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Social and Personal
. ST. p AUL :

Howell. The next meeting will be
Thursday, February II, at the
home of Miss Cordelia Freeman OF
1888 w. Central Ave.
Young WOmen's Club
The Young Women's Club of ST.
Philips Episcopal Church will meet
today friday at the home of
Mrs. Louis P. Moore of 662 w.
Central Ave.
Musical Given by Pilgrim Choir
Sunday, February 81, the Choir
of Pilgrim Baptist Church, under
the direction of A. v. Hall, will
give a musical at st. James A. M.
E. Church, Dale and W. Central
AYES. The program will be at
twilight, six p. m, and is being
sponsored by the Monogram Cir
Gle. Mrs. Bette. Jones is chair
man.
Mrs. LOrena Griffin Harris Here
Mrs. Lorena Harris of Kalama-
zoo, Michigan, arrived in the City
Sunday, February 6, on account of
the death of her mother, Mrs. Leo
nora B. Cox. Mrs. Harris son,
Jimmie Griffin, student at West
Virginia State, will come as far
as Kalamazoo for the last rites and
interment of his deceased grand
mother, which will be in that city.
Mrs. Frank Wigington Has House
Guest -
Mrs. Frank Wigington of 948 st.
Anthony Ave. has as her house
guest her sister from Omaha, Me-
braska.
Gene Henderson Confined to Bed
Mr.. Eugene Henderson of TOT st.
Anthony Ave-, has been returned
to bed on the advice of his physi-
clans, for several weeks.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-02-11

Little Miss Oralee Johnson cele-
brated her fifth birthday with a
party given by her mother, Mrs.
Eula Johnson, at their home at
318 North Avon Street. &
There were thirteen guests pres
ent.
Little Oralee was the recipient
of many lovely gifts. She entered
Maxfeld school Monday, February
7th.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-02-11
CELEBRATE TWENTY-FIRST
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY I

Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Robinson,
189 Edmund St., celebrated their
21st wedding anniversary Sunday,
February 6. The house was deco
rated with beautiful flowers. Mr..
Robinson is known to many as
Little Willie"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-02-11
SAM MASSENGALE UNDER
GOES EMERGENCY
OPERATION

Sam Massengale, 535 Rondo
St., St. Paul, ill for two weeks, was
rushed to West Side General Hos
pital Feb. where he underwent
an emergency operation for the re-
moval of his appendix.
Mr.. Massengale is the husband
of Mrs. Bessie Massengale, tavern
proprietor.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-02-11

Mrs. Laura Williams, TAT Car
roll Ave, entertained at a six
course dinner Monday evening,
February 7. The table was arts
tically arranged with lighted can
dies and a beautiful bouquet of
lilies-of-t he-valley, tulips and ferns
as a centerpiece. The guests
We're Messrs. and Mesdames A.
Mcfarland, Gamaliel Ferguson,
Arthur McWatt, Bertha Morgan,
Cordellia Smith, and Dewey Jack
son.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-02-11
Bid-Rite Contract Club

The Bid-Rite Contract Club held
its semi-monthly bridge supper
Thursday, February 3, at the home
of yours truly. First club prize
was won by Mrs. John L. Banks,
second by Miss Cordelia Freeman,
and the BOBBY by Mrs. Norman H.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-02-11
GLOOM CHAsERs

The Gloom Chasers Social, Liter
airy and Art Club met February
Bird with Mrs. Earl Sims. 1919 Co
lumbus Ave. w. E. Brown, q
prospective member, visited.
The usual program was present
ed after the business meeting. Re-
freshments were served.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-02-11
VISITING THE SOUTH

Mrs. Cora Adair, 5l22 James
Ave-, left recently to be with her
father and sister, who were seri-
ously i'll in Wann, Oklahoma.
Since their recovery she is re-
newing old acquaintance and visit
ing old friends. 2 s4* s
Before she returns to Minneapo-
lis Mrs, Adair will visit Tulsa,
CoffeyvilIe and Lawrence,
Kans.s Kansas City, No, and, Des
Moines.. 4s
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-02-11
MRS. S. HARPER ILL

Mrs. Sherman Harper, TAI Carr
roll, has been confined at home the
past three weeks, seriously i'll. 4.
Mrs. Harper's younger daugh+
ter, Virgella, observed her ninth
birthday Sunday, January %. On
account of the illness of her mother
the annual birthday party had ito
be cancelled. a
Enjoy the evening of February
% at Minnesota Iowa Club carIii-
val.-Adv. 'a
Evening star., 1938-02-20

subjects which may be borrowed from
the central library at Eighth and K
streets NV. and many of the branches.
On rural America-"Rural Sociol-
ogy," by John M. Gillette; "A Study Of
Rural Society, Its Organization and
Changes" by John H. Kolb and Ed
mund de 8. Drummer; "Small-Town
Stuff" by Albert Blumenthal; "Rufal
Trends in Depression Years." by Ed
mund de s. Drummer; Farmers With
out Land" by Rupert B. Vance; 4
Was 4 Share -Cropper," by Harry H.
Kroll; Hollow Folk" by Mandel Sher-
man and Thomas r. Henry; Nurses
on Horseback" by Ernest Poole:
cabins in the LAUREL" by Mrs. Muriel
Sheppard; II Went to Pit College" by
Harriet w. Gilnllan; "The Rural
Church, Today and Tomorrow pYb-
lished by National Conference on the
Rural Church, and Rebuilding Rural
America" by Mark A. Dawber.
On the Moslem world-'tMecca and
Beyond" by Edward M. Dodd: New
World Of 1slam," by Theodore l..
stoddard; "The New Orient, the Near
East: Legacy of Islam," edited by
Sir Thomas Arnold and Alfred Gull
laume; "Nationalism and Imperialism
In the Hither East" by Hans Kohn:
"Short History Of the Near East" by
william s. Davis; History Of the
Arabs" by Philip X. Hitti; "Moham-
med" by Essad Bey; Meaning of tba
Glorious Koran" an explanatory
translation by Marmaduke Pickthall,
and Christian Literature in Moslem
Lands" published by. the Joint Com.
mittee for the Survey Of Christian Lit
tefature for Noslems. r>-at
Evening star., 1938-02-20
20 to Georgia, but as If We had been

go to Georgia, but as II We had been
there.
Mr.. Lehman yields now and again
the desire to prove his point. at any
cost. He assures us. at one time that
Stain has abolished autocracy from
one-sixth OF the world while, later on,
he tells us that the sudden changing
of building plan" for Tifiis will re-
main the symbol Of system where the
whole direction Of creative activity
can be swung around at word from q
central ONCE"
He finds the suppression Of the first
Communist uprising in Georgia ruth
less and revolving while the Commu-
mist suppression Of the old ruling class
Is merely the inevitable corollary Of
any social revolution.
The author presents his facts, many
of them are very interesting and
thought-provoking. He draws no con-
clusions but ends with an allegorical
dream In which he shows us Prone
theus, symbol of material power. lib
Grated from his age-old imprisonment
and-joining the Communist party
H, C.. L.
Evening star., 1938-02-20

Robert Nathan's "Jonah" ranks high
er than this, for Mr. Nathan allowed
that even a divinely inspired man
Of God might feel the common pangs
Of humanity and suffer from human-
itys besetting absurdity. But there
are many, no doubt, who will find Herr
Werfers austere work entirely to
their taste.
BROOKS TOO BROAD FOR LEAP
ING. BY Flannery Lewis. New
York: The Macmillan Co.
THIS Is the story Of q short period
in the life of a little boy of 7. It
begins with the child's first attendance
at school and carries him on to his
first holidays. 1t is sensitive and beau-
tiful.
There is not much that can be said
OF it beyond that. Mr.. Lewis is try
ing to put down the world Of a child
out Of the wisdom of the adult No
one can reach true success in such
venture, for the very reason that
the world of child is, above ALL in
articulate. The development of that
part OF the brain which makes con-
nected records and interprets them
is the beginning Of adult life. To be
able to recreate a child's world, there
fore. Is not to be able to do it. The
effort necessarily defeats itself
Yet Mr.. Lewis has done fine thing
here. If he has been unable to create
a child's life uninterruptedly, he has
still put in, obviously out of his own
vivid memories. some conversations
and thought processes which are per-
feet. And the book as a whole has
q profoundly moving quality. 1t cap
lures beautifully that sense of per-
manence which belongs to childhood
when 1t is unthinkable that things will
ever be different from the way they
are, and 1t catches. too, the sense of
strangeneSs which comes over the
child when change Is demonstrably
made. 1t is not q work to commend
to seekers after popular reading. but
it ought to delight the lover of the
minor work of literature beautifully
DONE.
LEON BLUM. BY GeofIrey Fraser and
Thadee Natanson. Philadelphia:
j. B. Lippincott Co.
THIS is the biography of the former
premier Of France. the man who
brought about the Popular Front
regime in that country. 1t Is a good
complete record of M. Blum's activities,
certainly, but it is written in a spirit Of
admiration which obviously ap-
proaches hero worship. 1t cannot,
therefore. be recommended as a criti-
cal history.
The authors throughout their mar
rative see their subject as the man Of
the hour in France; they attribute to
his activities the averting of panics
and strikes and dissension with foreign
powers, and, in the same spirit, they
Evening star., 1938-02-20
WEEKS 10 BESf SELLERS IN
OTHER CITIES,
RMtnn.

Boston.
Fiction-"The Citadel" A. ].
Cronin; Northwest Passage"
Kenneth Roberts; The Prodigal
Parents Sinclair Lewis; THE
Nutmeg Tree" Margery Sharp;
The Sword and the Rose" A. w.
Smith.
Non-fiction-"The Importance
OF Living" Lin Yutang; Trans
gressor in the Topics" Negley
Farson; After 1903, What?" Rob-
ert Benchley; "Mamade Curie,"
Eve Curie; Red Star Over
China" Edgar Snow.
Chicago.
Fiction-"The Prodigal Par
ents," THE Citadel" Northwest
Passage" "The Rains. Came"
Louis Bromfield; Imperial City,"
Elmer Rice.
Non-fiction-"The Importance
of Living" "Ihe Folklore Of Cap
italism," Thurman w. Arnold;
Madame Curie," "The Arts"
Hendrix Willem van Loon;
"Transsgressor in the Tropics"
New York.
Fiction-"The CITADEL" 1.-THE
Prodigal Parents" Northwest
Passage" 1.-THE Rains Came"
This Proud Heart" Pearl 8.
Buck.
Non-fiction-''The Importance
Of Living" Madame Curie."
Americas 60 Families" Ferdi-
nand Lundberg; How to Win
Friends and influence People,"
Dale Carnegie: Hell on Ice"
Comdr. Edward Ellsberg.
San Franciscs.
Fiction-"The Citadel, )" North
west Passage" THE Prodieal Par
ents," Winter in April Robert
Nathan; Forever Ulysses" c. P.
Rodocanachi.
Non-fiction-"Red Star Over
China" THE Importance Of Liv-
ing" ''The Tyranny Of Words"
Stuart Chase: 400 Million Gus
TONER'S. Carl Grow; Journalists
Wife, Lillian T. Movrer.
(copyrisht. 1o3sJ
Evening star., 1938-02-20
MYSTERIES,

AVA = - = k]AS1Aos
THE SIMPLE WAY OF POISON. BY
Leslie Ford. New York: Farrar &
RinehArt.
Murder in Georgetown, If you
please! And very entertaining, too.
Can be honestly recommended.
THE SWING MUSIC MURDER. BY
Harlan Reed. New York: E. p.
Dutton Co. +
Murder In q night club, very much
complicated by the jargon talked by
swing musicians. Fair.
THE JUDAS WINDOW. BY Carter
Dickson. New York: william Nor
row.
Murder in room with doors and
windows locked from the inside.
Solved by the intrepid Sir Henry Mer-
rivale. Entertaining.
THE EMBARRASSED MURDERER.
BY Gail stockwell. New York:
Macmillan.
Murder among otherwise nice
people. Solved by rising young
criminologist. Entertaining.
THE PRAYING MANT1s. BY Edgar
johnson. New York: stackpole
Sons.
A murder story with a>character
twist. Not bad.
DEATH SLAMS THE DOOR. BY
Paul Cade. New York: Modern
Age Books.
A mystery involving the worlds
strongest man." Average.
THE MISSING LINK. BY Carolyn
Wells. .Philadelphia: J. B. Lppin-
colt Co.
The indefatigable Miss Wells carries
on, setting her Fleming Stone to solve
two deaths In which . yacht and other
grand properties are involved. Lively
reading.
SEVEN MUST DIE. BY James War;
ner BellAh. New York: d. Apple
TONI Century Co.
Treasure hunt in the romantic
south seas, involving seven deaths and
much romance. Lively reading.
DEATH Is THY NEIGHBoR. BY
Lawrence Dwight Smith. Philadel-
phia: J. B. Lippincott Co.
Murder in a gloomy country house.
Solved by q friend Of the murdered
mans niece. Average, -
MURDER WITHOUT MOTIVE. BY
r.: L. Goldman. New York: Cow
ard McCann.
A tramp Is murdered. In . Midwest
ern city and high characters show
uneasiness. Solved b. q bright re-
porter. y you can imagine that
Evening star., 1938-02-20

knew only where they hoped to go.
They were not even sure that the place
was there.
So. although the story of Magellan
cannot be told without some hiatuses
where records to cover his adventures
do not exist, 1t still makes a fine ro-
mantle tale. His great voyage, Of
course. makes up the chief part of the
book and, as to 1t, Mr.. Zweig's re-
searches have brought out enough to
make q dramatic record. He tells us
how the Spaniards who sailed under
Magellan were jealous of their Portu-
guese admiral and how the three chief
officers Of the feet, each in command
OF ship, decided among themselves
to disregard their commanders orders
as soon as they were safely distant
from their home ports He tells how
Magellan. seasoned in long distance
sailing. took personal command of
equipping and provisioning the ships,
how he tested every plank and rope
and sail, wrangled over costs and
fought conspiracies set afoot to keep
him from setting out. With actually
little personal information to 70 on he
makes the doughty discoverer live with
extraordinary vividness.
The great point of the story is, of
course, the discovery of the strait
which gave Europe its long sought
passage to the East Indies, and here
MI. zweig is particularly brilliant. He
tells us how Magellan in Portugal got
sight OF carefully guarded document,
which wrongly located the strait at
the fortieth parallel south latitude,
fthe author. of the paper having mis-
taken the estuary of the Rio de Ia
Plata for an arm of'the sea. Fully be-
lieving that he had secret informa-
ton which would lead him to the long
dreamed Of "paso." Magellan felt him.
self to be IN 80 strong a position that
ne hesitated not to announce that he
positively knew where the strait was
and could 60 directly thither. Under
this delusion he bullied. prayed, per-
suaded, cajoled and bluffed the min
Sters of the Spanish court until they
were actually afraid to refuse him, and
private and public capital finally bid
against one another in offering to
support his voyage. Then, of course.
when he reached the South American
shore, he found that he had been mis-
taken. There was no ''paso" there.
His information had been false.
1t was at this point. the book brings
out, that Magellan's greatness asserted
itself. for he made no sign of his dis
appointment. Fortunately he had not
told his rebellious captains where he
expected to find the passage; there
fore no one but himself knew of his
mistake. He went on, sailing south
along the Argentine shore, exploring
every bay for the desired opening,
keeping his own counsel. The season
was winter, the seas unknown and the
weather bad. Mutiny broke out, but
ne quelled it. executed or marooned
the leaders and kept on. All this is
told with such skill that, when the
narrative finally reaches the point of
the discovery any reader of sensibility
Evening star., 1938-02-20
Brief Reviews of Books

POETRY.
FANTASY AND FUGUE. BY Marina
Wster. New York: The Mac
milan Co.
Accomplished verse on miscellane-
Gus subjects. Generally worth having.
SIGN OF CAPR1CORNtS. BY Kath-
ryn Worth. New York: Alfred A.
Knopf.
Thoughtful and intelligent verse.
Generally worth having.
THE GREAT HORSE. BY Helen Mar
garet. New York: Farrar & Rine-
hart.
Book length narrative poem about
the advance of the Mormons into the
West. Dignified and worthy.
SOVEREIGN. BY Hazel Zimmerman.
New York: Somerset Publishing Com
pany. Excessively tender stuff about
the romance Of the Duke and Duchess
Of Windsor.
I HEAR AMERICA SINGING. An an
thology Of folk poetry. Collected by
Ruth A. Baynes. Illustrated by Rob-
ert Lawson. Philadelphia: John C..
Winston Company. Pretty good.
CLOSE TO THE SOIL. BY Nellie
s. Richardson. Privately printed.
Homely verses. Superior for the
sort Of thing they are.
POEMS TO MOTHER. BY Meredith
Gray.
Sentimental verses dedicated to
mothers.
Juveniles.
LUCKY LITTLE LENA. BY Marjorie
Flack. New York: The Macmillan
Co.
Story for very young folks. About
. little Dachshund. Pleasant.
THE REBELLION OF LENN1E BAR
LOW. BY Phil stong. New York:
Farrar Il Rinehart. <x
Very homely little story about
youngster In . small town which still
remembers the Civil War. For older
boys and girls and some grown-ups,
too, for that matter.
PETER AND NANCY IN AUSTRIA
LA. BY Mildred Houghton Com
fort. Chicago: Beckley Cardy Co.
More Peter and Nancy adventure
this time in the land Of the kangaroos.
A good instructive book.
THE CHILD's STORY OF THE
NEGRO. BY Jane Dabney shackel-
ford. Illustrated by Lois Mailou
Jones. Warrington: The Associated
Publishers.
A group Of little stories designed to
help children understand the back
ground and character Of the Negro
raos. Well dons.
Evening star., 1938-02-20
WASHINGTON'S BEST
SELLERS FOR WEEK
ENDING FEB. IL.
Fiction.


SNOW WHITE AND THE
SEVEN DWARFS. Disney.
CroSset.
THE CITADEL. Cronin. Little
Brown.
NORTHWEST PASSAGE. Rob-
erts. Doubleday-Doran.
THE NUTMEG TREE. Sharp.
Little-Brown.
THE PROD1GAL PARENTS.
Lewis. Doubleday-Doran.
SLOGUM HOUSE. Sandoz. Lit
tle-Brown.
Nom Fiction.
FOLKLORE OF CAPITALISM.
Arnold. Yale University Press.
THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING.
Yutang. Reynal & Hitchcock.
ONE AMERICAN. Hunt. Simon
e. Schuster.
RED STAR OVER CHINA.
Snow. Random House.
MADAME CURIE. Curie. Dou-
bleday-Doran.
PERSONS IN HIDING. Hoover.
Little-Brown.
Evening star., 1938-02-20
Public Library

MISSIONARY education groups in
A'A Protestant churches throughout
the country are studying Rural
America" and "The Moslem World"
this winter. In the hope Of aiding
study groups in local churches. the
Public Library suggests . selected list
Of books on various aspects Of theee
Evening star., 1938-04-06
Jack Benny Hitch-Hikes.

HOLLYWOOD, April (P,.-Jack
Benny hitch -hiked home early today.
Some one stole the radio comedians
limousine, with red leather cushions,
while he visited friends at Holly
wood apartment last night.
Evening star., 1938-04-06
DISTRICT LOTTERY
BACKED BY GROUP
Lega|ized Sweepstakes Are
Urged by Association in
North Cleveland Park.

A motion supporting legalized Fed
eral ano District lotteries was passed
last night by the North Cleveland
Park Citizens Association.
The proposal was passed after men,
bers had criticized the fact one bill
pending in Congress would legalize
racing in the District. while another
provides for legislation to stamp out
the numbers racket.
John B. Dickman ST., former presi-
dent of the association and a leader
In civic affairs in the District, was
one of those strongly favoring the
resolution.
"We cannot close our eyes to the
fact millions of dollars annually are
going out of this country to the lot
teries in other countries. This loss
in potential revenue could be met by
providing for Nationwide lottery in
this country under sponsorship of the
Government"
New York Bill Cited.
Mr.. Dickman said that a bill was
now pending before the New York
State Legislature to obtain use of the
mails for lottery purposes.
Though proposed in general terms,
the resolution would provide for three
sweepstakes in the District annually,
to be operated in manner similar
to the Irish Hospital Sweepstakes.
No specific description was given of
the proposed Federal lottery.
Copies of the resolution were Or
dered sent to the House District Com
mittee and to the District Commis-
sioners
Sees Greater Revenue.
Some members of the association
declared that If gambling We're to be
iegalized in the District, as would be
the case in horse racing, consider
ably more revenue would be provided
through lotteries than through rae
ing. Mr.. Dickman stated that the
District would collect approximately
$4,000 a day in taxes during the sea-
son a race track was in operation.
In a second resolution the associa-
ton indorsed the action of the Fed
Grafton Of Citizens Associations In
opposing the exemptions of certain
Federal employees in the proposed in
come tax bill for the District.
Evening star., 1938-11-21
Revised Relationship
To Services Seen
For Air Corps
Upward of 100000 May
Be Provided for in
New Program
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Government military experts said
today the Administrations prospec-
tive armament program promises to
upset the established relationship of
air forces to the Army and Navy.
At present, air forces are ranked
officially as auxiliarieS to both
ground troops and the fleets battle
ships and cruisers.
Officers and men of the Army Air
Corps compose only about 2l000 of
the Army's aggregate 177,000 for all
units. Guadrupling the corps, Off
cially suggested Friday as a posi-
bility by Louis johnson, Assistant
Secretary of War, would call for an
air force of upwards of 100000.
Mr.. johnson. key figure in the
administrations resurvey of defense
needs. limited that Mr.. Roosevelt
might ask Congress to authorize an
Army air force of $3.50 first line
planes BY official estimates, these
would require $4,000 or more pilots
and mechanics.
When the first suggestion of null
tiplying American forces was ad-
vanced after the Munich confer
ence. some high ranking officers
privately dubbed it fantastic"
Mr.. Roosevelt indicated its pur-
pose when he announced last week
that national defense has become a
matter of security for the entire
Western Hemisphere against threats
of outside aggression.
From Representative Thomason,
Democrat, of Texas, senior member
of the House Military Committee,
came an indication today that ef-
forts may be made in Congress to
augment other military branches. SO
that they would not be over
ehadowed.
MIR. Thomason said he believed an
Immediate increase of Is, 900 or 20, 900
Army enlisted men was possibility.
to be followed by successive annual
additions.
Gen. Malin Craig chief of staff,
devoted only a paragraph to the Air
Corps in his annual report, pub
lished last week Making deductions
from the war in Spain, he stressed
that infantry alone can win a de-
cision. Each of the other arms is
but an auxiliary
OF the planes being supplied the
Air Corps at the rate of one each
working day, Gen. Craig said they
were the equal, if not superior Of
those of any power. Mr.. Johnson,
on the other hand. said in an address
at Boston that "our supremacy is
threatened in quality as we'll as
numbers
officers pointed out that Gen.
Craig's report was drafted shortly
after the close of the last fiscal year
June 30. Since then, the European
picture has changed in many re-
spects.
Speculation over details Of the new
defense recommendations have re-
volved almost entirely around the
Army. The Navy was given author
ity to increase it's aid and sea forces
in this years billion-dolla fleet ex-
. pansion act.
Evening star., 1938-11-21
| Pastor Rescues
| Sermon Notes
| In Stolen Car
!, III. Associated Press.

MACON, Ga, Nov. 21-Flame
splitting from borrowed pistol, the
Rev. William Worth Williams, pas
tor of Mabel White Baptist Church
here, chased four would-be car
thieves into a ditch at the end OF a
blind street last night.
MY Bible and sermon notes were
in it, and l was due to preach my
evening service" he explained later.
Weekday manager of an insur-
ance agency the pastor had parked
his automobile near the church be-
fore services. A short time later he
found it was gone.
Mr.. Williams said friend offered
to drive him to church. bringing
along his pistol-just in case.
A short distance down the street,
the pastor said, he recognized his
car with four men in. it. He gave
chase, firing until his stolen vehicle
crashed into the ditch.
Il really meant just to frighten