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The Washington times., 1937-10-30

Aside from this, it is doubtful
that John Adams portrait will
grace the 2-cent denomination.
No information has been
given out by the Post Office
Department relative to the sub
jects used on the new regular
series other than that those
President of the United States
who have never been portrayed
on United States stamps in the
past will be honored.
THE PRESIDENT STAMPS
From all indications, it ap-
pears as though the new regular
series will not be issued until
well after the new year. Such
a heavy stock Of 1887 COM
memoratives are on hand that
should the regulars appear
early they will be of the high
denominations, from the Scent
up, and Of the newly rumored
Accent denominations, which is
expected to be incorporated in
this series for the first time.
The Washington times., 1937-10-30
PhiLdteLic Society
Meets WedneSd0U

The Washington Philatelic
Society will meet on Wednesday
in the Carlton Hotel, starting
at 8 is o'clock. An interesting
program has been arranged.
All collectors are welcome to at
tend the session.
The Collectors Club, S. P. A.,
Branch 5, will hold dts weekly
meeting in the Thomson School
Tuesday evening. An attrac-
tive program, featuring an ex-
hibition of stamps, is scheduled.
The Washington times., 1937-10-30
C0chets to Mark
State BirthdGvs

Bicolored printed cachets are
being sponsored by Pilgrim
CachetS. P. o. Box 213, West
Englewood, N. j., for the 30th
anniversary of the State Of Okla
homa, November IS; 120th an.
niversary Of the State Of Missis-
sippi, December 10; susquicen-
tennial Of Delaware, Pennsyl.
vania and New Jersey on De-
cenber Z, IL and 18, respec-
lively, in ratifying the Consti.
tuition in 1887: and five other
commonwealths early in 1888.
Send name and address with
4 cents for each cover desired.
or send self-addressed 634 size
envelopes, stamped, unsealed
and unstuffed, with / cent
each for forwarding to State
capitals.
The Washington times., 1937-10-30
CeyI0n Plans
Ge0rgeUSet

According to information from
Crown agents, five values will
be added to the forthcoming
George VI set Of Barbados. These
values are 3d., 4d., Cd. and Is.
and Is. 3d., in addition to the
Nd, ID, 1Had. and 21ad.
AS for Ceylon, a complete set
of II values, ranging from &c.
to 2Rs., will appear shortly. The
portrait Of George vi will be
incorporated in each design in
the upper right or left corners.
The stamps will be printed in
sheets of go.
The third British crown
colony to be heard from relative
to new George VI stamps is
Seychelles. The Crown agents
report that a new set Of is
values, printed in sheets Of $50
subjects, will appear either in
late December or early January.
The 2. 9, IS and so cent values
along with the RS. $50, will
feature a COCO de mer palm
with effigy Of George vi toward
the lower left.
The 3, ~, 80 and rs cent,
along with the Rs. ESQ, depict
Q giant tortoise with the por-
trait Of George VI at the upper
left. On the 6, 20 and IS cent,
Rs. and Rs. 5, values, a fish
ing pirogue with the kings
portrait at the right, will be
used.
The New Hebrides Islands,
which are administered jointly
by Great Britain and France,
will soon issue a new series. AS
usual. the seals of governing
countries will be illustrated.
The Washington times., 1937-10-30

prano, and Krasova, contralto
Messrs. MORT, tenor; Berglund
baritone, and KipniS, bass.
FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT
The National Symphony's con.
cert tomorrow is the first of q
series of six Sunday events. The
second series begins November
IA, with Moritz RoSenthal, su.
perpianist, as Soloist. There will
be a Wednesday evening series
of eight subscription concerts,
six student concerts, four of
which will be prayed in the high
schools of the city and two in
Constitution Hall. All the Sun.
day and Wednesday concerts
take place in Constitution Hall.
There seems to be a great and
entirely welcome revival Of the
choral music of Bach, led, quite
naturally, by the church for
which he wrote 1t. The Con.
cordia Lutheran Church in
cIudes his cantata, Goods Time
Is Best" in the services tonight
commemorating the anniversary
of the Reformation.
Another choral event Of the
greatest Importance is the forth
coming performance Of "a Ger
man Requiem, by Johannes
Brahms, which is to take place
in the washington Cathedral
on Monday, All Saints Day.
The Washington Choral Society
of 1875 voice, conducted by Louis
Potter, F. A. G. o., and sup
ported by an orchestra Of 80
musicians drafted from the Ma
tional Symphony and by two or
ganists, will present the choral
numbers. The soloists engaged
are Ruby Potter, soprano, and
Edwin Steffe, baritone.
RACHMANINOFF COMING
Rachmaninoff will play in
Constitution Hall Tuesday eve
ming, under the local manage
ment of Dorothy Hodgkin Dor
sey. He will begin his program
with the long-neglected Liszt
prelude after" Bach's ''Weinen,
Klagen, sorgen, zagen." and
will follow with the italian"
concerto by the same master.
A Chopin group scheduled to
include an Impromptu, Noe
turne, Mazurka and scherzo
prefaces Debussy'S "Suite Ber.
germasque," believed to be
Rachmaninoff's first adventure
with the music of the French
impressionist. He will add his
own E flat minor Etude and
two of the Iiszt Concert Etudes.
The Washington times., 1937-10-30

WnaC we learn ABOUT MISS
Sack from the publicity released
by General Motors is that she
can ascend to an unbelievable
altitude in pitch, C above high
c. This, it is asserted, is the
highest tone ever sung by hui
man voice.
It will be your misfortune,
and Miss Sacks, if you don't
like the c above high c; if you
have another approach to
music; if you want something
lyric and sentimental. If your
aversion to the acoustic strato-
sphere is like that Of the an
cient Greeks Miss Sacks C
above high C may turn you for
ever against coloratura So
pranos. If there are enough of
you, think Of the damage to the
box office and the correspond
ing grief among the managers!
So it is with relief that one
turns to the announcements of
the resident orchestra and finds
a breath Of superlatives. DR..
Kinder is opening the National
Symphony Orchestra's season
with a famous symphony, an
unknown ancient masterpiece
and a representative selection
OF excerpts from the music
dramas Of Richard Wagner, in
which, be it noted with due
gratitude, he has arranged to
have two of the finest Wagner
songs included.
He might have caused his pub
licity department to describe
Tschaikowsky's fifth as the
greatest Russian symphony, but
he did nothing Of the kind. He
leaves the listener to form his
own opinion, doubtless aware
that many would profess a pref
erence for Rachmaninoff's Sec
ond, or Scriabine's "Divine
Poem"
THE WAGNER GROUP
To represent Wagner he has
engaged a group calling them
selves the Wagnerian Singers
and hailing from the festival
performances Of Salzburg. None
Of them is German. He will pre-
face their appearance on the
program by conducting the pre-
lude to Act III of ''Lohengrin."
thereafter turning over the
baton to Richard Hageman, of
the Metropolitan Opera con-
Quoting staff. The singers ap-
pearing are Mines. Konetzni, So
The Washington times., 1937-10-30
"Turning Wheels" Graphic
Tale of Trek to TranSVaal
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The Washington times., 1937-10-30
John Adams
Not tOGraCe
2-Cent Issue
BY CHARLES A. KENNY

Washington Times Stamp Editor
Evidently, nothing will ever
become of the Treasury Depart
ment's prize contest for a design
for the 1-cent United States
postage stamp.
More than a month ago,
winners Of the contest were
announced, along with the
prize-winning designs. More
than eleven hundred entries
were received, but in scanning
carefully the winning design
as selected by a competent
board Of review, the best that
was offered was indeed dis
appointing.
In fact, as pointed out in this
column last week, the winning
design strangely resenbled the
recent Edward VIII stamps Of
Great Britain.
HOLDUP DESIGNS
A checkup with the Post Of
flee Department reveals the fact
that the Procurement Division
has failed to turn over the prize
winning design or any other Of
the designs to the Post Office.
Can it therefore mean that Pro
curement has definitely decided
that it has found it has no place
in the philatelic unit of the Gov.
ernment?
In the press releases relative
to the announcement Of the
winners it also was announced
that a second contest would be
launched shortly for a design
for a 2-cent stamp. The second
President of the United States,
John Adams, would be the CEN
trail theme of the design. But
so far nothing more has been
said or released by Procurement.
The Washington times., 1937-10-30
YOga Explained
RH Yeats BrOIL,Il

"Yoga Explained" is just off
the presses at Vikings. It is
by Yeats Brown, the British
ex-army officer who wrote the
Lancer books. It treats Yoga as
a practical discipline for better
living and not as a religion or
mystic rite.
The Washington times., 1937-10-30
Valiant Band
Faced Grave
Jungle Peril

The autumn List brings forth
a book to be long remembered.
This is '"The Turning Wheels"
in which Stuart Cloete paints
an unforgettable picture Of the
great trek Of 1885 to the
Transvaal.
This, as was handed on to us
by historians, was undertaken
by q valiant band Of Boer
farmers who resented British In
reference In the Cape colony
where they had formerly
planted their crops and wor-
shipped their God in stolid
peace.
STORY OF PIONEERS
Their story belongs with all
great stories Of the great pio-
neers. They had their covered
wagons, wild horses and patient
oxen. They followed the old
familiar pattern Of birth and
bloodshed along the road. Their
plowshares became swords. They
had Kaffirs and Zulus to battle
instead Of Indians but the result
was the same. The Beers were
eventually wiped out.
They fought and they failed.
But they left a story Of almost
legendary proportions behind.
Cloete, who is himself q Dutch
former farmer from Africa
(along with other things) had
made that story his. He must
have lived it in his mind to
make it so memorable. At any
rate, here it is, stepped in beauty
and passion and violence-vital
from its first to its final page.
KILLED OWN SON
Hendrix van der Borg led his
people north to the promised
land. Big in stature, fanatical
in purpose, a man with a great
misguided mind, there is no
denying his power to build and
destroy. Much could be said
against his methods, few readers
will be sorry to hear of his ILL.,
fated end, but this was true Of
him, he never did anything by
halves. Even his mistakes were
big ones. He was a man who
had to have what he wanted.
If he had to kill to get it he
would kill his own son If he
stood in his way. Unwittingly,
his son did stand in Hendrik's
way: so Hendrix killed him
without hesitation. And that's
merely the beginning Of Hen
drik's story.
r"The Turning Wheels" a
story OF colonization In Africa,
By Stuart CIoete. Published By
Mittlin.)
The Washington times., 1937-10-30
National Symphony
Concert Tomorrow
BY WILLIAM NEWMAN

Americans believe in advertising and advertisers believe
slogans and superlaves Therefore Miss Erna Sack who
from the Dresden Opera sing with the Chicago Opera
and in New York tomorrow sing the NBC blue
network for General Motors at s o'clock
The Washington times., 1937-10-30
New Nippon Issue

Newcomers from Japan are
s-sen olive green, Fugiyama, and
a 6-sen carmine, Nagoya Castle.
each on white paper.
Evening star., 1937-06-08
MRS. LOUIS H. GRAVES
DIES AT HOME HERE

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Graves, II, wife
Of Louis H. Graves, retired plate
printer in the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, died yesterday at her
home, 2ll3 K street, after a weeks
illness.
She had lived in Washington "a
years. having come here from her
birthplace, in County Roscommon, Ire
land. She was the daughter of the
late Michael and Mary Mccormick.
Surviving, besides her husband, are
two daughters, Mrs. Lawler J. Kelley
of Baltimore and Mrs Clinton C..
Hunter; four sons, George W., Leo
H., Charles F. and Paul A. Graves;
a sister, Mrs. Delbert j. Mott; two
brothers, Andrew j. Mccormick, San
Francisco, and Frank M. Mccormick,
New York, and seven grandchildren.
Requiem mass will be said at 9 am.
tomorrow in st. Stephens Church,
followed by burial in Mount Olivet
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-06-08
1tt Mrntnrtut1t.

DEARBORN. ISABELLE. In loving re-
membrance Of our dearly beloved daush-
ter. ISABELLE A. (HAYHoE) DEAR
BORN. who departed this life six years
ago today. June g.. Anniversary mass at
St. Dominics Church.
HER LOVING PARENTS. MR.. AND MRS.
GEORGE F. HAYHOE.
HIGGINS. CLARA WORCH. In sad but
loving remembrance Of my dear wife and
our loving daughter. CLARA WORCH
HIGGINS who died two years ago today.
June 6, 1885.
Every day brings sweet memories.
Every memory brings a tear:
Deep within our hearts we cherish
ThouRhts OF one We loved so dear
HER LOVING HUSBAND AND PAR
ENTS.
PAUL.. WILLIAM LANG. In sad but low
Ing remembrance Of our dear husband
and father. WILLIAM LANG PAUI.L who
departed this life elevesa years ago to-
day. June g. 1926.
Till memory fades and life departs
You'll live forever TN our hearts
Time takes away the edge of grief
Your memory turns back every leaf.
LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN. FLOR
ENCE MAE HUGH G. Z. AND MA
R1ON ANNA DYER.
Evening star., 1937-06-08
MIDSH|PMEN START
ON SUM MER CRUISE
200 Third Glass Men Embark for
Months Voyage as Others
Study Flying.
B. the Associated Press.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, June 8-The 900
members Of the second (junior) class
OF mldshipmen at the Naval Academy
got down to their Summer work yes
terday, 200 going on a months prac-
tice cruise off the Atlantic Coast.
The sea-going group embarked on
the gunboat Erie and the destroyers
j. Fred Talbot, Claxton, Manley, Jacob
Jones, Fairfax and Roper. They will
return on July g.
Another third Of the class will leave
on the vessels on July for a month,
and the remaining third will embark
early in August. The ships will stop
at the Navy proving grounds, Dahl
gren, Va; Newport, r. l., and New
London. Conn.
The 400 members of the class left
at the academy took up the study OF
aviation, which includes flights in sea-
planes. Later in the Summer they
will be given practical work aboard
the submarine Rib.
Evening star., 1937-06-08
J. FULTON SMITH, AZ,
RETIRED GROCER, DIES

j. Fulton Smith, ~, retired grocer
died yesterday after q long illness at
his home, BIT Sixth street southeast.
A native Of this city, Mr.. Smith for
merly was in che grocery business with
his father, the late r. E. Smith. He
was graduate of st. Johns College
and member Of the Potomac Council
OF the Knights OF Columbus and the
Holy Name Society Of st. Peters Cath
olic Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Kath-
crime Parks Smith; his mother, Mrs.
Mary Augusta Smith; three sisters,
Evening star., 1937-06-08

Miss Helen Smith, Mrs c. L. Ecklon
and Mrs. Fred Rose, and brother. DR..
j. Ernest Smith, dentist.
Funeral services will be held at 8
am. tomorrow in st. Peters Catholic
Church. Burial will be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-06-08
D. E. HEMPSTEAD
EXPIRES SUDDENLY
Special Assistant to Attorney
General Was in Land
Division,

David E. Hampstead, 81, a special
assistant to Attorney General Cum
mings. died suddenly today at his
apartment in the Kennedy Warren.
His death was reported caused by a
cerebral hemorrhage.
Mr.. Hampstead was assigned to the
Land Division Of the Justice Depart
ment. He had been with the depart
ment since April 25, 1884.
Mr.. Hampstead was born in Utah.
He is survived by his widow.
Evening star., 1937-06-08
HUCKSTER is SLAIN

Near-Crash Of Truck and Car Pre-
cedes Shooting.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, June (P).-
A near collision of truck and an
automobile was blamed today for the
fatal shooting Of a 38year-old
huckster
r. L. Harrington, State Investigator,
said Matt Smith, 68-year-old railroad
foreman, was arrested on charge Of
Staying Tillman Temple, driver of the
truck, after their two vehicles almost
collided at an intersection yesterday.
Evening star., 1937-06-08
MISS ABIGAIL c. GRAVES
DIES OF HEART ATTACK
Burial in Rock Creek Cemetery
Tomorrow for Woman Long
Resident in City.

Miss Abigail c. Graves, SO, for many
years resident of this city, died yes
terday of heart attack at her home,
2O29 Connecticut avenue.
Miss Graves long had been men,
Der of the Metropolitan Methodist
Episcopal Church and for. many years
active in its affairs. She leaves a
sister, Miss Jennie A. Graves, with
whom she lived at the Connecticut
avenue address, and several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 10 80
IN. tomorrow at the residence. Rev.
DR.. William A. Keese, pastor Of Metro
politan M. E. Church, will officiate.
Burial will be in Rock Greek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-06-08

June 5: 1897 at Garfield Hospital:
FRANCIS B. POYNTON. the beloved
husband of Eva NJ Poynton and father
Of Albert F.. Jane E.. Winifred M. and
Helen F. Poynton. Funeral services at
his late residence. 1914 You ST. Sc, on
Wednesday, June Q. at $40 a M; thence
to St. James Episcopal Church sth st
between B and c sts. n e., where services
will be held at am. Relatives and
friends invited to attend. Interment in
Confessional Cemetery Services by W
w. Chambers Co. Southeast funeral
Evening star., 1937-06-08
POOL FUND NEARS
HALFWAY MARK
$235 Now Donated to Pro.
vide Swimming Facilities
for UnderpriviIeqed.

Donations this morning to the fund
for reopening the Y. w. C. A. SWIM
ming pool at GA E street amounted
to $l13, bringing the total amount Of
money on hand to $235.
That is almost half the $500 needed
to provide underprivileged children Of
downtown Washington with sanitary
swimming pool facilities. where they
may enjoy themselves on hot. sultry
days.
Under the auspices Of the Council
Of Social Agencies, the old swimming
pool in the E Street Y. w. G. A. will
be reopened just as soon as $500 is
accumulated at The Evening Star.
When the cashier opened his mail
this morning he was amazed at the
quick response of generous Washing
tonians From the enthusiastic let
ters accompanying the checks and
currency, 1t is easily seen that two or
three more days will put the swimming
pool campaign over the top. Then
will be brought about great boon to
children in the downtown sector.
SUCVh SOV.
First check to make its appearance
today was one for $50 from Mrs. Hat
tie NJ. Strong.
Then came s25 donation from Miss
M. Katherine Tancill, treasurer of the
Quota Club, who wrote on behalf OF
the membership, I'VE sincerely believe
in the work that will be done there
and hope that the fund will be over
subscribed in short time"
That the work to be done is some
thing really worth while for boys and
girls is the belief OF DR.. Frank T.
Shyne of the National Press Building
whose specially is the treatment of
famous athletes and who claims that
swimming is the finest form of ath-
letics available to boys and girls:
Let 'em swim" he writes, along with
his check for IS. Swimming is one OF
the best exercises"
Other Donations.
Aside from those aforementioned.
the following donations were received
Evening star., 1937-06-08
so Days for Airmail.

The flrst airmail fight across the
United States, made by Galbraith
Rogers In 1911, took so days and 68
stops
Evening star., 1937-06-08

With the previously acknowledged
donations of 1922, the s1l3 that came
into the fund today brings the total
to 1888. So that if s265 arrives in the
next day or so The boys and girls Of
downtown Washington will have their
swimming pool-free of charge. rs
one contributor wrote, We have BOYS
of our own and know what swimming
means"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-26
British Officials
 Going to Attend
 Dukes Wedding
Official Spokesman n An nounces Best Man at
 Ceremony at Monts

MONTS, France, May 26. = Six teen wedding guests, several of them holding British official positions, are announced for attendance at the wedding ceremony of the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis War field
 The guests will include H. Lloyd Thomas, First Secretary of the Brit ish Embassy at Paris; Sir Walter Monckton, Attorney General; Lady Walford Selby, wife of the British Minister in Vienna; and Major E. B. Metcalfe, who will attend with Lady Alexandra Metcalfe. The Major will be the Dukes best man
 The spokesman for the Duke and Mrs. Warfield did not comment on the fact that only sixteen of thirty invited accepted.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-26
FRENCH PLANE BROUGHT DOWN,
 REBEL BULLETS
Pilot and Passengers Re ported Wounded
 Land Near Bilbao

BILBAO, Spain, May 26.-Ma- chine gun bullets of an Insurgent fleet of war planes downed the French Air Pyreness" transport near the besieged Basque capital
 French Pilot Jean Gally, former French Army fliers, and Spanish passengers were wounded.
 The plane was badly damaged both by bullets and from force of the pancake landing on the sandy soil near Soelana.
 The wounded pilot and one of the four passengers were brought to Bilbao by auto.
 All of the passengers were Span- iardS.
 Widows of the plane are re- ported perforated by a dozen ma chine gun bullets.
 The Insurgent squadron compris- ed German made planes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-26
CANNERY FIRE,
 HIDDEN INLET,
 IS REPORTED
Principal Buildings Report ed Destroyed by Fire
 -$l50,000 Loss

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, May 26.-- Unofficial reports received here say the principal buildings of the Hid- den Inlet Cannery of the Nakat Packing Company have been de- stroyed by fire with loss of pro- bably $150000.
 One man, unidentified. is report ed to have been injured.
 Pilot Herb Munter and also Pilot Robert Ellis have flown to the scene.
 About 50 men are said to have been at the cannery preparing 1t for the seasons operations.
 Word came here by the tender Pe- trel and the report is that the main cannery building warehouse. oil house and dock have been destroyed.
 Extensive improvements have just been completed at the cannery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-26
NAzI FLAG IS
 TORN DOWN IN
 SAN FRANCISCO
Emblem of Germany, Used in Bridge Celebration,
 Is in Shreds
MARINE WORKERS
 MAY VOTE BOYCOTT
Formal Opening, with Gen eral Fiesta, Is Set for
 Coming Friday

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May 26.-- The Golden Gate Bridge fiesta, al- ready harrassed by the major hotel strike, is now threatened with a marine labor boycott in protest over the use of decorating in which NaA- German flags are used.
 One Nazi flag was ripped down last night by unidentified men. Whether it was an accident, has not been determined. The incident occurred on downtown corner and whether it will lead to diplomatic protest has not been immediately determined.
 Flag in Shreds
 It is said a group of men, bearing long pole, fitted with cutting de- wise, tore the flag from an overhead wire, leaving it in shreds.
 The men had left the scene be- fore the police arrived.
 The Bay City Council, powerful Maritime Federation, according to officers, will take vote as to whe- ther the organization will withdraw from the celebration.
 The formal opening is scheduled for Friday.
 Bridge Facts
 The celebration of the completion of the worlds longest suspension bridge makes resume of it's demen- sions timely. The bridge facts are as follows:
 Length overall ..................9 9200 feet Length of main spans (Longest in
 the world by 700 feet .4200 feet Length of side spans -.... 1125 feet Cost .........-........ $35, ,OO0, ,O0O Decks One Width of roadway (six auto lanes)
 feet Sidewalks leach 101z feet wide) Clearance over high water (span
 centeD -.---~-..-......-...-...........-2 -220 feet Height of deck above water Cat center ..........,............... 266 feet Height of two bridge towers
 tHlghest in the world) TAG feet Annual automobile capacity .......... -.--....-...-............... 10000, ,00O Annual truck and bus capacity ..,........,...... 6,0O0,OO0 Length of arch span tFort PoinD
 319 feet Height of arch span (Fort Point)
 .....-............-.....-..,.,....- 200 feet