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might decide to remove an influence
which he has always considered ne
farious in the councils of the Reich.
Has Taste for Luxury.
Grounds for depriving Dr. Goeb-
bels Of his post as minister of prop
uganda would not be hard to find.
The little doctors taste for luxury
has long been public scandal
This is not only due to the fact
that he has built himself a palatial
villa on the Schwanenwerder Island
in the Wannsee, one of the lakes
near Berlin. All the BONES" of
the Nazi party live in an ample
style with which few of them were
familiar before they came to power.
But DR.. Goebbels Haunted his
wealth before the eyes of German
workers, whose meager wages were
regularly docked for the party funds,
from which they shrewdly suspected
1t might have been derived.
Always eager for personal pub
licity, he had a film taken of his
stately island home, depicting his
small children being taught to ride
their ponies by deferential young
storm troopers. The darkness of
picture house provides the rare con-
ditions under which Germans can
venture to give public expression to
their sentiments about their mas
tiers. The first time this film was
put on in a Berlin theater a s rm
of hooting and Kisses broke out, and
its first showing was its last.
Likes Cinema Stars.
Frau Magda Goebbels is hand
some fair-haired woman of consid-
cradle charm and intelligence. She
was originally married to rich
Rhineland industrialist. named
Evening star., 1939-08-21
90 Attend Picnic
of Jewish Center
Service Council

Approximately 90 people attended
the all-day picnic held by the Serv-
ice Council OF the Jewish Com
munity Center yesterday at Chapel
Point. The program included SWIM
ming, water sports and games The
winners were awarded prizes.
The party was arranged by viii
liam Foreman and Miss Mae Pono-
row, chairman of the Program Com
mittee.
Miss Ponorow has announced
tentative plans for q series of spe-
cial features for the coming year
Plans include = barn dance Sep
tember 16, wiener roast, September
AZ; formal dance. October Z; ath-
letic night, November AZ, and . bingo
party, December 6.
For 1910 the committee has sched-
uled a tea dance January IA, formal
Leap Year dance, February 20; min
strel show, March 21; tea dance,
April Is; installation formal dance,
May %, and a sponsored moonlight
boat cruise, June 20.
Evening star., 1939-08-21
|McElhinneys Return
From Weddind Trim

Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Harrison
McElhinney, jr., have returned from
their wedding trip and have taken
the house at 1 Potomac Court In
Alexandria. Mrs. McElhinney, be-
fore her marriage early In the sum-
mer, was Miss Constance Satterlee
Warner, daughter Of the Rev. DR..
Charles Tinsley Warner, rector Of
st. Adams Church, and Mrs.
Warner. Mr.. McElhinney is the
son of Mr.. B. H. McElhinney Of
Eagle Lake, Tex, and the late Mrs.
McElhinney.
The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Warner
are spending this month at their
camp In Virginia.
Evening star., 1939-08-21
Miss Nienburg Back
From Conventions

Miss Bertha M. Nienburg, as
sistant director Of the Women's Bu-
reau. has returned to the Capital
after an extended Western trip
which included attendance at the
convention OF the American Asso-
citation Of University Women, at
Denver, and the Altrusa convention
at Portland, Greg. She is chairman
Of non-partisan public affairs for
Altrusa.
Miss Nienburg also conferred with
number of women groups In Salt
Lake City regarding a resolution
recently passed In Utah to make it
possible to limit the employment
Of persons in public service where
other members of the family are
employed.
Her conferences were followed by
a vacation in Mount Rainier Ma
tional Park, where she hiked for
two weeks, and later, visits in
Seattle, San Francisco and Los
Angeles.
Evening star., 1939-08-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Reed
To Live in Arlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Brook Reed
Evening star., 1939-08-21
BY the Way
CONTINUED From Page B-3o

London and that she and Pes daughter stephanie sail to-
gether the Queen Mary September Washington
Rafa lepkowsk Second Secretary the Polish Embassy
very successful mems luncheon last week the
Mch to duty at foreign
once IN Warsaw Mr. Budny in New York tomorrow
The host got together number diplomatic secretaries
including Laurence Bngadeanu Of legation who
was hailed the dean Of all duty Washington by
virtue OF his eight years Of service at this post.
Angus Malcolm Of the British Embassy talk at
the luncheon by grave declaring that diplomatic
service which sends its missions instructions of
such confidential nature that they carefully
before reading"
Others who drank the delightfully."- parting
use when bidding revor hey know they
while colleague included Henderson
State Department. Jacques Theirs Au
th who took over Baron Paul Sche
Evening star., 1939-08-21
Mrs. Heffner Feted

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
G. Heffner in Takoma Park, Nd,
was the scene of q surprise party
Saturday night given In honor Of
their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Kelly
He1ner of Atlanta, who, with Mr..
Heffner and their son, Kelly Heffner,
jr., arrived Friday for q two-week
visit In Takoma Park.
The occasion was Mrs. Hef1ner's
birthday anniversary.
Evening star., 1939-08-21
Miss Smith Married
To Mr.. Hardy Saturday.

The marriage of Miss Marjorie
Frances Smith, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George A. Smith of Bethesda,
Md, to Mr.. Howard M. Hardy, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Hardy
Of Boston, took place Saturday aft
ernoon at o'clock. The ceremony
was performed in the Chevy Chase
Methodist Episcopal Church, the
Rev. Harold Shape oficiating. Mr.
Rolla Onyun played the wedding
music and the church was decorated
with white gladioluses, asters. fern
and ivy and lighted with tall candles.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father. Her wedding gown
was of white silk lace and tulle
made with sweetheart neckline and
| long sleeves. Her veil of tulle was
f1nger-tip length and held by a
| crown of seed pearls. She carried
the handkerchief which was carried
by her mother and grandmother at
their weddings and her shower bou-
quet was of white roses and lilies
of the valley.
Miss Virginia Hardy, sister of the
bridegroom, was maid of honor,
wearing rose color taffeta. Her veil,
which matched her frock, was held
by two blue asters at the top of her
head and she carried a cluster of
midsummer blossoms. Miss Verna
Olson and Miss Harriet Gerrits were
the bridesmaids and had similar
frocks of blue taffeta, their match
ing wells held by rose color asters
and their bouquets like that Of the
maid of honor.
Mr.. James r. Lilienthal Of New
York City was best man and the
ushers included Mr.. Malcolm Hardy
of Boston, brother. of the BRIDE
groom; Mr.. Samuel Hayden, Mr..
Denny Williams and Mr.. John Gil
mer Of Washington.
The wedding reception was
planned for the garden of the home
Of the brides parents and the house
was decorated with pink roses, as
ters and dahlias.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hardy will make
their home at 4404 Jenifer street.
The brides travelling costume when
they left for their wedding trip
was a dusty rose silk tailored suit
with navy blue accessories and
corsage bouquet of white roses and
lilies Of the valley.
Mr.. Hardy was graduated from
Webb Institute in New York City
and now is connected with the
War Department. Mrs. Hardy St
tended schools in California, Colo
RADIO, New Jersey and Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hardy, par
ents of the bridegroom, and their
daughter, Miss Helen Hardy, came
from their Boston home for the
wedding and others from out of
town were Miss Mollie Patton of
Cape Girardeau, Mo-; Mrs. Thomas
and her daughter Jean of Somer-
vile, N. j., and Mr.. William Blake
| of New York CITY.
Evening star., 1939-08-21

will make their home at the Buck
ingham Apartments In Arlington,
Va, on their return from their we'd
ding trip. They were married Sat-
urday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the
home of the brides uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas G. Broadway,
in Arlington. The Rev. K. M. Rizer
OF st. Charles Catholic Church of
Arlington performed the ceremony.
which took place before q fireplace
banked with palms and fern and
wicker baskets Of gladioluses. The
house was decorated with white
flowers.
The bride is the former Miss
Maureen Nell Burk, daughter of
Mr.. j. F. Burk of Little Rock, Ark,
and the late Mrs. Burk. Mr.. Reed
Is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
B. Reed Of Arlington.
The bride wore a floor-length
dress of white chiffon, with q band
of gardenias IN her hair. She car
ried an old-fashioned bouquet Of
gardenias and lilies of the valley
and her only ornament was q strand
of pearls which had belonged to
her mother.
Nancy Broadway, a cousin of the
bride, was the only attendant in the
wedding. She wore a pale pink
f1oor-length dress which duplicated
that of the bride and had a band
Of sweetheart roses in her hair.
Her old-fashioned bouquet of sweet
heart roses had the wedding rings
concealed in it.
After the ceremony an informal
reception was held. The brides
father and her brother, Mr.. william
D. Burk, both of Little Rock, came
east for the wedding.
For travelling the bride wore q
green velvet dress, green coat with
white fox collar and brown and
gold accessories with corsage of
orchids.
The bride is a graduate of the
Little Rock High School and Little
Rock Junior College and has made
her home in Arlington for the past
two years. Mr.. Reed attended Wash
ington and Lee High School and is q
graduate of Strayer College.
Evening star., 1939-08-21
July InternoI Revenue
Receipts Decline

By the Associated Press.
Rejecting lower collections from
personal incomes, tobacco, liquor,
amusement admissions and other
taxable items, internal revenue re-
ceipts in July slumped more than
$50, 0,0O0, 900 under July, 1898.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue
reported today that July collections
totaled $500, 900, TAG.
Corporation income tax receipts
rose to $31,912,495 from $29, ,606, ,5l6
in July, 1898, but individual income
taxes declined to $11,317,751 from
$11 ,999 ,146. Gasoline revenues
climbed to $20.880,572 from $1e,264,-
420 In July. 1888, but liquor tax re-
ceipts dropped to $51,654,8s1 from
$50 ,439 1884.
Evening star., 1939-08-21
Weddings
Continued From Page B-3)

with which she wore long veil held
by orange blossoms.
Mrs. Harry l.. Lowe, jr., of Wash
ington, twin sister of the bride, was
matron of honor wearing wine color
taffeta with a coronet holding her
veil which matched her frock. The
brides other attendents were Miss
Marjorie Ann Davis of Upper Darby,
niece of the bride; Miss Marion Pen
nepacker, sister of the bridegroom:
Mrs. Fred Tarver, Mrs. Harry T.
Enssler, Miss Dorothy Frey and Miss
Louise Taylor, all of Philadelphia
They were dressed in autumn shades
Of taffeta and their wells were flesh
color and were held by coronets of
flowers.
The flower girls were Barbara Ann
Dickhaut of Washington and Helen
Jane Chandler of Upper Darby.
They wore old-fashioned costumes
of pink taffeta trimmed in blue with
wells to match.
Mr.. William G.. Pennepacker was
best man for his brother and the
ushers included Mr.. Harvey L. Lowe,
jr., of Washington; Mr.. Fred w.
Tarver, Mrs. Harry T. Enssler, Mr..
c. Calvin Adams, jr.; Mrs. George
E. Bronx, and Mr.. Fred Rhody, all
of Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pennepacker will
make their home in Philadelphia on
the completion of their wedding trip.
Mrs. Pennepacker received her B. s.
c. degree from Temple University
and is a member of Theta Upsilon,
national fraternity. Since her gradu-
alton she has been employed in
Wilmington, Del. Mr.. Pennepacker
was graduated from the University
of Pennsylvania with B. S. E. de-
gree and is member of Kappa Phi
Kappa and Phi Delta Kappa Fra
ternities. He will enter the Phila-
delphia Divinity School in Sep
tember.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reed
To Live In Arlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Brook Reed
Evening star., 1939-08-21
Suburban
Social
Notes
Mrs. Graziotin of
London Visiting
In Arlington

Mrs. Rita Graziotin has come from
her home in London, England, for
. visit with her brother-in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Attilio Biazzi,
and her niece and nephew, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Arnold of North Edge
wood street, Arlington, Va.
This is the first meeting in %
years of Mrs. Graziotin and her sis
ter, Mrs. BiazZi. En- route to this
country Mrs. Graziotin stopped in
Paris for a visit with friends and
she will visit the fair in New York
City before sailing for home around
October !.
Wednesday Mrs. Arnold will en-
tertain at a luncheon in honor of
her aunt.
. DR.. Carl Russell is again at his
home in Hillandale, Md, after trip
of several months to the West Coast
Mrs. Charles Y. Latimer, with her
daughters, Miss Ellen and Miss Jane
Latimer. are again in their home in
Takoma Park, Md, having returned
from a vacation in Ocean City, Md
DR.. and Mrs. Egbert A. Clark, who
have been spending the last few
weeks at Lake Rosseau of the Mus
kaka Lakes, Canada, have returned
to their home at 104 East Underwood
street, Chevy Chase, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sheffield
with their children, Billy, Donnie
and Dorothy Sheffield of Arlington
Va, have left for a motor trip
through the Catskills and en- route
home will stop in New York City to
visit the fair.
Mrs. Ralph Brown and her chill
dren Of Takoma Park, Md, have left
for Chalk Point, Md, Tor a weeks
stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Elwell OF
Battle Greek, Mich, and their two
daughters, Joyce and Myra, are in
Battery Park, Md, for a weeks visit
and are the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Brown. Mrs. Elwell is Mrs.
Browns Sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ronald Mcdonald,
with their children, Anne, Mark and
Ronald, jr, have returned to their
home in Woodside, Md, from a two
weeks visit at Gibsonville, N. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. RELY, their
daughter, Miss Margaret RELY, and
son of Ballston, Va, left yesterday
for Rocky Mount, N c., where they
will visit Mrs. Riely's grandmother
Mrs. E. G. Hales, who is IS years old
and has more than 100 living de-
scendants.
Mrs. Irwin L. Fullmer of Takoma
Park, Md, entertained Thursday at
a picnic party, taking her friends to
South Mountain, near Braddock
Heights, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Fetrow of
Drummond, Md, left Saturday for
a two weeks trip through the New
England States. e..-
Mr.. and Mrs. James N. Rogers
of Arlington, Va, left yesterday for
q weeks visit in New York. They
will visit relatives at Springfield Gar
dens on Long Island and also will
see the fair.
Mrs. Jerre Smith and her son,
Jerre Smith. jr., of Boston are guests
at the home of DR.. and Mrs. Heber
H. Votaw. Mrs. Smith has just re-
turned from st. Petersburg, Fla,
where she was the guest of her par
ents, the Rev. and Mrs. M. c. Bird.
Mr.. Smith arrived Sunday to meet
Mrs Smith and they will drive back
together to their home in Boston.
Mrs. Branson Thomas and her
three daughters have returned to
their Wynnewood Park, Md, home
from a visit to the Worlds Fair at
New York.
Evening star., 1939-08-21
Daughter Is Born
To the r. E. Haryeys

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert E. Harvey
announce the birth of a daughter
Shirley Battle Harvey, last Tuesday
at Columbia Hospital. Mrs. Harvey
was formerly Miss Mildred Battle,
daughter of DR.. Lewis J. Battle and
the late Mrs. Battle.
Evening star., 1939-08-21
Ruil Connections Restored

Opening of new spur line has
restored railway connections be-
tween Peiping and Hankow, China,
according to Japanese claim.
Evening star., 1939-08-21

Italy has started its 10-year pro-
gram Of building more merchant
ships.
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Chinese General Flies To
U. S. For Army-Navy Game

few breaks so far. She is broke
financially. Now we are breaking
her soldiers hearts"
Wen, short, stccky and smiling,
was graduated from West Point
with the class of 1909. He also at
tended Virginia Military institute
in 1904. He returned to China in
1910 and trained officers for Sun
Yat-Sen's successful revolution
two years later. He was Suns Sec
rotary and right hand man.
A veteran "trouble-shooter" for
the Chinese government Wen was
in, command of Chinese military
and police forces when fighting
broke out in Chapel in 1882. Since
that incident he had been in
command of the revenue guard.
Wen said japanese occupation
is effective only along principal
railroads and highways in China.
"And l know" he said, 1--WE
have no trouble at all collecting
our regular revenues from jap
anese-occupied territories. The
japanese have set up puppet gov
ernments in these areas; but our
own officials still are regarded as
the authority in all but few of
the larger communities
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Relations Counselor" Men with
that title differ from press agents
mainly that they work harder
and get more money. One OF
them told me once that his great
est difficulty was in getting his
employers to tell him the truth
so that he could pass it on to the
papers. The top men in that pro-
fession have such a reputation
for square dealing and truthful
ness that the newspapers take
their word without question.
CHAINS example
One of the topics on which
much publicity material comes in
my mail is that of chain stores.
When it comes from public rela-
tons organizations of standing l
accept their statements of fact.
Therefore it interested me, and
seems worth passing on, to learn
that the housewives of America
are throwing more and more OF
their patronage to the chain
stores for economy's sake.
In the first nine months of this
year, the 20 leading grocery, va
riety, shoe, apparel and auto sup
ply chains did 10 percent more
business than last year, while the
! independent stores in the same
lines gained only about 6 percent,
according to Department of Com
merce reports.
One thing that turned public
attention to the chain stores was
the publicity campaign begun last
year to combat legislative efforts
to impose ruinous taxes on all
kinds of chains. That started mil
lions of housewives to throw
their trade to the chains, when
they began to learn the truth
about their price-saving methods,
and to realize that they would
have to pay more if the chains
were taxed out of business. That's
the press agents story, at least,
and I believe him.
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NEW YORK. - General Wen
Ying-Hsing, So, the first Chinese
graduated from the United States
Military academy and now in
command Of China's huge reve-
nue. guard, said this week he
flew from Chungking to the
United States to see the army
navy football game.
'In the game Saturday, I ex-
poet to learn some new tactics
that we can use against the Jap
anese," said the general, smiling
maybe I can learn a few fancy
double wing back plays that will
set them on their ears"
In more serious vein, he said
he had flown incognito from Chi
mas temporary capital to Wash
ington on a secret mission. All he
would say about it was that it
was "successfuP'. He will return
to Chungking after the game Sat-
urday.
Mixing football and war in gen.
erous proportions, Wen said
"China has the ball, and she's
been making first downs regular
ly."
Japan" he said, 'has had a
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= Today
AND
OHrROTTOw
AND
PUBLICITY
: By
Frank Parker StOckridge

PUBLICITY news
In newspaper Offices publishers
call every item which comes IN
which might tend to make peo-
pie interested in buying some
thing either advertising" or pub
licity." The difference between
the two is that the publisher gets
paid for printing advertising ma
terial, while he doesn't get paid
for publishing publicity matter.
That's why the business office
gets sore at the press agents who
send in publicity stuff, and edi-
tors print it because it's more in
teresting than lot of the news
they get.
I've had a lot of experience
with small papers and with big
ones, and I've never seen the big
ones turn down good story
merely because there was a sus-
picion that it might be a piece
of PLANTED" publicity. I counted
one day recently eight first-page
news stories in the most influ-
entail of all New York papers,
every one of which had its origin
in a press-agent's office.
The biggest crop of publicity
men anywhere is that maintained
by Uncle Sam. Nine out of ten
news" items you see coming
from Washington are the product
of the Government press agents.
PROPAGANDA. depends
We hear lot about ''propagan-
d." 1t is supposed to have the
mysterious power of making the
people believe white is black, or
that everybody we don't like as
Red. Propaganda is perfectly
good word. It means any effort
to influence public opinion, and
began with the organized effort
to propagate the Christian reli-
gion.
We use the word nowadays to
designate efforts to make people
believe that one side or another
in any controversial question is
lying and the other side is not.
If it's the side we're for it's just
"educationaI'' but if it's the side
we're against it's propaganda"
The only way propaganda or
publicity gets into a newspaper
is by the editors volition. There
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is no sinister, backstairs way Of
getting propaganda printed, that
I ever heard of. I've been editor
of several newspapers, and I've
printed lots of publicity stuff
that 1 knew was propaganda for
something or other, but only be-
cause it was interesting to me,
and l thought it would interest
my readers.
BILL. expert
What started me off, on publ
city and propaganda is a couple
of mimeographed sheets l late
ly got in my mail from Bill
Sharpe. Bill is an expert propa-
gandist for his home state OF
North Carolina. If the things he
sends out to the papers about
North Carolina aren't true,
they're at least interesting and
they get printed. Presumably
they make people think it's a
pretty good state.
Bill sends along a story, for ex-
ample, about the town of Louis
burg, N. c., where folks like to
take things easy; so some OF the
sidewalks have been divided into
three traffic lanes, the center one
for walking and the two outer
ones for sauntering, talking poll
tics or just loafing. Sounds like a
good idea for any town.
Then Bill comes along with a
geographical discovery. The
school books for years have
taught that Mount Mitchell is the
highest mountain in the eastern
states, with Clingman's Dome Sc
cond. But Bill Sharpe reports that
a North Carolina peak without
even a name, one of the "Black
Brothers" in Yancey County, is
three feet higher than Clingman
and only 80 feet lower than
Mount Mitchell. Unimportant,
perhaps, but interesting-and it's
propaganda.
FACTS pay
My observation of press agents
and publicity men has been long
and, on the whole, favorable. l
can't recall having caught one in
deliberate lie in forty years or
so. The big business organizations
which used to refuse to tell news
papers anything discovered that
it was better to tell them the flat
truth than to leave it to reporters
to guess it.
The Pennsylvania railroad star
ted the plan of telling the news
paper men all about every acct
dent on it's line. 1t made friends
of the papers and did away with
guess work estimates of the num-
! Der of people hurt in train wrecks
and what caused them.
Others saw the value OF that
sort of frankness, and a new pro-
fession was born, that of "Publlc
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Mrs. Wiles Was
Buried On Sun.

Funeral service for Mrs. Mar
tina Wiles, 81, Of Whitetop, Va,
was held at the Lutheran Messiah
church Sunday with the Rev. MIR.
Zirkle, Mr.. thinner and Mr.. Mil
Ter taking part in the service.
Burial followed in the family
cemetery.
Mrs. Wiles who died on Thurs
day at her home, was the wife OF
John Wiles, who preceded her to
the grave some time ago.
She is survived by the follow
ing sons and daughters: Henry
Wiles, of Abingdon, Va; Mrs.
Fannie Weaver, Mrs. Locke
Weaver, Mrs. Ruby Ireson, all OF
Whitetop, Va; Mrs. Minnie Wag-
oner of Omaha, Neb.