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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12
SYNOPSIS

Barbara Sentry. seeking to sober up her
escort, Johnnie Boyd. on the way home
from a party. slaps him, ana attracts the
attention of q policeman, whom the boy
knocks down. As he arrests him. Professor
Brace OF Harvard comes to the rescue and
drives Barbara home. On the way they see
Barbara's father driving from the direction
of his Office at 12:45. but when he gets home
he tells his wife 1t is HIS and that he's
been playing bridge at the club. Next day
Sentry reports his Office has been robbed
and a Miss Wines, former temporary en-
ployee, killed The evening papers luridly
confirm the story. and Sentry takes It hard.
Mary. elder daughter, in love with Neil Ray,
young inferno at the hospital where she
works. goes off to dinner at Gus Loran's.
Sentry's partner, with Mrs Loran's brother.
Jimmy Endle. Mr.. and Mrs Sentry call on
old Mrs. Sentry, and Barbara, alone. re-
ceives Dan Fisher. reporter. who advises
her not to talk Phil Sentry. SON at Yale.
Is disturbed at the possible implications
and suspicion of Miss Wines absence from
her rooms for three days during August:
He goes home to help. Sentry Is arrested
and booked for murder. Dan Fisher ex-
plains the evidence against him-that the
robbery was fake, the safe opened by one
who knew the combination, changed since
Miss Wines employment there-that back
door key, duplicate Of Sentry's. was found
In the girls purse, and that Sentry. too, had
been away those three days in August.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12
A Play Outfit; a Basic Dress

dusty pastel shade; calico, per-
Gale and pique are good, too. Be
sure to trim 1t with ricrac.
Dress with Bodice Detailing.
Here's a design that brings q
breath OF fall smartness in the
bosom detailing that you'll see In
expensive models this coming sea-
son. Also in the Victorian sleeves,
high at the shoulders and fitted to
the arm below. The straight pam
Ell in the back, the gathers at the
waistline in front, give you love-
ly figure-line. Although it's so dis
tinguished looking and subtly de-
tailed, this dress is easy to make.
Just six steps in the detailed sew
chart. Make 1t now Of silk crepe,
linen or georgette. Later in sheer
wool, satin or velvet. ''ss
The Patterns. 49,.
1857 is designed for sizes IL, IA,
is, 10 and 20. Size IA requires SIS
yards OF 35-inch material 10
yards Of ricrac braid to trim.
1882 is designed for sizes 81, "a,
SO, SO, 40, AZ and A. Size "a re-
quires 4ss yards Of 39-inch ma
terial with long sleeves; Az yards
Of 39-inch material for short
sleeves. -N
Success in Sewing. b.
Success in sewing, like in any
other field, depends upon how, you
approach the task in hand. To
help you turn out clothes profess
sional looking in every detail, we
have a book which plainly sets
forth the simple rules of home
dressmaking. The beginner will
find every step in making a dress
clearly outlined and illustrated
within its covers. For the ex-
perienced sewer there are many
helpful hints and suggestions for
sewing short cuts. Send IS cents
Tin coins) today for your copy of
SUCCESS IN SEWING, a book
every home dressmaker will find
Of value.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, 247 w.
Forty-third street, New York,
N. Y. Price of patterns, is cents
Tin coins) each.
@ Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12
Lightning Strokes Are Preceded by
"Feelers" Which Guide the Main Bolt

high-speed camera aimed at the
1,025-foot tower from another sky
scraper displayed strange phenom-
ena in lightning conduction.
"We learned that leader strokes
which precede all lightning flashes
move toward the ground in series
of hesitating steps of approximately
200 feet in length" McEachron ex-
planned. "The steamers progress
this short distance, substantially die
out, and after wait of a few mil
lionths of a second proceed in a
second step, repeating until they
reach the earth. Succeeding flashes
move without hesitation at speeds Of
10000 miles per second or faster"
DIR. B. F. j. Secondhand in South
Africa, using a camera similar to
the one used in the New York ex-
periments, also discovered that the
usual lightning discharge consisted
of leader stroke, which was fol-
lowed by a main stroke from the
ground upward to cause the visible
flash.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12

Strokes of lightning are preceded
by "feelers" which guide the main
bolt to its objective, according to
Karl B. McEachron, high voltage
electrical engineer, writes Sche-
nectady IN. W United Press cor
respondent.
The lightning stroke which APP
pears to be a single one-way dis
charge is met part way by small
flash originating from the earth, he
said. This preliminary discharge
attracts the main stroke and draws
it to the ground.
In some cases the leader stroke
shoots upward to a cloud, to be i'm
mediately followed by several sue
cessive flashes over its exact path
from the sky downward, McEach-
ron said.
The discoveries of lightning habits
were made through three-year OBJ
servation of the Empire State build
ing in New York city, the best and
most frequently struck lightning
conductor that could be found.
The study was conducted by the
General Electric company to solve
the problem Of better protection to
transmission lines and other cleo
trical apparatus.
Hundreds Of pictures taken by 8
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12
no YOU need something new to

no YOU need something new to
~ dawdle in or to dress up in?
Here are two new designs, one for
play and one for afternoon, that
are so smart you really should
have both. It costs so little, in
time and trouble, to make them
for yourself, with these simple de-
signs that even beginners can fol-
low with no difficulty. And Of
course you can splurge on some
really luxury fabrics, when you
sew your own.
Play Suit and Sports Fr0ck.
This new design gives you both!
The play suit has beautifully cut
shorts and nice bodice top with
the sunniest kind of sunback. The
frock is created merely by fasten-
ing that straight skirt around you,
and the bolero goes with both!
Notice how cleverly the ricrac
braid is used to simulate square
yoke in the front. The smartest
thing for this design is linen in a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12
ASK NE
ANOTHER
The Questions

Au0 VucstiOHs
/. In what lake does the Mis-
sissippi river have it's rise?
2. Who were the Druids?
8. Who was the author of this
quotation: America never lost a
war and never won a confer
ence"?
4. What is a papal bull?
S. What is the largest city south
of the equator?
6. What is the most travelled
highway in the United States?
Z. Why was the state Of Florida
given that name?
8. What percentage Of motion
picture films shown all over the
world is made in the United
States?
The Answers
1. Lake Itasca in Minnesota.
2. Priests of the religion of the
ancient inhabitants of Britain,
Gaul and Germany.
8. Will Rogers.
4. An edict Of the pope.
5. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
6. The American Automobile as
ISOLATION says that U. S. Highway
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12
A Quiz With Answers
Offering Information
on Various Subjects

No. / in the vicinity of New York
city has the heaviest traffic.
Z. It was discovered on Easter
Sunday-in Spanish, Pascua Flo
rida, the Feast of Flowers.
8. A survey of the department
Of commerce shows that Ameri-
can motion pictures constitute 70
per. cent of the showings in all
foreign markets.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12
MAN 70 million years Old

Man is traced" back 10000. 900
years. The earliest known link"
is in the dead Montana forest, ac-
cording to Smithsonian institution.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12
Condemn Your Faults

Many men are angry with them
that tell them of their faults, when
they should be angry only with
the faults that are told them.-
Venning.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12

Arthur had lied. And If he had lied
Her thoughts recoiled, refused to
answer the hideous, damning ques-
ton.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
S. E. C. TO EXPAND
RULES ON DATA
Asks for Advice on Methods for
Making Public Regular
Statements of Firms.
BY the Associated Pres.

By the Associated Press.
The Securities and Exchange Com
mission. acting 10 days after the fail
ure of Richard Whitney e. Co.. an
nounced yesterday that it may desire
to promulgate rules on financial re-
sponsibility of stock brokers in "the
relatively near future
In letters to some members Of ma
tional securities exchanges and groups
Of brokers not members of exchanges,
the commission asked for advice on
methods Of making public regular
statements Of the financial condition
Of brokerage concerns.
It did not refer to the recent failure
Of tine New York firm headed by Rich
ard Whitney. who for five years was
president OF the New York Stock Ex-
change.
The commission said it wanted study
given to the following subjects:
Publication Of financial statements
in newspapers; whether such state
ments should be required seni-an-
nually. quarterly or monthly: whether
statements should be independently
audited, and whether all brokers
should be required to submit state
ments and, If not, what standards
should be used to determine exemp-
tions.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
CHICAGO GRAIN
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, March 19.-Wheat prices
tumbled as much as 13s cents a bushel
today largely because of reports of
lessened war tension In Europe.
The market hit lows of $685. for
May and 83A for July soon after the
opening, and although selling sub.
sided at this level, there was little
rauying power in evidence.
Liverpool wheat closed III To l%
cents lower, rejecting, besides the 90.
litical situation, the pressure OF offers
from Australia, which has the largest
exportable surplus in years.
The weather forecast indicated week
end showers in both the winter and
spring wheat belts. Prediction Of re-
duced spring wheat acreage had little
market effect because Of uncertainty
as to extent OF abandonment. How
ever, traders commented that figures
promised new record acreage stand
ing for harvest this summer through
out the Nation.
There was little overnight export
business, although Mexico was report
ed to have taken 100000 bushels of
| winter wheat.
Corn declined fractionally, but was
steadied by removal of hedges against
export sales, which were reported
fairly liberal the past few days. Oats
and rye also declined with wheat. and
provisions lost as much as IL cents,
but later recovered partially.
Around midsession wheat was E-lk
lower compared with yesterdays fin
ish May. 867s; July, 841s(, and corn
was li-'s off May, 591a; July, 6laa).
Evening star., 1938-03-19
MISS BACHELOR DIES:
WAS CLERK FOR W, P, A.

Miss Louise Bachelor, a., statistical
clerk OF the Public Works Administra-
ton, died Thursday night in George
town University Hospital. After an
illness, which began last June, Miss
Bachelor returned to her office the
first Of the month and continued at
work until March IS, when illness
again forced her to be absent.
Miss Bachelor. who came here
about 10 years ago from Nashville,
Tenn, lived with her sister. Mrs. JOS
eph P. Brantly. at No. S East Under
wood street. Chevy Chase. Md.
Besides her. sister, Mrs. Brantley,
she leaves her father, Harry w. Bach
elder, and another sister, Mrs. v. A.
Baxter, both Of Memphis, Tenn, and
. brother, James A. Bachelor Of De-
troit.
Funeral services are being held this
afternoon In the william Reuben
Pumphrey funeral parlors, Bethesda,
Nd. The Rev. DR.. ]. II. Hollister, pas
tor Of the Chevy Chase Presbyterian
Church, Is omciating. Burial will be
In the Rockville Union Cemetery.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
CHINA'S COAL RICHES
FALL TO JAPANESE
Section 1870 Miles From Nankinp
Taken by Army Thrusting
Into Shantung.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI. March 1s.-Japanese
armies thrusting into Southern Shan
tung Province today captured impor-
tant Chinese-owned coal resources lso
miles northwest OF Nanking.
The Japanese took Tsaochwane in
q drive to smash China's vital corridor
along the Lunghai Railway.
At the same time Japanese IS miles
south OF Tsaochwang advanced on
Suchow, strategic junction where the
East-West Lunghai and the North
South Tentsin- -Pukow Railway cross.
Chinese reported seesaw fighting in
other sections Of the broad Central
Chinese battle region had offset jap
anese gains, however.
Further west Chinese armies were
said to have recaptured large sections
OF the Peiping- Hankow Railway.
Advancing with the Japanese forces
in Southern Shantung were economic
experts, who took over the Tsao-
chwang coal mines, which have an
annual output of 100000 tons.
They were the largest in China
owned by Chinese. With their capture
Japan controls so per cent Of China S
coal resources.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
ALASKAN SEARCH
FOR FLYERS ENDS
Wilkins Base Is Abandoned
After Seven.Month Hunt
Proves Futile.
BY the Associated Press.

os INC ASSOCldtcQ eIeSS.
FAIRBANKS. Alaska, March 49,
A fruitless seven-month hunt from
Alaska for the six missing Russian
transpolar flyers ended today. The
Soviet Government indicated any
further search would be carried on
from the Russian side of the Arctic.
Wireless and weather reporting sys-
TENS were being dismantled, and Sir
George Hubert wilkins Aklavik,
Northwestern Territory, base was
abandoned. wilkins and his party
few yesterday to Edmonton, Alberta,
en- route to New York. Wilkins was
employed by the Soviet government
for the search
Michael B. Beliakov, Soviet repre-
sentative here, said he was returning
to Washington, D. c.
Wilkins expressed the opinion:
THE drift in the Arctic ice would
have carried the missing men over TO
the Russian side of the Arctic Ocean
by now if theye landed on the ice
. The transpolar plane, piloted by
Sigismund Levaneffsky, was last heard
from early on August 1873 hours
after leaving Moscow for Fairbanks,
400 miles away.
Thousands of miles of flying failed
to disclose trace of the missing men.
Wilkins said that since last October
he had covered $1,000 miles and that
his final flight last week was equiva-
lent to crossing the Atlantic.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
JUDGMENT AGAINST
UNION is CANCELLED
Court Acts On Request of Miners
and Coal Company in Case
Involving $117, 900.
Ey the Associated Press.

6y inc ASSOCIATED fleSS.
CNTRAL1A, Ill.,, March IA
$4,000 judgment for the United
Electric Coal Co. against the Progress
sive Miners Of America was stricken
from the records today.
United States District Judge Fred
L. Wham, acting on stipulation filed
Jointly by the company and the union
yesterday vacated his order granting
the company damages for losses in
CURED during a strike.
A joint announcement by John R.
Kane, general counsel for the union,
and Ralph F.. Lesemann, an attorney
for the company. said both parties had
reached an agreement between them
which disposes of all the issues raised
by the plaintiffs motion for judgment
for damages"
The attorneys declined further elab-
Grafton or to disclose terms of the
agreement.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
MRS. LAURA v. WRIGHT
DIES AT HOME HERE
Native Of Baltimore Victim of
Pneumonia-Funeral to Be
Conducted Monday.

Mrs. Laura Virginia Wright, widow
Of Jacob T. L. Wright, died yesterday
at her home. 3506 Sixteenth street
NV. She had been ailing since re-
ceiving hip fracture In a fall in her
home on January 10. Death was at
tributed to pneumonia.
Mrs. Wright was q native of Balti-
more, but had been q resident of this
city for many years. She is survived
by three daughters, Mrs. Selma w.
Harris, Miss Olive ]. Wright and Mrs
Ida g. Hines, all OF this city; three
sons. Henry Dashiell Wright and j. T.
lockwood Wright, both Of this city,
and George w. Wright. Milwaukee,
Wis; sister, Mrs. Ida G. Paini,
Philadelphia. and II grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 8
am. Monday in the Sacred Heart
Catholic Church, following brief serv-
ices at the residence. Burial will be
in Baltimore.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
PRINCE, 108, WHO KNEW
6 PRESIDENTS, EXPIRES
Arabian Noble Came to U. S. for
Visit in 1875 and Met
Ulysses S. Grant.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 1e.-An Ara
bian prince-friend of six United
States Presidents-who claimed he was
108 years old. died yesterday.
He was Prince Hadji Tahar Ben
Mohammed Ibn Saud Wahabi, Sheriff
Hashmi. soldier of fortune and init
mate of kings.
He came to this country in 1876 at
the age of Al with a troupe of per-
formers to appear at the Philadelphia
Centennial Exposition He built an
Oriental city for the Arabian govern
ment at the Chicago Fair in 1893 and
another for that city's Century of
Progress Exposition in 1898.
Prince Hadji, born in Donna, Ara
bia, and educated in England, was ac-
quainted with Ulysses S. Grant, Grover
Cleveland, William Mckinley. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft
and Woodrow Wilson.
The prince obliged in recent years
to sell many of his treasured family
heirlooms, is survived by a daughter
and two sons. Abdullah, 66, and
Arthur, 10.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. March ia marked
upswing in a group of foreign dollar
issues recently depressed by lowering
European war clouds gave the bond
market an improved appearance today.
While gains in the domestic corpo-
rate list were small and there were
numerous exceptions among railroad
liens. the trend was up toward the close
OF the short session, and the market
was further strengthened by advances
of 2-32 to 1892 of a point in United
States Governments.
Gains Of to more than 2 points in
the foreign group included Australian
IS of 1855 and 4las of 1856, Canadian
2las, Norway 4l2s of 1914 and Is of
1868 and German rs Of 1949.
Among domestic corporate loans best
showing was made by Nickel Plate 4las,
Southern Railway Is. Paramount Pic
ture IS and International Telephone SIS.
Northern Pacific Railway SIS of 2O47,
series c. cracked more than 4 points.
Other losers included West Shore reg
lstered 4s Of 1851 and Cleveland Union
Terminal SIPS.
In the Government division II of
the IA actively traded issues were up
2, unchanged and down.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
EIGHT ARE SEIZED
|NDR|VE 0NCR|ME
Suspected Bandits and Bad
Check Statesmen Will
Face Lineup.

A suspected marihuana salesman
two alleged bad check artists" and
three reputed bandits were under ar
rest today as the result of continued
activities of the police pickup
squad.
They were among eight men taken
into custody during the last "a hours.
Seven of the prisoners are white men.
They were not charged pending ques-
tioning and appearance in a lineup
for possible Identification.
Meanwhile, one of the 10 alleged
street-walkers arrested Friday night
was tentatively identified as forger
wanted in several large Eastern cities
She was being held for further inves-
tigation,
Another of the women arrested
Maxine Russo, %. of the 1900 block
OF street NV, was given a 90-day
Jail sentence when she appeared ir
Police Court today before Judge> Ed.
ward M. Curran on soliciting charges
The woman's attorney made a motion
for a new trial and the hearing on this
motion was set for Tuesday.
The cases of the other women ar
rested were continued until Tuesday
by Judge Hobart Newman. They are
charged with vagrancy.
In charging the women prisoners
with vagrancy Inspector B. W.
Thompson said he hoped to throw fear
into the ranks of prostitutes and curb
their activities. vagrancy usually re-
suits in jail sentence. The inspector
said the drive against prostitutes
would be continued by the pickup
squad
Inspector Thompson and Police
Court Judge John P. Mcmahon met
yesterday in the ofice of Maj. Ernest
w. Brown, police superintendent, and
decided to bear down" on women sus-
pected of prostitution and to send to
jail any prostitute who has a previous
criminal record.
A lull in crime was reported over
night Among the cases being inves-
tigated was report by Bernard Hud-
son. Selbyville, Del, that six crates
containing 120 chickens, were lost
from his truck while he was en- route
through the city. Police believe some
one may have let down the tailgate of
the truck and allowed the crates to
slide of.
Clarence Gadsden, 149 T street
NV, reported his home was. entered
and a revolver stolen. Two roomers
in the house said they were robbed of
SIS. seven razors and lumber jacket.
Forest Rudisill, colored. 1900 block of
Vermont avenue NV, told police
some one cut a hole In the door Of
his apartment and stole a $40 radio.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
HOUSE HEARINGS END
ON TRAIN MEASURE
81 the Associated Press.

The House Interstate Commerce
Committee concluded hearings yester-
day on proposed legislation to limit
the length of freight trains to 70 cars.
J. @. Farquharson, legislative repre-
sentative for the Brotherhood Of Rail-
road Trainmen, told the committee in
. final appearance that railroads would
"only be doing their duty" II the bill
added all the employment railroads
have coutended 1t would.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
PERSHING LOSES

TUSCON, Ariz, March 10 (R.-
Gen. John J. Pershing, 77-year -old
World War commander recovering
from grave illness, was mot so well'
last night, DR.. Roland Dawson, said.
DR.. Dawson expressed belief the
general had been pushing himself too
hard. trying to get well too fast"
Gen. Pershing has been allowed to sit
up for brief periods daily this week.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
TWIN KILLING SUSPECT
IN CRITICAL CONDITION
Detroit Officials Await Chance to
Question Electrician
in Buffalo.
BY the Associated Press.


BUFFALO, N. Y, March 19.-The
condition Of Peter Burton was de-
scribed as very critical today as De-
troit authorities awaited opportunity
to question him further about double
strangling-slaying to which they said
he had confessed.
Burton, 39-year-old Detroit elec-
trician, leaped from a third STORY WIN
dow OF police headquarters Thursday
as he was being questioned about the
death OF his estranged wife and her
landlady in a Detroit rooming house.
Chief of Detectives John j. Whalen
announced Burton later confessed to
strangling both women last Monday.
Suffering compound frontal skull
fracture and internal injuries, Burtoa
was said by Emergency Hospital au-
thorities to be desperately hurt; it's
only a matter of time" He struck the
sidewalk outside police headquarters
head-first after his leap.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
WARREN PERSHING DUE
TO MARRY NEXT MONTH
Son of General and His Fiancee
Will Leave Arizona for
New York Tonirht.

~ the Associated Press.
TUCSON, Ariz., March 19.-War-
ren Pershing, son Of Gen. John J.
Pershing. and his fiancee, Miss Muriel
Bache Richards, have made plane
reservations for New York tonight.
A source close to the family said
they would be married in st. Thomas
Church, New York City, April %.
Young Pershing came here from
Palm Beach, Fla, three weeks age
when his father was gravely i'll, and
Miss Richards followed two weeks
later.
Gen. Pershing's physician, DR.. Ro-
land Dawson, expects to have hin,
"out of bed" shortly.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
S786,376 NET SHOWN
BY BRUNSWICK-BALKE
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March ls.-Brunswick-
Balke-Collender Co. reported 1897
consolidated net profit of S786,376,
compared with s770S25 in 1896.
This income, largest since 1923, was
equal after preferred dividend re-
nuirements to sl.41 per share Of COM
mon stock compared with s13s In
1886. Net sales totaled s11.553,3l0
compared with sS.7s2,773.
The company makes billiard tables
and equipment and bowling alleys.