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The Washington times., 1938-02-25
D, A. R. PLANS BANQUET

The Daughters of the American
Revolution will hold banquet in
the continental room of the Ward.
man. Park Hotel next Tuesday
night. Mrs. George Middleton is
chairman of the committee on ar
rangementS,
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
Spring Coats .

Select topper, swagger or fitted model
of all wool or part wool fleece or suede.
The colors are beige, light blue, royal, navy
and roseberry. Sizes for misses IL to 20,
for women 38 to A.
Man tailored suits that bring out rich
bankers grey, pearl grey, oxford grey,
navy and light grey. The fabrics are
hard finished worsteds and they're all
lined. Plain or sport backs.
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
Money All Gone

Assistant United States Attor.
ney General Brien Mcmahon
limited that any money the sur
viving MusicaS may have taken
from McKeSson & Robbins has
been spent.
THE MuSicas' ill-gotten gains
are mostly gone," said Nc
Mahon.
He said CoSter engaged heavily
in the Illicit alcohol traffic up to
the day he died.
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
MAP
FRAUD REPORT
BY ARTHUR HACHTEN

G.N.S) The special Senate
committee that policed the Novem-
ber 8 elections for fraud and cor
ruption met today behind closed
doors to draft its report.
In view of the sharp statements
issued by the committee during
the campaign, expectations were
that the report would sizzle with
recommendations for legislation to
guard against misuse of Federal
relief and other funds for the pro-
motion of political campaigns.
With speculation rife that Presi-
dent Roosevelt will nominate
WPA Administrator Harry L. Hop
kins as Secretary of Commerce
to succeed Daniel C. Roper, whose
resignation becomes effective Fri
day midnight, the findings of the
committee were keenly antici-
pated
It was thought possible in Sen
ate circles that the report would
furnish the basis for a terrific
onslaught at the next session Of
Congress to revamp the Federal
relief system.
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
PAY DAY
WPA Checks DratUn
For I3,E7 Here

That proverbial little bit Of
money" for Christmas probably
will be forthcoming to persons on
the rolls of the Works Progress
Administration here, it was re-
Vealed at the District Building to-
day.
Otto Cass, deputy administrator
in charge of the District WPA, an
nounced the Budget Bureau had
been submitted payroll of
$284,954 for the 1917 persons on
the rolls, and that the Treasury
Department probably can dis
tribute the checks before the end
of the week.
The checks will be in payment
for the two weeks ending Decem-
Der 25, Christmas Day. Usually
the pay is given after the end Of
the tWo-Week periods.
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
Food and Fuel Rushed
To 40 on Isolated Isldnd
.ew Radio Reports
Reveal COlOniStS
Are Still Alive

PARIS, Dec. 21.-Fears were
calmed today that 40 marooned
colonistS on bleak, lonely St.
Paul's Island-the cursed" colony
of the Indian Ocean-are dead.
Having re-eStablished radio COM
munication with the three-mile
strip of rock 5000 miles from the
nearest land. authorities learned
earlier reports of immediate dan
ger" meant the band is running
out Of coal and food.
COLD EVEN IN SUMMER
Even though it is now the be-
ginning of summer below the equa-
tor, st. Paul's Island is so close to
the Antarctic ice-Shelf that bitter
weather prevails at most times.
A French WarShip at the closest
naval base. Saigon, French Indo-
China. is speeding to the island
and preparations are under way to
ship coal from Madagascar, 5000
miles away.
The colonistS consist Of five
married couples and the crew Of
The Washington times., 1938-12-21

also have been indicted for larceny
and forgery by District Attorney
Thomas E. Dewey, Of New York
county.
Interrogation of Simon, Federal
agents said, added emphasis to
rumors Of Coster'S dealing in
munitions. They revealed that
Simon disclosed that a person who
until recently was a top ranking
figure in the New Deal admins
tration had been lined up to put
pressure on the State Department
to get legitimate permits for ship
ment of munitions to China.
The agents stressed that the
New Deal figure was not aware
that his name was being used.
Simon also disclosed, they said,
that two of the largest private
banking firms in the world were
going to finance tie purchase of
rifles.
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
GUARD SPURNED
BY LAGUARD|A

NEW YORK, E~c. II Q.N4S0.
Brushing aside the idea Of an en-
larged police guard. Mayor La
Guardia indicated today he would
neither prosecute nor intercede
for James F. Hagan. former WPA
worker, who knocked him down
on city hall steps yesterday with
a blow on the right cheekbone.
Hagan passed a quiet night in
Bellevue Hospital where doctors
say he suffers from a form OF
paranoia. He is charged with Sus-
picion of simple assault.
I'm able to take care Of my
SELF" said LaGuardia, dismissing
offers of more guards.
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
clio PROPOSES
MORE LIBERAL
WAGNER Law
Lewis Gives Notice of
Plan Counter to AFL

UN.S) Hard on the heels Of
an American Federation of Labor
announcement, that it would de-
mand revamping of the Wagner
Labor Relations act, John L.
Lewis and the CIO came forward
today with a counter-proposal to
broaden the already far-reaching
law.
Lewis announced that item No.
1 on the CLOS legislative pro-
gram for the new Congress will
be bill to compel corporations
doing business with the Federal
Government to comply with the
Wagner act.
PRESSMAN EXPLAINS
But Lee Pressman, CIO counsel,
explained the proposed legisla-
ton to be more sweeping than
that. He said:
This measure will force large
corporations such as Bethle-
hem Steel, Electric Boat and
Douglas Aircraft and many
others now profiting from fat
Government contracts to obey
the law, and will apply to any
loan, subsidy, license or pur-
chase of gold and silver by the
Federal Government"
This was interpreted to mean
a corporation obtaining a loan
from the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation would be brought un-
der the Wagner Act whether other
wise within jurisdiction of the
law. AS to gold and silver pur-
chases, even the miners would
thus be drawn into the scope of
the law.
AFL ASKS NLRB CURB
Meanwhile AFL President Will
liam Green made public a legisla-
tive program for the next Congress
containing proposals for two vital
changes in the Wagner Act.
Green said his organization had
virtually completed drafts Of
amendments which would strip
the National Labor Relations
Board of it's power to determine
what constitutes an appropriate
bargaining unit, and curtail its
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
Be Worthy, Hitler
Tells Nazis Abroad

BERLIN, Dec. 21.-A Christmas
message to Germans abroad, call
ing upon them to do their duty
during the New Year in order to
prove worthy of Chancellor Adolf
Hitler, was broadcast by Ernst
Wilhelm Bohle, chief of the Nazi
party's foreign department. The
message thanked Nazi party Off
cials abroad for "coordinating Ger
mans abroad with those Of the
Reich"
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
Coster Aide Expected to Tell ALP
About McKeSSon Trading in Arms
|Racketeer' Linked
In Plans TO Aid
Chinese

Continued from Page II
penned a four-page note before
ending his life with a gun at his
home in Fairfield, Conn, last Fri
day.
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
Labor League Role
In 40 Race Opposed

QN.S) Southern members of
Congress now in the Capital op-
pose John L. Lewis proposal to
have Labor's Non-Partisan League
take an active part in the presi-
Dental nomination at the 1910
Democratic National Convention.
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
HitCh-Hiker Admits
Staying Motorist

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Dec. 81
GN.SJ.-Chauncey Miller, %, of
Struthers, Ohio, today confessed
he murdered Henry Fitch. promi-
nent Struthers citizen, october 18
and left the body in Fitch's car
near the police station.
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
China Arms InUOlUed

Arthur, George and Robert
Musica are being held in default
of 100000 bail each for giving
false information to the Securities
and Exchange Commission. They
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
DIVORCES SET j:
new RECORD IN
UNITED STATES
Marriage Rate Up, Too,
After Depression Low

CHICAGO. Dec. 81 G.N.S0.-At
a rate exceeding that of the roar
ing twenties." American divorce
mills have now reached the most
rapid pace in history.
Statistics gathered at the Uni
versity of Chicago showed today
that the 1887 divorce rate-1 93
per 1000 population-was the
highest Of record Only a hall
dozen States reported decreases.
MORE MARRIAGES. TOO
The marriage rate also showed
an increase, reaching a rate OF
11.96 per 1000 population. Dur
ing the depression, the marriage
rate fell to 1856 per 1000 in 1882
and divorces also we're fewer in
the years of economic stress.
THE rise in the divorce rate
which took place in the last five
years was more than four times
as rapid as the increase in the
similar period before the previ-
ous high of 1929" DR.. Samuel
A. Stouffer stated.
His statistics showed that, in
the last II years, the divorce rate
has increased so per cent in the
United States as whole, includ-
ing a 400 per cent increase In
Nevada.
Reno, New, is a favorite refuge
for those pursuing "eaSy"
divorces under Nevada law.
LOW POINT IN 1882
The pre-depression high point
for divorces was 1.66 per 1000
population in 1929. The low of
recent years for divorces was
1.29 per 1000 in 1882. BY 1885,
the divorce rate had reached Ill
per 1000 population, surprising
the pre-depression high. In 1886,
divorces again increased.
The national averages which
the educators assigned to the
country were based on divorce
reports from 16 States, considered
typical of the rest Of the nation.
Marriage averages were based on
reports from % States.
Maryland led all States included
in marriage increase, but the pro,
fessor commented that he had
taken into consideration its
figures are "swelled by outof-State
marriages at Elkton, its famous
Gretna Green, which made profit
able use of its proximity to Phila,
delphia. New York and Wash
ington."
CURB ON IN MARYLAND
Recent legislation which en-.
forces a 48-hour notice of inten-
ton to marry in Maryland has
curbed the ElktOn marriage
mill" considerably.
The second largest percentage
gain in divorces among the re
porting States came from Michi
gan, where the rate was "a per
1000 population in 1887.
Michigan is only about IA per
cent greater in population than
Massachusetts, yet granted 800 per
cent more divorces.
Vermont, South Dakota and
New Hampshire, among the re
porting States, granted fewest di'
vorces. In proportion to popula'
ton, South Dakota and New Eng.
land States were the lowest.
The Washington times., 1938-12-21

the trawler lie Bourbon. which
sent out the S o s. They were
sent to the tiny spot Of land to
catch the Holsters which abound
on the rocks. There is no vege-
tation.
The women, among them a
blonde artist, Colette Mouradian,
were reported in the latest wire
less message to be SquabblinG
among themselves No reason vas
given.
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
Sale Of 0|dsmobiIes
Near AII-Time Record

NEW YORK. Dec. 81 GN.SO.
Oldsmobile dealers sold 5,007 new
cars in the first 10 days Of De
cember, the second largest sales
on record for that period and 81
per cent ahead of the like period
in 1887, C. L. McCuen, general
manager Of the company revealed
today.
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
M6Mi4S7r
&EINIES

with Sunday Issue rs The Washington
Herald Times
Editorial and Business Phones
Republic 1884
Entered at the Post office, Washington
D. c.. a. S6c0nd-eIGSs natl matter
Eleanor Patterson Editor and Publisher
A, G Nswmyer. Associate Publisher
and General Manager
c. 3. Porter Treasurer
n. W. Flynn Managing EditoI
RATES By CARRIER IN WASHING.
The Washington times., 1938-12-21

RATES BY CARRIER IN WASHING
TON. D. c.. AND SUBURBS
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
Brothers Grilled

Although contents Of the note
were withheld, 1t was understood
to contain references to those who
aided Coster in illegal attempts to
make the drug firm more prosper
GUS.
To get at the bottom Of the
scandal, investigators for Federal,
State and county agencies are pro
ceeding along various avenues.
Three brothers Of arch-swindler
Musica, all of whom we're aSSoci-
ated under assumed names with
him in the drug concern, are being
grilled. So also are directors and
other officials Of McKesSon &
Robbins.
Twenty-one-year-old Richard
Mitman fell into the net Of Fed
eral agents at Philadelphia. He
was held in $4,000 bail on the
possibility that he might be in.
volved in the Inspected munition
activities of the MuSicaS.
Evening star., 1938-10-23
Missouri
Continued From First Page.

the Senate in the present campaign,
the Kansas City Star is expected to
get back of Senator Clark's candidacy
for the Democratic presidential elec-
ton when the time is ripe.
Missouri Is already Clark conscious
in big way. That he will have the
support of the Missouri delegation for
the presidential election two years
hence goes without saying. Whether
he will go into the Democratic Ma
tional Convention with a big bloc Of
delegates is another matter Kansas,
MiSsouri's next door neighbor, the
leaders of the Democratic organiza-
tion are looking to the White House
for a hint, and since Senator Clark
has been in the White House black
book, they are not inclined to support
the Senator for the presidential nom-
ination. Senator Clark has an inti-
mate connection with Iowa Democrats,
for his wife is daughter of late Will
bur Marsh of Waterloo, treasurer of
the Democratic National Committee
in 1916 and 1920. He has strong
friends in Oklahoma and Texas, too.
Indeed, he is reported to be the choice
of Vice President Garner.
But whether or not Senator Clark
has big bloc of delegates at his back
when the convention opens, the Mis-
souri, Democrats are planning to 20
down the line for him. They will do
their best to roll up big vote for him
in the coming senatorial election, to
impress the country. Judging from
the vote cast in the primary, this will
not be especially difficult. The total
Evening star., 1938-10-23
b IRA WOLFERT.

NEW YORK, Oct. % (NANA).-
This is story that corpulent people
who don't want to be like that should
cut out and paste on the dining room
wall
1t is evolved from an interview with
DR.. Boris Sokolof1. author of the re-
Gently published book. Middle Age
Is What You M1ke It." and physiolo-
gist doing research work at Columbia
University. He has just completed.
with DR.. Walter H. Eddy, professor
of physiological chemistry at Teach
ers' College, Columbia University, and
a specialist in the dimly explored
field Of vitamins. a series of expert
ments on the chemistry of obesity.
Being a compendium Of research
findings in various parts Of the United
States, it answers the questions OF
why some people add weight on a diet
that keeps other people normal and
how to eat your way to a reasonable
silhouette without impairing your
health.
DR.. Sokoloff speaking:
The reasons why a majority of
people are too heavy are complex. but
can be simplified for the layman.
Overweight is symptom of two
things: First, the low functioning
Of the endocrine system, which means
the array Of internal glands secreting
into the blood stream and governing
the career and destiny Of the food We
eat: Second. change in the water
content Of the body, meaning gener-
ally that the fat body retains more
water than it should.
Sugar, Prime Fuel.
Now then, an indirect cause Of en-
docrine insufficiency' would be the
carbohydrates we eat, the starches
and sugars. The carbohydrates are
the best foods We eat, sugar being, OF
course, a prime fuel. We are all in
clined to overdo them But that
wouldn't be bad except in combination
with vitamin deficiency. Too much
carbohydrates and too little vitamins
means that the carbohydrates often
Evening star., 1938-10-23
Health Broken by War Crisis,
Benes Recuperates in Britain,

His intimates said he would rest at
an English countryside retreat for sew
eral months with . possible trip to
Switzerland If he found the British
winter too rigorous.
Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovak Minister
to London, said the health of the
former President was rather badly
broken" and pleaded that his privacy
be strictly respected"
Masaryk said that Benes' visit had
no political significance whatsoever.
Even his whereabouts was a closely
guarded secret. Only by complete
isolation, it was said, could he battle
against the drain on his strength
which he felt as early as mid-July-
long before the crisis which ended in
his resignation.
He had made other, frequent visits
to England for the diplomatic and
scholarly pursuits in which he always
delighted. His first was In 1905 when
he came to London to study English
and the lives Of English statesmen,
living in = modest boarding house on .
small scholarship.
Evening star., 1938-10-23
BY the Associated Press,

LONDON, Oct pa tragic figure,
former President Eduard Benes Of
Czechoslovakia stepped from an air.
liner here today, his Is years OF illus
trious craftsmanship all but nullified.
He was on his way, ultimately, to
the United States to lecture at the
University of Chicago But first he
must ment his broken health.
Nervous, depressed and sick, Benes
made dramatic flight into voluntary
exile from the nation he helped forge
and which, on the eve of its goth an
niversary he watched pay Adolf Hit
ler's price for Europe's peace.
The man who was known as "Eu-
ropes smartest little statesman" came
unheralded and alone except for his
wife and secretaries. He already had
landed at Croydon Airdrome before
his countrymen learned he had left
carved-up Czechoslovakia.
All he sought was peace, rest and
forgetfulness after his months of vain
struggle to save Central Europe's DEM
ocratio bastion from advancing Nazi.
ism.
Evening star., 1938-10-23

vote case in the Democratic end of
the primary was about 775,000 as COM
pared to 22l 900. by the Republicans.
Senator Clark himself polled 574.526
votes, and his nearest competitor Mr..
Davis. a New Deal Democrat. received
92,946. Mr.. Caulfield's total vote in
the primary was 1882.
May Get Some G. o. P. Votes.
Senator Clark may receive some Re.
publican votes because of his strong
fight in the Senate against the Presi-
dents court and reorganization bills,
At one time it was suggested that the
Republicans should join with the Dem
ocrats Of Missouri in ind6rsing Sena-
tor Clark for reelection. But this
coalition idea was abandoned The
Republicans put forward the best can
didate they could find, for Mr.. Caul-
field is highly regarded and made an
excellent Governor. He was elected
in 1928 and served until 1888.
Senator Clark is spoken of here as
a possible compromise" candidate for
the presidential nomination. If he is
nominated in 1910 it will not be q
compromise for the New Dealers-it
will be retreat on their part. He ran
in the primary, and he is running now
on the fiat assertion that he will be no
mans rubber stamp" In other
words, he Is reasserting that he will
use his own judgment on administra-
ton legislative proposals when they
come before the Senate. If the Presi-
dent renews his fight to pass the reor-
ganization bill, he will find Senator
Clark in the trenches fighting against
him, for example.
Although Senator Clarks victory is
regarded as certain in the senatorial
contest, the Senator is out beating the
Evening star., 1938-10-23
SOCIAL SECURITY
HELDENDANGERED
State Heads Charge Federal
Board Is Exceeding Its
Authority.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
The Social Security Board received
warning from State officials yester.
day that "infringements upon the ad-
ministrative authority Of the States
endanger the entire structure Of
Federal-State cooperation"
The note of caution was in q resolu.
tion adopted by $50 State officiab who
administer the Federal-State unem-
ployment insurance program They
accused the board of exceeding its
powers in fixing standards for eligibil-
ity for grants under the jointly oper.
ated jobless aid program
The conference delegates also asked
that the Federal unemployment serv-
ice be taken from the Labor Depart-
ment and placed under the Social Sc
curity Board. Chairman Arthur ].
Altmeyer of the board had recon-
mended. in an address to the confer
ence, unification Of job finding and
jobless insurance programs
The Advisory Council on Social Sc
curity was discussing. meanwhile, pos
sible recommendation for changes in
the Federal old-age insurance pro-
gram. The council took no action,
however.
Chairman J. Douglas Brown said
the group considered a number OF the
old-age pension proposals being placed
before voters in several States this
year. He said it had not attempted
to pass judgment on any Of the pro-
posals, however.
Mr. Brown said the council probably
would meet again next month before
deciding on recommendations for re-
vision of the security law.
Evening star., 1938-10-23
Supper Planned by Church.

The Brookville CMd) Methodist
Protestant Church will hold a chicken
and country ham supper November
and 8 in Orndorff Memorial Hall.
Evening star., 1938-10-23

variety to satisfy anybody with a
normal love-a love that is not passion
for food, IT Is strain upon the
body. This strain can be lessened by
the use of the various vitamin extracts
which are accessible and on the market.
These have no caloric value and act as
protection to the body, as catalysts
only.
"As matter Of fact, I take them all
the time, even though I am not on
reducing diet, because 1 feel it is
impossible to get vitamins in res
taurant- cooked food in New York"
Copyright. 1888. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1938-10-23

bushes every day. campaigning from
one end Of the State to the other.
When he speaks, he frequently talks
for an hour and half or even two
hours, discussing all the questions OF
the day. He has been on the hustings
for weeks and months this year, first
in the primary campaign. If the Mis-
souri, Democrats do not know his po-
litical and governmental principles and
policies it is not his fault. In the pri-
mary Senator Clark carried every one
of the ia counties In the State and
st. Louis city.
Caulfield Realizes Odds.
Mr.. Caulfield also is making an ac-
tive campaign, although he realizes
the odds against him are very great.
The main hope of the Republicans lies
in stirring up the rural vote, since the
farmers are resentful over the low
prices and the allotment programs for
corn, wheat, etc. When Missouri was
redistricted by the Democrats not so
very long ago, the Democrats took all
the Republican counties it could find
and put them in one congressional
district, the seventh. While this has
made it difficult for Republicans to
carry other districts. it has made it
considerably easier for them to retain
this one district.
When st. Louis shifted violently
over to the Democratic side. real
chances for Republican House seats
in Missouri vanished There are three
districts wholly within the city and
one, the 18th, which takes in st. Louis
County and a part of the city. 1t is
the last that the Republicans believe
they may have chance to carry this
year.
The Republicans are doing their
best to stir up interest in their cause
among the voters. They lack, how
ever, organization, leadership and
money. A couple Of weeks ago for