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Evening star., 1940-08-04
News Notes
Of Southern
Maryland
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd
Entertaining for
Son and Daughter

LEONARDTOWN, Md, Aug. g.
Game Warden and Mrs. William E.
Floyd are entertaining at their
estate, Locust Hill, for their son, 1t.
William Erick Floyd, U. S. NJ, of
New London, Conn.,, and their
daughter, Miss Margaret Floyd, and
her guests, Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Rit-
tenhouse of Hyattsville and Mr..
James Floyd of California.
Mr., and Mrs. E. j. Waring have
with them for week Mr.. Edmound
Hickey of Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Fenner Lee,
jr., of Rogers Heights, Md, are visit
ing Mr.. Lees mother, Mrs. j. F. Lee,
Of Lee Crest, at her home on the
Washington boulevard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Graham Sears of st.
Louis and Mrs. Rose Kerr of Kala-
mazoo, Mich, are the house guests
for a fortnight of Mr.. and Mrs. r.
H. Sears at their place on Brettons
Bay.
Mrs. L. j. Sterling entertained
Wednesday at bridge followed by a
buffet supper. She has as her house
guests this week end her son, Mr..
Williem Sterling; her daughter. Miss
Nellie Sterling, both of Washington,
and her son and daughter -in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sterling, of Sill
yer Spring. Md.
DR.. and Mrs. James A. OKeefe of
Washington are the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Richard bennett.
Mrs. L. B. Johnson
Bridge Hostess.
Mrs. L. B. johnson of Cherclift at
Morsanza entertained Tuesday aft
ernoon at a bridge luncheon.
Mrs. Mary H. Hancock of Helen
is spending this month with her
sister, Mrs. Emily H. Davis. at Chap
tico. Later Mrs. Hancock will join
her son-in-low and. daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Philip Perry, and their
daughter, Miss Mary 10 Perry, of
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. William D. Mating
1y will entertain at dinner tomorrow
for Mr.. and Mrs. William Nebel,
MI. and Mrs. Sidney Thoms, Mr..
and Mrs. Cathell Mattingly, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert 'Mattingly and MFR.
Berkman Mattingly, all of Washing
ton.
Mrs. Alice B. Blackstone of Bush
wood has with her for this week end
her son, Mr.. John Blackstone of
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Hance have
visiting them Miss Margaret Clancy
of Rochester, N. Y, and Mrs. Louise
Mackall Jones of Buffalo, N. Y.
Mr.. B. c. Glascock, SON of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Bedford Glascock, is spend
ing a fortnight with his grand
mother, Mrs. w. B. Glascock, in
Alexandria.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Northam
have with them for this week end
Miss Grace Walker and Mrs. Grace
Spickwell both of Washington, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Koontz of
Westminster, Md.
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Truro Episcopal Church, and Mrs.
Temple, left today for a months
vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas G. Hen
derson and their daughter, Miss
Virginia Anne Henderson, who spent
. short vacation at Rehoboth Beach,
Del, have returned to their home
at Chantilly.
Bishop Thomas Darst Of North
Carolina is the guest Of his nephew
and niece, Mr.. and Mrs. Henderson.
Mr.. Woodson Returns
From Richmond Visit.
Mr.. Wilbert T. Woodson and the
Rev. Bernard White-Hurst have re-
turned to their homes following a
short visit in Richmond.
Mrs. Katherine Hopper of South
Boston and Miss Martha Rely of
Middletown are guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Woodson.,
Mr.. Ralph Buckley is spending q
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weeks vacation with relatives in
White Post.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry L. Carrico,
who visited Mrs. Carrico's parents
In Indiana for the past several
weeks, have returned and moved
into their new home at Annandale.
Mr.. Ronald Blake has returned
from Markham, where he has spent
several days with his son-in-law and
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
G. Green, jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Rust, whose
marriage took place July %, in
Clifton Forge, have returned from
their wedding trip and are occupy
ing their new home here. Mrs. Rust
formerly was Miss Laura Jeanne
johnson.
Miss Anne Wilson. daughter of
Mrs. Rodney Wilson Of Easton, Nd,
Is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
lin p. Sagendorf and their daugh-
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Mrs. Menuhin Misses

Because of Australia's coal strike.
Mrs. Yehudi Menuhin for the first
time missed one of her husbands
concerts. 1T is the bad train serv-
ice which kept my wife in Mel
bourne, said Yehudi. There are
now no sleepers on the trains so
she cannot travel with our baby."
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Social Notes
Of Fairfax
Vicinity
Mr.. and Mrs. Sweet
Go to Colorado
For a Month

FAIRFAX, Va, Aug. 3.-Mr. and
Mrs. Lennig Sweet and their three
daughters have left to spend a
month in Estes Park, Colo, as
guests Of Mr.. Sweets parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William E. Sweet.
The Rev. Gray Temple, rector of
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Kicking the Cow Around

BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. R.-G. M.
Whistle got mad at his COW, gave
her a swift kick. The COW re-
ciprocated.
Whistle went to the hospital with
a broken leg.
Evening star., 1940-08-04

ter, Miss Joanna Moncurs sasen-
dorf.
Evening star., 1940-08-04

Collared and buttoned in
Jap Mink. This womans
coat is one of the most
lnspiringly simple and
becoming coats in our
collection. Note it's lovely
side = swept line. the
bracelets of fur! In
brown wooden, a value
winner at S7S. (After
Sale, $9S.15.l
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Benefic aspects dominate to-
day. Venus is in a sway most
fortunate for women. Under this
configuration shipping should be
fortunate and trade lively east
and west. despite political I'M
certainties.
Heart and Home: Romance
should flower under this direc-
ton of the stars which inclines
youth toward affairs of the
heart. Students of both sexes
may be unusually susceptible to-
day. which is favorable for So
cial events.
Business Affairs: Although
world commerce may be para
lyzed, there will be increased
markets for American products
of all sorts in southern coun-
tries. Neutrality laws will be
forgotten as the European war
advances. Canadian needs will
bring large returns to merchants
and manufacturers of the United
States. Food conservation should
be practiced. Farmers should
profit this season.
National Issues: Secret infor-
nation regarding war develop
ments will cause misunderstood
ing of national policies. Warning
Is given that pacifists will be
active in national conventions
where well-meaning persons will
be duped by propaganda directed
by foreign foes.
International Affairs: Strict
policing OF the Pacific ocean is
presaged as a service to be per-
formed by the United States
navy. AS the Kaleidoscope of
war changes the map of Europe.
this country will become involved
in hardships never foreseen by
the early statesmen who helped
to build the greatest of republics.
Persons whose birthdate il is
have the augury Of a year Of
progress. Exceptional happiness
in the family is foretold.
Children born on this day
probably will be intuitive, SEN
sitive and lovable. Many will
have unusual talents for music
or painting.
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Crypt Of Civilization

Maybe Dr. Thornwell Jacobs right after all.
He is the president of Oglethope university At
lanta Five more he conceived the idea OF
sealing in vault record of life in the world today In
81lS A. d. 5000 hence, he hopes the people
then living in the world will open the vault and in
popeyed wonder at the relics of what called civza
ton in 1910.
When Dr. Jacobs first announced the dea lot of peo-
pie thought il little the bizarre side True enough
it won't matter to of what people in 8113 think
of life in 1940 Well be dust long before that But if it is
true that of the real satisfactions in life is to
pleasure then the Oglethorpe Crypt is certainly laying
of 8113 Possibly that worthy object those which
command most of mems energies today.
Included in this capsuled view of our civilization
representative books mcrom tiny figures dressed in
the clothes of today reproductions of great paintings film
of the worlds leaders.
All these will no doubt be of great interest But it
sounds though the record thus carefully
may not be complete.
Belgian child with both legs cut off by bomb splinter?
Should 1t not include the dry sobbing of old French
at roadside Amiens and the spnterng crash
of fine stained glass window from Flemish cathedral?
Is the wall OF air raid siren recorded and the sckenng
of dive bomber? And the whmpering of baby,
whose parents sitting amid the ruins of their home have
no food to answer those feeble cries?
To be complete, and to give those BIB investigators
the full flavor of civilization it ourshed 1940 these
and many other things should be added.
The people of that day will either be advanced that
they will reject the whole record obviously false and
possible to human beings in primitive 1940 they
will have far down the present of decivza
ton that they will longer be able operate the simple
scientific devices they will find.
At rate 1870 thanks to Ogethorpe university land
others will be remembered the when they packed
civilization up and laid it away in a crypt
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Stories in
Sioux Indian Tolked
His Way Onto Stomp
DICTURES of Indians have dee,

plCTURES of Indians have dec-
GRATED several u. S. stamps,
but the best known are the por-
traits of Pocahontas, on the scent
jamestown Exposition stamp Of
1907, and that of Hollow Horn
Bear, Brule Sioux, on the l4-cent
postage value above, released in
1923.
Hollow Horn Bear fought Paw.
nees at Is, raided Union Pacific
labor camps during the building
of the transcontinental railroad in
1868. He finally moved to the
Crow Agency at Rosebud, S. D.,
became police officer there.
Hollow Horn Bear was noted
for his oratory. When U. S. Army
officers came to the Crow agency
to talk treaty in 1889, the Indians
picked Hollow Horn Bear to rep.
resent them, confident that he
would not be out-talked.
He went to Washington in 1905
10 march in Theodore Roosevelt's
inaugural parade, remained in the
capital until his death in 1913.
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DEMOCRACY DEPENDS
Upon CTTIZENRY

Editor The Times: Do we
really appreciate our democratic
form OF government and do we
want to keep it? One Of the
most stimulating remarks heard
at the ceremonies Monday when
the new city officials assumed
office was that of one Of the
older officials when in his serene
way he told the visitors present
that If they showed the same
interest in their city government
every day that they did on this
day that it would aid the city
officials greatly in carrying out
their obligations TO the people.
We are proud of the fact that
we are democracy. And
though true democracy some
times becomes threadbare and
we find just ordinary politicians
set up in office to carry out the
dictates Of some group. never
theless the prestige Of the poll
tician is rapidly waning. The
citizenry is more fully aware
today than ever before Of the
value of the true democratic
form of government
And when representatives Of
civic organizations, church and
welfare groups and just the
average person who thinks in
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P PULSE o F
THE PU BLIC
BIBLE PROPHECY AND
THE EUROPEAN WAR

Editor The Times: Bible-in-
formed readers Of your paper
are greatly interested to read in
it the probability of Mussolini
moving in the direction of Egypt
and the Suez in the event OF
his entrance into the war. In
these days of confused thinking
and fear in regard to the fu-
ture, ii is helpful to realize that
the Bible outlines very definitely
the history Of Europe as 1t is
to develop in the ending of this
age. 1t states that Rome, not
Germany, is to become the domi-
nant power in Europe, and that
she will reach that position as
the head of a federation Of ten
nations covering the territory IN
Europe. Asia Minor, and north
ern Africa which was once in the
Roman Empire.
The revival of the Empire,
definitely foretold in the Bible,
is the dream of MussolinL and
these news reports that he is
casting his eye toward Egypt,
Palestine, or the Balkan states
becomes of great interest to all
who are familiar with Bible pro-
phecy, because these countries
all lie within the bounds of the
former empire.
Since all Bible prophecy which
has already found fulfilment has
been fulfilled with the utmost
accuracy of detail, we who be-
lieve the Bible have absolute con-
fidence that its outline of the
future history of the world Will
likewise be accurately realized in
the final developments of this
age. which is, contrary to the
expressed opinion of some peo-
pie. after all to usher in the most
wonderful time this poor old
world has ever known, with the
Lord Jesus Christ as her su-
preme and only sovereign.
MRS. A. G.. SCHAFER,
Teacher, Neighborhood
Bible Glasses.
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AFTER MANY YEARS
BY {. 7. SHORT

ordinary outlets and he was only
a voungster when he started on
a sailing career that took him
all over the world. He settled
all disputes BY getting in the
first blow and arguing after the
battle was over. His favorite
method of dealing with oostre-
porous long-moustached Malays
was to grab the offenders NOUS
tache with one hand and hammer
him in the face with the other.
After several years at sea
Boyle's family persuaded him 10
return home. He studied law,
became agent for a gang Oh
Pacific coast bookmakers, ana
finally shifted to prize fighting
as the manager of Frank Slavin
who was matched for several
fights on the coast.
That was in the days of Dia-
mond jim Brady when John l..
Sullivan was the whisky soaked
holder of the championship
heavyweight belt. Boyle had
visions of making Slavin world
champion. He fought Frank
Purcell in Seattle where a big
delegation of Tacoma fight fans
saw him. A few weeks later he
took a beating in San Francisco
and Boyle decided he would
make a better miner than a
fighter. He invested his last
funds in two tickets for Alaska.
At Skagway Boyle defied
Soapy Smith, head of the gang
of thieves and murderers IN
power in the town, and used his
special fighting technique to win
a victory.
In Dawson Boyle became
bouncer in a saloon where Will
son Miner, the playwright, was
employed to weigh the gold Of
fered at the bar, and where
Pantages, the future West Coast
theater owner, swept the floors.
Tex Richard was also in Daw-
son then, and he and Boyle put
Slavin back in the ring.
Richard went on to Madison
Square Garden, Miner to be-
come a playwright and to owner
ship of Hollywood's Brown Der
by, Pantages to his theater
chain. but Boyle stayed in Alas
ka and dredged huge fortune
out of four mile claim along the
Yukon.
TIMES change and policies and
L practices change with them
but tie this one: The other day
there arrived in the mail a
pamphlet from one of the larg-
est insurance companies in
America addressed to THE
Tacoma Times, 776 Commerce
ST." The Times moved from
Commerce street % years ago.
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QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
test questions? Turn to the
woman's page for the answers.
l. Is the word interesting"
correctly pronounced in three or
four syllables?
2. Which is greater, the land
or water area on the earth?
3. Which president of the
United States was called a trust
buster?
4. Who was called 1.-THE Morn
ing Star of the Reformation?
5. BY what name were the
Virgin Islands of the United
States formerly known?
6. Name the capital of Michi-
gan.
7. Name the first white child
born to English settlers on the
American continent.
s. Which transconti ntal
highway is named for, a presi-
dent?
9. Which United States mint
has no mint mark?
10. Give the date when the
United States entered the first
World war.
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duction was placed at $500
every thirty days-more than
100 a day-but he is now be-
lieved to have stepped it up un-
til he is supposed to be rolling
the ships out at rate of 1000
a month. 1t will be-can be
5000 for the same period by
September if he concludes that
he needs them. Thus, it is obvi-
Gus that it may be several years
before even the United States
can match him.
The growing belief that Presi-
dent Roosevelt can have renom-
ination if he will take it has
precipitated an overnight trans
formation in the race for 1910
Democratic honors. The boys
are now scrambling for second
place, including those who pro-
claimed their eagerness to lead
the political procession only a
few months ago.
Paul V. McNutt's withdrawal
from the contest is understood
to have been motivated by that
consideration, as well as Senator
Burton K. Wheeler's grim asser-
ton that FDR can get it by ac-
clamation under emergency con-
ditions.
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What a Man" Story
Comes From Alaska
Tacoma Sou'douehs
Recall Joe Boyle
Worked in Saloon With
Pantaees and Tex Richard
Then Dredeed Millions
From Yukon Muck
MUCH more than gold mas
1f1 come out Of Alaska. Inc
latest of the diversified products
to come from William Seward's
investment in Russian Ameri-
ca" is KEN Beattie's story about
Joe Boyle. Brother, There's
MAN. Many of the characters
are familiar to Tacoma sour
doughs and most Of them viii
remember what a man" Boyle
was.
Boyle joined the Alaska rush
in 1897. He arrived at a camp
on the Yukon with Is cents in
his pocket. When he joined the
English forces at the beginning
of the world war he was said
to be worth about s12 900, 900.
Because of his ability to make
unfavorable circumstances turn
his way, the English govern
ment sent him to Russia to try
to keep that country right side
up. He was caught in the revo-
luton but the spirit and courage
which enabled him single hand
ed to battle mutinous Malay
schooner crews before he was
out of his teens, carried him
through. He next was heard
from in Roumania where he be-
came the confidant and advisor
Of Queen Marie and cooperated
with the late Samuel Hill in ar
ranging her visit to the United
States.
Boyle was the son Of a Ca
madam horse breeder. His en-
ergies were too much for the
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this fiery stuff hot off the bat
tlefield.
President Roosevelt's own ad-
visers do not believe that Re-
publican can defeat him If he
chances reelection, but they are
deeply concerned lest he defeat
himself. The very foreign crisis
which appears to make him the
party's outstanding figure may
undo him, in their opinion.
They believe that he has def
nitely misjudged the temper Of
the American people with respect
to this country's role in the war.
He uttered his famous pledge of
all out American aid TO the
"democracies" against the "ag-
gressors" in October of 1887, but
it was not until two years later
when Hitler attacked Poland
that popular sentiment caught
up with him. 1t might never
have if der fuehrer had not
obliged then and subsequently.
Should he duplicate that error
now-with conventions only a
few weeks off and elections five
months away - they figure it
might prove fatal to him or the
party.
What they fear now is that he
may mistake the demand for an
adequate national defense to
plunge into war activity - or
rather. more actively. AS evil
dence of this tendency they re-
cite his request for authority to
mobilize the national guard.
They also worry lest some of his
aides show the same ineptitude
charged against them in handling
domestic affairs-Wendell Will
kie's indictment. Here they
point to the indecisiveness in not
asking for sufficient war appro-
priations months ago-and the
departmental squabbles over how
the funds shall be spent. In
short, they give him until July l
to convince the people that he is
the man to meet the national
crisis.
Reliable figures comparing
military airplane production in
the United States, Great Britain,
France and Germany paint
dark picture so far as the war
in the skies is concerned. No
nation is advertising the exact
size of its output. but insiders
here believe the situation TO be
about as follows:
The United States is now
turning out military planes of
all kinds TO the number of 500
a month. That total will be
stepped up to 500 by Deem
Der. and 1850 by February. BY
the middle of l941 it should
average at least 1900, or APP
proximately $4,000 q year, Great
Britain's production has ranged
from 500 TO 100 in recent
months, and she has been re-
ceiving about 100 from US
monthly. Frances maximum
has been about 800 a month, but
even this low figure may be re-
duced as a result OF destruction
Of her great industrial centers
by the German invasion. Her
plane imports from US are about
200 monthly.
Few months ago Hiuers pro-
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Their reports on the war are
proving invaluable to our general
staff. Even though on the losing
side, they frequently get chances
to observe Hitler's formations
and weapons at close range. They
forward nightly messages on how
his forces operate against various
types of offensive and defensive
alignments. They have sent the
good news that he has compare
lively few of the S0-ton tanks,
which require 75-mm. guns to
pierce - also that the 25-mm
(one-inch) gun will cripple the
Bottom tank.
German infantry. they report,
does not match the motorized
forces. Their chief fault seems
to be that they rely too heavily
on the advance, mechanical Skin
mishers, and therefore lack initi-
alive. These are only few sam
pies of the essential info which
they cable or radio to Washing
ton.
These closeup advices explain
why administration officials are
not interested-even hostile-to
the Lodge resolution for con-
gressional investigation of our
national defense needs. They
don't believe that a senate COM
mittee's findings would match
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MR.. FIXIT
He Fixes THINGS

To receive attention in this col
umn letters must sive name and
address Of writer. Only initials
VIII be published when requested
Mr.. FIxit: Who would I write
"a see about taking livestock To
the PuyaIlup fair. Also docs
Lincoln have . night summer
school for high school credits.
Who should I write to about
this. F.B.
For entering anything in the
fair, write to the Western Wash
ington Fair association. Fair
grounds, Puyallup.
The only summer school is
conducted at Stadium high
school and is a daytime enter
prise. You could write to A. L.
Daniel, principal Of the summer
school, at Stadium, for informa-
ton about the credit you need
and tuition cost.
Mr.. Fixit: Would you please
tell me II there il such an insect
n an a1bino spider? found an
all white spider In my home and
1 am curious.
FIXIT FAN, PUYALLUP.
Since you are near the West
ern Washington Experiment sta
ton you might ask the enty-
mologist there what he thinks
of your find. An albino is a pos
sibility in any kind of animal
life. That may be what you have,
since white spiders are extreme
ly rare. Incidentally. a spider is
not an insect but an arachnid.
Most noticeable difference In
that spiders have eight legs and
insects six.
Mr.. Fixit: Where should one
20 TO apply for job In the
NYA or the CCC? what KIND
of work do they give and now
much do they pay for a month";
Is II too late 10 sign up now?
N. &.
You can apply for NYA work
at 1908 Washington building and
for CCC at the county welfare
office. So. oath and Commerce
st. Both involve so many diff
ferent varieties of work you'd
better inquire about them your
self. The National Youth Ad-
ministration must restrict most
of its jobs to young men and
women with a relief status and
the Conservation Corps. too,
must give boys so qualified first
choice. NYA pay is around SIS
to S25 per month. CCC pay is
arranged so a boy must make
an allotment of $25 each month
to a relative. He receives the
remainder of the $50 pay for
himself.
Mr.. Fixit: For Mrs. c. j. c.
who asked about the care OF the
turtle. have found from ex-
pcrience there should he water
II can 20 into when 1t wants TO.
II none is provided. the poor
turtle will get a bit smelly. 1
sank an old tub In the yard In a
sunny spot, put some mud In the
bottom of II and a couple of big
stones, arranged SO mat the
turtle can climb out of the water
at will. fenced in the tub,
leaving some ground for him to
crawl around on when out OF
the water. This must be fenced
In also or he will wander away.
Ours got out over chicken wire
fence a foot high. A friend bored
n small hole In the rear Of the
shell Of her turtle and attached
n I0-foOt light chain. Turtles
are very fond of cucumber cut
up very small. MRS. Il. T. S.
Thank you for helping us on
the turtle problem.