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Evening star., 1938-05-15
HOUSE D. c. BILLS
WILL BE RUSHED
District Committee Session
Wednesday May Be Last
Before Adjournment,

Chairman Palmisano of the House
District Committee announced yester-
day he would attempt to move to
the House calendar this week all
proposed local legislation on which
he expects action at the present session
of Congress.
The committee meeting Wednes-
day." he said, probably will be the
last one Of the session"
There are two bills Mr.. Palmisano
is particularly anxious for the COM
mittee to report. One is his own
measure designed to establish fair
trade practices" in the District. The
other would tighten the existing mar
cotic control law.
Hearings have been held on both
measures but reports have not vet
been filed with the full committee by
the Judiciary Subcommittee.
Action also may be taken Wednes-
day on two other iong-pending bills.
One OF these. which the Commits
sioners proposed, is intended to mod
ernize the zoning law. The other
would improve the working conditions
OF guards in District penal institutions
and increase by Is per cent the salary
Of all those now receiving less than
$4,000 a year.
Mr.. Palmisano is confident that
Congress. in the closing days of the
present session. will pay little atten-
ton to District legislation. For that
reason, he wants all the important
legislation pending in the committee
to be placed on the calendar in time
for consideration on the next "Dis-
trict day." May %.
There are two bills which have been
on the calendar for some time, how
ever, which Chairman Palmisano pro-
poses to let die with the session. The
most important one would establish
5-day, 60-hour week in the Fire De-
partment. The other would allow
policemen and firemen to retire ct 60
after IS years Of service.
Evening star., 1938-05-15
Gettysburg Guns Will Roar
n gain on 18th Anniversary
Roosevelt Expected to Talk in Program
Starting June 20 Treasury MINIS
SpeciaI Half Dollar.

Pennsylvania State Senator John s.
Rice, who is chairman. Other men,
bers include DR.. Henry w. A. Hanson.
Adjt. Gen. Frederick B. Kerr, Col.
Victor c. Mather, William S. Mclean.
Gerald P. O'Neill. William A. Schnader
and Gen. Edward c. Shannon.
The Federal commission co-operat-
ing with the State commission in
cludes Secretary of War Woodring,
Gov. Hugh L. White of Mississippi,
Senator Guffey. Democrat, Of Pennsyl-
vania; Representative Haines, Demo-
crat, of Pennsylvania and Representa-
tive Jones, Democrat. Of Texas. The
executive secretary for the State
commission Is Paul L. Roy.
Evening star., 1938-05-15
RAIN CANCELS SHOW
Annual Children's Festival Circus
at Central High Cancelled.

The fourth annual Children's Festi-
val Circus was washed completely of
the calendar by yesterdays inclement
weather. Community, Center Depart
ment officials decided at 1880 pm.
that the rain was not going to let up.
and announced the cancellation over
the radio.
The steady downpour also forced
the circus for colored schools, sched-
uled to be held in Walker Memorial
Stadium at Dunbar High School, to
move into the high school auditorium
at First and N streets NV.
Some 1000 children were to have
participated in the Ohildren's Festival
Circus at Central High School Stadium.
Evening star., 1938-05-15
- Garden Club Talk Set.

ARLINGTON, Va, May II (Spe-
ciaD Native Flowers and Their
Place in American Gardens will be
discussed by Ivan A. Anderson. local
landscape gardener. at the Neighbor-
hood Garden Club meeting at the
home Of Mrs. A. w. Cathcart, $500
North Carlyn Spring drive. Monday,
3 pm.
Evening star., 1938-05-15
WOMAN IS ROBBED
Struck in Face With Beer Bottle

Struck in Face With Beer Bottle
by Youth-Loses Purse.
Struck in the face with . beer bot
tie. Mrs. Edith Pirors, 10, Of ALA N
street NV, was robbed Of her purse.
containing q small amount Of change.
by a young colored man who attacked
her near her home last night.
Two other colored men, one armed,
held up and robbed Arlie 4. Kisser,
l412 Massachusetts, avenue NV, while
he was walking near his home. He
told police they obtained about q.
Evening star., 1938-05-15
HENLE is ELECTED

correspondent N q m d Active
Member of Gridiron Club.
Raymond z. Henle Of the Paul Block
newspapers yesterday was elected
unanimously an active member of the
Gridiron Club.
Mr.. Henle HIS oeen in Washington
a. . correspondent for q number Of
years. Tho meeting Of the club yes
terday was the last until next October.
Evening star., 1938-05-15
PLANNERS HOPE
TO TURN GROWTH
OF CAPITAL EAST
JudiCious Measures Seen
Overcoming the Present
Unbalanced Trend.
BIG TRACTS ACQUIRED
FOR RECREATIONAL USE
Proposals Now in Making to Be
Submitted to Commission
Meeting on May q.

This is the third of series OF
Sunday articles dealing NTH a more
balanced development for the No
tional Capital. The nert article
,pill appear In merit Sundays Star.)
The Washington times., 1938-12-14
Former Wife of
Kresge Sails
For Paris

NEW YORK, Dec. IA G.N.S0.
Princes Doris Farid-Es4Sultaneh-
born Doris Mercer of Pittsburgh
is sailing for her Paris home to-
day minus a $4,000 diamond ring,
which she claims she lost on a
shopping trip.
The thrice married princess was
once the wife of Sebastien S.
Kresge, the dime chain store mag
nate. Her last husband was
Prince Farid of Persia, cousin Of
the Aga Khan.
She told police she had been
carrying the ring in small change
purse, and might have mislaid the
ring in store or left it in one
of several taxicabs. The ring, she
said, was IA carat and contained
a large diamond with a platinum
setting.
Prince Farid and the Princess
were divorced mysteriously in
1895. She previously was divorced
from Kresge after a reported
So 100000 settlement had been
made on her. And before that
she was divorced from Percy D.
Harden, a. magazine publisher.
She was the daughter of Pitts
burgh police captain.
The Washington times., 1938-12-14
DEWEY INDICTS
SIX POLITICIANS

NEW YORK, Dec. IA per.
Sistent report that District At
torney Thomas E. Dewey has in
dictments against six prominent
State politicians and office holders
today followed the prosecutors
return from three weeks vaca-
ton in Bermuda.
Dewey would neither affirm nor
deny the report. Indictments
against some of the men men,
toned in the reports would result
in a sensation because of their
prominence in public life.
1t was learned from outside
sources that Dewey's investigators
have probed the activities of a
number of politicians as an after
math of the indictment of Charles
A. Harnett, who resigned as COM
missioner of motor vehicles after
Dewey made public an indictment
last month.
The Washington times., 1938-12-14
WATER STRIKE
DEF|ES UNIONS

ST. LOUIS, &c. IA QNS).-A
normal water supply of 10000
900 gallons was pumped into st.
Louis homes today by emergency
crews at three of the four pump
ing stations of the city waterworks
where 80 union engineers went on
strike.
The strike resulted from a juris-
dictional dispute between two
American Federation of Labor
unions concerning workers en-
ployed at the pumping stations.
The unions involved are the Inter
national Union of Operating En-
gineerS, Local No. 2. and the Inter
national Brotherhood of Firemen
and oilers, Local No. s.
The strike continued in the face
of an order from John PoSsehl.
president of the international
union, to return to work.
The Washington times., 1938-12-14
MONOPOLY QUIZ
MAY ALTER U, S.
PATENT POLICY
Policing Of Corporation
Holdings Proposed
BY ROBERT HUMPHREYS

By ROBERT HUMPHREYS
U.N.S0 Possibility that Con-
gress may be asked to empower
the Government to police patent
holdings of corporations de-
Veloped today as the joint anti
monopoly committee prepared to
continue its inquiry into the pat
ent policies of the glass container
industry.
The committee chairman, Sen
ator O'Mahoney CD of wyoming,
declared evidence gathered SO far
had raised the question "as to
what extent it is beneficial to the
public to allow a corporation or
group to obtain control, through
patents, over whole industry"
1T suggests to my mind the
desirability of cons dering
whether any regulation should
be developed to supervise group
patenting," he declared.
LEGAL MONOPOLY
A patent is legal monopoly
guaranteed inventors under the
Constitution, OMahoney asserted,
adding, however, that under the
modern practice Of inventors "as-
signing" their rights to corpora
tions, patents, in effect, are going
to corporations although they are
taken out in the name of individ-
uals to comply with the law.
The result, he said, is group
activities that exist only by vir-
ture of a Government grant"
The wisdom of allowing this
to continue without governmental
regulation is the question which
the committee faces, O'Mahoney
emphasized.
Regarding testimony intended
to show that a single corporation,
the Hartford Empire. of Hartford,
Conn.,, has obtained a virtual pat
ent monopoly in the glass con-
tainer machinery field, O'Mahoney
said:
while there is no question Of
moral turpitude involved, the
evidence clearly shows that Hart
ford Empire has secured DONNA
ton for period stretched from
1910 down to the present time
and in the case Of some pat
ents, extended them to 1854
by obtaining control of basic
patents"
The Washington times., 1938-12-14

More than 400 dozen eggs re-
Gently were shipped to Washing
ton via air mail in two tiny pill
boxes, it was learned today from
the National Geographic Society.
The eggs were shipped from Or
lando, Fla, and are now develop
ing into a fine, healthy brood of
mosquitoes.
Officials at the Geographic So
ciety's headquarters said the ship
ment was just another piece Of
mail" no stranger than such ship
ments as bird-skins from Brazil,
gold nuggets from Australia, head
hunters knives from Borneo, seal
skin pants from Greenland, and
hundred-Elillion-year-old dinoSaur
bones from wyoming.
The eggs are those of the harm
less Southern house mosquito,
since trafficking in the eggs Of
The Washington times., 1938-12-14

malaria and yellow fever moSqui-
toes is not permitted. They are
now under the eyes of HaShime
Murayama, staff artist of the so
ciety, for insect studies and draw
ings he is making.
When the pill boxes were opened
In the society's administration
building, the eggs were found in
perfect condition, lying in a nest
of damp gauze. They we're in
"rafts" or "clumps" of from one
to 400 eggs. Each raft" was
about the size of a grain of wheat.
Taking precaution not to put
all of his eggs in one basket" "
Murayama put part of the ship
ment in tap-water, part in melted
snow, and part in distilled water.
Those in the melted snow have
progressed most rapidly during the
past two weeks. The squirming
little fellows have been fed regu-
The Washington times., 1938-12-14
Harry Miller Heads
Bethesda Hiqh Alumni

Harry Miller was elected presi-
dent of the new Bethesda Chevy
chase Alumni Association at a
recent organization meeting.
Plans also were discussed at the
meeting for a Christmas dance on
December % at Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School.
Other officers elected were j..
w. Lowe Sd, first vice president;
Bud Carlson, second vice presi-
dent; Miss Christine Hurley, re-
cording secretary; Miss Joan
Doyle, corresponding secretary;
Jack Stoddard, treasurer, and R.
o. Stiyers publicity chairman.
The Washington times., 1938-12-14
Pre-NuptiaI
Blood Test
Studied

Members of the Social Hy.
giene Society of Washington
are divided over the question
of whether blood tests should
be given to couples before
they are married.
Some of the group, 1t was
learned today, believe the
tests for venereal disease
should pc instituted in the
District.
To help settle the problem,
1t was decided at a meeting
of the organization. a study
will be made of the results Of
pre-nuptlal inspection laws
in eight States. Miss Ida
Usilton, Public Health Serv-
ice StatiStician, has been
named 20 report on the find
ings to the hygiene society.
The Washington times., 1938-12-14
Concert Tomorrow
By Catholic u. GIee

The annual Christmas concert
of the Glee Club of Catholic Uni
versity will be held tomorrow
night in Mcmahon Hall, on the
university campus. Louie Ryan
McNerny, of Washington, will ap,
pear as guest artist, and DR.. Leo
Behrendt, of the university fac
ultY. will be conductor.
The Washington times., 1938-12-14
4,800 Eggs Buzz Here by Air Mail
But Progeny Will Be Harmless Kind of Mosquito

larry on yeast. The more preco-
cious of the "wigglers" have taken
another step and are now pupae,
and in day or so viii SHUTTLE off
the pupa cases and fly away-as
far as their gauze enclosure per-
mits-as full.fledged mosquitoes.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Legal Notices

a, M, 10 answer said petition for the con
demnatlon of said lands and TO make claim
for the compensation to which they deem
themselves entitled. PROVIDED, HOW
EVER, AND 1T Is FURTHER ORDERED
that a copy of this order of citation be
published once a week for three consec-
uttve weeks in the Washington Post and
the Washington Times, newspapers of gen.
eral circulation published in the District
of Columbia, and also once week for
three consecutive weeks in the Washing
ton Law Reporter the first of eaid pub
lCatiOns 10 be not later than the 22nd
day of August. 1888. And 1T Is FUR
TIER ORDERED that a copy of this
order of citation he served before the
return day hereof by the United States
Marshal for the District of Columbia. or
his deputies, upon each of the persons
named herein who Is, so far as ascer-
talnahle by reasonable inquiry, residing
or soIourning within the District of Co.
lumba or can he found by said Marshal
or his deputies within said District. AND
IT is FURTHER ORDERED that a copy
of this order of citation be mailed post
paid TO each of the persons shown by
SAID petition TO bc. and hereinbefore des-
lgnated as. non-residents of the District
of Columbia. such copy to be addressed
10 the last known place of residence of
such persons. F. DICKINSON LET'S,
Justice tSeal ) A true cory. Test: :
CHARLES f. STEWART, Clerk. By R.
PAGE BEIEW, Asst. Clerk.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

Ready to move in furnished. rms.
kitchen. bath. Parking space. See these
before deciding. One of the best locap
tions in the city at Rock Creek Park.
near Taft Bridge. 2410 Goth St. N. W.
Resident manager.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Auction Sales
A. c. ROLFE & CO., Auctioneers

Notice is nereby given that there will he
sold for unpaid storage and other lawful
charges at public auction, on FRIDAY
AUGUST 26TH. 1888, AT A M. OH
the premises of Acme Moving Storage
Co., Inc. 461S 14th st. n. W. furniture
and personal effects stored in the following
Lot No. PASS, Mr. ]. Andestad Lot No.
2740. Mrs. E. ]. Brown: Lot No. 2641,
Mr.. J. L. Gibbs; Lot No. 1921. Mr.. j.
J. Mallen: Lot No 2715. Miss .Ernestine
By order of the Acme Moving & Storage
Co. Inc.
1
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

Confined g Nest PassI
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Apartments

BELMONT ST. N. W, 1454-Unusual; !;
discriminating adults; light housekeeping.
in lovely old home; 2 or airy rooms.
bath. porch fireplaces. stove, refrig.
View over city. AID. 1867.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30

dicted it, fearing if she told the
truth some one might put her in
an old ladies' home, an institu-
ton she detested. She trusted her
relatives would pardon her and
that the old trunk would be kept
for her sake; that it might prove
a magic casket to the owner, just
as it had to her.
The trunk was left with Maize,
as she was the only person who
displayed the least desire to pos
sess it. After everyone had de-
parted she threw her arms around
her husbands neck and cried,
ooh, Bert, can you ever forgive
me?" Judging by the sigh of con-
tentment she uttered Bert's an
swer was satisfactory.
Aunt libby was right; the trunk
did prove a magic casket for Ma
zie. It stood in the upstairs hall
where she had to pass it many
times a day and whenever she
was seized with envy, stubborn
ness or a desire for finery she
could not afford, one glance at
the old trunk was sufficient to dis
pei such feelings in twinkling.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30

the upper right of this sketch
shows how to make paper pat
tern for the hat. Cut square
piece of paper 1a-inch wider and
deeper than half the head meas
urement. Mark point A on the
right edge half way between the
top and bottom as shown. Points
B and C are marked at the center
top and bottom of the paper. The
dotted lines are guide lines to help
shape the curved lines between A
and B and C and D. Point D is
the center front of the top of the
hat pattern and is placed on a
fold of the goods in cutting each
of the two layers. The diagonal
line from A to c is the center back
seam line.
Stitch the back seam of both hat
and lining and press it open as at
E. Now, place the two pieces
right sides together and stitch as
at F. Turn right side out, haste
along turned edge and stitch as at
G. Gather the top as at H and
finish with ribbon or a stitched
fabric bow and feather.
NOTE: Use what you have on
hand to make things of real value.
You can save by doing-instead of
doing without. Mrs. Spears
planned Book 2-Gifts,l Novelties
and Embroidery-to help you.
Every page contains complete,
clearly Illustrated directions for
things you can make at almost no
cost. Enclose Is cents and address
Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines ST.,
Chicago, Ill.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
Aunt libby.
Trunk

"R UT, Mazie," remarked Bert
~ Howard to his pretty little
wife, sit isn't quite fair that Aunt
libby should want to come back
SO soon; it's less than three weeks
since she left, and she had been
here six months. I have no OBJ
jections to your aunt; she's a nice
old lady, if a bit eccentric, but
you always work so hard enter
tanning her that you wear yourself
out. Between worrying over her
comfort and fussing about the
safety of that old cowhide trunk,
home becomes a place of torment
for me instead of a haven of rest. !"
And then Maize, whose bobbed
crown of glory was decidedly of
the shade beloved by Titan, and
with temper to correspond,
replied thus: eff you were proper
ly interested in the welfare of
your family you'd want to keep
Aunt libby here all the timel Do
you fancy that she herself would
be so particular about that old
cowhide trunk, as you are pleased
to call it, if it didn't contain valu-
ables? She told memo, I won't
say she exactly told me, but she
gave me to understand, and, I
know all the family have the same
impression-that in it she carries
her stocks and bonds. She has
bequeathed the trunk to the one
in whose home she happens to
die"
"Mazie!" exclaimed Bert, put
ting his arms around his wife,
waiting for dead mems shoes
is sorry business! Do what you
can for your aunt without making
your family unhappy, but put all
such ideas as you've just men
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
RrmcIeart's Washington Digest
Three Times in Row Presidents
Purge Attempts Prove Futile
Roosevelt Unable to Transmit Personal Popularity His
Followers Political Prestige Suffers Irreparable Dam
age; Forced Reagnment Seen Complete Flop.
BY WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Press Bldg, Washington ID. c.

thinkers who surround the Presi-
dent and give him such poor politi-
cal advice.
There will be a condition in the
next congress that will be worthy Of
watching. Surely, no one will ex-
pect Tydings and Smith and George
and Clark of Missouri and six or
eight other senators to 60 out OF
their way to support Roosevelt
program in which they may not
believe. There is the nucleus. There
were already 20 or more senators OF
that mind. With those reelected
after overcoming the "purge," it
seems reasonable to suppose that as
little political credit as possible will
be given to the President.
House members nearly always
keep in close touch with the sena-
tors of their respective states, par
ticularly if they are of the same po-
litical faith. They will take encour-
agement from the forthrightness of
their seniors and, quite naturally,
will be holder and more outspoken.
It will be much more difficult for
Democratic Leader Rayburn to hold
his majority together in the house
of representatives because of this
new-found courage and, in some
cases, resentment.
ALI of which leads into a third
phase. Few Presidents have been
able to withstand bushwhacking
from Capitol Hill. It confronts Mr..
Roosevelt to an unparalleled degree
because of the purge" Thus, fur
Their analysis seems to offer evil
dence, at least a hint, that Mr..
Roosevelt's control of the Demo-
cratic party may be broken. If it
is not now an accomplished fact, I
see no reason to expect that the
President can control the Democrat
ic national convention of 1910. That,
after all, is one of the things at
stake in the Presidents ill-starred
purge" attempts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
--By--
D. }. WALSH
copyrisht-wNu Service.

toned out Of mind; they are UNI
worthy of you'll" and Bert stopped
to kiss his wife good-by.
The first evening of Aunt Tib-
by's arrival Maize began, "Bar-
bara! do sit still! You'll make
Aunt libby nervousl" or "John!
don't walk SO heavy!"
Aunt libby had been with them
several weeks when she came
down with cold. The doctor called
pronounced the trouble pneumo-
MIA. (which at her age" said
he (Aunt libby was 86), sis a
serious matter. You had better
get nurse" Aunt libby had been
so humored by her niece, howev-
er, that the nurse could do little
to suit her, and Maize was obliged
to fetch and carry, to run up and
down stairs until, ten days later,
Aunt libby sank into her last
sleep.
After the funeral the relatives
who had gathered from far and
near demanded that the will be
read at once. So the old cowhide
trunk was brought down to the
living room and opened in the
presence of all. 1t contained I'm
Gle David's army uniform, a few
books, half a dozen packages of
old newspapers-and long let
ter written by Aunt libby herself.
This was addressed to her rela-
tives in general and was sort of
confession. In it she stated that
her income since Uncle David's
death had been limited to a pen
sion of Sc month. That in some
way the story had been circulated
that this old trunk contained valu-
ables and she had never contra
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30

Worthy Spark
Our humanity were poor thing
were it not for the divinity which
stirs within us.-Bacon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
On the HighwdY

It is a curious trait in human
nature that we will take of our
hats when q woman enters an
elevator, and be most apolo-
getic IL we bump into somebody
inadvertently but the instant
we get our hands ON q steering
wheel we damn all mankind
woman and man alike.
Too often, we are inclined to
look upon traffic guides and
regulations as irritating restric-
tions designed primarily to
keep us from having a good
time, when the. truth Of the
matter is, they have been de-
vised solely for our convenience
and comfort. faq
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
TRUCK OWNERS Il
SAVE MONEY TOO.

Truck owners everywhere are reducing their
operating cost by equpping their trucks with
Firestone Convoy Truck Tires - high quality
tire at unusually low prices. Keep your tire
investment low and at the time, cut your cost
per ton mile - equip your truck today with set
of Firestone Convoy Truck Tires - the truck tire
sensation of 1888. Gre '-a 7 p. ''eft