Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1935, Page 32

B—12 SO00HOMESHIT BY ANGRY FLOODS Relief Agencies Expand Work to Include 2,000 More in Overflowing Areas. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, March 14.—Driven from their homes by turbulent flood waters, more than 5,000 Missouri, Tli- nois and Arkansas families today were receiving emergency care from the Red Cross and other agencies. Boats, patrolling the inundated tri- Btate areas, continued to bring stricken familes to points of safety. Many were found stoically waiting in the upper stories of their homes for the recession of the waters. Hasty preparations were being made to extend relief to 2,000 addi- tional families whose homes lie in the path of the expected widening overflow of the St. Francis River in Boutheast Missouri and Northeast Arkansas. Rampages Periodical. Fleeing before the wrath of the waters was no new experience for many of these refugees. Periodically the St. Francis and its twin river, the Black, have gone on rampages and have driven thousands of families from their homes | Ample warnings were given farmers in the lowlands to reach safety, but many lingered and were forced to fiée without their live stock and pos- sessions as the flood waters spread with rapidity. Some barely escaped with their lives. Ira Hawthorne, a farmer near Poplar Bluff, Mo., managed to get his wife and children to a point of safety 1 before the onrush of the St. Francis swept his farm house from its founda- tions. Deaths Not Reported. No reports have been received of any deaths in the raging waters. Fears, however, are held for squatters in the bottomlands. In the Southeast Missouri Mingo Basin district—now a solid sheet of water 22 miles long and 5 miles wide—three ‘men are missing. Poplar Bluff today accommodated about 2,000 persons, temporarily billet- ed in the court house and other public buildings. As many more were at Kennett, Mo. Newport, Ark., held many refugees, with some turning again as on pre- vious occasions to nearby Surrounded | Hill, so called because it offers a haven during flood times from the surround- ing waters. A number of towns in Southern Illinois were caring for homeless families. All are being fed by the Red Cross end the F. E. R. A. as they faced the prospect of waiting several days more before their homes are released from the flood’s grip. _— “WATCH DOGS” NO HELP Pets Calmly Witness Hold-up of Master. HOLLYWOOD, March 14 (P).— George Barbier, screen actor, decided yesterday that his dogs are “watch dogs.” He took them out for a walk, - and in the darkness a woman slip- ped up to him, placed a gun against his body, and took $35, he reported to police. The dogs just watched. Holmes Is Missed In Taxpayers’ Line Paying Tax! Actor’s Late Justice Yearly Stood Outside Office of Collector. Fealty paid his beloved Government In death, through bequest of his resid- uary estate to the United States, was | exemplified each year in life at the tax counter in person by the late Jus- tice Oliver Wendell Holmes. This came to light today as his fa- miliar face was missing from its ac- customed place in the long income tax line-up at the local office of the deputy collector of Internal Revenue. Year after year, it was learned, the grand old man of jurisprudence, who so0 valiantly upheld the rights of “hu- manity” from the bench, came, as a matter of principle, to stand in line with others, waiting his turn at the common tax counter to file his return and pay his tax. Until failing health in later years, past the age of 90, virtually forced him out of line, to sit in a chair and | receive special attention, he had in- sisted on standing, with others, some- times for long periods, even in the cold, raw weather of March, to wait his turn. “Why should I receive special con-< sideration?” he was quoted as having said in response to offers to accommo- date him with advance service. “I'll stand in line, and take my place along ith the others, just like any common izen, taxpayer of the Umted sutes Asl( forand G ET MARTINI & ROSSI VERMOUTH There is no substitute Imported by W. A TAYLOR & CO, N.Y. BEITZELL & CO. Distributers “SKIN SUFFERING IS UP T0 YOU' SAYS POSLAM If you suffer from eczema or & minor skin eruption it's your own fault. The remedy is right at hand— apply Poslam at night and note the great improvement in the morning. ‘The itching ceases and the skin starts to heal. You can get Poslam at any drug store, 50c. POSLAM THE EVENING Fighting Bonds War Anew Liberty Lien, in Court to Make New Kind of BY JACQUES FUTRELLE, JR. ESS than 17 years ago a $50 Liberty bond was born amid a patriotic ferver such as never has been known in the annals of the human race. Ushered into the hate-filled world as martial music blared, the bond made history by helping the United States win the World War. Monday the dollar doughboy was cast in a new role— that of a plaintiff in a court of the country it served—and again may make history. The bond, stripped by law of its right to wear the gold braid in which it marched to war, is owned by the Dixie Terminal Co. of Cincinnati and appears now in a Court of Claims suit which is expected to lead to a new Supreme Court test of the Roose: velt gold policy. The last time the bond appeared in the news, columns of space in newspapers throughout the country were devoted to it and its brothers. More than $6,000,000,000 of fourth Liberty gold bonds were raised by the folks at home to support the | doughboys at the front. Each dolla: was volunteered, far in October, 1918, as now, there was no conscription | of wealth to erect a towering wall of gold behind the men in the trenches. | Hub of Mighty Effort. Washington was geared to highest speed—its highest until the New Deal declared its characteristic war on the | America’s huge war ma- ' depression. 1860 History. chine was being driven at a frantic pace. Then, as now, Washington was the hub of the mighty national effort to defeat a powerful enemy. And here in the Nation’s capital the fight- ing bond was born. For weeks the United States Treas- ury had been preparing to issue the Fourth Liberty issue. Quotas were assigned to each city. Washington's | was $27,000,000. By early October, 1918, the intensive sales campaign | had whipped the country into a pa- | triotic frenzy. Those with gifted tongues were en- listed as speakers. President Wilson and members of his Cabinet, sorely pressed as they were by extra duties entailed by the war, appeared in per- sonal engagements to sell the issue to Society leaders, business | movie stars, laborers and shell-torn soldiers exhorted Ameri- buy more. One publicity stunt that delighted the Nation was the sending | : of Douglas Fairbanks by airmail from Washington to New York to aid the sales there. The Nation’s mighty drive to sell | the bonds is reflected not only in the rnews columns of the day, but in the | advertising as well. In their daily ads, Washington stores and organiza- | tions embodied pep talks and sermon- ettes calling on the public to support | the brave boys in the trenches. One department store epitomized its argument in these self-sacrificing words: “It is more important that cans to buy all they could, and then STAR, ymlmyubertybondlml.nnum- to buy anything else.” To those vho had satisfied their conscience, it offered its goods. Here was a sketch of a fashionable woman, pic- tured to display a wide velvet hat with ostrich plumes. Down in the corner were drawings of several dolls, bold type proclaiming them to be Amer- ican made. Morris’ Fate Cited. Another ad called upon Washing- tonians to buy in these words: “Robert Morris, that good patriot of Revolutionary days, poured out his fortune to finance the cause of lib- erty—and died in a poorhouse. But we Americans of today, who lavishly buy Liberty bonds, accomplish the same patriotic purpose, yet provide ourselves with gilt-edge protection against the vicissitudes of old age.” Meantime the followers of the comic strip Mutt and Jeff were being amused by the antics of the pair, which still struts across six columns on the back pages of The Star. They were in the Army then and brought FalseTeeth Don’t allow your false teeth to drop | or slip when you eat, talk or laugh. Just sprinkle a little Kling on your plates. This new improved powder forms a comfort cushion—holds plates so snug, they feel and act like your own teeth. No more dmger of rocking plates—eating will again |be a joy. Leading dentists endorse Kling. Guaranteed better than any- thing you ever used or money back. | Large package, 35¢ at all druggists. KLINGEEE FIRMLY AND F9 35 'COMFORTABLY LFII'\SBUBGHS Tth, 8th and E Sts. Friday and Saturday Only! - DIstnct 7575 SHEER DRESSES for larger women —size With jump s 38 to 52 SPECIAL 3 69 spring just a day’s ahead, Sheers, are what you want! Polka dots, scarf prints, shadow sheers —cape styles, jacket effects, surplice fronts. Each one cleverly tailored to slim pounds off your silhouette! Navy, black, brown back- grounds. Hustle in Friday. Mail and Phone Orders, DI. 7575 LANSBURGH'S—THIRD FLOOR— HOME F ROCKS. For a Limited Time Only! A $15 allowance on your old range! TAPPAN GAS RANGE Regular Price, $104.50 special price $79.50 Less $15 for your costs you 364 5° 15¢ a Day Buys It! @ With the d-i-v-i-d-e-d cooking top. @ Fully insulated oven. @ Accessory shelf with elec- tric clock, light, mirror and condiment jars. @ Smokeless pull-out broiler @ Robertshaw oven-heat control. @® Hinged porcelain top- covers. LANSBURGH’S— SIXTH FLOOR—STOVES. WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY out the lighter side of life in the trenches. Walt Mason and Abe Mar- tin gave The Star readers a homely philosophy over which they could ponder; five-passenger convertible Westcott sedans were being adver- tised at $3,090; washington machines, driven by hand or water power, were promising an end to wash-day drudgery. The great “Liberty day”—October 12—arrived. Patriotic exercises were held in nearly every school and pub- lic hall in the country. Flags whipped in the breeze, martial music led pa- rades in city and hamlet. President Wilson marched afoot with 25,000 soldlers in New York City. One mil- lion persons watched. The drive, lagging by billions, was to close October 19. On October 17 Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo issued this stirring ap- peal to every newspaper in the United States: “Only two days are left to raise $2,000,000,000. No country on earth but America could raise so vast a8 sum in so short a time. America can do it, and must do it. Let every true American citizen today examine himself under the white light of pa- troitism and say whether or not he MARCH 14, 1935. has done his utmost in this emer- gency.” The newspapers of Sunday, October 20, told of the home army’s complete victory, Washington being among the many overquota cities with $33,000,000 worth bought or contracted for. And thus was born a $50 gold bond that goes to court. Robert A. Taft, president and coun- sel of the Dixie Terminal Co., appears as the sponsor of the Court of Claims sult. Of the $50 bond that was a hero in its day but is now simply a debt, Mr. Taft says in effect: “This bond was called to the colors. As gold it waged war. It enlisted for a certain period of service. If the promise to pay in gold is repudiated, the Govern- ment forfeits the right to muster it out of service before the enlistment is completed. The bond will fight for its rights.” To which the New Deal answers in effect: “There is a new war. A battle on depression is being waged. We have the right to hire a cheaper bond and save money. We cannot pay in gold because, in our opinion—regard- less of whether it is generally shared— 'lt )eop.num a greater right—recov- PROCTER HELD LIABLE | FOR WIFE’S PARIS HOME | Court Holds Heir Must Bear Cost | of Maintenance, Although He Has Other Dwellings. ’ | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 14.—Though he occupied another of his homes in London, Cannes or New York, Fred- erick Willlam Procter is responsible for the upkeep of the fourth, occupied | by his wife in Paris, it was disclosed | yesterday with publication of a war- rant of attachment against Procter’s estate. Mrs. Procter, the former Dorothy Stokes and Procter’s second wife, charged he abandoned her last June 1, leaving her without funds to main- tain the Paris home in its accustomed $50,000-a-year manner. Supreme | Court Justice Philip J. McCook ap- proved the $4,025 operating expenses claimed in the writ. - It was served on a $1,004,737.30 trust fund estab- lished by Procter’s grandfather, Harley T. Procter. ——— e THIS 1S THE HOTEL which everybody praises IN NEW YORE @ The modern, smart, friendly hotel with 800 outside 100mS, all (cam‘[‘-‘ ing bath, shower, sunshine ot dio. Convenient t© everything. Si gle from $2. 50, double from $3.50. Lexington Ave. 49th 10 50th Sts exi to. W. . Moses & Sons Nat'l 3770 F Friday Savings! & URNITURE St. at Ilth As Muc 3 LEARING HOUSE Fine Furniture at Drastic Reductions to Keep Our Stocks Clear! New Bargains Added Daily . (Some “As Is”; Group 1 Any Article 53 s 2 Boudoeir Chairs, chintz cov- ered, wood arms. Were $5.95, Mirror, size 18x30 with Copper- Iytic back. Was $18, now..$3.95 Maple Ottoman with loose spring filled top. Was $8.50, $3.95 Standing Shaving Mirror or Chest Mirror. Was $12, Solid Maple Magazine Rack. Special, now . A Group 4 Ll artice ¥l 4'95 Solid Maple, Colonial Reproduc- tion High Back Chair (46" high), very comfortable. Was 3 ..$14.95 Vanity Dressing Table. Was Solid Walnut Nest of Tables, Sheraton style. Were $17.95, now $14.95 Solid Pine Colonial Reproduc- tion Occasional Table with Drawer. Was $47.50, now, $14.95 Parchment Finish Coffee Table with removable mirror top tray. Was $26.50, now $14.95 . Six Special Price Groups . . In Special Section, Sixth Floor. All Sales Are Final, Please.) These Are Just a Few Examples: Group 2 55.95 Was $14.95, ..$5.95 Any Article French Taborette. 2-Seater Fireside Ottoman in leatherette. Was $7.95 Lamp Stand with blistered ma- ple top. Was $12, now...$5.95 Drum Table with solid ma- hogany top; brass ferrules on feet, Duncan Phyfe style. Was $9.95, now A ick 51995 Flat Top Desk with 3 drawers. Was $25, now $19.95 Cabinet Style Cellarette with copper sliding tray; fitted inside with 2 shelves and a revolving decanter tray, glasses, etc. Spe- cial, now at 52-inch Glass Door Book Case with adjustable shelves. Was 3 d $19.95 Solid Mahogany Server with 2 drawers. Was $35, now..$19.95 4 Overstuffed Chairs. Formerly from $27 to $40 (some as is), now . $19.95 ORIENTAL RUGS (approz. sizes) Antique Ganghi, 4’ $16. Reduced to. Lillihans, 4'x2'6”; was were $22.00. Antique Kazak, 7'8"x3" $45.00. Reduced to.... Shiraz, 6'8"x4’; was $35.00. Re- duced to. Regular $39.50 Axminster Rugs, 9xI2 $2695 Nice quality Axminster rugs in attractive de- signs. Taupe, red, rust and mulberry colors in- cluded. Regular $59.50 Axminster Rugs, 9xI12 $47) 95 Handsome sh e en-type Axminsters in plain col- ors or patterned, includ- ing Colonial, Persian and Chinese designs. All colors. MOSES—THIRD FLOOR Bokhara, 57"x4'5”; was $45.00. Reduced to. Reduced to.. Antique Anl, 17"1 5" $135.00. Reduced to. Chinese (blue), 9x1! Reduced to......... . Antique Herez, 14 xlz $395.00. Reduced to....$185.00 Clearance Former $1 Damask, Taf- feta and Novelty Pillows 55¢ A collection of kapok filled illows in various colors. Y!educed to 55¢ for Friday. Better grade pillows, regu- larly $1.50 to $2, Iar Friday.......---- .$1.25 Curtains and Drapes Reduced 50 nrl rufficd and tailored isette _curtains, ecru color. grounds or with contrasting Very special. pr.....$1.00 i me. fi' 2 kind. . Friday, reduced % 10 pri. rufed chints 5:--«!« kind; 213 yds. lon Poiaay’ 2 MR P ieed Damask ' draperies. pair of & 1250 Fri- W!u"lflfll-l o 7 backs. _Specis 2 cn-'r Harbor sets in el eatric: e in rs. Special. per yard, 22¢ 45c¢ to 75¢ Chintz, 39¢ yd. One table of assorted patterns of 36-in. chintz in lengths from 3 to 20 yds. Odds and Ends Former $1 and $1.50 LAMP SHADES Parchment and silk lamp shades $1.50, Friday, as is, 25c. Limited Number Colonial Lamps figure cloth shade. Were $2.95, Friday. . Mhmpflmwchmmtm M' ularly $15, Priday i 25¢ of various colors. Formerly $1 and 95¢ and $3.95, Friday, $| 50 $7.95 with maple and glass bases, l!ellwlhlhnhuuylawl,wnufl Friday, as is Group 3 Any Article 59 o French Cocktail Table (new low style coffee table) in turkey red with crackle top. Was $15.95, now $9.95 Group of Occasional Chairs, in- cluding one with new white frame. Were $15 to $22, now . .$9.95 \amly lenrh with ‘back, gold covered seat. Was $15, now. $9.95 Fawn Colored Painted Tele- phone Stand with shelf and drop leaves. Was $20, now, $9.95 Convex, Colonial Bull's Eye Mir- ror with gold leaf finish frame. Was $13.75, now..... 0. $9.95 A Group 6 Ll Article 2 4 95 Handsome, Huge 'l‘llt-'l‘op Table,, oval shaped, size 34x45”; crotch mahogany top. Was $65 (as 15\ now $24.9 Painted Sofa in Two-tone Grl) H loose spring seats and detach- able back pads, drop-leaf arms. Was $49, now $24.95 Console Table with 2 drawers and large mirror, glass alone measures 15x27. Was :36 Hand-blocked Linen W I ng Chair. Was $55, now E Last Call on Winter COATS and SUITS Just a Handful Left That Will Be Sold Far BELOW ACTUAL WORTH 1 Black foat, fine kit fox collar. arge size. Was $59.75 $25 1 Black Coat, Persian col- lar. $69.75 1 Green Coat. fitch collar. 1 Black Coat. Beautiful wolf collar. Size 20. Very special $ l 9 2 Navy Blue Untrlmmed ?efl’ Siu its. mall sizes. Were $25.00.. $ l 2 50 1 Lovely Blnck Smt. Finest nlxa}gerlbald wit hll luxurious rich badger collar. Was $79.75. $39 Special Group EVENING—DINNER AND WEDDING GOWNS That were $16.95 to §49.75 HALF PRICE Regular 50c Bath Towels Only 50. Heavy quality bath towels, 2 9 greatly reduced be- C cause soiled. 20 regular $2.50 Chenille Bath Ru as ls, Fri- day . .$1.15 25 regular 50c ull linen Hem- stitched Towels, Friday. .31¢c $1.25 Fancy Only 25 scarfs, greatly reduced for Priday. 6 all-linen Table 51x66; were $1.50, day 1 regular $3.95 Fancy Cloth as is, $1. 1 Comfort; 1 regular $7 Lamb’s Woo] Comfort; as is $2. 2 regular $13.50 Lamb' Wool Comforts; as is. . $5.75 2 all-wool Blankets; were $5.75; soiled; Friday. .$2.75 MOSES—FIRST FLOOR. Cloths, Fri- 2 * 50% Special Luncheon 35c Fried Large Select Oysters with Tartar Sauce French Fried Potatoes Mexican Cole Slaw Hot Muffins and Butter Tea Coffee or Milk MOSES—FIRST FLOOR “Little Colonel” Only at $2 SOC By Annie Fellows Johnston Shirley Temple illustrated edition. er editions have always been Previously MOSES—FIRST FLOOR $2 to $3 Silk Blouses $| .69 Only 87 blouses: have been in stock less than 3 weeks, but we have only 2 or 3 of a kind. No exchanges, no refunds. ECONOMY BLOUSE SEC- TION—FIRST FLOOR Friday Only SHOE REPAIR SHOP Half Soles Sewed on! Special Friday 5 9C men’s, women's and children’s Before and after hours drop packages in slot, 11th st. side. Special! SPRING HATS $[-95 Every Hat Was $3.95 to $5.00 An accumulation of one-of- a-kind hats in newest Spring styles. Straws ... Failles ... Combinations . . . Felts. Only 86 hats in this group. MOSES—FIRST FLOOR. Neckwear, 39¢ Were $1. and $1.95 Only 43 pieces neckwear; soiled and counterworn. Gloves, 59¢ Regularly 75¢ to $1.25 Fabric gloves in broken size and color range. Only 64 pairs. Rummage Table Odds and ends of Jewelry « .. Collars . . . Bags . Cosmetics. Choice l-"rldny. $1.50 and $1.95 Gloves Only 27 prs. cape and 99C doeskin gloves Silk and Taffeta Negligees, $3.00 Were $3.95 and $4.95. Corsets, Girdles, Bras- sieres, One-Third Off Discontinued styles, reduced for clearance. greatly $1.95 to $2.25 Slips Only 84 silk and $1.69 satin slips, sizes 32 MOSES—FIRST FLOOR