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Evening star., 1940-06-23

Zealand, by way of Los Angeles,
Honolulu, Canton Island and Nou-
mea, New Caledonia, will be staged
on or about July r."
Formal announcement of the date
it is indicated, will be made by the
Post Office Department shortly.
Changes in rates may be necessary
and collectors are advised to wait for
formal release of detailed informa-
ton before mailing covers to be
carried in the first plane to travel
the new oceanic route.
The entrance of Italy into the
second World War resulted in the
suspension of British Empire air.
mail service between England and
Australia, New Zealand South
Africa, India, Egypt, Palestine and
Iraq as of June II.
To commemorate the Tooth ami
verSary of the worlds first postage
stamp and the 55th annual conven-
ton of the American Philatelic So
ciety, which will convene at the
Hotel Statler, Buffalo, August u to
Is, the Buffalo Stamp Club, A. P. S.
Life Chapter No. 522, has issued a
souvenir sheet bearing a picture of
the Buffalo Post Office in 184O-the
year in which adhesive postage
stamps came into being These
sheets are being sold for 10c a pair
through Louis w. Zenger, 222 Pine
street, Buffalo. They are engraved
IN two colors-broWn and green.
Evening star., 1940-06-23
Show Notes

Talking about dog shows and
winning dogs, many a fancier has
learned that mediocre dog In top
condition may be winner, and
many a dog in mediocre condition
has bowed to inferior specimens.
Soundness Is largely matter Of
heredity, but the dog with the best
heritage may be ruined In the rails
ing by improper diet and insufficient
or wrong exercise. Even grown dogs
may be run down to the point where
they have no chance in the show
ring. On the other hand, dogs that
are so run down may sometimes
be redeemed by the handler who
knows the art of conditioning.
The winning dogs in Dandie Dim
mont terriers at Morris and Essex,
May 25, were Heatherden Kennels
Oh. Alpin Noah, best of breed, and
Ruffcote Kennels Ch. Robin Hood
of Ruffcote winners dog and best of
winners. Oh. Donalbain of Ruffcote
was the first in the special American
bred class.
Evening star., 1940-06-23
STAMPS.

sTAMPS-COINS-AUT
Bought and Sold
HOBBY SHOP
716 18th st. NV. District 1879
UYENO'S STAMP SHOP
1908 Penn. Ave. NV. Met. 8O14
COLUMBIA STAMP SHOP
34O6 14th St. NV.
2nd Floor Col 6s70
Evenings, & to o All day Saturday
WHITNEY'S STAMP MART
4O2 18th St. NV. Met. 1911
BUT WHY
Pay more for stamps elsewhere?
Harry B. Mason, 918 F NV.
WASHINGTON STAMP co.
937 Pennsylvania Ave. NV.
WEEKS STAMP SHOP
8O6 18th St. NV. Ma $3.50
NATIONAL STAMP MART
1917 St. NV. RIM. All. Dist. s217
>: cuLLEN'S :9:s' *.
1919 F St. NV. Suite a11 Second Floor.
Evening star., 1940-06-23
BRIDGE
The Game and
Its Players
By Frank B. Lord.

1t would have been more appro-
pirate to have called the Maryland
master point tournament held in
Baltimore last week end Washing
ton master point event. More than
100 ace players from Maryland, the
District, Virginia, Pennsylvania and
New York fought for master point
supremacy at the Hotel Stafford in
the Monumental City, but the Wash
ington contestants came away with
all the honors.
OF the three leading pairs in
the large field there was only one
Maryland player. He was Charles
Shapiro and even his partner was
a Washingtonian, Paul Kibler. They
ended in second place. All others
in advance positions were from the
Capital.
In first place was that sprightly
pair of youngsters, AL Roth and o. j.
Brotman, who are formidable con-
tenders in any company. They were
the defenders of the trophy, having
won it last year, and they had a
comparatively easy victory this
year. Their most threatening op-
ponents were Charles H. Goren,
Philadelphia, individual champion,
and Mrs. Peggy Lord, a recognized
expert and the holder of more mas
ter points than any other woman
in Maryland.
The play was in three sessions
and at the end of the second Mr..
Goren and Mrs. Lord were in the
lead. In the last round, however,
they Slipped and finished in fourth
place, while Mr.. Roth and Mr.. Brot-
man, maintaining steady and con-
sistent game, passed them to finish
first in the finals.
In third place were Tom Flood
and Warren Jones, jr., Washington.
This pair entered the last round 40
points behind the leaders, but by
good playing picked up 20 and ended
with only two pairs ahead of them.
A. M. Sobel acted as director OF
the tournament and as a result of
an experience in scoring the game
announced that he would advocate
change in the rules which would
allow the director penalize any pair
turning in an incorrect score slip.
In computing the result Mr.. Sobel
found several instances where scores
had been written on the wrong side
of the sheet, thus showing East and
West. for instance, to have won a
board when in reality they lost it.,
or vice versa. The rules provide
that North and South shall record
the score but that their adversaries
shall check it, SO that in case OF
error both sides are at fault. The
mistake is always discovered by the
official scorer in making up his mas
ter score sheet, but in a big game
1t often takes a long time to find
the error and is source of much
trouble.
Mr.. Sobel submitted his suggestion
to Paul E. Golden, official scorer for
Washington, and it was agreed that
the proposal for penalty against
offenders should be taken up with
the American Bridge League, where
there is strong support for it.
Tho EoIorol RriIro r ooo,,o hoe
Evening star., 1940-06-23

Miss Mollie NJ Lewis, former
president of the Washington Fed
Grafton of Junior Stamp Collectors
was graduated from Wilson Teach
ers' College last week.
Evening star., 1940-06-23

Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tomorrow evening at g. 8-Woodridge
Stamp Club, 22O6 Rhode Island
avenue NE. Auction of stamps
and covers.
Tomorrow evening at 8-Capital
Precancel Club, residence of Rolls
ton Lyon, PIT Rittenhouse street
NV. Program and bourse.
Tuesday evening at 81 Collectors
Club of Washington, Thomson
School, Twelfth street NV. Ad-
dress by Burton G.. Cowles, super
intendent of the Division of Dead
Letters and Dead Parcel Post; ex-
hibition by c. c. Waldman; election
of officers.
Wednesday evening at 8-Wash-
ington Philatelic Society, Hotel
Mayflower, Connecticut avenue NV
Auction of foreign and domestic
stamps and covers under the man
agement of Morton o. Cooper.
Thursday afternoon-Room 3OO5
City Post Office, North Capitol street
and Massachusetts, avenue NE. An
nual auction of unclaimed stamps
covers, coins, etc., as per catalogue
listing 203 lots.
Friday evening at 8EViking's
Grew Hobby Club, IS Rhode Islanc
avenue NV Program In charge
of Louis G. Nix.
Evening star., 1940-06-23

The Postage Stamp Centenary
Exhibition of philatelic literature,
essays, proofs, ETC., at the Library OF
Congress will continue until further
notice.
Evening star., 1940-06-23

The Buffalo Post Office of a cerr<
tury ago, it has been explained, was
established in the old Baptist Church
on the northeast corner of Wash
ington and Seneca streets about
1896. 1t was located in the second
floor over four stores occupying the
first floor. The second floor was
reached by two flights of stairs on
either side of the building, running
upward from the street. These steps
led into large and commodious
vestibule, from which ran a long hall
to the rear of the building. On the
right of the hall was a public read
ing room, and the post Office boxes,
1,572 in number, lined the other side
of the hallway. Behind the boxes
was the post Office workroom, occu-
pied by the postmaster, his deputy
and eight clerks Philip Dorsheimer
was postmaster in 184O
Buffalo in the year last mentioned
had a population of 21,838. The
gross revenue of the Buffalo Post
Office for the 12-month period was
$25 sol .49-none of it, of course,
from the sale of adhesive postage
stamps.
Evening star., 1940-06-23

The Baltic American Society of
Washington has arranged a dinner
in honor of its president, DR.. Ellis
Haworth, and his fiance, Miss
Elaine Ervine. at the Parrot Tea
Room, I'll Twentieth street NV,
tomorrow evening at 8. Stamp COL
lecting friends desiring to attend
should communicate with l.. j.
Esunas, 1861 Wisconsin avenue NV,
Michigan 1888, Immediately.
Evening star., 1940-06-23

The National Stamp News for
June "a reports: THE long-awaited
trans-Pacific inaugural flight from
San Francisco to Auckland, New
Evening star., 1940-06-23

Four stamps in homage to the
troops of the Australian Imperial
Force are to be released by Australia
on July Is. Denominations are /,
2, 3 and Cd.
Evening star., 1940-06-23

An illustrated article concerning
the commemorative postage meter
slogan cancellation for the Postage
Stamp Centenary, Hotel Mayflower,
May 2 to 6, is printed in the Post
Office Clerk for June.
Evening star., 1940-06-23

The Idaho commemorative, to be
placed on initial sale at Boise July
3, was designed by William K.
Schrage. Engravers of the die
were James R. Lowe (vignette) and
John S. Edmondson Qettering).
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
AVIATION:
Worst TRAGEDY

In the worst commercial aviation
tragedy in the country's history, and
the first in more than IS months, 25
persons lost their lives when Penn
sylvania-Cent airliner crashed
near Lovettsville, Va, during vio-
lent thunderstorm. The liner, en-
route from Washington, D. c., to
Pittsburgh, Pa, plunged into the
side of a Blue Ridge mountain foot
hill, apparently with the throttles
of its two engines wide open.
ALI of the persons aboard the ship
persisted. Among the 81 passengers
was Sen. Ernest Lundeen, Farmer
Laborite, of Minnesota. The plane
seemed to have exploded when it
struck the ground, scattering wreck
age and bodies Of the victims over
q large area.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
DICTATOR:
NOn-DictatOriaI

Dictator Winston Churchill of Eng
land was in a big air raid on the
coast of Kent. It was at place
called Ramsgate. The dictator en-
tered an, underground AFRAID shell
ter, putting on one of his favorite
cigars--which he chews like Barney
Oldfeld. The mayor Of Ramsgate
said, sternly, "Put out that cigar,
Mr.. Churchill!" The dictator looked
sheepish, and humbly did so. ''There
goes a good 'un," said he, crest
fallen. Therein lies the essential
difference between British and Ger
man dictators, in the year of grace,
1910. Churchill's daughter married
a vaudeville actor, and his nephew
is q Communist. He himself is q
trade-unionized brick-layer, an art
list, and an author. He is an ultra
blue-blood, he is half American, and
he served with the Spanish against
America Che has never cared for
America) in the Spanish war of 1898.
When a New York taxi-driver
knocked him down few years ago,
he gave the penitent fellow a cigar.
He also told him an off-color joke.
In short, the dictatorial Mr.. Church
ill tends to be pretty good guy.
Namesake
In London, Umbrella Chamberlain
-Churchill's great rival-has a
namesake, called plain George
Chamberlain. He is %. He is a
soldier. During furious German
air raid, he yawned SO widely that
he dislocated his jaw, and had to
60 to a hospital for serious treat
ment. Let that be a lesson to the
hysteriacs Of Americal
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
N A M E S
. in the ne,Us

q Mike H0gg of Texas organized a
no-third-term Democratic party in
his native empire down Mexico way.
The no-third-termites of Texas
pledged themselves as full-breasted,
red blooded WiIIxisti of the first wa
ter. They said they wanted WiIlkie
to 'Iead them out of chaos"
q Capt. George Price of the u. S.
army air corps was awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross for a test
flight at Buffalo, where he made a
successful crash landing based on
rare judgment and skill.
q DIR. b. A. Nav, the premier of
British owned Burma, between
China and India, was jailed for a
year. He was anti-British, and they
called him s.the dictator of the free
dom bloc"
q Norman Thomas, the socialist
candidate for Yankee President, 1910
edition, started q 15,000-mile cam
paign trip through % states.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
PENNSYLVANIA:
Here | Come

Ever since the last war, Hungary
and Runania have been quarreling
about the disputed province of Tran
sylvania. It was Hungarian for 1000
years-till 1919-and has been Ru-
manic since. Over the past some
weeks, the Rurnanians and Hungars
have been squabbling at great
rate. Germany and Italy want peace
in the Balkans, SO at last they set
tied the row in arbitrary style. They
split up Pennsylvania, half and half,
Hungary getting the top half, and
Rumania keeping the bottom half.
The name Pennsylvania, by the way,
gave William Penn the idea for his
Pennsylvania nomenclature, and not
so bad at that. Pennsylvania is the
special home Of vampires, as anyone
who had read "Dracula" viii re-
member.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
u. S. DEFENSE:
Boats for Bases


President Roosevelt notified con-
gress that the United States had
reached an agreement with Great
Britain whereby this country would
obtain leases on naval and air bases
in British possessions in this hemi-
sphere in exchange for the transfer
of SO average U. S. destroyers to
England.
Expected to arouse storm of de-
bate, the act requires no ratifca-
ton by congress, but was submitted
to that body to advise the nation Of
the arrangements made. Attorney
General Robert III. jackson submit
ted an opinion to the White House
which upheld the legality Of the
trade.
The destroyers were built by the
United States during the World war
and had been out of service for some
time until they were recently re-
commissioned.
Ninety-nine year leases on terri
tory in Newfoundland, on the island
of Bermuda, the Bahamas, Jamai-
ca, st. Lucia, Trinidad, and Antigua
in the Atlantic and in British Guiana
in South America are granted to the
United States by the terms of the
agreement. Naval and air stations
are expected to be constructed at
these points to aid in U. S. plans for
a military defense of the Western
hemisphere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
CAMPAICN:
Not Hot Enough

The 1910 campaign still was not
very hot. Both the candidates acted
very genteel, although some of their
supporters vocalized like cats on a
back fence. The best Republican
crack was this (for a lot of Repub-
licans still didn't care for Willkie):
If Mr.. Willkie wasn't going to vote
for Mr.. Willkie, he would undoubted-
ly vote for Mr.. Roosevelt. These
Republicans (there were lot Of
then) felt that the foreign policies
Of Willkie were no better than those
of Roosevelt, and that-they growled
was a sad state of affairs. This
growing was becoming a really Sc
rious matter, within the Republican
ranks. Willkie, meanwhile, leaned
more and more on the Willkie clubs
and the independent Democrats, and
less and less on the angry Republic
can regulars, who tend to be isola-
zionist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
PRODUCTION PROBLEM

NEW YORK.-The delay about
getting the armament program go
ing and this dangerous talk about in
dustrialists hanging back on ac-
cepting contracts because they
want exorbitant profits is almost
wholly due to bad planning Of the
effort in the beginning and bad or
ganization and direction Of it now.
This business Of contracting to
make an absolutely new unit-like
tanks a fearful and intricate
thing. Laying out production plan
for q standard type Of automobile,
for example, is duck soup in COM
parison.
In the latter case you can figure
very closely on the cost Of those
parts Of the final assembly that you
will not make yourself, but buy from
perhaps as many as 200 suppliers.
You can figure that because those
parts are near enough to standard
for the manufacturer Of them to
know and tell you to the fraction Of
a cent the price you must figure in
your cost.
Much Of this war production
misses that whole pattern entirely.
The designs are new and highly
specialized. While the quantities
seem huge-like $4,000 airplanes-
they are chicken feed compared to
a years production in a single fac
fnrv nf saw. automobiles.
Furthermore, $4,000 airplanes"
is a very misleading term. It in
cludes everything from cheap light
training planes to giant bombers-
items SO different that it is like
saying $4,000 vehicles when you
mean everything from stream
lined train to a kiddie car.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
ARKANSAS:
Travellers

Aided by four trusty guards, two
of them convicted murderers, 80
prisoners escaped from Cummins
State prison farm near Pine Bluff,
Ark, in a wild mass break. The
guards were prisoners who had been
appointed TRUSTEES because of their
good records and were supplied with
saddle horses and guns.
OF the six loyal TRUSTEES who re-
fused to join in the break, and were
prevented by ringleaders of the plot
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
Revolution?

The RuSSell-OVerton amendment
to the CONSUMPTION bill brought forth
some Willkie- Roosevelt nastiness.
The amendment in question, would
permit the government to conscript
any industry in peacetime, If the
government considered that industry
necessary for national defense.
Some people felt it was aimed d.
rectly at Henry Ford, who wouldn't
play ball with the New Dealers, and
wouldn't help the British. Willkie
didn't like the amendment, and tried
to draw Roosevelt out on it. Roose-
welt refused to be drawn out, but
the dopesters believed he liked the
amendment, and the radical New
Dealers certainly liked it fine. It
was the key, they said, to unlock
the castle of entrenched Yankee cap
italisr1. The Russell verton amend
ment, said the political scientists,
was probably the most truly revo-
lutionary detail in American history
more revolutionary than the Dec
laration of independence, or the
emancipation proclamation. This
was holly contradicted, and the de-
bate grew bitter. Meanwhile, Sec
rotary Ickes got called a Hitler-in-
short-pants, and Willkie got smeared
as barefoot Wall Street boy-the
rich mans Roosevelt" Even SO, the
1910 campaign was pokey, and Nor
man Thomas looked awfully good to
a lot of perfectly respectable Re-
publicans and Democrats.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
And Also

Rumania also lost territory to lit
tie Bulgaria, on the Black sea coast,
and to the Russian Soviets: the big
province of Bessarabia. Rumania
was phoney from start to finish, and
few tears were shed over King Car
OILS cruel fate. Italy and Germany
have now given Carol an alright
guarantee Of what's left of his king
dom. How grateful that merry mon
arch feels, remains to be seen. The
guarantee, however, may lead to
trouble in the Balkans, between Ger
many and Russia. That's what Mr..
Churchill sits up nights. and prays
for.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
Casual Dress That
FIatters the Figure

NOTHING is more important
! ' during the surnmer-and ev-
cry season for that matter-than
this type of casual frock, softly
tailored and classically simple.
This version design No. 1929
is ideal for women's figures, be-
cause it has high-busted, mar
row-hipped line. And that perfec-s
ton Of line is achieved so simply
merely by means of long darts
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
III GERMAN WAR:
Aerial

The Germans reversed their ae-
rial tactics, just as they reversed
their infantry tactics in 1917. At
the beginning of the first World war,
the Germans would attack in regu-
lar, regirnented mass formation.
The losses were colossal, especially
at Verdun. It was sheer mass muir
der. Late in 1917, General Won HUI
tier changed the German method
ology. He devised hit-and-run, in
dividual, scattering attack, which
wiped out the whole British Fifth
army at st. Quentin, on March 81,
1918. It was the worst day the Brit
ish army ever had, until Dunkirk, in
1910.
The same cycle has come to Ger
man aviation. In the battle of Eng
land, the German planes were at
lacking in regimented, mass waves.
The losses were tremendous-close
to 1000 planes. General Mich
changed the method. He sent the
German machines over in irregular,
individualistic jabs, and by night,
instead of by day. This proved
much more economical, and much
less ineffective. The amusing fea-
ture was this: Generals Won Hutier
and Mich learned their novel mil
itary maneuvers from no less a
source than the American Indians of
the Eighteenth century-the red
skins that ambushed General Brad
dock, etc., out Pittsburgher way.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
DAMAGED:
In France

The French ministry of fine arts
investigated what spots in France
had been hardest hit by the war with
Germany. It gave out the follow
ing list. Many Of the places are
well known to the Americans. Here
it is: Rouen, Laon,. scissors, Com
piegne, Beauvais, Amiens, Glen,
Saumur, Auxerre, Orleans, Calais,
Dunkirk, Sedan, Mezieres, Arras
Vitry-le-Francois. Vitry, the last
named, was wiped out. The Amiens
cathedral had miraculous escape.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13

that narrow the waistline and
break into soft fullness above and
below. Gathers on the shoulders
are the only other detailing.
But you can't really tell what
a distinctive, comfortable, charm
ing fashion it is until you have it
on. Then you'll repeat it many
times, in silk print, rayon sheers,
and street cottons like linen and
batiste.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1923 is de.
signed for sizes 50, "a, So, SO, 40. AZ, A
and as. Size "a requires, with long
sleeves, 51s yards of 39.inch material:
with short, 4s4 yards. Send order to:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13

Republicans congratulate
He's Senator Hiram
Republican Democratic
recent California primary election practically
election for his fifth term He pictured being
Democratic Senator
Senator Warren R. Austin Of Vermont (right).
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
BY Roger Shaw

Great Britain Gets so u. S. Destroyers
In Exchange for Naval and Air Bases;
u. S. Senator Lundeen Of Minnesota
Among Is Killed in Airliner Crash.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13

from interfering, one was killed when
he tried to shoot it out with the es-
Gaping prisoners.
The convicts fled with four high
powered rifles and six sawed-off shot
guns, some of which were weapons
they had had in their possession pri-
or to the break.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13

in
Of newspapr)
Released
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
PINCHOT TO BOLT G. o. p.

Clifford Pinchot, twice Republican
governor of Pennsylvania, will take
walk in favor of President Roose-
welt as against Wendell Willkie.
The bolt will be particularly in
teresting because a few years ago
Pinchot had a personal squabble
with the White House, and only
few months ago FLASHED bitterly with
Secretary Harold Ickes over his de-
Tense Of Richard A. Ba1linger, MEM
ber of the Taft cabinet who was
forced to resign because Of charges
involving sale Of government land.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03

Each season the shirtwaister
comes into its own. For there's no
style 50 universally becoming, SO
jauntily youthful, so wear-every-
where-able! In Pattern 866 Claire
Tflden gayly helps you deceive your
public with Shirtwaist frock that
looks like separate waist and skirt.
The two-piece effect is accented II
you make the top in colorful print
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That wide waistband gives you the
tiny, doll-like waistline that's SO In
style. And the circular, bias skirt
cut IN just two pieces, is marvelously
SHINING Through the hips, with a
young flare at the hem. The collar
of the long or short Sleeved bodice
may be either childishly rounded or
In typical i1otched shirtwaist
style. See how pretty lace edging
looks. Fullness at the shoulders and
above the waist gives soft, flatter-
ing lines. Let the step-by-step Sew
ing Guide lead you to quick fin
ish.
Pattern 866 is cut in misses and
women's sizes IL, IA, Is, IS, 20, 80
80, "a, SO, 80, 40 and AZ. Size Is
bodice, requires / 1-2 yards 30 inch
fabric and skirt 2 3-8 yards con-
trast.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS (l5c) In
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CLEARLY SIZE NAME, ADDRESS
AND STYLE NUMBER.
Send orders to the Waterbury
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