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The Washington times., 1938-10-07
Book in Library
Of Congress
BQreS All
dated 1494 and containing a later

dated 1494 and containing a later
edition of the Columbus letter.
Columbus letter, tranSl a t d
from Spanish into Latin for pub
lication in this book, quantity de-
scribed his explorations. mention
ing the great variety Of trees
stretching up to the stars, the
caves of which I believe are never
shed, for I saw them as green ana
flouristing as they are usually in
Spain ir- the month of May" and
the nightingales and various
other birds without number"
ACQUIRED IN 1867
Columbus a. this early date in
vestigated the possibility Of a
trend toward collectivism in the
New World. He wrote:
IT was not able to find out
surely whether they have indi
vidual property, for I saw that
one man hal the duty of dis
tributing to the others especially
refreshments, food and things of
that kind"
The book with the Columbus let
ter and also the "CoSmographia"
of Waldsee-Muller were acquired
by the library in 1867 from the
famous Americana collection Of
Peter Force, former president of
Washington's city council ans
board Of aldermen. The Book oi
Privileges came to the library from
the family of Edward Everett, to
whom it had belonged.
Although October IL is the ira
ditional date celebrated as Colum-
bus Day, the time of Columbus
historic footprint on this con-
tinent now corresponds to October
81, due to changes in the calen-
dar.
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AmericuS KnelU
His Public,
That's All

But for a little book which
came to light in the Library of
Congress today, a nation of GO
lumbians" instead Of Americans
might celebrate next Wednesday,
the anniversary of Christopher Co
lumbus' landing in the New World.
A copy of the little book that
Cheated Columbus out of having
the country named for him in
stead of Americus Vespuccius was
carefully broug: out of the air
conditioned vault in the rare book
collection by the curator, v. Valta
Parma.
Martin Waldsee-Muller, in his
book, "Cosmographia." dated 1907,
proposed that the New World be
named America-and he hastened
to fix the name of masculine
explorer on the land for fear that
mems names might be crowded off
Of the continents!
NAMED FOR WOMEN
He pointed out that "both Eu-
rope and Asia took their names
from women" And, implying
there wasn't much land left to be
explored and named, since "the
fourth part" of the world had
been newly discovered, Waldsee-
Muller nominated Americus Yes
puccius-who doubtless was bet
ter press agent than Columbus
for the honor.
But for this little book the
Western Hemisphere might have
been called "The Land of the
Holy Cross" or Atlantis" or
'HesperideS," or "Iberica," or GO
The Washington times., 1938-12-12
Army and Navy Orders

The War Department today announced
the following orders:
Major Martin S. Chester, infantry, re-
tirement for disability approved: Lieut..
Col. Daniel C. Campbell, Medical Corps,
detailed to retiring board, Washington;
Lieut.. Col. Cleon ]. Gentzkow. Medical
Corps, from medical department., Pan
ANA Canal department. to Army Medi-
cal Center. Washington; Capt Aloysius
T. Waskowicz, Medical Corps, from Fort
wayne Mich. to Hawaiian department;
Lieut.. Col. Samuel A. White, Medical
Corps, from Edgewood Arsenal, Md, to
Y n m Canal department; Ma jor
Mackey J. Real, Dental Corps, from Let
terman Hospital San Francisco. to Pan
anna Canal department.
Lieut.. Col. Rollo P. Bourbon, from
Fort Mcpherson. Ga: Capt. John E.
Granada, from FIT. Mcpherson, Ga.
Capt. Ralph w. Lewis. from Fort Du-
Point. Del, and Capt. Ernest H. Parson,
from Army Medical Center Washington.
D. c.. to Philippine department.
Major Marvin E. Kennebeck Dental
Corps, from Randolph Field. Tex, to
Philippine department; Lieut., Col. Gard
liner B. Jones, Veterinary Corps, to Fort
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Smelling, Mimi; Lieut.. Col. James e.
Phillips, Medical Corps, to Fort Nc
Pherson, Ga; Lieut.. Col. Edward J.
strickler, Medical Corps, to Fort Jay.
N. j.. Capt. Matthew C. PuEsley. Medi-
cal Corps. to Letterman Hospital, San
Francisco Capt. John X. Sitzman,
Dental Corps, to Randolph Field, Tex,
all from tours of foreign service.
The Navy Department today issued
the following orders:
Capt. LuCien T. kimball to Navy Yard,
Puget Sound. Wash, instead of Twelfth
Naval District; Capt. Lawrence F. Reif-
snider, detached USS Memphis, to Co
lumbia, Bogota, as chief of Naval Mis-
sion: Capt. James s. Woods. detached
Navy Dept, to Naval Munitions DEPOT.
st. Juliens Creek, Va: Comdr. Carleton
F. Bryant. detached USS Charleston, to
Naval Operations. Navy Dept: Comdr.
Robert c.. Starkey, detached USS Me-
Dougal, to Naval Reserve Educational
Center, New York; Lieut. Comdr. Leon
j. Hoffman. detached USS Pickerel. to
Bureau Construction and Repair Navy
Dept. Lieut.. Allen r. Joyce, detached
USS Plunger, to Naval Engineering Ex-
perimental Station, Annapolis, Md.
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PETER CARTER


other; Lowell Bradford sitting
quietly by a French window;
Terry Seager, who couldn't be
prettier in that cream and
gold manner, and Susanna
Marshall, who has the most
compelling smile.
Guy Castle, cousin of the
debutante, arriving a bit late;
DR.. and Mrs. "Breck" Bayne,
Page Spencer, who is a lovely
brunette; the John CalvertS, the
John McClures, Buddy" Hart
son, Mrs. William Laird Dun
lop, Mrs. Horace Macfarland'
the John M. HudginseS, a n d
ever so many more people COM
ing as we left.
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DratHH
AHAnNNAaaAAN

Malta, ALFONSO-on Friday. Decem-
Der @, 1888, at his residence. 2144
Eighth Street Northwest. ALFONSO
Malta, the beloved husband Of MARY
Malta and father of Lawrence. Charles
and Michael Malta and Mrs. Geraldine
Gonllo, Remains resting at the W. w.
Chambers Company funeral home, 14OO
Chaplin Street Northwest, until IL noon
Sunday. December IL. 1888. and there
after at the residence, 2144 Eighth
Street Northwest. Funeral services from
the residence on Monday, December IL.
1888, at 80 a. M. thence to lmmacu.
late Conception Church, Eighth and N
Streets Northwest, where mass Will De
offered for the repose of his soul. Rela-
tives and friends invited. 1nterment In
Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Continued from Page Ia
a blue fox cape; Mrs. Carlos Del
Mar, trying to make her way
through the crush of guests t.
find three other persons who
had come with her; the Walter
TuckermanS. Mrs. Arthur Con-
don. with the most charming
person named Audrey Allen, a
visitor here from London.
Cornelia Bowie, Dan Waters,
Eleanor and Betty Mattingly'
Elise Hill, daughter Of Mrs.
Henry Bingham; Sylvia Alexan-
der, so very pretty; Barbara
Henning, the nice Fred Joss,
obligingly taking a vase of Grim.
son roses from one room to the
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MAYER, NAN Ron Saturday. Deem
Der 10, 1888, at her residence, 314
Prince St.. Alexandria, Va, NAN r.
MAYER. sister of George A. Mayer
and aunt of George S. Rice. Remains
resting at the Wheatley Funeral Home.
Alexandria, Va. Funeral arrangements
later
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KELLY. JOHN ARTHUR-on saturdI

December 10. 1888, at Garfield Hospital,
JOHN ARTHUR KELLY, beloved hus-
band of Elizabeth Grant Kelly and be-
loved father of Arthur Francis Kelly Re-
mains resting at the ". W. Chambers
Co. funeral home, 1400 Chaplin st. N.
W., where services will be held on Mon
day, December 18th, at 3 D. m. Rela-
tives and friends invited. Interment
Rock Creek Cemetery.
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MILsTEAD, ANDREW J.-On Friday. De-
cember 8. 1898. ANDREW J.. MIL
STEAD, husband of Virginia Milstead.
Remains resting at W. W. Chambers
Company funeral home. 1400 Chaplin
Street Northwest. Monday, December
18th, until / p. m. Funeral services
at Fl. Myer chapel. Fort Meyer. Va,
at 80 D. m. Interment. Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery.
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McLURE, JAMES Hon Sunday. Decem'
Der IL, 1898, JAMES H. McLURE, be-
loved husband of the late Emma Nc,
Lure and father of Ivy E. Blundon and
grandfather of Lawrence Blundon and
from the w. w. Chambers Co. Southeast
funeral home, SIT Eleventh St. s. E.,
ON Wednesday December IA. at IL q. m.
Relatives and friends invited. lnterment,
Cedar Hill Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1938-12-12

If you want to make some real cash
sewing machines. ETC.. which you would
If you have any old furniture. radios.
like to sell. Then place q classified ad in
quickly look around your home and see
the Herald and Times and watch the
flood Of buyerh You are bound to get
better results because the Patterson
Papers are read By . cut OF 4 people u
WaahinEtonO .. C.
The Washington times., 1938-12-12

MCKENZIE, J. FRANK-On Sunday. De-
cember II, 1898, at Herald Harbor; Md,
j. FRANK MCKENZIE. the beloved hus;
band of Edith Ritter Mckenzie. ana
father of j. Frank Mckenzie. IT,; John
H., Ella Mckenzie and Mrs. Winifred
Mckenzie Crismon. Remains resting al
14OO Chaplin St. N. W. Notice of flu
neral later.
The Washington times., 1938-12-12

MORGAN, JOSEPH E.-on Sunday. De-
cember IL. 1898. JOSEPH E. MORGAN,
beloved husband of Sarah C. Morgan
and father of Mrs. Lillian Cation and
Larry c., Joseph F.. Edward w. and
Elliott L. Morgan and Mrs. Helen A..
Wright. of Rochester. N. Y. Funeral
from his late residence. 6l7 G St. s. W.,
on Wednesday. December IA. at $50
a. M, thence to st. Dominic's Church.
Sixth and E SITS. S. W.. where requiem
mass will be offered for the repose of
his soul at a. m. 1nterment, Cedar
invited.
The Washington times., 1938-12-12
JOHNSTON, WILLIAM EDGAR-on Thurs

day. December 8, 1898 at Providence
Hospital, WILLIAM EDGAR JOHNSTON,
beloved husband of the late Mary Burr
Johnston and father of Edgar Burr
Johnston. He is survived by two sis
tiers, Mrs. Abby Elizabeth Dawson and
Mrs. Mary Ella Smith. Funeral serv
ices at the chapel Of Thomas F. Murray.
2O07 Nichols Ave. s. E., on Monday,
December IL, at p. m. Relatives
and friends invited.
1nterment Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1938-12-12
PECK, HUGH TIFFANY-on Thursday

PECK, HUGH TIFFANY-On Thursday.
December 8, 1898, HUGH TIFFANY
Ann Vernon Peck and son of the late
Capt. John R. Peck. of Giles county.
Va, and father of Samuel o. Peck, Mrs.
Frank L. Bruder, Mrs. Virginia Cady,
of Providence, R. l.. and Mrs. Pearl
Lyles Marshall, of Baltimore, Nd. Flu
neral services will be held in the W W.
Chambers Co. funeral home, l400 Cha
pin st. N. W., on Monday. December
12, at 10 a. m. Relatives and friends
are invited Interment in Glenwood
Cemetery
The Washington times., 1938-12-12

December 10. 1888, at her residence,
IA Cation Ave, Alexandria, Va. BES-
SIZE BELL ROBERTS. wife of Samuel
Roberts, age II. Funeral services on
Monday. December IL, at IL a. m.
from the Wheatley Funeral Home,
Alexandria, Va. Interment, Mt. Holly,
W
The Washington times., 1938-12-12
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For Father

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The Washington times., 1938-12-12

GLENN, WILFORD ELMORE-on Sunday.
December II. 1898, at his residence,
va, wILFORD ELMoRE GLENN, the
beloved husband of Anna K Glenn and
father of Elizabeth Glenn and DIR. Chan
ming Glenn. Remains resting at the w.
W. Chambers Co. funeral home 400
Chaplin St. N. W. Notice OF funeral
later
The Washington times., 1938-12-12
Florists

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LHAI LIZ IL Florist. 90S g st. N. W.
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The Washington times., 1938-12-12
I'm Mrntnrtattt

MRS. EDITH CARUSI. In loving memory
of friend who departed three years
ago December IA.
Just a thought of sweet remembrance
just memory sad and true.
Just love and sweet devotion of one
who thinks of you.
THE CIPRIANO FAMILY.
The Washington times., 1938-12-12

GOINGS, GUY ALTON-On Thursday, De-
cember 8, 1898. at Emergency Hospital.
GUY ALTON GOINGS, the beloved son
of Thomas T. and Bessie M Goings
and brother Of Kathleen. Lonnie T..
Edith R., Paul E.. Donald e. and Betty
E. Goings. Funeral services from the
W. W. Chambers Co. Southeast funeral
home, sly Eleventh St. Southeast. on
Relatives and friends invited. Inter
ment Washington National Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1938-12-12

ROLES, HELEN KNOP-On Sunday, De.
cember IL. 1898. at her home, 1929
Rhode Island Ave, Brentwood, Md,
HELEN KNOB ROLES, beloved wife
of Anthony c. Rolfes and mother of
Annie BozieviCh and Mary. Harry, War
r%n and Helen Rolfes. Funeral from
the W. W. Chambers Company Sub
urrTn Funeral Home. 91s Cleveland
Ave. Riverdale. Nd, on Wednesday,
December IA. at $50 a. M, thence to
st. James Catholic Church, Mt Rainier,
Nd. where requiem mass will be offered
for the repose of her soul. Relatives
and friends invited. Interment, Holy
Redeemer Cemetery, Baltimore, Nd.
The Washington times., 1938-12-12

APPEL, PHILIP Non Saturday, Deem.
Der 10, 1888, at his late residence.
17O2 Sixteenth st. S. E.. PHILIP M.
APPEL. beloved husband of Laura
Hedding Appel. Funeral from the
chapel of Thomas F. Murray, 2OO7
Nichols Ave. S. E.. on Tuesday, Deem
Der 10, at 2 p. m. Relatives and
friends are invited to attend. Interment
in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1938-12-12
Christmas Gift Directory ~
g suggestions $500 In gift prizes { }
For "Him''

A CHANCE to earn some &rnaO tom.
Coronet Hosiery. IT'S 9th St n. =.
The Washington times., 1938-12-12

HILLARY. HARRY Lon Sunday. De
cember II. 1888, at his residence. 1851
Otis PI. N. W, HARRY L. HILLARY,
the beloved brother of Alma Hilleary
Funeral from the above residence on
Monday, December IL, at 7 p. m
Relatives and friends are invited. In
terment Woodstock. Va, on Tuesday,
the W. W. Chambers Company.
The Washington times., 1938-12-12

SMITH, MARY F.-On Sunday, December
IL. 1888. at the Mary Washington Hos
pital, Fredericksburg, Va, MARY F
SMITH of the Pocomoke Hotel. Co
lonial Beach, Va. beloved mother OF
Spencer D. and H. L. Smith. Services
will be held in the chapel at Cedar
Hill Cemetery on Tuesday. December
10. at 2 p. m. Arrangements by c. c.
RPddinp
The Washington times., 1938-12-12
For Her"

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lent condition. S46. Private lessons 81
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Evening star., 1938-11-11

and the performance Of the cere-
mony, and puts q stop to the elope-
ments to Maryland.
As regards the Free State itself, the
election gives 1t q unified State ad-
n1inistration once more. A united
program now may be carried out
after several years Of quarreling un-
der a Republican Governor with q
Democratic Legislature. One reform
OF great Importance to the State lies
in the campaign pledges of the new
administration. Promises have been
made that an amendment will be
sought by which the Governor would
be prohibited from succeeding him.
self. This change, based on the hopes
OF an electorate which remembers
the fifteen-year reign Of Governor
Richie, would 60 far. to prevent the
future control Of the State by politi-
cal machines.
Evening star., 1938-11-11
Maryland's Idea

Maryland has turned in an election
result which is important not only
to the Nation and the Democratic
party, but to the District of Columbia,
With almost the entire Democratic
ticket elected, the State has returned
to the fold of the party, but the old
line voters did not embrace the New
Deal doctrines. There are as many
anti-New Deal factors present in the
returns as there are anti-Republican
elements.
So far as the National Capital is
concerned, the principal results OF
the election were the defeat of the
proposed legalization of State lot
teries, and the passage of the new
marriage law. The lottery proposal.
had 1t succeeded in Maryland, would
have meant, for all practical pur-
poses, an open lottery for Washing.
ton. The new marriage law brings
Maryland into line with the Districts
law requiring three-day wait be-
tween the application for . license
Evening star., 1938-11-11
Community Chest
Facts Presented.

Facts Presented.
To tn. Editor Of The Star:
Each year as campaign time draws
near erroneous rumors spring up on all
sides concerning alleged high salaries in
the Community Chest.
Such rumors are naturally harmful and
should be stopped now and for all time.
The facts are: First, that no of1cer or
volunteer solicitor receives any compen-
sation whatever. Second, it is not wise
to employ an inexperienced man at a
very low salary charged with the execu-
tive responsibility for raising. collecting
and distributing $2000,000 of your money
annually. Therefore, we are protected
by an efficient, trained director for this
important work at salary of $500.
Third, the audited figures published at
the last annusl meeting of the Com
munity Chest state very clearly that there
are Al regular staff members on the Com
munity Chest pay roll, less than one for
each agency; that about one-third are
directly responsible for campaign activi-
ties, one-half handle the work of the COL
lection department and the balance work
on budgets, public relations and general
administrative tasks; that in 1888 the
salaries of this Chest staff averaged 81, TOE;
while salaries of all Government person.
mel employed In the District averaged
$2,068, difference of 1862 per person.
These figures tell their own story and
every person in Washington should be
aware Of them and proud of such a record.
MRS. CHARLES A. GOLDSMITH.
November 8.
Evening star., 1938-11-11
A Shrinking World

If the nonstop distance flight rec
ord continues to fall many more
times, aviation is going to have to
find larger world in which to seek
its new laurels.
Six young British military aviators
who flew nonstop from Egypt to
Australia in two airplanes covered
approximately 7,16O miles over des-
erts, the Indian jungle and the seas
and islands of the East Indies. The
earth's diameter being only about
5000 miles, it can readily be seen that
the available distance is shrinking.
Seriously, however, the flight was
important, aside from the fact that
1t represents new aviation mark.
1t is the first recent effort by Great
Britain in the field of international
records. 1t is, moreover, a somewhat
SOLDERING Illustration Of the increased
range Of modern military airplanes-
matter Of concern throughout the
world.
An interesting sidelight is the
landing at Kupang, Timor Island,
Dutch East Indies, of one of the three
planes starting the flight. It was
there that another Englishman,
Captain Bligh of H. M. s. Bounty
ended his magnificent small boat
cruise after being cast away by
mutinous members of his crew. That
incident provided one of the great
romances Of the sea, as the record
flight provides another romance of
the air.
Evening star., 1938-11-11
Unknown Soldier

I think that he resembles every man:
The man in every man whom no one
knows;
The man who never has quite voiced
his woes,
And knows he never will, and never can:
The man who feels he has a perfect plan,
Yet knows that he can never quite dis
close
His dream; nor understand the bud
ding rose:
So 1t has been since this brave world
began.
The Unknown Soldier: he will never be
Revealed to any man; the inmost heart
And mind Of man we cannot compre-
hend.
We are not blind, and yet we cannot see:
We only grope, and apprehend part:
So 1t will be. think, until the end.
H. P. sTODDARD.
Evening star., 1938-11-11
Sticker Campaign

Concurrently with the opening of
this years Community Chest cam
paign, the people Of Washington
have been asked by the Citizens
Committee for Medical Freedom,
newly organized and little known, to
attach stickers to their Chest pledges
which can result only in Gripping
the humanitarian work Of the Chest.
The Star has consistently re-
Trained from expressing any partisan
view upon the merits of the con-
troversy between the Group Health
Association and the District Medical
Society and the American Medical
Association. The Community Chest
also has scrupulously refrained from
entering into the dispute.
But the present undertaking by
the Citizens Committee, which has
been deplored and repudiated by the
responsible officials of Group Health,
as well as other leading Washing
tonians, is OF such a nature as to
merit vigorous condemnation.
In substance, the Citizens Com
mittee, composed Of sixty-seven listed
members, less than half of whom
contributed to the Chest last year,
is asking that a sticker be attached
to all Chest pledges stipulating that
this pledge will become effective
when the Community Chest under
takes to make disqualification pay-
ments through the disqualification
fund or otherwise only to hospitals
which the Community Chest and the
Group Health Association agree are
not discriminating against that
association or its members"
Washington knows that the Chest
Is but the collecting agency for fifty
seven carefully scrutinized agencies.
each OF which annually gets less
money than it needs to do a vital
job for our unfortunate neighbors.
washington knows that hunger
and cold and misery on the part of
the human beings we want to help
has no relationship to the doctri-
naire theories of this or that medical
group.
Washington knows that the hos
pitals of Washington, brought un-
fairly into this controversy, are not
members Of the Chest, and that the
so-called disqualification fund" is
dedicated to the purpose of provid-
ing at cost Cor less than cost abso-
lutely necessary and unremunerative
hospital care for the INDECENT sick
Of this city.
The Star expresses the hope that
the citizens Of Washington will
recognize the utter lack of merit in
the sticker campaign and ignore the
request Of the Citizens Committee.
Evening star., 1938-11-11

Of real power Is . connecting link
between Central Europe and the
Near East, and impelled rival Euro
pean nations to maneuver jealousy
for her favor.
Ataturk, following the proclama-
ton OF the republic in 1923, labored
zealously for its westernization. He
ended the ancient unity Of church
and state, banned polygamy, lib
Grated women from the harem,
ordained Western dress, including
abolition of the fez and veil, and
commissioned American engineers,
architects, economists and agricul-
turists to build twentieth century
country on the ruins of the decrepit
and discorded caliphate. History
will acclaim him as a statesman of
eminent stature.