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Evening star., 1938-11-13
Tape Measure Simpli6es
Glamour to Cold Figures
Studio Fitting Room Notes Reveal
Many Secrets Anent Feet
And Hips and Things
By Harold Hefernan.
HOLLYWOOD.

Statistics don't always belong applied
to the glamour girls of Hollywood they sometimes sparkle with
for the avid movie shopper For instance figures show that
ideal Hollywood
shoe gloves 31a height
Unusual inuperabe
Evening star., 1938-11-13
In Many a Movie Marriage
The Wife Has the Money
More Often Than Not the Feminine
Stars Earn Far More Than
The Man They Marry
By Sheilah Graham.
HOLLYWOOD.


Fredric March recently asked
you know the and of Hollywood
acks To which Freddie replied seriously
pocketbook
of Hollywood refer the not earn
larger salaries than the they
1t is when film than
Evening star., 1938-11-13
When Director Fights Play
Result Is Double>Kayo
Orson Welles Has Some Good Tricks,
But the Tricks Are Not So Good
AS 'Danton's Death Itself
Rv I'm WnIferf
By Ira W0lferf.
NEW YORK.

Danton dying tedious Of
the Mercury Theater, Weles.
Wees, the telling
play-Dantons
tricks Of them good together quarter
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25

even of afterwards, they may be
filled up again Where are and
where may we find these WPA
workers who swarmed around
the polls Tuesday, November 3?
Where may we find that unend-
ing list of WPA workers held for
checking purposes by election
"Tellers Is it true that the
WPA fund has been exhausted ?
If so when did the poor devils
learn 1T? Did they know OF
election day when t hey were
raising so much sand?
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
FIORELLO'S FUN
williamson Daily News,

Williamson Daily News).
FiCrello LaGuardia is at it
again. His political philosophy
does not allow for dictators of
any kind. This explains why he
is in small Jam with Mussolini
and q nice big one with Hitler.
But a. mayor OF Americas big
Fest city and as the political hero
of many people the Little Flower
doesn't worry much.
lis latest exploit which leaves
the nation chuckling in the APP
pointment of three special police
officers to guard against possible
disturbances around the NaZi
consulate in New York. A n d
these three men are Jews-Capt:
Finkelstein, Lieut.. Licker and
Sergeant Goldstein. Today with
GCcring, Goebbels and Adolph
cursing the Semetic race three
Of the race protect their COM
mercial agent in New York all;
the world has good chuckle
with Fioreilo joining in On thu
chorus.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25

date device for detection of vic
Ilators add at the same timesfor
the asu mce of the protection, Of
human hves. The Editor said
in answer. to one innocent but
jocular bystander who wanted
to know was not he afraid that
Johnnie Knight might just acct
dent let that motorcycle slip,
wreck and kill him? The devil
knows, he was sitting behind
him and watching every inch of
the road and that he could tell
from the heart throbs of Johnnie
Knight that he was NO more
anxioup to pave this country
than he himself.
There was nothing in it but
friendship, happiness, goodwill,
amusement and that christian
ity prevailed in all. 1t was a
happy moment it was a comph-
ment to the city, and everything
is moving on and off most plea
sanity.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
Election is Over; To the Vic
tor Belongs the Spells as the
Old Saying Goes

Well, the election is thing
of the past. Some surprises were
registered all over the country.
The New Deal had set-backs
galore. Speculate as mach as any
on wants to, there is no rubbing
out of the truth that in prae-
tically every precinct in the
country, there was a lessening
in the Democratic majorities.
Big states like Ohio and Penn
sylvania, M i C higan, Indiana,
New Jersey, and the narrow mar
gin with which New York barely
saved it's scalp, Roosevelt's
home state!i Then his defeat in
his own county and precinct,
saying nothing about the cities
of Lynehbur& Virginia, one of
the rankest and most burboned
Democratic cities Of old Vir-
ginia, a city which perhaps has
bean in the Democratic column
over since the civil war as it were
repudiating the old Moss Back
Dmocratic traditions. Gee whiz,
what next? Certainly Mcdowell
cOu1y went Democratic, certain
ly some OF the best men whoever
breathed or walked became
victims of the lack of money.
here is nothing to gainsay the
contrary now since t h e whole
darn thing is history. We are
taking our medicine.
Proud Gary Stood the Test
while Atlkin district may
have followed the rest of the
districts. here is on compliment
tary thing about the organiza-
son of voters and citizens on
the United States Coal company
operations. They held to the
horns of the altar and refused
the enemy the pleasure to pass
But the WPA people were afaid
no to save their scalps, the teach
ers likewise, exhibited certain
amount of fear. Intimidation
hreats, and spies looking out ant
spotting the fellow who hat
given his word drove to cover.
To Victors Belong Spoils
30 there is no serious com
plant. First time the RepulSica,
did not have money enUyh tC
hire cars or to arouse the dor
mant spirits among voters. Blu
hold your heads an ard and lool
tbe world in the face expecting
tse new awakening from para
lytic slumber will restore to lifl
at the proper time.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
.Colored Folks, thank God,

..Colored Folks, thank God,
and respect the man,for living
afater having spent ESQ years
serfdom.NBe proud you don t
need as much money and do
not have to worry as much as
the white man since you ex-
perienced two and a half CEN
turies without a dam dollar
and now know how to not
complain when you have no
money without committing
m. suicide. ~ IN
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
KeystOne's Motorcycle Tested
By Editor of3McD owellyfimes
Test Under Police DIRECTION

A most amusing and interest
ing incident happened Tuesday
ateroon of this week when it
was learned that Lieutenant
Johnnie Knight, an expert motor
cyclist and popular police officer
of Keystone, with and by the
consent of Chief Fred King
assembled together in Burke
section, in the presenc of large
crowd of spectators, some think
ing they could scare or brighten
a proposal for a motorcycle ride
to Northfork by Editor of The
Times, the dare was accepted,
the trip was made, the special
ors watched and wondered their
breaths were held silent for a
few minutes and the eyes of all
were tense to see the manoeuvr-
ings as they went out of sight.
The surprise to everybody, since
it was known that the editor had
never before been favored with
such spectacular at, to find he
evidenced not one iota of uneasi
ness. Policeman Johnnie Knight
who bears the distinction of be
Ing an expert, assured any and
all of the spectators that the
trip would prove an uneventful
one. On returning, finding John
Henry Irving still holding the
editors overcoat, everybody was
waving hats, smiling and hurrah
ing, the Editor said, there was
nothing but compliments to the
city for installing such an imme
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25

First River Ship 10 Louisville
Inc iIst Ohio river hip TO reach
1900. '''s AZ
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
Largest Candle In History

The largest candle in history, so
far as Is known, was set up in. Ma
Pies u 1924 ss q memorial to En-
rico Caruso. Requiring the work Of
i've men for four months, says
Golfers Weekly, 1t was Is feet In
height, 2 feet in circumference,
weighed 3 tons and cost about S.
quo. Lighted for "a hours on every
All Souls day, this candle is ex-
pected to last for 1900 years.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
Mr.. NJ. T. Whittico, Editor
The Mcdowell Times

keystone, West Virginia
Gentlemen:
Most sincerely | want to thank
you for your many kindnesses
extended to me during my recent
campaign as the Republican
nominee for Congress in the 9Th
West Virginia district.
Your publications of the re-
ports of my campaign speecltes
proved most helpful, and I am
deeply indebted to you therefor.
Again assuring you of my
sincere appreciation, I beg to
remain,
Most cordially ard sincerely
yours.
HARTLEY SANDERS
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
MANHA,.NDIED SOIL

The statement has been made
by farmers and others too, that
farms wear out. They do not
wear out. What actually hap
pens is that they erode away.
Farmers who practice proper
methods of tillage, and follow
good crop rotations ard a sound
land use policy, are permitted to
use the land for many years
without it wearing out. On the
other hand however, the farmer
who through carelessrass and
Ignorance, cultivates his land in
an unwise manner causing the
sol to be exposed to the forces of
erOSion, unless these forces are
controlled, paves the way to the
destruction of lard and to ulti
mate poverty.
! Man made erosion ard UNI
wise cultural practices have eff
fected the soils of our state and
nation in many ways. The u. S.
/ Department of Agriculture re
ports that water and wind ero-
sion together, removes not less
than 3 billion tons of topsoil each
year from the croplarl and the
pasture land of our nation.
1t is estimated that this
wased soil contains the equival-
ent of so million tors of phos-
phorus, potassium, nitrogen
calcium, and magnesium, and 43
million tons of this plant food
is made up of nitrogen, phos-
phorus, and potassium - the
principal Ingredients in common
fertilizers. The department fur
Their state that his loss represents
go times more than he total ton
age of commercial fertilizers
used during the year ending on
June SOC 1884.
, These are the startling facts
, arl erosion continues to remove
b hug quantities of plant food
, frem the farms Of West Virgi.
MA. But more important than
loss Of plant food. H. the loss of
TOD soil Erosion causes the top
soil, including plant nutrients.
beneficial microscope organisms.
and other hclpul elements. 10 be
ntirly rmOved. And II, contrast.
crops remove from the soil only
the immediate nutrients upon
which they feed. There is 70
other process which results i'm
the loss Of soil and plant food
more than erosion Farms crod I,
away: they do not wear ont.
There are mary more effects
|of erosion which are causing
concern among the farmers Of
our STATE The depo-iting Of TOP
! soil from orodirg fields ON bot
/ tom lands and the sitting of
stream sand reservoirs arc con
tributing factors 10 the inn
| poveishmerf OF farms. Continu
ed erosion als1 increases the run
or OF surface wator which re-.
duces the available supply Of
ground water Crpps suffer
from drought. and The water i'm
! springs and wells is curtailed.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
Never Enough Money

Jud Tunkins says he always want.
ed to have enough money to keep
him from worrying about the fu-
ture, but he never yet saw any,
body who had managed it that way.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
No New Funds To Be Given
by p. w. A.

Washington, Nov 10. - The
Public Works Administration
took stock Of its 1898 spending
program today and announced
informally that no further allo-
cations would be made to new
projects. Officials said that the
6,1O4,426 remaining of the
original $75O.OOOOOO provided
by Congress for non relief pro-
Jects would be held in reserve
TO meet Deficiencies on project
already under way. They said
actual costs ran higher than
estimates.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
Where Is the WPA Project Did
The Recent Election DO Away
With Tbem2

What is the meaning of all
this suspension of the WPA
w0rers? So soon after the cleo
ton? Is it true that there are no
more jobs on the public highway
to be adjusted, attended to.
ridges kept clean, painted up.
trash moved, holes to be filed up,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25

Flintlock Rife Long in Use
Inc hinilock rifle remained in
general use for nearly 200 years.
The times-news., 1938-12-14
30 CHARLESTONIANS
INDICTED In STATE
SENATORIAL PRIMARY

CHARLESTON, S. c., Dec. IA.
-(UP)-The Charleston county
grand jury yesterday returned
more than 80 indictments charg-
ing city aldermen, the city chief
of detectives and others with vio-
lating state laws in last summers
primaries. =,
Among those indicted were AL
deImen Walter A. Renken and
Gruber Sires, Chief of Detectives
Joseph R. Wise and Henry Behl-
mer. former deputy clerk of court.
The indictments were returned to
the court of general sessions, over
which Judge j. Strom Thurmond,
Edgefeld, presided.
The indictments resulted from
incidents connected with the vot-
ing in the race between Cotes-
worth P. Means and Oliver I.
Wallace for state senator. Means
won.
The times-news., 1938-12-14
MURDER Case
CLOSED With
PLEAOFCUILT
Aged Woman in Bassett
Case Sentenced; Will
Show Where Body Hid

SEATTLE. Wash, Dec. IA
TUPl-An end to the mystery Oh
4be Bassett murder case was prom
sised last night after Mrs. Mary
Eleanor Smith, 7S. pleaded guilty
Ind was sentenced to life lmprls-
0nment. r,,oo,o
Bassett, an Annapolis. Nd navai t
attache, disappeared IN the west.
Mr. Smith, sentenced with her
%on N prison after being caught
s.yitb some of Bassett's possessions
messed the murder many years
later. o,5 bor SON,
Decasto Earl Mayer. 45, were
6roughC to trial for murder al
efbOnSh Bassett's body never mas
been found. One chapter endedI
when Mayer killed himself IN his
jail cell Sunday. fc;+,
Yesterday when Mrs, smith,
asorrowing over her sons deat1s'
closed the next chapter by plead
ING guilty she told officers she
would show them where she and
her son hid Bassett's disseeted
body. ;,,,. had
Immediately after a Jury hau
sdeiberated 10 minutes and recon-
.mended a life sentence for Mrs
Smith, Judge Chester A. Bachelor
ordered her to prison for the rest
Sof her days.
The times-news., 1938-12-14
APPEAL TAKEN
ON TOBACCO
PENALTY TAX
Growers Of Two States ASK
Supreme Court lnvali-
= date Excess Quota Levy :.
81 WASHINGTON, Dec. Ia CUP

g. WASHINGTON, Dec. IA (OP)
Florida and Georgia 15lr farmers
+odav asked the supreme court to
.,,,Ie r that the federal government
eoi1ld not constitutionally collect
nenaIties for marketing of tobacco
in excess of quotas.
= A group of tobacco growers
from North Florida and South
Georgia appealed from a ruling
If q special three-judge court OF
the Middle Georgia federal dis
tIict The lower court had re1us-
ed TO issue the farmers an in
function to prevent the govern
ment from collecting the penalty
ON the 1888 crop marketed IN eX-
cess of quotas. c, :.
Similar suits had been filed IN
North Carolina and this case IS
retarded as test for the tobac-
co program and possibly for 9TH
er federal farm production sys-
TENS involving a penalty tax for
selling in excess Of a set maxi
mum. =,
This suit was concerned with
fiue-cured tobacco, the growers
The times-news., 1938-12-14
SINGLE LEVY
(: : FLORIDA GOAL
,C. of C.. Bodies Would Re-
build States Tax
Structure

g HOLLYWOOD, Fla, Dec. IA.
-UP)-Endorsement "in princl-
.sple" was given today at the
Florida chamber of commerce con-
vention to a proposal for new
sstate tax structure based on a
ssingle levy, the burden of which
swould be borne by all citizens.
! The proposal was made by a
TAX study committee headed by
APeter o. Knight of Tampa.
:sKnight's committee will work out
adetails of the plan and present
;it to the chamber of commerce dl-
srectors in January.
The convention closed with the
reelection of Harold Colee of
Jacksonville as president for the
Sfourth term.
q N. P. Yowell of Orlando was
anamed first vice president; j. D.
gIngraham of Jacksonville, treas
,urer, and r. G. Grassfeld of
: Jacksonville, secretary and gem
-.eral manager.
3 District vice presidents elected
awere j. S. Foley of Foley, N NJ.
zParrish of Jacksonville, DR.. j. H.
sTherrell of Chattahoochee, Carl
Nd. Brorein of Tampa and T. F.
The times-news., 1938-12-14
WATER STRIKE
CONFERENCE
IS BROKEN UP
Union Delegation Walks
Out; Strike Breakers Pro-
vide St. Louis Water

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. IA. (UP)
A peace conference between rep
resentatives of striking operating
engineers at city water pumping
stations and city officials collapsed
suddenly last night when the union
delegation walked angrily from the
city hall conference room.
Agreement repeatedly had been
reached and an end of the strike
which for a time threatened 900,-
600 residents with a water fam
inc, was in sight when Maurice j.
Cassidy. president of the city eff
ficiency board, and George Tracy,
secretary, withdrew, presumably
to report to Mayor Bernard F.
Dickmann.
When they returned they an
nounced the agreement was off.
Union leaders then broke up
the conference. There was no in
dication that another conference
was planned.
Virgil Belfi, assistant business
agent for the international Union
of Operating Engineers local,
told newsmen. that the city had
agreed to rehire all strikers with
out prejudice while the union had
agreed not to insist on reinstate-
ment of four suspended engi-
neers. ,.'....
He said judisdictional dispute
touched off the strike. was to
with the stationary firemen, oil
ers and coal passers union which
have been submitted to the exc
cutive board of the American
Federation of Labor.
Both unions are affiliated
with the American Federation of
Labor.
Cassidy refused to comment on
Dean announced that three of the
the meeting.
Water Commissioner john r
city's four struck tumptinp sta.
tions will continue to be operated
by emergency crews which Were
escorted into the plants bv police
details early yesterday. Reopen
ing of the three stations asSprad
the city Of an ADEQUATE watar
supply.
The times-news., 1938-12-14

published.
The newspaper La Prensa said
it understood that Japan has
agreed to buy a considerable
quantity of oil, appropriated last
March from American and otheg
foreign companies, provided the
Mexican government could ar
range to deliver the shipment at
some Pacific port.
Neither the amount of the deal
nor the price was revealed.
Considerable credence was Civ
en- the ort,-Showever, in view
of Mexico's recent. indication that
it would dispose of its surplus PEI
troleum 70 .my buyer. Originally
the goVefnment had announced it
would not sell the seized oil to
any but democratic states.
According to the newspaper Ell
Popular, organ Of the Mexican
The times-news., 1938-12-14
BREAKS BOTH LEGS
In 5O-FOOT FALL

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. IA
. .UP)-Sol Brener, 47-year-old
furniture salesman, was in Char
itv hospital today with fractures
of both legs after a 50-foot fall
down an elevator shaft.
Brener lifted the gates of the
elevator landing and reaching in
to grasp the rope which controls
the cage, he lost his balance and
fell to the roof of the elevator
on the ground floor.
The times-news., 1938-12-14

of which last Saturday voted
against a 1888 federal program
of marketing quotas.
The growers contended that the
1898 agricultural adjustment act
was unconstitutional insofar as 1T
authorized collection of penal
ty of SO per cent of the market
price for marketing of tobacco
over a set quota, and that this
levy was an invalid attempt by
the federal government to regu-
late production. :.
The Middle Georgia court, in
a session at Valdosta, refused to
issue the injunction and held the
penalty tax was valid regula-
ton by congress of "intrinsically
local matters interviewer with
interstate and foreign COM
merce."
The times-news., 1938-12-14
GETS CLOCK MENDED
TWO DECADES AGO

NEWCASTLE, Ind, Dec. IA
tUP(-A man walked into a
Watchmaker's. shop here and an
nounced ne had "come for the
CLOCK | left to be repaired in
The puzzled matchmaker search
ed ms workshop and ultimately
round neatly packed parcel con-
Ialnmg the clock which he had
repaired % years ago.
The times-news., 1938-12-14
VICIOUS CIRCLE

KERANG, Australia. up
Drs. Pook and Munro, physicians
and partners, have their own con-
ception of what constitutes a
vicious circle" After work in
the local hospital, they left by
separate doors, got into their cars
and started for home. DIR. Pook
turned to the right and DR.. Nun
10 to the left. Both travelled a
block and then crashed into each
other.
The times-news., 1938-12-14

Workers confederation, the Ger
man deal sis about to be complet-
ed" Reports of that deal said
Mexico had agreed to barter ST.
worth Of oil for $S,0oO,-
900 in cash and a quantity of ask
marks, which can be used only
for the purchase of goods in
Germany. The oil obtained by the
Reich would be for the use Of
German industries as well as for
the German navy g-S
The times-news., 1938-12-14
IN LAST MAN CLUB

KEN0SHA, Wis. (UP)-A wo-
man may some day be the last
man" of the American Legion's
Last Man club here. She is Mrs.
Clara Hutchinson, former
World war nurse. She served Is
months in the regular army, 10
months overseas.
The times-news., 1938-12-14
LOOT FLIES RAcp

Los GATOS, Cal. TPI !
burglar who took fcweIrv 4
carrier pigeon from Mrs
Fillmore evidently didn't com,
the homing instincts of tSo a
The pigeon eventually flew
but without the jcwelrv
The times-news., 1938-12-14
FARMER USES OXEN

WEWoKA, Okla. (UP)-Cal-
YIN Alvin Rhodes, 71-year-old
farmer, tills his 25 acres with
oxen: They aren't as fast as mod
efn farm machinery. Rhodes said
put they are "sure to get where
they're headed"
The times-news., 1938-12-14

Fleming of FIT Lauderdale. Vice
presidents at large selected were
Ed R. Bentley of Lakeland, Will
liam L. Wilson of Jacksonville
and Bryan C. Hanks of Miami.
The 1889 annual meeting was
awarded to Tampa.
The times-news., 1938-12-14
Mexico Would
SELL OIL Also
: TO JAPANESE
Deal Reported Underway;
Already Has Barter
Plan With Germany

MEXICO CITY, Dec. IA. CUP
A deal by the Mexican govern
ment to sell oil to Japan was re-
ported underway today less than
= week after details Of barter
arrangement with Germany were
The times-news., 1938-12-14
EDNEYVILLE WINS.
TO MEET THURSDAY

EDNEYVILLE, Dec. 14.-The
Woman's Missionary society VIII
meet at the home of Mrs. Maude
Hill on Thursday afternoon, De-
cember Is, at'2 o'clock.
An interesting program is be-
ing planned on the missionary top
ic. All nations will be discussed.
Visitors are cordially invited.
Mrs. T. S. Mullikiu, the president,
will preside. ..
The United States still pays
Civil war pensions amounting to
nearly S2,00O,000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
BIondeII Fun
Atthe MET"

There's Always A Woman"
that smart Columbia picture
comedy starring Joan Blondell
and Melvyn Douglas opened to-
day at Warmers Metropolitan
Theater, succeeding Trail of a
Lonesome Pine"
Blondell and Douglas were
hailed as a new comedy team
of more than ordinary ability by
critics who viewed There's Al.
ways a Woman" at the Earle
Theater last week. The picture
probes hilariously the private
lives Of Mel and Joan, a couple
of wide-eyed sleuthS with a pen.
chant for getting into all kinds
Of trouble, mostly marital. Mel,
it seems, is a detective and so
is Joan, of the private agency
type. When Mel is assigned to
a murder in which Joan is
representing the accused. the
plot really gets under way.
The supporting cast includes
Mary Aston, Frances Drake,
Robert Paige, Jerome Cowan
and Thurston Hall. The comedy
was based on Wilson Collisions
magazine story of the same
name.