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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-05
THREE OF INJURED TAKEN
TO GOLDSBORO HOSPITAL

Goldsboro, August SLAP
Three Of the injured persons in the
automobile accident near Clinton,
in which Mrs. Julian Parrish, of
Greensboro, was killed, and nine
ars hurt, were brought to a
-dsboro hospital today. They were
IDert Bryan, 81, fractured skull
and left forearm; Henry Boyd Fu-
.trell, Jr., 81, fractures of lower jaw;
John Futrell, %, superficial injuries.
All are of Newton Grove.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-05

Gone to Wilson.
James J. Rowland has gone to
Wilson with the Southern Tobacco
Company.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-05

The world is going broke build
ing great navies, according to an
editorial. Sort of increasing the
floating indebtedness, eh?
Fish shrink, says scientist, after
being caugh. Maybe that's the reason
those which aren't caught seem to
get larger and larger.
Evening star., 1939-07-06

Mr.. Weaver's death. Mr.. Junkin died
November /, 1926.
Aviation in Family
Her brother, Charles Meyers, Of
Cleveland, saw war service in the
British Royal Flying Corps. Con-
tjnuing in aviation following the war,
he won the New York-Spokane air
derby in 1927.
Carrying on the family aviation
tradition, her son, George Weaver,
jr., at the age of 10, gained distinc-
ton by plotting an airplane in
flights with some of the known
American pilots, though he did not
achieve the solo stage at that time.
Her daughter, Janet Junkin, at
the age of 5 made a fight with
her stepfather, Comdr Ralph Barn
ably, U. S. N, Mrs Junkin's third
husband, in the first two-seater glid-
er flown here. The flight was made
from Congressional Airport in June,
1882. Divorced last year from Comdr.
Barnaby, first licensed American
glider pilot, Mrs. Junkin has resum-
ed the name of her second husband.
The International Society Of
Friends of Albania has its head
quarters in Montreal.
Evening star., 1939-07-06
Mrs. Junkin Maxine
Aviation Comeback
Al EImira Meet
First Women to Eorn
Class G Glider Rotinq
Again Competing

Signaling her active return to avi-
alton after several years of absence,
which she devoted to young son
and daughter, Mrs. Hattie Meyers
Junkin. 4536 Lowell street NV, now
is participating in the National Soar
ing Meet at Elmira, NY, where
eight years ago she won the first
Glass c glider license issued in the
United States to woman.
Mrs Junkin, in addition to gaining
national recognition in aviation, is
an author, chiefly on aviation sub
jects, a lawyer and a lecturer.
Not only does she hope to regain
her active status as soaring pilot
In competition at Elmira, but she
hopes to re-establish there contacts
which will give her an opportunity
to re-enter aviation in a professional
capacity.
Known as "Mrs. Waco"
After some years of association
with aviation, Mrs. Junkin gained
her Glass c glider license, bearing
the Federation Aeronautique Inter
rationale number 81, as a result of
a qualifying flight of l3 minutes
made in soaring plane at Elmira
August IL, 1881. The flight was Of
ficially witnessed by Charles H. Gale,
National Aeronautic Association OBJ
server and editor of the Sportsman
Pilot.
Mrs Junkin first became associat-
ed with aviation following her mar
riage to George E. Buck" Weaver,
one of 35 civilian aviation instruc-
tors to the American Expeditionary
Forces in France and founder of the
company at Waco, Ohio, which
now manufactures Waco airplanes.
Through her activities during the
period following the war, she became
known to old-timers in aviation as
Mrs Waco"
Widowed by the death of Mr.. Wea-
yer, she became the wife of his
closest friend, Elwood Sam" Junkin,
who at 81 years was an inspector of
aircraft during the World War. They
were married in 1924, year after
Evening star., 1939-07-23

dance, chasing butterflies. He stopped
to paw inside her creel, seize trout
and bring it to her. Amazing ami
mal," Brick said, frowning.
George went back and got another
trout. A third and fourth and a
fifth and sixth. He probed once more
in the creel without catching anything.
Brick grunted, "How many trout
did you say you caught?"
"S-seven or eight"
Brick upended the creel and found
it was empty. He examined the six
trout and growled, "It's an outrage
when a man has to catch fish twice
before they're his. Why did you steal
them?"
81 didn't know they were yours
Evening star., 1939-07-23

she walled. Il thought George caught
them. 1 wanted you to think was
real fisherman"
mo real fisherman takes credit for
another's catch. Not sporting. You
don't speak my language, after ALL"
She sobbed, 81 wouldn't have
cheated except don't know how to
fish. If . if you'd start teaching me
tonight I wouldn't ever cheat again"
He hesitated. He wanted to spend
the evening with her but his principles
forbade him to have anything to do
with dishonest fisherman. He meas
Evening star., 1939-07-23
STRANGER THAN MAN

ALTHOUGH he belongs to the sam
order as the squirrel and the nous
the beaver has been known to rea.
a weight of 68 pounds. And there on
was a prehistoric form of the AMIN
that weighed about 400 pounds.
MANY people insist that rabbi
never blink their eyes. The gre;
naturalist Seton investigated thi
After watching one rabbit for abo,
seven minutes Seton saw the amin
finally close and open its eyelids vel
slowly and deliberately several time.
Carl kULBeR
7-23-a.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
SOMETHING THE CAT DRAGGED IN
Continued from pose twelve

ured his desires against his principles,
found the former slightly under the
legal limit and decided he'd have to
throw them back. Il won't be over
tonight" he said reluctantly.
mot not even to show me the
anti-backlash reel?"
He shook his head, marched away.
She didn't see him again until the
next morning, when she waylaid him
as he was leaving for the days fishing.
"Still angry?" she asked wistfully.
mo"
"Can George and 60 along today"
Evening star., 1939-07-23

+ OR purposes of concealment the
squash bug of Mexico and British
Guiana can initiate its hind legs into
the shape of a leaf. And. more surpris-
ing, when he camoufages himself in
this way, he gives off the odor of
orchids.
IHE tiny cricket is less than an inch
long, yet its familiar song can be
heard a mile away. The cricket makes
his sound not by rubbing his legs
together, as is commonly believed.
but by rubbing his rough wings to-
gether over his head.
Evening star., 1939-07-23


George padded silently after him.
Cynthia went back to the cabin to get
her fathers breakfast. Maybe, off in
the woods, Brick and George would
get to know each other better. Maybe
they would come back pals.
They came back at noon. George
was holding a slight lead and his tail
was smoking out behind him like the
exhaust of racing car. He streaked
into the cabin and crouched over a
tiny fish he was carrying. Brick painted
up to the door.
Cynthia's father peered over his
spectacles. whats wrong?"
That animal" Brick gasped,
spoiled my fishing"
"Stole your fish again" Cynthia
cried.
THAT little fish," Brick said scorn-
fully. Il wouldn't catch a minnow. He
caught that himself"
Then" Mr.. Crawford asked,
WIlcIc die youI iloh'
I'm just trying to tell you. This
cat snarled my line and upset me so |
couldn't -"
Mr.. Crawford chuckled. What you
mean is. the cat caught fish and you
didn't. Makes him better cat than
He is not!' Brick shouted. "Im
L4 ;c In, a
better man than oh, skip it.
"Wait till the boys hear this" Mr..
Crawford snickered For couple OF
summers you've been kidding the rest
of us for catching less than you do. Oh.
my! I've got to spread the news
He spread the news so well that
Brick began to avoid people. He never
knew when his friends would meow
behind his back. Each morning, when
he tried to sneak from his cabin. he
found George watching the door like
mouse hole Each day George followed
him. Each evening he returned with
out fish and with his line tangled as
though kitten had been playing in it.
This was all very we'll, Cynthia
thought. but it wasn't solving her own
problem. Brick was further away than
ever. Something had to be done and.
since her fathers vacation ended in
two days, she had to do it quickly.
On her next-to-last morning in camp
she trailed Brick and George up one Of
the trout streams. For while she
watched the man try to fish, and
began to see why he hadn't been catch
ing anything He was too busy chasing
George, yelling at George, and trying
to keep the line away from George.
She waited until the cat strayed
near her. then called softly. George
bounded over to have his ears
scratched. She scooped him up and
crept down the path. If she kept
George away. Brick might catch some
fish and be grateful to her.
Downstream a short distance she
sat on a boulder that jutted into the
water and released George. He began
stalking grasshoppers. Two escaped
before he managed to bat one out of
the air. 1t fell just over the bank into
little pool. George scrambled out on
fallen log after it.
As he reached over the pool. the mir
ror surface was splintered by the surge
of a speckled back. A saw-toothed
mouth closed on the grasshopper
Georges tail lashed viciously and he
sank his claws into the big trout. The
pool churned like the water in wash
ing machine. George was dragged along
the log. his claws ripping through rot
ten wood. He clung grimly to the last
foothold and yowled.
Cynthia made despairing grab and
managed to catch his tail. The fish
thrashed wildly. For moment the
tug-of-war was even. But Georges tail
STRANGER
Evening star., 1939-07-23

looked at the fish. Cynthia dldn
know much about record brook trout.
but she had heard her father brar
about a trout half this ones slzet
George staggered to his feet, picked W
the trout and began trottlng along the;
path upstream.
"Oh. DEAR" the girl mourned, nov.
he's going to crow over Brick. Sht,
had taken off her shoes while sitting,
on the boulder, and now had to waste
time putting them on before trying t1
catch George. Before she was ready,
she saw Brick coming down the path,
He and George met fifty yards away
Brick growled at the cat. Then he saw
what George was carrying.
Caught little fish. huh?" he said
in the casual tone one fisherman uses
to another. Cynthia flattened herself
on the boulder. She knew exactly what
was happening in Bricks mind.
That's a mighty big fish" he was
saying hoarsely, "for a little cat like
you to carry all the way back to camp
Let's see it."
George laid down the fish like
jeweler displaying pearls. Slowly. fight
ing against the urge, Brick hefted the
trout. Then he gave up struggling
against his principles. He unhooked
from his belt forked stick that held
pitiful ten-inch trout. In its place i
hung the big fish You carry the litt-
one" he choked. =
He Strengthened and plunged blindf
down the path toward the girl,
She stood up and cried, That's
running from the scene of the crime
He looked around wildly. blurte
"Fll come quietly Ch. it's you
Anything you say" she murmure
giggling, will be used against you.
The fellows were riding me
much" he stammered. that | W
just going to borrow this fish to ma
them shut up I'd have given it back
George
"You told me once that no real fis
erman takes credit for another
catch"
He stared at her thoughtfully. sc
did" Suddenly he grinned. Then tn
makes everything all right!
What does it make all right?"
well. was getting pretty fond
you up to that time you took credit f
my fish. l figured any girl who'd
that wasn't the girl | was looking fC
But now find I'm just as bad"
Worse"
And so now it's all right for me )
keep on liking you, isn't 1t"
IL don't know. I'm not sure | was
to have anything to do with you"
Jaw. come on. Let's start over aga
where l say I've wanted to meet
girl like you for long time. A girl WI
likes fishing and sort of speaks my la
guage. If you're not busy tonight /
like to come over and
"Yes?" she breathed.
And show you my new ant
backlash reel No, wait it's here
She sighed. She had found Prime
Charming who was going to try he
for size with wading boots instead I,
glass slippers. If he ever put an arr
around her shoulders she would fin
he was merely adjusting the strap {
her creel She was going to marry int,
a fishing contest She wouldn't bao
out for anything. but it did seem tn;
he ought to reach for her instead of q
anti-backlash reel.
He fumbled in his pocket and DIRE
out the shining reel. 1t slipped frol
his trembling fingers. George grabbe
it and retreated. growing. Brio
started in pursuit. Then he paused.
ITO hell with the reel." he chucklet
II can take hint, even if it does con
from a walking flophouse for fleas.
there room on that boulder for two?
Evening star., 1939-01-08

Is
Joint Event
Series to Be Given
At Sulgrave Club
By Artists

Marcel Mas, pianist, and Alfred
Dubois, violinist, inaugurate their
public Washington appearances on
Thursday afternoon at the Sulgrave
Club, with an all-Beethoven pro-
gram, first of a series of three Bee
thoven sonata recitals.
The recitals will all take place at
the Sulgrave Club, 1901 Massachu-
sets avenue, on the afternoons of
Tuesday, January 10, and Thursday,
January IL, at 4:3O o'clock. Tickets
for these performances, which are
being given under sponsorship of the
Countess van der Straten Ponthoz
for the benefit of the Convent of the
Perpetual Alterations work for poor
churches, may be obtained either
singly, or for the series, at the Bel
gian Embassy, 1880 Massachusetts
avenue, or on the days of the con-
certs at the Sulgrave Club.
This year marks the first appear
ance together in this country of
these distinguished Belgian artists,
although their recordings are widely
known throughout the United States,
and M. Mas made his recital debut
at Town Hall in March, 1887.
M. Dubois is making his first visit
to this country, where he is receiv-
ing the same delighted reception al
ways accorded him in Europe. To-
gether with M. Mas, he has just
fulfilled an engagement at Town
Hall, New York.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Swarthout Defense
Aimed at 1nept
Handling
BY GLADYS SWARTHOUT.

What has happened to musical
pictures ana what is going to hap
pen to fine music on the screen?
The singers who were drafted
from the operate stage by Holly
wood have all served their terms and
returned to purely musical activi-
ties. This condition, according to
the movie pages. marks the end of
a cycle and has been reported under
such headlines as Hollywood
Spurns Opera" Opera Cycle Fin
ished," and even in London, Holly
wood Is Losing It's Golden Voices"
Factually. all this is true, for three
years ago Lawrence Tlbbett. Grace
Moore, Lily Pons, Nino Martini
Helen Jepson and the present writer
were all under contract, and the
studios were scrambling to find
more talent from the operate field
to supply the demand for what were
called, or perhaps miscalled, class
musicals"
Now the statement is being made
under the headlines quoted above
that the public no longer wants
what the opera stars have to offer.
That statement is not factually
true, because the public never got
but very small part Of either the
vocal or dramatic abilities of the
opera singers.
"One Night of Love- still re-
mains as the only completely satis-
factory example of what could be
done with good music on the screen.
After its phenomenal and uney-
pected success it was very obvious
that audiences would not only ac-
cept, but justly acclaim. good music
presented in conjunction with a
human and believable story. And
tney still will.
The great mistake that the pro-
ducers have made has been to con-
slider their opera stars as strange
race apart and to try to find some
fairly acceptable method of letting
these people sing on the screen.
For their other stars the first con-
sideration is a story. and it has
been proven time and again that
no matter how great the talent of
the individual performer may be,
without proper vehicle the public
was not particularly interested.
A lot of these stars have been
called "box Office poison" without
any attempt to analyze the reason
Any opera house will give an
analogy. The basis for any sea-
sons repertoire is made up of "sure-
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Layrnan's S Lecture

The Washington Layman's Music
Course will start its second series
of the seasons lectures on Thurs
day. when Harriet johnson. artistic
director of the group, will again
address the members. Her lecture,
the first since the Christmas holi-
days. will be on "The Symphonic
Poem," and she will illustrate with
recordings of Till Eulenspiegal."
by Richard Strauss. AS usual, the
lecture will be held at $3.50 pm.
at Barker Hall.
During the first half of the series,
which. consisted Of five lectures,
Miss johnson gave illustrated talks
on the fugue, the concerto, the
romantic period and two lectures on
the symphony. Her subjects from
now until the course ends in March
will include chamber music, the
opera from Gluck to Wagner, i'm
pressionism and modern music.
Mrs. Edwin B. Parker is chairman
of the Washington Layman's Music
Course and Mrs. Benjamin Thoron
Is vice chairman.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Second Concert
For Students

The second concert in the 1889
students series being presented by
the National Symphony Orchestra
will be given in Constitution Hall at
II am. Saturday with DR.. Hans
Kinder conducting.
The program for this concert will
open with the polonaise from
Rimsky- -Korsakov's Christmas Eve"
A suite by Corelli, the minuet move
ment from the Jupiter" symphony
OF Mozart and the same composers
German dances, "Fetes" by Debussy,
Molly on the Shore" by Granger,
Rimsky Flight of the
Bundle and excerpts from
Bizet's Carmen" will complete the
program.
Saturdays performance will be the
last student concert to be conducted
by DR.. Kinder this season. The final
concert in the series will be given
on Saturday. February 25, with
Ernest Schelling, conductor of the
young peoples concerts of the New
York MISUNDERSTANDING and
guest conductor of the National
Symphony this week, on the podium.
Tickets for both of these concerts
are now on sale at the National
Symphony box Office, Julius Gar
flnckel & Co. store, Fourteenth and
F streets NV.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Flagstad Soloist
For Ornandy

Kristen Flagstad, the famed Nor
Weg1an soprano, who is the first
singer since the time of the late
Enrico Caruso for whose every
Metropolitan Opera performance the
standing room only" sign is dis
played, will appear as guest soloist
with the Philadelphia Symphony
Orchestra under the baton of Eugene
Ormandy the night of January 81,
at Constitution Hall.
Since her initial appearp nee, with
out any preliminary fanfare at the
Metropolitan on February 2, 1895,
Nine. Flagstad has enjoyed the
greatest musical triumph the music
world has witnessed in many years,
This season, which marks her fifth
in the United States, Nine. Flag
stad has returned from fields of
fresh triumphs - Australia and
Hawaii having heard her for the
first time last summer. Other parts
of the world where she has not
yet been heard are clamoring for
her. Though her annual appear
ances in concert and opera have
been topping 100 in this country
alone, exclusive of her foreign en-
gagements, the thrilling voice re-
mains as fresh as ever.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
In Local Music Circles

The A Cappella Choir of the First
Congregational Church, composed OF
60 mixed voices, will give special
program of music at 7:45 pm. at
the church this evening. 1t will
comprise special Christmas numbers,
cappella and accompanied, with
solo parts by members of the group,
assisted by Margaret Mers Richard
son, yiolinist.
Tomorrow evening, at 7:30 o'clock,
the regular victrola concert held
in the music division of the Gen.
trail Library, at Eighth and K streets
NV, will consist of an all-request
program. Due to limited seating
capacity persons interested are re-
quested to notify the division of
their intention to attend. Admis-
sion is free.
The Orpheus Quartet, directed by
Otto T. -Simon-Hazel Gem Hughes,
soprano; Elaine Sebring Ford. con-
tralto; Jesse Nussear, tenor, and
William Morrison Hanft, bass-will
give program of quartets and
duets at a meeting of the Sons of
the American Revolution, Mayflower
Hotel, Tuesday evening.
Sylvia Kaplowitz of the Homer L..
Kit School of Music will present
Antoinette Charuhas and Leona
Marans, concert accordionists, and
the Kilt Accordionettes In a recital
this evening" The young artists will
play works of Tschaikowsky, Chopin,
Grieg, Saint Saens and Liszt. Ad-
mission by invitation.
The Playhouse is planning the
presentation of a series called:
"Educations in Grand Operas" This
will consist of series of excerpts
from the various grand operas to-
gether with the explanation, history,
story, etc. The excerpts will be
sung by a well known opera group,
and will be done In costume. All
music lovers are invited to write
to Lee H. Shugar, Playhouse direc-
tor at Room 604, TO fourteenth
street NV. on this subject.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
to Have Real
Vehicle for: Use
In Pictures

that pictures are ever going to re-
place actual performances; on the
contrary, as I have tried already to
point out, feel that series of
fine musical, pictures will help to
create a new concert and opera
audience. Any professional musi-
sian must be convinced that the
musical message which he or she
has to give to an audience is impor-
tant, therefore it's perfectly natural
that we should want to reach as
numerous public in our COM
paratively short careers as We can.
have been quoted as saying that
would give up all my other musical
activities to make pictures This
is not fact. There is a thrill in
appearing before an audience which
one can never even approximate in
standing before a camera, and that
contact with an audience is neces-
sary part of performers life. How
ever, would make almost any sac
rif1ce to sing in really fine picture.
have no patience with the criti-
cism which has been leveled at those
of us who have tried pioneering in
Hollywood-the criticism that says,
in substance, You're selling your
artistic integrity for Hollywood
gold" 1t is true that Hollywood
pays handsomely, but at the same
time we have, none of us, made any
substantial sums from motion pic
lures when the amount of time
that we have had to give up from
our other musical activities is taken
into consideration.
In conclusion, I want to state.
definitely. that music is my life, and
that while concert and opera are
my first and greatest loves, I hope
that I may yet have the opportunity
to make musical picture of which
I can be justly proud.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Recital Sponsored
By Zionist Group

Jewish festivals, weddings, sketches
of life in a collective settlement of
Jewish pioneers in Palestine and
Old World character studies, as well
as familiar operatic arias and pas
torales, will be included in the pro-
gram Of Sidor Belarsky, operate
basso. and Leah Deganith of the
"Ohel" Palestine's labor stage.
The artists are giving a joint re-
cital at the Jewish Community Gen.
ter this evening at 8 o'clock, spon-
sored by the Washington Labor
Zionist Council, as a benefit for
the Jewish national fund, which
goes to buy land in Palestine on
which to settle Jewish colonists.
Accompanied by Sylvia Marshall,
the artists are to perform in
program of songs and recitations
in Yiddish, Hebrew and English.