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The Omaha guide., 1938-07-09
AN ECONOMIC NIGHTMARE

The current government plan to
transmit power from Bonneville Dam,
on the Oregon-W Washington border into
Southeastern Idaho for The purpose of
developing that states great phosphate
beds, looks like an economicnightmare
1.-The only basis for estimating the
cost of such a transmission line, acc
lordfng to an article in the New Y0rg
Herald Tribune is the cost Of the line
Which now brings power from the fed
eral project at Boulder Dam to. los
Angeles. This line, with suBstatiQn IA
Gilties necessary for moving power.
over long distances, cost about $4,000
a mile.
On that basis, the cost of a similar
line from Bonneville to Southeastern
Idaho would cost $55, 900, 00O-which
would be close to $500 per kilowatt for
the 10000 kilowatts that such a line,
according to engineering surveys,
could deliver.
Investigation has proven that
steam plants could be built near the
phosphate bedsfDr ST.. or less per Kill
owatt Just rs per cent of the kiIlowatt
cost of the line from Bonneville. And
if water is desired a report of the De-
partment Of the Interior states that
here are285 known ~undeveloped power.
sites in the Snake River basin (close
BY the phosphate aepcsitsl vitl~a pr.
tentiai production Of 100000 horssa
power
Tr other Observation-Disclosures
actually. tried, they would. be hard Put
to discover a more expensive source
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Is THIS GOOD BUSINESS?

When Mr.. Ickes returns from his
honeymoon vacation he will find a IL
beral allotment of $114, $50, 298 at his
disposal to- be APPLIED to the construc-
ton of PIT power projects throughout
the country. Of course that amount in
vested In such public projects is insig-
nificant compared to the volume of
wealth that has created the privately,
OwnedLtuiti6s& Bit that Is not the
question involved. If the federal gov
ernmentscan finance from Public funds
competition for legitimate investment,
the effect must be to very markedly
curtai1 availble money for the creation
Of privately owned power plants in the
futuress~Y
fThere%afe millions of people. in the
UnitedStatesywf1o are owners -of stock
in utility corporations. They invested
their funds long ago and they depend
upon the feturn !therefrom. There
are other mfff1esas who have Savings,
which theT would IKE To- employ gain
fully, 1u@Jhey are fearful TO use them
to promote public abilities which may
find themselvesafn competition with
those financed BY The government. ErT
particularly does it make the proposed.
investor timid when he realizes that
the return TO the government upon its
loans is meager compared with the in
terest nriTate concerns pay to those
who invest with them.
The rates for power + governed
by the several states in the Union.
Those rates I SC fixed as to insure
the investors a fair return upon money
and with the government as a competi-
to, not only those who have funds in
vested but those who would ljkgfo in
vest are fearful of the fGture. And it
is not as if the government had a sun
plus Of revenue. The NATIONAL debt to-
day is $50, 459000. The allotment to Mr..
Ickes, to be sure, is "onynSl44 600, 900.
but the source of that maaayis through
borrowing, and the borrowing will add.
that1much more to the publieedebt. Its.
allotment makes. the-A government in
effect az competitor with priHate bust.
nes owned by millions of American
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courage recovery and PROCESS in this
RUIN By REGULATION
Had the federal q kefnnsuI dsf,
country.

berately and with malice afOrethought,
snughtto-eoneeipe- a Hegv4ateFy-PeIiey-
for the railroads that would ruin them
swiftly and surely, it could hardly have
done better than it has done!
In other words, largely because
Of a transportation POLICY that was
supposed TO gHaantee the lines a fam
return in their investment. and to pro-
tect the interests of shippers, workers.
and investors alike, the entire railroad
indusry-is today on the verge of bank
ruptcy with a substantial part-of that
industry already in the hands of re-
ceivers. =.
Abad situation? Yes, and It seems
certain that it will become worse 5un-
less swift and decisive remedial action
is taken. The Association of American
Railroads says that nearly so per cent
of the roads operated in the last wear.
a condition that is bound to lead to
more failures, more r~eceiverships. And
the REC estimates that q moe Glass
|. roads may be forced into receiver
ship before the dawn of 1889.
The decision of the ice. which
gave the railroads but little more than
a third of the 10 per cent increase re-
quested, was a bombshell to the hopes
Of investors, to the hundreds of IN
dustries which were dependent on the
rainls for all or pat of their sales, and
to the cause of r%eemploymenY in in
dustry in general.
This great problem, which in some
touches the life and means of liveli-
hood of every American, can only be
solved by an awakened, aggressive pub
lie consciousness that will demand a
fair deal for the RAILROADS.
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Fri fHNTnCcIDENTS

= Stop the appalling loss of life on
highways. Stop the loss of life from
accidental causes in home and indus
try. That is the program Of the Vest
ern Safety Conference, to be, held in
Los Angeles, September 12toT6. Repre-
sented at the conference. viii he the,
eleven western states. and British CO..
lumbia, Alaska, Hawaii and lower
Uniform legislation will be = pro-
jected forsthe entire territory. Safety
experts connected with every branch of
the industry, along with automobile as
sociations state traffic bodies Schools
service clubs and. similar private ana
public groups Will take parfy'The pur,
pose of NseAeonfefence is TO bring Clos
er the day MReni every Person in the
Western states apd c9ntiguos territory
will be. governed byquniferm safely
regulations. ms.
Other sections of the country
would do well to hold similar regional
conferences. One of the greatest-bar-
1iers to the advancement of safety,
especially in the highway field, is the
diversitygof laws, regulations and ao-
|plianees such as stop signs and warn
ing signals. What is legal in-ene state
may be ilegafin the next One town
next town ten miles away may use the
overhead controls, or one town may
have several styles of controls. The
motorist doesn't know what to expect
Equally important, SUCH conferen-
ces as these make Impossible for ex-
perts in many branches Of safety work,
from far scattered places to come
20 gether for a meeting OF minds, pre-
ent opinions, and thras out problems
-Ihiais-an importantphase of the or
canized safety work we need so great
~ today.
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H.. C OF L.

That old demon the high cost of
living, is again in the headlines. The
tremendous slump in business has made
it a very real problem to millions of
families.
In the light Of that fact, it would
seem that this is a very poor time for
the proposal of legislation to destroy
merchandising methods whose cardinal
principle of operation is to give buy
er more and better goods for less mon
ey.
And yet laws are being proposed,
aimed. at bigpess and eficiencg (which,
would levy SO excessive a tax against
mere size that increased prices, dissor
luton, or both, would be forced What4'
ever the politicians say, measures like
these hit straight at the po0T-aEtRUse.
who have the greatest stake in econU--
mic3l merchandising. The great need
is1a lower cost1of l~jvipg--not a
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J ArN

Legislation which unJustly dlScrlm-
mates agaInst and threatens a basic
business or industry with ultimate de-
struction, simply knocks the pegs of
PROSPERITY from beneath the. entire
economic structue.
The chain food stores for example
purchase $2,024, 000,0 900 worth of goods
annually from American manufacture
ers and producers. In addition, they
pay $334,000, 900 annually in wages to
218,000 employees; $850O0,0OO annually
in rents to more than $4,000 local pro-
perty owners; $37,000,000 annually for
freight, trucking and other transpor-
tation services; $52,0 00, 1000 annually
for repairs supplies and other up-keep
expenses; $25, 10000 annually for adj
vertising-practically all of it locally:
more than $13,000,000 annually for
state and local taxes exclusive of the
real estate taxes paid in the form of
rent, and federal income taxes. Thus.
the totaI sun expended by the food
chains annually in the United States
amounts to more than $2570,000,O 900!
Proponents Of chain killing legis-
lation seek to justify their position
Largely nnthe ground that, because of
size and efficiency, the chains are a
dangerous monopoly. As a matter of
fact, the chain stores do a minor per-
centage Of total retail business, and are
far behind Independents in both num-
Der and volume. Moreover, the chains
have no exclusive patert on efficiency.
Many independents operate in much
the same manner as the chains-so
much SO that far sighted independents
predict that the politicians Will soon
be httacking them also. Hence they
are opposed to the present attack on
chain Stores They fear the dangers of
radical taxation and regulation more
than they fear chain store competitions q
= Those who would destroy the
chains would simply destroy an essen
tial industry not a monopoly,
TT --
The Omaha guide., 1938-07-09

"The catastrophe developments
of recent years, the startling events.
Of the past weeks, offer a-tragic de-
monstraton of how quickly the conta-
gious scourge of treaty breaking and
armed violence spreads from one re-
zion to another ."-Cordell Hull.
Evening star., 1938-01-12
MIR. Worthington
To Marry.

Mai. and Mrs. Lennox Polk Nc
Lendon of Sunset Hills. at Greensboro
N. c.. have announced the engagement
Of their only daughter, Mary Louise.
to Mr.. Ralph Worthington, Sd, son of
Mrs. Ralph Worthington of Washing
ton. The wedding will take place the
latter part of February. Miss Nc
Lendon is student at Mary Baldwin
College at .Staunton, Va, where her
mother graduated. Before entering
Mary Baldwin Miss McLendon grad
uated from the Winston Salem
Academy at Winston-Salem, N. c. She
is granddaughter of the late former
Gov. Charles Aycock, prominent for
his educational work in the State:
and OF the late DR.. w. J. McLendon
Of North Carolina.
Mr.. Worthington, who makes his
home in Washington with his mother,
attended the Florida Adirondack
School before entering Choate School.
He is a grandson of the late George
Worthington, who went from Coopers-
Evening star., 1938-01-12
Reception
Continued From Page B-4.)

crepe gown with q jacket to match,
and the Chief of Naval Operations and
Mrs. Leahy. Mrs. Leahy wore a gown
in a shade Of wisteria patterned in
silver leaves.
Among others present were Mrs.
Mahlon Pitney, widow of Associate
Justice Pitney Of the Supreme Court,
who had on a gown of blue and silver
brocade and pearl ornaments; Former
Representative and Mrs. Maurice H.
Thatcher, Judge and Mrs. Clarence
Norton Goodwin, Capt. and Mrs Clar-
ence Crittenden Calhoun, Mrs. Charles
]. Happier, Miss Suzanne Happier, Mr..
and Mrs. Russell Burchard, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wade Hampton Ellis, Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard Block. Mrs Arthur Tir-
rell. Miss Dorothy Terrell, former
Representative and Mrs. William C..
Ramseyer, Mrs. William Mark Conrad
and Mr.. John w. Belt.
The President retired to the family
suite on the upper floor OF the mansion
after receiving the last guest, Mrs.
Roosevelt remaining on the scene for
some time after his departure. She
Evening star., 1938-01-12

Joined her guests in the state dining
room for the refreshments and then
watched the dancing In the east room.
The Chief Executive and Mrs.
Roosevelt entertained at dinner before
the reception, having as guests Mr..
Frederic A. Delano. uncle of the
President; Mr.. and Mrs. Pierre Car
tier, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas j. Watson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fulton Oursler, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bruce Gould, Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Cotsworth. jr.. Miss Marguerite
Cotsworth, all Of New York; Miss
Marguerite lie Hand and 1t. Comdr.
Charles B. McVey.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
have invitations out for the next state
Evening star., 1938-01-12

town. N. Y, to Cleveland and was
among the pioneers In the building Of
the city Of Cleveland. Mr.. Worthing-
ton and his bride will make an ex-
tended wedding trip. after which they
will spend some time in Miami, Fla.
and will make their permanent home
in Cleveland.
Evening star., 1938-01-12
Error Causes Mourning.

Mistake in sending q telegraph mes
sage caused a family In Joela, near
Colombo, Ceylon, to go into mourning.
When weeping relatives arrived at the
Colombo General Hospital to receive
the body Of Arnolis, who had under
gone an operation, they were told
Arnolis was not dead. The operator
had wired "Arnolis dead" instead Of
"Arnolis bad"
Evening star., 1938-01-12

reception at the mansion, January 1s,
when they will entertain In honor Of
the members Of Congress.
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Miss Davidge
Is Bride Of
Mr.. r.Sullivan
Ceremony Is
Followed by
Reception.
Continued From Page B-3.)

honor. wearing periwinkle blue mar
duisite gown with a headdress Of
matching color velvet flowers. She
carried an arm bouquet of sun-glow
roses. The other attendants were Miss
Marcella V. Markward, Mrs. James
Turner and Mrs. Roy F. MacPhail.
They wore cedar rose marquisite
dresses with matching color head
dresses Of feathers and carried arm
bouquets Of blending shades Of sweet
peas.
Mr.. Calvin H. Milans of Kenwood,
Md. was the best man and the ushers
were Mr.. Frank j. Burkart, brother
OF the bridegroom; Mr.. Frank Plant,
Mr.. T. L. O'Brien, Mr.. c. Elwpod
Soger and Mr.. Joseph A. Connors, all
Of Washington.
A reception followed the ceremony.
The bride graduated from Scovills
School in Sterling. ILL.,, and the bride
groom attended Dartmouth College,
Georgetown University School of For
eign Service and George Washington
University Law School, Mrs. Burkart
is = member OF Kappa Gamma Ma
tional Sorority and Mr.. Burkart is q
member of Psi Upsilon Fraternity.
Out-of-toWn guests at the wedding
were Mrs. Margaret Mahoney and her
daughter, Miss Katherine Mahoney of
East Orange. N. j., and Mrs George
Lobdell Huxley Of Wilmington, Del.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burkart will reside at
1871 Lanier place in this city.
Miss Morgan Wed
To Carl Bark.
THE marriage of Miss Eleanor
Frances Morgan. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. James F. Morgan of this city,
to Mr.. Carl Bark took place Monday,
December q. in Fairfield, Ala
Mr.. Bark. son of Mr.. and Mrs. o. G.
Bark of Birmingham, Ala, and his
bride will be at home after this week
at 1903 Biltmore street NV.
Murphy -Havcner
Wedding Is Announced.
MISS DOROTHY BOYD HAVENER
was married to Mr. Eugene B.
Murphy in the Oakton (VaD Meth
odist Church by the Rev. Lowell w.
Atkinson on Sunday afternoon.
The bride was given in marriage by
her uncle. Mr.. d. c. johnson of
Nashville, Tenn. She wore a charm
Ing afternoon dress of black velvet.
trimmed with white lace, with a small
matching turban and veil. Her flowers
were corsage of gardenias.
Her only attendant was Mrs. Louis
H. Harris of New Brunswick, N. j. Mr..
Murphy's best man was Mr.. Louis H.
Harris. After the ceremony recep-
tion was given for the bride and
bridegroom at the present residence
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis H. Harris in
Rosslyn. Va. A color scheme of pink
and white was carried out in the deco
rations. A buffet supper was served.
The bride is the daughter of MIR.
and Mrs. Boyd E. Havener of Terra
Haute, Ind, She attended the In
diana State University and is a men,
Der Of the Kappa Kappa Sorority. Mr..
Murphy is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Como Murphy Of Paris, III.
After a short honeymoon the couple
will reside in Washington.
Evening star., 1938-01-12

Heavy, warm blankets with
reversible plaid centers and
Jacquard borders Size
66x80 in pretty colors.
Kann's-Street Floor.
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How would you like to live in an age
when mechanical men did all your
work? Probably you wouldn't, because
the metal monsters probably would get
out of whack and go on rampages
which even special laws couldn't con-
troll. Read of the strange possibility
Of Q robot world described IN a dra-
matte illustrated dOuble-paRe feature
in the American Weekly. with sun
days Washington Herald Times.
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represented. AS they did last night,
the girls who will appear tonight
will assemble at the stage door
of the Capitol at $50, in evening
dress, and will be given full in
StructionS upon their arrival.
Each of the girls who made the
finals in last nights judging is
hopeful that she will become the
Miss Washington of the Walter
Winchell SWeepStakeS"-to win
three days. of exciting entertain.
ment in New York as Winchell'S
personal guest and to represent all
the other charming Government
girl workers to prove the famous
columnist'S informant-they all
say "miSinformant"-was wrong.
The winner will fly to and from
New York in one of the big new
luxury planes of Eastern Air Lines
as the personal guest of Col. Ed
die Rickenbacker, Americas great
wartime ace and now head of the
aviation company. She will wear
travelling gown, the gift of the
Model Shop, 1903 F st. N. w., and
when she "steps out" to dance in
Manhattan's Swank night clubs,
with celebrity pals Of Walter
Winchell, to the music of famous
dance bands. she'll be wearing an
evening gown. the gift Of that
same shop.
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BACE TO WAIVE
POKER WINNINGS

nos ANGELES, May (I.N.SO.
Three sevenS or not, Lew Brice
probably won't collect the $780,
00p he won in a "super-colossal"
poker game from Squire Harry
Clifton, of England, who only
held two pairs.
This was indicated today as
Emice, one-time vaudeville hoofer
and brother Of Fanny Brice, the
Coincidence, prepared to appear
before Attorney Jerry Giesler, who
represents Clifton in the squire'S'
attempt to prevent collection Of
the money.
p; READY TO QUIT
Brice, it was learned, is willing
ITO let bygones be bygones and
call the whole thing off.
Reports to that effect were cur
rent today as the district attor-
ney's office continued to probe
the celebrated game Of April %.
"Such an offer would be en-
tirely acceptable to Squire Cliff
ten and to myself" Giesler said,
when he learned about it. IF
he does, it will bring an end to
the whole matter so far as
Squire Clifton is concerned"
Brice holds checks written by
Clifton in the amount of $150,000
but the latter secured a temper
ary Injunction prohibiting banks
from honoring them.
NEARLY GOT 1T
Lew nearly got the money, how
ever, Giesler revealed.
"Brice was waiting at the
bank to cash the checks" he
said, when we got the court
order. An hour after the order
was issued by the court, tele-
graphic authority came from
Clifton's bank in New York to
honor the checks"
Unless Brice decides to run up
the white flag of surrender. he
must appear under court order
today in Giesler's office to give a
deposition, and in court tomorrow
to show cause why the temporary
restraining order against cashing
the checks should not be made
permanent.
The district attorneys office
said it was still looking for two
players in the game, George
Lewis, said to have dealt the hand
that cost Clifton a small fortune,
and Jack Reynolds.
The fifth man in the game was
Tommy Guinan, brother Of the
late Texas Guinan, who has been
ordered not to leave town.
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MILK PRICE HIT,
PROBE IS ASKED

Demand has been made on the
District Commissioners for an in
vestigation of the "monopolistic
conditions" which support the
"exorbitant" milk prices in the
Capital by Mrs. John Boyle, jr.,
of the Washington Consumers
Council.
In letter to Commissioner
Melvin C. Hazen she urged him to
request the Federal Trade Com,
mission to investigate the local
milk distribution industry, which,
she contended, is keeping the price
of milk up to IA cents a quart.
She said milk should be sold
for 10 cents a quart. Milk. she
declared, is IAN essential food
thousands of people in this city
are unable to buy in as large
quantities as they need because of
its high price"
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8 Beauties Chosen in Contest

but after all it was the girls
who staged themselves"
Robert Gates, a portrait artist
who knows how to look at the COM
position of a figure and a face,
sale:
Instead of a boring routine
of mechanical fine points such
as marks any professional COM
petition where there is hardly
a possible choice for the same
ness of the figures and faces,
we really enjoyed tonight's task.
These girls have a fresh, un-
spoiled hopefulness that reflects
in their attitude, and there is a
greater variety of type and per-
sonality. This makes judging
harder but also speeds it up.
for we are able to make our
selections more quickly. Who
ever told Mr.. Winchell there
are no beautiful women in
Washington's Government Off
ces has, T am sure, never trou-
bled himself to look very hard"
SECOND GROUP
Tonight at $3.50 the second
group of finalists will appear, an6
may exceed the originally sche
duled Sc, since one or two depart
ments which had only one entrant
in the competition and are there
fore entitled to place" will be
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-05
Tough Baby
Unhurt When Auto
Bursts in Room

LOS ANGELES, May 5 G.N.S0.
It takes a lot to bother the sleep
of one-year-old Adair Taylor.
AS the baby lay asleep in the
home of his aunt and uncle, a run
away, driverless automobile
crashed through the bedroom wall.
The baby was unframed, al
though thrown out of his crib. He
walked up as his frantic mother
rushed to his rescue.
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Continued from Page II

Continued from Page ~
in the first half of the semifinals
are:
Evangeline Rice, District Build
ing, District of Columbia.
Gladys McCleery, Bureau of Re
search and Statistics, Nebraska.
Car Notre Angelo, General Ac-
counting, New Jersey.
Blanche Brewer, Federal Hous-
ing, Mississippi.
Betty Gray, General Account
ing, Legal, District of Columbia.
Cynthia Evans, Procurement
Division, Tennessee.
Runners up in the close final
judging were Mary Faye Matthews,
Of the Senate Office Building. and
Dorothy Mcintyre, of the War De-
partment.
SIX MORE TONIGHT
The judges insistence on in
creasing the five scheduled final
lists to a total of six last night will
mean ID break for some one Of the
semi-fhnalists who. will appear to
night lat the Capitol, for they will
have 10 select six from tonight's
group taS well. -.
Miss Gina Brennan, portrait
artist. said last night:
I'VE are making every effort to
select a variety of types to make
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DIVORCE Gets
LOvEFUND BACK

CHICAGO, May 5 (IN.S0.-The
$150,000 marriage investment"
suit brought by Mrs. Violet Cru
ger, of New York, divorced wife Of
the late Rodman Wanamaker,
against William L. Whitcomb,
will be dismissed when it is called
in Federal Court May 20.
This was revealed today when it
became known that a settlement
Of the case had been effected in
New York.
Details of the suit against Whit
comb, retired Army officer and
Chicago clubman, were disclosed
yesterday.
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JAPAN AIDS CUPID

TOKYO, May 0N.S.G-"Go
north, young ladies, and marry
where there is adventure, wealth
ana fomance!"
This was the gist Of huge adver.
tisements appearing Throughout
the japanese press today as the
government launched itself as
matchmaker to obtain brides for
young Japanese settlers in Man.
chukuo.
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SENATE
SEAT up TODAY

U.N.S0 The Senate Privileges
and Elections Committee will meet
today to consider protests against
the seating of Senator Milton CD
Of New Jersey by unions and vari-
Gus other labor organizations.
Milton was sworn IN this session
Of Congress following the reSigna-
ton of Senator A. Harry Moore,
who appointed Milton when he left
the Senate to become governor.