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Evening star., 1939-07-20
International Festival
Slated Toniqht

Folk dances OF foreign countries
with participants garbed in native
costumes will mark the Interna-
tional Festival Night program sched-
uled for O'Clock at the Sylvan
Theater.
The possibility of a second post
ponement due to rain faced Com
munity Center Department officials,
sponsors with the National Parks
Office of the series of summer fes-
tivals Tonight's event was originally
booked for Tuesday, but delayed.
Decision on a second postponement
was to be made at 1890 pm. by
center officials.
International Festival Night will
be the fifth of the summer series.
The Marian Chace Dancers will per-
form and selections from several
operas will be played by the or
chestra.
Evening star., 1939-07-20
$500 Missing
In 1888 Still
|Unreported

Sixteen thousand five hundred
persons dropped completely out Of
sight In this country last year. the
Department. of Justice disclosed to-
day in tabulation that showed
more than 2,700 persons were re-
ported missing during the year. The
others subsequently were located.
In Washington (these figures
were for the fiscal year 1889 1885
were reported missing. All trace
was lost of Ill, and there was one
dead person whose identity never
was established out Of a total of 20
who were not known at the time
of death.
The Fingerprint Division of the
Federal Bureau Of Investigation was
responsible for identifying many
unidentified dead and victims Of am
nesia by checking on the records
Of the civil Identification file. This
file now contains cards of more than
1850 900 persons who put their fin
gerprints on record to preserve per-
manently their identity.
Evening star., 1939-07-20
Future of BondhoIders'
Report Is Uncertain

The future of a 576-page report
on bondholders' committees was un-
certain today after Republican
members of the House blocked Rep
resentative Sabath's attempt to file
1t. Mr.. SABBATH, Democrat, of IL
linois said it was a revision of an
earlier report filed in May, 1898,
on the findings of the special Com
mittee to Investigate Bondholders
Protective Committees, which Mr..
SABBATH headed.
Representative Dirksen. Republi-
can, Of Illinois made the objection
which halted Representative Sab
ath's attempt. Speaker Bankhead
expressed his opinion informally
that the committee had no author
ity to file the report after the COM
mittee had ceased to exist. Repre-
sentative Cochran. Democrat, of
Missouri said that in a perusal of
the House Journal he was unable to
find any record of the filing of the
earlier report.
Evening star., 1939-07-20
Waitress Waits Probe
In Killing Of Man

BY the Associated Press.
FORT MYERS, Fla, July 90
Deputy Sheriff E. P. McAuley ar
ranged today to bring a 26-year -old
waitress here to await a grand jury
investigation Monday Of her impli-
cation in the fatal shooting of a
33-year-oh bookkeeper whose nude
body was found on Fort Myers
beach Saturday morning.
The woman walked into the po-
lice station at Tallahassee, the Flor
ida capital, yesterday and told Po-
lice Chief Gid Powledge she had
hitch-hiked in to surrender. The
chief said she told him she shot
Earl R. Haskew in defending her
self from assault after an all-night
drinking party. Chief Powledge said
she gave her name as Mrss Thelma
Rice.
Evening star., 1939-07-20
Huge Stone Set
In Scottish Temple

One of the largest single pieces of
stone ever used for building pur-
poses In this country was put in
place yesterday about pm. by
workmen on the new Scottish Rite
Temple, Sixteenth and Harvard
streets NV. The stone, quarried in
Indiana and shipped to Washington
by rail, is rs feet long, IL feet high
and 2 feet thick. Construction Of
the temple was started last Decem-
Der and is expected to be completed
next January.
Evening star., 1939-07-20

Prices effective in the District Of
Columbio, in A 8 ? Super Markets
only, unhl the close Of business
Sat., July 1nd. No saIss to deaIera
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-09
DOMESTIC:
Un-An,ericanisnt

To freedom-loving but undemon-
strative U. S. patriots, the trouble
with anti Communist organizations
is that they are pro-Fascist. Con-
versely, anti-F fascist groups (like the
American League for Peace and
Democracy are more interested in
promoting Communism than fight
ing Fascism.
When he began investigating uri-
Americanism last year, Texas sim
cere Rep. Martin Dies won deserved
criticism for letting his committee
listen Unfortunately to anyone
with an ak to grind. But thanks
to Martin Dies the U. S. has become
acutely aware of ''isms" pounding
on its doors.
Biggest threat, inspired by Italo-
German success and fostered by de-
pression-made malcontents, are the
U. S. Fascists. This spring Fas-
cism reared its head when Mr.. Dies
revealed strong anti-Jewis move
ment led by Maj. Gen. George Van
Horn Moseley retired anti-New
Deal army officer; Dudley p. Gil
bert, New York financier, and such
Ku Klux Klannish groups as Knights
Of the White Camellias, led by
George Deatherage of st. Athens.
w. Va. Blandly admitting bis anti
Semitic sentiments, General Nose
ley has promised shocking revela-
tions concerning Jews in high places
before the summer is over.
Greatest handicap to an impartial
investigation of un-Americanism is
the very stumbling block Mr.. Dies
encountered last autumn, namely,
ax-grinding. Best example, though
in this case probably popular with
Mr.. Dies, was the arrest Of Fritz
Kuhn, "Fuehrer" Of the violently
Nazi German American Bund,
charged with grand larceny and
forgery in shortages Of $4,000 from
Bund funds. Overlooking the fact
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-09
INTERNATIONAL:
Rebirth?

Once the white hope Of world
peace, Geneva's League of Nations
buildings are today what one CORE
spondent calls "a stately mausole-
UNI haunted by the ghosts Of drawer
men," In its heyday the League stood
for collective security, later watch
ing Japan, Italy and Germany drift
away without enforcing the cove
nant's spirit because such action
might "divide Europe into ideologi-
cal blocs." u
Chief reason for League doldrums
is its management. A carbon copy
Of Great Britain's current appease-
ment,. cabinet is Secretary General
Joseph A. C. Avenol, who in recent
years has filed the machinery Of
collective security under lock and
key. -
Black marks on the Leagues rec
ord include Manchuria, Ethiopia,
Spain and China. Each succumbed
amid Intellectual, insincere League
sanctions which were enforced
against aggressor nations only if in
dividual signatories found it "con-
venient." BY this spring Mr.. Ave
nol's back-tracking generalship
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-09
Home Scum lids
To Summer Beauty

a DID variety and color, as well
as smartness, to your sum-
mer wardrobe by making the
charming accessory set in gay
printed cottons like linen, pique or.
gingham. It's very easy to do
even the gloves, which have the
new, roomy, blunt fingers. Your
pattern (1643), includes step-by-
step sew chart that tells you ex-
actly what to do.
This princess dress for after
Moons is exactly what you want
for hot summer days. This style
(1752) is refreshingly simple, and
it has a beautifully smooth, slim
fgure-line, upped sleeves, and a
square neckline dipped in the
front to make it more becoming.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-09
Smacks Much Of Old
Argument for Pump Printing

In pooh-poohing the public debt
and the great interest charge to be
met every year, Mr.. Roosevelt said
the government had to continue
spending and creating debt because,
otherwise, there would be no BUSH
ness for the retailers or any other
type of commercial endeavor. It
smacked very much of the old argu-
ment for pump printing and GER
tainly bore out many reports that
Mariner S. Eccles, head of the
federal reserve banking system, has
great influence with the President,
who used to get his advice on finan-
cial matters from Secretary Nor
genthau, of the treasury. Mr.. Ec-
cles may be regarded, I believe, as
one of the most visionary Of all
of the inner circle Of New Dealers.
In any event, he has preached
spending, spending and more spend
ing by the government as the
means Of lifting the country out Of
the depression by its own boot
straps.
It is on this public debt matter
that attention is likely to center
more earnestly later on. The debt
has been growing and growing and
the general condition Of the country
may be said fairly to have advanced
not one bit in the last several years.
CReleased by Western Newspaper union.l
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-09

reached d new low. 4 Wren albania
protected its seizure by Italy, the
secretary forgot" to circulate its
SOS among. signatories. There was
no reprimand, and at its May meet
ing Mr.. Avenol prevented Russia's
ambassador to Great Britain, Ivan
Maisky, from reading letter of
protest, against Czecho-Slovakia's
seizure. At the same time he got
the council to postpone any discus
sion of Albania until next Septem-
Der.
However, even as the League
grows more decadent under Avenol
leadership, hope rises for rebirth
of its collaboration machinery. New
er a word-mincer, Soviet Russia has
enough dislike for powder-puff di-
plomacy to force Britain and France
the Leagues other two leaders
into rejuvenating Geneva's halls un-
der the new British-French-R Russian
mutual aid pact. First hopeful sign
is the new treaty's goal of preserv-
ing European peace. Second sign:
It has been communicated to the
League and will possibly operate un-
der the League covenant. But a
prerequisite to any such rebirth
would be the retirement Of Mr.. Ave-
mol, whose job rests secure SO long
as the Chamberlain Halifax-H oare-
Simon quartet rules Britain,
f.aTfI III "A =
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-09

The frills at the neckline, sleeve
edges and foot Of the skirt, make
this dress very feminine and flow
er-like. And it's so easy! The
dress itself practically puts itself
together, and the frills can be
sewn in, in no time! Linen, wolfe,
silk print organdy or flat crepe
are pretty materials for this.
The Patterns.
No. 1643 is designed for sizes IA,
16, 18, 20, 40 and AZ. Size 16 re-
quires 21s yards Of 36-inch mate
rial for jacket; b yard for gloves,
and " yard contrast; 11s yards
for scarf; rs yard for bag.
No. 1852 is designed for sizes IL,
IA, 16, IS and 20. Size IA takes 4A
yards of 39-inch material; 4A
yards of pleating or ruff1ing.
New Spring-Summer Pattern Book
Send IS cents for Barbara Bells
Spring. Summer Pattern Book
Make smart new frocks for street,
daytime and afternoon, with these
simple, carefully planned designsl
It's chic, it's easy, it's economical,
to sew your own. Each pattern
includes a step-by-step sew chart
to guide beginners.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, 247 w.
Forty-third street, New York,
N. Y. Price of patterns, Is cents
Tin coins) each.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-09
COMING UP

~ JUNE 15-Justice Edgar j.
Lauer of New York Supreme
court, whose wife was convicted
and sentenced for smuggling, to
resign. ygs gIi.1 ~ 81
JUNE Is - Semi-annual war
debt payments due. Last Decem-
Der IA, of IS governments owing
$2,051, 707, 241 (of which $780,
489, 906 was in arrears), only Fin
land paid in full as usual, $780,
935. Hungary made part pay
ment Of $9,828.16.
JUNE 17-Commander Donald
B. Macmillan to sail from Booth
bay Harbor, Maine, on eighteenth
scientific expedition into arctic.
JUNE 23-Paul v. McNutt, U.
S. high commissioner to Philip
pines and former Indiana COVER
nor, to arrive at San Francisco
and open campaign for Demo
cratic presidential nomination.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-09
NERVOUS?

Do you feel so nervous you want to scream7
Are you cross and irritable? Do you scold
those dearest to you?
II your nerves are on edge and you feel
you need good general system tonic, try
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
made especially for iuonsen.
For over 60 years one woman has told an
other how to 60 Smiling thru" with reliable
Pinkham's Compound. 1t helps nature build
up more physical resistance and thus helps
calm quivering nerves and lessen discomforts
from annoying symptoms which often &C
Why not give it chance to help YOU?
Over one million women have written In
reporting wonderful benefits from Pinkham's
Compound.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-09

1 u
the $3S,5OO, OOO, 900 which U. s. CON
sumers paid in distribution costs for
their merchandise during the peak
year Of 1929. Individual figures and
percentages of the distribution cost:
Wholesalers 80. (18%)$ 1000, 900, 900
Retailers 1855. $500 $4,000, 900, 900
Manufacturers (24%) 9,100, 900, 900
Transportation (23%) $500, 900, 900
Miscellaneous { 2I) 100000, 00Q
Basic conclusions were that whole
salers did not earn excessive profits
in 1929 groceries, 1.3 per cent; con-
dictionaries, % per cent; dry goods,
~ per cent?, and that they remain
an essential link in the distribution
machine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-09

that Kuhn participated in Hitler's
Munich putsch in 1923, has or
ganized "a active Bund branches
and has done nothing to merit con-
fidence Of the U. S., critics looked
suspiciously Though probably I'M
fairly at the two men responsible
for his arrest. New York's Mayor
Fiorella LaGuardia might have re-
allied his many Jewish constituents
would relish any anti-Nazi move.
New ,York's District Attorney Thorn
as E. Dewey, potential G. o. p.
presidential candidate, could expect
excellent publicity from the case.
Said Mr.. Dewey: ''The indictment
shows Kuhn is just a common
thief" Answered Fuehrer Kuhn:
cts q lot of nonsense"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-09

Primary emphasis in the new pro-
gram will be on capital ships, IS
such battlewagons already being in
service. On the way are two more,
the 35,000-ton North Carolina and
Washington. About to be started are
the South Dakota, Indiana, Massa-
chusetts and Alabama. Two more,
As, 000-tonners and larger than any
thing afioat, will be started under
current appropriations. None of the
eight battleships will be ready be-
fore 1915 or 1916.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-09
GERMANY:
Ole Nam River

Prussian army men are notorious
ly scrupulous about detail and lax
about fundamental principles. In
1914 they made certain that every
soldiers equipment was precise, yet
overlooked French stubbornness. In
1898 they built amazingly perfect
Notifications along the Rhine river,
yet forgot that every 10 to Is years
the stream Is subject to abnormal
floods. Result; Unexpectedly one
night few days after Adolf Hitler
visited the Lines lines, German sol
diers fled their Notifications in the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-09
SCIENCE:
Probing

Long. before the Revolutionary
war st. James was a thriving CAPT.
tai of st. Kits island, sometimes
called Nevis, located in the Lesser
Antilles southeast of Puerto Rico.
In 1880 an earthquake dropped St.
Kits and its st. James 300 feet be-
low the sea-. This summer an ex-
petition led by Detroit's Capt. Rob-
ert Hall plans to walk along St.
James submerged streets In one Of
sciences most unusual expeditions.
Connected with the surface only by a
small telephone wire, divers win
wear new helium-equipped suits
which need no lifeline to compressed
air machines on deck. Last year
Captain Hall made similar expert
ments in the Lesser Antilles, exam
ming submerged shipwrecks in crys-
talclear tropical waters.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-09
BUSINESS:
Middlen,.anss

Favorite butt. Of proclaim store
and pro-co-operative movements has
been the wholesaler, who in popular
notion IS excess baggage in the U. S.
distribution system. If the middle
man could, be eliminated, many be-
ieve, q bar Of soap or pound Of cof-
fee would cost John Public substan-
tally less.
To test this theory, New York's
Twentieth Century Fund broke down
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-09
NAvY:
Statistics

Significant and fearsome is a U. S.
peacetime naval construction pro-
gram bigger than any in history.
With a SITS, 000,0 900 building appro-
priation on its hands, with IA YES
sells already underway, and with %
new contracts about to be let, the
fleets current status is something
like this:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-09
Harrison Tells President
Tax Revision Re Necessary

No further review Of that confer
ence is necessary than to relate how
Mr.. Harrison told the President
there must be tax revision in order
to lift and readjust some of the
unfair taxes on business, and he
said there would be tax legislation
in this session Of congress. Chair
man Doughton appeared to join in
rather tirnidly, but believe it is
not going to be important whether
the Doughton heart is with Harri-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-09
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBINE
See Hope for League Rebirth
Under New Russ-British Pact;
Must Get Rid of Avenol First

EDTORs NOTEwhen they
newspaperJ
by Western Union
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-09

face of rising flood waters. A few
days later news leaked out that
great stock of ammunition was lost
and that the forts must be entirely
rebuilt.
More fortunate were Frenchmen
on the Rhine's other bank, who dis
covered their fortress engineers had
anticipated the seven-foot rise.
Results of the inundation: (1) Ger
many will probably be stalemated
against aggression until next fall,
knowing the world knows of her vi
tai weakness along the Rhine; (2)
France began bordering how to pro-
duce artificial floods in the Rhine,
para1yzing the Reich's first line Of
defense in case of war;
CHILE: II.
Nest?
If the U. S. wants solidarity
among Pan-American nations, she
must pay for it. Such is the view
Of South and Central American coun-
tries who could get all the trade con-
cessions they want from bartering
Italy and Germany If Washington
did not play ball. Last November,
Cuba's Dictator Fulgencio Batista
visited President Roosevelt. A few
days later handsome concessions
were announced. This spring Bra
zil's Foreign Minister Oswaldo
Arahna came a-visiting, also win
ming concessions. Next came Mica
ragua's President Dictator Anasta-
sic Somoza, who went away with
$4,000, 900 in credits. A few days
later from far-away Santiago came
the announcement that a Chilean
economic commission will visit
Washington in July seeking a loan
and commercial credits. Far from
being gifts, however, U. S. finan-
cial arrangements with Pan-Ameri-
can nations decrease American de-
tendency on European and Asiatic
nations and often provide new out
lets for domestic SURPRISES.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-11
NEUTRALITY BILL
 IS SIDETRACKED
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Votes to
 Shelve Measure |,

Washington, July 1i-(UP)-The Senate foreign relations committee today rebuffed administration efforts to revise the neutrality law. It voted 12 to Il to shelve the controversial measure for this session of congress. The committee action-a severe blow to President ooscvelt--raised the immediate possibility that congress will wind up its bushes and adjourn within the next two weks. The com- mittee agreed to defer all neutrality action until the next session of con- gress.
 Opponents of the administration proposal to eliminate embargo provi- sions of the present law succeeded by a narrow margin in forcing the committee to suspend consideration of neutrality proposals for the cur- rent session.
 The administration had hoped to report a revision bill to the Senate floor, preferably a bill without the House continuance of the embargo on shipments of arms and munitions to belligerents.
 Two Democrats who were victims of President Roosevelt's attempted purge of conservative Democrats in 1888 were responsible for the blow to the administration. They were Sen- ators Walter F. George, D., Ga, and Guy M. Gillette, D. Ia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-11
TWENTY HOUSES
 ARE IRRITABLE
Were 2,300 Sunday in Town of Spain Where
 Explosion Killed no

Penaranda De Bracamonte, Spain, July ll.-(UP)-Twenty damaged houses out of a total of 2,300 which sood here Sunday, remained habi- table today after a powder deposit explosion which killed 1l0 people and wounded between 1,500 and B. 500.
 Wounded were scattered in half a dozen towns. Refugees were in other towns and villages, camping in the fields or wandering still dazed along the roads, carrying odds and ends of furniture and other pos- Sessions-such as the broken cradle which one woman clutched and the empty trunk which a man dragged behind him.
 Ruins of homes, shops. factories still smouldered.
 Nationalist authorities suggested that the powder blast might have been caused by the explosion of a locomotive boiler.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-11
PAUL RUNYAN IS
 LEADING IN GOLF
Beats Big Dutra 3 to 1 in Contest-Billy Burke
 Comes Through

Pomonok Country Club, N. Y, July li-(UP)-Rallying on the last three holes, dapper little Paul Runyan of White Plains, N. Y, the defending champion, led the way into the sec ond round of the 22nd P. G. A. tour nament today with e 3 and 1 victory over big Mortie Durta, of Royal Oak, Mich.
 All square marching into the 18th tee as Q cool breeze blew over this tricky course, Runyan fired Q birdie and Q pair of pars to win after e hard battle on the earlier holes.
 Joining Runyan in the second round which also will be played to- day and reduce the field to IS play- CTS was little Benny Hogan of White Plains. who tied for the qualifying medal with Emerick Kosscis, Ky Laf- foon and F. J. (Dutch) Harrison. Hogan was four under par for the i2 holes he needed to defeat Steve zappe of Springfield, O., 2 and 6.
 Square at Turn
 Runyan and Dutra were all square at the turn. Neither had more than a one-hole lead on the first nine which each covered in par 37.
 On the back nine Runyan went one up on the 18th when Dutra took a bogey i've. Dutra evened 1t with a birdie on the 14th. But Runyan
 nA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-11
Newport Resident Offers
 Her Home To Negro Colony

Newport, R. l., July 11.-(UP)-A heavenly castle on earth-in New ports swank summer colony-was offered today to Father Divine and his angels.
 Mrs. Angela c. Kaufman, 4S, wealthy widow of a safety razor manufacturer. telegraphed the offer to Father Divine after city officials refused to grant her c license to serve liquor at the stately stone mansion, "The Castle" she bought last fall to operate as a hotel.
 When the state supreme court yesterday continued to Oct. { . hearing on a writ of certiorari ask- ing Mayor Henry 6. Wheeler and four aldermen, constituting New ports licensing commission, to show reason why ., victuailers license should not be granted. Mrs. Kauf- man became indignant.
 T died last night" she told news. men today. T have no living res spect for anything in Newport Thank dod they picked on wealthy woman. I can fight back. I wiil
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-11
BITTER ATTACK ON VIM E. DODD
Berlin Paper Prints First Page Story Against Man
 Now Very III

Berlin, July 11-(UP)-Der Angrlf published a front page attack today on William E. Dodd, former United States ambassador, who is critically i'll at Mt. Sinai hospital in New York. The article was carried under large headlines reading:
 "America's former ambassador to Berlin in Jewish clinic. End of notorious anti German agitator Dodd."
 In denouncing Dodd Angrin said: l:
 'The 70 year old man who was one of the strangest diplomats who ever existed is now back among those whom he served for 20 years-the activist war-mongering Jews Dodd was a small. dr6. nervous. pee dantic man . whose appearance at diplomatic and social functions inevitably called for yawning bore dom.
 After returning to the United States. Dodd expressed himself iii the most Irresponsible and shameless whose officials had for four years, fashion over the German reich, with almost superhuman generosity overlooked his and his familys scan- dalous affairs, faux pas and political | indiscreti0ns." '-