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The Washington times., 1929-12-10
THE LITTLE PEOPLE
Blu Herbert Kaufman

WASHINGTON summonng conferences TO safeguard
w his interests And there set union scales 70 de-
termne his fair wage
No increases such as Henry has volunteered to u
rate the general stimulation Of consumption are APT %
benefit Johnny. So though the case up - F'a
To avoid argument let's admit that competition must re-
late compensation
And we II also investment and sentimsntay
don belong pew The value of labor obviously
set by supply demand and output .
But Johnny pecul~r circumstances incline to make him
ward generosity Sher than of balance sheets and cen
Monies.
Consequently faith in human nature prefers to 'oneui'
you preoccuped with vaster affairs when you re
fused his request for slight raise The matter ddu
seem big enough to bother about
Besides the Johnny market always shows surplus foa
can fill his place dozen overnight for the
Poverty isn't able to haggle bluff and hold out for better
ments.
There effective groups protecting the welfare u
specializing ragtags Of industry or commerce ARD
seldom you that the higher cost OF living ISL
snob recognizes class distinctions but mpartaly visits
portes errand and office drudges as well As pro
prietors and executives ~
Greenback don vary hairs breadth but there's
another dimension to be considered money grows or hn
according the pocket in which it's carried.
For instance widows dime far bigger than wssrsl
Necessity the mint mark establishes the gnfesnes q
currency purgers hundred hasn't nearly the obgatous
laborer
Struggle and need magnifyng glasses through TAh
prosperity is compelled to look.
study arithmetic in the school Of prvator ard
therefore fail appreciate the Importance of chicken feed
The price current larder and wardrobe ph
informs YOU that subsistence
easonha rental fuel and sustenance are always craving
to new levels.
But poor folk derive their expert knowledge Of
changes from intimate sources.
Only the charwoman rubbing and scrubbing in phsgmse
despairand undercad patch shod shiverng lad th
package wagonand the shabby debthauned pushsr
bookkeeping dvison-stand slight chance make
stands for fuller payroll justice
There millions of underdogs ready tn FatsE
crawnest bones But try not to CLEAN your profits -
their helpessness
Winter and tenements transatng dimes
slices of bread and cups of coffee and nggardly shoves -
coal.
And if your is in such bad shape that you
afford delegate few nightcub and theaer
off dollars into warming nourishng of
Christmas your situation far gone pulled trcu-
with scrimpings at the of The Little People
After this you can't offer the Of thoughtszzrz-
the Eternal Auditor upon whose records your nanrI ~
won be reckoned.
And if you still in doubt to your social dutv
decide whether she wouldn't choose have -rts
later that the others shall have bit comfort
The Washington times., 1929-12-10
By Elsie Robinson

When it comes to me I clutch
at the memory of those who
are going or have gone through
1t, too like you'd clutch a
There's that story they tell Of
the Christ. He. too, had His
big glimpse and made the sacri-
flee. In spite of our twistings,
that record remains Immortality
beautiful. I am sure that He
felt that it was worth all that
it cost Him. And yet-eVen He
had His black hour. Just be-
fore the end everything seemed
to fail Him and He gave that
terrible cry-"My God! My
God! Why hast Thou forsaken
me?"
That sense Of loneliness and
defeat-.it's part Of the price
one pays for a glimpse Of the
truth. If one can think Of it
that way. as a price rather
than a punishment, it helps.
The Washington times., 1929-12-10
By Helen Rowland

have him fall for some COM
monplace little thing, who is no
younger nor prettier than SHE
is.
There's something about a
be-ribboned church aisle that
looks painfully straight and
narrow" to carefree bachelor.
A nagging wife or a critical
husband is like a cinder in the
eye: you are always aStonishad,
after they have been removed,
to discover that such a little
thing could have caused you so
much pain.
Tt is not when a lover dies,
but when love dies, that a
woman suffers her greatest
tragedy.
The Washington times., 1929-12-10
HONOLULU TIMES

was. Said that he didn't know
himself why he wrote to me, a
total stranger but he was
sunk so low" he couldn't talk
to anyone else. Seems like
everything has failed me-" he
cried. Maybe l was crazy to
tackle It,"
Hundreds of letters like that
come. They're not really writ
ten to me at all. though they
bear my address. They're
cry in the dark. They usually
come from people who are try
ing to do something fine-but
unpopular. People VINO are try
ing to write or study music
after working hours-or who've
cut loose from some bad
environment and are gnawed
by loneliness. People who've
seen some glimpse of truth or
beauty then lost 1t,
temporarily, in the fog.
Mighty few of us but have
known that hour!
The Washington times., 1929-12-10

IT'S a common enough story
L perhaps that's why it
touches one so.
He's IS -. married -. three
kids. Last year he was run
ming a small neighborhood thea
ter. doing pretty we'll. But
suddenly he got sick of 1t all.
All his life he'd been breathing
dirty city air and seeing sordid
city sights. Now his youngsters
were growing up that way, too.
His little girls would be flirting
around, wearing fake jewelry,
living fake lives. His boy, may
be, would be one of those pat
ent leather sheiks. He couldn't
stand the thought of it. ;. 1T got
his goat.
Suppose he broke away. =.
took them with him? Got a
little place down country? He'd
never farmed, but there couldn't
be anything very hard about
farning-other fellows were
The Washington times., 1929-12-10
Why Superannuated Workers
Do Not Want to Quit

COMPARATIVELY few civil service workers VIZ ~r-s
~ reached retirement age wish to quit work r
accounts for the fact that in the last fiscal year acee
the Civil Service Commission 1918 workers
ages were still working under continuation certificates
That number, after ALL is not large for the civil
the country and not surprising when there
cred the woefuly small annuites granted the
Congress and the President will it is believed agree wee
liberal retirement law this of CunVerz r.
maximum retirement pay $1,000 per year bit
of old and women get far below this To is-vrzrs
classes Of annuities making the highest 81 2nO prr vuar
mild Justice faithful employees who served NFs
in Uncle Sans employment.
pendence upon others is not the ony
workers wanting to remain in their positions Large
still active at 10 years of and among TIE bes8
the Government has
In fact many of these continued employees ksps
rolls because Government heads then S.
them almost indispensable Thrr w-Ss eKrsrr-~u
knowledge are most vausblA
The Washington times., 1929-12-10
LISTEN WORLD!

making a go Of it. Perhaps he
wouldn't make as much as he
could in a movie, but they'd be
really living at last.
Well, he did 1t. OF course
everyone raised Cain-said he'o
fail-pitied his poor wife and
kids. But they couldn't bulge
him. 1t was the Only big idea
that had ever come to him. ..
his one glimpse Of Truth. II
you're religious you might call
it his one glimpse OF God.
you'd be surprised to know
how many tired business men
get glimpses like that).
He's been there over a year
now, and he has certainly had
a tough time of it. He's still
sure that 1t was a great idea
and he feels that If he can hold
on. he'll make a SUCCESS Of It.
But the other night he got the
blues and he sat down and
wrote me how discouraged he
The Washington times., 1929-12-10
MERIDEN (CONN.) RECORD

If reporters could get the information about speak
eases, the police could have gotten it. What the
pOrters knew, the police knew. When judicial and
lice authorities refuse to co-Operate when they take
advantage at every turn of the techncaties of the
law and the might of partisan politics; when they make
a farce of law enforcement untOward methods must
sometimes be resOrted to in the effort to protect the
public as whole instead of the favored few.
TRADES UNIONIST
The reporters broke law. They started out, by
direction of their city editor to local cOndi
ton of crime involving the prohibition law. They did
their work WELL They thought what they were doing
was beneficial public service.
The Washington times., 1929-12-10
THE ARRY-GO-ROUND - By I

The modern woman seldom
falls head-over-heels in love.
Observation-Disclosures keep your
euuilibrium!" is her slogan.
A woman may forgive a man
for raving over another woman.
who is a brilliant genius or a
professional beauty; but moth
ing so insults her vanity, as 20
The Washington times., 1929-12-10
DO YOU KNOW THAT

An average of 20 persons lost
their lives in the waters of
France every day during the
bathing season this year.
With nearly 10 weddings for
every 1000 Of the population,
Poland claims the highest mar.
rage rate IN Europe.
The Washington times., 1929-12-10

everybody exclaimed How
fortunate!" when a girl got
married and How Shocking!"
when she got a divorce.
Before marriage, girl wraps
herself around a mans neck
with a strangle-hold; but, after
marriage, she is sometimes
lucky If she can retain even a
remote control of his FEET.
The Washington times., 1929-12-10

Mexico City ranks high in in
FAINT mortality. There is a toll
of $50 infants out of 1000 born
alive.
Upwards of 1918. 500 900 pas
GengerS are carried annually on
li9 trolley lines and 1903 bus
lines in Paris Francs.
The Washington times., 1929-12-10
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Every great and commanding
movement in the annals of the
world is the triumph If en-
thuslaSrr1. Emerson.
The Washington times., 1929-12-10

Men will wrangle for religion;
write for it; fight for it; die for
it; anything but-live for it.
Cotton.
The Washington times., 1929-12-10
What Women Don't Tell

What Women Don't Tell
LEW mems hearts are so air
l. tight that they cannot be
worked loose with a httle soft
soap.
It's q wise woman who can
tell when the motor of mans
Imagination Is picking up"
and knows the exact psycholog-
ical moment to take her foot
off the starter.
You are probably getting to-
ward the Sear-and-yellow if you
can remember when every girl
had a best beau" who called
on Sunday evening; but you
are not actually an antique"
unless you can remember when
The Washington times., 1929-12-10
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER

EDIIUK ANU PUBLISHER
The three reporters serving time in Jail in Washing
ton for respecting confidence at least have the honor
of having done to gain legislation to protect this
high principle than all who have gone before them.
HONOLULU TIMES
1t can be. no secret to him Justice Gordon that
there 40 places-dOubtless ten a hundred times
40 placeswhere liquor be purchased If he wants
to know what and where they are he has the prohibit
ton forces and their paid spies to call upon. Why
throw dust into the air by demanding that newspaper
men, who obtained their information through promises
of for the purpose of developing stories
relative to crime conditions in the Capital City, divuge
the sources of their information?
The Washington times., 1929-12-10
LOS ANGELES RECORD

They 1.-THE reporters had their choice Of going to
prison gentlemen remaining out as cads and
sneaks 1t is not the duty of newspapers to enforce
the law. is their duty to point out its nOnenfOrce-
ment and to insist that the proper officers do their
work.
OWENSBORO (KY) MESSENGER
The Washington newspaper who went to jail
for contempt of court rather than betray those who
relied their word not only hOnOred IN their
profession, but have won the respect of outsiders
UnquestiOnably such publication The Times
EXPOSE of dry-law violations was public service.
The Washington times., 1929-12-10

WASHINGTON summonng conferences 70 safeguard
w his interests And there union scales 20 De
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
FRIENDLY row ENDS
WITH 2 FRIENDS DEAD
Boarder Slain After Argument Over
Leaving Householder Killed
by Policeman.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
TOLEDO, Ohio, December 26-Two
men paid with their lives in a quarrel
which began as a friendly argument"
early yesterday.
Edward Shofner, 43, a widower and
father OF 9-year-old son, was killed
and Paul Smith, "a, left his wife, a
young son and daughter when he was
fatally wounded in the alteration
which took place In front Of the smith
home.
Patrolmen who were summoned to the
scene were unable to learn the exact
cause Of the shooting other than that
"Shofner wanted to leave the house and
visit relatives and Smith insisted that
he stay" Shofner lived at the Smith
home.
When police arrived Shofner was lying
dead on the sidewalk with a bullet
wound in his head and Smith was on
the front porch threatening the officers.
Patrolman Mills ran on to the porch
grabbing Smith who was furnishing his
loaded revolver. A struggle ensued and
Mills grabbed Smiths hand holding the
gun and pointed it toward Smith. The
gun was discharged, Smith being shot
in the head.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
KAYE DON TO TRY
FOR SPEED MARK
British Racer Seeks to Beat
Segrave'S Record at
Daytona.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (F.-The
crystal sands of the ocean speedway
here this Winter will see a new and
spectacular assault upon the world au-
tomobile speed record Of 231 miles an
hour.
This time 1t is to be Kaye Don, we'll
known British driver, who will attempt
70 wrest the title from his fellow coun-
tryman, Sir Henry Segrave.
Segrave set the present record here
last March when he exceeded by 23.7
miles an hour the previous mark held
by an American, the late Ray Keech
Of Philadelphia.
Segrave since has announced his re-
tirement from automobile racing and
has taken up motor boating as a hobby.
His record-holding car, the Golden Ar
row. has been placed in a museum in
England.
Speed Classic March 1.
Dates for the forthcoming speed
classic, for which no American entries
yet have been made, formally have
been set for March l to is, although
they are subject to change.
Don, who Is well known in racing
circles on the European continent, will
DE newcomer in the American high
speed classic. He is a veteran driver.
The American Automobile AsSocia-
tlon, which has supervised previous
automobile trials here, has been advised
that Dons machine is under construcs
ton. Little is known on this side as to
De equipped with two ,000-horsepower
motors in line. 1t is believed to be of
the four-wheel drive type.
indications that the worlds record
also might be attacked by another
British driver before long is seen in an
announcement by the American Auto
mobile Association that Capt. Malcolm
Campbell of England, former record
holder, Is considering a comeback.
He set a record of 206.95 here In
February, 1928, in his 12-cylinder Blue
Bird before Keech came along in a
giant 36-cylinder machine and boosted
the mark up to 207.55.
Whether he will come to Daytona
Beach in the event he decides to try
again Is not known here.
Title to Remain Abroad.
At any rate, regardless whether Don
or Campbell succeed in establishing a
new record, the title is doomed to REL
main abroad for another year at least
unless America can produce a machine
and driver capable of lettering
SegraVe's mark Of nearly four miles q
minute. a
1t has been rumored that several
Americans are interested in the con.
struction of a record contending ma
chine, but so far they have made no
public announcement.
j. M. White of Philadelphia, who
owned the three motored iron steed in
which Keech set his record, temporarily
has dropped out of the high speed rae
ing picture since Lee Bible, Daytona
Beach mechanic, crashed to his death
in 1t in attempting to regain the title
for America here last March.
He has said, however, that he NAV
come back in 1881 with a machine
capable of developing a speed of $50
miles an hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
VAGRANT FED BY POLICE.
Aged Russian Eats Turkey Dinner
With Relish and Weeps.

KANSAS CITY, December 26 R-
An aged Russian who was arrested near
the Country Club police station here
yesterday while wandering as a vagrant
found the Christmas spirit the only
thought of "the law"
Penniless and unable to speak Eng
ltSh, this wanderer in a foreign land
was told to help himself to a basket of
sandwiches which patrolmen had pro-
vided for themselves. He cleaned I'M
the entire basket but still was hungry.
The two policemen who made the arrest
then took up a collection and set a
regular turkey dinner before the old
Slav. There was no kaviar or vodka.
but the stranger shed tears of thank.
fulness as he seemed to be thinking
OF better days in the old country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
HIGH SCHOOL BOY KILLS
HOLIDAY CELEBRANT
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
SHARON, Pa, December 26.-James
Gill, Is, Of Sharon was shot and killed
in store just across the Ohio-Pennsyl-
vania State line from here early yester-
day by Peter Nicastri, IA, a high school
pupil.
Police said the shooting occurred
when Gill and three companions visited
the store conducted by Sam Nicastri,
father Of the boy, and became bolster
Gus in their celebration of Christmas
eve. Peter Nicastri, it was said, picked
up revolver lying near the store cash
register and sought to drive the invad-
erS from the place. Gill grappled with
him in efforts to obtain the revolver and
the boy fired twice.
ellis body was taken to Warren,
Ohio, pending an inquest today. The
NicaStri boy was released on his recog-
nizance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
COURT FREES SKIPPER.
Stowaway Testif1es 0ne-Man Crew
Fell Overheard in Fight.

CAD1Z, Spain, December IS up.
DIR. Franceschi Caballero has re-
ceived his liberty as a Christmas gift
from a Spanish court. The court found
he was not responsible for the death of
his 0ne-man crew, Angel Carlo Rivera,
who was drowned on September 3 at
San Lucar de Barrameda, the day after
they completed a voyage from San
Juan, Porto Rico, by way Of New York
in a 40-foot yacht.
The stowaway on the voyage, Roberto
Lopez, member of wealthy Porto
Rican family, bore out the statement of
the boats commander that Carlo
Rivera had picked fight with him and
had fallen overheard
DR.. Franceschi Caballero said yes
terday, when informed the captain gen.
eral had approved of the finding of the
court, that he would sell the yacht, the
Mary, and book passage back to Porto
Rico by steamship.
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Clearance From the Fifth Floor
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
MEXICAN REBEL SHOT.
Seven Others Held in Alleged Plot
Against Ortiz Rubio.

MEXICO CITY, December rs R).-
A report to the government by Gen.
Juan Felipe Rico, military commander
at Nogales, on the execution recently
of Gen. Carlos Bouquet and the deten-
ton Of seven companions was made
public here yesterday.
1t said that prior to the execution
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had been commissioned by Jose Vas
comedies, defeated candidate for the
presidency, who now is in the United
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Mexican Pacific Coast and that he had
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ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
PLANES REGULATED.
Mexico Orders Immigration Exam
ination for Pilots.

MEXICO CITY, December 26 DR.
To prevent smugglers and other law
evaders from entering Mexico as air.
plane pilots, the treasury department
last night issued orders Subiecting all
pilots to the regular immigration re-
quirements.
Exceptions were made In the case of
those employed by the Mexican Avia-
ton Co., operating lines from here to
Brownsville and Guatemala City; the
Compania de Transportes Aeronauti-
cana, operating from here to Ell Paso;
Compania Latino Americana (branch of
the Pickwick Airways) operating to Los
Angeles and Guatemala City, and the
Compania Transcontinental, now oper-
ating within Mexico, but planning an
extension to Laredo.
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Two Rum Runners
Are Swept to Death
AT Niagara Falls
BY the Associated Press.

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, De-
cember 26.-Two men, who came
here recently from Detroit to en-
gage in liquor running from the
Canadian province of Ontario,
were reported to have been swept
to their deaths over Niagara
Falls.
The men put out Saturday from
the Canadian shore above Chip
pewa, embarking in a 36-foot
cabin cruiser loaded with WHISTLES
and wines. Two men stationed
on the American shore to meet
them heard cries for help, and 1t
is believed the craft was Swamped
on Pearsons Island and the craft
and crew carried over the cata-
ract. No trace Of the boat or the
bodies has been found.
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