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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12

: In an effort to build up Ameri-
can dollar balances for purchases
of munitions. both powers have
pumped a steady stream of CAPT.
tai into the United States Treas
ury since the outbreak of Far
Eastern hoStilitieS.
JAPANESE FUND LARGE
According to Commerce Depart
ment statistics, Japanese gold i'm
ports into the United States be-
tween September and April /
totalled $121, 214,000. During this
period, Japan also sent $4,000, 900
of silver to this country.
China shipped approximately
$50, 1926, 900 worth of silver to the
United States via the London
market between August and the
close of March.
Although China and Japan en-
gagged in bitter warfare, the Ad-
ministration did not invoke the
neutrality act and thus both ma
lions were free to purchase un-
limited quantities of war materials
in the United States.
S35 AN OUNCE IN GOLD
Under present monetary policy,
the Treasury buys gold from all
sources at $35 per ounce. Silver
purchases from foreign countries
for the past year have been made
at IS cents per ounce. This price
was reduced to 43 cents two weeks
ago.
The United States and China
joined into a financial pact last
July, prior to outbreak of the Sino-
Japanese conflict, under which
this Government agreed to buy
substantial quantities of Chinese
silver.
This agreement was made to
augment Chinese gold reserves and
stabilize her currency. Despite the
months OF undeclared warfare rag
ing in China, the United States
AlcNo NOAAOAAAuCA IA1C 4411dI1C4d1 paw
and has made substantial pur-
chases of silver up to the present
time.
SILVER IN COINS
All the Chinese silver comes to
the United States in coins. The
Chinese government transferred
a stable cache of silver coins to
London shortly after the opening
Of hostilitieS with Japan.
The Treasury insists that these
Chinese coins must be melted
down by American refiners in or
der to give the domestic industry
a profit on such silver acquisitions.
Commerce Department studies
of American trade with China dur
ing the latter part of 1887 noted
exceptional gains" in such COM
notifies as iron and steel plates,
tin, refined copper, kerosene, lubri-
eating oils, automobiles and motor
trucks.
-VoTE EoR sIIEFRAeE ApaII an
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
200 Millions Sent
To L. S. in 6 Months
By China and Japan
War Material Demand MOtiUates Creation of
Purchasing POUer Credits in America
By ERIC FRIEDHEIM

INS Motivated partly by the demand for materials
Japan and China shipped nearly $2OOOOOO0O of gold and
silver the United States during the past six months official
revealed today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
Six Heifers Balk
Tour by Students

BOSTON, April 12.-Instead OF
the 100 students who usually sail
for Labrador each June to work
at the Grenfell Association with.
out pay, the supply schooner
George B. Cluett will carry six
thoroughbred heifers this year.
The radio order came from DR.
Charles S. Curtis, medical superin
tendent on the Labrador coast, to
the New England Grenfell ASso
citation. The heifers will join the
Grenfell Mission herd at St. An
thony. Students planning to go
north will have to find other
means of transportation.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL So
BANK REPORT
GN.SJ. Liquidation of %
banks in receivership was com.
pleted in March, Marshall R.
Digs, acting comptroller of the
currency, announced today A
total of 1887 receiverships have
been finally closed or restored to
Solvency since the bank holiday
in 1888.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
ACE WOMAN BARBER

VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL 30
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12

-VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APP
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12

VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL 80.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Dime Eludes
In Trick
Magician Uses
Candy Plate
AS a Prop.
BY THOMAS THE MAGICIAN.

I ATTENDED, . party the other
night, and there I saw . very neat
little trick demonstrated by a very
good friend Of mine. He suggested that
I pass it on to my readers.
Effect: My friend called me over to
table on which was repoeing q small
plate on which was some candy. He
explained that TO do his trick he must
have an empty plate, 50 we all took a
piece OF candy and thus provided him
with his necessary properties.
He next extracted from his pocket q
penny matchbox and . dime. Both
seemed quite unprepared, and We al
lowed him to proceed with the trick.
With quick twist of his wrist, the
performer sent the dime spinning upon
the glazed surface Of the plate While
1t was spinning he quickly slapped the
matchbox down on top Of it!
When he raised the box from the
plate, the dime had completely van
ished! While we were all gasping from
amazement, my friend lifted the plate,
and produced the dime from beneath.
1t had evidently penetrated the solid
surface.
Explanation: Although I had an
inkling of the method Of presentation,
my friend insisted upon explaining It
to me more fully.
Needless to say, the dime that wa
produced from beneath the plate was
not the dime that was, . few seconds
before, spinning madly on top. As a
matter of fact, it had been placed un-
der the dish before We were called over
to see the demonstration.
The candy on the plate had merely
given the audience the idea that every
thing was unprepared, and prevented
close examining Of the plate, which
would have disclosed the dime under
meath.
The dimes disappearance was most
clever. That matchbox was empey
and the drawer had been removed, in
verted and replaced therein.
Now, after the dime had been set
spinning, the performer merely slapped
the box down upon 1t. and the dime
entered the box If you will give thi.
. try, you will discover that the dime
will enter the box instantly, and will
leave a very tiny slit.
Since the drawer has been inverted
and since the box Is held with the
label up, the dime has only one layer
Of wood TO pierce.
The remainder Is quite simple. After
the dime disappears into the box. The
magician lifts the plate and shows
the dime beneath, explaining that Il
has, evidently, penetrated the candy
plate.
Evening star., 1938-07-03

without slipping of. He has not lost
many Of his feathers, however. and he
still sings sometimes when the radio
and vacuum cleaner are on.
His cage must be cleaned every
other day and fresh seed and water
put in his cups and gravel on the
bottom. Dicky has a habit of not
taking bath in his dish, but wait
ing till his cage is clean and then
washing in his water cup.
"Dicky hangs behind 4 chair in
the living room and throws empty
seed shells on any one who sits there.
When he wants fresh water or some
thing he fiutters around the cage till
we come. and when he gets it he
plays with us by making believe he
will bite our finger, although he
never does
I'VE all love him and hope he will
live many years"
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Pointers on Pets
BY Horace Mitchell.
BING. BANG. THE FOURTH,

THE dog was fast asleep in the sun
on the front porch. Benny
touched a nrecracker with his punk
and tossed it beside the dog. 1t went
of with = fearful blast. Towse,
leaped up and blinked his eyes and
ran for safety, inside the house and
up the stairs and under the bed. II
was funny to see him run so fast and
Benny howled with laughter.
Ever after that. though, a loud noise
sent Towser rushing away. He wa
scared Of thunder, OF backfires from
automobiles, Of loud hand claps. And
Benny was ashamed Of Towser fol
being afraid. But Benny was the one
who had started that fear.
When the old Fourth dawnS and
you go out to make noise. it might be
q good idea TO think a couple of times
before you pop cracker or slam Z
torpedo at = dog. It's too bad, you
know, to start fear in any creature.
Hunting dogs, particularly, can be
ruined by too much Fourth. A good
fright from q bang! can give a do@
= bad case Of gun shyness later. In
the field he'll hear = gun 60 on and
turn around and run away, and II
may take years to cure him-if he
ever can be cured.
There's another danger, too. Long
haired dogs can have their coats set
on fire by crackers. If they run into
q house like that they may set the
house aflre. At least, the dog will be
painfully burned.
The Fourth is a hard day for cats
and dogs. Even when a fellow is care
ful there Is always q chance that q
pet will 60 walking up to a fiszing
cracker fuse just TO see what the
strange thing is. A lot Of them will
get the daylights shaken out of them
So we'll say right here that the SEN
slble thing to do Is to shut up the cat
and the dog in some out-of-the-way
place where they'll have peace and
quiet las much of it as possible) until
the barrage is over.
Put them up in the attic or out in
the shed; or, If no other location II
available, just in the house. Make
sure they'll have plenty of fresh air
and drinking water and that they
can't break anything or get tangled
up in anything
Then when the shooting Is over
they can come out. No harm is done
to anybody and the dog and the cat
haven't had such a terrifying time.
Evening star., 1938-07-03

the icing Is soft.
And here's something else that's
different-use colored place cards and
glue noodle letters TO them to form
each guests name They'll stand out
as if heavily embossed, and make orig
inal and attractive place cards. II
you prefer to use white cards, tint
the noodle letters by dropping them
for a few minutes into boiling water
In which you've dissolved vegetable
colortng Remove them carefully and
lay them on wrapping paper to dry
thoroughly before pasting them on
the cards.
You can make the cleverest little
teapot decorations for your place cards
out Of dried poppy seed pods The
top of the pod makes the base Of
your teapot, and the handles and
spout are made Of toothpicks. The
teapots can be bronzed or painted TO
mt any color scheme, and you'll be
surprised what realistic looking pots
they make.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
HISTORICRAMS X By Leslie Hartley

THIS MONUMENT TO JOHN
l. ERICSSON, IN POTOMAC
PARK, WHICH DEPICTS SYM
BOLS OF MENTALITY. VISION.
ADVENTURE AND LABOR, is
THE WORK OF JAMES E.
FRAZIER. CONGRESS ADDED
AN APPROPRIATION OF $4,000
TO $4,000 CONTRIBUTED BY
AMERICANS OF SCANDINAVIAN
DESCENT FOR ITS CONSTRUC-
TON.
THE Swedish American inventor.
John Ericsson. who built the
iron clad turreted vessel, the Nom
itor, which destroyed the Merrimac
in 1862, was born in Sweden July
81, 1908.
From earliest childhood he
studied machinery and at the age
Of IL was working In the shipyards
in Sweden. In 1920 he entered the
Swedish Army, but resigned seven
years later 10 give MS enJlre Lime
to his inventions.
Having come to the United States
in 1889, Ericsson in 1841 furnished
the Government with the screw
propelling warship. the Princeton,
which was the first ship to have
her engines and boilers below water
line and which Is considered the
pioneer Of modern naval construc-
ton.
The steam fire engine. . torpedo
boat and many others were among
his inventions, but his most pub
licized work was the building Of the
Monitor. which was launched 100
days after Its keel Was laid.
In recognition Of this achieve
ment, Congress appropriated funds
for the monument in Potomac Park,
which was dedicated II years ago.
On that occasion the Crown Prince
Evening star., 1938-07-03

she has contributed half dozen signed
articles to the Junior Page since the
beginning Of the year.
Maxine learned last week that she
was the successful contestant for the
tuition award valued at $500 in q COM
petition open to high school students
all over the country.
Though she received honorable men
ton for feature writing in a Quill and
Scroll contest earlier in the year Max
inc had no idea that her work was
being considered >or the scholarship
award
1T is one Of the finest things that
ever happened to Mckinley" r. D.
Brinker Of the journalism department
at Mckinley said in speaking Of her
achievement.
STUDENTS at Mckinley. however
long recognized Maxine's ability.
During the past year she was first
managing editor and later editor in
chief Of the school newspaper, Tech
Life. In addition to her administrative
duties. she contributed feature articles,
news stories and editorials to the paper
and wrote column, World of Today"
which discussed national affairs
This column was cited as one OF the
papers most interesting features when
Tech Life received first place award
at the last Southern Scholastic Press
Association Convention.
For her newspaper work at McKin-
ley, Maxine upon her graduation re-
ceived the @. O. honor award from
the General Organization. composed
Of the student body. Though her
journalistic duties we're heavy, she also
was an active member Of the Girl Re-
serves at Mckinley and held the Office
Of vice president in that organization
last year.
Her feature articles for the junior
page included, among others, the story
Evening star., 1938-07-03

Of q homemade diving helmet built by
. Mckinley student and. last Sunday,
an account Of the activities OF Carroll
Carter. Washington's gas model air
champion.
THE scholarship to Northwestern will
enable Maxine to realize her am
bition to study journalism intensively.
1t is q foregone conclusion that she
hopes to land . newspaper job one of
these days and her dream of becoming
q foreign correspondent is at least one
step closer to realization as a result of
the award.
The daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. H. "
Gordon. Maxine lives at 1889 Abbey
place NE
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Riddles

Get few Of your friends together
and zee which one can guess these
riddles best. The Riddle Man thinks
he has five hard ones for you this
week.
1. What Is round and has two sides?
Ellen Fowler.
2. What is the difference between .
Scotchman and q canoe?-Charles
Stockbridge.
8. What has hands but can't use
them?-Mavis Hendrickson.
4. What kind Of exercise would
man like to take who was sentenced to
the gallows?-Delma Powers.
5. What has four legs and one foot?
Rose Pracas.
RIDDLE ANSWERS.
/. A round house-the inside and
outside. 2. A seotchman does net
tip. but canoe does. :. 4 clock 4
He'd like to skip the rope. .. A bed.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Prizes for Letters
On Soap Box Derby

COOPERATING in the Soap
Box Derby sponsored by The
Star and American Legion. the
Junior Page will pay 81 each for
letters published next week in
the Letter Box on:
"Why I Think the Soap Box
Derby Is = Good Summer Activ-
ity."
Though the Derby is for boys
not younger than . nor older
than is. any young reader Of the
Junior Page Is eligible to enter
the weekly Junior Page letter
writing contest. Girls receive .
special invitation to contribute
on the Derby topic.
Rules for the contest are sim
pie. Here they are:
I. Write on the topic giUen
above, why Think the Soap
Bor Derby Is Good Summer
Activity"
&. race your Hdme, 000fOeS,
doe and school at the beginning
OF your letter. Also 0ipe your
home telephone number u you
haze one.
). Write simply as IT you iDere
tOritin0 to a friend.
4. Write letters as neatly as
possible.
Letters should be addressed TO
the Junior Page Editor, The Sun
day Star, Eleventh street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV, Wash
ington, d. G.
Daily information on the Derby
Is carried in the news section
Of The Star. II you do not know
about the Derby, read The Star
for complete details.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Posers

IF YOU can give the answers to the
following questions. you win be
very well informed upon . variety OF
subjects. But just = word of warn
ing-dont try them If this IS one Of
Jour dull days!
l. OF what country is King George
vi Of England the emperor?
2. What country In South America
grows great quantities of wheat?
.. What 1ish are known to leap over
waterfalls In order to reach their
spawning grounds?
4. Near what river is the Sphinx
located?
S. What IS a stethoscope?
8. Who is the present mems singles
tennis champion of the United States?
7. Whom did Pocahontas marry?
3. What was the name Of the air
plane in which Lindbergh fiew the
Atlantic?
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Practical Traininf.

MRS. T1MKINS was taking her son
to school for the flrst time and,
after impressing the teacher with the
necessity of his having . thorough
education, finished up by saying, And
be sure he learns Latin"
But. my dear madam" said the
teacher, Latin is a dead language. "
All right" said Mrs. Timkins, he'll
want 1t. He's going to be an under
taker."
Evening star., 1938-07-03

mems because I wasn't careful enough,
but after I became used to 1t I was able
70 handle them without harming the
delicate wings.
Prom the butterflies and moths l
made attractive trays, pictures, etc. I
have another hobby that I enjoy but
find this one the most absorbing
Il have always been interested in
nature and my teacher approved Of
my hobby. She said I would learn
q lot from it that would be valuable
70 me-
II have not been collecting long and
Evening star., 1938-07-03
n Correction.

In the sketch saccsmqanying .
picture a the bust Of Mrs. Calvin
Coolidge used last Sunday in His
torfgrams the name of the Cool
idges' son who died when his par
ents were living In the White House
was given ~ John instead of CAL
win. jr. The Star and Leslie Hart
ley. authsr Of Historigrams, regret
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Kay's Corner
by Katherine Hsuiaoa.
PARTY sUG0EsFIONS.

WHEN you're decorating the room
w for any special ooca6on, Try
hanging crepe paper curtains at the
windows or In doorways. using the
color scheme Of the holiday You're
celebrating. You can paste suitable
Evening star., 1938-07-03

SSo7 Seventh street NV. Peggy's let
ter on the derby follows:
Dear Editor:
This Soap Box Derby certainly is
spreading far and wide. Even the
schools offered help to the boys who
entered, and schools do not encourage
every enterprise that comes along
This encouragement gives the less
talented boys a better chance to COM
pete with the more gifted ones.
With school closed, extra hobbies
and interests are needed and the boys
IN the contest certainly are getting
ready for summer activity. Such re-
marks as these are frequently heard
Mrs. Smith. If 1 may have the wheels
OF Of your old baby carriage, I'll
NOW your lawn tomorrow; and Nom,
I'll wipe the dishes tonight and-well
can you spare the rest of that green
paint?'
Speaking of materials. money is not
involved to such an extent that it limits
the contest to only few. Practically
everything can be obtained from ones
own basement or from that OF
neighbor.
Girls are not left out altogether
In this contest because often we are
asked our opinion of q certain color
scheme
While the building and competition
for this contest are lots of fun, the
greatest enjoyment will be when the
driver is racing down hill. comforta-
bic in the knowledge that he is the
proud owner of the bus on which he
worked 80 faithfully"
IAN INTERESTING PET"
THE menu he fed his pet white rats
is given here by Norman Leppert,
II, OF West Falls Church Va, box 16,
who writes:
Dear SirS
About year ago I was given a
pair of white rats by a friend Of my
mothers. took them home and built
. cage for them. I had the cage
suspended from . steel wire and one
day they gnawed a hole through the
box that served as their domicile
They got out and climbed up the
wire and got away
Il set q trap to catch them alive,
but it lay untouched for two days
and thought that had lost them
Evening star., 1938-07-03

designs on Nlefn
to carry the idea
still further.
II you use q
cake - your par
ty osntsrpieoe, put
the name or q
greeting on IN al
phabet noodles,
and see what an
unusual effect II
gives. Set the let
ters In place while
Evening star., 1938-07-03
That Sheebish FeeIine

H0f OHeepfSf FePHng.
WHY. pa, this is roast beef" ex-
claimed little Willie at dinner
one evening when q guest Of honor
was present.
"Of course" said the father. What
Of that?"
Why. you told me this morning
that you were going to bring an old
mutton-head home for dinner this
evening""
Evening star., 1938-07-03

The Definitions,
ACROSS.
1. Towasd the Top.
Z. 10 eoabtss sd.
5. Ad~aRttslnt (AbhAA,
1 As''sai pssos uaassd b ns psr-
son.
!, =, s.s e q % ..s :aA'
II. DfN1kon q q oU66G
-. Thought.
IL. Nksonos.
Is. Cow eposeaoA.
10. XIII.
23. Floor sopssanA
~. Used WIN nalQaA
IS. Sssossa1ks hs4
Is. An aEstcis.
a8. Upon.
20. Juice cf q IVA
80. Near.
1. We.
;. Small AAhe.
3. A foz1tain bs0aaauA.
4. To tse up. envssop e
5. Insects,
s. Doctor Of Dtviniv tAb61).
8. Place sheltered irom the wind.
10. Solidified ws6es.
l3. Family, kind.
is. PlAything.
II. Common MEAL
18. Sister Of mercy
10. Food eaeen for brsaAfast a..
20. To cut of suddenly.
2l. Parcel Of real estate.
%. Su12cen court Of Q bqdld1ns.
IS. Proceed
27. Mount (Abbr.).
3
Two sentences below each con-
tain the name Of q vell-knoWn bird!
Can JON find the birds?
The postmAn will deliver tlnis sArd
In Altoona.
We do not learn 10 rob In ssheol.
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS
PUZZLES.
shore, shoe, socks. suit, starfish, shirt.
shells, sweater, sail. sailor, sack, sand
wich, smoke, sign, shears. sleeve,
slacks, suitcase. sidewalk, soles, stoo!,
shngshot, steps. saw.
2. WAVE-wane-wand
SWIM-slim-slit-
8. Sparrow, swift
4. Dame, add N. form Named
Pier, add z, form Prize. Bear, add
K, form Baker
S. Crossword PuzAe Solution.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
"SOAP BOX DERBY

THOUGH girls are not eligible to
enter the Soap Box Derby. the
opinion Of the ladies Is being sought
On such matters as color scheme. ac-
eording to PEGGY KETCHUM, IA. of
Evening star., 1938-07-03
COrks Are Used TO
Light Camp Fire
WHEN you take a camping trim ,t,.

WHEN you take a camping trip its
we'll to be prepared for any kind
OF weather. Here's a suggestion that
will help you light your fires easily
Save corks from empty bottles. DRY
them and soak them in kerosene. Put
. small paper bag Of them in your
knapsack and on rainy days, when
you are in q hurry, or when the wind
is blowing hard, you'll find the corks
will be big help in getting your fire
started.
Another suggestion for starting q
fire easily during wet weather is to
gather some common pine tree pitch
and use 1t as tinder. It will burn
slowly and surely, and prove . great
help in getting the fire going.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
POSER ANSWERS.

!. India. 2. Argentina. .. Salmon.
(. The Nile, In Egypt. 5. An instru-
nnent used by q physician to hear
sounds within the human body. s..
Donald Bulge. T. John Rolfe. .. The
spiHt of st. Louis.
Evening star., 1938-07-03

which will be Of value to them In help
ing them to play the game Of life
fairly"
IAN INTERESTING PET"
A 14-YEAR-OLD canary Is the pet
Golda Brein. IA. Of $40 Sheridan
street NV, describes in the follow
ing letter:
Dear Editor:
MY pet is a canary, and although
he Is not as eompanionable As a dog,
he Is very unusual and interesting.
Dfcky. As we named him, has outlived
the average life of canary, which Is 8
or 9. by becoming IA in May. Because
OF his age his toenails have fallen off
and he can hardly sit on his perch
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Local High School Graduate
Wins $500 Scholarship
Maxine Gordon Is Well Known
AS a Writer to Readers
OF the Junior Page. -

HE and Scroll
sity offered for the nrst Scroll
honorary society
awarded TO Washington girl who
ON Mckinley
Will thu
Evening star., 1938-07-03

SSAASookChs OaV bAlS ACw / uAVS olC
very beautiful and I enjoy studying
them very much"
"SOAP BOX DERBY"
RRIEF and to the point is Jersme
Boin's letter on the Soap Box
Derby. Jerome. who is II and lives at
$40 Lamont street NV, writes:
Dead Editor:
Il think the Soap Box Derby Is a
good summer activity for the following
reasons:
1T provides boys skilled in crafts
manship an opportunity to utilise and
improve their skill while constructing
= racer for the contest.
The building Of the racer furnishes
recreation for summer afternoons.
However. its most worthwhile fee-
ture In my estimation is the fact that
1t cultivates and imbues in the con-
testants sense of sportsmanship
Evening star., 1938-07-03
my HOBBY

my HOBBY"
nORIS CLINE, IL, OF Vienna. Va.
Route No. !, tells about her hobby
tn the following letter:
Dear Editor:
MY hobby is collecting butterflies
and moths, which find educational
as well as amusing and interesting.
Last summer I read book about COL
lecting butterflies that gave me an
idea. secured another book about
them from the library and started q
collection Of my own.
''At first l ruined few OF my speci-