davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1937-01-24
DEPARTMENT STORE
BUSINESS FALLS OFF
Inaugural Holiday and Weather
Conditions Blamed for Weeks
Showing.

Rain and the inaugural holiday
caused a sharp drop in District de-
partment store business, according to
a business survey announced last night
by the Commerce Department.
The combination resulted in an 11.2
per cent drop in department store sales
here below the level of the previous
week and 3.5 per cent below the same
week a year ago, it was reported.
Clearings totaled S20,170,328. COM
pared with $24.eo2. .985 during the pre-
ceding week and S2l ,472,047 for the
corresponding week in 1886.
Hotel and restaurant business was
considerably stimulated by inaugura-
ton activities, it was reported, and
attendance at the Washington Monu-
ment was pushed up to 9,719 for the
week, as compared with 1921 during
the previous week, and 1859 during
the corresponding week last year. The
Monument was kept open two nights
during inaugural week to accommodate
visitors, it was pointed out.
For the country generally weather
conditions which interfered with shop
ping caused a drop in retail trade from
the previous week, but the results were
generally ahead of the same period last
year.
Evening star., 1937-01-24
Miss Perkins Told
Married Women
Often Must Work
Bureau Official Reports
on 3,75O,OOO With
Double Duties.

Millions of married women must
work at gainful occupations under
the modern economic system, Secre-
tary of Labor Perkins was informed
yesterday in a report prepared by Miss
Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon, research di-
rector of the Women's Bureau.
Analyzing the responsibility of
S,750,000 women in the country for
the double job of home making and
wage earning, Miss Pidgeon reported:
"In our studies in the Women's
Bureau. we find that the vast majority
of married woman workers are hold
ing jobs because they must earn
money to support dependents, partly
or entirely. Nor does the married
woman's economic need of a job al
ways show on the surface. The an
cient idea that If woman Is married
she always has husband who can
furnish the entire support for the
home is disproven by the whole eco
nonic situation of today"
The study, based on 1880 census
data, shows 1,0O0,000 Of the employed
home makers were in families hav-
ing no man at the head. Almost
SOC, 600 were the only wage earners in
their families consisting Of two or
more parsons.
Evening star., 1937-01-24
Two Ski Courses
Are Developed in
Shenandoah Park
Good Sport Reported at
Sexton Knoll and Rock
Spring Shelter.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BIG MEADOWS, Va, January 23.-
Two SIX! courses have been developed
In the Shenandoah National Park un-
der the supervision Of the National
Park Service. One Of these is To-
Gated at Sexton Knoll, about miles
south Of the Thornton Gap entrance
to the park. This site offers good
skiing when many other areas are
bare, and 1t has both gentle slopes and
steep hills. The other course is 10
Gated near Rock Spring Shelter, west
of the Skyline Drive, about II miles
south Of the Thornton Gap entrance.
In addition to these open areas
there are number Of wide trails
leading from the top of the Blue
Ridge into the hollows and even to
the base Of the mountains, which
can be followed on skis.
A study is being made OF the areas
which can be used for snowshoeing.
skijoring and coasting. A half dozen
sites have been selected for study to
encourage Winter sports. The studies
are being made by the Potomac Ap-
palachian Trail Club and the Ski Club
Of Washington.
Evening star., 1937-01-24

by American troops in TientSin were
brought from the United States via
Manila, beef was bought in China.
When war was declared in 1914, local
constables took China's neutrality very
literally, and, although the garrisons
of the other countries were in no way
actively engaged. no beef was sold to
them. However, the Americans, still
neutral, were entitled to all the beef
they wanted But, in order to get the
cattle from the stockyards. some en-
blem of United States authority had
to be shown. Therefore, a man was
sent with a small American flag, the
kind issued to places on American
houses during uprisings, who led the
cattle forth in solemn procession hold
ing "Old Glory" aloft. This assured
the Chinese all was correct.
Provision is made in Army rules
that the men be served turkey or
chicken on important holidays such
as Thanksgiving and Christmas. Came
holiday. and Gen. Carmichael asked
that bids be sent in from Chinese
turkey raisers to supply the garrison.
According to custom, the bids were all
opened on an appointed day before
the assembled farmers, and, as usual,
the dressed birds commanded the
higher price. One bid, however, stated
that the live birds would be more than
the dressed. When asked why this
was SO, the man in question simply
stated. He got feathers on. he
dressed"
Evening star., 1937-01-24
DREDGING FINISHED
IN LOWER POTOMAC
Army Engineers Next Will Create
24-Foot Depth at Wash.
ington Harbor.

The United States Engineer Office,
under direction of First Lieut.. William
j. Matteson of the Army Engineer
Corps, has just completed restoration
of the 24-foot navigational depth of
the Potomac River below washington,
officials announced yesterday.
The Army engineers will tackle next
the job of creating, for the first time,
a 24-foot depth at Washington Har-
bor, which includes the Georgetown
or Virginia channel. the Washington
channel and the Anacostia River. Con-
gress authorized this project and made
funds available for it as the result Of
public hearings and extended study.
The dredge Talcott reached Wash
ington early yesterday after dredging
at Smith Point. Mattawoman and
Marshall Hall, where bars had been
created in the Potomac River.
E. J. Merrick, jr, civil engineer in
Lieut.. Matteson's Office, said the Gov
ernment hopes to advertise in about a
week for bids to dredge here. This
work will take the most of the Sum-
mer. Up to this time Washington Har-
Dor has had only project dept Of 20
feet, and the additional 4 feet will en-
able larger vessels to dock here.
Evening star., 1937-01-24
MOTOR CLUB TO GET
REPORT OF TAX UNIT
Presentation by Committee Of A.
A. A. Division Will Feature
Meeting Tomorrow.

A report of the Tax Committee of
the District Motor Club, division of
the American Automobile Association,
will feature meeting of the clubs
Advisory Board tomorrow at 1890
pm at the Mayf1ower Hotel.
The report will deal with problems
taken up by the Jacobs Tax Commit
tee, recently appointed by the Presi-
dent to study fiscal relations between
the Federal and District Governments.
It is expected the report of the clubs
Tax Committee will largely determine
the policy of the A. A. A. in regard
to taxation problems of the District.
Capt. H. c. Whitehurst, director
Of highways, will present report on
progress made in carrying out the
recommendations of the Carpenter
Subcommittee of the House for al
deviation of traffic problems in the
District.
A number of Senators and Repre-
sentatives are expected to attend the
meeting, which is to be broadcast.
Evening star., 1937-01-24
BROWN is AWARDED
MEDAL FOR SERVICE
Cosmopolitan Club to Honor Po.
lice Superintendent at Meet
ing Thursday.

The Cosmopolitan Clubs distin-
euished service medal. which was
awarded TO Police Supt. Ernest w.
Brown for the most outstanding act
of civic service to Washington during
1896" will be presented to the police
chief at special meeting of the club
Thursday at the Carlton Hotel
Commissioners Hazen and Sultan
and Right Rev. James E. Freeman.
Episcopal Bishop of Washington, will
be among the honor guests. Others
invited include Rabbi Abram Simon.
Robert v. Fleming, E. c. Graham and
Thomas P. Littlepage. The latter
three won the medal in previous years.
All police inspectors and captains
will be guests of the club and DR.. j.
Rozier Biggs. chairman of the Medal
Committee, will make the presenta-
ton.
Maj. Brown was selected as the
medalist of 1886 because of his work
among underprivileged boys through
the formation of police boys clubs and
q Summer camp for the youths.
Evening star., 1937-01-24
NANK|NG MAKES
CIVIL WAR THREAT.
Red Armies Given 3 More
Days to Choose Between
BIoodshed and Terms.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NANKING, January 23.-China's
government warlords last night gave
the rebellious armies of the Northwest
three more days to choose between
war or terms"
Extension of an ultimatum deadllne
from midnight tonight until midnight
Monday 01 am. Monday, Eastern
standard time) was believed in some
quarters to foreshadow an amicable
settlement.
The action. it was stated. "gives
Gen. Yang Hu-chen's emissary, now
in Nanking, an opportunity to present
Yang's compromise plan to Gen.
eralissimo Chang Kai-chek."
New Vaccinations Charged.
Coincident with the time extension.
however, government officials accused
the mutinous Yang of entering into
new understandings with China'S
Communist armies. They added:
IF the negotiations do not succeed
by midnight Monday. We are fully
prepared to take any action on any
scale"
At the same time reports here in
dicated the revolution had spread
from Shensi Province to Kansu and
Tsinghai, threatening the safety OF
38 Americans.
Unconfirmed reports said the gov
ernment had rushed an airplane to
Lanchow, capital of Kansu, in an
effort to evacuate foreigners.
Reports filtering in to the United
States Embassy from the outlying dis
tricts, however, indicated many Of
them were fleeing to the comparative
safety of the Yangtze Valley.
Travel Slowly in Cold.
They were believed travelling over
land, making tortuous way by mule
back or on foot over the mountain
GUS snow-covered trails in near zero
cold
A spokesman for the military au-
thorities said the leader of the re-
bellious armies at Sianfu, Shensi Prov
ince, had been told to accept the
central governments terms or the
order would be given to attack across
the narrow no-man's land in Eastern
Shensi
Gen. Yang Hu-chen, he said, "has
until midnight tonight to surrender,
after which time we will begin force
full suppression"
Evening star., 1937-01-24
ASSEMBLY TO GET
FIRST LOCAL BILL
Legislative Hearing on
Montgomery Program
Slated Today.
BY JACK ALLEN,
Stan Correspondent OF The Star.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, January 23-The
first bill affecting Montgomery County
"a bill dealing with use Of firearms
by minors-will be introduced in the
State Assembly on Monday night when
the lawmakers return to the capital
for the fourth week Of their legislative
chores.
1t likely will be followed at once by
a host Of other local measures, in
cluding the approved items on the
Montgomery County Civic Federation's
program, which is to be presented for
mally to county legislators at a hear
ing in the Rockville court house at 3
pm. tomorrow.
Senator Stedman Prescott and
House members. who agreed this week
to clear their bills out of the way as
quickly as possible, are to caucus next
week to discuss scores of proposals ad-
vanced by official and civic groups and
early introduction of measures is to
follow.
Delegate Ruth E. Shoemaker will
sponsor the firearms bill, which would
prohibit any children under 18 years
Of age from discharging rifle. pistol
or other weapon anywhere in the
county unless accompanied by an
adult 1t passed both Houses in 1885,
but Gov. Harry w. Nice vetoed it.
Was Once Wounded.
Miss Shoemaker, who suffered a
superficial wound shortly before the
1885 session when struck by a bull
let fired by a boy, declared the COM
mon practice Of allowing youths to
shoot firearms without proper super
vision should be halted.
The federation's program to be heard
tomorrow embodies nine proposals
dealing with such major county prob
lens as property assessments, refund
ing, police salary increases, abolition
Of the Liquor Control Board and the
like
Reassessment of all property in the
State this year and equalization Of
Evening star., 1937-01-24
DEEP.WATER TERMINAL
PLANNED AT RICHMOND
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, January 23-The City
of Richmond filed application with
the Public Works Administration yes
terday for a As per cent grant TO aid
in financing the construction of deep
water terminal facilities along the
James River at an estimated cost of
s1,75o, 900.
Sheridan p. German. acting State
P. w. A. director. said: "The channel
and proposed turning basin would per-
NIT access to the local port by most
ocean-going vessels. It is estimated
that IS per cent Of the deep-water
steamships now in use could come to
Richmond.
"This type of project is viewed with
favor by the P. w. A. because Of the
direct and indirect labor it would pro-
vide. The total labor arising out Of
this project Is calculated at 1890, 900
man-hours Of work.
According to the city's engineers,
it would take l8 months to complete
the job, during which time 200 to 800
men would be employed"
Evening star., 1937-01-24
CITIZENS TO WEIGH
POLICE FORCE BILL
Prince Georges Federation
Will Study Measure To.
morrow Night.
By a Stan Correspondent OF The Star.

BLADENSBURG, Md, January %.
Prince Georges County's police force
bill, recently introduced in the Gen.
eral Assembly at Annapolis, will be
discussed by members of the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations at a
meeting In the local fire house on
Monday evening.
Hugh Bickford Of Clinton, president
Of the Southern Prince Georges as
sociation, who drafted a lengthy re-
port on the county police set-up be-
fore the legislators framed the current
proposed statute. said today that an
other report dealing with the bill will
be made following Mondays gather
ing.
Based on Reaction.
The second report will be based on
the reaction of federation members to
the proposed statute. Outstanding
difference between the federation's
proposed police law and the current
bill centers on the establishment Of
separate board Of police commits
sioners.
Bickfords report recommended that
the separate agency be created to act
as a cushion" between the police
force and the Board Of County Com
missioners. His recommendation was
based on a study Of civil service pro-
cedure. The bill before the Assembly,
however, contains no provision for
an independent board. According to
that measure the county commission
ers will serve as police commissioners.
Independent Board Urged.
John Riggles of Seabrook, chairman
of the federation's Public Utilities
Committee, said he would urge estab-
lishment of the independent agency,
with its members to be chosen from
the Mayors of incorporated towns
Bickford is expected to oppose that
type of board personnel, although he
will urge inclusion of the separate
agency provision in the bill at An
napolis.
When he presented his report to
the Board Of County Commissioners
and members of the delegation, Bick-
ford declared that the independent
board was necessary Ito reduce poll
tics in the Police Department"
The measure now before the As
sembly provides for an increase in the
force personnel from IS to 20 men,
including two desk clerks and the
chief. The federation had urged a
force of "a men.
Evening star., 1937-01-24
K|N0F SLAIN MAN !.
PLAN FLORIDA TRIP
Mrs. Clarence Trader Only
Awaiting o. K. of States
Attorney.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SNOW HILL, Md, January 23.-
Mr.. Clarence j. Trader, widow OF the
Stockton utilities operator who was
fatally shot last week, planned a Flor
ida vacation today "if the States
attorney doesn't object"
Mrs. Trader and her 1S-year-old
son rested at their Stockton home
after "a hours of intermittent ques-
tioning by States Attorney Thomas
F. johnson, Sheriff Ernest G. West
and State police investigators.
Suicide Held Impossible.
Although the widow has maintained
continually that her 42-year-old hus-
band killed himself, the States at
torney asserted an autopsy report
showed that, from the position in
which the gun apparently was held
and from the course of the bullet, it
was almost impossible for Trader to
have committed suicide.
Young Trader was held in jail for
questioning yesterday, but returned
home with his mother last night. The
boy said it was the first time he had
ever seen the inside of Jail and he
hoped "it will be the last"
Today, Mrs. Trader said, both she
and Richard may go to Florida to
forget the whole business"
Not Requested to Stay.
"Of course" she said, the trip to
Florida will depend on Mr.. johnson.
But I do not believe he will object.
! have not been asked to stay here"
The prosecutor last night reafhrmed
his intention to present the Trader
case to the grand jury convening here
March %
Trader sued his wife for divorce in
December. Thursday night a week
ago his body was found in Mrs.
Traders home, a bullet wound in his
chest. A % caliber pistol lay near
the body.
Mrs. Trader said the ice and cleo
trio company business will be carried
on by her eldest son, Estel Trader.
Evening star., 1937-01-24
SUIT AGAINST LANCER
DISMISSED BY COURT
Wexford Loses in Attempt to An
null North Dakota Execu-
tive's Election.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BISMARCK, N. Oak, January %
R.-District Judge Fred Jansonius
dismissed tonight an action brought
by former Gov. Walter Welford
against Gov. William LANCER in an
attempt to annul Langer's election
on charges of violation of the corrupt
practices act.
The court ruled there was no pro-
vision under the law whereby such an
action could be brought by Wexford,
because Wexford was not directly in
terested in the outcome of the case.
In the event LANCER lost the case.
Lieut.. Gov. T. H. H. Thoresen. not
Wexford, would succeed to office, the
judge pointed out.
In the action, civil suit brought by
Wexford as a private citizen, it was
charged LANCER violated the corrupt
practices act by promising appoint
ments during the campaign and by
exceeded expenditures.
Evening star., 1937-01-24
FULL-RIGGED SHIPS
GLOBE VOYAGE TOLD
Geographic Society Speaker Mar.
rates Experiences Of 2l(a
Years at Sea.

A 57,000-mile globe -circling voyage
in one Of the last full-rigged ships
afloat was described to members of
the National Geographic Society at
Constitution Hall Friday night by Alan
Villiers, master of the ship Joseph
Conrad.
During the two and a half years of
the voyage he and his crew of 81, all
under 20 years Of age, had their trou-
bles with the elements, he said. These
included three hurricanes-in the
Coral Sea, near Tahiti in the South
Sea islands, while going around Cape
Horn-and a monsoon in the China
Sea. The ship was becalmed a week
in the Sulu Sea.
The most interesting part of the
voyage was among the islands of the
East Indies, Villiers declared. because
there he found the least traces of
civilization. There were few places
that he visited. he said, that he did
not find a chain store or bus route.
At Tawi Tawi. in the Philippines,
he and his crew met the famous
Balimbing pirates, Moro desperadoes
who had revaged the Archipelago in
years gone by. They are good deal
less troublesome now than some of
the other tribes, he said Shortly after
their arrival at the island the group
attended a native dance, where a
12-year-old princess. who was to be
married to a tribesman, saw and took
a liking to one Of the youngest Of the
crew. The lad had to hide in the
hold Of the ship till it left to escape
the matrimonially-m minded young lady.
Villiers related.
The shipmaster also told Of islands
in the Trosbriand Archipelago where
strange marriage customs exist and
trial marriages are the custom.
Evening star., 1937-01-24
Bad Cooks Scored.

LONDON H1.-Much domestic un-
happiness, in the opinion Of Sir Bruce
Bruce-Porter, the noted physician, is
caused by bad cooking.
Writing in Food and Wine, Sir
Bruce says a young woman will spend
months preparing to be secretary,
but won't make the slightest effort to
prepare herself to be a wife.
Evening star., 1937-01-24
LIBERIA FEARS WITCHES

MONROVIA, Liberia P.-Witch-
craft is still prevalent in Liberia, ac-
cording to reports here, and number
of deaths are attributed to it yearly.
If a mans leg swells, or if he suf-
fers stomach ache, witchcraft is sus-
pected, and this fear Of the super
natural goes so far that when a man
browns a water witch is said to have
caught him.
A majority of Liberians are said to
believe that witch will get him SOON
er or later. He hopes it will be later.
Evening star., 1937-01-24
What, No Fun at All?

NANKING (Pl.-Chinese bands must
quit playing the long-favored "Old
Gray Mare" at funerals.
The New Life Movement" which
favors dignity and simplicity. has
ruled that foreign tunes may be played
on such occasions. but that only fu-
neral music will be allowed.
Evening star., 1937-01-24
Aided Standard Time,

Gen. w. B. Hazen is generally credi-
tied with promoting adoption of a
standard time system for the United
States. A native of West Hartford,
VT, he died in 1887.
The Washington times., 1937-04-10
She Tells off
A Director

The next time Wallace Beery's
five-year-old adopted daughter,
Carol Ann, comes on the set, Di-
rector Tay Garnett will want to
hide-that being the best thing
he can do under the circum-
stances.
Carol Ann called to visit her
father as he was enacting scenes
for "Slave Ship" at goth Century
Fox. The youngster had a stack
Of funny papers which she wanted
read to her at home.
And so she went up to Garrett,
Mister" she said, "can my Daddy
go homer" I want him to read to
me-"
Now turning down a youngster
isn't exactly what Garrett likes
to do. But he had an important
afternoon ahead. I'm sorry" he
said, but your Daddy has to
work."
you're a bad man." said Carol
Ann. And she walked haughtily
off,
The Washington times., 1937-04-10
The Paid Date
Isles Than Hit
InHOuyWOOd
Bah

HOLLYWOOD, April 10.-Danc
ing girls are doing all in their
power to stop the establishment
Of a male escort service in Holly
wood, because they feel that such
q move will cause men to lose
their self-respect and also will
make them forget that it's the
man who pays.
Out Of all the dancing girls in
Broadway Melody of 1887" only
three agreed that 1t was permits
sible for a girl to use paid escorts.
The remainder of the girls said
they were "strenuously" opposed
to the idea.
I'D rather stay home than go
out with a gigolo," stormed
Dancer Katharine Smell, of Biz
minghan, Ala, who comes from
the section of the country where
men are gentlemen" Bobbie
Sheehan follows up with a poetical
answer: "A girl should go out with
someone she likes and admires-
not hireS!"
Lorayne Lloyd, who has just re-
turned from a dancing engage
ment in New York, where the es-
cort service originated, feels it's
all right IF she isn't a good-looking
girl and has money to spend for
such a thing"
Absolutely not" says Shirley
White Of Waterbury, Conn. "He
is not q man. but a man Of the
evening"" Marjean Roach feels
that the service has its advan.
tageS, In that, even though it is
undesirable for girls, it is not for
lonely older women.
Crystal Keate takes a ISLAM" at
the boys by saying: Real men
wouldn't take the job" She says
she wouldn't go out on a paid
date, mot when there are enter
tanning and eligible men willing"
Marjorie Moore, voted by her
fellow dancers as one of the most
beautiful in the ensemble, thinks
the idea Is within reason, "if a
girl cannot get dates otherwise
It might be good experience"
1.-THE men are no good II they
let girls pay for them" snaps
Jane Marshall Of Miami Beach,
Fla, who supports her mother
and grandmother out Of her
weekly dancing salary.
Several Of the girls refused to
answer the estion on the
grounds that it was ian insult to
Am erica n womanhood," while
others said 1t was SILLY"
One girl went so far to say
that even If she were In love with
a man and found that he had
participated in such a business, /"
she would refuse to marry him.
The Washington times., 1937-04-10

leon always wore heavy Woollen
underwear and that the popular
"toasts Of New York" In Jim
Fiske's day tipped the scales at
IT'S pounds . Maureen O'Sulli-
van will wear bandannaS instead
Of hats this summer.
Clark Gable and Bob Taylor are
to become hooters in their next
pictures; each will do song and
dance.
Gus Van is singing songs in a
Hollywood night club.
-Four thousand Rotarians will
meet in Hollywood the last week
Of this month Cliff Radston,
one of their number, is already
here from Berkeley, Calf, inspect
ing the night spots :. He'll make
recommendations" for the visit
ing brothers.
Here and there in the Holly
Vocabulary Brian Is finishing
1.-THE Affairs of Cappy Kicks" at
Republic studios Claire Dodd
plans q vacation in New York .