone and
brick manufacturers, electrical goods
industries, paint manufacturers and
those who provide roofing materials,
glass, paper, plaster and a host of
other related industries ="
State Labor Commissioner John
Hopkins Hall, jr., urged legislation to
protect against migratory industrial
plants and to keep streams pure from
industrial waste.
The labor commissioner pointed out
that many concerns are opening plants
in Virginia to gain competitive
advantage by working their employees
long hours at low wages.
DR.. E. l.. Fox Of Randolph-Macon
College told the political science Sec
ton that county government reform
flags in Virginia at the present time
because county political groups do not
wish to have their patronage dis
turbed"
Fox said the county political groups
"are not giving the local voters that
political leadership to which they ara
accustomed in other matters, whilS
the State political leaders are not
willing to press q good cause against
their unwilling heutenantS."
Evening star., 1937-05-08
RITES SET MONDAY
FOR J. WILSON RYON
Prominent Prince Georges Repub.
ican Was Victim of Heart
Attack.
~ stan Correspondent of The Star

NJ star Correspondent of The Star.
RIVERDALE. Md, May 8.-Funeral
services for j. Wilson Ryon, 48, prom
inent Prince Georges County Repub-
lican, who died in the garage of his
home here early yesterday, will be held
from Hysong's chapel, Thirteenth and
N streets, Washington, at 2 pm. Mon
day. Burial will be in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery with Masonic rites.
An attorney in the county for 20
years, Mr.. Ryon succumbed to a heart
attack. He had been suffering heart
trouble for several years.
He was born in Bowie, attended
county schools, worked as a machinist
in the Washington Navy Yard and re-
ceived his law degree from National
University in Washington. Mr.. Ryon
served as States attorney shortly after
the World War and was appointed
special prosecutor in the notorious
Brady bombing case in Seat Pleasant
about six years ago.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
T|CKLED T0DEATH,'
JORDON STATES ON.
NEWS Of REPR|EvE|
Roosevelt Orders Stay of
EIeCtrocution Until
June ID.
PERMITS JUSTICE UNIT
TO CONTINUE|TS PROBE
Knew President Would Do It."
Doomed Man says-Plea
Given Appeals Court.

Thomas Jordon declared himself
"tickled to death" today by the news
that President Roosevelt had ordered
his electrocution postponed until June
IA to permit the Justice Department
to continue its new investigation of
the slx-year-old hold-up murder of
Mrs. Lizzie Jaynes, Garden T Shoppe
cashier.
Jordon, who had been scheduled to
die In the electric chair in the Dis
trlct Jail next Friday, was granted
stay OF execution late yesterday. The
order, signed by the President while
on his Gulf of Mexico fishing expe-
dition. was announced here by the
Justice Department.
Knew President Would Act.
Il knew the President would do i'll"
sordon exclaimed when informed of
the order. 1T gives me a better
chance to prove I'm innocent And,
OF course, I'm tickled to death"
Investigation Of the case was re-
opened following discovery Of an old
police incidental" showing that Mrs.
Jaynes and other witnesses had de-
scrlbed the slayer as being feet tall,
with fair hair" and gray eyes"
Jordon is 5 feet 6A inches tall and
has black hair and brown eyes.
Court Petitioned.
Jordon's attorneys, Harry T. Whelan
and William B. O'Donnell, petitioned
the United States Court of Appeals
yesterday to grant him another oppor-
tunity to prove his innocence.
Meanwhile, John M. HolzWorth of
New York, who recently entered the
case as associate counsel, was prepar-
ing to hold mass meeting next Tues
Gay night in an effort to form a "citi-
zens' defense committee" for Jordon.
The meeting originally was scheduled
Tor Thursday night
Mrs. Jayne.s was shot by one of two
bandits who held up the T Shoppe.
at 1885 Columbia road, on the night
OF April 8, 1881. The 57-year-old
woman did not realize she had been
wounded, however until about two
hours later, when she collapsed in her
apartment while telling her husband,
w. B. Jaynes, of the robbery. She
died in Garfield Hospital two DAYS
later.
Jordon, 31-year-old restaurant bus
boy. was convicted by jury in Dis
trlct Court in March, 1886 The stay
granted by the President is the sixth.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
WALTON LEAGUE
OUTING IS June 6
Rockville Group Will Entertain
Junior Chapters at
Fishing Lodge.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, May 8.-Follow-
ing an annual custom, the Rockville
Chapter of the Izaak Walton League
Of America will entertain the mem
bers Of the various junior chapters
Of the county at an outing at the
Rockville groups fishing lodge at
Violets Lock, on the Upper Potomac
River, the afternoon OF June 8.
Plans were discussed at the May
meeting Of the Rockville Chapter
and the arrangements were left to
committee consisting Of G. Hilton
Darby, Albert A. Ady and Owen
Knight. Boating, fishing, bathing and
feasting will be on the program. The
membership Of the junior chapters
consists largely Of high school stu
dents and All Club girls and boys.
Reuban Riggs, former president Of
the Rockville Chapter, was made
chairman of special committee to
consider the feasibility of taking over
one of the streams of the county
with q view to stocking 1t and de-
veloping it for trout fishing. It was
explained that this could only be
done with the consent of the owners
Of all property through which the
branch selected runs, but tho con-
sensus was that there would be no
difficulty in securing cooperation Of
the property owners. The commit
tee was also authorized to inveeti-
gate the suitability of an ice pond
near Rockville for bass-rearing pur-
poses.
The meeting voted to send dele
CATION to a session of the Frederick
Izaak Walton League Chapter Mon
day night to discuss how the two
groups can best cooperate toward
promoting their common aims.
DR.. E. Russell Cook, president, told
about the recent meeting in Chicago
OF the National Izaak Walton or
ganization. Three new members were
admitted, increasing the enrolment
to lit.