Evening star., 1938-05-09

new Deal currently coming from anv
quarter, including even certain congress
slonal sons Of the elephant who are more
or less avowed candidates for glory two
years hence. Unless the 1898 elections
or sudden developments in other direc-
tlons churn to the surface some Rep,,b-
hcan OF national stature who is not
now gripping popular notice. Hoover
seems likely to loom head and shoulders
above any other G.. o. P. white hone
as the logical man. Should he run and
win, ne would duplicate the feat of
another ex-President, Grover Cleveland
in coming from behind.
Out in Representative Sam Petten-
gllls Indiana district. which that
rugged anti-New Deal Democrat is vol
unfairly relinquishing to resume law
practice at South Bend. two young law
yerS who were classmates at Notre
lame Will battle for his seat in Novem-
Der They are George N. Beamer. DEM
ocrat. prosecuting attorney of st. joseph
. county, and Robert A. Grant Both in
the early 3Os, they were granduated to-
gether from the Irish" law school in
1926. Another Notre Dame alumnus. who
re]olces in the name of Al Smith. bit the
DUST IN the late Indiana primaries when
ne was defeated for denomination as
mayor of La Porte, in consequence of a
factlonal feud.
Mrs. William D. Leahv. wife of Ad.
miral Leahy, chief of naval operations
will shortly christen a new q. s de-
stroyer, Lang, now building at the Fed
eral Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corn.
yard at Kerny, N. j. Following rare
precedent. the ship will be named for
an able seaman named John Cor ,Jackl
Lang, who won fame in the War of
1872, while serving aboard U, S. s. Wasn
commanded by Master Commandant
Jacob Jones' in the celebrated engage
ment with H. B. M. S. Frolic. Jones had
decided to board Frolic. when every
prace OF Wasp was shot aWav and her
rigging so torn that he feared the mast
would fall and the Britisher would be
able to escape. While the Americans
were wearing ship for boarding, the YES
sells came together so that F'rolic Law fair
LOT raklng. Jones determined not to
board until she was given a final broad
sloe. AS WaSp's guns were being loaded.
Lang, who was once impressed bv a
BRUSH man-of-war, jumped on a gun
with cutlass and sprang aboard Frolic
Capt. Jones, wishing to fire. called him
back, but the Yankee tar's impetuous-
ness could not be restrained. Lang was
already on the bowsprit of Frolic when
Jones, seeing the ardor and enthusiasm
OF his mates, gave the order to board
WaShlngton'S newest Government pal-
ace, the marble pile that houses the Fed
eral Reserve System, sports the only
barber shop, outside Of the Capitol that
hourlShes on Federal premises. It
opened up about six weeks ago under
the ownership of Col" Joseph Pasoual,
Mexican and World War veteran. who
runs the Washington Hotel tonsoriaI
establishment. Though maintained pri-
marily for the convenience of Gov. Ec-
cleS and his staff of 400 men and women,
the shop. with which a beauty parlor is
connected, also draws patronage from
the thousands of Government workers in
the nearby Navy and War Department
Buildings on Constitution avenue.
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Recently House Judiciary Subcom-
mittee witness was challenged to name
one branch of agriculture yielding cost
OF production to growers. Figs" replied
I. G. Mcdaniel of Los Angeles, to whom
the question was addressed. He ex-
planned that fig tree owners have recently
been cutting down their orchards to re-
duce the supply and keep up prices.
Maybe there's a new demand for fig
leaves" observed Representative Han
cock. Republican. Of New York.
toopyrtsht, 193s.)