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Evening star., 1938-01-10
WIDER SECURITY
PROGRAM URGED
Jobless Insurance and Aqe
Benefits Can Be More
General, Board Says.

Extension Of unemployment insur-
ance and old-aRe benefits to those
classes now excluded from operation
Of the Social Security Act "as rapidly
as experience warrants" was advocated
today in the annual report Of the
Social Security Board.
These include principally agricul-
tural and domestic labor, seamen and
Federal, State and municipal employees.
1t Is also the belief OF the board
that study should be continued Of the
feasibility Of protection against addi-
tional types Of risks to economic Sc
curity,' the report said.
Reserve Critics Answered.
The board again replied to critics
Of the reserve fund being created by
the old-age benefits tax on employers
and employees. insisting it is only
through the reserve that the tax can
be held down in future years when
benefit payments increase The re-
serve also should be viewed in the
light of the needs that may be bred
by changes in the law, it was empha-
sized.
Reciting the advances the year has
seen in the act. with more than 30 .00O-
600 workers registering for old-age
benefits and the coverage in unem-
ployment compensation and aid for the
aged, blind and dependent children
expanding. the board said:
1t would be impossible to make a
count OF the individuals whose we'll
being and peace of mind have been
promoted by the Social Security Act
Building for Future.
'Such a number includes the mil
lions who are now participa ting di-
rectly in the social security program
both those who are receiving funds or
services provided under the act and
the still larger number who know, as
they work, that they are building up
safeguards for the future.
1t is probable that the households
directly concerned with one or an
other of these provisions constitute a
majority Of the households Of the
American people. To the extent that
the legislation is serving to stabilize
family incomes. to safeguard capacity
to earn and to conserve the morale and
Integrity Of family life in this large
share OF the population. it is serving
also the well-being of the whole
Nation.
1T is the conviction of the board,
based on these two years experience,
that the Social Security Act has justi-
fied the designation made by President
Roosevelt as a law that will take care
of human needs and at the same time
provide for the United States an eco
nomic structure Of vastly greater
Soundness.'"
Evening star., 1938-01-10
Wheeler URGES
|. c. c. REVISION
Assails Finance Divisions
Approval of R. &c. Loan
to Erie Railroad.

Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of
Montana, critizing the Interstate
Commerce Commissions finance divi-
sion for approving r. F. c. loans to
certain railroads. today urged that the
commission be reorganized.
Senator Wheeler. chairman OF a
committee investigating rail finances.
said the finance division recently ap-
proved a s6 100000 loan by the R, F. C.
to the Erie Railroad when the facts
showed beyond question that the Erie
needed reorganization"
A few days after the commissions
approval, Senator Wheeler added. the
Chesapeake Il Ohio refused to guar
antee the loan.
The r. F. c. was therefore unable
to advance the money and the Erie
defaulted on its bond interest, which
is. of course, the usual first step to-
ward receivership," he said
THE st. Paul. the Chicago L.
North Western and other railroads
received a clean bill of financial
health from this same division and
loans from the R. F. c., and within
a few months thereafter they went
into receivership"
Senator Wheeler called the Balti-
more IL Ohio, which recently obtained
an 100000 loan, "an even more
glaring case.
The majority commissioners were
willing to accept the roads applica-
ton at face value and avoided their
legal duty to certify that the B. 4 O..
is not in need of reorganization he
said.
Senator Wheeler asserted the COL
lateral for former r. F. C. loans to
the B. e. o. now has a market value
of less than the amount of the loans
and that collateral for the $8.233, 900
loan is worth $2,0OO,00 less than the
loan.
Evening star., 1938-01-10
PATIENT AT GALLINGER
LEAPS TO HER DEATH
Colored Woman Tears Loose From
Bed on Second Floor and Jumps
Through Window.

Through Window.
Louella Stacks, 81. colored, 625 K
street NV, tore loose from her bed
in a wsrd at Gallinger Hospital and
leaped through a second-story window
to her death late last night, according
to officials of the institution.
Hospital ohicials said the woman
was admitted December 5, suffering
from high blood pressure, and had
been restrained to her bed by q sheet
fastened to the bed frame because She
had periods Of mental confusion.
Shortly before midnight. attendants
said. another patients scream when
the Stacks woman broke out Of bed
attracted the nurse on duty. The
nurse ran toward the woman. she said,
and barely missed her as she jumped
out the window to the ground, about
Is feet below. Attendants rushed the
woman to the emergency room, where
she died in a few minutes.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
was investigating the woman's death
today. He said an autopsy would be
performed this afternoon. t
Evening star., 1938-01-10
4 See Man Leap From Span.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Jan. 10 (P.-
-Four persons reported to police they
saw man leap from the Mississippi
River Bridge here today.
Police Capt. Frank Gibson said an
abandoned sedan parked on the
bridge was registered to the Rev. w.
D. Bratton, Episcopal rector and son
OF the Rev. Theodore Dubose Brat
ton, Episcopal Bishop of Mississippi.
Evening star., 1938-01-10
tomorrow rain and warmer

QlStuTDAnCS OF WlQe extent is MOVING
rapidly southeastward over the Western
Canadian Provinces. Montana and the Da-
kotas. McMurrav. Alberta - so inches
minor disturbance is centered of the coast
OF Texas. moving northeastward. Port Ar
thur. Tex. 3O.02 inches and another is
moving eastward over Ohio Alger. 30. .Os
inches. Pressure remains quite low from
Labrador Northern Newfoundland and
Eastern Hudson Strait eastward and north
eastward. Reykajavik. Iceland, :,s.s: inches.
and broad trough extends from New
foundland southwestWard to Eastern Cuba.
St. Georges. Bermuda. 300, inches. These
disturbances have been attended by rain
in portions Of the Gulf States and along
the North Pacific Coast. and by snow from
the Northern Rocky Mountain region east
ward to WESTERN New York and Western
Pennsylvania. 8. An area of high pressure
is moving rapidly eastward over Alaska.
Nome. 3O.14 inches. and pressure remains
high over the greater part of the United
States. Ontario and Western Queeec Med
ford. Greg. 3O.46 inches: Norfolk. Va.
3o.:s inches. and White River. Ontario,
3u.26 inches. The temperature has risen
from the southern lake region southwark
70 the Gulf Coast and in Minnesota. the
Dakotas' Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
while 1t has fallen from Iowa southwest
ward to Oklahoma and Eastern Colorado
ana in portions Of Lower Michigan.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
~ aarpers Ferry: Potomac slightly muddy
at Great Falls today.
Evening star., 1938-01-10
TRIAL OF NATIONALISTS
is BEGUN IN PUERTO RICO
Eight Are Accused of Attempt to
Assassinate U. s. District
Judge r. A. Cooper.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico, Jan. 10
Eight Nationalists went on trial today
on charges of attempted assassina-
ton of United States District Judge
Robert A. Cooper, former Governor
of South Carolina
A volley Of shots was fired at the
judge last June 8. the day after Pedro
Albizu Campos, president Of the Ma
tionalist party, and seven other Ma
tionalists were taken to Atlanta. Ca.
to serve sentences imposed by Cooper
for plot to overthrow the United
States Government in Puerto Rico.
The defendants pleaded innocent
and filed a/motion questioning the
jurisdiction of the court in which
Associate Justice Martin Travieso of
the Puerto Rico Supreme Court sat
as special justice
Travieso overruled the motion. Two
other defendants already have pleaded
guilty.
Evening star., 1938-01-10
SHIPPING SUBSIDY
PACTS REVEALED
Seven Firms to Receive
$7,35o.C00 a Year to
Aid New BUILDING.

Eong-term subsidy agreements be-
tween the Maritime Commission and
seven shipping companies, initiating
shipbuilding program that may reach
total of s1lo,ono,ooo were announced
today by Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy
TIE companies are committed to
construction of between 20 and 43
ships between now and 1912 in the
Governments program to rehabilitate
the American merchant marine. They
are to receive annual operatin sub
sides totaline s7.35e,000 under terms
of the agreements.
Possibility that the number OF new
ships to be constructed under the
commissions subsidy program may
be increased to 81 or So through long
term subsidy agreements with other
shipping concerns. negotiations for
which are pending, was indicated by
Mr.. Kennedv.
IA to Start This Year.
The seven lines with which agree
ments have been concluded are to
build 20 ships between now and 1912,
IA of these vessels to be started this
year. In addition the commission is
requiring the companies to develop
plans for constructing % more ships
The Export Steamship Corp. of
New York, one Of those now endeavor-
ing to negotiate subsidy, is prepared
to build 9 or 10 ships. Mr. Kennedy
said. The cost of the SO ships covered
In these agreements and negotiations
would he about sllo,ooo,ooo. Mr.. Ken
redy estimated.
The commission already has initiated
a construction program which includes
- cargo ships. bids on which will be
opened February !. IL high-speed
tankers for use as nava! aixiliaries.
to be built by the Standard Oil Co. Of
New jersey in cooperation with the
commission. and model safety liner
to replace the Leviathan in the North
Atlantic service. This liner will be
built under lone-term subsidy agree
ment with the United States Lines.
Inc, which involves An estimated
expenditure of between s65 900 900 and
S75,0oo,oo0
List of Subsidies.
The seven lines involved In the new
program and the subsidies each will
receive are: Grace Steamship Co.,
New York. sl.os3 900; Lykes Bros
Ripley Steamship Co., Inc. New
Orleans, s2,29ooo New York e. Cuba
Mail Steamship Co.. New York. $685.
600, Oceanic Steamship Co. San
Francisco, s65oo00; South Atlantic
Steamship Co. Savannah. Ga, $685.
coo: Mississippi Shipping Co. New
Orleans. s406. 900. and United States
Lines, Inc, New York. s2,266 900.
Terms of the agreements provide
for automatic cancellation and a re-
turn of IS per cent of the subsidies in
event construction is not undertaken
according to schedule.
The liner which is to replace the
Ieviathan now is under construction
at an estimated cost of $4,000. 900
The IL commission cargo ships, it is
estimated. will cost between sl8.0O0,-
600 and s23 ooo,o 900. while the Standard
Oil tankers are to cost about s37. .500.-
600, of which the Government will paw
approximately sl0.5oo,OoO to cover
extra speed and other features not
required by commercial practice, but
considered desira BILE from the stand
point Of national defense.
Evening star., 1938-01-10
Wire Television Seen.

Television programs could be dis
tributed by wire to subscribers, thus
making visual reception in homes a.
widespread as that Of sound. This
was the opinion expressed by Sir
George Lee, engineer-in-chief Of the
British post Office department, in an
address in London.
Evening star., 1938-01-10
THE WEATHER REPORT

sct OF Colmba-Cloudy followed tonight
or tomorrow slowly
gentle to moderate southely - 0'
Maryand-Clody followed
beginning as snow in north portion
followed
tomorrow and
'NH'e
west Ven-light rising temperature tonight;
tOmOr and
Evening star., 1938-01-10
BACKS ANTI-LYNCH BILL
Rev. w. H. Jernagin Urges Pas
sage Of Measure.

The Rev. W. H. Jernagin, pastor Of
the Mount Carmel Baptist Church and
chairman Of the Church and Race Re-
lations Committee of the Federal
Council of Churches of Christ in
America, today urged passage of the
anti-lynching bill
The minister called upon all church
people in their prayer meetings this
week to offer special prayers for the
passage Of the bill.
Evening star., 1938-01-10
Philip Roemer, Chef, Dies.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10, R.-
Philip Roemer. IS, famous Is head
chef Of the Palace Hotel here for %
years. died yesterday after Q short
illness
Evening star., 1938-01-10

Record for Last - Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today
Highest. 33. at 4 pm. yesterday. Year
ago, so.
Lowest. 23. at am. today. Year
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, "a. on January 5.
Lowest 23, on January 10.
Humidity for Last - Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today
Highest. "a per cent. at 1:45 I'm. today.
Lowest. 80 per cent, at 4:1O pm. yes
terday.
FURNISHED BY United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1938-01-10
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches In ths
Sapltal tcurrent month 10 datel:
Evening star., 1938-01-10

FURNISHED BY United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1938-01-10
eport for Last AZ Hours.

Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry: Potomac slightly muddy
At Great Falls today
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-27

a scheming premier, nor old
enough to be very diplomatic.
Thus far his ultimate ambitions
are not very clear. But the
powerful Wafd National party
has been driven from the cab
met and an allegedly pro-Fas-
cist governing body has re-
placed it.
King Farouk assembled to the
throne in 1886 following the
death of his father, the diplo-
matte King Fuad, who man.
aged to maintain his power
without bowling too deeply be-
fore the strongly democratic
Wafdists. If Farouk were older
he would probably follow a SIM
liar strategy instead of attempt
ing to safeguard his power by
lquidating the Wafd.
Although street riots be-
tween Wafdist Blueshirts and
pro-Farouk university stu
dents have been common the
past few months, a truce has
been called until the current tourist
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-27
Deed Adds a Thousand
Years to Age of Dura

New Haven, Conn. - Surprised
Americans, digging in Mesopota-
mia, have unearthed a real estate
deed $500 years old that adds over
a thousand years to age of a IA
nous ancient city, Dura-on-the-Eu,
pirates.
The deed inscribed on clay has
been brought here to Yale univer-
sity by Frank E. Brown, archaeolo-
gist of the Yale expedition explor.
ing Dura's buried ruins.
The real estate deed reveals that
Dura was not founded by Alexander
the Great, as desert outpost of his
empire, about 280 B. c., which his
torians have taken for granted. In
stead, the city was fourishing II
or Is hundred years before Christ,
in an era so little known that mod.
ern scholars call it a dark age Of
Mesopotamia' civilization.
Archaeologists found the clay tab
let embedded in a temple wall OF
much later date. Deciphering it,
they realized it describes a real
estate transaction regarding a field
in the city of Damara, which by its
described locality and it's spelling
was apparently the same as Dura
Prof. F. j. Stephens, curator OF
Yale's Babylonian collection, points
out that the ancient deed was wit.
messed by important people, such as
officials, judges, and priests.
1--WE may say" he explained
"that our document was a deed
whereby the king conferred the
piece of property described upon one
of his nobles."
The tablet dates from the reign
of a king Hammurabi of Hama, who
lived several centuries later than
famous King Kammurabi of Baby.
lon. Hama is mysterious king.
dom, whose capital lay near Dura
within the 1000 years of OZARK
ages" between early Babylonia and
the Greek and Roman era, a gap
which archaeologists are now begin
ming to fill with ancient history.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-27

legendary Egyptian charm" The
royal romance resulted from
childhood friendship between Fari-
da and Farouk's four sisters. Early
last year when the royal family
visited Switzerland they took the
new queen along. Romance bud
ded in the Alps.
Actually, King Farouk will not be
eighteen until February IL. But he
is already more than six feet tall.
Egyptian press agents claim he has
"a finely trained mind, a strong
and stalwart physique"
Like monarchs of old, Farouk has
been trained from birth to the ardu-
Gus duties of kingship. His child
hood, although happy, was not as
carefree as that of children born to
a less exalted destiny. He was
taught the necessity of punctilious
courtesy, to bow acknowledgements
and return salutes, all a part of
the burden of responsibility which
was destined to fall on his Shout
derS.
Find Historic Parallel.
Wafdists may have some reason
to believe their new king is being
impressed with his Importance. 1t
has been conveniently discovered
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-27

and new as daisy. The gored
skirt flares like a ballerina's and
the bodice is smoothly fitted, clos
ing with two wide scallops
trimmed in smart rufiing. Wear
this dress for bridge parties now
and wear it all through the Spring
and Summer. It is one of the
most popular silhouettes-nicely
made up in silk or cotton.
The Patterns.
Pattern 1437 is designed for
sizes IA to 46 (32 to 46 busD. Size
16 requires yards of 39-inch ma
terial and IS yard ribbon for
shoulder straps.
Pattern 1440 is designed for
sizes IL to 40 go to 40 busD. Size
IA requires AZ yards of 39-inch
material and 2 yards of binding or
braid to trim as pictured. For
collar and cuffs in contrast 20
yard fabric is required.
Pattern 1341 is designed for
sizes II to 20 go to 38 busD. Size
IA requires Az yards of IS or &c.
inch material plus 21s yards of
machine-made pleating to trim.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, Room 1920,
211 w. Wacker Dr., Chicago, Ill.
Price of patterns, Is cents Tin
coins) each.
g Bell Syndicate. Service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-27
Keeping Up
WVjIl6Seien{e
&Ss1"@N2e,M&s
Andes Wax Palms
Would Flourish in
West Coast Climate
@ Science Service.-wNU Service.

Washington. - Wax palms,
that now wave their 200-foot
tops above the 10,000-foot Quin-
dio pass in the equatorial
Andes, may presently grace the
parks of Pacific coast cities
from San Diego to Grays Har-
Dor, Wash.
Similarity in climate between the
South American highland and the
North American coastal strip offers
this possibility, says DR.. Miriam L.
Bernhard, botanist of the United
States forest service, in the an
nual report of the Smithsonian insti-
tuition.
Among Tallest of Trees.
These palms, as DR.. Bernhard de-
scribes them, are among the most
remarkable trees in the world. They
are easily the tallest of all palms,
their slender stately trunks lifting
their feathery tops 200 feet or more
into the air. When first discovered
they were the tallest trees known.
They grow in the high Andes OF
northwestern South America, from
Venezuela to southern Peru. The
altitude of their habitat is never
less than 1000 feet and rises to TO-.
600 feet at Quindio pass in Colon
bia, and to $4,000 feet on the Co.
lombia-Ecuador border. 1t is colo
country, within sight of perpetual
SHOWS on the lofty Andean peaks
not at all the kind of habitat com.
monty envisioned for palms. Some
of the species regularly endure tenn
peratures below freezing.
Reason for the Name.
The tree is known as the wax
palm because the trunk is covered
with a coating of wax, which trav'
elers have described as giving il
the appearance of a towering pillar
of alabaster. Natives scrape this
off and use it for candles anc
matches. 1t burns with a clear
white flame.
There are several distinct spe
cies of wax palms, one of them
bearing the name Beethovenia, il
honor of the great German com
poser. Each species has its owl
peculiar range of altitude and eli
mate preferences.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-27

season is over. And tourists are
swarming through Cairo right now,
because the boy king is taking unto
himself wife.
The Bride Is Pretty.
Preparations for the elaborate
marriage ceremony starting Janu-
airy 20 have been under way for
months. The bride is comely Miss
Farida ('"The Only One') Zulfikar,
daughter of Zulfkar Pasha, senior
justice of the mixed appellate court
of Alexandria. Like a previous
queen of Egypt Cleopatra by
name-Queen Farida is among the
fairest in the land. The name Fa-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-27
Peter Pan Among Insects
Discovered in Florida

Gainesville, FLA "Peter Pan"
among insects, species that never
grows up, has been discovered in a
ravine in northwestern Florida by
Prof. Theodore H. Hubben of the
University of Florida here.
The curious creature is a grouse
locust that remains in its nymphal,
or infantile, form all its life, never
producing wings like the rest of its
kindred. 1t natures only sexually,
so that the species may be perpetu-
ated.
The nearest relatives Of the new
species are found in Central Amer
lea; but they are ordinary, norpIal-
ly winged insects.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-27


days make time hang heavy on
your hands. You can get your
Spring wardrobe we'll started by
making these days count. This
is the time to sew and sew-and
then when the first crocuses show
their heads, you will be all ready
for Spring; your wardrobe in or
der and the right clothes to wear.
With sew-your-own patterns and
a few yards of material, you can
make short work of this whole
business of sewing.
Practical Slip.
This four-gore slip is the choice
of every woman who likes COM
fort. The side panels prevent the
slip from twisting and turning and
keep it comfortably in place on
the most strenuous day. The pat
tern includes built-up and strap
shoulder-and you can make it
for your own wardrobe in few
hours at a fraction of what you
would usually spend. Keep the
pattern, you will use it again and
again once you see how really
comfortable this dress is.
CHEEKY Morning Frock.
No matter how many of these
informal dresses you have, you
never have enough. So start right
in to sew now and make two or
three of them for Spring. This
dress (the one in center) is de-
signed on clever shirt-waist lines
and buttons from neck to hem.
Piping is used at edge of collar,
cuffs and pockets. It's the neat
est, trimmest little frock you have
ever seen. You'll enjoy it all
through the summer.
The figure at right is wearing
an afternoon frock that is as fresh
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-27

that he is Egypt's first Independent
native ruler since Cleopatra, who
defeated Mark Antony with her
wiles and Julius Caesar with her
army. Many Egyptians believe the
Pharaohs have sent message to
King Farouk and his people pre-
ordaining glorious reign.
This belief was Confirmed" by
the discovery on October 20, 1886,
of the great STEELE (gravestone) of
Amenhotep II, who is now alleged
to have assembled the throne of
Egypt on his eighteenth birthday in
1447 B. c. Egyptian columnists have
taken this as an almost unbeliev-
able omen of good will for Farouk.
What thousands of Wafdists are
now wondering is whether King Fa-
rouk will continue to parallel the il
lustrious Amenhotep's career by es-
tablishing autocratic rule. What
Great Britain wonders is whether
the crafty Mussolini has been edu-
eating Farouk along Italian Fascist
lines. Certainly II Duce has been
extending his sway throughout
North Africa; possibly he also has
ambitions in Egypt. Recent events
bear out this belief.
The Nahas BIueshirts.
When Farouk came to power his
premier was Ali Maher Pasha, anti
Wafdist royal advisor of the late
King Fuad. The Wafdists were
happy when Ali Maher was showed
into the senate, giving the strongly
democratic Premier Mustafa Nahas
Pasha a likely monopoly on royal
advice. But few weeks ago Ali
Maher was removed from the SEN
ate and again named royal advisor.
The Wafdist Blueshirts clashed with
pro-Farouk student groups in the
streets of Cairo in protest of the
move. 1t was the kings first down
right hostile move against the Wafd.
Later came a clash over appoint
ment of Ali Makers successor in