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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-05-11
MOTHERS OF THE NATION

MOTHERS OF THE NATION
... We offer the top of our humble
column to the mothers of the nation
who have a special day set aside for
them this Sunday e. every day should
be Mothers Day and we agree with
Coleridge when he spoke the following
words; "a Mother is a mother still,
The hottest thing alive" we hope
that those of you who have mothers
far and near will do all Within your
power to send her card, gift or offer
in some way, large or small, the one
thought that you haven't forgotten
her B.. some of US are more thought
full than others in regard to dear
mother and what she stands for the
rest of the 1854 days of each year;
nevertheless this coming Sunday
should find all families honoring
mother in some form 4. to those of
you whose mother has gone to her
great reward, you too can be very
close to her on that day in prayer
you also can think back to the many
happy and golden years that "God"
allowed mother to be with you
all in all, let's make it a glorious day
for mother, and may God give her
that consolation which is beyond all
earthly power. 3. . The following poem,
an original composition by Miss Doro-
thy NJ. Thomas who is at Howard
Medical School was offered your
columnist to assist in our tribute to
mother:
To you who have done so much for me
And helped me along the way
Of life's long rocky pathway,
To the place I hold today;
To you who have offered encourage
ment
When l thought that l was lost,
To you who have wiped my tears
away
When l was in deep remorse;
To you who sacrificed so much,
Who lent a helping hand,
Who built me up with love and such
From a weakling to what 1 am;
To you who offer up your prayers.
Der each and every night,
To God on High, to light the torch
To you who toll this very day
When you should be at rest,
To make life more worth living,
And to keep things at the best;
Your day will come, dear Mother.
When all you've ever craved,
In happiness and sweet content
viii be your very slave.
Your great reward is almost here;
feel it, mother dear,
You'll be the richest in the world
In diamonds of good cheer.
And close to you, right by your side
viii be a shining light,
A symbol of child of yours,
Who prays for you each night
And so, dear mother, though Pm gone
And though Pm far away,
Each thing do, each thing l seek
VIII all be yours some day,
So, please accept this simple gift
A token of my love,
And may God bless you, mother dear
With bounties from above.
SHAW HOUSE-The popular set
tlement house held it's annual closing
exercises of the year this week
three days and three nights founC
plenty of club groups, choruses. etc
showing their wares the Shaw
House has indeed enjoyed another sue
ccessful year under the Leadership OF
Morris Taylor who gave every group
full swing as he guided them from the
side lines when needed it is oul
opinion that, after Mr.. Taylor, Mrs
Beulah Hester is the next most i'm
Evening star., 1940-10-21
New Purchase Tax Jumps
Britain's Cost Of LiVinq

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 21.-A new pur-
chase tax went into effect today,
causing the already high cost Of liv-
ing in wartime Britain to take
sharp jump.
The tax, one of the measures en-
acted by the government to help
pay for the war, levies up to 1913
per cent on the wholesale price OF
goods.
Retailers pay the tax on the
wholesale value to the wholesalers,
then collect it from their custom
ers. Estimates on how high the tax
will reach in comparison with retail
prices vary, but most experts ex-
pect it to go to Is per cent.
The customer gets one break. Ray
mond Evershed, chairman Of the
Central Price Regulation Commit
tee, said it would be illegal under
the Price of Goods Act for retailers
to add the tax to goods in stock on
October 21."
These stocks are understood to be
substantial. and Evershed said 1.-The
public should be able to obtain goods
at the lower, untaxed price for a
considerable time TO come"
Exceptions to this rule are tailors
who do an annual business turnover
OF more than 1000 'about $4,000
They will have to charge the tax on
all suits not delivered before today.
Evening star., 1940-10-21

record for economy in State gov
ernment along other lines.
Mr.. Davey's own two admins
trations brought many charges Of
political corruption and the old sto-
ries told against him have been re-
vived He has genius for organ
ization, however, and a group that
sticks with him through thick and
thin, which account for his winning
the nomination this year. Had he
been opposed by single candidate
in the primary he might have been
defeated, but the opposition divided
its fire.
McSweeney's Campaign Active.
Mayor Burton is so popular in
Cleveland that he is expected to
carry it with a considerable ma
jority. This makes it practically
impossible for Mr.. McSweeney to
be elected. Mr.. McSweeney, how
ever, is conducting an active cam
paign and like Democrats in other
Evening star., 1940-10-21
u. S. Conscript Is Paid Highest
Of Worlds Military Droftees
S31 q Month Compares With Frenchmon's
IS 5Cents, Stowe Declares in Open Letter

won't buy much more than $l.50
in the U. S. A., so there you are.
Special Allowances Made.
In virtually all European coun-
tries special allowances and grants
are made for the families of reserv-'
lists who are called back to the
colors. Most governments british
allowances are considerably above
basic pay) do the best they can to
keep their soldiers dependents out
of want. Here in Rumania the
grants to reServists' families average
between 81 and 81 a month.
1t is virtually impossible for Euro
pean governments to compensate for
more than a fraction of the lost
income of their married citizens
under arms. That means that
women and children in all these
countries also make very real sac
rifices for the sake of the defense
of their homeland.
Maybe you have heard some
grumbling about the provisions Of
lllC SCi NASC
law. If you travelled around Europe
today. despite the great hardships
which tens of millions of people
are enduring, you would hear ex-
tremely little grumbling from the
millions Of young men who have
been conscripted or are facing 1t
tomorrow. They have all been
brought up to give one year or
more of their lives to the strength
ening of their countries military
defenses and virtually all of them
look upon that as patriotic duty
and a natural contribution-even In
service at 35 cents month.
To an outside observer 1t looks as
if some Americans were pretty lucky.
Just in case you draw top sergeant
who makes you sweat, maybe some
of these facts and figures will be
worth memorizing. Anyhow, I
thought some of you might be in
terested, especially when you draw
your first $30-or approximately 80
months wages for Hungarian con-
script.
Copyright, 1910, CHICAGO Daily News Inc)
Evening star., 1940-10-21
Pittsburgh Group Opposes
Social Security Extension
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 21.-Passage
OF the Wagner bill, which would eX-
tend social security to now exempt
municipal. county and State en-
ployes will be fought by Pittsburgh
district group, which announced
hopes of spreading its opposition
into a Nation wide move.
Those who organized to campaign
for defeat of the measure, which
now is in the Senate Finance Com
mittee, were representatives of the
Pittsburgh Police Pension Fund,
Suburban McKeesport Police Fund,
Pittsburgh Firemens Fund, Munich
pay Employees Fund, County En-
ploves Fund and school teachers.
This bill" said H. H. Moore.
named secretary of the permanent
organization yesterday, would place
us under the social security system.
We do not want that We have our
own pension funds and are thor
oughly satisfied with them
Furthermore. added Mr.. Moore.
placement of our groups under the
social security system might mean
disestablishment of our own funds.
The bill doesn't say"
Evening star., 1940-10-21
EVENING STAR WASHINGTON C., MONDAY OCTOBER 2 1910
Board Will Inquire
Into Plane S Crash
With Parachutist
Six Lose Lives as Croft
Becomes EntoneIed With
Shrouds Of Jumper
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MARIANNA, Ark, Oct. 21.-The
Civil Aeronautics Board planned to-
day to investigate a midair accident
in which six persons were killed
after a sightseeing plane became en-
tangled in a STINT mans parachute
at an air show and plunged 500 feet
to earth.
Eyewitnesses said the plane was
circling slowly around the descend
ing parachutist yesterday to give
four passengers a closeup view. The
craft became enmeshed in the para
chute's shrouds and plunged down.
ward, carrying the parachutist
with It.
The dead: Ipaul Nalejawa, 30,
Browerville, Mimi, the parachutist;
George Zorn, 30, Greenville, Miss,
the pilot; Lawrence De Marke. 80,
Mariana laundry owner; Paul
Bowie, IS, former marshal at
Brickeys, a nearby town; j. M. Cook
55, a plantation owner who lived
near Mariana, and Joe Campbell,
"a, Forrest City.
Mr.. Zorn had 10 years of flying
experience.
Evening star., 1940-10-21
Naval Vessels Operated
b. NEGROES Proposed

Resolutions urging that the Navy
provide a battleship, cruiser, sub
marine destroyer and aircraft car
rier ito be eventually manned and
officered by Negro sailors" were
being prepared for submission to
President Roosevelt today by the
United Government Employees. Fed
eral workers organization claiming
10000 members.
Representative of the organi-
zation. meeting yesterday at the
Shiloh Baptist Church, unanimously
adopted the resolution. which sug-
gested establishment of an "Annap-
oils at ST. Thomas, Virgin Islands,
to train colored naval officers.
The group approved the Army's
plan to segregate colored soldiers in
special units provided one or more
divisions of the Army shall be off,
cered completely by Negro officers
from major general down.
1t also proposed appointment of
special colored counselors and ad-
ministrative assistants to aid in
national defense.
Evening star., 1940-10-21
Railroad Workers 10 Get
$3.50, 900 in Back Pay

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA. Oct. 21.-The Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad will start dis.
tribution today of $3.50. 900 back pay
to 6,469 maintenance-of-w en-
ployes, the regional Office of the
Wage-Hour Division of the Labor
Department announced yesterday.
This amount, the announcement
stated, is the difference between the
wages the company paid the en-
ployes from october "a, 1888, to May
81, 1910, and the wages that should
have been paid under the Fair
Labor Standards Act.
The railroad, which operates in
North Carolina, South Carolina, Vir-
ginia, Georgia, Florida and Ala
bama, agreed to make full restitu-
ton" after court action had been
taken by the Federal agency and
employees, the regional Office said.
Twenty-eig division roadmasters
of the line will direct the payments.
Their paymasters will travel about
5000 miles to take the money to en-
ployes on various lines.
Distribution of the money is ex-
pected to be virtually completed by
october "a.
Evening star., 1940-10-21
Medical Association Chief
Urqes Cabinet Health Post
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Oct. 21.-Dr. Nathan B.
Van Etten of New York, president
of the American Medical Associ-
alton, believes a secretary of health
should be appointed to the Presi-
dents cabinet.
Speaking at st. Paul's Cathedral
yesterday, he said 1t was Serious
indictment of American civilization"
that the Nation should have to
draft 100000 men to secure a
physically fit 1000 900" for military
service.
He asserted a secretary Of health's
duties on defense against disease
would be as important as the re-
sponsibilities of the Secretary of
War against military enemy
Declaring a recent survey showed
that only So per cent of Americans
were physically competent for hard
work, he advocated careful annual
physical examinations for all school
children and extensive training for
physical fitness throughout school
life.
Evening star., 1940-10-21

States hopes that President Roose-
welt will make such a sweep that he
will ride to victory with him.
In Ohio the Republicans now
have l6 House seats to eight for
the Democrats. Barring a Roose-
welt sweep, which is not expected,
the Republicans believe sthey will
hold all these seats and perhaps
pick up another. Earlier this year
the Republicans elected J. Harry
McGregor in the 18th congressional
district. which had been held by a
Democrat, and elected Mrs. Chester
Bolton in the 22d district to fill
her late husbands place in the
House by a greater percentage Of
votes than Mr.. Bolton had been
elected in 1888.
Evening star., 1940-10-21

this year so that Senator Taft
might be the favorite-son candidate
Of Ohio for the Republican presi-
Dental nomination. He went the
limit to help Mr.. Taft in his active
campaign for that nomination. At
that, there were many Republicans
in Ohio who hoped for a presi-
Dental nomination for the Cover
nor. if and when it became apparent
that Senator Taft could not win.
Gov Bricker was the Ohio lace in
the hole" if and when the Repub-
lican convention deadlocked. In
deed had the Republicans adjourned
their convention after the fifth bal
lot it is entirely within the bounds
of possibility that Gov. Bricker
would have been put forward as a
compromise against Mr.. Willkie
There was no adjournment and
when Mr.. Taft went down to defeat
Mr.. Willkie was nominated.
Bricker Has Good Record.
Gov. Bricker's record in the State
house has been good He was
sharply attacked by President Roose-
velt and other New Dealers more
than year ago because he did not
yield Immediately to a request by
Mayor Burton of Cleveland to call
special session of the State Legis-
lature to make additional appropria-
tions and to raise more revenue to
NJ r,y, tho ra1;of loo RI no rf ;o,,lo r1u of
Cleveland. Under the direction of
the Governor, however, the situa-
ton was taken care of, funds were
found and the destitute in the Cleve-
land area were taken care of until
the Legislature met later in the
year. The New Dealers charged
that Gov. Bricker was trying to
make a record for. economy at the
expense of the poor, so as to in
crease his own chances for a
presidential nomination. While Mr.
Davey has made a reference now
and then to the incident, it has not
become real issue in the campaign.
When M. Davey entered the
campaign against Mr.. Bricker he
announced he intended to do away
with the 3 per cent sales tax in
Ohio, which raises about $500O0,0 900
revenue year. He said he would
provide some other way of raising
the revenue. He did not find this
a popular move, however. and has
abandoned his demand for repeal,
saying he would do nothing until
he had the advice of experts, after
he becomes Governor. Mr.. Davey
when he retired from Office, left
deficit of 81, 100000 in the public
school foundation program of Ohio,
dear to the hearts of the school
people-and the people who send
their children to public schools.
Gov. Bricker has already reduced
this deficit by 5000, 900 and has .
Evening star., 1940-10-21
Lincoln
Continued From First Page)

been a storm center in Ohio politics
for years. He has divided the Demo-
cratic party into bitterly warning
factions. Two years ago he lost the
Democratic gubernatorial nomina-
tion-after serving two terms as
chief executive of the State-to
Charles Sawyer, Democratic ma
tional committeeman, and Mr..
Sawyer, in turn, lost to Gov.
Bricker.
Mr.. Davey came to political life
again this year. In a seven-man
contest he won the nomination for
Governor. The disgust of Mr..
Sawyer was tremendous at this turn
of affairs. So strong is the feeling,
that the Democrats in Ohio have
now two sets of headquarters. one
handling the campaign for Mr..
Davey for Governor and other State
officers, and 4he other handling ex-
clusively the campaign to carry the
Buckeye State for President RooSe-
welt. This bitterness does not help
either the Democratic State ticket
or the national ticket.
Mr.. Sawyer simply will not have
anything to do with Mr.. Davey. Two
years ago they were throwing verbal
brickbats at one another and the
feelings aroused have not quieted.
Mr.. Davey. in January of 1888, be-
fore the State campaign got under
way, made the following uncompli-
mentary reference to Mr.. Sawyer:
You hit below the belt, you cam
paign from behind and strike in
the back with a poison dagger"
Had Troubles With Roosevelt.
Mr.. Davey had his troubles with
Mr. Roosevelt during his admins
tration of State affairs and was
persona non grata at the White
House. In November, 1893, after the
Ohio State elections, Mr.. Davey ex-
pressed the following opinion of
President Roosevelt:
1T seems to me that what has
happened to us Democrats Is that
we have taken to our bosom all the
radicals and nuts in the United
States and tried so hard to please
them that we've made every one
else uneasy. The Democratic
nomination for President in 1910
may not be worth much"
Now Mr.. Davey heads the Ohio
Democratic State ticket and must
run with Mr.. Roosevelt. The former
Governor apparently has recanted
his earlier beliefs and expressions
regarding the President, for as he
campaigns about the State now he
speaks always In praise Of the Chief
Executive and urges his reelection.
Gov. Bricker stood aside early
Evening star., 1940-10-21
SPECIAL NOTICES.

I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
debts Py MnNsN a1y S9s Other
I'd. North, Arlington, Va. :l'
SITES, y in Congressional Cemetery,
beautifully situated near main entrance.
Very cheap. AID. 1871 for information.
MCKINNEY, FLANNERY g. CRAIGHILL
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP NOTICE NO rs:
Notice IS hereby given this lst day ", Of
general partner. and George Hewitt Myers
special partner. have withdrawn from the
med co and on October s 1915 Myes
H. Quail, resident of Hyattsville, Mary
land vas admitted as a general partner partner
of Richmond. Virginia. as a special partner
n ssid lmited ;. Partnership OF ~ E
and ID
John Rowland Hill as general partners, an
evidenced by a certificate duly recorded in
the Office Of the Clerk of the Supreme
Court of the District OF Columbia tnow
District of Columbia. on october ! st, 929.
and renewed and reconstructed by certi-
Apr 1sf 9 SS Both 1884 and
January ,and. 1899, and said limited part
constituted and will be continued by said
Yelverton E. Booker. Harry W Finney and
Myles H. Quail, As general partners, and
Elizabeth Booker Morton as special part
purpose OF transacting a general invest
ment, banking and stock and bond broker
tember 80. 1850. unless sooner dissolved
by mutual consent, with the total capital
OF Seventy-five Thousand Dollars tS15.O0Ol.
Of which the special partner, Elizabeth
Booker Morton. has contributed Fifty
Thousand Dollars $3.50. .000), and the ofhces
the American Security Building. 73O Fiji
steenth Street NV. Washington, D. c. The
business OF the partnership will be trans
acted by the general partners only. Eliza
beth Booker Morton special partner shall
not be liable for or subject to any loss or
liability beyond the amount of her afore-
MIzABETH BOOKER MORTON
YELvERToN E. BOOKER,
HARRY w. FINNEY
MYLES H. QUAIL.
Evening star., 1940-10-21
Helen Lackaye Found
Dead Of Heart Attack
While on Train Trip
Actress, Member Of D. c.
Stoee Family, Had Been
Visiting Sister Here

Helen Lackaye, actress and mem
Der of a Washington family well
known to the stage, was found dead
of a heart attack Saturday night
In her seat on a train when it ar
rived at Jersey City. N. J. It was
to have taken her from Washing
ton to New York City.
Miss Lackaye, sister of the late
Wilton and James Lackaye. both
noted Washington-born thespians,
had been visiting here with her sis
ter, Mrs. Alfred H. Anadale, 9006
First avenue. Silver Spring, Md.
Retired from the stage few years
ago. Miss Lackaye recently had been
dramatic instructor at the Summit
Country Day School in Cincinnati,
Ohio, She also took part in radio
dramas produced in New York City.
Born Helen Lackey, she took the
name Lackaye, following the exam
pie of her brothers. for stage reasons.
Wilton Lackaye. whom she followed
on the stage, was widely acclaimed
for his portrayal of Svengali in
"Trilby."
Miss Lackaye was educated here
at the Sacred Heart Convent. She
received her early stage training
with the old Carroll Institute dra-
matte group. Later she played in
the original production of Secret
Service" with William Gillette, and
had parts in such dramas as Cap
tain Applejack" Bought and Paid
For" The Bluebird" and over
tones She also did ShakeSpearean
roles with the famous team of E. H.
Sothern and Julia Marlowe
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow at the Anadale home
with mass at ST Michaels Catholic
Church in Silver Spring. Burial
will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1940-10-21
Maurice A. Shea Dies;
Chain Theuter Operator
BY the Associated Press.

by tne hSSoClhlcu Eicso'
NEW YORK, Oct. 2l.-Maurice A.
Shea. so, operator of 40 motion pic
ture theaters in New England and
the Middle West and formerly man
ager Of Will Rogers, Elsie Janis and
Vernon and Irene Castle. died Sat-
urday in Hardness Medical Pavilion.
A native of Willimansett, Mass,
Mr.. Shea attended Brewster Acad-
emy at Wolfboro, N. H., before be-
ginning his 35-year career In the
theatrical business. He started as
a vaudeville agent. but turned to
movie theaters when the films sup
planted vaudeville.
Evening star., 1940-10-21
By LELAND STOWE,

Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent.
BUCHAREST, Oct. 2l.-This is an
open letter to the 100000 Ameri-
Cans who will soon be engaged in
compulsory military service for the
first time in American history as a
peacetime contribution to national
safety.
Dear Fellow Yanks:
Maybe it looks pretty tough, this
prospect of spending a whole year
totlng a gun. I've been wandering
around Europe since the war began.
mostly in countries where at least
one out of every four males has been
put into uniform and has to stay
there Indefinitely. After seeing the
mobilized manpower from London
to Moscow, Istanbul and way sta
tions. I have concluded that We
Americans are about the luckiest
people on earth-now more SO than
we ever Were-and I've been Won
dering about things, too.
For instance. how would you like
to swap places with an Italian buck
private and serve your country at a
boosted wartime wage of $l.50 a
month? Or how would you have
enjoyed being a French poilu and
being thrown into the path OF the
blitzkrieg in Flanders at the wage
level of 35 cents month? Or how
would it appeal to you to be con-
scripted for one or two years serv-
ice or more in any one of five Bal
kan countries whose average pay
for conscript soldiers amounts to
less than 35 cents a month?
Americans Get 81 a Day.
Military attaches tell me that
American privates. even under the
gigantically swollen expense load
of our new compulsory service law,
will still be paid 81 day.
That would sound like fabulous
good fortune to any young Euro
pean, especially to those in 10 or a
dozen countries where the unmar-
ried conscript never pockets any
thing except a mere pittance equiv
alent to a few packages of ciga-
rettes a month.
You might be interested to know
that the German soldiers are better
off than any others on the Conti-
nent. They get so pfennigs a
month. With the mark pegged at
2 marks so to the dollar, officially.
that seems to work out at $6 a
month. but it is an admitted fact
that its purchasing power inside
Germany today is considerably
lower than that. But if you called
it the equivalent of or 4 Amer
lean dollars a month that still
amounts to very handsome wages
for any European conscript, which
makes me wonder how many Amer
leans would fight for their country
without a grumble for 81 a month
and how many of you, when you
pull on your uniforms, will realize
that you are making your debut as
the best-paid soldiers in the world.
Anyhow, I thought you might be
interested in how young. unmar-
ried fellows over here get recon-
pensed for what they have accepted
as a patriotic duty from the time
they we're old enough to play at
soldering with wooden sticks. Here's
the most complete and accurate list
I've been able to assemble. Please
remember, however, that exact fig
ures in dollars and cents are diff
cult to figure out because many
nations curriencies are really much
lower than the officially given rate.
So some of these figures are higher
than they should be in terms Of
purchasing power.