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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08
VofeIess' Capitals
Interest Deepens in
Political Campaign
Democrats, Republicans
Increase Activity as
Election Approaches
Democratic and Republican or

Democratic and Republican Or
CARNATIONS in this "voteless" cap
ital are increasing their activity as
election day approaches and the po-
litical campaign will be intensified
between now and November S, when
the Nation will choose between
President Roosevelt and the Repub-
Ncan nominee, Wendell L. Willkie.
Much interest is shown here in
the election and most of those with
voting residences elsewhere not only
are interested in voting themselves
but also in getting other voters
to cast ballots.
Meetings and speeches are ex-
pected to accelerate in number as
election day approaches. Yester-
day several events were announced.
Tomorrow at $3.50 pm. the Roose-
welt for 1910 Club, headed by Arthur
Clarendon Smith. will meet in the
Burlington Hotel. Representative
Sheppard of California and Repre-
sentative Schultz of Indiana are
scheduled to address the meeting.
On Wednesday at 1890 pm. Gid
con A. Lyon of the Speakers Blu
reau of the District Republican
State Committee will speak at a
luncheon meeting of the Optimist
Club in the Continental Hotel.
Yesterday the Absentee Voters
Bureau of the District Republican
State Committee announced tenta-
tive plans to transport voters to II
States not allowing absentee vot-
ing. Residents of the District, who
maintain their voting privileges In
those States and who desire to bal
lot November must return to the
precincts of their registry for that
purpose, the bureau reported. The
States not permitting absentee vot-
ing are Delaware, Florida. Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi,
Missouri. New Jersey, New Mexico,
Pennsylvania and South Carolina.
Missouri, however, does permit per-
sons in the military service to vote
by mail.
To assist persons who live here
and retain voting privileges in those
States, the bureau has established a
transportation division to muster
automobiles to transport them to
their voting precincts. The bureau
likewise announced that arrange
ments have been completed with
railroad agents for club fares, pro-
vided a sufficient number of voters
sign up.
Three new members Of the Will
kie-McNary Campaign Club of the
District Republican State Commit
tee were announced yesterday by
James A. Councillor, president. They
were:
John Hamilton, executive director
Of the Republican National Com
mittee In charge of the Western
division: Sam Pryor, jr., national
committeeman from Connecticut
and director Of the Eastern division.
and Werber w. Schroeder, national
committeeman from Illinois.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08

Mrs. Beulah Goss, vice chairman;
Lawrence Michael, Republican Elk
ecutive Committee chairman;
Charles r. Fenwick, Democratic Elk
ecutive Committee chairman; Mrs.
Elizabeth B. Magruder, county board
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08
Q WElL-BRED SPEECH

Spoken English, Tone Training,
Diction. Platform Poise. Correction
Of Common Errors. Vocabulary Build
ing Wednesdays at IL am or pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08
Four Found Slain
On Ronch in Texas
BY the Associated Press.

Ell DORADO, Tex, Sept. -Four
persons were found slain today on
the Ca1cote ranch 10 miles north of
here on the San Angelo Highway.
They were tentatively identified as
Mrs. Calcote, about 10: her son,
Frank. about IS; Mrs. Frank CAL
cote, about 20. and the couples year
and-a-half -old daughter.
Mrs. Calcote and her son were
found shot to death at the ranch
house. The bodies Of the younger
woman and her baby were found
about three miles from the ranch by
a searching party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08

pants, cummerbund and brown and
white tweed coat.
Hes been with me since SO and
that's too long" said Mr.. Kaye.
Mr.. Wilson sat unperturbed, so
apparently it was all in fun.
POSTMASTER was I. M. Foster,
former Representative from Ohio.
now commissioner of the Court Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08
Paramount Is Barred
From Nozi Film Trade

BN the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Sept. Paramount
news reels and features will be for
hidden in Germany starting Sep
TENDER IL because of the producers
alleged anti-German tendencies.
Goldwyn Mayer and Fox already
are barred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08

chairman; william Kline, American
Legion commander: r. r. Rice,
past commander; Chester Sipes,
commander Of the Veterans Of For
eign Wars; Fred Windridge and
Mrs. Oscar Cox.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08

Cultural Values Of Voice. Individ-
ual diasnosis. Training Of tone, die
ton and physical unity. Most nee
essary to all social intercourse. Mon
days at IL am. or 8 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08
Clips for LinoIeum

When linoleum is put down over
old floors brass clips at the edges
around the Dashboard and at door
ways make neat appearance and
are serviceable as well.
Evening star., 1940-03-24

There's always tomorrow That is thought
which seems appropriate to Eastertide: when
Nature holds its breath in expectation - not in
fearfuness, but in hope.
Now the earth is awakening The birds sing
again. spring flowers break upon the woodland
banks Sap runs in the willow shoots, yellow cat
kins nod in the breeze, the rivers fill the meadows
with their music. New life is everywhere, a sense
of brightness and of light
Light indeed All That is the key for which
l seek. The very name of Easter, from the Saxon
Eastre, emblem of light betokens the true signif-
canoe of the festival the rebrth of hope in the souls
of men, On Good Friday. the peoples of creation
touched the abyss of their detection All light was
gone, all hope seemed lost! Then came the cry:
Christ is risen! The days of darkness and defeat
are past'
Es, at Easter, above all times, we have the nvi-
tation to open our hearts to this everlasting light,
to cast out the gloomy shadows of despair.
Make no mistake - this present chaos is no
novelty. Mankind, through the ages, has known
war before, and cruelty, torture, OPPRESSION the
ghasty horrors of siege, famine. plague.
And mankind has survived. Mankind has emerged
exsanguine but triumphant, marching onward to a
gentler era, period of recovery and peace. In
universe where starlight may take hundred million
years to travel to this planet, time cannot be mea-
sured by the pinpricks of one mans allotted span.
Hitler - like Hannibal, Attila, Napoleon, Genghis
Khan, and all who sought to dominate the earth
is no more than an illusion, feeting irritation,
a gnat alighting for an instant on glacier, when
viewed from the standpoint of eternity
The human soul, imbued with hope. is nde-
structible. No weapon forged by man or devil can
ever vanquish it. Amidst the savagery and beastli
ness of war, the heels of tramping armies cannot
stamp out the seeds of nobility and truth. Beyond
the insane tumult of the conflict there lies the
promise of the Skies
Genteness and kindness are immortal. The tyr
ants bones will day rot. and from that fester
ing corruption will spring Easter snowdrop
Remember, remember, the darkest day of
ALL Christ will rise again in the hearts of men!
There is always tomorrow
Evening star., 1940-03-24

RN THOSE days when my medical practice took
me through the grirny alleys and dingy one
d room tenements of the slums of great city,
l had patient who has since lived in my recol
lection. She was an Irshwoman, past fifty, worn,
beshawled wrnkled as walnut, raddled with
work and misfortune and sickness. If ever anyone
had learned by heart the bitter lesson of the poor,
surely it was she. And now at the end of life of
unbelievable vcisstude, she lay stricken with an
nc,uable disease - tuberculosis of the throat.
narrowing picture, and one l might have
spared you, save for the fact that it provides me
with parable.
For this old woman made no moan about her
wretchedness. Whenever on my professional visits,
l attempted word of awkward sympathy -
making truce with my conscience, as it were -
she had always smile, bright shake of her head,
and the same ncorrigible. uncomfortable reply:
"Ah now doctor! What's your worry? Sure, there's
always tomorrow NJ
1t wasn't her courage that struck me = though
God knows she had enough of that! Nor yet her
wry, invincible determination - expressed with
the fowery romanticism of her race - to witness
the breaking of another dawn. 1t was something
deeper, rarer: the shining practice of virtue so
neglected. 50 forgotten has ceased almost to exist
Nowadays we are served diet of faith and
ClldIlly TIOH pullllS vi NIulSlcu0OlH VIC dlC
urged to believe in God, to love our neighbors
ourselves And through it all, the world lies bathed
in Stygian despair.
Down in the dark corners of many human hearts
lies the morbid certainty that this war; this bar
barism call it what you wish - is the final horror,
the cataclasm which marks the twilight of the world
avalanche annhilating all that is good and beau
tiful in life, sweeping mankind irrevocably to its
doom.
HUMANITY, bloody beneath repeated bludgeon-
ings of fate, bound by the chains of tyranny, be-
fuddled by the fog of battle, can see no farther
than this near horizon Humanity has lost the
power to hope.
Today it would appear as though the dictum
of my old sum woman holds message: special,
precious message, amplified and reinforced by this
present season of the year.
Evening star., 1940-03-24

ADA JACKSON, English poet, whose work is
sometimes found in THIS WEEK Magazine.
said in recent letter: II hope America will
stay out of this war; Where else, when it is
over, would we find the Good Samaritan to
bind up our wounds?" M.
Evening star., 1940-03-24
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JOSEPHINE BENTHAM, whose new fiction
series about the emotional growing pains of
sixteen-year- begins in this issue, started
to write at six. Her first effort was poem:
The COW is feeding tn the pasture mild
He is as gentle as chiLd
Evidently an ancestress of Ferdinand -
or ancestor The poetess is bit vague!
Through a wandering career which has
included newspaper work and writing stories
for all our big magazines, Miss Bentham's
interest has been centered on young people.
Her present listening post is house on Long
Island, just across the street from a high
school, Readers of every age love her stories
of Audrey and Gene and have clamored for
more Here they are. See Age of Romance"
in this issue.
! HE old archbishop and a Curate were
questioning some children who were to be
confirmed in their faith.
What is your name, chld?" the curate
asked bright-eyed little girl.
Mary Keegan."
matrimony2"
'Matrimony," promptly answered Mary.
lis that place between Heaven and He'll
where we suffer for our SINS
NO. Mary" objected the young curate.
That's purgatory."
Tut, tut" said the archbishop, maybe
she's right
smith, is also an experienced deep-sea diver.
He is humble about his exploits IF you have
never been down." he says, you have no
conception of what it's like. After you 60
below 200 feet, you feel you are entering
different world Suddenly it sweeps over you
that you are all alone - except for strange
shapes around you in the darkness If any
thing goes wrong, you know that there are
no friends there to help you. -
Courtney pauses, looks at you keenly,
as if to make sure you will understand his
meaning. Then he adds But am not afraid.
All my life | have believed in God. Down
there, when you are all alone, you sense His
presence And it keeps you from being
afraid. -
4 X
In letter to Booth Harrington l asked
what he thought was the finest thing that
had happened in the world since the first of
the year He telegrabhed his answer:
The finest thing that has happened in
the world this year is the magnificent defense
of their homeland and their liberty by the
intelligently heroic people of Finland. That
they we're able to fight for weeks against
the murderous assault of power sixty times
greater in animal bulk, is inspiration to 60
on believing that God moves in mysterious
way his wonders to perform
ADA JACKSON, English poet, whose work is
sometimes found in THIS WEEK Magazine.
said in recent letter: Il hope America will
stay out of this war. Where else, when it is
over, would we find the Good Samaritan to
bind up our Wounds?" NJ
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Evening star., 1940-10-11

headquarters against the appoint
ment of some local Draft Board
members. Some were due, Capt
Brainerd explained, to political
causes, some to the labor situa-
tion" and some were because of
questioned citizenship of the Draft
Board member. The number of pro-
tests has been SO small, however
that they have been characterized
by Capt. Brainerd as "infinitesimal."
All, however, are being carefully in
vestigated.
Regarding registration at the
closing hour next Wednesday, 8
pm, Capt. Brainerd explained that
any one who is standing in line at
this hour must be registered. In
other words, the lists could not be
closed promptly at that time if any
men were waiting, even if so should
be lined up.
Explaining the power of State
headquarters, Capt. Brainerd en-
phasized that decentralization is the
underlying principal of selective
service. THE registration, classi-
fication and selection of young men
in each community of every State,
he added, "is being accomplished by
the citizens of that community. The
function of State headquarters is to
coordinate the operation which
takes place within the counties and
communities of the State. National
headquarters is the policy-forming
and directional head. Its chief
Evening star., 1940-10-11
u. C.. V.
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than Bedford Forrest, the great
est cavalryman of them all"
His mounted companion in gray
was 67year-old Maj. Gen. F.
Thomas Evans, son of a Confederate
veteran, who explained he was chief
surgeon general to the U. C.. V.
The massed colors of the Con-
federacy and playing of "Dixie" by
the military bands brought en-
thusiastic response from onlookers
waving both the Stars and Stripes
and the Stars and Bars.
The parade, which began at 10
M, lasted about 40 minutes. More
than 1000 took part.
Watchers in and near the re-
viewing stand craned their necks
as one of the horses hauling q
caisson of a cavalry unit fell. Fran
tic -loosening by soldiers en-
abled the animal to regain its feet
Final Meeting Today.
Upon completion of the march
Gen. Howell announced the U. C.
v. would hold the final meeting OF
the reunion at 3 o'clock this after
noon in the Willard Hotel.
Representatives Of the Sons o1
Confederate Veterans, the Con-
federated Southern Memorial Society
the Order of Stars and Bars and o.
the United Daughters of the Con-
federacy were included in the march
ing order.
Troops from Arlington canton
ment and Fort Myer, the Navy Band
United States Marines, High Schoo
Cadets, Spanish War Vet.
Grams and American Legionnaire:
also participated.
Their morning session yesterday
broke up in row, when Gen. Howell
commander in chief, charged that
woman members of auxiliary organ
izations were trying to run the show
Gen. Howell stalked out of the
meeting when woman tried tt
speak from the floor, but was per-
suaded to return. He then ad'
journed the meeting
Members of the Sons of Confed'
Evening star., 1940-10-11

crate Veterans and of the memorial
association concluded their sessions
yesterday.
S. c. v. Re-elects POwe.
The S. c. v. reelected Thomas
E. Powe of St. Louis, Mo, as COM
mander in chief. Other officers
named included Col. Walter L. Hop
kins, adjutant in chief: DR.. Marshall
Wingfield, historian; DR.. Bayhs H.
Earle of Greenville, S. c., COM
mander of the Army of Northern
Virginia Department.; McWhorter
Milner, Atlanta, Ga, commander OF
the Army of Tennessee Department.; /;
Lee Meriwether, ST. Louis, COM
mander, Trans Mississippi Depart
ment, and Maj. Edmund R. Wiles,
Little Rock, Ark, member of the
Executive Council.
The S. C. v. passed resolutions
indorsing the preparedness program,
calling for extended aid to England
and setting forth the members
willingness to offer their lives and
property for the defense of the
United States.
Another resolution condemned
the emphasis in colleges and high
schools on politics, economics and
social science" which had brought,
the group charged, the subordina-
tion of the teaching of American
history.
Evening star., 1940-10-11
Justice Gordon's S
Retirement Likely
Due 10 III Health
District Court Judge
Moy Send Request
To President Soon

Indications today are that Justice
Peyton Gordon of District Court
soon will place his request for re-
tirement In the hands of President
Roosevelt, due to impaired health.
Justice Gordon, who was TO last
April 80, has had more than 10
years on the Federal bench and
under recently enacted legislation
is eligible to retirement at full
pay-$l0,000 annually.
District Court officially opened
October l, but Justice Gordon has
although he has been at the court
house and appeared to be in good
health. Last April he announced
that he was not proposing to retire
upon reaching the age of 10 years.
For years, Justice Gordon presided
in Criminal Court No. !. He suf-
fered an attack of coronary throm-
bosis and was confined to his home
several months. Recently, his friends
said, he has shown marked improve
ment, but they have advised against
his going back on the bench as the
strain Of judicial work might prove
too great tax on his strength. He
had been scheduled to preside in
one Of the civil courts this month.
Even in retirement, Justice Cor
don could become eligible to sit on
certain cases, should he desire it.
Where Federal judge resigns, how
ever, he receives his salary, but Is
not subject to call for judicial serv-
ice.
President Warren G.. Harding
made Justice Gordon United States
attorney here and he was reap
pointed to that post by President
Coolidge, who also elevated him to
the judiciary. Justice Gordon is a
native of Washington and during
the World War, served overseas with
General Headquarters Of the Ameri-
can Expeditionary Force at Chau-
mont, France. He lives at 2l39 Wyo-
ming avenue NV.
Evening star., 1940-10-11
LEGAL NOTICES.
HUSTON THOMPSON, BRICE CLAGETT,
CHARLES E. WAINWRIGHT, Attorneys.

m THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United states for the District Of Solum-
eain TIE mater Of j. Rsnk
and Trust Company 1885 New York Ave-
nue. NV, washington. 2; C.-Miscellaneous
No. 3s.-ORDER NISI.-Frederick J.
lean National Bank and Trust Company,
having reported to the Court that he has
received an ofier from MI. joseph e pr,vdd l.;
iumbia at 1703-17O5 L Street; Northwest
and containing 1900 l5,sde sana5e rect 1b ana ne
SUBDIVISION of Lot 81 in Square 1872 Of the
Land Records of the, District Of Columbia.
Iiber 70 at Folio los, and being improved
by A gasoline service station and four
eonists FREE sproof Of 1rdns 90 0r sas the
S., $50 90, taxes, rents, insurance and
date Of transfer Of title; and said Fred
erick j Young. as Receiver having further
reported to this Court that he has been
Deputy Comptroller of the Currency OF the
United. States. subject to approval by this
Court, as is shown by true copy Of let
ber 4. 1910. signed by the Deputy Comp
troller of the Currency, annexed, to the
petition herein, It is by the Court this 10Th
said offer of Joseph L. Bracken be &C
cepted and that the said sale shall be rati-
fed and confirmed unless cause be shown
to the contrary or higher offer be made,
on or before the 22d day of October. 1910,
provided, however, that copy OF this
Order Nisi be published in The washington
Star as a legal notice at least three times,
and once in the Washington Law Reporter,
prior to the 22d day of october 1910. the
hrst Of such publications to be at least 10
ther that in the event that any higher Of
fer is to be made, the person making such
increased offer be required TO submit the
New York Avenue, Northwest on or before
~ O'Clock noon Of the 22d day Of Oc-
tober. 1910. BOLrTHA J. LAWS, Justice
STEWART, Clerk. By CHAS. B. COFLN
Asst. Clerk. L ocl1,l2,14
Evening star., 1940-10-11
japanese Take U. 5. Flags
From Peiping Jinrikishas

Ey the Associated Press.
PEIPING, China, Oct. 1.-Two
cases of Japanese removing Ameri-
can flags from jinrikishas during the
absence of American owners we're
reported in this Japanese-controlled
city today.
In one case an intoxicated Japa-
nese snatched away the flag, only to
have another Japanese apologize
profusely to the American owner.
Most Americans are voluntarily re-
moving flags to avoid trouble.
Aside from these two cases.
Americans reported a marked in
crease in courteous treatment from
the japanese generally, with no sign
of anti-Americanism
Evening star., 1940-10-11
Draft Registration
Setups Completed
In Is States.
100000 Registrars
Have Been Appointed ;
FinoI PIons Rushed

Rushing forward with preparation
for registration day throughout the
country on Wednesday, national Sc
lective service headquarters today
announced that local draft boards
have been appointed in 13 States
and the District Of Columbia
Thousands of names of persons
nominated by Governors of other
States for appointment to draft
boards are being checked at national
selective service headquarters for
submission to President Roosevelt.
The complicated and far-reaching
machinery for selecting men for ac-
tive service in the draft is expected
to be ready to function by Thursday
october II, according to Capt. Ga
reth N. Brainerd, acting chief of
the field section at national head
quarters.
The draft boards must be ready to
take over the records from the regis
trars, who on Wednesday are ex-
pected to complete the gigantic task
Of registering approximately 16,500,-
900 potential trainees for the Ma
tion's armed forces.
Registrars Appointed.
Already, Capt. Brainerd said, ap-
proximately 100000 registrars have
been appointed, instructed and
stand ready to begin registering
men next Wednesday morning. In
the District of Columbia this regis
tration takes place in schoolhouses,
but throughout the country the vot-
ing machinery and voting precinct
stations are generally used.
State directors of Selective Service
have been designated in virtually all
of the States, although IL States
have not been heard from officially
Capt. Brainerd said, and there are
two States, Iowa and Washington,
where it is not certain who the
State director will be.
Because of complications, regis
tration day in Hawaii has been set
for october 26 and in Puerto Rico
for November 20.
Protests, remarkably few in num-
ber, have been received at national
Evening star., 1940-10-11
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building were unhurt although
buildings on three sides were
wrecked.
The Air Ministry said five Ger
man bombers were shot down yester-
day and five British planes were
lost. Two of the British pilots were
reported safe, however.
Observers said the night attack
was much less severe than previous
raids, attributing the change to the
accuracy of their anti-aircraft gum
ners. who were reported to have con-
tinued their practice of potting Nazi
flares as fast as the raiders dropped
them.
The Press Association said the
arches shot down at least two night
raiders.
More than so districts of London
were hit during the all-night at
tack. and the great west coast port
Of Liverpool also was the target of
many German raiders. Twenty
areas in the provinces. from the
Thames estuary to the west country,
In Wales, the Midlands and the
Northeast, also were attacked.
Evening star., 1940-10-11
Prssidsnts and Their Wives

The splendid booklet, Presi-
dents and Their Wives, will help
you catch up on your Presidential
facts. 1t contains pictures and
biographies of every President
and First Lady. 1t tells you
who was the youngest man to be
inaugurated President, and who
was the oldest-which President