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the custom of the other American
republics Of having several Presidents
IN the same year. Now II Mexico
issued a presidential set!"
Great Britain may reissue the cele-
brated Penny Black on May s. 1910,
the Tooth anniversary of its original
release.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tomorrow evening at 8. Woodbridge
Stamp Club. Public Library. 22O6
Rhode Island avenue NE. informal
gathering Of members and friends for
old-fashioned program.
Tomorrow evening at 8. Capital Pre-
cancel Club. home of DR.. Jack
Mearns. 1912 Reese Court. Alexan-
dria. Va, transportation furnished to
those assembling at the Thomson
School. Twelfth street NV. at 7:30.
Tuesday evening at 8, Washington
Collectors Club. Branch S. Society of
Philatelic Americans. Thomson School.
Exhibition OF poster stamps and seals
address by Col James A. Moss. presi-
dent general. United States Flag As
ISOLATION
Wednesday evening at 8, Washing
ton Philatelic Society. Life Chapter
No. Is. American Philatelic Society,
Hotel Carlton. Sixteenth street NV.
Joachim c. Benzing. chief Of the En-
craving Division. Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing, will discuss: The Art
and Science of Stamp Engraving" I"
Exhibition of stamps showing Mr..
Benzing's work.
Friday evening at 7:45. Washington
Stamp Club of the Air, Station VOL.
Albert F. Kunze will dramatic a
stamp romance and comment on cur
rent philatelic news.
Saturday afternoon at 3, National
Federation Of Stamp Clubs broadcast,
Station WRC.
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House again. In fact, the work Of
rebuilding kept the Monroes away
until the presidential term was some
months old. During that admins
tfation. however. the building was
completed according to plan. but
many alterations and additions have
been made in 1t since"
The Constitution ratification COM
memorative went on sale at Lancaster
and Lorain. Ohio, and ut Fort COL
lins, Colo, In advance Of release at
Philadelphia.
Linn's Weekly Stamp News piously
remarks: We can be thankful that
the United States never went In for
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Samuel. frst; DR.. c. c. Mcdonnell and
1t. Comdr. w. A. Corley. second; Mrs.
D. E. Stephan and Miss Shirley Schwartz,
third east and west. Col. Z. B: Gray
and Mrs. Tidball. first; @. H. Warthen
and Mrs. Kitty Boyle. second: w H.
Evans and Ralph Touch tied with Mr..
and Mrs. L. v. Crane. third.
Tuesday-Col. Z. B. Gray and J. A.
Dearing. hrst; Mrs. Katherine Priest and
Mrs. John M. Evans second: John Dom
molly and Mrs. Walter Clark. third
Wednesday-Mrs. Bernard Rosson and
Mrs. Weyman Tarplay. hrst; Mrs. Lambert
and Elliott Gordon. second; Mrs. ]. W,
Jackman and J. A. Dearing, third.
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knows, how much paid over the coun-
ter by stamp collectors for pretty
pictures"
The Sc James Monroe stamp will
be in blue color. On letters going
abroad 1t will carry an unexpressed
but none the less definite reafirma.
ton Of the Monroe Doctrine-written,
by the way, by John Quincy Adams.
President Roosevelt objected to the
,ortrait OF Woodrow Wilson originally
submitted for the 81 stamp. The
model was returned to the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing to be revised.
A decline Of interest in first-day
covers is indicated by Post Once De-
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partment figures for recent emissions.
The number of enthusiasts who will
remain faithful to the bitter IS end
may be very few.
Edward Benson, writing on THE
Development of the Airmail' in
Stamps Magazine for July 9, says:
All Of the mail planes during 1918
and 1919 were inspected and main
tanned in accordance with the United
States Army regulations. resulting In
very few accidents during these two
years" Yet when President Roose-
velt ordered the cancellation Of the
airmail contracts in 1884 and the
Army at his direction took over the
service, eight flyers were killed and
many were hurt in the period between
February 10 and May 81.
Among the most notably beautiful
stamps ever issued by any government,
the new airpost set of Vatican City
must be included. The artist re-
sponsible Is G. Mezzana. and In at
least one instance he followed q model
by Michelangelo
Word has been received Of the death
Of Philipp Kosack, famous Berlin
stamp dealer and philatelic writer. He
had been i'll for several years, and his
business passed into the hands of
Ernst Hartmann on January l last.
4 Members Of the Washington Phila-
telic Society exhibiting in the recent
Sepad show in Philadelphia included
Mrs. Ethel B. Stewart, Earl P. L. Ap-
felbaum, William Irvine III, Edwin E.
Elkins and Rev. Dr. William H. Tower
New Zealand probably will bring
out q centenary series in 1910 to
celebrate the Tooth anniversary Of
settlement.
The official Philadelphia cachet for
June 81 gave the dates "l778-1938"
by mistake for "1788-1938." Some
body's sesquicentennial arithmetic
was New Dealish
Muriel Nissen, writing for the Bell
Syndicate, says: The 4l2-cent White
House stamps appears tomorrow. ap-
propriately enough between the James
Madison and James Monroe adhesives.
It was during these two administra-
tions that the Executive Mansion was
burned and rebuilt.
THE site of the White House was
suggested by Washington. who so
loved the wooded shores Of the Po-
tomac. Although the building was
planned in 1890 and the corner stone
laid two years later. it was tn any,
thing but habitable condition when
Mr.. and Mrs. John Adams moved in.
Mrs. Adams has written with consid-
cradle feeling concerning the difii-
culties Of housekeeping In her famous
residence.
During Jefferson's tenure Of office
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much progress was made in the COM
pletion of the building, and when
Dolly Madison became hostess of the
White House the place provided q
fitting background for the brilliant
hospitality she dispensed. These en-
tertainments were to prove the swan
song of the White House, for during
Madison's second term came the War
Of 1912, during which the British at
tackled the Capital City and burned
the presidential mansion. The ad-
vance on Washington was unexpected
and Mrs. Madison had time only to
gather together load Of state papers
and to cut the famous portrait Of
Washington from its frame.
only the walls Of the White House
were standing when Madison re-
turned to the city. The architect Of
the original building, Capt. James
Hoban. undertook the work Of recon-
struction while the President and his
family rented . private home In town.
They were pot to occupy the White
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times sends mail from the Lilypons
ONCE. She needs no return address.
The main industry at Lilypons is
not lilies. but goldfish. and the story
of goldfish culture Is almost q "nsh
story"
The Three Springs Fisheries all but
trains its female brood fish by making
them lay their eggs in specially pre-
pared "hsh nests" where they have a
30 per cent chance Of Matching. The
newly-hatched youngsters are fed. Of
all things. hen eggs. True, one baby
goldfish cannot eat many hen eggs
Gin fact, one yolk is fed In suspension
to q whole cement tankful of fish,
but. during the peak Of spring pro-
duction a gross OF eggs is thus used
daily. The stomachs Of these near
microscopic fish are transparent; so
their eating habits can be checked.
After they have grown a bit, tank
ful OF the young fish are transferred
to q pond of their own. where their
actual growth is regulated. The
Thomas brothers can raise q pond full
Of 2-inch fish or 6-inch fish, just as
they please. This regulation is brought
about by the number Of fish put in q
pond: the more fish. the less food per
fish and the smaller the nsh. More
goldfish are raised in Frederick County
than any place else in America.
When you exhaust the sights Of
Lilypons, there is still much to see
in the neighborhood. Park Mills is
q tiny mountain town with q di-
lapidated country store down the road
to the left. 1t squats In the gap that
Bennett Greek makes in Sugar Loaf
Mountain. Nice picnic spots are
found on the Monocacy both at the
Lilypons bridge and the No. 20 bridge.
After heavy picnic dinner you may
turn to the cool loftiness Of Sugar
Loaf as to q green mint or 4 long
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y. l.. Daroy was playing North, Miss
Olive Wadlin East and Mrs. w. w.
Breau West. From the bidding Mr..
Cheeks believed he could easily make
seven hearts, as he could, but he
thought others would also be in q
seven-suit bid and that to get top on
the board he must bid seven no-trump,
which seemed to be In the cards. Mrs.
Breau, who sat West, studied her
hand and led small diamond
through North's K-Q and East won
the trick with the ace OF diamonds,
thus defeating the contract.
why did you lead that diamond?"
asked Mr.. Cheeks in astonishment.
III wager that at every other table
the lead was a spade, the unbid
major"
You told me-" replied Mrs. Breau,
that against a no-trump contract
generally should lead my longest
suit and that against q slam bid. with
nothing else to guide me, 1t Is best to
lead through the dummys second bid
suit. My hand seemed to meet both
OF these requirements, and 80 I led
the diamond and you are set one trick.
Hoisted by your own petard, one might
say. or beaten by your own instruc-
| ton"
The hand was q laydown for seven
hearts or seven clubs At the other
tables seven hearts was bid and made
In three instances, seven clubs was
| bid and made in two others, seven
no-trump was bid and made In two
instances. . because spades was the
opening lead and in one case (Cheeks)
the bid Of seven no-trump was set
one trick because his senior adversary
followed his instruction and led q dia-
mond. Hence. instead OF making top
or dividing top on the board he was
bottom and thereby lost the games
prize.
WILLIAM CHEEKS has retired
from the management of the du-
plicate game at the National Demo-
cratic Club and will conduct the week
end play at the Annapolis Roads Club
and give advanced instruction at 264l
Connecticut avenue NV.
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A MONG last weeks winners:

At the LaSalle, Monday-Mrs. Mary T.
Johnson and James A. DearinR first;
snd jazz ssa
James A. Dearing. first: Mrs. E. B Gray
and c. H. Parkman.. second Elliott Cor
don and John Donnolly, third
At the Fairfax Hotel FYiday-Nort
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FREE 4Ne COVER

: FTRsT-DAY COVER Of the new United
States 44Ac stamp. showing . picture
provai applicants answering this ad. The
cover viii be mailed direct from Wash
tngton on the FIRST DAY OF ISSUE,
bearing the special U. s. cancellation
This Is the first time such . value has
been issued. and q cover Of 1t should be
in every album.
As . special We will send one Of the most
popular stamps in the world today-the
beautiful 1896 Mothers Day stamp Of
AUSTRIA
showing Madonna and Child. Supplies of
Austrian stamps are rapidly being ex-
hausted all over the world. and you prob
to secure this fne item anywhere at our
PRICE Of only l0c. And don't forget. you
will also get Absolutely FREE q FIRST
Another Harrison bargain!
HARRISON STAMP co.
neDt. K.1. Harrison, N. Z.
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The official Philadelphia cachet for
June 81 gave the dates "l778-1938"
by mistake for "1788-1938" Some
body's sesquicentennial arithmetic
was New Dealish.
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New Zealand probably will bring
out centenary series in 1910 to
celebrate the Tooth anniversary of
settlement.
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New Hampshire collectors are angry
because the Constitution ratification
stamp was not placed on sale in their
State.
Postal receipts for the fiscal year
ending June 30 were Slightly in ex-
cess OF $726, 900 900, including, nobody
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\ Members OF the Washington Phila-
telic Society exhibiting in the recent
Sepad show in Philadelphia included
Mrs Ethel B. Stewart, Earl P. L. Ap-
felbaum, William Irvine III, Edwin E.
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~ RIDGE pointer. The greatest
- thrill that . bridge player gets
Is from bidding and making p
IL slam. either small or grand.
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Dates for the next four presidential
Irregular series) stamps have been
ofhcially designated as: 7c. jackson,
August T. &c, Van Buren. August II:
DC. William Henry Harrison, August
18, and 81, Woodrow Wilson, August
90
The Washington times., 1938-02-25

Delightfully."- luxurious
and colorful tailored
style, cut to full ankle
length. Rose, blue,
and peach. Sizes 16
and II.
Downstairs Store
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
HighSpeed Camera
Film to Be Shown

Slow-motion movies of the
flicker of a serpent's tongue, the
popping Of a kernel Of corn, the
bursting of a bubble, portraying
graphically the motion that the
eye cannot see, will be exhibited
in an illustrated lecture tonight
at Constitution Hall by H. E.
Edgerton to members Of the
National Geographic Society.
The high-speed camera, that
snaps 5000 exposures a second,
was developed at the Massachu-
settS Institute of Technology and
has already made possible a large
number Of new research into the
scientific world Of motion, it was
said.
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
Ahepa Lodge Set
For Banquet Here

!. Members of the Supreme Lodge
Of the Order of Ahepa will con.
vene here tomorrow for a business
meeting. The fraternity's ma
tional banquet will be held at the
Mayflower Hotel next Wednesday.
. The lodge members will discuss
establishment of an old mems
home and orphanage in Florida.
v. I. Chebithes, supreme presi-
dent, said today. Senators and
Representatives from the various
States and Commissioner Melvin
G. Hazen will attend the banquet.
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
IRISH-BRITISH
PACT BLOCKED
BY LEVY STAND.
Fire Refuses to Pay
Land Annuities

LONDON. Feb. Is GNS0,
"Peace" talks between Premier
Eamonn de Valera of Fire and
Prime Minister Neville Chamber
lain of Britain are on the verge of
collapse, International News Serv-
ice was informed today.
:, The crisis has resulted from the
British demand for a lump sum
settlement amounting to SO mil
lion pounds sterling on Irish land
annuities.
LONG A CONTROVERSY
The question of land annuities
which Britain claims she is owed
bv Ireland has been a matter OF
Bitter controversy between the
Dublin and London governments
for years.
tDe Valera, it was revealed,
fatty refused to agree to the
British demand for a lump sum
payment on grounds the figure
asked by Chamberlain is fantastic.
The new disagreement came to
light just after it had been re-
ported that details OF a trade
agreement between Fire and
Britain had been virtually COM
,pleted.
T. BREAK THREATENED
= De Valera has threatened to
break off all the Irish British
.regotiationS unless the British
.withdraw their annuities demand.
Members of the British cabinet
discussed the situation this morn
ing.
- A plenary session of the dele
rates to the De Valera Chamber
lain conference is likely to be held
this afternoon.
Unless the British change their
attitude, it was stated, the Irish
may return to Dublin without
even trade agreement.
:. In this case, the hostility be.
tween Fire and England might
continue indefinitely.
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
: Costly Day!
Gas Tax "BOrH1" D
Years Ago

This is the worlds "costliest
birthday" according to the Of
ficials of the Keystone Automo-
bile Club.
Since the first gasoline tax was
7adopted in Oregon 19 years ago,
they say motorists have paid more
than six billion dollars in taxes in
the United States. Last years
gasoline tax bill, the highest, to-
tailed $975, 100000.
The tax, originally designed to
finance highway development, was
originally favored by car owners,
it is said. In later years, however,
the tendency has been to use the
receipts for many other purposes.
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
Arthur Godfrey
::WedS Miss BOurke

!. Arthur Godfrey, radio broad
easter, yesterday married Mary
Bourke, whom he met while the
two were employed at the N. B. C.
studios.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Pierce Ellis, Baptist
Clergyman, of Alexandria, at the
Burgundy Farm home of DR.. and
William Mcclellan. Arch McDon-
aid, Washington sports broad
caster, and his wife we're among
those present. Mrs. Mcdonald was
matron Of honor.
The Washington times., 1938-02-25

the Barcelona government was
principally interested in i'm
munity for a shipment Of Rus
sian planes over the French
border.
IRONIC GESTURE
Frances bombing planes
would have made short work Of
this maneuver and consequently
the convoy of war machines
had to be delayed until a more
propitious hour.
If Indalecio Prieto had wished
to protect honest Republicans
in his temporary capital, he
would not have dispatched his
best pursuit planes to the
Teruel front there to keep up
the facade of triumph" long
after real hope had fled from
the hearts of competent army
leaders.
On the other hand, why did
not the American newspapers
give a faithful report of BARGE
lona's refusal to permit neutral
powers to superintend the re-
moVal of noncombatants from
the coast cities to outlying
towns, which did not harbor the
munition and poison-gas fac
tories, the land batteries, the
oil depots, the munition dumps,
the war-plane factories, the bar
racks and other military CEN
ters to the number Of 18O,
which rendered these places
legitimate targets for bombs
from the air or shells from the
battleShips at sea?
Some naive commentators in
America as well as Indalecio
Prieto in Barcelona seem to be
under the deluSion that there
is no war going on in Spain.
War is most regrettable. False
propaganda is more vicious than
warfare. Fake victories are mis-
leading. Inadequate and one
sided reporting is grave der
ELECTION of duty on the part Of
those charged with positions Of
responsibility and trust. The
most representative newspapers
in England and on the continent
of Europe as well as in South
America, Cuba and Asia printed
every one of the facts cited
above. Why should we look for
them in vain in the American
press?
H. Edward Knoblaugh, a vet
eran newspaperman, who rep
resented the Associated Press
in Madrid for five years (until
his life was threatened by the
Communists and Anarchists),
assures his readers in CORES
pondent in Spain," (p. 17D that
"the foreign assistance Loyalist
Spain was receiving was sue
cesSfully minimized while that
given the enemy assumed stag
gering proportions.
10000 FROM OUTSIDE
The same writer estimated
that the Madrid Valencia-Bar-
celona government had about
10000 Russians, French, Ger
man, italian, American, Polish,
English, Czech and Bulgarian
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
Symphony Backers
To Convene Today

More than 200 persons are ex-
pected to attend the first report
meeting of the National Sym
phony Orchestra Associations
campaign to raise $685. 900 suS-
tanning fund at the Carlton Hotel
1T 1890 p. m. today. L. Corrin
Strong, general chairman of the
drive, will preside.
Z Results of the first two-and-one-
half days of solicitation by 800
volunteers will be reported. More
than 40 business, scientific, musi-
cal, and artistic clubs are coop
Grating.
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
Soviet Intervention in Spain


killed, leaving some $4,000 still
fit for service (p. 21D. This eS-
innate is confirmed by Brigadier
General Groves of the Observer
Oondon).
John Gunther, the Walter
Winchell of the international
scene, in his book, Inside Eu-
rope" describes the Nyon nom
intervention agreement as
industrious fiction" (page 1881.
Answering David Lloyd George
in Parliament, Foreign Secre-
tary Anthony Eden, lately re-
Times, November /, 1937):
signed, declared CThe New York
"The result OF Nyon has been
to facilitate the arrival Of very
large quantities of material ar
irving in Spanish government
ports. Of course, there have
been enormous quantities Of ma
terial arriving at Spapnish gov
ernment ports throughout the
year. Official Soviet govern
ment figures show that Spain
now is Soviet RusSia's third best
customer.
FIGURES ILLUMINATING
'From January to September
Of this year, Russia shipped to
Spain nearly 10 times as much
in weight and four and one-half
times as much in value as during
the corresponding period in
1895. During the sum mer
months of this year could not
stand at this box and tell the
house that during that period
there was more material reach.
ing the inSurgent forces than
was reaching the government
forces"
The difference between the
two statements is simply that
Gunther, another 1efG.wing cor.
respondent, drew upon his
imagination, while Captain
Eden levied tribute upon the
trade reports Of the Soviet
Union.
M. W. Fodor, stridently
praised by Gunther as the most
knowledgeable of European writ.
ers, in his recent pilot and
Counter-Plot in Central Europe"
openly contradicts his sponsor
Up. 293) by this plain statement:
"The Russian army has changed.
AS the Spanish war revealed, it
is one Of the best-equipped and
best.trained Of armies, and it
has the largest air force in the
world"
TRUTH CATCHES UP
This information was spread
on the records Of the British
House of Commons in the Sec
ond week of February.
The truth is catching UP with
the Left-wing correspondents
both at Teruel and elsewhere.
Even Herbert L. Matthews in
his dispatch reporting the haSty
meeting of the rump Cortes
at MontSerrat (The New York
Times, February 2, 1880 is con-
strained to admit that Premier
Juan Negrin spoke appreci-
at.ve1y of the help Mexico and
Russia have given to the gov
ernment."
If there are reasons why
American liberals should rejoice
at the military assistance and
moral support accorded to the
Barcelona regime by illiberal
Mexico ana deSpotic Russia,
they are reasons with which we,
the undersigned members of the
faculties of Mt. st. Mary's Col
lege, EmmitSburg, Md, and the
Catholic University of America,
Washington, D. c., are at pres
ent unfamiliar.
JOSEPH F. THORNING,
Phi. D., Lift. D.
JOSEPH B. CODE,
Phi. D., S. Hist. D. Oouvain).
The Washington times., 1938-02-25

tt IL not necessary to be a lawyer to
win prize in the coming Trial
of Baron Won Blau'' Anyone can
swin :. Follow Kenneth NJ. Ellis new
murder mystery in The Washington
Times &. Phone RE. 1894 for Home
Delivery.
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1000 REGISTERED
FORELKS MEETING
Interest Shown in Contest
for Presidency and 1889
Convention City.
BY the Associated Press.

~ tbe hoooSiahcu IICSbs
HAGERSTOWN. Nd, Aug. S.-One
thousand Elks had registered this
morning as the 18th annual conven-
ton of the Maryland, Delaware and
District OF Columbia Association
opened here for a thre.-day session.
Interest is being shown in the con-
test for president Of the association
and 1889 convention city, which will be
selected tomorrow morning.
Frank Hadley, Annapolis, and Philip
Y. Gayaunt, Washington. were re-
ported the leading candidates for
president, while Annapolis. Crisfield
and Frostburg will make bids for the
convention next year.
The first business session was held
this morning, with Mayor w. Lee
Elgin welcoming the delegates at the
Elks' Home. Calvert K. Hartle, Hag-
erstown. president Of the association,
and John E. France, exalted ruler Of
the local lodge, also addressed the
opening session.
This afternoon . bathing beauty
and swimming contest will be held
at the municipal pool and tonight
flve professional boxing and two
wrestling matches will be held At the
fairgrounds. followed by dance and
entertainment.
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first aid.

stunned Is in a crowd of 10000 at
Park Beach, near here remained in
a hospital today for treatment.
the condition of two was serious.
The bolt struck yesterday out of a
clearing sky and raced 800 yards
along the thronged beach front.
throwing thousands of bathers into
a panic.
'There was a binding flash and
smell Of electrified air said Ruth
Meilun. 90 one of the injured
People ali around me began topping
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EX-POLICEMAN DIES

Judge w. Hall, 68, colored, retired
District policeman, was stricken with
a heart attack yesterday while attend
ing services at the Nineteenth Street
Baptist Church, and died almost i'm
mediately. He was pronounced dead
by DR.. A. D. Carr, who was summoned
to the church.
He was appointed to the police force
in 1901 and was retired in 1925