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Evening star., 1937-12-05
AMERICAS PARLEy
OPENS TOMORROW
1,N0 Persons Expected at
Services Sponsored by
G. w. u.

More than 1,400 persons are ex-
pected to attend the Pan-American
Conference opening tomorrow night at
the United States Chamber of Com
merce auditorium under auspices of
the 1nter-American Center Of George
Washington University.
Speeches by American and Latin
American diplomats at the opening
session Of the three-day conference,
designed to further closer accord
among the nations OF the Americas,
will be broadcast throughout the
United States and South America.
Immediately following the broadcast in
English. Senor Antonio Alfonso Of the
university faculty will rebroadcast the
speeches in Spanish.
Those to address the opening ses-
sion tomorrow include Undersecre-
tary Of State Sumner Welles, Ambas-
sador Manuel de Frere y Santander of
Peru, Minister Adrian Recinos of
Guatemala, DR.. Leo s. Rowe, director
general of the Pan-American Union,
and DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president
of the university.
Tuesday afternoon there will be a
panel discussion of the cultural and
educational aspects of Pan-Ameri-
canism by Dean Charles G. Maphis,
director Of the Institute of Public AZ
fairs at the University of Virginia.
Tuesday evening, under the chairman
ship Of Leslie Buell., president Of the
Foreign Policy Association. the group
will discuss law and political relations.
George Rowland Cox, director of
the Inter-American Center at the uni
versity, will be general chairman of
the conference.
Evening star., 1937-12-05
Autos "Delicensed." :"

Many auto owners in Czechoslo-
vakla are "de-licensing" their cars to
avoid taxes and operating costs.
Evening star., 1937-12-05
Aristocratic Army Tradition
appears Passing in England
Voice for Fighters Seen
in Shake-up of
Council.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec War Minister
Leslie Hore-Belisha tonight told
British soldiers his shake-up of the
army council would give our best
fighting men," q real voice in the
higher military policy.
The minister, who .reorganized the
army council with younger men and
made Gen. Viscount Gort chief OF the
imperial staff, explained the motives
and goals of his recent drastic re-
organization. He spoke at the pres
entation of prizes to the Manchester
Regiments 9Th Battalion at Ashton
Under-Lyne
Pays Tribute to Sacrifices.
He paid tribute to the graceful
sacrifice" Of older generals who re-
tired "to facilitate the promotion Of
younger men,"
Meanwhile, other competent sources
explained that general officers hold
ing the principal home commands now
will act as ex-ofiicio members of the
council, the scope of which eventu-
ally may be widened to compare with
the French War Council.
These men will be summoned to
discuss with the council matters of
peace-time training and wartime field
operations. Now the council han
dies purely administrative subjects.
The whole army promotion system
apparently is to be revamped, in favor
Of more democratic procedure. The
aristocratic regimental tradition also
may give way with officers encour-
aged to seek promotion outside their
Evening star., 1937-12-05

Dean and Mrs. Ernest 8. Griffith, Dan
Dahle, president of Chi Psi Omega;
Mrs. Emmett sebree, president of
the National Society Of Phi Delta
Gamma, and Mrs. F. w. Crocker, pres
ident OF Alpha Chapter Of Phi Delta
Gamma. Assisting were Mrs. Herbert
Walter, Mrs. Arthur Fleming, Mrs.
Clyde B. Aitchison, Mrs. Eugene An
derson, Mrs. Ben Arneson, Mrs. Ru-
dolph Clemen, Mrs. Ernest Correll,
Mrs. Lewis Hunter, Mrs. Howard
Piquet and Miss Lucille Stockberger.
Evening star., 1937-12-05
BILL BLAMES N. R. A.

The Senate yesterday heard an echo
Of the controversy which ragged over
the National Recovery Act when Sen
ator Russell, Democrat. of Georgia
introduced a bill to reimburse the
Georgia Marble Co. of Tate Ga, for
s12.86l in increased cost OF labor
and materials" in construction OF the
Nashville (Tenn) Post Once because
Of the N R. A. code.
Evening star., 1937-12-05
HEARING ON SOFT COAL
PRICE MlNIMUMS ASKED
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
John Carson. consumers counsel of
the National Bituminous Coal Com
mission. asked the commission yes
terday for a public hearing on mini
mum soft coal prices and to produce
the mining and marketing data on
which the prices were established.
Mr.. Carson suggested the hearing
might be arranged to accommodate
some 300 representatives OF coal con-
sumers' organizations invited to meet
here Thursday to examine the COM
missions minimum price schedules.
The prices for all coal-producing
areas east of the Mississippi River
became effective December 16. and
are calculated to return coal operators
at least the cost of production.
Mr.. Carson said that up to now
the commission has failed to supply
him with the information on which
the commission acted in fixing prices.
Evening star., 1937-12-05
UNIVERSITY
GROUPS ENTERTAIN

The faculty and students Of the
Graduate School Of American Uni
versity were entertained at 1901 F
street NV. last night by members OF
Phi Delta Gamma and Chi Psi
Omga.
Guests were received by Chancel-
lor and Mrs. Joseph M. M. Gray,
Evening star., 1937-12-05

own regiments If progress there Is
slow.
Merit and Ability Standard.
"The government desires that merit,
character and ability shall be the
main entitlement to promotion and
reward" Mr.. Hore-Belisha declared.
Mr.. Hore- Belisha, who has increased
the regular army recruits already,
showed that a territorial or citizens
army is close to his heart, saying,
by such men have great empires
been won-by such men in the last
resort have they been defended"
He stressed the fact that the British
Empire OF some 493 100000 inhabi-
tants now has regular army of only
212,000 men.
Evening star., 1937-12-05
HiT-RUN DRIVER KILLS

Father and Four-Year-Old DauEh-
ter Are Victims.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. (P.-A
hit-and-run driver killed a father
and his 4-year-old daughter tonight
as he walked down United States
Road 10, west of here, with the child
in his arms.
Noah Russell. "a, of near Bridge
port and Margaret Russell were killed
as Russell's 22-year-old wife, Omie,
and another daughter, Myrtle, 2,
looked on.
Onlookers said the driver of the
automobile. woman, went on down
the road mile, then turned and
passed the scene in the other di-
rection.
Evening star., 1937-12-05
Stephens Alumnae to Meet

The Stephens College Alumnae Club
Will meet at the home of Miss Ruth
strasser. 1917 Seventeenth street NV,
at 8 pm. Wednesday. Several book
reviews will be presented.
Evening star., 1937-12-15
Louis Suspected of Being Asleep ScmeIng Battle

dogs in only two or three years Of
showing. About two years ago she
showed a puppy at Madison SQUARE
Garden that did not even get into
the ribbons.
Recently she met the Judge Of that
breed outside the judging ring and
he congratulated her on her wins
IN the following way:
You certainly have come far since
you showed that pup under me. Now
that you own Oh. Topnotcher,
aren't you glad you took my advice and
threw out that pup? Can't you see
that 1t was all wrong as a show pup?"
Whereupon he was answered, THAT
pup is Oh. Topnotcher."
BULLDOG breeders will be greatly
interested in learning that Regi-
maid p Sparkes, owner Of the cele-
brated Kamel Kennels Of Toronto, is
dispensing all his dogs. He has been
ordered to take long sea voyage &C
account of i'll health.
His dogs have attained world
wide fame for their quality.
Among his kennel leaders are Bun
jie, Clarinda, Parkholme Primula and
Basford Ideal, all holders of both
Canadian and American titles, as well
as juniors Juno, British and Ca
madam champion.
HAS your dog windproof place
to sleep? He does not need
heated house, unless he is a toy or
short-haired breed But he does need
a protected spot, preferably a house
just large enough for him to curl up
in comfortably.
The house that is too large,
or the one that looks comfort
ably large to the person, is too
hard for him to warm up from
his body heat.
Straw, cedar shavings, gunnysacks
and hay all make good bedding, but
should be changed at intervals. The
opening to the house should be at
the side, rather than in the middle
of one end. This allows the dog
to keep out Of the draft.
Evening star., 1937-12-15
AR!0!G:;;;S$'- (: |! :: ISL ILI|{Ei
By RRTAXNToN ~"
By RR TAXWTON

Lug OcOS, D0okcLo, ulALtTcS6SS ana
carrying cases, as well as portable
yards, tie out stakes, shipping crates
and weather-proof kennels are also
among the Yuletide possibilities.
IF WHoz1T happens to be merely
doggy minded instead OF a dog,
first choice on the hst-after another
dog, Of course-is book about dogs.
Many good ones have been reviewed in
this column on various canine subjects
from general care, through specific
training, to treatises on various breeds.
Many others have been published dur
ing the year with q doggy motif, fic-
tionally treated.
The youngsters will enjoy Large's
king Companion" O'Brien's "Silver
Chief" Youman and Rannell's "Waif."
among others. Mathews, our wartime
Ambassador to Belgium, wrote touch
ing little essay about his Pekingese
and called it Little Lion.
Leaman wrote a hilarious
farce based on canine psychol-
ogy called "The Dog Days of
Lank Hank"
Other gifts for the dog minded are
doggy jewelry which varies from smart
looking bits that can be picked up at
the dime store and classed as costume
jewelry to hand-painted miniatures of
show dogs under crystal or carefully
sculptured bowwows fashioned of gold
and silver and worn as necklaces,
bangles, charms, ETC. These are likely
to run into important money.
OF course, there always are pictures,
pottery, book ends, lamps, and the
Evening star., 1937-12-15
JAMES CLAIMING
GRAPHING TITLE
Young Greek, Popular Here,
"Annexes" Light
Championship.
Jesse JAMES, one of the most

Jesse JAMES, one of the most
popular twisters to invade this
sector this season, just won't
be regimented. Finding him.
self completely surrounded by muffin
cared pachyderms claiming the world
heavyweight graphing championship,
the 22-year-old Greek has claimed the
world light heavyweight title for bet
ter or worse.
The 189-pound James, who will
squirm with Chief Thunderbird, pow-
erful Indian, in the feature match Of
the weekly bone-bending show at
Turner's Arena tomorrow night, says
he has pinned every man in the in
dustry at his own weight and has
campaigned successfully among heavy
weights.
Well Liked Here.
A PLEASING Snowman and acrobat,
Jesse gradually is developing into
one Of the mat games finest drawing
cards and proved such here recently
in disposing Of Iy1nry Kulkowich in
IL minutes.
Chief Thunderbird also enjoys a
healthy following here, having won
five OF six matches and holding Cliff
Olsen to draw in the other.
Promoter Joe Turner, who will
donate portion Of the proceeds to
charity, also has booked the freakish
John Sullivan, 7 foot 10 inch Irish
giant, for match with John Gran
dowich, Polish grappler. Sullivan is
reported to be direct descendant Of
Finn McCoul, Ireland's famous giant.
Evening star., 1937-12-15
THE chief cause Of headaches
| nowadays seems to be what
shall I give Whozit? II Whozit

HoWaOayS seems 10 be what
shall I give Whozit? II Whozit
happens to be a purp, it is q
headache that is easily eliminated.
One OF the very finest Christmas
presents for his lordship Is a nice,
big, juicy, meaty, beef bone-and a
place to bury it. One ingenious soul
got q whole leg bone and tied it to
her fence with a length Of heavy wire.
Her whole litter Of collie pups had q
glorious time with that bone for more
than month before she decided that
it looked little moth eaten around
the edges, and removed it.
If the Christmas presents must hang
on the tree, there is a large variety of
rubber toys, made of solid rubber, not
hollow. for pups edification.
There are jingle bells, rubber
shoes, bones, mice, dolls and
rabbits that squeak, cat heads
that stick out their tongues,
teething rings, and other gad-
gets.
The advantage of the solid rubber
over the hollow variety is that they
are not so easily chewed up and dc
not cause the complications that bits
of rubber in the intestines are likely
to. Collars, harnesses and leashes of
fine feathers in sober or gay colors
will please pooch's owner as well as
pooch. Feeding dishes in almost in
finite variety also make nice gifts,
especially those dishes which come
mounted in little stands also make
nice gifts. especially those dishes which
come mounted in little stands and are
practically spill proof.
Evening star., 1937-12-15

or more best-in-show honors under
their collars, dogs that walked into
the judging rings with victory prac-
tically assured. And of all these dogs
did any gain the heights in this
important event? Oh, no. Top hon.
ors went to a never before -heard-of
beagle, Meadow Lark Craftsman,
owned by Louis Batter and shown
in the open class
And there wasn't a soul at
the press table who did not
agree with the judge that it was
= well-deserved win.
A case nearer home is that Of a
certain Washington fancier who has
made fine show record with her
Evening star., 1937-12-15

phoned there Saturday night and
asked what they had in mind for this
Friday.
We'll, I'm trying to get an oppo-
nent for frankie Blair" informed
Mr.. Bradley. If Livingston was in on
it he probably would have said we're
trying" etc.
Livingston wasn't around when you
ambled up there yesterday. He hasn't
been around yet. Leo announced that
Cinque wanted more time to train, so
Bradley felt the public would not re-
spond to tt Ssubstitute and called the
whole thing.r,
Bradley Does All Talking.
T LIVINGSTON agreed with me-" Leo
added as an afterthought, but it
was Bradley who made the match and
Bradley who called it of. Yeah, Liv-
ingston signs the contracts, but the
District Boxing Commission by this
time should know that may be a mere
formality. Livingston Is licensed as
the promoter and matchmaker, but
most folk feel Bradley is the key man
in the outfit.
II have Petey sarron definitely COM
ing in here" informed Bradley But
five minutes later you bumped into
Jimmy Erwin, who happens to man.
age Sarron, and you asked him about
that. That's news to me-" said Jim
my. IT they want him they can get
him at the right price. Petey will
fight any place, but he's pretty well
tied up for some time" -.
The Rialto signed a match and then
discovered one Of the principals is out
of condition. The management is to
be commended on canceling the show
under these circumstances, but it's
safe to assume one Of these days 1t
wont discover such things and the
Rialto will suffer.
Anyway, it's bad business to an
nounce . card and then cancel 1t.
especially when you should be I'M
pressing fans with your knowledge Of
the boxing game. Meanwhile, the
fans know only that Turner'S Arena
runs ring shows every Monday during
the indoor season, rain or shine, and
that the Rialto Cancelled It, second
card.
Evening star., 1937-12-15
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

nVER period of three years
Connie Mack has sold Eddie
Collins, Eddie Murphy, Frank Bak-
er, Jack Barry, Wally schang, Joe
Bush and Amos strunk for an ag-
gregate of $l61,0O0.
Clark Griffith has traded Bert
Gallia and $4,000 to st. Louis for
Bert Shotton and Johnny Lavan,
speedy outfielder and classy short
stop. respectively, Of the Browns
Philly fans are aroused to the
point Of threatened boycott over
the recent swap made by President
William F. Baker in which Grover
Cleveland Alexander and Bill Kill
lefer went to the Cubs in exchange
for Mike Prendergast and Bill Dill
hoefer, two comparative unknowns,
and $4,000.
Evening star., 1937-12-15
REDSKINS ON STAGE.

Two outstanding members Of the
world football champion Washington
Redskins. Cliff Battles and Charley
Malone, will be on the stage bill OF the
Capitol T'heater for a week, starting
Friday. They will be introduced by
Tony Wakeman, the VOL sports an
nOuncer.
Evening star., 1937-12-15

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Evening star., 1937-12-15
DECLARES He SAW
NOTHING SPECIAL
Max Never Looked Better
Than in Late Sessions
After He Got "FeeI."
By JOHN LARDNER.

BY JOHN LARDNER.
n YEW YORK, Dec. 15.-There Is
N an ugly suspicion stirring
around the neighborhood that
u .Joe IpIIis tho country,e fora
Evening star., 1937-12-15
SARR0N MEETS INGRAM
Former Feather Champ and D. c.
Boxer in Richmond Bout

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. IS (R.-
Petey Sarron, former world feather
weight champion, will meet Ray In
gran. of Washington, D. c., in q 10
round feature fight here Monday night
at the city auditorium, it was an
nounced today by Matchmaker Jay J.
Thomas.
Evening star., 1937-12-15

&uSC IloC cltIlcT WdSIl III shape.
Business acumen seems to be lack
ing. You'd think the Rialto would
have had its first two shows signed
and sealed before it attempted to
chisel in on the established market at
Turner's Arena
But the first card was
rather haphazard thing.
The management announced it
sought AL Reid or Christobal Jara-
milo as foe for Joey Archibald, but
1t wound up with Biff Lemieux, a
comparative unknown.
The preliminary card merely was
another display of mediocre fighters
and this sector has viewed that brand
all season.
Card Not Topnotch.
COMEHOW you had the impression
that the Rialto would 60 strong
on its first show, obtain widely
known opponent for the popular Arch
ihald and support the main event with
talented preliminary boys. But in
walked Lemieux and an assorted COL
: lection Of preliminary fighters culled
from fistiana's trash heap.
Well, fair crowd turned out and
saw a fair fight. 1t lacked finish, but
the fans seemed to like it, and those
closely connected with the boxing
business felt the Rialto might click.
After all, it had drawn q larger crowd
than the established Turner's Arena
had lured the previous week.
Cinque might have meant a double
dose of absinthe or almost anything
to most ringworms. He never had ap-
peared here before and the record
books fail to note his presence in fistic
circles. Blair was known quantity
and q good fighter, but Cinque's name
recalled no memories and furthermore
you didn't know whether it rhymed
with sink or tank. But that doesn't
matter now.
Howard Livingston, who is supposed
to be the matchmaker and promoter
Of the Rialto outfit, actually is said
to be nothing more than figurehesd
It was Leo Bradley, q small, grayish
man from New England, who an
nounced the cancellation of the card
and It was Mr.. Bradley who was max
ing the Blair -Cinque match when you
Evening star., 1937-12-15
usual miscellany adorned or otherwis.
with dogs
1t b certain that the dog lover
II the easiest person in the world
to please ut Christmas,

THE Toronto Globe and Mail of
November "a, the date Of the
Royal Winter Fair, the largest dog
show in Canada, carried headlines
to the effect that Lord Tweedsmuir,
Governor General OF the province,
lnofdcially gave the Shetland sheep
dogs the top rating in the show. He
stopped before the sheltie benches
and, rubbing the soft little nose Of
one OF them, said "Hah, they are the
finest little dog in the show" My
sentiments, exactly!
A FUNNY, funny business, this show
business! Take the last Phila-
delphia fixture, a grand affair with
over l. 900 dogs onsthe benches. Among
the 1000 were q number of sea-
soned campaigners, dogs with dozen
Evening star., 1937-12-15
1ANSlW' @MK II
@ ROPEG44&E At
By BURTON HAWKINS.

along the line the that the Rialo would make
and there doubt surrounding
- has frankie
Cnque required
The Washington times., 1937-11-10

Karen, my darling, it has been
so long since I have seen you!"
And he bent tenderly over her
hand and kissed it. OF course,
the other man was furious.
Il spoke to your father this
noon, Karen" Prince went on.
RAM, enough Of this nonsense! !!
You know Karen is engaged to
me-" said Ping hotly.
The Prince shrugged his Shoul-
ders. IT am afraid you are mis-.
taken" He smiled at Karen.
"She may be engaged to you. but
we started off to get married the
other night when we were inter
rupted."
And he made a gesture toward
bruise which still showed family
on his forehead.
The Washington times., 1937-11-10
Vera Brown
Exciting First-RMn NOUel
Reckless Lady
WHAT HAS HAPPENED

Karen Mallory spoiled daughter of riches is being given
"comngout' party after her release from JAIL While
there she meets Prince Serge RAM and later accepts his
offer of MARRIAGE After many cocktails she calls on her,
n1Oyer Jim LdOton and insists that he come aong to ot
ness her marriage to the Prince GAIL hearing KGrems
Ran calls her home and informs Lucy, KGrens paid of
the ptGm Lucy arrives 1Oith Weber, the chauffeur They
start ont, and suddenly there is crdsh Gail and Webber
are hurt. LGwton puts Karen and Lucy into cab and
sends them hoe He then DISCOVERS tOo inert figures in
the sno0 Both are dead Karen goes to the home of the
tOo Voen Oho killed. She runs into difficulties and
IS rescued By Judge Stoddard o had sent her to Jail on
traffic CHARGE He takes her to his apartment aokere
she spends the night At the inquest she is cleared of
blame for the fatal accident Karen reois her friends
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
Let me in while Karen. You're low don't like to
leave you alone he said they in the side
Karen was grateful Ping took her hand and led her
soaum at the back of the big house. As they walked into the
sunfed hung with of her mothers fine orchid
plants they both halted suddenly Somebody else there
1t was Prince Serge. He came forward smiling:
The Washington times., 1937-11-10

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