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The Washington times., 1938-08-25

prices paid shippers-Nst r. o. B.
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BY the o. 8. Bureau Of Agricultural
Economics
Washington, d. c., Thursday, August rs.
Eggs-Market steady. Premiums of /
to &C being paid on some lots of un-
graded white eggs according to quality.
Government graded and dated eggs:
Whites, L. S. extras. large, 36ia cents;
L. S. extras. mediums. 2sh cents; U. S.
standards. large, IS cents; L. S. stand
ards. mediums, % cents; U. S. trades,
20 cents; pullets, II cents. Nearby un-
graded eggs: Current receipts, whites,
% to "a cents; mixed colors, 20 to 81
cents.
Live Poultry-Market about steady.
Fowl: Colored, large, lbs. and UP, is
to Is cents; under lbs, 5 TO 16 cents;
No. rs. IL to IL cents: Leghorns, 13 to
IA cents; roosters, 10 to II cents
Chickens: Virginia Rocks broilers and
fryers, all sizes, II to is cents; No. 2's.
1S to IL cents. Delaware Rocks and
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The Washington times., 1938-06-02

MIAMI, FLA.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
Tree AiIing
famous Elm FED to
Preserve Life

81 WETHERSFIEID, Conn.,, June 2
aN.SJ.-The famous Wethers'
It'd elm is Ill. -.
The tree, which measures more
st 50 feet h circunaf be
lived to be the largest girth OF
an elm in. the country-is being
constantly "fed" with "tree food. u
That Is to say, holes have to be
bored in the ground near the roots
from time to time and fertilizer
injected.
It also takes 400 gallons of spray
each year to protect it from the
elm leaf beetle.
The trees Ill health is due to a
macadam road beside 1t, which has
diverted its water supply, it Is be.
Ueved.
Tradition has it that the elm
was planted In 1853 by one John
smith, who was supposed to have
pulled up q sapling to drive the
cows home one evening, and then
stuck it in the ground in front Of
Tho famiIy'S home.
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REDS SIGN PACT.
TO AID CHINESE,
'LATvIA REPORTS
Would Send Troops to
Fight laps

LONDON, June 2 0.N.S).-A
pact calling for dispatch Of mill
tary aid by Russia to the armies
of Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek
against the military legions Of
Japan has been signed in Moscow.
the London Daily Mail reported to-
day in a Riga Natvia) dispatch.
The paper said the Soviets will
send two motorized divisions Of
troops, u airplaneS, and a large
number Of Russian military spe-
cialists who will assist In reor-
ganizing China's war administra-
ton.
According to the report, the ex-
perts from the u. s. s. r. also will
aid in directing Chinese propa
ganda against Nippon.
NINE POWER TREATY
The newspaper added that the
treaty was negotiated in the Rus
sian capital by DR.. Sun Fo.
Other reports published in Lon
don said that it was understood
DR.. Sun Fo had concluded a nine
power agreement. He was said
to have left Moscow Sunday Tor
an unannounced destination.
Some dispatches said the Rus
SLAMS are preparing to land fur
ther aid to China in the war
against Japan.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
State Department
Will Seek Funds

Funds for rehabilitation Of
United States diplomatic quarters
in Central and South America will
be sought from Congress shortly
as a result of the signing by the
President Of the bill authorizing q
$4,000, 900, five-year program for
consulates and legations, the State
Department announced yesterday.
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Several Of the 100 summer
homes in this fashionable section
just off Mt. Vernon Boulevard
overlooking the Potomac were
threatened by the blaze, which was
famed by a brisk wind.
So difficult was it for firemen to
lay the hose along a winding
path around trees and shrubbery
that the fire had gained too much
Roadway to be checked. Most Of
the hose was brought to the scene
by two Alexandria IRE companies,
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SPECIAL SESSION
OF JURY SLATED
IN GIRL ATTACK
viii Be Called Soon As
Victim Can Testify

ROCKVILLE, Nd, June "A
special session Of the Montgomery
county grand Jury viii be called
to consider evidence in the GRIM
inal assault on . 12-year-old Mid
dlebrook, Md. girl as soon as the
victim Is In condition to testify,
states Attorney James II. Pugh
announced today.
James Albert Turner, 25-year-old
colored man, has confessed the at
tack, Montgomery county police
snnotmced yesterday and is now
being held in the Baltimore jail
for safe keeping. Intense indigna-
ton among residents Of the com
naIlnity prompted the removal Of
Turner to Baltimore, Sergt. James
&. McAuliffe said.
VICTIM BETTER
In the meantime, the victim was
reported slightly improved at the
Montgomery County Genera !
Hospital, where she was taken
following the finding Of her ua-
conscious form late Tuesday IN a
htaar thicket near her home, her
heuised and beaten face and body
gtim evidence Of the VicieusneSs
IL the attack. H., .....
A warrant charging Turner with
ripe was issued yesterday by Jus
tice Of the Peace Charles w. Stang
upon Information given by Ser
keants McAuliffe, Guy L. Jones,
Roy Bodmer and Officers Leslie B.
Thompson and Dick Burdette, the
aEresting officers who obtained a
confession from the colored man
after several hours grilling.
OPERATION ON SKULL
Hospital attaches would not es-
innate how long 1t might be before
the girl could appear before a
grand jury. Her condition. while
improved, Is still very serious, &C
cofding to DR.. ]. w. Bird, who re-
moved q portion Of the skull
yesterday in an effort to relieve
ksAin pressure.
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REPORT DENIED

MOSCOW, June 2 G.N.SJ.
The Soviet foreign office. today
officially denied a Riga report ap-
pearing in the London Daily Mail
that Soviet Russia and China have
concluded a new military assist
ance pact,
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nearly five miles north Of the sub.
division. The other companies
responding came from FTanconia
and Fairfax.
WIRING BLAMED
Neighbors said Mr.. Beasley and
q party Of friends had visited the
home earlier last night. It is be
lieved the fire which started in
the kitchen Of the home, was
caused by a short circuit in the
electrical wiring.
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$327,OOO,O Road
Measure Passed

Completing congressional action
on the 1927, 100000 highway ALL
thorization bill yesterday, the Sen
ate sent the measure to President
Roosevelt for his signature.
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WELLINGTON VILLA, Va,
June 2.-Resorting to the Potomac
River for water, four fire COM
panies were forced to lay more
than 1000 feet Of hose here early
today before a $4,000 fire which
destroyed one summer home could
be prevented from spreading to
others.
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100 HOMES THREATENED

The burning house, the summer
home Of w, A. Beasley, of Wash
ington, was discovered shortly be-
fore 4 a. m. by a neighbor, Frank
Miller, whose home is only a foot
from the Beasley residence. No
one was in the Beasley house
when the fire started.
Evening star., 1938-08-05
DENIES NEEDY USE
W.P.A. AS CAREER
Hopkins Says Only 15.4 Pct
Kept Jobs Throughout
1895 to 1887.

The fact that five-sixths Of the per.
sons on work relief from 1885 to 1881
returned to private employment a.
rapidly a. possible controverts the
claim in certain quarters that relief
workers regard the w. P. A. as q
career" w. P. A. Administrator Hop
kins said today.
On the basis of a study Of relief
rolls, the record disclosed that 4.s37.-
2se persons obtained work-relief jobs
during those two years, but that only
7eo,e45. or 1874 per cent, held them
throughout.
The majority Of those leaving the
W. p A. did 50 in order to take Jobs
in private employment" said Mr.. Hop
kins. They are encouraged to do so
by the knowledge that they can return
to W. P. A. should they lose their Jobs
through no fault Of their own.
Il have frequently emphasized-and
these figures support the contention
that w. P A. workers are no different
from other workers. They want jobs
In private employment"
Mr.. Hopkins said that during last
May and June when unemployment
generally was rising and w. P. A. was
enlarging its rolls. over $4,000 left w.
P. A. projects, OF these, about $50 900.
or n per cent, left voluntarily and
chiefly for private employment, he
said.
The remaining % per cent were ac-
counted for by transfers to unemploy-
ment compensation or other social Sc
curity programs. discharges, cancella-
tion Of certification of need or other
reasons
Considerably more than half of the
$4,000 persons assigned to w P. A.
projects during the two-month period.
he said, had never before worked on
relief.
Evening star., 1938-08-05

the logical outcome Of m unusual
policy, rigidly adhered to.
For one thing. DR.. Koussevitzlky
insists on having with him q the
festival his entire orchestra, Just Is
1t plays IN Symphony Hall, Boston,
through the winter.
. For another, he refuses 10 conduct
more concerts than he can rehearse
adequately. Although the festival
runs two weeks, there are but six con-
certs. Each Is prepared with the
greatest care. There are no soloists
slittering with Hollywood fame and
short on musical gift, and no traps
for the tourist.
And there Is no amplihcation, be-
cause the acoustics Of the new shed
Evening star., 1938-08-05
Welfare Board
Continued from Page BID

turned to the Treasury at the end
Of the fiscal year. During the last
year the penal institutions for the
first time returned the $4,000 work.
ing capital appropriation to the Treas
ury. The board said it would be more
advantageous to keep this fund
working" so that materials for the
prison industries might be bought in
large quantities when market prices
were low.
The board requested an item Of
S22.370 for the Parole Board, which
would permit the employment Of four
additional workers, which the Parole
Board has said is needed to meet
the growing problem Of supervision
over convicts who are released at
the expiration of their terms less
good time" allowances, and for whom
no jobs can be found.
Sso2,s15 for Feeble Minded.
If the boards proposals are ap-
proved. funds for the District Train
ing School for Feeble Minded at
Laurel, Md. would be increased from
S231,7l0 to s902,Sl5 The salary item
would 60 up from $l0s. $50 to $l34.3l5
to provide for 13 additional employees.
and there would be a great increase
in its construction program.
There are proposals for construc-
ton Of . new training school to cost
S1e0,000; four new dormitories, $780,
600; employees residence, 500 900. and
various other buildings and utilities
which would bring the total new con-
Etruction cost to more than 100000.
The argument was presented that
not only Is the training school crowded
beyond normal capacity, but that
there are hundreds Of feeble-minded
persons in the District who should
be given treatment at the school
Construction Of a new Receiving
Home for Children was proposed by
the board in . request for q new item
Of s160.0o0.
ablishment of a mental hygiene
clinic to serve children and family
groups under the care Of the Welfare
Board was proposed in the request for
new appropriation Of s4e,120.
For the District Jail the board re-
quested "A additional employees, which
would raise the total from 50 to 127,
at an increase In salaries from $8s, ,760
to s2o7es0.
For this year Congress has appro-
priated $3.50 for expansion Of the
Jail. including the construction. Of new
administration offices, a hospital, an
execution chamber and an inclosed
exercise yard, and for next year the
hoard asked &l25,oo0 to complete
these improvements. An item Of $I6,-
300 is asked for needed medical and
dental equipment
In addition to these sums, the board
said It would be necessary to spend
$133,e50 to provide equipment neces-
sary to place the new facilities Of the
jail in operation.
For the National Training School
for Girls the board asked an appro-
priation OF $4,000 for next year, an
increase Of $4,000. Plans for the
future Of this institution will be sub
ject to recommendations Of COM
rnittee Of citizens and experts which
Is now at work.
Appropriations totaline $23o,74o
were asked for the Home for the
Aged and 1nfirm More than $s5.o00
Of this sum was asked for new inn
Evening star., 1938-08-05

provensnts including enlargement of
the inflrmary, dining room ana the
colored women's ward and construc.
ton Of 4 new administration building.
The appropriations for the Indus
trial Home School for Colored Chill
dren would be more than double II
the boards proposals are approved.
It asks for increases for salaries, main
tenance and repairs and more than
$4,000 for new construction. to raise
the total from 375,75S to 4162,374.
For the Industrial Home School for
White Children, the board asked 416,-
900 for the drafting OF plans for the
construction of IN entirely new plant
TO cost 100000. For several years
It has been suggested that this agency
be moved from the District to Z large
tract at Muirkirk, Nd, bought some
years ago for q home for white in
mates Of the National Training School
for Girls, since abandoned for that
purpose.
For the boards own staff it asked
an increase from $104,s90 to $l32,350,
to provide for Is additional employees,
most Of them to be used on foster
care OF child wards, and 1t asked an
increase from 4267, 500 to $685.. 400 for
the cost Of boarding child wards in
foster homes.
The cost Of support Of INDECENT Dis
trict patients at st. Elisabeth's Hos
pitfalls will continue to mount, accord;
ing to the welfare Board. It asked
an appropriation Of $2,602, ,260 for
next year as compared with $2,426,-
900 for this year. estimating there will
be nearly $50 more District patients
IN the institution next year than this.
Evening star., 1938-08-05

carry the lishtest tone to the re-
hottest corner.
Today the hundreds. staying the
two weeks in the neighborhood were
released" to visit numerous other
performances nearby-the Coolidge
concerts at South Mountain. Ted
shawn's programs OF dances at
Jacobs Pillow. the Berkshire Play
house. where Jane Wyatt is playing
"Stage Door,"
The festival resumes Saturday night
with q. Haydn-Debussy- -Sibelius pro-
gram. When the fifst half closes
Sunday afternoon. concerts will not BE
resumed until next Thursday.
The only soloists to be heard
throughout the festival are the quar-
Evening star., 1938-08-05
J. (. EDGERTON DIES;
HEADED TRADE GROUP
Association of Manufacturers
Former President Active
in Many Fields.

Ry the Associated Press.
LEBANON. Tenn, Aug. 5.-John E.
Edgerton, So, former president Of the
National Association Of MAnufactur-
ers, died at his home here last night
after an illness Of three weeks.
: Mr.. Edserton's work included man
agement Of the Lebanon (Tenn.)
Woolen Mills. Of which he was presi-
dent. and active participation in q
number Of trade organizations, re-
ligious endeavors and educa tional en-.
terprises
He was made q director 1T large
Of the National Association of Man.
ufacturers in 1916. Five years later
he was elected president, being re-
elected every subsequent year until
1881. when he resigned and became
chairman Of the board. serving for
two years.
Evening star., 1938-08-05
BY JOHN SELBY,

eTOCKBRID0E, Mas, Aug. s.
The labor Of 900 volunteer workers
who created the nth season Of the
Berkshire Symphonic Festival was
Justified BY last nights opening con-
cert at Tanglewood, the festival home
here.
Few more exciting musical events
have occurred in American summer
Evening star., 1938-08-05

tet which sang the Ninth Sym.
phony" last night: Jeannette vree-
land, soprano; Anna Kaskas. con-
tralto; Paul Althouse, tenor, and
Norman Gordon. bass. These proved
themselves excellent. rising with the
Cecilia society's Chorus Of Boston 20
the heights inhabited by Dr.. Kousse.
vitzky.
Evening star., 1938-08-05
Mrs. John McSwain
Visiting Here.

Mrs. John jackson McSwain, who
with her husband, the late Represent
ative MeSwain OF South Carolina, re-
sided in Washington for many years
Is at the Shoreham Hotel for a briet
visit With Mrs. McSwain are her
daughter, Miss Sarah McSwain. and hel
sister, Miss Frances Mccullough. Miss
McSwain and Miss Mccullough will
leave today for New York, from where
the latter will sail on Tuesday for
Ancon. Canal Zone. Mrs. McSwain
and her daughter will be the guests
OF Mrs. J. Rutledge McGhee before
returning to their home In Green.
vile, S. c.
Evening star., 1938-08-05
'Unb0unded Enthusiasm, Marks
Berkshire Symphonic Festival

music than the performance Of
Beethoven's long and sometimes tor
tuous Ninth Symphony" by the Bos.
ton Symphony Orchestra under Serge
Koussevitzky.
An audience Of 5000, which more
than filled the newly dedicated "m,,sic
she'd" literally jumped to its feet and
remained cheering and applauding for
10 minutes.
The performance was, however, only
Evening star., 1938-08-05
HIDEoUT A U. S. PROJECT

Cookson Hills in Oklahoma Now
Reclamation Area.
MUsKooEE. Okla. Aug. 5 R.-
The Cookson Hills, whose rugged.
primitive seclusion once was . lure
for such desperadoes as Pretty Boy
Floyd, Raymond Hamilton and Bonnie
Parker, become Q Federal land rec
lamation project today.
Embracing $4,000 acres, the sl,0o0.-
900 project sets aside 5000 acres for
recreat ton. The rest will be used for
game conservation, forests and graz
inR.
Evening star., 1938-08-05
Pet Cat in Bad,

Dick Wilmington. the new biaEk,
cat Of the Lord Mayor Of LONDON, has !
formed . habit Of jumping on the
table during speeches in the Mansion
House and may have to be suppressed. -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-18

DOMINO saves up to q third Of
your cigarette expense and still
Rives you more smoking enjoy.
ment. It's made Of flne Turkish
and Domestic tobaeeos, heat
treated to double-mildness, rolled
IN genuine Champagne cigarette
paper.
The low price Is set both On
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-18
VERSATILE VERSE
In the Mail:

In the Mail:
THE Government worker is no
mean shirker, white-collared he is,
but he tends to the biz. On time
Of q morn sitting a yawn. to his
desk he is tied like the chap at
his SIDE: Some think it soft, de
ride us quite oft, but we who know
find 1t no show. Its security
lures us, so In God do we trust,
for q raise pretty soon, within q
blue moon. Under Uncle Sans
bed our shoes, be it said, gladly
repOse, though they're worn at
the toeS!"-D. A.
IT DOESN'T ENTER
Army War College vociferously
denies it has trouble finding vets
for its WPA projects, explaining
its workers are assigned by the
D. c. WPA office and the question
of whether they are vets doesn't
enter About As per cent are
vets, however, it is said Don't
forget Census Bureaus rhumbas,
rhythm and rowdedow tonight,
slated for 8 In Commerce Audi
forum to support the summer
sports program Johnny Fed
eral cracks, MY chiefs wife says
he's all the world to her-but
after all it's a small world"
A POEMS TRIBULATIONS
Years ago Johnny Federal was
employed in q nautical capacity at
a coastal town in the North, and
during q lonesome watch wrote q
poem He had made consider
able pocket money UP to that time
by taking fishermen's stories and
putting them in language which
could be published without the
publishing medium being barred
from the mails But his poem,
"Idyl to Age" he wanted printed
because Of its art, and submitted
it to many magazines without any
result There came o time when
Johnny was editor Of q small
weekly and he put his poem into
copy, knowing full well that it
WOULD be published But
1t was always in the "overset" and
never did Then when The
Times conducted an amateurs
column q year or 50 ago Johnny
submitted his 20-year-old poem and
won q prize Of q dollar and got
a fan letter from q gal in Nor
folk i. BUT, only half the poem
was printed and so his LIES am
milton was still thwarted Fin
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-18
Very COnfidentially

Some contributors receive
movie passes by daily mail II
address Is submitted, names
being strictly confidential.
Passes are good for WARNER
BROTHERS theaters, show.
ing these leading features TO-
day:
EARLE and ANIBASSA-
DOR, showing 'B elOved
Brat" with Bonita Granville
and Dolores Costello, with
Wayne King and his Orches-
ira on the Earle stage; MET
ROPOLITAN, showing Tip
Off Girls" with Mary Car
Isle; CALVERT, showing
Joan BIOndell and Melwyn
Douglas in There's Always .
Woman" PENN and TIVOLI,
showing jeanette Mcdonald
and Nelson Eddy in "Girl of
the Golden West" and UP
TOWN, showing CarOIe LOm-
hard and Fernand Gravel In
fools for Scandal"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-18
Queen o Candies

Original Velati Candy
Stores today win present one
pound boxes Of their delicious
chocolates or carameIs, on re-
quest, to:
Robyn Hodges, Social Sc
curity.
Mae Murphy, Agriculture.
Louis Jones, Engraving and
Printing.
Candy will be presented At
either store, $40 Ninth st.
N. w., or 600 Fourteenth st.
N. W.
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AT HITCHCOCK HALL

IT'S 0 "tag dance" tomorrow at
Hitchcock Hall, st. Elizaheths,
0-12. auspiced by Ages st.
EliSabeths Lodge, with Eddie Rein.
Gmuths Cavaliers flinging the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-18
Criminal Justice
Will Elect Slate

Washington Criminal Justice
Association will elect officers and
members Of the board Of directors
at its annual meeting tomorrow at
4 D. m. at the willard Hotel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-18

Having written 100 words per
minute, Edmonia Thomas, Car
dozo High School senior. has been
awarded first prize in the annual
shorthand contest sponsored by
the Purple Speedsters Club Of the
school.
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Cool and Creamy

High ice cream Is on almost
everyOne's tongue these days,
either by taste or word OF
mouth. This corner has there
fore arranged to mail to two
Federalites daily slips en-
titIing to quart bricks Of the
seasOnable and tasty COM
modify. You should know, in
cidentally, that there's High
Store dispensing packaged
sweetness ut SOL Third st.
N. w.
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Speaking of Government Workers sv1. Earle no'sr

ally the poem was submitted 10
this corner We did our best,
but the opening paragraph was
the only part published, and we
now doubt If Johnny's poem viii
ever be published in its entirety ]
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-18
Edn1Onid Thomas Wins Prize

Honorable mention awards
were given to Clarence Marshall,
vietta jackson, Sterling Derri'
cote, GLADYS Yates, Norma
Hodge, Willie Meachums Ersalle
Scott, Vowel Mason and Eloise
Gilmore.