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Evening star., 1939-05-21
Unsuitable Curiosity

Peter the Great of Russia is one
Of the worlds best examples of an
Unsuitable curiosity. When travel
ing in foreign lands he must see
all and hear all. He visited pal
aces and factories, museums, aquar-
iums, theaters and gardens, inquir-
ing about everything he saw until
even they who did not know him
recognized the royal visitor by his
oft.repeated phrases: What is that
for3 How does that -workp That
I will seep
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Royalty
Continued From First Pape)

for the entertainment of the royal
visitors.
The rather odd time of 7::55 pm
noted on the invitations to the din
ner at the Embassy apparently is tc
make sure that all the guests will
be assembled when the King and
Queen and President and Mrs
Roosevelt arrive The dinner is not
scheduled to begin until BIS pm
The formal schedule calls for the
King and Queen to leave the White
House for the Embassy at 1855 pm.
and the Roosevelts to follow lC
minutes later.
The guest lists for the two dinners
have not been made public.
Neither has the Embassy released
the list of 1900 invited to the gar.
den party at which the King and
Queen will be hosts on the after.
noon Of June g. This includes 40f
prominent out-of- -towners and 9O(
Washingtonians, comprising those
officials whose position could not be
ignored in choosing those to attend
a royal garden party, and a smaller
group Of personal friends" of Brit
ish Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay
and Lady Lindsay.
Sir Ronald Explains.
Sir Ronald said at press confer
ence the other day that he knew
there was an immense" amount of
dissatisfaction among many who
thought they should have been in
vlted to the garden party. but were
lett out. He explained that only a
limited number could be accom-
modated.
Flfty-five Senator's have been in
vited-22 members of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee and
80 heads of Senate standing com
mittees. Senator Hattie w. Cara
way, the only woman member of
the body, is one of the fortunate
ones who will attend, because she
is chairman of the Committee on
Enrolled Bills.
Membership on the House For.
elgn Affairs Committee has brought
Representative Edith Nourse Rog.
ers a bid, while House standing
committee chairmanships have
brought invitations to Representa-
tive Caroline ODay and Representa-
1--WE Mary T. Norton Mrs. ODay
is chairman of the House Commit
Tee on Election of President, Vice
President and Representatives in
congress, while the Congresswoman
from New Jersey heads the Labor
Committee.
In addition to the Senate For.
elgn Affairs Committee and the
heads OF standing committees o1
both Houses, other representatives
OF the senatorial circle will include
Senator and Mrs. James J. Davis
Tor Lady Lindsay has invited all OF
the close neighbors whose gardens
more or less adjoin the Embassy
grounds. The Davis house is next
to the Embassy. Senator Davis does
not head any committee of the Sen
ate and is not a member of the
foreign relations group. His wife
who is one of the most popular
hostesses in the Capital, has ex-
pressed her delight and said that
she thought it very gracious ges-
ture."
Speaker and Leaders Included.
The bachelor majority leader oi
the House, Representative Sam Rey-
burn, and the bachelor minority
leader, Representative Joseph w
Martin, jr., have been included or
the list, as well as the Senate ma.
jority leader, Senator Alben w
Barkley, and the minority leader
Senator Charles L. McNary. And
of course, the Speaker of the House
Representative William B. Bank
head, has received an invitation.
The majority of the Senators anc
Evening star., 1939-05-21
Wife Mistreuted

CHICAGO tP).-Mrs. Raymond
Porter complained to Judge Thomas
Green that her husband would
throw part of her out the window
when he came home intoxicated
Yes, that was true. she told the
court-he would unstrap her wood
en- leg and toss it out.
Evening star., 1939-05-21
Miss InqoIIs' PIune upsets

DETROIT, May 20 R)-Laura
ingalls,, woman flyer who came here
for an air show, escaped uninjured
today when her plane nosed over in
a rough landing at Erin Airport.
Evening star., 1939-03-27
Spike Slayer Dies in Chair
He Escaped IS Times
By the Associated Press.
1CT r-~-

~
BELLEFONTE. Pa, March 27.-
Roy Lockard early today calmly
walked unassisted to the electric
chair he escaped Is times through
executive clemency and was put to
death for killing his one-time sweet
hearts baby boy because he inter-
fered with their dates"
The 29-year-old former Altoona
w. P. A. worker who repeatedly
had asserted IF have to 60 I'll
keep my chin up" did not speak a
word as he strobe into the death
chamber smiling slightly.
He glanced about at the 18 men
there to witness his execution, then
seated himself in the oaken death
chair. Guards quickly applied the
mask and electrodes and 1000 volts
of electricity snuffed out the slayer's
life in two minutes.
Lockard admitted killing three
year-old Matthew Sonny" Kar-
mendi with a railroad spike in 1886
while Mrs. Margaret Karmendi held
the child in her arms on an Altoona
street
I'VE could not go to any shows
because Sonny would 60 home and
tell his dad" the slayer testified.
Mrs. Karmendi, ~, wife of a silk
mill worker who stood by her, twice
was condemned to death, but at a
third trial was sentenced to prison
for 10 to 20 years. Ofilcials said she
wouldn't be told of Lockard's fate.
Evening star., 1939-03-27
Washington Observations
HitIers Mastery Of Europe Ends
War PeriI-for the Present

the danger of war is concerned the
jig is up. Hitler Is ready to fight,
Chamberlain, Daladier and Stain
are not. AS in this case it takes
four to make war there won't be
any war. Hitler gets what he wants
without war.
According to Washington infor-
nation from Europe, which Win
ston Churchill, NJ P, the other day
described as unrivaled, Poland seems
cast for the role of chief RESPONSE
bility for collapse of the stop Hitler
movement, if the word movement
can be applied to anything that
never went much beyond the move
ment of talking jaws and wagging
fingers. When Warsaw refused to
join the London-Paris- Moscow
Warsaw anti-Nazi front, the front
caved in. Just what actuated the
Poles is the subject of various con-
lectures. One is they demanded
guarantees OF military aid against
a German attack; another is that
Hitler bought them off with a pledge
OF non-aggression against Danzig.
the Corridor or Poland proper. Po-
lands strategic position on the
Reich's broad northeastern flank
made her inclusion in a "ouaran-
tine against Hitler indispensable.
When the Poles declined to come
through, the plan fell through.
WHAT'S the answer to all this. as
far as America is concerned? I nut
that very query within the last "a
hours to high officer of the Gov
ernment. a man who has been con-
spicuously, honorably and effective
ly Identified with the one real blow
the outside world has had the cour-
age to deal Hitler-our IS per cent
penalty tax on German imports.
His answer was immediate and un-
qualified. Preparedness, he said.
preparedness to the hilt, in our
own country and preparedness for
the whole Western Hemisphere. to
Whatever extent our southern neigh
borS desire our cooperation and to
whatever degree our own political
financial and military conditions
permit us to offer support. Certain
ly, as TAR as the United States itself
Is concerned, the lesson of events is
lnescapable. We must get ready
and keep ready-on land, on sea
and in the air That Hitler's lust
1or power is satiated with the
mastery Of Europe is unthinkable.
His dictatorial necessities will COM
pei him to banker some day for
other fields to conquer. We must
insure betlmes that any effort on
his part to conquer them on this
side of the Atlantic would be
suicidal
Inside the Department of State"
by Bertram D. Hulen of the New
York Times Washington staff, will
be published next fall. The book
will be the first chapter and verse
story OF just how our ministry of
foreign affairs operates. seasoned
with historical and anecdotal cpl
sodeS hitherto unrecorded, for the
most part. Mr.. Hulen, who covers
State for the Times, deals with
not only the department but with
the foreign service in the field. The
author has watched the foreign re-
lations wheels go round for nearly
20 years.
(Copyright, 1897
Evening star., 1939-03-27
the fact that, since the President

psychoogy Under the plan
gNs through the regular Monday meetings
senate eaoesp through his cabinet
and throgh individual conferences
lhe President is uncertain person. Of
cooperation
Will be at least interesting watch on
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1hese men the asue
10 m PRESIDENT March 1888 popular
Col Ed"ln M watson who
House secraryshp Early
watson mas led life OF soldering The
OF Trends work together exceedingly
thinking and manner of living On them will
ing the
The role OF Early the White
because he IS often called the press
to Dill gh he was constantly
snip ana part OF
heads
secretary Marvin H. Mcintyre ill., handling
We House work He snartly confines
ONCE and the telephone, and makes little
II years OF developed
value to the President nesimabe He
Wlgers get the Boss in
pleasures OF comfortable life devoted
years has been anxious
business But the President stay one
OF the ADLER officials of the New Deal
Col Watson the Presidents military past years
OF the popular
atabe and has the ability friends quickly
enjoys being with Watson whom he calls
gets well with the President Watson
of humor the President likes about their
fishermen and the President
his
Evening star., 1939-03-27

lords it not only over its own aug
mented domain, but holds in virtual
Vassalage, existent or potential, Hun
gary, Rumania, Yugoslavia and Bull
garla in the southeast and Poland,
Danzlg, Latvia, Lithuania and Es-
tonia in the northeast, while in the
north, even Denmark, and in the
west the Netherlands, Switzerland
and Belgium, with territory and re-
sources which the NaZis covet, can
no longer sleep at night, certain
that next day will not find the
shadow of the swastika darkening
their lands and their liberties.
This Is the Europe remade by
Adolph Hitler within a year-begin-
ming with annexation of Austria and
ending with seizure of Czecho-
Slovakia and Lithuania and the
economic enslavement of Rumania.
Germany's accomplishment is with
out parallel in modern times: in
some respects, without parallel in
history. AS bloodless achievement
territorial aggrandizement without
War-lt is utterly unprecedented,
unless we except our own great ex-
panslons like the Louisiana Pur-
chase or the acquisition of Alaska.
The Fuehrers triumphs, of course,
as Secretary Hull has again stigma
tiZed them, are the fruits of inter
national laWlessness." They also. as
Mr.. Hull declares, seriously threat
en- the peace of the world" But
such indictments. justified as they
are, do not, cannot, alter the fact
that Hitler has got away with it.
He gets away with it for the same
reason any bully does-he has nerve,
backed by force and the readiness
to use it. and he has neighbors who
have force, but no nerve. The Nazi
Reich faces Europe potentially
many times its physical, economic
and financial strength, but not one
tenth the size of Germany in de-
termination, decisiveness and devil
try.
That Is why J. Pierpont Morgan
last week could sail away for a
pleasure cruise in the Mediter-
ranean aboard his unarmed yacht.
The Titan of Wall Street, we may
be sure, consulted somebody in
Washington before he boarded the
Queen Mary. Some one down here
must have told him the Corsair
would be as safe in the Mediter-
ranean as in the lagoons of Central
Park. because a cowed and supine
Europe, for the third time in 13
months, has taken it lying down.
Mr.. Morgan's assurance that the
"don't-stop-H Hitler" crawl is in full
motion is we'll founded. 1t comedies
fully with the views held in all we'll
informed Washington quarters. If
-. p" asked the White House or
the State Department whether it
was worth his spending a couple
Of bucks to have his passport
visaed for the Mediterranean, what
was told him was that as far as
Evening star., 1939-03-27
Swiss Take New Step
To Bolster Frontier
BY the Associated Press.

BERNE, March 27-The Swiss
government took further steps to
bolster frontier defenses today by
prolonging the annual training
period of reserve border forces from
one to two weeks.
Some Of these border reserves,
called up late last week, were
rushed to frontier points as pre-
cautionary move in view of the in
ternational situation The move
ment continued today, most of
those summoned being sent immed-
lately by truck to the German from
tier.
The Swiss Federal Council also
decided on a one-Week training
course for territorial reserves who
had not figured in previous orders.
Rumors concerning German troop
movements on SWitZerland's bor-
ders grew so strong and persistent
today that the Swiss government
issued a statement to quell them.
Reports continued to circulate
that large quantities of war ma
terials from former Czecho-Slovak
Army stores had moved into Italy
through the Brenner Pass.
Evening star., 1939-03-27
.HeudIineFo!k
And What
They Do
Mrs. BeIIoc-Lowndes
Is Novelist Expert
In Murder
BY LEMUEL PARTON.

Mrs. Marie Belloc-LoWndes' Quill
pen has turned in more dividends
than almost any snappy new writ
ing machine you could think Of,
Britain's little apple checked "ex-
pert in murder" as she is called,
has arrived in New York in the
wake of her new book, Lizzie Bor-
den," novelization of the lurid
Massachusetts hatchet killing. It
wouldn't be surprising if she threw
some new light on the story, as
several of her novels have been a
jump or two ahead of the police
In suggesting solutions to battling
crimes.
The plump little Mrs. Belloc-
Lowndes, with her black silk gown.
her Queen Mary hat and general
Queen Victoria aspect, has written
about % books-all with the old
quill pen-far above the shilling
shockers in craftsmanship, but with
similar ingredients in plenty of
killing and mystery. "The Lodg-
err" her best horror story, has sold
more than 100000 copies and is
still moving briskly.
Her murder a day keeps the doc
tor away as she moves happily
through the years in her vicarious
killing and mayhem. Since she is
beaming with good will and friend
illness, it might be suggested that
she finds in her craft a whole
some sluice for the destructive urges
which aff1ict the rest of the world.
She used to start writing at 5
o'clock in the morning. but now it's
about g. writing In bed, showing the
quill pen relentlessly through the
morning hours. She is a sister of
Hllalre Belloc. the scholarly British
essayist of the new mediaevalism.
She is quite at home in the higher
levels Of essays and criticism. and
generous in her praise of this coun-
try's achievements in creative
writing
Among our authors, she likes best
Villa Gather, Sinclair Lewis, Louis
Bromfleld and Theodore Dresser.
She rates Dreiser's Sister Carrie"
among the best books of modern
times. She previously has been in
New York five or six times and is an
enthusiastic friend of this country.
In quaint little house in a cul de
sac street, curving around the Abbey,
her quill pen records with amazing
accuracy the doings of a quite gen.
orally homicidal world about which
so gentle and friendly a person must
know little from first-hand observa-
ton.
(Copyright, 1e39.)
Evening star., 1939-03-27
Netherlands Signs New
rude Pact With Reich
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, March a.. Germany
and the Netherlands have reached
a new trade agreement after 10
days of negotiations. it was an
nounced Saturday night.
The official news agency said:
I'm mutual confidence in the per-
manency Of economic relations be-
tween Germany and the Neither
lands, the agreement has ben con-
cluded for long period for the
first time. That is, until December
81, 1910, in contrast to previous
short term agreements"
Evening star., 1939-03-27
u. 5. Income Rises
In First Two Months
(Copyright, 193a.)
By the Associated Press.


Americans had a larger income
in January and February, the Com
merce Department said today, than
during the same months in 1888. In
addition, living costs were 3 per cent
lower this year.
In February alone, the depart
ment announced, income of all in
dividuals in the Nation from wages,
dividends. interest. and relief pay
ments totaled 5000, ,00O.O 900. This
was S1l5.000000 more than in Feb
urary. 1888.
A seasonally adjusted income in
dex prepared by the Bureau of For
eign and Domestic Commerce de-
clined from S42 in January to 83.9
in February. The index is based on
1929 statistics, represented by 100.
The 1888 low was 80.4, recorded in
May; the high mark. 84.4, was reach
ed in December.
Seasonal increases were noted in
trade and industry by the Federal
Reserve Board. In February, it
said. industrial activity held at the
January rate. but increased during
the first three weeks in March.
Evening star., 1939-03-27
W. P. A. MedicuI-Nurse
Survey to Be Made

In connection with a series of ma
tional health conferences to be held
in various parts of the country dur
ing April and May. a special survey
of w. P. A. activities in medical and
nursing care will be made this week,
according to announcement by w.
P. A. Administrator Col. F. C. Har-
rington.
A count will be made of attend
ance at w. P. A. medical and dental
clinics, home visits of nurses and
health workers, school health in
spection and other duties of health
work.
Evening star., 1939-03-27

he rules from
Memel to Con-
StanZa from
the Baltic to the
Black Sea, and
from the Rhine
to the Dnieper.
Napoleon's sway
at It's zenith was
not more abso-
lutte, or backed
by a tithe of
S uch military
power. A Great
er Germany of
245,O00 Squ a r e
miles and 30
100000 DeOple
Evening star., 1939-03-27

In the public under the New Deal The New brought
ideas and to Washington and its of office
tended the level of its principal officers decline
Roosevelt cabinet old
liam Woodin Daniel Roper Cummings
Six later their had taken Harry Woodng
Henry Morgenthau Harry Hopkins and Frank Murphy.
Undersecretary Weles Solicitor
Robert Jackson Thurman Arnold Jerome
Cohen Bill Douglas constituted
in which government could take legitimate pride For the
history, the administration public
affairs attracted of brains ambition ability
previously enjoyed exclusively business banking
corporation law.
Not the administration Teddy Roosevelt has there
similar galaxy Washington will provide
political capital extensions Democratic
national The craftsmanship of the Solid South, which
opposition the New Deal by the
of South Carolina and Senator Harrison of Mississippi
that little
control Democratic organization
Roosevet's bright their prime.
Evening star., 1939-03-27
Cut Rate Extortion

ORANGEBURG. S. c. (P).-The
G-men haven't heard about the
extortlon mystery confronting police
here but
A l4-year-old girl received a post
card demanding that a dime be
placed in bottle and left at a
designated spot or she would suffer
the consequences"
Evening star., 1939-03-27

White House is likely he will
congressman will find listener
the President is we'll known.
He will the duties of Roosevelt
often carried Hill Father
done this way Col Watson
the White House mms practice of weekly conferences with
which
Abandoned Watson will
experiment interesting
Evening star., 1939-03-27
Roosevelt
Rewards
Service
Douglas Is Example
Of Recognition for
ToIent and Zeal
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

The country has read much about
the appointment of William o.
Douglas to be member of the
Supreme Court of the United States,
but there is one phase of the selec-
ton which has been overlooked and
vet is one of the most significant
Evening star., 1939-03-27

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Evening star., 1939-03-27

There is historical justice in
this process. President Roosevelt
himself was once a bright young
man, as Assistant Secretary of
the Navy under Woodrow Wilson.
His elders in the Wilson adminis-
tration men like Bainbrid2e
Colby, John w. Davis, Newton D.
Baker and Joseph Tumulty -
capitulated to the conservative
opposition after 1920. but F. D. r.
remained AS the potent symbol
Evening star., 1939-03-27
The Capital Parade
President Has Changed Policy
Of Sending Emissories to Capitol
BY JOSEPH ALsOP and ROBERT KINrNER,

There day when Charley
Hill meant that the President cracking
That day is and
be no more Charley Vests Joe Keenans Jimmy Roove
Ing the White House views Capitol Hill The President following
dent technique in his congressional relations
prove the good will of the mgtest Senator the owes Repre-
sentative.
tpof change the fact that since the President
Evening star., 1939-03-27

aspects of Presi-
dent Roosevelt'S S
decision to pick
a man from in
side his adnlniS-
tration.
There are no
dou b t m a n y
members of the
b ar ecu a ii y
qualified for ap-
pointment, b u t
the President did
not look beyond
official Washing
ton. Why? He
has not disclosed
his reasoning to
Evening star., 1939-03-27

A native of Virginia, Col. Wat
son spent his life in the Army,
has an excellent World War rec
ord and served President Wilson
in Paris as junior military aide.
He recently purchased a place at
Charlottesville, Va, and expects
to enter politics on his own be-
half. Like Early, he likes to live
well, plays a good game of poker
and refuses to take life too
La 1. l. i
Evening star., 1939-03-27

Wsonan ideaism logical liberal
of crisis and incidentally the Democratic
life beyond the expectations
dominated affairs n n
1899 expressed the brief phrase
in
the New Deal has done
wealth.
Evening star., 1939-03-27

returned 1rOm MS sea TRIP, three
quarters of his visitors have been
members of Congress. He re-
Gently promised a group of his
younger Senate followers that he
would pull no white rabbits
from his hat. All Congressman,
whether the bitterest enemies or
zoo per cent New Dealers, like
the prestige of a White House
invitation. and the President
seems to be applying this bit of
Evening star., 1939-03-27

THE opinions of the rtters this their on
necessarily The Stars Such opinions are presented The
Stars effort to giue all sides OF questions
readers although such opinions may be contradictory amono
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1939-03-27

Protected intersections are safer to
cross than moving traffic in the mid
die of the block.
Evening star., 1939-03-27
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

It's all over, lover there" ThereU
be no war in Europe-not now, any
how. Hitler Is cock of the walk. No
one dreams of pushing him off it.
Evening star., 1939-03-27

ITO o11HS1HS61, OfkO 1"PHC Cff1O OOUf
has SO long been associated with
white hairs and whiskers that it
is a startling thing to see a man
OF physical vigor and intellectual
vitality elevated to the dignity of
a lifetime position in this stately
body of jurists.
The point is that Bill Doug
las is only one of large num-
ber of young men who have
rocoivaI concentration orJ twain,
Evening star., 1939-03-27
We, the People
Youth Is Served on the Supreme
Court and Future Effects Are Seen
BY JAY FRANKLIN,

Perhaps the greatest service rendered democracy
the Roosevelt administration is the
gwen to young men in public life For that the nomination Of
William
symbol far of Mr. Douglas
liberalism political availability
Mr. is but 4 of
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