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Evening star., 1938-08-31

Delegations from 50 countries, in
cluding two already en- route from the
United States, will gather at Interla-
kern. Switzerland. September to IL. at
Evening star., 1938-02-21
baby foods. If the bird were allowed
to remain foodless in the daytime 1t
would die.
Hens Yield No Profit.
By WILLARD
E)io39 ny TkS0aSS4 . .asS,
Trademark applied
For q. S. Patent Once

BRISTOW, Okla. (R.-The average
Oklahoma hen lays 81 eggs a year,
which doesn't pay for her keep.
Poultrymen of the Creek County
Poultry Federation say a hen must lay
at least 10 eggs q year before the
farmer can make profit on her.
The federation Is attempting to find
. way to do something about the low
production average. .-
Evening star., 1938-02-21
Smallest Bird Hungry.
BY NORMAN MARSH

To keep alive the smallest bird in
captivity, A. B. Anderson of Dun
fermline, Scotland. keeps it in an
electrically heated cage and feeds 1t
almost constantly 1t Is an emerald
humming bird. less than one-half
ounce In weight and an inch In length.
Anderson presented the bird at the
Scottish National Cage Bird Show,
gaining the trophy for the best bird
in the show and = trophy for the best
foreign bird. The bird lives In o cage
where the temperature night and day
is kept at 80 degrees. It Is fed on
honey, condensed milk and selected
Evening star., 1938-02-21

the nine players in three groups, so
that their numbers, If they could be
seen (the pitcher, catcher and first
baseman, for example. would form the
number l23), will work out so that
the second group will be twice as
large as the first group and the third
group will be three times as large as
the first. OF course, each player can
only be used once.
(Answer on Page D-7)
(Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1938-02-21
Jolly Polly
A Little Chat on English.
By Jos. i. FRISCH

N. T.-The ct" in chasten is silent
-chay-sen, not chay-sten. The fol-
lowing words and most of their deriva-
tions also have the silent t: Apostle,
hustle, castle, Christmas, christen
epistle. fasten. hasten, hostler, hustle,
isthmus. jostle, listen, mortgage, often,
soften, thistle. trestle. whistle, wrestle.
Send return envelope for the
leafiet, "120 Every Day Words Often
MlspYonounced."
Evening star., 1938-02-21
Brain 'Twizzlers
BY PROF. J. d. FLINT.

A s AN ordinary problem this would
probably be simple. but just to
make it harder for you we're going to
use baseball players instead of Just
the numbers one through nine. For
this reason let's call the pitcher one,
the catcher two first basemen three,
second baseman four, third baseman
fve. shortstop six, left-felder seven,
center fielder eight and right-fielder
nine. Are you all confused? AL
right, here's the problem: Arrange
Evening star., 1938-02-21

French cooking possesses approxi-
mately l.400 sauces. yet every French
chefs ambition Is to create q new
one.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
Babies Asleep in Cor Preuent
Officers From Towing 1t In

on the back seat appeared a blond
girl about 5 years old. She rubbed
her eyes 'and stared at the oficer.
She had been mapping out of sight
on the back seat.
The policeman, in CONSERVATION,
stared back. A crowd gathered and
laughed all the more when 2-year-
old baby, still asleep, was sighted on
the back seat.
so you're robbing the cradle now,
officer?" one Of the spectators ribbed.
We'll, I certainly can't tow that
car in," the policeman said. "They
would get me for kidnapping"
so he went Of in his truck, leaving
the two children behind. But not
before he put parking ticket under
the vindshield wiper.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
us. T0BUY STOCK
OF DOLLAR LINE
Maritime Board Plans to
Acquire 80 Pct.-Firm
Stays in Charge.
" the Associated Press.

9y tne ASSOCIATED FreSS.
The Maritime Commission ANNOUNCE
ed today it had entered into an agree
ment with the Dollar Steamship Lines
of San Francisco whereby the COM
mission plans to acquire 30 per cent Of
the company's voting stock.
The commission said that on sue
cessful completion of the plan. opera
tions generally would remain in the
hands of the company
The agreement, the announcement
said, anticipates continuance of un-
interrupted service and employment of
both of shore and on-shore personnel.
The agreement was signed today in
San Francisco by Reginald s. Laughlin
acting as special counsel for the com.
mission, and q group of l3 corporation,
and individuals representing Dollar
Line interests.
Terms Of the agreement, the an
nouncement said, are contingent OF
subsequent granting of q flve-yeal
operating differential subsidy, now be.
ing worked out by commission expert.
and expected to approximate $3,00O,.
600 year; the granting of 81 $780,.
900 loan by the commission for re.
pairing and rehabilitating the com.
pany's fleet of II vessels, only four o.
which are now in operation, and thu
granting of q $2,5O0, 900 r. F. C. loar
to provide the company with working
capital The commission said work
ing capital at present is practical!
exhausted"
Evening star., 1938-08-19

The crowd laughed, and the police
man commanding the towing truck
commented that never In his life, pri-
vate or professional. had he come SO
close to being kidnaper.
The truck was cruising westward
along d street NV. shortly after
am. today looking for cars parked
Illegally.
At Ninth and D streets. the COM
manding /ofncer called out, Thar
she blows" The driver Of the truck
pulled up in front Of small sedan
halted beside a sign which read, mo
parking from 8 I'm. to $50 am"
The truck-driver began to let down
the towing chain preparatory to haul.
ing the car TO the impounding lot.
Suddenly the policeman started. for
Evening star., 1938-08-19
Flock Holds
Priest, Giuen
another Charge
the Associated Press

by the ASSOClhlcu TieSo.
VULCAN, Mich. Aug. 19.-Parish-
ioners OF St. Barbara's Catholic
Church, who forcibly prevented de-
parture Of the Rev. Simon Borkowski
yesterday, the deadline of his trans
fer to a Wisconsin seminary, main
tanned a viSll at the church and
parish house today.
Leonard Plourde, spokesman for
the parishioners, said the "picketing," ="
now in its sixth day, would not be
abandoned until assurance was re-
ceived that the 44-year-old priest,
known to members of his flock as
Father Simon" would remain at
the church of which he has been pas
tor for Is years.
Three hundred persons assembled
yesterday when Father Simon at
tempted to leave for his new assign
ment at the Salvatorian Seminary.
st. NaZianz, Wis
Scores OF, women and children
walked the grounds, some weeping
and many carrying rosaries. A group
Of men grasped the priest as he
emerged and led him back into the
house.
A similar demonstration was sue
cessful last spring.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
u. S. Mint, Idle
Since 1898, to
Be AuctiOned
BY the Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 19.-Does
anybody want to buy a mint?
It's not a confidence game. The
Government really wants to sell one
The old Carson City, New. mint
hasn't coined any money since 1893.
But there might be some loose $40
gold pieces in the two-story stone
structure. said William Arthur New
man, district engineer for the Treas
ury's public building branch, in an
nouncing it would 60 on the block.
Mr. Newman said gold coins fire.
quently dropped through cracks in
the floor when the mint was handling
gold by the ton.
The boys didn't bother much, be-
cause times were easy" Mr.. Newman
said.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
.BRITISH-ARAB FIGHT
RAISES DEAD TO SIS
Battle on Plains of Sharon
Follows Conflict Yesterday
on Acre Outskirts.

Fy the Associated Press.
JERUSALEM, Aug. ia fresh
battle between Britain's scrappy Irish
Guards and Killed Scotsmen of the
Black Watch and an Arab guerrilla
band today briught the casualty list
for two days of bloody conflict to IS
dead and hundreds wounded.
Today's conflict occurred on the
Plain of Sharon and followed closely
yesterdays battle on the outskirts
of Acre. The two days fighting was
the heaviest the Holy Land has seen
in the current reign of bloodshed,
which became serious July 5.
Fifty Arabs were killed-50 near
Acre and at least 10 in the Sharon
battle-and hundreds wounded in the
two engagements, while five British
soldiers lost their lives. Thirteen Brit
ons were wounded.
The Sharon battle started near
Kalkilyeh, an Arab center, when .
patrol of the Irish Guards was am
bushed and British Army motor
truck damaged when 1t passed over
land mine.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
N0RACCEPTS
FIGHT TO FINISH
Answers Purge Attack by
Calling for Showdown
on Dictator Issue.
,N the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug 19-Representa-
tive John J. O'Connor, Democrat, Of
New York has picked up the gage
which the President has thrown down"
and pledges himself to fight the ad-
ministration purge" which he calls
IAN escalator to dictatorship"
Let's have it out" he said in a
broadcast address last night If the
people of the United States desire to
extend an invitation to a dictatorship.
We should know about it just as
speedily as possible
His speech was reply to the state
ment of President Roosevelt earlier in
the week calling for Mr.. O'Connor's
defeat in the September primary elec-
ton.
Mr.. O'Connor said the President had
York newspaper editorial containing
"a brief, but viciously untrue refer
ence to me-" and had added. you can
interpret that as coming from me-
tHe referred to part of New
York Post editorial which said
OConnor is ''one of the most ef-
fective obstructionists in the Lower
House" and "labors to tear down
New Deal strength " and pickle
New Deal legislation
Nearly every man in public life
has been insulted by that news
paper. But it is quite different" said
Mr. O'Connor. Ito be insulted by the
President of the United States. One
naturally feels it very keenly and
naturally is at disadvantage to reply
in kind. =
Il would be derelict, however. in my
duty as Representative elected by
the people and as an American citizen,
if did not express myself as to what
1 believe to be the issue now definitely
raised in this country"
The veteran Representative of Man
hattans 10Th congressional district
and chairman of the powerful Rules
Committee of the House said his op-
position to the Presidents reorganiza-
ton bill was 'the one unabsolvable
sin which has placed me high on the
purge list"
Mr. O'Connor, seeking denomination
for a ninth term on both Democratic
and Republican tickets, will be op-
posed in the Democratic primary by a
100 per cent New Dealer" James H.
Fay, deputy collector of internal
revenue.
1T is not the challenge to me
personally that matters" Mr.. O'Con-
nor said. The Presidents attack on
me and other members of Congress is
a challenge to America and its present
form of government.
THE repetitious disavowal of any de-
sire to become dictator cannot be
taken at full faith when actions evil
dence the contrary" he said.
mo dictator in Europe would fol
one moment admit he is dictator
They all palaver and pirate honeyeo
words about democracy and 8" they
all claim to be supprted by mandate
from the people.
Sees Divine Right" Alibi.
This demagogic expression is 9
successor to by divine right.
Asking can America ever subscribe
to ignoring of minorities, the Repre-
sentative said that 100 per cent this
or 100 per cent that, is very recent
innovation in our national ideology'
and he noted that the first step of die
tators is to abolish or make impotent
Evening star., 1938-08-19
U.S.. Astronomer Is Compiling
First Map of the Universe
DR.. Shapley of Harvard Reveals to
British Scientists an Infinite Space
Holding 100000 Other Systems.

Milky Way system Of about 30000,-
100000 stars, of which the sun is an
inconsequential unit and which in
cludes all visible heavenly bodies.
Even the existence of anything out
side this system has been known only
for the past IS years since photo
graphs of luminous cloud in the con-
stellation of Andromeda with the tel
escope of the Carnegie Institution of
Washington at Mount Wilson, Calf ;,
revealed within it variable star whose
distance could be determined from its
luminosity.
Following this first clue, vast num-
bers of such nebulae have been found
at ever-increasing distances from the
Milky Way galaxy and the great red
shift" paradox has arisen which seems
to show that the farther away such
(See HENRY, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1938-08-19
PASTOR ADMITS
NUMBERING GIRL
Begins Life Sentence After
Contessing Poisoning Her
and Firing House.
Ey the Associated Press

Fly the ASSociAted fEeSS.
MANDAN. N. Dak Aug ia
special midnight court session to avoid
trouble with an aroused populace pro-
vided speedy justice today in one OF
North Dakota S strangest murder cases.
Explaining, impsssively, that the
devil overcame me-" the Rev. Heio
Jansen, 5l-year-old Evangelical Lu-
theran pastor at Krem, admitted in
court that he had poisoned Alma
Kruckenberg. his housemaid. because
she was pregnant and then burned
the parsonage containing her body.
Acting swiftly at the request of
State counsel, who told him feeling
was running high among people in
Mandan, District Judge H. L. Berry
sentenced the pastor to serve . life
term in the State penitentiary.
Jansen was rushed to the prison
within a short time after his con-
| fession, ending two days Of intensive
questioning. The fire occurred Mon
day night.
The arraignment followed swiftly
dlJCI JdilcoCh SlSlOo SohACScioh w
fore States Attorney Floyd Sperry OF
Mercer County admitting he perpe-
trated the crime Monday and burned
! his l0-room house that night.
Says Devil Overcame Me-"
THE devil overcame me-" the pas
! tor said impassively. Il did wrong.
1 have a very good Christian wife and
two boys any father would be proud
of and I feel only too sorry that I
bring such grief to them"
Miss Kruckenberg was one of ten
children in the family of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Kruckenberg. farmers, near
Krem. which is located 60 miles north
of Mandan She had been employed
at the parsonage since last January.
Sperry and Special Assistant Attor-
ney General James Austin began
questioning Jansen Tuesday morn
ing. During two days Of incessant
interrogation. Sperry said, the min
lister denied any connection with the
fire and burned body found in the
ruins.
Thursday evening the parents OF
the murdered girl confronted Jansen
and pleaded that he tell the truth"
The confession followed. Feeling ran
SO high in the community that trial
was ordered Immediately.
Girls Body Is Found.
The parsonage burned Monday night
shortly after Mrs. Jansen had gone to
Bismarck for medical treatment. The
minister told authorities the l0-room
structure was ignited by chimney
sparks. ...t-
Investigation located the charred
body of the girl in the basement and
revealed she was pregnant. After two
days of questioning, States Attorney
Floyd Sperry of Mercer County Thurs
day night announced confession had
been obtained.
Threats by the girl to tell Mrs.
Jansen about her conditions were said
by Jansen to have brought him
finally to put some poison crystals in
glass of wine given the girl" Sperry
| stated.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
GRIFFS LEADING
B0S0x, 80, IN Sd
Bonura and Bluege Connect for
Timely Singles in Early
Innings.

BY a stan Correspondent Of The Star.
BOSTON. Aug. ls.-Potent singles
by Zeke Bonura and Ossie Bluese gave
the Nationals a 80 lead over the Bos-
ton Red Sox in the third inning Of
the opening game of series here this
afternoon.
Monte Weaver was the starting
hurler for the Griffmen, while Man.
ager Joe Cronin sent Fritz Ostermuel-
Ter to the mound
FIRST INNING.
WASHINGTON-Case got base on
balls. Lewis was hit by a pitched ball.
Simmons walked. filling the bases.
Bonura singled to center, scoring Case
and Lewis, Simmons topping at sec
ond. Travis popped to Cronin back
OF third. West was out. Foxx to Oster-
mueller, who covered first. both rum
ners advancing. Vosmik made a great
running gloved-hand catch of Buege's
line drive. Two runs.
BOSTON-Cramer singled to center
Vosmik forced Cramer, Bluege un-
assisted. Foax was called out on
strikes. Cronin singled to center
Vosmik stopping at second. Higgins
walked, filling the bases Chapman
fouled to Ferrell. No runs.
Washington, 2; Boston, 0.
SECOND INNING.
WASHINGTON flied to
vosmik in deep left. Weaver flied to
Cramer. Cronin threw out Case. Nc
runs. -
BOSTON-Travis threw out Doerr
from deep short. Desautels walked
Ostermueller hit into a double play,
Bluege to Travis to Bonura. No runs
Washington, 2: Boston, o.
THIRD INNING.
WASHINGTON-L was called
out on strikes. Simmons doubled
down the third base line Bonura
walked. Travis flied to Chapman in
right center. West grounded to 'Hig-
gins and the bases were loaded when
Higgins was too late to beat Simmons
to third base for force play. Bluege
singled to left, scoring Simmons and
leaving the bases filled. Ferrell forced
Bluege, Cronin to Doerr. One run.
BOSTON-Cramer lined to Bluege.
Vosmik popped to Bonura. Foxx
walked. Cronin flied. to West. No
runs.
Washington, 3; Boston, 0.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,
Star STAFF Correspondent.

CAMBRIDGE, England. Aug. 10
The first map of the universe, in
which galaxies of billions Of stars are
scattered like groups of islands in in
finite oceans of emptiness, is being
compiled by Harvard University
astronomer.
DR.. Harlow Shapley described to the
British Association for the Advance
ment of Science, meeting here today,
surveys of the immensities Of space
stretching more than 5000, 900, ,000,-
900 100000 miles in all directions from
the sun and its planets, region
which light moving at 10000 miles a
second traverses in 100000, 900 years.
Within this space, he explained,
there are more than 100000 galaxies,
each roughly comparable in size to the
Evening star., 1938-08-19
II Wanted to Be
President"
Says Alfred NJ. Landon
But Now "The Grapes Are
Sweet.

Two years after his unsucceSs-
full campaign as the Repub-
lican candidate for Presi-
dent, the former Kansas
Governor has decided to
write, in frankly human
fashion, his impressions of
that losing fight and about
the lessons he learned in it.
In a series of four articles,
the man who had such a
swift rise to political fame
enforces his statement that
he would not accept the
G. O. P. nomination "in the
remote contingency" it was
offered to him in 1910.
He writes about the compen-
sations of private life, which
make the grapes of defeat
sweet instead of sour" and
he tells why he is very much
in politics without wanting
office.
What are the innermost feel
tngs OF a man who has been
defeated for the presidency?
Mr.. Landon, proud that he
has Kept his sense Of humOr
and his sense of proportion,
sets down the answer in a
strikingly revealing human
document.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
Jury Calls Brokers' Patrons.
ky the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, Aug 19 (R.-The
grand jury summoned % customers
of William P. Lawson's brokerage firm
today to appear before it at pm.
for its third consecutive night ses-
sion investigating affairs of the self
suspended police commissioner.
Lawson suspended himself when
the S. E. c. filed charges of fraudu-
lent practices against him and his
firm and quit business.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
Blast Wrecks Bank.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calf, Aug. 10
R.-A mysterious powder blast heard
miles away early today wrecked
the two-story Bank of America Build
ing and damaged others for four blocks
in the heart of Mountain View.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
Bloc Ties Seen Close.
Bund Probe Demanded.

SCRANTON. Pa, Aug. 10 @.-An
investigation of the German American
Bund and the expulsion of members
associated with bund camps was de-
manded today in resolution placed
before Pennsylvania American Legion
nsires at their 20th Annual State Con-
vention.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
JAPANESE PLACE
MILLION ON CALL
FOR USE |NCH|NA
Siberian Border Peace Talk
With Russia Reaches
New Stalemate.
ALL UNFRAMED MEN
20 TO "a GET ORDERS
Soviet Negotiations Are Stalled on
Selection of Commission to
Demarcate Frontier.
BACKGROUND

Japan has been forced to thron
more and more OF her resources
into the Far Eastern conflict In
March drastic mobilization laW Uds
passed BY the Diet on understand
ing it tCas not to be used in Chinese
,par. Several months later por-
tions OF the law Were inuoked to
marshal economic force Of Japan
behind the inuasion OF China.
By the Associated Press.
TOXIC. Aug l9-The japanese
government acted today to make
quickly available an estimated l,00O,-
900 more men for its fighting forces,
as negotiations with Soviet Russia for
settlement of the Siberian frontier
dispute reached a new stalemate.
A new order by the war Office simply
instructed all males in the recruit
division, made up of men between 20
and "a who have not received active
training, to stand by"
This was taken to indicate that they
might be called soon an dthat Japan
was planning to throw huge numbers
of reinforcements into what would be
a grand drive to end the war in China.
Unagreed on Commission.
The foreign Office spokesman made
known that conferences in Moscow
and Toxic had failed to reach agree
ment on selection of joint commits
sion to fix the Siberian-Korea from
tier in the vicinity of Changkufeng.
After one month of diplomatic ten
sion and bitter fighting at Chang
kufeng Hill, Russia and Japan agreed
in truce on August III to name the
commission of two Russians and two
japanese to demarcate the frontier
Both nations claim ownership of the
Changkufeng territory.
The foreign of1ice, informant added
that all japanese troops had been
withdrawn to the south bank of the
Tumen River. opposite Changkufeng
but that Soviet troops still occupied
the top of the hill in violation of the
truce.
Japan has shown good faith by
withdrawing completely. 1t now is ur
to the Soviets to do the same" he said
Not Hitherto Affected.
The group of japanese men put or
call by today's war office order hac
not hitherto been affected by en-.
listment or conscription in the China
campaign. Should they be called te
the front they would be given a quick
period of training for 40 days to three
months.
They are meanwhile under Stringen,
regulations. Those absent from hom,
or planning to travel were ordered tt
maintain constant touch with theil
family or the army authorities in theii
home town.
The announcement said that when.
ever recruit necessarily leaves hi,
place Of registration he should appoint
some one of adult age" to convey
military orders to him If they wer.
issued suddenly.
There were no official figures of tn.
exact number of men involved, but
best estimates placed the figure aroune
100000.
All males are subject to military
conscription. but during peace tim'
(See JAPAN, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1938-08-19
Mrs. Jules Sandoz Dies.

ALLIANCE. Nebr.. Aug. 10 R).-
Mrs. Jules Sandoz, widow of the West
ern Nebraska pioneer rancher, who was
the central figure in the book, "Old
Jules" died at a hospital here today.
Her husband died in the same hospital
in 1928. "Old Jules" was written by
her daughter, Mari Sandoz.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
1918 War Stores Raze Towns.

ATHENS, Aug. 10 (P).-An explosion
of a privately-owned warehouse filled
with war materials left by the allied
army in f918 virtually destroyed the
village of Cordelio, at the outskirts
of Salonika. and killed two early to-
day. Salonika itself was shaken, and
windows were shattered,