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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-12-15
Use Your
PhOne!!!

Two phones are available for use
of reader advertisers of this paper.
The numbers are Midway 8340
or Bridgeport 1896. Call them for
any service in our line.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-12-15
$4,000 Job Vacant

One cabinet job, most keenly felt
as loss, was that of the $4,000
per annum assistant to the director
of the Farm Security Administra-
tion. In successive steps the col
ored holder of the job was reduced
in title until at last there is no
longer the job nor holder for it.
The general feeling is that the
jobs were mere political window
dressing in that most of the hold
ers were thwarted at each turn
when an attempt was made to do
something worthwhile. Insiders in
terpret the late trends as the
Handwriting"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-12-15
JOHN JOYCE DEAD

John Joyce, inmate of the rest
home operated by Mrs. Mamie Up
tegrove at 1913 Fourth avenue
south, died Wednesday afternoon,
Dec. 13.
Mrs. Joyce, seriously i'll at the
rest home, badly paralyzed, has not
been informed of her husbands
death.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-12-15
PILGRIM CHURCH CHOIR IN
CHRISTMAS CANTATA

The senior choir of Pilgrim Bap-
fist Church, st. Paul, will be pre-
scented in a Cantata "The Story of
Bethlehem" by William R. Spence,
Sunday, December "a, from 5 to 6
p. m.
Soloists will be Mark Gibbs,
Harriet Loomis Oliver, Matte
Rhodes and j. H. Hickman.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-12-15
MINNEAPOLIS N. A. A. C. p.
MEETS TONIGHT

The Minneapolis branch of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People will
meet tonight friday, December
Is, at Hosmer Branch Library,
36th st. at 4th Ave. S.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-12-15
Our Christmas
Edition

We plan to make it the most in
teresting Christmas number we
have ever printed. With the help
of advertisers who solicit the pat
ronage of our readers and clubs,
organizations in the city the edi-
ton which comes out December 20
should be great one.
Be sure that your club has
greeting in the December % edi-
ton.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-12-15
Chaix-COpley
Has Gift ''He"
Will Enjoy

st. Paul women who are wor-
ried about selection of the proper
gift for husband or sweetheart
need look no farther than Chalk
Copley, Clothiers, at 102 E. 7th st.
Gifts to fit every income may be
had at this popular store.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-12-15
Campaign For $4,000
II. @. Brown House Building
Approved By st. Paul Assn.

Halle Brown Community House received signal
from the St Paul Association days building
pagn fund The House by
John H. Myers member of community cenes board and the
association decided to the fund drive
Incidentally Mr. Myers will be campaign
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-12-15

Do Your Holiday Shopping with
Merchants That Advertise in This
Newspaper.-advt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-12-15

Santa's Ball, Monday night, Dec.
10, at Halle @. Brown House. Ad-
mission only 2Oc.-advt.
Deadline for Club Christmas
Greetings has been extended to
Tuesday, Dec. 20. Phone Midway
8340.-Advt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-12-15

Santa's Ball, Monday night, Dee.
Is, at Halle @. Brown House. Ad-
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-12-15

President Waldorf Paper Co., and
member of Halle @. Brown board
of directors, who will direct st.
Paul's drive for a $4,000 building
fund for a greater Halle Q. Brown
House.
Evening star., 1939-04-16
hazen Disapproves
OF @ Relief Limit
For D. {. Indigents
Commissioner
Fears Provision Will
Cause Hordships

Commissioner Melvin G. Haxen
yesterday objected to . mandatory
INDECENT relief limit Of ~ . month
for the next fiscal year, provided IN
the District supply bill as 1t passed
the House.
The Commissioner said that while
he believed some savings might be
accomplished by the limitation, he
feared 1t might cause hardship on
some families.
He added that since disburse-
ments are based on an appraisal
Of need he felt the Board Of Public
Welfare should not be compelled to
adhere to . SO limit. It was in
dicated he may make such repre-
sentations to the Senate Appropria-
Evening star., 1939-04-16
Builders Of Canal
Told Defense Needs
Gained New Locks
Additional Facilities for
Punomo Described at
Society's Banquet

Problems of defense were para
mount in determining to build new
locks adjacent to the present Pana-
ma Canal lock instead of q canal
across Nicaragua, the builders of the
original waterway were told at the
fourth annual dinner of the Panama
Canal Society of Washington at the
Mayflower Hotel last night. The
society is composed of employees who
participated in the construction of
the original waterway.
H. A. A. Smith. chief of ONCE.
Panama Canal, told of some of the
plans, explaining that the new locks
will be close to the present locks.
He said that the additional locks are
not necessary to meet commercial
needs, but that the Army and Navy
omcials believed that they were i'm
perative from a standpoint Of ma
t1onal defense. He said that the new
locks will be 1900 feet long instead
OF 1000 feet for the present locks
they will be 135 feet wide rs against
the present 10 feet and will provide
depth Of IS feet as against the
present Al feet.
Stamps Will BE Issued.
He called attention to the fact that
on the anniversary celebration of the
canal on August IS, Z series of COM
memorative stamps will be issued.
showing before and after scenes. he
said they will be valuable assets to
any collection.
Capt. Edwin L. Sibert, U. 8. A.. 4
son Of the late Maj. Gen. William
L. Sjbert, one of the canal builders.
told Of the military advantage of
having the second set Of locks close
to the first. He said that the same
anti-aircraft guns would be able to
protect both locks. He pointed out
that II it were not for the canal. the
United States would have to main
tain two large fleets because of the
rise in power Of certain Asiatic DOW
ers. He added that the total with
drawals from the Treasury for the
Panama Canal have not totaled
more than half a billion dollars, and
that an extra fleet would cost
Evening star., 1939-04-16

tions Sub Committee when It holds
hearings on the bill.
Commissioner Haxen also revealed
he Is opposed to the prohibition
against filling any vacancies in the
Fire Department during the next
fiscal year. This was q part ofsA
plan calling for . survey by tho
Commissioners Of the possibilities
Of reducing the number Of firs sta
tions in the interest Of economy.
Commissioner Hazen said he ap-
proved Of the survey but was fearful
Of the consequences Of . prohibition
against maintenance Of the per-
sonnel Of the Fire Department at
its present size until 1t had been
determined what might be done
under the fre station merger idea.
Evening star., 1939-04-16
Milk Case Arguments
To Be Heard 1uesduv

Because one of their chief wit
nesses has recovered sufficiently to
testify, counsel for the Fairfax
Farms Dairy, Inc, asked Judge Ed
ward M. Curran in Police Court
yesterday to set forward the trial
date for the case resulting from
charges growing out of the seizure
March 4 of 1000 gallons of alleged
bootleg" cream.
Judge Curran set Tuesday at II
am. to hear arguments on the mo-
ton. The case originally had been
continued until May II.
Evening star., 1939-04-16
Randolph Doomed
For Presidency al
University Banquet
Southeastern U. Stunt
includes Presentation of
Campaign Horse, Cart

Representative Jennings Randolph
Of West Virginia last night was pre-
sented with large toy horse and
cart by Southeastern University and
doomed" as a presidential candi-
date for 1e48 in one Of q series Of
stunts at the university's annual
banquet, held in the Mayhower Ho-
tel. The affair was attended by
nearly 600 persons.
The horse and cart was designed
to remind the West Virginia Repre-.
sentative and chairman of the House
District Committee of his means of
transportation while campaigning
for his election to Congress. On the
horses neck were written the names
Of many of Mr.. Randolph's friends.
During the stunt large banner was
dropped in front of Mr.. Randolph,
reading, For President of the
United States in 1948."
The toy was presented by DR..
James A. Bell, president Of the uni
versity, and was part of q program
which had spirit of fun as its key
note.
Toastmaster's Colors Loud.
Prof. w. Cameron Burton of the
university, dressed the toastmaster,
Prof. August H. Moran, in q loud
colored cap and gown, with the COM
ment that the outfit was Ito fit the
occasion"
Other stunts included the pres
entation of a hoe to Prof. Ross H.
Snyder, who recently purchased a
farm; the presentation Of a three
gallon bottle of hair tonic to Prof.
Thomas Durham, and the presenta-
ton of gas meter to Otis Ritenour,
president of the alumni association
of Southeastern and assistant treas
urer Of the Washington Gas Light
Co.
Mrs. Sophronica Lasica, only
woman professor at Southeastern
University. was crowned Queen Of
May" Two-minute speeches were
delivered by Orrin H. Bartlett,
representing the School Of Law, and
Evening star., 1939-04-16
Pointinos to Be Exhibited

The paintings Of Harold Weston,
including water colors and oil
paintings, will be exhibited at the
Phillips Memorial Gallery, 1900
Twenty first street NV, beginning
today and continuing through May Z.
The gallery will also sponsor . lee.
ture by Daniel Cation Rich, director
Of the Chicago Art Institute on
Seurat and the evolution Of IA
Grande Jatte" 1T $50 pm. Thursday
at the gallery.
Evening star., 1939-04-16

5000, 900, therefore the canal has
saved six times it, original invest
ment.
Three New Ships Rushed.
T. H. Rassbottom, vice president
Of the Panama Railroad Co., told Of
the three new ships Of the railroad
which are to be put into commits
sion. The Ambassador Of Panama,
DR.. Augustus 8. Boyd, discussed the
improvement in sanitation on the
isthmus since the construction Of
the canal.
The following officers were elect
ed: Maurice H. Thatcher, president;
William r. McCann, vice president;
Charles L. Luedtke, secretary-treas-
urer, and the following Executive
Committee: Ben jenkins, Carl A.
Schlaser, Roger 3. Erdman, G. r.
Chisholm and H. "A. Haywood.
Evening star., 1939-04-16

Association, and Mrs. Ritenour: !:
Leonard w. DeGast, general secre-
tary Of the Y. M. G. A., and Mrs.
DeGast and members of the Board
of Trustees Of Southeastern Univer-
sity and wives, as follows:
George A. Lewis, Mr.. and Mrs. D.
Roland Potter, Mr.. and Mrs. James
P. Schick, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Casbarian, Mr.. and Mrs. H. Ran
dolph Barbee, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Ches-
ter CayWood, Mr.. and Mrs. A. w.
Defenderfer and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles E. Krey.
Evening star., 1939-04-16
Rare Skin Disease
Kills Child 8 Doys Old
n thu Asaocia atnd pyass

~ the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, April l5.-The
0-day-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Manuel Souza, Santa Rosa. died
here today Of q skin disease uncom-
mon in this country.
DR.. Joseph H. Davis, Stanford
Hospital stan physician, said the
baby died Of exfoliative dermatitis,
which causes the skin to peel ~ II
from q severe burn.
Evening star., 1939-04-16
by Morgan Gilbert, representing
the School of Accountancy.
Amon4 Honored Guests.

The list of honor guests included
DR.. and Mrs. Bell, Prof. and Mrs.
Moran; Page NICK. Etchison, chap
lain Of Southeastern University, and
Mrs. Etchison; Representative Ran
dolph and Mrs. Randolph; Mrs.
George w. Offutt and Mary Offutt,
wife and daughter, respectively, of
the dean of Southeastern Univer-
sity Law School; Thomas j. Frailey,
dean Of Southeastern University
School of Liberal Arts, and Mrs.
Frailey; Joseph K. Meyer. dean of
Southeastern University School of
Accountancy, and Mrs. Meyer; Mr..
Ritenour, president of the Alumni
Evening star., 1939-04-16

Russia, which produces 75 per cent
Of the worlds fax, will use all Of it
at home this year.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
Dixie Davis 'Free,'
Guarded From Mobsfers
BY the Associated Press.

BY ire hsSOClaLeQ freSS.
NEW YORK, July 28.-J. Richard
Oixie) Davis, time kid mouth
piece" for the Dutch Schultz policy
racket, was a free" man today
guarded carefully in an undisclosed
hideout against gangland's ven-
geance for informers.
Accompanied by four detectives,
who will go wherever he goes, Davis
hustled from the Bronx County Jail
shortly after l am. and into a wait
ing automobile which carried him
swiftly away, perhaps to an early
rendezvous with his red-haired
sweetheart, Hope Dare, Broadway
show beauty, whom he plans to
marry
Davis, his one-year sentence for
his part in the rackets conspiracy
pared by ITO days spent in the
Tombs while he waited his turn to
testify against his mates, and by 50
days off for good behavior, must re-
turn Monday to Manhattan as a
Federal grand jury witness. He car
ried a Government subpoena when
he left the Jail
1t was Davis story that helped
convict James j. Hines, Tammany
chieftain, of using his political posi-
tion to gain official protection for the
Schultz numbers racket. Davis earl
Ter had pleaded guilty.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
Connecticut Avenue
Improvement Set
For Next Year
Maryland Roads Head
Says Project Is at
Top of County List

Ezra B. Whitman, chairman Of
the Maryland Roads Commission,
today disclosed ong-advocated i'm
provements along Connecticut ave-
nue., in Montgomery County, may be
carried out during the highway
agency's new fiscal year beginning
October /.
He wrote group of suburban resi-
dents advising them that necessary
surveys and plans for reconstruction
of the avenue, which the county
commissioners two days ago placed
at the top of list Of county road
proposals, are being made at the
present time, and added:
There will not be any money
available this year for this recon-
struction work. but If possible. and
we can fit it in with our program
for next year, this work will be taken
care of next year."
The letter was sent by Mr.. Whit
man to John F. Moran, Joseph A.
Burkart, Robert A. Keilty, John l..
Weaver and Rear Admiral William
Hamphill Bell.
Advised of Commissioner Whit
mans message, Washington I. Cleve-
land of Kensington, manager of the
District of Columbia Division of the
American Automobile Association,
which has been active in behalf of
the avenue improvement project,
wrote the highway chairman:
"In behalf of the District of Co.
lumbia Division of the American
Automobile Association l wish to ex-
press our qualification to you for this
candid statement of the facts con-
cerning the development of Con-
necticut avenue and of your purpose
to cooperate by having this work
executed one year hence.
while we would, of course, be
more pleased if it were possible for
your commission to start work on
the improvement of Connecticut
avenue at once, it is most gratifying
to realize that Connecticut avenue
will be placed on your schedule of
projects and definitely programmed
for the ensuing year."
Mr.. Cleveland said he had learned
of the commissioners statement
through Mr.. Burkart.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
D. c. May Install Light
On MARYLAND Corner

A District traffic light soon may
be located in Maryland.
This was revealed today with an
nouncement the keystone Automo-
bile Club had been informed by Traf-
fic Director William A. Van Duser
that its request for installation of
signals at the intersection of Wis
consin and Western avenues NV.
was being given favorable consider
alton"
If the lights are installed, that on
the northeast corner of the inter-
section would be outside the Dis
trlct OF Columbia, since the West
ern avenue north curb line is the
dividing mark. There would be no
red tape, however, since the Dis
trlct has an arrangement with Mary
land covering such situations involv-
ing border" streets.
The auto club pointed out to Mr..
Van Duser that rush-hour traffic
is causing frequent jams at the in
tersection.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
Mother Seeks 10 Keep
japanese Born Children
BY the Associated Press.

0y lHe SAbSOCldteQ freSS.
BUFFALO, N. Y, July 28.-An
American mother appealed to the
Government today to "do something"
SO her two children, Japanese sub
jects, can become permanent resi-
dents of the United States.
Mrs. Esther Rogers, divorced wife
OF Japanese educator, said United
States Senator James M. Mead,
Democrat, of New York, and Rep
resentative Walter G. Andrews, Re-
publican, of New York have assured
her they will sponsor legislation in
Washington by which her son Dex-
ter, IT, and daughter Elizabeth, II,
may "be allowed to stay here for
good"
The 43-year-old mother explained
the children, born in Japan, are in
eligible for United States citizen
ship because of their racial back
ground, and can remain in this
country only under temporary visas.
She is divorced from their father,
Kiyoshy Shimoi, professor of politi-
cal science at Doshisha University IN
Japan.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
Hearing Is Set August ;
In Dispute Over Baby

District Court is scheduled to in
quire on August into a habeas
corpus proceeding in which the par
ents OF 4-month-old girl are seek
ing her return from woman to
whom they gave her in May.
Justice Oscar r. Luhring in Dis
trict Court yesterday postponed the
hearing, at the request of the re-
spondents, officials said.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Thorne of
East Riverdale, Md, are seeking the
custody of their infant daughter,
Barbara Alicia Thorne, born March
70. Named as respondents in the
habeas corpus petition are Annie L.
Grover and Oscar L. Grover, 1918
Jocelyn street NV. The court was
informed that the Thornes, while
the mother was i'll and the family
under temporary domestic stress,
surrendered their daughter to the
woman under the impression that
her interest was purely charitable.
The parents say they signed Ger
tain papers of which they do not
now know the full import.
Through Attorney Culver B.
Chamberlain. the parents told the
court that subsequently they learned
the Growers "are engaged in the
practice of obtaining and placing
infant children as a profit making
enterprise for gain" They say they
have made repeated demands for
the return of their child, but have
not received her and they don't
even know where she is.
The Thornes' petition said they
were married IN Alexandria, Va, on
July 26, 1924, and have five children.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
Murphy Scorns Deal
To Settle Harlan Disputes
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Attorney General Murphy de-
clared yesterday there could be no
deal to settle labor disputes in
Harlan County KY.
He made this statement at press
conference while discussing his re-
cent conference with Gov. Chandler
of Kentucky.
The purpose of the meeting, Mr..
Murphy said, was ito consider all
we can do to bring permanent peace
to Harlan County"
There can be, in achieving that
sort of thing, nothing of a deal.
There are certain matters that can
only be settled in court
Asked whether the Justice De-
partment planned a retrial of its
earlier Harlan cases which ended
in a disagreement, Mr.. Murphy said
that depends on these discussions. "
The greater possibility" he said,
is that the Government will 60
ahead on the retrial.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
Catch of 10 Marlin Outshines
Chincoteogue's Pony Roundup
Welcoming Committee Cheers Fishermen;
Town Jummed for Sale of Colts

although few visitors drop in from
beyond the surrounding Tidewater
sections Of Maryland and Virginia.
Outsiders often wonder why the big
crowds.
The pony roundup is far from
spectacular. The ponies themselves
are scrubby little plug-uglie their
sturdy, squat stature, rough coats
and flowing names bespeaking Shet-
land stock. They have been mixed
with many breeds, however, and
vary widely in size and shape.
Sea- Going Cowboys.
Chincoteague's old-timers insist
that the wild ponies originated from
several horses that swan ashore
about 1642 from a Spanish ship
wrecked off the coast. That's the
story they heard from their fathers,
who got 1t from their parents.
In any event, the half-wild ponies
have ranged the tidewater flats Of
Chincoteague and neighboring
islands for more than 100 years. An
nually they are rounded up and
brought to town. Some of the herds
swim 1000 yards or so across chan
nels at low tide ahead of Chinco-
leagues sea-going cowboys.
Today some 200 were corraled in
back yards while thousands of spec
tators gathered to view the proceed
ings. Some spectators climbed on
adjoining roofs, the tops of automo-
biles and telephone poles.
Buyers among the crowd number
ed about one in a thousand. The
majority of yesterdays buyers turned
out to be the parents of budding
young horsemen who demanded a
pony and wouldn't take no for an
answer.
Buy me that one, daddy.
Daddy, buy me that one. I want
that one, daddy Daddy q.
Owooooooo! Daddy, please .
Owoooo"
And so bargains were struck. The
Evening star., 1939-07-28
STAR WASHINGTON D. c. FRIDAY JULY 2s 1885,

ponies went for $25 or so, mostly
colts born last spring. The old stock
was returned to sandy pastures to
Craze on salt grass and provide colts
for next years sale.
Some buyers put the ponies in the
back Of their sedans. II saw one
motorist today" said a Virginia State
policeman, with a wild colt In his
tonneau =. and was he busy! That
colt dug the cushions and springs
out Of the back seat, kicked out two
windows and paved him in the face
The last time I saw the car the colt
was trying to climb over the front
seat to help him drive"
In addition to the pony penning,
there were pony races, a carnival,
and boat races by Coast Guard
crews. In the latter events 26-foot
sef-bailing surf boats were rowed
by eight oarsmen for miles. 1t was
a "capsize" race, which meant that
the oarsmen, in the middle of the
course, had to overturn their craft
and right it before proceeding.
The seventh district, oarSmen,
drawn from stations between Nor
folk and Cape Hatteras, won by two
lengths over the sixth district, whose
territory is from Norfolk to Reho-
beth Beach, Del. The oarsmen had
been training for months and set a
fast pace.
Three Fish Hooked at Once.
The white marlin fishermen were
William Godfrey, Richmond restau-
rant man, and John Think, a Rich
mond lumberman. When they struck
school this morning, the two were
assisted by the wife of Capt. Cass.
At one time Mr.. Godfrey, Mr..
Think and Mrs. Cass each was
flghting a 7-foot marlin. They
landed all three without getting
their lines tangled-one world rec
ord, according to Capt. Cass, who
has f1shed for marlin up and down
the coast and in Caribbean waters
for years.
Mrs. Cass caught the ninth mar
lin, which broke previous world
record of eight established at Ocean
Beach, the fishermen said.
The third record, according to
Mr.. Godfrey, will be a matter of
weight. Unfortunately, however,
there were no scales on the fish
dock when the elated sportsmen
returned with their prizes.
The Virginia sportsmen declared
Evening star., 1939-07-28

that fishing boats from Ocean City
often come of Chincoteague to
catch their prize marlin, and all the
credit goes to Maryland.
We've proved" Mr.. Godfrey said,
that Chincoteague is the worlds
finest fishing ground for white mar
lin, and that the State of Virginia
Is much superior to Maryland in this
respect"