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Evening star., 1938-12-10
Ceremony 10 Spur
Campaign Against
Indecent Films
Pledge to Stoy Away
Will Be Renewed
By Catholics

In Catholic churches of Washing
ton and virtually everywhere else
In the United States tomorrow hun
dreds of thousands of laymen will
renew their pledge to stay away
from motion pictures which the
Legion of Decency regards as Of
Tending morals.
This is an annual ceremony, and
the date for it was set by the Bish-
ops Committee on Motion Pictures.
The National Catholic Welfare
Conference explained in an an
nouncement today that the pledge
which Legion of Decency members
will take tomorrow condemns un-
wholesome pictures as "a grave men,
ace to youth, home life, country and
religion"
The legion has reviewed and clas-
sif1ed thousands of film stories since
it was organized in November, 1888.
Each year its condemned list has
grown smaller, due, the announce
ment said, Ito the fact that the
motion picture producers have for
the most part increasingly shown
their willingness to make pictures
which would not be considered Of
fensive to morals"
In keeping with the campaign
against salacious pictures a similar
movement now is directing atten-
ton to lewd and offensive litera-
ture. A committee of bishops to
direct this work was named at a
general meeting of the hierarchy
here. The first meeting of this
committee was held in Chicago last
Wednesday to consider means of
launching this campaign on ma
tional scale A program of action
is expected to be made public soon.
Bishop John F. Noll of Fort
Wayne, Ind, chairman of this COM
mittee, said the campaign would be
aimed at magazines, books and other
publications which print salacious
or unwholesome material.
Evening star., 1938-12-10
Mrs. Myra Jane Conway,
Church Worker, Dies

Mrs. Myra Jane Conway, 86, long
prominent in Presbyterian Church
circles and in the Daughters of the
American Revolution, died yester-
day in Emergency Hospital after
an illness of about two weeks.
Mrs. Conway. whose home was
at l401 Sixteenth street NV, was
the wife of George P. Conway, re-
tired post Office inspector and rural
mails expert.
Until a few years ago Mrs Con-
way had been active in work of the
Metropolitan Presbyterian Church,
being past president and honorary
life president of the Women's Mis-
sionary Society there. She was a
past vice president of the Wash
ington Presbterial and a former
member of the board of the Pres
blyterian Home here. She also was
a former member of the board of
the Presbyterian Missionaries Home
at Chautauqua, N. Y.
MRS. conway was charter men,
ber and past regent of the Patriots
Memorial Chapter, D. A. r., and
had served on several national COM
mittees of the Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Mrs. Conway and her husband
came to Washington in 1900 from
Pennsylvania. They observed their
60th wedding anniversary on Octo-
ber TO-
Besides her husband Mrs. Con-
way leaves son, David Mckee Con-
way, Erie, Pa; sister, Mrs. j. B.
Showalter, Tampa, Fla, and two
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. Monday in the Metropolitan
Presbyterian Church. The Rev. j..
L. Fendrich, jr.. pastor, will ofnciate,
assisted by the Dev. DR.. Freeley
Rohrer, former pastor. Burial will
be in Cedar Hill Cemetery,
Evening star., 1938-12-10

StIeeLS, OH tIle IlOTCQ SlQe, no park.
ing from to 10 pm, and except
from Eleventh street west to the first
alley, parking shall be limited to 20
minutes from am. to 6 pm. First
street, from F. street to New Jersey
avenue, no parking on the west side
at any time Fifth street, from D to
F streets, no parking on either side
from 8 to $50 am, and no parking
on the east side from to pm.
Seventh street, between T street
and Florida avenue, no parking on
either side at any time. Twelfth
street, from Vermont to Florida ave-
nue., no parking on the west side
from to pm. Thirty-fourth
street, from Prospect avenue to o
street, no parking on the west side
from am. to pm; from Klingle
to Woodley roads, no parking on the
east side from to pm. and from
Woodley road to Lowell street, no
parking on the west side from to
$50 am.
In Northeast Section.
Streets in the northeast section
subject to new rules were:
c street, between Sixteenth and
Nineteenth streets, no parking on
tn south side of the north roadway
and on the north side of the south
roadway, and no parking around the
separating islands east of Sixteenth
street.
Dix street, between Fifty-seventh
street and Eastern avenue, along
side street car tracks, no parking on
the north side at any time, and be-
tween Sixtieth and Sixty-third
streets, including Eastern avenue,
one hour parking on the south side
from 8 am. to 6 pm. Twelfth street,
on the west side, from Michigan
avenue south to point 80 feet south
of Randolph street, no parking at
any time, and on the east side for a
comparable space, no parking from
4 to 6 pm.
Montana avenue. between Seven
teenth street and New York avenue,
no parking on the east side at any
time. Montello avenue, between
Simms place and Mount Olivet road,
no parking on the east side at any
time. Neal street, between Bladens-
burg road and Maryland avenue,
parking limited to one hour between
8 am. and 10 pm. Saratoga avenue,
between Twelfth street and Brent
wood road no parking on the south
side at any time. Seventeenth street,
between Eames place and Benning
road, no parking on the east side at
any time, and from Rhode Island
to Montana avenue, no parking on
the east side at any time.
Southwest section streets listed
were: street, between Seventh and
Eighth streets, no parking on either
side at any time. P street, from
Main avenue to Fourth street, no
parking on south side at any time.
In the southeast section the fol-
lowing streets were listed: D street,
on the north side of Folger Square,
from Second to Third streets, no
parking on the south side at any
time. Pennsylvania avenue, at the
of Potomac avenue and
Fourteenth street, no parking on
either side at any time. Second
street, from Pennsylvania avenue to
East Capitol street, no parking on
the east side at any time; from D
street, south of Folger Square, to D
street, north Of Folger Square, no
parking on the east side at any
time. |
Evening star., 1938-12-10
Two Men Sentenced
On Bribery Churqes

Justice Jesse C. Adkins in District
Court yesterday sentenced James r.
Fallin. colored, and Wallace Martin,
colored, to four months to one year
and one day on charges of bribery.
Fallin figured in recent case in
volving numbers. in which he was
accused of offering to change his
testimony.
Evening star., 1938-12-10
City Home Foreclosures
Show 8 Per Cent Drop
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
The Federal Home Loan Bank
Board reported evidence today that
city home-owners are finding it
easier to meet the mortgage paw
ments.
1t said there were 8,773 foreclus-
ures on urban homes in October.
a decline of 8.4 per cent from Sep
tember and of 80 per cent from
October, 1887.
Evening star., 1938-12-10
Veterans to Meet

The 5th Division Society of the A.
E. F.. will hold its monthly meeting
Monday at 7:30 pm. at Dicks Grill,
1919 E street NV. officers of the
group are Maj. Gen. Hanson E. Ely,
honorary president; Maj. H. o.
Swindler, president, and George E.
Vickers, secretary.
Evening star., 1938-12-10
Horse WiIIed $500

In the will of his master, David
Willkie, carrier, who died in
Dundein, New Zealand, a 27-year-
old horse has been left $500. Wilkie
bequeathed the money to assure
peace and comfort" for the animal
that had been faithful servant to
him for years.
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much time to Chairman Morgan,
David Lilienthal and Harcourt Nor
gan, the directors, to settle their
differences. He told them plainly
that if they could not do this they
should resign from the board.
For six hours the President tried
in vain to induce A. E. Morgan to
substantiate if he could the charges
he had made against his colleagues,
these including the making of eva
sive and misleading reports and
dishonesty of malfeasance" in
handling the claims of Berry and
others. The chairman steadily re-
fused to offer any evidence in sup
port of these accusations on the
ground that the conference in the
White House was not and could not
be an effective or fact-fnding occa-
sion."
He noted in a statement put into
the record that he had repeatedly
but unsuccessfully" sought Mr..
Roosevelt's cooperation in correct
ing grave conditions" within iva.
Lilienthal and Harcourt Morgan
offered evidence in support of their
complaint that the chairman had
pursued "obstructionist" tactics.
No one of the directors indicated,
after the conference, that he would
resign. It was generally believed
in Washington that the President
desired to get A. E. Morgan off the
board and that in that case he
would make Lilienthal chairman.
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more inhabitants.
Arthur Seyss-Inquart rules the
Austrian state after the enforced
resignation of President Miklas and
Chancellor Schuschnigg.
Such is the concrete result of Hit
ler's startlingly sudden invasion of
Austria and seizure of power there.
His coup was well planned and it
was carried out with a swiftness
that demonstrated the speed with
which motorized troops can act.
When Schuschnigg announced
plebiscite on Austrian independence,
the Fuehrer rushed his soldiers
across the border by motor and air.
plane and within few hours they
were in possession of all govern
ment buildings and strategic points.
Schuschnigg, helpless, broadcast to
the Austrian people the word that he
and President Miklas were yielding
to "brute force" in order to avoid
bloodshed. Then both of them re-
signed at the demand of Seyss-In-
quart.
Great Britain and France filed
strong protests against the German
coup, but their notes were scorn-
fully rejected by the Berlin foreign
office. The British showed no in
clination to 60 further in defense
of Austria, and France, just then
without a government, could do
nothing because Premier-designate
Blum could not be assured. of the
support of both the Socialists and
the Communists in the chamber of
deputies.
Italy, taken by surprise like the
rest of the world, was supposed to
be in tight place; but after Hitler,
in a personal letter to Mussolini,
promised that German expansion
would stop at the Italian frontier,
the Fascist grand council gave it's
approval to the Fuehrer's coup
d'etat.
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@ Western Newspaper Union.

excluding some $4,000 Jewish law
yers and $4,000 Jewish doctors
from practice. The Evangelical
church of Austria was united with
that of Germany.
Hitler took supreme command of
the Austrian army and all officers
and men took the oath of allegiance
to him. On his progress to Vienna
Hitler was accompanied or followed
by numerous units of his motorized
armies so that when he arrived the
city was swarming with German
troops.
Nazi economists in Berlin were
busy planning in detail the econom-
ic future of the annexed territory.
Minister of Economy Walther Funk
said that Austria would henceforth
participate in the German four-year
plan for recovery and independence
of foreign markets.
It was assumed that Seyss-
Inquart would be minister and
president" of the Austrian state,
having the same status as the chief
executives of Prussia and Bavaria.
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if congress approves the measure
it ought to close up shop and go
home. He was assailing the pro-
vision of the bill authorizing the
President to transfer, regroup, con-
solidate, or abolish any government
bureau or agency or the functions
thereof.
eve have got to recognize the
fact" said Wheeler, "that under
democratic institutions there is
sometimes ineficiency in govern
ment. Certainly there can be more
inefficiency, although it is not al
ways obtained, under relationships.
"The American people have got
to recognize that it is necessary
for them to pay the price in order
to maintain their liberties. I say
to the senate that it is far better
that we maintain the bureaus we
now have than it is to turn over
dictatorial powers to the President
of the United States and admit to
the world that the congress of the
United States, overwhelmingly
Democratic in the house and in the
senate, is incompetent to function"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-03-24

EXERCISE care IN planting and
H. also in preparing to plant.
Though soil may be rich, it will
not produce as it should unless it
is prepared thoroughly.
A primary consideration in
planting is to have the soil favor
ably moist; damp, but not wet. If
circumstances demand that you
plant when the ground is dry,
moisten trenches or drills before
dropping the seed.
To retain moisture after plant
ing, cover seeds Immediately with
fine earth and press down firmly.
Harold Coulter, vegetable ex-
pert of the Ferry Seed Institute,
advises that temperature be con-
sidered at the time of planting.
Too high a temperature is often
as detrimental to seed germina-
ton as one too low. A tempera-
ture between IS and rs degrees
is most favorable.
Soil must be loose so Seeding
sprouts can push through, and
roots develop. Where the soil
forms heavy crust, it may some
times be broken sufficiently to let
seedlings through by gently prick
ing the soil with rake.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-03-24

IF YOU'RE in the size-34and-up
class, here are three brand new
fashions designed especially for
you! Everyone of them is ex-
tremely smart and everyone is
designed to give added charm and
dignity to full figures. They are
easy to make. The patterns are
carefully planned to help begin
ners, and each is accompanied by
a detailed sew chart. So start in
tomorrow, and have at least two
of them ready for Easter.
Princess House Dress.
It's a sure way to start the
day right, having a dress as be-
coming and pretty as this one to
put on first thing in the morning.
It takes a woman with some
plumpness to do justice to that
fitted, long line. Made up in print
ed percale, gingham or cham
bray, with rows of ricrac braid,
this dress will be so successful
that you'll use the pattern time
and again.
Graceful Afternoon Frock.
An especially charming style
for luncheons, bridge parties and
club meetings. The full sleeves
make your arms look small, and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-03-24

are very graceful in themselves.
Gathers at the shoulders create
necessary bust fullness. Make this
dress for now in silk print or chif-
fon. Later on, in wolfe or summer
sheer it will be your coolest
dress.
Dress With Lengthening Panels.
The plain neckline, the slim
waist, snugged in by gathers, the
long panel, front and back, are all
beautifully SHINING in effect. All
in all, this dress is so smart that
it's certain to be one of your IA
vorites. This design adapts itself
to so many materials-silk crepe.
small-fgured silk print and, later
on, linen.
The Patterns.
1885 is designed for sizes "a, SO,
SO, 40, AZ, a, 46, 48. Size So re-
quires 43s yards of 39-inch mate
rial, with 312 yards of braid for
trimming.
1888 is designed for sizes "a, SO,
38, 40, AZ, "A, 46, 48, so and So.
Size SO requires 5as yards of 80
inch material.
1882 is designed for sizes 80, "a,
SO, 38, 10, AZ, "A. Size "a requires
yards of 39-inch material, with
short sleeves. With long sleeves,
438 yards.
Spring-Summer Pattern Book.
Send IS cents for the Barbara
Bell Spring and Summer Pattern
Book which is now ready. It con-
tains 100 attractive, practical and
becoming designs. The Barbara
Bell patterns are we'll planned,
accurately cut and easy to follow.
Each pattern includes a sew-chart
which enables even a beginner to
cut and make her own clothes.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, Room 1920,
I'll w. Wacker Dr., Chicago, Ill.
Price of patterns, IS cents Gin
coins) each.
9 Bell Syndicate-WNU Service.
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in part by the organization of 60
new banks, the reopening of 6, and
the conversion of 5 private banks.
The federal reserve system gained
63 more members, bringing it's total
to 1913. National banks, which au-
tomatically belong to the federal
reserve, increased q to 6,744, and
member state banks increased AZ
to 2,074. Non-member state banks
whose deposits are insured, de-
creased 104 to 1882 and non-mem.
Der uninsured banks decreased 81
to 992.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-03-24
Uncle MiH
Gaw: ~
We're Kept Het Up

Since the great dispersion of
news of the last half century,
there are so many happenings
10000 miles away that we have no
federation for.
The fault of all long and loud
talks meant to be persuasive is
that people weary of ballyhoo.
We should feel pretty sordid and
fiat if we had to sue somebody for
persuading anyone to stop loving
us. No wonder some states have
abolished "heart-balm" suits.
Makes EN- Say: "How True"
People do not like to be
preached to, but they like the frail-
ties that all men have in common
to be pointed out.
You can stand a man who has
lost all his enthusiasm If he
doesn't become a crouch.
Do doctors realize how they up
set the whole family program
when they put Father on a diet?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-03-24
Crop Control Penalties

COTTON and tobacco growers
~ throughout the South and in
several western states voted by
overwhelming margins for the levy
ing of stiff penalty taxes on pro-
ducers who do not conform to the
regulations of the new crop control
program. The Agriculture depart
ment officials in Washington there
fore began preparations to put
into effect this system:
l. Each farmer will be told how
much cotton or tobacco he can sell.
2. Any farmer who sells more than
his quota will pay penalty tax of
2 cents pound on excess cotton, or
one-half the market price on excess
tobacco.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-03-24

cred by the average house.
Weighing ton, the microscope
Incorporates every known device for
accuracy. All moving parts are
supported on ball bearings which
were allowed to season" for
months before being finally shaped,
while change of focusing is done
by small, high-precision electric
motor.
The lenses used are the finest OBJ
tainable, and valuable results are
expected from the investigations be-
ing carried out with the instrument.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-03-24
Mutiny in Russian Army7

7 INCONFIRMED reports were re-
- ceived in Riga, Latvia, that mu-
tiny had broken out in some of the
largest garrisons of the Soviet army
and that fighting was going on. The
troops demanded that the depart
ment of the interior surrender con-
troll of the arsenals.
The Red army is the only armed
force in the world which does not
control its supplies of munitions. A
special GPU army of $50, 900 heavily
armed troops guards the military
supplies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-03-24
Banks Decrease 227 During
Year; Total Is Now 14,741

Washington.-The federal reserve
board said the number of CONNER
cial banks in the United States
decreased 227 last year to 14,741.
Since 1888, the decrease has been
1902.
Fifty-eight banks failed, So were
liquidated voluntarily, and 1877 were
eliminated by consultations, con-
versions into branches, and in other
ways. These decreases were offset
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-03-24

and cities, the Fuehrer's motor car
avian finally reached Vienna, and
that once proud city, now just a
provincial capital Of a German state,
went wild with joy in greeting its
master. Swastikas and troops were
everywhere, and not single anti
Nazi dared to show his head.
Already purge" had been
started, directed especially against
the Jews, and all people of that race
who could get out of the city were
leaving. New laws were passed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-03-24
Must Boost Income Tax"
THE senate finance conn

HE senate finance committee be-
gan consideration of the revenue
act passed by the house. At the
same time Chairman Pat Harrison
of that committee gave out a warn
ing that if the administration con-
tinues its high spending policy the
income tax base must be widened,
the present exemptions being low
cred.
Harrison came out fatty against
the undistributed profits tax which
is retained in modified form in the
house version of the bill. He also
said that the graduated capital gains
tax should be replaced by a fiat
rate of approximately is per cent
on all capital gains from sales of
property held for more than one or
two years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-03-24

man A. E. Morgan
and others have de-
manded. Senators
Bridges and King,
Representatives Ma
verick and Smell and
various other con-
gressmen insist that
there be a thorough
inquiry into the stu
alton. However, a
showdown was post
poned for a week
when P r e S j d e n t
Roosevelt gave that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-03-24
Microscope Makes Dot
Look as Big as House

A microscope that magnifies 50,-
900 diameters has been installed at
Harvard university, and it is con-
sidered to be the most powerful in
strument of it's kind to be found in
the world today, observes a writer
in Pearson's London Weekly.
Seen through this microscope, the
full stop at the end of this sentence
would appear As feet in diameter
which is greater than the area COW
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-03-24
Soviet TRAITORS" Condemned

EIGHTEEN of the former Soviet
~ leaders tried in Moscow for
treason were found guilty and con-
demned to death, and probably al
ready have faced the firing squads.
Three others were sentenced to long
prison terms, one Of these being
Christian Rakovsky, former ambas-
sador to France. Most prominent
among those who drew the death
penalty were Nikolai Bukharin,
chronicler of the Red revolution;
Genrikh Yagoda, former chief of
the CUP, or secret police; EXPIRE
mier Rykov and N. N. Krestinsky.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-03-24
Francois New Offensive

CPANISH insurgent forces were
y moving rapidly in the great Ara
gon offensive, penetrating deep into
the Catalonian border in the effort
to reach the east coast and split the
government territory. General
Franco was personally directing the
movements of his armies there and
it seemed likely the decisive battle
of the civil war was about to be
fought. English, Canadian and
American units in the government
forces were said to have been
trapped in salient near BIechite.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-03-24
Clarence Darrow Dies

CLARENCE BARROW Of Chicago,
~ one of the most famous defense
lawyers in the country, died at the
age of eighty after a long illness.
He was always the friend of the
under dog" and a bitter oppo-
nent of capital punishment. Among
those in whose defense he appeared
during his long career were Eugene
Debs, Socialist leader; Leopold and
Loeb, young Chicago murderers of
a friend, and John T. Scopes, &C
cused school teacher in the Tennes-
see monkey trial. in which he de-
Tended evolution against William
Jennings Bryan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-03-24
Place Blame for World War

The peasants of Yugoslavia be-
lieve that the shooting of snow
white channels by Archduke Francis
Ferdinand in the Gollinger Noun
tains in August, 1913, was the direct
cause of the World war, says writ
er in Golfers Weekly. His murder
at Sarajevo the following June did
not astonish them because, they say,
every person who kills one of these
antelopes meets a violent death
within twelve months, according to
the local superstition.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-03-24

debate took on many
of the features of
the senate battle
over the Supreme
court enlargement
measure last year.
Supporting the re-
organization b i l !
warmly were Sena-
tor Byrnes of South
Carolina and others
who backed the i'll
fated court scheme.
Wheeler said that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-03-24

cheering throng IN
Linz he proclaimed
the union of Ger
many and Austria,
declaring this had
been his divine mis-
sion. He announced
a plebiscite on APP
rid 10 to seek the ap-
prevail of Austrians
for all the acts of
their new govern
m e n t. Moving
through y,apv fouypc