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Evening star., 1939-12-17

the Fop wouldn't have been in focus"
He gave final flourish with his wet
towel. "And oh, yes, forgot to tell
YOU He said if you came in l was
to tell you that he's been trying to get
you on the phone
Sally jumped up and started for the
door: There's fifteen cents, Monkey.
You eat the banana split. l just re-
membered something have to do"
Tke Fad
Evening star., 1939-12-17
~lOME in. Glad to see you.
| Onions on it? Want your
- coffee now?

great honor for the town all right.
He was in this morning. Had choco-
late sundae with vanilla ice cream.
marshmallow and nuts. got his auto
graph" he added proudly.
'Soapy said," Monkey continued,
that he's going to buy that thirty
four dollar camera at Branwalrs, but
he's going to keep on using the box
camera for his criminal work. Says
if he'd used any other camera Felix
Evening star., 1939-12-17
HE CAN FIX
ANYTHING
Continued from pogs six

Continued from poss six
arrival at destination. freight prepaid.
No excuses necessary"
Engineering experts from here and
abroad have marveled at Simmons's
technical genius in the light of his
background Nobody taught him what
he knows about machinery. Outside of
some night-school courses in mechan-
ical drawing, he learned his business
the hard way.
Charley Simmons never got beyond
the Christian Brothers Academy in
Albany, where he studied shorthand
and stenography. His father was a
Yankee farmer in Oneida County.
New York, and his mother came from
Dublin. As soon as he finished elemen-
tary school he hired out as a stenog-
rapher in the New York Central
Railroad offices at West Albany. After
one day of dictation Charley dis
covered where the machine shops were
located and nobody could get him out
of them. At the end of four years and
at the age of twenty-three he had
charge of the plant of $50 men and was
earning $13O a month. princely
salary then.
He left the New York Central Rail-
road in 1911 at the age of twenty-five,
with a patent on toolholder as his
chief worldly possession. He started a
little shop to build toolholders and
purchased what machinery he required
in the secondhand market. To get any
service out of his purchases Simmons
had to rebuild the machines himself.
He found he was so good at this that
he went out and purchased Others. The
patented toolholder was forgotten.
Charley's instructive feeling for ma
chinery. even devices he has never
seen before, is a constant source OF
amazement to his Albany friends.
While he was employed in the New
York Central machine shops. news
began drifting into Albany of a con-
traption called the automobile. The
first chance he got, Charley bought a
secondhand White Steamer. While he
was driving it home, the car went
dead. No one in that vicinity had ever
seen the interior of an automobile
engine, much less repaired one, so
Simmons did it himself.
You exclaim admiringly when you
hear him recount this in matter-ot
fact way, and he looks at you with
surprise that you should show such
naivetk. It's the same look that you
later see him flash at the foreman who
comes in to report that certain job
can't be finished on time.
Cant - helly' he sputters. De
livery was promised on that date and
it'll be delivered on that date?
Whereupon he strips off his un-
pressed jacket, rolls up his shirt sleeves
and, with a few choice expletives.
leads the foreman back into the plant.
And at the Simmons home, Mrs.
Simmons ventures to the maid that
she allows as how her husband won't
be home for dinner.
When the depression was on. Sim
mons was down to personnel OF
fifteen men, but he kept buying
secondhand machinery and storing it
away. Machines that you could have
bought then for 500 you can't buy
today for $500.
'You can't keep this country bach" !"
he says. mot even politics can keep
this country back.
And you can't keep Charley
Simmons the -inkerer - back.
Evening star., 1939-12-17

human beings! Only some of 'em
are tryin' to live up to what
somebody has told 'em they are.
Now, Mr.. Burgess would like
to be somethin' besides a stuffed
shirt. But people just won't
let him.
See Mr.. Burgess shudder when
Bumps Rafferty, ripped out a
couple of dirty cuss words Bumps
is nursemaid to a ten-ton truck
and-trailer diesel and is expected
to be tough. And did you see
Bumps look scornful when MIR.
Burgess asked please might he
have the sugar? A guy like MIR.
Burgess is expected to be polite so
tough guys can scorn 'em.
There those two dubs 60, each
one livin' up to what the world
thinks he oughta live up to and
neither one realizin' he's bein
stuffed shirt, pretendin' an
actin, instead of being his true
self.
Why, old man Burgess did
break down to me once and said:
"Wally, I wish l had a farm
that l had to plow all by myself.
l wanta sweat."
An one evenin' / caught
Bumps lookin' dreamy-like while
he was listenin' to a symphony
program.
"Wally," said Bumps. "if it
wasn't that I'd have to lick the
hell out of a lot of guys for laughin'
at me, I'd go to a grand opera
some night"
Can't you imagine how much
fun Bumps and Mr.. Burgess
would really have if nobody
was lookin'?
lue~1@"~
Evening star., 1939-12-17
More Comfort Wearing
FAILS TEETH
I e ,

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taste or feeling. Being alkaNne, FAS-
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mouth Get FAsTEETH at your druggist
Plates loosen when gums
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this IL done you can get 1InIla
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Evening star., 1939-12-17

~oME in. Glad to see you.
Onions on it? Want your
~ coffee now?
Funny thing about runnin' a
hamburger hatchery. Especially
right near the city, this way. It's
sort of club. Not a poor mans
club. That's old man Burgess
down on the end stool. guess he
could ring a bell at home and
have a whole shovelful of caviar
brought right in.
But this isn't a swanky joint
either. Over there, two stools
down from Mr.. Burgess. is
Bumps Rafferty,, who's got cal
luses on the inside of his thumb
from holdin' the spoon out of his
eve while he drinks his coffee.
Crossroads O the nation" is
what Bushy Barnes calls my
place. Bushy runs the newsstand
down at the corner an drops in
on his way home about l 80 am.
usually.
Iget all kinds. And if anybody
thinks the u. S. is all divided UP
Evening star., 1939-05-16
Navy Planning
Outdoor Rites
For Graduation

The largest Naval Academy grad
uating class in history will hold its
graduation exercises outdoors for
the lack Of adequate space in his
toric Dahlgren Hall, the Navy De-
partment announced today.
Weather permitting, the exercises
will be held at II am. June / in
Thompson Stadium, the academy
football field. In event of bad
weather, they will be held in Dahl
gren Hall, although many relatives
and friends Of the graduating mid
shipmen would not be able to wit
ness indoor exercises.
Admiral William D. Leahy, retir-
ing chief of naval operations, re-
Gently designated by President
Roosevelt as the next Governor
General of Puerto Rico, will be the
speaker.
The Navy Department announced
that tickets for the graduation ex-
ercises will be issued to friends and
relatives of the graduates up to the
capacity of Dahlgren Hall. In case
it is possible to hold the ceremonies
outdoors, an almost unlimited num-
ber will be admitted in addition to
ticket-holders.
If all members of the present class
are graduated on June. l, the number
receiving diplomas will total 581.
The previous largest class in the
history of the academy, totaling
579, was graduated in 1927,
Evening star., 1939-05-16
Major Provisions
OF Navy Fund Bill
Receive Approval
Action on Argentine
Beef Bon Delayed
By Subcommittee
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A Senate Appropriations Subcom-
mittee approved major provisions
of the SITS, 100000 naval supply bill
today, but delayed action on a sec
ton prohibiting purchases of Ar
gentine canned corned beef for Navy
purposes.
The Navy measure carries funds
for 500 new fighting planes and
construction of % new warships,
including two 45,0OO-ton battleships.
The subcommittee made only one
reduction in funds approved by the
House. 1t struck out a $5000OO ap-
preparation for work on a new rigid
dirigible for the Navy.
Chairman Byrnes of the subcom-
mlttee told reporters 'the Navy be-
lieves that small blimps are quite
successful, but it is not convinced
that large dirigibles are of military
value"
The House Merchant Marine
Committee, meanwhile. approved a
bill to empower the Navy Depart
ment to requisition merchant YES
sells whenever the President may
proclaim that "the security of the
national defense makes it advis-
able"
Before the subcommittee met on the
naval bill, Senator Pittman, Demo-
crat, of Nevada said the purchase
of Argentine corned beef was "a very
bad mistake"
The Argentine product, President
Roosevelt said last week, is cheaper
Evening star., 1939-05-16

in price and superior in quality to
that made in the United States.
Senator Pittman, as chairman Of
the Foreign Relations Committee,
received protest from American
interests in the Argentine against
the House provision.
Findings Held Conclusive.
He said, however, that findings OF
the Bureau of Animal Industry are
conclusive that hoof and mouth
disease is prevalent in every part Of
Argentina except Patagonia, where
they raise sheep and not beef"
No one has ever denied success
fully that American beef is the best
in the world" Senator Pittman said.
THE packers have reaped a fortune
out OF canning cheap Argentine beef.
The only good corned beef in the
United States or Argentina is fresh
corned."
He said that while germs may be
killed" in packing Argentine beef,
still the beef was diseased"
Declaring the domestic livestock
industry sis trying to escape fore
closure" Senator Pittman added
that "all agricultural products are
below parity and have been for
many years"
Navy officials have testified
against the ban in the House bill,
pointing out that the Argentine
beef actually cost 9 cents a pound
compared with about % cents for
the United States product. The
Navy buys about 100000 pounds
OF canned corned beef year.
Evening star., 1939-05-16
u. 5. Surplus Foods
Experiment Starts
With Stamp Issue
Rochester EIieibIes
Call at Groceries
To Get Supplies
Ey the Associated Press.

ROCHESTER, N. Y, May 16.-
The Federal administration began
today an experimental distribution
of surplus foods to the needy
through issuance of stamps and the
corner grocery store.
Authorities estimated more than
600 of the $4,000 relief clients in
the city eligible to participate in
the experiment called at Federal
Surplus Commodities Corp. Offices
to exchange welfare food money for
stamps with which to buy surplus
foods glutting the market.
Typical of the comment was this
from Ralston Thayer, IS, who pur-
chased the first stamps with funds
from an unemployment insurance
check:
L never got surplus foods before,
but I certainly will now. The plan
seems simple enough"
The plan works this way:
Authorities certify those eligible
for participation, designate on
clearance slip" the amount of
stamps they may buy. For every
dollars worth of orange stamps, re-
deemable for any kind of food. the
purchaser receives so cents worth of
blue stamps with which to purchase
surplus foods-fresh eggs, butter,
flour, beans, citrus fruits and corn
meal.
Latham White, administrator of
the new plan, said he was pleased"
with the early turnout of relief cli-
ents and predicted increased par
tlclpation when the first clients tell
their friends about it,
May Spread to All U. s.
Many Federal Government off,
cials observed the initial expert
ment with the plan which, if sue
cessful here and in five other cities
may be extended throughout the
Nation.
They included James S. Allen
national administrator of the Fed
eral Surplus Commodities Corp.
Delbert j. Harrill, chief auditor for
tne r. S. c. c.; H. E. keenan,, chief
OF the Fiscal Inspection Section.
once OF Budget and Finance. De-
partment of Agriculture; Francis r
Poore, assistant chief, and Guy F.
Allen. chief disbursing officer of the
United States Treasury.
The next venture will begin June
IN Dayton, Ohio, whose public
assistance division director, Walter
M Costello, and F, S. c. c. repre-
sentative, Ralph S. Headley, watched
proceedings here.
Welfare clients and Works Prog
ress Administration workers re-
ceived cards through the mails list
ing them as eligible to participate
in the plan.
Evening star., 1939-05-16
Palestine
Continued From First Page)

interpreted his words to mean
that Palestine was considered
included in the area of Arab
tndependence)
Britain is expressing again in the
White Paper the belief that the
partition plan for Palestine, as pro-
posed by the Royal Commission
last year, providing for Arab, Jew
ish and British-ruled districts, still
Is the best solution. The govern
ment will declare, however, that
establishment of three self support
Ing independent states is imprac-
ticable.
The only consistent plan in the
British view, therefore, is the estab-
hshment, after a transitional period,
Of an independent Palestine state.
The government recommends this
be done as follows:
The present mandatory govern
ment to retain complete control of
Holy Land affairs while slowly in
Producing Palestinians into govern
ments posts. AS soon as peace and
order are established certain gov
ernmental departments would be
delegated Immediately to Pales-
tinians with British advisers.
Palestinian department heads also
would participate in the Executive
Council.
. No Legislative Body Planned.
There is no intention under the
present plan of establishing an
elected legislative body, but after
five years the government proposes
appointing an appropriate body for
recommendation of a constitution
FOR the country with adequate safe
guards for holy places and British
obligations to Arabs and Jews.
If after decade establishment of
an independent state is deemed i'm
possible the British government will
consult with representatives of
Palestinian institutions, the League
OF Nations and neighboring Arab
states with regard to the Holy Lands
future.
Regarding another vital point
land sales to Jews-the government
proposes to endow the High Com
missioner with special powers to
regulate and restrict and prohibit
land sales in any area of Palestine
throughout the transitional period.
Evening star., 1939-05-16
Catholic u. Alumni
To Meet Tomorrow

The Washington Chapter of the
Catholic University Alumni will
meet at 8:15 tomorrow in the Music
Building, on the campus, to discuss
plans for commencement week. The
group also will receive reports on the
recent sixth annual athletic banquet,
as we'll as consider plans for a moon
light cruise. Prior to the general
meeting the committee which han
died the athletic banquet will meet.
Evening star., 1939-05-16

United Mine Workers yesterday,
bringing virtually all the States
mines under the new Appalachian
wage agreement.
The associations action meant
that all but few of the States
100000 miners probably will be at
work soon for the first time since
March 81. Only few major opera
tions remained at odds with the
union in West Virginia, biggest btu
minous producer.
The action came after four-hour
closed session in which several of
the 10 operators expressed their dis
satisfaction with the agreement.
Evening star., 1939-05-16
May Day Program
At Warner School

A Maypole dance and other enter
tainment will feature a May Day
program tomorrow at 3:l5 pm, at
the Cynthia Warner School, 14O5
Emerson street NV.
Mary Cecilia Mcmahon will be
crowned Queen of the May, with
the following ladies in waiting:
Barbara Lynn Jones, last years
queen, and Jeanne Marie Monk.
also a former queen. Richard Allen
Warner and Dan Leary will be
page boys.
Entertainers will include Pete Bu-
tezolli, Washington's only hurdy-
gurdy man, and Frank Portillo, the
clown. Music will be furnished by
the school band.
Evening star., 1939-05-16
Coal
Continued From First Page.)

at signing union shop contract
with their colleagues in New YORK
last week end
In the next few days they were ex-
pected to reach, in meetings of their
associations, decision as to which
of three courses they would follow.
They described these courses as fol-
lows:
l. Join the rest of the industry in
signing with the union and resume
operations as part of the union shop
domain of the U. M. w. A.
2. Operate on an open shop basis,
as they did for six years prior to
the advent of N. r. A. in 1888.
3. Continue the shutdown that
started April 1, when the old two
year contract expired.
Brig. Gen. Ellerbe Carter, COM
manding the Militiamen, said Mr..
Turnblazer and George Titler, Sec
retary of the Harlan U. M. w. dis
trict, had promised they would EN-
deavor" to maintain peaceful picket
ing.
Gen. Carter said he had not re-
Scinded his order-Which Mr.. Titler
called IAN outrage and in plain vio-
lation of national law'-against
mass picketing.
Meanwhile, a Federal investigation
Of the Kentucky mobilization was
suggested by John L. Lewis, chief of
the Congress of Industrial Organi-
cations and the u M. w., in a
speech last night at Philadelphia.
Reiterating that guns and troops
will not mine COAL" Mr.. Lewis told
the National Convention of the
United Textile Workers &C. 1. o.:
Lewis Asks U. S. Probe.
Il believe there is an obligation
on the part of the Federal Govern
ment to ascertain what Happy
Chandler (the GOVERNOR is doing
with those troops in Kentucky.
"If this mailman in Kentucky
doesn't restrain his lust for venge-
ance, then I think there should be
some authority in this country that
will restrain him"
Mr.. Lewis charged Gov. Chandler
has lust for vengeance" and "is
Evening star., 1939-05-16
Claims Attempt to Ruin
Maritime Union

Charges that a number of former
officers of the National Maritime
Union tried to destroy our organi-
zation" were made last night by
Patrick Whalen, Baltimore port
chairman of the NJ M. u, in a talk
before the Washington Industrial
Union Council
Following the union officials
speech, the council voted support to
the wagner health bill, Maryland
Representative Byron's bill for
minimum wage for men in the Dis
trlct and the bill for the liberaliza-
ton OF the unemployment benefits
provision of the Social Security Act.
Evening star., 1939-05-16
France Seeking Plan
Acceptable 10 Both
Soviet and Britain
Effort Made to Bridqe
Conflicting Views,
End Deadlock
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
PARIS. May 16.-France strove
today to bridge the conflicting views
of her two allies, Great Britain and
Soviet Russia, into strong alliance
that would be acceptable to all three.
The foreign ministry, said reliably
to have in mind a plan which it
thought would break the deadlock,
kept in close touch with London.
An opportunity for direct dealing
will be provided when French, Rus
sian and British representatives meet
In Geneva Saturday.
Ivan Maisky, Soviet Ambassador
10 London, will represent the Soviet
Union at the League Council session
starting next Monday.
The British foreign secretary, Wis
count Halifax, planned to confer
here with Premier Daladier and
Foreign Minister Bonnet before
going to Geneva.
Soviet Russia was reported reliably
TO have refused to join the British
front on British terms-a Russian
promise to fight, if asked. for Poland
and Rumania should Britain and
France first go to the aid of those
countries.
Russia, in rejecting the British
offer, was said to have suggested
a return to the original plan ad-
vanced by Moscow of reciprocal mil
itary pledges among the three
powers and British guarantees for
the safety of Baltic states.
Informed circles here believed
that the Moscow stand was elastic
enough to permit compromise,
which the French are trying to help
work out.
The British attitude was attrib-
uted by French observers to a fear
that a hard-and-fast military alli-
ance with the Soviet might force
Japan and Spain into the now
formalized Italian-German alh-
ance and, furthermore, offend
friendly Portugal
Doubt about the attitude of Spain
long has been a foremost worry
OF French diplomats.
Paul Van iceland, former Premier
of Belgium, was in Paris en- route to
Burgos to investigate the possibility
of Swiss, Belgian and Dutch finan-
cial houses extending loan to
Spain. French foreign and finance
ministers, however, said there was
no likelihood of a Spanish loan
issue on the Franch market at
present"
Concern still was being expressed
Germany might undertake coup
to regain the Free City of Danzig.
Evening star., 1939-05-16

using his power to appease that
lust" because, he said, the miners
helped defeat Gov. Chandler when
he sought Democratic nomination
to the United States Senate last fall.
The Governor, described by Mr.
Lewis as "a foe of labor" said at
Frankfort: II sent the troops down
there to let those work who wanted
to, and apparently a lot of them
wanted to-"
Those troops are armed with Fed
eral equipment and part of their pay
comes from the Federal Treasury.
I believe 1t is the obligation of the
Federal Government to ascertain
what Happy" Chandler is doing
with those troops in Kentucky"
Mr.. Lewis declared that Gov.
Chandler, who called out the troops
to protect miners wishing to re-
turn to work, would not be able
to destroy the United Mine Work.
ers in Kentucky.
Chandler Accused of Turnabout.
Soldiers and guns will not mine
coal in the United States" he said.
THE time has passed when you can
shoot men back into the mines"
The c. I. o. leader asserted Mr..
Chandler was elected Governor of
Kentucky by the votes of the miners
because he promised, with tears
rolling down his cheeks, that he
would defend the rights of the men
who labor"
Mr.. Lewis scoffed at Mr.. Chan
dler's statement that persons are
coming from outside the State to
tell Kentucky miners what to do
He didn't think they were for
eigners when he came to Washing
ton to beg me to support him." Mr..
Lewis said.
Mr.. Lewis charged that the mine
operators were acting at the behest
of the financial interests seeking to
smash the union" The operators
held out when others signed new
agreements with the United Mine
Workers in New York last week.
Evening star., 1939-05-16
Scholarships Awarded

Two Washington boys have been
awarded scholarships at Johns Hop
kins University. it was announced
here today. They are Robert M.
Burr Of 3l34 @ street NV. and Rob-
ert B. Fulton, Sd, of 1872 Lanier
place NV.
Burr will be graduated from Dewitt
Prep this spring and Fulton from
Central High.
Evening star., 1939-05-16
Policeman Rescues
Boy From Rock Creek

William Stewart. 7, colored. 746
Lamont street NV, was rescued
from Rock Greek yesterday by Pvt.
Thomas Colby of the 10th precinct.
The officer, off duty at the time,
said when he saw the boy fail into
the water, he jumped into the
stream and pulled him out, uncon-
scious. Pvt. Colby revived the boy
by means of artificial respiration.
Evening star., 1939-05-16
Boy Is Shot CLEANING
.22-CaLiber Revolver

Albert Kesley, 10, of 1908 N street
NV. was in fair" condition today
at Emergency Hospital with a bullet
wound in his abdomen, received last
night while cleaning a revolver.
Doctors operated early today to
remove the .22-caliber slug. The
youth said the pistol discharged ac-
cidentally while he was cleaning it
in his bedroom.
Evening star., 1939-05-16

In too big hurry to play the game
with safety? The ambulance Is
fast, too.
Evening star., 1939-05-16

Don't cross in the middle of the
block when cars are approaching.
Evening star., 1939-05-16
Rid your system Of
Excess Acid

py following the health resort method at
home. Drink Mountain Valley Mineral
Water. direct from famous Hot Springs
ARKANSAS, TO secure natural help for irri-
tateo muscles, nerves and Joints. Phone
Met 1862 for case today.
Mountain Valley Mineral Water
hEt. 1852 1405 X St. NV
Evening star., 1939-05-16
Kanawha Operators Sign.

Hk"rfoW VII" VPcfdtOIS SISH.
CHARLESTON, w. Va. May 16
tPD.-The Kanawha Operators Asso-
ciation acceded to John L. Lewis
demands for union shop" for his