davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1938-04-24
FRANCO CRACKS
L0YAL|ST LINES
insurgents Break Through
at Three Points on
TerueI Front.

BACKGROUND
Francois insurgents blasted their
1Ddy t0eek ago to the Medtter-
ranedn, splitting Loydlist Spain,
and most observers said they had
pon the ,par. But Lopalists ral-
lied, stemmed an attack on Madrid
and slo,Ded Francois march on
Barcelona. In past iDeek battling
on the Catdlonian front gaue the
insurgents chief passes into France.
In the center, lines remained the
same. Insurgents increased slightly
the codstline stretch they hold in
Eastern Spain to strip As miles
Uide.
BY the Associated Press.
HENDAYE, France (at the Spanish
frontier), April 23.-Spanish Insur-
gents announced tonight they had
broken through government lines in
three places in new drive on the
Teruel front.
They reported capture Of the high
way city of Aliaga, in the San Just
Mountains, 81 miles northeast of
Teruel, some 160 miles east Of Madrid.
BY capturing Aliaga, Insurgents said.
and breaking through government
lines near Valdeconejos to the north
west and Molinos to the northeast, In
surgent columns had encircled six
brigades of government militiamen.
Insurgents on this front pushed
government troops back along the
highway leading to the coastal city Of
Castellon de Ia Plana.
Column Pushes South.
At the same time their comrades
along the coast advanced southwark
toward the city despite a stabbing
government counter offensive.
On the coast two of the three In.
surgent columns moved southwark
while reinforced government forces
blocked the progress Of the center col-
umn along the San Mateo highway
near Villa Neuva de Alcolea.
Government military dis
patches from Bourg Madame, on
the French-Spanisb border, said
1000 Insurgent troops had been
trapped in a Pyrenees pass and
wiped out by 80 government gum
nerS.
|Other Insurgents continued to
hold the Aran Valley, but the
43d division. cut off from the
main government army few days
ago, restored its communication
lines and presented a sudden
threat to the Insurgent rear guard.
Reinforced government defenses
slowed the Insurgent advance
along the Andorran frontier)
Franco Captures Thousands.
WITH THE SPANISH INSUR-
GENTS AT RILLO, NORTH OF
TERUEL, April % (R.-Generalis-
simo Francisco Frances forces
launched new drive over . wide
front south of Montalban today, cap
turing thousands of prisoners and
conquering large area of mountain
Gus territory in Teruel Province.
The army drove forward with
astonishing rapidity after its long
Iest since the capture of Teruel Feb
ruary %. Montalban Is about 40
miles northeast of Teruel
Gen. Varela, the commander, esti-
mated fully $4,000 government troops
were trapped.
The advance began at dawn with
heavy artillery and air lombard
ment of the six government brigades
and IA groups Of assault guards in
the Montalban sector.
Evening star., 1938-04-24
BARTENDERS TO ELECT
Polls Will Be Open Tomorrow for
Balloting.

Balloting.
Polls for the annual election of off,
GERS Of the Bartenders' Union, Old
Local No. rs, will be open tomorrow
from 10 am. to IL pm. and from 5
pm. to pm. Charles E. Sands, ex-
ecutive secretary. announced.
The regular meeting will be held at
pm. at the same place, 6l0 Ninth
street NV, Mr.. Sands said.
Evening star., 1938-02-10
AUTO INSPECTION
BILL VETO ASKED
Committee of Keystone Au.
tomobiIe Club Presents
Letter to President,

President Roosevelt was urged to
veto bill calling for compulsory me-
chanical inspection of all automobiles
operated in the District, In a letter
left at the White House today by a
committee representing the Keystone
Automobile Club.
1t was set forth in the communica-
ton that the bill involves unnecessary
expense and inconvenience to District
motorists, and would not serve to re-
duce traffic accidents.
The committee representing the au-
tomobile club included Luther p.
Steward, Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol,
U. s. N. Getired: Arthur J. sundlun
and George Keneipp. The committee
was received by Secretary M. H. Nc
1ntyre, who said he would personally
present the letter to the President.
It was pointed out in the clubs
communication that during the
calendar year 1886, Of 11,058 vehicles
involved in accidents here only 1856
were found to be in varying degrees
defective.
The letter contended that under the
terms of the legislation in question,
the tens of thousands of motorists
in the District who maintain their
cars in good condition are to be called
to bear the expense and inconvenience
of an inspection system which clearly
bears very little relationship whatso-
ever to the actual causes Of the vast
bulk Of automobile accidents"
Evening star., 1938-02-10
Missing Falcon
Seen by Guard
In Tree at Zoo

Alva G. Nye, jr., 5406 Connecticut
avenue, was convinced today his
trained falcon, Red Mistress. was q
visitor at the Zoo yesterday. The
hawk has been missing since Tuesday.
along with leather leash seven or
eight feet long trailing from its neck.
"A guard at the Zoo telephoned me
yesterday and said he had spotted in
q tree bird he felt sure was falcon"
Nye said. THE bird was tangled up,
apparently In leash. When the
guard went back to the tree, however,
the bird had untangled itself and
flown away" Mr.. Nye added "the
guard seemed to know what he was
talking about, and said he heard
bell on the birds leg"
Mr.. Nye had about so other tele-
phone calls yesterday" but none Of
them gave definite clues as to where
abouts Of the trained hawk. RED
Mistress can never get that leash off,"
Mr.. Nye said, land sooner or later u
bound to get tangled In . tree and
have to stay there"
Evening star., 1938-02-10
Ambiti0n of Parents Blamed
For Children's Misfit Careers

Asked If he subscribed to the theory
that persons are more ambitious than
their abilities, he answered in the
af1rmatiye and advised that young
people adjust their ambitions to their
potehtialities.
The vocational program he advises
be accepted in public schools attempts
to train persons for work to fit their
individual abilities, but he emphasized
that such selection does not at
tempt to "curb" ambitions. Happily
there are lot Of simple people who
are fitted for and want to do simple
task" he said.
He praised the motive behind the
George-Deen Act and did not believe
that grants from the Federal Govern
ment would lead to centralized control
OF educational programs. Local con-
troll Of schools, he said, as it is in the
United States, insured freedom in an
educational system.
Evening star., 1938-02-10
BANDIT GANG TRIO
ENTER GUILT PLEAS
Suspected of 40 Armed Robberies
Others Under In.
dictment.

Three members Of Baltimore BAN
DIT gang believed responsible for some
40 armed hold-ups here and in Mary
land pleaded guilty to two robbery
charges and one charge Of assault
with a dangerous weapon in District
Court late yesterday.
They are Harry M. Towson, 20;
Andrew Savage, IS. and Samuel T..
Brady, 30. all colored. Four other
colored men. allegedly members Of
the gang, also are under indictment
here but either are in Baltimore or
at large. In all, ~ indictments are
pending against the gang.
The assault charge grew out of q
running gun battle with Detectives
Robert J. Barrett and Dewey L. Guest
January II. which ended with a
fugitive car overturning near the
Peace Gross on Bladensburg road and
the capture Of Towson.
The gang allegedly had held up
two stores. one at 500 Eleventh street
Sc. and the other at 900 I street
Sc. the same night. It was to in
dictments based on these cases that
the three pleaded guilty yesterday.
The cases were presented to the
court by Assistant United States At
torney Allan Krouse.
Evening star., 1938-02-10

tion, must take a course in order to
properly portray the many characters
originated for the many Walt Disney
pictures. After he worked for a short
time his drawings were considered
so satisfactory that he was given q
f1ve-year contract.
Mr.. Dulin, member of prominent
family here, was reared by his aunt,
Miss Emma G. Dulin of 1920 Dent
place NV He graduated from Liv-
ingston Academy Of Commercial and
Fine Arts and the National School of
Fine and Applied Arts here.
He was married in 1923, his wife
being former employe in the Clar-
endon Offices of the Virginia Public
Service Co. Mrs. Dulin, who is visit
ing friends in Alexandria. said all the
Disney characters are real to her hus-
band and that his favorite chara cter
appearing in the new feature picture
Is Dopey, one of the seven dwarfs.
Evening star., 1938-02-10
MORE THAN 70 TAKE
REALTY EXAMINATIONS

Frank S. W. Burke, former assistant
superintendent Of police. and about
10 other real estate statesmen and
brokers were given written exam
nations today to prove their quail
f1cations for licenses to continue to
be engaged in the real estate business.
Under the terms of the Real Estate
License Act. all brokers and statesmen
who had not been in business as long
as two years were required to take
the tests. The examinations were
conducted by Tax Assessor Fred D.
Allen, chairman of the District Real
Estate Commission. and John A.
Petty, commission secretary.
Inspector Burke was one of the
first to finish the examination and
handed in his papers within an hour.
Il scored 100 per cent perfect, I
hope" he said. He is affiliated with
the firm of L. T. Gravatte.
Evening star., 1938-02-10
Feet Become achilles Heel.
Betraying Traffic Fugitive

: Like Achilles heel, Shubert's feet
proved his downfall.
Sticking from underneath a car
he was working on yesterday, the
pedal extremities attracted the at
tention of q policeman who arrested
him more than q year ago, and Shu-
bert went to jail.
He has been missing since he was
ordered to appear in Traffic Court
more than year ago to answer
charges of speeding, operating with
out q permit and unauthorized use
Of dealers tags.
Policeman c. E. Rabbit told the
court he arrested William B. Shubert
January 26, 1887, for speeding on H
street NE. The defendant said he
had no operators permit and was
using dealers tags because he had
been unable to purchase them for
according to the oncer.
Evening star., 1938-02-10

Parents are often q hindrance to
placing children in a suitable vocation
by being more ambitious for them than
the occasion warrants, in the opinion
of DR.. Edwin A. Lee Of New York,
director Of the National Occupational
Conference, who conferred with school
officials here yesterday.
Parents can be help" he declared,
"but because they often don't face the
facts of their child's potentialities, they
are more Of a hindrance than an aid"
Completing q tour Of IA cities
throughout the country, DR.. Lee ex-
planned that his organization, which is
branch Of the Carnegie Corp, serves
as clearing house" for research
along vocational education lines. He
sees in occupational training the solu-
tion Of the problem which arises when
persons are engaged in work not CON-
patible with their inclinations or po-
tentialities.
Evening star., 1938-02-10

Shubert argued he was on his way
to meet his wife, who was employed
in a laundry. According to the po-
liceman, there were several children
in the car, who started crying. so
Shubert was told to get permit and
to appear in court the following day,
when leniency would be recon-
mended.
Oficer Rabbit eventually discovered
that the defendant had gone to At
lanta. Yesterday the policeman went
into q repair shop on street NV.
in an investigation Of hit-and-run
case. Seeing the feet Of workman
underneath a car. Mr. Rabbit leaned
down and discovered to his surprise
the missing defendant.
Shubert pleaded guilty and was
sentenced by Judge Hobart Newman
to pay q $40 speeding fine and IS
each on the other charges. He was
unable to pay, so he went to Jail.
Evening star., 1938-02-10
10 MORE EXPERTS
TO AID TAXPAYERS
Extra Force to Be on Duty
at Internal Revenue Blu.
reau Monday.

With taxpayers already beginning
to form lines at the Office Of the dep
uty collector Of internal revenue,
Twelfth street and Constitution ave-
nue. NV, plans were made today to
add 10 additional experts to handle
the crowds expected to start appearing
next Monday morning to pay the Fed
eral income tax, due March is.
Original plans had been to hold off
local taxpayers until February IS,
next Tuesday. but so many called at
the local Office in the Internal Rev.
enue Building for help that they are
being admitted. Today there was a
steady flow of men and women going
through the Office, with lines at times
forming outside the door and extend
ing we'll down the corridor.
Wait Until Monday.
Omcials requested that those who
can, wait until Monday morning, when
the extra force of experts will be on
duty.
There has been some change in the
two forms most widely used here.
On the form known as l040A, for
persons with incomes Of less than
S5,000.- the signature has been trans
ferred to the back. instead of being
placed on the front. Some hsye sue-
gested that this will keep notaries
from seeing the figures, in case the
taxpayer does not wish to divulee his
secrets to the person administering
the oath.
Furthermore. the words United
States" have been added at the ton
OF the form to help distinguish it def
nitely from any State income tax re-
turn.
Size Reduced.
The instruction sheet is separate
from the return itself, instead of being
attached to the form.
To make it more convenient for
nguring the 10 per cent credit allowed
Tor earned income" a schedule has
been arranged on the back for COM
putations.
The biggest change in the form
1040, for persons of incomes greater
than $4,000, is in size. This form has
been reduced in size to that of the
lO4O A. but has two sheets attached
to each other. instead OF the single
sheet Of the 1040 A. Instructions for
the larger returns also are on separate
sheets.
Evening star., 1938-02-10
STARTS SENTENCE

For allegedly stealing from an arm
less man, Leonard w. Beatley. $50 E
street NV, today started 30-day
sentence in Jail.
It was testified in Police Court that
Beatley took 81 from the pocketbook
of Stanley Potter, IS, armless razor
blade vendor. after sneaking into the
latter's room in the 400 block Of H
street NV.
Evening star., 1938-02-10
a ARE ARRESTED
ASCAP|TAL POLICE
SPEED CRIME DRIVE
Roundup Follows Thefts of
$2,0O0-BIackmaiI Sus.
peCt Seized.
CLOSE WATCH IS KEPT
OVER PARKING LOTS
$500 Diamond Ring and Four
Furs Valued at $160 Among
Loot in Series of Thefts.

A dragnet for vagabonds and
"foaters"-the type of small-time
criminals responsible for many of the
Capitals petty thefts-was out today
rs police launched new crime drive.
Unofficially getting under way last
night, the roundup brought in "a
prisoners, one youthful alleged black
mailer. The arrests followed reports in
the last "a hours of housebreakings,
hold-ups and other depredations net
ting loot in excess of $4,000.
Plain clothes men will keep a sharp
watch on pool rooms, beer parlors, the
parks, cheap rooming houses and other
places frequented by "drifters," who,
according to Detective Chief Bernard
w. Thompson, slip into the city, pull
small job, and quickly depart
leaving the departments record
spotted with unclosed cases"
Blackmail Is Charged.
"These persons are blamed particu-
larly for large number of cases of
cars being robbed on parking lots. -
Inspector Thompson said, at the same
time urging motorists to cooperate
in curbing this form of crime by leav-
ing the keys to their machines at
parking lot Offices and not in their
automobiles.
OF the "a arrested, only one, the al
legged extortionist, has been charged.
The others, most of them colored, will
be questioned and placed in headquar-
ters line-ups.
A charge of attempted blackmail
was placed against Frank B. La Porte,
20 Riverdale Heights, Md, after he
allegedly was seen by private detec-
tives taking two $50 bills from Eugene
Lowrey. %, Commerce Department
division chief
Mr.. Lowrey, who lives in the 1400
block of Harvard street NV, was
quoted by police as saying the youth
had threatened to expose" him and
that he called on private investigators
to witness payment of money La
Porte demanded. The youth was to be
arraigned today in Police Court.
The other crimes included Is house.
breakings, in which $3.50 was OBJ
tanned; three grand larcenies totaling
8l,l01. Is petty larcenies aggregating
$305 and two minor hold-ups yielding
$22.
$500 Ring Stolen.
The heaviest loser was Aaron ].
Gaskins, 1901 Fifteenth street NV,
who reported an $500 diamond ring
stolen from his home. Another i'm
portant theft was reported by Nat
Abrin, manager of Goldenbergs fur
department. who said four furs. val
ued at $3.50, were stolen from the
store
A duplicate key thief entered the
home of Paul B. Mcgowan, los Fiftieth
street Ne, taking $50 worth of jewelry
belonging to Mr. Mcgowan and four
$40 bills that belonged to a roomer,
John Bowie.
Eight of those arrested were youths
ranging from IL to 10, who were
suspected of breaking into a pie anh
cake wholesale store in the 400 block
OF Seventh street S.W. and making
off with quantity of pastry.
Miss Helen Burt, 1921 Twenty-fourth
street NV, reported her apartment
door was "jimmied" by some one who
took her pocketbook containing $40.
Clyde Anderson, 729 Rittenhouse street
NV, taxi driver, was robbed of $40
by two colored men who hired him to
drive into the Southeast section.
Evening star., 1938-02-10
DC. Cartoonist Dra,us 5000
Pictures for Disney Feature
Wins FiUe.Year Contract
After Overcoming
Obstacles.
BY LESTER N. INSKEEP.


WashingtoniaS who attend the
showing Of the animated cartoon epic,
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, ("
opening here tomorrow, will see the
handiwork Of local cartoonist, Nor
man M. Dulin, %, who drew more
than 5000 Of the pictures shown in
the first Walt Disney full-length pro-
duction.
Mr.. Dulin's employment by Walt
Disney studios was consummated last
April %, after he had been turned
down upon several occasions and
finally "bluffed" his way into an in
terview with New York representa-
tive of the Hollywood producer.
In answer to advertisements in The
Star to the effect that artists were
wanted by the Disney studies two years
ago, Mr.. Dulin, a struggling art STU
dent, submitted some Of his works.
They were rejected. Later he received
a post card to report to a New York
representative, but on the day he was
scheduled to appear In the metropolis
he received a telegram stating the
previous message had been sent in
error.
Prodded by his wife, the former
Lena o. Bassist of Alexandria, Mr..
Dulin disregarded the telegram, went
to New York, and after long argu-
ments with secretaries, was finally
admitted to the presence of the agent.
He was again permitted to submit
samples of his work, and again turned
down. Still determined, Mr.. Dulin
returned to Washington, where he
worked hard and made three more
applications before he received word
from Hollywood to report at the
Walt Disney School, where all art
lists, despite their previous reputa-
Evening star., 1938-02-10
lnuent0rs Ciue Golf Ne,v Ball
And War Another Sky Terror
Sp0rts-Mnded Patenter Offers Larger
Target Illusion and Claims More
Distance for Dubs.

an explosive mixture which could be
set of from the ground 1t would be
In the nature Of an aerial torpedo.
The automatic radio station selector
was patented by Emile Brugger OF
Valley Stream, N. Y, and permits the
user to designate in advance what
stations he desires to hear and by
the setting Of a key the station will be
heard at the time SET"
If it is desired to hear music at
6 pm. from Station A, a talk at Z
o'clock from Station B, and a selec-
ton from an opera from Station C
at 10 o'clock, all the user has to do
is to set hand on one Hal at A,
another at B and a third at c, the
dials being appropriated to 6, and 10.
Between 8 and 10 the radio would be
disconnected and silent, the inventor
explains.
Eliminates Clock Watching.
BY means o. refinement of this
device, Mr. Brugger says. it is possible
to shift from station to station, If
desired, at l5-minute intervals, and
one doesn't have to watch the clock
or listen all evening to lot Of drivel
to be sure Of getting ones favorite
program.
X X
A new way of measuring a man for
suit was patented by James j. Fich-
tol Of Pottstown. Pa. It consists of
a metallic harness, whose strips are
of easily bendable material, to be fitted
over the shoulders and then nodded
to the shape of the body Thus a
sort Of skeleton is formed around
which the suit can be nodded. The
device should be particularly valuable,
says Mr.. Fichtol, in fitting persons
with uneven shoulders.
Evening star., 1938-02-10

The illusory golf ball, the self-regu-
lating radio, and the rubber flying
bomb are among the artifices for
which patents were issued here during
the week
The first is ball which, according
to the patent description, looks to be
larger than it is. Actually of the
regulation size prescribed by the
United States Golf Association, it
offers an apparently larger target
for the head Of club. At the same
time, says the inventor, Henry X. B.
Davis of Springfield. Mass. it will
travel a greater distance than any
golf ball now in use when struck
with the same amount of force in the
same manner"
"Non-Skid" Ball.
The illusion is produced by a psycho-
logical trick of "checkerboard sur
face the apparent squares being
arranged so that rows of them diverge
in width away from the eye when the
ball is placed properly on the tee.
First Of all, says Mr.. Davis, it is a nom
skid ball. The surface, as is that of
most other golf balls. is roughened so
that there will be q firm impact with
the head Of the club. This effect is
usually brought about by very small,
dimple-like depressions.
One drawback Of this, the inventor
states, IS that a roughened surface
encounters greater air friction 50 that
the velocity is cut down and the length
OF the drive shortened. In this ball
the checkerboard-like squares replace
the "dimples," depressed and raised
squares alternating with one another,
the depth of the depressed ones being
only from six to eight-thousandths of
an inch in depth. In this way. Mr.
DAVIS claims. the air resistance is
greatly reduced and the ball is almost
streamlined.
X X
The flying bomb" idea was pat
ented by Dudley Roberts and Fred
erick w. Peel Of Yonkers, N. Y. It
is for one of those robot, pilotless.
bomb-releasing planes which. able to
undertake any feat of daring whatso-
ever because no human element will
be involved. promise to be among the
chief terrors Of another war. The
inventors propose making the wings,
propeller, tail surfaces and struts out
OF "froth rubber"-rubber into which
air has been forced under high press
ure when it was in a molten state.
The result Is a hard, spongy, honey
comb-like structure weighing from
az to 5 pounds cubic foot. Such
a material. it is stressed, is cheap and
strong. 1t would be hardly a suitable
material for plane in which a hu-
man life was to be risked.
The fuselage of such a plane, &C.
cording to the patent specification.
would consist of a large chamber of
cheap metal, such as iron, filled with
Evening star., 1938-02-10

modern card. One shows q men,
ber Of Sweetheart Union No. l."
on strike "for longer lovin' hours"
His picketing placard says: II In
sist on a 24-hour lovin' day for you
and me-"
Prices this year are about the
same as usual-from the penny
ones, with their anonymous Will
fications, to the 50-cent cards. One
shop had several priced at 81. Most
popular, Of course, are the two for
5 cents and the 5 and 10 cent
valentines.
Yes, the manufacturers still in
sist On punnius.
Evening star., 1938-02-10

the decorative hearts (Which, Incl
dentally, may be any color in the
1898 valentine) still carry the IL
love-you" idea.
II you want to be funny in
nasty way, you can try q card
which has . pleasant Hello" on
the outside. On the inside 1t says
"horseface."
Or take the old "roses are red"
one-only the 1888 version runs
something like this:
"RoSes are red.
Violets are blue,
Pecans are nuts
And 80 are you"
Even the labor strike invades the