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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-27

once that one fortune teller was ply
ing his business behind the front"
of spiritualist meeting. So she
attended some of the meetings.
She had been informed that the
medium made roses appear in the
air and that at times there were
materialiZations in the flesh. Capt.
Milliken said she was prepared to
jump up and grab the roses Ito see
which was holding them in the air."
She didn't get the chance, how
ever, for no roses appeared. I'VE
heard only voices" she related,
but it seems that every time I
wasn't there roses and even bodily
materializations appeared"
Knowing that she was spotted,
Capt. Milligen assigned another Of
ficer to the case, who got the evil
dence that the Seance was merely
a prelude to a telling ses-
sion that was held. Then, armed
with a warrant for the medium
arrest, policewomen materialized in
the flesh and put an end to the
fortune tellers racket.
All of which goes to show that
it sometimes requires a little duplic-
ity to catch a "dupe" and in doing
that Washington's policewomen
needn't take second place to any.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-27
Robert I. Thorp Dies;
Served in Congress
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va. Nov. 26.-Robert
Taylor Thorp, an outstanding at
torney of this section, died this
afternoon at his home in Virginia
Beach. He was SO.
He was native of Granville
County, N. c., and had resided in
Norfolk 80 years and at Virginia
Beach for three and a half years.
Mr.. Thorp represented the fourth
district of Virginia in Congress at
one time and was an honorary
member of the Norfolk Portsmouth
Bar Association.
He practiced law in Norfolk for
many years and also was active
in political and civic matters.
For many years he was referee
in bankruptcy in this Federal dis
trict and gave up that office only
a few years ago.
He is survived by a son, Roland
Thorp of Virginia Beach; a sister,
Mrs. Matte T. Smith, and a
brother, William T. Thorp, both Of
Oxford, N. c. Funeral arrange
ments had not been made tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-27
Queen of Bethesda YuIe Fete
To Be Chosen Wednesday

The queen for the Bethesda Md)
Chamber Of Commerce annual
Christmas lane celebration will be
chosen Wednesday night in the
County Building, John H. Hiser.
publicity chairman, announced last
night.
The deadline for entries has been
extended until 9 pm. Wednesday,
Mr.. Hiser said. The queen will be
selected by the judges, who will be
announced later, after the candi-
dates appear in person.
Unmarried girls between the ages
Of 10 and IS are eligible and must
file . picture With the application
at the State Theater or Whit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-27
Apartment Looted
Of $3.50, Jewe|ry
And Bonds
Woman Reports Robbery
During Absence;
Pedestrian Held Up
Star Staff Photos.

Mrs. Ruby Andrews last night re-
ported to police that $3.50 in cash
and valuable articles and jewelry
had been stolen from her apartment
at 1916 P street NV.
Mrs. Andrews said her apartment
apparently had been broken into
between pm. and 7:30 pm. yester-
day during her absence. In addi-
ton to the money, she listed as
missing the following articles: A
platinum wedding ring set with
diamonds, two gold locketS. other
jewelry, five post Office bonds valued
at $3.50 and a number of shares of
stock.
In another robbery, Eddie Will
liams, colored, of GIL Tenth street
NV. was robbed of Sc as he walked
along Fifth street near r street NV.
He told police he was held up by
two colored men. one of whom was
armed with large, black revolver.
Hold-up Suspect Arrested.
Members of the police robbery
squad last night arrested William
Kappel, 80, of 1880 Girard street
NV, who was held on two charges
of robbery in connection with a
holdup last Monday during which
$3.50 was taken from two men.
Mr.. Kappel denied guilt. and was
released on $4,000 bond. The money
was taken from Wallace w. Beach
and Wallace n HrlSe in a garage
at the rear of 1888 Tenth street
NV. Police said last night they
were still looking for second man
said to have participated in the
alleged robbery.
Held in Brick Throwing.
Webster Marshall Courtney, "a,
of $50 Alabama avenue Sc, ar
rested by Detective Sergts. E. E.
Scott and R. J. Barrett, last night
was charged with assault with a
dangerous weapon in connection
with the injury Friday of a 10
year-old girl, who was struck on the
shin with half brick thrown at
Griffith Consumers oil truck.
Police said they arrested Courtney
after tracing him through a de-
scription of the car. The girl,
Dolores Loskarn of Baltimore. was
slightly injured when the brick,
thrown through the windshield of
the truck, glanced of and struck
her on the leg as she walked in the
1900 block of Holbrook terrace NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-27
Noted Guides Feature
Outdoor Life Show

Fred B. Fowler, noted woods
guide, and John Kidder, one of the
oldest guides in Maine, will be fea-
tured with their collections of skins
and hunting equipment at the North
American Sports, Garden and Out
door Life Show in Baltimore next
February, according to announce
ment by H. Lee Hoffman, president
of the Maryland outdoor Life Fede-
ration and show director.
Mr.. Fowler will bring full sledge
team of Alaskan Malamute dogs and
full equipment for winter expe-
dition in the North woods. Mr..
Kidder will exhibit a collection Of
skins and traps for a wide variety
of fur bearing animals. The show
will be held In the Fifth Regiment
Armory. ...
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-27
Welfare Board Asks
Larger Grants for
Dependent Children
Suggestion Is Included
In Annual Report
Of Organization

Enlargement of the Federal social
security program to provide for in
creased Federal grants to the States
and the District for dependent chill
dren cases and for resumption of
Federal grants for general relief
cases are suggestions included In the
annual report of the Board of Public
Welfare.
Director Elwood Street, who made
public the report, said the board feels
that grants-in-aid to dependent
children should be increased from
one-third of $l8 a month for the
first child in the family and $11
for each additional child up to 81
per cent of what is spent, or tina,
these financial limits should be re.
moved or raised because they do moi
cover the cost of adequate care oil
dependent children in Washington
or in the other larger urban centers.'
James V. Bennett, director of the
United States Bureau of Prisons,
will speak on modern penal proce-
dure at the 18th annual public
meeting of the Welfare Board We'd
nesday at pm. in the auditorium
Of the Commerce Department.
Lantern slides illustrating the
work of the District penal institu-
tons will be shown during a talk
by Mr.. Street. who also will sum-
Marie the past years activities of
the board and the agencies under
its control.
Exhibits of the work of the va
rious welfare and penal institutions
will be on display from 10 am. to
10 pm. The following members of
the welfare board are expected to
attend: Frederick w. McReynolds,
chairman; DR.. Henry J. Crosson,
chairman for the annual meeting,
and Mrs. Milton w. King, Mrs.
Spencer Gordon, Mrs. Cary T. Gray
son, Edgar Morris, Daniel w.
O'Donoghue, jr, the Rev. Frederic
w. Perkins and John r. Pinkett.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-27
Bids on Maryland U.
Building to Be Opened

Bids for the construction of a
home economics building at the
University of Maryland to cost ap-
proximately $4,000 were adver-
tised yesterday. The sealed pro-
posals will be opened in the Fidelity
Building, Baltimore, at noon De-
cember Z.
Contractors must agree to Ger
tain conditions of employment and
to a minimum wage scale approved
by the Public Works Administra-
ton, which is providing part Of the
construction cost.
The building is part of the uni
versity's $2,500,000 expansion pro-
gram, which includes extensive
building at College Park, Baltimore
and Princess Anna.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-27
Drifting YowI Proves
Mystery to Police
Py the Associated Press.

Ey Che ASSOCIATED PreSS.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 26.-The iden-
tity of an unnamed yawl and the
whereabouts of its owner were being
sought by Anne Arundel County po-
lice tonight following discovery Of
the boat off the entrance to Rock
Greek in the main ship channel to
Baltimore.
Firemen from Orchard Beach and
Riviera Beach investigated after q
tugboat captain reported sighting
the craft, but they found no one
aboard the open motor boat. A
mans cap was in the otherwise
empty craft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-27
This Wolf Enters Door

HUMBOLDT, Iowa, Nov. rs (R.-
The wolf didn't stop at the door
when he reached the Ed Zeman
farm home.
In this case, however, it wasn't
a wolf but his counterpart, Rey-
nard, the fox, which, when routed
by the Zeman family from the
chicken yard, dashed through the
open kitchen door and was found
devouring the zemans' morning
pancakes. He was captured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-27
Truck Strike
Ends in Truce;
Election SET
N. l. R. B. to Supervise
Voting Of Drivers
This Week

A truce in the strike OF truck
drivers for the Griffith Consumers
Co., which has been marked by spo-
radio violence since it was started
Wednesday, was signed late yester-
day, union and company officials
announced.
Under terms of the truce, an en-
ploye election will be held Thurs
day, under supervision of the Ma
tional Labor Relations. Board. and
if the striking union, Truck Driv-
ers' Local, No 500. International
Brotherhood of Transfers, Chauf-
feurs, Stablemen and Helpers, wins,
the company agrees to negotiate
with it at once. Wages and hours
would be threshed out in such
negotiations
Meanwhile, the drivers will go
back to work and strikebreakers en-
ployed to deliver coal and fuel oil
will be laid off
Negotiators Present.
The truce followed conference
between union and company repre-
sentatives, at which two negotiators
from the N. L. r. B. were present.
Thomas P. O'Brien, union organiz-
er, and officers of the local attended.
The drivers union is affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor.
The company representatives were
headed by H. Rozier Dulaney. IT,,
president.
About Is drivers and a dozen
union men were injured in fights
and stone-throwing since strike
started, A few required hospital
treatment. Several arrests were
made.
One bystander. 9-year old Dolores
Loskarn of Baltimore, a visitor at
l412 Trinidad avenue NE, was cut
on the shin when hit by piece Of
brick hurled at strikebrea king
driver. She was treated a. Sibley
Hospital.
Charges Denied.
While union officials charged that
the company was importing armed
strikebreakers from other cities. an
officer of the company declared last
night that was utterly false" add
ing that only local men had been
hired. most of these relief workers
who had been laid off temporarily.
No one was armed" the company
| spokesman said. but some drivers
had defended themselves with tools
or whatever they could pick up.
S. NJ Keyser, a business agent
for the union. said 66 drivers who
were out yesterday reported back
for work last night. The Labor Re-
lations Board was represented at
the parley by M. P. O'Sullivan and
Miss Muriel Ferris. 1t was agreed
that only truckers and helpers would
be allowed to vote at the bargain
ing election, with Office workers
barred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-27
Class to Visit Mexico

HOT SPRINGS, N. Mex. Nov. rs
R.-The entire senior class of Hot
Springs High School will leave Fri
day, December 4. by special train
for Mexico City for practical
experience in good neighbor"
diplomacy.
The class, composed of 80 students,
will be received by President Car
denas and United States Ambassa-
dor Josephus Daniels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-27
Exhibit to Be Friday

An exhibit of handiwork and sale
of aprons, dolls, cakes and candy
will be held by the Woman's Club
of Riverdale at the Riverdale School
Friday. The exhibit and sale will
be open from 2 to S pm. and from
Z to 9 pm. Tea viii be served dur
Ing the afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-27

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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-22

up Shepard year. doing job the ancient
Scottish game.
Williams has been in his low eighties all he along with
players Davidson Tommy Donaldson Jimmy Murray
Hughes Chose Hughes guys) Hezzy Allen Chas
Noble Grant Tw Dr. James Walton Crump Donald Brady Fred
JONES' Otis Woodland and Others expected the
club Albert Black formerly of Duluth but
siding ST. Paul. tells all he needs little practice Well
Al, here's hoping you get that needed practice
We realize that the time will be quite short the voting polls
midnight July 2h but do believe is the duty of
both young DID, his Dwight Reed the
ASr football At the time Reed several hundred
of the running but will daily clip the
and mail Reed win Never boy been
this before therefore let's make Dwight the r let's
vote-hu remember vote must be in before midnight July "a
The Twin Cities Golf Club will hold special call meeting Saturday
night the Halle Brown House All members urged be
present
Did you know that?
Just Dwight Reed does make the ASar game to be
played Chicago August 31st he will play another with
of college AStars at Providence R. The collegiate ALL
Stars will tange with the Chicago Bears.
Johnny Walton again pitching good baseball in the ST. Paul
Municipal Leagues being of the leading teams the city is
quite an honor.
think the K Monarhs and the Chicago American Giants
have of the best horo the league These boys really made
hard plays look easy at Lexington Park last week.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-22
Webster's Blue Backed
SpeIler,' q Best Sci!

- - 1890
Noah Webster was not the first
to recognize the existence Of an
American language. But, while 9TH
ers lamented its spread as a cor
ruption Of the pure English, he en-
couraged its growth as means Of
winning cultural independence from
England. And, that his detractors
may be given their due, his scheme
enabled him to sell few millions
more OF his books, declares Stanley
Disney in the Washington Post.
Probably his most important book
was the 'blue-backed speller,"
which, before its final obsolescence,
ran to nearly a hundred million
copies. 1t followed the pioneers
westward, every frontier printer
turning out an edition. The South,
during the Civil war, had its own
special printings, expurgated of
Yankeeisms.
Before this war, jefferson Davis
said Of the book, eve have unity
Of language no other people pos
sesses, and we owe this unity, above
all else, to Noah Webster's Yankee
Spelling Book"
Much of this success was due to
Webster's shrewd salesmanship. He
wrote letters praising his work, and
not always in his own name. He
solicited and printed testimonials,
approaching, though without sue
cess, both Washington and Franklin
for this purpose. He melted and
carried on controversies so that his
book would be discussed. And, in
his contracts, he insisted that his
speller always be bound in ''blue-
back" thus inspiring its easy iden-
tifcation.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-22
Devils Island Prison
Cares for Few ConYicts


Every one knows Of Devils island,
but not many know the truth about
it. Ever since the settlement was
founded more than half a century
ago it has caught the popular fancy,
not only on account Of its name,
but also on account of the celebrities
who have been sent there, relates a
writer in the Chicago Tribune.
AS far as the general public is
concerned, there is only one prison
In French Guiana, and that one is
on DEVILS island. AS a matter Of
fact, the island houses only dozen
or so convictS, as compared with
5000 in the remainder Of this
French possession.
DEVILS island receives only one
class Of prisoners: the men con-
victed of having betrayed France.
Captain Dreyfus was one of these.
Those found guilty of crimes other
than treason are incarcerated on
the mainland or on st. Joseph and
Royale isles. These latter two,
along with DEVILS, form a cluster
about 10 miles off the mainland.
Devils itself is solid rock of about
IS acres, with little on top except
cocoanut palms and a few small
buildings, most of them stone and
cement cottages.
The waters raging about the is
land are so fierce, and the sharks
so numerous, that escape is i'm
possible.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-22
Joan of Arc Story One
Of the Most Appealing

Few stories in history are more
appealing than that of the French
peasant girl, Joan of Arc, who
saved her country, but was soon
afterward burned at the stake,
writes Leslie Hartley in the Wash
ington Star.
Born during the Hundred Years
war, Joan, who was very pious,
was deeply troubled by the woes OF
her country, much Of which had
been taken by the English and their
Burgundian allies.
When she was only fourteen, she
said she heard heavenly voices
which commanded her to iberate
France and have its king crowned.
So Joan brooded and prayed for
three years, but when the English
laid siege to Orleans she was moved
to action. Journeying to the king
to ask for an army to defend Or
leans, she was regarded as insane
at first, but eventually convinced
the court of her. sincerity.
Dressed in a shining coat Of mail,
mounted on a steed, and at the
head of an army which was inspired
by the courage of this mere girl,
she seized the English forts and
made a triumphant entry into Or
leans. The maid had fulfilled one
of her missions.
Now Joan returned to Prince
Charles and demanded that he 60
to Rheims, where all kings went to
be crowned. Eventually she coaxed
the Indifferent king to comply with
this wish, and stood at his side dur
ing the coronation.
Joan now had many enemies,
however, and even the king failed
to show his gratitude and allowed
her to be seized by the English.
The maid was tried as a witch"
and sentenced to be burned at the
stake on May 80, 1431.
AS she died, however, the French
people shouted: "a saint has died
to save France" Revered as a
heroine, she was later canonized,
and in 1920 was placed on the role
of saints.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-22
Orchids to:

The members of the New Youth
Farmer-Labor club for a fine job
well done!
To the Daughter Elks of Como
Temple, St. Paul, who are a real
progressive group and deserve
commentator.
To E. B. because she wouldn't tell
US so we could put it in the paper!!
To Earle T. Onque for his steady
rise in his place of employment.
To Clarence M. Mitchell who has
satisfied st. Paul that he knows
what it's all about.
To Ray Dysart for doing some
thing no others have had the nerve
to try. You can't promote big at
fractions with mouth music" it's
money that you have to lay on the
line!
To Eli Paul for his energy in
keeping a garden each year which
actually grows good things to eat.
M. G. (Gus) Williams, who after
10 years keeps a lot of people
guessing.
Really it's none of our business
BUT if we were L. H. we would
stop trying to keep up two fam
lilies. It's expensive and danger
Gus.
Poor j., we amt going to tell on
you. Isn't anybody noticing you
enough?
The story is being told on Rondo
of the guy who pawned all of his
winter buds and mortgaged his
struggle buggy to send his girl
friend to Kansas City. Last week,
after she had been gone five days,
somebody sends him a newspaper
clipping announcing her marriage
to another guy!
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-22
Bells Phone Preceded
by Many Other Attempts

The Columbia Encyclopedia says
that like other notable inventions
Bells invention Of the telephone
was preceded by many attempts to
produce it, and its true principles
and effective instruments were final
" found by different men at so near
~ the same time that there are dis
putes over priority.
The Popular History Of American
Inventions says that no other pat
ent has ever been more bitterly con-
tested and no claim to a great In
vention more clearly proved than
that Of Bell. Elisha Gray, whose
claims are preferred by some au-
thorities, fled caveat for his inven-
ton just a few hours after Bell.
These claims were threshed out in
prolonged litigation which resulted
in Bells patent being upheld and his
title Of inventor of the telephone Of
ficially established.
Other early inventors of the tele.
phone whose claims to priority
have been advanced include Antonio
Meucci, an Italian immigrant to this
country; DR.. George B. Richmond,
of Lansing, Mich, whose original
instrument is in the state museum
at Lansing; William Humans, Of
Cambridge, Mass. who received a
magnetic sounder patent in 1874:
Philip Refs. of Germany; Pref. A.
E. Dolbear and Daniel Drawbaugh
of this country.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-22
Wh;tsun-AIe Was Too Strong

Ii was customary in olden times
for all in the village to meet every
Whitsuntide in some barn near the
church, and. under the auspices Of
the churchwardens, drink ale and
agree to be friends. The ale was
always special brew, says London
Tit-Bits magazine. It was unusually
strong, made by the churchwardens
and sold to defray the cost of re-
pairs to the church. The squire and
his lady were present with their
viper and taborer, the young
danced and played bowls and the
aged slipped and supped. In olden
times there was a reverence about
the festival which gradually disap-
peared, until eventually it degen-
Grated into a brawl and had to be
discontinued.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-22
Dreaming of Wild Animals

To dream that wild animals are
chasing you foretells mind dis
turbed by present events about
which you are probably over
anxious, asserts a writer in London
Tit-Bits magazine. If the animals
overtake you it is a sign Of bad
fortune. But if, on overtaking you,
the animals ignore you it is sign
that you are worrying about mat
tiers Of little Importance. To meet
wild animals who behave in a
friendly fashion betokens kindness
on the part of a person in an In
f1uential position. If you dream Of
someone you know in the above
circumstances, the same signs ap-
ply to them.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-22
CANNOT Measure Smell. taste

Oddly, little attention is paid to
the senses of smell and taste in the
United States, says writer in the
Washington Post. Sight, hearing
and touch can be scientifically
measured, but not the accuracy Of
your nose and tongue. Shifting is
a cultivated art, however, in the
Orient. Japanese mobiles used to
hold incense listening" parties, try
to name correctly 10 kinds of in
cense, burned consecutively.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-22
Billiards Once Played on Floor

Historical documents prove that
billiards, now played on a table,
was once played upon a smooth
surface floor in England and IRE
land. The early balls and cues were
made of brass, and the playing
space was marked off with brass
rails. England, Ireland, France
and Germany claim the honor of
originating the game, Ireland and
England producing the most evil
dence in support of their claims
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-22
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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-22

The feeling persists that in Min
neapois the increase in the popu-
lation of men who live by their
wits will soon call for drastic ac-
ton by Chief ForestaPs boys. Two
shootings and a couple of cuttings
in two weeks is just little too
much-a lot of folks think.