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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
No Speed In Crime Control In
The District

TTEMPTS to control crime in the District made in
Congress in several ways but the right way that of pro
yiding for swift justice, gets nowhere
Some statesmen knowing that conditions here should be
remeded wildly attack the police department. and its heads
other seek to pass drastic unpopular local laws
FOR prohibition enforcement and to add other laws to be
violated.
Washington conceded in Congress has less crime than
most American cities of similar sze but there room for
betterment
wave of disrespec for laws has swept this country since
rohition was enacted Another Of this dsespect is
he existence of many laws and petty regulations as to
befuddle and annoy citizens.
wouldn't there be greater respect for all laws they were
quickly enforced in the courts with the high and the low
charged with crimes being brought to trials without long and
harmful delays?
Tn Canada and in Great Britain speed in the handling OF
na cases is the basis Of in curbing the lawess
Under the Canadian system it is not unusual for persons
accused of serious crimes be indicted tried and convicted
vitn few days Trials there solemn serious things
the District of Columbia criminal trials often delayed
Far months and even years Why doesn't Congress ascertain
the cause of these delays and enact legislation that will give
% q taste of Canadian justice?
Additional Judges would long way toward quick justice
ut Congress find out what other remedies might help
q that end lot of red tape and technical bubbles might
81 gotten rid Of The District Attorneys office may need
additional help.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
Listen World
Poker Face
Y Elsie Robinson

7 WAS. perhaps, 8. And should
L have been in bed hours ago.
but mother was busy and dad
didn't notice that I had crept in
and was watching him from the
corner.
He was playing cards in the
dining room with Doc Allen and
Ed Grier and AL Harvey and old
Mister Rogers. They were sit
ting in their shirt sleeves, under
the wavy light of the hanging
lamp, and the room was so full
of tobacco smoke that they
seemed to be sunk in a blue
pool. Only their faces showed
distinctly and they interested
me, for they were quite differ
ent from everyday faces. They
were entirely expresSionless,
more like masks than faces and,
watching them, I felt shut out
from some mystery. I had seen
Dad playing cards before, but
he never looked like that. He
had laughed and scowled and
given deep grunts of . surprise
those other times. But this time
he did not give a look or make a
sound. He just sat there, with
the blue pool rising about him
and his face as still as the iron
deer on the lawn.
It frightened me. And even
afterwards, when he explained
to me that he was playing poker
and that men looked that way
when they were playing poker, I
could not Understandable I
felt a strange, new awe of him.
But now that I've sat
through the year, watching life
deal the cards, learning 20
poker face" myself, think
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21

EEAR Of the dark upsets
more grown-ups than one
might think. And, of course, it
is one of the most common and
pronounced fears to be found
among children.
There is a cause for every
thing and this applies to fear
.of the dark in particular.
When fear of the dark per
sists in adulthood this cause
must be looked for in childhood.
Parents are to blame, usually,
tx such. a fear develops in a
child, because a baby, in it's
earliest days, sleeps peacefully
in the dark.
Usually it is only after chill.
dren hear about bears and
wolves ant: hObgOblinS that they
become afraid.
That Is the way that adults
make children fearful.
The dark is, Of course, a
place of mystery.
In imagination we readily
people the dark with all sorts
of grotesque and often hideous
figures and shapes.
Again, the dark harbors the
unknown.
And the unknown, from time
immemorial, has been awe
Inspiring.
Another reason why dark
ness is upsetting to peace of
mind is because it deprives us
of sight.
s. Not to see with the eyes
shut is natural.
But not to be able to see
with the eyes open-aS when
In the dark-is specially. dis
.turbing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
watering TrOughs for Horses

the days horse drawn vehicles in Washington watering
roughs established at many places Few of them have
been removed though horses other
days.
The spirit of human kindness fingers in police regulations
Fnrddng parking within reasonable distance of these
fng spots The regulation repeatedly violated despite
fact that traffic officers sometimes lodge complaints against
violators.
An Australian merchant has wed $35O00O for the estab
shment of troughs wheresoever they needed
throughout the world"
Of all living things the horse still greatest helper
ia activities requiring strength The is the most useful
Of living things in domestic
That $350000 be quickly spent in every part of the
world for there yet exist thousands of places where little
decent thought is given to the Importance and kindness of
frequently watering horses work farms travelling long
distances rough and weary roads.
Men look well after themselves but to animals
that useful and valuable.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21

I Understandable I feel an
even greater awe for that man
who was my father.
He played out his life, as he
played out the cards in that
Swallowed room. From a
shabby pack, he drew poverty
and an agonizing illness which
endured for 20 years. Never
once, in that time. did he know
what it meant to draw one
free, full breath. He was al
ways in pain-and he might
have made it very terrible for
those about him. Yet, right to
the end, he wore a poker face.
And Smiled-aS the pool rose
higher.
So I've come to think that
a man can hardly do a more
gallant thing than wear a
poker face as he plays the
game with life.
Time ticking away-and the
blue pool rising about YOU
and you taking the cards as
they come.
Taking the heart break or
joy-love or hate-failure or
succesS-with the same inscru-
table dignity and friendlinesS
that is the noblest sign Of
a civilized soul.
For no man can pick his
cards =" but he can pick his
face. And, by the face he
chooses, he can prove himself
a blessing or burden to hui
mainly. What will come with
the next shuttle? What waits,
beyond this little. smoky room
from which we all must pass?
No one can say. But, If you
have the markings in you you
can play the game through
like a god!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
Secrets of Health
BY DR.. Louis E. Bisch-

Children, of course, are af-
fected by all these things much
more than adults.
The experience of adults
Steadies them.
1t is questionable whether
any adult would be afraid of
the dark were it not for the
implanting of the fear earlier
in life.
Parents make a grave mis-
take when they use the dark as
a mean Of frightening chill
dren. Not only does the child
accept what the parents say,
but in his own imagination he
enlargeS upon it and makes the
dark a much more fOrbOding
place than was intended.
Children can become terror
lied of the dark. It can cause
all sorts of nervous upsets.
Therefore always reassure a
child about the dark.
If he shows timidity, take
him by the hand and prove to
him that nothing is going to
grab him or Jump out at him.
Encourage him later to ven.
ture out alone-you, yourself,
remaining within earShot and
talking back and forth all the
while.
Before long you will be sur
priSed to find the child trying
it out himself, proud of his
courage.
If an adult is afraid of the
dark, search should be made for
the childhood cause that is re-
SponSibfe.
Often no more than the dis
covery Of the cause will be suf-
ficient to remove the fear.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
SKY LIMIT

0NE of the Skyscrapers in
lower Manhattan has
~ leased the. sunlight and
air above an adjoining property
for $4,000 a year-Which both
emphasizes the perpendicular
value of real estate, and fur
ther verifieS the axiom that
gold is where you look for it
Walter Chrysler Is setting up
housekeeping atop the tower of
his new office building. The
little bungalow in which he
used to live when working as
a round-house mechanic, will
get quite a kick ut of that.
So should those backbone
wiseacreS who thought he had
lost his mind and his savings
when Chrysler returned from a
pioneer automobile show with
one of the most expensive ma
chimes on the market. and tore
it apart to find what it was
all about.
The knowledge he derived
from that investigation fur
niShed corner-stoneS for the
third largest motor car concern
on earth and the highest monu-
ment ever reared to personal
proves.
LIVERY transatlantic liner
II should assemble its immi-
grant passengers on deck, as
soon as the Chrysler Building is
sighted, and inform intending
citizens that there stands a
symbol of the fortunes that
may still be gathered from the
streets-and highways Of the
United States. And from its
clouds. too.
David Sarnoff, the steerage
graduate and recent messenger
boy, who conceived the Radio
Corporation and discovered pre-
liminary promotion funds in the
pockets of Imagination, is an
other prize exhibit Of the I'M
partial treatment which our
generous democracy accordS in
trinSic. worth and contributiVe
effort.
The Soundest briefs against
communism are obtainable from
the careers of those self-made
thousands by whom our indus
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
There Are OTHER Primitive Ideas

TN New York play called THE Green Pastures attracts
large audiences ALI colored and
great talent in the parts assigned them
The audiences white almost entirely and show deep
interest play that puports interpret the religious ideas
of primitive people.
The plays title 1.-THE Green Pastures evidently taken
from the Bible text:
"He n10keth m to lie doWn in green pastures; He
leadcth beside the still waters."-Psalms, 1872.
In this primitive play the Ruler of the Universe shown
colored clergyman with long frock coat soft hat and
white tie
The depicted supposed show the happiness
of the blessed in heaven Everybody invited to hry
meal much appreciated and free.
Looking closely you will observe that all the characters in
spite of very earthly appearance wearing wings
The curious thing that this play which not skuly
might be basphemous least rreverent appears
produce unpleasant effect whatever the audience
regardless of their religious affiliations
religious faith among primitive people and is accepted at its
face value audiences would accept play with children
the actors giving childish ideas Of sacred things the Garden
of Eden heaven, ETC.
But white people, who condescendingly look upon this pOr
trayal the mans idea of childish and
primitive might well consider their ideas to the
hereafter and the government of the universe
To represent God coored clergyman with long frOk
coat white neckte and soft hat childish to
To future, civilized and enlightened generation shall
childish when they look pictures representing God
old man. with gray beard thin white locks red cloak
and wearing sandals.
And this play which shows the cOOred in heaven
Toying shfry,' will not ridiculous to human
beings hence than idea of heaven much
like the inside of fine ewey store with pavemen of gold
walls Of stones and details that suggest pawnbroker
as the architect
Our ideas of religion will especially crude and print
REALLY civilized when they consider belief
benecent Creator of this universe would first make i'm
perfect human beings exposed to temptation and then
denim suffer horrible torment FOREVER because Of
their weakness and yielding to temptation.
We shall to them VERY primitive and childish when
they learn that old Puritan preachers told their listeners:
"When you go to heaven and sit in perfect bliss
you uOH be GllOOed look dOsOn and the SOiced
suffering in hell burning up forever, and that uOH
greatly increase your happiness"
Those men of the future will wonder what kind of human
beings they been that imagined their happiness in
creased sight of others tortured what their idea of
God must been they thought that He could torture for
ever in fire and birthstone miserable creatures whose very
PROJECTIONS were HIS work.
The colored play showing fshfry'' in heaven may be
primitive But it is primitive and not half as
voting the good white Christian conception of God guilty
horrible crueies that would be impossible among the
worst of savages
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
ONCE-OVERS

YOU doubt the sincerity Of
l. the men who always seem
glad to meet you.
You think that the so-called
glad-hander is carrying out a
role that is supposed to add to
his popularity and he wants to
prepare the way to sell you
something you don't want.
Often this may be true but as
often it is not true.
There are some men who are
really delighted to meet their
old friends or make the &C
quaintance of people.
You may not be Of this sort
so you can't believe it is sincere,
You may be satisfied with the
friends you have, as to number
and kind.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
Hearst Papers Advocate

!. An agreement of EmghshspeGksng peoples to pre-
serve peace among themselves and to promote the
peace of the tOorld.
2. Proportional representation tn the United States
Senate, no State to haze less than tUo Senator's
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
porttonment in the House of Representatives.
3. separate Department of the Arnry of the NGvy
and of the Air Forces, all united under Secretary
of National Defense.
a. Federal action to the limit of Federal poVers to
abolish atiterGcy in the United States under
Secretary of Education
s. Election of Congress tn November. Installation
on the first OF January following. Inauguration
Of the President first of January neat after
November election.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
Gandhi'S Auto
A Curse-but Convenient

n rAHATMA GANDHI who makes trouble periodically for
N John Bull India is the undyng foe of Western civil
ation the worlds greatest spokesman for the simple life
He shaves his head sleeps grass mat spins cloth
rough hand LOOM bahes in river insted Of bathtub,
frowns on radios, arplanes, steamships, railroads.
Mankind only be happy without machinery the sage
honestly believes and he breaches his doctrine throughou
India
bU country has decided speed his propaganda by using
an AUTOMOBILE. The next thing may expect is
the eminent apostle Of the primitive seeking converts through
the taIkes or even televison.
Nowadays is easy to tell the world what machin
erv is Thanks as it happens, solely to machinery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21

Perhaps you have reached the
position where you don't care to
talk to recent acquaintance,
from whom you might learn
something.
No, you wish they would let
you alone and you draw into
your shell and continue your
aloofness.
But if you are still anxious
to add to your store of knowl-
edge you should come into con-
tact with as many people as pos
Sible.
II you have something within
you that will arouse another
person to talk in q sensible, in
formative way you can usually
draw something valuable from
him, if he has it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
Never the Less
The Germans Will Continue.

GERMAN Socialist deputy says the Germans spend each
on alcoholic beverages and tobacco enough to pay
all the Preparations due to the Allies.
That is probable Our ladies spend psck rouge and
few other necessities of life enough to pay whole
national debt in short time.
Nevertheless will continue to drink and smoke
Our ladies' until the fashion changes will continue rouge lip
stick and queer pink stuff on their nails,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
DO YOU KNOW THAT

Two hundred and 40 miles
Of new railway lines we're put
into operation in Argentina in
1920,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21

A nicotineless tobacco leaf
which produced both salad oil
and cigarsFhas been developed
in Germany.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
KNOWLEDGE TEST

Match correctly:
l. Toxine Source Of light and heat
e. Sun Water in the form of
g. Pnuematic Combination of collected cells.
f. Steam Worked by
S. Battery PoSons produced by bacteria
Do know:
What the Of the device into speaks at
broadcastng station?
Z. Who said,
Death a shining mark, a signal blow?
g. About when did Euclid live?
collector Of customs Apostle?
TO- What the normal temperature of the human body?
H. a person called "rolyIpoly?"
H. What the capital of Alabama?
49, What does babel now?
IA What nation named the Bermudas?
IS What star may be seen in the daytime?
(AnSwsrs Magazine PaEe)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Opinions are like fashions,
beautiful when we first assume
them-ugly when we discard
them. -Jouttry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21

There is a passion for hunting
something deeply implanted in
the human breast!
-OickenS,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21

trial, commercial and financial
deStinies are continuously cap
tanned.
Neither education nor influ-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21


to seize the same opportunities
NOBODY labored under more
~ initial handicaps-no fam
lilies were humber than theirs
and no one was ever less pre-
pared by circumstance or con.
tact to assume the powerful
roles they occupy.
They erected their ambitions
on bedrock. AS Ford did. And
Edison. And Pupin.
They didn't waste precious
time whining that all the
choice sites on Success Avenue
were already grabbed by earl
Ter starters, but surveyed pos
sibility until they located virgin
thoroughfares for transporta-
ton. communication and cleo
trical development, and created
fresh wealth out Of stuffs that
had never before yielded reve-
nues.
The Nine lent h century
wouldn't have half SO many bill
lions to spend had it set Nine
tenth century boundaries for
wit and enterprise.
And double the number Of
folk would be unemployed to-
day, if America hadn't kept
all games open and left the
sky as the limit for individual
plays.
The Cop on the Corner
A N angry man will always ex-
"A ercise more restraint in the
presence of an armed opponent
than with a defenseless enemy
Peace is best guarded by
preparation for war. Until dis
armament is universally prac.
tised. the security of America
is most assured by a Navy as
competent as that of any other
power.
To indorse the enlargement
OF our Navy is not to advocate
the necessity of war as a solu-
ton of international Difficult
ties; but rather to guarantee
the avoidance of bloodShed.
THE corner where the police
man stands is always orderly"
Copyright 1880. by the Daily MirrOI
Inc., and Herbert KRufman)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
By Herbert Kaufman

ence can claim Sarnoff or
Chrysler as debtors.
Any of the thousands Of en-
ployeS who take their orders
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21

and pay, were just as qualified
to seize the same opportunities
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-21
BRAVES DEATH
IN PLANT FIRE
Woman Ignores Exploding
Paint to Call Aid.

BB United Pr6Ss
GIBBSBORO, N. ]. Feb. 21.-Mrs.
Elva Helver calmly sat close to
flames, smoke and exploding paint
barrels today, using a telephone to
summon fire fighters to battle a
blaze in the packing and shipping
plant Of the John Lucas Company.
Finally fire companies from four
teen New Jersey towns had the
flames under control, although it
was feared for a while that the
flames would destroy the thirteen
acre plant of Lucas & Co., paint
manufacturers.
Mrs Helver was sitting up on
Thursday night with her mother,
who was i'll, and noticed the flames
and smoke in the plant. She ran
from her home to the company's
Offices and warned the Waterman.
who sounded an alarm.
Then Mrs. Helver used the COM
pany's telephone to summon all fire
companies within fifteen miles. The
inflammable contents of the factory
made the fire an especially hazard
Gus one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-21
CHICAGO SPURS
GANG CLEANUP
Business Men Ready to
Launch Offensive.

BY UnttGU FFbSS
CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-Big business
multi million dollar war against
gangland was at the zero hour
today.
With the reading Of report be-
fore the executive committee Of the
association of commerce today, out
lining plans of Robert ISham Ran
doIph and his secret council Of six
business leaders, the machinery TO
exterminate the racketeer, the
bomber, the extortionist and gun
men was scheduled to whir into
action.
The campaign to end the annual
S145, 100000 toll Chicago has paid
to the gangs for the privilege of
doing business will be pushed with
as many millions as are needed, it
was indicated, and will involve a
highly efficient espionage and de-
tective service.
"If the sum needed be 100000,
or 100000, or 100000, Chi
cago business men will furnish it, ="
Randolph said before he went to
the conference that he said would
Signalize the opening of the Of
fenSive.
"Our object will be to develop
evidence that will send criminals
to prison, evidence that will be
proof against manipulation of
lawyers, Vaccinations of politics
and the terrorist tactics of those
we are determined to destroy"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-21

AS charming as during the days
when she won fame as the Salvation
Army angle of Broadway Miss
Crawford granted an interview to-
day.
In response to a direct question
she asked:
Don't you think I'll have to give
up church work, even though I am
a licensed minister?
You know, church people are in a
certain sense narrow-minded and as
class are not fond of remarked
people. I do not feel I could carry
on my teaching and my work
without the respect of church mem
berS."
Asked if she would continue using
her own name, as she did while
married to Sommers, Miss Crawford
insisted she had not given 1t
thought.
Intimatng that her own vast fund
Of enthusiasm would be utilized in
social welfare work, Miss Crawford
said her huSband-to-be could par
ticipate in sports to his hearts con-
tent and that theiractivities outside
the home would be adjusted so there
would be no conflict
I'D rather continue with my
church work. the blue-eyed young
woman said with asmile, but" she
added, prejudice must be re-
Spec5ed."
Commenting on her New York ex-
perience when she converted many
Broadwayites, Miss Crawford said
she thoroughly enjoyed her career
in Gotha min 1922,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-21
S1Oeeter?

By Science Service
NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-If all
the little girls and all the little
boys who suck their thumbs or
bite their finger nails could be
lined up end-to-end in the
favorite manner of statisticianS,
the little girls would make a
much longer line than the lit
tie boys.
This greater frequency Of
finger in the mouth habits
among girls was reported this
morning by DR.. Willard G. Oh
son, speaking before the Amer
lean Orthopsychiatric Associa-
ton, here. DR.. Olson studied
children in nursery schools and
primary grades in order to
measure the occurrence OF oral
habits among normal boys and
girls.
Finger-nail- biting and thumb
sucking have a tendency to run
in families.