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overdone, but Katherine Adams
truthfully had her Just share, and,
In addition, was highly educated and
mentally equipped for the position
Of First Lady Of the land. Unfor-
tunately, however, about tho time
Congress selected her husband to
I'LL the ofice Of President. her health
began to fail and his administration
was socially rather quiet one. OF
her, a writer says:
"She was q person far beyond the
average woman Of her generation.
She early received advantages en-
toyed by few Of her predecessors
and perhaps none Of her successors"
Stormy Period.
Socially, Jackson's administra-
tons were. to . degree, stormy be-
cause of the introduction into society
Of Mrs. Eaton, who before her mar
rage to 1t. John Bowie Timberlake.
U. s. NJ, was Margaret ONeale,
daughter Of william O'Neale, pro-
prietor Of the Franklin House, then
at the northeast corner Of Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Twenty-first
street. After the death OF 1t. Tim
berlake she married Gen. John H.
Eaton, then in the United States
Senate. but later serving in Jack
sons cabinet as Secretary Of War.
The other wives Of members Of the
cabinet refused to take Mrs. Eaton
on even terms, which resulted In
tho acceptance by the President Of
the designations OF several Of his
cabinet officers. In other words,
Jackson went out of his way to pro-
tect Peggy" as she was called, be-
cause Of the way his wife had been
vilihed during his campaign for the
presidency.
President Jackson's two nieces.
Mrs. Andrew jackson Donelson and
Mrs. Andrew Jackson. IT,. wife Of
the generals adopted son, assisted
the President In social matters.
Mrs. Donelson was q slender woman
Of about middle height, with dark.
auburn hair, brown eyes and q won-
derful complexion. She Is said to
have borne = striking resemblance
to Mary Stuart. Her four children
were born in the White House.
When Martin Van Buren, became
President he had been q widower
for a number Of years, and the
social duties devolved upon Z
daughter in-law, Angelica Single
ton, who had married the Presi-
dents son Martin. She was q beau
tiful South Carolina belle, woman
of fine personality, in addition to
her other endowments, and she
performed her duties in the most
pleasant fashion during the four
years Van Buren, was President.
Mrs. Harrison, wife of William
Henry Harrison, never occupied the
White House, for hardly had q
month elapsed before he died. a
the result, 1t Is said, Of being inces-
sanity worried by ONCE seekers
Mrs. Harrison had not attended the
inaugural ceremonies.
!. His successor. John Tyler. wa
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Pier at Atlantic City. and had been
able to chisel q picket or two out Of
Mr.. Heinz minions a. . memento
Of the visit.
"Ahem!" limited. "How about q
souvenir Of your Justly famous prod
uct? After all, I came here to learn
about making money, and"
And we have been very pleased
to have YOU" said Mr.. A. II ex-
pect great things of your visit"
That's just the point" I said.
II do want to warn the public
about counterfeits. Just think how
awful 1t would be If any one took a
fake 100000 motel We must not let
that happen. I see you have duph-
cate specimens. Now, surely you can
spare one Is . souvenir. It would
inspire me to write one Of the great
est articles ever produced"
"1'u tell you what you do" he
said. you look At 1t here just as
long As you like. and describe 1t ~
well a. you can. I shall look for
ward with great interest to what
ever you write"
The following, then, Is the correct
procedure when presented With q
100000 note. The first thing for
tho citizen to do is to pinch him
self to see If he is asleep. Usually
that Is all the test that Is necessary;
In the vast majority Of cases, he will
be asleep, and the problem Is solved.
In the one case In million where
he Is awake, extreme caution Is
needed, especially If the passer only
wants . package Of chewing gum
and Is asking for q rebate Of $780,
$685..
The genuine certificate Is q gold
note with q portrait on 1t, not, as
might have been expected, Of AL
Capone, but Of Woodrow Wilson.
II It looks old and worn, 1t is prob
ably counterfeit, ~ genuine 500, 600
bills circulate rather slowly. On the
whole, the safest plan when pre-
sented with one Of these certificates
IL to lie, II necessary, and say that
you cannot break 1t. It might be
annoying to get stuck with fake
IN or sawbuck. but Annoying" Is
hardly the right word to use in the
case Of . hundred "a" note.
In conclusion, the writer wishes
to express his appreciation to Mr..
A for his splendid cooperation,
and to Chief Frank J. Wilson for
making 1t possible-and 70 leave lais
telephone number Ia case the Treas
ury ever rescinds the ground rule
against passing out souvenirs.
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molds. The boy, 1t seems, had been
inspired by having seen our movie,
Know Your Money Let me show
it to you now"
Upon adjournment to another Of
fice equipped with a sound-projec-
ton machine it was run OF for my
benefit. It is q melodrama In one
act, with one hero, one heroine and
two villains, all parts having been
played by the local Office stan. The
hero, . grocer and the heroine, 4
groceries,, are visited by a pair Of
counterfeiters who drive up. One
remains at the wheel and the other
goes In to buy . pack of cigarettes
with q $40 bill. which Is spotted as
phony. While the hero retires to
the back to check on 1t and call for
radio motorcycle police the woman
stalls the customer, tells him he'll
have q wait for his change and re-
marks on what nice weather 1t is.
In way this is rather pathetic, be-
cause for the next 10 years 1t will
not matter much to the counter.
letters what sort of weather they
have. as they will be indoors, with
no wind or rain in their hair. Sure
enough the law charges up and
takes them on after the grocer ini-
tials the bill, 50 that 1t may be iden-
titled in court as exhibit A. The
Aim concludes with lessons on how
to detect the difference between
counterfeit and genuine bills and
coins, as well.
Some Real Money.
"And now" said Mr.. A., upon our
return to his Office, for refresh-
ing change. How would you Ike to
see some real money!" ~
why" I remarked In surprise.
do you have any left In the Treas
urys"
look over there on the wall In
that glass case" he said.
In 1t was every kind Of paper
money issued for tho last 20 years
or more, and plenty Of it. The
observation-disclosures was couple OF
bills for 100000 apiece-but there
were others that were far from be-
ing chicken feed-two for SIC, 900,
two for 5000 and smaller ones TO
MI out the corners. It Is generally
conceded that Mynheer Rubens,
M. Vatican and Sir Joshua Rey-
nolds could swing mean brush, but
In the opinion Of your correspondent
they never turned out anything
hall 20 lovely a. this display. II
held mo spellbound.
Suddenly I had . thought. Years
ago, a. q boy, ! had visited the Heinz
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got a raw deal. He once did nine
years for counterfeiting q SO
bill, and now. instead Of getting hall
that amount for this five. what does
the Judge do but hand him another
10 years! I'm afraid he didn't
make much out Of the deal. He
passed only four notes, and was
fined $1,000"
This case was typical. Five
counterfeiters arrested in New York
this spring with $4,000 Of false
money In their possession had sue
ceeded in passing only $1l0 Of it.
There seems to be no really good
place to unload a counterfeit. It
might be supposed that world fairs
or race tracks would be likely spots,
but such is not the case. Cashiers
there are as quick to detect them
as anywhere else. Counterfeiting
was once q serious menace, but Is
now well under control. Last year
over . million dollars OF phony
money was in circulation; this year
it has dropped to $124,000, out Of
a total genuine circulation Of ~
oo0, 900 900.
1T will, suppose, never be en-
tirely stopped?" ! suggested. Wont
there always be class Of so-called
smart operators to pit their wits
against yours?"
There will" he agreed, except
that they are not smart and Ger
tainly don't use their wits. II they
were and did, they'd be In some
other une-and no matter what it
was, 1t would pay them better than
counterfeiting. The simple truth
Of the matter is that the earning
power Of the average counterfeiter
is so small Is to be pitiable, ana Is
about that Of . Chinese coolie. Lit
orally and truly, he could better his
financial position by going on re-
lief.
"Weak-willed young men, toying
with the idea Of joining some
counterfeiting gang, perhaps as
passers, will scott 1T my statement.
To them it would seem the height
of absurdity that those who actual
ly make their own money could be
so poor"
$6S for 500.
Mr.. A produced figures to prove
it. Last fiscal year there was $124,-
600 counterfeit money in circula-
ton, and 800 arrests were made.
The average career Of q counter
feiter lasts six months, and his Az
erase Isentence is I'VE years. In
other words, during this total time.
1900 days, 900 men made" 4l24,-
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osities, and no longer appear, at
least not for use in the United
States. Consider that one at which
you are looking. It has Lincoln's
portrait on it, and that alone is
enough to shout in a loud voice that
It was intended to be for IS.
The man who raised it to $500
would have had slim chance
of passing 1t here, although he did
succeed in victimi1ng some one in
Europe"
Eyes, I can see that" replied.
But most Of these others look like
pretty fair Jobs"
"Oh. no. they're not" he protested.
"One glance is enough for US to tell
the difference. Notice the portrait
Of Hamilton on this SO fake. It is
dull, smudgy and scratchy-also
the background Is too dark, and
has irregular broken lines. Look at
the seal. See how the sawtooth'
points on it are uneven and stubbed,
instead Of being clear and sharp.
Then. too, the serial numbers are
poorly printed and badly spaced"
And no doubt the ink Is poor,
and will rub off If moistened?" I
suggested.
I'm glad you mentioned that"
he said. IT'D like to get 1t across to
the public that the ink test is ahso-
lutely no good. II a counterfeiter
were to make bill whose ink did
not rub oil, he would be doing US q
favor, not himself. Unfortunately,
1t can be rubbed OF genuine bills
too. No. the public needs other
means OF Identification than that
the ones I have given you.
The detection of counterfeits has
always been 80 easy for Us that for
q long time we failed to realize
that there was any necessity to edu-
cate the public along that line. But
we do now, by means Of circulars
and more particularly by our movie,
Know Your Money This film,
shown to millions of people, has
done q lot toward stopping counter
feiters. III show 1t to you later.
When every one knows what q
counterfeit bill looks IKE, the mar
ket for them win be destroyed"
I continued to look through the
book. II believe I could spot this
one" I said, lingering = rather on
color I'VE spot.
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Mrs. Washington Lived
Before Time of Mansion
Dolly Madison Occupant
Of Historic Position
In Brilliant Talented List
By John Claeen Proctor
By John Clagett Proctor.

One Of the questions the this country particular
like to have answered for thembut which
degree Of certany who
after this interest
to the the country
President which, likewise November
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Heavily Punished.

"Ah, yes" he said. "A specimen
by one Of our old clients, Harry
Mills. Dear old Harry He won't
make any more until 1850. It's Just
possible that Harry may think he
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Czech Party Planning
Revolt Against Hitler
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 2.-Bedrtck
stampher. refugee Czecho-slo
editor, asserted yesterday he and his
associates in the Social Democratic
party Of his now extinct native land
were planning a revolutionary move
ment against Adolf Hitler.
In the United States for three
months Of soliciting financial and
moral help from labor groups afali-
ated with the American Federation
OF Labor, he said he addressed the
Pennsylvania convention of the A.
F. l.. in Pittsburgh and received
assurances Of support in an attempt
to revive the trade union movement
in Germany and the countries Ger.
many has taken over.
I'VE intend to prepare the revo-
luton against Hitler he said, de-
parting from La Guardia Airport on
the Yankee Clipper en- route to
Lisbon after a three months visit
in this country.
Nobody can tell when it will come,
but it may be after the first military
defeat the Nazis suffer-"
Stampher said a large part of Ger
many was hostile to Hitler and that
"the peoples Of the various countries
eaten up by the Germans will prove
to be indigestible.
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Hudson Shud Take
largest Since 1890
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May "A record
shad take Of 324, 900 pounds for one
days fishing was established yes
terday in the Hudson. the Bureau
of Fisheries reported today. It was
the largest since 1890, when the
bureaus records were established.
The shad run up the Hudson,
which usually starts about the
middle Of April and was delayed
this year because Of cool weather,
suddenly broke yesterday.
Because of the unusual size of the
run, fishermen said, 1t probably
would last only about two and one
half weeks instead of q month.
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Misplaced Church

PUEBLO, Colo. R.-Mr. and Mrs.
]. D. Vine live at. nearby Vineland
and J. D. Jackson and Frank jack
son lives on jackson street, but the
Lake Avenue Baptist Church in
Pueblo isn't on Lake avenue. It's
on Van Buren street.
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Woman Dies Few Months
Before 113th Birthday
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TAMPA, Fla, May 2.-"Grandma"
Martha Weeks, who would have
been 113 years old in August, died
at her rural home yesterday.
Her age was verified by the State
Welfare Department when she came
to town three years ago to sign
up for a pension.
With her first $3.50 check, she
went on a shopping spree" buy
ing a f1ashlight, dress and a new
briar pipe to replace the corncob
she had smoked for years.
Mrs. Weeks was born In st. Angus
tine in 1927. Menfolk of her family
went of to four wars in her life
time.
Arcepfino hoe MI 10 Jfr Dr;oa NV,
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Specs Sailors Reported
Enjoying Free Rein

BY the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, May 2-Pas-
sengers arriving yesterday from
South America on the Mccormick
steamer West Ira reported that Ger
man sailors from the scuttled Graf
Won Spec were walking the streets
in Buenos Aires in uniform and ap-
peared plentifully supplied with
money.
William r. Burke, retired lumber.
man, said there was no indication
the Argentine government had taken
measures to send the sailors into
the interior.
1T was reported in Montevideo," :"
Mr.. Burke said, "the hulk of the
Won Spec had been sold to a syndi-
cate for 100000.
BY the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, May 2-Minis-
ter Of the Interior Diogenes Taboada
was reported today to have accepted
in principle the German Embassy's
suggestion that the more than $50
members Of the crew Of the Graf
Spec now quartered in the naval
arsenal here be distributed among
German business concerns which
have offered to employ them.
The crew members would be placed
in groups of from 20. to 80 each
among German-owned factories, but
Taboada was said to be insisting
that no dismissals be made to make
room for the Germans.
Evening star., 1940-05-02

sparrows did over $32;eoo, 900 dam
ago In England In the last year.
Evening star., 1940-05-02

Argentina has made its Price Con-
troll Committee permanent organi-
zation.
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tuinty to participate in the In
ternational Olympics. Eva B e in,
Jean Lapheimer, Lorraine Fischer,
Janice Lifson, Dorothy Simpson
and Adele Braverman are some of
Miss Epstein's proteges who are
still cutting through the waters
of America at or d breaking
speed. All of these mentioned were
considered excellent prospects for
the Finnish Olympics which were
supposed to have been held this
past summer. Likewise, the male
contingent = AL Schwartz, Mike
Steffin, AL Patnik, Hal Kramer,
Lou Abelson, Sig Meyers, Harold
Gutenberg and Fred Delinsky are
till in the running for mems
aquatic honors. Only one of these,
AL Patnik, won a national title
during the past swimming year.
It was the a m e in 1938-1939.
However, AL Green was a men,
Der Of the A.A.U. swimming team
that participated in South Ameri-
ca on a recent good will tour.
Hockey will miss the genius and
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JEWS IN SPORTS
The Year In The World of Sports

continued from preceding page)
oro legion. There was as there
sas heen for the last twenty years,
~ 49, outstanding Jewish basketeer
q" a. almost every big team in the
country ~ AS evidenced in New
vork University = an Eastern
a,,intet led the parade with the
aualitv necessary to a national
championship. Two youngsters
Anerbach and Kaplowitz-earned
fame from Coney Island to the
Coast for their work this past
,,oar with the Violets. /. +. A Du-
binskv was outstanding for st.
Iohn's along with a Garfinkel,
while three kids from Temple
Mendy Snyder, Howard Kahn and
RiIlv Bechtoff were musts on all
star ouintets. The Midwest pro-
duced such sharpshooters as Spell
man and Hank Guberg while the
Far West went overheard for the
work of Cantor of st. Mary's,
Shulman of Colorado. Rifkin,
Klein and Weiner were the talk of
the Southwest. All Of these and
others could be seen at the Gar
den games when top-notch quin-
tets the country over came to
play. |
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Jewish preliminary fighters and
Would-be champions can be listed
in the scores. Make Shapiro and
Davey Day loom as possible light
weight title contenders. Sollv
Krieger, recognized in some states
as the middle-weight champion,
has seen his best days. The ever
present Make Baer has bounced
back onto the heavyweight scene
for the fourth time since he lost
his title to Jim Braddock-but at
81, Make Baer is old beyond his
years. It is in this one field alone
that the Jewish fan will have to
be patient to wait the coming of
a new champion-a champion who
will lift this sport back to the lev
ell on which Benny Leonard and
Barney Ross fought.
TRACK AND FIELD
Those who were nimble and
those who were quick suffered
keen disappointments in this last
year. 1910 was scheduled to be
an Olympic year and American
youth-(among them a score of
Jewish boys and girls) had
planned to make the trip to Fin
land and the Tenth Olympiad. The
Olympics were scratched and, to
appease the American athlete,
hasty trips were arranged to
South America, Central America,
Japan, and make-shift form Of
National Championship was moved
to the Coast.
Some of the athletes mentioned
on our honor roll of track and
field hold national as we'll as in
tercollegiate records. Some have
created speed marks at the Gar
den, the Penn Relays, the IC.4-A
jambOrees. In the case of events
on the track and field program
where no Jewish athlete holds a
national or intercollegiate title,
we have placed the name of the
Jewish performer whom we think
best.
60-yard dash - Sam Stoller,
Myron Piker, Allan Tollmich, Les
ter Lichenstein.
100 yards = Glickman, Piker,
Tepfer (Arizona).
220 yards = Bresnick, N.Y.U.;
Piker, Stoller.
600 yards = Bresnik, N.Y.U.;
Sanford Goldberg (Millrose A.A.).
$50 yards = Sanford Goldberg;
Abe Rosenkrantz, Michigan Nor
NAL; Barney Kopensky.
1000 yards = Sanford Goldberg.
One Mile = Sanford Goldberg,
1t. Richard Bauer, Shore A.C.;
Harry Mendelsohn, N.Y.A.C.
Is kilo. walk = Irving Horo-
WITT, Y.M.H.A.
l mile walk Sid Abramo-
WITT, Y.M.H.A.; Fred Sharaga, Y.
Mia.
12O hurdles dow = Allen Toll
mich, Klopstock, Pacific Coast;
Len Einsidler, unatt.
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22O hurdles (high) = Milton
Green, Tollmich.
High jump = Sander, North
eastern; Victor Cohen, unatt.:
Wise, Princeton.
Broad jump - Leon Lovins.
Discuss = Phil Levy, Burton
LASER.
Shot put = Howard Brill, NY.
A.C.; Taylor, unatt.; Rubow, Wis
consin.
Hammer throw = Arthur Loeb,
Yale.
Javelin throw = Len Minswy
unatt.; Israel Levy.
5000 meters = Will Stein, Bal
timore.
Marathon = Will Steiner.
There are others on college
track teams and Y.M.H.A. teams
who in all probabilities will come
through in the next year. How
ever, without any question the
honors for performance during
1939-40 must go to Sanford Gold
berg, the flying fireman of New
York City who gets the nod from
Allan Tollmich, hero of the past
two years. Goldberg's achieve
ments rate him as one of the bet
ter middle distance men and up
and-coming miller.
AUTO-RACING, HORSE
RACING and EMBRACING
Mauri Rose = the only Jewish
driver of the juggernauts-placed
third at the Indianapolis Speed
way Memorial Day 500 Mile Clas-
sic. . He drove brilliantly and
well throughout the year but the
Chaplinesque figure of the speed
ways did not drive we'll enough
again to attain the Number One
driving position that was his when
the A.A.A. voted him that most
coveted of speed racing awards.
In the midget field, Jesse Silver
of Atlanta, Isadore Coleman of
Baltimore, Harry Hozins of Ell
mira rank supreme. These minia-
ture speed wagons are to a GER
tain extent more dangerous than
the laundering buggies driven by
Rose. In this same review last
year the names of Pete Goodstein
and Frank Rubins were men
toned. We regret to say that these
two excellent drivers were killed
in action.
Whatever may happen to the
world in general-that grand tri-
umvirate of trainers Max, Bud
dy and Mary Hirsch still go on.
The only combination of father,
son, daughter on the American
race track, theirs has been a not
ed one in the betterment of the
breed in this country. Famous the
world over, these three have long
been familiar figures in the breed
ing and racing stables. For Mary,
this is her fourth year as the only
woman trainer in the country. .
Inevitably and invariably when
ever trainers are mentioned
Hirsch Jacobs, ex-pigeon fancier
of Brooklyn, comes to mind.
Hirsch has been top-money train
er for the last eight years, despite
the fact that he has never saddled
a Preakness, a Belmont or a Der
by winner.
Sam Renick still rules supreme
as the American Jewish jockey,
with Charley Rosengarten a close
second. Other Jewish riders in big
money stables are the brothers
Hanford- Ira and Jerry; Sammy
Renicks brother Joe; and Eddie
Litzenberger.
Jewish Harry Mendel, now in
the boxing field as co-manager of
Tony Galento Che took over when
Joe Jacobs died) is the one and
only Jewish impressario of the
six-day bike-riding circuits.
SOCCER, SWIMMING, HOCKEY
1t is still regrettable, as we re-
port every year, that soccer still
has to capture the fancy of the
American public as it did when
the HakoahS made their first
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BOXING

This year, the second in success
sion, no Jewish title holder reigns
supreme although the number of