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The Washington times., 1930-08-11
Listen, World!
-By Elsie Rohins0n

They've started a society of
atheists among the summer
students of the University of
California. Well, what If they
have? ......
We humans seem to be so
constituted that we need to
throw a spaSn1 every now and
then. A spaSm during which we
run amuck, raising cain with
the status quo. OF course, it's a
frightful nuisance to the neigh
bors, but there's nothing abnor-
NAL, nor permanently harmful
about 1t. I suspect it's as nat
ural as the tides and the sea-
sons that it is, in fact, a high
" E important period in our
growth. For it's plain. that the
spirit which never rebels or
doubts, questions or defieS,
doesn't amount to much.
And I think that's the reason
for atheists. Too much perplex-
ing about life fills them with
fuss and fret. So, partly out Of
en'uine. bewilderment and
partly because it magnifies their
own importance, they take it
out on God. .,.
Nothing new about that.
Down in the jungles of Africa,
kinky headed savages are do
ing exactly the same thing,
Every once in a while. they al
so get all wrought up. Daub
themselves with 'clay-Work
themselves into frenzy with the
dance about, making faces at
God, telling Him in jungleSe
that He's a piker.
And, while they dance, God
moves Serenely on His business
all about them. They can't see
Him. They wouldn't recognize
Him, or be able to bear Him.
If they could. But there He
is
There He is in the mysterious
EARTH. beneath their stamping
feet
There He is in the quicken.
ing light, about their mouthing
faces
There He is in the sap pulls
ing through the trees and the
thunder rolling through the
sky a'
There He is in the delicate.
complicated veining of leaf
the tremendous buttresSing Of a
mountain engineering feats be.
yond the skill Of any man
There He is in the kinky.
headed savages themselveS-in
their dreams and their rebel
lions, in their hunger and their
working His inscrutable
purposes, patterns and pro
grams through their flesh and
minds and spirits
Yet the Savages dance and
dast Old Man God.
Let 'em! DO not worry about
atheists, kinkyheaded or other.
wise. II their outcries mean
anything at all, they simply
mean that they are fun Of stir
and sap which is.a very good
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Concentrations, Neighbor!

The Hyatsve Fire Department celebrating its thisth
anniversary this week For than quarter of century
this outfit has progressed from handdrawn hoseCa five
pieces of what constitute the last word modern reghtng
apparatus. .-..s
Washngtonans have more than the Hyattsvie
fremen in action Several times when every available piece
Of Washington apparatus engaged in fighting big
blaze the HyattSve fremen and from other suburban
towns called to the Capital to aid
So Washington say whole hsartedy Congratulations!
to its Maryland neighbor.
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Says Our Russian, Policy
Proves Dollar Worship"

Editor, Times: +s.,
Your recent editorial regard.
ing trade with Soviet Russia is
typical Of Americas worship Of
its Dollar God" II business
is good we must not be too par
ticular about the source Of 1t.
Nothing is worth while unless
it is good business.
Even modern religion must
show a profit to interest the So
called best people. This mod
ern business age has not time
for reflection on the betterment
Of the human race insofar as
it's social and cultured aspects
are concerned. # business is
good these things Of them
selves must improve. History
proves this, is it not true?
Roman Empire. the modern
German Empire. Your editorial
was sent to q Virginia engineer
formerly employed by the Aus
tin. Company Of Cleveland,
Ohio, but now in the employ Of
the Soviet government at Keine.
Russia. This young man is
foolish enough to believe he is
helping build q better social
and economic structure than
we now have. Time win prove
the truth Of his seemingly fool
ish belief. ] know that he
would get some food for
thought out of the editorial
READER.
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thing. And you need not fear.
that these outcries will fiuster
God. God is not Knocked" runs
the old proverb. and that is as
true on the university campus
as In the halls of Solomon.
God Is not l1ocked by atheists.
He may even make atheists, pro
tenn, for the good of their circu-
lation, And it is certain that
His purposes and miracles will
proceed in atheists as In all
other men. He will make them
fall in love. send them out on
crusades and adventures. And
He will walk by their side, as
they pass through loneliness
and fear.
And often a clamor will arise
in their heartS-like the beat
ings Of wings against bars. A
clamor for greater beauty and
-Wer and truth And after a
riot, they will find the answer
and go on richer and stronger
and. for the time. comforted.
They will take credit to them
ives for it all. They will not
acknowledge that God sent the
clamor and God made the
answer. But what of it! AS
long as life goes on, does it mat
ter what name We cali It.!
Copyright, 1880, by King Fsatures
Syndicate, Inc.0
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} Henry, Of Pennsylvania; and
James Rumsey, Of Maryland,
and experiments on the prob.
lem OF how to drive boats up
stream by the force Of vapor
were being conducted in En-
gland and France.
Fitch knew little beyond what
he had discovered for himself.
II, had a vision Of the great
need for inland navigation in
the United States; and he set
his mind and his heart upon,
l1venting a successful steam
boat. ~..
Fitch invented ceveral differ,
ent kinds Of steamboats,, some
driven by buckets attached to
the sides, some by means of
oars. Finally, he produced 4.
vessel which bade fair to prove
a success.
During the summer Of $780,"
says John Walker HARRINGTON,
ut piled regularly between PhiIa-
delphia and Burlington"
So elated was Fitch that he
wrote, concerning the success
of an associate and himself:
1--WE reigned Lord High Ad-
mirals of the Delaware; and
no other boat in the river
could hold its way with us.
Thus, has been effected by
little Johnny Fitch and Harry
VOight one Of the greatest and
most useful arts that has ever
been introduced into the world;
and the world and my cOun.
try does not thank me for It,.
yet il gives me heartfelt sat.
iSfactiOn."
Indefatigable efforts to Sc.
cure support and capital in this
country and abroad proved
fruitless. In despair he ended
the hopeless struggle
Copyright. 1890, International.
Feature Service, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1930-08-11
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis E. Bisch-


Motherhood should. not be
feared but that does not mean
that it should be considered care
lesSly.
Many women actually think of
it as perfectly natural process
and that, therefore. nature will
take care Of itself. Others again
develop fears and doubts of va
rlouS kinds and therefore would
rather not consult the doctor
and actually learn the truth.
To be sure, motherhood is a
natural process. It is even a
highly desirable process that a
woman should be eager to expe-
rience.
Nevertheless. modern woman
Is such a highly organized being
that she does not possess the re.
SlStance her sisters had a few
generations a go. Generally
speaking, the higher up the bio
logical and psychological scale
we go, 7he more difficulty may a
mother have.
Such knowledge should not,
however, frighten a mother,
Science has kept pace with her
development of the nervous
system. Accordingly, the mod.
ern phySician-especially If he
limits his practice to confine.
ment cases - can adequately
take care Of any unusual or
difficult situation or of an un-
expected emergency.
A woman having a baby for
the first time need not be
alarmed because 1t Is her first.
But she should be doubly care.
ttll about putting herself Under
the care Of the doctor at the
earliest possible time. This is
simply because with her, in
comparison to women who have
had one or more children al.
ready, one cannot foretell quite
as well how she will react.
, Neglect of themselves is what
causes the mortality among
expectant mothers.
Ignorance of the dangers
and the facts of pregnancy
also contribute to the unneCes-
sary and avoidable death toll.
But the truth is that the aver
age woman has read or heard
what she should do, but she
becomes neglectful.
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What the Army needs above
all else is a smashing of the
PruSsian spirit which doni-
mates 1t. It was shown. during
the world war, especially by the
British, that it is possible to
run q great army on demo
cratic principles and still re-
tain its efficiency. The Ameri-
can Army, like the Navy, has
long been the one absolutely
undemocratic institution In our
whole system Of government.
The West Point system is
founded on the PruSsian, and
1t develops not alone caste
spirit which has no relation
whatever to fighting effective
ness. but an arbitrary and
ruthless spirit toward the en-
listed man and to the entire
civilian world. Anyone who
has had any extended experi.
ence with Army people knows
that this is true.
ANTMILTTARY,
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Poor John Fitch
By Archibald Henderson

One Of the saddest stories In
the history of invention is
that Of John Fitch the Con-
necticut clockmaker. He was
born in Windsor, in 1743. and
became an expert on watches
and other forms Of machinery.
During the Revolution he gave
up his profession Of watch-mak-
ing for the more patriotic en-.
terprise of fashioning guns for
the American army.
Misfortune and disaster
seemed to pursue him, as the
Furies pursued the helpless vic
tim in the Greek tragedies.
After the Revolution he re-
moved to the Ohio country and
became a trader. On one oc-
caSion he was captured by the
Indians, and endured many
hardships, losing all his goods
and being compelled to walk
all the way from the mouth Of
The Muskingum River to Lake
Erie. Eventually he made his
escape, and settled down at
Warfninster, Pennsylvania.
It was his misfortune to
begin his real career quite pen
niless. For capital, above all
things else. was needed to en-
able him to complete the in
vention upon which he had
embarked. that of a boat driven
by steam. He evidently was
unfortunate, too. in not hav-
Ing q sympathetic wife, who
shared his. ambitions and
dreams. In a record which he
LETT behind are found these
melancholy, yet amusing words:
81 know of nothing SO per
picking and vexatiOus to . man
Of feelings as q turbulent wife
and steamboat building"
Other men were working on
the same idea notably William
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Hearst Papers Advocate

l. Peace ana Gntty IUsth all nations; eRtGagtsmg
alliances with 'one," as ADVOCATED by George
Washington .,-. -
E Proportional representation IN the United States
Senate, no State to hGvs less than taUo Senators.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
porttonment IN the House OF Representatives.
3. separate Department OF the Army OF the Macy
and of the Air Forces all united under a Secretary
Of National Defense.
4. Federr! action to the limit OF Federal poVers to
abolish aiterqcy IN the United States under a
Secretary of EducdttoN. - = s.. '|.
5. Installation of the President on the ftrstof jar
Gasy fOLIOsUtng November election. ,,.' .-.'
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KNOWLEDGE
TEST

Match correctly:
l. lazy
drink
2. labyrinth
+ variegated
8. degraded
indolent
4. Kaleidoscope
infamous .,-.
5. imbibe
maze
Do you know:
6. About what country is
the Simon report?
z. Who is the French for
eign minister?
8. Ho7 was Prince Carol
made King of Rumania
this year?
9. What nationality was
DR.. Fridtjof NanSen?
10. Who wrote The Beloved
Vagabond"?
II. With what theory is
Prof. Albert Einstein con-
nected?
II. What King does iceland
recognize as her sover-
eign?
Is. In what country is
Ghent?
IA. Who was the creator Of
Sherlock Holmes?
IS. Where Is the stone as q
unit Of weight used?
(AnsWers ON Magazine PaRe.D
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not the masters. Left to them.
selves, the military try not only
to run the Army just Is they
please, without reference to
the taxpayers who support it,
but also try to run the country
also, at least so far as all
problems relating to foreign
policy are concerned.
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military establishment world
Of good.
The Army needs somebody
who will Jack it up" in proper
style now and then-Someone
who win show the military
martinetS and the War Depart.
ment routineers that they are
the servants of the country,
The Washington times., 1930-08-11
Here's q Good Word for
Police Bandit Captures

Editor. Times:
As a relief from the recent
unSolved murder cases. which
have left an unpleasant taste
in the mouths Of many, comes
the news. that the police have
been quick in bringing to jus.
tice the, perpetrators Of the
Capitals second spectacular
hold-up in two days.
It is always much easier to
knock than to commend and
there's always people to be
found who are only too glad Of
the opportunity, to speak dis
paragingly OF. another, espe-
cially If that other happens to
be. a public servant.
While the man who held UP
Miss Page and took the payroll
of the Children's Hospital has
not yet been apprehended, it is
very likely that he viii be.
Shortly after the police had a
chance to talk with Gilbert
Hyatt, the bank runner who
was the victim the second day!
they said that they would have
the 'hold-up men within q few
hours:
They have lived up to their
promises, and have obtained
the confessions of two Of the
men, and are searching for q
third member Of the trio. So
long as our police are SO sue
cesSful, so long do they deserve
the plauditS Of the taxpayers.
APPRECIATIVE ONLOOKER.
The Washington times., 1930-08-11

Joy may be a miser, bat sor-
rows purse is free.
= Stoddard.
friendships a noble name:
It's love refined. -Centlivre.
The Washington times., 1930-08-11
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Every word mans lips have
uttered echoes in Gods skies.
Proctor.
Friendships the wine Of life.
Young.
The Washington times., 1930-08-11
Army Needs : Shake. Up,

Army Needs . Shake.Up,
And Hoover Is Giving It One
Editor. Times:
The contemptuous manner in
which President Hoover Is
treating the seniority rule Of
the Army In matters Of promo
tinns to the higher posts Is
somethins which win do the
Nogales international., 1930-12-30

years from real imaginary event, and the
length of the year itself has varied according to the
calendar used.
The Mohammedan year, for example, is governed
by the moon instead of the sum- and consists Of II
lunar months, only 354 days. The Hebrew calendar
also consists Of 354 days ordinarily, but extra
month is inserted once in 9years making 384 days il
these embolismic years they called.
The ancient Egyptians year had 12 months Of 30
days each, but five supplementary days were added at
the end, making 365 days. Similar peculiarites mark
ed the year of various other peoples At time or
another every day in the year has been considerd
New Years Day according to some calendar or other
Our present calendar is q modification of that
established by Julius Caesar in the year 46 B. c. Au
gustus made some Encouragement Of the number of
days in the various months, so that August, named
for him, might have as many days July, named for
Julius, for originally August had only 80 days. The
calendar we now established by Pope Gregory
in 1882.
So when we observe New Years Day we may
understand that it does not mean anything in par
ticuar, except that it is the first day of year arb
trarily established a convenient means of reckon
ing the flight Of time.
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Prosperity Returning

Announcement made Friday that the Southern
Paclfc railroad in January will place all shop workers
III the conpanys locomotive and departments now
working a part time basis back on a full time
schedule, is further indication that the new year will
bring return of good times
There are many other signs that the new year
will return of prosperity and that throughout
the United States business conditions will gradually
improve
The busines depression has now been going on
more than year and much longer time than any
former depression in this country
That prosperity is just around the corner and
that this nation is the Of the best period in it's
history is the concensus Of opinion of business leaders
Nineteen thirty one promises to be one of the
most prosperous years ever known in the United
States.
Nogales is one of the best business towns in the
southwest This city never hard hit by depression
Not all Nogales business concerns show a loss
this year We know of several that show substantial
gain.
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l [+ N tjI .l A aII+ll|-
The Turn Of The Year
Esnfls1EZ
What will 1881 bring?

What will 1881 bring?
The year just ending will go down in history as
one of the hard years, economically speaking Every
body in the United States has felt the pinch, not of
poverty but of "hard times" Business has been slack
money hard to collect credits have been curtalled,
spending has been less people have been out OF
work. than at any time since the last great depression
which lasted through the year 1921.
Yet there was little actual suffering in 1890, and
the great majority of people continued to drive their
automobiles to enjoy themselves in much the same
way as they were in the habit Of doing Most OF us
didn't buy as many new clothes, but nearly all of us
had Just as much of the same sort of things to eat
According to those who study those things more OF us
went to the movies in 1880 than in 1929 And when the
calls came for help for the unemployed, gave more
money hard cash, for charitable purposes, than we
had given any year since the wal, when everybody
was "giving till it hurt"
In short, 'hard times" as we have experienced
them in 1890 would have seemed like very good times
indeed to the great majority of American if we hadl
not had six years Of such rotous prosperity just be-
fore as to dstort our sence of values
Nobody can foretell the future, but we doubt very
much whether 1881 will come any closer to the old ia
shioned sort of 'hard times" with great masses Of
All of the signs visible today point the other way. Wei
know that in many lines business is getting better We
are told that it is improving in almost every direction
The principal thing the matter with economic sit
uaton today is the habit of thinking in terms of hard
times which may take the better part of 1881 to
come.
In the long rum however, one thing is certain
The United States Of America will go ahead toward
better and brighter times than we have ever known
To believe otherwise is to believe that the human
is going backward, and that is definitely not true.
n
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CHRISTMAS BONUS
FUND $536,77O THIS YEAR

The Annual Christmas Bonus
Fund for employees of the j. c..
Penney Co., total $3.50, ,779.36 for 1890
with 6671 salespeople and other en-
ployees benefitting. Distribution of
the bonus checks will be made at
the close of business on December
oath.
The total number of employees
benefited by this bonus is IA great
er than last year when the total re-
cipients of bonus checks totalled
5527.
Bonus checks are based upon dur
alton of service with the company
and the annual salary rate of the
individual. In all, employees in more
than 1850 stores as well as in the
New York City and st. Louis dis
trict offices will receive checks on
Christmas Eve.
All associates sharing in this bon
us were in the employ of the COM
pany on January 1st, 1880.
Ten employees of the local J. c.
Penney co. store participated in
Nogales international., 1930-12-30
Golf Turney In
Semi Final STAGES

The winter tournament at the No
gales Golf Club entered the semi
final stages Sunday with some SEN
satlonal matches taking place. The
feature match of the day also prov
ed the biggest upset when AL Taught
took the measure of j. F.. johnson
and defeated the latter l up In the
other bracket it took Newton Mer-
Ger 20 holes to dispose of w. H. Dav-
ey. In the second flight it took Ro-
pert Burns 19 holes to defeat w. j.
! McGregor.
Results of matches played Sunday
follow:
FIRST FLIGHT
Al Taught won from j. F.. john
son 1 up.
Newton Mercer won from w. H.
Davey l up in 20 holes.
SECOND FLIGHT
Robert Burns won from W. j.
McGregor 1 up in 19 holes.
THIRD FLIGHT
Joe Bracker won from F. J. B.
Gonzalez l up.
Sam Bracker won from Julio Pima
up and 2 to go.
FOURTH FLIGHT
N. BatSell won from A. Gillespie,
Sr, up and 3 to go.
F. Mexia won from E. Alvarez by
default
The pairing for the final matches
to be played Sunday, January 4th,
1881, follow:
FIRST FLIGHT
AL Taught versus Newton Mercer.
| SECOND FLIGHT
Robert Burns versus winner of
w. H. Davey, Jr., and R. Aguilar
match.
THIRD FLIGHT
Joe Bracker versus Sam Bracker.
/ FOURTH FLIGHT
N. Batsell versus F. Mexia.
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SAME PRESCRIPTION
HE WROTE IN 1892

When DR.. Caldwell started to practice
medicine, back in 1875, the needs for
laxative were not as great as today
People lived normal lives, ate plain,
wholesome food, and got plenty of fresh
air. But even that early there were
lrastic physics and purges for the relief
If constipation which DR.. Caldwell did
not believe were good for human beings.
The prescription for constipation that
lie used early in his practice, and which
lie put in drug stores in 1892 under the
lame of DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin,
liquid vegetable remedy, intended
or women, children and elderly people,
md they need just such mild. safe
'owel stimulant.
This prescription has proven its worth
nd is now the largest selling liquid
axative. 1t has won the confidence of
'eople who needed it to get relief from
eadaches, biliousness, datulence, indi-
estion, loss of appetite and sleep bad
aeath, dyspepsia, colds, fevers. At your
ruggist, or write "Syrup PepSin,"
>ept. BIB, Monticello. Illinois. for free
rial bottle.
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While the rest Of the country is re-
covering its normal tone quite notice
ably, New York City is getting very
sorry for itself over the business de-
preston and unemployment Business
isn't any worse in New York than it
is anywhere else, and there are no
more unemployed, proportionately,
than in any other town. But the city
newspapers and the public have just
got around to taking serious notice
and to raising money for the benefit
of the unemployed. 1t has become the
fashionable thing for the smart set to
attend football games for charity, join
unemployment committees and get
their names and pictures in the paper.
Several million dollars has been raised,
with the result that every tramp and
drifter in the country is heading for
New York as fast as he can go, to get
some of the easy money that is being
handed out to anybody who can pull a
poor face.
Not that there isn't unemployment
and suffering, too, in New York. It
is mostly in cases where illness, old
age or sheer incompetence is to blame.
| know of many cases where people
looking for competent help have been
unable to find any really useful persons
who didn't have job:
y
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Perhaps Americas most widely-dis-
tributed food product is chocolate 1t
was unknown to the civilized world
until the Spanish conquistadores found
the Mexicans drinking a decoction
made from the cacao bean. The ex-
plorers took the bean and the drink
back to Europe with them.
We use about 15O000,000 pounds of
chocolate a year, in the form of candy,
favoring for ice-cream and soda, and
as drink, which we call cocoa, al
though the original Mexican word was
cacao The rest of the world uses
about as much as we do.
The food value of chocolate is high; !;
it is a concentrated energy producer
The forms in which it is generally sold,
highly sweetened, make it less digest
ible for persons who cannot take care
of sweets easily. But for anybody en-
gagged in active physical work there is
no better stimulant combined with
nourishment than sweetened chocolate.