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Weekly Pay Opinion

Yes: 1T Is gratifying to
know that there Is some one
interested in the betterment
Of human conditions, namely
weekly pay for Government
employees. Due to irregu-
larity Of pay days in GPO I
am sure this would be bene-
ficial and appreciated by
those employees. This condi-
ton has been current with.
out correction for a number
Of years, for example, the
per diem time of GPO en-
ployes goes in the same as all
other Government employees,
BUT there is a leeway of five
days to make up the time
and pay off q. That makes
the pay days the third,
fourth or fifth day after
other pay Is distributed, quite
a handicap as per diem en-
ployes have no knowledge
what day they will be
paid. &C. r. s. (COL.)
No: weekly pay days,
particularly if they come on
Saturdays when banks are
closed, would be a direct in.
vitation to thieves to double
our already famous crime
wave Saturday night for
many Is a time Of loose and
careless spending, and will
result in remorseful Sundays
and blue MondayS-often in
a highly charged domestic
atmosphere -. The employe
who is always borrowing to
tide him over probably would
not do much better for one
week; it would seem such
persons might benefit more
from some simple lessons in
thrift and foresightedness
than by having provident
workers brought down to
their standard I hope Gov
ernment employees will not
fall for this scheme, probably
originated by some Of those
to whom they are Just so
many meek, tractable guinea
pigs for experiments :.
When they have succeeded
in taxing and 'no-parking'
workers cars off the streets.
when they have doubled
fares for riding in over
crowded one-man street cars,
I suppose they will take up
the matter Of telling US just
where, when and how we
may spend what little is left
Of our salaries. M. w.
(COL.)
What's YOUR OPINION?
Free theateF passes for the
best letter on the subject,
pro or CON.
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mail in the past
six months has
s h o W n an in
creased number
of Biblical ref
re nc S and
pla ms to e nd
whatever it is
that has hit us
lone subniS-
sion contained
49 she ct s!...
H. c. Wander.
beck IS chair.
man Of direct
orS, Michigan
Washin z ton
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'MENUHIN GENIUS|
BRINGS THRILLS.
TO PACKED HALL.
Violin VirtuoSo ShunS
All ShoWmanship
Rx WILLIAM NEWMAN

BY WILLIAM NEWMAN
Menuhin does not look his II
years. He is broad shouldered,
neatly collegiate, has q collar
ad profile and the unruffled
dignity of a successful candi.
date for the most exclusive frat.
Four thousand people; per.
haps a few hundred more, any
way as many as Constitution
Hall could hold with a stage
full Of extra seats, listened to
him for two hours yesterday
afternoon and, for the most
part, preserved a calm to match
his own.
A SERIOUS MATTER
Like a priest before his altar
Menuhin does not smile. The
making Of great music Is q
ser1ous matter 10 him. Personal
success is an incident of the
ritual, toward which he seems
indifferent. He has less show
manShip than any artist be
fore the public today, a refresh
ing reflection in an era that
draws this kind Of artistic
poison from Broadway and from
Hollywood.
He needs neither Broadway
nor Hollywood! for he has gift
to create beauty purely and for
its own sake, and the seltlesS
devotion to pursue it toward its
chaste and irnpeccable goal.
Yesterday he reached that
goal is almost every number on
his program. The Tartini
Devils Trill," in the Kreisler
versions work that justifies
its name only in the last move
ment's cadenZa-was q perfect
example Of virtuosity made sub.
servient to the musical ideal.
COBBLERS DANCE EXCITES
The most poetic Of the
Brahms Hungarian dances, a
strange, Magyar melody that
fades into its own maze Of al
ternating majors and minors,
opened the programs second
half. This, like the concerto, was
was received quietly. But the
"Cobbler'S Dance" of Sarasate,
played with q tone that recalled
the faint silver trumpetS that
sounded from the composers
violin, reused the kind of re-
sponse that gay rhythms and
tunes, and sparkling virtuoSity
invariable provoke.
Paganini's neglected fantasy
on a theme from Rossini's
oratorio Moses" not a remark.
able theme, to be sure, but
decked out with all the trap
pings Of technique, brought
forth another storm Of applause.
The encores, all chosen for their
melodic simplicity and charm,
followed quickly. They were:
Kreisler'S "Lie besfr eund,"
Dvorak's Songs My Mother
Taught Me-" Granados' Span
ish Dance" and schubert's "Ave
Maria"
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
Good Will Movies

This is eXtra-curricular, but
don't say we didn't spill it: U. s.
Steel shortly will release a series
of movie shorts attempting to build
or rebuild good will after recent
Government attacks on "big buSi-
ness" with other corporate giants
slated to initiate. . s m t h ing
must be due in WPA; shifts Of per
soilnel singly and in groups are
noticeable daily in Washington
Auditorium .FBI gerp rint
unit continues to overtime . Loire
Brophy, famous employment ex-
pert in Gotham, relays word that
N. Y. employers look with sus-
picion on anybody seeking a job
in Manhattan after two or more
years with the Government. JOB
seekers applying at agencies dur
ing this month have exceeded by
zoe per cent the December figure,
though December is usually the
peak month Of any year.
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Speaking of
Government Workers
Ru L MOSER
By ]. EARLE MOSER

Farm Security Resettlements ghos plashes into the mud
this week Ralph Armstrong tells all Armstrong Gotham
newsmsn recently publicity chief of the Hghtstown
j. project has authored article for Saturday Evening
telling how the Tugwel Turmoil needessy squandered
tens instead of one plus other inefciences FSA bgwg
are much worried Incidentally dsgruntled former New
Deal chiefs are now finding ready market for their reva
tons among weekes Liberty recently espousng expose
It's said good authority that Labor Employment Service
and Vets Administrator Hines persuaded Civil Service to sub
experience for pad experience" for the coming elevator
operator quiz vets go and get the needed unpaid
experience Add SMILES: AS chilly reception clerk at
Coal Commission,
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Back Home
Connecticut

Owing to the large number Of candi-
dates for the positions of InterviewerS
and Claims Examiners in the State LaboC
Department, and owing to the number
who wish to take more than one examt-
nation, it will probably be necessary TO
give the written tests for some of these
positions on days during the week OF
February 1923, other than February IT
as was previously announced.
1t may be necessary also to hold the
examinations in certain other centers as
we'll as in Hartford in order to accom-
modate the large number Of candidates.
Candidates will be notified Of the exact
time and place several days in advance
of the examination date.-Stats Person
mel Department
The Washington times., 1938-01-31

Soloist a t t h e
fifteenth an
n u al celebra-
ton. Of the pa
triotiSn1 Of the
States at Valley
Forge, Pa, Feb
ruary 20 at 3 p.
m. . . . Corn
wall, who halls
fro m Chester,
S. c., was "dis-
C ov er d" by
Madame CALI
Curci when she
visited Colum-
bus, S. c., while
he was study.
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
NFFE Calendar

NFFE meetings this week: Tues.
day, 8 p. m, War Department Lo
cal No. 261, ITO Fourteenth ST.
N. W.; Friday, 5 p. m, Executive
Council Local No. 2; 8 p. M, Col
ored Employees Local No. II, both
at ITO Fourteenth st. N. W., and
8 p. M, special meeting, Adjutant
Generals office, Local No. 372, at
All States Hotel; Saturday, 2 p.
M, Navy Yard Local No. GOT, Ar.
cade Building, Fourteenth a n d
Park Rd. N. w.
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In Strict Secrecy

Those ,Dto mail or phone
"ne1OS tips" about GoDern-
nlert affairs or conditions
are frequently GtDGrded free
thedter tickets. Their names,
of course, are kept strictly
confidential, and thus it is
advisable for those NTH
Juicy information to adopt a
"pen name" for identified.
tton In case they tDtn. Gen.
eraI items about folks in
the office" may also tDtn,
and often GtDGrdS are made
merely as a goodwill gesture
> from The Times.
(CAP) beside your name
or "pet name" entities vou
to call at this desk for ttDo
passes to Locus CAPITOL,
notD shouting PARADISE
FOR THREE" Those NTH
(PAL) can head for the Pal.
ace, tDhich presents Joan
CrGtDtord and Spencer Tracy
in "MANNEQUIN," 10 htIe
(COLJ means ttDo passes to
see THE HURRICANE" at
the Columbia.
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ing at University Of South Caro-
lima South Carolina will be
well represented in the Valley
Forge fete, with the South Caro-
lima service being under auspices
of the South Carolina States So
ciety and D. A. r.
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
Hess Again Leads

Meeting New Jersey State So
ciety. Washington, Thursday, Feb.
ruary 8 -. Carl C. Berger, chair.
man, Congressional Reception and
Dance, will report on progress i. F.. .
At recent meeting of GAO Lodge
8, AFGE, the following officers
were elected: President, Jake
Hess; v. p, H. P. Strople: treas
urer, Carl c. Berger, (CoD; secre-
tary, Helen Ellison, and sergeant
alarms, william Sims.
The Washington times., 1938-01-31

D e mo c r ATTIC H. O. VanderDeek
Club, which clarions for all VOL.
yerines to meet Thursday, 1900
Rhode Island, to plan initial 1888
entertainment. Add Similes: AS
prolific as numbers runners in
Treasury (regardless Of the Secret
Services efforts)s
The Washington times., 1938-01-31

Depression or recession, call it
what you will, the professional
slurnp-solvers are at it again. . Hill
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
News Tip Prize: EI-Vee.W (PAL).
Cornwall to Sing

Arthur Cornwall, House Office
employe and known as Carolina's
lyric tenor" has been invited to be
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
Very Dead Indeed

Ad smiles: AS dead as an
exc" file in Veterans Administra-
tion. exc denotes the file card Of
someone who passed away
The Washington times., 1938-01-31

Public Works Recreation Asso-
citation Bowling League reports
show Accounts and Engineering
to be tied for first place with 80
won and 20 lost Personnel has
the high team set with 1885 and
the high team game with 608, King
the individual average with 1923.
=. Leavey the high individual
game with 152. Franklin the
high individual set with 406 :.
Kenney the high flat game with
96. =. McDonough the high strikes
with 81 and Collins the high spares
with ia.
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
Velrsd Lsdds Off

Mems sana in corpore sano"-
a sound mind in q sound body. To
Velma Lee Carter (PAL) National
Park Service, who captured third.
place honors in the Interior beauty
contest, goes the distinction Of be.
ing the first IDRA member
to pit her literary ability against
other Interior employees in a con.
test sponsored by the IDRA News
The News is offering an un-
usual prize to the IDRA mem.
ber who submits the best original
thought on the subject, what the
IDRA Means to Interior EN-
ployeS." Contest closes February
5. Miss Carter, whose personable
figure almost won for her the des-
ignation Miss Interior, 1887. indi-
Gates by the early entry Of her
essay that sound minds can also
exist within pretty figures.
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Miss Catherine CreeI
Mccall StyIist

Mccall StyIist
Will be in our Pattern and Fab
ric Departments Monday and
Tuesday to help you with your
sewing problems.
Kann's-Street Floor
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Call on the Bible

Contribution Prize: "versus"
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
PWA BOvling

Contribution Prize: N. H. tCOL).
The Washington times., 1938-01-20

instead of bringing it. do not
think I could have stood it
or you, now that adversely has
come upon you.
1T was hard enough to live
with you during good times. 1t
would be intolerable now that
you have not success to buoy
you up.
why did you have to make
a god of success? We enjoyed
nothing as we went along. Al
ways some eventuality in the Of
fling. Never was the now i'm
portant. It was always the fu-
ture we contemplated. And al
ways some menace threatened
that. Now that the blow has
fallen, think you will be hap
pier.
LAS for me, don't try to find
me. The freedom from mean
ness will bring a sort of peace.
At any rate, whatever your fu-
ture plan, know you will be bet
ter off without HELENA"
Man, this is Serious!" David
threw down the letter. Hurry!
Find her at once. She can't have
gone far"
Find her!" Bernard's voice was
a thin vail.
"Of course, find her. She must
know this is only joke. Go after
her. Tell her"
Never. She's gone" His voice
found itself again, high and hard.
you'd better go home and see
Dorothy"
"Oh, my God, Dorothy!" David
was out the door.
Perhaps she's left a note, too.
Perhaps that's why she didn't an
Swer the telephone" But David
had gone.
DESPONDENT MAN
Bernard sat where he was
Slumped in his chair. In a little
while the telephone rang and he
sprang to answer it. Perhaps
Helena
"HelIo!" It was David's voice.
II called to tell you," he said
in curiously dead tones, "that, as
you so accurately foresaw, there's
a note here for me-"
What did I tell you? So that's
why she didn't answer the tele-
phone! What does she say?"
IT don't know. I didn't read
it. At any rate, she's gone" He
hung up the receiver.
Some time later, after he had
reviewed their life together and
found it as sweet in retrospect
as it had been in the living, he
picked up the note.
81 at least owe it to her to
read what she says"
Dearest David: Your note
came as such a surprise, my
sweet.
"By the time you read this,
will be securely ensconced in
a new job. Nine. Yvonne has
always been wishing she could
get a model who could wear
clothes as can. Well, now she
has one. I telephoned-she
didn't believe me at first, but
when I convinced her I wasn't
fooling, she said Come right
on down.
"It's no use crying about
spilled milk, darling. I'm sure
you did everything you could
to avert this crash.
"To me now it seems he
only thing that matters is I
have you and you have me.
The rest will work out some
how.
"All my. love.
Dorothy"
THE END.
The Washington times., 1938-01-20

Cast of Characters in
"A Note on the Table"
BERNARD HARLAN, who
lives for the future and so
drills
HELENA, his wife.
DAVID, Bernard's cousin,
who lives for today and SpoilS
DOROTHY, his wife.
The Washington times., 1938-01-20
81 Note on the Table"
By MARY CLARE DAvRoN

"You never can tell which way woman will jump"
The three in the office of Harlan Harlan discuss
ing the recent failure of a mutual friend.
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not including the Soviet navy ou'
allowing for a couple which have
been begun in Japan"
The handbook confirmed that
Great Britain's two new 4g,oOo
ton battleships, the Lion and Tenn
eraire, which are scheduled to be
laid down about March, 1889, un-
der the "Escalator clause" of the
London treaty, probably will be
completed in 1912 and are expect
ed to mount 16-inch guns.
Britain's new 35,00O-ton battle
ships-The George V, Arson, Jel-
licoe, Prince of Wales and Beatty
-unofficially were described rs
calling for 10 14-inch guns.
A significant feature of the
New James was disclosed that the
Spanish Nationalist (insurgent)
navy has received additional war
ships from Italy.
These Italian additions, used to
blockade loyalist ports, were said
to consist of four destroyers, and
two submarines purchased from
the Italian navy by Generalisslmo
Francisco Franco.
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The housekeeper who had an old
and sick mother. Some unfortu-
nate family in the village. =,
IL thought we'd done about all
we could for the lad Mr.. BLAIR
said. Sally was growing up, that
was it. She was growing into a
| lovely young woman, like ner
mother before her had been. Inc
thought held all the aching beauty
OF this spring twilight with ire
flies lighting little torches, frogs
plunking deep bas sStringS.
We've only started" Sally SAID
She had thought it out, thinking
of nothing else, since Corey haa
/ left. Corey, who would be back
in an hour to take her dancing,
to begin to collect payment on her
debt. II want you to see that Dan
gets a job. A good job, Daddy.
Here in Boston. / want you 10
see that he accepts it. That there
is no chance for him to refuse.
And. of course, he must not know
who's behind it, or that you-~0r
had anything to do with 1t.
Her father took a long draw on
his fine cigar. That's a big Or
der" he admitted. He glanced
down at his daughter again. Could
there be anything else, beside
gratitude and remOrse, in her in
terest in this young man? But
no, he treasured himself, Sally
still was too young for that. She
could not know what love meant.
There had been SO many boys
hanging about, like young Corey,
a nice enough chap, though a bit
wild. he feared if it had to
be someone. in time, this Reyn-
ODDS boy was made of the stuff
that measured up in the end.
Not too big" Sally dimpled up
ut him. "Nothing'S too big for my
Dad"
Cut it out" her father warned
her. giving her another playful
little pat. Don't try your charms
on me, my dear! You know Pm
your humble slave as it is. Wen
see what can be dohe, Sally. |
believe a lad like Reynolds would
be an asset anywhere. / suppose
we can make him think the offer
comes from his benefactor - the
old gentleman who was interested
in helping him make the Olym-
pics, and who saw him through
his illness"
Sally flinched. Never would she
be able to hear of the Olympics,
or of anything pertaining to the
sport Dan had loved so much,
without this lash of anguish. 1t
was the cross she had to bear.
The only real debt that somehow
must be repaid in full. A big or
der, as her father had said. But
oh. surely, she would be able to
make up in some small way :he
things that were lost forever to
Can.
She thought of this again later
hat evening. dancing with Corey.
Thev had motored to a roadhouse
on the Post road where the atmos-
phcre was smart, the food excel
lent. drinks plentiful, and the or
chestra noted for it's swing. Dan
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knots. rbich re-
Reports that Japan. when
fused to adhere to the 1850 Lo"
dom naval treaty because she was
refused full parity rights was .
bniIdinr battleships in excess Oh
the ~ 0OO-ton limit led the In i
,aJ States, Great Britain anu
France to invoke t9e The
n nS YEAR. to remove the 3o,ooo-
t"n limit Invoking of the Esca-
i ION clause also applied to Ger
NAN, msnv Soviet Russia and Italy y
which subscribed to the Isao
treaty in biIateral naval agree
ments with Great Britain. -.
The survey of the capltal snip
,rdo ne of Germany, Japan and
Russia shows that Germany oa az
ready has laid down three 55,o0o-
TON battleships and fourth IS be-
i;eved to be in the project stage.
These German battleships, james
said, will mount eight l5-lnch
This disclosure disputed the re-
cont edition of Weyer's, authori-
tative German naval handbook
which merely stated that the 3d.
O00 ton battleships were under
construction and that others were
planned. .. build
three 35,OOO-ton capital ships
mounting nine 16-inch guns
James said, adding:
although it has been reported
that the first ship to be named
the Tretti international will be
laid down in Leningrad in 1889
and that guns, armor and boilers
have been ordered aboard there Is
no reliable information on the
subject" 90,
The Sovicts possess at least l34
and probably more submarine
more than any other nation-the
Yearbook states, and 30 others are
under construction.
Reports from japanese sources
Indicate that the Soviet fleet
based at Vladivostock includes ~
submarines, more than SO motor
torpedo boats and number OF
patrol vessels of various types, II
was stated.
James fighting ships has Sc
cured independent evidence which
goes far to support these figures.
The vessels in question are believ-
ed to have proceeded to their
present station by way OF the
northwest passage"
James said that many of the
Soviet submarines in the far east
are believed to be mine layers.
Indicating that the world pow
ers are. involved in the greatest
naval building race since 1919,
James said: rs
Capital ships under construc-
ton in the world by the time the
latest units authorized have been
laid down will number at least 25,
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OF APPLICATION FOR EXECU-
TIVE CLEMENCY. On or after
December Is, 1888, l will apply
to Honorable Clyde R. Hoey, Gov
ernor of North Carolina, through
the usual official channels and
after presenting the plea to the
Commissioner of Paroles, for q
pardon for Fred Shelton, colored'
now serving an indeterminate SEN
tence of 20 to % years after con,
viction for murder in the second
degree. The Petitioner has a.
ready served more than l6 years
SAMUEL T. LANHAM,
Attomey-at-Law,
Spartanburg, S. {.
12-6-Tues-2tp,
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would never be able to dance like
this-Dan who walked with a
limp.
Lets not dance any more"
Sally said. She drew away. from
Corey's arms. She could not 90
on dancing, remembering that.
Check" Corey said briefly.
But ne was surprised. Usually
Sally loved to dance with him.
They hda- been getting on fam
ously. Want to go on some
place else?" he asked. 81 know
another spot, farther on"
I'D rather go home-if you
don't mind" Sally returned. Per-
haps tomorrow Daddy would fix
it, make some arrangements so
that Dan would be offered a po-
sition. Perhaps, after all, she
would get to see him again. Get
another chance to prove to him
that she was not the sort of girl
he had thought she was, but the
girl she was trying so hard to be-
come, for him.
Just as you like" Corey said
briefly. But he was surprised
again. Maybe it was not going
to be such a cinch to make that
goal as he had thought. Every
thing had come SO easy to Corey,
always. Yet he liked a good fight /;
he would not give UP easily, eth
er-not him .s
He was very tender, tucking
Sally into the roadster, very gal
liant and gay. He made her laugh,
once or twice, during the drive
home, at his Glowing, the stories
he recounted, the smart come
backs he always could ring in.
'1But don't want you to think
this is a line" he told her, leaving
her at her door once more. IL
told you once before that Pm
crazy about you, my sweet. told
YOU then | meant it. But now |
mean it more than ever. Pm III
love with you, Sally. Pm going
to marry you one of these days"
That was Corey-he did not
ask; he made a statement of fact.
Sally might as we'll accept it, get
used to the idea. He leaned down
to seek her lips, tried to pull her
TO him.
But Sally, with both hands, held
him firmly away. "No, Corey
please don't" she said. And her
voice broke a little, although it
was gentle, almost regretful IN
fact. Corey was a, dear, he was
such fun, so bright and gay. But
that was not what Sally had dis
covered she wanted, though: once
she had been so sure it had been.
whats wrong?" Corey asked,
There was a wounded expression
in his blue eyes now. He was
perplexed. al just wanted to kiss
you good night, my sweet. lSsap-
posed that was part payment.
Yoa said you'd be my girl these
next 10 days, don't forget tina"
Sally said she wouldn't. But
that kisses were not included In
his bargain. She laughed at, him
and promised to go somewhere
again the next evening. if he came