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Evening star., 1938-06-11
WEATHER REPORT

District OF
mostly ~
Maryand-Mosy cloudy probably local showers
poruons tongn cooler late
VrsnlaMost cloudy probably
" poronS tonight
West
Evening star., 1938-06-11
New Coal Deposits Make Work.

BEAM1SH. ing. GR.-Discovery of
two new seams Of rich coal here will
provide 20 years work for 1000 men
and boys.
Evening star., 1938-06-11
D. c. RADIO INSTITUTE
AWARDS 46 DIPLOMAS
ri Washingtonians Graduated.
r. B. Keech Is Principal
Speaker at Exercises.

Richmond B. Keech, vice president
OF the Public Utilities Commission,
was principal speaker at the COM
mencement banquet and awarded
diplomas at the final exercises of the
Capitol Radio Engineering Institute
last night at the Willard Hotel.
Forty-six men were in the gradual
Ing class. 81 of them from the District.
Z. H. Reitzke. president of the in
stitute, and Mark Biser awarded the
special honorary certificates.
Evening star., 1938-06-11
River Report,

River Report.
Potomac River little muddy and shen-
anooah very cloudy at Harpers Ferry:
Potomac muddy at Great Falls today.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches IN ths
Capital (current month to date).
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Weekly Outlook.
Report for Last "A Hours.

Record for Last "A Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today }
Highest. 81. noon today. Year ago, 73.
Lowest. ~. 2 am. today. Year ago. 5S.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 90, on June T.
Lowest. IS, on January 2S.
Humidity for Last r. Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today
Highest, 81 per cent, at 2 am. today.
Lowest. 81 per cent. at noon today.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Ge0detic Survey
Evening star., 1938-06-11
TUBE INQUIRY URGED
Delaware River Project Assailed
as Promotion Scheme,

PHILADELPHIA, June IL P.-
Mayor S. Davis Wilson said today he
had urged Senator James j. Davis to
have Congress investigate a proposal
to build a tube under the Delaware
River from Hog Island to New Jersey.
The Mayor declared the whole
thing is a giant promotion scheme to
make money by floating stocks and
bonds" and charged the tube would
violate the Federal act transferring
Hog Island to the city.
Evening star., 1938-06-11

SIduudNS are.
Alber. Barron X.
Boniface, GEORGE B
Eitreim, william L.
Epstein. Max L.
Hilligos Theodore A
Lawrence. T. L.
Lohr. Samuel H.
Lipscomb, T. E.
Larking, Gerald G.
McCue, John j.
Manning. Dennis F
Pollack. Samuel
Potter, Roy B.
Reynolds, r. r.
Shellhorn, Charles
Sharpless, W. r.
Thomas, e. W.
Trubis. Karl
Washington. r. B.. j
williams. Denney
Wheeler. Joseph P.
Aiken, W. Lioner
Albanese. Rocco
Evening star., 1938-06-11
LAW GRADUATES
HEAR FLETCHER
Washington College Gives
86 Diplomas and Gold
Medals to Two.

Judges legislating from the bench
and lawyers who come into court with
inadequate preparation were criti-
cized last night by Representative
Brooks Fletcher of Ohio in an address
to graduates Of the Washington Col
lege of Law in Memorial Continental
Hail.
Representative Fletcher also urged
the development of social minded
ness" among the lawyers and legis-
lators Of today.
"Today's problems would not exist. /"
he declared. II the leaders so years
ago had developed a social-minded-
ness"
The speaker was introduced by Dean
Grace Hays Riley, who presided. Dean
Riley presented the bachelor of laws
degrees, and the masters' degrees were
conferred by DR.. Edwin c. Dutton,
president OF the college Board of Trus-
tees.
Prizes were awarded by DR.. STAN
ley r. Brewster, who presented the
gold medals for highest and second
highest scholastic average during the
three-year course to Charles Booker
Powell and Edwin Joe Mayhall, re-
speciveiy. -.
Willett Joseph Hegarty took the
graduate scholarship prize for the
highest average Of credits in senior
work. Other prize winners included
Dorothy Hall Geiger. Wayne Herman
Smith. William H. p. Mckinley. Mr..
Mayhall, Dennis Allen Finn, Walter
kurylo. Bergman Davis, Curtis w.
Burlin, Albert H. Sheaffer, jr.: Charles
M. Sullivan, Norman o. Chase. Max
L. Kessler, James s. Bailey, Sol j.
Pokrass and William Z. Coyle.
The 86 graduates are:
Degrees in course were conferred
upon the following:
Evening star., 1938-06-11

FURNISHED by United States Coast and
GeOdetic Survey
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-07
Essential Oils
SAL.

Flavors, and especially perfumes,
may be of either natural or synthet,
ic origin. The natural perfumes are
the actual odoriferous materials ex-
tracted from plants. These ma
terials, known as essential oils, are,
as their name implies, oily sub
stances, and they are present in the
blossoms, fruits, or other parts to a
rather small extent, usually less
than l per cent.
The oils may be removed in q
number Of ways, depending on their
source, their nature, and the form
in which they are desired. In the
case of particularly rich source Of
an essential oil, such as lemon peel,
the oil may be squeezed out in a
press. In other cases 1t may be
distilled directly from the source or
blown out in a current Of steam. 1t
may be dissolved out by organic
solvents, such as alcohol, or extract
ed by means of highly purified ami
NAL fats. The amount Of essential
oil obtained from the blossoms Of
most plants is in the neighborhood
of only few pounds ton.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-07
Kansas Red Wheat Came
From Two-GaIlon Hoard

In 1874 a colony Of Mennonites,
seeking religious freedom, departed
from caslov, Crimea. to find homes
in Kansas. A patriarchal and agri.
cultural people, knowing nothing Of
the conditions which they must face
in the new country, they took along
everything they thought they might
need, including household goods, i'm.
plements, and what at the time may
have seemed unimportant, but
later was to prove most important Of
all, two gallons Of the peculiar hard
red wheat Of the Russian steppes.
This wheat was Of the type familiar
to them, recites writer in the Kan
sas City Times, and they had no
way Of knowing it would be an in
novation in America. Those two
gallons Of grains were literally hand
picked, one grain at time, by Men
MONTE children, each grain being
examined for color, conformity and
the necessary finty hardness.
Near Hillsboro, Kan, the wheat
was planted. At that time soft
wheat was the type grown in this
section and in the high plains it was
a crop so unreliable that attempts
to grow it had practically been
abandoned. Surprisingly to the
American neighbors of the Mennon-
ties, the Turkey Red wheat, as it
was known, flourished remarkably.
Additional acreage was sown the
following year, from the seed fur
nished by the first crop, and its sue
cess was so great that American
farmers began to acquire the seed
and sow it. Mills had formerly been
of the burr type in Kansas; they now
began to be converted into the roller
type necessary for the harder grain.
BY 1885 the demand for the new
wheat was so great that a Mennon-
tie miller sent to Russia for an en-
Ire carlot of it for distribution.
The Kansas State college agricul-
tural department experimental, de-
veloped and cross-bred the original
Turkey Red" into variety of i'm
proved forms.
Land which had been considered
fit only for grazing was broken in
western Kansas, Nebraska, Okla
homa, and in the Texas Panhandle
and eastern Colorado. By the time
of the World war, the Southwest
could literally lay claim to being
the bread basket of the nation"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-07
Fifty-One Irish Kings
Died a Violent Death

Between A. D. and A. D. l172,
there were 70 kings of Ireland and,
on the average, they reigned only
6h years.
Of these rs Irish monarchs, 81
died a violent death, four became
N onks and one died on pilgrimage
at Joppa. Fourteen Irish kings
were slain in battle and 81 were
assassinated, usually by their sue
cessors. Nor were the assassina-
tons polite, asserts a writer in the
Kansas City Star. One monarch
was thrown into lake and
, drowned, another was choked in a
bog, a third had spear thrust
through his eye, another was poi
soned by his sister, another-such
was the Irish etiquette-was sud-
denly set upon by three unruly
nephews.
Three kings were killed by thun-
derbolts. One of them had fed for
safety to the Alps But the thunder
bolt got him, A. D. 42l.
Even the great King Cormas-Ul-
fhada, "a prince Of most excellent
wisdom who kept the most splendid
court that ever was in Ireland"
was choked by the bone of a fish
at supper, A. D. 253. Among those
Irish kings, you never could tell
what would h~~Hcn next.
How Seasons Got Their Names
The seasons probably got their
names as follows: winter-from the
original Gothic word wintrus, mean
ing rainy or wet season. Summer
middle English sumner, and kindred
words in other languages, including
the Sanskrit sama, meaning year,
half year, season. Spring-early
Sanskrit word sprhayati, meaning
he desires. 1t came to mean the
act of rising suddenly and later the
season Of the year when plants rise
from the ground. Fall-Anglo-Sax-
on feallan and kindred words in 9TH
er languages, meaning to descend.
The season is so named because of
the falling Of leaves from the trees.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-07
Capture of Two Sharks
Proof of Right to Wed

Among many Of the New Guinea
coastal tribes it is compulsory for a
native to capture at least two sharks
unaided before he may marry. In
most cases. says a writer in the
New York Times. the sharks are
caught in a very ingenious trap.
The trap is merely a big float
carved out Of long piece Of soft
wood. Through hole in the center
of the float there is fastened length
of strong, hand-woven cane rope,
knotted at one end and tied in a
running moose at the other.
Towing this curious contraption
the bridegroom-to-be sets out in his
tiny canoe. He takes along with
him several dead fish, one Of which
is tied at the end of a long stick.
With this he seeks to attract the
shark toward the canoe. When the
shark draws near the fisherman
places his trap in the water with
the moose hanging downward.
Then, using the strong-smelling
fish as bait, he tempts the monster
until, in order to secure the fish the
shark thrusts its head through the
cane moose. AS it does so the moose
tightens and the shark is caught.
At once it plunges away in terror.
The dragging float, eXerting a pull
on the moose, gradually forces the
sharks jaws open and before long
It chokes or browns. and may be
lowed ashore.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-07

bunch of boys. Most of them not
only have nice personalities but are
quite handsome, too. There's a
tip to follow, gals.) / saw ASH
MORE STOKES and ELIZABETH
WALKER JUS gazing at each
other. (The place was SO dimly
lighted / don't see how they could
really see each other, but / sup
pose the love light is always bright
thought There were more couples
exchanging partners. At the end
of the dance l heard one boy re-
mark, Gee, forgot whom / came
with. Let's see, l think I'll take
home the dame in blue!" l don't
think you did, tho, cause she was
otherwise engaged. AL BURGESS
and MYRTLE GUSTIN did some
swell peckin! l mean it was really
good. Popular BEA and ELIZA
BETH SHUCK were both havin'
grand time. CHARLES
MOORE was seen everywhere
whispering sweet "everythings" in
different gals ears. l noticed
two young ladies giving handsome
NORRIS GIBBS the "come up and
see me sometime look.". JOHN
SCOTT and ALBERT BLACK were
two Romeos adding to the frivolity
of the party. VIVIAN HOW
ARD, JESSIE SOMON, VERA
HARPER and SHIRLEY HOUSE
and loads of other attractive gals
were there havin' a too fine time.
.. LAWRENCE LEWIS has
really got line of jibe hasn't he?
1t would be kinda bad, Lawrence,
if some cute little gal really took
you serious. RICHARD STOKES
was there with HILDA MOSES.
All in all it was great party so
keep it up you good looking
Criterions.
Did you hear about the eccentric
old man who thinks there are no
ugly women in the world? Well,
he says he put two ads in a news
paper for a housekeeper-one for
an amiable and efficient house
keeper and one for an ugly woman
to fill the same position. The first
ad received hundreds of answers
but the other one brought no an
swers at all. That's why he infers
there are no ugly women to be
found. What do you think of his
logic?
Our charming new Head Resi-
dent of the Phyllis Wheatley,
MRS. LOUISE BROMLEY, arrived
in Minneapolis last Sunday night
with her two sons. We hope she
will like the Twin Cities and that
her New Year will be most happy
and prosperous,
So, folks, l must be dashing
along, so until next week am still
Your old pal,
SAL.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-07
Eskimo MukIuks

Mukluks are boots worn on long,
snowy trails in winter; they are
made Of deerskin, padded with
sweet grass inside and beautifully
beaded and dyed. The Eskimo
women soften the soles of the boots
by chewing the hide for sewing. If
they are not sewn properly water
gets to the feet in winter and freez-
ing may set in. The most popular
Eskimo girl is one who has strong
teeth-she gets all the beaux.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-07

Hello Everybody,
Now that Santa Claus has gone
back to his icy home in the North
and the Christmas tree has been
dismantled and thrown out, l guess
we can all get back to the normal
ife again.
Glimpses at the Forty Club
Dance: If you wanted to see
something really lovely you should
have looked in at the Forty Club
Party last week. I've never seen
our Twin City women look so at
tractive before. The dresses, worn,
were exquisite. Travis Banton
himself couldn't have designed any
better looking gowns. LOUISE
CARMICHAEL I'm black taffeta,
RACHEL JAMES in gold satin and
MRS. LOUIS MOORE gowned in
black with a lovely blue sequin
jacket all made charming picture.
:. MIL and LEO BOHANON still
have that honeymoonish look.
(Ain't love Just too wonderful I? }
The EMERSON HARRIS were
there swinging to Rock CAMS or
chestra, Ditto for the DIR.
CRUMPS. MAE MARSHALL,
AUDRE MCCULLOUGH and 1.
MYRTLE GARDEN all seemed to
be entering into the swing of the
party, >. What married Romeo
sorta forgot he was married !?
JIMMY and JANE LEE were both
there. (Jimmy's the newspaper
celebrity All anyone had to do
| was. to look at the happy faces
present to know that the Forty
Club Party was a huge success.
The Songs of the Week: "a
Simple Melody" and my True
Confession l have heard the lat
ter song sung by some of the most
popular boys and gals Of the Twin
Cities this week. Eyeryene's JUS
crazy about it. ..-.,........,.. .
Here's a olimnsa ar the Criteri-
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-07
Invented BraiIIe System

In 1929 Louis Braille, a blind
Frenchman, made it possible for
other sightless to read and write.
He invented the Braille system
wherein combinations of six raised
dots on paper stand for the various
letters of the alphabet. Braille is
almost the universal Language" of
the blind Shakespeare's works. 9TH
err classics. even magazines are
printed in il
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-07

s. c.: Why do most Of my boy
friends disappoint me in love?
What is wrong with me?
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-07

Ans: You expect entirely too
much from your boy friends. Don't
demand money from them and you
will stand better chance of hav-
ing friends. Nothing is wrong
with you 49,. you only need to
change your ways somewhat.
1888 NEW ASTROLOGY READ
INGS ARE NOW READY.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-07

Here's a glimpse at the Criteri-
the twelve eriterions are a swell
On's dance last week at the ster-
ling Club. First of all, | think
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-07

J. C. M: The thing that l want
to Know, is my husband telling me
the truth about himself and his
cousin? Are they in love with each
other? Would we do better if we
move from this house?
Ans: Your husband is very fond
of his cousin and has been all of
his life but he is not carrying on
"lOve affair" with her. For your
own peace of mind / suggest
that you move out if the OppOr-
tunity arises. You will never be
happy living where you are feeling
the way you do about his cousin.
R. S. c.: 1 have boy in Missis-
sippi that / haven't heard from
lately. Has anything happened to
him? There was a woman found
dead last year near my home. Did
somebody kill her or did she just
die?
Ans: You will receive a letter
from your boy before the middle of
this January. The party that you
have in mind died from a serious
physical condition no one was
involved in her death.
M. A. c.: Am l still being adj
mired by my divorced husband ?
Will there ever be a reconcilia-
ton? Shall forget him and look
for someone else?
Ans: You are still very much
admired by your former mate and
what's more there are times
when he "yearns" for you even
more than you do for him. With
little encouragement on your part
and letting by-gOnes be by-gOnes,
you could be happy again.
]. A. B.: Would it be wasting my
time to go on with this boy or will
he play cupid in my future life!
Ans: 1t is very, very likely that
you and this boy will GET MAR
RIED sometime next spring. He
wants to marry you but feels that
he cannot afford to keep you up
Just yet.
D. M. c.; Will / ever see my
fathers face again? Will ever
be happy and healthy like other
girls? Will he get job or does
he want one ....- ..-rq
Ans; If he does want one he
sure is doing everything he can to
dodge one. My opinion is that your
friend Ia lazy and doesn't intend to
work if he can get by without do
ing so. Your health will improve
as you grow older, for with the
proper medical care your condition
would change for the better Inn
mediately, am afraid that your
father Is dead, -
L. j.: Will our bills be paid by
the first of the year?
Ans: An improvement in the
financial affairs of your home is in
Dictated. Your husband will be sue
cessful in getting part of the
money he is looking for this month.
G. B. c.: What is the matter with
my boy friend, he acts so different
here of late? Does he love me?
Being regular reader of your col
umn would like to hear from you
right away.
- Z
Ans: Your boy friend belongs to
the class of people usually known
as "pikers." He knows that Christ
mas is just gone by and he will now
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-07

T. B.: Would this trip that I have
in mind to make prove as success
full for me as / am hoping that it
will?
Ans: Yes and in every re-
spect. You will be able to make
the business contact and will also
meet the individual that you have
been writing to for the past three
years. ! suggest that you take
some of your money and dress
yourself up nice before leaving.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-07

Ans: Your boy friend belongs to
the class of people usually known
as "pikers." He knows that Christ
mas is just gone by and he will now
be ready to rush you again. If he
had loved you he would sure
ly have remembered you Christmas,
so give him the air:
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-07

Notes Your questions will be answered FREE in this column
our Full Name Birth Date and address For private reply
send t0en in coin money order and SeGddessed
envelope for my Ne Asology Reading and receive by mail
My Free AdUice Three Questions DO NOT SEND POSTAGE
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MY 1888 ASTROLOGY READINGS ARE
NOW REAnY <s<4,.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-07

Hello Everybody: :
The Washington times., 1938-09-28
Daily Short Story

to 1t and pretended to be absorbed
in the counter display.
But he knew she wasn't. He
asked her if she would go out with
him that night. He told her his
name was Jim Bixley and that
there was a good bill at Loew's,
across the street. She told him
she would.
A CASUAL KISS!
That night they went to Loew's
and then they had a bite to eat
up on 50th Street. He walked
her home at her request and IN
the vestibule of her apartment
building, he took her in his arms
and kissed her as casually as If
he were helping her across the
street. She left him and came
in to the apartment blind and
dizzy and flooded with a feeling
so wonderful that If you had told
her she had gone to heaven with
out dying, she would have be-
| lieVed you,
The Washington times., 1938-09-28
FABLE OF THE CHORUS GIRL

it. She knew she had because,
though she had never been in love
before, she knew it when she felt
it. Nothing but love could make
q girl feel as glad as she felt at
that moment.
There were about 200 girls
standing in the back Of the stage,
the piano-player sat at his tiny
piano. The dance director had
them march around the stage in
squads Of IL while the piano
player plunked his piano.
The director would walk down
the lines and tell the girls who
would not do to step out. He gave
the 30 who survived this wedding
out process some simple steps to
do, and these caused more casual
ties. It was all old routine to
Sally.
She went directly back to the
drugstore from the theaCer and
her heart jumped when she saw
the boy who had waited on her
still at the counter. She went up
The Washington times., 1938-09-28

The next day, Weymouth called
her out Of the line of girls in rom
.pers and bathing suits and trunks
and blouses and told her Ned Ro-
vert had spoken to him about her.
When she nodded absently, he
asked her to do her soft-shoe and
then her acrobatic dance for him.
AS the rehearsals went on, the
knowledge grew that here was a
hit show. Three weeks after re-
hearsals began, Weymouth called
her out Of the line again and had
her do her dances.
But that was all. And she didn't
care. These days, she wasn't con
cerned with show business. jim
had asked her to marry him anc
she had consented and they were
waiting out their three days be
fore they could be married.
WIFE. NOT WORK
They were married at City Hall
and they spent their wedding night
in q hotel Just east of Broadway
The Washington times., 1938-09-28

But when he wrapped the lip.
stick and handed her her check,
she had O look at him. He was the
first man she had really seen since
she had left home.
How much is the Ultra-Pure
Soap?" she asked.
"Eighty-five cents a CAKE" he In
formed her.
"Oh, it's too much!" she pro,
tested.
You don't need any special
soap" he smiled. Most Of the
women who buy it would give
everything they had to own what
you own"
What is thatp" she demanded.
"I don't know" he confessed.
Youth, class; maybe, looks"
She flashed a dazzling smile at
him for that and, though she
didn't know it, it was loaded down
with sex appeal.
I'll believe that because I want
to-" she said.
But here she had gone and done
The Washington times., 1938-09-28
By Charles McGuirk

in the Forties. The next day, Sally
appeared at rehearsals and Wey.
mouth said:
Miss Balsam, I've decided to
use your soft-shoe dance. Your sal.
ary will be $75 a week"
THANK you, Mr.. Weymouth, >
Sally said, "but I'm afraid youth
have to get somebody else. I'm
leaving today"
I'm sorry, Ned" Sally told him.
but I don't care what he thinks.
I spent five years working and
Shaving for this chance and then,
when it comes along, have some.
thing better. Ned, I'm Mrs. Jim
Hixley now, and my husband Is
only a cosmetic clerk. He probably
will never be anything else, but I'd
rather have him than an ermine
coat and q $2,000-a.week spot on
Broadway. So, the devil with
George Weymouth. and you, and
Broadway, too"