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Evening star., 1938-07-21
Rain.

The sun shines hot on yellowing corn
fields,
Even at night the grass no moisture
yields,
The air. oppressive as grim Pluto's
breath,
Condemns all nature to untimely death,
Dries mountain spring and pool and
forest rill,
Till earth seems laid on Satanic grill.
And then-from heaven above, on field
and plain,
Uplifting flowers, revving the parched
grain,
Pouring in rivulets adown my pane.
The raini. The raini
GERTRUDE BROOKE HAMILTON.
Evening star., 1938-07-21
Health and Poverty.

DR.. Morris Fishbein Of Chicago, the
able editor of the journal of the Ameri-
can Medical Association, seems to have
been set up in the eyes of the public
as the spokesman for organized medi-
cine.
AS such he gives eloquent expression
to viewpoints which to many seem
reactionary and obstructive. Just how
far DR.. Fishbein actually is the official
spokesman of the association it is diff
cult to determine, for he most assuredly
does not express the opinions of thou
sands of his fellow members.
But some of his comments are not
lightly to be dismissed. At the National
Health Conference, which closed here
yesterday, he denied bluntly that medi-
cal care was as so many other speakers
had declared the most important prob
lem before the American public. The
prime needs, he said, were for food,
shelter, clothing and fuel. If these
were taken care of, he insisted, the
problem of medical attention would take
care of itself.
Probably few doctors even are quite
so optimistic about this as DR.. Fshbein.
1t is point however, very likely to
be lost sight of when people get into
an evangelical spirit. Overlooking it is
likely to lead to grave fallacies.
1t is true that a recent Public Health
Service survey showed shocking condi-
tions of i'll health and medical neglect
among the poor in all parts of the
country. They could not afford to pay
doctors They did not fall in the class
which receives medical attention as q
matter of charity. Perhaps the impress
sion was conveyed that because they
were sick they were poor, without ade-
quate emphasis on the equally apparent
fact that because they were poor, and
hence unable to live in healthy sur
roundings on adequate diets, they were
sick.
1t works both ways. A man who is
sick is under tremendous handicap
IN earning living. A man who cannot
earn an adequate living has greatly in
creased chances of broken health, which
will make his position still more pre-
carious.
The problem of the Nations health
cannot be considered from the view
point of medicine alone
One delegate yesterday told a story
of large appropriation by charitable
foundation to give good medical service
to blighted district in large Amer
lean city. Doctors were hired, nurses
were hired, medical supplies were pur-
chased The hired doctors and nurses
worked like slaves. They made hardly
a dent in the sickness record, for the
reasor-as somebody belatedly dis
covered-that there was not single
bath tub in the district
This story may be apochryphal, but
it illustrates DR.. Nshbein's point. Man
does not live by pills alone. The i'll
effects of hunger and filth cannot simply
be swept under the doctors bed and
the house of American welfare called
clean.
Whatever part is played in the
future by cooperative and Government
medicine-and there is every indication
that 1t will be an increasingly large
part-it cannot be considered inde-
pendent of all the other factors which
undermine the physical and mental
health Of the American people.
Evening star., 1938-07-21
A Booklet on Swimming.

Vacation time is here. Cool mountain
lakes are beckoning, inviting crystal pools
await you along the broad highways; east
and west, hundreds of miles of sandy
beaches are calling thousands to relaxa-
tion and play. The booklet on SWIM
MING offered by this bureau is a COM
plete and authoritative self-instructor.
1t contains information on swimming,
diving, life-saving and artificial respira-
ton. Diagrams show detail of various
swimming strokes and rescue holds. 1t
should be in every vacation handbag.
Order your copy now. Ten cents post
paid.
Evening star., 1938-07-21
PermanancieS.

A circus you will always find
Though old names fade away.
New ones will flash across your mind
With meaning ever gay.
The hippopotamus will yawn
The elephant will smile
And say, the show, till we have e. he,
Will linger on in style.
Evening star., 1938-07-21
Fairfax County Commuters
Ask Improved Transportation.

THE members of the recently organized
Fairfax Commuters League wish to
present to the Washington public and its
lnstrumentalities, through the metropol-
itan press, their urgent desire that the
suburban transportation into Washing
ton from Fairfax County shall be i'm
proved. In particular, we urge that the
cars (buses) Of the Arlington e. Fairfax
Auto Railroad Co. shall be given the
right to operate over the streets of Wash
ington. delivering the passengers, with
out change, to their proper destinations.
At present the facilities for the transfer
Of passengers of this line arriving at
Rosslyn are entirely unsatisfactory It
Is common occurrence for passengers
arriving at RosSlyn from Virginia to be
required to wait 10 to IS minutes for
street cars proceeding to their destina-
ton in Washington. Passengers travel
ing from the city to Fairfax County fire.
quently fail to make connections from
the street cars to the auto railers and
have to lose an hour in Rosslyn Were
the buses permitted to operate from
downtown Washington this transfer in
convenience would be entirely eliminated
and big step taken in the direction of
better transportation for the commuters
of Fairfax County.
It is our opinion that this would also
contribute to the general welfare by the
reduction OF traffic congestion upon the
streets, since we are assured by MANY
persons now committing by private auto
mobiles that they will use the company
facilities when the company is able to
properly handle their traffic. Particu-
larly, we believe that this will consider
ably reduce the traffic congestion on M
street in Georgetown, while increasing
the number Of people passing through
the business section of GEORGETOWN. We
foreSee a considerable increase of busi-
ness for the Georgetown stores as a re-
suit OF this arrangement. The use of the
streets of Washington by the Arlington
& Fairfax Auto Railroad Co. will in no
way interfere with traffic on the present
street railway lines of Washington, since
these buses will operate entirely on the
pavement while within the District.
We wish, here, to announce our appre-
citation of the efforts of Mr.. Franklin K.
Lane. president of the Arlington g. Fair
fax Auto Railroad Co., in his attempts
to secure the downtown terminal in
Washington. We believe that the time
is now fully ripe for the accomplishment
of his purpose. We believe also that the
public spirited citizens of Washington
will understand the need for this i'm
provement and will approve the efforts
to obtain it.
The Fairfax Commuters League by it's
Executive Committee,
G. F. WINsLow,
Vienna Vo. Secretary.
Evening star., 1938-07-21
Shooting Stars.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.
COrrigan.

COrrigan.
He made for the sky in the morning
When forth from this land he set out.
We offered him many a warning.
He swiftly forgot them, no doubt.
His state of completeness was pleasant,
When the heavens he started to roam
This is the question at present,
Just how is he coming back home?
Will the glory Of flight be denied him?
Will he look for vaudeville date?
Will the envious seek to deride him?
AS he wins in his battle with fate.
There was never moment of guessing.
The hopes that he cherished have
thrived
And we shout while extending a blessing
Where ever he is, he's ARRIVED.
Evening star., 1938-07-21

If there is anything wrong with avia-
tion Mr.. Corrigan should be able to give
some valued advice. A man who can
make nine hundred dollars and a few
pieces of pocket change supply equip
ment for an ocean flight may be regarded
as an authority on the economies which
some persons insist ought to distinguish
efforts to develop this most modern
industry.
Evening star., 1938-07-21

done this even though her aggressions
are IN violation of treaties signed with
this country. That powerful nation
like ours, one that has for many years
taken the lead in constructive measures
for international peace, a nation that
has protested only recently in most
bitter terms against the breaking of
treaties, should indirectly encourage such
treaty breaking by sending munitions
to the aggressor In this conflict is be-
yond my comprehension.
Great nations should take the lead
in restraining lawless aggressor nations
A great and powerful nation like our
American Republic can i'll afford to be
even indirectly a party to treaty break
ing. wanton aggression, or the barbaric
slaughter of innocent women and chill
dren. Why send munitions to a nation
that is doing these things?
H. E. EWING.
Evening star., 1938-07-21
Thinks United States .
Party to japanese Atrocities.


Party to japanese Atrocities.
To the Editor Of The Star:
p ELATTVE to statements that have
appeared recently in your letters
columns that the Japanese bombings
of hospitals and other places Of no
military Importance apparently have
been Intentional, let me add that I
believe that the Japanese war lords
would much rather have their aviators
successfully bomb a railroad bridge or
shipping wharf than any school or
hospital. They are far too smart to
waste any important military effort In
Intentionally destroying objects of lit
tie or no military importance. But
granting that the bombing of hospitals
and schools is the result of poor mark
manship, Japan should be held fully re-
sponsible for violating the laws of hu-
manity. Her generals know we'll the
risk that is taken of killing noncom-
batants when populous. unfortif1ed cities
are bombed from high attitudes by speed
ing airplanes. "a
But our country is indirectly, in part
at least, to blame for the recent out
RACES In China. We have supplied
Japan With munitions With which to
carry a hsr atrocouA work. We have
Evening star., 1938-07-21
Hobbies.

From The Richmond News Leader.
Under the stress of modern living con-
ditions, hobby is most essential A
hobby, you know, is something one goes
goofy over in order to keep from going
nuts. ,
Evening star., 1938-07-21
Midnight Diplomacy.

German diplomacy was never famed
for finesse, and Wilhelmstrasse tactics
under the Nazi dispensation show little
improvement over those which reached
their flower in the Bethmann Hollweg
era. On Tuesday the King and Queen Of
England arrived in Paris on a state
visit for the avowed purpose Of strength
ening the ties which unite Britain and
France in the face OF the threat to
European peace offered by the Rome
Berlin axis.
Some eighteen hours before their
majesties entrained for the channel
crossing, Herr Hitler's confidential
envoy, Captain Fritz Wiedemann, de-
scended spectacularly upon London for
surprise twenty-minute secret talk" at
the home Of Viscount Halifax, British
foreign secretary, who was to travel
to Paris with the royal party. There,
at the dead of Monday night, Der
Fuehrer's rose cavalier is said to have
conveyed a personal message of mo-
mentous import. Its burden was that
there are no fundamental differences"
which need separate Germany and
Great Britain; that, on the contrary,
"everything is capable of arrangement"
Corroborative details are lacking, but
London assumes that the suddenly eX-
tended olive branch is concerned with
the acute Czechoslovak problem.
The synchronization of Berlin's pacific
ardor with the royal visit to France is
too obvious to have been a mere COIN
cidence. On its face, the German move
was transparent maneuver to deliver
literally midnight blow at the demon
stration the Western powers were about
to stage to show that the Entente
Cordiale stands like Gibraltar athwart
the dictators' path to European domina-
ton. The answer to the German
gesture, which was worthier of
Schmeling than Bismarck, was yes
terday's Paris communique reafirming
the solidarity of the two democracies
and proclaiming the complete harmony
Of their views on all pending inter-
national problems.
Hitler needs no diplomatic special
delivery service to ascertain the "ar-
rangements" whereby Britain, France
and other democratic nations are ready
to conclude friendly understandings with
the Reich. The conditions are we'll
understood in Berlin. They have been
submitted there more than once. They
call, first and last for abandonment of
German rearmament undertaken for
the manifest purpose of extorting ter
ritorial concessions, either European or
colonial. They require cessation of the
blows struck at the cherished Anglo
Saxon doctrine Of individual liberty,
at Jews, at the Catholic Church and at
trade unions.
The Foreign Policy Association, in a
current review of growing friction in
German-American relations, cites all
these factors as the root cause of "the
striking hostility toward Germany which
has marked American public opinion
ever since Hitler came to power" The
situation is aggravated by certain Nazi
practices in the Western Hemisphere.
But basically the things that ALLEVIATE
sympathy for Germany over here are
what make it difficult for Prime Minister
Chamberlain to persuade the British
nation to indorse hole-heartedly his
program of German appeasement and
Cancellation.
Sometimes 1t seems necessary for the
Evening star., 1938-07-21
Twenty Years Ago
The World War Day by Day
July FL, 1918.

The allied push continued, with small
gains being made locally. The enemy
made no attempt to hold line, but
retired, covered by rear guard actions,
and in fairly good order.
Gen. Pershing announced that, since tho
attack began, tho American 9orees had
taken 1900 peiso0ses and ~ gnnA
Evening star., 1938-07-21

A new phase of the study of money
asserts itself. 1t depends, however, as
usual, on the ancient system of valuation
which retains the highest respect for gold
as an integer of calculation.
Evening star., 1938-07-21
Taxes and Crime.

From the Bangor Daily News.
representative of the Federal Bureau
OF Investigation asserts that crime costs
the United States more than taxes. But
taxes themselves have become almost
crime.
Evening star., 1938-07-21

Politicians are at present attracting so
much attention for personal character
istics that there must be moments when
the public loses sight of the Dionne
quints, who are at least entitled to
notice for their financial success if not
for their early educational influence.
Evening star., 1938-07-21

Sometimes 1t seems necessary for the
President of the United States to get out
In midocean IN order to avoid the re-
sponsibility of proper salutation of new
grandchildren as we'll as new candidates.
Evening star., 1938-07-21

Banks are advised to adopt a more
liberal lending policy toward industry.
One question to be considered is whether
the industry represents manufacture of
human necessities or the invention of
good stories for campaign purposes.
Evening star., 1938-07-21

The music which comes indirectly but
authentically from European sources is
still powerfully influential even though
it cannot claim association with the
swastika or the more modern goose step.
Evening star., 1938-07-21
A Title Questioned.

n 1IVlC VUCSSlOIIcUs
do you feel that study has made you
more successful agriculturist?"
"Not exactly" answered Silas Corn
tossel. II keep practicin' new ideas, but
I believe life was more secure when I
was satisfied to be plain farmer"
Evening star., 1938-07-21
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Evening star., 1938-07-21
Still Champion.
From the Indianapc

From the Indianapolis Star.
Archery has been added to attractions
OF local park, but there is little use
of any serious competition with D. Cupid.
Evening star., 1938-07-21

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Evening star., 1938-07-21
Airship Story.

Airship Story.
He started secure
In q purpose demure
To call on the ladies who dwell near at
hand,
But pair of bright eyes
Brought flash of surprise
And drew him clear over to Fires clad
land.
II sings when my heart rejoices," said
Uncle Eben, "an' den bushes up, real
izin' dat my happiness amt no excuse
fob maxim my friends miserable"
Evening star., 1938-07-21

WASHINGTON, d. C.
THURSDAY July FL, 1888
Evening star., 1938-07-21
Separating Functions.

separating FunCCI0nS.
Il sometimes wish that I had studied
law" said Senator Sorghum.
why didn't you?"
II took up politics at an early a. when
it was considered dangerous to practice
law and politics both at once"
Evening star., 1938-07-21
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Evening star., 1938-07-21

What one does, another can do" said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. From
this fact has arisen the rivalry that
produces wars"
Evening star., 1938-07-21

Delivered by Carrier-City and Suburban
ReEular Edition
Evening star., 1938-07-21

@. Are more people killed in auto
mobile accidents in the daytime or at
night?-T. j.
A. OF the 39,70o persons killed IN
traffic accidents last year, about 60 per
cent, or 23,800, were killed after dark.
Evening star., 1938-09-15

The Pepco report for August gave
the following classifications compared
with the August, 1887, totals:
August Per Cent
1888 1887 Change
Railroads g.
Railways 5,926,Sq0 5,53S944 100
Public Street
& Hwy Ltg S3S.54a lsn2 400 70 90
Other sales 5S340,06q 5l1SSl54 41265
Evening star., 1938-09-15
C0TTONSEED CRUSHED
TOTALS 222,996 TONS
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Census Bureau reported cot
tonseed crushed during August totaled
222.ss6 tons, compared with 1872, 2,4l3 in
August last year.
Cottonseed on hand ut mills August
81, totaled 37o,9o7 tons, compared with
252,603 q year ago.
Cottonseed products manufactured
during August and on hand August
81 were:
Crude oil produced, 67,603, ,024
pounds, compared with 52,711 $50 in
August last year, and on hand, 49,
38l, 1928 pounds, compared with 81.
926,253 year ago.
Refined oil produced, s3,996,l5s
pounds. compared with 1881 ,16l, and
on hand, 409. .7so.s45 pounds, com
pared with 342,36s, ,430.
Cake and meal produced, o9,ss4
tons, compared with 1854, and on
hand, 216,s79, compared with s4,25o.
Hulls produced, 57,202 tons, COM
pared with 49,155, and on hand, 1874.
2o7 tons, compared with 44,s76.
Linters produced, 1912 running
bales. compared with 39,693. and on
hand. 4l3,o70 running bales, compared
with 77,76l.
Evening star., 1938-09-15
k|L0WATT SALES
REACH NEW HIGH
August Total for D. c. Rises
11.8 Per Cent Ahead
of 1887 Month.
By DONALD B. HADLEY.

Electric power sales in the District
Of Columbia for August climbed to
66,l05,508 kilowatt hours. a new all
time record for that month and 11.8
per cent ahead Of the same month last
year, the Potomac Electric Power Co.
reported today
The August total was we'll above the
63,385,228 recorded for the previous
month and was more than 300 per
cent larger than the total for August,
1929. Figures for August in other
years follow: 59,l29,528 in 1897, So
7l8,863 In 1886. 49,O89,243 in 1895,
4l023,721 in 1884, 30,289953 in 1888,
28,333,558 in 1882 and 2l,1s0,69o in
1929.
Sales for the first eight months of
this year also reached new peak of
47S,568, ,487 kilowatt hours. Totals for
the same periods in other years follow:
433,315, ,472 in 1887, 406, 965, ,468 in 1896,
366, ,4s3 ,042 in 1885, 323, 3,O37, ,9o7 in 1894,
239,61o,347 in 1888, 32.206, ,O43 in 1882
and 1863. 777.055 in 1929.
Sales for the first eight months Of
this year compare with the same
months in 1887 as follows:
Evening star., 1938-09-15
DEADllNE ADVANCED
FOR NOTE DEPOSITS
Nickel Plate President Sets Last
Day of Month for Action
Under Plan.
By the Associated Press.

ps tne associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 15.-Deadline
Tor deposit of Nickel Plate Railroad &
per cent notes maturing October /,
under the lines proposed three-year-
extension plan today was advanced
from this day to the last day of the
month, George D. Brooke, president,
announced.
He also said IS per cent of the note
holders have deposited their notes
under the plan, 10 per cent during the
last fortnight.
Saying that he was pleased" by the
response to his request to deposit the
notes as the only alternative to reor-
ganization, Brooke expressed hope
that remaining owners would deposit
notes within the next few days. In
order to make the plan operative.
He had previously said the road
would not spend money to buy up un-
deposited notes.
Evening star., 1938-09-15
Stock Averages
Compiled by the Associated Press)
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Write,

NEW YORK. Sept. l5.-Returnins
nope for European peace soothed the
war-fevered stock market TODAY. re-
storing part Of the paper values that
vanished in two-day selling rout In
lear the Nazi-Czech struggle would
become a general conflict.
Joining European markets in a re-
bound on the news Prime Minister
Chamberlain would have a face-to-
face talk with Chancellor Hitler in an
endeavor to find a peaceful way out
OF the German minority dispute in
Czechoslovakia, stocks jerked upward
In powerful opening rally. Many
shares started to points higher.
The gains were reduced as traders
waited for developments in the talk
between the German and British lead
ers. Other reminders of the tension
abroad, such as the summoning of the
British Parliament, kept spectators
cautious. However. the market gained
confidence again in late trading as
offerings dried up on the selloff and
leaders swung back to around the
opening levels.
Buying in Metals.
Precautionary measures in business
against the possibility Of war also were
evident in brisk buying in industrial
metals. Wheat, on the other hand,
expressed with stocks the revival Of
peace hopes and yielded part Of the
previous sharp advance.
In bonds, . strong recovery also took
hold as investors were reassured bv>
the unexpected dash of the British
prime minister to Germany and stop
ped selling promiscuously. A similar
feeling of relief was manifest in foreign
exchange dealings, where the rush
into the dollar slackened.
Short-covering and buying for a
turn, together with sharp decline in
offerings. resulted in a wide comeback
for such leaders of the previous decline
as Bethlehem Steel. General Motors.
Chrysler. Union Carbide. Allied Chemi.
cal, United States Rubber preferred,
Briggs. American Telephone, Du Pont
and J. T. Case.
Metal Prices Advance.
Mining shares remained in demand
as quotations for lead, zinc and ex-
port copper were raised. Standing
out were Anaconda, Cerro De Pasco.
international Nickel and Kennecott.
Transactions, approximatinx 200.
600 shares. were less than half ye,-
terday's total, with nearly 500 600
shares changing hands in the f,rst-
hour squirt.
On the curb. the rebound brought
gains OF fractions to more than 2
points in Aluminium of America, Amer
lean Gas Il Electric, Lake Shore
Mines. Atlas Plywood, Newmont and
Babcock d Wilcox. Profit-takine cut
the gains there, too, after the OPEN
ing.
At Chicago, wheat ended down IL
10 2's cents bushel Corn was II.
TO l y of. Cotton near the close was
20 TO so cents bale up.
At midafternoon the British pound
was $4.Sl, up % of cent; the French
franc was quoted at 2.6sa cents, up
,00ls of cent.