davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1938-02-13
Maj. and Mrs. Beebe
Hosts at Dinner.

Maj. and Mrs. Mathew Ross Beebe
entertained Is guests at dinner, fol.
lowed by a musicale, last evening Al
their residence on North Kenmore
street. Arlington, in celebration of the
82d birthday anniversary of Mrs
Beebe's mother, Mrs. George Cooke
who makes her home with her SON.
in-law and daughter.
Mrs. Cooke is formerly of Minnesota,
being one of the early pioneers of that
State.
The guests included Maj. and Mrs
Robert Kauch, Mr. and Mrs. James
Shannon, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Robinson
Mr.. Samuel L. Stokes and Mr.. Michael
Smith of Greenwich Forest, Md;
Mrs. Edward Patterson, Miss Ine7
Justus and Mr. James R. Barr OF
Washington; Mr. Matthew Roger
Beebe, first classman at the Virginia
Military Institute. who is spending
the week end with his parents, Mr.
George Beebe, another son of the
hosts, and their daughter, Miss Carol
Annette Beebe.
Evening star., 1938-02-13

and Mrs Charles w. Smith of George
town. Just Is and has already sold
several pictures to advantage and
has had one or two rented by the
Little Gallery-a new way of finding
out whether you would like to own
the picture, after living with it sew
eral weeks
George Ann has exhibited at the
Corcoran Gallery and with the Water
Color Club, and says she can't re-
member when she did not dabble
little in colors and that she is going
to the Corcoran School of Art after
her graduation from school in June
She spends good deal of time at
West Point with her uncle and aunt
Col. and Mrs. Devers. and finds it
easy to make sketches along the
Hudson when strolling with a hand
some cadet.
Evening star., 1938-02-13

Ohio not far from Columbus. Her IA
ther was Presbyterian minister, who
went in the 'forties" over the noun
tains In a covered wagon to take
charge Of small Ohio church. And
so as the daughter Of circuit rider,
Mrs. Pierson heard many stories OF
people and events of Civil War days.
She is probably one of the few per-
sons in lower Montgomery County who
can remember Lincoln, and during the
past week she has recalled many stories
OF his life-some that she herself re-
| members and some that she has heard
from members of her family. She re-
calls driving across country roads to
Columbus with her brother to attend q
memorial service for Mr.. Lincoln in
the State House after his assassination.
and she remembers very we'll the little
dress she wore on the trip. 1t was of
some heavy material with a very full
skirt and she wore little white muslin
collar and, OF course, poke bonnet
| tied under her chin.
Mrs. Pierson was until a few years
ago active in social life in Somerset.
She is member of the D. A. r. and
is one Of the few living real grand
daughters of the Revolution, having
had four grandparents who took part
in that war.
Mrs. Angie Amiss
Also Celebrating Anniversary.
Another resident of the Bethesda
neighborhood who lived in Montgom-
cry County at the time of Mr.. Lncoln's s
| occupancy OF the White House is Mrs.
Angie Amiss, who now makes her home
with her son and daughter law, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Amiss, in Chevy Chase
Gardens
Mrs. Amiss celebrated her birthday
anniversary this week, but since her
son. Mr.. Amiss, has a birthday anni-
versary later in the month, the Amiss
family will observe both Anniversaries
at that time with dinner party Feb
ruary 20. to which Mrs. Amiss' chill
dren and grandchildren will be in
vited.
Mr.. and Mrs A. c. Foster Of Edge
moor have invited guests for a bridge
party on February 81, the eve of Wash
ington's birthday anniversary.
! Prof. and Mrs. Norman Ames of
Westmoreland Hills will have IA guests
for dinner this evening Decorations
for the dinner will be carried out in the
red and white colors generally &C
| cepted for use on st. Valentines Day.
Among the guests who have been in
vited to the dinner party are DR.. and
Mrs. Hector Castro, Mr.. and Mrs
Theodore Irving Coe. Mr.. and Mrs.
Dean Tlrley, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Diermier. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Sears
and Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Smith.
Mrs. BENJAMIN Elmore
Hostess At Luncheons.
Mrs. Benjamin T. Elmore enter
tanned Wednesday at the third of a
series of luncheons that she Is giving
during the winter months. Wednes-
days luncheon as well as the other
two luncheons which were given earlier
In the month was held at The Cedars,
Mrs. Elmore's home in Alta Vista,
where she has lived for 50 many
years. Nearly all the guests were
residents Of either Alta Vista or Rock
vile, where Mrs. Elmore is as well
known as she is in her own neigh
borhood
The guest list included Mrs. Arthur
Hilland, Mrs. Robert Cory, Mrs. L.
A. Gravelle, Mrs. Henry Latimer, Mrs.
Griffith Barry, Mrs. E. L. Morrison,
Mrs. Harry Gormley, Mrs. John A.
Dickinson and Mrs. Walter Young.
For each of the luncheons Mrs. FL
Evening star., 1938-02-13
Anniversaries Observed
By Nearby Residents
Mrs. Pierson and Mrs. Amiss
Recall Days of Lincoln.
Parties Announced.

YESTERDAY and all the Nation the
Y anniversary of the birth Of Abraham Lincoln
little earlier in the week in the Bethesda neghbor
hood two Of the communys oldest residents nearing the
century mark also celebrated their birthday
both have stories to tell of the and
Mrs Lincoln lived in the big PENNSYLVANIA avenue
Mrs Sarah Melissa Howe Prson Of Somerset her
slst birthday anniversary by being the family
dinner at the home of her sonnaw and daughter Mrs.
Clair Barnes with whom she has lived for the last 20
Her daughter, Miss Person. from her home in
New York to be her mothers the relatives
from Washington Virginia at the
anniversary festivities
Evening star., 1938-02-13
About Well>KnOwn Folk
In Books, Art, Politics
What Americans Read and Why?
MIR. Lewis Untermeyer Will
Answer Question Tonight.
BY ROBERT CRAWFORD.

PRNG is just around the the little white yellow
purple pushing of the
~ it's time to get and stretch Bit and that saucy
gay cardinal is lord OF all he in the garden his
contestant being looking
aeo and then with his presumng sprtters
and then flies to nearby garden
eaed by the lovely spnglke weather and
songs OF Solomon and turn to that beautiful cance TO-
the winter past the rain appear
on the EARTH the time of the singing voice
OF the turtle heard and then Mr.
spos the picture for frost killing may and we
"onoer now the poet who sings spring
with these tickle February days.
Evening star., 1938-02-13

cocktail party were Mr.. and Mrs.
Ihomas Lewis, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Peyton, Mr.. and Mrs. James Green,
Mr. and Mrs. william Webb, Mr..
ana Mrs. Donald Wight. Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Hilland and Mr.. and Mrs.
Burrell Marsh.
Evening star., 1938-02-13
Claims Largest Holly Tree,

MULLENS, w. Va. LP.-Ottoway
stewart Of Jesse asserted claim of
ownership Of the largest holly tree
IN Wyoming County"
1T was a big tree when was a
little boy" said Stewart, who esti-
mated its age at 100 years.
1t has q circumference Of 5 feet
inches and Is almost 40 feet high.
Evening star., 1938-02-13
Annapolis
in
The News
Admiral Brown
To Announce
Reception.
NNAPOLIS. !

" Read Admiral and Mrs. Will
~ son Brown will be at home
4 a the middle Of the week at the
superintendent's quarters. The dates
Of their afternoon receptions will be
announced later.
Capt. and Mrs. Charles w. Crosse
gave tea yesterday at their home on
Upshur road from 5 to I o'clock.
Mrs. Anon Bronson, wife of Capt.
Bronson. left this week for Rochester,
N. Y, where she is the guest of her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur S. Hamlin.
Mrs. Frank Bolton has returned
after a two-week visit in Baltimore
and is at the home OF Mrs. Morgan
Baldwin on Prince George st.
Mr.. and Mrs. James George O'Neill
jr., who are now on their wedding
trip will in the future reside in New
York. Their marriage took place here
Saturday, February S. at st. Marys
Church. Mrs. O'Neill was formerly
Miss Eleanor Hill, daughter OF 1t.
Comdr. Owen Hill, U. S. NJ. retired,
and Mrs. Hill of Duke Of Gloucester
street.
Evening star., 1938-01-20
3 CHILDREN KILLED
BY AUTO IN SNOW
Three Others in Coasting Party
Injured With Driver of Car
and Woman Companion.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WATERBURY, Conn, Jan. 20.-An
automobile which struck six children
saying goodnight after . coasting
party killed three Of them and in
1ured three others. one critically.
The accident occurring at q street
intersection during the night, also re-
seulted in injuries to the driver and
. woman companion.
The dead: Edmund Boulanger, 8;
Robert Roberts, IL, and Virginia, Rob-
erts, IA, his sister, all Of Wolcott.
Injured were Claire Boulanger, 13,
Edmund's sister; Arthur Boulanger,
II, brother Of Edmund; Mary Nc
Kenna. 13, and Frank Degnan, ~, of
Waterbury, who police said drove the
car, and Miss Ether Breane, also "a,
Naugatuck.
Mr.. Degnan and Miss Boulanger are
on the danger List.
Evening star., 1938-01-20
.FAR|DA BECOMES
FAROUK'S QUEEN
Bride, Barred From Rites
by Custom, Watches
Through Lattice.
picture on Page A-4.)
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Egypt. Jan. 20.-Egypt's
boy King Farouk took dark-eyed 16-
year-old Farida as his wife and queer
today in an orthodox Moslem ceremony
which the bride did not attend.
But Farida, daughter of an Egyp.
tan high court judge, excluded from
the ceremony by Moslem custom
watched it through lattice-work par.
tition from an adjoining room of the
ancient Koubbeh palace.
Farida's father and the bridegroom
signed the Moslem contract which
made her the wife Of the 17-year-olc
ruler of Egypt's 10000, 900 people.
The bride slipped away unexpected.
ly from her Heliopolis villa, wearing
a gray coat, skirt and small black
toque, and with her mother drove
to the palace in q closed car.
Wild cheering and the clamor o1
bells and guns greeted her. Queer
Mother Nazli and the Kings foul
younger sisters watched with the bride
and her mother.
The crashing guns unleashed three
days Of celebrations throughout the
land of the Sphinx. Shaggy Bedouin
horsemen, who slept all night in the
streets after converging on the city
from the desert, plunged madly about
firing their rifles into the skies.
No women witnessed the Moslem
ceremony, on the ground floor of the
palace. 1t was conducted by Sheikh
Moustapha Ell Maraghy, rector of AZ
har University and supreme religious
authority Of Egypt.
Farouk wore the black and gold uni
form of a field marshal. The cere-
mony lasted but 10 minutes.
There were refreshments, and each
guest was given $2,500 golden bon
bonniere (candy box) as a souvenir.
After week end of wedding recep-
tions and teas, the bride will retire
from the public eye-her $25, 900 trous-
seau, As dresses of gossamer and lace
shimmering satin and glittering jewels
for Farouk alone to see. They will &c
on Sunday to the Kings country es.
tate, Inchass, 40 miles northeast o1
Cairo, for their honeymoon.
Evening star., 1938-01-20
R0OSEVE[T'SP[EA
|RKSLABOR CHIEFS
Leaders Are Stirred by His
Suggestions Reports
Be Made Public.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Realization that business ,Uas in
a sharp tailspin dating back to last
jail precipttated furry OF con-
terences betueen business leaders
and President Roosevelt. Thus far
no concrete program has emerged
from such discussions and situation
has been further confused by cross
currents OF administration blasts
against n1onopolies and against
holding companies.
Bv the Associated Press.
As President Roosevelt continued
today his quest Of a solution for busi-
ness and employment problems, his
suggestion that labor unions make
public their financial statements left
union leaders bewildered and angry.
All labor officials that could be
reached in the Capital said they do
make public" their financial reports.
although most Of them defined max
ing public" as giving the statements
to their members.
The furry over union finances
came as the President put forward the
organization of a continuing. all-em-
bracing council as simple method
of helping the administration FORM
ulate national economic policies
It also was made known by White
House aide that small business men
would be included soon in the con-
ference seeking cooperative methods
OF stabilizing business.
Letters to Be Studied.
Thus far, it was pointed out. the
presidential conferences have included
only captains of industry and finance
and labor leaders. The President, it
was learned, has instructed aides to
60 through some of the hundreds of
letters received from smaller business
men. with view to calling some Of
them in for suggestions.
Concerning the labor union finances.
William Green, American Federation
Of Labor president. said the federation
annually gave both its members and
the press complete financial state
ment."
The A. F. of L. report is presented
to its convention each autumn
Il can say the same, too. for the
United Mine Workers &C. I. o."
Mr.. Green asserted He was secre-
tary-treasurer of John L. Lewis union
for many years before he became A.
F. of L. chief.
Mr.. Lewis could not be reached for
comment Immediately, but his aides
said every local union received a COM
plete financial accounting from the
national headquarters every six
months. This is done to the last
dime," they added.
Mr.. Green said that as far as he
knew every union in the A. F. of L.
makes public its financial statements.
He said the A. F. Of L. report sum-
married. receipts and expenditures, in
cluding salaries. officers expenses, ad-
ministrative expenses and the like.
Harry Bates, sandy-haired presi-
dent of the Bricklayers' Union, was
incensed by the Presidents sugges-
ton. He slapped a 98-page financial
report of his union down on his desk
and angrily said that every member
Of his union knew how every dollar
was spent.
This report, he said, goes to each
-
Evening star., 1938-01-20
$4,000 IN FRAUD
|SBEL|EvEDL LOST
U. s. Declared Not Likely
to Recover Sum in
StiteIy Case.
By REX COLLIER.

There appears to be little prospect
OF recovering any of the more than
100000 embezzled from the Govern
ment in the Stitely fraudulent voucher
case. the Senate Public Lands Com
mittee was told today.
Reno Stitely. former employe OF
the National Parks Service. who re-
Gently pleaded guilty to the fraud
was not bonded at the time of the
defalcations, it was testified by Ebert
X. Burlew, on whose nomination as
Assistant Secretary of the Interior
the committee is holding hearings
Neither were other employees in the
voucher section bonded, he said in
response to questions.
Then there is no chance of recov-
ering this money!" inquired Senator
Pittman, Democrat, OF Nevada.
mo, don't believe there Is, as
far as the bonding company is con-
cerned," replied Mr.. Burlew.
HAS any of the money been. re-
covered?" asked Senator Pittman.
mo, sir, I don't believe they have
recovered any Of it," said the witness.
Authorized by Officials.
Senator O'Mahoney, Democrat Of
Wyoming, brought out that a letter
authorizing Mr.. Stitely to receive
checks on emergency conservation
vouchers presented to the Army FL
nance Office bore the signature Of an
Army officer as well as of an Interior
official.
Apparently from this letter." Sen
ator O'Mahoney told the committee,
the Army gave approval to the re-
ceipt by Stitely of these checks"
The Wyoming Senator said he would
Evening star., 1938-01-20
TAX CHANGE Plan
HELD insufficient
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Spokesman Ask Repeal
Of Surplus Levy.
PS the Associated Press.

ES the Associated Press.
Spokesman for the United States
Chamber Of Commerce told the House
Ways and Means Committee today
that its tax revision program did not
go far enough" and that the un-
distributed profits tax should be re-
pealed.
Fred H. Clausen, Horizon, Wis,
manufacturer and chairman of the
chambers Committee on Federal FL
nance, asserted: There is sound basis
for our position that any penalty
taxation of corporate earnings that
are legitimately held, not for the pur-
pose Of avoidance Of the individual
surtax, should be repealed.
IT the principle is accepted that
employment in private business is
better than Government relief, then
we contend that the repeal of the sur
tax on undistributed earnings should
be complete"
Chambers General Position.
The tax revision program as recon-
mended by Ways and Means Sub
committee provides modification of the
undistributed profits and capital gains
taxes. reduction of gift and estate tax
exemptions and many other tax law
changes.
Mr.. Clausen described the cham
ber's general position" on the COM
mittee's proposals in these words:
Corporation income tax: We be-
lleve that enactment of the proposals,
in the main, which relate to the cor
poration income tax, would be prefer
able to maintenance Of the present un-
distributed profits tax We do not
think that these proposals, however
60 far enough to conform with the
practical situation with which they
endeavor to DEAL
Capital Gains and Losses.
Capital gains and losses: We be-
lieve that on the whole these proposals
are better than the present treatment
of capital gains and losses. We dc
not think they meet the practical
necessities of the situation.
Estate and gift taxes: We have
serious objections to some of the pro-
posals relating to these taxes"
Mr.. Clausen contended there is evil
dence in the business world that the
present method Of levying the cor
poration income tax has contributed
directly to the severity Of the recent
recession. Proper alterations in that
method, he said, would help restore
business and employment and relieve
some Of the burdens on Government.
It would be better for the Govern
(See TAXES, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1938-01-20
Fasting Dean
Is Suspended
His Bishop
he Associated Press.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan. 20.-Bishop
James M. Maxon ordered the suspen-
sion of fasting Dean Israel Harding
Noe today.
The bishop. recovering from a seri-
GUS illness, sent a lengthy written
communication to the deanery today
in which he notified the clergyman
he was taking over the duties Of st.
Marys Episcopal Cathedral.
This step had been urged for several
days by some leaders of the church.
1t came at time when the dean
apparently was getting much weaker
The dean, fasting to prove the fact
Of immortality. made no immediate
comment.
Evening star., 1938-01-20
VALENCIA BOMBED
TWICE BY REBELS
Considerable Damage Done to
North Part of City in First
of Two Raids Today.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
MADRID, Jan. 20-Insurgent air
raiders today twice attacked Valencia,
not yet recovered from the three ter
rife bombing raids of yesterday. which
caused Exceedingly large" casualties.
No estimate of the casualties or
damage in today's raids was immedi-
ately available.
Six bombing planes from Palma, the
insurgent base on the Island of NAL
lorca, bombed the northern part Of the
city at 10 am. Is am, E. s. T) with
some damage. At 11:40 am. (6:40
am, E. 8. T) three trimotored bomb
ers appeared over Valencia but were
driven of before they could drop
bombs.
Rebels In Fresh Advance.
Meanwhile, on the Teruel front 100
miles to the east Of Madrid, Spanish
insurgents reported q fresh advance
brought the Plateau Las Pedrizas under
their control.
Insurgents in aerial bombardment
but had failed to identify him IS the
sons and wounded at least 200.
(Reuters, British news agency, dis
patches said 220 were killed.) Govern
ment Valencia likewise was bombed
with . possible 100 dead.
Evening star., 1938-01-20
BORDER GUARDS KILLED
Two Reported in Clash With
Estonian Patrol,

LONDON, Jan. 20 R.-Reuters
British news agency today reported
two Russian border guards had been
killed in q clash with an Estonian
patrol.
Estonian advices, Reuters said in q
dispatch from Tallinn. capital Of
Estonia, charged that the Soviet
guards opened fire when they were
warned yesterday they had crossed
into Estonian territory.
The Estonian patrol was said to
have fired first q warning shot, but to
have replied, killing two Russians,
when the Soviet guard opened direct
fire.
Evening star., 1938-01-20
3 DIE IN AUTO PLUNGE

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Jan. 20 R.-
An automobile plunged from dead
end downtown street into st. Joseph
River early today, carrying Bernard
Richman, 80; Charles Newcomer, 20,
and an unidentified girl to their deaths.
Police said the car apparently
skidded on an icy hill and rolled over
An ahattment.
Evening star., 1938-01-20

"HREE unarmed white youths,
two with false mustaches
crudely painted on their faces,
Il were captured early today
while, police said, they were making
their getaway from the second Of two
filling stations held up and robbed in
quick succession despite an intensified
police drive to reduce crime in the
Capital.
Promptly identified by the two Dis
trict hold-up victims and an Arling-
ton County, Va, garage attendant
held UP an hour earlier-all of them
were bluffed into believing the three
had pistols in their pockets-the
Evening star., 1938-01-20

youths were questioned by headquar-
ters detectives later this morning in
connection with other recent robberies
here.
Only one other robbery and II minor
housebreakings and petty thefts. in
volving total loot of $29l.75. we're re-
ported during the last "a hours, and
police promptly arrested three COL
ored men in two Of the housebreak-
ings. This total of 20 cases compared
with 81 the previous "a hours.
Meanwhile. court machinery was
speeded up to return nine indictments
this afternoon against Ellis M. Tip
(See HOLD-UP, Page A-3J
Evening star., 1938-01-20
G-MEN SPIRIT TWO
AWAY SECRETLY
Hoover and 6 Aides Spent
Night in Wisconsin Hotel;
One Thought Anders.
BACKGROUND

0~AS "A ~ AsSoND
Charles S. Ross, Uealthy retired
greeting card manufacturer, tUas
kidnapped in the suburbs of Chicago
last September Is. Kidnapers lett
ransom note asking $4,000 This
the family paid on October 8, but
the elder manufacturer uas not
returned. Friday Peter Anders, 30,
7rds arrested at Santa Anita race
track. near Los Angeles, after ran
som notes had been found. He con-
tessed the kidnapping, G-men said,
and said he killed Ross.
By the Associated Press.
SUPERIOR, Wis, Jan. 20.-Donald
MacRae, manager of the Androy Hotel
of superior, said today that, J. Edgar
Hoover, six associates and two man
acled prisoners spent the night at his
hotel and left at am. for st. Paul.
MacRae said he was called about 1
am. today by Hoover, who asked that
his party be admitted to the hotel with
greatest secrecy. All hotels had been
watched by newspaper men. but Mac
Rae co-operated in taking Hoover and
his party up rear entrance, he said
MacRae studied pictures Of Peter
Anders, confessed kidnaper and slayer
OF Charles Ross and James Atwood
Gray. an accomplice, and said he
thought one of the two prisoners re-
sembled Anders.
Brought here under heavy guard
in a surprise airplane flight Tuesday
night, Anders was lodged in the
F. B. I. office and has been secreted
since. Nor has Hoover been seen
in public since shortly cfter his ar
rival then.
Airliner Ready for Flight.
The airliner in which the prisoner
arrived stood in a hangar at the
municipal airport, fueled and ready
for flight on short notice
The F., B. I. office gave no hint
as to the nature of the feverish
activity set in motion by Hoover's
and Anders' arrival. Carloads OF
men, some dressed in heavy clothing
and some carrying tools for digging
sped away from the building yes
terday. They ostensibly were on the
hunt for the bodies of Ross and Gray
The concentration of agents here
gave rise to belief that the kid.
| napers operated in this territory before
and for short time after the pay.
ment of $4,000 ransom. These cues.
tlons awaited answers:
Where did the kidnapers hide Out
with the captive Ross for 13 day,
before he was slain? Was .Anders
involved in other kidnapings? Die
st. Paul underworld connections heir
Anders dispose Of most of the "ho'
money" and afford him refuge?
Mattson Children Taken Away.
Anders, said the F. B. I. chief, wa,
not a suspect in the kidnap-slayine
OF 10-year-old Charles Mattson q
Tacoma, Wash, in December. 1895.
1t was reported at Tao 1ma, how.
ever, that William, 16, and Muriel
IA, brother and sister of the slair
Mattson boy, had been taken away
by Federal agents recently. DR.. w
W. Mattson, their father, said IN
did not know where they had beer
taken, or for what purpose.
Edward P. Guinance, st. Paul r
B. I. agent, indicated Anders woult
be questioned about the disappear.
ance of Arthur Fried of White Plains
N. Y, and possibly the short-livet
abduction of Mrs. Olivia Borcia a
Elkhprn. Wis, last September :.