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Smyrna times., 1937-02-11
Attractions at Strand Theatre

Friday Saturday = Zane Grey,
Americas outstanding writer of
outdoor stories, has chosen a new
and thrilling locale for his latest
work, king of the Royal Mount
ed," with Robert Kent starred, and
Rosalind Keith and Alan Dinehart
heading a cast of screen favorites.
AS the title indicates, King of the
Royal Mounted" is a story of Can
ada's Royal Mounted Police, high
lighted by spectacular action,
scenic grandeur, hard-riding ro-
nance and fast-shooting thrills.
Monday and Tuesday = college
Holiday" has plenty of rhyme.
Scientific mating, a bankrupt bust
ness which is being saved" by an
orchestra leader-these and more
elements enter into the plot. Jack
Benny is the press agent, and his
dry, smooth wit flows without stop
during the length of the picture.
Loud Martha Raye brings the
broth to a fierce bubble with her
hoarse blues wailing and that fiat
foot truckin' at which she is the
greatest artist. George Burns and
Oracle Allen-Gracie' name is Cal
liope bring their own nut-f1avored
brand of humor to the comedy
task, and Mary Boland scores as
a dizzy matron. There is plenty in
college Holiday but none of it
was ever learned in college
Smyrna times., 1937-02-11

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set up new ond omozing records
for quick sterling in the severesf
tests we could devise-md hos
emerged triumphant.
We not only cloim quick sfurt-
ing ...w we prove ii. Put your foith
In Blue Sunoco because its quick
Evening star., 1937-11-01

of one of the largest mills on the At
lantic Coast He wanted to be super
intendent. But, remembering his first
experience, he didn't let himself think
about it. He forced himself to be con-
tented, forgot the future-and lol One
day Mr.. Somers, the general manager,
called him into his Office.
Bob, we're transferring Martin to
the South Carolina plant. We've had
our eye on you. You seem willing to
do your present job well, without
spending too much time reaching for
the future. How would you like to be
superintendent"
Bob had been superintendent for a
year when he met Betty Carstairs. She
was the daughter of the local bank
president, high up in the city's society,"
She was the most beautiful thing he
had ever seen. She had black hair and
deep brown eyes and creamy skin. The
night that they met he couldn't keep
his eyes off her. And when he got
home that night he told himself that
he was in love and that he couldn't
be happy without Betty Carstairs for
his wife.
During the next week he made in
quiries. He learned that Betty Car
stairs had just returned from Europe,
that she had brought with her a count
named Andre Faloux, who was visit
ing this country in the interests of his
government. Betty was engaged to
marry the count.
THE following Saturday Bob called
up. He was surprised that she
remembered him He was delighted
when she said she'd go out to the
club with him.
They had a marvellous time. They
danced awhile and then drove into
the country and stopped at a road
side stand and ate hamburgers.
you know" said Bob, I'm begin
ming to think I haven't lived, up. to
now. I've been too interested in my
job"
She laughed. And that" she said,
never hurt any man."
After that he saw her often. Not
as often as he would have liked.
but one or two nights a week. They
had swell fun together. He knew that
she liked him, and marveled that a
girl so beautiful, who could haye about
anything she wanted, could find any,
thing of interest in mere business
man.
He knew she saw Count Andre often.
The count divided his time between
the CarstairS home and New York.
When he was in town Bob never saw
Betty. But it didn't worry him. He
felt that he was getting places, Betty
Evening star., 1937-11-01
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Evening star., 1937-11-01
TUNES BRING CASH
"

Days Headlines in Melody In
creasesSales for Newsboy.
LOUISVILLE, KY. P).-Here's a
tip for street corner newsboys who can
carry tune.
1t comes from Fulton Gunter, I8,
who says his sales have doubled since
he started adopting the days head
lines to the melody of THE Organ
Grinders Swing"
1t goes something like this:
Mrs. Manville gets divorce,
shes his fourth wife. of course;
Auto stolen, cops nab one;
Read the (name on paper, oh,
what fun!"
Evening star., 1937-11-01

Betty had stopped often. Alone, he
remembered his first experience in
business. He had reached too far once
and now he was doing it again. The
first time it had resulted in tragedy;
this was the same. He was a fool
Bob went back to the mill and
asked if he could take his annual va
cation, beginning right then. They
said he could.
4 X
LIE WENT up in Maine and spent
two and a half weeks fishing.
Then he could stand 1t no longer. He
was a fool but he couldn't help it..
This was different from business. In
business you always get fresh start
somewhere. You couldn't when you
were in love. Really in love.
He chartered a plane to take him
back home. Without bothering to
change or wash, he climbed into his
coupe and drove over to the Carstairs
There was a party in progress. There
Evening star., 1937-11-01

must have been hundred people
present. Bob went wandering around
and pretty soon he came to the end
of the tennis court and there on q
bench sat Betty and her count.
He strode up to them.' II want to
talk to you," he said.
"Bob" cried Betty.
The count stood up. IT beg your
pardon" he said loftily.
"Nuts!" said Bob. He turned to
Betty. Il read in the papers about
your marrying this guy. suppose I'm
fool, but don't want you to marry
Evening star., 1937-11-01

mitting activities of Station WRC from
the Riggs Bank -Tompkins Building at
Fourteenth and Park road, Washing
ton, to new brick structure on Ager
road near Northwest Branch, it was
said today by A. E. johnson, engineer
in charge.
Although a building permit for the
new transmitting station has been is
sued by the Prince Georges County
building inspector. plans have not yet
been completed, Mr.. johnson said.
The new building will cost approx
mately $29, 900.
Evening star., 1937-11-01
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Evening star., 1937-11-01
Errors Aid Car Owner.

UNION, S. c. R.-A policeman
asked q merchant here to repark his
car, but the tradesman found it locked
and couldn't locate the key.
He ordered a locksmith to make a
Key, had the machine washed and
creased, filled with gas and oil and
reparked.
Then the real owner got In and
drove away, apparently unaware Of
what had happened.
1t looked exactly like mine" the
merchant lamented.
Evening star., 1937-11-01

him without knowing that I love you
and would like to have you marry me,
too"
But can't marry you, tool" Betty
said.
II don't mean that" said Bob. "You
know what I mean"
eyes. I do" said Betty. II was
afraid you wouldn't ask me. I was
afraid you'd think II was too aristo-
cratic. And then thought that, even
though you were business man, ii
you had any imagination you wouldn't
let me marry any one else. That's why
Evening star., 1937-11-01
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loved him, she was
going to m arry
him.
And then, when
B o IBIS happiness
had hit ar all-time
high, he picked up
the paper one
morning and read
that the Carstairs
had set a date for
the wedding of
their daughter to
the foreign count.
Bob couldn't be-
lieve his eyes. But
there was Betty's
picture, she was
standing, beside the
count with his arm
around her.
Bob took the aft
ern oon off and
drove into the
country to a spot
W h ere he and
Evening star., 1937-11-01
EARLY in his.

EARLY in his
business career
Bob r ay m o n d
learned a lesson,
and benefited by
1t. He learned that
sometimes you can
reach too far and
spoil what you al
ready have. And
SO, after the first
Illuminating eXpe-
rience, in which he
missed out on an
opportunity to go
ahead in the steel
industry, Bob curb
ed his ambition and
schooled himself to
be contented with
what he had.
His forte W a s
business, and from
steel he went into
textile. Five years
later he was assist
ant Sunerintenient
Evening star., 1937-11-01

I asked mother to set the date"
my good man." began the count.
I'll have to ask you to explain all
this"
"Wow!" said Bob. Flows this for
an explanation?" Whereupon he
picked Betty up in his arms and went
galloping on with her into the night
The count stared, open-mouthed
He never had been able to understand
the ways of Americans.
(Copyright. 1879
Evening star., 1937-11-01
WRC PLANS TO MOVE
STATION TO AGER ROAD

National Broadcasting Co. Plans
$29, 900 Building in Prince
Georges County.
BY staff Correspondent OF The Star.
HYATTSVILLE, Md, Nov. L.
Plans are being made by the National
9roadcasting Co. to move the trans
Evening star., 1937-11-01
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Evening star., 1937-11-01

Jamaica will build many new roads
Evening star., 1937-04-21

adopted in some Of the States, would be
to obtain the eighty per cent Of the
taxes imposed under the 1926 laval
OF which now go to the Federal Treas
ury.
As shown in The Star articles which
discuss the estate tax measure intro
duced as one Of the series OF local tax
bills, there are several changes which
should be made in the bill to bring it
more closely into line with the eighty
per cent principle.
First, instead Of setting up a rate
structure OF its own, which may dig
further down into small estates than
the National Government goes, and
which may have the effect OF adding
to the tax burden, the bill should be
content In taking the allowable eighty
per cent OF the revenues collected under
the 1926 act. AS shown by several of
the simple provisions contained in some
OF the State laws, examples of which
are or will be discussed in The Star
articles, this is entirely feasible and
results in more simple administration.
Second, the bill should contain retro
active provision recapturing eighty per
cent OF the death taxes paid the Federal
Government under the 1926 revenue act
In previous years-a principle which has
been sanctioned In rulings of the Bureau
OF Internal Revenue and which should
be applied here in a manner designed
to obtain additional revenues for the
District.
In considering the local tax measures.
congress is acting as a local legislature
for the District of Columbia. It should
approach its task, as a State Legislature
does, with the interests of the local tax
payers uppermost in mind, seeking to
obtain for them all of the advantages
which accrue to the people of the States
who are directly represented in the tax
ing agencies. Acting in accordance with
what such a role demands, Congress will
enact for the District fair estate tax
without adding to existing tax burdens
and recapturing as high q proportion
OF taxes already paid as possible.
Evening star., 1937-04-21
Innocent Bystanders.

When condition Of war develops be-
tween capital and labor, it appears that
leaders on both sides Of the struggle for
get the existence of two other classes of
people namely, investors and consumers,
These latter groups are the innocent
bystanders whose role customarily seems
to be that of getting hurt. Especially
in the present crisis is it indicated that
the militant campaign of John L. Lewis
and his c. I.,O. will have the effect of
decreasing the value Of savings in the
form Of stocks and bonds and of in
creasing the cost Of living in the form
Of rising prices in the commodity market.
The current problem, examined from
the angle Of the interest of the whole
Nation, has implications Of universal i'm
portance. In theory, only employers and
employees are involved, but actually the
influence Of their conflict viii be felt
Evening star., 1937-04-21
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E, TRACEWELL.

Whitley. our semi -albino English
sparrow friend, has poor sense Of graft
tude.
Having fed her and her pals since
last August, we had hoped she would
nest in our garden.
What has she done. ungrateful bird
except select a neat house in the yard
Of neighbor!
OF course, because she is such very fine
creature, distinguished by bands Of
white on sides and tail.
1t always has been possible to spot
her. owing to her unusual coloration.
little more white, and she had been
that rarity, complete albino.
There are several birds in her gang
which have spots on their Sides but none
with nth as much white on them.
Since most English sparrows are as
alike as the proverbial peas in pods,
1t has been fortunate for those who feed
the birds in our vicinity that they have
had her as sort OF guide.
Once Whitley was recognized for what
she is, semi-albino sparrow, she always
Identified her crowd of birds.
When we see her, we know for sure
that 1t is the old gang.
She first showed up last August at a
small trough-like feeder placed at the
foot OF red maple.
What is that unusual bird with white
on her wings?"
Such was the question asked.
She happened to be with flock OF
sparroWs, but surely she looked like no
other sparrow on earth.
One almost invariably makes bird
Identification as difficult as possible
Instead of realizing at once that this
was simply different sparrow, on
lockers tried to identify" her as Of an
other species.
Woodpeckers in the books were in
spected minutely, but she surely was no
woodpecker
Other plates showing birds with white
on them were examined.
Whitley was none of them.
1t was only after several days OF futile
search that watchers had to admit the
truth, that she was and must be simply
a different English sparrow.
All Winter long she ate with her crowd
at the four feeders in the garden.
From one to another Whitley would
ny, her markings making her conspicu-
Gus wherever she was
There was scarcely day during eight
months that her pleasant gray breast
and white wings did not grace the yard.
One felt reasonably sure, then, that she
would show up on the morrow.
Sure enough, she did
The hope became that when April
rolled around, and the fancy of sparrows
and young men turned to love, Whitley
would show the proper gratitude for the
pounds of finest seeds and grains spread
out daily for her delectation.
But who can read the thoughts of a
sparrow?
Spring came. or at least what was
called Spring; the birds started to look
over sites for nest; they poked their
heads into holes in old trees, and into
holes in curious protrusions on the
trunks
These latter, of course, were bird
Evening star., 1937-04-21

In every home throughout the land. It
happens that mere fraction of the total
population Is organized and that any
advantage which that fraction may enjoy
as the result Of coercive enterprise must
be at the expense Of the unregimented
majority. Investors and consumers alike
will pay the bill
But the general public does not under
stand the meaning Of the contemporary
trend of eveEts. It hears OF "sit-down"
strikes declared, conferences arranged
with the assistance OF local or Federal
arbitrators, agreements reached and work
resumed. Yet the story invariably stops
short Of its natural conclusion. Even
members OF Congress avoid mention OF
the denouement. Any observer with
hardihood to inquire about the funding
OF the expense of decreased hours of labor
and increased wages is frowned upon as
an impertinent reactionary, traitor to-
the new concept of life arbitrarily made
more abundant for a relative few to the
detriment Of many.
The time, however, Is sure to come
when the facts must be faced. Indeed.
1t already is at hand. President Roose-
velt himself has expressed the fear that
prices in some industries are going UP too
fast. His anxiety may be illustrated by
the recent experience Of a Washington
contractor who in December undertook
a local construction job and who now In
April is finishing that Job under condi-
tions which have altogether eliminated
any chance for reasonable profit that he
originally had. A strike a thousand
miles distant halted the work when it
was half completed. Then, when peace
was restored, materials 50 nearly doubled
IN cost that the contrae tor was obliged
to lay of several of his helpers to meet
the difference. Delay was one conse-
quence and the necessary penalties for
delay another. Interest on loans for paw
rolls and for supplies wiped out the
margin allowed in the estimate for
overhead and for the contractors own
wages as superintendent and manager
of the job.
Such an incident is inconsequential, of
course. But 1t is symptomatic of what
is going on and it ought to be compre-
hended as danger signal on the high
way OF progress on which America is
supposed to be advancing.
Evening star., 1937-04-21

houses. afixed by thoughtful humanA
who wanted their feathered friends to
feel at home.
An especially fine one, optimstically
called bluebird house, was about Is
feet up on the trunk Of a locust.
1t was unanimously agreed that II
Whitley would deign to accept this house
for the Summer Of 1887 it would be 4
very fortunate thing for the garden.
The flrst thing the friend Of birds has
to learn is that he must take what comes
1t is well to put up bluebird house,
and to hope bluebirds inhabt 1t, but
If nice English sparrow family chooses
the house first, 1t Is just as well that the
human watchers be satisfied.
Garden grumblers, as we named them
recently, are all too numerous, as it is;
to add to their numbers because certain
birds do not accept certain houses, and
others do, is to pile foolishness upon
foolishness
Chagrin that Whitley had chosen an
other garden was only momentary 1t
was good garden, and Whitley would be
very happy there.
Eth, Whitley?
Man proposes but God disposes, truly.
The birds select their nests according
to ancient dictates, just as they choose
their feeding places.
Theirs Is not conscious thought, but
something better, 1t may be believed, the
immemorial unconscious mind which
Nature uses through her closest children.
Whitley knows best, one may feel sure.
Whether to keep feeding the birds
during the Summer is an open question.
We propose to do so, on a modified
scale, If for no other reason than to
supply Whitley and her brood, or broods,
with little extra food
Most birds, however, which abound in
suburban communities, tend to fall away
from feeders from now on.
Certainly there will be no such de-
mand on them for the rest of Spring
and Summer as existed from last Fall
to the present hour.
Cardinals still will come very early,
and very late, to feeding stations as also
will the sparrows, and jays from time
to time, with many another species, but
in the main all the birds find all the food
they want in gardens and woods at this
season, without being forced to resort
to dry grains and seeds.
Even seed-eating birds find fresh
grubs, insects, larvae and other forms of
insect life, including many small gnats
and the like, acceptable fare from now
on.
Those who love Nature will recall
with what avidity most birds devoured
the seventeen-year-lo r-locusts last year.
Feeding the birds continuously during
the Winter is rather expensive, if one
has several feeding stations, and keeps
them constantly supplied
In contrast single feeder during
the Summer costs almost nothing, since
the birds do not visit it often, being
more than satisfied with the fresh food
they are able to get elsewhere
But their occasional visits to feeder
placed in secluded spot in the grounds
will be much relished by the bird fan,
and will help them by giving variety to
their meals. All created things like a
change in diet.
Evening star., 1937-04-21
Local Estate Tax.

The proposed local estate tax has been
favored for many years as one method
Of obtaining needed additional revenues
for the District. AS usually described,
the effect of the local tax would be to
return to the District eighty per cent
Of the revenues now paid to the Federal
Government in death taxes under the
revenue act Of 1926. The Federal death
taxes have been materially increased since
1925 by surtaxes, on which no credit is
allowed the taxpayer. But the effect OF
the local law, in line with the practice
Evening star., 1937-04-21
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton.

As the dusk shadows gather around me
hear your light step at my door,
The fleet tap Of delicate fingers
And the sound of your voice once more.
Be still, foolish heart, in thy rapture
1t is naught but the sunset breeze
Lightly drifting across my doorway
And whispering low in the trees.
You tarry so long. Yet faith tells me
I shall hear in the twilight some day
Your step once again at my threshold,
Your swift knock In the old dear way.