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The Washington times., 1938-07-30
A ConapLaintOlogist

"Dear Mr.. Moser: Experience
obtained in Government service
does not seem to count in getting
raises in most cases, and the way
things are going now it won't
count at all in five years. Educa-
ton does not count unless you are
fortunate enough to have parents
able to finance a course in one of
The Washington times., 1938-07-30
T0Un's fastest

TOLOn's fastest
Original Velati Candy
Stores today will present one
pound boxes of their delicious
chocolates or caramels, on re-
quest, to:
Inez Yates, Vets Admins
tratiOn.
Matilda Recke, Treasury.
Zelda Rice, Procurement.
Candy will be presented
at either store, $50 Ninth
st. N. w., or 6O9 Fourteenth
st. N. W.
The Washington times., 1938-07-30
Says Boake Carter

men because Of the weight Of the latter's clothes,
it is all right with the male of the species. But
at least. we know that we wear enough to mop up
the perSpiration and don't invite ceaseless sum-
mer colds.
The ones with good figures prefer one pound
II ounces to show to the rowing masculine eye
what they have But the trouble is that all the
ladies with bowlegs. fat hips, odd bumps and
humps. bony chests. skinny arms. thick ankles,
and similar impediments (and these are no fault
OF their own) cheerfully believe that they, too,
look like Follies beauties if they stalk forth in
onepound-11-ounce trappings.
The Washington times., 1938-07-30
But" ;"

CoMEoNE, probably female, on the staff of
~ the magazine Vogue has grown all of a
dither because apparently some man poked fun
The Washington times., 1938-07-30

TF the average woman'S costume weighs one
4 pound II ounces in the summer and she feels
like laughing at the men because they go around
Mopping their brows. men don't 60 around look.
ing halffrozen all winter.
And If Vogues female wants to laugh at the
The Washington times., 1938-07-30
By ENaIyr1 Walsh Mclean

wrecked dictators of Europe. What lovely
juicy mouthful we would be to gobble up! Our
55k per cent of all the gold in the world! Our
great farm lands and untold riches! Anyone can
imagine we take on the same aspect as a red
flag to bull to the little tin gods who are trying
to control Italy, Germany and Russia.
If England, France and America will only
stand shoulder to shoulder they can save our
civilization. But Lord have mercy on us if we
three don't pull together with utter loyalty and
a sincere respect in our hearts for each other.
The Washington times., 1938-07-30
Those "Uniforned" Ladies

Those "UnifOrned" Ladies
IT all goes back to the fact that most American
women wear their clothes like uniform It
is simple matter to classify the strata Of most
American women by the clothes they wear and
how they wear them. Grooming is more inpor-
tant to female than the weight of her clothes
The woman who knows how to groom herself
can wear rags and still appear distinctive
The female from Vogue laughs at us for carry.
ing around five pounds nine ounces in the sum-
mertime. Mid-Victorian ladies used to carry
around nice pair Of white gloves with them all
the time; and the ladies still carry them today!
What man is absurd enough to tote those
around when the Thermometers stands at 95
degrees!
The ladies may wear hats the crowns of which
may be missing, mostly because it was fad
stemming from headgear designed primarily for
women tennis players. And the missing crown
may contribute to the onepound 1-ounce total,
but half Of 'em don't know how funny they look
when they've finally arrived at that total!
Clothes are supposed to adorn, not expose.
Copyright Ledger syndicate)
(Bonke CGrter's opinions are his oDn and not
necessarily those of The Washington TtneeSJ
The Washington times., 1938-07-30
Scoops and Sn0op

Dear Mr.. Moser: There is
certain individual in SEC who has
been getting more free tickets for
his unusual sense of shopping.
This time I am going to scoop
him. Only recently he wrote an
article about a certain file clerk
in the docket section, who has
The Washington times., 1938-07-30

Speaki'2S Of
GOVERNMENT
WORKERS
By J. EARLE MosER
Write US nice, or ,Drite US spice,
We knoD you Cill GltodyS find
The letter is an ideal deuice
For airing tphdt's on the mind!
~

write US nice, or 11rtte US Sptce,
We knoD you UiH GltDdyS find
The letter is an ideal deUice
For airing pIdt's on the mind!
MIR. FARLEY's BURDEN (and
1Vx ours):
Dear Mr.. Moser: In the Speak.
ing Of Government Workers col
umn you spoke of a justice official
having a new male heir No liv-
ing person can have an heir. Heirs
are those that survive, and the
term may refer to parents as well
as children. Yours for better word
usage. Anonymous.
Dear Ashamed-of-Yo Name:
Funk and WagnallS' New Standard
Dictionary doesn't clarity our con-
troversy in regard to male heirs,
but in defining female heirs it says
lone who inheritS or IS Elk
PECTED to inherit >. :" It quotes
Bret Harte, to wit: Papa had con-
tracts and roamed about, and l.
did nothing-for was an heireSs." !"
This Qualification on one sex GER
tainly holds for both. Yours for
MORE FORCEFUL word usage.
Robot-Like Routine
"Dear Mr.. Moser: office life is
becoming so regimented that it is
only on rare occasions gleam of
humor penetrateS our robot-like
existence. M. H.
Dear M. H.: That's what YOU
think; take a look around you.
No Urchin-An Angel?.
"Dear Mr.. Moser: May I correct
your late but funny items Of July
"a (Ed. Note-It was July 25).
The GAO lasSieS in the Old Pen
sion Office Barn didn't lose their
ardor for softball because an ur-
chin snatched one of our new balls
it was a sweet curly golden
haired girl who was last seen with
our precious 75c ball. She didn't
|scuttle away and she looked
so cute we didn't have the heart
to take it from her. Here's hoping
you'll give the GAO softball team
a break and tell the world it
wasn't the lost ball situation that
dampened our ardor-but a series
of BAD BREAKS. I know what
i'm talking about because my nose
was reset last Friday and I still
exhibit a couple of sinners. Miss
GAO.
Dear Miss GAO: So sorry. If
you say it's so, it must be so!
A CompZaintOlogist
"Dear Mr.. Moser: Experience
obtained in Government service
does not seem to count in getting
raises in most cases, and the way
things are going now it won't
count at all in five years. Educa-
ton does not count unless you are
Evening star., 1938-11-28
EVENING STAR WASHINGTON c. MONDAY 2s
MtLean Case Ruling
Delayed UntiICIose
OF Warning Trial
Maryland or Capitol
DomiciIe Among
Issues Involved

Justice Rolitha j. Laws will defer
rulings in the case of Edward B.
Mclean, now in Baltimore mental
hospital, until the close of the War
ring trial, it was learned today.
The Mclean case centers on the
question whether Mr.. Mclean is
domiciled in Maryland or the Dis
trict of Columbia. Another point
OF controversy relates to the ap-
pointment as ancillary committee
in District Court here of Rear
Admiral Mark L. Bristol, U. S. NJ,
retired. Austin Garfield, guardian
at law for Mr.. Mclean. has chal-
lenged the legality of Admiral Bris-
tolls appointment.
Justice Laws already has devoted
a great deal of time and study to
the complicated Mclean case, but
in view of his work in the Warning
trial he has laid aside the problem
until the conspiracy case closes.
A few days ago District Court JUS
tice Oscar R. Luhring authorized
the sale of property here valued at
$2,000,000 belonging to the estate
of Mr.. McLean's father, the late
John r. Mclean. This sale is being
made to the Lafayette Building
Corp. and the fund will go into the
Mclean estate. Therefore, Justice
Laws decision will have a bearing
upon the expenditure of the
$2O00,000.
Evening star., 1938-11-28
Chinese Report Damage
To Japanese ArsenoIs

SHANGHAI, Nov. % [P)-Chinese
today reported they had inflicted
heavy damage, through fires and eX-
plosions, on japanese arsenals and
munitions plants in China.
A huge arsenal at Mukden, Man.
chukuo. was said to have been
wrecked by mysterious fire and eX-
plosion November 20.
In addition to destruction of large
amounts of munitions and aircraft,
200 Japanese and other workmen
were said to have been killed and so
japanese military guards injured.
A second Japanese arsenal, Chi
nese reported, was blown up two
days ago at Taiyuan, in Shansi
Province, killing 300 Japanese
soldiers and workmen.
Meanwhile, foreign apprehension
over Japan's future course in China
was heightened by japanese con-
struction of a huge military base
near Woosung, at the mouth of the
Whangpoo River, downstream from
Shanghai,
Japanese were said to be rebuild
Ing the devastated town into mill
tary defense base, with barracks for
10000 men, an airleld, and emplace-
ments suitable for 12-inch guns.
japanese report work is underway
on vast industrial and shipping
zone along the river between Woo
sung and Shanghai. All foreigners
have been barred from the area.
Evening star., 1938-11-28

inches of fresh weekend snow. In
Virginia, where the total snowfall
last year was only IL inches, 7l2
inches of snow was on the ground.
New England dug out from 5
inches that pelted down in the sec
ond storm. New York only got about
2 inches, but New York City reck-
oned its snow removal cost at mil
lion dollars already.
Several new weather casualties
we're reported-a fisherman appar-
emily lost at sea off Nantucket Is
land, Mass; a man frozen near
Charleston, w. Va; a victim OF a
heart attack due to snow shoveling
at Buffalo, N. Y.
In general, there were few auto
accidents, as motorists kept of ice
crusted highways.
Railroad and airplane schedules
were not seriously disrupted.
Frost Nips Plants.
The cold weather. extending over
the South Atlantic Seaboard, nipped
fall vegetables, the Associated Press
reported.
Skies were generally clear through
out the South, and weather fore
casters said a change to warmer
was in progress in States west OF
the Mississippi River.
Coolest spot in the South today
was Huntsville, Ala, with l3 degrees.
Asheville, N. c., was next with IA.
At 18 degrees were Meridian. Miss,
and Knoxville, Tenn. Americus, Ga,
had 1913 temperature, and at 20 were
Atlanta, Birmingham, Ala; Green
vile, S. c.; Chattanooga and Nash
vile, Tenn.
Frost nipped tender plants and
foliage in Northern Florida. The
Weather Bureau said the wind pre-
vented damage. Forecasters pre-
dicted heavy frost for extreme
Northwest Florida and North Flor
ida tonight and light frost as far
south as Polk and Hillsborough
Counties.
Evening star., 1938-11-28
SIasher's Attacks
Terrorize Women
In North England
Eleventh Victim Added
To List; Murder by
Phantom Feared
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
HALIFAX, England, Nov. o.
Women Of this grimy North Eng
land town today were ordered to
remain indoors after nightfall be-
cause of a phantom slasher," who
strikes unseen along darkened by
ways.
The slasher added an eleventh
victim to his list early this morning,
slipping up behind Mrs. Constance
Wood, mill worker. only few
yards from her doorway.
He knocked her down, hacked
through her heavy coat to inflict
two gashes in her left arm, and
escaped.
All But Two Victims Women.
Police have been unable to trace
the slasher who has attacked II
persons within the past seven days.
All but of the victims were won-
en-. None was seriously wounded.
Screams from one of two women
who were slashed last night brought
nearby firemen to the rescue.
Crowds leaving church joined the
hunt but without success.
1t was feared the phantom, who so
far only has wounded his victims
with a sharp-edged weapon, might
suddenly turn murderer.
Women of this industrial town, at
least those brave enough still to
venture out at night, were arming
themselves with large hatpins, bags
of paper and walking sticks for SELF
defense. Patrols of Boy Scouts were
pressed into service.
May Be Publicity Effort.
Some believed the attacks might
be the work of three persons who,
as one police official put it, were
"revelling in publicity"
Since the majority OF those slashed
were woman. another theory was
that "the phantom" might be some
one who had been supplanted in his
job by woman.
The only clue to the slasher's iden-
tity has come from one of the
women victims who described him
as having staring eyes and big
mouth which she said she would
recognize again.
1t was expected troops would be
brought in soon if other measures
fail to catch him.
Evening star., 1938-11-28
Hull Conferences
Begin Aboard Ship
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ABOARD s. S. SANTA CLARA
EN- ROUTE TO LIMA, Peru, Nov.
z8.-Secretary Full began a series OF
conferences yesterday with men,
bers of other delegations on projects
of mutual interest to be considered
at the Pan-American Conference
in Lima next month.
The Secretary of State met sep
arately with DR.. Francisco Castillo
Najera, Mexican Ambassador to
Washington and leader of his coun-
trys delegation, and Ambassador
Miguel Lopez Pumarejo, one of Co.
lombia's representatives.
Mr.. Hull conferred separately
later in the day with DR.. Diogenes
Escalante, Venezuelan Minister, and
with the Bolivian Minister. DR..
Luis Fernando Guachalla. AS in
his other talks, the conversations
Evening star., 1938-11-28

a parked machine owned by Robert
H. Thompson of the 1900 block of
Thirteenth street Sc.
Ratcliff's companion, Blanche
Howell, colored, of the 1900 block of
Swami street NV. was treated at
the hospital for broken jaw.
Three Killed in Virginia.
In other Virginia accidents three
persons were killed, the Associated
Press reported
Miss Mary A. Graves. a teacher
at Red Hill High School in Abe
marie County, was struck and in
stantly killed there last night as
she alighted from a bus.
She had spent the Thanksgiving
holidays in Spotsylvania County,
where she was graduated two years
ago from Mary Washington College.
She had taught at Red Hill since
then.
William H. Smart, so, of Radford
was killed when knocked down last
night by an automobile in that city
Miss Madeline Bowen. 20, OF
Covingtop died on the Covington-
Clifton Forge road when the car
in which she was riding struck a
concrete abutment. Neither the
driver, Roy Hughes Franklin, "a
nor Miss Pauline Hubbard, was
seriously hurt.
The subfreezing weather gripping
Washington, according to the Asso-
ciated Press, was general as far
south as Georgia and as far west
as Kansas City.
Several New Casualties.
On top of the hard crust Of ice
and snow from the Thanksgiving
blizzard lay anywhere from l to
Evening star., 1938-11-28
Jopon's Army Turns
Away From Hong Kong
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HONG KONG, Nov. 28.-Japanese
troops mopping up Chinese guerrilla
resistance on the borders of British
territory today reported they had
inflicted 1000 casualties and now
were turning their campaign against
scattered Chinese units farther in
land.
japanese field dispatches indicated
the present drive, which has brought
fighting to the edge of this British
crown colony, was designed to de-
stroy whatever faith Chinese may
have left in the protection" afford
ed by having areas of foreign in
fluence nearby.
A number of villages were report
ed to be burning f1ercely in the re-
gion while thousands of refugees,
some of them wounded, poured
across the border into Hong Kong.
Evening star., 1938-11-28
Musicians to Discuss
Convention Toniqht

The local committee arranging fol
the 18th annual convention of the
Music Teachers National Associa.
ton, to be held here December q
through 80, will meet tonight at the
Mayfower Hotel with the Washing.
ton Music Teachers Association tt
make plans for the convention.
DR.. Harold Spivacke, chief of the
Music Division of the Library o1
Congress and local chairman for the
convention, will preside at the meet
ing which will begin at o'clock.
Evening star., 1938-11-28
Real War 10 Come,
Japan Warned in
Plea for More Arms
Military Demand Vast
Expunsion Now in
Arms Industries

japanese Diet passed national
mobilization ld,U last March on
government assurances that 1t
iDould not be used in China.
Army nevertheless has demanded
and obtained application OF some
articles of ldU calling for mobili-
cation OF men and industry.
Prolongation OF conflict, ho,DeDer,
has proved heavy drain upon
japanese resources.
BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC. Nov. 28.-Declaring the
United States does not recognize
"the changed situation in the Far
East" and that "Soviet-Japanese
conflict apparently is inevitable" It,
Gen. Eiki TOTO, vice minister OF
war. urged upon munitions workers
today rapid expansion OF arms IN
dustries.
Gen. Toto and 1t. Gen. Seishior
Itagaki, war minister, addressed
leading ornaments makers sum-
nnoned to TOXIC to hear the govern
ment explanation of the necessity
for expansion and for full lnvocatlon
of the national mobilization law
which has been invoked partially
and which gives sweeping authority
to the government in emergency.
Japan must have sufficient arna-
ments to fight a vast war on Two
fronts" Gen. TOTO said. There IS
every possibility Russia and CHINA
may band together as soon as the
Soviet completes preparations.
Replenishing Industries.
There is no doubt that the Soviet
Is hastily replenishing heavy in
dustries and bolstering armaments
In preparation for Soviet-Japanese
conflict that apparently is in
evitable."
He charged Great Britain was,
concealing enmity toward Japan and
said occasional gestures of friend
ship should be interpreted merely
as protecting British rights and in
terests. They mean nothing"
While the United States attitude
was neutral, he continued, Il must
call attention to the fact that the
United States Government is stick
ing to old treaties and is unwilling
to recognize the changed situation IN
the Far East"
The American Government pro-
tested against japanese discrlml-
nation in Orient trade, which Japan
denied. japanese have held their
new position in the Orient must per-
init an alteration of the former
open-door policy.
Expansion Held Necessary.
The vice minister told the manu-
facturers that:
Those industries concerned with
replenishing the key materials for
war are still undeveloped. 1t is alb
solutely necessary that Japan expand
her munitions output.
Therefore, the army is demand
ing that the government enforce
article by article the national mob
ilization law. The real war is still to
come and hope you will realize the
importance of your roles"
He warned that further govern
ment control was to be expected
owing to the necessity of strict
state control in all economic and
industrial fields" -
Evening star., 1938-11-28
MussoIini and Ciuno
Are Visited by PROV

By the Associated Press.
ROME, Nov. 28.-DefenSe Minister
Oswald Prov of South Africa, on
a tour of European capitals, today
called on Premier Mussolini and
Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo
Ciano.
1t was understood Mr. Pirows
visit was concerned chiefly with
trade relations between Italy and
the Union of South Africa.
Evening star., 1938-11-28

dealt with items on the agenda Of
the Lima meeting
Mr.. Hull has called the United
States delegation into session to-
morrow for it's first full meeting
since leaving New York Friday.
Evening star., 1938-11-28
Miss IzIur Dies

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Nov. %
R).-Miss Martha c. 1zlar, 40, af-
filiated with the Chamber of Com
merce here for more than 10 years,
died last night at a hospital. A
native of Charleston, s. c., Miss
Izler came here in 1924.
Evening star., 1938-11-28

FIFTH IN THE SAME PLACEThs is the fifth which left
the bridge Rock Creek Connecticut
north of Chevy Chase Lake since Thanksgvngs Mr.
William Clark Buchanan NV, occupants
the machine only slightly hurt in the mishap last
night taken home by the Bethesda Squad
the vicinity said the road finally sanded at
the point last night after four previous for such
precaution had been made.
Evening star., 1938-11-28
| RefIecting Pool
| Ice Is Too Thin
|For Skating

Washingtons ice skaters are
going to be disappointed at
this.
Cold as 1t has been, it hasn't
been cold enough to freeze the
rejecting pool deep enough for
skating.
The National Capital Parks
Offices reported today that the
pool has been frozen to a depth
Of only an inch and a half.
Three-inch ice is required to
make skating safe, the Office
said.
Evening star., 1938-11-28

France will increase it's air force
from the present 10000 to 1O8 500
my 1910, when it will have 5000
warplanes.
Evening star., 1938-11-28

PRETTY WAITRES S-Miss
Bethea Anderson, 20, is en-
tered in the popularity beauty
contest for mattresses that will
be held in connection with the
annual convention of the Ma
tional Restaurant Association
on December 5 at the May
flower Hotel. She is employed
at the Hot Shoppe, 4400 Con-
necticut avenue NV.
Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1938-11-28
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-04
THE SACRED BUNDLE

When a famous relic of the eros
Ventre Indians of North Dakota, called the
sacred bundle was acquired by white
men in 1907 for the New York Museum of
the American Indian, a severe drouth
which followed was blamed by the tribe
on the loss of their good luck bundle, said
to contain the skulls of two Indian deities.
Nothing was done about it, however,
until after the disastrous drouths of few
years ago, when steps were taken to re-
cover the relic. & Finally the tribe traded
for the bundle sacred buffalo medicine
horn. said to be nearly 200 years old. = :,
This year an, !, excess of rain has
wrought destruction to the'Indians' crops,
and some of them favor getting rid of the
bundle again. Recently one of them wrote
the Indian Commissioner in Washington,
saying:
II would like to suggest that the In
dians be induced to return this sacred
bundle to the museum in New York, and
let the white man control the weather."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-04
GOING PLACES" IN THE AIR

Early this month, seventeen naval
flying planes completed non stop flight
from San Diego, California, to Honolulu,
Hawaii, a distance of 2.570 miles, in seven
teen hours and twenty-one minutes.
So far as we know, the flight was
routine transfer in the Navy, and at
tracted very little attention in the United
States. 1t should convince anybody that
the flying age is at hand.
The progress of aviation in the United
States and throughout the world has been
amazing. No one believes today that the
future viii not show continued improve
ment. With highly efficient engines and
the experience of past construction, there
seems to be no limit to the size of air
planes. The so ton flying boat of today
will be nothing in comparison with the air
Ships of the future. Man has invaded a
new element and he is going places"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-04
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN
WILL always seek the truth and print ii

WILL always seek the truth and print it
without fear and without favor; never be
afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right;
always fight for progress; never be the or
gan OF the mouthpiecc of any person, clique,
faction or class; always do its utmost for the
public welfare; never tolerate corruption or
injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue.
commend good done by individual or organ
ization; tolerant of Others rights, views and
opinions; print only news that will elevate
and not contaminate the reader; never COM
promise with principle.