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The Washington times., 1929-10-18
LISTEN WORLD!
This Is War
By Elsie Robinson

mile and half on his hands,
dragging his mashed knee after
him: another goes to the dress
ing station, and over his clasped
hands bulge his intestines; we
jaws, without faces; We find one
man who has held the artery Of
his arm in his teeth for two
hours in order not to bleed to
death"
He tells Of little boys Of IS
and is, recruits. their small,
skinny bodies dressed In uni
forms grotesquely large-killed by
the thousands, because they are
too young to protect themselves.
There, on the field, they lie dying,
80 terrified they dare not cry
out loudly, but with battered
chests and torn bellies and arms
and legs only whimper softly
for their mothers, and cease as
soon as one looks at them. Their
sharp, downy, dead faces have
the awful expressionlessness of
dead children"
These are frightful things, but
tASlo . Is 6OulSllluS bIII ANU e
frlghtful in that book. and that
Is the dead tone Of the man who
writes it,
This man went into the war
a hopeful, dreaming boy. He
went into the war believing in
the world. believing in his coun-
try, in life, in honor and other
men. He came out scared, without
a hope or dream or Illusion left.
To live on like that is a more
terrible thing than to die. To
live on like that Is a worse thing
for the world. for these blasted
men must carry on the race,
these men without illusion or de-
sire. whom the war killed and
yet left living.
That Is what war IS. That n
what war DOES to those who
live through 1t, and to those
generations which live after 1t
and pay its price. You had bet
ter read that book.
The Washington times., 1929-10-18
TWENTY YEARS AFTER"
-Ru Herbert Kaufman

TWENTY years ago the writer stood beside the Amarillo
loading pens and jack-rabbts wigge their ears
across the tracks.
The cattle business was waning and outlying pro-
posing ynchingbee for the bright young who first
suggested the Panhandle ideal location for "dyfam
ing"
Crops of milo maize mit sorghum and kafir struggled
vaany with inappropriate soil and nggardy ranfalls and
corn yields hardly suced feed locally consumed pork
products
Main had just been concreted but gumbo still claimed
remaining thoroughfares.
Residents proudly pointed Fuqua toy bank and boaed
Of its facade and little burglar proof vault
The largest structure in town twosory hardware
store its biggest payroll from the round houses and
division shops of the Rock Island.
This month Amarillo Is advertising in Nations Business
that its 1928 bbng alone exceeded hundred and
twenty five million misunderstanding photograph Of the
Santa Fes sixeenstory office buldng-telng the world
that the International Harvester Company shipping
goods there than to any other point earth and chortg
million odd increase Of bank deposits In wentyon
days
Folk no longer find chief in watching loco
headlights twenty miles away trains speed th
aest Of the country Cutters Of freight cars grain
elevators renere and storage tanks obscure the vew
The Panhandle enriched with centuries Of buffalo
has suddenly become wheat granay sacng foryive mil
Texas solons swapped eighties for State House. will
further enrich America to the tune Of billions before they
peter out of petroleum and natural gas
Amarillo is wearing emerads branch factories and French
lingerie Her debutantes dancing in duplicated Manhattan
hotels and entertaining at the Country Club
switched his stock from high heel boots
to patent leather pumps and brocade sandals
And Fuqua coudn begin crowd his last safety deposit
installation into the cubbyhoe that dazzled rural
toners.
Amarillo helps explain the persistence Of the bull market
helps explain those unexpected suruses which Mr. Mellon
chronicaly discovers.
helps explain the annual postponemen Of industrial sat-
uration points.
Amarillo is both symbol and city-a prelude note to
another era development along backraion power sites
and among lazng wastes where coming Harrmans will
peat the miracle of the Imperial Valley and wed sity with
water and fertility
Your grandchildren won't live to take the slack wsahs
in the United States
Opportunity isn't metropolitan monopoly Homesteades
blowing today where the generation will harvest
mills mansions and multimllion fortunes. Nobody
what in Natures underground cupboard
or when the next isolation will strike 1t rich.
If you doubt it, ask Amarillo.
1925 by the Daily
The Washington times., 1929-10-18

Of sunlight. The sunbeam is
filled with floating dust particles.
Suppose there were absolutely no
dust in the air. In that case,
the path of the sunbeam would
be totally dark. We should see
no ray Of light at all! 1t Is not
difficult to prove this; for II you
pass ray Of electric light
through a long glass cylinder
exhausted of dust, the interior
of the cylinder. when observed
from the side. will appear to be
filled with a dark cloud.
Suppose. however, that only
the larger dust particles have
been strained out of the tube.
and the finer ones remain. Then
the interior of the cylinder. when
viewed laterally. will appear to
be filled with blue light. The
fine dust particles reflect chiefly
the rays of shorter wave-length,
namely those at the blue end
Of the spectrum.
The same principle, as Wallace
points out, Ia believed TO ex-
plain the exquisite blue color Of
the deep seas and oceans and
of many lakes and springs. "Ab-
solutely pure water. like pure
air, is colorless. but all seas and
lakes, however. clear and trans
lucent. contain abundance Of very
finely divided matter. organic and
inorganic. which. as in the a.
mosphere, reflects the blue rays
In such quantity as to over
power the white or colored light
reflected from the fewer and
more rapidly sinking particles of
larger size"
The Washington times., 1929-10-18

GONE day there will be an
- other war. When that day
comes, the drums will roll and
the guns will crash and you and
l will be rarin' to go. We do
not believe that now. We do not
think, now, that we will ever
want to see another war. But
the chances are that. when the
war comes. well be as mad for
1t as anyone. We will forget ell
our fine resolutions-our Chris
tian principles. We will become
drunk with excitement and hate
and we will 60 around yelling
about glory" and patriotism"
and urging our sons to enlist.
The only thing that can pre-
vent that shameful day Is
KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT WAR
REALLY MEANS WHAT
GLORY" REALLY COSTS ."
and the time to learn about that
IS NOW. while our heads are
fairly cool. There is a book from
which we may learn about war,
very accurately. It Is called
GALL QUIET ON THE WEST
ERN FRONT" and 1t is by Erich
Maria Remarque.
This book tells the story Of q
19-year-old boys experience in
the world war. 1t Is actually the
experience of Remarque, himself.
1t Is a terrible story-an unbe-
lievable hideous story. I am used
to hideous stories. but when 1
read that record I could hardly
bear it. I read little and found
myself shuddering. l read some
more and shook like an ague
with rage then found my
face wet with tears then
had to lay 1t. aside, for I was
gagging.
There are pictures In that book
which brand you.
1--WE see men living with their
skulls blown open; we see sol.
diers run with their two feet cut
off, they stagger on their splin.
tered stumps into the next shell
hole; a lance corporal crawls n
The Washington times., 1929-10-18
THE MARRY
GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland

Pre-War Husbands-and Others
A S good husbands become scarcer
n and more precious, q woman
Is sometimes tempted to lock Up
her fine old pre-war husband with
her fine old pre-war liquor, where
he will be safe.
When a woman acts bored and
distracted, a man wonders what's
on her mind; when a man acts
bored and distracted, a woman
wonders WHO'S on his mind.
Many q woman Is dazed with
surprise, when her own husband
turns out to be a hero. and she
sees laurel wreath placed upon
the brow, on which she has placed
so many hot cloths and 1ce-packs.
This Is the golden season. when
a man and wife can stop scrap
ping about who shall get up and
kill the mosquito, and begin
arguing about who shall get up
and turn on the steam heat. And
yet there are people who say
that married life lacks variety!
When a man shares his senu-
mental condolences with a woman,
it may mean only that he wants
a listener: but, when he begins
sharing his BUSINESS secrets
with her, she can go right ahead
and finish filling the hope chest.
There ought to be a mo
trespassing' sign hung around
every married mans neck; but,
even then, the world would always
he full of love-poachers and SEN
timental freebooters, who don't
believe in signs.
Perhaps It's the same perversity
which makes a man work for
hours to get a remote station,
instead of tuning in on a per-
fectlv good local program, that
inspires him to break his neck
running after woman who
doesn't want him. while the "ne
who would make him a perfectly
good wife is patiently waiting,
right at hand.
There are lots of ways Of "tak-
ing a mans breath away"-but
the most popular among women,
these days, seems to be by suffo-
eating him with attentions.
The Washington times., 1929-10-18
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis Il. Bisch-

IT In natural enough that the
l. young girl as we'll as the little
boy should center affection first
upon the mother.
The baby Is helpless, and must
needs depend for everything upon
its mother. And the mother in
turn. of course, responds to the
needs of her child, and therefore
showers affection upon both her
male and female offspring with
out showing favor to either.
As children grow older. how.
ever. mothers often do begin to
play favorites and often mothers
do not realize what they are
doing.
The strongest attraction always
exists between opposite sexes and
SO mothers tend to favor their
sons. sometimes even at the ex-
pense of their daughters feel
ings.
Girls can suffer because Of this.
They feel often that they are
not wanted. Such an attitude
on the part of a mother also
lays the groundwork for future
jealousies and spites and makes
the growing girl feel inferior.
A mother should also realize
that as her son grows to mans
estate his affection for her will
tend to he stronger than that
for his father.
The wise mother takes care
that such a ties does not be-
come too strong. If It does 1t
keeps the young man tied TO
his mothers apron strings too
long; prevents him from wanting
to 70 out with girls, handicaps
his social attainments and ac-
tually retards his falling in love
and marriage.
All mothers seem to want 70
hold on to their sons as long
as possible.
This may be good for the
mother, but it is a decidedly per-
nicious influence on the BOY.
A mother must guard against
feeling that the son no longer
loves her because he loves an
other woman younger than her-
self. She must even guard
against feeling actually jealous OF
that woman.
II all sons were to cling TO
their mothers over-long the pro-
pagation and preservation OF the
race would soon suffer.
Indeed, as early as possinle'
every woman with growing
bov should study her own atti'
tudA toward her son caretullT
and honestly and should see 10
it that interest Is created in the
opposite sex.
A son consciously or uncon-
sciouslsy tries to find wife who
will somehow symbolic his
mother and his success at being
a husband and father will de-
mand largely upon the training
and unselfish idealism which he
receives as a boy from his
mother.
Care must be taken to keep
the son honest, straightforward
and truthful, especially as con-
Germs his attitude toward his
father. Often a son will want
to share secrets with his mother
of which the father is to be kept
in ignorance. This is decidedly
bad for character 6uilding>
The Washington times., 1929-10-18

In Portugal, anyone who re-
mains seated or covered when the
national anthem is played or the
national flag passes. is immedi-
ately arrested.
Fishing In Turkey Is now for
hidden to all except commercial
fishermen, who pay a tax for that
purpose.
London has now a population
equal to that of Belgium and
almost equal to the whole Of
Scotland.
Chinese people have been
moving into Manchuria at the
rate of about 100000 a year.
Approximately 20o,0 accidents
occur on railways In Japan every
year.
The mileage covered by motor
busses in Germany exceeds the
rail mileage OF the federal rail-
ways.
A national tapestry museum IL
to be established in Paris, France.
The Washington times., 1929-10-18
Hearst Papers Advocate:

l. An agreement of Englsh-speaking peoples to pre-
serve peace among hemselves and to promote the
peace of the 1Uorld.
e Proportional representation the United States
Senate, State to haze less than tWo Senators.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
porttonnent IN the House of Representatives.
g. A separate Department of the Army of the Macy
and of the Air Forces, all united under Secretary
of National Defense.
a. Federal action to the limit of Federal po1Uers to
abolish dHteracy in the United States under Secre-
tdry of Education.
s. Election of Congress in November. Installation on
the first of January foloOing. Inauguration of the
President first of January mert after November
election.
The Washington times., 1929-10-18
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Sweet is revsngN-especially for
woman. Byron.
Do not lay on the multitude the
blame that Is due to q few.-Ovid.
The humble suffer whe nthe
powerful rae.-Phae edrus.
Let the punishment ba equal
with the offSnsa-CSoae@
The Washington times., 1929-10-18

Nations, like men, have their
infancy. st. John.
Every wrong is avenged on
earth. Goethe.
A doubtful throne IL Ice on
Summer seas. -Tennyson.
To live without loving 10 not
really living. ~-MoltsEa.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-07
seeing the President.

seeing lhN
Rudolph Forster. executive clerk
is the. real assistant President OF
the United States. He tells the
President and the official secretary
to the President what to do about
thousands OF routine matters which
if not handled in accordance with
precedent would cause all sorts of
Implications and bad feeling. The
smooth operation of the White
House staff is due to the careful
quiet efficient hand OF Rudolph
Forster. 4 President might just
as we'll try to dispense with the
oath OF office as with Rudolph.
doc" Smithers, White House
telegrapher who is entrusted With
many great state secrets as he on
crates the confidential private tele
graph wire which is always set up
between the White House and
wherever the President may be
visiting, IS another veteran indls-
pensible 10 new Presidents.
Nelson p. Webster. dsbUrsins
clerk. began service under Presi-
dent Harrison. Forster, Hoover,
Mckenna, Smithers and several Of
the White House police. including
Dial" and Larry Semon." the
we'll known officers at the door OF
the executive office have served
from RooseNclt's time or further
back.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-07
ADMITS FALS|FYING
PRICES OF STOCKS
NeWspaperman 1estifes in Trial
Of New York Brokers

New York March {P,-Wjlliam
= stokes farmer racention clerk in
a brokerage bouse controlled by John
and Herbert Locke and FIVE other
men now on trial on fraud charges.
testified in federal court today that
Oscar RegeL former newspaparman.
had been maid to obtain publication
of prices OF Canarjo Conner stock at
figures higher than actual market
quotations.
ia sal, .n,. ~, ana oooosio, ~
a.l no.4 oarol7 ~ ,h, oi4ioa. -. ,,o,,,
7,,,o ,,i,1,,1 ,.o,,,ra,,, ~, 5000
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CZARK0WSKI FINED 500
And SENTENCED TO JAIL
New nStOn Avenue Man Pleads
Guilty in superior Court to
Transporting Liquor.

Paul Czarkowski. 50, of II New
inston avenue, pleaded guilty TO the
charge of transporting liquor by
means of a motor vehicle and was
fined S1oo and costs with jail SEN
tcnce of 80 days. by Judge Isaac
Wolfe in superior court today He
was represented by Judge w. +.
Mangan
Czarkowski was alleged TO have
been in an automobile driven by
Michael kopacz OF 65 Smalley street
on October 16. 1928. near the high
school. Motorcycle Officer David
Lofty chased the automobile and
caught kopacz in barn on Glen
street. but CzarkoWski escaped and
was not apprehended Tor several
weeks, having gone TO Bayonne. \.
J. In the ab1ldoned automobile
officer Doty found a single gallon
Jug Of alcohol and one gallon can
of alcohol.
kopacZ is serving a Year in jail
as a fourth offender against the Ii
duor law. and the day after he was
sentenced. he was brought into the
local police court 10 identity Car
kowslll. He would not do so, but
Judge SAKE held CzarkoWski for su
i,erlor court nevertheless.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-07
Hall Agency Fixtures
To Be .AuctiOned OFF

The remainder Of the fixtures Of
the Charles Fl. Hall automobile agon-
rN at ) Main street will be dis
posed OF at public sale on March
%, a o'clock in the afternoon by
Constable Fred Wrinkle. according TO
an execution issued today. The COM
pahE Went into bankruptcy recent
y and a Judgment was entered by
default against the firm last MOI
day IN city court, The place has
been under lock and key for SOM
time. aud the Whereabouts OF the
proprietor has been a mystery 10 all
concerned since the day action Wis
brought by the New Britain Ees,I
Estate & Title Co.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-07
Schumann-Heink
Bids Stage Farewell

New ork. March : dPl-Nllno.
Ernes1ine Schumann-H cink's recent
triumph as Irda. Mother Of Earth"
in Wagners "Rheingold' was in
reality her farewell appearance on
the stage OF he Metropolitan Opera
house She was TO have appeared
gain as Erda, this time in "Sicg-
fried at d matinee today. for her
farewell. but a cold prevented her
appearance. Karin Branzell. who
had been prepared as her under
study. sang the part.
Madame Schumaln- Hcink's , IL
diuon is not serious, it was said bat
FOR a prima donna Who is aim lost
GS years old TO sing Erda. even
without cold. is something OF an
undertaking,
She recently announced she would
retire at the end OF this season and
IeN ote he' remaining years TO teach
ing.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-07
Aged Woman Is Burned
Trying to Save Bonds

Aberdeen. Mis-, March .r-A
- year old woman was burned to
death today when she ran back into
her burning home, from which she
had scapcd safely. TO get q box
containing bonds and j"w"lrv. which
already had been saved y fremen.
The woman. Miss Clara Sims. had
been aroused at $50 a. m. and had
fl"d with her brother. Dr. J. T..
Sims, several years her Nor. The
latter vas restrained with difficulty
from going TO the rescue of his sis
ter. He collapsed and vas report
I'd IN serious condition.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-07
Dempsey and Wife
Back in New York

New York. March 7 LP-Jacl
Dempsey, accompanied by his wife.
Estelle Taylor, arrived in New York
from Florida today. still undecid.d
as to his plans for the future. The
former champion. co-star in the pro-
duction OF the Sharkey- StrIbins
battle at Miami Beach. said how
ever. he would have something TO
say as soon as he returns from a trip
10 Boston with William +. Carey.
vice president of the Madison Square
Garden Corp.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-07
lawyers At ODDS
over SECRECY Law
British Act Draws Curtain On
Divorce Proceedings

London. March 7 tUP) 1.-The Ju-
aicial Proceedings Act of December.
1926, which. in effect, pulled pail
OF secrecy over divorce actions IN TINS
country, is meeting with mixed re-
ception in law circles.
Official reports state that, con-
trary TO all expectations. the act has
not caused a big increase in di-
vorces, 4 divorce lawyer, however.
expressed conflicting views OF the
semi secrecy of reports enforced by
the act.
There is only one opinion among
those leading lawyers whose busl-
ness it is to deal with matrimonial
causes. and that is that the act, IN
its present form. is having a mis-
chievous effect he said.
In the first place, it has intro
duced an element OF secrecy in the
trial of divorce suits. which is quite
opposed TO the Old principle of the
open administration of law.
1T has also removed. very large
~. the deterrent Of publicity which
makes Il man in a good position IN
like think twice before succumbins
to temptation and makes Wronged
wife reluctant to go to extremes If
there is any chance of a reconCillia-
non after forgiveness.
There are many who think that
once a man has been false TO his
wife. it is better that the marriage
should be dissolved: that it should
he done as quietly is possible. and
that this act is the refore all for the
best. But that is not the aim OF
This act. which is merely intended
to keep unsavory matter out Of the
press.
"There can be no doubt from the
experience of this year that the
act has had the effect Of increas-
ing considerably The number of di
lorce suits, though how far it is
difficult TO say.
1T has also had the effect OF on
vUurdging the idea that Coniugal
Inhdelity need not now be regarded
as social diserucc.'
Last year there We're 4A44 matri-
monial petitions tiled. &C. more
than in 1926. and o.a77 wives and
! 4G$ husbands were granted de-
Cr,cs nisi.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-07
Four Alarms Sounded
For Fire at Newark

Newark. \. j.. March OPP
Fire in the plant of the CeliuIod
company this afternoon brought oIt
numerous tiremen and apparatus in
response to four alarms.
Heavy waves of smoke inter
spersed with flame rose above tn"
plant and could be seen throughout
the City's downtown section. Large
crowds assembled
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-07
TWO H00VERS Will
BOSS White HOUSE
President Elect and Major Domo
Have Same Surname

Washington, March 7 Up NO
Hoovers will have charge in the
White House after March 4.
One. Herbert Hoover, as Presi-
dent OF the United States. The
other, Irwin Hoover-knovn 10
hundreds who have been White
House guests as "1ke'-as head
usher. major domo and steward.
Other old-time White House en-
ploycts who have been in service
for a quarter Of century or more,
Viii form the little personal cabi-
net OF Hoover as they have for
past Presidents through the devious
formalties and routine problems
and save them from making en-
harrassing hIunders in trivial mat
ters through ignorance.
in some respects a Presidents
little personal White House cabi-
net is as important 20 his success
as his regular cabinet which ad-
yises as 10 policies.
Ike" Hoover. the head ushher az
the executive mansion. who entered
presidential employ in May. 1891.
Nirtually A'u'speNslpne " 'fe
hd'ls P'os '"'" a. l,' "4'''' =.
He superntends The servant staff
O more IMAM - VII" lIe eACe p'loi'
4" l1N personal anus " ,i.'
PRESIDENT ana lEst lauS' l" t'''e
FapacitH ne "'i 'S''eNe 'H''
Yer or lh'iu''ler"pIe anu Try ilA's ue
4ofJ t,s t1t n IA n ~ !. y > .
taiis thaC so INTO 'I'T hia'I"ss1He'N
OF a large estapisIiii'ei''' t,'!ec''o''
OF numerous minor houaehoin "llc-
lions also come under hoover Su-
perNisioH
lie receives foreign diplomats,
statesmen. and VISITORS who call
on the Presidents; arranges details
Of official and social events: and
anticipates the wants Of the FRS.
lady in her household direction,
%u,b,ri,y IN Procedure
Iooycr Is an AUTHORITY on White
1Io1se nrocedu-o having directed
bundrrds Of social and state al
.si-s undar aiort Presidents This
tno1v,adgc VIII enable him 10 offer
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-07

I;y NEA Service
Akron, o., March 1-Basilo Con-
torercer's pretty hair that rolled in
Il source of pride TO him. The boys
used to poke fun at him at schooi
hut Basio didn't mind
However. Basilo was often absent
from school And many times h.
was tardy Finally he was hailed
into juvenile court for truancy.
Maybe YOU could get TO school
on tim" If YOU didn't waste so much
time combing ali that hair was the