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The Washington times., 1939-01-11
"JuSt Started"

He then explained that, this
barter thing has just started. 1t
hasn't yet got into the statistics.
When it does, you'll see a ire
mendous jump in German trade
with Mexico"
His statement is confirmed in
part, at least, by the latest figures
of our Department of Commerce.
For the first nine months of 1888,
our exports to Mexico dropped As
per cent from $83.021 900 in 1887
to SAG, 100000 in 1888. Indications
were that for the full year the
loss would total so per cent. Each
month showed a greater decline,
with September at more than So
per cent-$9, ,149, 900 in 1887 as
against $4,465, 900 in 1898.
Supplemental figures obtained
in Mexico City showed that for
the first six months of 1888, as
compared with the same period in
1887, the sales gain of Germany
was 7.6 per cent; that of Austria,
now part of the Reich, 939 per
cent; that cf Sudeten Czechoslo-
vakia, 14.6 per cent, and that of
Japan 1913 per cent. Italy, never
a heavy trade factor in Mexico,
showed decline of IL per cent.
Despite Cardenas' barter over
lures, it's still a matter Of spec.
ulation how far he will be allowed
to go in cultivating the friendsir
of Rome and Berlin. The Com
munistled Mexican workers are
decidedly anti-Fascist. And so it :
a case of blow hot, blow cold.
Soon after Mexico CityS new
Grand Central airport was com
pleted last November, it was dis
covered that Leftist painter do
ing the murals had put the heads
of Mussolini and Hitler on a two
headed snake, depicted rising out
of an inferno. The German and
Italian legations lodged formal pro
tests and Cardenas' Secretary OF
Communications, Gen. Francisco
Mugica, hurriedly removed them
Scarcely had that incident been
Officially closed than the fiery
Vicente Lombardo Toledano, most
powerful labor leader in Mexico,
in a radio broadcast called Hitler
"a bloody buffoon," said Germany
was run by bunch of lunatics
and degenerates and predicted the
fall Of the Third Reich. The Mex.
ican government made no reply to
Germnay'S sharp protest. Neither,
needless to say, was ToledanC
reprimanded.
Still another monkey wrench
was thrown by the CTM when
Toledano's workers banned Car
men," a Spanish production filmed
in Germany, on the ground that
some Of its players were of Hitler
ist inclinationS.
. BUT:
Cardenas was one of the only
two government heads in the
Western Hemisphere to send New
Year greetings to Hitler.
Germany is making a smashing
trade drive in Mexico, and
thanks to appropriation and bar
ter, seems in a fair way to dis
place the United States in the
next few years. She is concen
trating on everything from heavy
machinery to toys. She is able to
undersell us and compete with
Japan because of low-cost labor
synthetic processes and technical
efficiency. Her goods find a ready
market among middle-class Mexi
cans, whose monthly income av'
erages 800 pesos, or $50.
Fishing is the big Nipponese in
dustry. Fleets of sleek Diesel-en
gined boats hover off the coast OF
Mexico all the way from Acapulco
to the California border, 1000
miles up the coast.
It's Hands Across the Pacific
for the Mexicans and Japs.
(AnOther article in this series
will appear tomorrow in The
! Times.D
The Washington times., 1939-01-11
Takes Advantage

Another American concern quick
to take advantage Of expropria'
ton was the Eastern States Re
filming Company at Houston, Tex
It contracted with the Mexican
Government for 10000 barrels o1
crude petroleum a day, transport
ing it to largest oil fields in thu
United States. The contract wa!
later increased to $4,000 barrels
a day.
For several months after
appropriation" a high American
official told the writer, the
Mexican government received
numerous propositions from for
eign interests desiring to buy
Mexican petroleum. Several Of
these offers came from British
and French interests. However,
the governments of those two
countries let it be known they
would not countenance their
nationals trafficking in the
appropriated oil.
so it comes to this: The only
government which has allowed
its nationals to exploit the Situa-
tion without restraint is that OF
the United States. Had our
Government follow e d the
example of the French and
British governments, the story
of the Mexican oil grab might
have been quite different.
"Cardenas, Of course, can
afford to be cocky. He knows
the Monroe Doctrine protects
him against England and the
good neighbor policy of the
present administration against
the United States"
Concerning the barter threat a
our Mexican trade, this same Of
ficial said:
For the past several years,
we have been buying from Mex
leo 80 million in gold, 80 million
in silver, and, as of last year,
IS million in products. That
makes a total of 1875 million
for which we paid cash on the
line. Now, because of the barter
system, we're behind the eight
ball. We can't compete with
compensation marks.
II suggest that our Mr.. Cor
dell Hull inform the Mexican
The Washington times., 1939-01-11

ord throughout the country ha'
landed him well up among the
top pros of the land, and it il
his artistry with the irons that put
him there.
Witty tells his pupils:
with the irons, don't open up
with the hip pivot on the down.
swing too soon. Remember that
your stroke is a swing Your
wrists have got to get into play
first"
with an iron shot" says
Witty, You need something to
hit against and that something
is the left side used as a sort Of
brace. You must keep that left
side brace firm.
The difference between a
wood and an iron shot is that
the wood swing is more lateral.
But don't make the mistake Of
thinking you should hit with an
iron; it's still swing. only the
stance is more upright. And
the shift in weight from right to
left is progressively less as you
get nearer to the hole"
The Washington times., 1939-01-11
5000 Moths in Velvet

The Yanks' record crowd of
$4,000 was not all gravy. There
were 5000 moths in the velvet.
The coolest spot in the park is
the pass gate where the turn
Stile whirls all afternoon like
an electric fan.
The English Derby at EPSON
Downs draws 100000 paid in
mates. No other sport gets close
to that. The tennis Stadiums
are flea bags.
The biggest baseball attend
ance was in Cleveland where
125,000 people say an amateur
game in a natural amphitheater
formed by Park Hills. It was
as free as fish scales on a Boston
wharf.
In figuring attendance you
must also toss in the prices of
admission. That makes the
Dempsey -Tunney fight stand out
like a starched collar.
It drew a million dollars and
more. 1t was topped only by the
other Dempsey-Tunney contest
In Chicago. Tickets were scaled
up to fifty boffes a tag. And
thousands of fans kicked in an
extra fifty to the specs.
The Washington times., 1939-01-11
BY Lillian RIXEY

Witty Cox. Congressional pro
and dean of the Washington club
mentors, has yet another theory
on why tournament golfers are
Slicing into the sixties these days.
Yesterday Gene Sarazen blasted
the moguls of golf for making
courses so easy, by shortening
yardage and watering green's,
that the stars of today seemed to
throw into the shade the Bobby
JoneseS, Walter Hagens, and Gene
Sarazens of yesteryear.
Sarazen maintained that Snead,
Guldahl and company couldn't
compare in shot-making with
those masters if the courses were
as difficult as they used to be.
DISSENTING OPINION
But Witty has a dissenting
opinion and a rather sound one at
that. His theory runs something
like this: Ten, fifteen years ago.
who made the tournament rounds
of the small number of champion
The Washington times., 1939-01-11
TITLE WON BY
VICTORY POST

Victory Post of the American
Legion took the indoor baseball
title of the District of Columbia
for the second year in succession
when it handed the Community
All-Stars go defeat last night at
Tech High gymnasium.
Victory finished the season with
a record of IL won and one lost,
taking the title in both the first
and second halves of the schedule.
The Washington times., 1939-01-11
Miss Cootes, Tennis
Star, TO Wed SATURDAY

Mary Elizabeth Dickson Cootes.
well known tennis player of Alex
andria, and F. L. Belin, 1923
Twenty-eighth st. N. W., have ap-
piled for a marriage License.
They are to be welded Satur-
day at ST. Johns Church by DR..
Oliver j. Hart.
The Washington times., 1939-01-11
|. Q. Answers
Questions on Page g.

l. The African elephant has
larger ears and an arched fore
head. 2. b. 3. Louis XVI. 4.
Viscounte Ferdinand De LeSseps.
5. Benjamin DiSraeli. 6. True.
7. Because of the vibrations. 8.
Hieroglyphics. 9."Open Sesame. I"
(b) The slave. Morgiana, poured
boiling oil into the jars in which
the forty thieves we're hidden
10. Francois Villon, 18th Century
poet. c'Ballad of the Gibbet"). .
The Washington times., 1939-01-11
CONTINUED from Local PageJ

our more than $1OO,oOO.0O0 export
trade with Mexico in 1887.
It is Davis second such deal
In the first one, involving $40, 600.
900, the Mexican Government re
ceived 40 per cent cash, and sc
per cent in merchandise credit
The oil went to Sweden, in ad'
dition to italy and Germany.
The Washington times., 1939-01-11
Mexico Axis Linked
BV Petroleum Barter

Government. We're pretty good
customers of yours and always
have been. Well continue to
take your products, but no more
cash on the line. Well trade you
automobiles, corn, wheat, ma
chinery and so forth"
The Washington times., 1939-01-11
Fernando on His Way to Top
GIVES QUARLES
BOXING LESSON
IN ARENA BOUT
BY FRANK BUCK" O,NEILL

BY FRANK BUCK" O'NE1LL
Gangway for a real fighter, you
lightweights, for joey Fernando is
on his way to the top. He may
not have a nonstop trip to the
throne, but you can bet a lot of
money, if you care to, that the
boy who tops him over any dis
tance in the ring is going to be
a champion, or close to a cham.
pion. Experts say that the fault
which ultimately will stop Fer
rando, if he is to be stopped, is
his tendency to hook his punches
wide. If he hit a little shorter and
a little straighter he probably
would go a lot farther.
Fernando is fast puncher and
a good puncher. If you doubt that,
you probably can get a lot Of cor
roborative testimony from Nor
ment Quarles, the North Carolina
college boy. Fernando gave Quarles
boxing lesson at Turner's Arena
last night and won all 10 of the
furious rounds that had the crowd
roaring from start to finish. Eddie
La Fond penalized Fernando twice
for alleged low punching, and that
gave Quarles an even break in two
of the heats.
GOOD RECORD
In % rounds now, Fernando has
yet to lose one of them. And that
is a good record, even with a
punching bag.
The crowd was strictly anti
Fernando. The New Jersey boy
relied on left hook, to the body,
and couple of times it seemed as
if he had hit Quarles low. AS a
matter of fact, Quarles wore his
trunks half way up to his ears, and
the most legitimate pune h e S
landed on his trunks. So the
crowd roared in protest at times
Joey, however, kept right on roll
ing around, flashing in and around
Quarles, who is strictly a counter
fighter, and landing as many as
five punches to one.
In the third round Fernando just
about sewed up the fight. He
crashed smashing left hook home
to the break of the ribs, and
Quarles' mouth opened as he
struggled for breath. Fernando
stepped in swiftly with a left hook
and a right to the jaw and
Quarles was tired fighter at the
end.
QUARLES EYE CUT
Quarles suffered a cut eye in
the late stages of the fight, and
Farrando had a cut on his head
suffered when the men bumped
heads. Quarles' best punch was
an inside right to the body de
livered when the men were fight.
ing at close range. Neither man
was knocked down, and Fernando
never was in distress. Quarles
was hurt at least twice, but he
everlastingly stuck to his guns and
asked no quarter.
In the preliminaries frankie
Wills outpointed Tommy Hoover
in six rounds. Billy Corrigan did
the same for Joe Perry and Toby
Tobias, the unbeaten college boy
outscored frankie Lift. Tobias
should be compelled to take rest
for several weeks in order to give
his left eye time to heal.
The Washington times., 1939-01-11

This is the fourth in a
series of articles on Washing
ton golf professionals and
their SpecialtieS.
The Washington times., 1939-01-11

the W on g
S h a p e. Yet
Notre D a m e
drew 100000
spectators in
three tries.
These were
all certified
e n doWrnentS.
Not one Of the
100000 was a
era Sh Gu S.
TONER Every
body a id it
on the line.
The Washington times., 1939-01-11
|Bug's-Eye
VieW of Days
Sports
by Arthur (Bugs) Baer-
Copyright, 1889. by international
News Service)

NEW YORK, Jan. II Q.N.S0.
There's a little football bowl
you never hear of because it's
The Washington times., 1939-01-11
LOST & FOUND

kOS5. ..t..I,..SlIl,..., q fOONO
(Other Lost Ads on Page One)
BILLFoLD. mans dark brown, engraved
VIM. E. Ring; reward. RA. 2lO6, evenings.
BULL.sPITz black. white: male; short
hair; name Sargent" Reward. GE. 3426.
FALSE TOOTH on gold brace. vic. Good
Hope Rd.. Anacostla; rev.; II. 2666-J, J,
FOX TERRIER-white with black spot
over eyes and around neck, no tail; re-
ward. Ii. 1000.
FOX TERRIER, male. brown and white
face. black and white body spots; Bat
ears. long tail name Teddy Reward.
Strayed from 1880 Erie St. S. E.
WATCH. Swiss. gold keywind; keys and
medal on chain: inscribed Kate: reward.
DR.. NelsNn. Garfield Hospital.
wIRE.HAIRED terrier. female; white,
black spot on back; Jill. WI. 5000.
WRIST WATCH, lady's gold Hamilton, blk
cord band; vic. 1st, Rhode Island or 18th,
Col. Rd.; reward. CO. 1888.
Rescue League, II o St. n. w. no. $3.50
FOUND-Dog, male, white with mark.
ings, resembles shepherd, collar, about
weeks ago. 147l Irving NV. apt. 81.
FOUND-scottie dog. Saturday. brlndle
color. 44th & Reservoir Rd. EN-. 1927
after 6 p. m.
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Ia Personals
AFTER this date will not be responsible
for any debts made by any other than
myself. JOSEPH LIBERTY.
ANYONE with rheumatism or dropsv who
wants to be cured write DR.. E. L. Young
1877 9TH st. n. E.
BEFORE planning your dance, banquet or
other social function, call Miss Jordan
REP. 2444.
DENTAL PLATES REPAIRED while you
wait. Modern Dental La boratory Rm. SOP
Westory Bldg, 14th and NV. MA. 0773
FALSE TEETH repaired while you wait
Emergency Dental Laboratory. sos 14th
N. W.. Room 9O2. Tel ME. 1888.
HEMoRRHOIDS eradicated by my owr
method: results effective for a lifetime
or money back Write for booklet. DR.
SOMMERWERCK, 1865 Columbia Rd.
IN SEVERE cases of rheumatism. neuritis
stiff Joints. swelling, backache, sore feet
COMMON SENSE salve gives amazing
results first application or money Ne
funded without question. Dupont O52O.
MAN will give blood transfusions type
universal. MR.. BOSWELL. Ii. 9779.
REDUCING-Hourly nursing by expert
enced nurse. 1922 18th st. N. W. Apt.
SCALP TREATMENT - Exper. operator
white: hrs. 81. For appt. call AID. 1854
The Washington times., 1939-01-11

BUgs BAer Their oppo-
nents we're Army, Navy and
Southern California. The spot
marked K is Soldiers Field, Chi
cago.
Some people say it isn't a
bowl. 1t sure is no demi-taSse.
The Philadelphia Stadium top
ped the figures with 100000 for
the Dempsey-Tunney fig h t..
That's tops in the wholesale
leather business.
Paid Nothing; Got Nothing
Almost that many saw the
corn uSking bee on Les
Mitchell's weed ranch in In
diana four years ago. But they
paid for nothing and got nothing
but the afternoon off.
The bowls have been so widely
advertised that we forget Indian
apoliS draws 175,000 paid ad-
missions for it's annual motor
scramble, that $4,000 people saw
q doubleheader at the Yankee
Stadium and 100000 gander
daily at the Radio City excava.
tions.
Les Mitchell's crowd was top
ped by 10000 at the national
corn shucking regatta in Ohio.
Nobody paid.
College boat races attract the
biggest crowds in sport. But the
spectators run as loose as flat
wheels and there's no way of
rounding 'em up.
Basketball would attract rec
ord crowds except it's bracketed
by the building laws. Tops
seems to be 1000 people but
they are more enthusiastic than
cats in butcher shop. A
basketball crowd can make more
noise than a mule kicking down
a kettle factory.
The Washington times., 1939-01-11
Personals
Motor Travel

DRIVING Hot Springs. Ark. 1888 Dodge
Sedan. Will take passenger. share exp.
A. c. HersberEer. Box SO, Barnesville, Nd.
EMPLOYED mother will partially furnish
apt and share expense for room and
care of child. DI. OHIO, 8 to .. m.
The Washington times., 1939-01-11

Les Mitchell's crowd was top
ped by 10000 at the national
corn shucking regatta in Ohio.
Nobody paid.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-21
STATE

The amazing new screen sensa- ton, "Son of Frankenstein" starring Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi made It's local debut at the Warner Brcs. State theater yes- terday and judging from reactions of capacity audiences 1t surpasses all other efforts ct blood-curdling film fare.
 The terrifying monster created by Frankenstein and brought back to life by his scientist son, thrilled and chilled State patrons beyond any manner of description.
 Basil Rathbone is seen in the role of Baron Wolf Won F'rankenstein, possessor of the dread heritage of the family, destructive monster. Tn one of his most difficult roles, that of 6 doctor torn between love of his wife and daughter and scien- tific fervor for his sinister experi- ments, Rathbone wins new laurels.
 This all new horrifying story opens when the new Frankenstein figure returns to his ancestral castle twenty-five years after his fathers death, as stipulated by the elder Frankenstein's will. He stumbles upon his fathers grim creation, the hair-raising Monster of destruction, played by Karloff. A brilliant per- formance is also turned in by Bella Lugosi who appears as the broken- necked peasant and adding to the grimness of the production.
 Lionel Atwill. Josephine Hutch- inson. Emma Dunn, four-year-ol Donnie Dunagan, and Edgar Norton
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-21
STRAND

Personal Secretary" starring Joy Hodges. William Gargan, Andy De- vine, Florence Roberts and others; also the marvellous singing cowboy Gene Autry and the comedian smil- ey Brunette in "Gold Mine in the Sky" comprise the giant double fea- ttire program which will have it's first Waterbury showing at the Warner Bros. Strand theater today and tomorrow.
 Youth, love and laughter will predominate on the screen of this popular theater when Spring Mad- ress." the college romance of 1889 makes its debut on Monday as the headliner of the fine twin feature bill to be enjoyed for two days.
 Offering new and sophisticated slant on the contemporary college scene, the picture stars Maureen O'Sullivan ard Lew Ayers fin the leading roles. It presents the prob- lem of e boy and girl on the thres- hold of stepping from the campus into broader world and faced with the difficulties of marriage on . shoe-string.
 Prominent in the cast are Ruth Hussey, Burgess Meredith, who ifi- cidentally is considered one of the most outstanding young actors on the Broadway stage, Ann Norris and Joyce Compton.
 The story relates the timely ad- ventures of 2 gay young college
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-21

fruit cake also supplies body fuel e. What is the correct form of invitation for widow to send for her daughters wedding2 Mrs. James Gordon Bateman requests the pleasure of your com- pany at the marriage of her
 daughter
 Mary Alice
 to
 MT, John Edward Smith on Wednesday, the first of october at four o'clock in the afternoon St. Thomas Church
 Blankville, N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-21
POLI'S

Night, the air laden with the chill of death; c girl, wanted for murder, sits nervously In her roadster on the front end of Q San Francisco ferry; a police car is driven onto the boat, and two officers alight to peer into every car: without a moments hesitation, the girl drives crasily into the water--and the darkness; the swirling fog silently covers the splash.
 This is one of the first thrilling scenes in Trade Winds," Walter Wanger's adventure romance open. ing at the Loew-Poli tileater today with Frederic March and Joan Bens nett in the starring roles. The girl who seizes this daring chance to es. cape is Miss Bennett herself. A few days later the San Francisco police are notified that she has pawned . ring in Honolulu.
 Thus begins c chase that extends half way around the world, with March, debonair private detective with an inordinate fondness for beautiful girls, in close pursuit of the fugitive. Another exciting romance is contributed by Ralph Bellamy and Ann Sothern, who also do their sleuthing on the run.
 No dramatic picture ever to reach the screen has equaled in the variety of It's far-fung scenic back ground as Trade Winds" much of its intriguing action taking place in well known, interesting and pic. turesquely colorful localitiers.
 Summing Up briefly Trade Winds is top-notch entertainment. It be. longs at the top of your list of pic- lures that are labeled "musts."
 On the same program is another big hit, an exciting drama of the turf "Fighting Thoroughbreds," with Mary Carlisle, Ralph Byrd, Robert Allen and George Hayes in the lead- ing roles.
 Plan now to attend the mammoth Jitterbug exhibition to be held at the popular Loew-Poli theater on Wednesday evening for one perform ance only, at 9 p. m. Manager Ed Fitzpatrick has assembled both cole ored and white dance teams to bring you the biggest jam session ever to be held, and this big event will also mark the New England premiere of jitterbug shows. Local teams are being given the opportunity to be Q part of this great show, so don't delay, contact Manager Fitzpatrick now. In addition to this headline attraction there will be i've big acts direct from q Broadway musical stage show, and two superb screen attractions, and best of ali.. there is positively no advance in prices for this gigantic triple event which gives promise of being top-notch eriter- tanment. Make Up c party and como on downl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-21
Gl0rifWng Yourself
By Alicia HarI
NEA Service Staff Writer

NEA service StaxE Wr1ter
 For the first time in your life you have @ birthday you wish nobody would mention-or even remember. You catch yourself reminiscing about what you thought of persons your present age when you were, say 20. Whether you like 1t or not, you have to admit that nobody will any longer make allowances for your shortcomings on the "but-she's-so- young" grounds.
 Tn other words, you're thirty. You wonder what you ought to do about 1t.
 In the first place, you probably look your age. The great majority of people do. However, 1t is true that some look 30 Cor 40 or 50) years young and others look 30 Cor 40 or 50) old. So the best thing you pos- sibly can do is to resolve to belong to the former instead of the latter category. Become a "Thirty Smarty" too smart to look your age, but al- ways smart-looking.
 You might very well take courage from the fact that most of the im- portant Hollywood stars who are in their early thirties are @ lot more attractive than they were nearly decade ago.
 Part of this is due to @ change in hairstyles, the present ones being more becoming than those shingled bobs which hung straight down around the face. And, of course, cosmetics have been improved and clothes are designed to flatter rather than distort the figure.
 However, the main difference between women who look 30 years young and those who look 30 years old seems to be in the way they walk, their posture their smiles and the way they choose and wear clothes.
 Instead of being morbid about having stepped out of your twenties, how about being thankful that you now have poise enough to carry off successfully the kind of clothes you always have dreamed of wearing? Spend great deal of time and thought selecting the right costumes. Make sure that your makeup always Is flawless.
 Be sure that you are neat as Q pin from head to foot. Only the very young can get away wit tousled hair, crumpled handkerchiefs or sweaters that don't fit where clothes are supposed to fit.
 Be ultra conscientious about pat ting cream into your throat and around your eyes every night. If neglected, fine barely visible lines become downright wrinkles all too soon.
 Do limbering and stretching routines regularly whether you like them or not. If possible, keep tip with at least one sport.
 Do two posture exercises at least one week. And watch your weight, remembering that it's no trouble at all to lose one pound but that's no easy matter to lose ten.