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Evening star., 1938-05-30

Jane came to his rescue. Lets get
on with the rehearsal" she laughed.
THE minister is waiting. You two
can get acquainted later" She
smiled at Clyde. whispered: She's
not married. nor engaged"
The rehearsal, the ceremony on the
following day. and the subsequent
events were to Clyde all part Of a
hazy dream. He saw only two deep
pools of blue that stared at him in
mild inquiry; heard only = soft. sweet
voice that spoke to him with de-
licious southern drawl. The fact that
he was in no mental condition to ap-
preciate the importance Of his role
as best man didn't matter. Not until
1t was over, and Bruce and Jane had
departed on their wedding trip amid
showers of confetti. rice and old
shoes, and Clyde at last found himself
alone with Virginia on the veranda
Of the Alden home did ahis faculties
return to normalcy.
IT WAS June and the moon was,
l. bright. The air was filled with
the pungent odors of new-bloomins
flowers.
"1t's been wonderful knowing you" !"
Clyde said. looking deep into the two
blue pools that were now vague
shadows in the dim night. Il hope
this-won't be goodbye"
Virginia laughed softly. Like 1t
was with Maggie? she asked.
Hang Maggie!" Clyde exploded.
Then: You're going back tomorrow,
Virginia, but not alone. I'm going.
too. I've always wanted to visit the
South, and this gives me an excuse.
In fact, once I get down there, !
think I'll remain until q certain girl
makes up her mind o.answer . ques.
ton I plan to ask, in the Affirmative.
DO come down." Virginia urged.
I'm sure youll like It there. More
over, you'll have an opportunity to
remind that certain girl to give the
question serious consideration, in case
she should forget"
Clyde looked out over the lawn and
down into the meadow, where . faint
mist was beginning to rise over the
top Of the grass there. Bruce was
right" he muttered.
virginia looked at him curiouvly.
Fright about what?" she asked.
panama OIL" said Clyde
tcopsrishs. 1885,,
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A.A. A. ASKS 2O'
WHEAT BOUNTY
High of rs Cents Might Be
Gained With Acreage
Cut to so Million.
By the Associated Press.


Wheat farmers may receive A
bounty of 20 to Is cents a bushel on
their 1899 grain, officials said today,
If they cooperate with the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administration in
drastically reducing next years crop.
because Of prospects for the largest
wheat surplus on record, the A. A. A.
is preparing under the new farm law
to reduce paintings from 100000
acres for this years crop to $4,000, 900
or less for 1899.
Growers we're promised benefit pay
ments at the rate of IL cents bushel
on their normal production for COM
plying with this years acreage allot-
ments. Officials hope to increase that
amount next year.
Whether the 20 or IS cents bounty
will be available, they said, depends
on congressional approval of an ad-
ditional 212,000,00 for farm bene-
fits. The fund has been included in
the administrations relief bill by the
Senate Agriculture Committee.
Senator close to the A. A. A. in
dicated they would seek authority for
maximum payments of 10 cents a
bushel from the s2l2. 100000 fund in
stead of 8 cents The balance of the
bounty would be obtained from the
$500, ,000.0 already voted for the soil
conservation program
A. A. A. officials agreed there was
some question whether a sufficient
number of wheat farmers would con-
slider 20 or Is cent bounty sufficient
compensation for making the pro-
posed reduction in wheat operations
If considerable number overplanted
and weather conditions were normal
they said, marketing quotas would be-
come necessary.
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Figures
What They Mean
BY A. A. PATTON.

HseVVIUtSu FISAb SIAbIAJlCIAH.
NEW YORK, May 30.-The stock
market slump OF the last year, al
though world wide in scope. has hit
listed shares in this country harder
than those traded on the principal
exchanges abroad.
A compilation of international
stock averages by the Annalist, for
instance. shows that equities traded
on the. New York Stock Exchange last
week were 43 per cent below the level
a year ago.
The widest decline outside this
country's financial capital was in
Brussels (Belgium), where stocks
slumped one-third during the H.
month period.
London and Prague (Czechoslovakia)
were next in line with losses OF one
fifth. Amsterdam O(Netherlands) and
Stockholm (Sweden) were down IA
per cent from the comparable 1897
week.
Buck Deflation Trend.
Berlin and Paris bucked the defla-
tionary tide, chalking up gains of 3
and 6 per cent, respectively.
One reason for the greater setback
suffered by stocks in this country,
financial quarters say, is the differ
ence in investor temperament. In the
first place, the average American who
buys stocks is interested more in ap-
probation Of principal than income,
while the foreigner looks on invest
ment as a means of putting his spare
cash to work at S. 6 or 7 per cent
annually as the case may be. Com
mon stocks, like preferred stocks and
bonds. are looked on as income pro-
ducers. simply involving slightly more
risk Of principal.
Thus when the European sees the
paper value Of his equity dwindle as
prices decline, he is apt to be unper-
turbed The American investor, on
the other hand. sees paper profits cut
or losses mounting and sells his hold
ings to minimize capital impairment.
Pressure from sales of this type means
quotations tumble more sharply here
than abroad.
Distribution Is Wider.
For another thing, citizens from
every walk Of life-butchers, porters
and bankers-ovn stocks in this
country. Stockholders in foreign cap
itals. however, are for the most part
wealthy individuals. Panic caused by
inexperience is a potent factor here.
a minor consideration IN London and
Paris.
Earnings Of the principal corpora
tions fluctuate more widely here than
abroad. Our economy is newer. more
Evening star., 1938-05-30
japanese Oppose Mahjong.

Mahjong, the game so popular in
the United States few years ago. is
under fire in Japan as being bad for
the mind and body of youths" At
convention of young mems associ-
ations. held in Kyoto. resolution
for official banning was passed. 1t
has been presented to the governor Of
Kyoto Prefecture and will be called
to the attention of the government.
Evening star., 1938-05-30
DAILY SHORT STORY
AFFIRMATIVE
By Richard WIkinson.

IT. We al " q "
wanted" said
Clyde Barton" to
be q best man at
a wedding. To wear
striped trousers
and patent-leather
shoes, q cutaway
coat an d b a t.
winged collar. I've
wanted to present
the groom with the
ring, kiss the bride,
and. in short, to
play an active and
important part at
a marriage cere-
monv without be-
ing married.
Clyde adjusted
his tie and regard
ed the mirrors re-
Election of his
friend Bruce AL
den. They were
aJona in fhA lof.
Evening star., 1938-05-30
POST OFFICE CLERKS
TO HEAR LEO GEORGE
National Federation President
Will Speak at Virginia
Convention Next Month.

BY the Associated Press.
WINCHESTER. Va. May 30.-Leo
George of Washington, d. c.. president
of the National Federation Of Post
Office Clerks. will address the annual
convention Of the Virginia Federation
here June II and IS.
Others who have accepted invita-
tions to speak include Senator Harry
F. Byrd and Smith w. Purdum. Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General. w.
Nelson Page. local postmaster, will be
banquet toastmaster.
Mrs. Herman Lowe of Nashville,
Tenn. national auxiliary president.
has been invited to speak during the
convention.
Evening star., 1938-05-30

Clyde locked at
Virginia Graham
and looked again
We'll" he said.
"and likewise we'll
Then he felt him.
self 60 alternat-
ingly hot and cold.
His pulse quick
ened, slowed. and
then seemed to
discontinue action
altogether.
wonder" said
Bruce in Clyde's
ear. what Mag
gle .would say?"
Clyde Wrenched
his eyes away from
the deep blue
pools that had abb
Sorbed his atten-
ton. For the hrst
time in his life he
knew real embar-
rassment.
Evening star., 1938-05-30

competitive, hence earnings rise faster
in recovery and drop more precipita-
tely when depression sets in.
Revaluation of the franc in its re-
lation to the other major currencies
Of the world is generally considered
responsible for French stocks topping
last year. The government-domina
Berlin Bcurse has swung in q narrow
range during the last 18 months, with
a moderately rising trend. The mark,
however, Is not linked to other cur
rencies, 80 that the meaning Of the
higher prices reported is obscure.
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Only Knows Red Light.

DETROIT (Pt-.My horse knows
red light when he sees one. but
those stop signs don't mean a thing to
him." Harry Guss. Junk wagon driver
charged with passing stop sign. ex-
planned to Judge Thomas F. Maher.
We've never had ticket BEFORE"
Guss added.
Maybe you should teach your horse
to read" Judge Maher remarked.
Sentence suspended"
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Man Bitten, Not by Dog.

NEW YORK lP).-A dog started
the argument and 4 man got Bit
but not by the dog.
1t began when Wslfreid Brating. 4
movie ticket taker. refused to let Mrs.
Silvina Febles enter the theater with
her Chihuahua dog.
Mr.. Brating told police she bit
him: Mrs. Febles said he bit himself
by slapping her in the mouth and
knocking out one Of her false teeth.
On Mr.. Brating's complaint. Mrs.
Febles was detained on q simple as
Sault charge.
Evening star., 1938-05-30
wheat. &8.12s, 900: forest products. So
100. 900, and potatoes, 1888, 900.

WuCdo. 90, SO,vVps plodut"o, W.
5000. and potatoes. $7.333, 900.
Then 10 leading products in 1885. In
order Of importance. were: Chickens
and eggs. $30,862. 900; milk. $29.l6O.-
900: tobacco. 1885,, 900: hogs, $l6.-
993. 900: potatoes. $l5.257.000; cattle
and calves. 1885. 900; apples. $685.
900; farm gardens. $3.50 900 and
wheat, $6.024,000.
The drop of in the gross income
value of potatoes from fifth place in
1896 to tenth place last year. was
particularly noticeable.
Cash income from sale Of farm
products during 1897 amounted to
$l29. 900, ,0C0, compared with $l16,-
574, 900 In 1896. Tobacco provided
the most cash - $2l. .l07. 900 - with
chickens and eggs accounting for $l6,-
$4,000 and milk. $l6,3le,00o.
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Ace in the Hole,

LINCOLN. Nebr. IP,.-A hole In
the ground was %exhibit A. in a mu-
nicipal court case here
Carl Reeler. who charged that q
sign had been removed from his prop
erty, brought into the courtroom q
box of earth containing the hole in
which he said the sign had reposed.
:The hole was admitted as evidence
to support his contention that the sign
was smaller than described by the de-
fendant, and therefore removable.
Evening star., 1938-05-30
SINO. JAPANESE TALK

Mrs. Lowdermilk Will Address
Meeting Tomorrow.
Mrs. Walter c. Lowdermilk, who
spent a score of years in China
doing educational work, will discuss
the Sino-Japanese conflict and its
implications at meeting Of the De-
partment Of International Relations
of the District Of Columbia Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs tomorrow at
pm. in the chapel Of the Methodist
Building, 100 Maryland avenue NE.
The Chinese Counsellor, DR.. z. T.
Ing. will bring the group greetings
from the Chinese Ambassador. Two
Chinese songs will be sung by Miss
Julia Chen. who is doing post-gradu-
ate college work here.
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Millionaire EndoWs Research.

EDINBURGH P).-Totally blind for
four years IS the result of an acci-
dent during . sea voyage, William
Henry Ross, millionaire, has given
100000 to establish foundation for
a worldwide research plan to tight
blindness.
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Tempting-But .

THE only way to justify South's
bidding on today's hand is to state
that he knew his partner was ultra
conservative. Please note that North
made exactly two bids. the first a re-
sponse OF one heart. after South
mad bid the full strength of his hand
end then some. and secondly the mild
slam try of four clubs. North's four
club bid was enough for South. He
jumped to the slam.
Now look at Vests hand. He held
an ace and also shoppers in the two
black suits. In addition he knew that
Eouth was overbidding. Taking every
thing into consideration. West could
not resist the temptation to double;
snd vet by so doing he gave declarer
the vital knowledge needed to make
the contract
South. dealer
Matthew e{I II
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Winning Contract
Ry THE FOUR ACES.

David Burnstine Merwin D. Maier.
Oswald ,facoby Howard Schenken.
worlds leading team-of-four inventors
Of the system that has beaten every
other system in existence
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Business Goes to Smash.

PEORIA, III. lPl-Charles Harris
hamburger business went to smash
four hours after he had opened a road
side stand. A motor truck crashed
into the stand and demolished it.
Evening star., 1938-05-30

West opened the ten of diamonds
promptly played his singleton heart.
West held off until the third round
snd then led a second diamond. De-
elarer had decided that Vests double
had marked him with all the missing
high cards. and he now led a spade
and finessed dummys ten. Leading
club from dummy, declarer refused the
fnesse. going right up with the ace.
He next cashed his remaining diamond
trick, then led another spade to dunn
mys' ace and threw off the rest of his
clubs on the heart suit. Obviously
poor West was hopelessly squeezed
Dummy's ten of clubs stared him in
the face. and thus he could not dis
card the kind. He finally let go of
spade, unguarding the queen. and de-
clarer ran off the last three tricks in
spades to make his contract.
While Vests double was indeed very
tempting. we believe he should have
been satisfied to set the contract un-
doubled We doubt very much if de-
elarer could have played the hand SO
brilliantly if West had remained qui-
escent.
(CopyrIaht, 1889
The Four Aces will he pleased to an
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Evening Stsr II you desire the pocket
oltline Of the Four Aces system Of
contract bridge. send with your request
to tho Four Aces. care The Evening
star stamped t3-cent, self-ad-
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will receive an outline without any
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Broin TwizzIers

BY PROF. J. ID. FLINT.
All! The rhythm of poetry. And
in a Brain Twizzler. too. This
little poem is not only delightful in
its poetic aspect but it is real chal-
Evening star., 1938-05-30

lenee for solution. Take shot
at It:
A soldier sat in his -- grey,
Watching the moonbeams' ---
play
On a sword that in the bushes lay
And this did merrily sing:
"Thou the great, thou
the strong,
TO thee the -- OF great
battles belong"
Till the leaves with --
took up the song,
y Lord Of Mars. my king"
= Yes, each blank should be filled with
a six-letter word and all the missing
words are different but are composed
Of the same six letters
an tcopyrisht, 1881
(Answer on Page B-15)
Evening star., 1938-05-30
SHIPPING NEWS
Arrivals ond Departures at
New York

(Hours below are daylight saving time.)
Evening star., 1938-05-22

mathematicianS who make q real
effort to master them.
Why, then, the appeal Of the sub
ject? The public is not likely to have
any avid concern over abstruse
mathematics. Even yet the applica-
tions Of relativity have little bearing
upon practical affairs. They affect
no mans comfort or pocketbook.
There is. as yet, no wide agreement
as to the truth of the Enstein hy-
potheses, although most professional
physicists Of the younger generation
seem inclined to take them for
granted.
But, once accepting the mathe-
matics, the theories themselves are not
especially difficult. One might make
q dogmatic statement that, providing
certain things were true, q COW could
Jump over the moon. A COW does
Jump over the moon. The fact would
have been possible under no other
conditions. Therefore, the original
hypothesis was correct. The thing
that interests the public in the Elm
stein theories is the fact OF the COW
vaulting the moon. It doesn't try to
comprehend the intricacies Of condi-
tions necessary for the feat.
And some of the implications OF
relativity are about as fantastic
They present revolutionary concepts OF
the ultimate realities 50 far as human
beings are concerned-space, time
and matter. They may have no prac-
tical material effects. They have very
practical, and far-reaching, intellec-
tual and spiritual effects.
There have been numerous efforts
to expound relativity In simple Ian.
guage, intelligible 10 the layman-ano
50 per cent Of Ill men Of science, OF
Evening star., 1938-05-22

and whose barn is burned by masked
mob, the members Of which accuse him
Of being Red. 1t is not very orig
inal
THE next two pages are given over
to blurb of the book "Artlover,
Volume ILL.," and by blurb the re-
viewer means blurb. 1t would appear
that the editor of this volume has
been "reproached and threatened
by NaN influences for his
work in presenting exiled German
painters" That is almost the only
coherent statement in the whole arti-
Gle. OF two pictures reproduced from
the volume one shows company of
helmeted soldiers shooting fat man
against a wall and the other an un-
believably ugly. fat female just sitting
and staring. One supposes that the
soldiers are NaZis shooting an inno-
cent Communist. The fat female, her
avoirdupois Notwithstanding, is called
Poor Woman"
The next contribution comes, We
are told. from the pen of young
unknown writer from Minneapolis.
Mimi Whether it is his youth, his
state of being unknown or his fortune
in hailing from that particular town
that is supposed to make him inter-
esting is not explained. but it must
be something other than his tale.
For the short story published in Direc-
ton is not as good as some very poor
ones Which used to appear in the re-
viewers high school paper.
1t is followed by the article on the
Sino-Japanese struggle-as inevitable,
of course, as the one on Mexico. This
comes from the pen of the bumptious
Bob Brown, who, though he is a prop
agandist without scruple. still can
write competently. And to come on
competent writing in any little maga-
zine is a very blessed relief.
The remaining pages of Direction
are devoted to criticisms of music, the
theater and books The article on
music is mainly a complaint that the
symphonies do not play the works of
modern composers for the reason that
"the security of our conservative au-
diences and critics is challenged by a
changing world. and they insist on
music that is familiar to 'them-to
bind them nostalgically to the WELL
known past" 1t goes on then to
extol the merits of the American
Composers Alliance. which it says lis
actually the child of the w. P. A.
Music Project" This is meant, you
understand, as praise.)
CIMILARLY in the drama Direc-
~ tinn's critic finds nothing meri.
Evening star., 1938-05-22
WEEKS 10 BEST SELLERS IN
OTHER CITIES.

Fiction-"Action at Aquila,"
Hervey Allen; The Mortal
Storm" Phyllis Bottome; Lisa
Vale" Olive Higgins Prouty; The
Citadel" A. j. Cronin; THE
Yearling," Marjorie Kinnan Raw
lings.
-fiction-"The Importance
of Living" Lin Yutang; The
Evolution of Physics" Albert Elm
stein and Leopold Infeld;
Madame Curie," Eve Curie;
DRY Guillotine." Rene Belbenoit;
"R. F. d." Charles Allen Smart.
Chicago.
Fiction The Yearling,"
Northwest Passage" The Cita-
DEL" Lisa Vale" Action at
Aquila."
Non -f1ction-"The Evolution of
Physics: THE Importance Of
Living" u. B. Murphy" Loyal
Davis; Fashion Is Spinach"
Elizabeth Halves; In the Name
of Common Sense" Matthew N.
Chappell.
New York.
Fiction-"The Yearling";; THE
Citadel; THE Late George Ap-
ley" J. P. Marquand; Northwest
Passage" Kenneth Roberts.
Non-f1ction-"The Evolution Of
Physics; Madame Curie"; The
Importance of Living; The
Fight for Life" Paul De Kruif;
Dry Guillotine."
San Francisco.
Fiction-"The Rains Came
Louis Bromfield; Northwest
Passage; The Citadel; Dawn
in Lyonesse." Mary Ellen Chase;
The Mortal Storm"
Non n-f1ction-"The Evolution of
Physics; The Importance Of
Living; Madame Curie";; Mem
oirs of Julian Hawthorne" edited
my Edith Garrigues Hawthorne;
Glass Houses" Carleton Beals
(Copyright. 1889
Evening star., 1938-05-22

with peace, and the air had the damp
smell of earth" This sentence and
the novel is ended. No welcoming
natives, no anecdotes of the rewards
of heroism follow.
The tale instead concerns the jour-
ney of each boat, the men in them,
what they think and what they do
as the water in their kegs slowly sinks
to the level of death. No detail of
the horror of Eeing confined to a
small open boat with 30 men is omit
ted. and the trip of each lifeboat is
utterly absorbing and dramatic.
Neil Blair, l9-year-old second mate
and the hero Of the tale, has taken
the burden of clearing ship and
launching lfeboats from Capt. Weed
stow. who has gone completely to
pieces in the crisis. And no one less
familiar with the sea than the au-
thor could depict the character OF
this youth, faceG with handling men
of all ages and races skillfully-or
death. It is tie lifeboat he COM
mands that reaches st. Helena.
Capt. Grant knows whereof he
speaks. When in the Transport Serv-
ice some years ago. his first vessel
blew up in the South Atlantic. and
Grant, in charge of one lifeboat and
% men, sailed il 720 miles to safety.
The other boats were never heard
from
This book is recommended, not only
as a stirring tale, but as study OF
what men are likely to do in emer-
gencies. told witls an economy of words
that has no relation to parsmony.
". K G.
Evening star., 1938-05-22
Brief Reviews of Books

home management and the like.
Should be helpful.
YOUTH AND SEX A study of 1900
college students by Dorothy Dun
bar Bromley and Florence Haxton
Britten.
An investigation into sex behavior.
Informative.
Health.
TROUBLES WE DO NOT TALK
ABOUT BY j. F. Montague, M. D.
New York: Home Health Library.
Advice on a number Of diseases.
Better see your doctor, too.
Theater.
REHEARSAL. BY Miriam A. Frank
lin. New York: Prentice Hall, Inc.
Advice and instruction In the prir-
ciples and practice of acting for the
stage. If it can be taught. this would
seem to be useful.
PLAY DIRECTING. BY Allen Graf.
ton. New York: Prentice Hall, Inc.
A program for amateur directors.
Should be helpful.
Mysteries.
13 GUESTS BY Jefferson Farjeon.
Indianapolis: Bobhs Merrill Co.
A house party at great country
house in England. The murder is
solved by the inspector from Scotland
Yard.
DEATH TOOK A PUBLISHER. BY
Norman Forest New York: Hill
man Curl.
Great and famous man murdered
In seemingly impossible manner. Av.
erage.
AND SUDDEN DEATH. BY j. S.
Fletcher. New York: Hillman Curl
An old hand at mystery writing1
turns out one more. Pretty good.
HAsTY WEDDING BY Mignon
Eberhart. New York: Doubleday
Doran g. Co.
Murder on the eve Of a weddind
Pretty good.
THE CORPSE WITH THE BLU
CRAVAT. BY r. A. j. Wallinr.
New York: William Morrow.
A famous archoelogist dies-muP,
der or suicide? Good.
Evening star., 1938-05-22
Employment.
Employment.
LABOR CZARS. BY Harold Seidman.
New York: Liveright Publishing

Employment.
LABOR CZARS. BY Harold Seidman.
New York: Liveright Publishing
Corp.
Purports to be history of the cor
ruption Of union organizers, but turns
out to be piece of pleading for the
c. /. o. Covers the past history OF
unionism in America from the point
of view of racketeering by labor lead
ers pretty completely, however.
MEN WITHOUT WORK. A Report
made to the Pilgrim Trust. With
an Introduction by the Archbishop
of York and a Preface by Lord
Macmillan. Cambridge University
Press.
A study Of unemployment made in
six English cities. designed to show
all the factors involved when a man
loses his Job. Should be useful to
social workers.
LABOR's NEW MILLIONS. BY Mary
Heaton Worse. New York: Modern
Age Books.
A lady comrade blows a cylinder
head. General subject: The wicked
ness OF everybody who can pay his
bills and the sanctity Of those whose
misfortunes make it possible for pro-
fessional agitators to pay theirs.
Hysterical blether.
THE RIGHT TO WORK. BY NeS
Anderson. New York: Modern Age
Books.
A defense of the New Deals spend
ing campaign by the holder OF q
w. p. A. position, cleverly camouflaged
in the theology of the social con-
science takers.
I LIKE AMERICA. BY Granville
Hicks. New York: Modern Age
Books.
A literary Communist explains to
America that though 1t has not quite
forfeited his approval, it could DO
better by following his advice.
Marriage.
PLAN FOR MARRIAGE Edited by
Joseph Kirk Folsom. New YORK:
Harper e. Bros.
A symposium on the subject by va
rious authorities on health, hygiene