davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1940-04-06

Taiwan (Formosa) is seeking
funds from Japan to exploit its
new gold field.
Evening star., 1940-04-06

Natal has an invasion of huge
spiders and two persons have died
from bites.
Evening star., 1940-08-03

grayish- brown above. The deep
brown eyes, observed through field
glasses, seem quite sad In express
sion during the time the soulful
signing is going on. There is a
decided twinkle or alertness when a
husky insect darts in front of the
pewee's line of vision.
Then the industrious fly catcher
has no time for wishing-his grand
opportunity for a dinner is within
his reach, and he goes after it. Like
all members of his tribe, the wood
pewee is very swift and confiden5
flyer. He seldom misses what he
goes after, and once you have sat
In quiet woods where the pewee
dwells you can even hear the snap
Of the beak as it comes down upon a
cruiser Of the airways.
In spite of the fact that this bird
has chosen what man at best would
consider solitude, no effort is made
on its part to distract attention
when near the occupied cradle.
And you will also observe that if
you are close to the nest either
father or mother, or both, remains
Evening star., 1940-08-03
BY BARBARA BELL.

First appearances in the classroom
are very important, when one is be-
tween the ages of and IA! Here's
a new version of the piquant little
princess which is becoming to every
growing girl It's so smart and so
simple that it is sure to catch and
please the eye of new and critical
schoolmates. Design No. 1923
detracts from height by means of
its flaring skirt and wide shoulders.
The slick, scooped-in waistline sug-
gests q slimness of middle that
most girls love, and don't really
have.
Not only does this dress make up
charningly in sturdy everyday fab
RIGS, but also it's sweet in velveteen
for dress-up. Chambray, gingham,
wool crepe, flannel and challis are
excellent materials for this design
in dark colors, set off by crisp white
collar and cuffs.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1923
Evening star., 1940-08-03
U. 5. Sold 4,800 Homes
For Default in June
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
The Home Owners Loan Corp.
reported today the sale during June
of more than 4,800 foreclosed homes
for an aggregate of $l6,00000o.
Ivan Carson, deputy general man.
ager, said that the corporation had
sold 5000 homes since it was
founded, and nearly $4,000 during
the fiscal year that ended June 30.
He said that only per cent Of
present sales accounts were even
temporarily in default.
Stewart Mcdonald, Federal Hous-
ing Administrator, said in a state
ment that reports from field Offices
over the country indicated the "ex-
pansion in building activity is on a
healthy, broad basis, with striking
gains being reported in every sec
ton" He said there were prospects
for 12-year peak in privately A.
nanced residential construction.
The F. H. A. reported that 4206
new homes were begun under its in
spection during the week ended
July 81.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Fleming Selects Group
On Puerto Ricon WAGES

Col. Philip B. Fleming. administra-
tor of the Wage and Hour Division,
announced today the appointment Of
a special Industry Committee to fix
minimum wages for Puerto Rico
under the Fair Labor Standards
Act. The committee, recently au-
thorized by Congress, will be headed
by Msgr. Francis j. Haas, and its
membership will include five resi-
dents Of Puerto Rico, and four resi-
dents of continental United States.
The committee will go to Puerto
Rico in September, and after a
survey of conditions, will hold public
hearings. The first object of its at
tention will be the needlework in
dustry, in which there are approxi-
mately $4,000 homeworkers and
10000 factory workers.
Congress has authorized the COM
mittee to fix a minimum wage below
the present statutory wage of 80
cents an hour. provided such a
wage rate will not give any Puerto
Rico industry competitive advan-
tage over American industries.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Federal Bar Selects
Defense Committee

The Federal Bar Association yes
terday announced the formation of a
special committee to cooperate with
Government agencies in carrying
out the national defense program.
Co-chairmen are William r. VAL
lance, legal adviser of the State De-
partment, whose committee work
will relate to Justice Department
activities, and Maston G. White
general solicitor of the Agricultural
Department, who will act in the
same capacity in relation to the
Council for National Defense. The
committee appointments were an
nounced by the association presi-
dent, Col. H. H. Rice.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Natures Children
Wood Pewee
(Myiochanes virens)

quiet. No display of fear, anger or
impatience is ever INDUCED to in
dicate what the pair actually feels.
Perhaps they are very much more
clever than their excited neigh
bors, who by their actions give
away the very thing they wish
most to keep secret. However, an
intruder in the form of a busy
body squirrel is another story
and such a grand and glorious
beating as this bandit gets is one
OF the most wonderful things to
witness.
Wood peweeS usually saddle their
nests on horizontal limb of a
deciduous tree on the edge of deep
woods. 1t may be as close as 10
feet to the ground or 60 feet above
it. The nes'tis rather shallow and
built of fine grasses, strips of bark
and selected moss fibers. The out
side walls are decorated with. lich-
ems fastened together with cobwebs.
The walls are sturdy and felted,
the flooring thin. 1t is difficult to
find these cleverly made homes.
There are two to four eggs of ivory
white, each decorated with a brown
and lavender wreath about the
larger end.
Wood pewees are meat eaters.
Ninety-nine per cent of their food
is made up Of inseSs, nillepeds
and spiders, bugs. flies and bees.
Our most determined foes, weevils,
and our worst forest-tree enemies
are included on the menu.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
De GouIIe Denounces
French Surrender

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 3.-Gen. Charles
de Gaulle, leader of French forces
continuing the fight against Ger
many. today denounced the French
surrender as the act of "a make
shift government giving way to
panic, forgetting honor and deliver
Ing its country to slavery"
In a message to all Frenchmen in
Britain, De Gaulle, who was con-
demned to death as a traitor by a
French military court yesterday, de-
clared:
France has lost the battle but
not the war. I'm
mense forces have not yet been
brought into play. Some day these
forces will crush the enemy"
De Gaulle's message was issued in
the form of handbills. bearing the
traditional crossed tri-colors of
France. They were posted on bill
boards throughout the English
countryside.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Dorothy Dix Says
Don't Sweep Husband Out of Door
By Keeping House Too Clean

Dear Dorothy Dix: I have been
married three years. Have q five-
room apartment and everything
Is new and shiny. All day long I
am mopping, busting, waxing, wash
ing windows, and If any of my
friends drop in while I am in the
midst Of my cleaning I am snappy
and cranky because I am so afraid
they will drop ashes on the floor,
or mix up the magazines, or muss
the sofa cushions. And when night
comes I am so tired I refuse to
cook anything for my husband and
We eat out of cans, and If he
makes any dirt, or disarranges a
piece Of furniture I blow up and
raise a fuss that can be heard from
here to China. I am making his
life miserable and losing all my
friends. Cleaning, cleaning, clean
ing. What shall do about it?
UNHAPPY.
Answer-Stop cleaning, or else
you will sweep your husband out
of the door along with the other
trash. Plenty Of women have done
that before and made their houses
so spick and span that they were
uninhabitable, and their husbands
and children fed to their clubs and
the poolrooms and streets to get to
some place where they could do as
they pleased and be comfortable.
1t is all right and highly desir-
able to keep tidy house with the
floors clean and everything in its
place, but neatness Is one of the
virtues that is easily overdone.
A floor shouldn't be so clean that
one is afraid to walk upon it. Nor
should things be nailed in their
places so securely that they can't
be moved. The very essence of a
home consists in its being place
where We can take our ease.
But woman turns her home into
a jail If there Is no liberty in it. If
she follows every one around with
brush and a dustpan, If no one
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Kennedy to Quit Post,
London Circles Hear
By Cable to The Star.

BY Cable to The Star.
LONDON. Aug. 3.-There are per-
sistent reports in London diplo-
matte circles that Joseph P. Ken
nedy. American Ambassador to the
Court of ST. James, may resign
and return to the United States
as soon as the expected German
bombardment of British cities or
attempt at invasion has passed.
Mr.. Kennedy, according to these
reports, has wished to retire from
diplomacy for some time. but does
not wish to do so until England
has had time to meet the first
shock.
Mr.. Kennedy still enjoys enor-
nous popularity among the ordi-
nary people of England. Thurs
day night the whole audience rose
and cheered as he entered the
Apollo Theater to see Clare Boothe's
Margin for Error"
Copyright, 1910, Chicago Daily News, 1nc.)
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Miss Anne Muriel Kelly
Wed to Mr.. J. E. Horbett, Jr,

Miss Anne Muriel Kelly, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. James Francis
Kelly of Jersey City, became the
bride of Mr.. John Edward Horbett,
1r., son of Mr. and Mrs. John Ed
ward Horbett of Washington, Tues
day afternoon. The wedding took
place at Saint Aedans Church in
Jersey City. The Rev. Father
Hennessey, assistant pastor of
the church, performed the cere-
mony. The bride was attended by
Mrs. Herbert Sites of Hillside, N. J.
Mr.. Thomas Bannigan of Colorado
was the best man. Relatives of
the bridegroom attending the we'd
ding from Washington, in addition
to his parents, were Mr.. John
Francis Deeds and his daughter
Margaret and Miss Beatrice Deeds.
The bride wore gown of white
marquisette and white picture
hat and carried an old-fashioned
bouquet. The matron of honor was
dressed in printed chiffon gown
with matching picture hat and wore
a corsage of roses and blue del
phinium.
After the ceremony the bridal
party, members of their families
and other guests attended dinner
reception at the Hotel Plaza given
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Daughters to Meet

Court District of Columbia No.
212, Catholic Daughters of Amer
ica, will hold business meeting at
8 pm. Tuesday at the Willard Ho-
tel, with Miss Katherine Rupert,
grand regent, presiding.
Miss Florence Winter, national
chairman of the Convert League,
has returned from the National
Directorate Board meeting in At
lantic City. which included an ad-
dress by Bishop Joseph M. Corri-
gan, rector of Catholic University
He discussed work done by the
Commission on American Citizen
ship for preservation Of American
democracy.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
STAR WASHINGTON c. SATURDAY AUGUST g.
Capt. Irby to Leave
For Maneuvers
OF Cavalry

Capt. William I. Irby, jr., will
leave Monday for Canton, N. Y,
to participate in the first army
maneuvers of the 306th Cavalry,
U. S. A., Reserves. Capt. Irby, who
has a distinguished war record, hav-
ing served in the World War, is a
member of the 103d Cavalry, 22d
Cavalry Division. He received his
first commission at the Student
Army Service School at Fort
Leavenworth, Kans., and attended
the Officers Machine Gun School
at Fort Bliss, graduating as in
structor of machine guns. He also
was graduated with class honors
from the Cavalry School at Fort
Riley. winning the cross-country
ride and jumping contest at the
graduation exercises.
Capt. Irby will be away about
three weeks and Mrs. 1rby and
their children will remain in Wash
ington during his absence.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Miss Blandford Is Married
To Mr.. Charles Vincent Joyce, Jr.

The marriage of Miss Anna Eliz-
abeth Blandford, daughter of Mr..
James Benson Blandford of this city,
to Mr.. Charles Vincent Joyce, jr,, of
Indianapolis, Ind, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles v. Joyce of Hyatts-
vile, Md, took place Saturday
morning, July 6. in st. Jerome S
Church, Hyattsville. Md. Father
Czyz off1ciated before the altar,
which was lighted by white tapers
and banked with white gladioluses
and palms.
Preceding the ceremony Miss
Honor Keane played the organ and
Mr. Reeves Blandford and Mrs. Will
liam Hanna, cousins of the bride,
sang.
Given in marriage by her father,
the bride wore white houffant or
CANDY dress made with square
neckline and puffed sleeves. There
were insets of embroidery at the
neckline. in the sleeves and in the
deep f1ounce on the skirt and train.
Her four-tiered finger-length veil
was held by coronet of seed pearls
and she carried a bouquet of white
carnations.
Miss Mary Blandford, sister of the
bride, was the maid of honor and
she wore pink bouffant organdy
dress made like that of the bride.
Mrs. James Douglas and Mrs. John
Burch, the other attendants, wore
dresses in orchid and blue, respec-
lively, made similar to the maid of
honor's dress. The attendants wore
shoulder length wells to match their
dresses and carried bouquets of pink
carnations.
The little flower girl was Jane
Joyce, sister of the bridegroom She
wore dress of buttercup yellow
made like the brides attendants,
a bonnet of yellow flowers and car
ried an old-fashioned nosegay.
Mr.. Joseph Joyce of Hyattsville
was best man for his brother and
the ushers were the Messrs. H. Ed
wards of Silver Spring. James Mi
chael Lanigan and Henry Kimball
of this city and John Burch Of Ber-
Wyn, Nd.
A reception followed the ceremony
at the Alpha Omicron Pi House in
College Park and later there was a
breakfast for the wedding party.
The brides going-away costume
was of rose and gray sheer. She wore
white accessories and an orchid cor
sage. Mr.. Joyce will take his bride
to indianapolis, where they will
make their home.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Beta Sigma Phi
Committee Named

A committee to plan the program
for sessions of the Middle Eastern
Area Council of Beta Sigma Phi
will include Winifred Ericsson, pres
ident of the District of Columbia
Council; Mrs. Alice Roberts Koch,
also of this city, and Miss Ruth
Arnold and Miss Sue Myers of Har-
risburg, Pa. The group was ap-
pointed by the council president,
Miss Elva Chandler of Mount Cuba,
Del.
At an area council meeting to be
held at Trenton, N j., September
%, Mrs. Koch will direct a discus
sion prepared by three charter
members of the local Delta Chap
ter, Miss Virginia Bell, Miss Opha
Thompson and Miss Dorothy Peder-
son.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Y.W.C.A. to Continue
Junior PROGRAM

The junior program offered by
the Health Education Department
of the Y. w. c. A. will continue
through August. Tennis and crafts
are open to girls from to 12 SWIM
ming is included for all who have
passed the physical examination.
The group meets Monday, Wednes-
day and Friday with tennis from 8
to $50. swimming, $50 to 10:30;
crafts, 1890 to 1890.
Reservations should be in by Tues
day for the Girl Reserve Nickelo-
deon dance Wednesday at $3.50 on
the roof of the Y. w. c. A.
All business girls in Washington,
old and new. are invited to the Igloo
party planned on the roof Thursday
at 8:l5 o'clock. Miss Ruth Wagner,
Miss Dorothy Wurtsbaugh, Miss
Eleanor Wager and Miss Louise
Danforth, membership secretary,
are in charge of the arrangements.
Miss Edith Dawson will lead the
group in singing.
There will be the regular Y. M
Y. w. c. A. dance Friday on the roof
from to IL o'clock.
A water pageant will take place
at Kamp Kahlert tomorrow at $3.50.
Visitors are welcome. Junior and
senior life-saving groups and other
swimmers will participate. Every
girl who has been in camp two weeks
has learned to swim. Betty Skip
ton, Anne Davis, Mary Sartwell,
Henny Howard. Catherine Grumert,
Katherine Hallock, Mabel Jobe,
Grace Muirhead. Bugs Martin, Fair
lee Lemly, Dorothy Snyder, Helen
Russell, Dorna Bressman, Eleanor
Palmieri, Marion Harris, Miljune
Manning will perform under the di-
rection of Peg Hamilton, water
front councillor. A two-day canoe
trip up the Rhodes River will be
taken under the direction of Cath
crime Grumert and Katherine Hal
lock. The canoeists spent two weeks
training.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
F. R. Creedon Resiqns
As P. w. A. Enoineer

Frank R. Creedon has resigned
from the P. w. A. to take over the
job as head construction engineer
in the Fixed Fee Contract Branch
of the Quartermaster Corps of the
Army.
Joining the P. w. A. in 1884 as
resident engineer inspector, Mr..
Creedon was chief engineer and
assistant director of region No. /,
with headquarters in New York, at
the time of his resignation. He
served in the Army Engineer Corps
during the World War.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY

About the middle of August listen
for the sigh of the wood pewee
Sometimes. when all is still in the
lovely, deep woods where the pewees
love to hide, you may hear what
seems to be voice saying Dear
mel" Startled, you listen intent
ly to see if you have company
Overhead comes the plaintive wall
again and again. Then your eyes
finally make out the troubled one
bird slightly over 6 inches long
with upper parts of a lovely shade
Of olive and lower parts tinged with
gray. The tail, fairly still, is yel-
lowish-white underneath and deep
Evening star., 1940-08-03

is designed for sizes 6, 8, 10, IL and
IA years. Size 8 requires 2Es yards
of 35-inch material without nap; "a
yard contrasting.
Just out! Be among the first
to enjoy it! Barbara Bells new
Fashion Book, with more than 100
new designs. Send Is cents for II
now! Plan your whole wardrobe
this easy, budget-saving way, and
revel in having individual versions OF
new styles that you won't see else
where!
Evening star., 1940-08-03

would dare to light a cigarette OF
move book or lie down on a couch,
and If they knew that she would
practically have Mysteries If a news
paper was scattered on the floor.
So you will have to curb your
neatness and give more thought to
polishing up your human relation
ships than you do to your furniture
II you expect to have friends and
keep your husband in love with
you. After all, there is nothing
very inspiring about woman
being a human vacuum cleaner.
DOROTHY DIX.
Dear Miss Dix: My fiance re-
fuses to marry me because I smoke.
He says If I would quit we could be
married in six months, but I think
that is demanding too much. Yet
am old enough TO know this Is my
one real love. Can he love me very
much and still let this stand in our
way? GWEN x.
AnsWer-Doubtless he loves YOU,
but is not so blinded with passion
that he doesn't see that If YOU will
not give up habit that is repulsive
to him 1t will be source of per-
petual discord between you.
The idea of wife who is a chain
smoker and who leaves trail Of
cigarette butts behind her evi-
IDENTIFY does not appeal to him, so
it seems that you will have to de-
eide whether you prefer him to your
cigarette or not. You may think
he is worth it, or you may decide
with Mr.. Kipling that a sweetheart
is sweetheart, but good cigarette
is smoke
You question your fiance's love
because he won't marry you If you
continue smoking. How about your
end of it? Doesn't it occur to you
that he might think that your love
was a little less than ardent If you
wouldn't give up a pleasant vice
for him? DOROTHY DIX,
Evening star., 1940-08-03
News Notes
OF Suburban
F. L. CLANCY
Will Return
To Cuba

Mr.. Frank L. Chaney, who had
been at his home in Takoma Park
for the past three months, has gone
to New York City for q few days.
He plans to return soon to Cuba,
where he is connected with the
Spanish school at Santa Clarain,
Santa Clara Province.
Before sailing from Miami Mr..
Chaney will visit the Nashville
Agricultural and Normal Institute
in Tennessee.
Mr.. CLANCY spent many years in
the Philippines and In Australia,
where he was connected with edu-
cational work, and he was also for
merly head of the English DEPART
ment of Washington Missionary
College.
Mrs. Dorothy Ford Zeigler and
her son, Lee Zeigler, of Miami, Fla,
who have been guests for the past
week Of Mrs. Zeigler's brother-in-
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Stump, in Fairfax, will leave today
for their home.
Mrs. Robert l.. Hughes of Friend
ship Heights, Md, and her daugh-
ter, Miss Betty Ruth Hughes, who
have been in Springfield, Tenn, for
the past week, were joined today
by Mr.. Hughes and his son, Robert
Hughes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes and their
two children will spend the week at
one Of the Virginia resorts before
returning to Friendship Heights.
Mrs. Stephen Conrad Stuntz OF
Vienna. Va, who entertained "a
guests at q bridge party early this
week at Windcrest, in Falls Church
was hostess to two tables OF bridge
yesterday in her home, Merry Co
Round. The guests yesterday in
cluded Mrs. John Warnoch Echols
Mrs. Warren M. Huff. Mrs. H. H
Shackleford, Mrs. John H. Ruff
Mrs. j. Harry Jenkyns, Mrs June
Waldrip and Mrs. Eubanks Rucker
all of Vienna, and Mrs. Huff s
mother, Mrs. Cullen of Texas.
Mr.. Lawrence Stuntz of New
York, who has recently been made
South American editor for the Asso-
ciated Press, has arrived for a visit
with his mother.
Mr.. Conrad Stuntz, who has COM
pleted a summer course at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, will arrive
home next week.
Miss Betty Brandt, elder daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Brandt
o. Vienna, Va, has left to spend
several days as the guest OF Miss
Margaret A. Ransom, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Howard Ransom
at their home, Hillcrest. in Brems
Bluff, Va. Miss Elizabeth Hemine
of Baltimore is also the guest OF
Miss Ransom.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tyler Page OF
Friendship Heights. Md. left today
to join party of friends at a
weekend house party at Wood
bury, Va.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Arranging Ball
At Bailey's Beach
For Red Cross

Countess Sylvia Szechenyi. who
with her mother, Countess
Szechenyi, is at their Newport resi-
dence, and the Misses Helen de
Limur and Isabella Meuser are ir
charge of the red and white ball
which will be held August IS at
Baileys Beach
The event will be given for the
benefit of the Red Cross anc
among the features will be a waltz
conga and rumba contest.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Red Cross Arronges
Mail to War Prisoners
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The American Red Cross yesterday
announced plan whereby individ-
ual packages may be sent prisoners
Of war in any belligerent nation by
their American relatives or friends.
The packages will be carried post
age free by the United States Post
Office Department in an arrange
ment worked out under the treaty
of Geneva.
Americans may send packages
only If they have detailed knowl-
edge of the location of the prisoner.
The package must not exceed II
pounds and may contain only food,
clothing, games, musical instru-
ments, books, soap, towels and tooth
brushes.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Radio Interview

Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar, presi-
dent of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs, will be interviewed
by Mrs. Edgar B. Merritt, radio
chairman for the District Fedora
ton, at 9:l5 am. Monday over
Station VOL. Mrs. Dunbar will
discuss "Clubwomen and the Golden
Jubilee
Evening star., 1940-08-03
L. F. Speer Estate
Is Valued at $l45.QQ0

Luther F. Speer, who died July
q, left an estate valued at $l45 200
District Court was advised yester-
day in petition for the probate
Of his will, filed by the Union Trust
Co.
The bulk of Mr.. Speer's property
was left to his widow, Mrs. Mabel
M. Speer, 1901 Jocelyn street NV.
and their two children, Mrs. Sarah
E. Miller, Schenectady, N. Y, and
Franklin r. Speer of South Bend
Ind.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
A. A. u. w. Tea

Mrs. c. G. Randall, violinist and
a member of the Friday Morning
Club, will present a program at
the Monday tea of the Washington
Branch, American Association OF
University Women, next week. Mrs.
Randall, who resides in Alexandria,
will be accompanied by Mrs. Flor
ence Elliott, former teacher of music
at the University of Illinois.
Miss Catherine Murray and Miss
Margaret Cook will be the host
eSSeS.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Peace Delegates Elected

Eleven local groups have elected
delegates to the National Emerg-
ency Peace Mobilization, to be held
IN Chicago over Labor Day week.
end. 1t was announced today by Lucy
Hancock. chairman of the Organiza-
ton Committee of the Washington
Peace Mobilization.