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Evening star., 1938-02-21
80 KILLED IN U. S.
AZ the AsgociatAd Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Automobile accidents. many Of them
due directly to an ice and snow belt
which moved eastward across the Ma
ton. took at least 80 lives over the
week end.
Texas reported IL deaths. while
Pennsylvania had, nine and Indiana
and Illinois six each.
Deaths by States:
Alabama, l; California, S; Colorado.
2; Connecticut, 1; Florida. 4; Illinoi.
6; Indiana, 6; Kansas, 4; Kentuck,.
4; Louisiana. 2; Maine, /; Massa-
chusetts, 2; Michigan S; Mississippi,
g. Nebraska, L; New Hampshire, Q
New Jersey, 4; New Mexico. 2: Nortl.
Carolina, 3; Ohio, 2; Pennsylvania.
9: South Carolina. 2: Tennessee. 2,
Texas, l3; Utah, /; West Virginia, O.
Wisconsin, l.
Evening star., 1938-02-21

NV, according
to police. Due to
faulty ammuni-
ton, how e er,
neither was shot.
Police were told
that G ra y S o n
Andrew Ponder,
%. Of Baltimore,
formerly a resi-
dent OF Wash
ington. first at
tempted to shoot
M iss B e r t h a
Urbin. "a, in the
latter's room at
the Pennsylvania
a1,onhn addrocc
Evening star., 1938-02-21
GET EXTRA HOLIDAY
School Children Benefit in Coal
Economy Move.

Some 10000 school children, about
1000 teachers and administrative Off
GERS and more than TOO custodians in
the Washington public schools are
having a holiday today by courtesy
-of the Board of Education and in the
interest of fuel economy.
The extra day of grace was allowed
by the board when it was pointed out
that very little was likely to be ac-
complished on day sandwiched be-
tween the week end and George Wash
dngton's Birthday. and that the fuel
saving might be of some value If the
$4,000 cut made by the House in the
schools fuel appropriation were not
restored by the Senate.
Evening star., 1938-02-21
Riding School Horse
Drops Dead on Path
With Rider on Back

Irish Poplin, 11-year-old mare
from the Marty Gallagher Riding
Academy, dropped dead today on
a bride path near the Highway
Bridge.
Jack Lonigan. 16. Of 1112 M
street NV, was riding the horse
at the time. Park police said he
was uninjured xllen the mare fell.
Evening star., 1938-02-21
GUN JAMS, YOUTH
AND GIRL SPARED
Tilted, Young Man Tries,
Without Avail, to Kill
Ex-Friend and Self.

A 23-year-old youth, Tilted by his
former sweetheart, attempted to shoot
her and then take his own life today
in room at 1920 Pennsylvania avenue
Evening star., 1938-02-21
Benefit Party at Vienna.

A card party for the benefit Of the
vienna, Va, Volunteer Fire Depart
ment will be given in the town hall at
Vienna tomorrow night.
Evening star., 1938-02-21
BY PHILIP H. LOVE.

by FhlLlP II. LOVE.
r URRY and Rush aren't calls
- for speed, and Cuckoo is
/ neither q bird nor a state of
mind.
There's at least one Bivalve that
isn't an oyster, Clam that never had
q shell, Trout that can't swim. an
Apple that didn't grow on a tree, q
Cranberry that can't be made into
sauce, Coffee that won't percolate. an
Orange and q Lemon that are un-
squeezable and Brandy and . Wine
that nobody every drank.
Also. there's a Husband with a legal
right to have an unlimited number of
wives. Lady with the same privilege
as regards husbands. q Cave that isn't
underground, an Acorn that odidnt
come from an oak tree, . Cap and q
Helmet that no head could wear, 4
Evening star., 1938-02-21

Nearly 12,450.000 acres in Burma
were planted to rice this season,
Evening star., 1938-02-21
APPROACH FILLED IN
Heavy Rains Cause Sinking of
Road Section.

ALEXANDRIA. Va, Feb. 2l (Spe-
iaD.-Workers today were filling in.
for the second time. a sag in the ap-
proach to Alexandria's s15O000 bridge
which spans Potomac Yards.
The approach sank about IL inches
as result Of the heavy rains over
the week end, it was reported by the
city engineers Office.
Evening star., 1938-02-21
Robot Bat Swings to Test RABBIT" Ball

Bureau of Standards Chief Sets Machinery Motion to
mine Relative Merits of National and
American League Horsehides.
Evening star., 1938-02-13
bURLEW HEARING
COMES TO CLOSE
Senate Committee Split, but
Nomination Is Expected
to Be Confirmed.
BY REX COLLIER.

BY REX COLLIER.
With its membership obviously split
over the nomination Of Ebert X. Bur-
lew to be First Assistant Secretary
Of the Interior. the Senate Public
Lands Committee concluded pro-
tracted hearings yesterday and de-
ferred final action until March l,
when, according to present indica-
tions, a majority will rep3rt favor
ably on the appointment.
AZ the weeks Of testifying ended,
1t appeared that Senator Pittman,
Democrat, Of Nevada, composed most,
If not all, Of the opposition, although
he expressed belief he could win over
other members when they have
weighed all the voluninous evidence.
Senator Pittman announced he
would present to the committee in
executive session March l a report
Incorporating his views, which, al
ready freely expressed, are to the
erect that Mr.. Burlew is not qualified
to be promoted from administrative
assistant to Secretary Ickes to
higher post.
"Hot Oil" Case Aired.
The Navadan has attempted to
show that Mr. Burlew was derelict in
his handling of phases of the so-called
Stitely fraud, of hot oil'' case in
Texas and Of several lesser matters,
Other members of the committee have
indicated their belief the testimony
does not support Senator Pittmans
view
The hot OIL case occupied the
committees attention during the
closing session of the hearing, and
resulted in revelations of severe con-
flct within the Interior Department
in 1885 and 1896 over administration
OF the Connally Act, regulating the
petroleum industry.
The turmoil was marked by sus-
pension and later reinstatement of
two examiners of the Federal Tender
Board at Tyler, Tex: prosecution Of
hot oll' operator to whom the ex-
aminers aSsertedly had lent money,
a welter OF Investigations and counter
Investigations and of charges and
counter-charges among Interior in
Vestigators, and finally the protest"
resignation of the agent in charge of
enforcement of the oil act in East
Texas.
Former Agent Produced.
Senator Pittman produced this for
n1er agent at the closing session of the
nearing yesterday afternoon and had
him read confidential memoranda he
had submitted to Louis R. CLAWS, then
head Of the Interior Department S
Division of Investigation.
The witness was Thomas G. Kelli-
her, who resigned from the division in
April, 1886, after lively conferences
with Secretary Ickes and Mr.. Burlew.
Evening star., 1938-02-13
Driver
Continued From First Page

giaia tags as he left the home of his
grandmother in the 700 block OF I
street NV.
taxi driver, William Law, %, of
1921 I street Sc. who witnessed the
fatal accident, chased the striking
vehicle for some distance and tried
unsuccessfully to force it into the curb
before he gave up at Fifteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
Seen Near Bladensburx.
Following the injury of the boy and
the damage to the three automobiles.
a car answering the description Of the
one sought was seen zigzagging on
Bladensburg road, across the Mary
land line near the Peace Cross.
Soon after the same machine-its
radiator bloodied and a headlight
smashed from the impact with the
pedestrian-was found parked near
the Park place address in the South
east section. Apparently the fugitive
then took his brother -in-law's auto
mobile and headed for nearby Virginia.
The chase was thwarted temporarily
when police were unable to learn the
tag numbers of the second machine.
Mrs Ethel Bray. wife of the ar
rested motorist, is still confined to the
hospital, where her child was born 10
days ago. The Bray car was registered
IN her name. police said.
Three Cars in Flames.
Another unusual traffic case in
volved an automobile that crashed
into two parked cars in the $500 block
OF Sixteenth street NV, injuring four
persons and causing all three machines
to catch fire
Police said the striking vehicle was
operated by Victor j. Mcknight. Is.
OF 919 Twenty-second street NV. The
flre started when the gasoline tank
OF one of the parked automobiles was
punctured. The flaming fuel ran down
the gutter, causing the car next in
line to burst into flames and starting
q fire in a sewer.
Mr.. Mcknight was bruised and three
passengers in his machine, Miss Mary
Price, 81, of 1929 Owen place NE;
Evening star., 1938-02-13

Miss Inez Heaven, 1S, of 1916 Z
street NV, and Bernie Walters, IS,
1926 First street NV, required hos
pital treatment for injuries not be-
lieve serious.
The parked machines damaged by
the crash were said by police to be
listed to Robert Corles. Swarthmore,
Pa. and Kate Raeback, 425 Irving
street NV.
Sixteenth Fatality This Year.
Mr.. Sutton, the sixteenth person
to die from trafIic accidents here this
year, registered at the Continental
Hotel when he returned to the city
last night. He left the hotel for din
ner and walk short time before
his death.
A native of Richmond, Tenn, he had
practlced law in Fayetteville and
Knoxville, Tenn, and was in Fayette-
vile when he was elected State at
torney general. Previous to entering
the legal field, he was county super
lntendent Of schools at Fayetteville.
For the past Is years he had made
his ofaces headquarters at the law
office Of his son in the National Press
Building and handled legal cases in
termittently.
IN 1917 and 1918 he was an attorney
IN the office of the Alien Property Gus
toclan here and participated in several
important proceedings, including the
taxing over of the Hamburg-American
Line docks in New York by the Fed
eral Government.
he is survived by his son and a
brother, DR.. John w. Sutton, Fayette-
vile. Tenn.
His body will be sent to Knoxville
Tor burial after it is released bv the
Coroner Monday or Tuesday Mr.
sutton will be buried beside his late
wife.
Two Are Unconscious.
meanwhile, two other victims of
nearby accidents in the past "a hours
remained unconscious and in serious
condition in Washington hospitals,
icy were Charles E. Stearn. q, Alex
anorla, Va, and Rosalee Harper, IA.
1dylwood. Va, both Ihurt in a crash
on the Lee Boulevard that killed two
persons. Mr.. Stearn is in George
town Hospital and the Harper girl
IN Emergency. Both may have frac-
tured skulls.
Evening star., 1938-02-13

Buffet, Alpha Phi ri Ft1ternity, Ra-
leigh Hotel, I pm.
Tea dance. Delta Lambda Sigma
Sorority, Willard Hotel, s pm.
Diner, Fifty Club. Raleigh Hotel,
3 pm.
Dance, Union Of Bohemian Ladies,
$3.50 Fourteenth street NV, 3 pm.
Dance, Vanguard Club, !. w. O.,
Evening star., 1938-02-13

l4o2 Georgia avenue NV, $50 pm.
TomsgrOW,
Luncheon, 01phic Arts. Raleigh
Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon. Warrington Executives
Association. Willard Hotel. 1880 pm.
Luncheon. Variety Club. Willard
Hotel, ! pm.
Evening star., 1938-02-13

Luncheon. overseas Writers, willard
Hotel, pm.
Meeting, Commerce Department
Branch Local. No. }, N. =. ?. T., Com
meroe Department, AIS pm.
Dinner. Institute Of Radio Engineers.
Rutys Restaurant, $40 Eleventh street
NV, $50 pm.
Evening star., 1938-02-13

Meeting, Judge and Jury, Raleigh
Hotel, pm.
Dinner, American Power Boat Asso-
ciation, Willard Hotel, pm.
Meeting, Treasury Department Lo-
cal, No. 262, N. F. +. f., Washington
Hotel, 3 pm.
Evening star., 1938-02-13

CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
Teday.
Luncheon, Washington Council.
Knights Of Columbus, willard Hotel,
IL noon.
Meeting, Polish National Alliance,
Group S48, Stansbury Hall. 5632
Georgia avenue NV, 2 pm.
Evening star., 1938-02-13

Uruguay will build workers' homes.
Evening star., 1938-02-13
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LIFETIME
FuHfF1ruRE y

Coffee TobIes, priced now as low
as -------------------$7.25
Desk Chairs, priced now as low
as os------$7.s5
Lamp Tobies, priced now as low
as os-----------------$9.95
Folding Decorated Bridge Tobes,
at ------------------$6.25
Overstuffed Chairs, priced now as
low ~os--------------$z9.75
P|eoted Back Short Wing Chairs,
at ot---------------$3d.75
Living Room Suites, priced now as
low os -------------- 5 I 20
Virsinion sofos, priced now as low
os s-----------------$l17
Governor Winthrop Type Desks,
os low os---------$35.5o
Attractive Secretaries, priced now
low as ------$43.75
Chest-Desks, priced now as low
as os----s44.so
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-08

them. Many fo them have all-over gaily printed patterns, but even smarter are the severely plain black or brown satin suits.
 Hermes has introduced most flattering variation of the en- tirely shirred suit. Unlike its pre- decessors, whose shirring made them bulky and only suited tooth- pick shapes, the Hermes model is of shirred waterproofed oil silk which allows its wearer to shed water like duck. It is particularly striking in black, wine or sea green. An- other Hermes model is of white satin lastex printed in colored signs of the Zodiac.
 Jacques Helm favors the "pareo" whose tiny draped tights are separ- ate from a brief bandeau. Gener- ally speaking, the bathing suit for 1888 is either one brief piece or two distinctly separate pieces, shorts and bandeau. Few smart suits have mid-rib harnesses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-08
RAISING 4 FAMILY
Envy Is Still a Cardinal
 Sin Even Among Children
By Olive Roberts Barton

bicycle while he has none? Can it be done at all? really don't know.
 I think that hospitality has its influence. By bringing people to the house who mean nothing in par ticular and making them welcome, the child learns the type of hos pitality that will teach him to put the comfort and pleasure of others before his own.
 Then too, right ln the home, where children are so often an- tagonistic to each other, they might learn not to be jealous if one is favored at any given time. Work it out, if you can. There is no form ula.
 Unselfish Home Life
 I knew family of old German origin I think, who, in very mod crate circumstances, got more joy out of life than any group of peo- pie have ever known. Nothing was too much trouble for any of them to do for others. Their talk was generous and unselfish. They glowed over the good fortune of oth- CTS. A visit to that house made you ashamed. They were too good to be true
 Of course, the children took their cue from the parents. Growing up in that kindly workaday house. with its simple creeds and unselfish gestures, they needed no further warnings against the canker of jealousy. The child who lives in such an atmosphere absorbs the light. What more need be said?
 Being non-covetous won't inter- fere with honest ambition. It just makes personality sweeter and hap piness easier to find.
 To me, almost the noblest child in the world, is the one who will be all excited over someone else's good fortune, If the someone else is a person entirely removed from his heart.
 NEXT: Sex morality.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-08
NEA Service Stan Writer


 The girl whose hips and thighs are none too slender ought to sup plement the active sports she's en- toying these days with a few special exercises designed to streamline her figure. If she'll keep on with golf or swimming or whatever sport she finds time for, then do exercises for ten minutes every day, she'll find herself at the end of summer with practically no figure defects.
 The active sports will make every fiabby muscle in her body firm and youthful again. The exercises will eliminate Jumps on thighs and hips or waistline roll.
 For the hips, the old but still popular scissors routine cannot be beaten. Simply lie on your right side on the floor with head resting on upstretched right arm, left hand on the floor in front of your chest. Raise both legs off the floor, keep ing knees straight. Now swing legs back and forth in opposite direc- t ns-right forward when left is back and so on. Repeat twenty times, then lie on left side and re- peat twenty more times.
 Afterwards, ride the bicycle" twenty to fifty times, depending on how tired you get. ct is a mistake to do any set of exercises until you are practically exhaust ed) For this one, lie on your back, lifting legs as high as possible, and place hands underneath hips.
 Now make believe that your feet are on the pedals of a bicycle and that you are riding that bi- cycle up steep hill. Bring right leg down and back until knee ale most touches your stomach, at the same time stretching left leg up- ward. Bring left knee down and back, stretching right leg. Do this fairly slowly deliberately, me- thodically, feeling muscles stretch and pull.
 To eliminate thickness through the waistline, try bending and stretching routines. Standing with feet about ten inches apart, stretch hands toward the ceiling and, keep ing knees stiff, bend forward from the waistline, then backward, to the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-08
- Last of Three Articles on Summer Safety - Test Auto And Driver Before Starting Your Vacation Trip
 + * * * * * * # * Don t Depend on Amateur Motor Experts

miles an hour and over, one acci- dent in II is fatal. Traffic experts say that if every driver understood exactly what distance is necessary for stopping his car at any partic- ular speed, accidents would be greatly reduced.
 Have the various drivers in your family had their skill tested? It's important-and an amusing game as well-to find out your reaction time, your rating on vigilance and speed estimation, and your suscep !. tibility to glare blindness. Instru- ments for measuring these impor- tant factors have been developed. Ask a local traffic official or an automobile dealer about them. Then too, you might play a testing game at home to determine how well in- formed younger and older drivers are on traffic regulations and good driving practices. There are many practical manuals on this subject available at small cost.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-08
WE, THE WOMEN Elders Now Carrying Torch Of Flaming
 Youth" In Bars
Suyvey Indicates 25 to 40 Is Drinking Age

older young people think thty need extra stimulation to have a hilar- ious evening.
 There is in any bar the after noon-dater, the woman of thirty ish who is always well Addressed, has plenty of time and enjoys spending it with one man in a place where many more can see her.
 And if you still wonder why it is that reckless youth isn't match ing drinks with its elders (ac- cording to the judgment of hotel men), remember that bar-drink- ing is an expensive pastime. And drinking, they seldom can afford that when young people go in for the style of their elders.
 Copyright, 1888, NEA Service, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-08
Be Sure of Etiquette For Every Occasion

Make Friendships Wear Well
 Delightfully."- informal!" That's the impression the country club crowd gives.
 Yes-and that informality is modern and sensible. But 1t does not mean that you check your good manners when you change into your tennis togs.
 Watch that attractive pair, Mar gie and Dick. Playing tennis, Mar gie chases her own balls, accepts defeat with a smile. But leaving the courts, Dick opens the gate for her, treats her like a queen.
 No wonder. Margie knows how to be courteous, too. When lad she'd danced with at @ college prom. looks at her without a flicker of recognition on his face, she doesn't embarrass him with, Why I've met you before" She lets herself be in- troduced all over again.
 And when Dick meets a new girl, he doesn't step forward with out- stretched hand. He knows that eti- quette sa4 girl offers her hand first.
 You'll find dozens of tips or friend winning etiquette in our 32- page booklet. Includes rules for visiting, travel.
 Send 10c for your copy of ETH. QUETTE FOR ALL OCCASIONS to The Waterbury Democrat Home Service, 635 Sixth Ave, New York, N. Y. Be sure to write plainly your NAME, ADDRESS, and the NAME of booklet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-08

increase in accidents. It behooves us to plan our trips carefully, and to keep constantly in mind that highway safety depends more than anything else upon the individual drivers responsibility.
 Defects in the vehicle itself are estimated to cause at least fifteen pr cent of the accidents. Before starting on trip the careful driver has his car thoroughly inspected. Most important is the brake test. A car should stop in less than 9 feet from 20 miles an hour, and 1t should not swerve appreciably to one side because of unequal brake
 adjustments. Headlights, tail and parking lights should be checked; also the windshield wiper, horn, mirror and instruments. Spare equipment should include tire and there should be tools, chains, tow rope, fire extinguisher, and first aid kit. Home repairs are apt to be makeshifts, and it is wise to put the car in the hands of a responsi- ble mechanic.
 Chance Takers"
 Are Worst Offenders
 Some drivers have accidents be- cause of physical defects-bad eye sight, senses dulled by fatigue, car bon monoxide, alcohol, or a com- bination of these things. A, greater number get into trouble because they do not know how to drive. They have never learned proper methods of making turns, backing and sig naling; they fail to observe right of-way rules, traffic signs and sig nals, and their obligation toward others on the Highway. But the greatest number of drivers who have accidents are not physically defec- tive, nor are they ignorant of traf- fic rules. They simply take chances by going too fast, passing other cars on hills and curves and cross- u1g railroad tracks without looking They don't slow down at intersec- lions, and they expect other drivers and pedestrians to get out of their way.
 The higher the speed the worse siie accident. At 3o-30 miles an hour, 1 ens accident in 36 is fatal At 50 l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-08
Improved Treatment Of PrOstatic Obstruction

FrOStaG1c Obstruction
 The older method of relieving ob- struction of the bladder by enlarged prostate involved operation, either via the perineal route or via the abdominal, or both, and a stay of many weeks or months in hospital under what, for the patient, were trying circumstances. Yet 1t speaks well for the courage of the elderly gentlemen of the day that many thousands of them, refusing to be- come trial or nuisance to their family and friends, underwent the formidable operation and recap tured thereby an extra ten or twenty years of peaceful, comfort able life.
 have been delving deeply in the effort to find some plausible or ten able explanation for the occurrence of prostatic hypertrophy or en- fragment of the prostate gland in men past fifty, or even to find a sensible reason why some men suf- fer earlier and other men later or not at all from this trouble. Net re- suits, nil. No, your guess of sus- picion has no weight at all.
 All we know 1t that the prostate gland in men is analogous in em- bryological origin with the uterus in women. We don't know why some women of forty develop fibroid tu- mors of the uterus and others never have such trouble. There it is.
 This being health column, read by men, women and children, we cannot fairly suggest symptoms of prostatic hyperthrophy here, but it is fair to say that the only symp- toms of consequence are the symp- toms arising from obstruction of the bladder. When a man finds 1t necessary to get up more than once at night he should consult his phy- Sician for examination and advice about the question of prostatic hypertrophy.
 The modern method of treating prostatic obstruction involves no external wound and requires hos pital stay of eight days in the av- craze case. It is called transurethral prostatic resection; it is done by means of special instruments which enable the operator to remove the obstruction in a series of bites through the natural channel, any bleeding being controlled by means of direct sparkling or fulguration of the bleeding point through the re- sectoscope.
 In one of the great hospitals, the records show, this modern transure- thral prostatic resection was used in 40 per cent of the cases of pros- tatic obstruction treated in the hos pital in 1881, but in 1936 the mod ern method was used in 99.6 per cent of the cases.
 Average weight of the prostatic