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Evening star., 1939-06-01
Lure of Adjournment

Congress is getting restless again.
The call of the great open spaces
back home is having its effect. With
vacation time just around the cor
ner, two worlds fairs running full
blast and summer resort literature
lying alluringly on the desks of many
legislators, it is hard to concentrate
on the business in hand, especially
when the business in hand is replete
with as many perplexities as compli-
cate the remainder of the congress
sional program.
In contemplating the pleasurable
aspects of early adjournment, Con-
gress often is inclined to overlook
some of the onerous obligations which
the people elected 1t to assume. Men,
bers of the present Congress would do
well to review their accomplishments
to date and take stock of the Jobs
yet to be done before penciling cir
cles around July Is or any other spe-
cif1c date on the legislative calendar.
The record, just as reminder, shows,
on the credit side, little more than q
praiseworthy strengthening of ma
tional defense, enactment of reor-
ganization legislation, and passage
of routine departmental bills. On
the debit side are the following very
vital unsatisfied obligations: First,
the neutrality problem; second, tax
revision; three, Social Security Act
amendments; four, Wagner Labor
Act modification; five, relief appro-
priations; six, railroad legislation.
These tasks are not listed necessarily
in their order of Importance, nor are
they the only problems awaiting ac-
ton on Capitol Hill.
Speaker Bankhead, following a
conference with the President, indi-
Gated that action will be sought on
at least i've Of these matters before
Congress adjourns. It may have been
Evening star., 1939-06-01
Request

One thing ask Of life-it is that
Shall freely choose the way my steps
shall tread;
Choosing amiss, that I be comforted
In knowing that I still may choose and
try
Again-by faith unconquerable lead.
The desert waste, the tractless blue of sky
Have made for some great paths to
travel by.
o, let me choose and, choosing, forge
Yet not into the dim recess of night
With ears that hear not, eyes that cannot
see,
But may GODS love within my spirit
dwell
Forever urging me to seek the right.
And may hear Gods voice directing me,
That choosing-I choose infinitely well.
MONICA WILLIAMS.
Evening star., 1939-06-01

WINOOM PLACE.
''Dear Sir:
If you will come to our neighborhood
you will see plenty of hod carriers and
I do mean carrying bricks and mortar
Sincerely, w. E. M"
TSk, tsk!
Regarded by some kind readers as
omniscient, we sometimes do, evidently
as Homer did, nod.
Saw a hod carrier, hod and all, on
Eleventh street the other day, going along
in the well-known pose.
Recalled the piece about no more such
workers, and mentally decided to revise
it sometime
Well, here we are.
Learning something all the time.
One bit of knowledge:
Stop taking jokers seriously. But no
doubt it Is one of the great failures of
all serious persons.
They mean what they say, themselves;
most often fail to understand that some
others can say what they do not believe
with a straight face.
Perhaps it is an unwillingness to be-
lieve it of them.
The man in THE Virginian" ex-
! claimed, in classic phrase, when you
say that, smile!"
Serious minded persons would be
willing to believe legitimate extension
OF this would be to all aspects of life
and mental activity. in particular.
Joking, 'spoofing," joshing-these are
such honored American tactics that to
many persons it might seem strange
that any one would dare to speak against
them.
Might as well command the tide to
stand still, indeed And that is true,
but still there will continue in the hearts
OF those who do not admire the trait
a certain resentment against it.
Teasing, by whatever name, is well
beloved Of some, and equally disliked
by others.
The whole world might be divided up
into those who tease, and those who
do not.
In the old days a favorite form of
teasing was to rub a bewhiskered face
over the cheeks of little children.
Naturally, no child liked this.
And, as naturally, the more 1t resented
it, the better pleased was the gentleman
with the odd idea OF humor.
X
This simple idea, translated into the
mental sphere, is responsible for thou
sands of tall tales told with solemn
mlen, really not intended to be believed
Evening star., 1939-06-01
COrrectS Star on
Nature Article.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The Evening and Sunday Star has
been and always will be the one news
paper in our family. I have found it
valuable, not only in up-to-the-minute
news, but for its scientific and historical
articles as well.
Perhaps it would interest you to know
that good many young people depend
great deal on such articles as, for ex-
ample, Natures Children" Stranger
Than Man" and others found in The
Star for their nature program work,
both IN school and summer camps. I
know, having been nature counselor
IN number of camps, that have rec
commended The Star articles on nature
where expensive books were out of the
question.
So with that thought in mind I would
like to offer bit of constructive criti-
cism on the ant-lion subject appearing
In the article Stranger Than Man" of
This Week Magazine Sunday, May %,
1899.
It is true that the ant-lion digs a hole
In loose sand, but it does not hide near
the top of the sand trap, nor does it
scoop sand in on trapped insects from
the top.
From personal observation and from
the field book of insects by Frank E..
Lutz, an almost opposite procedure takes
place. The adult ant-lion, a delicate,
gauzy-winged insect CMyrmeleonidae) ;,
deposits her eggs in light sandy soil,
usually under the protection of some
porch floor or shed. When the larvae
hatch they dig funnel-shaped pits at
the bottom of which they lie concealed.
When some insect stumbles into the trap
they are pelted from below with sand,
which the ant-lion throws at them with
jerky motion of the head, causing
them to tumble down the shifting sides
of the trap to be seized in huge jaws
and devoured. The body juices are
sucked out of the insect and its empty
shell Is cast out Of the trap.
May 20. ARLTON G. MURRAY.
Evening star., 1939-06-01
Radio War

Bogunin, a railroad station on the
Polish-German frontier, is now the
storm center of a radio war. Ger
many started hostilities by setting
up a broadcast station nearby, on
her side Of the border, and opening
up barrage of propaganda. Poland
promptly built one of equal power
just across the line. War correspond
ents, hastily rushed to the scene, are
sending out bulletins strangely rem
iniscent of those in the great war to
end war.
With a mass attack of assorted
kilocycles Germany invited the Poles
to join the Reich and acquire
strength through Joy. Weathering
this assault, the Poles counterat-
tackled with the assertion that they
preferred to struggle along some
how without the peculiar form of
Joy so prevalent in Germany. The
Reich then stressed the economic
advantages Of union, and were over
whelmed by an air attack stating
that Polish economy was founded
on butter and not axle grease. No
decisive victory has been gained, for
the simple reason that the opposing
batteries are so evenly matched that
they kill each other. All the listeners
get now is a high explosive mixture
Of static in two languages.
As in ordinary wars, non-combat-
ants are the principal sufferers, espe-
cially travellers trying to hear, over
the din of loud speakers, train an
nouncers at the station, and under
stand what they mean. In Poland
this is difficult task at best even
without a war. Quite number OF
people, imagining that they heard
the call "All aboard for Bydgoszcz,
Przasnysz, Przemysl, and points west
are said to have been bitterly disap-
pointed at winding up in Pzeszow,
or, still worse, being stranded in
Szczuczyn. It may be so. There
are, at any rate, such places in
Poland.
Evening star., 1939-06-01
Child Welfare

WIen Cne senate subcommittee on
District appropriations revises the
1910 local supply bill within the next
few days it should not fail to make
at least modest start toward i'm
proving the city's facilities for and
methods of aiding the 1000 or more
children who come under the super
vision of Board of Public Welfare.
The inadequacy of the existing
child welfare program was demon
strated and brought to public notice
by the report to the Commissioners
in March of citizens advisory COM
mittee that studied the problem with
the cooperation of experts.
Outstanding needs revealed by this
report include: Closer coordination
of the work of various city welfare
units that touch directly or indirectly
on the problem of child care; more
personnel, especially case workers, to
prevent developments that make it
necessary to take children from their
homes, as we'll as to follow up and re-
establish the family circle after dis
integration of the home has begun,
and need for some essential new
phases of child welfare service not
now provided for.
It is recognized that the present
state of District finances will not
make it possible for this session of
Congress to do all the report indi-
Gates is necessary. For example, fol-
lowing receipt of the report the
Board of Public Welfare recommend
ed additional estimates of $28O,0O0
which represented only a part of
the child-caring budget outlined in
the survey. The Commissioners
pared this figure down to s1O4, TOO,
and the Budget Bureau, in turn, re-
duced it to S56,940 before submitting
a supplemental estimate to the
Senate.
Inclusion by the Senate of this
limited amount would be a step in
the right direction, by providing for
establishment of a new preventive
and protective service, with ten So
cial workers and an accompanying
staff of four other employees. It also
would expand the parole system for
child-caring institutions, and give
some additional help to the home
finding and placement services.
In addition to this limited degree
of expansion, however, Congress
could take one other step that would
go far toward making existing facili-
ties more effective, namely, to pro-
vide for a full-time coordinator.
With such an official to correlate the
efforts of the several separate
branches of child welfare, better re-
suits undoubtedly would be obtained
even pending the time when larger
budget can be made available.
The House gave partial recognition
to this possibility by designating the
assistant director of public welfare
to act also as coordinator of child
welfare services. But If the need for
improvement in the child program in
Washington is as great as pictured
in the advisory report, it would seem
to justify the undivided attention of
full-time coordinator, or superin-
tendent. The Senate Subcommittee
might we'll consider this, in addition
to the supplemental estimates sub
mitted by the Budget Bureau.
Evening star., 1939-06-01
Russiu Refuses

Possibilities as incalculable as they
are disquieting lurk in Russia S refusal
to join the Anglo-French non-ag-
gression bloc Most ominous of the
contingencies involved is the suspi-
cion that the Soviet Union is turning
from the democracies in the hope of
driving better bargain with the die
tators. There is a none too heavily
veiled hint of such a development in
Premier-Foreign Minister Molotoff's
revelation that Moscow has rejected
as inadequate the latest proposals of
London and Paris for a mutual aid
pact designed to protect Europe
against further raids by the Berlin
Rome axis.
Stalin's spokesman does not close
the door to concessions by Britain
and France, which would meet Rus
sia's conditions, but in caustic terms
MolotCff assails the latest proffer of
the western powers as both insuff1-
cient and ineffective. He even chal-
lenges their sincerity, asserting "it is
impossible to say now whether they
wish to end aggression or merely to
direct it into other channels"
Many facets of the efforts to
reconcile the views of Britain and
France with those of the U. S. S. R.
suggest that both sides are playing
poker, with the element of bluff fig
uring conspicuously in the tactics of
each. The Soviet is avowedly out to
make the stiffest kind of a deal with
the nations which treated Russia so
contemptuously at Munich. Then the
pariah, she is now the Wooed Stain
and Molotof would be less than
human if they were to eschew the
present advantage of a whip-hand
position.
Specifically, the Anglo-French at
tempt to link the Soviet Union to
the grand peace alliance" went on
the rocks because of the western
powers unwillingness to include the
Baltic States in a territorial guaran-
tee pact with Russia. Moscow con-
siders Finland, Latvia, Estonia and
Lithuania an integral portion of the
Russian defensive area and insists
that Britain and France undertake
to safeguard their security as we'll
as that of Soviet territory. That is
the meaning of Molotoffs taunt that
Chamberlain and Daladier evince no
wholehearted desire to lend aggres-
sion" The Russians evidently re-
gard the disinclination of London
and Paris to take the Baltic States
under the non-aggression blocs
wing as tacit invitation to Germany
to gobble them up.
Addition of Russia to the stop
Hitler" power group is so vital-a
realization to which Moscow is not
blind-that Stain clearly hopes
Chamberlain and Daladier, who have
met grudgingly, but eventually, other
conditions demanded by him will yet
yield on the Baltic States question.
The peril that the Soviet Union, al
ready on the eve of trade agreement
with Germany and Italy, will nego-
tiate a political arrangement with
them if the democracies remain un-
yielding is yet another spur to Down.
ing Street and the Quai dOrsay to
sign up Russia before it is too late.
Compromise, the traditionally most
potent arrow in John Bulls diplo-
matte quiver, has been shot at many
critical moments in the nick of time.
Moscow serves notice that unless
Chamberlain unsheathes it now, the
stop Hitler" Jig will be up as far as
faaicrht1r R11ccia &c
Evening star., 1939-06-01
Thinks One Roosevelt
Is Enough,

To the Editor of The Star:
Have just read Henry c. Donalie's
letter of May "a.
He says, And why do believe that
such charm as the President expresses
never diminishes? Because here is a
man whom destiny places with us once
in a century"
To which ! can only add thank God
May 20. 8. K. UPPERMAN,
Evening star., 1939-06-01

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WINDOW PLACE.
By Charles E. Trdce1peH,

WINDOW PLACE.
Dear Sir:
IT you will come to our neighborhood,
you will see plenty Of hod carriers, and
do mean carrying bricks and mortar.
Sincerely, w. E. M"
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-31
ANNOUNCE TOURNEY TO PICK 1l1.1
...... CHAMP KEY WEST BOWLER
Today's Birthdays

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James NJ. Cox of Dayton, Ohio,
newspaper publisher, ex-gover-
nor, Democratic candidate for the
Presidency in 1920, born at Jack
sonburg, Ohio, 50 years ago.
U. S. Senator Francis T. Ma
lOncy of Connecticut, born at
Meriden, Conn. As years ago.
Or. Leon Green, dean of the
Northwestern University School
of Law, born at Oakland, La, 81
years ago.
Britain'S Duke of Gloucester,
born SO years ago.
Gypsy Rodney Smith, English
evangelist, born 79 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-31
DAVEY DAY MEETS
HENRY ARMSTRONG.
In GARDEN TONIGHT.
JACK ROPER TO FIGHT JOE
LOUIS IN LOS ANGELES
ON APRIL IL
Especial to The CifIzenl


NEW YORK, March 31.-Davey
Day, Chicago, lat FOUNDER, is
slated to be fed to Henry Arm
strong, light and welterweight
champion of the world, in a well
terweight title bout al Madison
Square Garden tonight.
Many Of Davey's friends be-
lieve he can beat the Human
Dynamo, and the bets have
dropped to margin of 2 to l, in
favor of the champion.
Armstrong is also scheduled to
fight Ernie Broderick, the king of
the LAT poundes' in England, late
in May The double title holders
intends to hop over TO France at
the same time and show the Frogs
what fighter looks like. On his
return he faces Lou Ambers in
New York on August 9.
The fistic world will be kept
quite busy. it seems. And here
are more coming bouts of great
Importance:
Jack Roper meets worlds
heavyweight champion Joe Louis
in Los Angeles on April II. The
San Francisco Exposition crowd
will be there. Late in June, Joe
will exchange blows with Two
Ton Tony Galento in New York
and another worlds fair crowd
will be in attendance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-31
New Ball Field Opens Sunday
In First Game Of Champ Series
City Championship At
Stake; Second Place AL
so Disputed; Key West
To Use Coyington
BY o. L. MILAN

With the new Trumbo ball
field given the final touches and
put into big league shape. all is
in readiness for the five-game
city championship series opening
Sunday afternoon between the
Roadside Pirates. winner of the
first-half. and Key West Conchs.
second-haif winners of the Mon
roe County Winter Baseball
League.
The game is scheduled to start
at 3 o'clock. Blue Sox and Tro-
jams, which finished in a tie for
second place, will cross bats in
the first fracas to decide which
club is to remain in the second
position. This contest will start
at 1;30 o'clock. =
= Manager Roy HarnIin. of the
Key West nine is said to be lit
tie worried over. the opening
game of the series due to the adj
dition of the clubs ase twirlers
on the sick list They are Spec"
Carbonell, suffering with an in
jured hand, and Robert Bethel,
complaining of a sore back.
Realizing his club will be
handicapped, Mr.. Hamlin has
made arrangements to have Cow
ington come from Miami for Sum
days game. However, the BUGS,
on the other hand, may file a
protest against this action.
Curl" Garcia, the BUGS short
stop, seems to be in trance and
is not sure that Key West club
VIII get away with CoVlngton
dOingsmOund duty, while Amman
do Davila, flash leftfielder of the
same club, is of the opinion that
the' Conchs pilot left, a loophole
IN the bylaws allowing any. team
to sign. UP the services of any
player who did not play with
any of the four. aggregations. Ac..
cording to Armando Acevedo,
Conch crack infielder, Coving-
toms name appears in the official
list of Key West players.
At recent meeting of the
league it was decided that Is
percent of the gross receipts will
go to under-privileged children
of the San Carlos school.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-31
YANKEES STILL .
a. LEADING TEAM
RED SoX AND TIGERS Elk
PECTED TO FURNISH
SOME OPPOSITION
= Is.iE !
Especial to The CitIxenl

NEW YORK, March 31.-Cov-
ering the American League teams
just before the season opens:
New York Yankees are still
the leading team of the junior
circuit, but this league, as a
whole, has increased in superior
ity as the '39 campaign nearS. q.
Boston Red Sox and Detroit
Tigers have greatly improved,
it seems, over last year. These
two teams are expected to give
the Yanks the most competition.
Ted Williams will help the Sox.
and Fred Hutchinson, the Pacific
Coast sensation, will aid the Tt
gers.
Cleveland Indians chances will
greatly rest on the arm of Johnny
Allen.
Washington Senators nav e
three or four new faces on their
squad and that may help them
break into the first division.
Hank Greenberg claims ne is
not going to try to beat Babe
Ruth'S homerun record but he is
going to attempt to better the
runs-batted-in record. Hack Will
son held the National League rec
ord with 100 and Lou Gehrig the
junior circuits mark of 1874. Hank
claims he will bat in 200 this
year and better both marks.
Red Sox purchased Monte
Weaver from the Mats. =.
Sporting writers all over the
country are trying to say that
Roberto Ortiz, the Cuban rookie
with the Senators. has never seen
a ball game. Such is not the case.
Ortiz went to Mexico with an all
Cuban amateur nine and also
journeyed to South America with
the club.
Monteagudo, who won 10 and
lost 10 games for Trenton last
year, may stick with the Sena-
tors. Carrasquel, of Venezuela.
has pitched for seven years, ac-
cording 10 Cuban papers, and
Robert Stallella, who is but five
feet six inches, and one of the
smallest men in the majors. may
stay in the Senators outfield.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-31
REDS FAVORED TO
WIN SENIOR FLAG
CUBS GIVEN SECOND CHOICE
TO COP NATIONAL
LEAGUE FLAG
Especial to The CitIzenl


CINCINNATI, March 3I.-This
city's Reds of the National League
Is rated the No. l team of the
senior circuit One of the reasons
is that they have the best pitch
ing staff of any other National
team.
Composing this mound roster
are such twirlerS as "No-Hit No
, Run" Van Dermeer, Lefty Girls
som, Paul Derringer and Bucky
Walters. There is also a Sensa-
tional rookie, Gene Thompson,
who will do much, it seems, to
push the Reds on to. victory. Also
to be counted on are Barrett, Da-
Wis, Gehrman, Moore, Schott and
Weaver.
u The catching staff of lombard,
champion batter of the league;
Hersberger and West, is outstand-
ing. Infielders will be McCor-
mack, WeIber, Frey, Myers, Rich
ardSon and Scarsalla-Lou Riggs
may stay on the team. Outfield-
ers are Berger, Bordogaray, Craft,
Gamble, Goodman and Lewis, all
300 hitters. Manager is McKech-
nie, best Of the league.
Second choice to cop the Ma
tlonal League pennant goes to
Chicago's Cubs, who have ac-
quircd Mancuso. Bartell and
Lieber. With the help of their
star pitchers, the Cubs will be in
the thick of the fight. Dizzy Dean
may stage a comeback this sea
son and il he does it will be to
the sorrow of the Reds.
Close behind the Windy City
Tribe is Pittsburgh Pirates, who
have the four 'B" hurlers:
Blown, BlantOn, BaurS and Bow
man: Also ready to toe the mound
for the dear old BUGS will be
Klinger, Heintzelman, Swift, lob
in and Sewell.
Fourth choice is claimed by
New York Giants. Terry's team
will have several new players, and
who knows but that they may
get somewhere. Bonura will help
out at first O'Dea and Padden
are the catcherS. The pitching
staff is good and Terry knows his
charges.
Comes now, ST. Louis Cardin-
ais. Orengo has been doing won
ders at short during spring train
ing. Crespi is also showing up
good in the infield, and couple
of rookie pitchers may make the
grade. The return to form of
Paul Dean will greatly contribute
to the success of the Cards.
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ment must report his score to the
tournament officials for entry on
Individual score cards.
10 The Champion of Bowlers
in Key Vest viii be awarded a
Beautiful Silver Bowling Figure
1fopfiy. on which the name and
Idatefc will be engraved. This
remain in the cham
fhOn'S possession for a period of
dfne6i months, at which time it
must DE surrendered for defense
in a similar tournament.
IL. The champion will be
awarded a gold bowling ball
watch charm for permanent pos
session, properly engraved. The
runner-up will receive a similar,
silver bowling ball.
Several bowlers of Key West
have indicated their interest in
this tournament and it was by
their insistence that this match
play type of play-off has been
announced. As indicated in the
rules, qualifying rounds viii start
at the alleys tomorrow.