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Evening star., 1938-09-25

IF YOU get lot Of mail or read a
new book now and then, YOU will
/ find paper knife very useful
i article to have around And when
you have some time on your hands
why not try making one? Just fol-
low these simple directions. and pres
to! A new letter opener and page
separator for yourself or Jour mother
and dad
First. draw pattern on heavy
piece of paper. Cut out your pattern
and place it on the top of an old
cigar box or any piece Of wood you
can find about Ia or 3-16 Of an inch
in thickness. Draw the outline of
your pattern with pencil or scratch
it on with knife You can cut
Evening star., 1938-09-25
"HOW MADE SPENDING MONEY"

Junior High School rather proud Of
her. Here's her letter:
Dear Editor:
Most of my spending money I make
by writing I would like to be an
author when I grow up, and think
this is good practice.
Small children, though they are
not aware Of it. give you many oppor-
tunities to earn dollar or so. l make
money by sending in bright sayings
of little children, stories, poems, Jokes
and riddles. Also 1 have gotten free
SUBSCRIPTIONS to several magazines.
My favorite topics are pets, people
and customs of foreign countries and
my own experiences. I write poems
on most anything at all; I have a COL
lection on all the months and holidays
of the year.
MY success is not so sood when 1t
comes to contests, althoI.h did win
a 81 prize once"
Evening star., 1938-09-25

out around the outline with scroll
saw. or if you haven't such an in
strument. the design can be very
easily whitfield out with knife. A
convenient length for the knife. in
cluding the handle, is or 7 inches,
A handle is not necessary, but it
adds greatly to the attractiveness Of
the knife and it is good place to
do little wood carving The best
width for the handle is from hs to =
Of an inch.
Bevel the edges of the blade and
be sure that you work the edges grad
ually down to sharp point for in
serting in envelopes when you use
the knife for a letter opener. The
Evening star., 1938-09-25

full CO n S ! d e ra-
ton.
Fashion shows
are held to dis
play the latest
modes for chill
dren: books and
m a g a Zines pay
special attention
to the idea, and
what is worn by
c hill d celebrities
Is cOpie d the
world over. One
of the largest and
most famous New
York department
Rt ava holl n
Evening star., 1938-09-25
Prefers to Work.

BY working for telegraph company
and serving home-delivered adver-
tising sheet, made enough money to
take a trip to Atlantic City, besides
partly clothing myself. 1 find it more
interesting to earn my spending money
than to ask my parents for it-ELMER
L. LEININGER, rs. OF 712 Fourth
street Sc. Eastern High School.
Evening star., 1938-09-25

want to hurt her. Now I Just stand
her on the handlebars and she stays
right there, Just as happy as can be,
no matter how fast go"
A SKED to list the names OF the
other chickens, Nancy reeled of
II. then stopped ITS hard to keep
their names straight. because some
Of them are so odd" she explained
but can always remember which
ones are which when l see them"
Evening star., 1938-09-25
Trip in
Germany Has
Its Festival
Boy Refugee Tells
OF Contests and
DramaticS.

Stefan Zue,o, uho recently came
to the United States IRON, Germany.
has nrttten a series OF articles on
countries he and his brother utsited
in Europe. This is the fourth OF
series Stefan is rs ana ltUes at
1902 Ogden street NV.
Evening star., 1938-09-25

blades-and has q couple of scars on
her hands to show for it.
But it's q lot Of fun" she said,
"and I'll Just have to be more careful.
This year I hope to put on . bigger
and better show-one in which I can
use . lot of different kinds of char
acterS,"
Evening star., 1938-09-25

him out, but I did it anyway. As
soon as he was out he gave me the
worst smell ever did get-and, boy
did let go!
We got long stick and wired the
trap to it. We pulled him out. and
my brother shot at him, but he was
jumping SO much that my brother
didn't shoot him in the head. We had
to run every now and then because
he would turn on U.s. We worked on
him about an hour before We got
him.
When We got home they made us
take of our clothes. was teased q
lot that day at school. I was afraid
the teacher would send me home, but
she acted like she didn't mind"
Evening star., 1938-09-25
"AN INTERESTING PET

A IL kinds of pets have been listed
= in this column. but 50 far as we
can recall Walter BaumEarner, IL, Of
6l36 Thirtieth street NV. is the first
reader to claim a calf. Walter, an
Alice Deal Junior High School pupil,
has this to say Of his pet
Dear Editor:
When WAS out on the farm last
summer my grandfather bought q
calf from my great-grandmother. We
named it after her. My grandfather
said I could take care Of the calf
for the summer.
First, had to teach her to drink
from a bucket. I had to put my
finger in the milk. then in her mouth.
She soon learned where the milk came
Evening star., 1938-09-25
HELPFUL.

nLD LADY: Where can I catch a
street car, young man."
Young Man: by the handle of the
door Is the best place, lady"
Evening star., 1938-09-25
No Weed ProbIeu

Northern visitor in Georgia: I see
you raise hogs almost exclusively
around here. Do you find that they
pay better than corn and potatoes?
Native: Wal, no! But you see
stranger, hogs don't need no hoeing.
Evening star., 1938-09-25
Puzzles

N the huddle-get the signal-ard
you're of TO . touchdown with this
football crossword puzzle. See II yov
can score perfect answer!
The definitions.
Evening star., 1938-09-25

from, so she stuck her head in the
bucket
In the morning she got seven cups
of milk, mixed with three fistfulls Of
calf meal. She got seven cups Of
plain milk for dinner.
ITO get the bucket from the calf
was quite a job. I had to lift it
slowly. calf-head and all. then sud-
denly drop it out from under her nose
and jump the fence"
"MY HOBBY"
K EEPING tabs on the efforts made
to deliver mail in foreign coun-
tries is the rather unusual hobby of
Nancy X. Long, H.. of 2039 New
Hampshire avenue NV The St.
Pauls Academy student writes as fol-
lows:
Dear Editor:
Il think I have a unique hobby I
send letters to the capital OF each
country. I address these letters to
some fictitious person, but give the
name Of a real street in the city to
which I write.
Always my letters are returned. I
Evening star., 1938-09-25
Hobbies and Activities of Young Residents the Washingt
Junior Page Letter Box
Five Successful Entries Chosen
In Weekly Contest.

write these letters for the purpose
Of getting the cancellation and the
methods used In trying to locate the
parties to whom they are addressed,
also to determine the length OF time
it requires for the letters to be re-
turned to me. I keep = record Of
the date on which each letter is mailed
and the date 1t is returned.
Il hnd this . very interesting
hobby"
Evening star., 1938-09-25

l. Mother.
3. To kick q football.
S. Toward.
g. Cunning.
8. A Southern State (abbr).
10. Autumn sport.
IL. Either.
13. Behold
IA. Football field.
18. Year tabbrD.
19. To scatter seed
20. Electrical engineer (abbr.).
%. A kind Of football kick.
"a. Indefinite.
DOWN.
/. Greek letter.
2. An insect
3. Game played on horses,
4. Roman garment.
6. Regretful
7. Yukon Territory (abbr,).
9. Permit.
10. Mist.
II. Longitude (abbr).
Is. Angered.
Is, Exists.
II. 10 trOllc.
81 Period of time.
%. Upon.
4
Here's a snappy word chain. Re-
member to change only one letter at .
time, forming real word with each
change.
Change FOOT to BALL In fvs
moves.
Change GOAL to POST In four
moves.
3
There's material for little thought.
as well as for a football. in this word
diamond The second line is bone
in the chest. the third means kingly,
the fifth is cooked in an oven and
the sixth is a cover. Complete the
fiano0n/
Evening star., 1938-09-25
my MOST EXCITING
ADVENTURE"

ne e1ploSlOn OF a dig gas tank is
described by Mary Kathryn
Wright, IL. Of 416 Tenth street Sc,
in this brief post card message:
Dear Editor:
While I was living in Newport
News, Va, huge gas tank down the
street from us exploded with a ter
rihc boom. 1t was about | o'clock
in the morning and we were all asleep
MY mother jumped up real quick
and whole lot of glass fell down
on her pillow, right where her head
had lain.
THE people who lived upstairs
came running down in their bare
feet. They wanted to 60 outside in
the snow and cold, but we had two
rooms which did not have the windows
broken out, SO we invited them in
After we got over our scare we made
coffee and stayed up all the rest Of
the night talking"
"HOW 1 MADE SPENDING MONEY"
WRITING is the method that Bar
bara Scott, IA, has chosen to earn
spending money, and to prove it she
sends in an exceptionally written
letter. Well, Barbara, who lives at
206 Hill road, Silver Spring, Md,
picks up 81 in spending money right
here, and that ought to make her
English teacher at Montgomery Hills
Evening star., 1938-09-25
Cuddles and Tuckie
BY
FRANCES ROYSTER WILLIAMS.

TUDDLES loves her dollies, but
There's one she loves the best
Her name is little Raggy Tag;
She's older than the rest.
Evening star., 1938-09-25
p IG S K I N

Now for a timely picture puzzle.
Can you guess these football words?
Evening star., 1938-09-25
BY STEFAN ZWEIG.

. ERMANY One of the great
advantages of the German
7 school system is that stu
. dents remain together. in the
Evening star., 1938-07-28
CLAIRE TREVOR LEAVES
ON WEDDING JOURNEY
Screen Actress, Married to Radio
Show Producer, to Honeymoon
In Honolulu.

III aOnOlulu.
Fy the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD. July 28.-Blond
Claire Trevor Of the screen and Clark
Andrews, radio show producer. sail
today for Honolulu on a month-lone
honeymoon.
A special detail Of Beverly Hills
police was kept busy last night han
ding the crowd Of fans outside All
Saints Episcopal Church as Miss
Trevor became the bride Of the man
she met during a radio engagement
several months ago.
Bishop E. V. Shayler OF Nebraska
performed the ceremony. Among the
bridesmaids were Actresses Phyllis
Brooks, Inez Courtney and Lynn Bari.
Miss Trevor, whose real name is
Claire Wemlinger is native of New
York City. 1t is her first marriage.
Evening star., 1938-07-28
HARLAN WARNED
OF NEW VIOLENCE
Prosecutor Sees BIoodshed
if AcquittaI Is Given in
Conspiracy Trial:
BY the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
LONDON, KY. July 2s.-Govern-
ment counsel told the Harlan anti
labor conspiracy trial jurors a verdict
of acquittal would be their course IF
you want to see more blood spilled in
Harlan County,
Asking for the conviction of 80 in
dividuals and II coal companies
charged with conspiring to deprive
Harland County miners of Wagner Act
rights, Assistant United States Attor-
ney General Welly K Hopkins recon-
mended acquittal if the jury wanted
to see bloodshed. ito see perjury run
rampant. to allow the oppression Of
the man who works with his hands
y"
Mr.. Hopkins presented the closing
argument for the Government in an
eight-hour address yesterday.
Defense Plea Today.
The defense summation was expect
ed today with seven speakers taking
part in the plea for acquittal.
Mr.. Hopkins told the jury "the facts
are too brutal and too many" and
likened conditions for coal operators
to the biblical feast of Belshazzar. He
portrayed the operators as "feasting on
the results of the labor they employed"
"As in the Bible story, the revelry
has gone too far and I ask you to
return verdict telling Harlan County
that God hath numbered thy king
dom and brought 1t to an end Thou
art weighed in the balance, and art
found wanting" he said.
Former Sheriff Denounced.
Former Sheriff Theodore Middleton
3 defendant, was, Hopkins said, "a
willing tool for the operators in ac-
tivities against miners unioniza ton.
The operators were able to exert
pressure on the high sheriff and he was
a willing tool" the Government attor-
ney said. This high sheriff was also a
coal operator. And his wife. the wife
OF Pearl Bassham. operator of the
Harlan Wallins Coal Co., and the wife
OF the (former) county Judge morris
Saylor) operated company store
Il don't know how Middleton's wife
was able to go into business, but he
(MiddletonD certainly must have done
the bidding OF his masters we'll"
Evening star., 1938-07-28
Sale of 40 Tons
OF Old Papers
Brings Protest
By the Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA. July 2s.-The
Historical Society Of Pennsylvania has
protested to the Federal Government
today against the sale of 40 tons Of
century-old Government records from
the customs house.
The Government got $2l5 for the
documents as waste paper, but the So
ciety contends that the records. dating
back to 1905, are of great value his
torically.
Customs house officials said Federal
archivists declared the papers WORTH
less, but Julian P. Boyd. librarian of
the historical society, declared his
torians should have been permitted to
check them.
Harry Golen, president Of the COM
pany that bought the records, said he
had many offers from art dealers and
stamp collectors but had discontinued
sales until he and an assistant a Still
dent Of documents and STAMPS. had
classified them.
Among the waste paper" were a
ships manifest signed by the author
Bret Harte In 1885 when he was
United States Consul in GLASGOW. and
muster rolls of privateers sent out of
Philadelphia to prey on English ships
during the War of 1912.
Evening star., 1938-07-28

And 1t Il also unusually effective
for treatment of athletes Foot"
Then too, DRI-SOX is revolution
ary in its ease of application. Being
neither sticky salve or mussy To-
ton. its effectiveness does not depend
on constant fuss and bother. Put it in
your shoe, not on your foot! You SIM
ply apply DRI-SOX to the interior
of your shoes at bedtime, according to
directions in the package. That's all
A few applications Of DRI-SOx!
will amaze you. Your shoes and your
feet will feel grand! And you'll rid
yourself of the constant discomfort
caused by sweat-soaked stockings and
shoes. Get DRI-SOx today. Use it
tonight. Your druggist has DRI-SOX.
Your money back If not satisfied
Adv
Evening star., 1938-07-28
End the Annoyance Of Sweaty Feet
With New Scientific Discovery

Now modern science has good news
for people who suffer the discomforts
OF feet that perspire excessively. Due
to an amazing new discovery, there's
no need to silently bear the unpleas-
antness Of wearing sweat-dampened
stockings in soggy, sodden shoes.
For now, thanks to revolutionary
DRI-SOx, excessive foot perspira-
tion can be checked and you can en-
JOY the pleasant cleanliness of dry
shoes and stockings.
Because DRI-SOX is basically new
and unique in its action and results,
1t arrests excessive perspiration in an
utterly new way-a way that has
given proven results in thousands Of
cases. Definite results show that
DRI-SOX has been effective for over
s79o Of the people who have used it!
Evening star., 1938-07-28
ST 100000 PIER FIRE
is LAID TO ARSONIST
Vancouver Officials Mystifed by
Rapid Spread of Blaze
as Probe Is Begun.

BY the Associated Press.
VANCOUVER. British Columbia.
July 28-Oficials hinted today that
the spectacular 81 100000 fire which
destroyed Pier D of the Canadian Pa
ciflc Railway Co. and injured seven
persons yesterday, may have been the
work Of an arsonist.
Officials OF the railroad company
said the blaze was discovered making
rapid headway under the lower deck
Of the extreme north end OF the pier
They said there was nothing between
the lower deck and flooring except
piling and that they could find no log
ical explanation for the blaze.
Five firemen were among those
injured.
The fire threatened the entire VAN
couver water front for time
Company officials estimated the
damage to the pier at $500,000 and
other losses at an equal amount.
Evening star., 1938-07-28

Paraguay has placed license tax
on foreign travelling statesmen.
Evening star., 1938-07-28
SIS PER CENT OF GOLD
CONTROLLED BY u. S.
Treasury Has 371 ,43s, ,26s Ounces
of the Precious Metal in
Its Vaults,

approximately S. per cent OF the
worlds estimated monetary gold
stocks now are held in the United
States Treasury. it was disclosed today.
The Treasury has 7l.438.268
ounces of gold. with value of $l3.-
600, ,339, 400. The holdings reached this
figure after purchase Of $2,822 900
in gold on July 25.
About $1,000 100000 of the gold is
in underground vaults at Fort Knox
KY, and the remainder in various
Treasury mints and assay ofices.
Since January 81, 1894, when the
dollar was devalued. the Government
has been paying $35 fine ounce for
gold Stocks rose sharply in 1886
and most Of 1887 as a result of heavy
movements of gold from Europe be-
cause Of war scares.
Evening star., 1938-07-28
'AIRPLANE DOPE USED
TO TREAT ARTHRITIS
Substituted for Plaster Of Paris
in Making Casts in New
Treatment of Disease.

1reHCmeUC Oh disease.
BY the Associated Press.
A new method Of treating arthristis
by substituting "airplane dope" for
plaster OF Paris in making casts to
support the legs Of afflicted patients
was reported today by DR.. Robert J.
Evening star., 1938-07-28
'Thunderbird Bundle Brings
Too Much Rain for Indians
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
The rainnaking "thunderbird bum
die" Of the Gros Ventre Indians Of
North Dakota has worked so well that
one Indian wishes the white man
would take 1t back
Foolish Bear and Drags Wolf. repre-
senting the water buster clan of the
Gros Ventres, asked Indian Commis-
sioner John Collier last January to
help them get back the long-lost
Sacred bundle which legend says
assures good crops and abundant
rains.
They located it in a New York Mu-
scum and swapped buffalo horn for
it.
Rains followed it's return. So much
rain-complained Scott H. Peters, a
Evening star., 1938-07-28

Chippewa employe Of the Indian Serv-
ice at Milwaukee-that much de-
struction has been done"
He asked Commissioner Collier to-
day to persuade the water busters to
return the bundle to the museum land
let the white man control the
weather"
Evening star., 1938-07-28

WASHINGTON CoCA.CoLA BoTTLING WORKS. INC
400 sW WASHINGTON D. c.
Evening star., 1938-07-28
JOPLIN of the Harvard Medical School.

joplin of the Harvard Medical School.
The dope" Is synthetic resin Or
dinarily used to make . solid, water
proof covering for the canvas on air.
plane wings.
The new type Of cast weighs only
about one-tenth as much as one made
Of plaster OF Paris, DR.. Joplin wrote
in the Journal of Bone and Joint Sur
gerry and in Modern Medicine He said
it is much stronger and allows more
normal movement OF the legs.
Evening star., 1938-07-28
Unit to Hear Jackson,

oh4b W xACd1 JdChSUus
Gardner Jackson Of the American
Civil Liberties Union will speak on
the Wagner Act and civil liberties at
the regular meeting Of Agriculture
Local, No. 2, U. F. w. A., in room 1899
south building, Department of Agri-
culture, at 8 o'clock toniyht.
Evening star., 1938-07-28
Twin Students Excel.

Chinese twins Yu Chun Hsi and Yu
Ho Shi. In the same class at Cam
bridge University in England, passed
their examinations with high marks.
Evening star., 1938-01-22
ANOTHER FleESlDE CHAT"

office would check the OF Roosevelt for State
The inference that Mayor La Gudrdia
uno to make similar deal NTH the New Deal
York. accepting their
then, help in electng figures
Frank Taylor pointed
out that in ue1o OF the leaders state
less The President then abandoned them both
ueeE before election Drote his letter
Big Jim often President
that he has right feel
so often failed to coincide with
irrtated "
Big Jim is saying nothing about
Just the same He occupies himself much with his
Tor ne takes pride In its bsnesike
York
attempting national policy For
faithful useful ally he has
(Copyrieht
Evening star., 1938-01-22
MISS ANDRUS NAMED

Miss Dorothy Andrus yesterday was
named by the Commissioners to serve
as acting assistant superintendent of
the National Training School for Girls.
She has been serving in the occupa-
tional therapy division of the school.
Miss Andrus takes the place of Mrs.
Margaret Corridor. head matron OF
the District Jail, who was assigned as
acting assistant superintendent Of the
girls institution, following the dis
missal of DR.. Carrie Weaver Smith. as
superintendent. last November. The
acting superintendent Is DR.. James
Lewald. who Is head Of the District
Training Schol for Feeble Minded, at
Laurel, Md.
Evening star., 1938-01-22
We, the People
Assigning Some Of Air Routes to Military FLYER,
Advocated as Good Cost ''Yardstick."
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

UR1NG the hreemonth February 49, 1894 when
the Army carried the airma. four lives
flights and administrative ocial perished
as passenger in Of these
At the time the contracts had been can.
ceed BY the Post once erect
power It argued that expe.
rence to ny the mail the mountains
seemed to have bghted promising
responsible
week commercial aviation ereat
american clipper exploded of Samoa killing the
pilot Capt Muck oiled into
peak in the Rockies killing eight = Of two since
the crash Of last October which killed of three
commercial aviation were lost bv
the Army In the the mails In addition
lives ' -e A"''o
aviation policy Why
naual aaors engaged tactical practice operations normal
'ndnt out that the loss carrying the
1naH PROOF OF tncompeency hen commercial
1he safety record OF commercial aviation
ing OF
pilots machines provde an abso-
guarantee thdt the
dt both military commercial
and do not dlDays dDoid disaster.
Ihat commercial aviation and pilots
1o oe the chief justification
companies
ground for machines
pilots thus turning the whole national upside down. So far
Is concerns postal service the circle
York Seattle considerably
some kind OF postal govern
en would seem to be in order speed Of delivery
an arrangement with Joint
erauon OF Northern air route
ana tnn there Is the question
operate our Army and Navy
be prudent to assign am routes tn
aircraft adjunct training and as good vardck"
e st problems and services Of the
De
pcy toward aviation both defense and as
facility for the swift people and correspond
ehe over ne great distance Of this country ours
oopsfisht 1885, Register and Tribune
Evening star., 1938-01-22

piled that small business Is every
thing below big business.
BY that reply Mr. Roosevelt saved
himself from the embarrassment and
futility that beset any person who
tries too make exact distinctions in
this field. When William Jennings
Bryan used to assail big business, he
Of course, was put to the necessity OF
definition. What is big business? Pom
dering on that and trying to reach
mathematical answer, Mr.. Bryan
dwelt in percentages.
The Democratic National Convention
Of 1908. which Mr.. Bryan dominated,
and which gave him a third NOM
ination for the presidency, made big
business, trusts" the paramount is
sue-"paramount issue" was a Bryan
phrase. The 1908 platform defined
monopoly as any concern that had
so per cent of the business in its field
That attempt at exact definition was
partly responsible for Mr.. Bryan's
disastrous defeat. 1t was too easy for
critics to ask why concern having
40 per cent Of the business should
be virtuous. while one having so per
cent should be hailed into criminal
court. And everybody could point to
concerns having over so per cent Of
the business against which no COM
plant could be made. They could
point likewise to concerns which had
less than so per cent but which prac-
ticed odious rapacity.
Attempting draw the line between
small business and big has always
baff1ed politicians, legislators and
economists. The present social sc.
curity law draws the line between
businesses employing less than eight
persons and businesses employing more
This is a closer approximation to
exactness than Mr.. Bryan's effort to
put it on basis Of percentages, vet
this. too. falls short Of being a salts
factory classification.
Nevertheless, everybody knows there
Is distinction between small business
and big. Everybody knows that that
distinction Is strong in the American
political conscience. Everybody knows
there is difference between the pub
lie attitude toward big business and
its attitude toward small Everybody
knows that small business and big
business have different relations to
politics and to the public interest
This subject-big business, monopoly,
competition-is one about which, ap-
parently, We are to have much dis
cussion. Possibly there might be ad-
vance toward clarity of thinking II