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Evening star., 1940-05-27
Leche Faces Court
In Louisiana Today
On Fraud Charges
80
Ex-Governor Accused cf
Illegal Use Of Malls
In Truck Deal
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
ALEXANDRIA, La, May, a.
Richard w. Leche, last Governor
elected by the Huey P. Long political
machine, was summoned for trial in
Federal Court today on charges Of
using the mails to defraud.
With two others, the former Gov
ernor is charged with illegally using
the mails in a deal under which the
Louisiana Highway Commission pur-
chased trucks at 1es per cent more
than the current retail price.
The indictment against the A.
year-old Leche, l.. P. Abernathy and
George Younger, Alexandria truck
dealer, charged that the three prof.
tied by $l13,370 and that Leche
allegedly received $31, 900 from the
deal.
Only q year ago Leche was the
principal figure in the regime built
during the last decade by the late
Senator Long.
Elected by Huge Majority.
Following the staying of Senator
Long in September, 1885, Leche was
drafted by administration forces.
Elected by vast majority, he had
as his Lieutenant Governor Earl K.
Long, brother of Huey.
For three years the Leche admin
istration ruled the State along the
lines laid down by Huey. A docile
Legislature offered no opposition.
Last July 26 Leche resigned fol-
lowing the flight to Canada of DR..
James Monroe Smith, president of
Louisiana State University. amid
rumors of fraudulent manipulation
of university funds.
Earl Long succeeded Leche as
Governor.
Conditions Probed by U. S.
The Department of Justice, under
the direction Of o. John Rogge, later
began an investigation and various
indictments charging defalcations,
fraud and entertainments were re-
turned against a number of Huey
Long adherents by both State and
Federal grand juries.
DR.. Smith was returned from
Canada and is now serving an g.
to-24-year sentence in the State
penitentiary. Several pleaded guilty
and are in prison while others died
by their own hand rather than face
trial. Charges are pending against
scores.
Earl Long strove to hold together
his brothers disintegrating machine,
but on February 20, 1910, a COM
paratively unknown lawyer, Sam
Houston Jones, rode to victory in
the Democratic primary on a re
form" platform.
Evening star., 1940-05-27
u. 5. Mission Advises
Ecuador on Defense
BY the Associated Press.

| ~ s@AS eASSoSAosSA 4COSs
Cooperation between the United
States and Ecuador on measures tc
safeguard the Panama Canal was
indicated yesterday by disclosure
that military and naval officers of
the two countries had Just con-
cluded a series of conferences.
State Department officials said an
Army officer and naval officer had
been sent to Ecuador at the request
OF that government. The confer
ences were described as "a part
OF the general Western Hemisphere
defense picture"
Dispatches from Guayaquil re-
ported the officers had submitted a
memorandum on methods of uni
Tying Ecuadorean land, sea and air
forces, which was said to involve
reinforcing both the South Ameri-
can country and the outlying Gala
pagos Islands with planes, pilots,
instructors and fast naval craft.
The islands are situated in the
Pacific, less than 1000 miles from
the Canal, and proposals are pend
ing in Congress now for their ac-
QUESTION by the United States.
Officials noted that although legal
authorization exists for advising
governments of other American ma
tlons, there is no act to permit the
transfer Of United States aircraft
ships or weapons to other countries
unless they have been declared to
be surplus.
Evening star., 1940-05-27


lance organization and the American
held service each registered four
missing - follows:
al Raymond Of Chicago, Louis
Wehrle, Fort Wayne, Ind; Murray
Shiplsy. Cincinnati, and John Clio
wacki, Jersey City, Of the ambulance
unit. and Donald Coster OF Montreal
and New York City, John Clement,
Brookline. Mas; George King, New
York City, and G,i>gory Wait OF
Shelbourne. VT, Of the field service.
Erwin Il. Watts OF New York, a
driver with an American ambulance
unit in Northern France, was re-
ported to have been slightly injured
by a collapsing wall while rescuing a
Evening star., 1940-05-27
AIfaro Followers Seized
In Panama, Plot Charged
" the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
PANAMA, Panama, May 27.-Dis-
covery of an alleged revolutionary
plot aimed at interfering with the
national elections June 2 was an
nounced by police yesterday fol-
lowing the arrest of Francisco Arias.
leader of the opposition party, and
several of his adherents.
DR.. Ricardo Afaro, former Presi-
dent of Panama and the opposition
candidate in the current campaign.
was reported to have taken refuge
in the Canal Zone, although police
said no complaint has been filed
against him.
DR.. Alfaro's nephew, Mario Al
faro, later was arrested in Colon
with several other men said to have
been found in possession of a guam
tlty OF dynamite and material suit
able for the manufacture of bombs.
Police said they had also seized
several sacks containing rifles, re-
| volvers and ammunition which ar
rived at Panama Station consigned
to Mario Alfaro.
Evening star., 1940-05-27
Former Held Prepared
For War Reodjustment
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Administrator r. M. Evans de-
clared today that the A. A.. A. had
prepared American farmers better
than ever before" for the dimcult
adjustment that must inevitably
follow war abroad"
Declaring the Federal farm pro-
gram is playing an increasingly I'M
portant part In maintaining Amer
ican agriculture in the face OF the
war situation, Mr.. Evans said in his
report for the A. A. A. year 1889
that 5,248, ,796 farmers who operate
three-fourths Of the Nations CROP
land were participating in the Gov
ernment benefits.
Evening star., 1940-05-27
Delivery Of Milk
Resumed in Chicago
As S-Day Strike Ends
More Than 5000 Men
Back on Job Pending
New Contract
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 27.-Chicago's
eight-day-old milk strike-the sec
ond this month-was ended last
night and delivery to homes was
resumed today as tank trucks
brought in thousands of gallons of
milk to replenish a depleted supply.
The ending of the strike, which
cut off an estimated IS per cent
of the milk supply to consumers in
the city and suburbs. followed q
series of negotiations between city,
State and Federal officials with the
union leaders and dairy dealers.
The strike, which cost farmers and
strikers thousands of dollars, was
marked by daily outbreaks Of vio-
lence. Trucks were dumped, driv-
ers beaten and milk store windows
broken.
5000 Return to Work.
More than 5000 workers-mem-
bers Of the Milk Wagon Drivers
Union and the Inside Dairy Workers
Union-went back to work under
terms of the agreement with the
dealers. They voted to return to
work at the prestrike basic wage,
pending negotiations for new con-
tract, until June 10.
Both Strikes-the first from May
1-3 ended in a truce-resulted from
disputes over a contract which ex-
pired on April 80. The dealers re-
fused the old base scale of s48
week to the drivers and offered $50,
plus commissions. The new scale
for inside workers. was from $8 to
$14 week less than provided under
the old scale of from $35 for clerks
to $54 for foremen.
Wages Chief Issue.
The wage scale was the prin-
cipal issue in dispute. Yesterdays
agreement provides that should
negotiations between the unions and
dealers fail by June 10, disputed
points are to be referred to Mayor
Edward j. Kelly and States Attor-
ney Thomas j. Courtney.
If all negotiations are futile, how
ever, an arbitration board of two
dealers and two union members is
to be set up. Failure of the board
!, to agree will result in having the
dispute 'arbitrated by Archbishop
Evening star., 1940-05-27
Red Gross Asked 10 Locate
Eight Missing Americans

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, May Omcials Of Amer
lean volunteer organizations ap-
pealed today to thu International
Red Gross to help them locate eight
of their American men reported
missing during German bombsrd-
NJ ,nts.
Nothing has been heard from the
men since they were placed on the
"disappeared" list . week ago.
The American volunteer ambu-
Evening star., 1940-05-27
Bemouns Boredom

LONDON tP.-Dr. A. J. Brock OF
North Queensferry, Fife, writing in
the British Medical Journal, sug-
gested psychologists should be
modified to combat boredom among
ar raid precaution workers. He
said 1t was a mild form of what
Evening star., 1940-05-27
British Accuse 10 Men
OF Dupine Medical Boord
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 2.-Ten men
were held today for court hearing
on charges of conspiracy against the
state by allegedly sending physically
unfit men before medical boards to
impersonats men callsd 1oe war
servica. :,
Evening star., 1940-05-27

baby In German air kombardmem
The child was unhurt.
Watts, son Of the late. Nidles
Watts, New York banker, was ex.
pected to rejoin his unit after q fev
days. J
Evening star., 1940-05-27

was called "barbed wire disease" In
the last war, minor kind OF shell
shock,
Evening star., 1940-05-27

Samuel A. Stritch, head Of the Chi
cago Catholic Archdiocese, or his
authorized representative,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21

Derby's name is invariably included
whenever the 10 top-ranking Amer
lean designers are mentioned.
This season her collection, which
always ranks among the outstand-
ing ones, is particularly lovely. For
example, her evening clothes use
every feminine trick possible, from
berthas which drop revealingly off
the shoulder to petticoats which give
a most satisfactory swish" as you
make your entrance. In a season
when the slim, pencil-line is being
so widely discussed, 1t is something
of a JOY to find a designer working
on varied theme, for there are,
after all, many women who pre-
fer the softly feminine to the
starkly severe, even though both
carry out the feeling of luxury in
fashions.
No end of surprises are to be
found in this group of smart new
styles. Jane Derby is we'll known
for her love of color, and this year,
perhaps to counteract the intensely
romantic feeling of her clothes, she
has chosen to call her colors by
modern, even charmingly fippant,
titles. For example, deep peacock
shade is The Beale Street Blues"
while another tone, bright as grass,
is whimsically called 'Gretna
Green" or sometimes, Poison
Green Also in full force are beige
and black combinations, as we'll as
black and white, the latter particu-
larly prominent in black Lyon velvet
evening coats worn over white val
lace gowns.
A gown such as the black lace
covered with bright blue sequins
shaped like stars is an excellent ex-
ample of her talent. The one pic
tured above has two petticoats, one
Of midnight blue chiffon and one Of
turquoise taffeta. There is also q
matching separate hood of black
lace.
Of special interest is the appear
ance today of Mrs. Pierpont Nor
gan Hamilton, who is here to show
the Jane Derby clothes. Mrs. Ham,
ilton and Mrs Derby have had very
little commercial training, but their
sense of good taste has enabled
them to set the fashion world talk
ing about the beautiful collections,
and since both we'll know the type
Of fashions smart women seek, the
result Is the answer to a style
minded persons prayer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21

but no turtle ever swan in such a
manner. Then they decided it was
q snake, but this creature was max
ing more motion than that reptile
creates in its aquatic endeavors.
Finally it came near enough to be
identified as q small bat!
While the boss held the two dogs,
her companion reached over and
lifted the little creature out Of the
water, discovering that it had a sea
chestnut caught in one Of its wings.
Efforts to extricate the barb brought
protesting screeches and attempts
to bite, until stick was placed in
its mouth during the process. Fin
ally, the sea chestnut was removed
and the bat placed upon the trunk
6 an overturned tree to recuperate.
Once comfortably situated, he
reared up like a cat and promptly
began to wash his wounded wing.
He couldn't have been more feline
like as he licked and soothed. Hav-
ing ceased his complaints, he sat
quietly, paying no attention to his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21

reality may have something impor-
tant to do with the chic day and
evening clothes now being featured.
In Jane Derby's collection at To-
cal store, for instance, the gowns
have a softness and charm that is
not restricted to evening wear, but
which is also obvious in even the
most casual daytime styles.
AS you probably know, two years
ago Jane Derby pronounced like
the hat, not the Kentucky variety
started to design for private Glen
tele as well as the wholesale market
Before that time she, as noted So
cial figure, had spent hours search
ing through exclusive establishments
for ready-made clothes that would
suit her requirements. The field
seemed too small, so Mrs. Derby
set out to create the type of thing
she knew was wanted but which was
all too seldom found. Today, Jane
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21

Duties as
Career
Wives and Mothers
Deserve Praise
For Efforts
Nv DOROTHY DIX.

Every woman who follows what
is popularity called a career
which means in feminese doing any
kind of work outside of the home
has had hundreds of housewives
say to her: "Oh, how I envy you!
Your life must be so full and inter-
portant things, while I have just
done nothing Whereat the career
ist shippers and smirks and tries
to look great and famous if she
is a ninny. Or she smiles crooked
smile If she has funny bone. 1t
do the most important work in the
world. and the only women who are
absolutely essential to civilization
the wife and mother-should SO
belittle their calling and put SO
small a value on their work. They
are the ones who should crown them
selves with laurel wreaths and &c
about Boosting Of their achieve
ments, but instead Of that they
hang their heads when they con-
fess with shame that they are only
domestic women who have done
nothing worth mentioning. They
have only been good wives, good
mothers and neighbors, and made
happy and comfortable homes for
their families. Nothing to brag
about like singing over the radio
or lecturing on the whatness or
the amt or being a buyer for
speciality shop.
1t is because women look down
on housework as a mental calling
instead of q glorious career that
makes so many Of them cherish a
secret desire to start shoppes, or
go into the movies. or do any
thing except stay at home and cook
good dinners and take care Of the
baby.
And, considering that the lines OF
the great majority OF women are
laid in the kitchen instead of on
the stage, nothing is so much needed
as giving them a new viewpoint
on their occupation and making
them see it as the most worth while
career that any woman can follow
We would solve half the social
problems of the world if women
could be taught to take pride In
being superexcellent wives and
mothers and housekeepers, and if
they would work as hard to make
a success Of their marriages as they
do to make hit as night club
crooner or hotel hostess. For there
is no woman who cannot manage
her husband and her children II
she is willing to take the time and
has the patience to study them and
find out how to work them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21

These new tailors' tortures, the
suit coats that flap merrily around
your knees, are strictly obnoxious"
as we say in our set. It's true
enough that this years coats are
slightly longer, but they are ex-
tended only q inch more than last
season. . Hardly enough to account
for the night-shirt-w ith-lapels that
some of the boys are wearing. :.
Maybe these long, long jobs are
OK. for the rug-cutting contingent,
but we note that the strictly smooth
men are using the idea of additional
easiness around the waist to give
that longer look.
Anyway, have you ever gotten a
really good back view of one of these
elongated efforts? All the charm of
an Ichabod Crane creation plus the
dash of a draped droOp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21

example, you take Mabel to dance,
and Eddie Stage comes dashing up,
eager to cut rug with the luscious
Mabel. You say, Hi, Eddie" and
as he turns admiring eyes on your
date, you add, Mabel Lovely-Eddie
Stagg." And that's that.
Young people customarily intro
duce their friends by their first
names, and forget the Mr.. and Miss
titles except when making intro
auctions to their elders. This easy
informality is not only correct, but
desirable. In fact, to introduce a
boy Of your own age as Mr.. Lofty
instead of Jack Lofty, might imply
that Jack was a good deal of
stick, and somebody whom your
crowd wouldn't care much about
knowing.
With these simple methods in
mind, the only other thing you must
remember is who is introduced to
whom And that's SO natural and
logical that you can hardly forget
it. Men-of any age-are intro
duced to girls or women, which
means that the womans name is
spoken first. And young people are
introduced to older people
When introducing two fellows OF
the same age. it makes no difference
who is mentioned first-unless one
of them is an out-and-out celebrity,
In that case, you would honor him
by introducing the other chap TO
him. The same thing is true for
two girls of the same age.
Remember to pronounce the
names clearly, instead Of grinding
them under your back teeth or
mumbling them in your mufner.
And make the introduction eagerly,
as though it were a pleasure, and
not an unpleasant chore to be dis
posed of as quickly as possible.
If you'll stick to these simple
methods, you'll avoid all the mis-
takes that young people commonly
make. Thus, you won't introduce
one young person to another by
saying this is my friend, John Doe. y.
Designating one party to the in
PRODUCTION as a friend might imply
that the other was not. Of course,
it's quite all right to present some
one as your roommate, your sister,
or your employer, when this serves
as necessary Identification or in
teresting information.
BY using this easy and natural
method Of making introductions, you
will also avoid worrying about when
they should and should not be
made. You'll introduce strangers as
matter of course whenever it seems
the convenient and courteous thing
to do. You won't go out of your
way to force people to become &C
quainted, but you'll see that
strangers meet each other whenever
they are thrown together in your
presence for more than moment
or two.
When introducing a crowd at an
informal party. present newcomer
by name to the whole crowd, and
then individually to the other guests
closest at hand. Don't parade the
late arrival around the whole group.
Being guests under the same roof
automatically introduces everybody
to everybody else, anyway. II you
can give the two newly-mets some
little conversational lead to get them
started talking, that's always a
good idea.
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amazed audience until the boss
stuck her finger near his head to
test his daylight powers Of vision.
Immediately he protested again, but
quieted and resumed his toilette as
soon as the obstacle was removed.
This fascinating procedure con-
tinued as the bat spread his other
wing to dry, and then. having COM
pleted his treatment of the injured
member, folded 1t and went to work
on the rest of his body, bathing it
as though it hadn't had enough
washing already. Finally, he settled
down with an appropriate bat-like
sigh to rest, still within l foot of the
onlookers.
The boss found can and lifted
the exhausted little creature into
it, where he promptly hung himself
upside down, folded his wings tightly
against his body and went sound
asleep. still carefully held in the
boss hands. Only the greatest self
control kept his protector from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
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NOn>Musical
ChildCan't
Perform
Harmful to Force
Practice on Him
In This Case
Bv ANGELO PATRI.

Jukie is a first rate performer on
the flute and has an honored place
in the school orchestra. Her
brother Tom is no musician and
loathes the sight Of the clarinet
that his father hopefully bought
for him. Tom is no musician.
But he is a good student. winning
high marks in school, higher than
those his sister gets. He is skillful
with his hands and does most Of
the odd repair jobs about the house.
He is cheerful and willing and
friendly until the clarinet practice
is mentioned. Then he is awful. He
scowls. He mutters under his
breath. Forced to retire TO his cell
with his instrument Of torture he
becomes articulate. Very articulate.
He tells the world with special refer
ence 20 his family. how unjust and
how cruel 1t is to him, and he calls
high heaven to witness that he
hates music, hates the music
teacher, loathes the band and
wishes it and all associated with it
no good.
This angers his father who thinks
he is doing Tom great kindness
in offering him the opportunity to
learn to play a musical instrument
Father believes that mastery of
such an accomplishment opens ways
of pleasantness, ladders to social
and even financial success and he
cannot see why his son, so able in
other lines, cannot or, as he puts
it, will not take the gift the gods
offer him.
Father may feel disappointed but
he really has no right to be for
Tom is a fine boy a son to be proud
Of, leaving the musicianship out of
the question. Some Of us are not
musicians and for us no amount
Of teaching will alter the dis
cordant fact. Better let us 60 on
being effective in our own fields
and devote the musical influences
to those who can profit by them.
Tom. and those like him, cannot do
so and never will do so.
Forcing an accomplishment upon
a child who lacks the taste, the
ability, the understanding for it, is
worse than useless. The effort Is
bound to fail and the feeling of
irritation, injustice, misunderstand-
ing that the mistaken effort rouses
in the misused child does him grave
hurt. 1t lessons his power to
achieve within the field of his
ability because it lowers his opinion
of himself. All that is gained by
such efforts spells failure for the
child concerned at sacrifice to his
real ability. Good sense forbids
that.
1t is fine to be able to play a
musical instrument well. 1t is fine
to understand and appreciate mu-
sic. 1t is the language of the soul
and he who masters it Is fortunate
indeed because he has a great
source of spiritual power within
himself. But if one has it not, it
may be that one has other spiritual
gifts, other fine accomplishments,
other ways of usefulness that bal
ance the account.
Usefulness, in Whatever field it
shows itself, is its own excuse for
being. Usefulness, Of whatever sort,
means spiritual power. Rob a child
of mis- usefulness, of his feeling of
fitness, and you cripple him. The
fact that your intentions were good
does not help the situation. A use
full child is singing in his soul. Be
content with that for there Is no
more heavenly music.