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Evening star., 1939-11-22
Give-Toduy

When In the quiet Of tonight
My thoughts rush back into the day
Will smouldering embers on the
Dying fire reflect in my tired,
Tired eyes a mild content?
I am aware of poverty, and
WretchedneSs; of broken souls
Who look to me for help
Shall I draw back my hand
From those who dwell within
The shadow of constant ban?
Mine is the power to give
Then let my fingers gladly loose
That which assures my peace
And aids them in the urge to 1--we.
Z Q. T.
Evening star., 1939-11-22
Readers Comment On
Public Golf Series
Need for Improvement Of
Courses Emphasized;
One Disogrees

To the Editor of The Star:
Permit me to congratulate The Star
and Mr.. McCallum for the splendid
and fortnight article on the monopoly
and plight of public links golf in Wash
ington.
This is not only thoroughly compre-
hensive picture Of the situation, but it
focuses the spotlight on a condition
that should not be tolerated and repre-
sents the highest ideals of a good news
paper; performing public service and
presenting the facts impartially and OBJ
jectively. More power to The Star!
November 16. LEO CULLINANE.
To the Editor Of The Star:
should like to protest against the
obvious unfairness of that collection
of distortion, misrepresentation and in
nuendo being currently presented in The
Star by Walter McCallum as a series of
articles on the status Of public golf
courses in the District of Columbia.
1t is preposterous for Mr.. McCallum
to reiterate, as he does with monotony
suggestive of propaganda, that Mr. s. G.
Leoffler is a public golf course "czar"
or the possessor of golf monopoly"
when Mr.. McCallum admits in his own
articles that Mr.. Loeffler has been
awarded the concession for operating
these courses by successful bidding in
open competition. Nor is the title of
"czar" sustained by Mr.. McCallum's ad-
mission that fees of IS and Is cents are
charged on the Leof1ler courses. OF
course, Mr.. McCallum would have us
think that even at these low fees the
Leof1er Operating Co. reaps in fabulous
amounts each year. Unhappily these
statistics are hedged about with the
face-saving words apparently" and
alleged" And, in this connection, it
would seem that Mr.. McCallum has yet
to learn the difference between gross"
and met" income
1t will be admitted by any one that
Washington's public golf courses are
not in the country club class The sites
were, however, chosen by the Govern
ment so it is difficult to see how Mr..
Leoff1er can be blamed for the terrain.
1t is also difficult to see, If 1000 golfers
per week end tramp their way around
the Potomac Park course, as Mr.. Nc
Callum says, how any other than dirt
tees could be maintained.
Among my golflng friends the feeling
exists that public golf in Washington
is pretty good golf for the money. I
have lived in several Eastern cities in
recent years and have not found pub
lice golf anywhere so inexpensive as
here. The fee for weekday play on the
Cobbs Creek course in Philadelphia,
held up by Mr. McCallum as an example
of what we might have under Govern
mental operation, is 81 as compared with
the Is cents on the Leoffler courses. No
doubt Mr.. Leof1ler could do much to i'm
prove his layouts on fee four times
his present one. But Mr.. McCallum
neglects to tell us that golf fees and all
other prices charged by Mr.. Leoffler are
set by the United States Government.
FREDERICK M. MOSS,
November 10
Evening star., 1939-11-22

When one reads that the property
Of Prince Starhemberg, former Aus
trian vice chancellor, was conf1scated,
one realizes that the Nazi confscator
put in quite day. The Prince owned
sixty castles.
Evening star., 1939-11-22

Stokowski's collar flew loose dur
ing his antics in conducting a con-
cert. Those of lot of men dragged
from cozy f1resides to attend such
affairs just seem to get tighter, and
tighter, and tighter.
Evening star., 1939-11-22
Borrowing Trouble
From the Kansas City Star.

FIom the KANSAS City Star
Senator Lundeen of Minnesota has
proposed that while Britain Is at war
we seize her Caribbean possessions in
payment Of debt. We had supposed the
support Of Puerto Rico was all we could
undertake In the Caribbean region.
Evening star., 1939-11-22

Women are running locomotives
more and more in Russia. II they
carry over their motor driving f1ab-
its a lot Of Soviet Casey Joneses will
become Calamity James.
Evening star., 1939-11-22
Thinks Sherman Right
About War,


About War.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Now that men are destroying their
fellow men, and that we are still seeking
to save democracy, these figures are in
teresting:
In 1886 burial grounds scattered
throughout the world are 1,2S5,751 Brit
ish dead Of the Great War, and 5s7,117
are inferred in identified graves.
Add to these the great number of SOL
diers of other nationahties KILLED in
action" and we doff the hat to Sher-
man-"War is hell" And the end is
not yet.
What fools these mortals be-"
The Golden Rule accepted and prac-
ticed would end all such useless slaueh.
ter Of human beings.
November 20. JOHN N. QUINN.
Evening star., 1939-11-22

I'm a true American!" shouts
Fritz Kuhn to the Dies committee.
Well, under democracy every one is
entitled to his own opinion.
Evening star., 1939-11-22
Wants Peoples Of the World
To Abolish War Makers,

To the Editor Of The Star:
He'll on earth is slowly creeping over
the world led by barbarous military
leaders of Europe and Asia, and will
eventually engulf us, too, If we make no
stand to stop it. Only few men have
the power to make wars and they must
be checked. Let the worlds problems
be settled by other means and convert
the vast wealth now spent on arma-
ments to the welfare of the people. In
any event wars settle nothing, but SOW
the seeds of hatred and falsehood and
create cycles Of other wars. 1t seems
to take long time for nations to wake
up to this fact. If we, as Nation, took
half the interest in solving this problem
as we do in sports and other frivolities
we would soon get great results.
AS a start, if nations could be per-
suaded to cancel all borders and all
debts between them, and think and
practice constructively in a brotherly
manner then this war foolishness would
stop. w. D. SKINNER.
Sacramento, Calf.
November 16.
Evening star., 1939-11-22
Citizens Group
Commends Court Articles.
To the Editor Of The Star:

Citizens Group
Commends Court Articles.
To the Editor Of The Star:
At its last meeting the Progressive Cit
izens' Association of Georgetown voted
to thank The Star for its excellent pub
licity on the landlord and tenant situa-
tion in this city. AS result, improve
ment has been made.
The association realizes this is seri-
GUS problem with much to be said both
for the landlord and the tenant. 1t
wishes to express appreciation for the
fair manner in which your paper has
brought the problem before the public.
ELIZABETH DRAPER,
November 16. Secretary.
Evening star., 1939-11-22

Sometimes 1t seems inevitable that
a Juvenile screen star or a noted
draft dodger should get sued by his
parents In the end.
Evening star., 1939-11-22
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Evening star., 1939-11-22
November 20.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Thanks for the article in tonight's
"Star" on public links golf. You are on
the right track. More power to you!
JAMES II. GRAVES.
November 16.
Evening star., 1939-11-22

TO be paramount to the expiation of q
personal ambition!
Representations are made from time
to time that within the Federal per-
sonnel system there should be estab-
hshed career service" How futile
Is this proposal when for the builds"
there are comparable distinctions of
the principle!
where there's smoke there's fire."
and the public is, as your editorial sug-
gests, entitled to learn the factual de-
tails of this controversy.
November 18. LOUIS v. WOUIFE.
Evening star., 1939-11-22
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
Dear the name and address OF
the 1Drtter, although the use OF
a pseudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. Please be brief!
Evening star., 1939-11-22

WASHING TON, D. G.
WEDNESDAY November 22, 1889
Evening star., 1939-11-22

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Evening star., 1939-11-22

@. What book won the latest Newbery
Medal award?-C. S. M.
A. "Thimble Summer" by Elizabeth
Enright won the award which is made
annually for the most distinguished con-
tribution to American literature for
children.
@. Who was the NEUROLOGICAL god with
two faces?-M. T. H.
A. In Roman mythology, Janus, for
whom January was named, was guardian
of all the gates in Rome and was usually
represented as having double head that
looked both ways.
@. What is the largest railway In Great
Britain?-M. B. T.
A. The London Midland & Scottish II
the largest railway in Great Britain.
@. How many taxis are there In New
York City?-K. H. M.
A. There are 12,189 taxicabs In the city.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-06

3 the surrounding towns, many OF
the people just left everything and
quit the country.
Though the government check
only took in the actual land to
be flooded. when they burned the
ranches back OF the dam they did
not move out anything. Even the
harvesting equipment in the barns
and corrals went UP In smoke.
This house where we stopped
hadn't yet been reached by the
government torch bearers.
However. we had more success
at the next bottom land and were
invited TO partake OF some OF the
good Montana hospitality. which
We were losth TO refuse.
some Get Better Prices
The rsnoher was young cow
hand who was fighting poverty
with his little homestead and was
doing Ii somewhat successfully
when he was forced TO sell out at
less than the cost OF his improve
ments. However. this was not
always the case. Many Of the
more successful ranchers. who
were doomed TO lose their prop
perty. went into the condemnation
courts and received better prices
than first nffered
Toward late afternoon one OF
those apparently daily storms
started to creep up against the
wind. only this time II WAS COM
ing up in front Of us. Even though
the wind was from the west, as
we had been wishing for some
time. 1t was doing US little good.
At this stage We had started to
veer south toward the great bend
OF the Missouri and no wind was
welcome. From the minute we
saw those black clouds peep over
the bluffs far ahead, IT was a race
for shelter. With a last desperate
push OF five miles. we just made
the Barrett ranch as the first of
the rolling bank OF clouds swung
overhead. Then, as IL to spite
our aching shoulders and arm
muscles, the storm lowered near
for a couple OF hours and passed
on without drop OF rain falling.
Snake Stories
BY that time 1t WAS too late
to set out again. and the Barrets
insisted we spend the night with
them. Frankly, II didn't take
much urging for US to accept. for
the sky was still overcast and
threatening. Too, 1t WAS nearing
darkness and We were still new
to the country TO be very con-
scious OF rattlesnakes lowering
about night camp spots.
1t is hard to shake the inherent
fear OF these snakes. especially
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-06
GRADUATE Sc
ON WEDNESDAY
St. Patrick's School
Exercises To Be
In Auditorium

Thirty-six children will be grad
uated from ST. Patrick's school
Wednesday when the annual COM
mencement exercises are held in
st. Pstrick's auditorium, No. 18th
and J SITS. The program will open
at p. m. with selections by st.
Patrick's school orchestra.
The feature OF the entertain
ment will be a patriotic drama,
The Patriot Girl" in which chill
dren Of the first to seventh grades,
inclusive, will appear. Jack Hus-
ton will speak the prologue to the
play and leading parts will be taken
by Mary Frances Conlin. Dorothy
Ford, Betty Henriot. Shirley Me
sen. Laura Gagliardi. Dorothy
Sheehan. Frank Taylor and Ber-
nard Loonsm.
The eighth grade boys and girls
will have class song as their
contribution to the program and
the address to the class will be by
the Rev. Alexander FrankoviZ. The
Ri. Rev. Msgr. William J. Noonan,
pastor, will confer the certificates
OF graduation.
st. Patricks school is stated by
Sisters of st. Dominic.
The 1889 class personnel follows:
Geraldine Mary Ancich. Joan
Cecilia Ballargeon. Bernice Kath-
leen Bicker. Alice Virginia Billow.
William Robert Bott. Joseph Clar-
ence Boyle, Phillip Sidney Brown,
James Martin Burkhouse. Claire
Colleen Cooper, Monica Alice Del
bert. Beth Therese DeTin, Alfred
William Fairhurst, Charles Joseph
Galbraith, Rose Marie Gaudette,
Joy Therese Gauthier, Betty Jean
Gosselin, Mary Patricia Gregory,
Helen Downs Gross. Fred Ennis
Holt, Michael Zurich, Margaret
Clare Klely. Claude Anthony
knecht, Yolanda Mary Liberty,
Lois Catherine Lynch, Marguerite
Elizabeth McDougall Joseph Theo-
dore Mitch. Retha Margaret
OConnor, Dominic Anthony Pet
rinovich, Mary Clare Rembowski,
Marie Annette Serka, Richard
Charles Simpson, Raymond Francis
Sullivan, Ralph Anthony Uphus,
Louise Ann Wetsch, Louis Anthony
Wetsch and Josephine Ann
Yuncker.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-06

It's rather hard to realize. as
we drift down the river. that this
Is one OF the most remote sec
tons OF the country. A. far as
accessibility In concerned. Here
wer are, 20 miles from a railroad,
and So miles from the nearest
town. with q train there only once
or twice a week.
We travel for miles without see
ing a human being or even a
ranch house, other than the de-
serted shacks of the homesteaders
along the river bottoms.
Yet, when we stopped for lunch
in a beautiful cottonwood glen In
the lee OF the wind, We were not
wanting In at least a few Of the
modern conveniences. True. our
fire was the age-old one Of dry
driftwood, but we had the tasti-
ness of newly prepared concen-
trated foods that could be made
into meal at a moments notice.
Find Deserted Ranch
Modern methods Of purifying
our drinking water were ours, and,
wonder of wonders. the soothing
music of modern dance band
from New York to listen TO while
We enjoyed our after-lunch Gig
aret. eve did listen to part OF a
sermon to ease our consciences
first. but we really felt our COM
munion with nature sufficient onto
the day. 1t is virtually impossi-
Bile to have an Christian
thought or impulse in the Edens
of these river groves.)
Toward noon our canteen be-
gan to get low, so we stopped at
the first ranch house in sight.
Climbing up the high bank, we
came to three well-kept log cabins.
but no one showed himself in
answer to our calls.
Upon inspection. we found these
buildings to be completely furn-
ished in a frugal way, but there
was no food or water anywhere.
In fact, none Of the buildings ap-
peared to have been lived in for
some time. despite their good con-
dition. The furnishings had =
thick coating Of dust, and the
stove pipe was rusting away near
the roof.
Everything Burned
We were told later that such
houses in this particular district
are not uncommon. They are in
the area to be covered by the
great pool, to be caused by Fort
Peck dam, and were deserted the
minute the owners received their
government check. Due to the diff
ficulty of moving even small
amount OF furniture over the back
country roads and the distance to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-06

81 making : living. but In their
pleasures Happy. but no too con-
tented % drift. We, ccntrrtsd
CROUCH "a stay where they are.
lrstead n rushing to tho cities IN
search Of The rrcvrrnssi fortune.
Son follows father. and builds
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-06
.KARPACH TO REPORT
TO u. {. 7. ON FRIDAY

Joseph r. ksrpacn, chairman 81
the grand council representatives,,
will give . report on tire recen,
grand council session At Spokane.
~ the meeting ~ the United
Commercial Travellers Friday eve.
ning In I. q. O. y. temple. Judge
Joe Msiiery viii preside. There
also viii ee discussion ~ plans
for q picnic. The auxiliary viii
play cards during the evening.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-06
TACOMAN IS HONORED

William c. Guyles. son of Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. b. Guyles of Ia
coma. was recently elected treas
urer Of the Alpha Sigma ri club
of Menlo Junior college for the
fall of 1910. according to word
from Menlo Park, Calf.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-06

Chrysler was one ofthe stock cars
that fought over eorkserev grades
and through mountain storms in
the famous A. A. A. supervised
Gilmore Yosemite Run. Every
driver used the same Red Lion
you buy EVERY driver proved cor.
respondingly higher mileage is
yours with Red Lion. Remember
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-06
USE RED uoN...THE ONLY GASOLINE THAT
GIVES YOU OFFICIAL PROOF OF MILEAGE!

-. Gilmore isyour best buy. Gil
more backs this statement With
such actual. ofheial proof. not
mere claims. Try tankful today!
Chryslerused Lion Head Motor
Oil in the Cilmore-Y Yosemite
Run. A.A.A. reports no meas
ur1ble quantity consumed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-06

~ In nom the nearest railroad
center A god deal Al Il came ~
cx-eart.
Ard here. toe. 80 FUND . Tiny
three. usrnsnx-cia nshy. n seemed
~ strange % csme IN from tne
wilderness ~ me river and inc
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-06

fasrs Of IN storm am NJ 3 opsek
clean bahy ssrvgiinG II - v111o
crib. rhe e1atrnet wme Scnrc1no.
A little xif had aiss ~ - -
rect N. csiiin9 hack d M mo(nes
that company wss comine.s
fHona J4ATuul
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-06
CQnOeiStS Paddle In
AreQ to Become Lake
Find Many Deserted Ranches and Homes
Along Desolate big Muddy" Banks

Editors Note: This is the sirth Of series Of articles
relating the experiences Of Louise and Bob LyHd Tacoma
ambassadors Of good icH icho pubci.tng Wash
ingon Jubilee celebration the states bordering the
Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Their journey by canoe
cH carry them $500 mes do,cn the greatest waterway
the country from Fort Benton Mont TO NeW Orleans at the
MiSsispps mouth Their stories ciH appear exclusively N
The Tacoma Times
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-06

rather than drifts ~ what thcss
BEFORE him lsft behind
Hshy IL surprsss
Resides the usual living equip
mert, their home contained .
piano. rsdsn. circulating heater
and hath. All iris hsa tn 10 truck
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-06
Nv LOUISE and BoB LYNp
ID l,Jvr Nru ~. N;..n.r, D,x.r

Fort Peck Mont We weren't good Christians today II is
Sunday and instead of taking day of rest got ready for
day of work at the paddles. after taking time to do little
writing which left for mailing with Mr. Wright, who
promised mail it that evening This bit Of luck
than had hoped for the mail rider wasn't due for several
DAYS
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-06

Running was out Of the question.
but we reached the ranch house
Just bcfor. the worst q II came
down. thereby saving our radio snd
typewriter from = complete duck
ing. not 10 mention ourselves
The Town ranch. while the most
Isolated Of all those AZ which we
stopped. WAS BY far the best equip
ped with modern eOnysnienees,
since leaving the Pm ranch a. the
old Judith post office.
Probably a. far from what ve
call 9 metropolitan center as any
spot In the United States. they
have everything one would have
in . vell-reguistsd community. In
fact. they have much more.
They are free people nut here
sslf-reliant not only IN their mode
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-29
STRAND

A singing and dancing Mickey
Rooney and judy Garland, a show
full of new hit tunes and the great
est collection Of song, dance and
acting performers since the memoir
able Great ziegfield" are the enter
tainment highlights Of the musical
smash BABES In Arms" which head
lines the dandy Thanksgiving pro-
gram opening at the Warner Bros.
Strand theater tomorrow afternoon,
The Mickey Rooney of the Hardy
series, Boys Town" and other sue
cesses tincovers a bag Of tricks that
few suspect he possesses and Judy
Garland never was seen to better
advantage. Mickey sings, dances,
plays the piano, gives limitations and
acts.
The film is set in the period that
saw the passing Of vaudeville, and
concerns those happy-go-lucky
headliners and their children who
saw their world rotter and crumble
about them when motion pictures
showed their two-a-day into the
discard. But mostly 1t deals with the
kids Of these performers, who save
the day when they crash Broadway
on their own steam, by the very tall
ent that made the names of their
fathers and. mothers household
words.
Besides Mickey and Judy the inn
portant roles are filled bye June
Preisser, Betty Jaynes, Douglas Nc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-29
In The Local
heaters
PoLI'S

Called back to Waterbury by pop
ular demand are the famed Italian
Senators, the Romano Brothers. This
team has long reigned In popularity
as the leading opponents Of Italian
comedy, and their appearance on the
Loew Poll stage at o o'clock this eve
mig to headline a big Broadway
stage revue, Is definite proof OF their
drawing power, for this marks the
fourth time they have been brought
back to entertain local audiences.
Other star Rcts on this program
are Ernestine and Joe, sensational
dancers, Frances Berke, sweet singer
of character songs, the 4 Q Notes, a
ton Of harmony and Bill Mitchell
and Co., in a novelty act on wheels
Gus Meyers and the Loew Poll
theater orchestra will furnish the
musical background for the show.
We double dare you to see the
gigantic twin thriller bill now at the
Loew Poll theater. The two great
est horror pictures ever made are
being shown together, "The Return
OF the Frog ana Ine Lemon DAT
Der of Fleet Street." For all our
patrons who delight in gore, thrills,
and shocks these two films will more
than satisfy. But please lake a lit
tie friendly advice from the manage
ment. If you can't take it" don't
come, and if you do come, please
don't come alone.
The biggest and best holiday show
in town will be at Loew's Poll, to-
morrow, Thanksgiving day, for we
have grand surprise for you. Pop
rllar William Powell, after two
year absence from the screen, has
returned to co-star in Another Thin
Man" with lovely Myrna 10y. And
here's more news! Mr.. and Mrs.
Thin Man announce a blessed
e-v-e-n-t! And just wait until you
see this cute little bundle of JOY.
This new hit blends laughs with
thrills and mystery with mirth IL
their well-remembered and delight.
full fashion. The picture is certainly
a worthy successor to the two pre-.
ceding episodes of the Thin Man
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-29

In potato-growing contest in
Chertsey, England, H. Dawn was
first with 80 pounds from one pound
of seed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-29
BEN BERNIE AT
ARENA SATURDAY

Born thirty years too soon" is a
remark that never could be justified
for Ben Bernie, the or Maestro
appearing at the New Haven Arena
Saturday afternoon and evening
with "All the Lads in the feature
spot on a swingsation smash. When
radio began to lose its novelty and
was accepted by the public as q
great entertainment medium. Ber-
ME started his "feud" with Walter
Winchell and up until this day this
beautiful feudship has continued
supplying the theme for "Wake Up
and Line" and Love and Kisses"
Bernie will "Yowsah" to Con-
necticut swing lovers with "All the