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Library of Congress1934

Image 39 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), January 12, 1934

HOUSESUNFURNISHED Continued NBAR TECH HIGH SCHOOL Semidetached 6 rooms bath hwh Arranged so upstairs can be sublet 450 THOS E JARRELL CO NA 0765 30001362 L ST SE53000 2story brick 4 rooms bath hotwater heat electricity_ 39503547 10th 8T NW3950 2story Colonial porch brick o rooms and bath A very comfortable home 05002773 WOODLEY PL NW5500 2story semidetached brick fl rooms and bath modern In every way A C HOUGHTON CO REALTORS 1516 H St NW Phones District 53637 Ill Excellent Home Values CONVENIENT LOCATION 627 Upshur St NW55 00 Near Car Line Stores Schools Reception hall living room dinln room 3 bed rooms kitchen and bath Hotwater heat elec LOW RENT 511 Columbia Rd4500 6 rooms bath garage 440 Emerson St6000 6 rooms bath garage JUST LIKE NEW 4417 3rd St NW6500 Reception hall large bright living room dining room 3 bed rooms kitchen tiled hath builtin tub and shower Frigldalre garage 2 screened porches laundrv tubs 14th K CAFRITZ PL 9080 COLORED1705YOlTsT NW8 ROOMS and bath centrally located h50 CHARLES E TRIBBY S SONS 814 District National Bank Bldg Phone D1 4 8 COLORED39 QUINCY PL NWFLAT newly decorated attractive 5 rooms batn 42 50 Key 14 T

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Library of Congress1934

Image 4 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), April 26, 1934

DILLINGER ELUDES NET OF PURSUERS U S Men Mass in Vicinity of St Paul Preparing for Finish Fight Continued From First Page_ desperadoes shot their way to free dom killing two men and wounding four others Dillingers other wound was sus tained March 31 when he and at least two associates blasted their way out of a police and Federal trap in a St Paul apartment Dillinger was shot in the leg and later attended by Dr Clayton E May Minneapolis phy sician May and his nurse are now held on charges of harboring a criminal NET IS TIGHTENED Escape of Dillinger Is Feared by Officials CHICAGO April 26 The law with 5000 eager arms slammed shut the stable door today but the horse John Dillingerapparently was gone A great circle ol men blocking high ways and stopping all suspicious ap pearing persons was swung for hun dreds of miles around Mercer Wis to prevent the escape of the gunman yet even as the circle tightened there came reports that the desperado had lipped through Federal men burning under such criticism as seldom is made of Gov ernment detectives were massing some where in the vicinity of St Paul Minn

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Library of Congress1934

Image 57 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), November 4, 1934

Electrical Transcription Woe Haunts Commission Broadcasters Ask That Announcement Ruling Be Eliminated AltogetherProducers Want Whole Status Reviewed BY THE RADIO EDITOR ONE of radios bewhiskered squabbles gingerly side stepped by the old Federal Radio Commissionthat of announcing of electrical transcriptions as suchhas arisen to haunt the new Federal Communica tions Commission The F C C when it took over the functions of its predecessor last Summer found this issue on its door step but it was so engrossed in other more important matters that it gave the matter no attention Now how ever three formal steps have been taken which bring the matter forcibly before it The first was the adoption by the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters last Sep tember of a resolution petitioning the F C C to eliminate the requirements that electrically transcribed programs be announced as such and that they be treated in the same fashion as network or other live talent fea tures Promptly came the opposition of the American Federation of Mu sicians perennial objector to past efforts along this line It charged the broadcasters with trying to deceive listeners into believing that living rather than canned music was being performed

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Library of Congress1934

Image 37 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), November 13, 1934

MUTT AND JEFF The Little Mother With Big Worries By BUD USHER COME BACK HERE You AND GET Κ AT THISPUNCrtlNô BAGDONT f ALLRlgHXp fOR6ET Υονβζ f6HTiH ROU6H J MUTT I Li CUT 6ÊOR6IE BURNS SATURDAYy JUST WANNA fj 2oo j r return this 1 3 TOETZELSASKEtL it To THE OLDLAtV ft v coRNeRji HEREVoû ARE LtTTLE Mother THE pretzels WERE SWELL Η6ίf YOUR BASKET y THANK you SO MUCH sir RENTOFFICE SPACE DESIRABLE OFFICE SPACE ONE or more rooms at very reasonable prices In the BOSS PHELPS BUILDING 1417 Κ it nw WANTEDDESK SPACE WANT SMALL PRIVATE OFFICE OR DESK pace downtown district use o phone Reas Address Box 415K Star office RENTHALLS INSPECT DELIGHTFUL WINDSOR ARMS ball room with its huge fireplace Only 1ft minutes out In a beautiful setting In Virginia Just the place ior dances group suppers or dinners Beer on draught when desired Call Clarendon 1877 MISS CAMPBELL for information RENTWAREHOUSES SPACE FROM 150Π SQ FT UP ROBT L McKEEVER CO 232 Shoreham Bidg National 4750 OFFICES AND STUDIOS SMALL FURNISHED OFFICE OR DESK space wanted neighborhood of lfth and H sts Addreas Box 4oaK Star office DESIRABLE OFFICE ROOMS IN THE EVENING STAR BUILDING

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Library of Congress1936

Image 19 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), June 13, 1936

MANY SPLENDID THAYERS FOUND IN LOCAL GALLERIES A JL________ WORK STRICTLY AMERICAN French Training Left No Mark Upon Character of Artist Who Is Represented in Three Capital Galleries by 31 Paintings Children Often Were His Models painting certain great works in stantly come to mind as for all time outstanding such as La Farges mural of The Ascension in the Church of the Ascension New York Homers Alls Well in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and Thayers Caritas which has found permanent placement in the same institution The quality of Thayers work was happily recognized during his life time but since his death in 1921 his fame has steadily increased and found universal acceptance He was not a prolific painter When In 1922 a memorial exhibition of his work was held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York only 78 paintings some of which were un finished wer catalogued Under these circumstances it is very re markable and a matter of consider able congratulation that no less than 31 Thayers are in the permanent collections of art museums in Wash ington Sixteen are in the Freer Gal lery collection 13 are included in the collection left to

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Library of Congress1938

Image 11 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), March 3, 1938

Press Is Held Roosevelts Scapegoat Inquiry Was Made in Use of Profit From Writings By DAVID LAWRENCE CiNDOR between the White House and the American peo ple is an essential not only to good government but to the maintenance of a democracy If the White House in any way misleads the people and they lose confidence a tragedy ensues in whiqh both Gov ernment and the people suffer This is said apropos of the a nnouncement that not a penny of the money earned by the President in con nection with the sale of his writ lngs by newspaper y n d i c a tes or magazines will go j into his own pocket This an David Lawrence nouncement is in itself gratifying ana anybody who received either from this correspondent or anybody else the impression that Mr Roosevelt was trying to make personal profits should erase that impression from his mind and regard it as nonexistent Such a correction is essential because the President through his secretary now has officially announced that he will not profit by the sale of his writings and no matter what went on before it is the last statement that should count Handling

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Library of Congress1939

Image 15 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), February 5, 1939

Partisan Newspaper Is Out of Date Says Editorial Expert Veteran 83 Looks Back On 60 Years Work On One Daily By the Associated Press LOUISVILLE Ky Feb 4Har rison Robertson 60 years on one newspaper said today the 1939 model newspaper must cut loose from partisan ties to succeed Mr Robertson a frail man of 83 With eyes bright as a cub reporters leaned back in a worn swivel chair and declared emphatically The independent newspaper now adavs gets the respect of the people The day of the partisan paper is over You cant run a paper suc cessfully now as an organ of a party or faction Mr Robertson editor of the Louis ville Courier Journal started on January 17 his 61st year as an em ploye ol tne newspaper maae lamuus bv Henry Watterson The veteran editorial writer liter ally crashed his way into newspaper work Breaks Wattersons Door On his first day on the Courier Journel Mr Robertson related Mr Watterson hired him at 10 a week then took him out and introduced him to the managing editor A few minutes later I returned to Mr Wattersons office to get my hat and coat he said Mr

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Library of Congress1950

Image 2 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), June 26, 1950

Printers Given Raise Of 150 and Control Of Teletypesetting Contract terms for a 150 weekly wage increase and a joint committee to gather information about teletypesetting procedures have been accepted by Columbia Typographical Union members employed by Washington djdly newspapers The oneyear contract effective May 1 was ratified by a 178to 152 vote of union members at Turners Arena yesterday Nego tiations have been under way since last September Represen tatives of publishers and Local 101 had 35 collective bargaining sessions before reacing an agree ment last Tuesday It gives the union jurisdiction over operation of any teletype setting equipment that may be in stalled in newspaeper plants here It sets up a Joint Experimental Committee including two man agement and two union represen tatives to work out procedures and conditions covering the in troduction of training for proper manning requirements standards of competency scales of wages and other matters pertaining to their use and operation Tape Perforated by Keyboard Newspaper plants in Washing ton set type by manually operated linotype machines Teletypeset ting equipment consists of a type perforating machine operated by a keyboard similar to that of a typewriter and an operating unit attached to the standard type

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Library of Congress1950

Image 45 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), October 13, 1950

yy I l I U H 1 i 1 I i 1 I 1 Furniture STORES 1 V I I I I ANNIVERSARY SALE 1 I E SAVE IN ALL 24 I DREAMHOUSE E f DEPARTMENTS J H St at 7th NW I jj 1106 G Street NW i i 215 King Street 1 Alexandria i I I Blair Lee House Silver Spring Crops Out of Control DELBURNE Alta In 1948 a barley crop was sown and har vester near here Last year a good volunteer crop came through from seed accidentally scattered the year before although the land was due to be summer fallowed This year another volunteer crop is under way and looks as though it may be the heaviest of the three The Workers and Peasants Party of Bombay India has gone Communist i A FASHION SHOW ydurno I auHCAm l EVERY SATURDAY at I PM I staged and narrated by p MRS CLADSTONE WILLIAMS PrizesGuest StarsFavors j HOTEL RALEIGH I For res call Pierre NA 3810_J La Prensa Executive Receives Award for Freedom Efforts By the Associated Press NEW YORK Oct 13Dr Al berto Gainza Paz director of the Buenos Aires daily newspaper La Prensa last

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Library of Congress1953

Image 1 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), May 25, 1953

Weather Forecast Fair tonight lowest about 66 degrees To morrow fair and warmer Full report on Page A2 Midnight 67 6 am 65 11 am 74 2arn__64 8 am__ 66 Noon 75 4 am_ 65 10 am 70 1 pm 76 An Associated Press Newspoper 101st Year No 145 Phone ST 35000 WASHINGTON D C MONDAY MAY 25 1953FORTYFOUR PAGES Nations First AShell Fired On Nevada Flat Brilliant Flash Seen in Las Vegas 75 Miles Away By the Asociatd Press LAS VEGAS Nev May 25 The Army fired the Nations first atomic shell today from a huge cannon dubbed Atomic Annie It burst with a brilliant flash over a simulated enemy target The shot fired from the 280 millimeter cannon on French man Flat came at 830 am 1130 am EDT Within five minutes the cus tomary atomic cloud formed visible in this resortgambling town 75 miles away It developed a lazy S form and appeared to have an ice cap Sunlight glinted on the white top of the cloud Its wispy stem led down to a purple base Cloud Rises Swiftly The cloud rose swiftly and seemed to be traveling fast It did not have the true mushroom shape

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Library of Congress1958

Image 8 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), April 20, 1958

A8 THE BUNDAY BTAR Washington D C SINIIAV AfBII N IN j 7 j BEFORE ASSAILING COMPLACENCYSenate Majority Leader Lyndon B Johnson gives the incoming and outgoing presidents of the American Society of Newspaper Editors a look at his notes before addressing the society last night With him are George W Healy jr new ASNE presi dent left and Virginius Dabney the outgoing president rightStar Staff Photo Clapper Award Goes To Chalmers Roberts By th Associated Pru Chalmers M Roberta foreign affairs reporter for the Wash ington Post and TimesHerald last night was awarded the 14th annual Raymond Clapper Memorial Award Five newspaper executives acting as judges credited Mr Roberta with the first exten sive disclosure of the essence and fundamental findings of the Gaither Report This still unreleased report was made to President Eisen hower last year by a commis sion of national security ad 0 OPEN MON EVENING 9 til 9 Park Free Next Door on F St kits Un Mat kit high prices with I BELTOX IH ft ml PLYMOBTH FIIIE BUBS W f rotors use them tor model homes Three differ M ent designs Cochin diamond Madros plaid and cV Molobar in green Jk M J

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Library of Congress1958

Image 40 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), December 29, 1958

C4 THE fVENING STAR Washington 0 C Monday December 29 19St Personals Special 1 Notices Official Notices and Pro posals on Page A3 AUCTION SALES TBOI J OWEN a SON Auctioneer mi t t WFVSW w val M DWELLING WITH BASEMiNT Bj virtue of Deed of Truat re corded lo Über No 10U80 at folio 821 o r the Lend Records of the District of Column we snsll sell n font of the orcmlses on TUE3DAY THE BIXH DAY OF JANUAR AD 1050 At TWO l OCLOCK PM Lot numbered fortrflsht 46 In Square num bered Thtrtysi Hundred end likhtyflve f3M In the sub division mode by Morrk Calritx s i posit of SSOO required et time of C safe Terms of rule to be com piled with within thirty days Iro n date of sele otherwise the trus tees reserve the right to resell the property at the risk sad coet of the defaulting purchaser after five days advertisement of such resale In some newspaper pub _ fished In the District ol Cofiim bla or deposit may be forfeited or without forfeiting depoett trustees may aval themselves ol any legal or equitable rlshta T against defaulting purchaser Further psrticulars

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Library of Congress1959

Image 28 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), May 25, 1959

C2 THE EVENING STAR W aihinftn 0 C MWf Mey 25 IMS tffK v kMp tK 3H DISTINGUISHED PRESSMANSamueI H Kaifffmann left president 5 of The Evening Star Newspaper Co holds a plaque naming him an 9 honorary member of the International Wessmens Union after it was presented him by Anthony J DeAndrade the union president at the microphone Robert Callahan right vice president of the Washington pressmen is holdng a traditional pressmans paper cap also presented to Mr Kauffmann Edward Meyer president of the Washington press men is second from rightStar Staff Photos by Francis Routt and B Arnold Sachs Family Day at The Star Draws Crowd of 4000 Four thousand festive em ployes and guests of The Eve ning Star satisfied their curios lty yesterday at a premiere sho wins of the new Star Building Ranging in age from 4 weeks to 87 years employes ex employes and their families embarked on hourlong tours of the big modem plant at Sec ond street and Virginia avenue SJE which has housed The Star since March Probably the oldest visitor to the Family Day Open House was Charles Powers 87 of 7402 Arden road Cabin John Md A former street

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Library of Congress1915

Image 7 of Dziennik Chicagoski (Chicago [Ill.]), April 9, 1915

Γ r ODEZWA Do Narodów w Ameryce Usuńmy cierpienia ludzkie i zachowajmy życieanie pomagajmy do jego niszczenia Otrzymujemy tysiące listów z łzawemi wezwaniami i prośbami z krajów naszych ojczystych i myniżej podpisani redaktorzy i wydawcy postanowiliśmy zamieścić tę odezwę do wielkiego narodu amerykańskiego na korzyść naszych czytelników którzy są prawie bez wyjątku ciężko dotknięci obeną wojną europejską Ich bracia siostry rodzice dzieci lub kre wni mieszkaj w krajach gdzie toczy się okropna wojna Nie znaczy to że naród amerykański nieodczuwa też żywotnie tej wojny lecz nasi czytelnicy są spokrewnieni mniej lub więcej z ludami teraz pogrążonemi w głębinach nieludzkiej wojnyKażdy dzień przynosi nowe ofiary tej wojny i boleść naszego narodu rośnie Skargi milionów wdów którym wojna za brała mężów i pozostawiła tymczasowo na łasce losu wezwania bezbronnych sierót i modlitwy tysięcy przymierających z głodu w Europie skierowały nas i usprawiedliwiły jak sądzi my do wydania tej odezwy w imię ludzkości i sprawiedliwości ODWOŁUJEMY SIĘ DO NARODU AMERYKAŃSKIEGO do odważnej i sprawiedliwych zapatrywań prasy i do fabrykantów w Ameryce wyrabiających proch naboje i szrapnele Odwołujemy się do robotników pracujących w tych fabrykach które są zajęte produkowaniem amunicyi i broni dla celów wo jenny i aby natychmiast zaprzestali pracy skierowanej w celu

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Library of Congress1915

Image 2 of Dziennik Chicagoski (Chicago [Ill.]), April 10, 1915

Otrmujcmy tysiące listów z Izawemi wezwaniami i prośbami z krajów naszych ojczystych i myniżej podpisani redaktorzy i wydawcy postanowiliśmy za micswn οηΐ rłpiniWńw ktôrzv sa prawie bez wyjątku ciężko dotknięci obeną wojną europejską Ich bracia siostry rodzice dzic wuv wielkiego wni więcej _ brała męiów pozostawiła tymczasowo my do wydania tej odezwy w imię ludzkości i sprawiedliwości wyaania lej ouciwy w mu iuuiu i opiττνWUv ODWOŁUJEMY SIĘ DO NARODU AMERYKAŃSKIEGO do odważnej i sprawiedliwych zapatrywań prasy i do fabrykantów w Ameryce wyrabiających proch naboje i szrapnele Odwołujemy się do robotników pracujących w tych fabrykach które są zajęte produkowaniem amunicyi i broni dla celów wo jenny i aby natychmiast zaprzestali pracy skierowanej w celu niesienia śmierci naszym braciom i czynienia wdowami naszych sióstr matek i osierocanie dzieci jak również przeszkodzenia mszczenia bezcennych pamiątek pozostawionych nam przez przodków HzezegnlewM jeilnak podkreślamy jeszcze raz odwołujemy się do robotników i fabrykantów zajętych wyrobem amunicyi i broui i nalegamy aby zaprzestali ich fabrykowania dla okrutnego i nieludzkiego celu uuiceetwiani l4zkości zusoima tło każdego robotnika uby za cenę straconego miejsca zaprotestował przeciwko zatrudnianiu go dla wyrobu materyałów przeznaczonych dla mordów spokrewnionych węzłami krwi z nimi braci Honor narodu amerykańskiego nienaruszalność Honor naszych fabrykantów patryotyzm i cześć

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Library of Congress1915

Image 6 of Dziennik Chicagoski (Chicago [Ill.]), April 12, 1915

ODEZWA Do Narodów w Usuńmy cierpienia ludzkie i zachowajmy życiea nie pomagajmy do jego niszczenia Otrzymujemy tysiące listów z łzawemi wezwaniami i prośbami z krajów naszych ojczystych i myniżij podpisani redaktorzy i wydawcy postanowiliśmy zamieścić tę odezwę do wiejkiego narodu amerykańskiego na korzyść naszych czytelników którzy są prawie bez wyjątku cię ino dotknięci obeną wojną europejską Ich bracia siostry rodzice dzieci lub kre wni mieszkaj w krajach gdzie toczy się okropna wojna Nie znaczy to że naród amerykański nieodczuwa też żywotnie tej wojny lecz nasi czytelnicy są spokrewnieni mniej lub więcej z ludami teraz pogrążonemi w głębinach nieludzkiej wojnyKażdy dzień przynosi nowe ofiary tej wojny i boleść naszego narodu rośnie Skargi milionów wdów którym wojna za brała mężów i pozostawiła tymczasowo na lasce losu wezwania bezbronnych sierót i modlitwy tysięcy przymierających z głodu w Europie skierowały nas i usprawiedliwiły jak sądzi my do wydania tej odezwy w imię ludzkości i sprawiedliwości ODWOŁUJEMY SIÇ DO NARODU AMERYKAŃSKIEGO do odważnej i sprawiedliwych zapatrywań prasy i do fabrykantów w Ameryce wyrabiających proch naboje i szrapnele ł 11 I Jl 1 Odwołujemy się do robotników pracujących w tych fabrykach które są zajte produkowan em amumcyi i urum um jenny i aby natychmiast zaprzestali pracy

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Library of Congress1915

Image 8 of Dziennik Chicagoski (Chicago [Ill.]), April 13, 1915

ODEZWA Do Narodów w Ameryce Usuńmy cierpienia ludzkie i zachowajmy życiea nie pomagajmy do jego niszczenia Otrzymujemy tysiące listów z łzawemi wezwaniami i prośbami z krajów naszych ojczystych i myniżj podpisani redaktorzy i wydawcy postanowiliśmy zamieścić tę odezwę dQ wielkiego narodu amerykańskiego na korzyść naszych czytelników którzy są prawie bez wyjątku ciężko dótknięći obeną wojną europejską Ich bracia siostry rodzice dzieci lub kre wni mieszkaj w krajach gdzie toczy sę okropna wojna Nie znaczy to że naród amerykański nieodczuwa też żywotnie tej wojny lecz nasi czytelnicy są spokrewnieni mniej lub więcej z ludami teraz pogrążonemi w głębinach nieludzkiej wojnyKażdy dzień przynosi nowe ofiary tej wojny i boleść naszego narodu rośnie Skargi milionów wdów którym wojna za brała mężów i pozostawiła tymczasowo na łasce losu wezwania bezbronnych sierót i modlitwy tysięcy przymierająpych z głodu w Europie skierowały nas i usprawiedliwiły jak sądzi my do wydania tej odezwy w imię ludzkości i sprawiedliwości ł ODWOŁUJEMY SIE DO NARODU AMERYKAŃSKIEGO do odważnej i sprawiedliwych zapatrywań prasy i do fabrykantów w Ameryce wyrabiających proch naboje i szrapnele Odwołujemy się do robotników pracujących w tych fabrykach które są zajęte produkowaniem amunicyi i broni dla celów wo jenny i aby natychmiast zaprzestali pracy skierowanej w celu

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Library of Congress1921

Image 83 of The New York herald (New York, N.Y.), June 5, 1921, (SECTION SEVEN)

DAN RAL We cannot give up our only p not wish to drive us out of the chui By DAN CAREY Ni V there Is the case of Mr Edison for instance Just because he asks a few simple perfectly easy questions of a lot of schoolboys for the purpose of ascertaining if they have as much as an ordinary high school education before giving them jobs in his and spend the day asking each other whether he is right or wrong and if either why So far as we have been able to ascertain every one who has written anything upon the subject has taken the position that Mr Edison is wrong but no lucid reason has been given for such an attitude Clearly the time hits arrived for one of our best minds to come to the defence of the great inventor Our well known modesty withheld us front undertaking this task for several weeks in the vain hope that one of the others of us would say something in his behalf but their silence indicates that they are waiting for us to take the load and therefore we speak boldly In considering the questions asked by Mr

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