davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1939-02-05
Sketches to illustrate Effect
OF Community Chest Deficit
ITO Board Members
To Be Elected
Tuesday

A series of sketches interpreting
the effect OF the Community Chest
deficit on the underprivileged of the
city will be a part OF the annual
meeting of contributors to be held
in the Chamber of Commerce Tues
day evening.
The play. entitled "Lengthening
Shadows" will occupy about 20 min
utes of the program and will be
presented by IL Civic Theater play
ers.
A report on the work of the Chest
during the last year will be made
by Herbert L. Willett, jr., Chest di-
rector. Coleman Jennings, president
of the Chest, will welcome the con-
tributors and delegates from busi-
ness, civic and Government groups
The financial report will be given
by H. L. Rust, jr, retiring treasurer
of the Chest. Mr.. Rust was sue
ceeded by John A. Reilly, elected to
that Office by the Board of Trustees
in January.
A total of 1l0 members will be
elected to the board by the contrib
utors at the meeting. An equal
number of representatives, consist
ing of one staff member and one
board member from each Of the IS
Chest agencies, will receive their ap-
pointments to the Board of Trustees
at the session.
The cast of "Lengthening Shad-
ows" will include Mrs. David Kush-
ner, who wrote and supervised pro-
duction of the play; Marvin Beers,
Norman Rose, Miss Lynda Bishop,
Mrs. Myer Freyman, Miss Frances
Greene, Paul Walters, Miss Cath
crime Vangnonie, Mrs. Bertha Smith
and three children, Phyllis Frank,
Phyllis Rands and Gloria Brandt.
Mrs. Lawrence Koenigsberger will be
in charge of lighting effects and
Mrs. Beers will be stage manager.
Evening star., 1939-02-05
Shoppers to Discuss
Labor LEGISLATION

Two meetings for the study Of
labor legislation before Congress
will be held by the Washington
League of Women Shoppers tomor-
row, under the leadership Of DR..
Dorothy Sells. The 1rst meeting
will be at 2:15 pm. at the Friends
Meeting House, 2111 Florida ave-
nue. NV, and the second at pm.
Ut the Arts Club Of Washington.
These sessions will open the Sec
ond series. of studies on current
labor problems arranged by the Ed
ucation Committee Of the league
The discussions will continue on
February 13, 20 and ~.
DR.. Sells, who formerly was a
professor at Bryn Mawr College, is
now on the research staff of Brook
ings Institution.
Evening star., 1939-02-05

has been open visitors from all over
the world have registered.
After the talk on the Washing
ton Birthplace" he will show .
number of natural-color views Of
some Of the churches and homes
which have survived in Virginia
since Colonial times. There will
be scenes of Stratford Hall, the
home Of the Lee family; Yeocomico
Church, where tradition says WASH
ington was christened: Marmion,
home of the Fitzhugh and Lewis
families; Sabine Hall, Menokin,
Bushfield, Bladensfield, Epping For
est, st. Mary's White Chapel and
others. Many Of these historic
places can be visited in days
automobile trip from Washington.
There will be no admission charge
to the lecture.
Evening star., 1939-02-05
Credit Men PIon Bonouet

A novel horseshoe table will fea-
ture the annual banquet and dance
OF the Washington Association Of
Credit Men Tuesday night In Ward
man Park Hotel. John A. Reilly,
president OF the Second National
Bank, will be master of ceremonies
and George B. Hoey of Lyon, Conklin
G Co. Is general chairman.
Evening star., 1939-02-05

at 8 pm. We'd
nesday in the
D e p q rtmental
Au ditorium by
Philip r. Hough,
s u erintendent
of the George
w a S h | n 6 t on
Birthplace Ma
tional M n u
ment.
Mr.. Hough will
use n a tur a i
color slides dis
playing m u C h
of the beauty OF
the new memo
rial developed in
Evening star., 1939-02-05
Partisan Newspaper
Is Out Of Date, Says
Editorial Expert
Veteran, 80, Looks Back
On so Years Work
On One Daily
BY the Associated Press.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 4.-Har-
rison Robertson, so years on one
newspaper, said today the 1889
model newspaper must "cut loose
from partisan ties" to succeed.
Mr.. Robertson, frail man OF 80,
with eyes bright as a cub reporters,
leaned back in a worn swivel chair
and declared emphatically:
THE independent newspaper now
adays gets the respect OF the people.
The day of the partisan paper Is
over. You can't run paper sue
cessfully now as an organ OF a party
or faction
Mr.. Robertson, editor of the Louis
vile Courier Journal, started on
January II his 61st year as an en-
ploye of the newspaper made famous
by Henry Watterson.
The veteran editorial writer liter
ally crashed his way into newspaper
work.
Breaks Watterson's Door.
On his first day on the Courier
Journel, Mr.. Robertson related Mr..
Watterson hired him at $40 week,
then took him out and introduced
him to the managing editor.
"a few minutes later returned to
Mr.. Watterson's Office to get my hat
and coat" he said.
"Mr. Watterson had gone, so I got
q stepladder and climbed through
the transom, got my hat and coat,
and lifted the latch.
"Then-smash.
"I had forgotten about leaving the
ladder outside.
well, sir, the Office gave a great
big guffaw and I got out of there
quick.
"It was a fine, handsome door,
with Mr.. Watterson's name and title
in big gilt letters. But, you know,
he never did mention my breaking
the door, then or later"
Early Newspapers Personal"
Mr.. Robertson said in his early
days journalism was personal, y
with editors seemingly running their
Evening star., 1939-02-05

papers for their personal exploita-
ton.
They spent most of their time
either patting one another on the
back or socking their rivals" he de-
clared. This has been largely
overcome now, and the newspapers
of today are being published as
newspapers"
Evening star., 1939-02-05
Lecturer 10 Describe
Washington Birthplace

An illustrated lecture depicting
the history and traditions Of old
and new Wakefield, birthplace of
George Washington, will be given
Evening star., 1939-02-05

the last 10 years on the old WASH
ington family plantation in West
moreland County, Va. During the
eight years the Memorial House
Evening star., 1939-05-15
Most Powerful Aircraft Enqine
Developed for u. S. Army
New 1S-CyIinder DupIex-Cycones Get
First Test in Giant Flying Boot
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The War Department announced
today development of "the worlds
largest and most powerful air. cooled
aircraft engine"-a 2,000-horsepow-
er, 18-cylinder monster.
The engine is the creation of the
Wright Aeronautical Corp, of Pat
erson, N. j., assisted by the Army
Air Corps.
With two rows of nine cylinders
each, the engine. said Louis john
son, Assistant Secretary of War,
sis 500 horsepower more powerful
than the 1,500-horsepower double
row Cyclone IA, which was the high
est power rating ever accorded an
American-built air-cooled engine
by the Civil Aeronautics Authority. -
The new engine, known as the
Duplex Cyclone, has been under
development for the last two years.
Its first commercial application has
been made in long-range flying
boat which carries 50 passengers
and crew of FIVE The plane, flown
for the first time last week, is pow
cred by two of the new Duplex
Cyclones.
Developed from the double row
Cyclone IA, the new engine will be
displayed publicly May 20 in the
Army Air Corps exhibit at the New
York Worlds Fair.
Evening star., 1939-05-15
Snite Stops Briefly in Capital
,On Way to Shrine in rance

The iron lung" car was on the
rear of crack Florida -to-New York
train. Lying within the prison that
has preserved his life, Fred Snite
flashed smiles as photographers
stood on the back platform and
"shot" into the coach. Life's still
an adventure to him.
Infantile paralysis, striking when
Fred was in China, March 81, 1896,
left him helpless below the neck
He could move only his head. But
his mind-and his courage-re-
manned untouched. His brother said:
Il think he's more alert mentally
than he was before his illness"
He could see the group on the rear
platform through mirror above his
head, and he grinned at them as If
this were only a stunt and he might
jump up and greet them any
minute.
The machinery beneath the iron
lung turned rhythmically, up and
down, pushing the air in and out of
his paralyzed lungs. But he doesn't
look like a sick man. His face has
q glow-due, his father explained,
(See SNTTE, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1939-05-15
Woman and Man Slain
In Shotgun Attack
8y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WINGATE, Md, May 15.-A
young mother was slain by a shot
gun blast today as she fed the
chickens in the back yard of a
house where she was employed.
B. o. Murphy, cashier of the
Southern Dorchester Bank in this
town of 300, said he looked from
his Office window and saw a man
who had been talking to Mrs. Alta
Moore raise gun and fire.
Mr. Murphy said the man then ran
behind chicken house and he
heard another report from the gun.
Kenneth Robinson, a Crocheron,
Md, waterman, was found dead near
the chicken house
Mrs Moore, died in Mr.. Murphy S
car en- route to the Cambridge Hos
pital, Is miles away.
Mr.. Murphy said Mrs. Moore had
been working at the home of C. M
M. Wingate for about a week. She
and her husband Otis Moore, OF
Bishops Head, had been separated
since last October, Mr.. Murphy
added.
Evening star., 1939-05-15
picture on Page Az

The man in the iron lung paused
briefly in. Washington today, bound
for a new adventure In saga of
courage and hope.
This time 28-year-old Frederick
B. Snite, jr., who for three years
has been a prisoner in a strange
contraption that breathes for him,
is headed for Lourdes, France.
There he'll spend 10 days at the
Shrine of Miracles. What he hopes
for in that retreat in the Pyrenees,
where so many miracles have been
reported, he won't say. Nor will his
father, who is his constant COM
panion.
But the father merely said, as the
train to which their special car was
attached stopped at Union Station
en- route from Florida to New York
Nobody can 60 to Lourdes with
out being benefited. If not physic-
ally, then spiritually. It was his
idea. He wanted to go. We don't
talk much about what he may OF
may not expect. I feel 1t will help
him, and I think he does, too."
Evening star., 1939-05-15
Answer Of Russia
To Britain 'sPIon
Believed Rejection
England Posses Moscow's
Reply On to France;
League Talk Likely
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, May 15.-Soviet Rus
sia's reply to Great Britains counter
proposals for getting the U. S. S. r.
into the British-French front was
received at the foreign Office today
and passed on to the French govern
ment.
Foreign Office officials said they
could not disclose its contents, but
in diplomatic circles it was agreed
generally that it did not accept the
British plan.
Britain had suggested that Russia
should agree to help Poland and Ru-
mania If these countries were at
tackled and asked for help. She
stipulated specifically that Russian
guarantees should not come into ef-
feet until Britain and France were
fighting for the two nations.
Soviet View May Have Moderated.
Officials said the Soviet reply was
drafted before the British Turkish
mutual assistance agreement was
announced and suggested that the
Russian view may have moderated
since the announcement on Friday.
Moscow reported that the reply
was delivered to British Ambassa-
dor Sir William Seeds last night
and its contents were not disclosed
there.
A spokesman pointed to the COM
ment on the British counter pro-
posals and the Russian stand pub
lished last week in Izvestia, Soviet
(See LONDON page A-6l
Evening star., 1939-05-15
Business Tax Revision
Compromise Before
President Today
Favorable PIon
Is Expected to Be
Submitted at PorIey
BACKGROUND-

BACKGROUND
ReUiSion OF business tares to
encourage business and to Stimu-
late investments has been aduo-
Gated By certain elements in
administration Present cor
poration tares run 16l2 per cent
to 19 per cent, depending on
amounts OF profits distributed
Corporations ,0ith earnings OF
$4,000 or less are gipen pref
erential treatment.
BY the Associated Press.
Congressional advocates of bust
ness tax revision sought administra-
ton support today for some compro-
mise plan which would meet crit
cisms of present levies, but avoid
any reduction in Federal revenue.
Chairren Harrison, Democrat, of
Mississippi, Of the Senate Finance
Committee, and Doughton, Demo-
crat. of North Carolina, of the House
Ways and Means Committee, were
reported to have a definite proposal
for submission at conference this
afternoon with President Roosevelt
and Secretary of the Treasury Nor
genthau.
President Put on Notice.
Both legislators were said to have
advised the President previously
that business tax revision was GER
tain to be undertaken at this ses-
sion. Advocates of revision declare
that two facts are working to their
advantage:
l. Corporate taxes yielding 81 ,300,-
100000 year expire next December
! 81, requiring some action in ad-
vance if revenue is not to decline
2. Senate Republicans have given
assurance of support for reason
able" changes.
The administration already has
sounded out several of those favor
ing revision of the advisability of
continuing present corporate taxes
and at the same time extending
miscellaneous excise levies which
expire soon.
Representative Martin, Repub-
lican, of Massachusetts, minority
(See TAXES, Page A-30
Evening star., 1939-05-15
B U II etin

SARASOTA, Fla, May Is (P.-
Wealthy young Potter D'Orsay
Palmer was reported by his physi-
clan to be near death today as
the result of injuries officers said
he received in a fight near
Bradenton.
DR.. David r. Kennedy said
Palmer might not live through
the day. He said the Oft-wed
scion of a socially prominent Chi
cagO and Sarasota family had
suffered a cerebral hemorrhage
caused by "a terrific blow" on the
forehead.
Palmer was in a hospital here.
Sheriff c. J. Hutches said at
BradentOn the fight occurred late
Thursday night at a camp Is
miles east of here, where Palmer
had gone to attend a Junior
Chamber of Commerce picnic.
The sheriff said he had begun
an investigation, but learned of
the incident only today and did
not know who else was involved
or any of the details.
Evening star., 1939-05-15

The Army is getting ready to
place record peacetime munitions
orders totaling more than $780,
100000.
officials who outlined the project
today said that by means of large
contract funds now available for
new guns, ammunitions, tanks and
other war materials might go Is
per cent further.
A saving of delivery time, they
explained, would result from mass
rather than piecemeal orders.
Although contracts for the first
ST. war planes Of the Air Corps
expansion program were signed a
few hours after the initial $50,OOO,-
600 appropriation was authorized
major ordnance orders are to be
withheld until June. Bids will be
sought, meantime. from private
manufacturing plants.
Several hundred factories will
share In the contracts for about rs
per cent of the work. The remainder
will be turned out by six manufac-
turing arsenals.
OF the $l50,OO0 900 made available
to the War Department for pur-
chase OF war materials for branches
other than the Air Corps, $l10, ,0OO,-
600 was released this month when
President Roosevelt signed the
Evening star., 1939-05-15
Roosevelt Plans
Trip to Fair in
| San Francisco

President Roosevelt plans to at
tend the Worlds Fair at San Fran
cisco next month, and on the way
to the Pacific Coast will stop of
to dedicate the Great Smokes Ma
tional Park in North Carolina.
The White House said today that
the President is uncertain on the
exact time for the trip, but feels
sure that he will return Immediately
from San Francisco to Washington
and after spending few days at
the White House will go to Hyde
Park for a limited period.
In planning the San Francisco
trip the President must figure on
what Congress is doing at that time
Tentative plans indicate the Presi-
(See ROOSEVELT Page A-4)
Evening star., 1939-05-15
I. W. 0. T.. Merqes
With United Textile
Workers Of America
Unanimous Approval
Given AmoIeomotion
OF Big c. |. O. Group
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
T. W. o. C. 1Dds created 1Dhen
C. l. o. made agreement 11tth
U. T. w. in March. 1887. The
ne,U group undertook task OF
organizing all the 1850 900 iDork-
ers in fertile industry. PoDer
has been Dielded in Uarious labor
battles Uith A. F. L.
B. the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. May 15.-The
Textile Workers Organizing Com
mittee, powerful C. I. o. affiliate
was merged today with the United
Textile Workers of America, c. I
O. group that ousted its president
five months ago for trying to re-
affiliate with the A. F. of l..
The amalgamation proposal was
approved unanimously by more
than 700 delegates at the opening
sessions of simultaneous nationa.
conventions of the two organizations
Retain Name of U. T. w.
The new union will retain tempo
rarily the name of the United Tex
tile Workers of America. 1t will take
over all financial obligations and
labor contracts of the T. w. o. C
A few minutes before the merger
vote. the United Textile delegates
ratified action of the unions Ex-
ecutive Council in expelling former
President Francis ]. German last
January because he had "entered
upon a dual and disruptive course
of conduct"
German had proposed that the
United Textile Workers secede from
the C. I. o. and join the A. F. of l..
of which it originally was a part.
Many Chapters Combined.
The amalgamation brings together
302 chartered local unions in the
T. w. o. c. and 1875 in the United
Textile Workers. The U. T. w. had
claimed a membership of $4,000 ano
the T. w. o. c. 250,0O0.
In preliminary maneuvering, Emil
Rieve of Philadelphia, president OF
the American Federation of Hosiery
Workers, was mentioned prominently
as candidate for president of the
consolidated union.
Evening star., 1939-05-15
Stunt Pilot Dies in Leup
From Blazing Room
BY the Associated Press.

6y ZIG AbSOCldIcu EIcob
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 15.-Air-
plane Stunt Pilot Clarence Near
thur of Tampa, Fla, died today
shortly after plunging six stories
from a burning hotel room.
Only yesterday he had thrilled
spectators at the Cotton Carnival
Air Show with his antics in a 1910
model plane.
The fire was confined to Mr.. Nc
Arthur's room.
Evening star., 1939-05-15
0'Mahoney Raps Use
Of Navy 10 Support
Argentine Jobs
Senator Urges Bon
On Purchases of
Foreign Beef
By the Associated Press.

by the ASSOClaleC freSS.
Supporting a provision of the naval
appropriation bill preventing the
purchase of Argentine canned corned
beef for Navy use, Senator OMa-
honey, Democrat. of Wyoming, said
today the Navy should not be used
"for the purpose of supporting Ar
gentine jobs"
In statement, Senator o Mahoney
said he would testify before Sen
ate Appropriations Subcommittee
tomorrow in support of the House
approved provision prohibiting such
purchases.
President Roosevelt directed the
Navy last week to enter into a con-
tract with the Argentine Meat Co.
operative to supply $4,000 pounds OF
Argentine canned beef He said the
Argentine product was cheaper and
superior in quality to that obtain
able in this country.
Committee Divided.
The wyoming Senator contended
that the only question involved in
the prohibition was whether or not
we should encourage domestic pro-
ducers and give preference to them
over and above foreign producers
who do not maintain the high stand
ards which we are endeavoring to
maintain in this country
The Navy, Senator O'Mahoney
added has awarded a contract fol-
corned beef to a corporation Gre
ated and fostered by the Argentine
government"
One informed member said the
Senate Appropriations Committee
was about evenly divided on the
question of retaining the House pro-
vision banning the Argentine pur-
chases.
Promises Floor Fight.
Senator Adams, Democrat, OF
Colorado said that every sale Of
Argentine beef to the Navy reduced
demand for the domestic product
He added that if the Appropriations
Committee should reject the House
approved prohibition, fight to re-
insert 1t in the $770,000,000 naval
measure would be made on the
Senate floor.
A congressional investigation Of
the circumstances of the bids to sup
ply the Navy with the Argentine
canned beef was proposed yesterday
by Representative Allen, Republican
of Illinois.
Mr.. Allen said Congress was en-.
titled to know all the facts and that
he would introduce a resolution to-
day for an investigation by a specia.
committee of five House members.
Evening star., 1939-05-15
Senator Brown to Talk
On Securities Tuxes

Senator Brown of Michigan,
chairman Of the special six
man Committee on Taxation
of Government Securities, will
be the guest speaker tonight
on the National Radio Forum
over WMAL at $3.50 o'clock.
Senator Brown will discuss
Proposed Reciprocal Taxa
tion of Government Securi-
ties"
The broadcast is arranged
by The Star and is heard over
. coast-to-coast network OF
the National Broadcasting Co.
Evening star., 1939-05-15
Former Roods Chief
Receives Fraud Term
BY the Associated Press

BY the ASS0clated Press.
ST. PAUL, May 15.-N. w. Els
berg, former State highway COM
missioner, today was sentenced to
two 70 five years in prison for con-
viction of having approved fraudu-
lent claims against the Highway
Department.
S. j. Reader, head of a Minneapolis
contracting firm, and L. L. Allen,
former Highway Department mainte-
nance engineer, received the same
sentences for conviction on the same
charge, and S. j. Reader Co. was
fined $4,000.
Evening star., 1939-05-15
Gov. Horner Improving

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, May Is R).-
Gov. Henry Horner, who suffered a
setback in his convalescence from a
heart ailment last week, was get
ting along nicely" today and q ban
on visitors at the executive mansion
probably will be lifted this week, his
physician declared.
Evening star., 1939-05-15
Loan Of S1o2,900,000
To Spain Projected
BY the Associated Press.

BRUSSELS, May Is. - Former
Premier Paul van Iceland left to-
day for Paris to establish first con .
facts concerning a projected loan
Of s22 100000 (about $102 900 ,00O) to
the Spanish government.
Van iceland was expected to re-
turn here Wednesday. 1t was be-
lieved that eventually he also would
negotiate with Spain concerning
$2,600.0O0 of frozen Belgian credits
and s118,000,0OO in Belgian invest
ments in Spain.
The loan was said to be under
discussion between a Belgian bank
ing syndicate and Spanish General
issimo Francisco Franco.
Evening star., 1939-05-15
Germans Increase
Wine Use Despite
Nozis' Dry Appeal
by the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, May 15.-Germans
drank 23.900,OOO bottles of Ger
man champagne-type wine last
year. 20 per cent more than in
1887 despite Nazi stress on tee
totalism as practiced by Chan
cellor Hitler.
The year the Nazis came to
power-1933-only 100000 bot
ties were sold. 1t costs 450
marks, or about $180, a bottle
at the official exchange rate.
French champagne prices are
prohibitive for all but the
wealthy.
Evening star., 1939-05-15

DALE, N. Y, May Is (P.-George
w. Maurer, "a. passed his first
birth anniversary in 81 yesterday
without attempting a headstand, be-
cause my wife has been sick and I
promised not to stand on my head
because it would make her nervous. {"
Evening star., 1939-05-15
Swiss Bankers in Negotiations.

BASEL, Switzerland, May IS LR.
Swiss bankers. acting in con-
junction with Belgian and Neither
lands financial houses, were dis
closed today to have commissioned
former Belgian Premier Paul van
iceland to conduct preliminary in
vestigations for loan to Spain.
Swiss financial sources said the
Belgian economist would inquire
into conditions of the loan and
report to the bankers before they
made a final decision. Participa-
ton of Swiss bankers will depend on
approval of the Swiss National
Bank and the Swiss Federal
Council.
Evening star., 1939-05-15
A Long Record

Many OF Washington's great
est business houses have
been built largely on adver-
tising in The Star.
For so years and more sew
eral of them have never
omitted to tell their customers
through The Star of their
merchandise offerings every
day the stores were open.
Their customers are largely
made up Of Star readers.
Yesterdays Circulation
The Sunday Star
May IA, 1939-------- 162,50S'
May Is, 193S--------- 150,424"
Increase ---------- 12,0N
Newsstand returns not deducted.
Evening star., 1939-05-15
Fishburne Gymnasium Burns
.AYNESBORC

WAYNESBORO. Va, May IS Up.
Fire of undetermined origin de-
stroyed the gymnasium on the Fish
burne Military School campus this
morning.