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Evening star., 1941-07-03
7 axe Ny Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
Every Now and Then

This weeks slip O. the tongue: II
20 fishing every now and then" ="
Absurd. Since nov and then"
means occasionally, how could one
60 fishing every occasionally? Bet
ter say: I 90 fishing now and then
occasionally.
Wrong: We hear from him every
30 often" More nonsense. Often"
means frequently. Every frequently?
No. Better say: We hear from him
often Frequently, regularly.
Wrong: We see her every once
m awhile" Worse and worse. "Once
In awhile" means occasionally,
therefore every occasionally OBJ
viously is pure twaddle. Better
say: We see her once in awhile
occasionally.
It's Hard to Believe
From Phoenix: Please give us the
erigin of the word muscle. Phil.
Answer: II you are gymnast,
Evening star., 1941-07-03

word
opposite
Iettered
correctly he dominated Democratic party years
0 Yesterdays LETTER-OUT.
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MISTER-TERMS the bes).
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men
Evening star., 1941-04-02
Pianist Ania Dorfmann
Saws u. :. Art Is Genuine

For years, Ania Dorfmann, pianist
with the National Symphony Or
chestra tonight, was starving to
belong to country"
Since her escape from Russia in
1920, she has played in most of the
countries in Europe, making her
home in Paris.
Travelling on a League of Nations
passport, she frequently had to
postpone concerts because provincial
officials had never seen such a pass
port. She could have taken out
French papers, but somehow she
never did
Every artist should feel that she
belongs to a country" she said today
before going on the stage to rehearse
with the orchestra for the concert.
Il chose America"
She wants it understood that it
wasn't the war that sent her to Cuba
to await admission to this country
under the Russian quota. 1t was
because, she said, personality and
individuality are appreciated here"
There are wonderful things in Eu-
rope, she explained, but artists there
tend to live on past reputation.
Here, art is newer. more genuine,
growing every day"
Only woman instrumentaliSt ever
to play with Toscanini, Miss Dorf-
mann said that when Europe is
Europe again, I'll play there, but I'll
make my home in America"
Evening star., 1941-04-02
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Secretary of State Hull believes
the American people will pray
every morning for the mountains
to fall upon us" If they ever
have to endure totalitarianism and
autarchy for any length of time.
Mr.. Hull made that prediction to
a House Appropriations Subcommit-
tee during testimony, made public
today, on the State Departments
regular appropriation bill.
My belief is, as I have said to
you before" the Secretary told the
committee, that If and when this
war ends the supreme question will
relate to a sound economic program
for the world; that the economic
forces of the world will then be
organized either straight in the di-
rection of totalitarian autarchy,
with all its innumerable methods
and practices so revolving to free
Evening star., 1941-04-02
Rites Planned Tomorrow
For William E. Higgins, IS

William e. Higgins, IS, chief OF
the mechanical division OF the Bu-
reau of Animal Industry, who died
Monday at Garfield Hospital, will
be buried tomorrow in Fort Lin
coin Cemetery following services
at 8 am. at st. Anthony's Catholic
Church.
A native of New London, Conn,
he came to Washington 40 years
ago. Before entering the Agricul-
ture Department 80 years ago he
was a gunsight specialist at the
Navy Yard.
He was formerly a tenor soloist
at st. Dominic's Catholic Church
and a member of the Capital City
-Four, q quartet which sang here
shortly after the turn Of the CEN
tury. He was a former member Of
the Corcoran Cadets and a past
president of the Press Feeders
Union.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Lila M.
H. Higgins, and a brother, Maj.
Hugh Higgins, U. S. A., of Indian
town Gap, Pa. He lived at 1923
Thirty fourth street, Mount Rainier,
Nc.
Evening star., 1941-04-02
100000 Profit Expected
On New National Airport

Washington National Airport, at
Gravelly Point, soon to open for reg
ular airline service, may return an
annual net profit to the Govern
ment of more than 100000 year.
The House Appropriations Com
mittee today cut $4,000 from a
100000 budget estimate submitted
for the first full year of operation
of the new airport. Testimony before
the committee, based upon the $780,
900 item, indicated a net profit OF
$98, 900.
The committee reduction results
from the proposed elimination of
three janitors, guard and window
cleaner for the model new air ter
minal.
Al the same time the committee
recommended that the civil aero
nautics administrator reopen the
whole question" of fees to be
charged for scheduled airlines using
the field, with a view to establishing
rates somewhat more in keeping
with the services the Government is
rendering"
The committee reported that the
planned fee schedule was extremely
small" in comparison with the Gov
Evening star., 1941-04-02

ernmentis tremendous investment"
in facilities. Testimony, however,
indicated that the proposed rates are
higher than those charged at several
major American airports.
The total estimated cost of the
airport was placed at $l5,809, 1872, Of
which more than $8,300,000 went
into hydraulic and dry fill, grading,
drainage and paving OF runways,
taxiways and aprons. The cost of
the terminal building, heating plant
and first hangar was placed at $2.-
249, 9,267 and the cost of five addt-
tional hangers at $2,242, 600.
The ESTIMATED income of the
airport for the 1912 fiscal year, be-
ginning July /, will be $4,000 and
Congress has been asked to ap-
propriate 100000 for operation Of
the big air terminal.
The largest single source OF rtev-
enue will come from the conces-
sion for sale Of aviation gasoline
and oil, for which the Government
will receive s150,000 a year. Food
concessions will pay $65,000 a year,
hangers, $4,000 a year; landing
fees, $4,000 a year; rental of ONCE
space. $4,000; ramp service, ST.
900, and taxicabs. $4,000.
Evening star., 1941-04-02
Woman Doctor, Near
81, Laughs Aside
Career Hardships
Dr.. Alfredo Wilmington
Hos Lived Amid War
And on Icy Wostes

Speak to DR.. Alfredo wilmington
of the hardships and privations in
her life and she will tell you she
never had any.
That Is the woman, now almost
81, who used to travel 40 miles alone
over the icy wastes of Labrador to
minister to suffering natives, who
slept in an oyercrowded hut and
lived on raw fish.
She called that vacation.
She is also the woman who served
for three and a half years during
the first World War In a hospital
north of Paris within range of the
German guns.
Hardships? Privations? She doesn't
know what you're talking about
but until her enforced retirement at
the age of II, she rode a horse Is
miles a day over the Kentucky
mountain trails to heal the wounds
of the feuding mountaineers.
Would Duplicate 1t.
II she had 1t to live over again,
would her life have been patterned
along such rough lines?
Exactly" she said yesterday, her
blue eyes lighting up with enthusi.
asm.
She has one answer to all ques-
tions about hardships. discomfort,
hunger, exposure to cold and dis
ease, hard physical labor and the
struggle to make a career for her
self in medicine in the face of what
she lightly calls "disapprobation"
Its what I wanted to do she
says. 81 didn't reason out any Of
these things. | Just did them"
When illness struck her down nine
years ago she came to Washington to
live in the winters, spending her
summers in Maine.
Since she had never before been
idle, she started writing the ex-
periences Of her life at the sugges-
ton of friends. Her book, now on
the press, is called Mine Eyes Have
Seen"
Wants to Plan Ahead.
Now that her book is finished and
she has recovered from a severe
heart attack of the winter, she wants
to make plans for her future.
But" she says, "for the first time
in my long life I can't plan ahead"
She blames the war world for that
and pities the young people Of today
for having to face the uncertainty
of the future"
The life of the young woman to-
day, she will tell you. is much
harder than hers was in the days
when "one of our pleasures was
planning ahead and fulfilling our
plans"
If she herself were younger today.
"of course I would join up with
some war organization"
But, going into her 82d year, she
SAYS:
IT accept the inevitable always. I
never rebel against it."
Evening star., 1941-04-02
Miss Kay Pleads Innocent
To Stolen Files Charqes

Catherine Kay, War Department
employe, indicted by the District
grand jury in two bills charging
her with removing and keeping per-
sonnel information sheets from the
Civil Service Commission, pleaded
innocent today when arraigned in
District Court before Judge F. Dick
inson Let's. She was held in 81 900
bond, as have been her co-defend-
ants.
Court officials said the other de-
PENDANTS In the case, Harlin w.
Crandall, Lawrence L, Haynes.
named in only one indictment, and
Walter A. c.. Camp and Werner j..
Orbach, named with Miss Kay in
both indictments, will be arraigned
in court Friday.
One indictment charges that the
five persons removed personnel
sheets from the commission, while
the indictment in which three alone
are pamed accuses the trio of pos
sessing stolen personnel sheets for
their own use and gain.
Accompanying Miss Kay to court
today was her attorney, Sol M.
Alpher.
Evening star., 1941-04-02
Americans Could Not Endure
TotuIituriun Rule, Hull Says

people: or these economic forces
will come under the leadership of
some great nation like ours-and do
not know of any other that would
be in that position-which, just as
it is keeping alive the principles Of
liberty and freedom and popular
government, would keep alive the
fundamental principles OF a liberal
commercial policy.
THE course of the world toward
economic autarchy would be halted
under that leadership and the world
faced again toward a sane practical
course Of sound economic recovery.
"One or other of those courses
will be pursued, and unless tre-
mendous effort is made it will be
the course of totaltarianisrn and
autarchy, and we will pray every
morning for the mountains to fall
upon us after we have experienced
that for q time"
Evening star., 1941-04-02
JurisdictionaI Strike
Threatens 10 Tie Up
Defense Housing
Picket Lines Formed
Near Fort Meade and
Edeewood Arsenal
HN tht AS6nciated Press.

BALTIMORE, April flight
picket lines were being maintained
today by striking union roofers
around defense housing projects
adjacent to Fort George G. Meade
and Edgewood Arsenal and union
officials said there was possibility
a general strike affecting other
projects might be called tomorrow
unless an agreement is reached in
the roofers carpenters jurisdictional
dispute.
Joseph Martin, business manager
of the roofers' union, said the dead
line was set for pm. tomorrow
after the once Of Production Man
agement in Washington designated
a representative to confer with rank
ing American Federation of Labor
officers.
zoo Men Reported Out.
Mr.. Martin said several union
truck drivers and three union car
penters refused to pass through the
roofers' picket lines, but majority
of carpenters are continuing on
projects at Odenton, near Fort
Meade, and at Edgewood. near Edge
wood Arsenal. A general strike call
also would affect projects at Aber-
deem, near Aberdeen Proving
Grounds, and at Havre de Grace.
The union leaders claimed more
than 200 men" out on the two prof.
ects that involve approximately 400
buildings designed to house non-
commissioned officers and defense
workers. -
Joseph keenan, was designated by
o. P. M. to meet with A. r. Of l..
officials and Mr.. Martin said Mr..
keenan, told him preliminary talks
would be held today.
Work ALLEGATION Starts Row.
The dispute between the two
unions arose over ALLEGATION of work.
the roofers claiming carpenters
should not be allowed to do roofing
on the housing projects.
Mr. Martin charged that A. F. of
L. officials had refused to allow
william Carroll of Cleveland, ma
tional referee for jurisdictional dis
putes, to hand down a decision in
the matter. He claimed that mem
bers of 20 other unions affiliated
with the Building Trades Council
would join If general strike call is
issued tomorrow. The carpenters
local does not belong to the council.
Evening star., 1941-04-02
Cosmetic Is Tested
In Death Of Woman
Blamed on Poison
Former D. 6. Resident
Died After Treatment
In Atlanta Beauty Shop

Federal Food and Drug Admins
tration chemists here today were
making archaeological tests to
determine whether the hair waving
preparation used by the late Mrs.
Agnes Scott Searcy contained poi
son.
Mrs. Searcy, socially prominent
Georgia matron and former resident
OF Washington, died March 10 in
Atlanta, and death certificate
filed in the Atlanta health office
blamed her death on poison absorbed
through the scalp during a hair
waving treatment.
A sample Of the preparation was
received here from a field agent Of
the Food and Drug Administration.
and chemists are proceeding with
the investigation under the cos
metics section of the Food and Drug
Act. This section, made a part of
the law only two years ago, gives
the Federal Government power to
proceed against the manufacturers
of injurious cosmetics provided they
have been shipped in interstate
commerce.
The death certificate, the AsSoci-
ated Press reported, showed Mrs.
Searcy, 80, died primarily because
of acute hydrogen sulfide poisoning
An autopsy report said the poison
apparently entered the blood
through the scalp. The report said
1t could not be determined whether
these LESSONS resulted from appli-
cation of the curling solution or
were there before the treatment.
Mrs. Searcy died within few
minutes after she was stricken in
an Atlanta beauty shop, where she
had been having her hair waved
oy a heatless method which In
cludes injection of solution be-
meath a rubber cap fitted tightly
about the scalp.
y Mrs. Searcy's mother, Mrs. James
r. Hall, lives in Alexandra. Her
1S-year-old daughter of Leila has
been attending Mount Vernon
Seminary. Her husband and two
sons. 6 and II years old, live In
Atlanta.
Evening star., 1941-04-02
Westinghouse Strike
Threatened as Two
Disputes Are Settled
ConciIiutors Obtain
Truces at Brill Plant and
Aircraft Ports Firm
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
While strike troubles reached new
highs at major defense industries,
Federal conciliators announced set
tlement of q labor dispute at the
Breeze Corp. plant, Newark, and a
tentative agreement in three-week
strike of 1900 workers at the J. G.
Brill Co. plant at Philadelphia.
The Breeze dispute, involving con-
f1icting demands of A. F. L. and
C. I. o. unionists, had threatened
to tie up production Of important
aircraft equipment. .
Details of the Brill agreement
with a C. I. O. local were not an
nounced. The strikers had de-
manded higher wages, closed shop
and paid vacations. The company
makes gun mounts.
Westinghouse Strike Threat.
A strike threatened at the West
inghouse Air Brake Co., Pittsburgh,
where $500 employees produce most
of the switching equipment for the
Nations railroads. The c. I. o.
wants higher wages, paid vacations
and seniority rights.
Mediation was widely discussed in
the threatened walkout of A. F. L.
tugboat workers in New York
Harbor. A strike for higher wages
is tentatively set for midnight to-
night.
The National Defense Mediation
Board, already at work on the In
ternational Harvester Co. and Cor
nell-Dubilier strikes, got another
assignment from Labor Secretary
Perkins yesterday, She certified for
the boards attention a strike OF A.
F. L. lumber workers against the
Snoqualmie Falls (Wash) Lumber
Co. Wages, hours and union men,
bership are involved.
San Francisco Strike Averted.
Immediate threat of an A. F. l..
machinists strike which might dis
rupt defense work in San Francisco
Bay region shipyards was relieved
today. The Bay Cities Metal Trades
Council withheld sanction of such a
walkout.
At the end of a tumultous three
and-a-half hour emergency council
session last night, 1t was announced
that work in shipyards would con-
tinue without interruption. but that
the machinists had been given per-
mission to strike at IS uptown ma
chine shops If their wage demands
cannot be settled by arbitration.
The men are asking $40 and s11 a
day. Present scale ranges from So
to $40 a day.
About $500 machinists would
have been affected by the bay region
strike, which had been called tenta-
lively for tomorrow morning.
Virginia Workers Get Pay Raise.
The Textile Workers Union OF
America &C. I. o. yesterday signed
contracts covering workers in II
plants Of three concerns in Penn
sylvania, Virginia, West Virginia ano
Maine.
A three-year agreement with the
Duplan Silk Corp, covering plants
in Berwick, Hazleton and Kingston
Pa, provided for increases totaline
more than 5000 900 for 2,500 workers
A contract with the Androscoggir
mill Of Lewiston. Me, provided q
10 per cent wage increase.
The American Viscose Corp. pro-
vided wage increases amounting X
approximately 81 1,500,000 a year.
The wage increase repeatedly was
made retroactive to March 80 ir
plants at Front Royal, Va. ano
Nitro, w. Va, and will become ef-
fective June l in plants at Roanoke
Va: Parkersburg, w. Va; Marcus
Hook and Meadville, Pa.
Evening star., 1941-04-02
British Air Strength
Termed Satisfactory
~ the Associated Pysss

3, the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 2-Britain's air
strength was assessed last night as
highly satisfactory" in an editorial
preface to the 1910 edition Of
James "All the Worlds Aircraft"
Co-editor c. G. Grey concluded
that, considering our sins of COM
mission during the past 20 years
since the 1918 war strength of the
r. A. F. was reduced to one-terth
in 1920 by Mr.. winston Churchill,
then secretary of state for war and
air-and our sins of commission
since the war began. we are in a
highly satisfactory position. The
outlook for the next year Is ex-
cellent."
Evening star., 1941-04-02

The disturbance that was developing over
South Carolina Tuesday morning Is now
csntered about $50 miles east of the en-
trance to Delaware, Bay with greatly IN m
resciing of about 5000 millibars {29 "a
inches5. This disturbance is. now moving
east-northeastward, attended by strong
shifting winds and gales. Pressure Is nsn
miiiibars (3O15 inchesl. and rising over
the Northern Plains, Fort Peck Mont,
ern disturbance continues to move east
ward and it was centered over western
Kansas this morning with z minimum
pressure of 1OOb.1 millibars go .6S inchesl.
at Dodge City During the last "a hours
there has been rather general rain y IN rnl. the
tions Of the Middle Plains the Plateau and
Middle Rocky Mountain regions and the
Pacific States. Temperatures have falien
in the Lake region and the Middle Atiantlc
States,
Evening star., 1941-04-02
Nutrition Closes CIosinq

Registrars representing Is Ma
tions were to hold their final demon
stration in the District Red Cross
nutrition classes today at 2:l5
o'clock, in the Webster School, Tenth
and II streets NV. The course is
under the direction Of Mrs. Ruth
Davis SilCoy.
Evening star., 1941-04-02
$500 Naval Contract

The Navy Department today
awarded a $1,000 contract to the
A. & NJ Contracting Co., Arnold,
Md. for construction Of an embank-
ment on the 200-yard rife range at
the Naval Academy. In all, con-
tracts totalling $1,0O9,776 were
awarded by the Bureau of Yards and
Docks for shore establishment
development.
Evening star., 1941-04-02
Congress in Brief
TO-DAY.

Senate:
Debates agriculture appropriation
bill.
Interstate Commerce Subcommit-
tee considers two-year extension OF
Bituminous Coal Act.
House:
Considers resolution for investi-
CATION of pulpwood industry.
Oil Subcommittee continues pipe
line hearings.
Ways and Means Committee
studies postal and Virgin Islands
tax bills
Evening star., 1941-04-02
Report
Furnished by tn,

CFurnshed by Weather Bureuo
tonight rather COOL mod
crate norhery winds becoming tomorrow
tonight tomorrow increasing coudlness
extreme west portion
cooler light frost in east and central
non tonight cloudy followed by rain IN southwest
portion -,,- l.. 49,. ...... ...,....
colder east poruon tongnt
by rain.
Evening star., 1941-04-02
PuroIee Prefers Prison

HUTCHINSON, Kans. ga
Hutchinson reformatory parole vio-
lator says he was motivated by a re-
port that his wife was planning TO
take him back. That was the last
thing he wanted. So he got drunk,
robbed a store and surrendered.
Evening star., 1941-04-02

Manchoukuo has a population Of
23,919,963, according to estimates
made in advance of compilation Of
a 1910 census.
Evening star., 1941-04-02
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, April 2.-Virginio Gayda,
the Fascist editorial spokesman, in
dicated today that Adolf Hitler and
Benito Mussolini had reached
agreements with japanese Foreign
Minister Yosuke Matsuoka on ia
pans action in event the United
States engages In hostilities against
the axis powers even without for
NAL declaration of war"
While Matsuoka talked with the
papal secretary of state for As min
utes-15 minutes longer than sched-
uled-the pontiff received IL Japa-
nese ecclesiastical students who had
welcomed the Foreign Minister on
arrival.
Pope Lauds Matsuoka.
Speaking of his meeting with
Matsuoka, the Pope said:
1T was a fine audience, and you
should be happy to have so able a
Minister"
He added that he sent the apos-
tolic blessing to their dear far
of country"
After his meeting with Cardinal
Maglione, the japanese foreign
minister went to Villa Madama to
receive the customary return visit
from the papal secretary of state
At a special press conference with
German and Italian reporters, Mat
suoka said he had had several talks
with Foreign Minister Galeazzo
Ciano on questions of the most
pressing importance"
Describes Talk With Duce.
He described the conversation
with Premier Mussolini yesterday
as "a frank exchange of views on all
problems interesting to the two
countries and the world" This in
terview, he said, made "a deep i'm
preston" on him.
Stefani, official italian news
agency, said Matsuoka spoke with
emotion of the paternal kindness
with which the Pope received him >
Later Matsuoka and United States
Ambassador William Philips ex-
changed cards before the Ambassa-
dor left for Milan to meet his wife
who Is en- route to Rome from the
United States.
Help for Japan Discussed.
German and Italian leaders. for
eign observers said, presumably
have told Matsuoka what help ia
pan could expect in the event sssnat
country became involved in hosgili-
ties with the United States.
Every new real act OF bellige-
rency by third powers, even with
out declaration, will find the
tripartite pact functioning with all
its formidable means over the vast
world scene on which 1t is capable
of extending its influence" Gayda
wrote in II Giornale dTtalia.
Gayda said the axis leaders had
discussed with Matsuoka "the aims
and actual methods of action of the
tripartite pact in meetings in Berlin
and Rome, arriving at perfect unity
in their views and proposals.
Agreements to Become Known.
"It is needless to say nothing car
be said at this time Of action abou;
the agreements reached" he wrote
"It is needless to add that these
agreements will become known with
the facts by the enemy insofar al
he attempts new ways and risks"
Italy, Germany and Japan know
perfectly well their wars in Asia
Europe and Africa" can only be
settled together with concerted
forces and joint risks and unani'
nous will, he said
The more the Anglo-Saxo worlc
shows its tight coalition against
Italy, Germany and Japan, Gsyda
continued, the more solidarity oi
action by the three allied powers
is called for.