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The Washington times., 1930-07-05

With a three-day holiday In
prospect by reason Of the Fourth
of July and the weekend coming
together, Annapolis and surround
ing watering places will lure many
motorists away from washington.
All of the sports Of summer play
places are found within radius
of a few miles of the Maryland
capital.
Sherwood Forest. Epping For
est, Edgewater Beach and Bay
Ridge, to name a few Of these
watering places, will be the focal
point for thousands Of cars over
the approaching weekend.
Has Historic Charm
Aside from the attractions
usually found at summer resorts,
including bathing, boating and
fishing. Annapolis is a touring OBJ
jective in its own right.
Here is located the United
States Naval Academy and the
old State Capitol building, where
George Washington resigned his
commission as general Of the
armies.
Numerous old homesteadS still
retain the glory of the Colonial
days, and are open for the inSpec-
ton of visitors.
Annapolis is one Of Americas
most picturesque places, and aside
from the surrounding playplaceS
is we'll worth the time spent in
browsing around amid the scenes
of bygone days.
How to Get Started
In heading for Annapolis and
surrounding resorts, the car owner
leaves Washington via Rhode
Island Avenue or Bladensburs
Road. These two arteries join
just south of the memorial cross
at Bladensburg.
Federal Route No. so leads
through Lanham. Buena Vista,
and Collington. The distance to
Annapolis is 33.5 miles. The
highway Is well Sign-poSted and
the roads leading to Sherwood
Forest, Epping Forest, Edgewater
Beach, and Bay Ridge are clearly
marked.
Modern Ferries Aid
Annapolis is also the focal
point for motorists headed for
Ocean City, and modern ferries
now ply the bay between Annapo-
lis and Claiborne. They are
equipped to carry a large num-
ber of automobiles and passengers.
The resorts surrounding Annapo.
lis now attract summer residents
and numerous Washingtonians
have erected homes in the water
front colonies. The excellent
highways serving these watering
places make it possible for the
business man to commute to and
from Washington by automobile
Next week. we will turn from
the watering places of nearby
Maryland and suggest a tour into
Virginia, with Winchester as the
objective.
The Washington times., 1930-07-05
Ball,
Feature at
Skyland
Barbecue Dinner at Crescent
Rock Cliffs Booked as Event
OF Today's Resort Parties

SKYLAND. July 5.-Skyland
celebrated the nations birthday
yesterday with ceremonies that
started early in the morning and
closed with an elaborate display
of fireworks in the evening. The
celebration is being continued to-
day on a minor scale. Today'S
festivities will be brought to a
close with a moonlight dance.
Among those spending the
weekend are Interstate Com
merce Commissioner Claude B.
Aitchison and Mrs. Aitchison. DR..
Roy Lyman Sexton and his fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold B. AL
den and DR.. and Mrs. William
F. Schafhirt, all of Washington.
Others there are Walter Adams
johnson and family, magazine
publisher of New York; Mr.. Van
Horn, costumer of Philadelphia;
Myron B. CHASER, Tom Griffin.
Harold Anderson. M. H. Avery
and other members of the Poto'
mac-Appalachian Trail Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rian James, OF
New York, are spending their
honeymoon at Skyland. MI.
James is feature editor of the
Brooklyn Eagle. They occupy a
cottage on the top of Thorough
fare Mountain, the site Of Sky
land.
Because of the fact that cos
TUNES to be worn at the tercen-
tennial celebrations this summer
in Massachusetts, will be used at
the ball this evening, many
prominent guests are expected
from all parts of the East.
A barbecue dinner will be
served late this afternoon on the
Crescent Rock Cliffs, known as
the Blowing Rock of Virginia.
During the dance tonight refresh
ments will be served at the Pow
Wow Grounds which has been
decorated and Illuminated for
the affair.
The Washington times., 1930-07-05
GirEScOuts From DC.
Camp at Va. CaUerns

HARRISONBURG. Va, July 5.
The Girl Scouts of Washington
are camping here this summer, not
far from the MaSSanutten Caverns
and they are having fascinating
experiences in the caves.
Some are taking advantage Of
the nine.hole golf course that ad
joins the eavernS. The golf
course is surrounded by rim of
beautiful mountains. Among the
other features of this resort are
a swimming pool with modern
bath houses.
Visitors to the girls camp will
find plenty of shaded groves per
fectly suited for picnic grounds.
The Washington times., 1930-07-05
Cape Henry Light
Wins Distinction

CAPE HENRY. Va, July S,
The War Department has de-
clared Cape Henry Lighthouse a
national monument. The monu-
ment is located five miles north of
Virginia Beach.
The lighthouse was completed
in 1892. and is the first lighthouse
to have been built in this country.
It's construction was started when
this country was still an English
colony. The work was halted dur
ing the Revolution but again
started at the close of the war.
The Washington times., 1930-07-05
Ferry Boasts
Fine History
One of the Most Talked About
Spots in America Attracts
Thousands Every Summer

HARPERS FERRY, w. Va.
July 5.-Rich in history and
abounding with scenic attrac-
tions, Harpers Ferry, one Of the
most talked of cities in the
United States, despite it's small
size, is crowded daily with sight
seers.
It was founded by Robert
Harper, and was a favorite
haunt of Thomas jefferson. 1t
was the scene of the famous
John Brown raid and during the
Civil War it was in a constant
state of siege. Both the Union
and Confederate forces were con.
tinually attacking the small vii
lage,
The Washington times., 1930-07-05
Crossing to Resort
NOU Made Safer

HERALD HARBOR, Md, July
5.-The railroad crossing at Wat
erbury Station in Anne Arundel
county, Md, that Washingtonians
must pass to get to Herald
Harbor has at last been made
safe for the motorists.
Officials of the Washington,
Baltimore and Annapolis Railway
announce that the latest type
of signalling devices have been
installed at the blind approach
to the crossing. The new signals
consist of twin bull'S-eye lights,
which can be seen several hun
dred yards away. The lights
flash alternately at the approach
of a train.
The Washington times., 1930-07-05
Dismal Scamp Has
Lures for Hunters

NORFOLK, Va, July 5.-Bear,
deer and wild turkeys are still
found in numbers in the almost
impenetrable fastness of the Great
Dismal Swamp, IS miles from this
city, which remains today as it
was when first surveyed by
George Washington.
The swamp is still an almost
primeyal wilderness. It's outstand-
ing scenic point is Lake Drum
mond, from whose borders rise
the stumpS and boleS of long
vanished cypress. The swamp is
easily reached by the Atlantic
Coastal Highway.
The Washington times., 1930-07-05
Vets Street Fair
VIII Be Held OUeT

A carnival for the benefit Of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars is
being staged at Thirty-fourth St.
and Wisconsin Ave. N. w. 1t will
continue next week.
Six riding devices and a mon
key show have been engaged for
the children, while musical COM
edy shows. side shows, novelty
games and a Hawaiian troupe
have been brought here for the
elders.
The Washington times., 1930-07-05
Tricity Regatta At
Herald HarbOr Set

The third annual tricity regatta
of the Chesapeake and Potomac
Power Boat Association will be
held at Herald Harbor, Md,
August 2 and 3.
Committee chairmen in charge
of the regatta include Stanley
Horner, finance; w. E. Shelton.
entertainment; E. c. Baltz, rae
ing: E. F. Jewell, regatta; ]. H.
Mitchell. course, and Arthur Sea
gren, patrol.
The Washington times., 1930-07-05
4nnapoIis PlaHgr0unds Lure Capital Pleasu1e7Seeke
Maryland's Quaint NoOks
Boast Many Charms
Sherwood and Epping Forest, Edgewater
Beach and Bay Ridge Win Quota Of
Three-Day Holiday Crowds f..

This is the third of series of suggested tours
prepured for The Washington Times by the District of Co.
iubo Divisom of the American automobile Association
While general shom each of these maps each
tour sUiH haze definite objective. An effort iU be made
tn include all of edrbu MARYLAND and Virginia in the SERIES
The Washington times., 1930-07-05
LegiOnnaires Vote
Memorial for Va.

ARLINGTON, July 3.-Arling-
ton American Legion Post No. 139
has voted to work for a memorial
for Arlington world war men
who died overseas.
The Washington times., 1930-07-05
R.N.AndersOn Heads
Ball Clarendon Club

CLARENDON, July 5.-Robert
N. Anderson, of Lyon Village, was
named president of the Ball for
Congress Club" at Anderson's
home,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-06

through standing by you in your
fight will the Negro problem be
solved"
In the midst of the hellish war
shouts against the workers father
land and the revolutionary move
ment for the emancipation of toiling
masses in all capitalist countries
that the profiteering class and the
entire coterie of labor takers are
raising, it was a source of inspira-
ton to hear and see how many
workers are rallying to our cause
and how the USSR has endeared it.
self in the heart of the unknown
worker.
Forward, comrades, go on unre-
lentlessly with the campaign of
bringing our message home to and
mobilizing all the workers for the
defense of the Soviet Union. The
potential possibilities Of recruiting
the wide masses to our movement
have never been so great as they
are now. Let US use the utterances
made by the workers: "The fight is
yours; and "That bastard Woll
shall not succeed in his knavish de-
signs" as slogans of counter-attack
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-06
s'GREAT ENGINEER" NOT
SLOW TO CUT WAGES.
Hoover, Thief. Even Borah Admits-Buit
- Fortune on Fake Railroad Stock and
o. Sale of Government War Material

been permitted to rule them in such
troublous times.
The first Of Hoover's authentic
proposals fer reduction in expendi-
lures is that the personnel Of the
post office department be reduced
This would mean that thousands of
miserably undergrad letter-carriers
would be evicted to swell the ranks
of the 100000 unemployed, for
whom Hoover was expressing such
deep sympathy" while he was spon-
soring the highes. tariff the coun-
try has ever known. 1t must not
be forgotten, incidentally, that sew
eral thousand postal employees have
already been discharged in the last
lew months and without benefit of
such explanatory claptrap as "econ-
omy" to justify it.
Hoover's second authentic pro-
posal is that $1O,O0O,OOO be saved
by cutting the expenses of admlnis-
trating the veterans pension bu-
reau, and that is to discharge en-
ployes, which has become Hoover's
own peculiar way of solving unem-
ployment. True, Hoover could dis
charge the army of grating execu-
tives who squander on themselves
the funds allotted to crippled SOL
diers. But if he did that he wouldn't
be Hoover, and those soldiers
wouldn't be crippled because there
would have been no Hoovers to urge
them into imperialist wars.
Hoover Demands II Servants.
Now, if all this prattle of Hoo
ver's about economy" were serious,
why did he in the first place recon-
mend to congress that it spend five
billion dollars this year, five hun
dred million more than the govern
ment expended last year? And
why did he spend 100000 more of
the governments money on the
White House this year than has
NNCi DCCtA SAHGiINACu ny any OLuSE
president? Surely it couldn't be
because of a rise in the cost of liv-
ing, because we have been told often
enough that the cost of living has
fallen. And why, with all his urge
for economy, has he doubled the
number of servants (paid by the
treasury in the White House, so
that now this son of blacksmith
can't get along with less than n?
And why did he recommend, the
other day, that $4,000 be allotted
to our diplomats abroad for the pur-
pose of entertainment? 1t has
taken the good fascist Hoover to
request the appropriation that no
other president has dared recon-
mend.
When Hoover dies, may we place
him in the Lenin Museum-between
CRATER Whalen's diamond-studded
blackjack on the one side and Pope
Clement, who was supported by
1000 prostitutes, on the other.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-06
"We're Going Back to Fight"

"We're Going Back to Fight"
September 9Th, school opens! The
newspapers report that more than
25,000,0O0 children are going back
to school this fall.
Millions of these 25,000,000 will
be children of unemployed workers,
going to school in the mornings with
an empty stomach, having just a
dry sandwich or bread for lunch.
Many of them will have to face the
winter with torn clothes and torn
shoes. Most of us are going back
to overcrowded, dirty, dusty schools.
Schools without lunchrooms or
gyms. Schools with two or three
different shifts.
But what will our teachers say to
all this? They are going to say
that we are hungry and coming to
school without clothes because our
fathers are too lazy to work. (They
will not speak of the fact that there
are 7,999,999 workers, besides your
father that are looking for work)
They are going to tell us our faith
err is lazy good for nothing if
he goes out on strike. They want
us to grow up to be real slaves for
the bosses, afraid to say anything.
Our teachers will not tell us about
the big fat salaries that the "big
cheeses" on the board of education
and the city government get, when
we complain to them Of our bad
conditions.
Comrades! The only way we will
get any place is by fighting! Or
game! Join the Young Pioneers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-06

no care for poor peoples children.
A False Guard.
Dawn came up clear and bright
over a city washed clean and fresh.
But Fatima slept on, while two
hoodlums crept up and took the
coppers from out her outstretched
palm and slid her box of Red Star
candy from its hiding place under
the lions belly. The sun touched
Fatima right on the cheek and
leased, wake up, sleepy-head." The
child rubbed her eyes and started to
crawl to her feet. Her head bump
ed something cold and hard.
Where was she? Why, there was
her river Neva and street cars going
by. Looking up, and seeing the
lion, she remembered. But where
were her candy box and her coins?
She searched everywhere. Then,
crying, she shook her fist at the old
lion who had guarded her so poor
ly. "You old thing, you. You let
'em steal my candy and my kopecks.
I'll never trust you again. You're
nothing but stone, anyhow" An
grily she started across the streets
to the only home she knew. Then
despair overlook her, and her foot
steps dragged.
Where Lenin Once Lived.
Over the entrance where Fatima
turned in were these words, "Once
Comrade Lenin lived here" This
great leader of the Russian people
is so loved that they have marked
each spot where he lived and
worked.
Passing inside the doorway, Fa-
TINA entered a dark courtyard,
where two or three groups of
youngsters were playing. But this
was hardly a good place, as the
ground was slippery and wet, and
there was no sunlight.
"Hello, Fatima, where've you
been so long?" one called to her,
but she did not answer.
Suddenly a cry of alarm sounded
from the children as they scattered
in all directions. Mishka, Fatima's
cousin, and the big bully of the
neighborhood, was spied coming
into the courtyard. Young eyes
peeped at him from safe corners,
behind doorways, and up cellar
stairs. But Fatima had not been
quick enough. Mishka, heavily
built lad of fifteen, staggered over
to her and jerked her by the Shout
der.
"Where have you been, you little
wretch your" he demanded. Mishka
was not as bad boy at heart as
he appeared, but years of defending
himself against Anna had tough
ened him. "Come on, let's see how
much chink you've got. And where's
your box? Oh, so you've lost your
candy and kopecks too, Well, take
that, and wait till Ma gets hold of
you." Pushing and pulling he forced
her down the stairs into the cellar
where they lived.
Ito Be Continued)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-06
Flat Foot

imagine! A dog passed by and sat
down next to me, so it's my fault!'
Now the cop was in hole. If it
had been a Red he was dealing
with, then it would have been a
simple matter. He would have
bounced him on the bean and
then arrested the Red for assault
on an officer of the law. But this
was a different matter. Here was
a pretty young girl and dog
whose ownership she disclaimed.
The one thing that remained to be
done to save his dignity was to
take the dog into custody.
Gee, Cops Are Dumb"
The cop bent down and attempted
to take the dog by the neck. The
poodle jumped up and barked
loudly-as poodles are wont to do.
The brave defender of law and
order jumped away, frightened. He
put on his gloves and tried to sneak
his hand onto the dogs neck. This
time the dog sank his teeth into the
gloved nit.
Excited and red in the face, The
cop jerked off the glove and ex-
arnlned the injured hand. The skin
was not broken. The poodle, grab
Ding his chance, started out double
quick down the beach and the cop,
conscious Of the laughter all around
him also seized this chance to get
out of an awkward situation by
taking off after the dog. But he
was careful not to run too fast,
making sure the dog was safe dis
lance away. This is the stuff Of
which New York cops are made.
The crowd laughed and jeered
after his retreating figure.
The girl who refused to give her
name shook her head and said,
Gee, but the cops are dumb"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-06

labor are strictly enforced. How
ever, there are still cases which oc-
cur, due to the ignorance of the
child and its elders, and sometimes
also to the laziness or depravity of
an older person who has not entered
into the new life, but. tries to live
in secret off the labor of the young
one. Such person was Fatima's
aunt, Anna.
The wind, laden with dampness,
blew her brown tangled hair into
her eyes and swirled he. worn skirt
around her slight body. Fatima's
lips trembled. Oh, how her aunt
would give it to her, is she didn't
sell all of her candy! She counted
her coins. Only thirty kopecks
(about fifteen cents).
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-06

the lightning, also looked around
for shelter. Here and there she ran
among the high columns, until she
spied one dry spot, underneath the
lions belly. In a flash she was
under his flanks.
1t was not so bad under the lion.
Fatima decided to spend the night
here. She was hungry and cold, but
why go home, only to be beaten?
The storm had now subsidized, SO
Fatima curled herself up and soon
dropped off to sleep. The last thing
she did was to say to the lion over
her:
"Kind friend, please watch over
me while I'm asleep and keep all
harm away" But the imperial lion
did not change his stony stare. Like
his former master, the car, he had
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-06
By JIM LERNER

This little incident took place on
the Parkway Beach, at Coney
Island, on cool, summer day. A
cop who had been accustomed to
go cut on the beach and nab half
dozen or more boys who peddle ice
cream and then squeeze a few dol
lars graft out of them was wander
ing around angrily playing with
his summons book. No business,
too cool today for the peddlers.
After walking about the beach
for about an hour without seeing
anybody playing ball, peddling, or
displaying an indecent shoulder
without a bathing suit strap, the
cop suddenly smiled triumphantly,
then putting on his most cossak
manner walked up to a girl along
side of whom sat a dog-a fierce
white poodle without a muzzle.
whats your name?" the cop
demanded of the girl. His book of
graft receipts was out and his
pencil in hand, waiting. The girl
acted dumb and looked at the spot
. where the moon would be when it
got dark.
Cant you hear me, what's your
name?" exclaimed the copper in
still louder voice.
"You don't have to know my
name" answered the girl calmly.
"Don't get funny now. Give me
your name right away"
"Well, | don't want you to know
my name and won't give it to you.
Anyway, why do you want to know
my name?"
Triumphantly the mighty one
pointed with his big stick to the
pup. "That dog has no muzzle!"
"Then arrest the dog. ] have
nothing to do with him. Can you
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-06
Workers Boost
Daily As Their
Answer to Vol
BY HI. FRIEDMAN.


Unable to sell all the copies of
the Daily Worker l took with me
to the factory gate in my section,
1 decided to forego riding back to
the section headquarters "a dis
lance of 10 81" stations), but in
stead took walk and on the way
l approached workers in the street
calling on them to buy our Daily.
And l am glad to state that the
physical inconvenience that long,
brisk walk under a 90-degree sun
entails one, was, in my case, more
than fully offset by the pleasant
and most thrilling experience | got
on that hot summer afternoon.
The results of my effort were: |
sold II copies of the Daily Worker
On the way, obtained two monthly
subscriptions and made three con-
facts of a promising nature. When
group of three Negroes (who, by
their attire and carriage could cas-
lily pass for politicians of the boot
licking type) were solicited, one of
them asked me in a gentle tone:
as this the Red paper?" On
hearing my affirmative answer, he
gave me a dime piece and refused
to take the change l offered him.
adding in the same placid air: 81
know what the money goes for. ]
thoroughly understand your move
ment. We" pointing with his hand
to the rest of the group, "are with
YOU" He gladly gave me his adj
dress and extended a hearty well
come to his house when our COM
mittee would come up to him to dis
cuss his initiation into one of our
organizations.
The Fight Is Ours.
The next man l approached with
the Daily said: "Here is a half dol
lar for a monthly subscription.
That" there the worker delivered
himself of pithy, unprintable
phrase indicative of his indignation)
"Woll Is the worst enemy of the
working class. belong to the A.
f. Of l.. and l know who those be-
trayers are. / am heart and soul
for the defense of the Soviet Union.
Keep up your good work; the fight
is yours"
On a third solicitation worker
who was standing at the entrance
of hallway, asked me to go with
him upstairs. Hiding my surprise
at this unexpected invitation, / fol
lowed him. Later he explained to
me the reason for his Discrimination
to talk with me in the street.-the is
about to become a citizen and dis
cussing the Daily Worker near
eavesdroppers might jeopardize his
move Of entering the roster of Stree
citizens. He, too, made out q
monthly subscription, for 81 am
fully convinced now that you Com
munists are our friends and only