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The Washington times., 1938-02-10
BY Igor CGssini

Washington society is like
the delicious New Orleans
Gumbo. It's spicy, it's racy, it's
a composition of various deli.
cacies Because of this,
when Washington goes dancing,
the result is a mixture of synco-
pated American fox-trotting,
unruly Cuban rhumba, flowing
Viennese waltzing. swingy truck
ing and shagging, dangerous
Argentine tango Have you
ever seen Decio de Moura and
Rebecca Trucco, or "Griff"
Warfield and Mrs. Lawrence
Baker, or William Fitzgerald
and "Bootsie" Mcdonnell, or
Mariana Zuberbuhler and Julie
Dell Zimmerman, or Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Dewey sliding
through a tango? They are
the best tangoers in Washing
ton, it is generally conceded,
but . . Jimmy" Mitchell and
Mary CooteS, Trucking" Trucco
and Lucy Sharp, Jock" Mer-
rim and Nancy Brereton, Tins
ley Adams and Ann Child,
Larry" Baker and Mary Viii
son pride themselves on their
own version of the Big Apple"
steps -.
AS for the pure" waltz, Count
and Countess Roberti are un-
doubtedly blue ribbon. while
Winant johnson and Mrs. Will
liam Rhinelander Stewart, Mar
quis Capomazza and Mrs. Will
liam Mann, Charlie" Van der
Straten and Stellita Stapleton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry de Sibour,
Rudy Kaufman" and Nancy
Letter do more than justice to
the Blue Devil" The rumba
experts appear TO be Roberto
The Washington times., 1938-02-10
Blacks Feted
By Norths

The new Third Assistant Post
master General and Mrs. Ram
sey S. Black, who have come to
Washington from Harrisburg,
Pa, were guests of honor at a
dinner given in the Blue Room
at the Shoreham last evening by
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy M. North.
Mr.. North is deputy Third AS
sistant Postmaster G e n e r a l.
Sharing honors with Mr.. and
Mrs. Black was Mrs. Clinton B.
Eilenberger, of StroudSburg, Pa.
widow of the late Mr.. Eilenber-
ger, who was Third Assistant
Postmaster General. Mrs. Ellen
berger is the house guest OF Mr..
and Mrs. North.
The guests included the Sec
ond Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral and Mrs. Harllee Branch;
the Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General and Mrs. Smith w. Pur'
dun; Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent G.
Burke, Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse M.
Donaldson, Mr.. and Mrs. owen
A. Keen, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
P. Graddick, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Buckley, Miss Betty
Trumbo, Miss Jean O'Connen'
Mr.. Ambrose O'Connell, Mr.. VIII
liam C. Lyons and Mr.. James
w. Cole and Mr.. r. j. Schardt'
The newly appointed legal
counselor of the Mexican EN-
bassy and Sonora de CordoVa
have arrived in washington
They are accompanied by then
three children.
Mr., and Mrs. Warren New
come, of st. Paul, are staying 81
the Hotel Raleigh while II
Washington.
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Maloneys
Have Guest

Representative and Mrs. Paul
H. Maloney of Louisiana, have
as their house guests at Ward
man Park Hotel Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Leonval Hardie Of New
Orleans, who arrived here from
New York city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hardie, who
were married on the first OF Feb
ruary in New Orleans, are on
their way home from the North
where they have been spending
their honeymoon. and they will
remain a few days here during
which time Representative and
Mrs. Maloney will entertain for
them informally.
Mrs. Hardie was, before her
marriage, Miss Helen Seelye
Carrigan, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Michael Joseph Carrigan
Of New Orleans.
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Wives Meet

The Congressional Club Of
the Wardman Park Hotel met
yesterday to make plans for
social events to be held by the
wives of the Congressman at
the hotel in the near future.
Mrs. Claude A. Fuller is chair.
man of the group and Mrs.
James A. Meeks is secretary.
Others on the committee are
Mrs. Alfred L. Bulwinkle, Mrs.
Robert L. Doughton, Mrs. Paul
H. Maloney. Mrs. John H. Over
ton, Mrs. Robert F. Rich and
Mrs. Fred Vinson.
Mrs. Roosevelt heads the list
of distinguished patronesses for
the seventh annual Lenten Con-
cert to be given by the A Capella
Choir of First Congregational
Church, on Monday night
March IA. at Constitution Hail.
Mrs. Roosevelt has shown a
special interest in the A Capella
Choir, conducted by Mrs. Ruby
Smith Stahl, and two years ago
presented the organization to a
company of guests in the East
Room of the White House, later
also taking a personal interest
in the appearance of the choir
at Chautauqua, N. Y, last July.
The choir had its beginning
when Mrs. Stahl became musi-
cal director for First Congrega-
tional Church here during the
Coolidge administration, and
when Mrs. Coolidge invited the
choir to sing at the White
House.
Many prominent music lovers
of Washington have already re-
served their boxes for the Lent
en- Concert, which is being
given this year for the first time
at Constitution Hall.
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House Guest

The Chairman of the Federal
Trade Commission and Mrs.
Garland Ferguson have had as
their house guest for several
days Mrs. Ferguson'S sister,
Mrs. William Thompson, OF
Goldsboro, N. C. During her
visit Mrs. Thompson has been
feted at a round of gay parties.
Mrs. Craig Leslie Reddish will
entertain at a party for 80 chill
dren at ner home on Taylor
Street Saturday in honor OF
Miss 3eryle Leslie Ontrich.
Clarence Jackson. magician, will
give a costume performance.
DR.. and Mrs. s. M. Becker
are spending several weeks IN
Miami Beach.
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of Christy right on the cloth
alongside. 1t then developed
that Representative Hennings
had years ago cherished an am.
bition to be a newspaper car.
toonist, but came to Congress
instead.
A GNES OYSTER has just won
"A a national award for dress
designing in a contest conduct
ed through Harper's Bazaar for
the Tailored Woman. OF course
she is thrilled; she hasn't been
studying designing very long
and, besides the honor, q nice
cash prize went with it, and
she is also eligible for a trip
to Europe.
A T THE White House Press
"A Conference, Tuesday, some.
one asked the President if his
writings for the newspapers
would be in the form of a col.
umn. BY now you know what
he said. But the thing that
should depreSs all columnists is
the opinion of the President
that no one who writes a column
every day can have a coherent
COlumn-eVerV day. Sol
MRS. HUGH PETERSON, wife
AVA of Representative Peterson,
Of Georgia, could be, if she
wished, completely wrapped up
in official titles. Besides being
the wife of a Congressman, she
is the daughter of Chief Justice
Of Georgia, Richard B. Russell,
she is the sister of Senator Rich
ard B. Russell, jr., of Georgia and
Is, herself. president of the Sev.
enty-fourth Congressional Club
group.
GTANLEY RICHARDSON and
- his pretty wife, "Jody," are
leaving us to go to Russia.
Stanley will sail Friday and he
is taking leave from his paper
to take up the position as sec.
retary to our Ambassador to
Russia, Joseph Davies. Mrs.
Richardson will sail for Europe
some time in April to join her
husband.
The only member of the Rich.
ardson family who is not going,
and Is terribly provoked about
it. is "Whiskey and Soda" a pet
wire-haired terrier who has trav-
eled all over Europe with his
owners and had his own pass
port, if you please. However, the
Richardson's, b elieving that
"Whiskey'' Is a bit too advanced
in years for this trip, are leav-
ing him with Mrs. Richardson's
family. ...
Going back to Russia is sort
of like going back home for the
Richardson's, for Stanley was
there for years. as a correspond
ent and Mrs. Richardson lived
there when her dad went over
to supervise some building plans
for the Russian government.
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&AN
THE Henry ]. Richardson's
l. have a shooting lodge down
the river, and while it is no END
attractive, Mrs. Richardson
seldom goes down there, on &C.
count of knowing nothing about
shooting-especially ducks. And
SO, when the season was on
this year, she amazed her hus-
band by informing him that
she would go down to the lodge
next week end and do bit Of
shooting, herself.
But you don't know any
thing about shooting" pro-
tested Mr.. Richardson. "You
Just wait" was Mrs. Richard
sons reply. So they went, &C.
companied by DIR. and Mrs. Bill
Morgan. Before the crack of
day, next morning, the four
some went out to the duck
blinds with Mr.. Richardson in
a mild state Of jitters, wonder
ing just what his wife intended
doing. One thing puzzled-she
was carrying with her one of
the latest and best make guns.
Finally, the ducks began to
come over, Mr.. Richardson shot
and got nothing, Mrs. Richard
son, with what looked like real
professional skill, also fired and
got q duck! Then it all came
out. She, determined to know
something about the sport her
husband was so interested in,
sent off to a mail-order house,
asked for instructions about
shooting and the right kind of
gun, then learned by heart the
instructions, and that was that.
Next season Mrs. Richardson in
tends starting early. She likes
this sport, too.
***
NINE. de Castillo Najera, wife of
WA the Mexican Ambassador,
is wearing the most beautiful
necklace and cross with a very
severe dinner gown these late
evenings. The necklace is fash
ioned Of carved gold, spaced
with fragile links, swings well
below the waist and the cross
is heavily magnificent. This
necklace is over 500 years old
and belonged years ago to a IA
nous noblewoman Of Mexico.
REPRESENTATIVE Frank w.
~ Boykin, of Alabama. gave a
most original dinner party the
other night, or so we hear. 1t
was a stag affair and. naturally.
many members of Congress were
present. So the toastmaster
called Oh everybody there to
make a speech, and then the
1ther guests Immediately re-
used to allow them to make
me. Seemingly, this idea pleased
verybody there. Then Howard
handler Christy drew a sketch
\ the tablecloth of Representa-
We Tom Hennings, jr., Of Mis-
>uri, and Representative Hen
ngs astonished everyone by
etching an excellent likeness
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First Lady
PatrOness

Mrs. Roosevelt, honorary pa
troness for the Thrift Shop Val
entine Ball at Sulgrave Club
next Saturday evening, plans
to attend this annual party
given for the benefit of the five
children's charities of Washing
ton-the Children's Country
Home, Children's Hospital.
Child Welfare, Junior League
and Columbia Hospitals Pre-
natal Clinic.
George Angus Garrett, chair
man of the floor committee,
and his aides, Jack Newbold,
vice chairman; the United
States Minister to Latvia, Fred
erick Sterling; Myron Hofer,
Col. Edwin Watson. Ferry
Heath, Joseph Alsop, James
Clement Dunn and Nelson
Perrin, will escort Mrs. Roose-
welt to her box upon her arrival
at Sulgrave Club.
LADY LINDSAY HEADS
Lady Lindsay heads the list
of distinguished patronesses for
the ball. Others include Nine.
de Espil, Countess van der
Straten-P Ponthoz, Donna Matilde
de Suvich, Frau Dieckhoff, Mrs.
Charles Evans Hughes, Mrs.
William B. Bankhead, Mrs.
Cordell Hull, Nine. Prochnik.
. Nine. Bostrom, Nine. van
HaerSma de With, Lady Marler,
Mrs. Owen J. Roberts, Mrs.
Stanley Reed, Mrs. Henry Nor
. genthau, Mrs. Harry Woodring,
. Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, Mrs.
. Millard Tydings. Mrs. Arthur
Vandenberg, Mrs. James Ham1l-
ton Lewis, Mrs. Warren Austin,
. Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry, Mrs.
. Hamilton Fish, Mrs. Richard P.
Wiggle orth, Mrs. James
. Wadsworth and Mrs. Malin
Craig.
. MANY PATRONESSES
. Also on the list are Mrs. Will
liam D. Leahy, Mrs. Thomas
: Holcomb, Mrs. Sumner Welles,
a.: Mrs. Wayne Chatfield-Taylor,
!: Mrs. Breckenridge Long, Mrs.
George T. Marye, Mrs. Thomas
. E. Pettingill, Mrs. Jesse Jones,
T. Mrs. James Clement Dunn. Mrs.
: Joseph Letter. Mrs. C. Mathews
Dick, Mrs. Sidney Kent Legare,
j: Mrs. Albert B. Dewey, Mrs.
George Angus Garrett, Mrs.
: Merriam Curtis, Mrs. Warren
Delano Robbins. Mrs. Lawrence
Wood Robert. jr.. Mrs. Chester
wells. Mrs. Henry Latrobe
Roosevelt. Nine. Cantacuzene
Grant, Mrs. Richard Southgate
/: Mrs. Benjamin Warder Thoron
. Mrs. Milton King, Mrs. Robert
Woods Bliss, Mrs. John F. vii
kins, Mrs. William Doeler anc
: Mrs. George Sloane.
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Club Members

Others who are members Of
the club who may be in the
gathering are Betty Vandenberg,
daughter of Senator and Mrs.
Arthur H. Vandenberg; Mrs. Ed.
win Colman, who was Elizabeth
Wheeler; Jane Davis, eldest
daughter of Senator and Mrs.
James ]. Davis; Mrs. Hender-
son Dunn, the former Peyton
Haves; Doris Gibson, Mrs.
Wayne Grover, formerly Esther
Thomas: Janet johnson, Mary
Louise Miller, Mkt Thomas, Guy
Ter Schwartz and Frances
Wheeler.
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Senator'S daughters or host
esses who will attend with their
husbands are Mrs. Prev Savoy,
the former Lyla Townsend; Mrs.
Ralph Chase, who was Jane
Holt before her marriage: Mrs.
James Cummings. who was
Mariana Harrison; Mrs. John
Martin, the former Caroline
Hugh-5, and Mrs. Ralph Nc
1lvenny. who was Betsy SteiWer.
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Entertains

Mrs. August F. EVerly, Jr.,
entertained at a Valentine
luncheon for seven guests yes
terday in the Colonial Room
of Wardmap Park Hotel where
che makes her home.
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Trucking and 7ang0lng
Fav0r1teS Win Young Set

Mendoza and Mrs. Isabelle Gest,
Barry Mohun and Margot Gar
rett, Mr.. Lawrence Baker and
Mrs. Mike McConihe, Billy"
Mitchell and Dolly Corbin,
Randy" Hagner and BettinA
Belmont The not-to-be-for-
gotten fox trot has George
Wheeler and Emily Davis.
Tommy Morehead and Louise
Alexander, Tommy Letter and
Mrs. Kenneth Jenkins, Frank
Hamilton and Martha Bacon,
Bobby" Woods and Alice Barry,
John Lowshead and Ethel Wor-
thlngton OF this galaxy of
the best dancers, the majority
will be performing at the Thrift
Shop Valentine ball Harold
Fangboner, Edgar Orme, Samuel
Biddle, Middleton Train, Allan
Walker, chaperoned by their
chairman, Mr.. James F. Mitchell,
will be among the Valentine
boys It's rumored that some
movie scouts will be at the ball.
Opportunity taps, boys!
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Issue Cards

The Minister of Lithuania and
Nine. Zadeikis have issued in.
vitations for a reception to cele-
brate the twentieth anniversary
of the independence Of the Re
public of Lithuania on Wednes-
day, February 16, from S until 7
o'clock, at the legation on Six
teenth Street.
4 X
Mr.. and Mrs. John James
Wolfe have left for Spokane,
Wash. where they will make
their future home. Before their
departure a number of parties
were given in their honor.
The Minister of the Neither
lands and Nine. van Haersma
de With will entertain at dinner
tomorrow evening.
Nine. van Haersma de With
will not be "at home" tomorrow
afternoon.
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Will Receive

Mrs. Charles M. Lea will re-
ceive from 4::30 until $50
O'Clock on Monday, at the
League of Republican Women,
when her guests have been in
vited to meet the members OF
the Newspaper Women's Club.
+ \
Mrs. william H. Dunham, OF
Cincinnati, Ohio. is stopping at
Wardman Park Hotel while
visiting in Washington for sew
eral days.
The Counselor of the Swedish
Legation and Nine. WennerS-
berg have returned from q four
weeks vacation In Florida.
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PETER CARTER

Says

a rt Landa, we'll known lawyer here, and
\ his charming wife, the former Marjorie
Nondel daughter the Frank Mondes Che was time
Representative from Wyoming) have persistent
would have one believe decided to their separate
The Washington times., 1938-02-10
"Bibs" Adams and Miss Nye
To Give Cocktail Party
Preceding the Affair
Bu Flora Macdonald

Unlike their mothers, who as members of
the Senate Ladies Club meet for both Red
Cross work aud luncheon weekly the Senate Daughters
Club is purely social gathering They meet over the
luncheon table chat and while hour or So but
recently their talk has been of plans fer their annual dinner
dance which will be held tonight
Since their organization in 1881 they have given their
parties the Shoreham, and tonight horseshoeshaped
table adorned with spring flowers will be laid in the Blue
Room and gathered about it will be merry group of
young folk
The Washington times., 1938-08-11
TRUCE SENDS
STOCKS HIGHER

NEW YORK, Ang. II (I.N.CD.
The stock market opened higher
today in response to the overnight
news Of the Russo-Japanese truce,
The improvement was not uni.
form, however, and soon changed
to a general recession.
Motor shares gave a strong per.
formance. Chrysler started a point
higher and General Motors was
up 7s point, but both later showed
losses.
Opening prices: Westinghouse,
1921, off "; International Har'
vester, SO, unchanged; Radio, 79s.
unchanged; Bendix. %, up W;
Penn, 219s, unchanged; Texas
Corporation, 473s, up 70; U. S.
Steel. 6O1s, up "; Southern Pa.
cific, 1874, up "; Anaconda Cop.
per, SO, up 3s.
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insult Leaves
$1,000 Cash

CHICAGO. Aug. II UN.SO.
Samuel insult died in Paris leav-
ing approximately $1,000 in cash
and debts in the neighborhood
of $16,OOO,0OO.
This was disclosed today when
the dethroned utilities magnate's
will was filed in probate court
here.
Persistent reports that Insult
possessed a hidden fortune, cached
when he fled from the United
States to Europe, thus were def.
initely set at rest, according to
Floyd Thompson, attorney Nho
for years represented tI.e insult
family.
The will, a short document,
named Samuel insult, jr., execu-
tor and directs him to pay Ger.
tain debts and turn over the resi-
due to Mrs. Samuel insult, Sr.
The testament was dated June IA,
1882, the same day insult agreed
to turn over all of his personal
property and real estate to cred.
itors.
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Foreign circles here predicted
that hitherto unpublished material
which Japanese Ambassador Ma
moru ShigemitSu plans to intro
duce into negotiations for demar-
cation of the boundary will be
quickly rejected by Sc. let Foreign
Commissar Maxim Litvinov.
Troops in Trenches
Should this happen, it was ex-
pected, the heavy guns will roar
once more in the vicinity Of
Changkufeng Hill.
Although the guns were silenced
at noon today under terms Of the
truce agreed upon by Litninov and
Shigemitsu, the troops Of both
Russia and Japan remained in
their trenches at the front, ready
to spring at each other again if
CONTINUED on Page 4, Col. y
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JAP AIR RAIDERS
TAKE 900 LIVES

HANKOW. Aug. II Q.N.S.).
More than 600 civilianS-among
them five Chinese employees of
the American-owned Boone Col.
lege-were killed today in one OF
the most disastrous Japanese air
raids of the war.
Sixty Nipponese airplanes
swooped down through thick
clouds on the three great indus
trial Wuhan sister cities, dropping
scores of huge bombs on Wuchang
and Hanyang.
Three bombs exploded in the
compound of Boone College in
Wuchang, demolishing a students
dormitory.
At the same time, Chinese avia-
ton headquarters asserted 10
Chinese planes twice raided Japa-
nese warshipS near Kiukiang. Ten
ships, it was said, were badly
damaged.
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War Front Typhoon
PeriIs Jap FIeet

SHANGHAI, Aug. II Q.N.S)
A 6O-mile-an-hour typhoon today
swept inland on the Yanghze River
valley war front, threatening the
huge Japanese naval concentra
ton near Kiukiang.
The typhoon also lashed at the
Italian steamer Sandro Sandri.
tossing 1t against the river bank
and damaging part Of the vessel
The American gunboat Oahu also
was in the path of the typhoon
but the crew put up a four-houI
battle and kept the vessel out ol
serious trouble.
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Liberties Committee investigate
John l.. Lewis CIO.
In a statement prepared for de-
livery before the committee in its
inquiry into the little steel'' strike
Of 1887, Girdler charged the New
Deal with plunging the country
into unprecedented turmoil"
The Senate committee itself, he
said, had conducted a one-sided
investigation into the strike and
circumstances surrounding it. And
by one-sided, he explained, he
meant in favor of the CIO.
Hits ''Tyranny''
The steel executive, leader of
the steel companies that broke
the CLOS strike, demanded further
that the Wagner Labor Relations
Act be overhauled completely to
give the. employer a chance for
fair play.
He termed the present conduct
Of the National Labor Relations
The Washington times., 1938-08-11
PWA Approves 81
More Federal Plans

U.N.S0 PWA today announced
approval Of 81 additional non
Federal works projects having an
estimate construction cost of $780,
945, ,351, with PWA grants of &c.
425, ,399 and no loans. The latest
list raises the total PWA program
to 1885 projects with a total con-
struction cost of $1,176,164,374.
Projects include Sc educational
buildings.
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|of 24-hour nonstop passenger
service between Germany and the
United States.
The Condor. he said. is taking
the place Of one Of the regularly
scheduled experimental flights
which have been made weekly re-
Gently by the two German cata.
pault Seaplanes from the Azores
to Port Washington. on Long
Island, and return.
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Bootleg Shamrocks
In Corrigan Parade

An Irish Judge showed no mercy
to three men brought before him
today charged with selling sham
rocks without licenses during the
Corrigan parade yesterday.
Judge John P. Mcmahon was
on the bench in Police Court today
when the first defendant, bearing
The Washington times., 1938-08-11
Market in Tokyo
Rises, Then Slips

TOKYO, Aug. IL U.N.S.).
When first reports Of the
Russo Japanese armiStice q
reached Tokyo, before it was
announced officially, the
stock market session took q
lively turn. Issues advanced
from 2 to 5 points.
Thereafter q slight reces-
sion set in until the foreign
office announced that Soviet
Foreign COmmiSsar Maxim
LitvinOv had agreed to new
NippOneSe proposals for the
terms of the armiStice, and
that arrangements were be-
ing made accordingly.
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u. s. Leave Granted
NaZi Plane to Land

U.N.S.) The American Govern.
ment has given permission for the
landing and immediate return
flight of the giant four-engined
German land plane, the Branden-
burg.
At the German Embassy, DR..
Hans Thomson, charge d'affaires,
said the flight is in no way a
stunt, but is an experimental
flight to determine the feasibility
The Washington times., 1938-08-11
Morris Sees Fine
Business UpsWing

Expressing great confidence in
the future Of the nation, Arthur J.
Morris. president OF the Morris
Plan Corporation and founder u
the Morris Plan Banks. arrived in
washington on q business trip
today.
Mr.. Morris said that there is a
decided upswing in business, with
men returning to work, and he
predicted a steady, cumulative i'm,
proVement in all lines Of business.
The Washington times., 1938-08-11
Rioting Chinese
QueI|ed By Japan

SHANGHAI, Aug. 11-SeVeral
hundred former Chinese soldiers.
who failed to escape from Shang-
hal when the Japanese seized con-
troll, rioted in their concentration
camp in the International Settle
ment today and hoisted the Chi
nese nationalist flag. The settle
ment volunteer corps quieted the
troops.
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the not-So-G Gaelic name Of Uriah
Stavinsky, came before him.
Stavinsky pleaded not guilty to
the charge, but was given a SEN
tence Of five days or IS.
The same sentence was meted
out to John D. Richardson and
Ralph B. jackson.