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The Washington times., 1930-11-28
The Marry-GO-ROund
BY Helen Rowland

man is q married man.; and
you can see hundreds Of them
out in the parks, pushing Ser-
ambulators, or taking Junior
and Tige for a walk, every
pleasant Sunday afternoon.
A Government clerk, if you
can blindfold him and back
him into marriage, makes the
best and most domesticated hus-
band in the world. Probably,
because he has neither the
money, the time, nor the oppor.
tunity to make whoopee.
Washington is NOT whoopee
town, no matter what you may
have heard to the contrary. 1t
is a RESTFUL town. And, If
you have ever lived here, you
know why it takes so long to
get a bill through Congress.
Everybody comes to Washing.
ton to RELAX. 1t is the most
RELAXED and. RELAXING city
in this fair Land.
After few weeks in New
York, it is more soothing than
a hot-water bottle and lullaby.
The only exciting things in
Washington are payday, Christ
mas, and the danger Of being
run over by a bootlegger.
I LOVE Washington - its
"dolce far niente" atmosphere,
it's broad, gracious streets and
its gentle, gracious manners
It's quiet shops, its restful vistaS,
it's good-natured, unhurrying
crowds. These are sweeter than
a southern drawl! I come here,
nearly every winter, to get my
nerves toned down, my cyniciSm
removed and my manners pol
ished.
Six weeks in Washington, and
I'm such a perfect LADY" that
my New York friends are SuS-
picious of me. Six months in
Washington, and I want to stop
writing satire-and begin writ
ing poetry! That's Washing
TOMMY Washington!
(copyrigh1 1880. by King Features
eyndicGts. Ine.l
The Washington times., 1930-11-28
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson

pkOUlLlSOLl---
You've seen them. You
know them. There's at least
one human hang-nail in your
office, in your family. And
they get your goat-how they
get your goat! Making life
miserable for themselves and
everyone else. Can't say a word
without offending them. Why
they act as If they were the
only people on earth.
AS a matter of fact, they
think they ARE. They've lost
contact so much that they've
clean forgotten about the other
fellow. They can't feel him.
They can't feel the things that
happen to him. They can only
feel the things that happen to
themselves. Naturally they con.
slider such things the main
events in human history.
The Result
That's what happens to peo-
pie when they cut themselves
from life. You don't have to
be nutty to get that way. You
just need to be cut off. It can
happen to anyone. It can hap
pen to you. It has happened
to you. You've had spells like
that, when everything seemed
wrong. The only thing that
was wrong was YOU. You'd
rambled off by yourself and
turned into a hang-nail.
If you want to stay regular,
stay in circulation. Stay with
the gang and take your chance
with it. It won't always be
easy or pleasant. Other people
jostle us, bother us, double
cross us sometimeS-make us
mad. But that's all good for
us. It keeps us stirred up.
If you aren't stirred up,
q you'll wither up. You'll be-
come a hang-nail.
copyright, 1880. by King Features
Service, Inc)
The Washington times., 1930-11-28
Making Four Die
Where One Died Before.

When life insurance company issues pohcy 70 you u
CANDLES CANDLES that you will ve you die before your
time, it loses the bet.
That is why life insurance companies spend millions Of dollars
year to push public health measures medical and surgical
and dental care periodic physical
in short that will lengthen me
It pays them to do So
When therefore great life insurance company-the Pru
dsna in this case-nds after careful study that alcohol
deaths have increased THREE HUNDRED PER CENT in the
United States since 1920 you be that thas not doc
tored the figures.
IF It ound that prohibition DECREASED the number Of
alcohol deaths Of increasing them you can be sure that
It would broadcast the fact far and wide
You can be sure also that its sole interest in publishing the
o facts on the prohibition death rate is due to its desire to
keep that death rate down.
The Prudential company does not tell you that prohibition
ourb to be repealed although does tell that under certain
moderate drinking of beer light wine has few
T. merely places the facts before you showing that in 1920
univ one nerson in died of alcohol and that now FOUR
persons in every 100000 die OF alcohol oo
That is 800 per increase already stated and 3OO
per cent increase 10 years is too much to disregard
The cause of the increase of course the increased Of
hard LIQUOR and poison liquor that prohibition has brought
about. ,,,
of decreasing the use beer and light wnewhch contain
little acoho-and of increasing the use OF con-
tain great deal -
points out of increasing the number women dunkard ana
Of increasing the alcohol death rate among women
These facts that only fanatic can OVERLOOK -.
The entire life business based on acts-ano
its facts were Inaccurate incomplete diverted to popa
panda purposes would be life insurance
The Prudential company business for its health IL
in business for YOUR health for the health Of every
other man woman and child in the United States
That how it dividends And when tells you that
fou die of alcohol where only died before you can
draw your own conclusions about prohibition and the sort OF
health welbeng and long life that prohoon promo'e
The Washington times., 1930-11-28
The Earth Is Small
Bu Archibald Henderson

against the all-powerful enemy.
nature. 49,.
Life itself is not within our
control. In the final analysis,
we are totally dependent upon
something outside the earth
and entirely beyond our man.
agement: the sun. The empty
space which constitutes such a
preponderant part of the uni
verse is cold; in most Of it life
could not be supported for want
of heat.
Dotted about through the
universe are great reservoirs Of
energy, burning furnaces OF
heat and light, giving out radt-
alton which warns the frozen
interspaces and maintains life
somewhere. There are few reg
ions in the universe, so far as
we can discover, where life
could be permanently main
tanned. Such place would have
to lie within a certain temper
ate zone, created in the neigh
borhood of these focal points
of light and heat.
Here and there, scattered
throughout the universe, are
central suns, with planets re-
volving around them. Surely
there must be planets bearing
relations to these suns as the
earth is related to our sun.
But computation shows that
such combinations are really
very few and far between. Ac.
cording to the modern tidal
theory, the planets Of our sys-
tenn were thrown off by the
sun as the result of the near
approach of some large wan
derer of the skies. Such near
approaches, we find, are rare
only about one star in every
100000 having a planet revolv.
ing around 1t in the small
zone In which W b Da1
The Washington times., 1930-11-28
WISE MEN

Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.
Longfellow
Many things difficult to de-
sign prove easy to performance.
johnson
It does not matter a feather
whether a man be supported
by patron or client If he him
self wants courage.-Seneca.
It is better to believe that a
man does possess good qualities
than to assert that he does not.
Davis
The lack Of wealth is easily
repaired: but the poverty Of the
sould is irreparable.
Montaigne
Not only does the bull attack
the foe with its crooked horns,
but the injured sheep will fight
its aSSailant. -PropertiuS
AS long as war is regarded
as wicked it will always have
its fascination. When it is
looked upon as vulgar it viii
seass to be popular.-Wtlde.
The Washington times., 1930-11-28

Darn that hang-nail! It's
gotten my goat so times to-
day.
Funny things - hang-nails.
Hardly any size but they can
make your whole body miser-
able. And gum up a days
performance. Yet they're moth
ing but a scrap of skin that
has lost contact with your
main hide and dried UP into
a nuisance.
People-they get like that,
too. Human hang-nallS.
They were like everyone else
to begin with-just as that
hang-nail was once regular
skin. Warm and eager and
supple-WHILE THEY WE'RE
IN CIRCULATION. Then some
thing happened. that put them
out of circulation. Some grief,
perhaps. Or a loss or shock.
Or they did something to be
ashamed of. Or perhaps they
Just grew discouraged. What
ever it was, it cut them off.
Cut them off from the en-
thusiasm and excitement of
other human beings - from
healthy conflicts and competi-
tions-from all those quicken
ing contacts that affect us,
unconsciously, when we're liv-
ing normally. from those con-
facts that stir us up and keep
us alive.
The Change
So they dried up. They didn't
know they were drying up.
They realized, perhaps, that
they were thinking more about
themselves. Taking things
harder. Feeling lonelier and
meaner and more tired of life
every day. But they didn't
realize that this was turning
their characters into fostering
thorns that snagged, every time
life touched them. But it
was
The Washington times., 1930-11-28

The scientists of today-an-
thropologists, biologists, astrono-
mers, geologists-are all con-
corning themselves, more and
more, with the problem OF lie
in the universe. All the studies
made, by countless inVestiga-
tors, have not, thus far, led
tn the discovery and proof OF
life in the extra-mundane UNI,
verse approximating those OF
the human species. Our own
planet is so negligibly small IN
comparison with the rest OF the
universe-s rs, stars, planets'
gIobular clusters, island unlVer-
ses that it prompts the query
as to whether it is not an &C
cidental by-product Of physical
forces. All such reasoning IS
made irrespective Of the ones
individual faith in a creator OF
the universe.
AS we stand in race OF Cne
immensities and appalling mag
nitudes of physical nature, 1t is
little wonder that a sense OF
dread, amounting almost to fear,
comes to obsess our minds. ms
vast universe is really so alien
to men, so needless Of his hopes
and fears, his longings and aSpl-
rations. Natures reaction to
man is always forced, never
spontaneous. Nature is respon-
sive to us, only because we will
it and contrive the character
of that response. At times. in
deed, it seems that nature is
not content to be indifferent
to us; she is actually hostile.
Unless we continue to exert
ourselves, to maintain persist
emily the struggle for existence,
we 60 under. In time of famine.
plague. disaster, man seems
but q tiny, helpless fighter
The Washington times., 1930-11-28
OverWOrked Civil Service
QUESTIONABLE Fad

The Florida college president who disgust with the
queonnaire fad should be civil service worker and then he
would have something to kick about.
Civil service workers Washington subjected tOregular
doses quesonnaes that seek the histories of their lives
They patiently the long lists of questions of which
entirely far in their bearings personal matters
The main objections of employees is that they have answered
most the questions different FORMS dozens of times in the
past and not substantial for repetition.
Government agencies supervising the civil service personnel
clearly entitled have before them to questions
touching the official histories and duties of workers and their
fitness for their work They have right however to expect
to large numbers of the questions they do ask
The Washington times., 1930-11-28

WashingtOn-MY Washington!
I am back in my Little Old
Home Town. A beautiful,
dreamy town with wide, tree
lined streets and lovely parks
called WASHINGTON, D. c.!
o. o. Mcintyre put Gallipo-
lis, Ohio, on the map. But, it
took "The Man With the Green
Hat" to make Washington IA
nous.
Still, If THAT'S all you know
about Washington. you don't
know your Capital City. There
Is a vast population in Wash
ington, to whom "bootlegger"
Is only a naughty word, and
who know only in a vague,
academic sort of way that
there has been a crash in Wall
Street, or something.
These are the army of Gov
ernment employees and en-
ployees, who go down to the Of
fices every morning at $50.
come home promptly at 4:30,
and gather around the radio
at 7, every evening, to listen to
Amos n Andy.
Washington is the most MAR
RTED city of its size in Amer
lea. In fact, it is so married,
that eligible bachelors are
scarcer, here, than Stradivari-
Gus violins and more spoiled
than the King of Rumania, or
yesterdays fish-plate.
The most romantic city in
the world-and nothing much
to ROMANT about! For. when
a Washington boy leaves col
lege, he leaves Washington, and
goes to bigger and buster city
to carve out his career. He
never comes back, until he
comes to CongreSs-and then,
he brings his wife and the kid
dies along.
But, there are compensations.
Washington may have the poor
est crop of lovers, but it has the
best crop Of husbands in Amer
. ics, In Washington, O married
The Washington times., 1930-11-28
Hits Married Women in
Government Service

d1LS MARRIED Women III
Government Service
Editor Times:
Isn't it just too bad that
married Government employees
are going to be asked to con-
tent themselves with a joint
income of $500, so as to give
jobs to the soldiers who won
the war at $50 per month.
In time of war the country
depends upon it's soldiers who
receive but a pittance for their
services; in times Of peace the
two greatest obligations which
confront the Government are
to give our wartime soldiers
an opportunity to make a nv-
ing and to protect the home
life of the Nation. Both Of
these obligations are being met
in the move to eject from
Government employment mar
ried couples whose joint income
amount to more than $500
per annum.
It is manifest that no mar
ried woman can earn a large
salary from the Government
and at the same time fulfill
her duty where she is most
needed, viz, at home. In plac'
ing her in the sphere where
she belongs, not only the ex-
soldier and the Government
will be protected but also those
husbands whose digestions are
at the mercy Of "cafeteria-eat-
ing" "can-opening" wives.
FIFTY-FIFTY.
The Washington times., 1930-11-28

carries the punch Of purchasing
power, and offers tremendous
possibilities as a vital business
factor, as yet dimly discerned.
It would seem, then, that
from the very nature of public
service, our public utility cor
porations should be not only
willing, but glad, to let the
public know in what degree
they are contributing to the
prosperity of the community
through distributing earning
power to wage earners."
Public service commissions
The Washington times., 1930-11-28

accumulated, else periodic de-
presSionS.
Henry Ford in his latest book,
Moving Forward" says, in ef-
feet, that even a small group
of high-wage employees carries
the leaven of prosperity. Also,
he says, Good workmanshipS
is cheap at almost any price"
Hence, the So-called high wage
is really a high-grade wage, and
is, therefore, good business.
The 'Iow wage" is soon used
UP in the bare necessities Of
the family. But the high wage
The Washington times., 1930-11-28

should have and use the power
to make public the average
wage" (not including SalarieS)
of public utility corporations.
Then we shall not see
wealthy public utility corpora
tions-top heavy with prosper
ity-paying low wages" to its
workers.
AN ELECTRICIAN,
The Washington times., 1930-11-28

High Wages and Public
Utility Reports
Editor Times:
In these days of mass pro
duction and concentration OF
wealth, "high wages" as a pros
perity value is receiving more
and more attention, for money
must be distributed as well as
The Washington times., 1930-11-28
Hearst Papers Advocate

l. "Honest friendship nations. entdn0In0 alliances
Nth none."-Georoe Washington.
PROPORTIONAL representation the United States Senate no
State to Senator's Legislation to enforce
prompt constitutional reGpporonment in the House OF
Representatives.
Separate departments the Army of the NGuy and OF the
Air Forces united Secretary OF National Defense
Federal action to the limit of Federal to abolish
iLliterucy under Secretary of Education
Installation of the President the first OF January toou
ing the November election
SelecUe immigration to admit only those suited for Arer
can citizenship and American needs.
Deportation undesirable aliens and extension OF citizen
ship period to 10 gears.
Conplete publicity for income to prevent big tar
dodgers from escaping taxation
Modification of Volstead act to permit light wines and
beers under Federal regulation.
The Washington times., 1930-11-28
Attacks Agnosticism of
Clarence DarroW

Editor Times:
Mr.. Darrow, of legal fame
and self styled philosopher, made
his opinion clear in a diSserta-
ton recently. A Self-styled ag-
nostic, which is rather a very
broad statement. Agnosticism
Is a philosophical absurdity and
is refuted many times by many
Well-knoWn philosophers.
cannot understand how a
man of or with any brain can
advocate agnosticism in our
days. Spencer was a very in
telligent brain, but his theory
is refuted more than once by
the ancient and modern phi
losopherS.
The three persons undertak-
ing the defense were rather in
adequate to take stand against
Darrow. 1t must take PHI
losopher of good caliber to re-
flute Darrow. It is easy to pull
the wool over the eyes of the
populace as educated today,
and especially in nation where
commercialism and materialism
prevail.
Every one knows that the
Genesis is only a document writ
ten in the style of olden days
and today it would be written
more scientifically, etc.
It is too bad that I did not
know of this discussion before,
because I would not have passed
the occasion to refute Mr.. Dar-
row myself from the standpoint
of the audience, provided the
audience would have had the
occasion to express its view.
F. x. HOLLNBERGER, Phi. D.
The Washington times., 1930-11-28

But, there are compenSations.
Washington may have the poor
est crop of lovers, but it has the
best crop Of husbands in Amer.
ica. In Washington, O married
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-03
BOOTLEG WAR
CLAIMS VICTIM
Fish Market Proprietor
Slain by Machine
Gun Fire

WOODRIVER, Ill, July SIP
George Williams, AZ, OF Wood River,
a fish market proprietor, was slain
by machine gunners shortly before
midnight last night in what police
belive was a gang shooting trace
able TO b~ootlegging.
Williams. known TO officers as a
former ~bootiegger, IA killed at the
wheel Of his car BY a volley OF
machine gun bullets fired from a
speeding machine that passed his
a on the outskirts OF Wood River.
His companion, Hebert L. CUP. so.
a farmer, was not hit by any Of the
forty to fifty bullets fired into the
car, but was injured when the ma
chine crashed against a lamp post
as Williams collapsed.
The assailants sped away and Culp
taken to an Alton, Ills, hospital.
was unable to give a description Of
them or their ar.
It was the second gang shooting
Of the night In the East Side" dis
trict Of Illinois opposite st. Louis.
Earlier Joseph NeSser. 20, alleged
gambler and associate OF Cuckoo
gangsters Of St. Louis, was marked
for death, but the gunmen's bullets
missed their mark. Nesser was fired
upon from another car as he sped
along a street East St. Louis,
Ills, but received only a minor
wound IN the left leg. He refused
to maze any statement other than
he was shot by men IN a a which
overlook him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-03
Suicide Verdict
In Woman's Death

HOUSTON, July 3-lP-Mrs. Re
ba McLemore. Al, OF Crockett. found
dead in bed with a gunshot wound
through her heart and a pistol
within a few inches Of an out
stretched hand, committed suicide.
Justice J. NJ. Ray said in his in
quest verdict.
The shooting took place al the
home Of Mrs. McLemore's brother.
@. J. Dewitt. where Mrs. McLemore
had been visiting. Relatives said
she had been respondent since the
recent death OF her father.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-03
CANDIDATES TO
HAVE BUSY DAY

Texas biennial primary election
contest today had about reached
the all-important Fourth OF July"
period. and many of the candidates,
especially those participating in the
democratic ll-man fre~e-for-all CUB
ernatorial derby were all set for
independence Day exhortations.
Republican aspirants for nomi-
nations in the So-called minority
party in Texas were more or less
satisfied to take a back seat and
let nature take its course" while
the Democratic horses ran their
heads off.
Paul Loven OF New Braunfels. who
claims second-cousin kinship TO
United States Senator Morris Shsp-
pardi u OF the original drys, vas
TO take to the air tomorrow-not
via the radio microphone-h-'t a
Ia Lindbergh-while he made a
whirlwind speaking coverage OF the
state. He was to speak in San An
tonic al dawn. hustle himself into
an airplar.e. fly to Abilene for a
speech az 10 a m, hop TO Fort
Worth for an appearance az 3 p. m.
Jump to Denton for 3 .. m, and
wind up the days brush-beating
in Touston at 1880 p. m.
Jim Young Of Kaufman had a
Fourth Of july speaking engagement
In his home town; the FerEusons-
former Cows. Mira A. and J-mes
E.-were booked for the Independ-
ence Day political attraction at
Conroe. Senator Earle 3. Mayfield
planned a double-header. az Den
ton in the afternoon and Decatur
at night, Senator Thomas p. Love
was TO speak three times. at Mo-
ther Neff's park IN Navarro county
in the morning. C0rsicana after
noon and Mexia night. Lieut.. Gov.
Barry Miller had lected Stephen
vile for his free 1cker day appear
ance; Senator Clint q. Small W )
to appear at Bertram In the morn
ing and Mason at night. and r. 6,
Sterling was listed for Gainesville
u afternoon and Denison at night.
c. q. Moody or Fort Worth broke
his silence last night and opened
his bid for the nomination in a
radio address. He promised N ~
on the air later. while G. z. Walker
Of Grapevine and Frank Putnam
OF Houston continued their passive
camraigrs.
Mr.. Sterlinr. speaking last night
AZ Mexia. detailed his program Of
v highTav finance and promised Ii
I elected 20 give the same study %
other business or the state that he
has TO roads.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-03

NEW YORK. July 5-P- The
cotton market opened steady a. a
decline Of 3 * 10 points In response
TO easy Liverpool cables and a fav-
orah'e view OF the weather man.
Offerings were not heavy. but
demand was limited and active
months sold about 8 10 10 points
net lower during the first few min
utes, with July easing off 70 1910
and the new October contract to
1902. The market was fairly steady
but whiting a point or two Of these
figures during hte first hour.
Trading continued quiet later In
the morning. Orders appeared TO be
pretty we'll divided between cover
ing and liquidation with the market
showing a fairly steady undertone
At midday the new october con-
tract was selling around 1904 with
the general market ruling 8 to .
points net lower.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-03
Sewer
Work Progresses

Matamoros will soon have another
modern convenience in the installa-
ton Of a modern type of sewerage
plant TO be located outside the city
limits.
The method of sewer disposal re-
commended by leading engineers is
that Of septic tank and chemicals.
This method will be employed in
the Matamoros plant.
Installation Of the sewer mains
has been started from different
parts Of the city. working toward
the Plaza. or main business section.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-03
Dallas and Toledo
Join Resaca Fight

The Dallas and Toledo Better
Business Bureaus write TO the local
chamber OF commerce Thursday
answering letters in regard to the
Detroit bureau controversy.
Dallas requests definite irrevoc-
able information regarding water
supply. and resaca land as apple
able TO production Of citrus fruit in
the Valley" adding that they will
aid the Valley IN the fight. Toledo
merely asked for more information
on the question.