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Evening star., 1938-02-25

Dr.. William M. Mann. Zoo d.
rector, carried the microphone In
front Of the cages and made COM
ments as he tried to persuade his
pets. to sound Oh. When the record
ing machine was turned on an
almost unbelievable hush fell over
the noisy bird house.
Birds get mike fright like any
body else" DR.. Mann explained
into the microphone. take this
little streaked barbet from the
Malay Peninsula, for example. :. .
Come on now, come On now, birdie,
say something. Humm, not 20 good
=. /. ! never heard the bird Aouee
Evening star., 1938-02-25

screamed in dismay when he heard
his own voice thrown back at him
from the machine, amplined to
several times its original volume.
The scientists this afternoon
were trying for records Of monkey
talk, which il carried On In . much
lower key and Is therefore easier
to reproduce. The recording and
reproduction machine Is light
enough to be portable.
The next time I 60 on an ex-
pedition, II I ever do," Dr.. Mann
said, II hope to take one Of these
sound recorders into the Jungle to
bring back . petnaAsnt record"
Evening star., 1938-02-25
Ex-MIDSHlPMAN WE'D

George Burney Haskins. jr., Il. Of
Wakeman, Ohio. who resigned from
the Naval Academy at Annapolis early
this month, was married in Arling-
ton. Va. yesterday to Miss Margaret
Robertson Wallace, 23, Of Annapolis.
The ceremony was performed by
Bryan Gordon, special o6icer ap-
pointed by the Circuit Court to on
ciate at civil marriages.
Evening star., 1938-02-25
BY w. H. SHIPPEN. ],

w YITH the aid Of . new in
M vention, scientists from
wv the Smithsonian Insti.
tuition yesterday made
sound records ut the Zoo Of monkey
language and bird talk.
The scientists are convinced that
certain tribes Of monkeys and apes
have definite words or phrases with
such meanings as danger" "look
out" everybody rum" food"
drink" and even Il love you"
With the new device they sought
+ permanent record to supplement
data already collected at The insti-
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
SEN. KING WARNS
OF HUGE DEFICIT.

0.N.S). A billion-dollar slash
in Federal expenditures was de-
manded today by Senator William
H. King CD, Of Utah, member
of the Senate finance committee.
But he hastily added:
II am pretty much alone in my
demands and don't believe there
will be any noticeable reduction.
We're going to have another big
deficit.
IF they won't cut expenditures,
I will urge an increase in taxes.
We have got to do it. We are
heading for wild initiation"
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
FLUSH KIDNEYS OF EXCESS ACID
and POISONS- GAIN IN HEALTH

A good safe, effective diuretic such a.
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM OIL Capsules
is called for-so II you have to get up
often at night-H passage IL scanty or
difficult and smarting or burning 10
in evidence-if you have shifting pains
help your health II you pay, attention
to your kidneys.
GOLD MEDAL Harlem Oil Capsules
is a grand diuretic-for scores Of years
1t has been used by people all over
America and in other countrieS-aG
can't harm you.
get the Renuine-the pure-the original
HARLEM OIL right from Harlem IN
Holland. So don't be q sucker ana
accept q counterfeit-Look for tne
Gold Medal on the box. 35c cents.
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
Scientists
Study NeoG'
Sun Spots

LOS ANGELES, Oct. IL G.N.S)
Scientists at the Griffith ObserVa
tory here studied with interest to-
day large spots appearing on the
sun.
The blotches, estimated by as,
tronomers to be $4,000 miles long
and $1,000 miles wide, moved from
east to west across the suns sur.
face. Northern lights and other
magnetic disturbances may ac-
company the sunpot activity. with
radios and communications lines
being poticeably affected.
DR.. Dinsmore Alter. director OF
the observatory. explained the sun
spots ere whorls of cyclones in
the SUNS photosphere, the center
being more or less Of a vacuum.
What causes the phenomena is
not certain.
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
3SCOttSbOrO
Men Denied
Freedom

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Oct.
IL - T h e Alabama pardon
board once more has dashed
the hopes of three cOlOred
men convicted of rape in the
ScOttSbOrO case.
The board has recon-
mended against pardOns for
Andy Wright, Charlie Weems
and Clarence Norris. 1t pre-
viOuSly had denied pardOns
for OzZie Powell and Hay
wood Patterson, the other
two of the nine accused of
raping two white girls near
SCOttSbOrO, who are serving
sentences ranging from 20
years to life.
Final decision on the petit
tiOns rests with Governor
Graves.
Former Senator Heflin ar
gued against granting the
pardOnS.
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
England Asks Only for Peace

ENGLAND. growing old, mistruSted herself in
- the Czechoslovak1an crisis. In bygone days,
England would have met the issue Of race expan-
sion with roar Of defiance.
We saw England seeking "rest" We saw Eng
land seeking desperately a peace. A peace to
preserve what she had taken with the power of
her might for thousand years.
Like rich but kindly old man, bewildered by
the violence Of youth, dsmayed by the prospect of
change, England sought but one thing in
Munich-security to keep what she hasI
Instinctively. the Germanic people, like the
Goths and the Picts Of old, sense the coming Of
age Of their ancient foe. even though that foe is
but another branch Of the same racial family for
5000 years And knowing, the Germanic people
have been making ready.
The tragedy Of England is the tragedy of old
age She now needs her children. Her children
do not need her any more. That was the pathos
of Munich 1t is a story Of race history as old as
the world itself.
Copyright Ledger syndicate)
(BoGke CGrter's opinions are his otvn and not
necessarily those OF The Washington TiresJ
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
SILVER SUBSIDY.
PRICE is. FACING
FURTHER SLASH.
Treasury Is Dissatisfied
With Present System

d.N.S0 A further slash in the
Governments subsidy price for
domestic silver appeared probable
today as the Treasury's stock Of
white metal swelled close to 2,500,-
100000 ounces.
Openly dissatisfied with the
present subsidy system, Secretary
Of the Treasury Morgenthau may
urge President Roosevelt to reduce
sharply the 64.64 cents per ounce
price currently being paid Tor
newly mined American silver.
A Presidential proclamation set
ting this price was issued January
/. This proclamation, however,
terminates at the end Of this year
and it is believed that If any sub
sidy is continued 1t will be on q
considerably lower basis.
CUT ABOUT 13 CENTS
Despite the political potency Of
the congressional silver "bloc" Mr.
Roosevelt's last proclamation re-
duced the subsidy about 13 cents
per ounce. This was done in the
face Of arguments by representa-
tives Of Western congressional
areas that any cut would result in
the closing Of mines.
The Treasury takes the position
that it can acquire all the silver
it wants at a considerably cheaper
figure. It pays only 43 cents per
ounce in the world markets.
Under the silver purchase act,
the Treasury is directed to build
up the Governments silver stock
until 1t equals one-fourth Of the
value Of the monetary stock.
SEEK CHINA PACT
Currently, the value Of American
gold holdings Is at a record high
Of $13, 1870, 1852 900. The heavy flow
of funds into the United States
from abroad has added more than
81 900, 100000 to the Treasury's
gold stocks annually the last four
years.
For this reason, 1t has been i'm
possible to bring Government sill
yer stocks up to the ratio de-
manded by the purchase act. The
monetary value Of present silver
holdings Is only $3,154, ,000, 900,
approximately $1,432 ,000, 900 be-
low the acts objectives.
Meanwhile, the Treasury is nego.
tiating with the Chinese govern
ment for a new agreement involv.
ing additional purchases Of silver.
The United States has been buy
ing large amounts Of Chinese coin
during the last 18 months, en-"
abling China to establish credits
in this country. These credits
ultimately are used for purchase of
American goods and equipment.
The Washington times., 1938-10-12

figures annually and his repu-
tation is worldwide Lean,
voluble Nils T. Granlund, ex-
newspaper man and press
agent, and currently a night
club operator, is among the
Broadway sophiSticates who
pine in many spoken words for
the peace Of rural life -.
Granlund has q large farm in
New Jersey Novelist John
O'Hara Is addicted to light
brown baggy tweeds with off
color trousers John Peter
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
Believed 1t HypOcritical

OUR OLD MAN said he thouh..+ it was down.
right hypocritical for people to send big
punches Of flowers to the funeral Of some fellow
they knew very well had under-paid his employees
shortchanged his customers, oppressed his ten
ants and otherwise been pretty much Of heel in
life.
He said it was hypocritical to waste time follow
ing to some distant burying ground the mortal
remains of chap you disliked and who disliked
you when he was alive. and when somebody once
told him that 1t was just mark Of sympathy
with the bereaved family Our Old Man laughed
right out loud.
Our Old Man said that he would give small
cash reward to anybody who could prove to him
that the departed had ever done lick of good
for the community. He said he did not know
about the mans family but that from what he
knew Of the man he would bet he had his wife
and children scared of him and that he was as
stingy and mean with them as he was with every
body else and that they were probably relieved
that he had left them.
A good-looking young chap followed Our Old
Man out OF the saloon and tapped him on the
shoulder and drew him into a doorway and said:
Friend, am the departed's Oldest son and I
wish you would not go around knocking his mem
ory-but between you and me- friend, everything
you said Is true"
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
Barrett Treasurer
Of Recreation Society

Lewis r. Barrett, District CO.
ordinator of public recreation,
was elected treasurer Of the Ma
tional Society Of Recreation
Workers at the twenty-third an
nual congress of the association
in Pittsburgh. The association
was created for the protection Of
recreation workers as a group.
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
Saws BOake Carter

strength Of the children will be the safety Of the
mother; and they will repay the debt which the
Englishspeaking peoples owe to Britain for seiz
ing and holding the great moccupied lands of
the temperate belt of the world, and so making
possible that greater Engle-folk which so largely
has the future of the world in its hands"
Thirty years later in Munich, we young people
Of the American-English race witnessed a pic
ture of extreme pathos-the picture Of nation
growing old. And we, in the cruelty Of youth,
did not understand.
The Washington times., 1938-10-12

he says: I am weary. I have
accomplished enough. Let me
rest It is wearinesS-but it is
also age" And it comes to
nations as well as men.
1T comes when they pause
and say: we are big enough.
Let us cease expanding But
with men and race alike. there
Is no tableland of life; only a
rest; then the descent begins.
It is the law Of the vegetable
Is well. When growth ceases
death has begun.
The Washington times., 1938-10-12

zen who was no account when
he was living.
Our Old Man said that he
did not think that just the act
Of dying rounded up a fellow
who had been petty and mean.
Our Old Man said the idea
that you should say only good
Of the dead was bosh as far as
he was concerned unless the
dead was somebody you could
say good Of in life.
Naturally he came in for
some criticism back in our old
The Washington times., 1938-10-12

race" Or another at the Bilt-
more Hotel In New York. July
1887, where the G-men charged
there vas some discussion about
cooperating with the Klu Klux
Klan and similar organizations.
Omen there got the idea the
Bund show was directed and
controlled ano received instruc.
tionS" from Germany.
KUHN was quoted by the c.
m men as saying his organiza
ton was fighting Communist in
fluencG in the United States,
and he included CIO as one OF
the most prominent groups he
Is opposing.
H0Ue Firearms
DUND locals had firearms, the
~ Omen were told, in Chicago,
San Pedro, Milwaukee, Los An
geles. a rifle shooting range at
the DeutcheS House in Los An
geleS, and 81 locals had target
ranges. including one in the Illi-
nois mining region near st.
Louis. known as Little Egypt"
0NF Nazi group in California
" he's close relations with the
Gold Shirts Of Mexico. Omen
presented evidence indicating
the Nazis shipped arms to the
Mexican outfit to q point just
south Of Phoenix, Arizona.
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
Signs of Age

S6YNHE symptoms Of age in Britain show them
= selves in the peSSmism which crops out at
times in her literature and in the public print It
is to be found rather in reading between the
lines: to be heard as the undertone Of the chorus
...Age betrays itself in the growing mistruSt of
self and Of the national possibilities. 1T betrays
itself in the dying out Of enthusiasm; in the
diminishing faith in ability to bring things to
pass in magnifying the obstacles and minimizing
the resources.
''Yet 1t Is not strange If Britain were growing
old; for she has lived much The day will come
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
Stop Getting Up NishtS-Be
HsppieT-Live Longer
IS Cents Proves 1t

That dragged out feeling may mean
that your kidneys are inactive and dis
tressed-persistent backache. nervous
ness and dizzy spells may mean the
same thing.
Good active kidneys freeing the body
from excess acid and poisons are what
we all should strive to attain and when
kidneys and bladder are distressed
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
Could Be More Non-Con,miftal

Could Be More N0n.C COnln1ift0I
0UR OLD MAN said he did not see why death
should make liars of lot of the living. He
used to make it point to attend the last sad rites
over deflnct citizens who had had no popularity
in the community to say the least and were
known for traits other than philanthropy or good
nature, and he said it astonished him the way
out Of black
Our Old Man said he thought that set bad
example to the community. He said he did not
claim that the preachers ought to always tell the
plain unvarnished truth about every departed
The Washington times., 1938-10-12

inkling Of its
contents has
been allowed
to seep out.
officials con-
sidered it too
hot to handle
publicly.
They still
do, but It Is
now possible
to pres e mt
the following
hig hi / ghts
from these IL
mes OF
- ~ d p n q n
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
The Brighter Side ByDamonRunyon

citizen, unless it could be nice truth, but he did
think they should be more non-committal.
Our Old Man said he could see that the un-
vanished truth would often get the preachers in
trouble with the surviving heirs Of the departed,
unless, Of course, the will had already been read
and 1t had come out that the departed had left
all his dough to charity and cut them off with
the proverbial shilling.
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
BY DAMON RUNYON

Copyright 1885, by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
International Copyright and All Other Rights Reserved
OUR OLD MAN used to say he hated to hear Of
" anybody dying but that it made him tired
when people took to boosting some departed citi
The Washington times., 1938-10-12

Toohey, publicity man for Sam Harris Produc-
tions is among the towns glunlfaces
The Russian of Fiction
THERE is no greater nerveirritater than being
= forced to listen to slightly impoverished
society pets exercising raspy vocal chords In
Swankier night spots. Aside from Eve Symington
and Adelaide Moffett, not one Of them has ever
revealed the slightest suspicion Of singing talent.
much prefer the honest young debs who work
aS department store salesladies or as models
Prince Obolensky, tall and handsome is closest
in appearance to fiction and cinema conceptions
Of Russian nobility.
After many years. quest, have finally OBJ
tanned an early Rupert Hughes :. A book he
wrote in 1904 entitled '"The Real New York"
with 100 illustrations by Hy Mayer.
At that time, according to Hughes, New York
had more than half hundred theaters.
THE prices he wrote, "are high-5O cents
to 50 at most Of them. The women take off
their hats and most Of the men downstairs wear
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
Exchange Plans
Harvest Festival

Washington Self-Help Exchange
will hold a harvest festival at its
farm at Kensington, Nd, Satur-
day at 2 D. m.
The Washington times., 1938-10-12

when Augustus Caesar said: Rome is big
enough; let us abide content he unwittingly
spoke Rome's death sentence. There is no rest
save death. When Augustus placed the statue
of Rome's god at the boundaries of the border
lands and said: The empire is broad enough;
here we will stay it was the beginning Of the
end.
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
''But'' Is

VE1ESE words were written thirty-one years ago
by United States Army doctor:
There comes time in the life Of man when
The Washington times., 1938-10-12

home town of Pueblo, because no matter how
ornery chap might have been our people were
inclined to forget that side of him when the
undertaken dropped around to his house. They
then usually tried to think up few boosts for
the departed.
The Washington times., 1938-10-12

pERsoNAIrTY JoTs: Lowell Thomas sOmDre
countenance conveys the impression OF
broodng discontent-yet his earnings reach six
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
News Behind the News
Blu Paul MGLLOn-

All Rights Reserved
Reproduction in Flu n PrOhibtsd)
NHAT long hidden official report Of Hoovers Gmen con-
cernng the Naz bund business shows the Herites have
had members in every branch of U. s. military service.
The report has been under
md in TuStic RIf
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
Voice of New York By Louis Sob0l'

evening dress. First nights are social events,
and there is a certain coterie usually to be
found at these occasions.
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
Anna HeLds Country Inn

QRIEFLETs: From Newtown, Conn, James
~ w. FitzPatrick writes to assure me he Is not
the Fitzpatrick whose celluloid voyages are de-
lightful feature shorts in the newsreel theater
but admits he is the FitzPatrick who came out
Of Waterbury and at one time headed the White
Rats, famed vaudeville organization .. Anna
Held, jr., still conducts her country inn near
Peekskill-and recently assembled half q hun.
dred Of Gotham's blase for an oldfashioned hay
ride =. Four Of our oldtime composers have
been enjoying the spotlight again-and lucra-
tively-as night club features. W. c. Handy,
creator Of est. Louis Blues, is at the Cotton
Club, at Bills Gay Nineties is Joe Howard who
composed II Wonder Who's kissing Her Now"
and 300 other songs, while at the Casa Manana
until recently were Harry Armstrong who gave
us Sweet Adeline," and Shelton Brooks, re-
sponSible for "Some Of These Days"
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
Street Cars at Theater Hours

COMMENTING upon first night patronage,
~ Hughes had this to say: "The poorer classes
go in as rule through doors in side streets, and
the throngs that enter via Broadway are Of an
opulent attire. Long lines Of carriages roll up
and unload diamondcrowned women in royal
ermines and white-gloved men Of princely
hauteur, while the street cars disgorge hardly
less brilliant throng-for carriages are such
luxury to hire and such bankruptcy to own in
New York that people who would be reputed
wealthy in other cities grow used to public con-
veyances here. The street cars at the theater
hour are consequently full Of bare-headed beauty
in splendid raiment"
The Washington times., 1938-10-12

The report has been Under
lock and key in the Justice De-
partment for months, Not an
The Washington times., 1938-10-12

Toohey publicity man for Sam Harris Produc-
tions, is among the towns glun-faces.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-06
New Beauty for The Home

Self-polishing wax for the house
hold is neutrality-suspicious.
popular! It's already wide use is
increasing yearly, throughout the
homes of the country. And it is
the efficient, up-to-date home
maker who regularly applies this
amazing product to the floors Of
her home. The unusual feature
of a good self-polishing wax is
the maximum beauty it affords.
with the minimum labor-both in
application and upkeep. It's on in
a jiffy--dries thoroughly in 20
minutes-and results in resplend-
ent floors that CLEAN like. satin,
look like new, and "dress up" the
entire house. A quality self-pol-
ishing wax is urged, however, for
it is more resistant to dust and
dirt, it's richer content lasts long
er, and shows up to more glowing
advantage the natural color and
pattern of the wood. Yes, a good
self-polishing wax is truly a do
mestic gem that is Inexpensive
time and trouble-saving-and def
initely identifying!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-06
Questions Answered

E. Wits a fallacy to assume
that brown sugar is more nutri-
tious and healthful" than granu-
lated sugar. 1t is true that brown
sugar contains traces of mineral
elements, while white sugar con-
tains practically none. But the
amounts are variable and never
significant. Regardless of color,
sugars make their sole contribu-
ton to the diet through their car
bohydrate content. The caloric
value of white sugar is trifie
higher than that Of brown, the diff
ference amounting to 81 Galleries
per pound. I,
Mrs. S. T.-When thoroughly
chewed and given a proper place
in the diet, cheese is usually well
digested. Experiments performed
by the United States Department
of Agriculture demonstrated that
an average of IS per cent Of the
protein and over 95 per cent of the
fat of cheese were digested and
absorbed.
@WNU-c. Houston Goudiss-1938-9
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-06
Baseball Centenary

lust one hundred years ago this
y spring. Col. Abner Doubleday
laid out the first baseball diamond
ON the commons at COoperstown, N.
T., and the first game was played.
I'm the early days baseball was
called Zone Old Cat" and was then
re-christened "Rounders."
Although Doubleday's diamond
has remained to this day, he did
not perfectly devise rules at the
same time. The first set of rules
waa formulated and played under
by the Knickerbockers of New York
City who were the first team to
wear uniforms. They began to play
regularly in 1912, and few years
later appeared on the field in blue
trousers and white shirts.
In the early days there were eleven
players to the side, including two
shOrtstops and two second base
men. They didn't have innings In
the old days. The first team to
score II runs won the game and the
batter could keep chasing around
the bases and score as many as two
or three runs on one hit until the
ball was found.
The first extra inning game was
played in 1852, the Knickerbockers
beating the Gothams % to 81. The
game was popular during the Civil
war and there were hot contests be-
tween selected teams of the Union
troops and the Confederate army.
The games were played on neutral
territory and attended by thousands
of soldiers.
AL. j. Reach was the first ball
player to get a salary and the first
to be sold from one club to another.
Brooklyn sold him to Philadelphia
in 1864 for $275. The Cincinnati Reds
were the first team to employ all
salaried ball players. George
Wright, the shortstop, was the star
and drew down 81, 400.