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Evening star., 1937-09-01
CAPT. JOHN c. LEONARD
is BURIED IN ARLINGTON
Retired Naval Officer Died at st.
Petersburg, Fla, July 26
at Age of 78,

Capt. John c. Leonard, U. 8. N,
retired, who died at st. Petersburg,
Fla, July 26, was buried in Arlington
National Cemetery yesterday with
naval honors. He was 78 years old.
Off1ciating at the rites was Capt.
Robert D. Workman, chief Of the
Nays Chaplain Corps.
Capt. Leonard is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Elizabeth c. Leonard, of
st. Petersburg. He was born at
Mason, Ohio, June 12, 1859, and
appointed cadet engineer in the
Navy in October, 1878 During his
lengthy career, he served on various
ships and stations. He was first re-
tired in July 1914 but returned to ac-
tive duty in the World War and served
as inspector Of engineering material
at Brooklyn, N. Y. He held the
Spanish Campaign Medal the Phil
lipine Campaign Medal, the Mexican
Service Medal, as well and the Victory
Medal for his World War duty.
Evening star., 1937-09-01

Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Katherine ToWnshend Clossman; a
daughter, Marguerite Clossman, 10,
and his mother, Mrs. Alice Clossman
all of this city; four sisters, Mrs, Edna
Johnson. Athens, Ohio; Mrs. Lillian
Kerr. Marietta, Ohio; Mrs. F. F.
Lookenott, La Vale, Md, and Mrs.
c. H. Freed, this city, and brother,
John c. Clossman. Athens, Ohio.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. tomorrow at the residence. Burial
will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-09-01
Bennett

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1937-09-01

DR.. Clossman
came here in 1922
from Ohio and
practiced his pro-
fession until ILL
ness forced him
to quit last April.
A native of
McConnells Vile,
Ohio, DR.. Gloss
man was grad
uated from the
Ohio Dental Col
lege. He was the
son of the late
DR.. Frank II.
Z l o S S m a n, Sr.,
dentist
Evening star., 1937-09-01
SAMUEL (. BOYER, 70,
WEALTHY FARMER, DIES
Vice President of Bank at Wood
stock Also Was Director OF
Insurance Company.

STOCK ALSO w as director OF
Insurance Company.
BY the Associated Press.
WOODSTOCK, Va, September L.
Samuel E. Boyer, 7S, one OF the
wealthiest farmers of Shenandoah
County and vice president of the Ma
tionsl Bank Of Woodstock, died yes
terday in the Winchester (VaD Me-
mortal Hospital of complications part
ly aScribed to age
Born in Powells Fort Valley of a
pioneer family, he taught school in
Woodstock and Shenandoah County
over so years ago.
He had been an officer of the bank
since it was founded and was a di-
rector of the Shenandoah Farmers
Fire Insurance Co.
He was member of the Church Of
God, at Maurertown, and was at one
time an officer in it.
His wife died in 1920.
Surviving children are w. E. Boyer,
bank cashier here: E. L. Boyer and S.
H. Boyer of Powells Fort Valley, and
Mrs G. R. Burke of Washington
Evening star., 1937-09-01
DR.. F. H. CLOSSMAN,
DENTIST, DIES AT 49
Native of McConnellsville. Ohio,
Came Here in 1922-Rites
to Be Tomorrow.

DR.. Frank H. Clossman, 40, dentist,
died yesterday at his home, 1917
Massachusetts, avenue southeast, after
a long illness.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12
INCOME FAILS TO CATCH OUTGC

1t is very doubtful whether any
thing can happen to give hope of bal
ancing the budget. The expansion
of the Government may be measured
in Washington, but beyond that it ex-
pands into States like chain stores
and soil from the dust bowl, Safe
to say the Government is several
times as "big" as it was five years
ago--costs proportionately more to
run it. AS control expands over
finance, securities, labor, railroads,
shipping, power and electricity, and
double as many varied matters as
five years ago, what happens? More
outflow of the taxpayers money, more
taxation-and few billion for this
and that. Decreased taxes are i'm
possible. The Governments income
fails to catch up with it's spendings.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12
IN THE OLD DOMINION

Williamsburg, Va, November, '37.
Hundreds of visitors, whose lie
ense plates show them to be from
every state in the Union, come here,
just as 1 did, to see the magic results
of the Restoration of Williamsburg.
They see old Bruton Church and
William and Mary College, and many
buildings that were built before
there was such a political organiza-
= on as The United States.
That which is old along Duke of
Gloucester Street" and in other parts
# the town are fine settings for all
hat is moulded in the Restoration.
First, there is the restored British
Capitol, with reminders of English
Governors and American patriots,
George Washington, Patrick Henry,
Benjamin Harrison and scores of
others. In this building the House
of Burgess; reproduced, with orig
inal chair of the presiding officer.
Rich reproductions of furnishings
and relics and paintings of English
kings and queens and also of early
American revoIutionist These are
but parts OF the restored Capitol,
with the flag Of Britain flying over
it's top.
Tie Governors Palace is like the
halls of the richest monarchs, in
grandeur, furnishings and prize
relics. Raleigh Tavern lives again,
in new walls, but with a setting in
side and out that makes one feel as
though he were living in the Colonial
past.
Old jamestown, only six miles
away, lost out to Williamsburg about
100, when the British seat of Gov
eminent moved to the latter city.
After the Revolution Williamsburg
became a sleepy old town. And so
it remained until few years ago
when John D. Rockefeller agreed to
finance the Restoration.
Now the work is finished, Will
liamsburg is 100 miles from Wash
ington. Next to Mount Vernon there
is no place more worth seeing, parti-
cularly for those loyal, loving Ameri-
cans who get heart throbs" in such
spots of historical and sentimental
importance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12
Middle Plantation Once
Name of Williamsburg, Va.

It has been said that "the history
of the chief city of a country is in
great measure the history of that
country itself" If this philosophy
be true, one can easily judge the
significant part Williamsburg, Va,
has played in shaping the events
which led to the struggle by which
the thirteen English colonies in
America separated from Great Brit
ain and became the United States
of America.
First known as Middle Plantation,
says a writer in the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, Williamsburg, renamed in
honor of King William III, was set
tied in 1882. 1t was the capital of
Virginia from 1898 until 1899, and
became the political, educational,
economic and social center of the
largest, wealthiest and most popu-
lous colony in America. 1t was here
that the first seeds of thought were
planted by the devotees of liberty,
and here that the first steps were
taken looking toward the union Of
the colonies. Williamsburg is the
seat of William and Mary college,
opened in 1893, the second oldest
college in the United States. 1t be-
came the alma mater of three pres
idents-Jefferson, Monroe and Ty-
Ter, and of many other distin-
guished patriots and statesmen.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12
GOING TO MOTOR SCHOOLS

The country is full of trained local
experts and mechanics who mend our
car troubles-making it unnecessary
to "get out and get under" in the old
time way.
Here is a national industry that
huns so lively that no villager en-
gagged in 1t has any spare moments
to use in standing under spreading
chestnut trees. Automobiles stud
ents who take prescribed courses are
kept busy in study-halls until they
know their "onions" and also all the
bolts. nuts and intracacies of cars.
In the General Motors Institute at
Flint, Michigan, there was a record
breaking total of 1880 men and
women receiving instruction in the
varied courses during the past school
year. OF these 1882 were in the
foremanship and executive training
program. An additional 1886, COM
posed chiefly of Industrial employees,
were enrolled in the spare time study
program.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12

The automobile industry is given
credit by statisticians for the steady
up-swing of American business that
led the country out of the woods
onto the road of recovery. The iron
and steel industry has remarkable
average of nearly one-third more
production this year than last. De-
spite the fact that the automobile
industry has suffered greater har-
rassment by strikes than any other
branch of manufacturing it has for
many years been the nerve center of
American business, because every
locality is concerned in the affairs of
people who operate 3O,000,000 cars
on the highways. 1t is therefore en-
couraging to note the continued i'm
provement in industrial relations in
that industry between employees and
employers. At the present time labor
leaders are yielding to the demands
of cool-headed workmen in trying to
maintain the sanctity of contracts
with employers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12
Enamel Ingredients

The ingredients from which the
enameled surface of plumbing fix
lures are made come from many
different parts of the world, says
the Plumbing and Heating Indus
tries bureau. Tin oxide from the
Malay States, kryolith from Green
land, barium carbonate FIR m
France, and calendar clay from
Germany are among the 20 ele-
ments which are combined to make
the glass-like surface for bathtubs,
lavatories, sinks, and laundry tubs.
The cast iron shell of the fixture is
heated to cherry-red and the glass
like powder is busted on, thus in
surfing a complete fusion of the en-
amel with the iron. The result is
a fixture with all the rightly Of
iron and the lustrous and sanitary
surface of glass.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12
JAPAN AND THE DRUG TRAFFIC

At moment when Japanese
bombs are being dropped upon un-
armed cities in China new and
scarcely less terrible crime is being
committed against those Chinese who
have submitted to Japanese rule.
This consists in the demoraliza-
ton of the people of Manchoukuo,
Jehol Fukien and neighboring ter
ritories under Japanese control by
development of the drug traffic upon
scale never previously equalled, a
scale which has converted this area
into the chief world center of one of
the most nefarious trades that exist.
The fact is brought to light in an
authoritative report issued by COM
mittee appointed by the League of
Nations at Geneva. This committee
finds that opium growing has in
creased to an extent never previous
ly known in northern China. Fac
tories have been set up and are turn
ing out heroin in quantities many
times in excess of the whole worlds
legitimate demands. In one Sino-
Japanese city alone-that of Hardin
$4,000 drug addicts are said by
credible witness to visit the herion
dens daily. There has also begun
an export trade to Europe, America
and Northern Africa to an extent
which is believed to make the Fal
East the source of nearly 80 percent
of all the illicit herion traffic in the
world.
Up to the present the Chinese have
been the chief victims of this state
of things, But it affects also Japan
country whose good name is al
ready suffering under the imputation
of military ruthlessness, to which
now is added charge vouched fol
by the League of Nations committee
of encouraging noxious traffic in
furious to all the world
Christian Science Monitor
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12
Questions And Answers
WHAT'S WHAT ABOUT SOCIAL
SECURITY

@. SO If l work 20 years before
reaching SIS and earn $4,000 year,
what will be the amount of the old
age insurance payments l will get
each month under the Social Security
law?
A. 80 Your monthly old-age
benefits check will amount to $52.92
for as long as you live after you
reach IS and retire from regular en-
ployment in covered employment.
@. 83 If earned $25 week 70.
20 years but died before l was old
enough to receive any monthly old
age insurance payments under
the Social Security Act would my
estate or my relatives get anything
A. SO There would be paid to
your estate or relatives, in one lump
sum payment, total of approx
mately 500. Lump-sum payments
are being made every day by the
Social Security Board to those who
have reached 65 and are eligible, and
to the estates or relatives of eligible
workers who have died. Your near
est Social Security Board Office will
give you full information.
@. "a Does the amount worker
will get in unemployment compen
sation payments depend on the per-
sons wages?
A. "a The amount of payments
which will be made to an eligible UNI
employed worker under the unem-
ployment compensation law will de-
pend on the amount of his weekly
wage, the period for which he has
been employed and other factors.
Ask the Maryland State Unemploy-
ment Compensation Board, Balti-
more for full information.
@. IS Does every State, get Fed
eral funds from the Social Security
Board for payment to old persons
who are in need?
A. IS No. Virginia does not. 1t
is the only State not having old-age
assistance law which has been ap-
proved by the Social Security Board
under the Social Security Act. Under
the law the Social Security Board
makes to States with approved laws
grants which match dollar for dollar
the amount given by the State to a
needy aged person, up to maximum
Federal contribution of SIS month
for an individual.
@. Sc Does an employer have to
deduct the Social Security Act in
come tax from the employees wages
each week.,
A. Sc The Social Security Act
says the employer "shall deduct" the
| income tax levied under Title VIII ON
employees wages when and as
paid. The Bureau of Internal Rev
enue, however, has ruled that if an
employer chooses to do so he may
himself pay the income tax for the
employee and such payment will not
be additional and therefore taxable,
wages.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12
NERVE CENTERs in BUSINESS

How the ups and downs of the
people of our country are affected
by the changes in business conditions
seems to be only "a matter of simple
mathematics for that mysterious pro-
fession, that we call "statisticians"
Government statisticians tell us
that business conditions are on the
average nearly 10 per cent better
than year ago. But there are
shadows on the sun of prosperity in
a half-dozen middle-western states
and another half-dozen states
throughout the union, including
New York
The changes in working conditions
throughout the country indicate that
the workmen and employees in an in
elusive tabulation of the more i'm
portant industries are getting about
81 per cent of all the national income
which is apparently larger percent
age than labor has ever received be-
fore. Workers of the country have
from 9 to Is per cent and more buy
ing power than in 1929.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12
Washington today is asking JUS

Washington today is asking just
one question. What will Congress do
about this question Of peace or war
when it gets back into action on the
fifteenth? The neutrality law pass
ed by Congress to keep this country
out Of foreign wars has been definite
ly ignored by the Executive, and
there Is more to it than just that.
Back of the Administrators refusal
TO carry out the law lies the struggle
between Congress and the Executive
for the control of the foreign policy
and the war-making power in this
country.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12
Statue of Capitol Building

The statue of an Indian on the
dome of the Capitol at Washington
is the figure of a white woman and
symbolizes liberty. 1t is often err
roneously supposed to represent an
American Indian, owing to the fact
that from a distance the helmet on
the figure somewhat resembles the
bonnet of an Indian war chief. The
artist, Thomas Crawford, named the
statue ARMED Liberty" but ever
since it arrived at the Capitol it
has been officially known as the
Statue Of Freedom"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12
ARMIsTICE DAY

It's SO easy to forget; and Novem-
Der IL, 1918, is nineteen long years
ago.
Yet there are some things that we
must never let ourselves forget. And
Armistice Day brings some of them
to our minds.
There Is no danger, Of course,
that we will actually forget the war.
Yet already the details of 1t are get
ting a bit hazy for some of us; al
ready memory is beginning to play
her old tricks on us. softening the
harsh outlines of past events and
bathing unpleasant happenings in a
soft, rosy light that makes them
seem actually enjoyable, in retros-
pect.
When the average non-combatant
thinks of the war, for instance, what
are his emotions? He thinks of the
easy money that prevailed then. He
thinks of the waving flags, of the
pleasant, spine-tingling thrills of
patriotism that came to him so often.
He thinks of the wave of idealism
that swept the land in those days
under which the humblest citizen
could feel that he was part of a great
army of brothers All in all, the
war doesn't seem half bad, in retros-
pect.
And the former service man; how
does he feel about it?
As like as not he, too, has mem
cries that, on the whole, are not un-
pleasant. The horror and the ter
ror that were part of his life do not
intrude themselves so much nova
days. Instead he remembers the
easy comradeship, the happy-go-
lucky good fellowship of the army.
This is as it should be. Yet this
year the nineteenth anniversary of
the war, is a good day for jogging
our memories, for reminding our
selves that the war wasn't all skittles
and beer.
War is quite all that General Sher-
man said it is, and casual inspec-
ton Of ones memory of the days of
1917 and 1918 will bear out that
statement.
The non-combatant might recall
the daily casualty lists; the worry
and anxiety over absent loved ones;
the unsightly spectacle of profiteers
waxing fat on the situation that was
bringing grief and destruction to all
of Europe; the sky-rocketing prices,
so often rising faster than wages and
salaries rose.
And the soldier might recall
well, he knows what scenes of hor-
ror he can turn his mind to, without
our telling him. He can recall the
mud, the filth, the hard-boiled offic-
ers, the machine guns, the shrapnel
and the rest; and he knows that
however many tricks his memory
may play ON him, these things were
not pleasant.
Such are the memories we might
stir up for today. And why?
Simply to remind ourselves we
went through terrible experience
"a few years ago, and that experience
had a definite purpose. If we pledge
ourselves again to the task Of seeing
to 1t that the purpose-the bringing
Of freedom and peace closer to every
man on earth-is brought nearer full
6llment, 1t will be we'll. If we do
not, our memories may rise to tor
ture us again.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12
Certain forms Of industry find

Certain forms of industry find il
easy enough to get around the coun-
ell table. But not so with the farm
ers. They want the purchasing power
Of the farm dollar to be as great as
any other, They want to raise all
the crops they want to raise and they
want to sell their products at a pro-
fit. And they should get all the
good breaks that can be arranged in
their interests.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12
rhsre are aix million farms au

There are six million farms and
over sss, 900. 900 acres Of farm land
IN the United States. The partners
in all these enterprises find 1t impos-
sibls to get together, through asso-
Citations, representatives. spokesman,
or In any other way. 1t is possible
that there may be nearly as many
opinions among farmers as there are
lasmA
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12

A world guided by facts would
have few troubles. We make a mess
of things because we are guided by
the plausible fairy tales we wish to
believe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12

The celebrity seldom repeats the
good work that made him q success.
What's the good of fame If he can't
relax and enjoy it,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12

The court fight is all over except
the job of licking Congressman who
placed conscience above loyalty to
the chief.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12

European diplomatic situation
tense" says headline. And sad to
relate, 1t is past tense
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12

Lots of men are failures because
they never attempt anything.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12
Farming Is a Business

And like every business, it requires forms,
records and blanks that give you the facts
about your farm, just as business man
has them about his business.
We print forms and letterheads levery
business farmer should have his own letter
head) on Hammermill Bond, the Utility
Business Paper.
Lee Us Show You What We Can
Do for Yo0
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12

1t costs man lot to live up to
his ideals. That's the reason many
a man can't AFFORD to get married.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-27
Cutting of Wires
Signal for Helm

MANILA-Odd, it may be, but
cutting the telegraph wire is the
recognized S o S signal for lonely
settlers who live along the tele-
graph line in the Australian de-
Sert and for lost travellers. It is
just like pulling the communica-
ton cord in a railroad train, but
it happens more frequently, al
though there are penalties for i'm
proper use.
Last year two motorists we're
fined for cutting the wire because
1t was found that they had been
only four miles away from the
water they needed, and were
guilty of starting the hazardous
trip without sufficient prepare
ton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-27
Piper Needed
Rat Horde AnnOys
Princeton, N. J.

PRINCETON, N. j., Aug. 81.
The pied piper whose enchanting
melody rid the fabulous town of
Hamlin of rats centuries ago
would indeed be a popular person
in Princeton these days, for the
rat has become a menace along
elm-shaded Nassau Street.
The rats presence along the
towns main artery is explained
by the razing of a dozen build,
ings, including the time-honored
Nassau Inn erected in 1869. After
three weeks of work, clearing the
way for the $4,500,00O Princeton
municipal improvement project,
the wrecking crew simultaneously
reached cellar level and the rats.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-27

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 81
GNS0.-Eighty-year-old Arthur
M. Hands believed in reincarna-
ton, so he failed to leave a will
dispoSing Of $4,000, because he
wanted the money handy when he
returned to earth.
Such was the contention of
rebuttal witnessed today in the
hearing of a contested action in
which Mrs. Marie Mozee claims
the estate. She offers a brief
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-27
Thugs Cut Short
Career in Labor

NEW YORK, Aug. ~ QN.S0.
James Melton, who yesterday
wanted to become a labor or
ganizer, was thinking seriously to-
day Of transferring his talents to
another and less hazardous field.
While Melton was applying for a
Job at the offices of the Building
Service Employees Industrial Fed
Grafton of America, eight thugs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-27
Mark Time
N. Y. Marriage LGlU
Makes Cupid Wait

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-Seventy-
two hours-to the minute-muSt
elapse in this State after next
Wednesday between the time q
prospective bride and bridegroom
obtain their license to wed and
their marriage.
With the new law going into eff
feet next week, time clocks are
being installed in the marriage
license bureaus of the five
boroughs, it was disclosed today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-27
AIDE
VATICAN GUEST

VATICAN CITY, Aug. 81 G.N.S)
The Vatican today extended de
jure recognition to Generalissimo
Francisco Frances nationalist re-
gime in Spain.
Papal Secretary of State Car
dinal Pacelli received Pablo y
Cinema as nationalist charge
d'affaires.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-27
Jewish Saloons
In Silesia Shut

BERLIN, Aug. 27.-Twenty-two
Jewish saloons in upper Silesian
industrial area were closed down
by police today, and likewise
numerous Jewish bars in Oppeln,
Ratibor and elsewhere. The rea-
son given was that they either
"are increditably dirty" or con-
traYene the law.