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Evening star., 1938-10-04
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From the
Press Box
Yankees in Five Games,
Seer Leorns in Trance.
BY JOHN LARDNER,

Special Correspondent Of The Star.
NEW YORK, Oct 4.-Deep in his
annual, early october trance, which
has produced three World Series win
ners in three years as well as the
trance habit, which fingers all the
year around and Is similar in effect
to the bite of a medium-sized tsetse
fly-well. as started out to say in the
first place, submerged in this trance
your correspondent picks the Yankees
to win the coming series in five games.
The prediction is not official, be-
cause your correspondent was barred
from the crystal-gazers and tea leaf
inspectors union, local 206, for nom
payment Of dues. But it probably will
turn out to be right, If not wrong.
Our own private crystal ball, which
serves as a billiard room and recrea-
ton center for goldfish during the off
season, and was redeemed in exchange
for secondhand banjo for this oc-
casion, tells us the following facts, in
broken English:
Charles Rufus Ruffing will pitch the
first game for the Yankees. The Globe
tells us that Rufus is right-handed,
and Mr.. Ruffng corroborates this tes-
timony. remarking that it began to
dawn on him two years ago, when he
was stabbed through the index finger
reaching for bowl Of mustard in a
crowded beanery.
Evening star., 1938-08-22
SCIENTISTS TOLD
OF GEARLESS CAR
Revolutionary Auto Said to
Use Less Gasoline and
Perform Better.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAMBRIDGE, England, Aug. ~
Plan for . revolutionary automobile
without gears or clutch were pre-
sented today to the British Associat ton
for the Advancement OF Science.
Professor Frederick C. Lea, for
merly Of sheflield University, who pre-
sented the paper, said the new method
Of power transmission also could be
applied to airplanes, ships and rail-
road trains.
1t was understood an English COM
pany was being formed to promote
the invention, credited by Professor
Lea to Commentators Piero Salerni,
an Italian engineer living in England.
Claims for the gearless car-in which
a centrifugal pump replaces the gear
box and clutch-are that 1t would
use less gasoline, increase tire mile
age and quicken acceleration.
Prof. Lea said he based his con-
clusions on tests Of more than, IS 900
miles with such an automobile.
Substitution Of the pump system for
the orthodox clutch and gear box. he
said, results in improvement of per-
formance In getaway, general
acceleration, hill climbing and drive
on the open road"
The driver, over long distances in
traf1ic and climbing hills, is not
wearied by de-clutching and gear
changing" he said
Evening star., 1938-08-22

form of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and
Franklin D. Roosevelt-all of them
men who labored in the vineyard Of the
people"
Asserting that much of Senator Tyd-
3ngs' RADIO speech apparently was an
attempt either to scare the President
of the United States out of Maryland
or else create an unfaVorable reception
for him should he come" Mr.. Lewis
said his opponent seemed to forget
that nearly 100000 Marylanders voted
for Roosevelt in 1886"
Senator Tydings, he said, also spoke
Of the sovereignty of the State
but he forgets that the sovereign voice
of Maryland spoke and spoke decisively
In 1882 and 1886 and that voice was
overwhelmingly for Franklin D. Roose-
velt, And if there is any one who has
ignored the sovereign voice of Mary
land, it is Millard E. Tydings.'
Gave People Government.
The dictatorship of Franklin D.
AepocSNolp, iS"lS Sdlu,
sis one which for the first time in
years put the Government in the
hands of the people"
Returning to the Liberty League"
charge against Mr.. Tydings, Mr.. Lewis
said the upper House of Congress
has been the body in which business
desired to place friendly Senators.
And in this present primary money
has been flowing into the Golfers of
my opponent at rate which indicates
that his desire has not changed"
President Roosevelt last Tuesday
openly entered the Democratic sena-
tbrial primary campaign battle by in
dorsing New York papers editorial
stating that Mr.. Tydings wants to
rln with Roosevelt prestige and the
money of his conservative friends
both on his side" and suggesting that
the Senator announce he is running
for reelection as a member of the
Republican opposition to the New
Deal"
i The editorial also criticized Repre-
sentative John J. O'Connor, Demo-
crat, of New York, as "one of the most
effective obstructionists in the lower
En,se"
Evening star., 1938-08-22
Tydings

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1938-08-22

places, including the site Of the Bibli-
cal city of Nineveh, the Oldest Tel
Halaf foundations rest upon the ruins
OF villages characterized by painted
pottery. This probably goes back we'll
beyond 5000 B. c., he said But there
is still long gap between this pre-
sumably highly developed farming
culture and the new Stone Age cul-
ture OF Western Europe, which was
essentially contemporary with it. The
ancient Syrians, however, were using
stone adzes and few other stone
tools very similar to the Western Eu-
ropean implements This indicates
that they had risen from something
like the same state and this must have
required very long time, since in the
history of cultural movements the
earliest steps usually are the hardest
and slowest.
Excavations within the past two
years by University of Chicago and
some English archeologists, Prof. Childe
said, show clearly that these very
ancient cultures were establishing out
posts across the Green Peninsula to-
wards western Europe. But the culture
thlnned out rapidly as it got further
away from its center into the lands of
nomad savages. One of the important
links is afforded by the site of Troy,
upon which successive cities were
erected. One Of the earliest Trojan
settlements xas large fenced town
but when one excavates contemporary
eous settlements in the present day
Albania only crude farming villages
are found.
Populous Cities.
The ancient cities of Mesopotamia
were very populous places, DR., Childe
insisted. Erech as an example, he
said, covered perhaps two square miles
Of area, governed by we'll established
organization, emancipated from i'm
mediate dependence on the surround
ings by extensive public works, a rich
technical equipment, regular far-hung
commerce. and all fully literate. Then
in Assyria and Syria come smaller
cities, only slightly less equipped and
still at least semi-literate Further
afleld in Greece are fortified town.
ships whose walls protect variety Of
specialized craftsmen so we'll served by
regular commerce that metal could be
freely used for tools. Their citizens
seem to have been illiterate.
Next in the Balkans and on the
Hungarian plains we find rustic town.
ships occupied chiefly by farmers.
Their rufal economy is advanced
enough to support a truly sedentary
population. but trade is so imperfectly
organized that metal has to be reserved
entirely for ornaments. In Bohemia
and southern Germany agriculture
seems not to have advanced far enough
to allow the people to be really stable
and Denmark and southern Sweden
are still frankly in the stone age"
Evening star., 1938-08-22
:SHAFER RAPS j. s.
:.YARDST|CKPLANTS
Demands RooseveIt's Aims
-, on Competition With
Private Industry.
BY the Associated Press.

6y tDe hSSOCldteQ PRESS.
Representative Shafer, Republican,
of Michigan, declaring administration
planners were arranging for Govern
ment-sponsored tractor and textile
Manufacturing plants, demanded today
that President Roosevelt tell the coun-
try how far he intends to carry Gov
trnment competition with private in
dnstry.
In a statement issued through the
Republican National Committee, Sha-
fer said Mr.. Roosevelt should state
his intentions specifically and un-
equivocally" before November elections.
ea"Let there be no misunderstanding
about a mandate in this vital matter"
he said.
: Mr.. Shafer said announcement had
abeen made in his home city. Battle
HCreek, Mich, that a tractor manufac-
sturing company there was to be taken
bver by the Government and removed
to Arthurdale, w. Va, to be operated
as cooperative undertaking by Ar
sthurdale homesteaders He added:
81 According to the announcement
made in Battle Creek-signiflcan
no announcement was made in Wash
angton-the Government through the
Farm Security Administration will
supply 100000 capital for the Arthur
dale Farm Equipment Corp. and will
provide another S125, 900 for the con-
4struction of the plant and purchase of
equipment"
Attacks "Yardstick" Mills.
So The Michigan Republican said also
that word had come to him of "a New
Deal scheme" to use relief appropria-
lions in establishing "a group of ex-
detrimental 'yardstick' textile mills in
the South"
: There also have been rumors
around Washington about plans for
establishing 'yardstick' steel mills" he
related.
THE use of this term 'yardstick' is
but disguise to cover the real OBJ
jective of these undertakings which is
to sovietize American industry in the
same manner that Secretary Wallace
has been sovietizing American agricul-
ture.
Open Competition Charged.
When the T. V. A. power projects
were authorized, we were told they
were to be nothing more than yard
sticks with which to measure the
efficiency of the privately-owned elec-
trical utilities.
To-day We know that the yardstick'
argument as far as the electrical
utilities are concerned is farce. The
Government openly is engaging in
competition with privately
utilities and as a result has strangled
further progress and development in
the important public utility field. That
is one of the major contributing causes
OF the current depression.
Evening star., 1938-08-22
Two Killed in Bus Crash.

CORNELIA. Ca, Aug. ~ R.-Two
men were killed late yesterday when
their passenger car collided with an
Atlantic Greyhound bus sending the
bus into 4 ditch.
The crash was ope Of . series Of
weekend motor mishaps in Georgia in
which i've persons lost their lives and
II were injured, several seriously.
Victims Of the bus s-automobile crash
were Unidentified as Dan Loudermilk,
40, and Harold Loudermilk, 81, both
of Mount Airy, Ga.
Evening star., 1938-08-22
Tangle at the Polls.

DUBOIS, Idaho. Aug. % P).-
Eeadstrong Clark County voters had
their way in the recent primary elec-
ton, a vote canvass disclosed today.
OF the six candidates chosen-three
each on Republican and Democratic
slates-three were nominated against
their will" and one was defeated on
his own ticket, but nominated on
the opposition's.
Evening star., 1938-08-22
Hooks Coyote in Lake.

OGDEN. Utah, Aug. ~ R.-
"Fisherman' Alfred Powers today
could boast a real catch--he hooked
. coyote in the middle Of the Great
Salt Lake-lo miles from the near.
est shore.
And it's no FISH" story.
A freight train forced the coyote
out on the railroad trestle across the
lake and Powers lassoed the beast
when 1t reached Midlake Siding.
Evening star., 1938-08-22
Tunnev Denies Oil Venture

HELENA. Mont, Aug. % (P).-Gene
Tunney, former world heavyweight
boxing champion, denied yesterday a
report that he was interested with
Jack Dempsey in the drilling of a
wildcat oil we'll in East Montgomery
County, Texas.
Its not true" Mr.. Tunney said, but
declined to comment further.
The Washington times., 1938-03-25

} roe at end Of course; to Governors Island
for temp. duty, thence sail July 2S for
Panama.
Robert F. Moore, C. A. c., Ft. Mon
roe to Philippines, sail from New York
Sept ..
Robert L. Cook, Inf, Presidio Of San
Francisco to- 7th Inf, chilkoot Rks.,
Dana S.. Alexander. c. A. C., rel. Ft.
Monroe at end of course; to Governors
Island for temp. duty. thence sail July
Howard Low ". Hunted. C. A. c., same;
Frank t. Folk, c A. c. same; same.
william s. Colt, c. A. c., same; same.
william .naIo. H. HeInig EN- 9,, a for q same
Henry G. Merely, G. A. c., same;
same. .
Francis A. Liwsk, c. A. c., same;
Harold S. whitley, F. A., rel. duty
with staff and faculty, F. A. Sch, FIT.
Silt Okla, July 81; to 1st F. A., same
station.
Thomas H. Harvey, c A. c., FIT. Mon
roe to Philippines; sail from New York
SECOND LIEUTENANTs
Nurse Laura C.. Heston. N. c., rel.
Letterman Gen. Hosp. San Francisco,
March 2s; sail April for New York
and await rstirsmsnt; nsr~cr
Col Stephen o. Fuqua, inf, o.. D..
mos, Sept. 1, with permission to
visit foreign countries.
1t. Col. Thomas J. Camp inf, 9. s. c.,
| days, March 20. .-~,t--
1t. Col. Joseph e. Campbell, NJ. C.,
/ mo. Is days, May, 1.
Maj. Gambler A. wilkinson, cavs. ,
MA Maj. % Ls1nnst u P, Grim, o. D.. 4 days.
April Is.
Maj. James B. Carroll (capt.). A. C.. /
mo. Is days, March 30, with permission
to visit foreign countries.
Capt. William N: Mack, sig. CD mo.
10 days, June 81.
Capt. John e. PIuennske, M, c., . mos.
25 days, June l.
Capt. Staten e. Rail. inf, g. mos.
CAPT. walter T. o'Reilly. F. A.. mos,
June 30. -.!
CAPT. Andrew A. Frierson, cav. ,
mos, April 10. -.-s.
Capt. Lewis c. Barkss. inf. 2 mos.
Is days, April 8. ....
Warrant officer John p. Lastoyka, ]
mo, 10 days, March 90.
The Washington times., 1938-03-25
Recent Army Orders

Currently effective Army orders In
eioa'' COLONIES
Stephen o. Fuqua, Inf, o. D., rel.
Madrid, Spain. Sept instead OF July %.
John 3. Richardson, A. q. D.. rel
Fl. sam Houston, Texp March 81 to, At
Clarence T, Marsh. c. A. C.. n. Lans.
ing, Mich, to Panama; sail from New
York July 2s, and removed det. list when
jarvis j. Balm. C. of T., rel. Charleston.
s. c., May /; to duty as assist: to div
LIEUTENANT COLONELs
John p. Sloan. F. A. Hawaii to Oregon
81 Agrtcs Coll, Corvallis, Ore" where
Alfred B. Quinton. jr, o. D.. excepted
from duty with troops, effective june
2s, while on duty in off. Of Oh. Of
wi Wiiiism G. ROSE, sos; A. g. D., rel Philip
pines March 10; par. .. s. Q. ss,
amended .st
Richhnond T. Gibson, c. A. c., Philip.
pines to duty with Org. Res, Chicago
Ellicott H. Freeland. c. A. C., Panama
to duty with Org. Res, Jackson Miss
whore placed on det list.
MAJORS
Daniel w. Hickey. jr., G. A. C.. rel
Ft Leavenworth and det. list at end OF
course in Governors Island, N. Y, for
temp. duty. thence sail July IS for
Paul c. Febissr, Cav. Philippines ia
Harold W. Webbe, Sig. C., rel. TT.
George Wright, Wash, March 81 to
home, await retirement.
Robert H. Crosby, +. A., Hawaii Ia
duty with Org. Res' st. Paul. where
andrew g. Tyohsen, Inf. rel. Jeffer.
son Bks., NO., July S; to duty with
Org. Res. Camden, N j., where placed
Edssr. a. OMAR. F. A., rel IT.
Res, Akron, Ohio, where placed on det.
Carleton Smith, Inf, now en- route to
y. 3. rel: 18th Inf. upon arrival here,
and assgd. to U, Of Kansas, Lawrence,
Kan.s where placed on det. list.
CAPTAINS
Eugene r.. Guild, C. A. c., TT. Monroe,
Va to Philippines; sail from New York
Logan o. Shut. c. A. C., rel. IT
1eavenworth and det. list at end oi
course; to Governors Island for temp
duty. thence sail July 1s for Hawaii.
Sanford .. Goodman c. A. c., same
70 same. and sail September . for
Payne I. Barker. q. &C, rel. TT
Monroe at end OF course; to same, and
sal July % to Panama.
sOamon M. Gum fInf.J, j. A. q. D..
detailed assist. recorder Of Army Ret
Bd. apptd. to meet at Governors Island
by par. 3, s. o. $50, 1895, as amended
ana will report when summoned.
lHcward 3. Nurse. q. M Co., Hawai-
70 duty 40 assist. to q. M, Preside 81
San Eranciscag Cal s's9szs.ss''
Hairh r. GLASGOW. e x. u. Pei. NJ
Leavenworth and det. list at END d
courses to Governors Island for temp
duty thence sail July is for Hawaii.
Hugh r. A. cort TT. Leavenworth ii
Iowa st. Coll Of Asric. and Mech. Arts
Edward ]. Glavin, Inf, rel. IT Jay
y. r, April 1: to duty with q. s. C..
Governors Island, where placed on dst
Frederick 2. Day, C. A. c.. rel. TT. Mon
roe at end Of course to Governors Is
land for temp. duty, thence sail July Il
BENJAMIN r. Chadwick, c. of E., rel
pittsburgh April 1; to duty as assist. L
d1st. engr.s Galveston, Tex.
Colby M. Myers, C. of E., rel. as asst
20 dist: engr.' Bonneville, Ore; par. 2s
8. o. 81, amended.
FIRST LIEUTENANTS
FRANK A. Bogart, C. A. c., rel. Ft Non
The Washington times., 1938-03-25
RecluSe's Will ExplodeS
Theory of Great Wealth

UPPER MARLBORO. Nd,
March 25.-George Edgar Herbert
Harris. 73-year-old recluse found
dead in his bizarre home in Seat
Pleasant, Nd, last week, had only
a small amount Of cash lin the
clear" ct the time Of his death,
Although rumors before and
after the eccentric's death had it
that he possessed vast sums in
cash and real estate holdings, q
will filed In the orphans court
here yesterday. reveals that. he
held only $400 in personal belong
iles and $4,000 in real estate. The
papers also listed approximately
5000 In mortgages against the
property.
Walter L. Green, attorney Of
The Washington times., 1938-03-25

Hyattsville, filed an application
to serve as administrator Of the
Harris estate. The petition was
accompanied by q statement Of
the only living relative, a son;
George Edgar Earle Harris, Of
Washington, who waived all right
as administrator of the estate.
Harris will was made March 13,
1885.
Joe" Harris, as ne was known
in Seat Pleasant, was found dead
In a grotesque house which he is
reputed to have been building for
the past 23 years in anticipation
of the return of his wife who dis
appeared IS years ago. Neighbors
found him dead on a cot in Q
little cubicle in the basement OF
his Dream Castle"
The Washington times., 1938-03-25

IL "BIOOd ON the Moon" q Sign Of
Disaster? During the Eclipse ON May
a Scientists Hope to Find cut More
About This and Also How Much Truth
There Is in Other Ancient SuperstitlOus
About the Satellites Effect on Humans,
Ahimals and Germs. Read This POpu-
lar Science Article In The American
Weekly with Sundays washington HeE-
ald-Tinnes, 4ss
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1938-06-23
TRUE LOVE
BY w. D. Greene

Just love me and the world is mine
No matter what betide;
Ny blood would course like rich
red wine
Could you but be my bride.
Age does not count against true
love,
For love is ever young.
And in withered heart remains
The sweetest song e'er suns
Love never dies if pure and true
It lives through trials and tears
And such has been my love for J ou
For nearly sixty years.
Your face is still as young and
sweet;
Your features still as fair
AS on that day when long ago
You left me to dispair
Implanted in our hearts by God
True love forver lives;
All other passing loves soon die
Except the love He gives
The modern lovers give no thousA'
To sentiments so true
And such loves can be easily
bought,
But not my love for you
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1938-06-23
Slides Fill Channel C. & d. Canal

Until some plan is devised to
stop slides in the Deep Cut section
of the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal at Summit Bridge, it is said
that frequent dredging will be nee
essary to keep the channel open
for large ships. Bottoms of the
large hills in that section have
been sliding out, partially filling
the channel. This condition has
necessitated constant dredging by
government dredges since contract
dredges completed work several
months ago.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1938-06-23

Charles Stewart, Ned Wilson And
rey Wooleyhan.
Grade go to Grade II Nar;a
FAIRIES.
Grade 1O-1 to Grade IL Rgr5
Bush, Stella Cahall, William r
Carrow, Shirley Charlton. WilFam
Craft, Ellen Louise Cullen. Josenh
Mifflin Danes, Maud Darrell Ma,
Louise Deakyne, Christine Djaen-
makos, Dorothy Ennis. PYbv
Green, Bernard Grier, Thelma Mao
larry, Virginia Mood, William Pom
ichalek, Blanche Reed. Helen s5a-
han, Hayward Robinson.
Grade 1912 to Grade II -Dorot7v
FAIRIES, Clarence Cars, Freds
Hengst, John Houtman. Cbarr4-
Hufschmidt, William Hutchisor
Lester Lawton, Florence Little
Jeanette Loder, Louise Mabrey
Alvin Nickerson, Davis Numbe,
Elmer Passwaters, Mary E.oas.
Porter, Albert Pugh, Mary Pazev
Vaughn Rash, Ruth f. Rei9rs
Theodore Rohman. Nelson Staat
James Turner, Mary K. Wa.ker
Matilda Wisk, Clinton Woolev5sr
Grade 1912 to Grade - vernon
Scorah.
Grade III to Grade u G.aavs
Austin, Vivian Blendt. Dorothy
Cooper, Roberta Draper. Barbara
Ann Eichholz, Ronald Grier Arm
strong Hamilton, H. Lloyd Jones
Mary Ellen Jones, Emma Krau-
Joseph Lefner, Layton Na5rev
Hester Zacheis.
Grade lip to Grade II Mar
garet Cochran, Ida Virginia Kemp
Louise Mccain, Marietta Parker
Leon Pierce, Leslie Pryor Vesta
Reed, Randolph Russell. GLADYS
Spence, Mary Frances Walker
Rhesa Walton, Catharine Wright
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1938-06-23
Attractions at strand Theatre

Friday and Saturday H Usually
in stories about the big house the
camera must roam outside the gate
to find the romantic interest.
Prison Nurse" differs in this re-
spect and also earns the admira-
ton Of the audience by providing
an epidemic and a jailbreak to
keep things moving at a fast pace
throughout the film. Henry Will
coxon and Marion Marsh are seen
in the leading roles.
Monday and Tuesday college
Swing" is a musical comedy in
which Oracle Allen, in accordance
with the will Of distant ancestor,
takes over Alden College when she
is his first female descendent to
pass an examination. She does
this with the aid of Bob Hope, who
steals the questions in advance.
The scheme is uncovered by Ed
ward Everett Horton, chairman of
the trustees.
Wednesday and Thursday In
Old Chicago" there is drama, ro-
nance, comedy and music. the
story relating the life and loves of
a midwest pioneer family, depict
ed with the great Chicago fire of
1871 as dramatic background.
In the cast are Alice Brady, Ty-
rome Power, Alice Faye, Don
Ameche. Andy Devine, Brian Don
levy, Phyllis Brooks, Tom Brown.
Sidney Blackmer, Berton Church
i'll, June Storey, Paul Hurst.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1938-06-23
SMYRNA DOINGS|
OF so YEARS AGO
fCor4 ,1aJ Fyouo Paoa Tyol

oft repeated question, how long are
stables going to be allowed direct
ly on our principal streets? David
J. Cummins has also a stable right
along side the above, both Of
which because Of their location
have more than once called for
public animadversion: it, we pre-
sumo, ere many rolling cycles have
completed their measured rounds,
will also be hunting for a back
seat. There are other stables that
ought not to stand on the order of
going, but go at once.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1938-06-23
LETTER FROM KENTON

On Monday evening, Mr.. ]. P. R.
Polk addressed about a dozen of
our citizens on the peach bureau
question in the Town Hall. There
were four or five growers present,
and a second attempt was made to
organize a branch of the bureau
here, with but little success. Sew
eral present afterward said they
desired to ask Mr.. Polk few
qquestions, and regretted that no
discussion was allowed
Mr.. Polk may be earnest in his
expectations of what the bureau
can do; but when he tells the
growers, as he did here, that where
they realized ten cents for their
peaches through the old way of
they shall obtain one
dollar from this proposed plan,
they doubt his sincerity, and look
upon such a statement as a refec-
ton upon their intelligence. Mr..
Polk should be more practical in
his explanation Of the system.
James P. Hazel was severely cut
in the leg with a mower yesterday.
He was standing before the ma
chine when the horses moved for
ward, and one of the guards on the
bar made a painful cash. DR..
Cooper was sent for to dress the
wound.
The r. r. agent has completed
his estimate Of the peach at this
point. He places the probable yield
at 100000 baskets.
Thomas Graham returned home
Monday from New York where he
has completed his first year in the
there.
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS
Fish are not being caught in
large quantities at the bay now,