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The Washington times., 1937-10-02
Secrets of the Harem
More Than 800 Girls
In the SeragliO of
Abdul Han1d II
FOreUOrd

~ 1 For centuries there has stood
TOEELUUIu aOithin the confines of CONSTANT
nop1e an inner city of MYSTERY This aOas, under the
old regime the SuG private realm, the serGglio,
of achich important section housed the Grand
Turks many hundred a0omen-his harem. This mys-
FERROUS realm guarded its sercetS jeaousy that until
nou no man has attempted to Wrte its complete
story At Iast however, the Job has been done. N. NJ
Penzer, noted scholar and orientalst has brought
back from Comstantinope the remarkable story which
uou are about to redd
The Washington times., 1937-10-02
CHAPTER I
By N. M. PENZER
Copyright. 1870

A HORSE and carriage moved creakily along sde-hi
"A street of Constantnope of procession of
81 carriages Inside it hudded women gazing wideeyed
through their wells the bright tiled roofs of the cya city
in which they had lived but which few of them had
except from the distant windows of the sutans palace at
Yldiz.
These ladies of the imperial harm Their black eyes
had certain sadness that spoke of the repression and gno
that had darkened their days of Imprisonment within
the strange world that the suans harem And from
the other carriages peered sad eyes, too for every
tanned girls and of the harem-more than 300 of them
in ALL Very few of their swarhy faces showed CLEAN of
confidence hopefulness.
Evening star., 1937-07-13

Across.
l. River in Brazil.
S. Avoid.
10. Beast of burden
IA. Gains brother.
Is Beverage
is. Sandarac tree.
7'Fume.
IS. Make as one.
10. Town in Belgian Congo
20. Mahometan teacher.
81. A hard tough substance.
%. Crack aviators.
%. Portuguese gentleman.
"a. Footlike part.
IS. Sick.
q. Swiss canton.
28 Unit.
%. Within.
30. A collection of articles.
81. Hastened.
81. An inert gas.
"a, Assuming.
36. Article.
81. Household god.
38. Negative
80. Instruments used in Spanish
dancing.
43. Sports.
Al. Salutation.
46. Prong.
49, Earth goddess.
so. High in music.
81. Gypsy.
50, Superlative ending.
So. Ethiopian title.
81. Golf term.
55. Sour.
81. Biblical name.
SO. Cavern.
so, Peanut: sp.
81. Blazing.
g.. Land in Orkney Islands.
SO. Kind of cheese.
81. Deceives.
IS. Roar Of the surf.
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Natures Children
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
AMERICAN BURNET.
DAN DUNN.

GUNNER vacations are ideal times
for inspecting the many flowers to
be found on the borders Of woods, low
hillsides and in the woods where the
soil is rich and moist. Here you will
find the American burnet, whose range
is now from Nova Scotia to Florida and
westward to Nebraska, and she is still
eager to send her children ahead.
The flowers are sure white with q
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are racing over the flowers, seeking
refreshment. Madam Burnet does not
serve liquid refreshment. She is lib
eral with her pollen for bee bread,
and this IS her payment for cross-fer-
tilization. Late in the day OF the
flowers debut the petals fold up tight
to protect the valuable golden dust
for the next days guests.
This is the plant that sheds its
blood" so freely when wounded. In
the olden days, when our grand
mothers had to depend on available
natural resources, they would gather
these flowers and use the orange-red
juice to color their sugar, tint cake
icings and similar dainties. The In
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golden center. They are about ~
inches across. solitary, and at the end
Of . simple or branched stem which Is
sometimes one and a half feet high.
The leaves are very interesting, as
they are odd-pinnate, the lower ones
long stemmed and from to IS FORM
ing the leafiet.
From July until September some
flowers may be seen in bloom. They
are beautiful in their silvery-green
cloak, before they throw it back to
show the charming white blossoms
with their golden heart. The sad part
Of 1t is that the flower lasts such a very
short time. You must 60 early in the
morning. II the day Is bright and
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sunny, to see the exquisite snow-white
petals before they drop to the ground.
Fortunately for flower lovers, the "here
today and gone tomorrow" blossoms are
numerous and some of them may be
seen opening on a plant each day.
After the insects have visited the
fairylike, ivory-petaled flower there
appears what would seem to be a
round leaf cape on the smooth red
dish stem. 1t unrolls and finally
covers the narrow oblong seed box.
A newly opened blossom which is in
the pistillate stage keeps her anthers
closed tight. and pollen must be car
ried from this hostess to another by
the short.tongued dies and bees that
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dians used the freely flowing juices
for another purpose-war paint.
This flower is very happy In a
corner OF your wild flower garden. 1t
makes charming addition, and
serves beautifully as background for
the dwarflke flowers. You can de-
pend upon the burnet to return each
year. and she will raise a fine family
for you to give to your friends.
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Laws Protect Flower.
BY WILLARD
-SoaNk.'
By REX COLLIER

A number OF States have passed
laws to protect our rare wild flowers.
New York, for example. makes 1t q
misdemeanor to pick trailing arbutus,
Towering dogwood, mountain laurel,
lady's slipper and gentian in public
lands, woods and highways.
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Elipinos Importing U. S. Lumber.
A shortage of lumber in the Philip
pines has been averted by importing
5000 900 board feet of American
timber.
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Big Ships to Visit.

Battleships from the nations OF the
world will anchor OF Treasure Island,
site of the 1899 Golden Gate 1nterna-
tionsl Exposition. during the Worlds
Fair Of the West.
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Twizzler Answer.
II q hen and a half lays an egg and
half In day and q half, then six
hens lay % eggs in seven days.
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By Phillips

66. knowledge.
81. Vigilant.
68. Cultured.
l. A self-contradictory statement.
z. A gastropod mollusk
8. System Of government.
1. Standard Of Turkey.
5. Sagacity.
6. Climbing plants.
7. Revise.
8. Those who sell in small lots.
9. Lattice for vines.
10. Mahometan Negro.
II. Brazilian palm.
IL. Cathedral church Of Rome.
13. Eradicating.
"a. Featherlike.
26. Sofas.
80. Harangue.
33. Cereal grain.
"a. Abundant.
35. Extinct bird.
80. Kind Of confection.
40. Tropical fruit.
Al. School for advanced pupils.
AZ. Old race Of India.
a. Bullf1ghter.
IS. Raise
46. Hardened.
40. Pluckiest: collou.
So. More unusual.
56. American coin.
/ So. Mature.
So. To check.
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TARZAN'S QUEST.

James eyes grew wide with wonder as she beheld
the figure of Kavandavanda seated upon a great
throne. She had expected the king of the savage
Kavuru to be some wild barbarian. His surroundings
truly barbaric, but Kavandavanda was a
beautiful youth,
Evening star., 1937-12-19

memorable, heart-breaking negoti-
ations between DR.. John F. Condor,
"Jafsie." and the kidnaper.
1t was Chief Trey Tho induced Col.
Lindbergh to record the serial mum.
bers Of the $50,000 ransom and to in
clude conspicuous gold certificates
among the bills. COL Lindbergh agreed
to this with the greatest reluctance,
as he wished to play fair" with the
kidnaper. MIR. Trey, upon COL Lind
bergh's instructions, remained away
from the cemetery on the night Of
the ransom payment to John" but
he accompanied Col. Lindbergh, DR..
Condor and Col. Henry Breckenridge
on the futile flight in search Of the
phantom ship Nellie, on which the
kidnaper declared he had left the
baby.
Those were trying days and hours.
Mr.. Trey says he will never forget
them. AS evidence of Col Lindbergh's
friendship and admiration he received
several letters, written in longhand by
the colonel expressing his gratitude
Another important investigation was
that of the late Huey Longs income
taxes. The death of Senator Long put
an end to an inquiry which apparently
had been destined to have sensational
results.
Hopes for Another.
Chief Irey's work on these spectac-
ular cases and on less publicized but
equally important ones won the appro-
baton of Secretary Morgenthau, who
called on the intelligence chief to aid
in reorganizing and co-ordina ting all
law enforcement work of the Treas
ury
Just few weeks ago Mr.. Trey was
appointed "co-ordina tor" of the Treas
ury -law-enforcement agencies, which
are the Intelligence Unit, Secret Serv-
ice, Narcotics Bureau, Customs Service,
Coast Guard and Alcohol Tax Unit.
He enters upon these larger respon-
sibilities as he approaches his 50th
birthday anniversary March 10 next
He is married and has a boy in COL
lege and one in high school. He re-
sides at $500 Twentieth street NE.
Congratulated by friends and asso-
ciates on his completion last Thursday
of 80 years Of Federal service, his
comment to one Of them was: I've
enjoyed every minute of it. I only
hope can do another 80 years or So"
Evening star., 1937-12-19
Minnigerode Transferred.

The transfer of H. Gordon Mimi
gerode of this city from vice consul
and third secretary of the legation
at Bangkok, Siam, to vice consul at
Singapore was announced yesterday
by the State Department.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
Chased Phantom Ship.

Secretary Mills granted the request
and Col. Lindbergh invited Mr.. Trey
and his men to confer with him at the
Sourland Mountain house. Mr.. Trey
took with him his two aces" Of the
Capone inquiry, Wilson and Madden.
Mr.. 1fey and his agents lived IN the
iindbergh home Oh and on during the
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-11-16
CRIPPLE CLINIC is
TO BE WEDNESDAY
Most of Patients To BE Brought In
Will Be For Second or Later
Examinations

Patients who have been examined
before are expected from Vance ana
possibly from some of the ADJOINING
COMMITTEES for the monthly cripple ell
mic to be held here tomorrow rnoei
auspices of the Vance County Health
Department, DR.. A. d. Gresg, health
officer, said today.
The clinic, as usual, will be held IN
a room at Central school especially III
ted out for the purpose.
DR.. w. +. Cole, orthopedic specials
OF Greensboro, will be here for the
Gil as he has been for all Of those
in the past. No treatment is given,
merely examinations and recommenda
tions for treatment were needed. the
clinic is free in all its services.
Each month the clinic is held Tor
the benefit of cripple children in
Vance, Granville, Warren and Frank
lin counties. It is expected some pa
tients may be brought in from the
neighboring counties, but most OF
them are looked for from Vance.
No reservations orr engagements
have been made for new patients, al
though that is not necessary, Dr.
Gregg explained.
The hours for the clinic are from
one o'clock in the afternoon until all
patients have been examined.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-11-16

ever, only 4 weeks Honolulu stop
over, then caught the new ship on to
Yokohama. Thus [ was an interna-
tional traveller: therefore immune.
Tariff Also Harms.
Our protective tariff Also hamstrung
us Internationally.
Protection made our prices high. It
became impossible to build, man and
operate ships, behind our tariff wall
in competition with q less costly, prac-
tically free trade country, like Eng
land.
Foreign vessels could underbid IT,.
We were all right in the matter of
coastal transport, which we could con-
troll, but helpless on the free seas
Passengers and shippers naturally pa
tronized foreign cabins and bottoms
because they Were less expensive than
ours.
We tried subsidies, but they were
unpopular Mid-western farmers ma
turally resented being taxed to help
shipping half a continent and an
ocean or two away.
So our mercantile marine dwindled
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-11-16

(Cnntinue1 from rage OEe.l
know what subjects would be dis
cussed. He ventured the opinion that
topics would be more or less chosen
by the President.
"Ot course, if there are things on
which he wants our views, we will
discuss them with him, but it will be
up to him to direct the course Of the
conference" he said.
Queried specifically about the pos
sibility of discussing railroad rate diff
ferentials against the South or the
wage and hour bill in Congress, Gov
ernor Hoey said the rate matter is
one which is before the Interstate
Commerce Commission for action, and
therefore almost certainly out of the
purview of the meeting of President
and governors.
Governor Hoey did not seem to feel
that the wage-hour measure would be
seriously discussed, either though he
intimated that the President could
very easily persuade the state heads
to express their opinions if they were
wanted.
Governor Hoey plans to leave for
the conference Thanksgiving night.
He will probably spend only Friday
at Warm Springs, returning imme-
diately after the conference.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-11-16

enterprise turned inland-ward and
abandoned seagoing.
Our Costal Monopoly.
We did, indeed, hang onto our coas-
tai traffic by prohibiting foreign yes
sells from engaging in it. But we
could not similarly embargo interna-
tional Grade.
We could say, "a foreign ship may
not carry passengers or freight be.
tween Boston and Charleston" for eA-
ample, cor between Seattle and San
Francisco"-or any other two or
more American ports. But we could
not very we'll say, IAN English ship,
with immigrants and cargo from
Liverpool, cannot land them at New
York, and subsequently take cab
inful of our tourists and a holdful Of
our products back to liverpool"
Illustratively, [ myself once travel
ed from San Francisco to Honolulu
on Japanese liner. If I had stayed
in Honolulu l could and would q was
watched) have been heavily penalized
for patronizing a Japanese craft he-
tween American ports. | made, how
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-11-16
GRAND JURY GETS
MUTINEER CHARGES
IA Sea:nen Face Charges in Federal
Court at Baltimore for Trouble
At Sea

Baltimore, Md, Nov. 16-(AP)-A
Federal grand jury met today to con-
slider the case of IA seamen charged
with violating mutiny statute while
the government-owned freighter Algic
was on a South American cruise.
United States Commissioner James
Cullen ordered the seamen held for
grand jury action after a recent hear
ing at which they pleaded innocent
They were released on $500 bond each.
The seamen were charged with con-
spring to deprive the ships master,
Captain Joseph Gainard, of his right
full authority in strike at Mon
tevideo, Uruguay.
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fCont;cued 1ro-, Page One.)
blue ribbon of the order of the gar
ter across his chest.
The Duke of Gloucester, who had
officially welcomed Leopold when his
yacht locked at Dover, King George
and Leopold then drove to Bucking-
ham Palace in an open carriage drawn
by six Windsor grays, with the sover-
eign's escort Of royal horse guards
Gathering ahead and behind. An hour
before Leopold's arrival, Viscount
Halifax left for Berlin to confer with
Chancellor Adolf Hitler on matters
of Importance to British and German
relations AS the German ambassador
to London, Joachim Won Ribbentrop,
saw his train off, the tall word presi-
dent of the council, said
I'll be back next Monday"
Leopold arrived at Dover aboard the
yacht Prince Albert at 1855 a. m.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-11-16
well toward zero.
Then-The War.

we'll toward zero.
Then-The War.
This went on until the World War.
Then foreign shipping became SO
preoccupied with it's own difficulties
that it no longer could handle our
business adequately.
We had to -egin shipbuilding. We
made an awful hash of The job, being
completely out Of practice. Still after
a fashion, we "got away with it, The
bclligerents wanted our stuff no mat
ter what kind of tubs we delivered it
in.
But. after the war we still were
stuck with our high prizes.
More subsidies-worse than ever!
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-11-16

magnificent one back in pre-Civil
War times, but several, oceansful OF
water went over the dam after that,
up until our entrance into the world
conflict.
Before the clash between the states
there was reasonably good money 70
be made by Americans in shipping
Even afterward the business doubt
less was equal to yielding moderate
profits, but nothing like such large
profits as were obtainahle by exploit
ers of the countrys internal resources.
Consequently American capital and
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-11-16
BAPTISTS CONVENE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT

An important called meeting of
First Baptist church will be held
Wednesday evening at the church at
7:3O o'clock, Rev. Aleert S. Hale, pas
tor of the church announced today.
The meeting will be to consider re-
Communications of the church from
the board of deacons.
All members were cordially invited
to attend.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-11-16

(7:55 q. m. eastern standard time) and
the king stood at attention while the
guns of Dover Castle 1oomed in royal
salute.
Halifax will arrive at Berlin tomor-
row morning.
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Merchant Marine
Troubles Multiply

&C ,ntiuued from Page One.)
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King of Belgium On Lon
don Visit To King George

fCont;cue6 1ro-, Page One.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-11-16
Hoey Visit With
FDR Is Informal

tcont.nuea from r.ags Ore,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-11-16

c n IL D R E N
HOUSED with
til cir ia in
Red Cross tent col.
onies were given
toys and reerea:
lion was provided
by other children
through Junior Red
Cross
Evening star., 1937-12-12

state lines, still exist Such sources of
protection are now being sought out by
major gangsters, who, desiring to evade
Federal punishment, still attempt to
ply their nefarious trade under the
protection Of local crookedness.
Therefore, it is the duty of every
citizen to study the conditions which
exist in his own community. To that
end, l should like to ask few ques-
tons:
In your state, your county. or your
city, is there state of vice criminality
which seems able to get away with
anything?' Do the authorities pretend
to mop up on vice conditions" with
out being able to make any headway
against them? Do grand juries meet
and spend your money without result
ant indictments? And if the indict-
ments are voted, do strange things
happen to them before the defendants
ever are brought into court?
Is there a gathering of crooks in
your town - the type which seems to
be able to tell somebody that it is
none of his business why they are
there? Do you have numerous rob-
berries with no explanation as to why
you should be particularly afflicted?
Are there certain rules" which must
be followed in your locality? BY that. l
mean - is a contractor forced to use
a certain brand of cement to make
bricks in order to pass" the building
inspectors? Do beer parlors sell GER
tain type of beer ''or else? Are there
Evening star., 1937-12-12

- oNcEIvED in the alimentary
canal of whale and even
tually ending as a necessary
~ ingredient of the very finest
and most expensive perfumes - that's
ambergris.
From time immemorial ambergris
has had fabulous value. Ages before
its true source was even remotely sus-
pected it was component of mediums
and love potions. 1t is even mentioned
in some of the tales of the Arabian
Nights.
Probably not until the middle of the
seventeenth century was its real origin
suspected. Even today we don't know
much about why and how it is formed.
1t is found either floating on the sea
or in the bodies of sick sperm whales,
and is supposed to be a secretion of the
liver or intestines. Sperm whales feed
almost exclusively upon squids or
cuttlefish. Their beaks and bits of the
internal shells are often found in am
bergris. 1t has been supposed. there
fore, that these hard substances irritate
the intestinal walls and that ambergris
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Confisved froa po0s fwo

Federal Bureau of Investigation. So
now, your kidnaper is in Alcatraz.
But he has plenty OF buddies in
local corruption. He has plenty OF
friends who are the benehciaries OF
easily obtained paroles. 1t may interest
you to know that practically every
KIDNAPPING band was made up Of per-
sons who had obtained freedom from
prison by parole or some other form of
executive clemency.
The forces which made k:dnapers
believe that they could get away with
it are still with US.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
wiped out the body snatcher. Why don't
you see what you can do to wipe out
the conditions upon which he thrived?
Evening star., 1937-12-12

bergris is something like gallstones.
Anyway, it appears as a gray or
black waxy substance having an odor
suggestive of musk or benzoin. The
odor is subtly pleasing. but perfumers
believe that ambergris also acts as
fixative - that is, it endows the bios
som odors with greater permanence.
Strangely enough, modern chemistry
has yet to devise a synthetic ambergris
or really efficient substitute.
The black ambergris is very impure;
gray is much more valuable, bring
ing from SIS to $40 an ounce. Thus,
it is worth almost its weight in gold.
Whaling literature is full of yarns
about great hauls of ambergris. One
record is of lump weighing 75O pounds
taken from a single whale. Rarely it is
found floating. presumably having
been discharged by sick whale.
In the last thirty years many sub
stances have been brought to me for
identification. with the hope that they
would prove to be ambergris. Most of
them were ordinary soap. No one has
yet brought me bit of real ambergris.
Evening star., 1937-12-12

night clubs which ''can get away with
it" and others which can't? Are there
gambling halls which seem gifted with
second sight. thus knowing beforehand
whenever a raid rs going to be made?
might 60 on indefinitely with the
symptoms. You should know all of
them if you are an alert citizen. But
here is something you may not know:
The conditions which take care" of
situations such as have just described
are exactly the same conditions which
made the kidnap gangs SO contemp-
tuous of law enforcement that they
went into the business of stealing
human beings for ransom.
The kidnaper often was a protected
local thug. He was the favorite OF var
ious low venal politicians or gangs pro-
tected by politics. He felt that prisons
might have been made for the sucker.
but not for him. Therefore, he sneered
at law enforcement. But he did not
reckon on the non-political. highly
efficient law-enforcement body which
thinking men in long line of Federal
administrations have given to the
Evening star., 1937-12-12

~ ooNER or later. it seems, amateur
photographers choose pets as
camera subjects.
~ There are two viewpoints one
can choose in taking a picture of
pet - one, the animals own view
point; the other, the viewpoint of
human beings observing the pet. The
latter viewpoint is as rule preferable
when the picture involves action that
is amusing to spectator - kitten,
for instance, tangled in a skein of
yarn. The former viewpoint is the one
to choose when the picture is designed
to bring out the animals own char
acter - the meditative quality of
bloodhound, the gruff "old-mannish-
ness" of Scotty. or the majesty of
huge pedigreed cat or the comical
eagerness of puppy.
Viewpoint. in the sense used here.
is identical with ''eye-level." For
puppy picture (say it is snap Of one
on the floor barking at a rubber mousse
the camera will have to rest near the
floor to duplicate the puppy's personal
world outlook
The cat picture shown here was
taken at the animals own eye-level.
The dark background not only pro-
vides contrast but also aids the effect
of royal dignity; a paler background
or backlighting from a window, might
have given a lighter. less regal i'm
preston. Exposure. under amateur
floodlights, varies in pictures like this
according to the distance of the light
from the subject, the kind of film used
Evening star., 1937-12-12
This Amazing Planet
Mysterious ombergs from whoes worth almost its weight gold
by Roy CHAPMAN ANDREWS
Dirseses u ks ~

isformed somewhat like a scabon sore.
But the most characteristic con-
stituent of ambergris is a peculiar fat
like substance called ambrain, which is
closely akin to cholesterin. Cholesterin
is formed in bile, the secretion of the
gall bladder, and it may be that am