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Evening star., 1937-06-04
LOST.

s1LLFOLD brown. containing cash. street
car pass Social Security card. Melvin
Bryant 1912 Grard st. ne,
BRIEF CASE containing valuable papers;
also suit case and contents; lost Fri. May
2Sth: lib. reward. Call Col. 7744 Apt.
aOa-E. Clifton ter or Nat. 6I4O. Br. 659.
Nat Bateman.
CAT. red Persian. male; strsyed from
l3Ol Harvard st. NV. Liberal reward.
Adams lG40.
DIAMOND RING. ladys. bet. Md. Club
Gardens and 18th and NV; emerald
nissing); reward Potomac 5646.
GLASSES Cchild'sD, IN case. on 4th ST.,
between Allison and Crittenden sts. NV,
Wednesday evening; reward. Adams 0246.
GLASSES. pair. in blue Edmunds case,
vicinity Chevy Chase. wisconsin 3S10-R.
REPORT DESERTED stray unwanted
animals to the Animal Protective Assn
Telephone Hillside 0:'99 before 10 a m.
WATCH. gold open face. on Calvert ST.;
near Shoreham Hotel June ., about 6
o'clock. Reward. Finder please call
Adams 1896.
WHITE POODLE DOG. ''Lassie." D. c. tag;
on George ave. pike, vicinity Glenmont.
Md. Reward. Kensington l52-M.
WRIST WATCH. lady's Swiss initials
r. o. z" engraved on back. Call Georgia
p35S after pm Reward s.
Evening star., 1937-06-04

Young Keene thinks the purse was
stored in suit case and Keene took
it along while unaware Of its presence
Keene's son said his fathers only
brief case was located in his ONCE
He is convinced q murderer brought
the other case into his fathers cabin
and weighted down the body with it,
Investigators have been unable to
identify the automobile tools No one
can remember seeing Keene with such
articles in his possession. The real
estate man had not driven a car since
his machine was wrecked in an acci-
dent several months ago.
Evening star., 1937-06-04

IF you NEED STORAGE. LOCAL OR
lonr-diStance moving services. phone Met.
2O42. MANHATTAN STORAGE Il TRANS;
CO. 639 N. Y. ave. NV. Rugs cleaned
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
English MeLOdrGnaG
Packed With Thrills

The provocative question
who Is Memo" is the title of
a gangster story packed with
thrills from England.
It concerns the adventures
Of a man who for the want
Of a better name Is called
Memo. He grows up to be a
thief because he was raised
among thieves. He sticks to
the life Of banditry, trying to
find out who he is so he can
seek a different existence.
In the opening scene he is
rescued from a very menacing
male with a meat chopper in
his hand and lust for blood
by a Mrs. Gannet, who quite
easily pushes the menace into
the canal and makes off with
little Memo. She happens TO
be the head of a very smart
gang of crooks. OF course.
Memo meets a girl and falls
in love, and she, too, is a
crook, but it is all ironed out
in the end.
The book was written by
Roy Douglas, who wrote his
first short story when he was
fired from his newspaper job.
It is based on the stories told
him by two sergeants of the
C. I. D.
("Who is Nemo," BY Roy
Douglas. Published By Lippirl.
cott.)
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
RaUeL's "BOIerO" By
Boston Symphony

Ravers ''Bolero," which took
the musical world by storm and
has caused many subsequent
storms because of the constant
repetition, is presented this
month by Victor in album
M-352, played by the Boston
Symphony Orchestra under the
baton Of Koussevitzky. Gone is
the maddening incessant drum
beat.
The rhythm Of the first part
is given to the strings pizzicato.
and the deadly drum beats are
reserved until the final section
when a climax is reached with
the power of a drum corps.
The variety in rhythm and
orcheStration present this work
in a new and interesting light.
In album M-351 Richard
Strauss famous tone poem,
Don JUAN" is given a superb
reading by Fritz Busch conduct
ing the London Philharmonic
Orchestra. The high lights of
the cratic life of the character
are gorgeouSly described in must
cal terms by one Of the worlds
greatest orchestraS. The British
Broadcasting Symphony Or
chestra, conducted by Sir Adrian
Boult, contributes a vivid exposi-
ton of the overture to "Alceste,"
(Gluck) on one disc, 1904.
The return of Arturo ToSca-
mini to this country this coming
season lends further interest to
album MISS consisting of two
discs devoted to Brahms "Varia-
tons on a Theme by Haydn"
Toscanini directs the New York
Philharmonic Symphony Orches-
ira in a masterpiece of the art
of recording.
CARL L. DENIES.
The Washington times., 1937-09-04

freShment to all who sail with the
Post.
Judge Advocate Blankinship is
well known among D. C. veterans.
A reviSer in the main proofroom at
Government Printing Office, he
was born in Halifax county, Va.
educated at Lynchburg, and served
in France with the 10TH Machine
Gun Battalion. He holds the
Purple Heart and Verdun Medals.
Some of Blankinship's thrills
cover there" centered in the fate
full Argonne Forest. One came
when he dragged his badly
wounded corporal from German
machine gun fire to the safety
of a shallow trench, so that
stretcher-bearers could take him
to the field hospital another
and his greatest--was when he
and comrades captured q German
trench.
Blankinship is a prominent can
didate to succeed the popular
Minnigh as Post Commander ct
g. p. o.
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
HGH-DOLLGr Racket
Hit Blu Rep. Cochran

A bill to prohibit the issue and
minting of commemorative coins
sponsored by Representative
Cochran CD of Missouri, was
not acted upon by Congress
when it adjourned. The purpose
of the bill was to stop what the
Congressman termed-"a racket
in commemorative half dollars"
The bill points out that from
1892 to 1888, a period of So
years, only 10 half dollars were
authorized, but from 1884 to
1886, a period of only three
years, 26 coins were authorized.
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
Canal Zone P. o.
Aids Collectors

For many years a philatelic
agency has been maintained by
the Canal Zone Postal Service.
This agency was established as
an adjunct to the Balboa
Heights Post office for the pur-
pose of selling Canal Zone
stamps and stamped paper to
dealers and collectors. This
agency does not claim to be an
authority on philatelic values,
but tries to furnish the best
specimens available. When es-
pecially requested, the agency
will supply plate numbers if
blocks of "a or more clamps are
ordered.
Readers may write direct to
the Postmaster, Balboa Heights,
Canal Zone. and secure a list Of
the stamps offered for sale.
The Washington times., 1937-09-04

aboard the air-cooled equipment
Of the Baltimore and Ohio,
the delegates and alternates
will arrive in Chicago at 8:15
a. m. tomorrow, then will enjoy a
two-hour sightseeing trip along
the South Shore of that great
city. back on the train at 1l:4O
a. m, they will arrive in Spring
field by p. m. among dele
gates en- route will be Joseph
Stansfield. Interstate Commerce,
a Dallas, Texas, man who en-
tered Federal service in 1911 and
now presidents the D. c. Fedora
ton of Federal Employees Unions,
local N. F. F. e. subdivision.
Labor Day Opportunity
Anyone who is afraid Labor Day
will be lonely, and particularly
those interested in the cause of
labor, is invited to appear at
Grove No. 10, Rock Greek Park,
near the Kennedy Street entrance,
by 2 p. m. Monday there will
be q picnic and fun festival, and
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
Coronation
Stamp Still
In Demand

Coronation stamps of the va
rious British dominions held the
center of the spotlight during
the past week. The newspapers
in johannesburg, South Africa,
made much of the fact that the
coronation stamps of the Union
are no longer on sale at the
postoffice.
A cable was sent to the post
master of Southwest, Africa,
asking for confirmation Of the
fact published last week that
the Southwest Africas have gone
off sale. No answer has been
received as yet.
AS of July IL, the three coro-
nation stamps of Morocco were
supposed to be obsolete. There
are only a few large holdings
of these stamps in the United
States.
According to an official state
ment received on July %, the
coronation stamps Of New zea-
land, Niue and Cook Islands
were supposed to go off sale
July 81.
The last large wholesale or
ders were shipped from the is
land dominion on July %, and
it is believed that no more will
be available at face value.
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
Success Of Souvenir Sheet
Likely to Bring New Issues
Noted Stamp
Classic Being
Republished

The great classic of American
philatelic literature. at least so
far as United States stamps are
concerned, is John N. Luff's
famous book, The United
States Postage Stamps Of the
Nineteenth Century" published
thirty-six years ago.
But it has been out of print
for many years and few collec.
tors are able to gain benefit of
its wealth of information. Real
izing this, Hugh M. Clark Of the
Scott Stamp and Coin Co., pre-
vailed upon Mr.. Luff last winter
to permit him to revise and re-
write the work and bring out
a new printing.
The result is that the first
volume of the new book, which
will be published in several
parts. was released recently by
the Scott Company.
It deals only with those fore
runners Of our Government
postal issues, the postmaster
PROFESSIONALS" of 1845 to 1847.
ALI known and tentative issues
are chronicled, described and
authenticated, and much new
information not available to
Mr.. Luff in 1901 has been
added.
One Of the main attractions of
the book is the group of illustra-
lions in plate form folded in.
side the cover, which shows the
stamps in singles, blocks, recon
Structed sheets and on cover.
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
Lyle Saxon'S
Strange Tale
Of Louisiana

Lyle Saxon, author Of "Fabu-
lous New Orleans" has written
a throbbing, colorful story of
Louisiana in Children. Of
Strangers"
It concerns the mulatto de-
scendants of the first French
settlers. The loves, hates, re-
ligion, work and play Of a group
of people who waver between the
Africans who once were slaves
and the whites who were once
the owners Of the Africans.
It is a life curiously fraught
with taboos, customs and leg
ends. 1t is a strange story about
strange people.
SHARE CHOPPERS
Principally it is carried on the
thread of the biography Of
Fannie Vidal, a direct descendant
of q proud family that once
owned the land and the slaves
themselves. Now the mulattoS
live on the Isle Brevelle.
It is a honey, quiet commu-
nifty. Across the river lies the
plantation. Here the Negroes
work as share-croppers. They
toll and toll until the crop ar
rives. Then the harvest and the
money. 1t seems to make very
little difference that the money
is all gone in two or three weeks.
THE BOY GROWS UP
Fannie spoiled the little boy
who was even whittier than she
and shaved and toiled for him.
Little by little she passes from
the slow, majestic life that her
strain of blood demands to the
simpler and more crowded ex-
istence of the field hands. Her
boy grows up and Fannie sinks.
His rise is measured by her fall.
His SelfishneSs and cruelty never
touched her until ne came back
to the island, and then the reve-
lation shattered all her dreams.
In the end she settles down to q
placid, Unconditional quiet.
The story is reported to be
placed in a background of aston
iShing accuracy.
("Chadren of Strangers" By
Lyle Saxon, published BY
Houohton Mi11tn Co..
The Washington times., 1937-09-04

Officials in Baltimore, admit
ting that the influx of new faces
may possibly reach as high as
1900, have already agreed that be-
fore any new jobs are filled they
will look over the records Of those
who have been working for the
past year or so to see if they de-
serve promotion. And where pro-
motions are to be made, those
already on the job are to receive
preference.
This benefit, granted by Off
Gals hastily, was asked by Local
No. II, U. r. w. A., which formerly
was that fiery independent union
which kicked up so much fuss over
discriminatory" ply ST cal ex-
aminations, racial discrimina-
ton" and union discrimination"
not so long ago. Militancy seems
to pay.
Details on Hiring
Because of fear of a job
hunters siege, Washington Ssh
officials deny there'n be an in
crease at Baltimore, but the dope
is thus: The staff at the Gambler
Building there has been found in
adequate to continue SSB's per-
manent work of recording Amer
ica's millions of wage records {.
all jobs will be drawn from Civil
Service rolls there are now
also at work, but as many as
1900 may be needed soon {.
hiring will get under way in seri.
GUS fashion by october ] {.
most of the new workers will be
machine operators but there will
be a few clerks also . here's the
worst heart throb for many
most of those hired will be untried
persons from throughout the
country, who will be brought to
Baltimore to receive Grade / jobs,
while more than 5000 experienced
workers without Civil Service
status walk the Capitals streets
since the New Deals shrinkage let
them down.
Pertinent Correction
CORRECTION: In Navy Yards
discrimination case, described here
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
II. G. Wells Comes Back
To Earth TN Quiet NOUel

Mr.. H. G. Wells. who seems
to be always firing the magma
ton with stories about Mar
tians, now offers a quiet, every.
day English novel about people
on earth, for a change.
Strange enough the hero, Mr..
Rowland Palace, happens to be
q writer and an Englishman.
He is married to Brynhild, who
only half understands him,
while he understands her not
at all.
These little things made it
mildly interesting when Mr..
Palace gets all worried about
the effect upon his public of a
group of caption writer's extend
ing over the English-speaking
countries, who have their little
fun with a picture posed by Mr..
Palace. He did look a bit ride
ulous, he admitted. He was at.
tending a garden party when it
happened. He was awarding a
prize for poetry. He was wear.
ing robe, a garland and held a
pasteboard harp In his hands.
The pictures were accurate in
every detail.
Gradually Mr.. Rowland Pal
aces diStaSte for these pictures
and captions grew into a de.
termination to do something
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
FCZaude,, French Prize N0OeI
Is SuberbIy Wr1tten Work
Best Sellers
FICTION

F1CIlON
And So Victoria
Vaughan wilkins Macmillan
Northwest Passage
Kenneth Roberts Doubleday
Seven Who Fled
Frederick Prokosch Harper
Song of the World
Jean Giscona Knopf
Education of Hyman Kaplan
Leonard G. Ross Harcourt
NONFICTION
Life With Mother
Clarence Day Knopf
Mathematics for the Millions
Hobgen Norton
Life and Death of
Spanish Town
Elliot Paul Random
Europe in Arms
Liddle Hart Random
Ordeal in England
Sir Phillip Gibbs Doubleday
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
Tells Quest
Of ''PerilOuS
Destiny

AS a rule, readers are a little
loath to take up a brand-new
book by a brand-new author.
Claude" should prove an ex-
ception to that rule. It comes
to us, sponsored by that stamp
Of approval, known as LIE Prix
Femina. It's author, Genevieve
Fauconnier, is the sister Of that
Henri, who won the Goncourt
Prize in 1890 with ''MalaiSie."
Further 1t is translated and IL
lustrated by Lauren Ford. All
of which should serve as a gilt
edged guarantee for a new
writer.
It's value as a story is mega
tive. Nothing happens, but
that in the final summary Is
what "Claude" is about. Claude
had such a glorious start. All
fortune smiled on her begin
ming. She wanted what she
called "a perilous destiny. to
escape at any cost from a trif.
ling conventional life" Accom-
plishment was her watchword.
ITO know, to hope, to love, to
admire, to do good. :" her creed.
And what happened? Nothing.
She married a man burning with
ambition to restore his anceS-
trail estate. Claude loved the
old ruin for romantic reasons.
She wanted to help, to use her
dowery to that end. But along
came the war and with it the
loss Of all her capital and fol-
lowing that, a life Of utter drudg-
cry for Claude.
It sounds depressing in the
telling, but the writer's COM
mand of character, philosophy,
and imagination brighten the
tale beyond description. It's
the sort Of book the introspec-
tive reader keeps in q convent
ent place for reference. The
urge to quote Genevieve Fau-
CONNER Is very nearly irresisti-
BILE.
Keep Claude" in mind as a
book for readers seeking some
thing new, but don't give it to
anybody whose reading require
ments depend upon plot con-
struction. It's the way it's writ
en- that makes this worth while.
"ClGude," the story OF d
DomGs By GeneOieDe FGucon-
1ieY, Published By MGcMiIlGnJ
The Washington times., 1937-09-04

Thursday, the employe was fired
WITH prejudice. :. we incor-
rectly printed it without pref
udice" incidentally, when is the
acting commandant planning to
iron out this inequity?. and why
is Civil Service Commission hedg-
ing?
Delegates Suing AwGy
A happy and chattering group,
excited over an event which
comes but once q year for them,
The Washington times., 1937-09-04

about them by presenting him.
self in a different light to his
public. Mr.. Palace hires an i'm
presario as he called it, press
agent to Americans, and fondly
launches himself on q career
Of making his career something
toNbe spoken, written and talked
about.
An Englishman goes Holly
wood.
C"Brynhild," By H. G. Wells,
published By ScribnerSJ
The Washington times., 1937-09-04

was to gather
at 4:40 p. m. in
Union Station
this afternoon.
all set for the
t W e n tie tn
Jubilee on
vention of the
National Fed
Grafton of Fed
eral Employees
at Springfield,
ILL.,, beginning
Monda
The Washington times., 1937-09-04

problems. He formerly served on
the faculties of Catholic Univer.
sity, City College of New York.
and University of Michigan.
PrdiseWOTthy Activity
Among praiseworthy activities
of the Government is the AAA
program for buying up excess po-
tatoes for distribution to those on
relief, which is to be continued,
according to recent announce
mentS.
Directs LegiOn's Cruise
MaSsie W. Blankinship, judge
advocate of Post No. 80, American
Legion, has been chosen by Com
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
Miller Steps UplOard

Miller Steps UpuOard
Not many Federal officials en-
joy the popularity of Nelson A,
Miller, former head of retail trade
section, Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, whose promotion to re-
SponSible vacancy left by Henry
Moore in merchandising and re.
search division is bringing plaudits
far and wide. folk from the fol-
lowing States will continue to re-
ceive Snubs from Civil Service
Commission because their local.
ties are exceeding that widely
loved apportionment system: D. c.,
Maryland, Virginia, North Dakota.
Washington, South Dakota, Iowa,
Utah, Nebraska, Vermont, MasSa-
chusetts and Missouri.
Nine Leave Bureau
August retirements from the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
included nine veteran employees
whose total years of service ag-
gregated exactly 231 years g.
leader in point Of service with SO
years to her credit was Mary M.
Battles, clerk to division superin-
tendent others facing a life
of ease are Mrs. Margaret C.
Chase, a platter presser; James
McGrath. a Spreader; Frances M.
Patterson, assistant storekeeper,
and Mrs. Katie S. Guilfoyle, Rosa
F.. jackson. Mrs. Theodosia E.
Robinson, Mary E. Millar and
Mrs. Ada E. McLain, examiners.
Experienced Official
A. Manuel Fox, new commits.
sioner Ut Tariff Commission,
Joined the agency in 1923 and
since that time has been in charge
of the commissions economic
staff. His last job before promo
ton was director of research, and
several lines he had advised Con.
greSsional committees on tariff
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
Harsh Story
Of Farm Life

Gouged out Of fleshy words
that leave raw open wounds to
tester in the mind is crush to
the SUM-" a first novel by Will
liam Brown Meloney.
Briefly, it is a chunk Of life
concerning ALI, his sister Jessie,
her daughter Mary, the hired
man, Chris, and Sylvia, the
school teacher. It is farm coun-
try and farm life that Mr..
Meloney pictures in his harsh
broad strokes.
MARRIED JESSIE
According to this story it
really started because Of Mary's
adolescence. Jessie didn't watch
her closely enough. Sylvia had
to tell ALI about it. Then Chris
cast his eyes upon Mary. Later
he remembered Jessie had a
farm and Chris plotted and
finally married Jessie.
ALT and Sylvia learned that
Mary was going to have child
before Jessie. ALI suspected
Chris. When Mary murmured
Chris name to Jessie through
her fever-ridden lips in the hos
pital where she had been taken
after her self-inflicted torture,
Jessie rushed to keep her
brother from staining his hands
with Chris blood.
MARY LIVES
Chris died of his own foul
passion. Jessie died of heart
disease and Mary lived. Lived
to take up life again with ALT
and Sylvia.
BY no means is it food for
those with delicate stomachS.
"RuSh to the Sum-" By vii.
liam Bro1Dn MeIoney, published
bp FGrTdr & RinehGrt.)
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
More Printed
To Meet Big
Demand
BY CHARLES A. KENNY
Washington Times Stamp EditOl

Washington Times Stamp Editor
Success of the 10-cent souvenir
sheet depicting the 10-cent Park
Series adhesive but printed in
green instead of grey ink and
issued in connection with the
convention of the Society Of
Philatelic Americans at AShe-
vile, N. c., August 26, may in
duce the Post Office Department
to issue at more regular inter.
walls similar souvenirs.
According to the Post Office,
a total of 2,290,954 of the sheets
were sold on the opening day Of
the convention. and the follow.
ing day, August 81, at the Phil
atelic Agency herN
THREE MILLION MORE
The original printing order
called for two million of these
sheets, but due to the fact that
certain dealers and philatelic
investors were prepared to pur-
chase large quantities Of the
sheets, the Government quickly
put the skids under this idea, by
issuing an additional three mil
lion of the souvenirs.
1t was we'll, indeed that the
extra printing was approved,
otherwise many collectors would
have been disappointed.
Total sales at AsheVills
amounted to $61,116.50, while
there were 164,215 covers can
celed there. At the Philatelic
Agency total sales of the souve-
mir amounted to $167,978.90.
Incidentally, no covers were can
celed at the agency.
But once again, in regard to
the idea of those who expected
to buy up the sheets, it was
learned by the writer that one
New York dealer alone was re-
ported to have made arrange
ments to purchase 100000 copies
in the expectation, Of course,
that he would be able to sell
out within o few weeks and real
ize $4,000 to $4,000 on his
$4,000 investment.
The Post office Department
got wind" of the likely specular
ton when smaller dealers
throughout the country were
placing orders for as many as
1000 copies Of the souvenir.
100000 DEMAND
Why the original order for
only 100000 of the sheets was
made is hard to fathom as the
Post Office Department prob
ably knew full well that the de-
mand would and will run into
the neighborhood of 10000, 900.
From all indications, because
of the heavy sale, it is expected
that at least once next year, the
Post Office Department will
issue another souvenir sheet,
while the year after it is a fore.
gone conclusion that the already
highly-publicized Worlds Fair
in New York city will be honored
by the Post Office Department.
And writing of the Worlds
Fair, it now looks as though at
least a series of three stamps
will be isSued-probably 2, 3
and scent denominations. But
this is far into the future and
right now collectors are prepar.
ing for the Constitution and the
TNo~,;Aor,, - ~ a,;,,ae
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
Directs LegiOn's Cruise

mander F e d
M n n i g h to
handle ticket
distribution and
publicity for the
Posts r i v e ]
C r u i S e and
dance Fri d a y
aboard the City
of Washington.
an event which
promises enter.
t a n m e n t,
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
al[.l1,'|,|)

Questions on page 2O)
/. Cyclone. 2. Trade wind. 3.
Tornado. 4. Gale. 5. Hurricane.
6. Monsoon. Z. Typhoon. 8. Chi
nook. 8. Equinoctial. 10. Whirl-
wind.
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
y. S. to Resume Hiring by j. Earle Nose

All set begin hiring several hundred workers the Bat
office within the next 10 days. the Social Security Board
fastened make doesn't get into any SQUAD
bes with minded personnel in the Oriole City
The Washington times., 1937-09-04

fthe only requirements are bus OF
carfare and IS cents for admis
sion. sponsorship is by the Dis
trict of Columbia Organizing Com
mittee of the U.F.W.A., which felt
that a picnic on Labor Day for the
convenience and pleasure of all in.
terested in labor would be most
appropriate.
The Washington times., 1937-09-04


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