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Evening star., 1938-01-01
humorous experiences Of 1897 are
presented

humorous experiences Of 1897 are
presented.
A portion Of a concert to be played
by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
has been scheduled for 9:l5 by VOL,
while contrasting music is supplied
by the Swing Session (WJSV, y.
Pee Wee" Hunt. rotund rhythm
singer of Glen Gray's Casa Iona
Orchestra. together with his CO.
worker. Sonny Donald, and Tenor
Saxophonist Hank Ross will con-
tribute. Completing the lineup of
noteworthy features is a forecast of
what the year will bring to various
fields, such as humor, sports. world
affairs, motion pictures, radio (WJSV,
10:45)
Tomorrow's religious broadcasts:
Radio Pulpit tWRC. lO); National
Catholic Hour tWRC. g.: National
Vespers (WMAL. A.: Church of God
WOL, 81; Fourth Presbyterian
Church services lWOL, 1880; in
stallation of new pastor at Metropol-
itan Presbyterian Church (WOL.
2:45); Church of the Immaculate
Conception program (WOL, 5:15);
Elder Michaux tWJSV. 81: Church
Of the Air tWJSV, 81; Church of the
Air (WJSV, -.
Evening star., 1938-01-01


depression
has remoed the bright John Smiths gratitude
to
lett to
decide mhee his
pick
countenance violence liberalism
moderate conservatism
the middle But he choose
down to the
by NorthAm Newspapr ANanel
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5'Cents.a-Day
Landlord Must
GiUe Rent Free
Fight Compromised,
Tenants Furnishing
Food and Fuel.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. Jacob Ber-
man, who rented his spare bedroom
to two tenants for cents day each,
is no longer a landlord.
Several weeks ago Berman, 50, took
over an apartment In a condemned
Lower East Side nat. He took in two
old peddler cronies, who agreed to pay
him 10 cents day rent if he would
furnish firewood and candles.
Berman lived the life Of a sue
cessful landlord until foot ailment
prevented him from going into the
street to search for frewood, then his
tenants refused to pay.
A social worker. who found all three
old men quarreling angrily, arranged
a compromise by which the two
peddlers agreed to bring in food and
firewood In return for free rent
Berman - no longer q landlord, but
he Sttll has q homo,
Evening star., 1938-01-01
Headline Folk
and What
TheyDo
R u m ania Shifts to
Anti.Semitic
Line-Up.
BY LEMUEL F. PARTON,

~ UMANIA shifts to the virulent
- anti-Semitic lineup. Prof.
Alexander c. Cuza, co-leader
Il y OF the now dominant National
Christian party, with the newly an-
pointed premier, Octavian Goga, has
for many years been violent agitator
and organizer against the Jewish peo-
pie. In 1885 he merged his organiza-
ton with the also furiously anti
Semitic National Agragians. led bv
NJ. Goga. The resulting National
Christian party has gone to even
greater extremes than the German
Nazis in inciting hatred Of Jews. The
new Joint party and governmental
leadership OF Goga and Cuza thus
throws Rumania more deeply into the
Nazi-Fascist orbit of foreign affairs
and is regarded as marked advance
for Germany toward Mosul oil and
the Ukraine.
The 18-year-old Prof. Cuza Is pro-
fessor emeritus of economies at the
University of Jena. His extreme anti
Semitism aroused the concern of other
nations in 1923, including the United
States, and it is possible that repre-
sentations by this Government caused
his removal from the active faculty
Of the university in that year Repre-
sentative William E. Sirovich of New
York exacted from George Creziano,
Rumanian Minister at Washington, a
promise that the aged professor would
be restrained. In 1925 he had been re-
moved from the faculty for period Of
ii months when it was charged that
the violence of his anti-Semtism was
psychopathic On July IA, 1926, he
demanded the abrogation of article SO
of the Rumanian constitution. which
guaranteed equal rights to Jews, and
added the following:
Jews should be eliminated by law.
The first step ought to be to exclude
them from the army. Leases of forests
granted to Jews should be Cancelled.
All land held by Jews should be ex-
propriated. Likewise all town houses
owned by Jews should be confscated."
In furtherance of these objectives,
he organized the Christian League,
which, combined with the Goga or
ganization, now becomes the National
Christian party. While it is not the
dominant party in Parliament, COCA
and Cuza form the new government.
under King Carols decree.
Prof. Cuza has been particularly
successful in agitation among college
students. Several times the govern
ment has attempted to enforce
against him, without success, an ex-
plicit statute forbidding anti-Semitic
activity, or incitement to the perseeu-
ton OF Jews. His activity in this
field seems to stem from early medic
val Christendonl, and in this regard is
unique among prevailing European
hate tournaments.
(Copyrlsht. 1889
Evening star., 1938-01-01
TOSCAN|N| T0P[AY
THREE SELECTIONS
Schubert. Beethoven and
Strauss Works on Program
Over WRC and WMAL.

THREE musical masterpieces of
contrasting appeal have been
i chosen by Arturo Toscanini for
his second broadcast concert
as guest conductor of the NJ B. c.
Symphony Orchestra (WRC, WMAL,
lO. Schubert's monumental Sym
phony in c Major" known to be a
to open the program. The 81 string
players Of the orchestra will be con-
fronted with the task of playing as
five men during the two movements
of Beethoven's "F Major String
Quartet. Opus 1885," inasmuch as it
will not be played in the customary
arrangement for string orchestra. but
as originally written-for first and
second violins. viola and cello, with
double bass added. The "Lento Assai.
Cantante Tranquilo' and the
"Vivace' movements are to be heard
with the program being completed
with Death and TRANSPORTATION"
by Richard Strauss.
Through WMAL at $50. Linton
Wells brings adventure into the living
rooms of his listeners when he con-
ducts an interview via short-wave
with members of the Holden Expedi-
ton, bound for the upper reaches OF
the Amazon River, never before
visited by white men. Also on WMAL
(O is the National Barn Dance, fea-
turing Comedian Doug Hope and
community singing. while on WRC at
the most dramatic, oldest and most
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BRITISH APPOINT
FOREIGN ADVISER
Sir Robert G. Vansittart Will
Fill New Post in Secretary
Eden's Office.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-The British gov
ernment has promoted Sir Robert G..
Vansittart. its grim-faced expert in
foreign affairs. to newly y-created post
as non-political head of the foreign
Office to deal with the tense interna-
tional situation.
Sir Robert, for seven years perma-
nent undersecretary of state for for
eign affairs and head of the secret
service, was made virtually duplicate
foreign secretary.
AS "chief adviser to the secretary
and government" he will supervise the
formulation Of all major questions of
international policy.
The Spanish and Chinese Japanese
Wars, which have involved the empires
vital interests, caused Foreign Secre-
tary Anthony Eden to suggest the move
to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
to make the foreign office more effl-
cient.
Evening star., 1938-01-01

But that question had to wait a lit
tie. The conference opened with Mr..
Roosevelt taking the initiative, on
plane Of high geniality and good will.
He wished everybody a happy New
Year. In the same spirit he said he
had request to make of the news
| papers. He had received 1000 Christ
mas cards and messages. It was i'm
| possible for him to answer them all
personally And, would the newspa-
pers be kind enough TO convey to the
senders his very great appreciation of
their thoughtfulness and kindness.
| At that point some one asked queS-
ton. 1t was disturbing question.
! The queStioner must have been some
one in whom statistical zeal prevails
over the spirit of tact He asked the
President how the 1000 compared with
the number of messages he had re-
ceived at Christmas year ago That
was dreadful question. 1t was Just
| like asking the President straight to
his face whether he is as popular now
! as ne was a year ago. That took the
| President BY surprise. but he laughed
| and did some quick footWork He said
! that so far as he could recolIect the
/ number last year had been about the
I same But he was knocked off bal
! ance little. For half minute he
continued to add struggling clauses to
his ansWer-to the effect that this was
according to his recollection, and he
did not really know, and, besides. the
Christmas messages are still coming in
the whole having the effect of q
trailing aura of cautious vagueness.
| DO You Agree?
| Finally, some one asked the question
that all were waiting for. The queS-
ton was well phrased. The ques-
toner said that recently Mr.. Ickes
and Mr.. Jackson made speeches
which have attracted widespread at
tention, and DO you agree. Mr..
President, with what these gentlemen
have been saying?"
l suspect, but of course do not
know, that Mr.. Roosevelt had anti
cipated the question, as the rest of
US had. In any event, whether
through shrewd anticipation or quick
thinking, he made pat response. He
said he would answer by kind OF
parable. He referred back to Theo-
dore Roosevelt. He recalled to the
newspapermen that Theodore Roose-
velt had once made speech in which
| he used the phrase "malefactors of
great wealth." And Franklin Roose-
| welt said that of course Theodore
Roosevelt did not mean that all corp
Grafton heads and all big business
men were malefactors - Theodore
Roosevelt had merely been alluding to
few. The deduction from this was
| left to the neWspapermen.
But now came question which
Mr.. Roosevelt undoubtedly did not
anticipate. 1t happens that Mr. Ickes
and Mr.. Jackson in their speeches,
had actually named some names.
among them Henry Ford and General
Motors. So the correspondent of the
Evening star., 1938-01-01

Becker, 1t. Alvin L., detached staff,
commander in chief, United States
Fleet, to Bureau Engineering; Janu-
ary 20.
McClusky, 1t Clarence W., jr.. de-
tached Aircraft, to Naval Academy;
January.
charged treatment, Naval Hospital, to
U. S. S. Herbert.
Evening star., 1938-01-01

IN the United States He
during the perhaps against
chart the future
excellent instincts OF assistance chartng
our man OF the ought pretty td John Smith
or so Ue DeH himS doesn't
rant to country
and decay" On the other hand
country extraordinarily from it has
John Smiths circumstances modest but Perhaps
Is white collar
small Shop professional
last depression
house himself
the kids
pebut he has known anything
HIS wants and life He
initiating old
OF dreams out OF him.
reasonable comfort and
amused He adn mechanical
have enough cash to buy for his
He thinks politics chiefly
1929
Republicans The
both Smith
help Franklin Delano Roosevelt
White
has the
John Smiths unwinr Tho
Evening star., 1938-01-01
10000 Planes
Held Ready
for War
Powers Continue to
Push Mad Race for
Air Supremacy.
BY DEVON FRANCIS,

A T LEAST 10000 military air
~ planes ready for war duty the
~ world over today emphasized
the start of the fifth year of
the international rearmament derby.
First evidence in 1894, the inten-
sive preparation for national emer-
gency by the major powers offered no
evidence of Stoppage during 1888.
With international tension un-
abated in both the Orient and Europe,
the number of obstructive flying ma
chimes on SIX continents is estimated
to have been increased rs or more
per cent during 1887.
Many Old Planes Replaced.
A quarter of the increase, however,
went toward replacement of obso-
lescent or obsolete equipment. The
net gain for the II months, based on
reports of factory production at home
and abroad, appeared to be about
10000 machines.
AS of January l, 1887, the powers
were estimated to have had on hand
more than 10000 warplanes divided
among the categories which have
grown up since the World War-pur-
suit, attack, observation, bombing.
Photographic, training, coastal patrol
and transport.
Data from foreign capitals showed
aerial rearmament probably was
geared to higher production sched-
ule, in Europe at least, than any
other branch of the fighting services.
Estimate on Production.
A United States airplane equip
production of airplanes for 1887 in
excess of 10000, four-flfths Of which
would be warplanes.
Most notable among the new deci-
pies of rearmament in the air was
Japan, heartened by the performance
of its fliers in the undeclared war with
China
Though designated as civil, not
military, the program was looked upon
by observers as an adjunct of the
military establishment.
The biggest unknown element in
the international military picture is
the Soviet air force. estimated to
have as high as 45OO airplanes, In
Russia. too, civil flying is an adjunct
of the military, and announced but
yet untitled plans call for training
100000 persons as pilots.
Position of Fascists.
Italy and Germany. no less than
Russia, have concentrated their ener-
gies on the aviation branch of national
defense. Military observers say Pre-
mier Mussolini could count on 10000
f1rst-line pilots in emergency.
Great Britain's training program is
less comprehensive, but military air
craft production in the British Isles
probably is higher than in any other
European country.
France is credited with more than
1000 military planes, good portion
OF them obsolescent or obsolete.
In first-line airplanes the United
States has less than 1000 in the Army
and Navy, but the procurement pro-
gram is heavy. c. G. Grey, editor of
All the Worlds Aircraft, last month
ranked Americas air force as one Of
the largest and possibly the most
efficiently equipped in the world"
Evening star., 1938-01-01
u. S. SEXES VESSEL
ALLEGEDLY JAPANESE

BY thc Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. Jan. IA second
fishing boat of alleged japanese own
arshlp, the Three Star, was seized by
United States marshals deputies yes
terday as it entered the harbor here:
The Nancy Hanks had been seized
December % on a similar charge of
ownership Misrepresentation.
The Three Star, valued at s45 900,
was listed as owned by Masaaki Ku-
"aoara, an Hawaiian Japanese,
but United States Attorney Ben Har-
rison claimed it was owned by nine
other men, several of whom are alien
japanese. Mr.. kuwabara also was
listed as owner of the Nancy Hanks.
Mr.. Harrison charged a number Of
alien fishing boats here have evaded
payment of duties by claiming Aneri-
can ownership
Evening star., 1938-01-01
AUTO CONFUSION
LAID TO STATES
Wide Variety of Laws Is
Hit by President of
A. A. A.

Wide variation in State laws gov
erning the registration of motor vehi-
cles and the licensing OF drivers offer
fresh evidence of the national con-
FUSION resulting from the diversity
In the basic laws and regulations af-
fectlng car ownership and operation,
the American Automobile Association
said today in connection with the is
suance of it's 1878 digest of motor
laws, summarizing the regulations
governing registration and operation
OF passenger cars in the United States,
Alaska, Hawaii, Panama Canal Zone
and the provinces of Canada.
while a great number of States
have some semblance of uniformity
IN important motor laws" said
Thomas P. Henry of Detroit, president
OF the A. A. A., many States have
laws and regulations that vary con-
sideraoly from those more generally
accepted. 1t results in widespread
confusion at time when there are
great population shifts and often
brings unWarranted penalties on GER
owners who have no intention of run
ming afoul of State requirements"
Citing some of the variations in the
United States, the A. A. A. said:
While license tags expire on De-
cember 81 in % States and the Dis
trlct OF Columbia, expiration dates in
other States vary from September 30
IN Alabama to June 80 in West Vir-
gina. This variation extends to the
dates when new tags may be displayed
and also to the practice of extending
the time for securing new plates.
In the AZ States and the District
OF Columbia where motorists are re-
CURED to secure license to drive, 80
States and the District Of Columbia
require an examination preliminary to
issuance OF permit, 4 States make
IN examination optional with State
officials and States have no exami-
nation requirement. Minimum age
limits for securing permit range
from IA years to 18. although in the
latter case junior permits are issued
under restrictions. Further variance
10 4oAAAA 4A1 GAiC PCAAOu 4O1 WlllCll IL
ceses are valid, one and three-yeal
periods prevailing in the greater num-
Der of States.
Handling Of license tags when 8
car is sold is another source of con-
fusion. In 26 States plates follow
the car when it is sold or traded, !
State leaves it to the owner whether
the plates shall be retained or trans
ferred, State requires return of the
plates to the State and in 26 States
and the District Of Columbia the
plates remain with the owner.
'Still further confusion exists when
It comes to showing title of owner
ship. Twenty-seven States and the
District of Columbia require certifi-
cate of title when the car is regis.
tered, 20 States have no requirement
as regards certificate of title and
State establishes ownership through
the blu Of sale"
Evening star., 1938-01-01
By MARK SULLIVAN.

To the Presidents press conference
on the last day of the year, the news
paper men came with one question in
mind. The night before, Mr.. Roose-
velts Secretary of .he Interior, Mr..
Harold 1ckes. had denounced corpora
tions, charging that corporation heads
had deliberately brought about busi-
Evening star., 1938-01-01

n eSs recession.
T wo mig h t S
before, MIR. Roose-
Velt's Assistant
Attorney General,
MI. Robert H.
Jackson, had also
attacked a corpora
tions-indeed Mr..
Jackson had done
it twice within 48
h o urS. w h a t
everybody wanted
to k n o W W a S
W h e t her Mr..
Roosevelt agreed
with what his
subordinates had
Evening star., 1938-01-01

john Smith, one OF the PLAIN peo-
PIE and always pretty bored with
politics intricacies in the past. must
begin to be politically artlculate fo.'
the first time in his life
The rich and their followers in
the one-third at the top have al
ways been politically articulate.
They have always known where
their interests lay and how to serve
them. Beginning in 1888. the one
third of thu hotfnxa thu industrial
Evening star., 1938-01-01
Baby Claims Weight Record.

HELENA, Mont, Jan. l lP,.-Brian
Lynn (Tiny) Haas Of Helena entered
the competition today for the Nations
largest baby
Tiny, II months and Z days old,
weighs 81 pounds ounces. Dr.. Clem
l.. Shafer said ne was perfectly nor
NAL"
Brian, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
M. Haas, weighed 8 pounds and IS
ounces at birth and gains an average
Of S or ounces week.
Evening star., 1938-01-01
We, the People
A 14-Point Prophecy Sees Peace in 1888 and Many
Things at Home.
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

UFlNG the 1oyar siege Of Troy by Homers
minded Trojans deeply
OF Caandra. She but
the things unpleasant
always
very lonely gal!
Warned by fate this column
ing events 1888 makes its prophecies
Americansm foretold
1886 and the
and boldly offer the following
We shall not 90 to i Japan in 1888 The Panay and
other incidents u be set the military
possibly
the decade
The Civil will without
which will Catholic
Evening star., 1938-01-01
Disneys Give Parents Home.

HOLLYWOOD, Jan i (P).-Walt
Disney, who gave the world Mickey
Mouse. joined his three brothers today
in making their parents. Mr. and Mrs
Elias Disney of Portland, Oreg., a New
Year gift of a home.
1t was the elder Disney's golden
wedding anniversary.
Evening star., 1938-01-01

vent a European war and push
Fascism south of the Alps and
east of the Rhine.
g. England will make a deal
with Germany which will leave
Mussolini isolated in Europe. Mus
solini, in turn, will strive to re-
store Italian influence BY making
common cause with England in
the Far East.
4. Russia will continue to
evolve under State capitalism into
Evening star., 1938-01-01
SERVICE ORDERS.
Army.

Bradley. Col Follett. Air Corps,
Langley Field, Va. to Moffett Field,
Calf; February TO-
| Kingman. Col John j., Engineer
Corps. San Francisco, to Office Of Chief
of Engineers; January IA.
Marriott, 1t. Col. Carl L., Chemical
| Warfare Service, Office of Chief of
Chemical Warfare Service, to Hawaii
an Department; May 7.
Corps. Walter Reed General Hospital,
to johns Hopkins University, Balti-
more; to Fort Sam Hauston, Tex;
May q.
Finley, Maj. James r.. Cavalry,
Norfolk. Va. to Philippine Depart
ment; March Is.
Tillman, Maj. John p, Finance De-
partment, to office OF Finance Officer,
on completion Of his present tour Of
foreign service.
Walsh, Maj. Arthur o., Finance
Department, to Finance School, on
completion of his present duty Of
foreign service.
Hardman, Maj. Herbert W., Quar-
termaster Corps, Baltimore, to Air
Corps Technical School, Denver,
Colo. January S.
Wright, Maj Robert O., Cavalry,
Fort Oglethorpe, Ca, to Norfolk, Va;
March IS.
Beasley, Maj, Rex w., Field Ar
tillery, Fort Sill, Okla, to office Of
Chief of Field Artillery; July l.
Steiner, Capt. Frank, Medical Ad-
ministrative Corps, Walter Reed Cen
eral Hospital, to Fort Sam Houston,
Tex; May 26.
Merritt, Capt. Wilmer B., Coast
Artillery, Fort Hancock, N. j., to
Coast Artillery School, Fort Monroe.
Va; April /.
Woodward, Second 1t. Raymond
Cummings, Air Corps Reserve, Hemp
stead, Long Island, N. Y, to Langley
Field, Va; January 3; to home jan
uary 2, l941.
Navy.
Wadsworth. Capt. Alexander S.,
detached Naval Operations Base, Nor
folk, Va, to Destroyer Division 10;
March.
Reifsnider, Comdr. Lawrence F.,
detached Naval Operations, to U. s. s..
Memphis; January.
Wheeler, Comdr Charles j., de-
tached staff, commander If chief Of
United States Fleet, to Bureau Naviga-
ton; about January 20.
Seibert, Comdr. Edward c., Civil
Engineer Corps, detached Bureau
Yards and Docks, to Naval Air Sta
ton, Alameda, Calf; January.
Moran, Comdr. Thomas, detached
Shore Establishments Division, to
U. S. S. Marblehead; February Is.
Willard. Comdr. Logan A., Dental
Corps, discharged treatment, Naval
Hospital, to home.
Calvert, 1t. Comdr. William R., Sup
ply Corps, detached Navy Yard, to
U. S. S. Wyoming.
Hunt, 1t. Comdr. Charles B., de-
tached Naval Academy, to Submarine
Division 4; May.
Schnotala, 1t. Comdr. Thomas NJ,
Supply Corps, detached U. S. S. Wyo-
ming, to continue treatment, Norfolk
Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va.
France, 1t. William c., detached
Navy Yard to U. S. s. Honolulu;
April /.
Read, It. Henry T., detached u S. s.
Worden, to Engineering Experiment
Station. Annapolis, Md; March.
! Austin. 1t. Bernard L., detached
U. s s. Potomac, to Naval Operations
Evening star., 1938-01-01
The Capital Parade
Average American Must Make Decision in 1888
That Will Swing Politics Right or Left.
BY JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KINTNER.

BY JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KINTNER
rs singular custom of
msnformng the public celebrate the
of the year. just Choosing of the
of
The candidates did stand
The President told the cizeny
His subordnaes tarred with
Republicans nothing except
charming bankruptcy
showed of independence leadership
ng from fearful blend the galoping
Evening star., 1938-01-01

THE opinions the rers this o1p not
necessarAy The Stars Such opinions presented
The Stars effort to all sides questions interest
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1938-01-01

Birds Help Fight Army Worm"
BY providing nesting places for
robins and scissor-tails. gardeners can
control the cutworm or army worm
to a marked extent,
Evening star., 1938-01-01

maHy a SHINING nope. AItO-
gether, the year is ending badly,
with regulations not quite what
they were.
And so We offer no man of
the past year, but a man of the
year to come. We give you the
representative American, a SIM
pie, worried, optimistic member
of the great middle class between
riches and poverty. He is the man
who holds the balance Of power
Evening star., 1938-01-01
Hydro-Electric for Panama.

New hydro-electric plants are being
constructed in the Province of Chi
riqui, Panama.
Evening star., 1938-01-01

~ UMANIA shifts to the virulent
- anti-Semitic lineup. Prof.
Alexander c. Cuza, co-leader
L of the now dominant National