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Evening star., 1938-01-12

from California to Manila and Hong
Kong, more than two years. Never
before was one even forced down.
Pan-American officials said with
three of her motors still functioning
the clipper could fly nearly as efficient
ly and as far as with all four. If
forced down on the water she could
float for days for miles with the same
ease as a wingless boat.
With Capt. Musick, who in the past
"a years has piloted airplanes more
than 100000 miles without major
accident, were:
c. G. Sellers, first officer; P. S.
Brunk, junior flight officer: F. j.
Mclean. navigator; ]. w. Stikrod. en-
slneering officer; j. A. Brooks, assist
ant engineering officer, and !. F..
Findley, radio officer.
All were experienced, but besides
Musick, Mclean and Fndley were the
only veterans in Pacific flying
Evening star., 1938-01-12
FRANCE CONVENES
.LAB0RPEACE TALK
Employers Are Absent From
Chautemps Session
in Paris.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSs.
PARIS, Jan. 12.-Premier Camille
Chautemps today called to order his
social peace conference, seeking an
end to the wave Of strikes that has
plagued France for months
Delegates OF workers, middle class
employees, foremen, technicians and
merchants were present, but major
employers were conspicuously absent
when the meeting opened at the
Matignon Palace, the premier's official
residence
Will See Employers Alone.
Chautemps, maintaining an air OF
| confidence, said he would confer sepa-
rately with the employers federation
in an effort to draft an anti-strike
code for submission to Parliament
The employers refused to sit in con-
ference with labor, but said they would
confer with the government.
Before the conference it was expect
ed the premier would propose code
under which French workmen could be
discharged only with union approval
1t also would ban picketing and occu-
patton Of factories by strikers.
Political sources said Premier Chau-
temps would present the suggested
labor legislation at today's labor peace
conference Of the General Confedera-
ton Of Labor and the Union of Mid
die Glass. Employees.
The premier had a cabinet mandate
to take the danger out of strikes which
have troubled France for many months
and he insisted upon continuing with
conference plans despite refusal by
the employers federation to attend.
Three Chief Points.
The proposed labor code, said one
informant, consisted Of three principal
points:
/. Complete liberty Of private en-
ployers to hire, accompanied by oblig-
atory establishment by the manage
ments OF advisory bodies-under union
control-to pass on all discharges
2. Continuance Of arbitration in con-
troversies between operators and en-
ployes. strengthened by mandatory &C
ceptance of conciliation accords where
both sides have agreed to place their
problems in the hands Of an arbitrator
g. Denial OF the right of workers to
strike. except after majority vote
plus an absolute ban on occupation OF
factories and on picket lines.
Evening star., 1938-01-12
Cherrydale Club to Meet.

ARLINGTON, Va, Jan. II (Spe-
ciaD The Woman's Club of Cherry
dale will meet in the Sunday school
rooms of Epiphany Episcopal Church.
North Quincy street, Thursday night
at 8 o'clock.
Evening star., 1938-01-12
HITLER AND GOER!NG SEE
BLOMBERG WED QUIETLY
Brides Name Is Kept Secret in
Rites Conducted at Marriage
Clerks Office in Berlin.


By tht Associated Press.
BERLIN, Jan. 12--Marshal Wer-
ner Won Blomberg. German war mir
ister. was married quietly todav-so
quietly the brides name was secret.
Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler and Col.
Gen. Hermann Wilhelm Goering,
Hitler's chief aide, witnessed the cere.
mony at marriage clerks Office.
The bride was said to be in her
late 20s One source gave her name
as Fraulein Gruhn. Official quarters
and intimates of the 59-year-old mar
shal refused, however, to disclose
details before tomorrow.
Blomberg's wife died six years ego.
Evening star., 1938-01-12
You Al,rays Look for

You Al,rays Look for
DURABILITY i'm FURNITURE
What a difference the proper sci.
ection of furniture makes in a home!
There are as many styles as there are
types of architecture, varying in color,
finish and design; in time, furniture
fits into each place like ''an old shoe''
and its enjoyment increases as the years
roll by. Therefore, when you buy fur.
niture you look for durability.
Each year in the business rorld, ne,u
concerns come into the field; some
thrire ~hile others fail and disappear.
Successful merchants, those mhose
efforts date back and continue to be
profitable, hare found advertising to
be a tremendous factor in promoting
lOng,lite in commercial enterprises.
They find that profits are stable ,rhen
advertising is depended upon to create
sales and they kno,c that nhen business
is put ''on Diet, rhen advertising
budgets are cut they can expect a
shrinkage in rolume Of sales and profits.
You always look for durability in
furniture; it's just as important to look
for RESULTS from your advertising.
Evening star., 1938-01-12
Clipper

Continued From First Page J
The Washington times., 1938-01-22
Weekly Pay, Pro and Con
By ]. EARLE MOSER

Pro: IT believe weekly pay roll would
improvement because: 1t would evenly dis
tbuted retail and wholesale business throughout the
1t would eliminate the inconvenience of the Government
worker who is low pay must economize srn
away with much nstalment credit enabling employees to
get on cash basis for necessities CLERICAL WORK
ERS IN DIsBURSING OFFICES WOULD HAVE LESS RUSH
HOURS AND PERIODS OF NECESsTTATED OVERTIME
Weekly checks being smaller business would able
to handle greater number of available
cash 1t would reduce the number Of HABTTUAL BOR-
ROWERS in the service, because they wouldn't have the
excuse under the weekly system"-P. R.
COn IT do not favor this change for the following reasons
week consists of days. while the
ons 30day basis realize business would prefer
ing employe of everyone paid often possible
Daily would be okay Looking at the problem the
ployes standpoint it very difficult you know,
portion of ones salary 1t u.s. though possible not
being paid too frequently; by having economic
little short of ready cash While this is sort of compul
form Of saving, nevertheless works out in
and feel that in this able to small amount
monthly do feel that stores have the right
NIT themselves this subject any than would
the right to write you letter complaining about their per-
sonal Of running their estabshments.'-Jane
Wray GSEC).
To date letters from employees have evenly divided
to weekly possibilities Let's have YOUR OPINION
Three best letters daily receive two free thear passes
confidential if you wish.
The Washington times., 1938-01-22
Best Seller
By Chinese
Philosopher

In a witty style splashed with
chapters of lyrical beauty a
Chinese philosopher makes the
best seller list with volume on
how to enjoy life.
DR.. Lin Yutang, a person OF
considerable sagacity has
bridged the gap between the
East and the West to such an
extent that he is able to explain
his countrymen and their inner
most reactions in terms that are
easily assimilated by the West
ern mind. In this present offer
ing he includes full develop
ments of the themes, a philoso-
ply of the middle way, an ap-
peal to enjoyment of the Home,
of Living, of Nature Of Travel
and culture.
He has gone to a great deal
of trouble to dig up effusions Of
a number of philosophers Of his
race, known and unknown,
whose writings are woven into
a book that will afford keen en-
joyment to readers seeking
truth and beauty.
One of the delightful features
of the volume is a series of
formulas comparable to chemi'
cal problems by which DR.. Lin
claSsifies different races and
ages as to their ability to get
the most out of being on this
earth and participating in
changes, be they good or bad.
One of the passages most fire.
quently quoted from this text
which perhaps sums up a goodly
portion of his thought is:
"The East has to learn from
the West the entire sciences Of
botany and zoology, but the
West has to learn from the East
how to enjoy the trees, the flow
ers and the fishes, birds and ami
mails, to get a full appreciation
of the contours and gestures OF
different species and associate
them with different moods or
feelings"
"T1e Importance of LiOtnQ," "
by Lin Yutang, published By
ReyndI and Hitchcock.
The Washington times., 1938-01-22
In Strict Secrecy

Those tDho mail or phone
"neaDs tips" about GoUern.
ment affairs or conditions
ere frequently awarded . free
theGter tickets. Their names,
of course, are kept highly
confidential, and thus it is
advisable for those tDith juicy
information to adopt a "pen
name" for Identification IN
case they 10in. General items
about "tolkS" in the office
mag ulSo tDin, and often
n,oGrds are made merely as
a goodwill gesture from The
Times.
(CAP) beside your name or
"pen name" entities you to
call at this desk for ttDo
passes to Locus Capitol, notD
shouting HOR OUGH.
BREEDS DON'T CRY" plus
MILT BRITTON on the
stage. Those 1DitIL (PAL) can
head for the Palace, tOhich Is
presenting Joan CrGtDtord
and Spencer Tracy in MAN
NEOUIN." (COL) m eGn s
ttpo passes to see EdtOGrd G.
Robinson In "THE LAST
GANGSTER," at the CoIuns.
biG.
The Washington times., 1938-01-22

Thirteen O'Clock" may, at
first glance, seem to be an odd
name for a book. Thirteen
O'clock" however, is not a
book, but a collection. To be
exact, Stephen Vincent Benet
has finally broken down, swept
his objections aside and selected
13 of his favorite short stories
to be republished in a single
volume.
These are the ones Benet likes
best, and if you like Benet, you
will probably prefer them, too.
He calls them stories of Sev-
eral worlds and they are stories
of several ages as well. ''By
the Waters of Babylon" Qike
"The Last American" a book by
another author which our
fathers before us read and dis
cussed) has to do with the Dead
Places which came over the land
at the time of the Great Burn
ing and the Destruction.
Civilization, as we know it,
has vanished, People live in
tribes again guided by priests.
They hunt in the Dead Houses
for metal. Pigeons and wild
The Washington times., 1938-01-22
Stephen Vincent Benet s
FQUOr1te Short Stories

CATS infest the ruins of our pub
lie buildings. The Forest Priest
stands bewildered before the
statue of Washington and
thinks he must have been a
god. All of which provides mate
rial for fascinating short story.
1.-THE Blood of the Martyrs"
comes closer to the present,
strikes a brutal note and gives
way to a gayer tale, "The King
of the Cats" a merry fantasy
having to do with a musician
who not only descended from
the Tybalt in Romeo and
Juliet" but who actually con-
ducts his orchestra with his
tail!
The next contribution is
called "a Story by Angela Poe"
This turns out to be the saga
of a lady who was not merely
an author, but something like
breakfast or chewing gum-an
American institution" The lure
of adventure distinguishes "The
Treasure of Vasco Gomez" and
there is a delightful surprise in
story construction in "The Cur
few Tolls"
The Washington times., 1938-01-22
Eastern Shore
Locale of
Romance

1.-THE Seasons Change" by
Warren Howard, has the Chesa-
peake Bay region for its set
ting. Nothing excites Mr.. War
ren more than "a long lush sum-
mer on the Eastern Shore" un-
less it is a crisp, cold Christ
mas spent in the same locale.
The action centers around
Maple Farm, which has fallen
on evil days. The curtain rises
on Christmas Eve, with the table
set with hamburgers and fried
potatoes while turkey, bought
on credit, waits in the offing.
All is going happily, according
to Yule traditions, when the dis
turbing element arrives in the
person of a summer boarder who
couldn't resist a return visit.
This boarder has Rolls Royce
and considerable mischief under
her Paris coiffure. In no time
she has broken the heart of the
young mistress of Maple Farm
by appropriating her boy friend,
exposed the boy friends mother
as her own family cook and
acted pretty high.handed all the
way around.
This continues indefinitely
while the action switches TO
Palm Beach and California. But
in the end the villainess loses
interest in the boy friend and
clears the way for a blissful
climax. r. D.
"The Seasons Change" a mod
ern romance told By WGrreH
HowGrd. Published By Arcadia
The Washington times., 1938-01-22
Dance Star
Gives Mood
Of Era
By WILLIAM NEWMAN

While every art seeks new
forms of expression, it has been
the good fortune of a dancer to
find one that seems to fit the
present decade. She is Martha
Graham, whose modern tech
nique is as far removed from
the art form our grandmotherS
called the ballet as it is from
the dances of Java and Hindu
stan.
Supported by a group Of
young girls she has trained,
Miss Graham exhibited this new
art last night in the Rialto
Theater before a capacity audi
ence. In their applause it is the
pleasant duty of the reviewer to
join. Whatever this may mean
to the technician it is an excit-
ing and novel experience in ex.
preston for the layman. 1t is as
a new expressive means that it
first reaches him. He reacts i'm
mediately to its capacity to
describe, suggest and elaborate
upon moods and events defined
in the program.
RELIES ON IMAGINATION
Miss Graham, however, is con.
tent to leave most of the details
of the implied program to the
imaginative reactions of her
audience. There is no detailed
verbal description of her pur-
poses. A line or two explains
that American Lyric" is con-
cerned with freedom of as
sembly. Frontier" is an adven-
ture in space and perspective.
celebration" expresses the ex-
citement of anticipation.
The music, according to Miss
Graham'S creed, must serve the
dance. Her dances, created in
dependently, employ music as
an aid to movement and mood.
For each dance the music is
composed after the dance has
been completed. Often it hap
pens that the music is good on
it's own account. Much of it
is of the cacophonouS school
called modern. Some of it really
is modern in that it expresses a
feeling of adventure and of i'm
pending discovery.
STRICTLY AMERICAN
AS for the purely technical
aspects of this new art, they
fall into no established classi.
fication. The results seem to
be perfect body control, en-
ployed to define dramatic or
poetic concepts in terms of vivid
movement. One would say
graceful movement, for it is al
ways that, were that word not
too feeble to be associated with
Miss Graham's personality.
This is an embodiment of en-
thusiasm and of ideals which
should be sympathetic to all Of
us. For Miss Graham protests
that her dance is an American
art treating American themes,
completely divorced from Europe
or Asia in technique and in
spirit.
The Washington times., 1938-01-22
Best Sellers
FICTION

Northwest Passage
Kenneth Roberts Doubleday
The Citadel
A j. Cronin Little
WoOllcott's Second Reader
Alex. Woollcott Viking
The Turning Wheels
Stuart Cloete Houghton
The Rains Came
Louis Bromfield Harpers
Enchanters Nightshade
Ann Bridge Little
NoNFICT1oN
Americas Sixty Families
Ferdinand Lundberg Vanguard
Folklore of Capitalism
T. Arnold Yale
Madame Curie
Eve Cure Doubleday
The Arts
Hendrix w. Van Loon Simon
Of Men and Music
Deems Taylor Simon
This Is My Story
E. Roosevelt Harper
The Washington times., 1938-01-22

Frederick Dvonch, Jeno Sevleu,
Ralph HirSch and William
Bernard, will present works Of
Schubert, GoosenS, Bizet. Bridge
and Tschaikorwsky Thursday
evening in the Georgetown
branch of the Public Library.
The Friday Morning Music
Club will present Mary Howe
and Dorothy Radde Emery,
composer-pianiSts; Flora McGill
Keefer, soprano, and Villa
Semple, pianist, in Barker Hall
at 11:30 a. m.
Miriam Winslow, famous
American dancer, will bring her
group to the National Theater,
Friday afternoon, February 4, at
4:30 in a distinctive program.
Her last appearances here we're
in conjunction with the Ma
tional Symphony's Water Gate
Series.
The Washington times., 1938-01-22

pr e s. 4 d ent OF
Sigma Del t a
K a ppa Inter
collegiate Legal
Fraternity . .
D. C. B ar
w a S h n gton
College Of Law
(LL.B.| a n j
C olu nnbuS U
(LL.B,) a r. c
among his con
q u e S tS
GAO Lod G e,
A F G E, meets
Wednesday al
the H aylo o + I
- -
The Washington times., 1938-01-22
A Wonan's Woman

Civil Service Commissioner Lu-
cille McMillin credits General
Federation of Women'S Clubs and
League of Women Voters for
much legislative progress on be.
half of employees. DR.. John T.
Doyle, first commission secretary,
got a fine hand at that mass meet
ing last Tuesday, all rising to hear
him speak briefly at the end.
And in all, it was the best confab
AFGE has sponsored. "A ma
jority of legislators are reported
in favor of the pending bill to
establish an appeals body for the
service.
News tin winner: "IcOnOcIaBt."
The Washington times., 1938-01-22

Johnny Federal says: my chief
thinks I'm all right now because
someone quoted me as saying he
had 'poise and personality I
hope he never finds out that what
I really said was a poison per.
sonality!'"
The Washington times., 1938-01-22

The Stitely defalcation (1n'
tarior) involved 1874 pay rolls.
1,116 separate Government checks
and totaled exactly $84, $3.50 .03
.. Interior Special Agents Cecil
G.. Miles, r. C. Mccarthy and
Charles Hurley will be called by
Senate Committee.
The Washington times., 1938-01-22

Washington Chapter has been
granted an affiliation certificate
by Association of Non-C Classified
Federal Employees Of America, Inc.
Local leaders are Charles E.
Reed, prexy; M. M. Celler, vice
prexy; Ann Davidson, secretary
Herman Baxley, treasurer: L. F.
Cotter, chairman of privileges and
member committee; F. G. Morri'
son, chairman Of revision Of laws
committee; George Chapple, Lii
lian Brown and Charles w. Mar
COLES, vice chairman, and Au
gusta F. McNair, chairman Of or
der Of business. Representative
Conner Smith. Oklahoma, pledged
his support recently.
The Washington times., 1938-01-22
Speaking of
Government Workers
BY j. EARLE MOSER

The forthcoming cost-study
of a Federal five-day week will
show good reason for. serious
Hill consideration A few
days ago a WPA division head
(who had threatened to fire hoi-
polloi who discussed racing, and
tongue-lashed his secretary for
reading the forms) got a hot
Florida tip The gentleman
(who had posted a summary Of
handicappers averages to show
the turf as a suckers racket)
let the secretary in and they
both cleaned up when the tip
came through Now hoi-
polloi wonder if they can safely
pursue their favorite d e k
hobby :. Library of Congress:
Spy system still working g
smoothly; rumors, gossip and
insinuations forming the basis
of the daily ''books" made up
by personnel office for the high
command.
Holes blast at General Ac-
counting sounded painfully like
the squawks of the early New
Deal spending-craze era
Applause for Sam Pettingill, of
Indiana, exceeded til a t for
'Young James when that re-
cent Forum argument touched
on reorganizing GAO -. Incl
dentally, without discussing
Holes carefree use of a young
fortune for experimental pur-
poses. did anyone ever wonder
why have employe organiza-
tions no foothold in the agency?
n ##
Flash: Nudism invades Ma
tional Park Service Memo
from acting chief within Mis-
cellaneous Unit reads: "a closet
has been provided for all cloth
ing. Your cooperation will
be appreciated"
The Washington times., 1938-01-22
A Rapid Rise, Etc.

Agriculture's new personnel aide
reached the heights after four
years service for Uncle Sam. =.
That's going fast, Johnny Federal
30 year.up-a.blind-alley) opines...
Agriflash: DR.. John M. Buck, BAL,
succeeds DR.. w. E. Cotton, retired,
as superintendent at Beltsville ami
NAL disease station (where T. B.
strikes with regularity Whoops! |!
morning Government commentator
terms Washington "The Nations
seat" in discussing its voting con-
dition, unintentionally CD hitting
pretty close to the mark.
The Washington times., 1938-01-22

Slightly taller than five feet
two, but winSOme enough for
you and you is Mrs. Eliza
beth Wright, General Ac-
counting, who became tn c
bride of OrviIle X. Wright
with the New Year. She's
actually 6S12 inches tall, has
black hair and snappy brown
eyes. Native of Oklahoma,
graduate of Oklahoma u, and
likes to cook. Successful
wifehOOd guaranteed.
The Washington times., 1938-01-22
Neu, Frat Prexy

Richard M. Wood, ono of Pat
ent Offices more popular special
examiner-attorneys, is the new
The Washington times., 1938-01-22

Other speakers: Hiding Schoen,
president, and Harry Deck, organ.
izer . Noticeable: Veterans Ad-
miniStration gladly gave them a
room for the gathering!
The Washington times., 1938-01-22
Loyalty

In the Mail:
"I would like to take exception
to whoever is sending you the
news about Loans and Currency.
They are nothing but a bunch of
sore heads (you will find them in
every office) who are trying to
make trouble for someone whom
they have a grudge against. eS'
pecially some boss who perhaps
is putting up with a great deal
from them. I have been in Loans
and Currency 20 years and find it
run in a very efficient manner.
Each boss whom have had the
pleasure of working with has al
ways upheld its dignity and car
ried out the rules of the higher
ups. There are hundreds in the
department and we all can't be on
top, and by the way I happen to
be one on the bottom, but want
to put in my two cents worth in
behalf of those running the L. q
C.-M. H.
The Washington times., 1938-01-22
Macmillan Is Guest
National Symphony
Gifted Canadian Conductor VIII Present
Ruth Poselt, ViOlinist, Tomorrow
By WILLIAM NEWMAMN

Returning the visit of the National Symphony to Canada
two months ago Sir Ernest Macmillan, conductor of the
Toronto Symphony to Washington tomorrow as guest
conductor He will celebrate his advent by presenting two
chorapreludes Of Bach which he has transcrlbed-ln
Thee Put NV Trust O Lord and in Thee Is joy
The Washington times., 1938-01-22

N, W. to elect officers. Jake"
Hess and other incumbents ex.
pected to be reelected Ma
tional League Of Women Voters
loses its treasurer, Mrs. Robert A..
Taft, Cincinnati, VINO vii, take
the field in behalf Of her huS-
bands senatorial campaign.
The Washington times., 1938-01-22

Official announcement:
published statements that Com
missioner c. E. Smith has resigned
or intends to resign are as mali
ciously untrue as a number Of
other recent reports about affairs
within the Coal Commission.
When word of the published report
reached the Commission headquar-
ters, Commissioner Smith person
ally was reached by telephone in
Florida, where he is recuperating
from a serious illness which con.
fined him to a hospital in Wash
ington for 10 days. Commissioner
Smith authorized the announce
ment that he has not resigned,
does not intend to resign, and will
return to his desk in Washington
shortly.
ut must be as obvious to the
public as it is to members of the
commission that some of the. un-
supported reports that are being
printed anonymously in certain
newspapers are deliberate at
tempts by enemies of the commits,
sion to discredit it and the work
it is accomplishing. While such
stories undoubtedly are inspired
by individuals who want to de
stroy the effectiveness of the com.
mission, the press at least should
go to the proper source for verifi
cation of anonymous tips before
it publishes them as facts. Nc
such proper verification was
sought in this instance. The same
has been true of others"
Socialized Medicine
Medical Society of D. c. dis
cusses "Socialized medicine" to
morrow, 3 p. m. 1718 M st. N. W.
Contribution award: william TeHei
(COLl.
The Washington times., 1938-01-22

George P. Huber
1t is with deepest remorse that
members of Public Roads Lodge,
AFGE, learned of the death Of
George P. Huber, charter member
and former treasurer Deepest
sympathy has been extended by
the group to the bereaved family.
The Washington times., 1938-01-22
George P. Huber

Contribution award: Harold shaffeI
(PAL).
The Washington times., 1938-01-22
Let's Hope So

News tip winner: "Ic'
RAL).