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Evening star., 1938-06-16
ChIdren's Straw Hats
So Originally 81 and j3

8 in beige, red, navy. Sizes 20 to ~.
3 Juniors Straw Hats in tailored
and dressy styles. Toast, navy,
black. Sizes 2l1a to 22h. Origi-
nally 1855 to IS. Now CSC
IL Wool Felt Berets In brown, red,
Kelly green. hunters green. Sizes
small, medium, large. Were 81.
GIRLS AND JUNIORS HATS,
FOURTH Floor.
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Little Girls Dresses
3I.@5 Weye 81

20 cotton-and-rayon dresses in
prints and plain colors. Sizes ! to
years.
Is Little Girls Dresses in dimity,
pique, rayon. Sizes ; to 8 years.
Originally $l.65, -. Now---s5c
Is Two-piece Suits in cotton mesh.
Yellow, peach, blue, green. Sizes 5
and 6 years. Were $1.65. Now, $1.15
JUVENILES APPAREL, FOURTH FLooR.
Evening star., 1938-06-16
Duro Power Tools Reduced
25% for Clearance

l Band Saw. Was $685. Now---------------$29. $29.S5
l Table Saw Was $2985. $22.25
Scroll Saw. Was $2485.
l Band Was $1895. $13.S
l Table Saw. Was $3.50. $9.95
l Palmer. Was $1545. $11.50
Lathes Were $625 Now $3.50
l Water Grinder Was s10.95.
1 Bench Grinder. Was $3.50. Now----------S6.2 S6.25
1 Duro Steel Stand. Was s10.75.
/ Motor Was $7.95. Now --------------$ $5.95
OiIsk Shower Curtain. Originally So 95. $3.50
Ceanese Rayon Shower Curtain Originally 495 Now,
$1.s5
100 sets Paper Coasters to set Originally 1Oc Now,
SC
Bissel Elite Carpet Sweepers. Were $3.50 S3.95
l Bissel Century Sweeper. Was 1895. Now $1.95
Metal Medicine Cabinet, large sze plate glass mirror.
Hardwood Utility Cabinets, white finish Were $7s5.
Now $2.35
500 yards Ocoh Shelving and Edging Assorted colors
and patterns. Originally 10c l2c yard Now yards 25c
100 sets Gator Roach Hives, to SET Were 35c Now17c
l Bedside Table in walnut finished metal Originally
$3.50. Now $2.95
1 O-Pan Top Slvertone Carpet Sweeper Was s595.
O-Pan Top Silvertone Carpet Sweeper Originally $395.
Wagner Steak Platters Originally s595. $1.95
10 Decorated Wood Trays. Originally 75c Now zoe
100 dozen rolls Toilet TISSUE 1000 roll Special
for Friday selling dozen rolls
HOUSEWARES FIFTH FLOOR.
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Hats, 'l
OrisinaIIy 53.95, to $3.50

80 straw, fur felts and rayon fabric
hats in variety Of styles.
80 Women's Hats In straw, fur felt
and rayon fabrics, all suitable for
Summer wear. Originally IS to $40.
Now S2.25
10 Lovely Hats from the Millinery
Salon. Originally STATS to S25.
MILLINERY THIRD FLOOR.
Evening star., 1938-06-16
Fur Scarfs Reduced

1 Silver Fox. Was $S9.75.
Silver Fox. Were $7s.75. Now----------------S55 SIS
Silver Fox Was S9875 Now $6S.75
Silver Fox. Was $149.75 Now -$10S
Double Silver Fox Were $15975. Now
1 Double-Skin Silver Fox. Was 31o5. Now -$135
3-skin Blended Baum Maren. Was $125 $65
2-skin American Marten. Was $125. Now $6S.75
sskin Blended Stone Marten Was $139.So Now----$75
S-skin Kollnsky. Was $4975. Now $2S
s-skin Koinsky Were s4s.7S. Now--------------$zs
FuRs THIRD Floor.
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Mems Sports
Oxfords s5's'
We're 1915

Al pairs, including all-white or
black or brown calf-trimmed
styles with straight or wing
tips. Also, two-tone tan calf
oxfords with crepe rubber
soles. Sizes in the group: A
8 to IL; B-7Ha to 8, II; c.
7, 71a. 91a to IL; D-6Ha, 8 to
II.
THE MEMS STORE, SECOND FLOOR.
Evening star., 1938-06-16

ChiIdren's AnkIets
6 p.ir,'l W<r< zse pair
$40 pairs fancy patterned anklets
with cuffs woven with IAstex"
yarn. Sizes in the group 8 to 101z.
CAnDREN's Hosiery, AIsLE II,
FIRST Floor.
Evening star., 1938-06-16

Women's Arnold Authentic
Shoes, '7'' We're ,1oss
80 pairs in white or brown and white, discontinued
models, some slightly soled
80 pairs Wheat Linen and Tan Calf Shoes Summer
styles Were $3.50. Now Sass
WoMEN's SHoEs, THIRD FLOOR
Evening star., 1938-06-16
Women's Dinner and Evening
Dresses Reduced

10 in Plain and Printed Silk Chiffon 3s A. 1917 to
241a. Originally $1695 to $2295 ----------- $ss5
l6 in Plain and Printed Silk Chiffon Rayon Lace Silk
Printed Marqusette Sizes SO to A. 1871 20a AN Orig
WoxEN's FORMAL ROOM, THIRD FLOOR
Evening star., 1938-06-16
Mems and Young Mems
Tropical Suits, '|67'
Younger Mems Summer
Suits, s975 We're ,1S7s

9. in broken styles and sizes. 1873, 1I35, 2/36,
4/37 1888
IS pairs White Cotton Duck Well tailored Waist
sizes % to 80. Were So. Now ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS $3.50
PREP CLOTHING, SECOND FLOOR.
Evening star., 1938-06-16
Mems Shirts, 'I.''
Originally 81 and 81 50

100 in cotton broadcloth in
fancy collar-attached style.
Stripes or white and colored
grounds. Sizes IS to 1917.
IS pairs Pajamas in printed sateen.
Sizes A, B. G. D. Originally $3.50
and SO. -S1.S5
60 pairs Mems Hose, silks and
isles, striped and patterned. Sizes
10 to IL. Were 81 pair. Now -55c
THE MEMS STORE. SECOND FLOOR.
Evening star., 1938-01-23

1t is essential to arrest go-betweens
and expose the inner workings of the
racket, officials point out
In addition to Chairman McGehee,
members of the Judiciary Subcommit-
tee are Representatives Nichols Of
Oklahoma and Sacks of Pennsylvania,
Democrats, and Dirksen of Illinois
and Brewster of Maine, Republicans.
Using the pending bill as a basis,
the subcommittee may strengthen the
gambling racket law in such manner
as it sees fit. If it recommends the
legislation to the full House District
Committee, it stands good chance of
being reported out to the House,
despite the long standing opposition
Of Chairman Palmisano to such q
law, observers believe.
Want to Drive Out Mobs.
Several members of the committee
are known to favor more rigid control
of professional gambling in Washing
ton. not in any futile effort to keep
people from wasting their money as
they choose, but to drive out the crimi-
nal mobs that control these rackets.
Observation-Disclosures it is gam
bling or some other scheme outside the
law-encourages lawlessness in gen.
eral, they feel, and they cite the rapid
increase in crime here in recent years,
during which the numbers has grown
to be the most profitable of illicit en-
terprises.
Twice the Senate has passed a law
outlawing possession Of numbers Sins
Both times the measure died in the
Evening star., 1938-01-23
farewell SERVICE
WILL HONOR ASHER
Secretary Roper Will Speak at
Rites Honoring Salvation
Army Commander.

Brig. James Asher, commander Of
the District Of Columbia Division Of
the Salvation Army for the las, nine
years, will he honored at q farewell
service next Friday on the occasion
OF his promotion to command Of the
Alabama Mississippi-West Georgia ter.
ritory.
The service will be held at the Sal.
vation Army Temple. 606 Z street
NV, at 8 pm.
Secretary Of Commerce Roper will
make the principal address and Sid
ney F. Taliaferro, former District
Commissioner, will preside. Both Brig.
Asher and Mrs. Asher will give re-
sponses to Secretary Roper's talk.
Other short talks will be given by
the Right Rev. James E. Freeman,
Bishop Of Washington, and Herbert l..
Willett, jr., director Of the Community
Chest.
Music will be furnished by the Sal.
vation Army Divisional Band and q
delegation from the American Legion
will present an advancing Of colors 4"
Evening star., 1938-01-23
TRAFFIC SAFETY
IS SCAP|TOL GOAL
States May Be Forced to
Meet Standards to Get
Highway A||otments.
Ry I. A. OIEARY.

A move is under way at both ends
Of the Capitol to promote safety
throughout the country by requiring
States to meet certain uniform stand
ards of traffic control before they
could obtain future Federal aid high
way allotments.
This and other phases of the Fed
eral aid highway program probably will
be considered when the House Public
Roads Committee starts hearings at
10 am Tuesday on the Cartwright
bill to make the regular highway au-
thorization for 1910 and l941. The
committee will meet in the new House
Office Building.
Representative Cartwright of Okla
homa has in the House bill clause
that would give the Secretary of Ag-
riculture general authority to require
an adequate safety code as condi-
ton to obtaining Federal highway
funds, and Senators Hayden of Ari-
zona and Truman of Missouri are pre-
pairing to offer more detailed safety
requirement when the measure reaches
the Senate.
d. c. Sharing Specified.
The Cartwright bill also contains
the provision that would make the
District of Columbia eligible to share
with the States in Federal highway
allotments beginning with the fiscal
year 1910. Local organizations have
been urging this measure of equality
for the District for a number of years.
Although Washington was included
temporarily in special road allotments
made to relieve unemployment a few
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Numbers
Continued From First Page.)

vice in the District. We have tolerated
present conditions long enough"
The Mississippi Representative said
his observation of the hold the num-
bers game has on Washington had
convinced him that Federal officials
were not exaggerating when they esti-
mated the daily take" at 100000.
He pointed out that experience in
every community had shown that when
a soft racket like the numbers be-
gan reaping enormous profits, the
game inevitably fell into the hands
Of criminal gangs.
Hearings Are Indicated.
We are encouraging crooks when
we allow the numbers and other
gambling rackets to flourish in our
National Capital" he added.
While members of the subcommittee
have not yet decided on the proce-
dure, indications are that hearings
will be held on the gambling and
crime situation in the District, with
District and Federal officials invited
to give their views.
An amendment to the District lot
terry statute which has been referred
to the subcommittee would make pos
session of numbers slips or other
gambling paraphernalia prima facie
evidence of guilt.
The police and the district attorneys
ONCE insist the present law needs
more teeth If the millionaire racket"
in numbers is to be shattered. Under
the existing law, numbers men can
not be convicted unless undercover
police can prove they bought a ticket
with marked money and can show q
carbon copy. The copy held by the
player. not the original slip turned in
by the numbers writer, Is the lottery
ticket, the courts have held.
Runs Virtually Undisturbed.
Since most Of the numbers men
have quit giving these receipts, re.
quiring customers to trust the writ
ers," the racket runs virtually un-
disturbed. To reach the higher ups
in the game-the racketeers in
trenched defiantly behind fortunes
Evening star., 1938-01-23
D|PL0MATSTOPAY
TRIBUTE. TO MOVES
Many Members Of Corps to
Attend Testimonial Din
ner Wednesday.

Many members Of the diplomatic
corps will attend the testimonial din
ner to Theodore w. Noyes, editor OF
The Star, on the occasion of his 8Oth
birthday next Wednesday night at the
Willard Hotel
In announcing this last night, the
committee in charge Of arrangements
said that more than 800 tickets have
been sold, to the capacity of the Will
lard ballroom, and no more are avail
able. Already there is a waiting list
Of applicants, it was said, hoping to
get tickets surrendered by those who
unavoidably may be prevented at the
last minute from attending.
The dinner will start at pm, and
although there are a number OF speak
erS, it is scheduled to come to close
at IL o'clock.
Frank j. Hogan, well-known attQr-
ney. will deliver the principal address,
and Edward F. Colladay, attorney. who
is president OF the Board of Trade, will
preside.
The gathering will include not only
distinguished array Of official Wash
ington, both Federal and local, but
also an outpouring Of Mr.. Noyes' old
friends from all walks Of life who
have known him since boyhood here
in his native city.
Evening star., 1938-01-23

years ago, 1t has been excluded here
tofore for the regular Federal aid
highway program, which began in
1916
The Hayden Truman safety amend
ment would provide that no funds
appropriated after January /, 1910.
could be paid to any State unless
the State has in force laws with
respect to:
"tD Motor vehicle registration GER
tiflcates of title, and theft; t2) motor
vehicle operators and chauffeurs' Ii
censes; go civil liability of owners
and operators of motor vehicles: %
financial responsibility Of owners and
operators of motor vehicles, and t5)
regulation of traffic on highways, and
such laws as are found by the Sec
retary OF Agriculture to be adequate
to control properly the use of high
ways constructed in such State with
the aid of funds apportioned to such
State under the provisions of such
Federal Highway Act -
incidentally, the forthcoming hear
ings probably will turn attention
again to the recent request of Presi-
dent Roosevelt for curtailment of
Federal highway expenditures for the
next few years.
In his special message on November
q MIR. Roosevelt made two specific
recommendations. One was that Con-
gress cancel the existing 1899 authori-
cation before January /, 1898, the
date on which the Secretary of Aeri-
culture was required to notify the
States of their appointments for
1889, totaling about s214,O0O,00O The
second request was that authorizations
for 1910 and a few succeeding years
be limited to not more than $l25,-
100000 a year.
Since the message was transmitted
the required notification of 1899 ap-
portionments has gone out, and, while
Congress could still move to cancel
or curtail the amount. reliable re-
ports indicate there is little sentiment
at the Capitol in favor of such action.
Limit Would Be sl25,00o, 900.
Developments on the bill about to
be taken up by the House commit
tee will indicate whether there is any
chance Of the second recommenda-
tion, for an annual limitation Of
Evening star., 1938-01-23
THREE TO GIVE STORY
OF QUARTER OF CENTURY
Preston, Dodge and Goodwin to Be
Interviewed Tonight Over
Station WRC.

Three men who have come in con-
tact with Washington's most pic
turesque celebrities for quarter of a
century or more will discuss their ex-
periences over Station WRC, from 1880
to 8 o'clock tonight.
They are James Preston, for 35
years head of the Senate press GAL
lery; Arthur Dodge, Washington cor
respondent for Midwestern newspapers
since 1887, and Earl Goodwin, a news
commentator. The three will be inter-
viewed by Jerry Belcher, originator of
the Interesting Neighbors" program.
Few men in the country have had
more interesting experiences than Mr.
Preston. Mr.. Dodge and Mr.. Goodwin" !"
Mr.. Belcher said. Mr. Preston has
known every Senator since the days
of President Mckinley. Mr.. Dodge
has been correspondent here since
President Clevelands time.
Mr.. Goodwin, while younger than
the others. has interviewed many IA
nous men in his long experience here"
Evening star., 1938-01-23

House District Committee. under the
guidance Of Representative Palmisano,
then an influential member, now chair
man.
Used for Higher-Ups.
He declares such a law would allow
the police to persecute people for petty
gambling"
But Maj. Ernest w. Brown, super
intendent OF metropolitan police, al
ways has insisted the strengthened
law would not be used to annoy people
not in the gambling business. He
wants it primarily. he says, not even
to harass the small fry" of the racket,
but to reach the higher-ups. the men
who bank the game and employ small
armies to engage in an illegal COM
merce.
The numbers men themselves are
reported to feel that possession law
would be body blow to their racket.
According to an informed source,
they don't think the law would stop
betting on the numbers entirely, but
they do fear the rich racketeers who
bank the game would get nervous and
draw out, which would leave the busi-
ness in an unstable, if not chaotic,
state
Evening star., 1938-01-23

sl25, 100000 for the next few years,
being carried out AS introduced, the
pending bill calls for continuation of
an annual total of S238,000 900 for
various types Of road work for 1910
and le4l. OF this annual total sl25.-
000.000 is for the regular Federal aid
highway program, and the remainder
for grade crossing elimination, feeder
roads and forest and park trails.
Supporters Of the move to use the
highway program as means of bring
ing about better safety conditions
contend that. as the Government lays
down engineering standards for the
roads it helps to build. it could go a
step further and make safety require
ments also condition to obtaining
Federal funds.
Evening star., 1938-01-23

for q ducking in the icy water.
Young Smith was hustled to the
boiler room in the heating plant al
the Zoo and given a seat by the fire
after his wet clothes were exchanged
for a blanket. He also seemed to
have suffered no Ill effects.
Smith is the son of Breedlove
Smith, an attorney for the Procure.
ment Division, Treasury Department,
and Mrs Smith.
The news that Charles was safe at
Children's Hospital relieved his par
ents Of the anxiety they had felt
during the several hours he was over
due at home.
Evening star., 1938-01-23
WATER CONTROL URGED

Chairman Arthur E. Morgan of the
Tennessee Valley Authority recon-
mended to Congress yesterday legis-
lation authorizing creation of inter-
state water-control districts to sup
plement regional planning agencies
In statement sent to the House
Rivers and Harbors Committee Nor
gan said such legislation would pro-
vide IAN orderly and non-political
method for the unified development
of our water resources"
Evening star., 1938-01-23

and plunged in after the boy-7-year-
old Charles Shaef1er, jr., of the On
tario Apartments, son of financial
writer for the Associated Press.
The boy had sunk under the swift
current when young Smith got hold
OF him, towing him ashore.
On the bank the lie saving student
used artificial respiration to pump the
water from the boys lungs.
BY the time Park Policeman j. H.
Mills arrived the boy had revived
enough to identify himself. He was
taken to Childrens Hospital, treated
for shock and exposure and sent home
last night. He seemed none the worse
Evening star., 1938-01-23
WELFARE LUNCHEON
Mrs. Pepper and Rover to Be Hon
ored Guests at Tuesday Affair.

Representatives from welfare groups
and social services agencies will NEE,
for luncheon at 1890 pm. Tuesday
in Opportunity House, 9l5 New Jersey
avenue NV.
The opportunity for service lunch.
con will have as honored guests Mrs
Claude Pepper, wife of the Florida
Senator. and Leo A. Rover Arthur
Clarendon Smith, president of the
service group. will speak. Other
speakers will be Frank Buckley. Mrs
James M. Doran, Joseph Robichaus
and Mrs. Helene Mahon, who will
report on Opportunity House activities
Evening star., 1938-01-23

Thls long tailed 1eAoW calmly snnoking' pipe at the
Deh precinct as arrested' yesterday for disturbing the
peace at Sirh and Gard streets Me- He enoy
tapping on a0do0s and scampering eriy tops
and through trees deyng efforts to capture him. didn't
reckon 1oith Officer D. j. Satterys ability hoeUer for
po1ceman shnned up tree to make the arre" The one
Helen de Hudre OF 2632 Fourth street Me- "baed"
mn Out No money 1as necessary for he had become diff
cur prisoner to hdndle He angry officer Satteru
IN tact he oouldn pose h his captor and Serg Haislp
hdd 10 substitute. Star staff Photo
Evening star., 1938-01-23
N0N-PARTISAN LEAGUE
ASKS WAGE-HOUR BILL
Labor Group Appeals to House
Committee in Letter by
E. L. Oliver,

b. the Associated Press.
Labor's Non-partisan League asked
the House Labor Committee today to
bring out a wage-hour bill at the
earliest possible moment"
In letter to the committee signed
by E. L. Oliver, executive vice presi-
dent, the league said reports that the
committee was delaying the measure
have caused grave concern"
Evening star., 1938-01-23
Stephen Bonsal to Speak.

Stephen Bonsal, author and Jour-
nalist, will relate his experience as q
war correspondent before the District
Society of Colonial Wars at pm.
Tuesday at the Mayflower Hotel. Sup
per will be served after the meeting.
Evening star., 1938-01-23
Silence Doesn't Appear.

'Silence," thundered three times
by q constable in Police Court In
Tottenham, England, caused the spec
tators to tremb1e until he turned to
tho magistrate and said Silence has
failed to appear for trial, SIR"
Evening star., 1938-01-23
16-YEAR-OLD Central High

A 16-YEAR-OLD Central High
n School junior was the hero
~ yesterday of thrilling rescue
4 4 in which he leaped into rain
swollen Rock Creek and swan to safety
with a small boy who had slipped into
the swift current and was drowning
in five feet of water.
The rescuer was Edward Hight
Smith Of 1910 Euclid street NV, who
had learned life-saving methods in a
junior class at school. He was walk
ing beside the creek near the Harvard
street entrance to the Zoo when he
saw the boy slip down 20-foot bank
into the water.
Young Smith threw off his coat
Evening star., 1938-01-23

NO NOHStTuCtlOn CflS1S.
"As see it, there is no crisis at
this time in the construction indus
try. no emergency in the housing
program.
AS for this current year, I do not
anticipate any very considerable gains
In construction volume.
Returning business and invest
ment confidence, based on better un.
derstanding between Government and
private enterprise, could bring about
earlier resumption Of factory and pub
lie utilities construction than was as.
sumed"
In his letter to the committee, Mr.,
Pairless said there Is some indica-
ton Of some present improvement. "
This viewpoint was substantiated by
Walter S. Tower, executive secretary
of the American Iron and Steel In
.stitute, who testified that steel pro-
duction has risen in the past month
from below 20 per cent to 29.8 per
cent of capacity. Further improve
ment Is expected, he said.
The Nome nugget., 1938-01-14

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The Nome nugget., 1938-01-14
Large Crowd
 Attended Club
 Meeting Thurs.
DEMOCRATS PREPARE FOR
 COMING PRIMARY ELECTION

Last evening members of the Nome Roosevelt Democratic Club met at the City Hall to discuss plans for the coming Primary Election and to effect a permanent organization of the Club.
 The roll book was opened and many new corners signed the Democratic Roll. Between seven ty-five and eighty persons took part in the meeting, and several spectators were observed on the outer fringes of the crowd.
 George F. Laiblin was elected as Temporary Chairman until such time as the adoption of set of bylaws would provide for the election of a permanent Chair man. It was declared that the previous bylaws and regulations had burned in the fire of 1884 and that since that time nothing had been done to restore them.
 The loss of the leadership of thz, late Thomas Gaffney, U. s. Marshal for this Division, was re- peatedly drawn to the attention of those assembled and the Club took action to spread upon the [VS.5-xJ Isi.. Lie; w .... ... .... record, the high esteem in whi- ch he was held, and the able rep utation as the leader of the Dem ocratic party in this division, whi ch he had attained.
 Common to all meetings of the Democratic organization, much activity is always in evidence and last night was no exception. En- thusiasm and the desire to see a full Democratic ticket elected in this Division and turnout Alaska was expressed numerous times, and from all indications there will probably be a spirited battle for nominations in the Primary election in April for the senate and house of representatives.
 Another meeting of the Club is called for Thursday, Jan. 20th at 8 P. M.
The Nome nugget., 1938-01-14

George Laiblin who was elect ed to the Alaska Legislature last election as representative, today filed his nomination papers with the Clerk of the District Court, for Senator, subject to the will of the democrats in the Primary Election. This is the first filing of candidates for the coming pri- mary election to be held in April. Others are mentioned as possible candidates but have not filed as yet. Candidate running on party tickets have until Feb. 1st to file.
 Since the above was set up in type today, it was learned this afternoon that J. F. Devine's filing of nomination papers to succeed himself as Senator, was made this afternoon, according to instructions by wire received from him yesterday. He is also on the democratic ticket.
 Other filling are expected daily.