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Evening star., 1939-11-13
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BROWN, WILLIAM A. A tribute Of
love and devotion in memory Of WILLIAM
A. BROWN. who left one year aeo to.
day: November 13. 1888.
WIFE AND CHILDREN. ZIPPORAH, HEN.
R1ETTA AND ALEXANDER
DAVIS. CELESTINE. In sad but loving
remembrance of our dear one, CELESTINE
DAVIS. who departed this life November
13, 1893
Th9ugh 2ugh you're gone, you're not forgotten,
-, your place can nevermore be Allied;
We will keep your memory sacred
IN our hearts in death are stilled
DEVOTED HUSBAND, WILLIAM p. DAVIS.
AND FAMILY.
EILBECK, ALBERT J. In sad but lov-
ing remsmbrance Of my beloved husband,
ALBERT J. EILBECK, who departed this
1886 '
Since ynn have gone before me. dear
walk slowly down the ways of DEATH we'll
worn and wide:
FOR want to overtake you some day
And seek the journeys ending by your side.
I would be so forlorn not to detect you,
Down some shining highway when came:
Walk slowly. dear, and often look behind YOU
And pause to hear If I should call your
Sadly missed
LOVING WIFE. AGNES F. EILBECK. .
Evening star., 1939-11-13
MeIven Clyde Smith, 70,
Dies in Silver Sprino

Melven Clyde Smith, 10, died
Saturday at his home at 800 Thayer
avenue, Silver Spring, Md, after q
long illness.
Born in Lewisburg, Pa, Mr.. Smith
was q retired claim agent for the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. He had
been a resident Of Silver Spring for
the last year.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Earnestine
Winkler Smith, he Is survived by a
son, Melvin C. Smith, an attorney
Of Washington.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow at Sunbury, Pa.
Evening star., 1939-11-13

CCA VCO DO u
member Of the
board of lady
managers Of the
Baptist Home for
the Aged for SO
years. She was
an honorary life
|lnelnber of the
board and at diff
ferent times had
been both COR
responding and
recording secre-
tary and presi-
dent.
Mrs. Muddi-
Evening star., 1939-11-13
Mrs. Muddiman Dies
Al Home in Capital
After Long Illness
Served on Board Of
Baptist Home for Aged
For 36 Years

Mrs. Florence East Muddiman, 76,
widow OF G. A. Muddiman, pioneer
IN the gas and electrical supply busi-
ness here, died last night at her
home, 1858 Worthington street NV,
after long illness.
An active worker for the Calvary
Baptist Church, Mrs. Muddiman
Evening star., 1939-11-13
Odd Fellows Fight
Indecent Books, Films
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 13.-The
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
in Virginia yesterday declared a war
OF determination against Indecent
literature and motion pictures" in
a movement to promote the moral
education of youth"
A conference Of representatives
Of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, the
Evening star., 1939-11-13

Grand Encampment, the Depart.
ment Council of Virginia, the Re-
bekah Assembly and the Odd Eel
lows Home, adopted the program
All Virginia lodges were in
structed to unite in the campaign.
Evening star., 1939-11-13
Judge Walsh Dies

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 13 R,-
Judge John E. Walsh of Municipal
Court, who once sentenced AL Ca
pone to a year in jail for carrying
a pistol, died today. He was SO and
had been i'll for seven weeks. He
served the Municipal Court l8 years.
Evening star., 1939-11-13
Cleeq Will Speak

H. H. Clegg, assistant director Of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
will discuss activities of the F. B. I.
at Z pm. today at meeting Of the
Society of the War of 1912 at the
Cosmos Club
Evening star., 1939-08-19

follow international affairs. His ex-
cuse, that he was summering at a
Black Sea resort and could not ar
range to leave, is not regarded as
at all convincing, just as his de-
parture for Russia last month, an
nounced as vacation trip, elected
scepticism.
When he took over the portfolio
last May as successor to the first
Soviet Ambassador to this coun-
try, Alexander A. Troyanovsky. it
was whispered that his first i'm
portant task involved the stopping
Of a series of articles in a national
weekly by Walter Krivitsky, a for
mer general in the Soviet red army,
which were believed more than
merely displeasing to Joseph Stain.
If this were true, certainly the new
Ambassadors diplomatic maneuver-
ings to rid periodical literature OF
Gen. Krivitsky and his sensational
memorabilia we're attended by lam
entable failure. And, since the So
Wet government has profound dis
taste for negative results, it may
we'll be-assuming facts are as above
stated-that his present sojourn in
Russia has found him mainly in
the Kremlin. explaining.
Thirty-seven years old, Oumansky
came into diplomacy from journal
ism. he having been correspondent
for Moscow newspaper in Rome,
Geneva and Paris Entering the
foreign service, he came to WASH
ington in 1886 as counselor of the
Russian Legation. After the de-
parture of Troyanovsky, he was
made Charge d'Affaires and soon
afterward received portfolio as AM
bassador. He was boy of IS when
the revolution of 1917 swept Russia,
and, if events develop as some ex-
pect, he will be, officially. one of the
shortest -liyed Ambassadors Wash.
ington has known.
tReleased By Consolidated News Featur.s)
Evening star., 1939-08-19
Payment for Goods
With Gold Is Urqed
To Aid Farmers
Porley Told Proposal
Would Help Balance
Price Level
Ry the Associated Press.


BURLINGTON, Vt, Aug. 19.-1n
the belief that a more equitable
distribution of gold would be bene-
ficial to the United States, Thomas
M. McNeice of the General Motors
Export Corp. recommended that
more goods be imported and paid
for with gold.
This, he said last night at a meet
ing of agricultural and industrial
leaders discussing ways OF bringing
about a balanced price level to in
sure farmers better prices for their
products, would increase the stand
ard OF living in this country.
Releasing gold from the Treasury,
Mr.. McNeice said, would serve to re-
duce boarding tendencies and would
depreciate the price of gold and
thus would cause commodity prices
to rise, bringing a more balanced
price level
Another speaker before the con-
ference, most of which was behind
closed doors, was DR.. Frank A. Pear
son, head Of the Farm Economics
Department of Cornell University,
who declared balanced price level
could be obtained only with a so
per cent rise in farm prices.
He said farm prices could be in
creased only by a general price rise
in world farm products or by rails
ing world commodity prices arti-
ficially. The conference. sponsored
by the Vermont Farm Bureau as a
setting for the exchange of IDEAS"
continued today.
Evening star., 1939-08-19
Bill Hart Is Cleared
Of 1919 Paternity Charqe

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1.-TWO
decades ago "Two-gun" Bill Hart
then at the peak of his film career
was accused in a paternity case.
Today the charges were wiped of
the record, by judge who termed ii
"a belated vindication.
Mr.. Hart. now 66 won return of q
trust fund set up in December, 1919
for a son." Richard Leigh. The
amount. originally $7,063.45, has
grown to s13,265.75.
Still erect, keen-eyed and alert
the pioneer Western star smiled as
he testified Miss Elizabeth MacCaul-
ley of Boston had informed the dis
trict attorney he was the child's
father. Despite his denials, he said
he was threatened with prosecution
Miss MacCaulley, now resident
OF Winnetka, ILL.,, later confessed she
obtained the boy, then / year old
from his real mother, Mrs. Lucy
Webb, now of South Lincoln, Mass
When Mr.. Hart's former wife,
Winifred Westover, divorced him she
named Miss MacCaulley co-respon-
dent.
Although the deception was ad-
mitted some years ago, it was neces-
sary to wait until the trust expired
in July, 1898, before action for its
recovery could be instituted.
Evening star., 1939-08-19
Republicans Start
Stacking Up P|anks
For 40 Platform
Lost Sessions Record
To Be PubIicized to Limit
In Coming Months
BY the Associated Press.

The Republican National Commit
tee already is stacking up planks for
the party's 1910 platform.
At committee headquarters here,
officials said they are piecing to-
gether the party's record of the last
congressional session and are seek
ing to publicize it to the limit during
the next few months.
A committee spokesman said a
comprehensive preview of the Re-
publican platform is being drawn
from the party votes in Congress,
the speeches of party leaders, and
the reports of special committees
appointed by Representative Martin
of Massachusetts,, the House minor
ity leader.
These committees studied such
questions as national debt, relief,
monetary policy and national de-
fense. They sharply criticized some
administration policies and offered
alternative suggestions, stressed
economy, and recommended the con-
solidation and perfection Of admin
lStratlon social programs.
Will Have Data Ready.
Republican headquarters will have
comprehensive data on the partys
record ready for consideration at a
meeting of the National Executive
Committee late in September. The
report of DR.. Glenn Franks Pro-
gram Committee also may be filed
then, and leaders predict it will
parallel the legislative record of Re
publicans in Congress.
Committee authorities reported
Republican strategy calls for three
distinct periods of campaigning be-
fore the 1910 election.
The first, from now until Congress
recorvenes in January, will be de-
voted to efforts to impress the party's
1889 record on the public. Among
other things, spokesmen are expected
to contend Republicans were largely
responsible for the recent changes in
the Social Security Act.
Party Leaders to Speak.
Several party leaders are sched-
uled to take the field in an interim
speech-making campaign. Among
them are Senators Vandenberg of
Michigan, Taft of Ohio and Bridges
OF New Hampshire, Representative
Otter of Pennsylvania, chairman of
the Republican Congressional Cam
paign Committee, and Representa-
tive Martin.
When Congress returns, the party
will enter the second campaign pc
riod, relying on its developing legis-
lative record and the speeches of its
members in Congress to emphasize
its policies.
The third phase will begin after
the national convention next sum-
mer.
Evening star., 1939-08-19
Actress Seeks $50, 900
From Clarence Stroud

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19.-In a
$4,000 ch-of-promise suit Mere
dith B. Davis, blond actress, asks
the court to declare Clarence Grigs-
by Stroud, one of the radio and
screen Stroud twins, the father of
her unborn child.
Miss Davis said Mr.. Stroud pro-
posed to her in Philadelphia in De-
cember, 1888, and she, "succumbing
to the Establishments and protesta-
tions of love and believing his prom
ises to marry" began living with him
as his wife.
But when she told him last March
she was expecting the stork in De-
cember, Miss Davis charged, Mr..
Stroud deserted her and she became
i'll and destitute.
Placing the actors salary at 81 500
week, she also asked that he pay
$l,100 for her disqualification and
medical care, $4,000 attorney fees
and support of the child.
Evening star., 1939-08-19
Washington Doybook
Combat Air Course to Weed Out All but
400 or 800 Of 10000 Pilot Applicants

this high-pressure system is killing
them of at the rate of abouta min
imum Of three every two days, to a
maximum figure that I have heard
Of $500 a year."
BY use of psychological tests 1t is
hoped to weed out many men before
the expensive training begins, but
so far nobody knows exactly what
makes a good flyer. or a poor one.
-Four psychologists and % universi-
ties are cooperating under the air
school scheme to try to find out.
THE Air Corps at Randolph Field
(the Army's principal flying SCHOOL,
selects only the perfect physical
specimens" says Hinckley. "They
have had instances down there where
an all-America football player
could not learn to fly and a tap
dancer did learn. But we do not know
whether another tap dancer could
or another all-America football
player could not"
Evening star., 1939-08-19
BY PRESTON GROVER.

OF 10000 young men between 10
and rs who will be tried out by
the Government this year for pos
sible service as air fighters, prob
ably only 400 to 900 will become
worthy combat f1iers. The rest will
fall by the wayside, most of them
before they ever put hand to the
controls Of fast Army plane. How
ever, OF the remainder, perhaps as
many as 80 to 80 per cent will
qualify as private pilots and be-
come potential pool to be drawn
upon in an emergency.
Psychology tests will get some
OF them. Ground school exami-
Evening star., 1939-08-19
Trained Lion Act FIops,
Cats Face Firing Squad
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
WINTER HAVEN, Fla, Aug. 19.-
Because they Topped in vaudeville
10 trained lions were to face a fir
ing squad today.
Their manager, Humphrey Sey-
mour, said funds for the lions care
would run out today and he saw no
alternative but the firing squad. He
said 1t cost $50 a week to feed them.
The lions, originally OF a lion
farm near Fort Lauderdale Fla, were
schooled here last winter for an act.
Last night they were brought back
from tour-an unsuccessful one
Of Georgia cities.
80 far as I know" said Mr.. Sey-
mour, there is no ZOO which will
take the cats as most ZOOS are run
ming on reduced budgets now. I hate
to see these animals destroyed, but
where in the world can we quarter
10 lions and pay $50 week for their
raw meat?"
Evening star., 1939-08-19


with no book learning at all. They
probably won't get very far with
out at least gh-school education.
All these things and more come
out as the Army and the Civil
Aeronautics Authority get ready to
put more fighting men in the air
than we ever had before. They ex-
pect to take on a crop of 10000
this year and others, year by year
until they get enough. 1t will take
four years, perhaps longer.
Colleges that take on the ground
school as part of their class work
will be given $40 a student to pro-
vide facilities. The incoming STU
dent will have to shell out $40 for
laboratory fees He has to main
tain himself. 1t is no all-expense
job.
No Job Guarantee,
When his preliminary training
is finished the student will not be
guaranteed a job. The Army or
Navy may want him to take ad-
vanced training In any event he
will be part of the pool" of trained
pilots the Government wants for
national defense.
1t will cost about $4,000 per stu
dent to carry them from air-igno-
rance to the grade of Army pilot,
About 5000 a student is allowed for
the first year. This will qualify them
as private pilots.
AT present there are 26 900 flyers
with some sort of a license. The
Government estimates only 5000 are
really f1rst-grade flyers
Robert H. Hinckley, a member of
the Civil Aeronautics Authority, says
women may be admitted to the
training Hinckley agreed that a
lot of people would consider money
spent on women flyers as utterly
wasted.
But a lot of womenwould give
you an argument on that" he said.
Nazi Mortality Rate.
Hinckley thinks even 10000 is a
small crop.
Germany has IS 900 men between
l8 and IS years in training camps
and is turning out $4,000 pilots an
nually. OF course, Germany under
Evening star., 1939-08-19
Cobb's S Auto Is Tuned
For Speed Record Dash
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WENDOVER, Utah, Aug. ia
crew of British mechanics tinkered
today with the 2,60O-horsepower
engines of John Cobbs Railton Red
Lion while the London fur broker
awaited Monday morning-possibly
later-to resume his quest for the
world land speed record.
Mr.. Cobb expressed unqualified de-
light with his cars performance in
q trial run and predicted he'll boost
the mark to 800 mp.h.
He even predicted an eventual
record of 400 m,ph.
At dawn yesterday, in single
lightning dash through the measured
mile on nearby Bonneville salt flats.
Mr.. Cobb attained a speed of 1924
miles per hour, not far off Capt.
George E. T. Eyston's present world
record average of 357.5.
Evening star., 1939-08-19

pledges of
Of the consequences a
If the Germans have the a i'm
victories and display efficiency which could dperse
stories that its general staff
to Britain inference
The British general present
desing population
event of showdown with
1t appears that the Thames
might London unfavoable
In order obera disadvantage proposed
sands of tons of O
There nothing sensational
ing Slovaka
the strategic points of the
The difference between situation in the
that while
through Sovak
The has caused in
showdown appeared
have taken strengthen
tween Slovaka and Poland The
onslaught republic hat
Evening star., 1939-08-19
Traffic Drive Backed
By Order Of Eagles
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Aug. 19.-Delegates to
the Grand Aerie of the Fraternal
Order Of Eagles went on record to-
day In support Of a traflc safety
campaign
Citing traffic fatality statistics,
Conrad H, Mann, managing director
said, There is lot OF careless,
reckless driving on our highways
Every good Eagle will subscribe to a
movement to drive and walk safely
Nearly 10000 Eagles representing
a national membership of 1000 At
tended the Grand Aerie, which con-
cludes its convention next Monday
Evening star., 1939-08-19
Service Orders

ANN l.
INFANTRY.
Magruder, Col. Bruce. from Fort Benning
to Fort Sam Houston.
CAVALRY.
Amory. Col. Charles B.. from Baltimore to
Theis. Capt H. Jordan. from Fort osle-
thorpe to Amherst, Mass.
COAST ARTILLERY CORPS.
Gillette, Mai, chauncey A., from Fort
Banks to- Jackson: Miss.
Philippine department
Hiekok, Second 1t. Monte j.. jr.. from Fort
Totten to Fort Monroe.
FIELD ARTILLERY.
Bedinger Maj; Samuel D., from Fort Hoyle
Browning Capt Samuel R.. from savan-
H.a1 nfh Cant & t9 9ane rGef Sam HoassHn
70 tort Rsndops ss% aoqstGd F.d revoked and assigned
Huber: First It. William R. from Field
AptilleGy Aatt cry, School to 1't Field Artillery
QUARTERMAsTER CORPS.
mento. Calf. to Washington. b. e.
NAVY.
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
Good. Comdr. Roscoe p, from damage
control ofncer to operations oficer, Bat
tlc TOICc
Carpenter, 1t. Gilbert c.. from o. g. Q.
Enterprise to Torpedo Squadron 8.
MEDICAL CORPS.
Andrews. 1t. Cecil L., from Destroyer Divi-
sion to Rochester. MINI.
Barnes. 1t. Le Roy j.. from U. 8. 8. Cali
fornia to Destroyer Division 4.
Shepler, 1t. Herbert c., from Destroyer
Division to Rochester. MINI.
Fankboner' 1t: q. g. Ronald 3. from
Jefiers, 1t. q. 81 Clark p. from q. s. g.
New Mexico to Destroyer Division l.
kirch, It. q. 81 Everett p. from San
Diego to U. 8. g. New Mexico.
SUPPLY CORPS.
OHasan, Comdr. Robert, from New York
to 9th Naval District.
Bailey 1t. comdr. Charles g.. from COM
missary ofdcer to supply and account
ing ofncer, Pearl Harbor, T. H.
CIVIL ENGINEER CORPS.
Hiltabidle, 1t. Comdr william o., from
San Diego to Quantico
ASIATIC ORDERS.
Dtttsrn 10 Great Lakss. NJ.
Evening star., 1939-08-19

ClOIlS WILL lake
out more. Sick
ness, change of
heart and other
causes will elm
mate so m e .
From those who
survive, the Ar
my will choose
600, or perhaps
fewer.
Ninety to 95
per cent will
have a college
background. To
prevent d!scrim-
ination, the 9TH
erS NAV come I'm
Evening star., 1939-08-19
Boot BIust to Be Told

A description by Joseph Marchan
OF Arlington, Va, of recent boa
explosion on the Anacostia Rive
from which he was rescued by {
friend, Philip Smith, also of Airing
ton, will feature meeting of tn,
Young Peoples Society of the Ar.
lington Nazarene Church at ga!
pm. tomorrow at the church. Mr.
Marchant is member Of the so.
ciety.
Evening star., 1939-08-19

taken substitute
Massachusetts t
Not to be ignored the objecives
extraordinary
whch grips e mass OF people There doubt of the
statistics
polcyhod sufficient
the hunger will drive at the next
session OF Congress Possibly
fashion Such however the politicians Democratic
republican New Deal Meanwhile
gathered and would be better they
RELEASED b America Nevsp
Evening star., 1939-08-19
SeogulI Is Thief

ASTORIA, Greg. (P.-Motorists
have found out why windshield wiper
blades disappear from cars parked
near Pier 3.
A Coast Guardsman saw a big
seagull light on a car and start
fighting his own reflection In the
glass. He got nowhere, 80 he seized
the wiper blade and flew OF with it.
Evening star., 1939-08-19
Hikes With Broken Neck

FAYETTEVILLE. N. c. P.-Ike
burlington dived into a swimming
pool and struck his head against the
bottom, but thought so little Of the
injury he hitch-hiked go miles to his
home here.
Examination then disclosed he had
broken his neck-fracturing two
vertebrae and jamming another.
Evening star., 1939-08-19

a most flattering
r e c e p t 1 o n,
marred only by
the absence of
Constantin A.
Oumansky, So
Wet Ambassador
at Washington,
who is in Rus
sia at present.
Just why Ou-
mansky failed to
attend the re-
ception is the
subject, at the
m o m e n t, OF
W h / S p r / n g S
opooro fhneo xr,t,n
Evening star., 1939-08-19
Church Homecoming

Former pastors, members and
friends of the Crawford Memorial,
Silverbrook, Occoquan and Wood
bridge (Va) churches have been in
vited to attend homecoming serv-
ice tomorrow at the Crawford Me-
mortal Church, near Lorton, Va.
The Rev. D. N. Calvert, pastor, will
omciato.
Evening star., 1939-08-19

'ioa ehooWmen for their children
ALREADY collected sufnceny dramatic - ~ ~ ~ Ne
~. insurance policies
& from szS through 1887 out
company tne Metropolitan Life
ns TYPE OF policy In single city Washington there are
whose sole JOB is to collect the
econo M In truth industrial insurance
pnenomenon and the collector
ri m Is one OF the most familiar figures poorer
No Stick
houstia insurance Is something
oh incomes OF people
@ e Is naturally immensely expensive to collect
'nan oner types OF insurance
oo pses on policies reached
new pohce were written the
ns meant that the holders
money beyond very brief period Of protection - "
lhen too there
e th agent collectors paid according record
BOOKS can
one family example
le"er than AZ different policies
to 8
1hese people clearly had too much a
Inc Monopoly Committee
desire 10 use industrial insurance
companies - ~ " '
NO special blame attaches to the
any one else The committee personid
snre"d investigator Gerhard Gese
regard industrial insurance in fact
acnne ABOUT which is desirable
ADDITION quantities of testimony the like
ned investigation has been made
When the evidence all n of facts will be
plete in the committee ~ - ~ ~ ~ WAL
Secondary Obiecties
Evening star., 1939-08-19

something important for something
only relatively important. This group,
which is composed mostly of flnan-
ciers, also says that it is imma-
terial to Britain who is top dog in
Europe. That Germany, even If it
dictates to the continent will have
to be friends with Britain If it wants
to prosper.
The bulk Of British public opin-
ion does not, of course, share this
point of view. It considers the
Evening star., 1939-08-19
Plant Lover

DENVER P.-Government men
tore up Mrs. Brya Noye's back yard
hedge. 1t was marijuana, the mar.
cotic weed.
Il don't believe she knew what il
was" said John Marsh, Federal mar
cotic agent. She was cultivating il
only because it improved the ap-
pearance of her back yard fence"
Evening star., 1939-08-19

for 1t as a hope
Of economic i'm
provement a n d
accusing a the New
Deal of ignoring
"co-operation."
Tod ay h e
r o ose welt ad-
ministration has
placed before the
businessmen Of
America a for
mula of cooper
alton so impor-
tant to the busi-
ness system it
self that it will
be Interesting to
Evening star., 1939-08-19

issues are to be better understood,
the committees labors deserve more
attention.
A good sample of the sort of
inquiry being made by the commit
tee is the one which will begin next
week. 1t concerns industrial insur-
ance-the type of insurance for
which literally millions of Americans
IN the lowest income groups pay out
weekly dimes or quarters for burial
benefits, disability benefits, educa-
Evening star., 1939-08-19

HE opinions the rers this page are their oo not
ecs,sa+y The star, Such opinions presented re
readers although such opinions contradictory amon0
themselves and directly opposed to Tho Stars
Evening star., 1939-08-19
British Group Seeks Way Out

There minority Engand-which happens powerful at
the timewhich depoes commitments
Britain has hred for centuries between
PRUSSIA Russia Austria a
since existed and menaced Brian welfare
consequently
when by keeping aoof it
possibilities might be fatal Whv risk