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Evening star., 1939-05-13
Replies to Wilson
Defense of Ickes.

DeIeHSe OIL lCkeS.
To the Editor of The Star:
Among the letters to the editor yester-
day was one from R. D. Wilson, approv-
ing Secretary Ickes' recent structure OF
the press, condemning newspapers for
going counter to public opinion with re-
spect to the admission of few thousand
refugee children, and stating that our
national welfare is endangered by such
admissions.
Mr.. Ickes, although strong liberal,
seeks to draw distinction between free
dom of the press and from the press. In
relationships the line is fairly well drawn,
for anything against the governing power
is in one category and anything for
such power in the other. In demo-
cratic country, we cannot afford to be so
squeamish, for even unfair criticism is
better than no criticism. For one thing
we know that Lincoln without abuse
would not have been the Lincoln We
esteem.
Mr.. Wilson tells us that the press is
out of harmony with not less than 80 per
cent of public opinion in supporting the
bill to permit entrance into the country
of some 10000 refugee children in the
space of two full years. 1t has been the
custom to chide the press for SO often
trucking to uninformed and unstable
majorities, but here we have the situa-
ton where the press is berated because
it "dares the gibbet and the mob" to side
with the minority. Is this.not whole
some sign, portent of intellectual hon.
esty and integrity?
The next complaint is that the admis-
sion of 10000 refugee children in the
space of two years would endanger our
national welfare, because, mayhap, it
would give these children, like ourselves,
the right to life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness, of which they are now dia-
bolically deprived. Let it be said that
the German quota alone last year ran
short by many thousands Of being filled,
so that even If as many as 10000 chill
dren had been admitted the present
Evening star., 1939-05-13

There is talk of a new building to
house the Weather Bureau, replacing
the present fifty-year-old structure.
The weather man." who gets it right
more than eighty per cent of the
time, needs and deserves new home
an aforementioned one, too.
Evening star., 1939-05-13

CallfornianS, it is announced, plan
to greet all visiting motorists with a
short and long blast of the horn.
That is an item that will make Flor
ida seem more attractive than ever.
Evening star., 1939-05-13

stringent immigration laws would have
been faithfully adhered to. country
powerful and resourceful enough to keep
peace and tranquility within its borders
with from ten to twelve millions out of
work Is surely in no danger of destruc-
ton by the admission of bare acreful
OF additional mouths to be fed. A house
built on rock is not easily destroyed, and
II perchance it is built on sand. then
who can say but that the very refugees
will ultimately be the necessary protec-
tive and stabilizing forces Moreover,
shall it be said of us. as is was said of
Greater One, that the birds have their
nests, but the children of men not even
pillow for their troubled heads?
True, except indirectly, We did not pro-
duce the plight of these refugees; but
since when. in equity, morals religion
and good conscience. is man responsible
only for the hardship he himself in
flcts? Much Scripture and ethical pre-
cepts can be quoted to enlighten and
console your correspondent but sufficient
unto the day is the wrangling thereof
Anyhow:
Ill fares the land to Fastening ills
prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men
decay
May IL. HERMAN FELTER.
Evening star., 1939-05-13

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the use for republication OF all news dispatches
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A. rights of publication of special dispatches
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Evening star., 1939-05-13
Ill Advised FrankneSS.

do you expect people to believe all
that you tell them in your speeches?"
NO" answered Senator Sorghum, "and
on the other hand they mustn't expect
me to tell them all that I believe
I'm running for Office" said Hi Ho,
the sage of Chinatown. you cannot
please every one; the best that you can
do is to look benignly pleasant and con-
vey the impression that everybody pleases
YOU"
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Letters to the E ditor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1Driter, although the use OF
pseudonyn for publication is
permissible. Please be brief!
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Something From Above.
On Parade,

The man elected must display
The prizes he has truly won.
The man defeated let's them say,
Look at the things he might have
DONE"
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Thinks Communists to
Blame for Slackers.

DidIhS iOi oldShCIS.
To the Editor of The Star:
In The Star Of April I found a letter
with the heading Demands Better
Treatment for District Unemployed"
which was signed by Martin Chancey,
city secretary of the District Communist
party.
He states that the District Communist
party had exposed the barbarous treat
ment of the unemployed in the District
OF Columbia. should like some one to
expose the slackers and loafers in this
city who have for years been sponging
on the taxpayers money, and who have
no idea of working if they can possibly
avoid it.
We live in close-in suburb and in
former years before this orgy of relief
was begun We were besieged by people
who wanted to work at odd jobs around
the homes. to remove snow, to cut the
grass in summer, etc. But since Uncle
Samuel has so much money to hand out
we often have hard time getting this
work done
Many times have hired men from
the employment places for waxing floors
and other jobs and they seem deter
mined not to do the work as instructed
or not to do the work at all. And have
many friends who have had the same
experience, One neighbor of ours had
II maids on trial over period of a few
weeks. She said not one Of them would
do what she told them to do.
It seems to me the Communist party
here and everywhere else is bent on
building up class hatred, preventing en-
ployment, throttling business and Gre
ating chaos.
And what are we doing to prevent it?
May 8. PATRIOT.
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Temptation.

Temptation.
The flowers bloom;
The flowers die.
The happy days
Go swiftly by.
They heard him murmur
With a sigh
''The days are slipping
So am l."
Something From Above.
isn't there danger" said the timid
man, "of dropping things from an air
plane on the people below?"
That isn't the worst" answered the
candid inventor, you're lucky if the
whole thing doesn't fall on you.'
Evening star., 1939-05-13
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Evening star., 1939-05-13
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Evening star., 1939-05-13

Don vase yoh time 'sputin'," said
Uncle Eben. ''De average Argument is
generally jes talkin' match wit no way
Of decidin' who de winner is an no
purses foh nobody nohow."
Evening star., 1939-05-13

Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance
rini.
Evening star., 1939-05-13

@ How many women attend the Mas
sachusetts Institute Of Technology
J. K M.
A. There are approximately so women
enrolled in all departments of the insti-
tuition.
Evening star., 1939-05-13

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ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
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Evening star., 1939-05-13
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Evening star., 1939-08-01
Bethesdo's Borgogni Foes Told
To Turn In Fire Equipment

A group of Bethesda (Md) volun-
teer flremen who have refused to
recognize the authority of A. j. Bar
gagni, former District fireman and
chief of the new semi-paid depart
ment, have been ordered to turn in
all equipment by August 10 and to
keep away from the frehouse and
apparatus, it was revealed today.
R. w. King, a director of the
newly chartered Volunteer Fire De-
partment of Bethesda, Inc, said the
group heard read last night at
meeting in the firehouse a letter
signed by George w. Bryan, presi-
dent of the Bethesda Fire Board, in
forming them they would be tres
passing when entering the station.
Mr.. King said the rebelling VOL
unteers had been advised by two of
their attorneys to ignore the COM
munication.
Hiram Musgrove. veteran volunteer
fireman, was chosen as chief of the
group, into which eight new men,
bers were admitted last night, rails
ing the membership to 81.
Samuel T. Robertson was chosen
president of the group. Other
officers elected are Sumpter Embrey
first vice president; William Flack
second vice president; Alexander T.
Britton, secretary; Earl Poole, treas
Evening star., 1939-08-01
Architect Wood Presses Claim
For Work on New Armory
Court Fight Indicated as District
Commissioners Insist Wyeth Do Job

project, and produced plans and
specifications for this proposed
armory which have met with the
approval Of the Fine Arts Commits
sion and Of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission. All
Of the preliminary work has been
concluded and Mr.. Wood is ready to
proceed"
Presents Sketches.
In his conferences with the two
Commissioners, Mr.. Wood took with
him his sketches, one showing a
floor plan and the other showing
perspective of the building from
an air view. The structure would
be located on the site named by the
act Of Congress at the foot of East
Capitol street, covering roughly six
squares bounded by East Capitol,
B. Nineteenth and Twenty-second
streets Sc.
Mr.. Wood has been architect for
several important buildings in Wash
ington. including the new Interior
Department, Potomac Electric Power
Co. office building at Tenth and E
streets NV, Southern Railway Of
Ace Building, Fifteenth and K streets
NV; Commercial National Bank
Building and many others. He de-
signed plan to remodel the De-
partment of State, for which he was
paid a sum after controversy with
the Government, although the build
ing has never been remodeled, due
to a change in the Governments
program.
Evening star., 1939-08-01
Conviction on Auto Permit
Charqe Is Appealed

John I. King, "a, of River Road,
Bethesda, Md, was found guilty of
operating a motor vehicle on a
revoked permit by Trial Magistrate
James C. Christopher in Bethesda
Police Court yesterday.
James H. Pugh, former States
attorney for Montgomery County,
Md, and attorney for the de-
fendant, filed an immediate appeal.
Bond was set at $1,000.
Mr.. King was served with war
rant July 3 for allegedly driving a
motor cycle June 10, after his auto
mobile drivers permit had been re-
voked A number of witnesses testi-
fed that Mr.. King was working that
day and had not been riding a
motor cycle.
Montgomery County Policeman
Joseph Wood testified that he had
seen the defendant operating the
motor cycle The defendant denied
the charge. Conviction on the
charge carries a minimum fine of
500 or not less than 30 days, and a
maximum of $1,000 or not more
! than one year, or both.
Evening star., 1939-08-01
Labor Peace Declared
Up 10 Rank and File
BY the Associated Press.

The president of a C. I. o. union
suggested yesterday, and some Sen
ators agreed, that the split In the
ranks of organized labor could be
healed if the rank and file demanded
peace.
The matter came up while Mervyn
Rathborne of New York. president
of the C. I. O.'s American Communi-
cations Association, was opposing
any change in the Wagner Act or
the Labor Board before Senate
subcommittee.
He said the need for any change
would be eliminated by 'reuniting
the ranks of labor"
How can that be done?" inquired
Senator Ellender, Democrat, OF
Louisiana.
The basic approach" Mr.. Rath-
borne replied, should be from the
bottom up, instead of from the top
down"
IF the locals say they want 1t,
they can get it," Senator Ellender
agreed. They ought to be able to
force the leaders to join up together
or else get rid of some one-if you
know what mean"
Evening star., 1939-08-01
More Merchants Sponsor
Flag Queen Entrants

Following yesterdays surge of bal
lots in the Queen of the Flag" con-
test, to select the most popular girl
in Northern Virginia to reign over
the Birth of the Flag" pageant,
August 1920, six additional mer-
chants today announced sponsorship
of candidates.
The contest will end August 8,
when the Queen of the Flag" IL at
tendants and 48 girls comprising the
Court of States will be chosen from
the los entered.
The following young women, all
leaders in the balloting, are now
sponsored by firms in Arlington:
Ruby Sisson, by Bauserman Serv-
ice Co.: Bootsie Preston, by AIS
Motors and The Economy Market;
Marjorie Forgey, by George M. Yeat-
man Hardware Co. and Edmonds
Motors, and Margaret Langley, by
Lyon Village Beauty Shop.
Evening star., 1939-08-01

urer; Robert Fremeau, sergeant-at-
arms; Lewis P. Stone, assistant fire
chief; Gather Musgrove, LIE Roy
Lochte and James Peake, captains
of the first, second and third COM
panies, respectively; Frank G. Stone,
captain of the rescue squad; Robert
Henley, Charles Murphy and Gard
ner Dodson, lieutenants of the first
second and third companies, respec-
lively, and Frank Leahy, liutenant
of the rescue squad.
Accounts to Be Transferred.
Mr.. King said the volunteer group
had been informed by the Bethesda
Bank that two accounts of the old
volunteer group could be transferred
to the new organization. Mr.. King
said approximately $500 in charity
account would be earmarked for
charity and for the Christmas fund.
Another account totaling some sl00
would be put in general fund Tor
expenses.
Meanwhile, he said the organiza-
tion was proceeding with the prob
lem Of raising money for equipment.
At the meeting members discussed
a plan to raise funds through a
$l-a-year levy on associate men,
bers. Plans for a carnival previously
considered for next month were
abandoned.
Evening star., 1939-08-01
| Dentist, Facing
Drunk Charge,
| Takes Life
the Associated Press.

TENAFLY, N. j., Aug. l.-For
more than 10 years, DR.. Herbert
Schaedel, 43, led an exemplary life
in this little borough. Rather than
face the shame of appearing in
court on charge of drunken driv-
ing he chose death last night.
His body was found in the
patients chair of his dentistry Of
fee, anesthetic flowing through a
cone which covered his face.
Early yesterday DR.. Schaedel was
arrasted in nearby Englewood after
his car struck parked auto
mobile. Police Sergt. Robert Bald
win made charge of drunken driv-
ing against him. DR.. Edward Ryan
Of Bethlehem, Conn, a passenger
in DR.. Schaededs car at the time
OF the accident, was taken to Engle-
wood Hospital with head injuries
and shock.
The injuries received by DR..
Ryan and the charge of drunken
driving apparently caused Dr. Schae-
del to commit suicide" Police Capt.
John Rothacker said.
Police Marshal William Grosch,
editor of the boroughs weekly news
paper and owner of the building in
which Dr. Schaedel, unmarried,
maintained his, office, found the body
when he entered the office with a
master key to put out a light.
Evening star., 1939-08-01
Emily French-Myers
III With Appendicitis

Miss Emily French Myers of
Washington was in a Boston hos
pital today after she was rushed
there, suffering from appendicitis.
in a chartered transport airplane
from Maine, the Associated Press
reported.
Miss French-Myers was stricken
while a summer visitor at Bar Har-
Dor. Her mother, Mrs. Marion
French Myers, was in a Boston hos
pital at the time. She arranged,
however, to have her daughter
brought down by airplane.
The airplane was delayed several
hours by fog. Both mother and
daughter are known in society
circles here, where they entertained
last winter.
Evening star., 1939-08-01
Chest Agency Tours
Completed for Season

Members of the Community Chest
Speakers Bureau last night COM
pleted the last of their summer
Chest agency tours with a visit to
the Children's House at 1924 N
street NV.
Miss Winona Norbye, director Of
the settlement, told the visitors that
space in the three-story structure is
utilized to the utmost, that
nursery school is conducted in the
morning, classes for older boys and
girls are held in the afternoons,
and club meetings and sports are
scheduled in the evenings
Last nights visitors to the house,
which is financed by the Chest, the
annual Georgetown Garden Pill
grimage and fees from nursery
clients. included: z. D. Blackstone,
3D.; Ralph E. Burgess, 1t. Col. and
Mrs. Thomas j. Frailey, E. F. Gillen.
Miss Cathrine Edmondson. Mrs. H.
H Harriss, Miss Alma K. Miller,
Charles NJ Parsons. Miss Rena
Pond Mr.. and Mrs. Paul L. Rapp,
Leo F. Thiel. Howard H Thomas,
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Toneman sr.;
Miss Adele Wassmann and Miss
Susie Watwood.
Evening star., 1939-08-01
Montgomery 10 Mail
County Tax Bills
Tomorrow
Notices Earlier Thun
Usual; Levies Must Be
Paid in Lump Sum
BY STAFF Correspondent Of The Star,

BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, Aug. 1-Ap-
proximately $4,000 tax bills will be
mailed to Montgomery County resi-
dents tomorrow, County Treasurer
John B. Diamond advised the county
commissioners today.
He said the bills are ready for dis
tribution about two weeks earlieg
than usual and are due as of JLly l..
but no penalties will be charged on
those paid by September /, and even
that deadline may be extended.
For the first time in several years,
Mr.. Diamond pointed out, the bills
must be paid in lump sum as the
General Assembly repealed a pro-
vision permitting payment of taxes
on a semi-annual basis.
Bills for taxpayers living in a
portion of Silver Spring and Beth
esda will be the only ones not ready
for mailing tomorrow, according I'd
Mr.. Diamond, who said they will ba
sent out by the end of the week.
| Property on which taxes are not
paid by January will be subject I'd
advertising and sale in March.
Two reports were to be submitted
to the county board today. One is
from the treasurer of the county
Liquor Board and the other from a
group named to draft county police
manual.
The latter is being prepared by
Peyton Whalen, police civil service
commissioner; Chief of Police
Charles M. Orme; Ralph H. Chase,
secretary to the president of the
county board, and Miss Vivian v.
Simpson and Joseph E. Simpson,
commissioners counsel.
Evening star., 1939-08-01
Irwin Cobb Stricken
With Gastric Upset
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. Irwin
S. Cobb the rotund writer, actor
and mint julep expert of Hollywood,
was i'll in the hospital here today
with what physicians described vari-
ously as a gastric upset" and "the
summer flu"
He was stricken five days ago at
the San Francisco Bohemian Clubs
resort on the Russian River, but his
condition did not become known
until he came here yesterday.
Hes not in bad shape, but he'll
have to stay in bed three or four
days" DR.. Joseph McGuiness said.
Hes had a gastric upset"
In Hollywood, his studio para
mount said DR.. Frank Lynch had
diagnosed the case as influenza,
and advised Mr.. Cobb to take sew
eral days rest.
Evening star., 1939-08-01
Temperature.

A disturbance is moving east-northeast-
sei.a millibars a2e.s5 Inches with "a a
cold front advancing southeastward over
the New England States Pressure is low
over the Mackenzie Valley Fort Smith,
District of Mackenzie. 10O2.4 millibars
1880 inches) with q trough extending
southward oN oyer the ,, Plains States Pierre
Pressure is high from the Southeastern
States eastward beyond Bermuda. steam
ship Ponce. 10230 millibars (30.21 inches.
A high-pressure area is moving southeast
ward over the Province of Ontario, Nakina
l021.7 millibars (30.17 inches; Another
the North Pacific States and the Northern
Rock Mountain region, Kamloops. B. c.,
1O257 millibars t30.29 inahes). During
the last "a hours there have been scattered
showers in the North Atlantic States. the
Middle and Northern Plains. and along the
Gulf and South Atlantic Coasts. Temper
atures have fallen over much of the Prov
inces of Ontario and Western Quebec and
over the Northern Rocky Mountain region
Elsewhere changes have been slight.
Evening star., 1939-08-01
Marines Held on Charge
OF Killing Salesman
By the Associated Press.

6S IDt hssOCldlco EIcob.
NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 1.-Two
young marines were held in the brig
of the aircraft carrier Ranger today
facing charges of killing F. T. Jen-
nings. 49-year-old Augusta, Ga,
salesman.
Warrants were sworn out last
night by Detective Leon Nowitzky
for Wallace E. Miller and Lawrence
M. King and steps were taken to
have them released to civil author
tiles here.
Mr.. Jennings, member of promi-
nent South Carolina family, was
found fatally beaten in his down.
town hotel room week ago shortly
after walking through the lobby
accompanied by two men in khaki.
FingerprintS obtained from frag-
ments of bottles used in bludgeon-
ing the salesman were sent to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
where Norfolk police said they were
identified from Marine Corps rec
ords as those of Miller and King.
Mr.. Nowitzky stated that the
theory that Jennings was slain by
a member of the Marine Corps
was strengthened when a blood
stained uniform was found in the
Elizabeth River. The name w. E
Miller was stenciled inside the shirt,
Mr.. NoWitzky said.
Rear Admiral H. SimonS COM
mandant Of the Navy Yard inter-
ested himself in the case when,
investigating the trampling of his
dahlia beds, he learned that a gate
keeper had seen two marines climb
ing the wall at the garden few
hours after Mr.. Jennings was at
tackled.
Evening star., 1939-08-01
D. c. Guurdsmen Test
60-Inch SeurchIights

The District National Guard tested
some of its new 60-inch, 300, 900 ,OO0-
candlepower searchlights last night
and pierced the sky in the vicinity
of Fourteenth and Kenyon streets
NV. and Mount Pleasant street and
Park road NV. Officers of the Guard
believe that under favorable weather
conditions the lights could spot a
plane 5000 to 10000 yards away.
These lights are the first in con-
signment of 10 to be acquired by the
National Guard.
Evening star., 1939-08-01
Congress in Brief


House commences debate on lend
ing bill (noon).
Senate considers minor bills
(noon).
Senate Labor Committee hears
c. I. o. witnesses opposing Wagner
Act amendments Go am).
TOMORROW.
House.:
Continues consideration OF ad-
ministration lending bill.
Senate:
Probably will take up miscellane-
Gus business.
Foreign Relations Committee
executive session, 1890.
Judiciary Committee, executive
session, 1920.
Education and Labor Subcommit-
tee, continuation of hearings on
Wagner Act, 10 am.