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The Washington times., 1938-05-02
Mrs. Vandenberg, Wife of Senator,
Hostess of Afternoon
BY MARY PADGETT

Mrs. Arthur II. Vandenberg wife of the Senator from
Michigan will be hostess this afternoon at the club tea Of the
Washington branch, American Association of University
Women at o'clock in the clubhouse 1884 st. N. W.
The Valley settler., 1938-10-14

The spruce Grove Homo MGkors'
Club ho6 its regular Meeting on r
Oct. 4, ct the home Of Mrs.
Cd by having with thom Miss Ethel
Mcdonald and Miss J.HoZcl Zirrncr-
man who govo g talk on t he homo
life omon5 different racial groups
in Hawaii. Plcns weradis Gus sed
for organizing q P.T.A. Ill
MEMBERS were ub favor Of this and
such plan Will be carried out
at the next meeting which Will be
held Nov. /, ct the homo Of Mrs.
Lee Marshall. The Home Makers
new program was di scussed
By. Hrs. II. C.B enner, Club Reporter
The Valley settler., 1938-10-14

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The Valley settler., 1938-10-14
CARD OF THANKS

Mrs. Vivian Sornson Beverly and
Mr Harry Philips wish to ext end
thanks to tho many frionds Of tho
Mctanueko Valley and especially
tc the American Legion and Auxil-
larry enc to all those who took
part in tho music and services
Of. our beloved hus band fnthor -
and brother.
Evening star., 1938-05-25

story out of the idea, and she remem-
bered reading it. She stood with her
back to the wall, fattened out against
1t, which pose was actually for sup
port rather than for the dramatic pos
sibilities one might have expected her
to be suggesting. For Livia was an
actress.
1.-THE point is just here" In
spector Ranner had begun and
stopped abruptly, darting a quick,
curious look in her direction. In this
moment her hstrionic accomplish
ments proved valuable, for she con-
jured a faint, sad smile. She Won
dered If her face was as white as she
felt it must be- She wondered If the
barely perceptible trembling Of her
hands had been discerned by the mild
hammered policeman.
Dwarfing all this was the sound of
those hated words. 1t was like a
death knell. She tried to remember
whether the newspapers had said the
man employed the phrase only when
he was absolutely positive Of the
facts. sort of summing up. She
was afraid the newspapers had said
it. And that meant-he knew she had
killed her husband.
INSPECTOR RANNY turned his
i eyes away from her and said some
thing to one Of the men who had
come in with him. The man nodded
and went out. Then Ranny walked
over to the window, opened 1t and
looked down. A sort of horrible cold
wave passed through her body. She
could see even more plainly than he
the sight that greeted his eyes-the
hideously crumpled and broken form
Of Albert, lying in heap four stories
below.
Ranny turned away from the win
dow. Deliberately he crossed to the
desk in the center of the room. 1t
was a paper Uttered desk, containing
q typewriter. 1t was the desk where
Albert had sat and written his plays.
He had sat there and created the
play that had borne her to stardom.
Stardom and the meeting with DASH
Ing young Earl Ystes, her leading
man-her lover.
Inspector Ranny picked up the sheet
Of paper that moment before he had
placed on the corner of the desk and
spread 1t out in his hands. He
cleared his throat. She wanted to
scream at him. She wanted to snatch
Evening star., 1938-05-25
THE FATAL MISTAKE

the paper out OF
his hands and ding
the pieces hyster-
ically into his face.
She couldn't listen
to those words
again. Yet she was
compelled to.
mo one nee d
know why I am do
ing this. Sumce It
to say I will be
happier dead than
alive My body
will be found on
the ground below
the north window
Of my studio =.
four stories -"
It sounded like
Albert. She had
made it sound like
Albert. She had
thought h S e II
very clever
The man UhOn1
Evening star., 1938-05-25
Broin TwizzIers
BY PROF. ]. d. FLINT.

ZONE all ye mystery-solvers, de-
~ tectives and cryptogramists. We
have a mighty problem to work over.
This is the coded message. "YTR UP
APP AUWZ ETX ODD MTTS WY
AT LTWZ AT APP GUS TO APZUx
BQzAI" Looks simple, doesn't it? As
q matter of fact it is sentence which
you surely have heard or used at one
time or another. It is more or less
stock phrase with organizers, club
speech-makers and particularly poll
Evening star., 1938-05-25
By Carlton James.

Inspector Ranny had sent out came
back and whispered something in his
chiefs ear.
Fifty thousand dollars!" she heard
Ranny calculate. "Insurance?"
Livia pressed even closer to the
wall. The fools! That wasn't it. That
wasn't the reason she had killed him.
She had plenty Of money. Earl had
more This proved what fools
they were. 1t proved she was right.
Evening star., 1938-05-25

ticians. II you have q pet way Of
solving cryptograms, 60 to it. How
ever, II you have never solved one
before you can have just ~ much fun
and you'll not find 1t impossible Of
solution.
(Answer on Page B-16)
Copyright. 1881
Evening star., 1938-05-25
MEN gain noto-
~ riefV for curl.

MEN gain noto-
ava riety for curl
GUS things. With
Police Inspec t o r
Isaac Ranny it was
an EXPIRE S S l o n.
"The point is just
here" he would
prefix q sentence.
and what followed
would usually be so
astounding in its
revelation t n q t
people of criminal
propensities came
to dread the sound
Of those words. To
the underworld In
spector Ranny be-
came known by
that phrase. 1t
marked him.
Livia B erg e n
knew this. The
papers had made
n human . interest
Evening star., 1938-05-25

thing detached, waiting with q curious
sort of amusement for Inspector Ran
ny to begin his sentence.
Now he was ready. He was coming
across the room toward her. looking
very sober, but harmless, almost apollo
getic. That was what warned her.
Men didn't look apologetic unless they
had q painful duty to perform.
She knew ages and ages before he
started to speak that whatever he
said would be prefixed by the phrase
that had come to distinguish him
among other men of his calling.
THE point Is Just here, Mrs. Ber-
gen, you told us nothing in the room
had been disturbed. II your husband
had committed suicide he couldn't
have returned, after killing himself,
to close the window through which
he had jumped, now could" In
spector Ranny reached out to catch
the slowly crumbling form.
(copyright. 1889
Evening star., 1938-05-25

B. IA napkin need not be served
TO each guest at q cocktail party. II
you wish you may place a stack Of
linen napkins on the table or buffet
for those guests who may have need
for them. A supply Of paper napkins
may be held in reserve in case the
supply Of linen napkins becomes ex-
hausted.
Send a return envelope for the
leaflet, Manners ut Table"
Evening star., 1938-05-25
PIT. A. HEAD REELECTED

Mrs. William j. Plemmons has been
reelected president of the Anacostia
Junior-Senior High School Parent
Teacher Association, 1t was announced
yesterday.
Other officers chosen include Louis
J. Gelbman, first vice president; Adel-
bert w. Lee, second vice president;
John Paul Collins, third vice president;
Miss E. Richardson, recording secre-
tary; Miss q. King, corresponding
secretary, and Mrs. George Main.
treasurer,
Evening star., 1938-05-25
Plans Giant Ocean Plane.

Aircraft Designer Glenn L. Martin
has on his boards the plans for q
118,000-pound ocean transport which
will carry 100 passengers and sleep 66.
That's about the same percentage as
sleep on q railway train.
Evening star., 1938-05-25

The United States Embassy in Rio
de Janeiro is located on Avenida
PreSidente Wilson.
Evening star., 1938-05-25

She had been able to outsmart them.
She was clever. More clever than the
police Yet, If they proved she
had killed him, what difference did
the motive make? How could
they prove it7 It was silly, this sense
Of dread and horror that that stupid
phrase had conjured. What could he
know. She had thought Of everything
The note had been typed on Al
bert,s machine. How could they guess
the manner she had lured him to the
window and then fallen against him?
The fools! They must know she had
not the strength to lift q big man
like Albert to carry him all the
way across the room. =.
4 4 4 \
INSPECTOR RANNY cleared his
throat again. She seemed to stop
breathing. There was no longer q
trembling in her limbs. There was no
movement or sign OF life about her at
all. Life had flowed out Of her. leav-
ing only the shell that was her body
leaning there against the wall She
her being, her personality-was some
Evening star., 1938-05-25

Antseptic surgery was introduced
by Lister in 1865.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-11-04
)LD.AGE INSURANCE CERTIFIED
FOR PAYMENT

In the State of Maryland, 81
claims, amounting to $17,824.26,
we're certified for payment during
September. The average amount of
he payment in the State for Sep
ember was 1871. This statement
was issued today by Mr.. Luther
Becker, Field Manager Of the Balti-
more Office of the Social Security
Board. The total number of claims
certified for payment to citizens Of
this state from January /, 1887,
when old-age insurance provisions
of the Social Security Act went into
effect) up to the first day of OctO-
Der 1888 is 3,494; and $136,268.81
represents the cash payment of old
age insurance benefits in this State,
for the first 81 months of the old
age insurance system.
Attention was called to the fact
that old-age insurance payments are
made regardless of need. A worker
who has been paid wages in some
Industrial or commercial job since
the old-age insurance system went
into operation and who has attained
the age of 65 since January 1, 1887,
is entitled to one lump-sum payment
If old-age insurance. That payment
will amount to 8 " percent Of wages
received, during the time, from
Job that is covered by the law. Re-
latives Cor estate) Of worker, who
was employed after 1886 in a job
covered by the old-age insurance
law and who died before receiving
benefits, is entitled to lump-sum
payment amounting to 3h percent
of the taxable wages received by the
deceased worker.
A total of 216,56S claims, amount
to $S,539,739.44, were certified for
payment in the United States be-
tween January /, 1887, and Octo-
Der 1, 1888.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-11-04
OLD AGE INSURANCE

@. I am the owner of a filling
station and employ three MEN most
of the time. Not long ago. one
my young employees Was killed III
an automobile accident. My book
show that during 1887 and 1913 ]
paid this young man $1,000. l sent
in the tax money that we both had
to pay to the Government en- mis-
wage earnings, taking out Of his
wages the one percent that employ
ees have to pay. Now. Is there any
way that his wife can get back the
money that he paid into the old-age
insurance fund?
A. The Social Security Act pro-
vides for death payment OF old-age
insurance to a near (or estate) of
an insured worker who dies before
receiving benefits which hive accru-
ed to his old-age insurance account.
If this young man was paid $1,000
in wages during the time that his
job was covered by old-age insur-
ance provisions, his death benefit
will be 31s percent of $1,000, which
is SIS. This is not a return of the
tax money the employee paid. How
ever, the death benefit, in this in
stance amounts to 3h times the
amount of the wage tax paid by the
young man. The widow may secure
from the Social Security Board Of
flee the forms to be used in filing
claims, and she will be given assist
ance free of charge in filling out
the forms, If such help is requested.
@. have been working under
old-age insurance provisions ever
since the Social Security Act be-
came effective. Recently / applied
for life insurance policy, and was
refused. Will that kind Of record
prevent me from obtaining my old
age insurance benefits when reach
SIS?
A. No. You will be entitled to
old-age insurance benefits, based on
the wages you receive In covered
employment from the first of Janu-
airy 1887 until you reach age IS.
In case Of your death before age s.,
your estate or relatives will receive
3h percent Of those wages in a
lump-sum payment.
@. l am II years old and work
as a clerk in my fathers grocery
store. Should / have a SOCIAL secur-
ity account number, and should
he deduct one percent of my
wages and pay tax on my wages for
old-age insurance as he does for his
other employees?
A. Yes. The fact that you are
employed by your father does not
exclude you from coverage under
the old-age insurance provisions of
the Social Security Act. You should
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-11-04
KILL THE CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT

When you mark your ballot on
November Sth, be sure to place your
K mark in the space to the right OF
Against Constitutional Amend
ment'' and thereby help to prevent
the legalizing Of lotteries II the
State.
The Constitution of Maryland pro-
vides that mo lottery grants shall
ever hereafter be authorized by the
General Assembly"
The General Assembly in January,
1895, passed an act proposing an
amendment repeating this section OF
the constitution, and by voting
against the proposed amendment you
will be helping to defeat the attempt
being made to legalize lotteries in
the State.
A legalized lottery is legalized
gambling. Therefore, the most fund
amental argument to be found
against gambling in all forms.
The drive to legalize lotteries us
on both in state Legislatures and the
national Congress.
The time to stop the lottery drive
i'm Maryland Is November 9Th. Let
the people speak on November Sth,
with an overwhelming defeat of this
amendment!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-11-04
THE OYsTER-THE TRUE SYM.
Boil OF GOOD EATING
DR.. Lewis Radcliffe, Director
The Oyster Institute of N. America
Washington, d. G

The first settlers to arrive on our
shores were much impressed by the
great abundance, the large size and
the excellence of quality of our east
ern oyster Along the coasts of Maine
there have been discovered humid
reds of Indian shell heaps or kit
chen middens." The largest and
most unique of these are located at
the mouth of the Damariscotta Riv-
er. These are built exclusively of
oyster shells, rather than the COM
mon clam and cover many acres of
land to depths of as much as twenty
feet. Oyster shells in such incom-
prehensible numbers represent cen
turtles of accumulation. Early esti-
mates as to the quantities of shells
present ranged IS high as nearly
As, 200, 900 feet However detailed
survey made by Richard p. Gold
thwait in 1892 indicated about 1884,
900 cubic feet representing about
$40, 900, 900 individual shells, or a
consumption of 170,000,0O0 oyster
by the Indians. Translating these
figures into more comprehensive
language, If each of 100 Indians
living in this area had eaten 10 oys-
ters per day for ITO days of each
year, it would have required 1000
years to have consumed the oysters
represented in the shell heaps in this
region covering about fourteen acres
of ground.
l have often wondered as to the
reasons for the popularity of oys-
tiers, especially among primitive
people. Was it due to their fine sea
tang or because of some unknown
factor satisfying some body need?
For example, cod-liver oil has been
administered for generations as an
important factor in keeping we'll
Most of us. took it, not Deca use We
enjoyed the taste but as necessary
for good health. And yet, it was
not until about 1913 with the dis
covery of vitamin A, that we began
to understand that the value of fish
oils rested on their richness in
vitamins.
"This instructive urge of eating
shellfish" writes H. j. Boekelman,
sis not singular to man; it has been
reported from among other prim-
ates, the chimpanzees for example,
which periodically make trips to the
coast for this purpose. Foxes, too
are known to eat mollusks and
many birds do the same as well as
fishes and other animals" She'll
heaps have been reported from al
most every country of the world.
Can it be that some factor such as
the oysters richness in minerals and
vitamins was responsible for the
"instinctive urge" that leads people
in every part of the world to gather
along the coast for the purpose of
feasting on shellfish? (This is con
tinuation of the series of articles on
"Oysters-The True Symbol of Good
Eating~
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-11-04
VOTE FOR THE FORTY-EIGHT
HOUR MARRIAGE LAW
On the ballot to be voted on No
vember 9Th will be found.
Referendum


vember Sth will be found.
Referendum
An Act to appeal and reenact
with amendments Section OF
Article 81 of the annotated
Code of Maryland (1929 Edi-
tion) title Marriages" to fix
the time within which marri-
age licenses may be issued, the
purpose being to require for
ty-eight hour warting period
between the application for
marriage license and the per-
Torrance of the ceremony.
Benath this will appear in their
respective spaces "For the Referred
Law" and Against the Referred
Amendment" you are urged to place
your x mark in the space to the
right of "For the Referred
Law" and thereby vote to kill
the vicious quick marriage law that
has brought nationwide disrepute
to our State.
The law covered by the REFER
endum was passed in the January
1897 session of the General Assem-
bly,. By it's provisions, the existing
law is amended so that persons ;.p-
plying for marriage license are re-
uuired to wait forty-eight hours be-
fore the license is issued. In excep-
tional cases, the judge OF proper
court may order the license deliver
ed sooner. Thus emergencies may
be cared for without working hard
ship.
The law was supposed to have
gone into operation June 1, 1887.
However, small group of financial
ly interested people secured a petit
ton calling for referendum, which
automatically places the issue before
the voters in the coming election,
November 9Th, according to the con-
stitution of Maryland.
>The proposed law is intended to
Z rid Maryland of conditions that have
become notorious in the nation. Since
there is a nationwide movement to-
wards stricter marriage laws, the
laxity of Maryland's law has become
more and more obvious. The Dis
trict of Columbia, New Jersey, New
York, Delware, Pennsylvania, IL
linois and Indiana Through new
interpretations of existing law and
other states have adopted within
recent years stricter marriage laws
This law is by no means as strict
as those passed by some of the other
states.
Ceremonies of the type performed
in centers where the abuses OF pre-
sent law are most fragrant are follow
ed by an exceptionally high percent
age of divorces.
Civic opinion is singularly I'M
animous in opposing the present
state of affairs. Catholic, Protestant
and Jew are united on this matter
With the tightening Of restric-
lions by neighboring states, Mary
land is fast becoming a dumping
ground for undesirable marriages.
The forty-eight hour delay will
certainly discourage runaway
marriages, which are common under
the present lax law.
The proposed law provides plenty
OF leeway in cases where applicants
for marriage are entitled to special
consideration. No hardship will be
worked ON legitimate applicants who
face an emergency.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-11-04

have an account number and your
father, as employer, should report
your wages every three months along
with the wages he reports for his
other employees.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-11-04

No cord or cable can draw so fore
IDLY. or bind so fast, as love can do
with only single thread.--Lord
Bacon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-11-04

Don't condmn man for beating
a wife until you ascertain wheth-
er he used a club or pack of cards
in the operation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-11-04

Americanism: Being Mortified by
the abuse OF prisoners in some other
section: making NO efforts to learn
how they fsre in our neighborhood.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-11-04
Our Own Standards

Prosperity or depression? En-.
ployment or unemployment? Lines
Of men in industry or lines of men
at breadlines?
What makes job for man or an
industry? A demand from person
or group ready, able and willing to
buy-in short, market.
The United States is the best mar
ket-for here is the highest wage
scale, the highest standard of living
in the entire world.
But American industries are not
selling all they can to this richest
market because the degraded condi-
lions of workers in other parts OF
the world can produce more cheaply.
When we buy a dinner plate made
in the Orient we may be keeping an
American potterer away from his
bench; when we buy copper mined
by a 50-cents a day native in equa-
torial Africa we are keeping an
American copper miner away from
his work; when we buy paper made
abroad we are keeping American
lumbermen and papermakers away
from their trade.
When we allow cheap materials to
come into this country, we are tend
ing to lower our own wage rate and
our own standard Of living-and in
so doing we are lessening our own
market, which is composed of the
wages of our workers. Our methods
of economy and values cannot be
deserted and left to the within of
foreign exporters.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-11-04

Many an innocent man is con-
Aemnsd ITO serve on Jury.