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a game that seemed almost lost
was the accomplishment Of Bos-
ton Red Sox yesterday IN down
ing Detroit Tigers, 9 to s.
Johnson made his debut with
ST. Louis Browns yesterday and
won for them, to 2, over Phil
adelphia Athletics, allowing nine
we'll scattered hits.
New York Yankees Widencd the
gap between themselves and
Cleveland Indians another game
yesterday by whipping the Tribe,
TO /. Teller and Milnar com
bined to limit the Yanks to four
hits but without success Hadlcy
tWirled fIve-hit bali for the New
Workers.
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RIGHT EAR FOR FREEDOM

DULUTH-David Glaenz OF
hlS city lost his right ear diving
through = window 10 escape ar
rest
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MONROE COUNTY LEAGUE
ELIMINATION SERIES
lBaseball)
TIRES OF WIFE

PHILADELPHIA. Mrs f
GIas,m f. this cit1 was granted
Z divorce ,r offering as evidence
q iptt.r t.m a,r husband saying
THAT .s" E.t. means ulnuotDDN
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RoSondahl. back from Germany.
still faVOTS ScIun2 United States
hehum 10 foreign nations.
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American LEAGUE

Chicago Boston. not scheduled
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uIts q the games
National League

kLn9cr and Todd McltoI
2r wa and MarcuSO.
The Washington times., 1938-09-10

KAHN TO RETURN
DAUL KAHN, now starring in
L Manhattan's Swank Rain
bow Room, is coming back to
the Wardman Metronome Room
some time between October is
and 30-which is really good
news.
4
TWO O'CLOCK CLUB
Those Washingtonians who
like a drive fore and aft their
nightclubbing will be interested
to know that the Two O'Clock
Club and the Oasis in Baltimore
are now open for the fall and
winter season.
The Two O'Clock Club is pre-
Senting an elaborate revue, in
eluding Allen Gale, headliner
imported from the 500 Club in
Atlantic City. The club is under
The Washington times., 1938-09-10
market FEELS
N E " PRESSURE
OF WAR FE RS
Some Blue Chips Drop
As Much as 3 Points
BY LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK, Sept. 10 u.N.SO
The stock mraket continued
downward today after holding mo-
mentarily in early dealings, as
news from abroad indicated in
creasing tension over the German
Czech developments
Leaders dropped more than a
point, while a few blue chips were
off as much as 3. Trading was ex
tremely dull at the start, but
picked up moderately as selling
appeared in the second hour.
Fresh European anxiety fol,
lowed Chancellor Hitlers latest
speech at the Nuremberg confer
ence, in which he limited force
might be used in the CzechoSlo-
vakian crisis.
Motors, Steels, building shares,
mail orders and some of the high
priced induStrials showed the
largest declines. Coppers, raj S
and utilities limited their losses
to fractions.
Selling was touched of midway
through the two-hour session,
attire the list had backed and
filled in a narrow range close to
last nights closing levels. Some
support was met in final deal
ings, but no appreciab recovery
was affected.
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*Ex-dividend. bBooks closed. +Plua
extras. e2 per cent extra. f2h pei
cent extra, h75c extra. g$14 extra paid
November 30. 1897. k3Oc extra. m$a
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$500 TO SHARE
BANK DIVIDEND

Seventy-five hundred depoSitors
of the Northeast Savings Bank,
which closed five years ago, will
soon realize 100 per cent on their
deposits, it was learned last night
when the Comptroller of the Cur
rency authorized the payment of
the remaining five per cent of
their claims.
The Northeast is one of 10 in
solvent banks in the country which
have been authorized to pay divi-
dends totaling $404, 200 to 26,835
claimants by the Comptroller's
order.
This dividend will effect a dis
tribution of $4,000 to Northeast
depoSitors who have proved claims
against the bank tptaling $1.061,-
900.
The Northeast Savings Bank
was one of five among the 10
institutions which will make a
final disbursement under the
order.
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mean Libby Frazier when they
say it.
Libby is the small singer with
the big voice at the Show Boat.
They say she wears a size 9
gown, which, it might be added,
is very, very small.
And speaking about the Show
Boat-we've been wondering
whatever happened to those
sheep Captainette Sally Boyn-
ton was going to raise on her
acreage in the rear of the
waterlesS Show Boat.
X X
Evelyn Knight, Hour Glass
and King Cole singer, was telling
Vincent Gallagher a story about
the collar she wore with her
sports ensemble. Said she used
a collar button both front and
back, and that they even rolled
under the dresser.
Evelyn is a familiar figure
around the Hour Glass at lunch
con. She goes there most every
day-in the role of guest. She
thinks the food is the best in
town,
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turn and take up the collection or
the opposite side of the aisle.
CASH REPLACED
He must have felt Lee Cart
Wrights questioning glance. Fol
he stopped. He leaned over the
other. Almost fiercely he whis
pered:
"She didn't steal-see -. ?"
"Oh ?"
"She-when she's snooted-She
thinks God gives it to her. Be
cause she needs it-see ?"
For gin, l Suppose?"
And" aggreSSively, "why not
for gin-if it does her any good?
And if feel like putting my hand
in my pocket and-oh ="
Playing Gods deputy?"
Listen, mister! Not that it's
any of your business. But the
mans hurried words, in the same
fierce whisper, were half drowned
by the organs rich pulSing, "her
husband useter be a cop-Square
cop down my block-and me a
tough gutter kid-swiped a car
would have been jail for me-and
all that a tough gutter kid learns
in jail-but he didn't pinch me
gave me a lecture-and licking
and let me go-See?"
A short pause. "A few years
back, some lousy gorilla gave him
the works-the old DANES got just
enough pension to slide by-not
enough for"
Another, longer pause.
"Aw-" here were course SEN
timents for a church usher-"you
with your frozen Park Avenue
mug-you wouldn't get it"
Lee Cartwright was nowise Of
Tended.
You mean," he asked, "she
hasn't enough for-?"
Gin" defiantly. Gin - sure!
Gin to help her forget her Pat.
So it's a five-spot now and then.
And it's me who replaces it. Me
and some of the other ushers. I
put 'em wise-they're regular guys
on the lookout for her
seq"
He interrupted himself; started
to move down the aisle; said,
again, over his shoulder:
Not that it's any of your busi-
ness, mister"
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holiday consisting of a jaunt to
New York, where he will pick up
new tunes and arrangements for
the Ambassadors cocktail pa
irons.
Besides new tunes for him.
self. Dick says he will be on the
lookout for comedy skitS, which
he hopes to put on this fall ana
winter with the help of the other
Hi-Hat entertainerS-the String
SwingsterS and Angie Rodante,
the deep blues warbler.
RURAL FLAVOR
Patrons of the Griffith Farms
Tavern on the Marlboro Pike
recommend it both to those who
like the rural flavor as well as
those who prefer the city at
moSphere.
The place has both. Particu-
larly urban is the dance music
of Sidney's orchestra and the
accord!an of Charlie Bates.
The orchestra plays on Satur-
days only and Bates appears
every other night.
X \ 4
And for a combination Of the
rustic and good dancing, take a
trip to the Nightingale, three
miles below Alexandria, where
the rambling cabin structure and
the music of Jimmy Gandley
with his 11-pece band provide
both.
COZY, COMFORTABLE
lust a gentle reminder for
d those who have a yen for a
big, honest-to-goodness fireplace
with cracking logs, now that the
evenings are turning cool:
They've got just the thing out
at River Bend, and it gives a
mighty cozy feeling to the place.
Also they have George STEMS
band, which isn't SO cozy, but
it's plenty hot.
Good things, they say, come In
small packageS-and they must
The Washington times., 1938-09-10
Washington Stocks

SALES
Riggs Bank, Pfd., $50 102.
AFTER CALL
Cancellation-The sale printed
as of yesterday, Riggs Bank COM,
3@264, was cancelled.
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,,~~>~~~A FIVE-SPOT~~.
NOW AND Then
Daily Short Story
>~~,>~~,~>By Achn1ed Abdulldh~~~~>

She was not a young woman
She was not good looking, or well
dressed or even clean. Her clothes
were bedraggled. A worn, dark
gray merino shawl was thrown
over her shoulders. The sour smell
Of the very poor was about her;
the stale smell of cheap gin.
A square bottle, perhaps, in
the reticule-an old-faShioned af-
fair of frayed and spotted imita-
ton leather, Shirred at the top to
allow plenty of space-which she
pressed close to her breast.
LOSES BALANCE
Indeed, as she knelt to pray, the
reticule clicked-giass clicked sus-
piciously-in rhythm with the bob
bing of her gray head. It was
crowned by large hat whose an
chorage was precar1ouSly secured
by two ancient, dagger-like hatpinS
that spoke of the nlnetieS-not the
Gay Nineties.
Still, she did pray, auromati-
cally:
"Give us this day our daily
bread"
Her daily gin, more likely" was
Lee Cartwrlght's silent, ironlc COM
ment, watching her, beside her in
the pew, as she tried to keep her
balance ne felt disgusted
when she fell against him.
Excuse me, sir" she mumbled.
"Oh, please excuse me-"
Words thick with alcohol. Thick,
too, with some sort OF dreadful hui
mility. And he was little sorry
for her; wondered vaguely why she
was here.
Old sins to confess2 Or sins re-
Gently committed7
She Strengthened with an effort.
Again the click Of the square bot
tie in her reticule; echoed by a
click Of money as an uSher-a red
faced, middle-aged man who WoCiI
have looked more natural III a
truck-drivers overallS than in the
expensive, pin-Stripe worSted which
covered his massive frame-came
along the aisle with the collection
basket; as nickels clinked on dimes
and dimes on quarters.
MONEY IS GONE
Even whole dollars-and a man
In the pew directly ahead parting
with a five-dollar bill. Parting
with it rather ostentatiously. Tell
ing himself that-sure-he could
afford it.
THE Lord is my shepherd. I
shall not want!"
Well-he, Bill Mcguire, was the
kind who saw to it that he never
did want. No, sir! Two hundred
bucks, the IiG5le poker session had
cost the boys last night in the
back room of Miss STEMS cigar
store. |
And, maybe, if he contributed
generously to the chu ch--and
wasn't caught palming the ace Of
spades-it would cost 'em another
200 tonight.
Anyway, here it was. Alive
spot.
Lee Cartwright saw 1t, green and
crisp, topping the loose heap OF
money, as the long-handled collec-
ton basket moved in his direc-
ton, passing in front OF the old
woman.
Saw-could have sworn he saw
her clawlike fingers darting
down. Saw, the next moment,
that the five-dollar bill was gone.
She had stolen. No doubt.
He looked at the usher. The lat |
ter's free hand-it all happened in
a few seconds-was reaching into
his left trousers pocket: came out
again: hovered over the bag-and
Lee Cartwright smothered an ex-
clamation of surprise as he saw
another five-dollar bill topping the
heap of money. Not green and
crisp. But limp, gray, crumpled.
BY this time, the old woman had
risen and was Shuffling toward
the door. The usher was about to
The Washington times., 1938-09-10

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the personal direction Of Sam
Lampe, who is well known both
here and in Baltimore.
The Oasis is diagonally across
the street from the other place.
and this place has the reputa-
ton of being one Of the hottest
mite spots this side of New York.
4
Many stay-out-lates are trek.
king to the Thomas Circle Cafe
for a bite to eat on the way
home. The. late-supper SuggeS-
tions there are said to be among
the best in town.
The Washington times., 1938-09-10
WHERE TO GO:
What's Going On In the Night Clubs of the Capital
Shar-Zad Opens
Autumn Season
Next Friday

BY THE NIGHT CLUB EDITOF
TAKE note, all you who frohc
i at the towns better night
spots:
Shar-zad, the Cartoons sup
per club, will open for the fall
and winter season on Friday
night. And more than that
Sande Williams and his orches-
ira are coming back.
The Shar-Zad opening shin
dig begins at 10 p. m, with
music and entertainment in the
best Williams manner, plus
the charming Miss Dale Sher.
man.
Sande Williams made quite a
hit when he began his engage
ment at the Carlton two years
ago. After playing a full season,
he went on to much success
in New York-at the Hotel AStor
and at the International Casino.
**
TEAM COMES BACK
And speaking of return en-
gagements-
Jack Campbell and Leo Lisee
were so good when they were at
the Mayfair some months ago
that they're coming back Mon
day.
They make merry. with Jack
at the piano and Leo carrying
the vocalS.
ORGANIST BACK
Good news for organ fans:
Larry Hendrick, Hammond
organist, is back from a months
vacation, and is now playing
nightly at the Hay-AdamS
House.
If you're sad because summer
is leaving, a recipe for nurturing
the fading season is suggested.
The Shoreham Terrace on
these pre-autumn nights is love
ly. And there you have Barnee's
music, the cuisine of Chef Her
ringer and Roberts service.
WHERE 5 MARJORIE
What's happened to Marjorie
King?
Her voice was a great attrac-
tion for some time at such
places as the Lotus, Maryland
Club Gardens, the old Habana
Club and other places.
What's happened to her, we
wonder?
A YEAR FOR MARION
IT'S A YEARS anniversary at
l. the Lotus for Marion Dawn,
and in the show business, that's
quite a record.
And Marion is no ordinary
singer. She holds a teachers
diploma from the Washington
College of Music, where she
studied for IL years. This young
lady started studying music
when she was 8 years old, and
did most of her music larnin'
on scholarships.
X X Il
Everything, as they say in
the vernacular, is hunky- -dory at
the Casa Grande.
The specific reason is the Casa
Grande new band, which is ba-
toned by Buddy Silvers. Milt
Barrett is tickled to pieces with
the band, and so are the custom
ers. What more could anybody
ask?
AFTER SOMETHING NEW
nICK HEGER, Emcee at the
~ Hi-Hat, Is leaving Monday
for the proverbial bus-man's
holiday.
He's going on vacation, the
The Washington times., 1938-04-19

MANILA, P. L, April 10 G.N.S.)
Manila customs officials said to-
day an American citizen, whose
identity they refused to reveal,
had reported sighting a mysterious
submarine near Callahan Island,
north of Luzon.
CALLAHAN is close to Formosa,
Japanese possession. The Subma-
rine was not identified, the GUS
toms men said, and details regard
ing its purported presence were
The report caused considerable
comment here, in view of the pres
ence several days ago of a mystic
rious fleet of % destroyers, sighted
off Mindanao n the gulf of Davao,
900 miles south of here.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL So
The Washington times., 1938-04-19
REPORTS WPA APPROVES
MYSTERY SUB Sd. C. PROJECTS

Three important District of Co
lumbia PWA projects aggregating
81, 800, 900 have received Federal
WPA approval and recommends
ton, it was learned today.
No funds are Immediately avail
able, PWA officials said, and re-
alization of the projects depends
upon whether Congress makes
available the necessary monies.
District projects which have
been given the PWA examining
divisions stamp Of approval and
recommendation, include.
Erection of a new 30O-bed ward
building at Gallinger Hospital; a
new power plant there and
changes in existing buildings.
Total cost 10000, of which $685..
600 would be direct grant and
$685. 900 a PWA loan to the Dis.
trict.
New juvenile court building-to
be four stories high with a par
tial basement. Total cost to be
$3.50, 900, the grant recommended
being $165,00O and the loan
$685., 900.
New municipal court building
at a cost of $1,5OO,OoO, the grant,
to be $3.50, 900 and the loan 81, ESQ.,
900. 1t would be a four-Story
building.
The Washington times., 1938-04-19
Farley Describes
New 14-Cent Stamp

The new 112-cent Martha Wash
ington stamp, which will go on
sale May 5, will be similar in color,
size and shape to the present III
cent brown President Harding
stamp, it has been announced by
Postmaster General James A. Far
ley. It was announced Harding's
likeness will be used later on 50
stamps.
The Washington times., 1938-04-19
Showers, Cooler Temperature
Due for District TOMORROW

April showers late tonight or
tomorrow, with cooler tempera-
lures, will supplant today's bright
post Easter skies the Weather Blu
reau prophesied today.
The cooler wave will extend
until Thursday at least, it was in
dictated. Fresh northwest winds
will accompany the change.
The Washington times., 1938-04-19

Close to 1000 delegates and
members who filled the hall heard
Mrs. Becker call on them to take
q leading part in arousing public
sentiment toward better citizen
ship, toward more intelligent vot-
ing in local, State and national
affairs.
owe WONDER"
Pointing out that in the United
States there are millions out Of
employment, facing physical and
spiritual hunger" Mrs. Becker
said:
1--WE hear of strange philoS-
ophieS. We hear Of dictators
abroad, We wonder whether we
are immune. ..e .-
1.-THE best security against
Communism, NaziSm and FaS-
cism is the contentment, happi'
ness and prosperity of the peo-
The Washington times., 1938-04-19

pie. The quickest way to create
a totalitarian state in America
is to get into a war.
Crushing taxes, disease, dis
tress and broken homes will
make for Communism and
Fascism. Poverty and want will
break the morale and destroy
the faith in Government"
NEED OF WORK
Pointing to the urgent need fol-
work among the youth Of the ma
ton, Mrs. Becker said:
'The enemies of our institu.
lions realize the value Of youth
and recruit them for their pur-
pose. Can we be less concerned?
Thousands upon thousands
in this land are ignorant Of the
true meaning Of the principles
Continued on Page 3, Col. ~
. VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL So
The Washington times., 1938-04-19

LONDON, April 10 G.NS).
The London Daily Sketch reported
today that an attempt to assaSsi-
nate Nine. Magda Lupescu, Jewish
favorite Of King Carol, led to the
mass arrests Of Rumania's anti
Semitic members of the pro- Fascist
Iron Guard organization.
Rumanian police, the paper
said, kept secret the arrests Of two
members of the Iron Guard who
allegedly tried to shoot Nine.
Lupescu. She was reported plan.
ming to leave Rumania shortly.
The Washington times., 1938-04-19

With the threat Of showers
ahead, Easter holiday visitors and
mentioning school children of the
District took full advantage of
the bright weather of this morn
ing. Streets and parks were
thronged with thousands sight.
seeing or "just playing"
The Washington times., 1938-04-19
GOldwyn, KOrda
Give Up u. A. Deal

LONDON, April 10 U.N.SO.
The proposal Of Samuel Goldwyn
and Alexander Korda, motion
picture magnates, to purchase the
United Artists shares owned by
Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks
and Charlie Chaplin has been
abandoned, it was announced here
today. Instead United Artists will
be reorganized.
The Washington times., 1938-04-19
FRANCO TRAPS
| OYALIST.S IN.
FIGHT.
Fall of Key Town
Expected Soon

HENDAYE, nco-Spanish Bor-
der, April 10 Q.N.S0. With their
troops in the outskirts of the stub
bornly defended government town
of Tortosa, authorities Of the Ma
tionalist high command claimed
today that the ancient stronghold
soon will fall.
The advance on two sides Of the
key town, situated in Southern
Catalonia a few miles from the
Mediterranean Sea, has formed q
pocket of 625 square miles in
which a large number Of govern
ment troops have been trapped.
From Barcelona, however. came
q government announcement that
two bridges leading into Tortosa
are withstanding frequent bonn
bardments and assaults.
hEEOn1S NOENCAANA
Government spokesman declared
the nationalists have been unable
to cross the Erbo River at any
point and that savage fighting is
in progress near Amposta for Dos
session Of that strategic point.
This was in direct contradiction
to nationalist claims that Amposta
had been cvaptured. 4
Striving desperately to occupy
Tortosa in rapid stride, according
to advices from Saragossa. the
nationalist artillery operating
from the right bank Of the Erbo
River began q violent lombard
ment of the larger part Of the
city.
Government forces on the left
bank Of the stream were reported
holding out under the terrific bar
rage.
WARSHP SUNK
Nationalist headquarters in sal
amanca said a government war.
ship had been sunk and four Seri-
ously damaged in q nationalist air
raid against the naval base at
Cartagena. The raiders, it was
stated, dropped 80 tons of ex-
ploSives on the government ships.
The hard-presSed government
took severe steps to wipe out dis
loyalty in its own ranks. Under
the measures announced by the
new cabinet Of Premier Magrin,
five death sentences levied for de.
sertion. high treason and spying
were executed at grim Mont Juich
castle.
Barcelona also announced that
a terrible battle" was continuing
in Northern Catalonia in the
Pyrenees sector, but that govern
ment troops, despite furious at
tacks, were holding their positions.
-V0TE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL So
The Washington times., 1938-04-19
WALKER DIES,
CHILDREN SAVED

The life Of an unidentified
pedestrian was sacrificed beneath
a lotion concrete mixing truck on
the sidewalk at Third st. and
Pennsylvania Ave. N. W., today
to avert a crash with a bus filled
with vacationing high school chill
dren.
Sudden failure of the brakes
on the huge truck sent 1t plum
melting toward the rear Of the
bus, which had stopped for a
traffic light.
George F. Wald, %, 1927 Emer-
son st. N. W., driver of the truck,
swung the wheel frantically and
the mixer mounted the sidewalk.
bearing down on a man who
seemed unaware of his danger.
Before the Mortified eyes Of the
school children, students at the
Chenango Fork IN. " high
school, the truck struck the man
and dragged him Is feet before
the wheels crushed his body.
Valid told police the truck.
which was laden with concrete,
responded perfectly when he
stopped for a traffic light at John
Marshall Place, a block from the
scene of the accident.
AS the truck bore down on the
bus, Wald told police, he applied
his brakes and they failed to work.
In a split second he had to choose
between striking the rear of the
bus or sending the truck over the
sidewalk.
Wald was taken into custody by
police pending action Of the
coroner.
Uorr ran euerpAeE Appu IN
The Washington times., 1938-04-19
League Is Asked
To Probe Spain War

GENEVA, April 10 ON.SO.
The League of Nations today re-
ceived a note from the Spanish
government at Barcelona demand
ing that the League Council, at
its meeting in May, review the
question Of Italian and German
intervention in the Spanish civil
war.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE GpRlL 80
TREATY DISCUSSED
LONDON, April 10 U.N.SO.
French Charge d'Affaires Blondel
will meet italian Foreign Minister
Count Galeazzo Ciano today to
discuss possibilities of an italo-
French pact, according to a Rome
dispatch to the London Daily Tele-
graph.
The Washington times., 1938-04-19
Muir Nominated
To FSA Position

U.N.S). President Roosevelt
today nominated Harry s. Muir,
Of Minneapolis, to be regional di-
rector for the Farm Security Ad-
miniStration.
The Washington times., 1938-04-19
1000 Hear Retiring Leader Call for
Fight for Ideals
Times staff Photo
By CARROLL PEEKE

Vocng stern warning against Communism, Nazism and
Fascism Mrs. William A. Becker, retiring president general
the Daughters Of the American Revolution made her last
report the first business session of the oryevenh
continental congress in Constitution Hall today.
The Washington times., 1938-04-19
Quake Recorded
In New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS. La, April 10
U.N.S).-Slight earth shocks
were recorded on the seismograph
at Loyola University early today.
Father Abel said he was unable
to determine the direction Of the
quake. but that it was some 5000
miles away.