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NOI pUId dtAOA SOuIlSCl ElWUUu II. OCdl
and from any private citizens who
may have views to express.
The legislation has been agitated for
several years. 1t has passed the Sen
ate twice and each time has failed
to emerge from the House District
Committee. The present bill, ap-
proved by the Senate February 10,
1887, and since pending in the House
committee, was drafted in the district
attorneys office during the term Of
Leslie C.. Garnett. It amends the
District lottery law to make it apply
more specifically to the numbers, a
racket which has grown up in recent
years and, according to officials, is
not reached directly enough by the
present statute.
The proposed law would make pos
session Of numbers tickets Illegal.
Mere possession could entail . penalty
up to six months, but conviction Of
implication in actual operation Of the
racket would carry . maximum pun
ishment of three years in the peni-
tentiary.
Fear Police Power.
Representative Palmisa1o of Mary
land, chairman of the House District
Committee, and other opponents Of
the legislation contend 1t would give
the police too much power, allowing
the arrest of persons merely playing
the numbers game. Advocates reply
that the law Is aimed only at those
running the racket, not at the play
ers. They add that 1t has been ex-
tremely difficult for the authorities
to make any headway against the
racket under the present law.
Two weeks ago, . year since the
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multuo,ls periods
of its history be-
cause OF chal-
lenges Of Roose-
welt legislation
and the Presi-
dents proposal to
reorganize h e
judiciary.
Despite his IS
years, the Chief
Justice appears
to be In excellent
physical condi-
ton and has not
been absent a day
Evening star., 1938-02-24

The disturbance that was east OF New
foundland has moved eastward or north
eastward beyond the field of observation.
The disturbance that was near Nantucket,
Mas. Wednesday morning is advancing
slowly eaSt-northeastward. being central
about $50 miles south of Halifax, Nova
Scotia. with lowest pressure about 80. IS
southwestward to a point short distance
south of Nantucket and thence southwest
ward to a point of the South Carolina
coast. where . disturbance Of slight inten-
sity is cent al. This disturbance will move
northeastward with increasing intensity
Pressure is relatively high. but falling east
and southeast Of Bermuda st. Georges,
3O.Os inches. Another high-pressure area
is moving slowly eastward over northern
Quebec, Port Harrison. 3O;44 INCHES with
a wedge extending eastward over Labrador,
ward to western. Minnesota. Moorhead.
3O.4O inches. and thence southwark to
Oklahoma. Oklahoma City. 1896 inches
Pressure is also high over the northern
Rocky Mountain region and the northern
Plateau, Spokane. Wash. 3O.54 inches.
During the last "a hours rain has oc-
CURED In the North Pacific States and the
Atlantic and portions Of the east Gulf
States. and light SHOWS in the Lake region
and in the upper Ohio and upper Missis-
sippi Valleys. Temperatures have fallen
States portions Of the South Atlantic
States and in the upper Lake region.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry; Potomac muddy at
Great Falls today.
n
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new FRENCH ENVOY
ARRIVES HERE TODAY
Count Quentin Believes France
Soon Will Recognize italian
Conquest. s..r


~ the Associated Press,
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Count Rene
Doynel de Saint Quentin, New French
Ambassador to the United States, be-
lieves France will follow Great Britain
In recognizing 1taly's conquest Of
Ethiopia.
The bachelor envoy. successor 70
Georges Bonnet, now French Minister
OF State. arrived last night on the liner
Champlain.
THE French government will prob
ably recognize Italy in Ethiopia In the
interest Of general peace" he said,
predicting Anglo-French cooperation
would continue.
It would be Every difncult," the
count added, to prophesy the outcome
"of any negotiations between France
and other countries for the with
drawAl Of foreign troops from spain"
He leaves tor Warrington today.
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SISTER MARY ROBERT.
FORMER TEACHER, DIES
Passes Away in Georgetown Hos.
pital-Was On staff Of
St. Gabriel's School.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SILVER SPRING, Md, Feb. "a
Sister Mary Robert, teacher at st.
Michael's School here, died Monday
night at Georgetown Hospital after
m illness of three weeks.
A former teacher at st. Gabriel's
School in Washington, Sister Mary
Robert came here three and q. half
years ago to teach the eighth grade.
Born in New York State, she was q
member Of the Order of the Sisters of
the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary.
The body has been taken to Mon
treal, where services will be held at
the Mother House Thursday.
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during the eight years because of
illness.
Before his appointment as Chief
Justice he served as an associate JUS
tice from 1910 to 1916 He resigned to
run for President as the Republican
nominee
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Remember. Soldiers.

Following a penmanship contest
between more than 200 Japanese wives
and girl students in a ealligraphy
school in Hamacho. Japan. the scrolls
were sent to Japanese soldiers in North
China.
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Racing
Results
Hioleoh Pork
BS the Associated Press.

Bs the Associated Press.
FIRST RACEPurse. $500; maiden 2.
Nursery CourSel,
Xanthein (McCombs) lilo $40 4.6o
High Blame (WAln 4.iO Nl1
Satin Marvel tKurtsinger) ts.0G
Time, 0:35h
Also ran--Critt. Galpen Ramaunt, Bob
Junior. Rippler. Pit Terrier, Lucky seven,
All Spades and Brilliantone. -. x
SECOND RACE-Purse, $1,000; maiden
Day Is Done !Knott1 1880 $3.50 100
Saranite (Roberts) $40 6.10
Time and Aeain (Williams) $40
Time. 1:16ts. :.
Also ran-kdvin Booth. suburbentte,
lourdes. Cave Hill, 1lAx1ng Memory. 3un
DAILY Double paid s5e3.so0
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House Hearing Set for March 9
On Bill to Curb Numbers Racket
Ln,U.EnfOrcement Officials Hail Chance
to A ppear Before Lawmakers to
Urge Passage of Measure.

THE District O Columbia a
national disgrace improvement
conditions community cizenry
remains indifferent. uninfomed hostile"
ATTORNEY GENERAL CUMMINGS
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BY CARTER BROOKE JONES,

will chance before the House District
approval Of the numbers racket bill
Yesterday the committee self the bill hearing
witnesses expected include Acting
A. Pine Police W.
Atorne who has
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THE WEATHER REPORT

District Coumba-Parly
temperature about rs degrees tomorrow fair moderate northwest and north
Maryand-Coudy
northwest portion tonght;-tomoow
Virgna-Cloudy and slightly colder tonight tomorrow
West Vngna-Cloudy with north and colder
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Hughes Passes
Eighth Year as
Chief Justice
BY the Associated Press.

Charles Evans Hughes began his
duties as Chief Justice Of the United
States eight years ago today.
Since then the Supreme Court has
passed through one of the most tu-
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COMM0D|TYPR|CE
INQUIRY IS FOUGHT
$500 Fund Would Only
Scratch Surface, Some
Senators Believe.

BACKGROUND
President Roosevelt, discussin0
factors contributing to business
slump has contended some prices
are too high, Others too loW Gist
OF adn1tnistration theory has been
that n,iddlemen pay producer too
little, but boost costs excessively
when passing products on to con-
sumner.
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Report for Last "a Hours.

Record fer Last a Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon todsy.)
Hishest. 45. $50 pm. yesterday. Year
lowest. 80. 7:15 a.m.. today. Year
ago. %.
Record Temperatures This Year.
HIGHEST, II. on February IS.
Lowest 1S on January %.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today.l
Highest, a5 per cent. At pm. yesterday.
Lowest. IS per cent. at noon today.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Today. Tomorrow
High - 3:23 am. 4:19 am.
Low - 10:11 am. IL .09 .. m.
High - 3:52 pm. 4:46 pm.
Low ---4---- 10:4e pm. IL IA p m.
The Sun and Noon.
...-. Rises. Sets.
Sun, today $40 5:54
Sun, tomorrow -- 6:4S 5:5e
Noon, today --- 300 am. 1858 m.
Automobile lights must b turned ION
one-han hour after sunset.
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The Old Man Came Marching
Home, as Drunk as He
"a. Could Be-

THE court-maral story from Governors Island, run
i ming in the papers the last few days, has had a
ridiculous and repulsive tone.
The trial is conducted under the Articles of War; Sec
tons 95 and So. These provisions drunk, dis
orderly and unbecomng anofficer conduct the part
of United States Army officers courtmaral called
for when such charges are serious Penalty can be dis
missal
In the present case, have Lieut.. Col. Stewart S.
Gffin eligible to retire pension next March, accused
by Lieut. James Smith, L of cutting six separate drunken
didoes while in command of upstate CCC camp last
year. to the general horror of such Army wives as wit
messed the alleged performances and the particular
horror of Mrs Smith, chief witness against the Colonel
Far be it from to try to influence the verdict in
pending if it does remind you, not of in
a regular law court, but of proceeding
O4HeUIeT to GUST college fraternity member, or a
Stuff solemn trial of some boarding school boy
before the student governing committee
harges of somehow suyng the honor of the old school,
What worries is the existence of the Army regu-
lations above mentioned. Did anybody ever know an
Army officer who didn't drink? Liquor goes with fight
ing If the colonel or the major gets a snootful
and then while off duty whose business is it but
his own?
If ne goes farther occasion, and somehow shocks
the sensibes of pure-souled lady, is that any
cause for firing him out of the Army Or for pubcizing
his slip?
Square-shooting military up these stumbles
OF their brother officers and everybody knows they d.
and most people respect them for it. Sections IS and So
Of the Articles of War standing invitations to
squealers and sptnursers to tell tales officers they
have it in for
The obvious remedy would be to take Sections IS and
So out of the Articles of War; replacing them with pro-
visions for secret and reasonable penalties for such Slips
If we're to bounce all Army officers who get crooked
Mt parties from time to time and forget all of
their dignity, our Army will speedily leave it's present
skeleton condition and get its way becoming ghost
the New 70 lilly News)
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Why? Why? Why?

A party of men, discussing
Secretary Hull's letter to Mex
leo, were specializing as to its
meaning at this moment. One
man said a New York paper
quoted Senator Pittman as
being the cause of the Secre-
tary's simeon, the Senator in
Sisting that the situation de-
manded a final and decisive
note.
Al tia men at the table agreed
that Hull was right in demand
ing payment-but-why confine
the demand to Mexico?
Is Hull ever going to demand
compensation from the SovietS?
It Is now 20 years since the
Soviet state confiscated 500 mil.
lion dollars worth of property
owned by American citizens.
Announced Price
Was the Secretary sensitive
because Soviet Russia is q god
less land and he does not want
to dwell upon the Christian vir-
tue when he may talk with
Stain and Litvinoff?
It was publicly declared in
Washington that the price Lit
vtnoff agreed to pay Secretary
Hull for Soviet recognition was
payment Of compensation for
American property confiScated.
That agreement was made
several years ago. What has
Secretary Hull done In the mat
terP wiz he make public the
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NOCOntrOl

m HE streets of Washington during the week which
Il has just passed have been slppy and treacherous
with rain The weather condition has piled up addi-
tional pers for the uckess pedestrian who seeks to
understand and to obey the citys urvy traffic
control system Worse than anything else, four little
children have met their deaths under the wheels of
vehicles
On of these wet days the writer drove from the
District Line Sixteenth Street to the office of this
newspaper distance of approximately six miles
Something happened to the traffic control lighting
system and all the way down TO Thirteenth Street and
Massachusetts Avenue, there mechanical guild
ance. And neither there any human guidance
from constituted authority.
Driving carefully possible-spendng 50 min
utes a ride which usually takes up 25-the writer
had several narrow escapes from, at least, fender
smashing Cars punched at
BHIcne0 az the intersections horns
+Lo TnForoo~k;ou~ footed loudly, pedestrians
forward, then scurried
back to safety, criminally careless men and women
'oomed past the lightess corners and all in ALL there
was dangerous tange. Traffic. luckily, was not
heavy. If it had been, death or injury would surely
have resulted.
In any other city Of comparable size policemen would
have been rushed to the scene would have taken up
post along Sixteenth Street and would have done
thing to unsnarl the snarl Nothing of the kind hap
pened and the public left to work out its saliva
ton and dodge destruction.
Daily driving in the District-in the opinion Of one
who has been driving for 80 years without single
cident (knock wood)-forces the conclusion that
Washington is the worst traf-
LEghC Jumpers fic-controled city in the
Wn-ok nefnuIo~o United States, if not in the
world The worst and most
dangerous offenders the ghtjumpers and of these
the leaders the street motormen and the axicab
drivers Except in the smallest townships traffcght
control is augmented by actual police control Here in
Washington, that applies only to few in the
heart Of the business district.
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Huey Longs, the Cole BleaSeS,
the Tom Helms, the Big Bill
Thompson's and scores Of others
who have climbed the heights
through an ability to get close
to their audiences-and above
all, to make them laugh.
1 have never heard Mr.. O'Dan-
lei on the radio. But if he is
half as good as DOC" Brinkley
of Kansas, who would have been
governor Of that State had his
name not been removed from
the ballot by his opponents, then
he must be very good. doc"
Brinkley was q gent who re-
juvenated KanSans with goat
glands while his helpers played
guitars and sang songs Of the
plains. His admirerS-and pa
tients-penciled his name in on
the ballots and, as our present
Secretary of War well remem-
bers, he came within q few
thousands of winning.
X
THERE is nothing extraor-
l. binary about Mr.. O'DanieI.
He merely tells q better story
and gives a better show than his
opponents. And as to his know
ing nothing of politics there was
never a Texan born since the
Alamo who wasn't stepped in
politicS-who drank it with his
mothers milk. And that applies
to the great majority of the in
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Your [. O..
By SHIRLEY SPENCER


This is a vocabulary test.
Score 10 for each question.
/. Which of the following
words means powerful? (a) puts
SAINT Cd pUrsuiVant Co pusil-
luminous.
2. What part of a town or
city is indicated by the word
purlieu?
3. In the law what does the
Authorization d. v. p. mean? (a)
died without heirs CD died dur
ing his Cor herr fathers life Co
died in poverty.
4. A puriSt is one who is
scrupulouSly strict in his re-
ligiouS life. True or false.
5. Chimercal means ca melo-
douS (b) full Of trickery Co an
absurd fancy.
6. A mugWump is ca a forest
rodent CD a Southern swamp
Co a political term.
Z. A runagate is a deserter.
True or false.
3. In cooking, if you were to
inSpisSate'a thing would you Ca
thicken it (b) separate 1t (c)
dilute it.
9. When you are de trop what
are you?
10. Is altruiSm a synonym or
antonym Of egotiSn?
ANSWERS ON Page 13)
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ROllin' Along
Blu W. A. S. Douglas

SEE that lot of anti-New Deal newspapers at
tributing the nomination of W. Lee ODanel Of Fort
WORTH Democratic standardbearer in the Texas guberna
torial fight he nomination equivalent to elecon) to
mass disgust the part of the people with the urfe of
politics" they have been served for six years
These editorial writers amazed the fact that
having previous political associations could sweep the
Lone Star State with personal cownng hilblly band
promise to free the plains from johnson grass and
guarantee of $50 pensions for the aged They apparently
do not realize that Mr. ODane formula the formula of
the New Deal Mr. Roosevelt has promised the countryand
instances has put these promises into
everything that the Fort Worth roubadour has guaranteed
I do not infer that the Presi- ~ . -.
dent has clowned. hasn't 4 ~ Oh Va" Wv, ~
had to. But if he had been w t ~ ~s AA, 49, 49,,
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A Friend Is Gone

In the passing of Mrs. Sid
ney Taliaferro, the poor and the
needy of the District of Column
bia have lost a great friend. AS
q devoted wife, her SympathieS
swept no narrow horizons but
went far beyond to the lame,
the halt and the blind.
AS one interested in the af-
fairs of the Community Chest,
I was highly privileged to have
known this great lady; to see
her heart in action wherever the
duty of charity called her.
Quietly, automatically. in
simplest fashion, for years I'M
sparingly she gave her fullest
measure Of devotion to the I'm.
fortunate.
With her, the wholesome
things Of charity were q veri-
table passion. Her goodness and
her kindness helped to warm
hearts where hopes were low.
Here was a great woman, a
great soul, who had a tear for
pity and a hand open as the
day for charity"
Her passing from the Great
Stage of Life leaves many Sor-
rowing friends who will miss the
tender ministrationS Of an un-
usual person.
n TwYAFTTr utxx
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ana neatly dressed, but she
should know how to dress in
good taste, which is not neces-
sarily expensive. A man notices
a girls clothes, especially if they
are the wrong kind. If a girl
knows she is dressed properly
she will have more confidence
in her manner. She should be
well informed, but not SO she
appears to know more than the
man"
Mrs. Charles Peacock, 816 Far
ragut st. N. W., SalessiEl:
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in women. She must never be a
prude, but neither should she 60
to extremes to be a good sport.
She should become interested in
the things that the man she
likes Is interested In, or at least
she should make him think she
Is interested"
Il
Miss Ethel Dyer, 1921 CoIum-
bia Pike, Arlington, Va:
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to tell him what to do and what
not to do. II she wants to do
that, it's better for her to wait
until after they're married. OF
course, she must be well man
nered and she should retain her
dignity ct all times. II a man
does not appreciate these quail
ties, then he is not worth haV-
ing"
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There are no
general rules that
every girl can fol-
low, for what works
with one girl may
fail with another.
1 do think a girls
appearance is most
important. Not only
should she be clean
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it for them, because they would
never see it.
That airport, I must say,
even though I don't know much
about flying, is one Of the
most out-of-date fields in
eastern United States. Why not
let planes land in Dupont
Circle or out at Griffith Sta
dunn? tt would be just as easy.
JOHN T. BRAWNER, JR.,
<nau,s51 Warrenton, Va, q,
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I've been mar
ried six years and
I've forgotten what
rules, if any, that
1 applied. Definite
ly, I believe the
same methods a girl
uses in getting her
man she should use
in holding him. A
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-27

ming for State
Office in any
of a dozen or
so common.
wealths which
demand that
their politics
be well but
tered W it h
C o m e dy I'll
W a 6 er h e
could h a v e
done as well
as the Fergu-
sons, the Rey-
noldSeS, the
Alfalfa Bill
MurraVS the
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"a girl must re-
member to look her
best all the time
and she must make
the most Of her
beauty. Next to q
well.g ro ON ed ap-
pearance, a cheer
full disposition and
q sense Of huInor
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letters he has written to the
Soviets?
Why the bold and defiant
gesture to Germany on nonpay-
ment of American debts? Why
the petulant appeal to Mexico
for its neglect to meet its duty?
And why the silence Of the
mauSoleum with Soviet and
England?
open covenants openly ar
rived at" was q slogan that
caught the American fancy q
few years ago. The Secretary
denied any deal with England,
yet he makes no demand on that
state for the vast sum of money
owed to the United States.
Soviet Aim
He makes no demand on the
Soviet even though the Soviet
boasts Of building q navy to
surpaSs that Of Great Britain.
Our foreign policy may be di-
rected from the sand hills of
Nevada and the mountains OF
Tennessee, vet it is not unreason~
able for other sections OF our
country to inquire as to what
Is going on.
Would we not be justified in
demanding Of all the govern
mentS that are indebted to our
country at this time to make a
statement Of their intentions as
to paying their just debts? Why
lecture one state upon sacred
obligations, leaving all the others
to declare shat, Of course, does
not apply to U.s."
EDWARD MULGANNON.
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girl should interest herself in
his work and hobbies and should
encourage him to advance him.
self along the lines he is most
interested in. 1 believe too
many girls make the mistake of
appearing too sophisticated"
X 4
Mrs. Adele Garden, 1850 Irv-
ing st. N. W., salesgirl:
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Tive heard that
keeping a man in
suspense will do the
trick. Also I under
stand that a man
loves to have his
own way. I imagine
If there is anything
q fellow hates it is
q girl who will try
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"A man doesn't
like to feel that he
is being chased, be-
cause if he knows
it, he'll be scared
away. Treat him
indifferently. Never
let him know how
crazy you are about
him. Keep him
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guessing a little bit. OF course,
do everything in moderation. In
addition, the girl should be hon.
est with herself, for she should
not waste her time on a man
she does not really want"
X
Mrs. Betty Remnant, 1343 H
st, N. E.. housewife.
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Il should be an
authority since I've
been married only
two weeks. Blu t
honestly, I don't
know how I got my
man. 1 believe the
best rules to follow
are just being nat
ural and honest. A
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girl must not lose the qualities
that most endeared her to a
man before she married him.
Probably the best rule to follow
is being completely sincere and
natural.
4
Miss Louise ScOggins, 943 K
Ct AZ w NO ifraSs.