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Evening star., 1937-06-16

These new slat blinds are not only a
boon to office workers, but also 20
illustrators of advertisements and to
scenario authors. To show a Big Busi-
ness Executive in these days standing
before an old-fashioned window shade
would be about as bad as putting him
in congress CATERS.
Evening star., 1937-06-16

The BLACK Corps" cream of the
Nazis, cordially invites Pope Plus to
come to Germany and see conditions
for himself A papal predecessor left
his sanctuary to oblige Napoleon Bona
parte and lived to regret it. won't you
walk into my parlor? said the spider to
the fly"
Evening star., 1937-06-16

Looking and Listening.
That Independence day
Is not so far away
We find as older grows the rosy June.
OF quietude we tell
None the less we know full we'll
Well be looking at the fireworks pretty
soon.
Pyrotechnics as sport
Has very loud report
That may interrupt some gratifying
tune,
From both near and far away
Prophecies unite to say,
We'll be listening to the fireworks pretty
soon"
Grammar is fine thing" said Uncle
Eben, "but dar ain no kind o language
dat trouble can't learn to talk"
Evening star., 1937-06-16
Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
All Other State. and Canada
Member Of the Associated Press

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication Of ell news dispatches
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights of publication of special dispatches
herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1937-06-16
Deserves a Medal.

He is no hero in the fray,
Yet he is loyal brave and strong;
The man who seeks a holiday
And takes his two small boys along.
Evening star., 1937-06-16
An Observation.

perhaps you may succeed in being
loved for the enemies you have made"
Perhaps" replied Senator Sorghum,
"but I have noticed that style of af-
fection is mighty tickle"
Evening star., 1937-06-16

Jud Tunkins says working for pos
terity is hard job because you never
know what the tastes and requirements
of the real boss are going to be.
Evening star., 1937-06-16
The HypOchOndriac.

Inc HypOchOndf1ac.
"He is man of wonderful robustness"
said the pharmacist.
But he has taken every kind of
medicine he could get hold Of" said the
assistant.
eyes. And he has survived them ALL"
Economy is good" said Hi Ho, the
sage Of Chinatown. But it is not well
to fear dire necessity so much as to
live in perpetual imitation of It,"
Evening star., 1937-06-16

Germany, eventually joins Alexander
in exile, and together they seek refuge
and peace in the few European coun-
tries which are not placarded "Jews
Not Allowed" The story closes with
the acceptance by Alexander of an in
vitation to become a professor in a
reputable American university.
Naziism, communism and fascjsm and
all the other isms parading as idealistic
cures for social evils, stripped of their
fallacies and presented in naked truth,
are not beautiful to look upon, nor are
they pleasant to mediate upon as pos
sible substitutes for true democratic
principles of government and for in
dividual liberty of religious, racial and
occupational expression.
DR.. Dunner, who is connected with
the Brookings Institution in this city,
has become known in this country as a
lecturer rather than an author. This
is the first book he has written since
he came to this country, though several
of his stories have been published in
Europe in the past three years. AS a
boy he left his home and his school in
Berlin to become farm worker and
then factory worker. He is the descend
ant of an old and famous family Of
rabbis, and though he is now only
twenty years old, he has lectured,
written, organized and fought to end
the oppression and injustice imposed
upon his race for centuries 1t was his
writings on political affairs that made it
necessary for him to leave Germany
when the Nazis came into power AS a
lecturer and foreign correspondent he
covered Europe and Asia during several
years of political turmoil, and in 1885
came to America to continue his studies
in economics and sociology. He there
fore brings to this first offering of a
novel to the American public wealth
of knowledge and experience in q
!. scholarly expose Of internal Germany.
Evening star., 1937-06-16

@. How fast do bullets travel?-E NJ.
A. Military rifles drive their bullets at
speeds of from 1000 to 5000 feet per
second. The Gerlich bullet, one of the
speediest, is capable of travelling almost
a mile a second.
Evening star., 1937-03-04

defense of the empire and discharge
Of international Obligation" would
total f82,175,000 ($410.870, ,00O, al
most half again as much as for 1886.
With yesterdays 1887 naval esti-
mate of $525,325. 900. the total army
and navy figures comprise the biggest
armaments bill Great Britain ever
has known in time Of peace-$936,-
$4,000. The air force estimates are
still to come.
Alfred Duff Cooper. secretary Of
state for war. told the House Of Com
mons $685. 5,270,O00 Of the $l3l ,465, 900
increase over the 1896 expenditure
would be raised by loans, this would
leave $3l5 500 900 of the total 1887 ex-
pense to be placed on the official
budget.
The army personnel. he said in dis
cussing the army's share of Great
Britain's greatest peace-time rearma-
ment program, would be increased to
168, 900, exclusive of units in India, as
compared with l58,40o in 1886 and
186. 400 in 1914.
The army has already begun mech
anization of five regiments of cav
Evening star., 1937-03-04
HIGHER BIRTH RATE
!. SOUGHT IN ITALY.
Fascist Council Acts to
/, PenaIize Bachelors and
ChiIdIesS Families.
sRx the Associa teo Press.

BY the Associated Press.
. ROME. March 4.-FaScist Italy
| launched a seven-point drive today to
kincrease the national birthrate for
''military power" and secure future
for the fatherland."
The Fascist Grand Council, with
Premier Mussolini presiding, outlined
the drastic provisions to halt Italy's
declining birthrate and assure more
children to supply Fascist armies of
the future.
/, The plan, placing heavy economic
burdens on bachelors and childless
husbands, was the second such
stringent step to be taken by the
council in its current series of meet
tngs.
Monday night the council acted to
strengthen the Italian army of the
present, drafting all able-bodied men
into 81 years of almost continuous
service between the ages of 18 and SIS.
{ Last nights meeting lasting into
the early morning, was concerned
with making sure that man power
would be available.
!. Under the program adopted by the
grand council, highest governing body
of Fascism, heads of large families
will receive not only preference in
employment, but wage increases in
proportion to the number of children
they contribute to the nation.
"On large families" communique
said, "in exceptional times for the
fatherland will fall the heavier sacri-
fees and greater contributions of
men"
Salaries will be fixed for families
rather than for individuals. and laws
will be revised to assure stability of
living conditions in large families.
Loans will be made to enable cou-
piles to marry, the state will assist in
providing dowries for brides and will
sponsor insurance for young work.
men.
The problem of population became
urgent when statistics disclosed this
year previous inducements toward
raising large families had failed.
Evening star., 1937-03-04

airy at home and two regiments in
Egypt are being "experimentally
mechanical"
All battalions Of the foot guards
and infantry serving at home were
slated for reorganization as rifle or
machine gun battalions with mech
anized first line transport.
This reorganization has been
speeded up for completion by April l
and similar reorganization Of bat
talions in colonial garrisons viii get
under way later In the year.
Many tanks, now outdated. have
been replaced with modern ones. The
same modernization has been applied
to most Of Britain's fighting equip
ment. Huge sums have been ear
marked for the improvement Of home
defenses against air or naval attack.
Evening star., 1937-03-04
STRIKES THREATEN
REARM|NG|
$500 Rolls Royce Workers
Out in Move Making
Defense Target.
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, March 4.-British labor
leaders, it was learned authoritatively
today, plan to take advantage OF the
nations vast rearmament program
and accompanying industrial boom to
demand higher wages and flve-day
week.
The opening move of what may be-
come a widespread strike, endangering
the governments war defense plan.
was believed to have been made by
skilled workers at the Rolls Royce
Aircraft Engine Works at Derby.
More than half Of the plants 1000
workmen were forced into idleness as
the cumulative result of strike Of 270
grinders of high precision tools.
The Derby Rolls Royce plant Is one
Of the main units Of the Royal AIR
force expansion program, supplying
motors for the planes ordered under
Britain's $7,500,000, 900 arms plan.
How far the dispute has halted pro-
duction was not known outside Of the
plant, but it was learned more than
$500 workmen in the plant proper
were unable to 60 ahead with their
jobs.
Interference Feared.
Unless an early settlement was
reached, officials said. there was
danger of interference with the gov
ernment's aerial defense program.
The grinders struck two weeks ago
for an increase of about 50. so on their
average weekly pay of $3.50 for max
ing the tools with which the other
employees work.
They claimed their work was dan
gerouS as the dust from their machines
affected health and further that their
pay was IS a week less than that re-
ceived by similar workmen in Shef--
field and Coventry factories.
The Rolls Royce firm contended 1t
could not recognize q higher degree
of skill in the grinders than in any
other skilled workmen
The army told Parliament today its
estimated expenditure for 1887 in
Evening star., 1937-03-04
Lindbergh Bushes
AT Comparison With
Buddha and Calico
Ry the Associated Press.


CALCUTTA, India, March A.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh blushed
with embarrassment today when
an indian poetess compared his
accomplishments with those o.
Buddha, Galileo and "other spir-
itual figures of the world"
The poetess. Mrs. Sarojini
Naidu, at the meeting Of the par
hament Of religions, praised his
achievements as part of the
world spirit of faith rendered into
action"
As Col. Lindbergh and Mrs.
Lindbergh. who is accompanying
him on his flights over India, were
occupying prominent seats at the
meeting, his intense embarrass-
ment was easily visible to all the
gathering.
Evening star., 1937-03-04
Blast Toll Reaches IS.

WARSAW, March 4 @.-Death OF
IA persons yesterday raised to 1S the
number Of fatalities resulting from q
munitions factory blast at Pionki
Tuesday. Four persons were killed
outright and of the 20 injured II
succumbed yesterday.
Evening star., 1937-03-04
Will Address U. S. Workers.

Representative Caroline O'Day,
Democrat, of New York will speak to
the United Government Employees.
Inc, meeting at 8 o'clock tomorrow
night at Garnet-Patterson Junior
High School, Tenth and U streets.
She will discuss pay and the marital
status law.
Evening star., 1937-03-04
Dance Series to Continue.

The District Dental Assistants So
ciety will continue a series OF private
dances with an entertainment Sat-
urday night at the Washington Club,
Seventeenth and K streets. Miss
Catherine DAILY is chairman of the
committee in charge. with Miss Flea
nor Stone assisting.
Evening star., 1937-03-04

. Two VS. eneines-S5 HIP. giving increased
power and gasoline economy 50 HIP. civ
ing maximum gasoline economy.
New styling inside and out. V-type ventilatine
windshields. Resrouped instruments and elec-
tric gasoline gauge for Greater accuracy
Improved, self-centerine brakes that have
ereater stopping ability with easier pedal action.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-12-25
~ DErY BARCLAY

Honey n not q complete food but
Il contains vitamins and small por-
tons Of practically every element
used By the human body. As far
as food value Is concerned, II sup.
plies almost 1900 calories to the
pound - thus ranking very high in
the list OF foods.
Europe uses this food extensively
In cooking and In honeywine
(Mead). We use IL largely as a
tasty spread or as q havoring for
frostings.
The attractive glass Jars In which
honey Is marketed make II possible
for the housewife to see exactly
what she is buying. Often the
modern producer puts part Of the
comb in the strained honey, plainly
visible through the glass walls Of
the Jar. Others have made their
bottles In the shape OF 4 hive, and
all honey containers - once so
troublesome - are now designed to
be presentable and socially accept.
able at table. The next time you
open one OF these glass jars, do
not use the contents merely as 4
spread" but try one OF these honey
recipes and you will be delighted
with your discovery.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-12-25
Classified AID
House For Sale

$3.50 +th Ave. South. 4 bedrooms,
hot water heat, to close estate. Mr..
Sanger. Bridgeport 1865.
FOR SALE - IL room house, all
modern. 100000, $4,000 mortgage
Terms $4,000 down. 5000 per month,
including interest. Taxes $l2200 year.
Located at III Emerson Ave. No. Cali
Twin City Herald, At 1858.
]. Dunn, 242l Dupont South, Phone
Ke. 1898.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-12-25

Honey Date Stripe
8 eggs, we'll beaten
! cup honey
1H cups nour
! teaspoon baking powder
teaspoon vanilla
! cup chopped nuts
/ pound chopped dates
Mix together honey and we'll
beaten eggs. Add baking powder
and -four. sifted together, then
chopped dates and nuts. Bake In
long nat tin: mixture should not
be more than \ inch high. When
baked, will be about "A inch high.
Cut in strips n inch wide and
3 inches long. Pack away In
crock; roll in powdered sugar
before serving.
Honey, Apple, Cheese and Nut Salad
4 cups of apples. diced
3 cups cottage cheese
u cup chopped walnuts
n cup honey
n cup mayonnaise
Mix apples and cheese together.
Add walnuts, honey and mayor
naise. Heap on beds Of lettuce
about two tablespoonsful to q
serving. Top with Maraschino
cherry.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-12-25
Go COLOR BAR
euo sSrd luoLJ ponu!luoo

one billion dollars by the Federal Con-
gress to continue the Works Progress
Administration and the Public Works
Administration to assume every work
er job was passed unanimously.
An alliance between labor and FARM
ers and the liberal and progressive
groups in the activity and program of
Labor's Nom Partisan League was
sponsored in another resolution Inde-
pendent action by labor on the politi-
cal field was urged for Their own pro-
lection and fof the protection of all
democratic and progressive institu-
TONS"
The convention backed the Wagner
Labor Relations Act and condemned
the fascist nations, Italy, Japan and
Germany for their aggressive actions
and barbarous and uncivilized policies
and principles.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
Eleanor Powell Injured

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. % G.N.S).
One of Eleanor Powell's shapely
dancing legs was bandaged today
and she was on a Today vacation
from her film studio following
fall while dancing at the studio.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
FARNSW0RTH LOSES court PLEA
Adm. Mayo
Is Dead
At 81

Admiral Henry T. Mayo, who
commanded the Atlantic Fleet
during the World War, died to-
day at the Naval Hospital in
Portsmouth, N. H., according to
word received at the Navy De-
partment. He was 81, and had
gone on the retired list in 1921
after 40 years of active duty.
Admiral Mayo's career in the
naval forces began when he was
Is years old, with his appoint
ment to the Naval Academy from
his home in Burlington, vt. His
progress thereafter was steady.
He was known as one Of the
soundest officers in the service,
and in 1919, when relieved as
commander Of the Atlantic Fleet,
was appointed to the Navy'S gen.
eral board.
He was in command Of the sea
force which bombarded Vera Cruz
in connection with the landing of
a naval detachment there during
pre-war difficulties between the
United States and Mexico in 1916.
He was given the grade of rear
admiral in June, 1918, and vice
admiral in 1915. When the United
States entered the World War he
was in command of the fourth
division of the Atlantic Fleet, win.
ming promotion in 1918 to COM
mand of the First Division.
Information from Portsmouth
indicates that his body would rest
temporarily in a vault there, and
would be buried in the spring in
the family burial plot.
For his services in the World
War he received the Distinguished
Service Medal from the United
States, the Grand Gordon of the
Rising Sun from Japan, and was
made a grand officer of the
Legion of Honor by France.
Following his retirement from
active service he served from 1924
to 1928 as commandant of the
Naval Home in Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
BRITISH CUR B
HITS STOCKS

NEW YORK, Feb. % G.N.sJ.
The stock market was hard hit
today by news of official British
action to curb the flow of invest
ment funds to this side as well as
nervousness over the heavy specu-
lation in armament shares.
A wave of selling brought losses
running to 81 a share with the
high speed ticker falling behind.
Steels and coppers led the decline
while large losses occurred in mo-
tors. rails and other sections of
the list.
The big weakening influence was
the London dispatch which said
that the British government had
asked investment houses and in
surance companies to restrict
further investments in the United
States. "Details of the British
action appear on Page 81
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
KILLING DENIED
BY HUSBAND
picture on Page p

ARLINGTON COURTHOUSE,
Va, Feb. 33.-John Francis Hun
ter, 4O-year-old Virginia Highlands
resident, pleaded not guilty when
he went on trial in Circuit Court
here today in connection with the
killing of his wife and a friend
nearly three years ago.
The plea came after defense at
torneys, headed by M. j. Fulton, of
Richmond, had unSuccessfully
tried to persuade Judge Walter T.
Mccarthy to dismiss the case
against their client.
Hunters wife, Mrs. Anna Dal-
mas Hunter, and a mutual friend
of the family, Henry E. Corcoran,
were shot to death in the Hunter
home at Virginia Highlands on
May Z, 1884. The husband was
arrested and taken to the Virginia
State Hospital at Marion for men
tai observation.
He was returned here on Decem-
ber 10 to stand trial, after the
superintendent of the institution
had declared him sane.
Following Hunters plea of not
guilty, the selection of a jury was
begun.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
Tennessee Dry Drive
Hdmpered by Arrest
OF Manager as Drunk

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. %
G.N.SD.-The Tennessee anti
saloon league today resumed a
Statewide campaign against pro-
hibition repeal under a somewhat
embarrassing handicap.
The league was without the
services of the Rev. w. G. CASTOR,
who was dismissed as field secre-
tary last night, following his ar
rest at Union City on a drunken
ness charge.
CASTOR, in charge Of a State
wide campaign against a local op-
ton bill before the legislature, for
feited $5.75 Wien he failed to ap-
pear before Mayor w. M. Miles
for a hearing, it was learned.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
REVERSAL
OF STAND
ISDENIED
Judge Refuses Right
To Change Technical
Guilt Admission

Refusing to believe the state.
ment of John S. Farnsworth, for.
mer Navy lieutenant commander.
that he was induced to plead
"nolo contendere" to an espionage
conspiracy indictment last week
against his will, Justice James M.
Proctor, in United States District
Court, today declined to permit
the former officer to Withdraw
the plea and stand trial.
AS the hearing began, on Farms.
worth's motion for permission to
change his plea, Attorneys VIII.
liam E. Leahy and William J.
Hughes, jr., who had been re-
tanned by the defendants family
to defend him, asked permission
of the court to withdraw from the
case.
Farnsworth had acted without
their advice in seeking permission
to change his plea.
DiSmiSSes Lawyers
Justice Proctor explained that
he would not permit the with
draWal of counsel unless Farms
worth either discharged them or
wished them to withdraw. Farms
worth arose and said:
1T is my wish"
Without a trace OF the nervous
ness that has marked his previous
court appearances, the former
naval air expert began his state
ment to the court. His speech,
however, was diSjointed and
sometimes lacking in conference.
Declaring that he had not been
informed of the nature of the
indictment to which he pleaded.
Farnsworth pointed out that
when he agreed, after consider.
able pressure, to plead "nolo
contendere" he thought the plea
was to the first indictment re.
ported against him, which ac-
cuSed him of selling a confiden.
tial book to the Japanese govern
ment.
FarnSworth said he did not
know it was the conspiracy indict-
ment to which he had pleaded.
Answering the G oVern ent
claim that witnesses would have
Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
Townsend Case Jury
Includes Woman

The two-count indictment
against the aged California pen
sion advocate alleges that he took
French leave" OF hearings before
the special committee headed by
Representative Jasper Bell CD of
Missouri, as the committee delved
into his $200-a-month pension plan.
The indictments, returned against
him several months ago, cited him
in contempt of the House.
Representative Bell was on the
stand testifying when the agree
ment between his attorney, Elisha
Hanson, and Assistant United
States District Attorney Harry Un-
derwood, was reached.
During cross-examination Of
Continued on Page 3. Col. g.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
Halle S Coronation
Bid Stirs Italians

ROME, Feb. % GN.SJ.-The
italian press flared up today over
Britain's invitation to Halle Sc
laSsie to attend the forthcoming
coronation of King George vi.
Because Fascist legions took Sc
lassie's Ethiopian throne away
from him, Italians regard him as
a person of no standing, and for
this reason Rome's amazed news
paper branded the invitation "in-
credible"
The Washington times., 1937-02-23

A jury Of II men and woman,
nine of them comparatively young,
was chosen today to hear the con-
tempt trial of DR.. Francis E.
Townsend, old-age pension cru
sader, in United States District
Court.
AS the trial got under way
shortly before noon, counsel
agreed on two points that are ex-
pected to shorten the trial consid-
erably.
It was agreed that DR.. Town.
send did not refuse to answer any
question propounded to him dur
ing the House committee investi-
cation Of his pension plan last
May, and that no question was
pending before the committee
when he took his abrupt leave.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
AUDITORIUM
MEASURE
SIGNED
President Puts Name
To Proposal Ordering
D. c. Project Study
By EARL GOODWIN


Possibility of an adequate and
great national auditorium for
washington took a step forward
today when the President signed
the bill, creating a commission to
study and plan for a building large
enough for national gatherings in
this city.
The Presidents action today is
taken to mean that he is anxious
to know the full possibilities of a
national auditorium, and not to
have such a building lost to the
nation through any possible argu-
ment as to whether or not it
should be known as jefferson Me
mortal.
The bill the President signed
creates a commission composed
of Secretary of Interior Ickes,
probably the strongest pro-
ponent Of the auditorium idea;
Senator Tom Connally of Texas,
chairman of the Public Buildings
and Grounds Committee of the
Senate, and Senator Warren R.
Austin, of Vermont. ranking mi
nority member of the same com.
mittee; Representative Fritz G,
Lanham. of Texas, and Repre-
sentative j. Will Taylor, of Ten
nessee, chairman and ranking
minority member of the House
Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds.
To Start Work Soon
This commission is expected to
get to work Immediately and re-
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. 6.)