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Evening star., 1939-01-29

somewhat cruder-for the reason, nc
doubt, that it cost considerably less
money. The engine, for instance
cost only 81, or $ll less than
Roberts; and the wheels lacked the
pneumatic tires that enable the
older boys sport roadster" to ride
SO smoothly.
But Bruce had lot of fun with
his automobile-until, like Robert
he ran into difficulty with the police
Capt. Richard H. Mansfield, COM
mander of the ninth precinct, told
Bruce he'd have to keep his car of
the streets, pending check-up to
determine what could be done about
getting him a set of license plates.
He didn't get any tags. however,
his grandmother. Mrs I. H. EntWisle
said the other day. He contented
himself with driving up and down
the alley in the rear of our home
Now he has the car down in the
cellar, all apart; he's tinkering with
it almost constantly, in the hope Of
making it better"
II 4
Bruce decided to try his hand al
automobile manufacture while vaca-
tioning in Iowa. He was sold on
the idea by another boy-who also
sold him the motor. He could have
made a quick profit of 81 by selling
the engine to his grandmother-she
wanted to pay him for it and then
junk it-but he insisted on bringing
1t back to Washington on the back
seat of her machine
Robert also got the idea of build
ing car from another boy
This chap lived across the street
from me, and he had a homemade
jallopy that he'd made with a bi.
cycle motor" Robert said. "He
sold his car shortly after I started
work on mine"
incidentally. Roberts roadster rep.
resents his second attempt at auto
building.
IT started to make a larger cal
once, one that would carry two
passengers" he said, "but I founc
it was going to cost me too much
money, in addition to being a lo
of work, so I just let 1t drop"
Junior jottings: We have an in.
teresting letter from Mildred Moore
10, of Vienna, Va, telling about he
appendicitis operation. "It hap
pened before I knew it was hap
pening," she says, land am glat
now that I don't have to look int
the future for an operation" Well
that's a cheerful way to look a
it, anyhow Billie Rust, 13, o
Haymarket, Va, asks: "Is it al
right to send as many contribution
as you want to each Sunday?" Sure
Billie-the more the merrier. And
incidentally, we liked your poem
Evening star., 1939-01-29
Magician Will
Prizes
For Tricks
Your Favorite Bit
OF Magic May
Win Award
By THOMAS THE MAGICIAN.

From time to time / have written
articles for the Junior Page describ-
ing various magic tricks and effects.
What would you say If I were to
turn the tables for while and let
YOU send in tricks which you would
like to see printed here and which
you believe might interest other boys
and girls?
Well, starting today and extend
ing for an indefinite period, I want
you to send in to The Sunday Star
the explanation Of some simple trick
or magical puzzle which you think
has not appeared on this page.
For each trick that is sent in and
has not been used previously in my
Junior Page articles, I'll award a
personally autographed picture Of
myself and dandy book on magic.
How's that? Here's your oppor-
tunity to see your trick published
on the Junior Page and to receive
highly interesting book of enter
tanning problems in the art Of magic.
Now, after you have explained how
your trick looks to the audience and
also how it's worked, write your full
name and address on your letter and
mail it to Thomas the Magician,
in care of the Junior Page editor of
The Star. I'll sort the letters as
fast as they come in and send cut
my picture and the book after I
have made my selection. If your
trick is published it will contain
your name as the contributor and
will give you full credit for sending
in the explanation.
Incidentally, I have two books
from which to choose one to send
to the lucky contributors-a book of
general magic and a book of card
tricks. Be sure to specify which one
you want, in case your trick is ac-
cepted. This also gives you an op-
portunity to send in two tricks and
get a different book each time.
Evening star., 1939-01-29
What High
SchoolSet
Is Doing
Notes on Student
Activities in D. G..
And Nearby
BY GLORIA LUBAR,
Central High School.


Eastern now has the best school
print shop in Washington, accord
ing to A. E. Winnemore, printing
instructor. And speaking OF
printing, Mr.. Robb, who has
charge of the printing department
at Anacostia, made attractive 1899
calendars for all the teachers at
that school. A picture of Abraham
Lincoln and views of the Washing
ton Monument, the Capitol and the
Rejecting Pool were used as decora-
tions. Roosevelt, with a total
enrolment Of 1920 students, has IA
Smiths, 9 Joneses and 6 Browns.
Which reminds me, for some
reason, that Mary Martin, who
made such a hit on Broadway with
her singing Of my Heart Belongs
to Daddy" has a namesake at Nc
Kinley. The Tech Mary Martin is
the daughter of Mrs. NJ E. Martin,
history teacher, and you ought to
hear her play the violin.
Susan McNeese is the author Of
the play to be presented by the Dra-
matte Club at Western on March "a.
It's about man who has the knack
of making himself invisible. .
Naryne Hughes of Central has won
a tuition scholarship at Drake
University, where she will major in
piano Ont at Montpomery-
Blair they're still talking about the
neat shellacking the girls admin
istered to the boys in a 7-minute
spelling bee. Credit for the victory
goes to Peggy Weiss and Yvonne
Werner.
Here's an oddity-a high school
student who doesn't like movies!
Gerry Drumm is the name, and
Western the school. Ger
man refugees and American boys and
girls who can't afford to go to COL
lege will benefit from the student
loan dance to be held Saturday at
the Raleigh Hotel. Roosevelt
is trying out new style paper-five
columns to the page, instead of the
present four. 1nez Drum
mond of Eastern has won several
trophies as an ice skater. .
Mrs. Welles, history teacher and Sec
ton adviser at Central, has been
made assistant principal Of Roose-
welt.
The Dramatic Club of AnacoStia
is working on a long play, scheduled
for presentation in the spring.
Eastern's music department will be
heard soon over one of the National
Broadcasting Co. networks. The
orchestra and the major choral
classes will share a Commute pro-
gram. Two new organiza-
tions are being formed at Western
the Cartoonists' Association, led by
Leo Stoutsenberger, himself comic
artist, and the Ice Skating Club
sponsored by Henrietta Davis and
several other girls. Bosco
the glass eating colored man writ
ten up in The Star several weeks
ago, visited Roosevelt, and the
students fed him razor blades, broom
straws and an electric bulb, topped
off with a few swallows of gasoline
The Junior Art Club at Ana
costa reports that Johnnie O'Steen
has been doing outstanding work
with water colors.
Evening star., 1939-01-29
Contest Winners
Prizes Totaling SIS
Awarded for Best
Contributions

The following children are award
ed prizes of ST. each for contributions
published on the Junior page today:
Alice Anagnos, 9, of 1418 w street
NV.
Constance Brinkman, 13, of 2206
G street NV.
Concetta Famiglietti, is, of 3703
Fourteenth street NV.
Frank King, II, of Monrovia,
Md
Margaret Mcfarland, II, of 101 E
street Sc.
Boys and girls from 8 to 18 years
of age are invited to write for the
Junior page. Contributions may be
In the form of letters, stories, poems,
ETC., and subjects may include ad-
ventures, hobbies, pets-in short,
anything of interest to children any
where in the Washington area.
The best five contributions pub
lished each week will win their au-
thors prizes of ST each. These SIM
pie rules must be observed:
/. All contributions must be
ORIGINAL.
2. All contributions must bear the
name, age, address, telephone num-
. ber df any and school of the au-
thor, preferably at the top OF the
first page. .
b Contributions must be written
On one side of the paper; II type
written they should be doublespaced.
4. The decision of the Junior page
editor as to the winning contribu-
tions will be final and The Star re-
serves the right to publish any con-
tributions received, in whatever form
the editor may deem advisable, re-
gardless of whether they are award
ed prizes.
S. No contributions will be re-
turned.
Address contributions to the Junior
Page Editor of The Star, Eleventh
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV, Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1939-01-29
BY ALICE ANAGNOS,
St Paul's School.

Once upon a time, there was q
redbird who had a bad fault: he
was very lazy. He liked nothing
better than eating fat earthworms,
but he did not like the work of
finding them.
One day, as Mr.. Redbird sat in
a tree, a dwarf came along and
admired his beautiful red feathers
This dwarf lived in a cave and
dug for buried treasure, so it was
easy for him to find earthworms.
He had whole sackful of them.
'Ill sell you a fat earthworm
for one of your feathers" he told
Mr.. Redbird. The bird looked at
the worm, and his mouth began to
water. Surely" he said to him.
self, "Ill never miss one little
feather from under my wing" So
he picked out a feather, and gave
Evening star., 1939-01-29

and would have printed 1t had 1t
been on almost any subject other
than Autumn" Robert Null
link, 10. of Damascus, Md, is proud
of the fact that his dog, Jim, can
jump a five-foot fence" The ami
NAL is very tough" he says, adding:
He has been shot twice and has
been hit in the head with a
stone" And speaking Of dogs,
Theresa Hooking, II, of 1908 East
ern avenue NE, tells us that her
puppy, Spot. was killed by an auto
mobile. I'VE have had other pets
since then" she says, but Spot
will always be my favorite."
Joyce Brooks, II, Of 228 Eleventh
street Sc, says her hobby is listen
ing to radio programs. Il like skat-
ing, too" she adds, "but haven't
any time for it. because I'm al
ways listening to my radio pro-
grams" H.. -f
Evening star., 1939-01-29
Riddles

/. Why may a beggar wear very
short coat?
2. Why didn't they play cards in
the ark?
g. Why is baker most unwise
person?
4. Why are young girls cheeks
like a team of horses?
S. Why is it more dangerous to
go out in the spring that at any
other time of the year?
ANSWERS.
1. Because it will be long enough
before he gets another. 2. Be-
cause they had only one deck and
Noah sat on that. 3. Because he
is continually selling that which he
needs kpeads) himself. 4. Cae on
each side of a wagon (wagginD
tongue. S. Because in the spring
the grass has blades, the flowers
pistils, the leaves shoot, and the
bulrushes out.
Evening star., 1939-01-29
.Firelight

BY CONSTANCE BRINKMAN,
Western High School
Watch the freight, glowing,
sparkling,
Cast weird shadows round the
room;
Watch the embers, leaping, dancing,
Brighten up the winters gloom.
Listen, as the warm flames crackle,
Up the chimney swift they go.
Listen to their cheerful message:
I'VE defy the winds that blow"
But the embers now are dying,
And the cinders glowing, bright.
Now throw out thair final radiance,
As they fade into he night.
Evening star., 1939-01-29

The definitions:
Across.
1. Father.
8. Groundhogs' homes.
5. Word used with either"
6. Automobile.
. 8. Kind of poem.
9. Sweeping devices.
IL. To dry by rubbing.
13. Like.
IS. Attempt.
i6. Printers measure.
18. That is (abbr0.
10. Starts.
81. Feminine pronoun.
%. National Guard (abbr).
Down.
1. BY.
2. Indefinite article.
3. Perform.
. 4. What the grounding looks for
6. Make noise like a pigeon.
Z. To send money.
10. What the grounding hopes for
u. Organs of sight.
IA. Prophet, as grounding.
IT. Milligram (abbrD.
10. Exist
20. Within.
,
The weather terms in the pictur
below are suggested by the fact tn
grOundhOg is a weather prophet.
Evening star., 1939-01-29
Boy Initiates
Many Noted
Realistic Mimicry
Fools Neighbor,
Brings Deluge

Bob Ridgway, 13-year-old Alice
Deal Junior High School student, is
sort of Edgar Bergen, Charlie
Mccarthy, Baby Shocks and Donald
Duck, all rolled into one.
That is to say, Bob is an imitator.
He can initiate all the characters
named above-and more besides.
His imitation of a cat-and-dog
Evening star., 1939-01-29
Puzzles

Next Thursday, according tc
legend, the grounding will crawI
sleepily from his lair, look around
for his shadow, and decide whether
or not we're going to have more
winter. We're all ready for this
famous weather prophet with q
crossword puzzle.
MR.. GROUNDING.
Evening star., 1939-01-29
Story of Homemade Auto
Recalls Similar Jallopy'
Washing Machine Motor and
Ironing Board Were Used
To Make Earlier Car
By PHILIP HI. LOVE,
Junior PAGE Editor,

The Robert Preston and his doodebug aopy brings to
automobile a.
a September using washing machine
the chassis His
Evening star., 1939-01-29
A Cool One

A Cool One
do you know Nat Cohen?"
zone of the cloak and silt
Cohens?"
mo he's one Of the Ice cream
Cohens." .
Evening star., 1939-01-29
Garm mar Lesson

once boy-I ct six eggs for break
fast this morning.
Bookkeeper-You mean ate, don't
you?
Office boy-Well, maybe 1t was
eight I ct.
Evening star., 1939-01-29
Beauty

Beauty
BY CONCETTA FAMIGLIETTI,
Mcfarland Junior High School.
The sun that sets in the faraway
West
Is lovely, and is beauty at its best;
The trees, that tower up to God
First were planted in dark brown
sod,
And though they took so long to
grow,
Now bountiful beauty they have to
show.
The moon, its beauty all alight,
Shines upon the world at night,
And the stars all twinkiing in the
sky
Show beauty doesn't pass us by,
The green grass and gay flowers all
do their duty
To bring to the world such radiant
beauty.
Evening star., 1939-01-29

Teacher: "How much home work
do you do?"
Billy: I'VE have a servant at
our house."
Evening star., 1939-01-29
P0Sers

If the President and Vice Pres
ident of the United States should
die, who would become President?
2. What is the British character
corresponding to Uncle Sam?
8. Where are the original copies
of the Declaration of Independence
and the Constitution of the United
States?
4. Who was President of the Con-
federacy during the Civil War?
IS. Which Is the largest and which
is the smallest State in the United
States?
6. What is cryptography?
7. Whose picture appears on a 81
bill?
8. What letter of the alphabet is
omitted from the letters on tele-
phone dial?
ANSWERS.
/. The Secretary of State 2
John Bull. 8. Library of Congress
Washington, D. c. 4. Jefferson
Davis. 5. Texas and Rhode Island
6. Code writing. Z. George Wash
ington's. 8. @.
Evening star., 1939-01-29
Pleasant Surprise
nv MARGARET MCFARLAND

ny NfAnuAnCx l. MCE hbAh4NDs
One night, as I was lying In
bed
With the moon shining brightly
on my head,
I was thinking of fairies, pixies
and all,
When I heard a strange noise
out in the hall.
Then on my bed I felt a thump,
AS If something had given a
jump;
1t crept stealthily toward me
Pad-pad-pad-
Then I found out what it was,
And oh, boy, was I glad!
For as, in fear, bolt upright I
sat,
I found it was nothing
But our little black catl
Evening star., 1939-01-29
Dolls Set Example
for People

If people from SO many lands
Were crowded in that space,
Her daddy says there surely would
Be war inside the placet
Evening star., 1939-01-29
Cuddles and Tuckie
Trade Mark REGISTERED U. s. Patent Office.

Dolls from all the countries stand
Upon their painted shelves,
And live in peace and happiness
And al behave themselv
Evening star., 1939-01-29

Sound Effect
Joe-What animal am I initiating
99-klonk, 99-klonk, 99-klonk?
Moe-I give up.
Joe-A centipede with one wooden
Evening star., 1939-01-29
By FRANCES ROYSTER
WILLIAMS

But dolls are wiser, Betty says,
No fighting ever starts;
Because they love each other in
Their little dolly ! parts.
Evening star., 1939-01-29

3. WING-Wind-wand-LAND
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
SPIN.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
Winter Wheat ACREAGE
Drops in Maryland
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
COLLEGE PARK, Md, Jan. 10
A is per cent drop in the acreage
of Maryland winter wheat seeded
in the fall of 1888 for harvest in
1899, was reported yesterday by the
Maryland Crop Reporting Service.
Acreage seeded to rye, however,
was estimated at $4,000 acres, COM
pared to 10000 acres sown a year
earlier, and $4,000 acres for the
l0-year average.
The report. based on survey
made December /, showed winter
wheat acreage to be 100000 acres.
compared to 483,000 acres in 1887
and 461,000 acres average for the
10-year period from 1926 to 1885.
The December wheat condition
of 81 was the highest for that date
since 1920, with the exception of
1885, when the reported condition
was 81. On the same date in 1887,
the reported condition was 10, and
the l0-year average, IS. Growth
was reported to be excellent and
moisture ample.
December condition of rye was
reported 81, compared to 50 for the
same date a year ago and 86 for
the 10-year average.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,

hsSoCidteu PreSS FINANCIAL Writer.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1O.-Rallying
fuel was pumped into the aircrafts,
IN todays stock market and leaders
generally managed to retrieve por-
tions of their recent losses.
The list struggled along with
modest advances until the second
hour, when buying momentum
picked up bit with gains running
TO around points Dealings SUBJ
sequently slowed to a crawl and top
marks were substantially reduced in
most.cases at the close.
The turnover of approximately
10000 shares was the smallest of
the year to date
Brokers spoke of the technical DO
sltion of the market as the principal
reason for the days improvement.
The averages had relinquished virtu-
ally all OF their re-Christmas up
swing at the conclusion of Mondays
retreating session.
While business prospects were still
viewed as promising from a market
standpoint, speculative contingents
apparently were more apathetic
than ordinarily. This listlessness
was attributed mainly to the desire
OF traders to step carefully pending
a showdown in Congress on the
relief spending battle.
Stocks prominent on the forward
tilt the greater part of the dav
were Douglas Aircraft. Glenn Mar
tin, Sperry. United Aircraft. U. S.
Steel. Bethlehem. YOUNGSTOWN.
Chrysler, Lee Rubber. GOODYEAR,
Sears Roebuck, Montgomery Ward,
Marshall Field, Phelps Dodge, Con-
solidated Edison, Westinghouse, Du
Pont, Eastman Kodak, Philip Nor
rls, U. S. Gypsum, Great Northern,
Illinois Central, Celanese, Canada
Dry. Paramount and Industrial
Rayon.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
North American Plans
To Increase Pay Of
Board Members
Holders to Vote January
30 on Proposal for
Liberal Policy
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCldleu fIeSS.
NEW YORK. Jan. 10.-Things
were looking up today for those
traditionally underpaid part time
employees, corporation directors.
For generations it has been a ira
dition to pay directors only on meet
ing days, and then usually Just $40.
It formerly was quite a pleasing
ceremony. After all the directors
were safely assembled around their
large mahogany table. the corpora
ton treasurer passed among them,
dishing out $40 gold piece to each
one
Since gold has been outlawed
from circulation, however, the pay
has been $40 bills, or even checks.
William o. Douglas, president of
the Securities and Exchange Com
mission, in a speech at Fort Worth
yesterday, advocated salaries for
directors as an unofficial" solution
to the problem of making directors
more interested in directing.
Today the North American Co..
one of the largest utilities holding
corporations. called a special meet
ing of stockholders for January 80
to vote upon plan of corporation
simplification and to pass new bv-
laws.
The new rules would allow the
II directors up to $50 a day for at
tending meetings and total of $500
a month to pay for steady work
on the part Of those who are not
officers Of the company.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
Chicago Grain
2, the Associated Press.

Z! the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. 10.-Although the
wheat market encountered selling
based on lower prices abroad to-
day, quotations here held up Stub
bornly and closed very little changed
from yesterday.
Absence of pronounced selling
pressure in view of recent rains
Southwest and declining foreign
prices in connection with increased
offering of Southern Hemisphere
wheat indicated, according to some
observers, that the market Tempo
rarily is oversold. Good buying
from elevators and professors as
we'll as investors has been apparent
each time dip in prices occurs, pit
dealers said.
After dipping about l. cent early
in the day wheat closed unchanged
to "a lower than yesterday: May, So
687s; July, 691s SO; corn, ISIS off:
May, 52Ss-a4 July. 53a4 oats, ls-l4
Evening star., 1939-01-10
New York Suqur

NEW YORK. Jan. 10 UP.-World sugar
futures ranged to 2 points higher today
on scattered trade based partly on action
of the London market. March No 4 sold
at 1.13 for net gain of l and May re-
covered to 1.1412 from low of LA.
The domestic contract was quieter 1
higher to ] lower. January was up /
point at 1.76 while March ruled / lower
throushout the morning at 1888.
Raws continued quiet with Cubas quoted
nominally at 2.S5 cents duty paid. Offer.
ings were reported below this level but no
sales were confirmed Refined suEar was
UNCHANGED 1t 4.30 to AS.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
Hearing on Corei|I
Case Is Postponed
BY the Associated Press.

The Commodity Exchange Ad-
ministration announced today an
indefinite postponement of hear
ing on charges of Secretary Wallace
that Cargill, Inc, a large Mime
apolis grain company, had manipu-
lated prices in corn futures in 1887.
Officials said the hearing, orig
inally scheduled to open today, prob
ably would not be started until after
completion of a hearing now in
progress in similar charges by the
grain company against the Chicago
Board of Trade.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
Failures TotuI Gains

NEW YORK, Jan 10 (P.-Busi-
ness failures in the United States
for the week ended January ad-
vanced to 254 from 236 in the pre-
ceding week and compared with 28l
in the comparable 1888 week, Dun q
Bradstreet reported.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10-Cotton fu-
lures declined after morning stead
mess today under New Orleans and
local selling. Prices in midafternoon
were l to points lower.
Scale down trading buying con-
tinued in March and May, but mill
interests seemed indifferent. May
sold at 8.03, off 2, in midafternoon.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
C0ttOnseed Oil.

Cottonseed oil futures again touched new
around midday. easier crude oil prices and
declines in lard influenced renewed for
eign and domestic liquidation. The market
opened higher. but March reacted to 7.2O
and May to 7.30. Sales to noon we're 4.343
contracts. Southeast crude sales were re-
ported late yesterday at cents and in
Texas at $50 However. current quota
tions in the Southeast and valley were
6-6h and Texas 5h-6
Evening star., 1939-01-10
Metal Market

NEW YORK. Jan. 10 Chopper steady;
electrolytic. spot. II 25; export, 1O.321a.
ward. 46. 80. Lead steady; spot. New York.
4.s6-90; East St. Louis. 40. Zinc steady;
East ST. Louis. SPOT and forward, 4.5O. Pig
iron. aluminium antimony. quicksilver. plat.
mum and Chinese Wolframite UNCHANGED.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
Dry Goods Market

NEW YORK Jan 10 tR.-Better in
auiry appeared today for broadcloths and
the smaller print cloths constructions in
Worth street textile markets Prices re-
mained firm and unchanged Demand
for sheetings fell of while combed lawns
met routine inquiry.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
New Orleans Prices.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 10 CP,.-Cotton
futures opened UNCHANGED to . points net
higher here today under covering by shorts
and lack of selling pressure.
The turnover was light. just after the
toward the end of the -first half hour prices
generally were ! to 2 points net higher
Cottonseed oil opened steady: January.
6.S3b. March. 6.S4b May, 6.92b; July,
: .O3b. 'b-Bid
Evening star., 1939-01-10

Peoples Drug Stores, Inc.-Decem-
Der sales were up 2 per cent, IL
months of a. per cent.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
trading 10 shares

sUnlt of
reorganzed under
t,
annual dsburse
annual
special
* rights. extras Paid
year or paid SO far this
year Cash stock Accumulated dividends paid or de-
Evening star., 1939-01-10
Chicago Cash Market.

CHICAGO Cash Market.
Cash wheat. No. 3 red durum. ssh
Corn. No mixed (mostly white), sale
So; No. > white, 55l4 Oats, No 3 mixed:
sample grade mixed, -; No l white "a
Barley. No 3. 80: maltina barley. 55-s3
nominal; feed, 3n-4s nominal Soy beans,
No. yellow, s4i4 Timothy seed. 3S5-
315; red clover seed 13.OO-l6 90: red
top. S. .15-a25