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The Washington times., 1938-02-28
GIFTS TO THREE

ORIGINAL VelGti Candy
~ Stores are asked to pre-.
sent one.poUsd boTeS of their
delicious chocolates or cara
melS, ON request, to-:
Garland Brown, Census.
Jane Ellen Mankin, Inte-
riOr.
william T. Murphy, GAO.
(CGndy mill be presented
at either store, $40 Ninth st.
NJ. W. or 600 Fourteenth st.
N. W.
The Washington times., 1938-02-28
Call Again
Discretion

Johnny Federal says: 'I would
rather be yellow than black and
blue."
The Washington times., 1938-02-28

tomorrow'S Mayflower dinner aus
piced by NFFE's Veterans Ad.
ministration unit in honor of Gen.
Frank T. Hines Winner is an
adjudicator in Dependents Claims
The Washington times., 1938-02-28
Speaking of Government Workers

TNHREE TALENTED WPA an
i lists have been turning out
some excellent poster work Of late
for various Federal agencies. So,
their fame having penetrated to
Seventh and F, Civil Service sent
around to see If the lads could
turn out something to be used in
conjunction with New York's
World Fair. And did the ennis
sary blush, when the trio pointed
out that Civil Service had flunked
all three in a recent competitive
test for artists!
Under Way
Flash: Wonder If Library Of
Congress folk must depend for
medical care on a party who in
turn is treated regularly for tu-
berculosis?. AS splashed here
weeks ago, the Hill movement to
probe the Library and bring 1t
Screamed-for Civil Service status
is now definitely under way.
Strong Run1Or
"Tisn't admitted anywhere Off
cially, but q strong rumor whis-
pers Nathan Straus' resignation
as q. s. Housing Administrator
Is In the hands Of Senator Wag:
ner, and that the Bathtub Bam-
boozler (no, this isn't on Page
I'D emphatically will insist that
. gentleman name Claiborne shall
succeed, instead Of a gentleman
named Latimer.
Call Again
n the lad who phoned Saturday
and was cut off (the clunk should
have known it was inadvertently
win call again, information awaits
Harry Hopkins hops back
March is Civil Service spin
ster told Bob Nathan Of Labor, it
is said, that the reason he was
low.narked in the economist test
is that statistics on the national
income, with which he works,
have no connection with eco
nomics!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28
"Dead" Ball Is Tested

When the umpire barks "Play
Bali" on opening day, April 10,
fans in the National league will
have first hand chance to draw
their own conclusions about the new
dead" ball.
Recent midwinter tests at Balti-
more, Md, of this new ball with
sluggers Jimmy Foxx of the Amer
lean league, Chuck Klein of the Ma
tional and Charley Keller of the In
ternational league participating
brought three conclusions from
baseball men assembled:
l. The dead ball has a soggy
"whoosh'' sound when hit.
2. The 1ivelier American and Inter-
national league ball emits seeking
"whack."
8. Either ball will 60 over the
fence when hit con the nose"
Before 300 shivering fans and
sports writer's, sluggers in Oriole
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28
Problems of Pilots

All of these pilots will have prob
lens. But pennant or near pen
nant isn't expected of Messrs. Nc
Kechnie, Stengel or Street in the
next couple of years. In Wits case
it is different. He's on the spot and
he has to make good almost right
away.
Witt has proved he can take it. He
had a phenomenal year with the
Newark Bears, a Yankee farm, in
1887. His club won the Information
al league pennant by 25k games,
then swept through the playoffs by
taking four straight each from Syr-
acuse and Baltimore.
In the ''little world SERIES" Witt
showed he could handle ball players
in adversely as well as success. Co
Iumbus, the American league cham
pions, won the first three games
from the Bears at Newark and then
went west to polish them off. But
Wits club came roaring back to
win the next four straight at Co.
lumbus and capture the "little
world SERIES"
Witt, who had successful playing
career with the Detroit Tigers some
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28
Hits Holding Companies
DRESIDENT ROC

DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, in a
press conference, declared he
was determined to wipe out all hold
ing companies. The method to be
used in eliminating them, he said,
was still under discussion; he in
dictated it might be done through
legislation and the exercise Of the
taxing power.
The death sentence" imposed on
holding companies in the utility in
dustry in the 1885 act is step to-
ward the new purge. The Presi-
dent revealed that Wendell L. Will
'kie, head of the Commonwealth and
Southern corporation, recently had
urged him to relax this restriction
and that his plea had been rejected.
Senator Norris, who has proposed
that most holding companies be
taxed out of existence, holds that it
might be desirable to retain first de-
gree companies, or those which hold
securities in operating companies
only.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28

dSACA4 SA q ASPASSA
ton for being realistic and liberal
with moderate" tendencies.
Senator Ashurst, chairman OF the
judiciary committee, named sub
committee which planned quick
public hearings on the nomination.
Mr.. Reed, who will fill the va
cancy caused by the retirement OF
Justice George Sutherland, is fifty
three years old and has never be-
fore been on the bench. In 1929
Herbert Hoover, then President,
made him general counsel Of the
federal farm board. Later he was
Shifted to the same capacity in the
Reconstruction Finance corporation.
He retained his post at the outset
Of the present administration.
Then President Roosevelt picked
him for solicitor general to defend
the New Deal cases before the SUI
preme court. Of these he won ii
and lost 2.
In the opinion of lawyers Mr..
Reeds legal philosophy is orthodox.
His liberalism is not that which
would do away with legal proce-
dure in establishment of untried
schemes, yet he feels that congress
and the President would shirk their
duty if they did not venture into
legislative fields of untried constitu-
tionalty.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28
Players Must Hustle

This forty-seven-year-old veteran
says he will have only one ironclad
rule: "My players must hustle all
the time or out they go. There will
be no exceptions"
So, some Of these days, Cleveland
may recapture some Of the glory
that was its in 1920, when the In
dams, led by Iris Speaker, swept
through the American league to
pennant and then overwhelmed the
Brooklyn Dodgers to capture the
worlds championship.
How about the other new man.
ayers?
The job confronting Gabby Street
with the st. Louis Browns is largely
one of rebuilding. During his man.
agerial career in the majors and mi
nors-the Cardinals, Missions and
St. Paul-Street has always inn
proved the club he took over. The
Browns had the worst pitching staff
in the majors last year. Street, an
old catcher himself and wise in the
ways Of the art, should be able to
help the Browns pitching.
McKechnie, who was stand0ut
at Boston last year, should do well
at Cincinnati. His work In devel-
oping Jim Turner and Lou Fette, a
couple Of minor league veterans, in
to 2O-game winners and Of plotting
the Bees to fifth place in the Nation
al league, is a tribute to his efforts.
Casey Stengel will not have q
world Of material at Boston, but he
can be counted on to inject some
color into a rather drab team and
pep 1t up. He can make club
hustle and the players all like him.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On

No matter how many medicines
you have tried for your cough, chest
cold, or bronchial Irritation, you can
get relief now with Creomulsion.
Serious trouble may be brewing and
you cannot afford to take q chance
with any remedy less potent than
Creomulsion, which goes right to
the seat Of the trouble and aids ma
ture to soothe and heal the inf1amed
mucous membranes and to loosen
and expel the germ-laden phlegm.
Even II other remedies have failed
don't be discouraged, try Creomul-
sion. Your druggist IS authorized to
refund your money II you are not
thoroughly satisfied with the bene-
fits obtained from the very first
bottle. Creomulsion Is one word-not
two, and it has no hyphen In It.
Ask for it plainly, see that the name
ON the bottle Is Circumcision, and
you'll get the genuine product and
the relief you want. (Adyo
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28
No Peace with Chang

Japan is determined to bring to
- pass the complete downfall Of
Chang Kai-shek and his Nationalist
government Of China. Following a
meeting of the imperial council in
Tokyo in the presence of the en-
peror, it was announced that Japan
would withdraw its recognition of
the Chang regime and would en-
courage the Japanese-dominated
government set up in Picking.
The official statement continued:
Needless to say, this involves no
change in the policy adopted by the
Japanese government of respecting
the territorial integrity and sover-
eighty of China, as well as the rights
and interests of the other powers in
China.
"Japan's responsibilities for peace
in East Asia are now even heavier
than ever before. It is the fervent
hope of the government that the
people will put forth still greater
effort toward the accomplishment OF
this important task incumbent on
the nation"
Shanghai was informed that Chi
ang had ordered his troops mot to
retreat single inch. /"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28

Page because of an oil leak. Pre-
sumably it was dumping gasoline to
facilitate landing and the fuel ex-
ploded, destroying the plane.
First in the list of victims was
Capt. Edwin c. Musick, considered
the most experienced ocean flyer in
the world and chief pilot of the Pa
cific division of Pan-American. He
was one of the most conservative
of flyers and officials of the COM
pany said he and his flight crew
were entirely blameless for the dis
aster.
Those who persisted with Musick
were First Officer Cecil G. Sellers,
Junior Flight Officer Paul S. Brunk,
F. J. MacLean, J. w. Stickrod, J.
A. Brooks and ]. T. Findlay.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28
%1aZwnxd W. HGckGtd
~ SUMMARIZES THE WORLDS WEEK
@ western Newspaper Union.

ify their meaning, speed tax collec-
tons, and simplify enforcement.
The most important individual
change recommended was the pro-
posed exemption of small corpora
tions-those earning $25, 900 or less
annually and comprising about 90
per cent of the nations 100000 bust
ness concerns-from the undistrib-
uted surplus tax.
The report proposed as general
rule" a tentative tax of 20 per cent
on corporations earnings more than
$4,000 per year, but allowing a
credit of four-tenths of l per cent for
each 10 per cent of earnings de-
clared as dividends.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28
KIDNAPPED Ross Was Slain

CCORE another for ]. Edgar
- Hoover and his "G-men". They
have solved the mysterious case of
the kidnapping of Charles Ross, elder
ly retired manufacturer, in Chicago
last September, arrested the kidnap-
er and obtained his confession that
he killed both Ross and his own con-
federate after getting $4,000 ram
som money from Mrs. Ross.
The murderer, Peter Anders, was
taken at Santa Anita race track,
near Los Angeles, where he had
been passing some of the ransom
money through the pari mutuel ma
chimes. Full details of his confession
were not at once made public.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28

gered by Dodd's statements that UNI
der Hitler "almost as many person
al opponents were killed in five
years as Charles II (king Of Eng
land) executed in 20 years of the
Seventeenth century," and that Hit
Ter is ''now more absolute than any
medieval emperor Of Germany"
Mr.. Hull informed Dieckhoff that
Dodd was now a private citizen
and that our government does not
have control over the utterances of
individuals; also that Dodd's utter
ances do not represent the views
of this government.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28
Tax Changes Planned

HRAIRMAN DOUGHTON ana MS
~ house ways and means commit
tee began hearings on proposals for
SO changes in the revenue laws
which would exempt small corpora
tons, constituting 30 per cent of
American business, under the undi-
vided profits levy and grant large
enterprises only part of the relief
demanded from harsh rates.
These changes were formulated
by Fred Wilson's subcommittee,
which in a long report defended
them as fair and predicted they
would stimulate business without re-
ducing the aggregate federal reve-
nue..
In addition to changes in the tax
structure the subcommittee urged
recodification Of the complex maze
Of internal revenue statutes 70 clar-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28

ANY doubt about who is the
1 \ boss man among the mid
dleweights of America, if not
the world, was cleared up when
Fred Apostoli of San Francisco
knocked out champion Freddie
Steele of Tacoma, WASH, in the
ninth round of a scheduled
twelve round bout in New York
City recently.
Luckily for Steele, the fight was
above the middle weight class max
imum weight of 100 pounds. Though
the champion at 1884, pounds was
under the weight, Apostoli by
agreement in the bout contracts
weighed in at 1914. In order to win
a title, a challenger must be at or
under the weight of a champion he
is fighting.
ApostoIi, therefore, is an UNI
crowned champion. Those at the
ringside who saw him batter Steele
into a state Of helplessness are in
no doubt about what will happen
when the two meet in an official
championship fight. Steele fought
CALAMITY and effectively. He'll do
the same again and their bout in
the spring should help arouse high
interest i'm the middleweight divi-
sion among boxing fans every
where.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28

years ago, has one
other outstanding
gift. He has an I'M
canny ability to
handle pitchers. At
Newark, he devel-
oped the finest staff
in the minors from
inexperienced men.
With Allen, Teller,
Harder and Gale
house to build
around, Witt may
assemble the best
wound staff in the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28

pennant just once IN
35 years. This does
n o t m e a n t h a t
Cleveland is or has
been a bad ball
club. The contrary
is true. 1t has been
a consistent first
division outfit in re-
cent years. 1t has
threatened the lead
ers occasionally. It
has spent money,
secuted t a | e n t
chraxx,dlv and devn1-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28
MEN LOVE GIRLS
WITH pep

II you are poppy and full Of fun, men viii IN.
vite you to dances and parties. BUT, II You
ARE cross siess AND and tired men won't DO
For three generations one woman has told
another how to 60 Smiling through" with
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It
helps Nature tone up the system, thus LESSEN
ing the discomforts from the functional dis
orders which women must endure.
Make note NOW to get bottle Of world
famous Pinkham's Compound today WITH
OUT FAIL from your druggist-more than o
million women have written In letters re-
porting benefit.
Why not Try LYDIA e. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND3
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28

the NAILS are con-
cerned, by a speech
in New York. 1t was
violently anti-Hitler,
and German Am
bassador H a n 8
Dieckhof immedi-
ately made a bitter
protest to Secretary
of State Hull, saying
Dodd had insulted
the Reichsfuehrer.
In particular the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28
Six Million III Every Day

BECAUSE of illness or injury, an
- average of 100000 of the coun-
try's 100000, 1000 men, women and
children are each day unable to
work, attend school, or pursue other
usual activities during the winter
months.
This state of affairs was revealed
by a report of the federal public
health service.
Seventeen per cent of all the peo-
pie, according to the report, loses at
least one week in a year because Of
illness.
"In the light of current attempts
to determine the extent and causes
of unemployment, and it's relation to
inadequate food, shelter and 1nedi-
cal care, further revelations of this
survey should be of extreme i'm
portance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28
,.vaI BUILDING Race On

FRANCES reply to the recent an
L nouncement that Italy would
build two $4,000 ton battleships is
the decision to construct two battle
ships of $4,000 tons each, exceeded
in size only by the British battle
cruiser Hood. The navy committee
of the chamber of deputies was pre-
pairing to ask Minister of Finance
Georges Bonnet to supplement the
1888 naval budget by 2,000,0 900
francs from the sorely pressed
treasury to keep ahead of Musso-
lini's forces at sea.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28
Plane Crashes in Rockies

ONE Of Northwest Air1ines' new
~ Lockheed Zephyr passenger
planes, flying from Seattle to Chi
cago, struck a snow-covered peak
of the Rocky mountains near Boze-
man, Mont, and was smashed and
burned. All aboard, including eight
passengers and two pilots, were
killed, their charred bodies being
found by a party that made its
way through a raging blizzard to
the scene of the accident.
Officials of the company could not
explain the disaster but said all
ships of the new type were ground
ed pending investigation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28
France in a Crisis

FRANCE was indulging in another
Of its periodical governmental
crises. Financial and labor troubles
forced Premier Camille Chautemps
and his Popular Front cabinet to
resign, and the customary search
for a man who could command a
majority of the chamber ensued.
At the present writing President Le-
brun had turned again to Chau-
temps, but the situation was chang
ing with each hour. Georges Bon
net, who has been serving as am
bassador to Washington tried his
hand, but was blocked by Leon
Blum, socialist leader and former
premier. Then Blum undertook the
job but gave up because of conserv-
alive opposition.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28

members OF the
crew to their deaths.
There were no pas
sengers, for the ship
was making one of
its pioneering flights
on the newly estab-
lished route across
the Pacific. 1t was
on the way from
Pago Pago harbor,
American Samoa, to
Auckland, New Zea-
land, and had turned
hack toward Paoo
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28
chunk" Lights Once More

Nomad of the football gridiron,
Heartley w. (Hunk) Anderson, for
mer Notre Dame football star and
until recently assistant coach at
the University of Michigan, has
moved again. This time he has
Joined the coaching staff at the Uni
versity of Cincinnati, as assistant
football coach.
Much of whatever effectiveness
the 1887 Michigan team possessed
was credited to Anderson for his
work with the line. But after Harry
Kipke was given the gate, Hunks
number was up.
Anderson played guard on the
Notre Dame teams Of 1919, 1920 and
1921 and was buddy Of the late
George Gypp. He was made assist
ant coach Of the Irish in 1922, q
post he retained until 1927 when he
left to serve as head coach at st.
Louis university. He returned as
line coach in 1880 and succeeded
Knute Rockne, who was killed in an
airplane accident in 1881. At the
close of the 1888 season, he left No
tire Dame and went to North Caro-
lima State as head coach. He left
that post in 1896 to assume the
Michigan job.
Here and There
Oscar Witt found 81 applications
for coaching Jobs ON his desk when
he reported to the Cleveland Indians
as manager Harvard's hockey
squad is composed Of nine members
of the varsity football team D..
Coach A. A. Stage Of the College Of
the Pacific has prayed before every
game for years, but the competition
is becoming SO tough he now prays
before every play Cleo Diehl,
Northwestern's football captain
elect, is on his way toward bec0m-
ing the Wildcats first nine letter
athlete in over a decade He won
letters in football, basketball, and
baseball as a sophomore Jess
Burkett, the old Cleveland slugger,
| is a Waterman on highway project.
Ken Ryan, Utah State halfback
who turned down professional foot
ball offers to become post-gradu-
ate student at Harvard last fall,
has reconsidered and will 60 to
camp with the Brooklyn Dodgers
next September The New York
Ski club uses all surplus funds to
finance professional instruction for
its members.
@'western Newspaper Union.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28

oped some star players. But it has
had a sort of contented "also ran"
complex.
Besides Cleveland, three other
major league teams will have new
managers in 1888. Bill McKechnie,
who has won pennants with the st.
Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh
Pirates, moves from the Boston
Bees to the Cincinnati Reds. Casey
Stengel, who was paid his regular
salary not to manage the Brooklyn
Dodgers last season, succeeds Nc
Kechnie at Boston. Gabby Street,
the "Old Sarge" who had worlds
championship to his credit with the
1891 Cardinals, moves in to man.
age the st. Louis Browns.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28

prevail and it was
predicted in Wash
ington that he would
be speedily con-
firmed by the SEN
ate with little or no
opposition.
Republicans and
Democrats a ! i k e
were quick to praise
t h e Kentuckian,
who, while a de-
fender of many New
Deal measures, has
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28

The beginner need feel no hesita-
ton in tackling cutwork when she
has so simple a pattern to work
on as this one without bars. In
pattern 1851 you will find a trans
fer pattern of a dolly II by TN
inches and one and one reverse
dolly 6 by 81 inches; material
requirements; illustrations of all
stitches used; color suggestions. !
To obtain this pattern send IS
cents in stamps or coins (coins
preferred) to The Sewing Circle,
Household Arts Dept, 259 w. 18th
Street, New York, N. Y.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28
Canal Toll FIGHT On

CENATORS and representatives Of
- the Mississippi valley lining
up for determined fight against
a bill sponsored by Senator McAdoo
of California to exempt coastwise
shipping from payment Of Panama
canal tolls. The opponents feel
that the measure would endan-
ger the prosperity Of Middle West
industries, many of which already
have been crippled or wiped out
since the opening of the Panama
canal and the establishment of tolls
lower than rail rates from the Mis-
sissippi valley to either coast. This
cheapening of transportation for
seaboard industries made it impos-
sible for enterprise in the interior OF
the country to compete in seaboard
markets.
Public hearings on the McAdoo
bill were opened, and it was pre-
dicted there would be great strug-
gle in congress between seaboard
and interior interests.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28

park indiscriminate-
ly "whacked" eight
cen balls to oblivion
over the fence.
FOxx and Klein
had about as much
luck smuggling the
"dead" ball out Of
the lot as the lively
ball, but Keller's
home run clOuts
were confined to the
latter.
Foxx noticed the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28
Toughest Spot
i'm Baseball
Confronts Witt

MAKING his big-time man.
1VA agerial debut in the major
leagues this year, Oscar Witt,
new pilot of the Cleveland In
dians, is probably faced with
the toughest job in baseball.
Witt has to make good with a club
that has won the American league
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28
Marriage Mills Stopped

TNDIANA'S notorious marriage
l mills were given a death blow
when the State Supreme court up.
held statute enacted So years ago
forbiddipg county clerks to issue
marriage licenses to women who
are not residents of the county in
which the license is issued.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-28

biggest difference in
the way the balls sounded when hit.
'The lively ball has a sharp crack
when hit soundly," he said, land
the dead ball doesn't jump as much
when hit, but it will ride just as far
when you connect with a solid
swing"
Klein could ''feel" the difference
rather than hear it. "YOu can feel
a spring when you hit the American
league ball." he said, land the best
way to describe it is the difference
you'd feel in hitting loose drum,
then humping a tight one."
"Hunk" Lights Once More