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Evening star., 1939-07-08
81 Flood Victims
Bodies Recovered;
Property Loss High
No Signs Of Epidemic
In Stricken Area
Seen by OfficioI
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
JACKSON, KY, July 8.-Fatalities
in Wednesdays cloudburst- floods in
the Eastern Kentucky Mountains,
described by Gov. A. B. Chandler as
probably the worst calamity of its
kind ever to visit Kentucky" reached
81 today.
Recovery yesterday of IA bodies Of
Breathitt County victims in Breath
lit and adjoining Lee Counties, led
DR.. Frank Sewell, Breathitt County
health director, to predict the
Breathitt toll might total more
than 80.
Thirty-five persons, most of them
from Breathitt's Frozen Greek VAL
ley. were reported missing.
BY counties the number Of bodies
recovered stood today:
Breathitt, "a; Rowan, rs, and
Lewis, 2.
Property losses were estimated in
the millions of dollars.
While debris laden streams slowly
yielded more bodies, w. I. Jones, Red
Cross field representative, said ap-
proximately 400 persons were search
ing along the streams and in the
mud and silt that covered the once
picturesque but now devastated val
ley.
Meantime, as health authorities
hurried to prevent spread of disease
and Federal and State agencies
strove to feed, shelter and clothe
thousands of virtually destitute hill
folk, DR.. P. E. Blackerby, assistant
Kentucky health commissioner, said
in Louisville: There are no indica-
tions of an epidemic" in the stricken
areas.
The Red Cross in Washington
ordered 10 additional disaster work.
ers to the flooded areas because OF
reports of increasing need for aid.
Evening star., 1939-07-08
Nicuroguons Protest
Nozi Marriage Bon
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July g.
University students engaged in angry
anti-Nazi demonstrations here yes
terday in retaliation for reported
Berlin order to a German citizen
not to marry his non-Aryan Mica
raguan sweetheart.
National Guardsmen dispersed
crowds attracted by the demon
strators, who made fiery speeches
and picketed German stores. Hand
bills were circulated throughout the
city calling upon citizens to refrain
from patronizing German-owned es-
tabliShments.
Evening star., 1939-07-08
Quezon Party Proposes
BicomeroI Legislature
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
MANILA, July 8.-The convention
of President Manuel Quezon's Ma
cionalista party adopted today a
resolution recommending a consti-
tutional amendment to re-establish
bicameral legislature.
The legislating body of the Phil
ippine Commonwealth is unicameral.
The proposed amendment would
recreate the Senate.
Opposition developed to pro-
posal to elect the Senators at large
and the resolution as adopted left
unspecified the manner of election.
Evening star., 1939-07-08

8. No prints Uill be returned.
Do not submit negatives
with your prints. Keep
them until requested by
the Amateur Snapshot
Contest Editor. (Only
original negatives ac-
ceptedD This newspaper
assumes no responsibility
for negatives.
g. Each week The Star will
pay $500 for the best pic
ture and $500 for each
picture of special merit
that is printed and not
awarded a prize. In ad-
dition, at the close of the
contest, $500 will be
paid to the final winner
in each of the four clas-
sificationS listed below.
These four winners then
will be entered in the
National Awards, where
they will compete for
prizes totaling $4,000.
IMPORTANT: II you snap
a picture which you expect
to enter in the contest and
in which a person or per-
sons appear, be sure you
get their names and ad-
dresses. This is necessary
because before your picture
can become eligible for en-
try in The National Awards
the written consent of such
person or persons to the
use of the picture for ad-
vertising purposes must be
obtained.
Following are the classi-
ficationS in which prizes
will be awarded weekly and
at the end of the contest:
CLASS A, Children and
Babies: Any picture in
which the principal in
terest is a child or chill
dren.
CLASS B, Sports, Hob
bies, Recreations, Avoca-
tions, Vacations, Action
Pictures, Animals, Pets:
Baseball, golf. tennis, mo-
tor boating, canoeing,
sailing, beach sports, air.
planes, fishing, animal
pictures, pets, gardening,
farming, etc.
CLASS c, Scenes and Still
Life Studies: Landscapes,
marine views, city streets,
travel or country scenes,
architecture, interiors,
"still life," pictures of art
objects, curioS, cut flow
ers, fruit, etc.
CLASS D, Informal Por-
traits of Adults: Pictures
of one or more persons
(cloSe up or full figure)
in natural and apparently
imposed attitude; charac-
ter studies; genre (illus-
trative of common life),
and pictures in which
charm and personality of
the subject are outstand-
Ing.
Evening star., 1939-07-08
1918 and 1920 Glasses
Called to Reich Service
nv the Associated Press.

BERLIN, July 8-Routine no.
tices in accordance with Germanv's
compulsory service laws were posted
today in Berlin streets, ordering men
born between 1918 and 1920 to report
for examination and enrolment in
the Germany army and labor service.
Men born between 1914 and 1917,
whose terms of service had been
delayed for various reasons, also
were ordered to report.
Evening star., 1939-07-08
De Valera to Arrive
In U. S. September %
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DUBLIN. July 8.-Prime Minister
Eamon de Valera last night an
nounced he would arrive in the
United States September % for a
visit replacing the one Cancelled last
spring
Invited to the United States by
President Roosevelt, De Valera
called off his first arrangements in
order to negotiate with England
when conscription was ordered by
the British government.
Evening star., 1939-07-08
British Kill z Arabs

JERUSALEM, July 8 (P.-British
troops killed two Arabs and wounded
another in an engagement today
near Nablus. A British policeman
was wounded by unidentified as
sailants at GAIA.
Evening star., 1939-07-08
Anti-Joponese Boycott
Stirs Anger of Quezon
By the Associated Presi

By the Associated Press.
MANILA, July 8.-Antonio M.
Bautista, president of the Congress
for Democracy and Collective Secur-
ity, was named In a criminal suit
filed yesterday by the city prose-
cutor, charging he unlawfully gave
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

This chart from a Government Printing Office
book containing testimony taken at Senate subcom-
mittee hearing last February on the prevalence of
venerea disease the United States and how best to
fight those diseases.
AS the chart shows, nfantile paralysis does not
strike large number of Americans as compared with
the numbers who contract various other communicable
diseases in the of year. Gonorrhea leads in
fante paralysis by 1000 to l; syphilis by 500 to l;
tuberculosis scarlet fever, diphheria and typhoid
all ahead of nfantie paralysis regards numbers of
people annually taken sick with these diseases in this
country
AS to people killed by various diseases in the United
States per year-syphils kills than 100 0OO and
this is 12 times the tuberculosis death toll 13 times
that of dirhtheria % times that of typhoid, and so
times that of nfantie paralysis
We wish the nfantile paI alysis drive all the luck
In the world.
But we hope the United States Public Health Service
will keep placing most of the emphasis the
troll and gradual eradication Of venerea disease and
that Congress will continue TO grant ample funds for
that purpose. The venerea disease fight the biggest
and the most important single public health fight this
country it's hands
tFrom the News
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
He's for Hoover

Say. Anonymous. go to
butcher shop and get yourself
some brains.
Certainly the WPA workers
voted by the thousands for
Republican candidates because
they are tired Of doing nothing
and getting paid for it.
Relief is so easily gotten un-
der this Administration that
there is no one even doing the
farm chores.
AS for Republicans bringing
any German refugees over here,
it was the present Democratic
Administration that extended
the invitation.
If giving away and foolishly
spending billions Of dollars of
the taxpayers money makes
one a great humanitarian.
President Roosevelt will no
doubt be history'S greatest.
Bring on the Hoover days!
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

hour and goes to its slum-
bers long before midnight.
There is no night life to
speak of-the city works too
hard. Unlike Atlanta, it is bar
ren of ancient tradition, for
less than threescore and 10
years ago this was merely a
rural settlement known as Ely
ton-and not until few oppor-
tunistic industrialists invaded
the section and started the
towns first steel mill, did it
leap into life-and acquire the
name of Birmingham, after the
famed British city.
From its handful of residents,
it has grown, in little more
than half a century, to a
metropolis of 100000 souls and.
on a minor scale, reminds you
of the heart of New York's shop
ping district. In fact, the
avenues and cross streets are
laid out in similar fashion.
VX7HEN the eager young man,
w sent over by the Birming-
ham AgeHerald to interview a
visiting newspaperman, had
asked the required number Of
questions, asked a few in turn.
Who, for instance, had come out
OF Birmingham Of any conSe-
quence as a national figure?
The bright young man thought
hard and fast and answered,
Octavus Roy Cohen. Nor could
he think Of even one other-nor
could my genial hest, Burt Orn-
dorff. Octavus Roy Cohen was
a major contribution and. if I
walked down Eighteenth Street
and Fourth Avenue North, I
could see for myself the very
prototypes of Florian Slappey.
for instance, and the members
of the Sons and Daughters Of I
Will Arise.
Gullible as I am, I did stroll
the Birmingham Harlem but
though I invaded one or two Of
the lesser fry restaurants-and
was most coldly regarded as an
intruder-I failed to see any one
quite so elegant in attire or
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
Data Disputed

Who was the economist re-
sponsible for that So-called buy
ing power data used in your edi-
torial Maybe We've Got Some
thing Here?" Does he claim
that average factory wages in
the United States are $3.50
cents an hour, which is the cost
of 712 pounds Of bread or 1.6
pounds of butter or 81 pounds
of be
The European countries used
in this comparison have not the
acute unemployment problems
that we have. And as for econo-
mists. chuck 'em all into the
Grand Canyon. and there won't
be any left. Any Grand Canyon,
I mean. c. L. B.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
Infantile Paraly lysis and
Syphilis

WE hope the nationwide fight against infantile
w paralysis takes some important strategic
positions this year.
The campaign for funds is going 1t reaches
climax tomorrow when most of the cergymen of all
denominations will appeal from their pulpits for con-
trbutons Contributions should be sent to the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, II East Forty
second St.. N. Y. c.; and to repeat hope lot of
them will he sent.
Infantle paralysis polomyelts-is tragic af-
Fiction striking the just and the unjust without par
tialy. Anything the American people do to bring
the disease further under control and to help advance
medical knowledge of its communication and
cure will be all to the good.
However think there some danger of losing
our sense Of proportion in the annual nationwide ex-
citement infantle paralysis. That is why re-
print the following chart
NEW CASES OF SYPHILIS AND GONORRHEA
COMPARED WITH
OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
IN THE UNITED STATES DURING 1885
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

greatly on your own approach.
Most people respond to smiling,
friendly manner. Women COM
plain that men have lost their
gallantry, but l don't agree.
Women are constantly striving
for equal rights, men often treat
them accordingly. However,
we live in a different age now.
Economic conditions force peo'
pie to be tough"
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

big shots treat you with more
consideration than the unimpor-
tant people, which shows that
it doesn't cost anyone anything
to be well hammered and
friendly, and these traits help
to achieve success"
= =
Cushing B. HasSelI. 200 block
Baltimore Ave, Takoma Park,
Md, salesman:
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

spect for elderly women, par.
ticularly in street cars. I've seen
old women hanging on straps.
Often people are laden with
bundles and there is no offer
from others to rake the bundles
or give them a seat. I believe
the grouches and the ill-man-
nered are only hurting them
selves"
\ 4
John H. Parsons, 1900 block
Argyle Terrace N. W., manufac-
turers' representative:
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

Indeed I do. I'm
a salesman and I
get around all the
time and meet
many types of peo-
pile. I'd say that 10
out of 20 pc ople
are courteous and
considerate. I have
discovered that the
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
B. U. B. Objects

This small-loan business
you, of course, prefer to call it
racket" t"-problem has been
thrashed over time and again.
And each time the powers that
be evidently find little cause to
make any marked changed in its
methods.
So I'm just wondering II this
isn't another excuse for working
up a series Of tear-jerking ar
ticles-with pictures and every
thing that go into the making
Of good mellerdrammer.
Not posing as an authority or
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
Sir,aplified Calendar
"Free Press''

Some Voice contributors evi.
IDENTIFY have never been in
Mexico and don't know what is
really going on there, or they'd
never approve those Fred Paisley
articles on Mexico.
Why didn't he write those
articles while he was still in
Mexico? There is freedom Of
the press there, and President
CardenaS has been acclaimed by
intelligent Americans as one OF
the most democratic presidents
in the world. M. L. G.
MoscoU Must Be HedOen
Very deceptive was your edi
torial carving a diagram show
ing superior food purchasing
power of American wages over
RUSSIAN wages.
You neglect to mention that
the Soviet worker doesn't have
to save for medical care. in
surance, vacations, old age.
education for his children or
rainy days. and therefore can
spend a larger part Of his wages
for food. You say nothing Of
the food purchasing power Of
those millions of Americans who
earn part time wages or no
wages.
Please remember that the
average Soviet wage has in
creased t:vefold in a decade.
whiie the average American
wage has been cut in half.
L. K.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
Bulls Us. Snakes

All three of the big isms are
despicable. cruel and barbaric.
However. Communism is the
worst menace Of the three.
Fascists and Nazis are boaStful,
blunt, intolerant and stupidly
tactless as a result Of being
drunk with power. They are
like q snoring bull.
Communists are sly. cunning,
and masters al working in the
dark. They are snakes in the
grass, hiding Under the cloak OF
democracy and working their
way into our schools, colleges,
labor unions, etc. e. G.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

If the person feels good, then
he's courteous and considerate
as can be. But if the weather
isn't just right, then he's just
the opposite. But I do find the
average person intends to be
considerate."
Miss Frances Frankel, 1900
block Shepherd st. N. w., Sec
retary:
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
Cardends and Chaos

Though your policies have
often displeased me, I must give
credit where credit is due. II is
about time some paper made it
known to the public how things
are going in Mexico. I am cheer
ing those articles on Mexico by
Fred Paisley. A. j. G.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

phasized the
fact that coal
and iron and
linn e S t o n e
came out Of
these sturdy
mount tai-1s-
r e d a n d
Shades.
Like Allan
ia, Birning-
ham throbS
with activity
in the day
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

is taught that it is good business
to be courteous and accommo-
dating to a certain point. The
trouble is that so many people
are leading such Q busy life that
they overlook being courteous"
\ 4 +
Daniel Bowen, 1400 block w
St. N. w., clerk:
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

Il believe In the
saying: The world
is a mirror. II
you smile at the
world, the world
smiles back at you
I have learned that
people can be made
to be polite and
helpful, depending
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

Il find most peo-
pie g e II orally po-
lite and consider
ate. 1 do believe
most people try to
be h elpf ul and
pleasant, especial
ly if they are work
ing people or in
business. Everyone
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

is because people have come to
realize that good manners, pleas
antness and consideration for
the other fellow are important
assets to every individual"
X -
Henry c. Stephenson, jr.. of
Rosemont, Va, theatricalS:
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

IS ON e t mes I
I find people eX-
tremely urteous
and consi derate.
and sometimes just
the opposite. Some
people are growl-
ing and dissatisfied
all the time. Other
people are moody.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

Florian.
7 MIGHT have, if I had cared
l. to told my Birmingham
friends that for years I had
heard of the beauty and ag-
gressiveness of the city from a
native-born son who had come
to New York and made good
after o fashion.
He was, as head of the Fa-
NOUS Features Syndicate, my
boss for a time, and he paid
me to ghost" articles signed
by Peaches and Daddy Brown
ing and Queen Marie of Ru-
mania and others. An odd fel-
low at times, I heard from and
OF him only on rare occasions.
Then, one day, over a year
ago 1 picked up a newspaper
and there I read that Leslie
Fulenwider had grabbed a para
chute and leaped from a plane
but the parachute never opened.
And the paper I read limited
that Fulenwider knew the para
chute could not open and had
deliberately taken the leap.
A CROSS the street from the
n Tutwiler Hotel (of which
Burt Orndorff is vice president
and general manager), there
stands a neat building.
Once it was the ultra-ex.
elusive Southern Club and your
folks had to be Of the good old
aristocracy-preferably South
ern aristocracy-if you wanted
to avoid the disgrace of being
blackballed. Now it is WPA
headquarters and, where once
you had to have a card to get
in, now you have to go in to
get a card.
VULCAN, my pet Man of Iron,
is worth a piece in the
papers devoted entirely to him
self and I wish I had the space
or, to be more truthful. the
enthusiaSm-for him that all
Birmingham seems to have.
At any rate, he is undoubtedly
the largest iron figure ever cast,
standing 124 feet above his ped
estal which, in itself, is some
20 feet high. A bearded head he
has and ugly as was mythology's
Vulcan-and the head weighs
all of six tons, while each foot,
seven feet long and three feet
wide, weighs five tons.
7 ESS was said-but in this I
- found my greatest interest
about the bizarre home of the
former mayor, George Ward.
Vestavia, he calls it, and it is
supposed to be a replica of the
original temple to the Goddess
Vesta, yet it looked to me like
nothing so much as an ornate
silo.
Situated on Shades Mountain
and surrounded by almost a
score of flower-bedded acreage,
it has one room only on each
floor-and no one knows the
reason for that-and ex-Mayor
Ward doesn't try to explain.
Merely lives there-except when
the chill winds blow. Then he
comes into town and stops over
at the Tutwiler.
T MIGHT add that, thus far,
l. nowhere in the South have I
seen the lovely young ladies
wear their skirts shorter than in
Birmingham. There is every
reason why they should. There
is every two reasons why they
should.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

Yes, I do. In
my work 1 meet
m any people.
Often strangers go
out of their way to
be of assistance.
Manners in gen.
eral have improved
in the last 10 or Is
years. Perhaps it
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

II think so. At
least I'd say that
the majority of av.
erage people are
courteous. I don't
believe people are
as considerate as
they could be. Men
and women should
show greater re-
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
ROllin' Along
By Louis SObOL

BIRMINGHAM, Ala-Vulcan, the Iron Man, holds his
- bolt of flame high and firm he surveys the city OF
Birmingham from his lofty perch atop Red Mountain
Affabe Burt Orndorf president of the Chamber OF Com
merce took up inspect the bearded god and hoped
surprise with the view of the great Southern industrial
city sprawing its breadth and length below
The blanket of twnklng lights reminded me- somehow
of that breahless of Hollywood at night as you
ride along Sunset Boulevard but Birmingham has no time
for the frvoties and vagares the pampred movie colony
Iron steel, coal, textiles
the stars of Brmng manner as the AupeU"ouS
F1orian
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
81

I made more money accidentally
under Hoover'S administration
than I can on purpose under
President Roosevelt.
BILLY GRAHAM.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
Your |. O.
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER

BY SHIRLEY SPENCER
See if you can unscramble 10
of these American capitals in
two minutes.
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4. SIN DOES ME
S. MARC HOTELS
6. M SAID NO
7. so BE
8. HE NO PIX
8. OMENS AT CAR
10. NAILS N G
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ANSWERS on Page 15l
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
Alarmed

If Roosevelt and Ickes don't
mind their own business, we're
going to have a war within the
next six months. r. K.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
The Inquiring
Photographer
The Washington Times in
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

Do you find the average per-
son courteous and conSiderate?
THE ANSWERS
Miss Phyllis T o m BIS, of
HyattSville, Md, stenographer:
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
Traffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims in
the District of Columbia since
January /, 1899, is graphically
shown by the death watch.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
Iec11ltczI1<hzeA Nk
People
By Frank Romer
FERDINAND II

TCNOIINFNINO ~
DRAMATICALLY watch
full of his health, this
Grand Duke of Tuscany
had two gigantic ther-
mometers built in his
room. For hours at a time
he'd pace the floor be-
tween them, carrying halt
a dozen skuIIcaPs, his eye
glued to the gauges. With
each degrees change,
he'd switch to a skullcap
Of different weight and
warmth.
Ct. N. Reg o. 0. Pat. oft.y Ses
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
(From the New z

Letters TO TWO HUNDRED WORDS Ma
Addresses of the Omitted Upon Request
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

student of the situation, it
strikes me that these small loan
business places exist simply to
meet a demand by persons whose
credit ratings fall below the
standard of reasonable expec-
fancy required by orthodox
bankers. B. U. B.
Sin1plified Calendar
It would be very simple to
simplify the calendar. Just
ignore the months. The year
divides into 50 seven-day weeks
plus one day, plus another day
for every leap year. We could
simply use these extra days as
holidays, and let business pro-
ceed on a basis Of first, second,
third and fourth quarters Of
the year, instead Of on a
monthly basis. H. c. A.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

ITOn, SIeeI, COdI, VeAI1IeS-
these are the stars of Birming-
ham, and Orndorff proudly en-
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

manner as the impetuous
Florian.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-07-03
Miss Whitaker
Becomes Bride Of
Mr.. Earl Wilson

Miss Doorthv Whitaker, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. James Whit
taker of Pilot Rock, Oregon, became
the bride of Mr.. Earl Wilson, son
of Mrs. Bessie Wilson of st. Louis
Missouri, at quiet ceremony per-
formed in the manse of the North
ern Light Presbyterian Church at 8
o'clock Friday evening by the Rev
John A. Glasse.
The attractive bride wore capri
blue suit with white accessories for
her marriage and bridal corsage
of gardenias. Miss Margery Whit
taker, her only attendant. chose for
her sisters wedding a suit of fig
ured white silk crepe and accessories
of navy blue. Mr.. Jack Wilson,
brother of the groom, was best man.
A small wedding reception was
held at the Tenth Street home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Daniel, follow
ing the ceremony.
The bride, well known in Juneau,
has been a member of the teaching
staff of the Juneau Public Schools
for the past two years. Mr.. Wilson
is an employee of the Alaska Ju-