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Evening star., 1941-03-22

AMBLER, GEORGE NJ. Omcers and
members of Miriam Chapter No. 4, o. E. S.
are requested to attend the funeral OF Past
Patron GEORGE NJ. AMBLER Sunday,
March %. 194l, at > pm, at the Mcclure
funeral home, 1870 9th st. NV. By order
OF the worthy matron
SISTER MARY POLLIVER. W M.
BROTHER ROBERT ANDERSON, W. p.
SISTER BLAUNCHE BURTON, Sec.
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STRONG. son of the late Harrison and
Emma Armstrong and brother of Dolly L.
and the late James F. ArmStrong Also
sufvlvlng are Two nleees, tnree hepine%Ss'
After 4 pm. Sunday. friends may call
At the Mcguire funeral home $50 9th
st, NV, where services viii be held on
Monday March "a, at 1870 pm, Rev
Luther Mills officiating. Interment Wood
lawn Cemetery. 24t
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AYLMER, MARGARET o. On Friday.
March II, 194l, at her home, 5?2l2 3rd
st. NV, MARGARET o AYLMER.
Friends are invited to call at Gawler's
chapel 1856 Pa ave NV. where services
will be held on Monday, March "a, at $40
am thence TO St Patrick's Catholic
Church, 10th and G Sts. NV, where mass
will be offered at 8 am. lnterment Holy
Rood Cemetery 23
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Mrs. Roosevelt S 'Petticoterje'
Many Women of Press Numbered
Among Her Personal Friends

Printers ink has stained the
fingers OF a number of ,Dorlen
Uho enjoy Mrs. Franklin d.
RooseUelt's triendship-part of
the Capital "petticoterie." Per-
sondlittes and adventures of these
ladies OF the press are described
By Vesta Keeling in this second
OF tour stories for The Stars Spe-
ctdl NetUs Service.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Fan on Punch Boards
Dnder Unfair Trade
Charge Considered
Precedent Is Set us
Commission Attacks
Firm Making Device

The Federal Trade Commission
had under Amusement today case
involving for the first time an effort
to bar punch boards and similar lot
terry devices from interstate COM
merce by seeking TO prove the man.
ufacturer guilty of an unfair trade
practice.
The novel question was submitted
after arguments yesterday after
noon on a complaint against the
Hamilton Manufacturing Co.
Efforts to invoke the Federal
Trade Act to stop the sale of mer-
chandise through gambling schemes
hitherto have been brought against
the retailers and this was the first
such case directed against a manu-
facturer.
D. C. Daniel, trial attorney for
the commission, contended the man.
ufacturer of device admittedly
used only to carry on a lottery was
just as guilty of selling goods by
unfair competition as the merchant
who used a punch board. But J.
Bond Smith, counsel for the manu-
facturer. maintained that the Fed
eral Trade Commission had no au-
thority to bar merchandise from
interstate commerce, so long as it
was produced honestly and not sold
under false pretenses.
Lottery Device Admitted.
In its reply, Mr.. Daniel pointed
At1t 70 Ea nF nt, ,y;,,r
Co. admitted it was engaged in
manufacturing lottery device.
IF it is violation of the law for
q merchant to sell goods through
this device the Government at
torney argued, lit certainly is vio-
lation for the manufacturer to dis
tribute it for the purpose
Mr.. Daniel cited a case in which
the commission and the courts had
held manufacturer guilty in the
sale Of a fraudulent piece of mfr-
chandise, although it was actually
sold to the public only by third per-
sons, the ultimate vendors. BY SINH
lar reasoning, he maintained the
manufacturer of punch board
would be carrying out an unfair
trade practice.
In discussing another case in
which the Supreme Court held that
the manufacturer of sugar and other
articles sold to defendant who used
them to make illicit liquor could not
be held to blame, Mr.. Daniel pointed
out that the products mentioned had
legitimate uses. but "a punchboard
has only one use. as a lottery"
Sees "Obvious Effort"
In arguing for the respondents
that the commission was without
authority. Mr.. Smith said: THE
complaint in this case fails to attack
q SIMPLE method in which our mer-
chandise was sold. 1t is an obvious
effort to bar punchboards from in
terstate commerce. The use of these
boards. of course. involves an ele-
ment of chance, but the commission
never has been given authority to
stop their sale"
Mr.. Smith declared that for Is
years interested persons had been
trying without result to get Con-
gress to extend its power to stop the
sale Of all devices which might be
used in gambling.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Bride>Elect
TOBe Feted

Mr. Frank Holcomb, son of Maj.
Gen. Thomas Holcomb, comman-
dant Of the Marine Corps, and Mrs
Holcomb, will be host at a garden
party at the commandant's house
at the Marine Barracks Monday
June 2, for Miss Nancy Lee Hos
kinson and her flance, Mr.. James
Michael O'Grady.
The marriage of Miss Hoskinson,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Hileary G..
Hoskinson, and Mr.. O'Grady, son OF
Mrs. Cyril Edmunds of London,
England and the late James M. E.
OGrady will take place Wednesday
afternoon, June II. Mr.. Holcomb
will be best man.
Miss HoskinSon will be attended
by her sister, Mrs. James Stephen
Clifford, jr., of Philadelphia, who
will be matron of honor. Miss
Julienne Cahill will be her maid of
honor Miss Hoskinson also will
have as her attendants Mrs. Grant
Boss, Miss Doris Becker, Miss Mar
got O'Grady, sister of the BRIDE
groom; Miss Nancy Rheem and Miss
Ruth Quinn.
Ushers at the wedding which will
take place in the Sulgrave Club at
o'clock, will include Mr.. Hileary F.
Hoskinson, brother of the bride,
and her cousin, Mr. John Henry
HoSkinSOn Mr.. Robert Wright
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Priorities Field Service
Established by 0. P. N.

Establishment of priorltles field
service was announced yesterday by
the Office of Production Manage
inent. which was understood to be
contemplating setting up prioritiei
Offices in larger cities throughout
the United States.
Details of the new field service
we're not revealed. but it was under
stood that it will give advice about
priorities and possibly assist in
checking operation of the priorities
system. Names of cities in which
ofices are to be located were not
given.
L. E. Scriven of Evanston, Ill, and
c. C. Laird, jr.. of New York were
appointed co-directors of the service
by z. r. Stettinius, jr director Of
priorities. Each will have the title
of assistant deputy director of prior
titles.
Three other assistant deputy di-
rectors also we're named. They were
C. H. Matthiessen, jr.. of Pasadena,
Calf, in charge of operations;
Joseph L. Overlook. of Chicago, in
charge of blanket and project pref
erence ratings, and E. A. Locke, jr.,
of New York, in charge of liaison
with other Government agencies and
with Great Britain.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
BY NESTA KEELING.

When Mrs. Roosevelt was due to
enter the White House for the first
time as its mistress after the Pres
ident's Inauguration in 1888, she
turned to Lorena Hickok, at her
side as a reporter for the Associated
Press. and said:
Why don't we walk"
The two entered the grounds of
the Executive Mansion together on
foot, and ever since Mrs. Roosevelt
has numbered among her close
friends not only Miss Hickok but
a good many other newspaperwomen
and has become a lady of the press
herself
That same inaugural afternoon all
New York newspaperwomen covering
the story were her guests at the
White House for tea E. an unprece-
dented event in American social his
tory.
When she gave Miss Hickok an
interview that same day it was the
first time that the wife of a Pres
ident in Office had talked for publi-
cation.
AS a result, Mrs. Roosevelt has
been called Gods gift to newspaper
women" and this is by no means
only because she is what is referred
to in the trade as news source.
Helped With Dishes.
In the early days of the New Deal
she might be found with an apron
tied around her, helping dry dishes
in some modest apartment belonging
to lady newshawks. exchanging tales
OF their adventures for stories OF hers
and discussing the fate of the world
over cups of coffee brewed in tin
percolators.
A big adventure for four CORE
spondents was their 6.000-mile air
journey to Puerto Rico with Mrs.
Roosevelt in 1884. from which they
all emerged her friends.
One was Bess Furman MRS. Rob-
ert B. Armstrong, jr0, then with
the Associated Press. who resigned
in 1887 before the birth Of twins.
Another was Emma Buebee, only
woman reporter on the New York
Herald Tribune. a Republican who
always has had special interest In
the White House since she picketed
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Zionist Council Plans
Benefit Tomorrow

The Zionist Youth Council Of
Washington will sponsor M1avah
Make tonight at $50 at the Adas
Israel Synagogue, Sixth and I
streets NV The theme will be
Meet the Rabbi"
Rabbi Solomon H. Metz of the
Adas Israel Synagogue and Rabbi
Samuel M. Silver, director of the
Hillel Foundation at the University
Of Maryland. will speak.
Bert Rosenberg, chairman of the
Mlavah Make Committee has as
sisting him Ray Glazier, Myron Volk,
Minnie Krantz. Louis Snyder, Marcia
Alpert. Malcolm Bondy, Al Cohen
and Harry Cohen.
There will be Palestine dancing.
The affair is for the benefit OF the
United Jewish Appeal.
Ducks and geese can fly as fast
. Las \,
Evening star., 1941-05-21

Ducks and geese can fly as fast
as SIS miles an hour.
Evening star., 1941-05-21

same time as Mrs. Herrick, and now
is on the New York Times and presi-
dent of the New York Newspaper
Women's Club. is another of Mrs.
Roosevelt's journalistic friends.
A diving star on the 1920 Olympic
team was Mrs. Ernest K. Lindley
Betty Crimes who comes from
Minneapolis and now handles Mrs.
Roosevelts radio programs.
1t is a cliche that newspaper folk
meet such interesting people" but
the women of the press agree that
It's true of Mrs. Roosevelt and all
the evidence points to the fact that
she finds 1t true of them.
Evening star., 1941-05-21

it during suffrage campaigning days
Still another was Dorothy Ducas
now a magazine writer.
Other Press Friends.
The fourth was Ruby Black. wifi,
of newspaperman Herbert Little
who Is an ardent Lucy Stoner ant
threw a Washington hospital int
CONSERVATION nine years ago wher
she insisted on being registered a!
Miss Black when she gave birth
to her daughter, Cornelia. Mis-!
Black is the author of the biography
Eleanor Roosevelt"
Among the hordes of immigrants
from Europe who swarmed ashore al
Ellis Island one day in 1921 was q
girl who. despite the fact that she
carried her belongings in 4 pack
seemed to know her way about
She was a newspaperwoman from
Chicago who had crossed from Ire
land steerage. tried to subsist on the
food given immigrants and witnessed
the then dreadful conditions under
which hopeful foreigners were vel.
coined to the land of the free.
Her name was Genevieve Forbes
who later added Herrick to her by
line, and today she is one of the
newspaperwomen most likely to be
found at the White House parties.
Elizabeth May Craig. who has been
called "a Southerner who has gone
New England" is champion OF
women's rights in her own sphere
and another Of Mrs. Roosevelt S
journalistic friends.
Finds Them Interesting.
Pretty. clever and chic Doris Flee
son is another of the Washington
correspondents Mrs. Roosevelt is
likely to have eating her chocolate
cake at afternoon teas.
Kathleen Mclaughlin, who work
ed on the Chicago Tribune at the
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Chatfeld. Taylors
Plan Reception

The Undersecretary Of Com
merce and Mrs. Wayne Chatfield-
Taylor have issued invitations for
the wedding reception of their
daughter, Miss Rose Chatfield-
Taylor, and Mr.. Frank Goodnow
MacMurray, son OF the United
States Ambassador to Turkey,
and Mrs. John Van A. Mac
Murray, Saturday afternoon, June
"A. The reception will be held in
the Anderson House at 211s
Massachusetts, avenue at 4:30
pm. Immediately following the
ceremony.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Jopon Shifts Cotton Buyino

Japan imported more cotton from
South America than from the United
States during the current season,
taking $4,000 bales, or 86 per cent,
from South America. against $1,000
bales, or IA per cent, from tbs
United States. reversing the figures
of the previous season.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Movie Cortoonists Get
Puy Roise to End Strike
BvthsAssocist.d Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, May Ala strike
OF the Studio Cartoonists Guild
against Leon Schlesinger Studio was
settled last night.
Aubrey Blair. A. F. Of L. orga-
nizer. said the studio had granted
q 10 per cent wage increase to all
workers making s35 or less a week
and similar increases to workers
In IA other classifications.
Harry Sadicoff, Schlesinger coun-
eel, said the pay boosts would in
crease the studios annual pay roll
about 7 per cent.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Rhododendron Party
Invitations Issued

Mr.. and Mrs Robert Watson
have issued invitations for their
annual rhododendron party.
Weather permitting, the event
will take place tomorrow after
noon from S to 7:30 o'clock at
their home at 1926 Varnum street.
In case of rain the party will be
given Sunday afternoon.
Evening star., 1941-05-21

Fleming, Mr.. Thomas Tighe, Mr..
Barry Woods and Mr.. Finley Mathe-
son and Mr.. George Cadgene OF
New York City.
Many parties for the prospective
bride and bridegroom are planned.
Evening star., 1941-05-21

Among the Latin American re-
publics the Dominican Republic
ranks next to Cuba as an exporter
of sugar and as a producer OF thi.
product is exceeded only by Cuba
and Brazil
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Mexico RecIoims Lund

Extensive irrigation projects on
which Mexico has started will re-
claim more than 5000 900 acres of
land for 10000 Mexican farm fam
lilies.
Evening star., 1941-04-20

rare book room. DR.. Parsons does
not reveal the price paid for this
issue, but it must have been hand
some figure. Only one other copy OF
an original is known, and it is
owned by the American Antiquarian
Society, Worcester, Mass.
First Issue.
The Boston New-Letter of April
"a, 1704, was the first issue of the
first regularly published American
newspaper. Of this Numb. I" issue
the only existing copies are the three
in the files of the American Anti
quarian Society, the Massachusetts,
Historical Society and the New York
Historical Society. The reprints of
this paper number more than 10.
Several reprints are "broadsides"
Historical pamphlets) with addi-
tional matter on the margins and
reverse, such as C'First Newspaper
Ever Printed in America" Antique
Curiosities," and so on. Some one
is always writing in and saying he
has a copy of the first American
newspaper for sale, with visions of
retiring from active work. DR.. Par
sons then sends the information cir
cular describing the original and re-
prints and they are heard from no
more.
The New England Courant of Feb
ruary IL, 1923, was the first publica-
ton issued under the imprint of
Benjamin Franklin. This paper has
been reprinted more than nine times,
and only three originals are known
to exist. The Library of Congress
would like to obtain one.
The Baltimore Sun first appeared
on May II, 1887. This newspaper
has been reprinted many times, and
originals of the initial issue are very
scarce. The New York Sun first was
published on September 3, 1888, and
has been reprinted on at least four
occasions, chiefly anniversaries Of
this newspaper. The Library Of
Evening star., 1941-04-20

tous remarks said that it would
seem to be fit upon an occasion like
the present to offer a sentiment to
his successor in Office and that he
should not attempt formal speech
as he believed in the old legend,
Short accounts make long friends,
but that he felt that if there had
been in his heart any regrets in
leaving the Office of Governor of the
District they were baniShed when
relinquishing that ONCE to Alex
ander R. Shepherd. He would now
propose the health of Gov.
Shepherd.
Gov. Shepherd in response said,
after thanking Gov. Cooke for the
compliment, that the highest honor
which could be conferred upon him
was to be the successor of Henry D.
Cooke, and he hoped in the future
as in the past success would at
tend every effort of his predeces-
sor and that the great God would
watch over him wherever he might
Evening star., 1941-04-20

be. The former Governor then
escorted Gov. Shepherd TO the exc
cutive Office, where he formally
entered upon his duties"
Whatever criticism may be offered
against the conduct of civic affairs
in the District of Columbia during
the years 1871 to 1874, President
Grant, at least, cannot be blamed
for selecting other than the very
best men available to fill the posi-
tionS provided for in the act Of
February /, 1871. Thus, for the
Board of Public Works he nomi-
mated A. R. Shepherd and James A..
Magruder, and, subsequently, to fill
vacancies, Adolph Cluss, Henry A
Willard and John B. Blake. The law
provided that the Governor should
be president of this board. but when
the members met to organize, Mr..
Shepherd was chosen vice president,
though no such Office was provided
for by law, and yet it was this
fortunate move that placed him in
Evening star., 1941-04-20

a position to carry on the splendid
work he did at that time
The Governor Office, during the
three years this form of government
lasted, was in the building still
standing at the northwest corner
of Pennsylvania Avenue and Seven
teenth street. and here the Board
of Public Works met and organized
in May, 1871. Prior to this, during
the Civil War, the Adjutant General
and the Provost Marshal General
had their Offices on this corner, and
here passes were issued to cross the
Long Bridge and on through the
Federal lines.
The greatest amount of the i'm
provements carried on throughout
the Capital by Mr.. Shepherd was
not during his brief term as Gov
ernor, but during the period he was
vice president of the Board of Public
Works, when he graded, regulated
and macadamized streets in many
parts of the city, laid brick pave
mentS by the mile, began a system
of sewerage, inaugurated the present
tree-planting program, and assisted
the Board of Health in making the
city a healthier place in which to
live.
Gov. Shepherd was fearless in
carrying out his program of i'm
provements, and when he decided
that the tracks of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad-When then extended
from the Long Bridge at the south
ern terminus of Maryland avenue,
along that avenue to First street west,
then to Indiana avenue, and thence
to the railroad station at New
Jersey avenue and c street-ob-
structed the work of improving the
streets, though confronted with
formidable opposition, were. never
thelesS, taken up. In the removal
of the Northern Liberty Market.
which occupied the site of the
present Central Public Library, at
Evening star., 1941-04-20

at his home in Georgetown. at the
southeast corner of Thlrtieth and
@ streets, on February "a, 1881. @
street was then Stoddert street and
Thirtieth Washington street.
Gov. Cooke served from February
%. 1871, to September 13, 1873, when
he resigned and was succeeded by
Alexander Robey Shepherd, who
served from September Is, 1873, to
June 20, 1874-a temporary commits
sion form of government being pro-
vided by Congress for the District
to go into effect July l, 1874, and
which was made permanent in 1878
and continues to the present time.
OF the Inauguration of Gov. Shep-
herd The Star of September Is, 1873,
has this to say:
The Inauguration of Alexander
R. Shepherd, esq, as Governor Of
the District took place this morning
at $50 o'clock at the residence of
former Gov. Cooke, in Georgetown.
The affair was conducted in very
quiet manner, there being present
only a few gentlemen officially
or immediate personal friends of
the parties concerned. The large
parlors of Gov. Cookies residence
were thrown open to the guests, who
we're received by that gentleman
and Col. H. D. Cooke, jr.
Mr. Shepherd arrived about $50
o'clock from his country residence,
and the entire party proceeded to
the private library. Judge Mac
Arthur then proceeded to read the
oath of Office to Mr.. Shepherd, who,
in due form, subscribed to the same
Gov. Cooke then stepped forward
and congratulated the new Gov
ernor, which was the signal for a
general hand-shaking, and the con-
gratulations continued until the
party was ushered into the dining
room, where was spread magnifi-
cent fruit lunch.
Rev. DR.. Atkins, rector of st.
Johns Church of Georgetown,
offered a short prayer, in which he
fervently invoked the divine blessing
alike upon the outgoing and the in
coming executive. During the inter"
change of friendly toasts natural to
the occasion, former Gov Cooke
rose and in the course of some felici-
Evening star., 1941-04-20

Congress would like to secure an
original copy.
Revolutionary Events.
Revolutionary papers have been
widely reprinted for historical occa-
sionS, centennials, and the like. The
Boston Gazette and Country journal
Of March IL, ITO, containing the
account of the Boston massacre, had
two editions in the original. There
are dozen or more spurious re-
prints of the second edition, which
the anxious librarian must guard
against. The Massachusetts Spy or
American Oracle of Liberty, May 3,
ITS. Worcester, which was published
by Isaiah Thomas, leading editor
of his time, had its publication Of
fee removed from Boston to the
smaller town to avoid the British
troops, and has been reprinted in a
skillful manner. 1t can be detected
at once by an expert, however, for
the original of this issue was print
ed on rag paper showing the typical
parallel of chain line watermarks an
inch apart. Reproductions are dis
tinguished by the absence of the
chain lines.
One Of the rare Washington, D. C..
papers in Vol. l, No. l, of The Daily
Evening Star, which appeared on
December 16, 1852. Only a few
known originals are now in existence.
On the 50th anniversary of the
founding of The Star, December 16,
1902, reprints of this famous first
issue were printed. The best method
of distinguishing them from the
originals is by means of the paper
so well were they reprinted.
once in blue moon DR.. Par
sons comes across real find" in
rare American newspapers, but to
most inquirers he must break the
sad truth that what they possess
is a reprint. DR.. Parsons is the
foremost expert on American news
paper rarities In the Nation today.
Evening star., 1941-04-20
Rare Newspaper Editions Vainly Sought Reprints Found

the heading: Important. Assas-
sination of President Lincoln" I"
There were five editions of this
paper on April Is, 1865, at 2, 3, $40
and 10 am, and pm. The 2 and
$40 am. editions have both been
reprinted widely. These reprints
have little monetary value-perhaps
25 or 80 cents. DR.. Parsons is
anxious, however, to obtain originals
of the and $40 am. editions
Original copies in good condition
might bring $3.50 or 5000, depending
upon their actual state. But they
are as rare as hens teeth.
Another old friend that eternally
keeps bobbing up is the Ulster
County Gazette of January 4, 1900,
which announced the death of
George washington. This Gazette
was established May 5, 1798, at
Kingston, N. Y, by Samuel Freer &
Son, and was weekly of the Federal
Party. Publication continued until
1903. DR.. Parsons describes this
paper as something of a nemesis,
for 1t has been reprinted no less
than 10 times, and nearly all these
reprints vary in minor details. Some
reprints are so cleverly done that
they must be examined with a mag
nifying glass to detect their origin.
Reprinting this issue of the Ulster
County Gazette has been going on
for about a century and a quarter.
At the Centennial Exposition of 1876
in Philadelphia, reprints were put
out wholesale, and one publishing
firm had regular contract for pro-
ducing them, to be sold on the ex-
position grounds by the armful as
souvenirs. DR.. Parsons kept a
sharp lookout for many years for an
original copy of this Gazette for the
Library of Congress collection.
Finally the unexpected happened,
and years of patient waiting we're
rewarded, when in November, 1880,
an original was found, and now re-
poses in the freproof vaults Of the