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The Washington times., 1938-07-16
ARMAMENTS
Being MASSED,
ALL IS TENSE
London Told of
Troop Movements

BERLIN, July 16 IN.S.).
Mobilization of Czechoslo-
vakian troops has begun over
a wide area along the Czech
German frontier, the official
German news agency reported
in a dispatch from Walden
burg, Silesia, today.
The report caused wild ex-
citement in Berlin.
Many parts of the border, the
reports said. are "overcrowded"
with troops. An entire new regi.
ment occupied the town of Brau-
nau, the agency declared.
SUDETENS ALARMED
Horses and wagons throughout
the borders areas were comman-
deered, the dispatch declared. Su-
deten Germans throughout Cze-
choslovakia were reported great
ly alarmed" over developments.
sudeten Germans complained
that the troop movements were
interfering with harvesting of
their crops; the area affected ex-
tends for 100 miles along the from.
tier between Bohemia and Silesia.
TROOPS IN STREETS
LONDON, July 16 G.N.SJ.
Czechoslovakian troops have be.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
Major BoWes Loses
Finqertip in DooI

NEW YORK. July 16 G.N.S).
Major Edward Bowes, nationally
known Snowman, will leave a hos
pital Monday, minus the tip of
the third finger on his left hand.
BoweS' finger was crushed when
a cabin door on his yacht closed
on it as the yacht tossed and
rolled in storm. The finger tip
was removed at Doctors Hospital.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16

Warden Eager, who appealed to
Governor Stanford for National
Guard aid, declared:
If help is not rushed half the
prisoners will be gone soon.
Even the bloodhounds are weary
of futile chaSes."
OVercrowded conditions, which
made it necessary for prisoners to
sleep outside ''Ne prison walls, and
inSufflciel .. funds with which to
hire adequate guards were given
as the main reason for the many
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
IS Projects Given
9 Million Fund

N.N.S.) Public Works Ad-
miniStratiOn aIIOtments shot
above $500, 900, 900 today with
grants of $8,899,705 for IS
non Federal projects, of
which New York city got a
big share.
New York city grants were:
$4,794,75O for continuation
of the East Side elevated
highway; $1,37O,35O for four
schools; $187 ,29O for pier con.
StructiOn.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
Long in Duties

This announcement was made
in Yosemite National Park in
confirmation of Washington dis
patches by International News
Service that Andrews was the
man. Andrews has had wide
experience in the labor field. He
was assistant commissioner of
labor under Mr.. Roosevelt as
governor of New York, and Gov.
Herbert H. Lehman made him
commissioner of labor.
Final determination of this ap-
pointment removed one of the
greatest headaches the President
has had since the bill was passed
in the closing days of the last
session.
The South, for reasons peculi-
arly its own, has been agitating
for a Federal administrator who
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
RooseveIt's Cruise
Next on Program
President Heads for San Diego and End
Of Overland Journey
BY GEORGE R. HOLMES

En- route with President Roosevelt in California July 16
NS)-Defney encouraged by the signs he of
prosperity nearly $500 miles of train travel Pres
dent Roosevelt neaed the end of his journey
today apparently satisfied to embark upon months cruise
and leave Washington to do the administration under
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
Cough|in TO Build
Grammar School

DETROIT, July 16 Q.N.SO
Father Charles E. Coughlin today
rushed preparations for a Shrine
Of the Little Flower Parish gram
mar school 20 supplement his
school program.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
Treasury Condition

GN.S) Treasury balance July
IA, $2,031, ,166, ,93S.42; internal rev.
enue, $6,223,S56.70: customs re-
ceipts. $9,574,297.55; receipts, $780,
157,734; expenditures. $419,966,-
759,
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
SUMMER
COTTAGE
Rented First Dqy

WOODLAND BEACH-For rent, cot
taEe on water: cleo: accommodates 8
people. Inq. Dixon's Store or AD 0502.
This Slime ad brought many
calls and was rented immediate
ly for Mrs. Ethel Bruder,
through Herald and Times
classified columns. If you have
property to rent or sell-tell it
to 3 out of 4 families in Wash
ington, D. c.. through these
two great papers where your
message reaches both a morn
ing and evening audience at
ONE low price.
PATTERSON NEWSPAPERS"
The Washington times., 1938-07-16

the Iatest New Deal legislation.
One of the Presidents last Of
ficial acts was to announce the
appointment of Elmer Andrews,
of New York, to be Federal ad-
ministrator of the wage-hour
law.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
HUGHES COMING.
TOCAP|TAL FOR
FLYING MEDAL
Pilot and Hepburn
disappear"

NEW YORK. July 16 G.N.S)
Seeking rest and privacy-anc
perhaps a quiet rendezvous with
K a thar in Hepburn-Howard
Hughes today was away from the
hurly-burly Of the wild ovation
which acclaimed him as the No
flying hero of America.
The sy, lanky round-the-world
record-breaker was reported to
have flown to a secluded spot near
isolated Montauk Point on the
tip of ong Island, in his private
amphibian plane.
Hepburn Missing
At the same time red-haired
Katharine Hepburn was said to
have left her town house-her
destination likewise a mystery.
Sherman Fairchild, airplane
manufacturer, Of Lloyds Neck,
L. l., where Hughes was believed
to have gone, said that the million
aire Texas flier had not spent the
night with him.
'He said he was going to
Montauk Point where he had re.
ceived an invitation from some
one he new very WELL" Fair
child said.
Hughes was beWildered by New
York's tremendous acclaim yester-
day, which, to his self-effacing ma
ture, was more unnerving than
any hazard Of the air. He left his
four companions at a hotel off
Central Park. to make their own
weekend plans.
Notice of Awdrd
In his absence, notice of an out.
standing aviation award as we'll as
congratulatory messages arrived
today at the Drake Hotel, where
Hughes maintains a suite.
In Washington, the Army and
Navy Union announced it would
award its ace pilots medal to
Hughes. The medal is given an.
nually to the pilot performing the
years most noteworthy achieve
ment. Richard Merrill, who made
the round-trip flight to England
in 1897, was the first pilot to re-
ceive the medal.
Secretary of State Hull expressed
the hope today he would be able
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The Washington times., 1938-07-16
THE HERALD AND TINES

Is the only newspaper or
ganizatiOn in the Nations
Capital which offers q com
pIete "a hour around the.
clock coverage Of news, pic
lures and features.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
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The Washington times., 1938-07-16

Fair tonight ;
q n d Sunday;
little change in
ts m p . rature;
gentle southerIy
winds,
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
IN MODERN TONGUE
WinSOme Tale
Of Petra and
Her ShddOW

when you are nine and look
only eight, an hour is an awfully
long time" Thus does Alice
Blackburn DUNCAN capture the
child's point Of view for her new
and very engaging story book
called This Is Petra"
It's all about a little orphan
girl and her shadow. The little
girl had dangling braids and
pipestem legs and so did her
shadow in the beginning. Be-
fore long however, she and the
shadow are sporting black curls
and party dresses and going
over garden walls and visiting
strange places much to the de-
light of the childish heart.
So winsome is Petra's shadow
and so skillful in discovering
ways out Of Petra's difficulties
that Petra finds not one but
two homes in which to grow up.
How she makes her choice
brings this winsome tale to its
close.
"This Is PetrG," q book for
little girls By Alice Blackburn
DUNCAN. Published By Ltpptn'
c0ft
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
Very Confidential

Folk Who mail or phone
"neWs tips" about Govern
ntent affairs or conditions
are frequently awarded free
theGter tickets. Their names,
of course, are kept highly
confidential, and thus it is
advisable for those 1Dith
juicy information to adopt
a "pet name" for identiticG-
tion in case they 1Uin a ticket.
General items about "tolks
in the office" may also Din,
and often 1DardS are made
merely as a oood.WtH gesture
from The Times.
(PAL) beside your name
or "pen name" entities you
to call at this desk for t10o
passes to Locus Palace, 1otD
shouting 1.-THE HURRI.
CANE" Those Utth (CAPJ
can head for the Capitol,
aDhtch presents "THE BAD
M AN OF BIRTHSTONE"
tOtth Wallace Beery and Vir.
gtrtd Bruce, plus Jack La
Rue and Vince Barnett on
the stage. (COL) means
ttOo passes to see MyrnG 10y.
FrGnchot Tone and RoSnlt7Id
RuSSeu IN "MAN.PROOF"
at the Columbia.
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
A Suggestion

From 100 to $50 Washing.
tOn-bred girls live, year in
and year out, under the hair
graying influence of job fear.
They are specially skilled as
plate printers assistants, are
needed vitally within Bureau
of Engraving and Printing.
Yet, because of the appOr-
tiOnment law, they must exc
out their days with the hand
tO-mouth existence of the
Government Temporary"
These girls (or rather
they're mostly middle-aged
women now were given per-
manent jobs under Executive
Order originally, but hit the
pavement in the general lay
off of 1922 at Engraving and
Printing. Since then they've
passed Civil Service tests, but
because of "appOrtiOnment"
must defer to inexperience
from elsewhere. Yet, because
of their known ability, peri
Odic needs of the Bureau
have brought them back for
an indefinite tenure almost
every year since rs. AppOr.
tiOnment wouldn't be seri-
Ously hurt if another E. o.
evolved to correct this in
equity, for these folk have
proved their wOrth-and
that's what is meant by the
MERIT SYSTEM.
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
French AS
1t Is Spoken

Pauline de Brodes who began
her education in Washington
and finished it in Paris has just
completed her second book on
conversational French. A name
has not been selected for this
volume as yet but it is to be
published in the near future by
the Oxford University Press.
Her first text book to be pre-
sented by her publishers is en-
titled de l'Esprit" it is
considered in the high schools
and colleges where it has heen
put into use as a boon to those
who are attempting to acquaint
Americans with the feel Of the
language as well as its academic
Interpretation.
Miss de Brodes attended
George Washington University
until she was taken Ill. After
several years she sought further
education at Columbia Univer.
sity and then went to the Sor.
bonne. Working on research
in France under a Fellowship
from the French Ministry Of
Education she gathered the
material for her first volume.
Now back in Washington again
where she spends a great deal
Of her time at Community Cen.
ter classes and in other direc'
tions Of an educational nature
she is preparing for third book
to be written as soon as the
second Is given to the book
stands. +. U.
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
Around the Triangle

DR.. David j. Price, Bureau Of
Chemistry and Soils chemical
chief, reports that during '37 one
in every IS school buildings in
the country suffered fire. Pub
lie Roads Lodge, AFGE, meets in
Room 1899, South Building, Thurs
day. According to Assistant Ad-
ministrator Howard Gray, PWA
still has considerable construction
to do though the bulk of its pro-
gram is completed. i. The Govern
ment will shortly begin selling
helium for "non-military" pur-
poses Mrs. Franklin D. Roose-
velt is among those contributing
advice to consumers in AAA'S cur
rent Consumers Guide.
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
Morley Dresses Old Love
Story In Modern Garb

giving Troy the works because
Helen was red-headed. It is told
in modern tongue and in up-to-
date locale. Like Shakespeare
done in modern dress.
The catch in the situation is,
however, that Mr.. Morley is a
serious writer. So, if the reader
gets over the shock of finding
a serious writer delving into
some pretty ribald situations
and tongue in cheek dialogues,
to say nothing of some pretty
broad humor, a good reader will
begin to question.
TOLD IN A WAY
It's probably a good. thing
from the point of view Of Mr..
Morley and his publishers that
the book does raise a question.
AS a matter of fact, it won't
hurt the reader a bit. 1t might
even make him have a good
time. A rather rare thing in
these days, what with volumes
on politics, war, what to eat,
what not to eat, and how to
answer every question.
Just an old love story told in
a new way, which is a good idea
all around. F. S.
"The Trojan Horse" BY
Christopher Morley, published
By Lippincott.
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
Jackson Day Ball

Katherine Friant, daughter of
Julian Friant, Agriculture Secre-
tary Wallace's special assistant, is
assisting Chairman P. H. Perry
Cooper. in arranging for the Jack
son Day Ball tonight (Raleigh.
10-2) which is being sponsored
by the combined Young Demo
cratic Clubs of the District to fol-
low the big Jackson Day Dinner
at the Mayflower Cooper is
president of the National Capital
Young Democratic Club and an
official in AAA'S Soil Conservation
unit Also aiding are Evelyn
Adams, Interior Sparkplug; Fran
els A. Wagner, PWA; Harold
Blanton, PWA; William ]. Nc
Guire, Agriculture; Zack Lyons,
AAA; Clyde Muryman, Agricul-
ture, and Jack Serafin, AAA.
News Tip Prize: Ray" (COL).
The Washington times., 1938-01-08

The Finnish University Cho-
rus, visiting this country under
auspices of the intercollegiate
Musical Council, will be heard
in Constitution Hall on Sunday
afternoon, January 16. Their
conductor is Martti Turunen
and their honorary sponsor, Jan
Sibelius. They will be heard at
many American universities and
in the principal .ities. Their
program, limited to Finnish COM
posers, will represent Sibelius,
Genetz, Gripenberg, Haapalai.
men, Jarnefelt, Kajanus, Kuula,
Linnala, Maasalo, Madetoja,
Merikanto, Palmgren, Tornudd,
and Turunen.
CIGNA IN RECITAL
Gina Cigna, French-Italian
soprano of the Metropolitan
Opera, comes to Constitution
Hall Tuesday evening, January
18, for song recital. She has
arranged for this her first
Washington appearance a pro-
gram representing Gluck, Du.
rante, Pergolesi, Duparc, RaveI,
Faure, Gretchaninoff, Rach.
maninoff, Cimara, Respighi and
Verdi.
Under direction of Lucille
Wentworth Robin Hood" will
be presented at the Roosevelt
High School on Tuesday eve
ming. Nina Norman will sing
the role Of Maid Marian. Ray
Baine has been assigned the
title role. Richard Hill will be
Guy Of Osborne, Edmund
Veitch, the sheriff; Harry Yeide,
Scarlet Melville Veitch, Little
John.
Trudi Schoop's interesting and
stimulating comic ballet will add
Washington to an itinerary en-
bracing rs American cities Fri
day afternoon at the National
Theater at 4:30 o'clock. Her
novelty this season is a satire
entitled "All for Love-"
Nine. Olga Samaroff Stokow-
ski, one of the most famous of
native pianists, will lecture on
'"The Place of Music in the Lay
mans Life" Wednesday after.
noon at 4:30 o'clock at the home
Of Mrs. Joseph Letter. She has
been a leader in the nationwide
movement concerned with the
musical education of the lay.
man. Following her lecture
Nine. Samaroff's protege and
pupil, Rosalind Tureck, will be
heard in recital.
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
Speaking of
Government Workers
T
Bv J. EARLE MOSER

Pubic Printer Augustus E. Gegengack plus number of
beadv-eved individuals operating out of Ninth Street will
without doubt interested learn that group within Gov
eminent Printing Office inaugurated numbers racket
f its own Cenered in Binderes and Offset Sections (thrd
sixth floor the syndicate allows employees to play one of
the three daily numbers eight to odds wn and you
can't play over 25 It's very popular and the take
is large . The fun will when somebody fails to pay off,
or the inevitable argument arises.
One numbers taer in PWA is losing his trade 1t seems
that this man recently up 25cent bet on certain
number 1T was hit which should have made the clerk who
placed the bet $50 richer less commission for the numbers
apr On the next day the booke to the office late
with the mounfu story that he had forgotten to place the
bet-and a suit!
In GAO is girl who has won $500 by hitting the numbers
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
ELinOr MOrdGEInt's
AutObiOgrQphy Due

The Greystone Press an
nounces that on January 81 it
will publish "Sinahsda," the
autobiography Of the English
novelist, Elinor Mordaunt. Mrs.
Mordaunt has spent a good part
of her life travelling in out-of.
the-way parts Of the world. 1t
was while she was living among
the Trobriands that she received
the title "Sinabada," which
means '1ady.king."
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
Sniffles and Smokes

Because the Packard Garage
leating system is inadequate, en-
,loyes of Census unemployment
abulation estimate so per cent
here suffer continual colds Big
hots allow themselves a fag or
igar in their cubbyholes, but
ank-and-file must await recess"
morning and evening" before
aking a smoke Note: This
moking ban in 1929-30 caused an
Iverage of 200 clerks to spend
most of the day hiding in alley
Ways away from the temporary
Census Building, extremely dam
Lging the efficiency of the last
population census.
News Tip Prize Today: El.Vee-W
lPAL).
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
FLUENT STYLE

The volume not only covers
painting, sculpture and archi.
lecture, but the progress Of the
triumphs in pottery, metalcraft,
miniatures and enamels.
Mr.. Cheney, who is already
well known for his other presen.
tations of various art subjects,
writes in an entertaining and
fluent style and presents his be-
liefs with due regard to the mod.
ern acceptance Of his subjects,
as well as with due cognizance
of the older schools Of critical
appreciation. F. S.
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
Jam Firm in Jam

General Accounting has allowed
Fithdrawal of a bid by an Oregon
irm, wherein the firm quoted by
rror a price of 16 cents each for
~ cans of preserved jam, when
,ther bids ranged from 81 to 95
Ients per can The jam was for
he U. S. troops stationed at Tient-
in, China General Land Office
lodge, AFGE, elects Tuesday at
E:35, Division D. Being social
minded, or something, UFWA's D.
:. organizing committee will hold
| dancing refreshments entertain
nent party tonight, 532 Seven
ieenth ST. N. W., and will repeat
hereafter every Saturday.
News Tin Prize: W.P.J. (CAP).
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
"Memoy of Youth"

Simon q. SchuSter VIII con-
clude their 1887 publication
hedule with Memory Of
Youth" by the Swedish novel
ist Wilhelm Moberg. Although
Mr.. Moberg's works have ap-
peared in eight languages, his
new book will mark the first ap-
pearance Ia English.
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
Farm, Study Out

A study of the changes in out
standing farm mortgage loans of
leading lending agencies from 1880
to 1887, and of the growth in their
acquired farm holdings, has been
made by Bureau of Agricultural
Economics. Author Of the report
Is Norman ]. Wall.
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
Union Meeting

Local 262, NFFE, will hold its
egular monthly meeting in Room
i04, ITO Fourteenth St. N. W., on
Monday 8 p. m. This is the an
,ual meeting of the Credit Union
md all members are urged to be
resent.
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
Might Ask FBI

Now, vets are peeved over the
announcement for the student
fingerprint classifier test, which
substitutes "These age limits (25)
will not be waived in any case"
for the usual phrase, These age
limits do not apply to persons
entitled to veterans preference"
|. Instead of maligning Civil
Service only, however, the vets
might do we'll to find out WHO
asked Civil Service to make the
change. (The fingerprint open
ings will be within Federal Bureau
og InvestigationD
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
He Probably Didn't

Wonder if Mr.. Biggers counted
those two young men employed on
the top floor of the FCA building
13th and E, N. W., who spend
most of their time looking down
on Pennsylvania Avenue traffic,
as unemployed" or "unemploy-
ah1eo"
The Washington times., 1938-01-08

Questions on Page ~

/. Horse front first; COW stern
first. 2. Giraffe can't make a
sound. The duck quacks, but
the drake (male' is silent. 8.
No. he sucks it. 4, Humming
bird. Ostrich. S. Cheetah. 6.
No, they have no eyelids. z.
Bat. 8. Eve. Heifer. 9, 10.
Pack. school, drove. flock, herd,
covey, colony, swarm.
The Washington times., 1938-01-08

Faye M. Lacy
who on Monday.
had been in.
washington ex-
actly four years
to a day q.
F a y e, W h o
comes from De-
troit, is a ste
nographer with.
the proc
ment Section Of
Federal Surplus.
Commo ditie s.
Corporation. a
job she's held
z:-z
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
u. S. Unemployment

The voice of Arthur Tex" Gold
chmidt, UFWA's vice prexy, will
oil forth from WRC Monday eve
ling, 7:45, on Unemployment in
he Government Service"
Tex" will outline a plan of ac
ion for Federalites to meet their
problems of unemployment among
themselves, including a plan fo1
UNEMPLOYMENT insurance.
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
ARTISTS unite
MELODY, DRAMA
II SONG RECITAL

Fine song, brilliant piano play
ing, and the gentle, rare and aris-
tocratic art Of the flute, made up
the program offered the members
of the Friday Morning Music Club.
yesterday, in Barker Hall.
The singer, Rita Rozada, is a
dark and exotic personality, a
specialist in dramatic interpreta-
ton, gifted and schooled in song
far beyond the average, but per-
suaded, seemingly, of the futility of
mere vocal display. The word and
all its implications as these may
be defined by gesture as well as by
vocal infection, a keen sense for
the spectacular and of the quality
and quantity of personal force to
project it-thcSp ere the artistic
assets ~ '~ '--' -" songs ar.
resting
A CARMEN
She treated three songs by
Augusta Holes for their dramatic
suggestion so that they acquired
Importance far beyond their musi-
cal deserts. She should be great
Carmen; for her way with the
GypSy's song of temptation that
completed the undoing of Don
Jose. Down by the Walls Of
Sevillia," was wicked, alluring and
undeniably beautiful.
The pianist, Constance Russell,
is a charming daughter of Wash
ington, despite her youth already
deserving the title virtuoSo in so
far as that describes brilliant and
extended technical attainment.
Perhaps Miss Russell was embar.
rassed by the piano-which was
distressingly out of tune-but she
seemed unable to command a
true pianissimo. The robust, the
startling, the dazzling display of
speed and power interested her,
at the moment, far more than the
poetic or the scholarly phases Of
her art.
BEST IN PRELUDE
So 1t happened that the Men.
delsSohn Prelude in e Minor was
realized with absolute perfection,
though the ensuing Fugue fell
short both in clarity of definition
and in it's cumulative drama.
Likewise her version of the Bach
Busoni choral prelude, "Ich ruf'zu
Dir, Herr!" lacked both piety and
poetry. Debussy's "Soiree dams
Granada" had it's moments Of
charm, and the technical display
of the Delibes-D Dohnanyi ''Naila"
waltz was lifted to impressive
heights. She was most cordially
received.
So was the flutist, Domenico
Iascone, who played a grateful
Gluck fragment delightfully."- and
took the violin solo, piece en-
forme de Habanera," of Ravel as
moment Of wistful errant mel.
ody perfectly suited to the color
i Of his instrument.
The Washington times., 1938-01-08

rival IN the Capital At present
she's studying stenotypy with
Temple Business School, but find
ing plenty of time to help out the
Michigan Democratic Club as its
secretary and to compete with the
Interior Law Debating Society
(Which no longer is confined only
to Interior tolk) She once
taught school in Kansas.
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
Vets Plenty Sore

Veterans leaders are up in arms
over a new assault against vet
erns' preference allegedly by Civil
Service The first major at
tack, it's said, was the act of
the commission in ignoring the
departmental guard list (always
headed by disabled vets) in ap-
pointing guards and resorting first
to the penal guard list and then
the elevator operator register
. When approached by vets rep
resentatives, commission officials
are said to have declared they were
within their rights.