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Evening star., 1938-03-17
Winter Goats Reduced

wool With silver fox imported brown
tweed with Canadian lynx collar black Forsmann fabric
with silver fox Sizes is and TO- Originally $50 to 5000
Pencil Slim Wool Coat silver fox trin size H. Was $50.
1No~ $0E.oO
Coats tan with lynx and black with konsy collars Sizes
16 and SOY. Were 500. $s3.75
Untrmmed Coats in sroocks fabric copper, and green
Size H. Were $45. S33.75
Untrmmed Swagger Coats Shasmoors and Worumbo
fabrics sizes IL to 49, Green gray black and white
mixtures Were $685. Now S2s.s5
Untrimmed Winter Coats in cameshAr and Bagaru fab
RIGS tan, and black Sizes H. 16, 49, Were $35 S2s25
SwaSger and Fitted Goats in tweeds and solid coors Brown
gold gray black rust and sizes IL to 20 Were
WoNENs MISSES COATS THIRD FLOOR
Evening star., 1938-03-17

GIRLS APPAREL, FOURTH FLOOR.
Evening star., 1938-03-17

THE Fooo SHOP. FIFTH Floor.
The Washington times., 1938-08-29
Busy Burglar:
youth SUSPECT
IN IS LARCEN|ES

Thirty-five housebreakings in
which police believe 18-year-old
Ralph S. Mortimer may have had
a part will be considered by the
Grand Jury today when it delVes
into the robbery of the house of
Representative Edward C. Eicher.
1907 Thirty-fifth st. N. w., and
the theft of his car, to which
Mortner has pleaded guilty in po-
lice court.
Mortner was arrested on August
% by Officers G. L. Carter. and
]. w. Groves, of the Tenth pre-
cinct, after a warning had been
broadcast describing him and the
Congressman automobile stolen
on the night of August 81, when
cash and personal effects also
were taken from the Eicher home.
In Police Court today, Mortner
pleaded guilty to breaking into the
Eicher house, taking articles and
the key to Eicher's automobile,
entering the garage and making
off with the car. He waived a pre-
Iiminary hearing, and was held
for the Grand Jury in $4,000
bonds.
The Washington times., 1938-08-29
CornWel Doomed
Suggested for Allen Post

Believing that the citizens OF
Washington should haze a say
in the selection of q successor to
Commissioner George E. Allen,
The Washington Times is pre-
sentinq a series of articles in
tuhich a score of ciDic leaders
haze been giUen the opportunity
of nominating their choice TOR
the rew Commissioner.
Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley today
nominateS j. Leighton Cornweu
for appointment as District Com
missioner to succeed George E. AL
len. Since 1911, when she was
elected president of the Consum
ers League Of the District. Mrs
Wiley has served four years az
president Of the HouSekeepers' AL
lance, and is now its vice preSi
dent.
J. Leighton Cornwell is a ns
tive Washingtonian. He began hi
career as a page in the House oi
Representatives.
Mr.. Cornwell is District member
The Washington times., 1938-08-29
NJ. {. TRIBUTE
Donor of Auditorium
HOnOred by Church

Assembling in a newly renovated
auditorium, more than 700 mem.
bers of the Francis Asbury Method
ist Episcopal Church, South, yes
terday paid tribute to the late
Harry B. Denham, whose gener-
osity made the building possible.
Leading the parishionerS was the
pastor, the Rev. Albert P. Shirley,
who praised the deceased bene-
factor as a "just and good man
whose outstanding trait was plac-
ing the kingdom of God FIRST"
A descendant Of Josiah Bartlett,
signer of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, Mr.. Denham died last
April. He was a retired meat
dealer and vice president Of the
Columbia Building and Loan ASSo-
citation. He served in the church
for 26 years as chairman Of the
board of stewards.
The Washington times., 1938-08-29
DEATH STAY
McAfee's Execution
Off Until NOU. 4

William McAfee, 60-year-old
colored janitor sentenced to die
September 8, was granted a stay
of execution to November 4 by
Justice F. Dickinson Let's in
United States District Court today
to await action on McAfee's appeal
to the Court of Appeals.
The diminutive Major" Nc
Afee was convicted year ago Of
the murder of Mrs. Henrietta B
Anderson, tenant in the apartment
where he was employed as janitol
at 1888 L st. N. w. Witnesses
said he bludgeoned the woman to
death with furnace shaker. Mrs
Anderson was the widow of a
World War veteran and mother oi
two small children.
His appeal charged that ar
alleged confession was forced from
him by miStreatment, and that the
trial court committed technica
errors.
The Washington times., 1938-08-29

when they were l week old.
Not until Saturday did she see
them, when a doctor, nurse, and
a student marched in, each bring
ing doing bundle.
Today the triplets posed for
their first pictures and yawned
casually through most of the
process. AS Washington's first
1888 triplets, the babies were vel
coined by automatic renown when
they arrived at Sibley Hospital.
Leila Mary. only girl in the
group, still outweighed her two
brothers today by registering 4
pounds II ounces. William FoW-
Ter came next with 4 pounds 6
ounces, while Lester Leroy was
third with pounds ounces.
The Kaufman triplets came to
bring their greetings to Mrs.
Knapp one day last week. The
three Kaufmans, Ann, Lillian, and
Hery, were born at Sibley 16 years
ago, June 2. They didn't get to
see the Knapp triplets. but they
asked MES. Knapp to relay their
best wishes. The KaufmanS live
at 1901 T st. N. w.
Mrs. Knapp may return to her
home in Cheverly, Md, at the end
of this week, but the triplets will
probably stay at Sibley until they
are little more robust.
The Washington times., 1938-08-29
GrGtuity Out!
CPO IS DENIED
EXTRA Days PAY

R. N. Elliott, Acting Comptroller
General, ruled today employees OF
the Government Printing Office
who have to work Labor Day are
not entitled to the so-called
"gratuity pay" that is, days
pay in addition to the regular
compensation they will get for
their days labor.
Elliott extended this ruling to
include all other days designated
as holidays by Federal statute OF
Executive Order.
Patterned closely on a ruling
last week denying gratuity pay to
employees of the War Department.
today's decision followed a request
by the Public Printer for a ruling
as to whether workers had the
right to an extra days pay in line
with an act of Congress of June
IL, 1895.
Elliott pointed out the 1895 act
was rendered imperative by a
Joint resolution passed last
June 20.
The Washington times., 1938-08-29
Children Will Stage
NeQro Folk Festival

Several hundred colored chill
dren will participate in a gigantic
folk festival at Dunbar High
Schoo to-day at 4:30 p. m, under
the new educational program Cf
the Community Center Depart
ment Fairgrounds, Mrs. Anna G.
Carroll, director. The festival will
bring to a close the summer activi-
ties in the various Fairgrounds.
The program will include craft
work, modelling, carvings. dances
and music taught on the play
grounds.
Fairgrounds respented in the
festival will include GiddingS.
Morgan, Burrville, Stevens, Shaw.
Deanwood, Cook. Briggs. Garfield.
Lovejoy, Smothers and Young.
The Washington times., 1938-08-29
z YOUNG GIRLS.
STRUCK D 0 " n.
BY AUTOS HERE.
One Seriously Injured;
Other Accidents

Two children were among the
injured as automobile accidents in
the Washington area sent a dozen
to hospitals over the weekend.
Evelyn Lawson. 6, of Ills K St.
N. w., was in a serious condition
in Emergency Hospital today She
was struck by an automobile at
Twelfth and L SITS. N. w. last
night. Nine-year-old Eleanor Hop
kins, of A Longfellow St. N. E.,
was treated for minor injuries and
taken home. Police said the child
stepped from behind a parked ma
chine near her home into the path
of another auto.
MAN BADLY HURT
A colored man injured at Ninth
and R SITS. N. w. remained uni
Identified today at Freedmen's
Hospital.
Police said the accident occurred
when he walked into the path or
a car driven by Gsberl Brisbane,
%, of 14O7 Montello Ave. N E. The
victim suffered possible fracture
of the skull and internal injuries
Three persons were hurt when
an automobile operated by James
N. Bolt, %, of Front Royal, Va,
collided with a street car at SeV-
enth and N Streets Northwest.
Anna Katherine Clark, 3S, of lib
Eleventh st. N. W., a passenger in
Bolts car, was treated at Casualty
Hospital for a possible fracture OF
the skull. and a fracture OF the
jaw.
Bolt and his brother, Cushion
E. Bolt, 30, of Takoma Park. Md,
received minor injuries.
POLICEMAN HURT
Motorcycle Policeman Walter
Kline, 81, received minor injuries
when thrown from his motorcycle
at First and K Streets Northwest
while he was answering a fire call.
Frank Neumeister, Fort Belvoir,
Va; Henry A. Allen, Of the 1900
block of Massachusetts, Ave. N. w.,
and Mrs. George Crocker, Of the
$500 block of Rhode Island Ave.
N. E., were treated at Alexandria
General Hospital after an accident
on the Richmond Highway, mile
south of Alexandria.
Others injured in automobile ac-
cidents were Billy Long, IA, Of 623
Morris Pl. N. E.: Francis Taylor,
%, of 1900 block of Park Rd. N.
W.; Margaret Yunagito, 20, of 1785
Massachusetts, Ave. N. w.; John
Shimf, of Oxon Hill, Md, and
Joseph r. Barrett, of the 1900
block of Thirty-third st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-08-29
HUNTER FEARS
that HIS RIFLE
WAS TO BLAME
Fired Shot to Train His
Gun-Shy Dog

SILVER SPRING, Md, Aug. 90.
An attempt to cure "gun shy"
hunting dog was believed by Mont
gomery county police today to be
the cause of the death Of Milton
Miles, 90, who was found dead Of
gun wound in a field about 300
yards from his farm home near
Fairland, Md. late yesterday.
Early today Paul Stromberg, 80,
also of Fairland. came to the
county police station here and ac-
cording to police, told them he
had been out in a nearby field late
yesterday shooting small rifle in
an effort to break a valuable but
gun shy" hunting dog.
READ OF TRAGEDY
Stromberg, police said, told them
he did not know Of the tragedy
until he read about it in the morn
ing papers. He then hurried to
the station when he realized that
bullet from his gun could pos
sibly have been responsible for the
death of Miles.
Miles body was found crumpled
face down in a turnip patch about
S p. m. yesterday by Herbert and
Russell Dustin, also Of Fairland,
who had come to his home to visit
him. He was rushed to the Mont
gomery County General Hospital
at Sandy Spring, Md, but was
pronounced dead on arrival.
BLED TO DEATH
A bullet from a small caliber
rifle had entered his right chest
and passing through the lung at
an angle it had entered the heart
and shattered a rib in his left
chest. He had bled to death be-
fore being discovered, according
to Drs. Marion Bankhead and H.
H. Hewlett.
While no charges have been
placed against Stromberg, police
said he will be held at the Silver
Spring station until a thorough
check is made of his rifle which
has been placed in the hands Of
ballistic experts.
Miles was unmarried and lived
on the farm with his mother and
a brother, Walter, 80. Another
brother, Fred, IS, operates a ga
rage at Fairland.
The Washington times., 1938-08-29
The Village Smith\
| Is Practical Now

Under the spreading elm
tree in the 600 block of New
York Ave. N. W.-between
elevator and automobile serv.
ice StatiOnS-StandS the shop
of John Ofenstein, successor
to G. Herbert Ofenstein.
practical hOrSeShOer."
"What a chance for a fea-
ture story" muttered q heat
weary reporter as he trOd
over the oats leading into
the city'S only downtown vii
Iage Smithy.
"I'm sorry" said Ofen-
stein, as he flexed his
muscles like iron bands" II
don't want to be interviewed
because I'm writing a book. !"
The reporter had to put
his notes on ice to be sure 1t
wasn't the heat.
The Washington times., 1938-08-29
ST. AIoysius Opens
Garden Fete tonight

With a joyous round of festivi-
ties on the program, the st.
AloySius garden party will open
tonight at North Capitol and I
Streets and continue through
Saturday night. Pie and water
melon-eating contests will feature
the party Tuesday and Wednesday
nights. Thursday evening will be
mardi gras night, and prizes will
be awarded for participants in the
best costumes.
The Rev. John P. Gallagher
S. j., is in charge.
The Washington times., 1938-08-29

now, but it's worth it. People
won't risk bringing their horses
through traffic, so they come and
get me to take me to their
stables. I go if I like the people
or the horses. If I don't like
the people I don't go unless the
horse if suffering"
The Washington times., 1938-08-29
D. i. Y. Aides Plan
Convention Trip

Five members Of the Mrs. Ellen
Spencer Mussey Detached Tent
No. l, Daughters Of the Union Vet
erans of the Civil War, will leave
here Saturday to serve as aides to
the organizations national presi-
dent at the national convention in
Des Moines, Iowa. which opens
Sunday.
The Washington times., 1938-08-29

on the board of directors of the
Government Employees Benefit AS
sociation and represents the De
partment of Justice in Community
Chest and Red Cross drives. He is
chairman of all Federal depart
ments interested in the Police
Boys Club.
The Washington times., 1938-08-29
Woman, 81, Dies
Of Injury In Fall

Catherine Best, "a, Of IL Block
St., Hyattsville, Md, died yester-
day at Casualty Hospital of in
juries received Thursday when
she fell down a flight of stairs at
her home. Physicians said sheI
suffered from fractured ribs and
skull.
The Washington times., 1938-08-29
Mother of Tri pIets
Tells of Parade
Leila Mary Knapp Out1Ueighs Her TUO
Brothers at Sibley Hospital
Rv LUCIA GIDDENS
By LUCIA GIDDENs

ut looked like parade"
Thus Mrs George Knapp only % years DID, today described
her first glimpse of her rpes being brought her bedside
The Washington times., 1938-08-29
HOrse-Sense Philosophy:
! Swiftly VISIONS
DOBBIN'S RETURN
Shoeing Is a Lost Art, Baunlbach
Says, Berating MOdernS
By JAMES j. CULLINANE

With the gentle of veteran marksman, Andrew
Baumbach cured the dust Is feet away from his forge with
curt tobacco shot, shifted his qud and philosophical
"The way figure" said of the Districts last horse
The Washington times., 1938-08-29

wives.
"Now if the bicycle can come
back horses will come back too.
People are good and
sick and tired of those
I'LL! gas eat'n man killing
The Washington times., 1938-08-29

Nov if the bicycle can come
back horses will come back too.
People are good and --
sick and tired of those
-!!! gas eat'n man killing
l"~a -,.,,-z-
It is most unfortunate that
postal regulations prohibit the
publication of Mr.. Baumbach's
view on automobiles. They are
so choicely selected for their SYM
phonic effects that posterity will
be the loser when MI, Baumbach
can no longer spread them.
WHO'LL SHOE EN-?
"Now when horses come back"
amplified Mr.. Baumbach. who's
going to shoe them? Some OF
these - - -
-- who are shoeing them
today? Not on your life. Be-
cause when horses come back
people are going to learn about
horses again. And then they'll
pay some attention to their
shoes"
Baumbach stopped turning the
bellows in the forge in the rear
of his home at 227 L st. N. E
long enough to enlarge his quid,
take a pot shot at fly in the dust
and vent his wrath on modern
horse shoers.
SUNDAY RIDERS
"Look at these Sunday riders
tumbling off horses and saying
the horse tripped. Well, I had
one of those horses that fell in
here a few days ago and took
two inches off his front shoes.
You show me any horse that
can go galloping along with
shoes that big and I'll eat 'em.
"It's murder, that's what it is
when those people put shoes on
horses. I've got a horse now
with front feet so sore it won't
even get up to eat. Bad shoes,
that's all. Got another horse
with corns on her back feet so
bad she can hardly walk. Look
what I'm doing for her"
PRODUCES SHOE
Baumbach produced an intri
cately welded shoe.
"Now look at this thing that
mare was wearing. That's what
the modern horseshoes are doing.
It's Just like taking money with
loaded dice to put that on a
horse. It looks good and it
works easy ard then the horse
can't walk no more"
4O-YEAR VETERAN
Some twoscore years ago Baum
bach started Shoeing horses II
Washington. He learned his trade
In his fathers shop. It cost SIZE
or $1.50 a set for shoes then anc
q good shop turned over $500 6
week.
"Now I'm lucky if a get Is
Jobs q week. It costs 50 q set
The Washington times., 1938-08-29
Washington Times Staff Photo

shoer sis that history always repeats itself The bicycle
came back didn't it? Business doomed didn't it? Now,
you name me who loved bicycle and can
name you million who loved their horses better than their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK.

CHICAGO, Aug. 20 gP.-Hos prices
were nominally steady today on a limited
salable supply. and cattle and sheep prices
Omitted States Department of Agri,
direct; steady. trade on small salahle sup
M sood hosT
SIS; auotable top. 900: some good lights
and medium weight sows. 6.607 80; ship
pers took none; holdover. 500; compared
40 hieher: heavier butchers $3.50 up;
packing sows. 25-4O higher.
Cattle. 100; calves. 100; compared Fri
DAY last week; Strictly good choice and
kisshheer. mostly Is his I than low Time time
this week and last: common, medium and
low good grades steady to p lower; closing
e e:Ss ts na pr asf KINDS IA best s.sss
sfocker and feeder steers, 25 lower: heifers
steady to IS on; cows steady. having re-
ceipts: bulls closed steady. and vealers rs
hlsher; best fed steers; 1875; yeariings.
l2:9o; light steers lib: top steers ave a .
heifers in load lots, 1885 averaaed 300
$50 pounds; odd lots heifers. IL 90; steer
and heifer yearlings: Ills; practical top
sheep, 200. including 200 direct: for
reek ending Friday 1880 directs. Com.
strong to Is. higher; yearlinss also
weeks top, s.65 paid at close for choice
week. s.0O-60. Westerns. $500: sorted
20 per cent and less: medium and good
sses osd Mese1h ewss sss
extreme top on liehtweieht Westerns. 3.75;
bulk range feeding lambs, 7.50-s5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

=, NEW YORK. Aug. 20 R.-Recent
threats OF political disturbances and
rumors Of European currency change,
tsded today-at least temporarily--and
ioreisn exchange operators found little
IN the news to prompt taking positions one
way or the other.
Sterling and the French franc ended
UNCHANGED in terms Of the dollar. The
belea and Swiss franc each gained OF OF
q cent while the guilder declined .O3 Of q
cent.
u. S. gold stores appeared ready for
another addition today when the Federal
Reserve Bank reported 81 .25S.OOO engaged
In England. in addition to So. 500. 900 as
OF previous date in England Total for
the week of Sla.49S. 900 was only a tribe
below last weeks near-record engage
Closing rates follow:
Great Britain in dollars others in cents:
49, =: Canada. Montreal in New York,
80 "a Is: New York in Montreal. lOO.35 u
Belsium: 1886: Czechoslovakia. 345Z;
Denmark. 2l.7y: Finland III France.
2.73 Germany 40.Il; benevolent. 1875:
travel, 22.25: Greece. 30: Hungary. 1885;
Italy. $3.50: Yusoslavia, 2.34; Neither
lands. 81 .6s; Norway. 1882: Poland 1897;
Portugal, 4.43l2: Rumania, rs: Spain
nnnauoted: Sweden. 25.16; Switzerland.
5 s5n: Mexico City. 20.50n: Japan, 2S45:
Hong Kong. 30.55: Shanghai. I7.35; rates
in spot cables unless otherwise indicated.
Nominal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
COTTON DECLINES
AFTER EARLY GAIN
Restricted Trading Laid to
Desire to Wait on News
of A. A. A. Loan.
BY The Associated Press,

~ tne ASSOCl4teo fIeSS.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-Cotton clos
ed slightly lower today, following q
mid-morning bulge. December, which
had advanced from 1884 to $50, closed
at SIS. with final prices to points
net lower.
At the opening effects of easier
Liverpool cables were Offset by little
trade and foreign buying but scattered
offerings soon developed as the wealth.
er over the belt showed generally
fair and warm conditions. Firmness Of
the stock market attracted covering
and commission house buying and
prices sold up to net gains of Q to 13
points during the latter part of the
session. Locals took profits as Deem
Der touched the 81 net level and
prices quickly eased in the final trad
ing.
Restricted trading was again at
tributed to desire to await possible
ity Of . cotton loan announcement.
A. A. A. officials, however, said they did
not know when the loan would be
announced.
Cotton on shipboard awaiting clear
ance at the close of the week, estimat-
ed at FL, 900 bales against $4,000 last
year and 27,000 two years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
TRADING |NBONDS
HITS Low LEVEL
Prices Shift IrreguIarIy in
Narrow Range on Dull
Market.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Aug 20.-Trading in
bonds today dwindled to the lowest
level In three months and prices
shifted irregularly within q narrow
range.
A few rails were offered down a
point or so, cancelling the previous
days gains. But carrier loans gener-
ally were steady. Traders showed a
selective interest in utilities and in
dustrials
Curtailment of trading interest in
bonds since the mid-year rise was
checked two weeks ago has been at
tributed to a more hesitant attitude
on the part of buyers. In view of the
large gains scored on the June July
move traders have been reported as
uncertain on immediate trend pros
poets
Gamers in today's short session in
cluded Illinois Central 4as at 38A, up
7s' Southern Railway Is at 43A4, up
Is; Western, Union SIS of 1860 at 7212,
up q.
Moderately lower were New York
Central 3hs, Baltimore a. Ohio 41as,
International Hydro Electric IS an1
Nickel Plate 4i2s.
U. S. Governments remained an
chored near the previous closing levels
after a small trade. In the foreign
sector some Italian obligations show
ed rallying tendencies following a
sharp break yesterday.
Transactions totaled 81, co., 200, the
smallest since May %, against $2,223,-
500 last Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK. Aug. 90 tP:--Esgs. 1905;
quiet. Mixed colors-Special packs. 24A.
ss,a; standards, 231a; frsts; %: seconds
20i4-214; mediums. 2034; dirties., No. l
1s14-19A; average checks, 1919.
Whites-Resale Of premium marks
35ls-37: Nearby and Midwestern, premium
marks, 32A-35: exchange specials, 2sta-32
Midwestern. exchange standards. 27-2S
Nearby fancy. mediums. 3Oka Nearby
and Western. EXCHANGE mediums. 1890:
preeyses to pullets; 1924 Pacific Coast
33i2-as: standards, 321a-33: mediums
Browns-~Extra fancy, a1,a-3s. Nearb,
and Western. special packs. 81: other
Western standards. -. Nearby, ex.
change mediums IS.
Duck eges-Fancy. e4-o5.
=. Rye spot firm; No. 2, Western c. I. r.
N Y. so.
Barley steady: No. 2, domestic new
c. I. r. N. Y. 53Ls.
Beans steady: marrow. s.OO-s25; pea
iS;dd0e15;- red kidney 4oo-4,25' white
other articles steady and unbalanced
Butter. 1.190.750. steady. Creamery
scorel. 25s4-.6h: firsts (SS-aD, 1926
seconds 'S4-sD 1ala-2oh.
Cheese, 334,746; slow. Prices un'
Live poultry. by freight and expires.
nominal No sales.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
WHEAT FUTURES
TURN DOWNWARD
Late Selling at Chicago
Cancels Early Gains of
Fractions.
BY FRANKLIN MULLIN.


CHICAGO, Aug. 20-Selling broke
out in the wheat pit during the final
hour today and wiped out fractional
price advance. substituting losses of
about cent.
Late selling was a combination of
hedging and profit taking, according
to some pit traders. The technical
reaction was based on an advance of
close to five cents to a bushel since
Tuesdays five-year lows were touched.
A y to lh advance at Liverpool.
liberal export business in Canadian
wheat. and buying credited to export
ers and mills helped lift the market
early in the session but after highs
Of 65ls and ST were reached for Sep
TENDER and December selling in
creased. Prices fell 1as from the highs.
Wheat closed h-7s lower compared
with Fridays finish. Sept. SO "a.
Dec. 657s-66: corn Hs-1 cent down,
Sept. 52A-as: oats 70 off to !. up;
rye 12-3s off; lard unchanged to three
cents lower
Grain range at principal markets
today: