Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1937, Page 41

» FIRST DAY @aeh \ This interesting first-day cover, showing the new pictorial stamps of Bulgaria, is reproduced by kindness of James F. Moser, 4r., Mitchell’s, Va. Foao »/ Ritenaid's, Virainisg Lo b M —Star Staff Photo. By JAMES WALDO FAWCETT. Soon after the first of the year she Post Office Department may announce & new series of stamped envelopes, in- cluding one or more stipulated for airmail. Other forthcoming issues, it is in< dicated, may be a commemorative for Delaware and the lower denomina- tions of the long-anticipated presi- dential set. Stamps for the projected trans-At- lantic airpost service are not ex- pected before May or June. H. H. Sims Attache of the British Embassy, who is to be host to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor during their stay in Washington, is a stamp collector. Harry F. Dunkhorst, veteran Wash- ington philatelist, has been elected an honorary life member of the Collec- tors’ Club of New York in recognition of his services to the philatelic public. Great Britain and all of the crown colonies will have new regular postage issues on January 1. Edwin N. Lewis, editor of the Cathedral Age and executive secretary of the Washington Cathedral offices, will be guest of honor and principal speaker at a meeting of the Wash- ington Philatelic Society, Hotel Carl- ton, Sixteenth street, Wednesday eve- ning, November 10. J. Murray Bartels, well known in Capital philatelic circles, has become & regular contributor to Stamps Maga- gine, New York. The first section of the collection of the late Judge Robert S. Emerson was sold at the Collectors’ Club of New York October 19 and realized $27,261. Only 33 lots brought bids less than catalogue price. Stanley Gibbons, Inc., New York, has purchased the precancel stock of the Fidelity Stamp Co. The latter firm now will specialize in foreign countries and United States regular service, new issues, agency and first- day business. Philip H. Ward, ero" Philadelphia, formerly a resident of Washington, will | be guest speaker at the fourth annual banquet of the Montgomery Stamp Club, Reams’ Hotel, Norristown, Pa., Tuesday evening, November 9. Harmer, Rooke & Co., Ltd., London, will sell at auction, beginning Thurs- day, November 11, the J. Insley Blair collection of British empire issues and 19th and 20th century foreign. Brazil announces four new pictorial stamps, printed by Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., as follows: 200r, chocolate and steel blue, Munroe Palace; 300r, orange and deep green, botanical gar- dens; 2,000r, green and carmine, Mun- roe Palace, and 10,000r, botanical gardens. The annual winter relief stamps of Austria were released on October 18 and are described in the official an- nouncement as: 5 plus 2gr, dark green, nurse with infant child; 12 plus 3gr, sepia, woman with sick baby; 24 plus 6gr, dark blue, woman caring for an aged person, and 1 plus 1sch, carmine, nurse attending patient. The designs are by Prof. Ferdinand Kitt. Manchukuo brought out on Septem- ber 16 a new series to commemorate the completion of the new capital city of Hsinking. There are four de- nominations—2f and 10f, pigeon, laurel branch and clouds; 4f and 20f, na- tional flag, state building and floral decorations. James B. Hatcher, referring to the stamp issued by France in commemo- ration of the sesquicentennial of the| adoption of the Constitution of the United States, says the figure of Co- lumbia is “dumpy looking.” A Post Office Department circular says: “As early as 1677, upon the petition of several merchants of Bos- ton, John Hayward Scrivener was ap- pointed by the court ‘to take in and convey letters according to their di- rection.’ “This was probably the first post office and mail service authorized in America. Local and imperfect ar- rangements for the conveyance of mails were afterward made, at dif- ferent periods, in several of the col- onies, until 1710, when the British Parliament passed an act authorizing the British postmaster general ‘to keep one chief letter office in New York and other chief letter offices in each of his majesty’s provinces or colonies in America.’ Deputy post- masters general for North America were subsequently and from time to time appointed by the postmaster gen- STAMPS. Btamps Collection, over 11,5007 ood. Alss eid énvelepes, American_and ney. give: 3 5 3th St S.W. A: Rl e P UYENO’S STAMP SHOP 1205 Penn. Ave. N.W. Met. 9014 NATIONAL STAMP MART 1817 F St N.W. Rm. 411. Dist. 3217 STAMP ALBUMS tock Books, Oatalosues, New Scts. Sinsle 01 ly su-u Phiiatelic Supplies. HARRY'B. MASON, 918 F N.W. S—AUTO 716 17th St. N.W.________ Distriet 1272 WHITNEY’S STAMP MART 402 12th St. N.W. _ Met. 1511 THIS WEEK'S SPECIALS Bcott's U. S. Specialized Cat....$2.50 New 1937 Austria Winterhelp (4) .75 Cuba, Sugar Cane Set (3) 15 Unusual 19th Cent. Foreign Stamps (used only) Vs to 35 Cat. value. Offer applies to stamps Cat. $1 Ea. or over. Fill those hard to find spacgs in your album. CULLEN'S STAMP SHOP “Something New Every Day” 929 G st. N.W. Met. » 8817 > eral in England, and Dr. Benjamin Franklin was so appointed in 1755. He was removed in 1774. “On the 26th of July, 1775, the Continental Congress determined that ‘a postmaster general be appointed for the United Colonies,” and to allow him a ‘salary of one thousand dollars per annum for himself and three hun- dred and forty dollars per annum for a secretary and comptroller.” On pro- ceeding to the election of postmaster general, ‘Benjamin Franklin, Esq., was unanimously chosen.’ “The Articles of Confederation of 1778 gave to the United States in Congress assembled ‘the sole and exclusive right and power of estab- lishing and regulating post offices, from one State to another, through- out the United States, and exacting such postage on the papers passing through same as may be requisite to defray the expenses of an office” The little progress made during the periad of the confederation shows that this power was too limited to be useful, and when the increase of the mail service before the adoption of the Constitution of the United States is compared with its subsequent exten- sion, one cannot fail to perceive that the prosperity, efficiency and value of this department are chiefly to be ascribed to the National Government | founded under the Constitution of the Union.” Plate numbers for the 3-cent Hawaii stamp, designed by Alvin R. Meissner and engraved by Charles Chalmers and James T. Vail, are 21710 to 21713, inclusive. An anonymous citizen who at- tempted to sell an album of stamps | to President Roosevelt was told: “Not interested.” So many collections have been offered to the Nation's No. 1 Philatelist that a policy of blanket rejection has had to be put into effect. The new King George VI stamps | | of India are ornate, but not very at- | tractive. A portrait of the sovereign, | wearing the imperial crown and a heavy robe of state, is the central feature. The framework is a floral | composition. Values are: 9p, teep green, and la, carmine. Switzerlan 'Pro Juventure” stamps | for 1937 will be issued in two formats. | The lowest values will be of the small | normal size, the higher denominations approximately double. Henri Dufour’s portrait will appear on the 5 plus 5rp., green, and Niklaus von der Flue's on the 10 plus 5rp., violet. A boy is shown on the 20.plus 5rp., red and silver, and a girl on the 30 plus 10rp., silver and blue. Mary Covington, junior collector, of Danville, is in the University Hospital at Charlottesville for treatment. “The nurses,” she writes, “are real nice.” Collectors of the stamps of the Phil- ippines are advised to write to the Philippine trade commissioner’s office, philatelic department, 919 Barr Build- ing, for the most recently issued sales list of material in stock. ‘Yugoslavia has released a beautiful new airpost series, showing views of the Dalmatian coast and several cities. The official list is: 50p, brown; 1d, deep green; 2d, gray; 2.50d, carmine rose; 5d, dull violet; 10d, rose lake; 20d, deep green; 30d, deep ultramarine. The Scadta organization has been awarded a 20-year contract for in- terior airport service in Ecuador, and the company is specifically authorized to issue its own stamps. Stamp Magazine, London, declares: “The issuing of special exhibition miniature sheets of stamps has grown from the stage of a mere nuisance to little short of a ramp of the worst type.” Philatelic visitors to Washington during the past week included Mr. and Mrs. Hugh M. Clark of the Scott Stamp and Coin Co., New York; Philip M. Weiss, veteran stamp dealer of Cincinnati; Edward Fleider of Seattle, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brisley of Detroit. According to Elmer C. Pratt, phila- telic editor of the Camden Courier- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Spain, owned by Pedro Guerin of Barcelona, has been destroyed by burn- ing during the civil war. This won- derful collection was shown at the third international exhibition in New York."” The Stamp Collectors Club of Jack- sonville, Fla,, announces a second an- nual exhibition at the Jacksonville Art Galleries, Old Chamber of Commece Building, November 15 to 22. L New club rooms have been opened at 217 Burgess Building and meetings are scheduled for second and fourth Thursday evenings throughout the winter. Philatelic visitors to Jacksonville are invited to communicate with Charles Powers, jr., 21 Laura street. Mr. and Mrs. ‘Willard Otis Wylie of Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News, Bev- erly, Mass,, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on Friday. The Washington Philatelic Society, of which Mr. Wylie is an honorary mem- ber, sent a telegram of congratulation and good wishes. First-day covers from Honolulu, dated October 18 and flown to the United States by clipper ship plane, were received in Washington on ‘Wednesday. A Washington correspondent, writ- ing to Linn's Weekly Stamp News, suggests: “Let us forget about prize contests for United States postage stamps and leave the selection of de- signs, colors, printing and all other forms in the production of United States postage stamps in the hands of the capable experts in the Post Office Department and the Bureau of Printing and Engraving.” To which an obvious answer may be returned in some such words as these: “The United States is a de- mocracy, and policies which would be agreeable to the governments of Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler and the Emperor of Japan are repugnant to a free people. Again, the Post Office Department and the Bureau of Printing and Engraving have appealed to collectors repeatedly for constructive suggestion; and, even if this were not true, the philatelic public still would have the right and the duty to intervene in behalf of ‘more attractive and better-printed stamps.”” Specifically, the very first postal label ever issued by any government was & direct result of a prize contest. Also, practically every improvement in stamp production during nearly a hundred years traces back to in- dependent effort, not to the genius of Government experts, however capable. Stamp meetings for the week are listed as follows: Monday evening at 7:30, Washing- ton Stamp Club of the Air, Station ‘WOL. Albert F. Kunze will speak on the historic background of philately. Tuesday evening at 8, Washington Collectors Club, Branch 5, Society of Philatelic Americans, Thomson School, Twelfth street. Program, exhibition and bourse. ‘Wednesday evening at 8, Washing- ton Philatelic Society, Hotel Carlton, Sixteenth street. Mas H. Sanborn will exhibit and describe a portion of his_collection of British stamps used in Puerto Rico. Friday evening at 8, Washington auction, Hotel Carlton, with John R. Ewell in charge. Catalogues may be had by application to Room 410, Bond Building, and material to be sold | may be inspected at Room 420, Star Building. k Saturday afternoon at 1, Philatelic Luncheon Group, Hotel Harrington, Eleventh street. Round-table discus- sion of stamp news. All meetings are open to the public and visitors are assured of cordial welcome. BOY, 12, CHALLENGES, BUT BULL WON'T FIGHT Ambitious Portugu‘ese Toreador Is Only One Animal Re- fuses to Charge. By the Associated Press. LISBON, Portugal, October 31.— Hundreds of bullfight enthusiasts gasped with amazement when a 12- year-old boy challenged & savage bull | with his cape in the village of Vila Franca de Xira. He did it in observance of the “challenge of the bulls” custom which | is observed each year in the village when the big local bullfight takes place. | A herd of bulls was led into the streets for the more daring menfolk to fight, and the 12-year-old, seeing one animal trying to drink from a dry fountain in the plaza, calmly walked across and opened the tap, filling the can so the thirsty beast could drink. The lad then decided to challenge the bull to fight. Wildly he waved his cape. The bull charged every one else in sight but him. Linguistic Crisis. LONDON, Oct. 30 (#.—A Manx- man cannot swear in his own lan- guage, no matter what the provoca- tion. He has to use English. News of this caused quite a sensa- tion when T. J. Reubens of Ramsey (Isle of Man) publicly revealed the fact. 5 1 \ Said one philologist: “No swear words, en? No wonder Post, “the famous collection of old the language is nearly extinct!” OCTOBER 31, 1937—PART TWO. SUNDAY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE TP B TTTT] NEVER SPANKED AN ANEE ACROSS. . Horrify, . Covers. . Loafed. . The neartwood of an East India tree. . Wed. . Forgive. . Ingenuous. . Considerable. . Intend. . Perfidious, . Guided. . Fill to repletion. . Custom. . Stated. . Fondle, . Revise, . Choicest. . Obscure. . Duration. . Girl. . Trophy. . Remain, . Prelate. . Rested. . Frightened. . Killed. . College official. . Withstand. . Ease. . Refined. . Command. . Beverage. . Tidings. . Schemes. . Engrossed. . Light brown. . Yearn. . Brains. . Pedal extremity. . Rope. . Flock. . Penetrate. . Cultivated. . Offends. . Household god. . Back. . Sea . Add . Tyrannized. . Subdues. 3 . Acknowledge. . Exclamation. . Worry. . Mongrel, . Tardy. . Rational, . The sesame. . Wade through. . Impose. . Raced. . Doctor of laws: abbr. . Eluders. i . Meddles, . Manned. . Reinstate, . 8liver. . Expired. . Certainty, . Spout. . Explosives. . Mineralized rocks. . Bleat. . Garden tool. . Scrutinize, . Famous Italian family. . Belgian river. . Wrong: prefix. . Veer. . Neglects. . Father. . Chopping tool. . Annihilate. . Clothes. . Lord. . Start. Growing out. . Scarf. . Shelf. . Choose. . Assessor. . Parts of shoes. . Bufficient. 2. Peeled. 3. Exigency. 4. Weapon. eagle. lixiviation, . Pens. . Re-examines. . Quintessence, . Placé. . Short lance. . Falsehood. . Subterfuge. . Vehicle. . Swiss river. favorable. . Chills. . Cosy retreats. . Pat. . Hasten. a child, . Sod. . Anecdote. to. Spar. 43. servant. 5. Bark shrilly. 47. France. Clan. Surmount. 48. 49. 50. 51. 53. 55. 56. 57. 59. 61. 62. 65. 67. 0. Pulled. Wallow. Curling wave. Ogle. Cares for. Chaff. Well. Moist. Agitated. Retails. Frigid. DOWN. Solutions obtained by . Eucharistic wine vessel. . To inspire with fear. To march off suddenly. . Appeases and renders . Protective garment for . Relative pronoun. Spanish-American Department in Yonne, Punctuation mark. . Rain and snow. . Elevations, . Presents. . Flowed. . Stripling. . Owing. . Age. . Improve. . Puckered. . Discourage. . An arch. . Unfit. . Makes a misplay. 91. Jibe. 92, Steeps. 94. Wrong-doing. 95. Ria. 96. Masculine nickname. 99. Fullness. 101. Moistens. 104. Limbs. 105. Become insolvent. 106. Band of thre®. 108. Smear. 111, Act. 112. At that time. 113. Withered. 115. Scuffle. 117. The deeper part of a river. Nothwithstanding. ‘Writer. Snowshoe. Triter, Scent. Elf. Total. Anaesthetic. Finial Praise. Relaxes. Woody plant. Pertaining to the ear. Peruvian tobacco plant. Oriental nurse. Urge. Era. Club. Compass point: abbr. 119. 122, 123. 125. 127. 128. 129. 131. 133. 135. 136. 138. 139. 140. 142. 145. 146. 148. 149. Solution to Yesterday's Puzzle. EV zn miC =l SR r=loj—+m (0 ClninmZ] e OO T wmmEEm—|n mir e b =2 2|00 mir| Z 0> olor|=| EuEEN WEERES = U UM (72 o G ) = BUFFALO IS GRID TOWN Shows Appreciation of Football in Tulane-Colgate Crowd. Buffalo’s first major football game, Tulane versus Calgate, turned out to be a grand success financially as well as athletically. Every one of the 35,- 000 seats in the new stadium, which was formally dedicated at this contest, was sold out, with thousands unable to obtain accommodation. In other words, Buffalo has a mammoth group of citizens who will pay well to see attractive major grid- iron contests. These covers, shown by courtesy of Dr. Ellis Hawoith, former il Philatelic Society, prove that the “special issue” of stamps “symbolic of the American nations’ issued by the government oi Morgan, jr., a member of ti Cuba, October 13-15, actually were accepted for e senior class at the Woodrow Wilson High Schoo Cuban “Charity” Stainps Were Postally Used president of the Wasnington Zwstal duty. Jo. V. , was the recipient. merce of the United States, Similar envelopes also came to E. Irving Futon, Chamber of Com ,—stur ‘stag 3 » Photo, 4 Winning Contract BY THE FOUR ACES. (David Burnstine, Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken, world’s leading _team-of-four. ~inventors 'of _the system that has beaten every other system in existence.) 1 INCE any response in a new suit forces partner to bid again, | there is actually no need for the | immediate jump response in & new suit when game is responder’s only objective. Therefore, the jump response in a new suit should be re- served to act as a definite and im- mediate slam invitation, and conveys the message: “Partner, if you have anything more than a minimum, I am definitely interested in a slam.” There are numerous advantages to be gained by the proper use of this bid. First, we have the negative ad- vantage that when a player fails to respond with a slam invitation game force, irrespective of how strongly he bids thereafter, the opening bidder with & minimum or near-minimum will not take the hand past game. 5 On the other side we have two posi- tive advantages: A—Since our first bid has been a slam try, if our partner shows no signs of life, we may, if we desire, sign off thereafter and eventually drop the hand at a safe game contract. B—Since we are in effect saying to our partner that we are interested in a slam, he will prepare for this im- mediately, and slams can be bid much more easily and accurately than by other methods. The exact strength necessary to make the slam invitational game force is, of course, based on three factors: (1) high cards, (2) support for partner’s suit, (3) your own suit. The minimum requirements may be stated as follows: A—With strong support for part- ner’s suit and a very strong suit of your own, & high card value of 8 (2}2 quick tricks plus). Example: AKQxXx YEKKXXXX XX * X Respond three hearts to partner's opening bid of one spade. However, with but five hearts, simply give an immediate jump raise to three spades. | With this second hand you are inter- ested in a slam only if partner in- vites it. B.—With strong support for part- ner’s suit and no suit of your own, a high-card value of 10 (moré than three quick tricks). Respond three clubs to partner's opening one-spade bid. C.—With a long solid or nearly solid suit of your own but without support for partner’s suit, a high-card value of 10 (more than three quick tricks). Example: [ and no real support for partner’s suit, a minimum high-card value of 1212 (more than four quick tricks) is neces- sary. Example: SAQXX Respond three diamonds to partner's opening one-spade bid. ‘With this last hand, in spite of your tremendous high-card holding, you must be par- ticularly careful to bear in mind that you have told almost your whole story when you give the slam invitational game force: and if your partner’s first rebid is three spades, you should simply bid three no-trump. The reason for this is that, for all you know, your partner has a mini- mum hand with a five-card spade suit. Remember that in rebidding over your partner’s slam invitational game force you should always show your distribu- tion on the first bid and additional values, if any, at a later stage. Now, if over your second-round three no- trump the original bidder makes any further bid, even if it is only a rebid to four spades, you will be entitled to go on, since this second rebid of spades || will indicate a long, strong suit which, combined with your own high cards, should produce & slam. (Copyright, 1937.) The Four Aces will be pleased to s from readers if & . self-addressed en- tract bridge, send with your request stamped (3-cent), self-addressed. larg, size envelope to'the Four Aces, Inc.. 130 West Forty-second street. New York City. and you will receive &n out- line without any charge. BARKLEY DEFENDS ROOSEVELT POWER Assails Landon Speech, Asserts President Has Used Only Third of Authority. By the Associated Press. GLASGOW, Ky, Oct. 30.—Senate Majority Leader Barkley, Democrat, of Kentucky, defended congressional grant of powers to the President in an address here yesterday and as- serted that Mr. Roosevelt had made use of only a third of the authority conferred upon him. Barkley spoke at a Democratic rally. He referred briefly to a recent ad- dress by Alf M. Landon, 1936 Re- publican presidential nominee, rid- iculing . the Kansan's “alarm” over the existence of a “dictatorship.” W. Yancy Handy, in introducing the Senator, “nominated” him for the presidency in 1940, provided President Roosevelt does not seek reselection. Barkley laughingly replied he “hast- ened to accept the nomination lest it be withdrawn.” Similar “provisional nominations” were accorded Barkley recently at & celebration in his honor st his native Lowes, Ky. ’BIUNNE QUINTS Show Few Fears and Sel- dom Quarrel, Scientists Told at Parley. By the Associated Press. TORONTO, Oct. 30.—The most complete picture of the Dionne quin- tuplets presented since their birth three years and five months ago— frail bits of humanity weighing about 2 pounds—emerged today from a scientists’ conference hearing reports of their progress. The picture was rosy—the world's prize babies are now in bouncing health—but here are some of the de- tails the world may have wondered about: They are a little retarded in lan- guage development—which is nat- ural even for twins, and is still more natural for quintuplets—but they are making rapid progress in talking. They have overcome the physical handicaps of their premature birth, and are normal. Their average weight is slightly above the average weight for children of their age, their chest measurements are above normal. Temporary Isolation. They are never spanked. The sole form of punishment used at their Callander nursery is temporary isola- tion for the quint who has misbehaved. They are remarkably similar out- wardly. For example, their complex- | ions. are alike, their ears have only the total ridge counts of their fingers pflnnfl d}l"fler very little. ut they have decid differences. ik Yvonne is the most “socially mae ture,” and Marie, the smallest of the five sisters at birth, has the fewest 8o« clal contacts, Emilie has a minor astigmatism in both eyes, but may never ned to wear glasses. Marie has a slight incoe ordination of eye muscles, but scle entists believe this may be corrected. Seldom Quarrel. They all get along well, seldom quare rel and show few fears. Scientists from the University of Toronto, under the direction of Dr. W. E. Blatz, psychologist, who have been observing the quints for thres years, gave reports of their progress at the first conference educators ever held on quintuplets. The guardians of the quints are de< termined the five ljttle sisters shall not be “guinea pigs,” but are eager to have the advice of sicence, and to share the findings of research, to help make a better world for chile dren. Here are some more details of the Dionnes’ upbringing disclosed today: They now sleep about 15 hours daily. Their dining behavior is good; they remove their dishes when they finish eating. A quint who refuses to eat is removed from the table, Each Has a Cupboard. They are not yet able to dress themselves completely, but each has a cupboard and brings her clothing to the nurse, who helps her dress. Their teeth were later than usual in appearing, but their alignment is good, with no signs of softness or decay. Yvonne ranked highest in score after three achievement tests, with Cecile and Annette alternating next, then Emilie, and last, little Marie, who was smaller at birth. 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