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Evening star., 1938-10-02
COLUMBUS DAY
PLANS ARE MADE
General Committee Will
Meet at Noon Today
at Clubhouse,

Joseph M. McKenna, general chair
man Of the Columbus Day celebration,
being sponsored by the local councils
Of the Knights Of Columbus, will pre-
side at q meeting Of the General Com
mittee today in the local clubhouse
at noon.
The parade will leave the local club
at 1880 pm. on October IL and 90 to
Union Station plaza, where the State
deputy. Col. Thomas F. Carlin, will
place wreath at the base of the
Columbus memorial fountain at 8
o'clock.
Henry I. Quinn, a member of the
School Board, will make the principal
address. He will be introduced by DR..
John r. Fitzpatrick, provost Of Co.
lumbus University The Right Rev.
Msgr. Michael J. Riordan, pastor Of
st. Martins Church, recently honored
by Pope Plus XII by being given the
title Of monsignor, will give the invo-
cation.
Following the parade there will be
an informal dance at the club for
members and their friends.
Members and their families are in
vited to attend the exercises this eve
ming at 1880 In the Church Of the
Immaculate Conception, when the new
memorial altar to the late Rev. Francis
J. Hurney will be formally presented
to the church.
The 18th annual pound party for
the Little Sisters of the Poor will be
held at the institution November ~
from 2 to 4 o'clock. Headquarters for
the campaign have been established
at the club.
Carmine Garofalo, past grand knight
Of Washington Council, will preside at
meeting Of the Membership Com
mittee of Washington General As
sembly, fourth degree, on Wednesday
evening in the clubrooms. Plans will
be outlined for an exemplifcation Of
the fourth degree on February IL at
the Mayflower Hotel.
Alcantara Caravan, Order OF the
Alhambra, will hold election OF officers
on Sunday afternoon, October Is, fol-
lowed by buffet supper at the
Willard Hotel. John J. Carmody,
grand commander, will preside. The
guest Of honor will be Supreme Comdr.
John M. Miller of Baltimore. He will
outline plans for the Supreme con-
vention to be held in this city during
September, 1899.
Meetings scheduled this week in the
local clubhouse are: Carroll Crlncil,
Tuesday evening at Sis; Spalding
Council. Thursday evening at $50,
and Casey" Club on Saturday evening"
The Rev. Dr. John Keating Cart
wright, pastor Of the Imma culate
Conception Church, will be the prin-
cipal speaker before Washington
Council on October IL. when Dis
covery Night" will be celebrated. Dr.
Henry j. Crosson, one of the organ
izers of Washington Council. will also
speak ON the early history Of the
council.
Evening star., 1938-10-02
MAN HELD IN THEFT
AT SISTERS HOME
Arrested After Silverware Is
Found in Loan Brokers
Shops in District.

Silverware which recently appeared
in Washington pawnbrokers' sales
shops has led to the arrest Of a Wash
ington man, who is said by police to
have robbed the home Of his brother
in-law in Arlington County, Va.
Arlington County police are holding
J. A. Powell, 43, of Washington, who,
they said, has confessed taking several
hundred dollars worth Of silverware,
clothing and radio.
Deputy Sheriff Harry woodward said
Powell formerly lived with his brother
in-law, J. c. Cook, Of the 900 block OF
North Cleveland street.
When police found much Of the sill
verware pawned, with records giving
the Arlington County address, they
learned that Powell was living in the
house while Mr.. and Mrs. Cook were
in West Virginia.
Mr.. woodward said Powell told him
he had come to the Cooks residence
after learning the family would be
away for several weeks.
Powell is being held under an open
charge pending the return Of Mr.
Cook.
Evening star., 1938-10-02
MRS. CHARLES KEYSER
REELECTED BY CLUB
Entre-Nous Founder Is Years
Ago Is Honored-Other
Officers Chosen,

Mrs. Charles P. Keyser. founder Of
the Entre-nous Women's Club is years
ago, was again reelected president Of
the organization for the coming year
at a meeting at 1925 Sixteenth street
NV. Friday night.
Other officers chosen were: Mrs.
Charles Emery Ferguson. first vice
president; Mrs. Charles Dasher. Sec
ond vice president; Mrs. Robert Lyons,
recording secretary; Mrs. William
Sault, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Otis J. Rogers. treasurer; Mrs. James
Underwood, auditor; Mrs. William
Walton Badgley, historian; Mrs. George
Cook, director to the Federation OF
Women's Clubs: Mrs. Eugene Wood
son, assistant director, and Mrs. Will
liam w. Scott, chairman Of publicity.
Four paintings were presented to the
Girls Hospice at the Sixteenth street
address by Mrs. Lloyd w. Biddle and
Mrs. Miles Trowbridge, club members.
It was also voted to hold q card
party at the hospice October IL.
Evening star., 1938-10-02

Robert Sherif1's Journeys End" are
conspicuous examples.
Drama that is part Of present.
day industrial life is depicted in BLACK
River" by Carleton Beals, a story Of
the Mexican oil fields; Long Haul"
by A. I. Bezzerides, a short novel of
truck drivers; I'm Dubious Battle"
and "of Mice and Men," by John
Steinbeck, stories Of the casual work.
ers in California; Slim" and High
Tension" by William Wister Haines
which picture the courage and re-
sourcefulness of electrical workers on
high-powered lines.
Novels whose themes are the med
ical and legal professions are fire.
quently asked for. Various phases Of
the doctors life are described in Ar
rowsmith," by Sinclair Lewis; Grand
Canary" and THE Citadel" by A. ].
Cronin, and "The Doctors Pills Are
Stardust," by G. G. Givens. Mr.. Givens'
first novel, "All Cats Are Gray" deals
with the law, and Arthur Trains very
successful stories of the adventures
OF Mr.. Tut, that legal Robin Hood,
who unseats the mighty and defends
the under dog, combine an expert
knowledge Of the law with a shrewd
understanding of human nature.
HERE are several authors whose
popularity with man readers con-
tinues year after year, although times
and styles have changed. The ro-
mances OF Henry Rider Haggard with
Allan Quartermain as the hero, the
rousing adventures of the Three Mus
keteers" so dramatically described by
the elder Dumas, the detective stories
OF Conan Doyle, the fantasies OF Jules
Verne, the scientific novels of H. q.
Wells, and the writings Of Mark Twain,
possess an eternal charm.
Authors Of mystery and detective
stories have large following. The
best OF these writer's are masters of
suspense and plot, and daily men turn
with relief from their own problems to
the solution Of "who did it," Ellery
Queen, Rex Stout, Mrs. Mary Roberts
R1nehart, Mrs. Zenith Brown, Dorothy
Sayers, Mignon G. Eberhart and
Agatha Christie are extremely popular
with all readers. Also the humorists
add their gift Of laughter to men weary
OF the uncertainties and vexations Of q
troubled world. The inimitable p. G..
Wodehouse, with his stories Of Jeeves,
the perfect "gentleman's gentleman; !;
Damon Runyon, Ring Lardner, Robert
Benchley, Daniel o. Stewart, Frank
Stockton. Harry Leon Wilson and Guy
Gilpatrick are writer's whose books are
continually in circulation.
Men who know something Of sea-
farins life and "those who have never
seeu the ~" alike snjoy tales Of ship-
Evening star., 1938-10-02
Novels Men Like Listed
By District Library

w WRITER'S of fiction take the
n I whole field OF experience
v " for their province. and
novel readers include men
who enjoy sports and games, the thrill
OF stories Of high adventure, and those
describing modern invention and in
dustrial careers. One of the most
important developments Of the modern
novel is the subject matter and realis-
tic style Of such novelists as John
Steinbeck, John T. Mcintyre, Ernest
Hemingway, William Faulkner, Theo-
dore Dresser and James T. Farrell,
whose books are addressed mainly to
men readers.
All novels mentioned in this list
may be found at the Central Branch
Of the Public Library, at Eighth and
< streets NV.
Irving Stones recent biography Of
Jack London has increased interest
IN the novels and stories OF this tai
ented writer, one of the first American
voices Of the goth century. His we'll
known novels of Alaska, "The Call
OF the Wild" White Fang" and
Burning Daylight; the vivid story
of the prize ring, The Came; the
grim picture of a Norwegian sealer
who is combination of super man
and savage, THE Sea- Wolf" and the
short story collections, Adventure"
and THE Son of the Wolf" are always
popular. There is a wide range of
novels, descriptive Of Western adven-
ture. all full of action, many Of which
are well-written. Jackson Gregory,
Zane Grey, Peter B. Kyne, Will James,
w. M. Raine, G. H. Snow, B. M.
Bower, Max Brand, w. L. Comfort,
Dane Coolidge, Courtney r. Cooper,
H. G.. Evarts and Stuart Edward
White. have long lists Of titles to their
credit, and huge following.
or THE better type of sport stories
are Dark Hazard" by w. r.
Burnett, a novel Of dog racing; Sport
ing Days." by ]. T. Foote; "The Sport
ing Gesture" by T. L. Stix,, and "Om-
nibus Of Sport" by Grantland Rice.
The CORY sport of bull-ighting is
vividly portrayed by Ernest Heming-
ways Death in the Afternoon" and
Joseph Peyre's "Glittering Death" OF
hunting there are Memoirs of Fox
hunting Man, by Siegfried Sassoon;
The Foxes" by r. P. Harriss, and
"The Voice of Bugle Ann" by Mac
Kinlay Kantor. Many novels dealing
with the European war are always
in demand, especially those which de-
scribe the CRIME and gore of reality,
and the tragic futility of its carnage
and waste, of which Humphrey Cobbs
Paths OF Glory" Erich Remarque's q
"All Quiet On the Western Front, !"
Henri Baxbusse's "uuder Fire. Ind
Evening star., 1938-10-02
School Heads Act to End Strike
4 gainst Big Boys Gangsterisn,

theft Of lunches, and other mistreat-
ment.
Because Of the situation, the petition
said, the children have been kept al
home since September 9, despite the
fact the parents face fines for per-
mitting truancy.
The Board Of Education, after airing
the charges at hearing last night
appointed D. William zahn principal
and authorized him to demand police
protection for the children, If neces-
sary. BENJAMIN Diamond, present act
ing principal, was temporarily assigned
- Mr.. Zahn's assistant,
Evening star., 1938-10-02
Would Abolish 'Necking.'

GRINNELL, Iowa (P.-Adelia
Woodward, senior from Mason City,
Iowa, has launched q campaign on
the Grinnell College campus to abolish
what she termed too much going
steady, too much dancing and too
much necking."
Miss Woodward is member of the
Student Social Council, which has been
conducting an investigation toward
solving what 1t terms . campus social
program.
Evening star., 1938-10-02

wreck, mutiny, heroic rescues, voyaging
in strange waters, and the struggle
with wind and tide is the life Of the
ship. "Lightship," by Archie Binns;
"Mutiny on the Bounty" and its
sequels, Men Against the Sea-" and
"Pitcairn's Island" by Charles Nord-
hon and James Hall; Beat to Quar-
ters," and Ship Of the Line" by G. 8.
Forester are frequently asked for, and
John Masefield's novels and Rudyard
Kipling's Captains Courageous' and
short stories have m enduring popu-
lsrity. And every man and boy reads
Treasure 1slAnd."
Evening star., 1938-10-02
LEAVES PROVE LURE
Adirondacks Take On Flaming
Colors-Hotels Remain Open.

LAKE PLACID, N. Y, Oct L.
Many guests are coming into this
resort to enjoy the month of fam
ing leaves" while others, already here
are remaining well into October to
feast their eyes on the gorgeous pano-
ramas SO lavishly provided by Nature
during the autumnal season.
Many large groups Of mountain
climbers have made Lake Placid
their headquarters during the past
weeks.
Several Of the Main street hotels
announce that they will remain open
during the fall season, 80 brisk has
been the demand for accommoda tions
Others are open all year.
Interest has already begun to point
toward the deer hunting season, which
gets underway October is and con-
tinues for a month.
Evening star., 1938-10-02
By the Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. IA spe-
cially-appointed principal took charge
today Of the Vaux Junior High School
where 300 pupils have refused to at
tend classes because, their parents
charged, they were robbed and beaten
by . group Of older boys essaying the
role Of big-time gangsters.
In petition for the transfer of their
children to another school, the parents
asserted that the older, boys, like mod
ern hoodlums. were demanding pennies,
nickels and dimes from the younger
pupils - protection" from beattnes,
Evening star., 1938-10-02
Mining by Bows Hit,

Farmers and city dwellers Of Wales
are joining in . protest against the
employment Of boys under 16 In coal
mines Of South Wales.
Evening star., 1938-10-02

At the meeting Of Areme Chapter
on Wednesday the members will be
entertained by group of steel guitar
players and a saxaphone ,soloist.
Any one wishing to 60 to the Balti-
more chapter meeting on October IA,
connect with Anna Smitskamp, Adams
7474,
Evening star., 1938-10-02

Matron Rose L. Hidde announces q
meet of the Ways and Means Commit
tee Of Columbia Chapter will be at the
home Of Mrs. Helen v. Heizer, 2452
Thirty-ninth street NV, at 8 pm.
October 6. This committee is plan
ring dance and card party at Joppa
Evening star., 1938-10-02

Master Paul c. Smith of East Gate
Lodge has arranged for a showing
of moving pictures of Glacier National
Park before his lodge on Wednesday
evening at the Masonic Hall. Rhode
Island and Mills avenues NE The
pictures will be shown and described
by E. Whitlock. Social and refresh
mentS.
Evening star., 1938-10-02

Washington Centennial Lodge will
hold its annual memorial service
Wednesday evening for deceased men,
hers. Master Earl E. Everhart an
nounced special program.
Evening star., 1938-10-02

Mizpah Chapter will meet Tuesday
evening. Refreshments.
For the benefit Of the chapter a
turkey dinner will be served October
6, from 5 to pm, 1910 Wisconsin
avenue NV.
Evening star., 1938-10-02

Naval Lodge will hear brief ad-
dress on Thursday evening" entitled
The Worth Of Man." by the Rev.
]. LoWrie Frendrich, according to an
announcement by Master William H.
T. Belt. The e. A. degree will be
conferred by Senior Deacon Robert
L. A. Richards.
Evening star., 1938-03-28
Cigarettes Match Gowns.

Tinted cigarettes to match fair
amokers' gowns are to be introduced
into England.
Evening star., 1938-03-28
NEWCOURT OPENS
TODAY FOR CASES
Robes Worn for First Time
by Judges in the Police
Branch.

Police Court judges, attired in robes
for the first time in the history of
the court, settled themselves in their
new $l.5OO,00O house" today as If
they were accustomed to the, shiny
benches and glistening walls.
The added dignity of the robes and
the joy of quitting the old Police Court
structure failed, however. to fill the
justices with an overwhelming sense
Of leniency. and the defendants got
theirs" as before.
Mot0rist Is Fined IS.
Harry Kaplan of 112O Orren street
NE. was the first to face one of the
new benches from the other" side.
He appeared before Judge John P.
Mcmahon in Traffic Court on charges
OF passing red light on Pennsylvania
avenue at Fourth street NV. and was
fined IS.
The first defendants in the United
States branch of Police Court were
William H. Burton and William c.
Keating. charged with the theft of five
gallons of gasoline from an automobile,
and grand larceny in connection with
the theft of a physicians instrument
bag
Burton. said by police to have long
record, pleaded guilty to the minor
charge and was sentenced to serve 100
days in jail by Judge Edward M. Cur
ran. Keating, on plea of guilty, was
sentenced to serve 60 days in Jail. Due
to the Jail sentnce, they were held
without bond for action of the grand
jury on the instrument theft charge.
Guilty Of Intoxication.
In the District of Columbia branch,
Lewis Petris was the first defendant.
He was ordered by Judge Hobart New
man to pay fine of $40 or serve 10
days in jail for intoxication. He was
arrested by Policeman A. r. Newcomb.
Removal from the old Police Court
Building was accomplished over the
week end.
Evening star., 1938-03-28
EMBASSY P|CKETS'
DEMURRER DENIED
Judge Curran Tells Counsel
for 80 to Have Them in
Court Wednesday.

Judge Edward NJ. Curran of Police
Court today notified Howard West
wood. attorney for the 80 demonstra-
tors arrested March IA for picketing
the German Embassy and Austrian
Legation. that his demurrer had been
overruled.
Judge Curran in notifying Attorney
Westwood by letter. cited no reasons
for overruling the demurrer and noti-
fed the Civil Liberties Union lawyer
to have the demonstrators in court
at 1870 pm Wednesday.
The demonstrators were arrested
March IA while protesting publicly
with banners and shouting the seizure
of Austria by Germany. The pickets
subsequently were released on bond
for appearance in court the next day.
Mr.. WestWood'S demurrer declared
the law under which the demonstrators
were arrested unconstitutional on the
grounds that it violated the Bill OF
Rights on four points. The law in
question, passed by Congress recently,
prohibits the picketing of an embassy
or legation within 500 feet.
To make the demonstrators arrest
basis for test case, the demurrer was
filed on behalf of James Lerner and
Rubin Myers, two of the pickets.
Evening star., 1938-03-28
D. c. LAUNCHES DRIVE
ON RELIEF CHISELERS
Warrants Charging 8 Men and a
Woman With Getting Aid and
Working Are Obtained.

A drive to rid the District of chiselers
who are employed and at the same
time are attempting to receive benefits
under the Unemployment Compensa-
ton Act began today.
Warrants charging violation of the
act were obtained by John A. Marshall,
director of the District Unemployment
Compensation Board. for three men
and a woman. The four, Mr.. Marshall
said. stated they were unable to obtain
employment, began receiving checks
were working regularly.
These are the first cases brought
under the act here. Names of the four
were withheld pending service of the
warrants.
Evening star., 1938-03-28

Blossom sight-seers here
Victims of Maryland accidents in
cluded Senator Harry S. Truman Of
Missouri, his wife and daughter. who
escaped serious injury when their
automobile struck a pole and was
virtually demolished after colliding
with another car in Hagerstown. Md.
Senator Truman was bruised slightly.
His wife and daughter suffered only
from shock.
On application OF Robert Potts,
driver of the car involved III the COL
liSion with Senator Truman, Magls-
trate John Dunn issued foreign at
tachment for $50 against the Senator's
automobile. according to the Associated
Press. Police did not prefer charges
against either driver
The Spanish official. Avelino Con-
zalez Mallada, 43. Mayor of Gijon. and
E. Segura, his interpreter. were killed
when his automobile ploughed into the
rear end of a truck about II miles
south of Woodstock. Va.
Ray Lamas. Mr. Mallada's chauffeur,
said the Gijon Mayor was in the
United States soliciting funds for the
loyalist cause in Spain's civil war, and
was en- route to California when the
accident occurred. Mr. Lamas said
Mr.. Mallada had been living in New
York since he arrived in this country
on February Is. He had applied for
extension of his two-month entry per-
nit to enable him to stay here until
August. Mr.. Mallada is survived by
two children, both in Spain.
Struck by Automobiles.
John Henry Harrell, 81, of Birming-
ham. Ala. who was knocked down by
a taxicab late last night in the 1900
block of Rhode Island avenue, and
Harold Dodd, IL, of 1877 Owen place
NE. who was knocked from his bicycle
by an automobile near New York ave-
nue. and FenWick street NE, were the
District traffic victims.
Mr. Harrell was in serious condition
today at Gallinger Hospital. where he
was treated for fractures of the skull.
He told police the taxicab which hit
him did not stop. Witnesses said, how
ever. that the taxicab stopped and the
driver got out as MI Harrell arose to
his feet from the street, and then drove
on. apparently thinking the injured
man was not hurt.
The Dodd boy was treated at Sibley
Hospital for a possible skull fracture
and was reported in good condition
today. Police charged Harry T. Row.
land, 38. of Towson. Md, driver of
the car that struck him, with reckless
driving.
Evening star., 1938-03-28

France Boosts Iron Output.
France produced over $1,000. 900 tons
of pig iron last year, gain of $780,
900 tons over 1885,
Evening star., 1938-03-28
Folger Library Gets Famed
Harnnslu0rth Book Collection
(Story on page Az

which only one other copy is recorded
AS for the remaining volumes. very
large proportion are listed IN the
Short Title Catalogue as known in
only two. three or four other copies ~
In Superb Condition.
Practically all of the books are "in
superb condition. for Sir Leicester was
a meticulous collector"
In the class of English incunabula.
DR.. Adams lists 6S6 items. with eight
Caxton press productions including
lie Livre Royal" the "Polycronicon," ="
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales" and
Growers "Confessio Amantis" and 81
Wynkyn de Wordes "Of travels.
voyages and other books relating to
the discovery and settlement of
America" he says. "there are 176
items, constituting in themselves a
notable collection of early Americana. -
A unique copy of the first issue Of
the first edition of Sponsors "Faerie
Queene" is one of the Harmsworth
rarities. With it, the Folger Library
acquires works by Erasmus, Calvin,
Luther. Bacon. Messenger. Middleton,
Sidney. Peter Martyr, Walter Brigges,
William Camden, Sir Thomas More,
John Donne. Roger Ascham. Francis
Quarles. Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Sir
Francis Drake the younger, Thomas
Greepe. Thomas Hariot, Robert john
son, Capt. John Smith and others.
Puts Library in Forefront.
DR.. Adams summed up the sig
niflcance of his announcement in the
words: Through the acquisition of
the Harmsworth books. the Folger Lii
brary, already supreme in the field of
Shakespeariana and rich in the gen.
eral literature of the period, takes
rank, so far as the 10th and 18th
centuries are concerned, with the Brit
ish Museum. the Bodleian at Oxford
and the Huntington in California
Placed tn the Nations Capital and
decided by its founders to the trus-
tees of Amherst College to be ad-
ministered as an institution for dis
seminating knowledge of English lit
erature. it will serve as valuable
agent for the development Of an ex-
acter scholarship and ultimately Of .
finer culture throughout the land"
DR.. Adams estimates that it will
be q year before the collection can
be placed on exhibition. The cata-
logue is being checked and other ar
rangements for the reception of the
books are being made.
Evening star., 1938-03-28
Resorts Setting Records.

Summer resorts of South Africa are
now entertaining accord crowds.