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The Washington times., 1931-03-14
DIR. Norman Thomas
Speaks at HOlUQrd

DIR. Norman Thomas, executive
director of the League of Indus
trial Democracy will speak to-
morrow morning at the Howard
University religious services.
DR.. Thomas is a graduate of
Princeton University and Union
Theological Seminary. He was
assistant pastor of Brick Presby-
terian Church Of New York City.
The Washington times., 1931-03-14
Boys, 4 and 5, Home
After Adventure

Two small boys, 4 and 5 years
old, respectively, are today with
their families after having had
taste of freedom" yesterday
and finding it not to their liking.
The boys, Joseph Mclaughlin,
4, and Robert Groves. 5, were
reported missing by their mothers.
They were located, footsore and
weary, nearly IL hours later at
Thirteenth Street and Florida
Avenue Northeast. Joseph is a
son of Mrs. Georgins Mclaughlin,
1914 Tenth st. N. W., and Robert
is a son of Mrs. Robert Groves,
1905 N st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-03-14
FRIENDS SCORN
IDEA POLITICS
IS INVOLVED
First Address on Schedule
Is to Red Cross April 13;
Others Come at Intervals
By GEORGE r. HOLMES

BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
"A program Of eight speeches
Between April and June has been
mapped out for President Hoover
M was announced at the White
House today.
s While Mr.. Hoover's friends
deprecate the attachment of any
political significance to the pro
gram, it is accepted that in at
least some of these appearances
the President will find occasion tc
defend his policies and reply tc
the barrages of criticism laic
down in the last session of Con
gress by the Democrats and in the
more recent meeting here OF the
ProCreSSives of both parties.
r Program of Speeches
The Presidential speaking fol
lows:
April 13-AddresseS the Ameri-
can Red Cross Convention In
Washington.
April 14-AddreSses the Pan
American Union in Washington.
May 4-Addresses the Inter.
national Chamber Uf Com
meree in Washington.
May 21-AddreSSeS q meeting
In Washington to observe the
fiftieth anniversary Of the
founding of the American Red
Cross.
May 3O-A Memorial Day ad-
dress at Valley Forge, Pa.
June 15-AddresSeS the Re
publican State Editorial AssO-
citation at Indianapolis.
June 16-ViSitS Columbus,
Ohio, to review the annual en-
campment of the G. A. R., in
the morning, and then motors
to Marion, Ohio, to dedicate the
Warren G. Harding memorial.
June Twists Springfield,
Ill.,, to rededicate the tomb of
Lincoln.
Good Opportunities
The Chamber of Commerce
speech in Washington on May 4
and the address to the Republican
editors of Indiana on June Is
will provide the President with
the best opportunities to deal with
political subjects and adminiStra
tive policies.
After June II, when he visits
Springfield, Mr.. Hoover probably
will make his proposed tour of
the West, although the plans for
this trip are in a nebulous state
It is expected. in any event, that
he win return to Washington
from Springfield, and conditions
then will determine whether he
will undertake the long journey
to the coast.
Mr.. Hoover is anxious, if posi-
BILE, to visit the national parks
and get vacation in California
during the summer and before
the next Congress assemblies.
Few Speaking Trips
Since his occupancy of the
White House. Mr.. Hoover has
made comparatively few speaking
trips away from Washington. In
October, following his inaugura
ton, he made a short swing
about the Middle West, visiting
Detroit, Cincinnati, and Louisville
The Washington times., 1931-03-14

with me. Then I gives him
my exter special punch, which
lays him among the swee'
peas"
Would you rather be a de-
tective or a pugilist, Mr.. Pop
eye?"
Il gotta be both. A defec.
tive is no good unless he can
swing his mitts on account of
knowing how to be a pugilist."
Does Olive OyI approve of
your disposition to fisticuffs2"
The Washington times., 1931-03-14
CLUB TO STAGE H0LANTHE'

"Iolanthe," Gilbert and Sulli
van comic opera. will be presented
by the Mckinley High School Op-
era Club, March 81 and %, in
the school auditorium at Second
and T SITS. N. E.
The Washington times., 1931-03-14
High Court Building
Work Begins Monday

Actual construction of the new
United States Supreme Court
Building, which is to be situated
north of the Library of Congress.
will begin Monday when the first
steam shovel of dirt will be lifted.
Preparation of plans for the
superstructure is now being made.
These will be ready by June l.
The Washington times., 1931-03-25

gunpowder gather gold alore,
and the pick of the worlds
youth become CORY, grave fill
ing gun-fodder.
EDWARD BERWICK.
Pacific Grove, Calf.
Government Clerk Has
Novel Suggestion
Editor, Times:
You have so often kindly
championed the Government
clerks in the matters of raises,
hours, ETC., that I have often
wondered why you did not
some time speak a word for
some of the other classes and
masses Of working people in
Washington. For example, take
the Pepco employees. I notice
The Washington times., 1931-03-25
Cities and Towns to Be Run
On Business Lines

An intelligent Virginia citizen predicts that it will not
many years until American Cities towns and counties will
cease be political lines and will be operated Just
the banks big business de-
void Of politics.
The will be stockholders and m merely elect boards
Of directors These will employ experienced managers who
will cities, towns and counties strictly business
basis uninfluenced by political bosses and clques
Americans always absorbed in politics and want to
have hand in the control and management their cities
and counties They will surrender their old ideas with
cance yet everywhere is apparent that under existing
systems there profound waste and neiciency not to speak
Of downright corruption and misuse of public funds through
contracts to friends Of the party in power
who have business knowledge experience and
their partsanship above everything else This
Virginia and Maryland countless Washington as of all
counties in the nation There budgets no serious
plans, just haphazard administration until other
elected and go through the same processes
No wonder that grow and tax burdens increase
The Washington times., 1931-03-25
Local Option for Maryland
In Sunday Closing Laws

Governor Rtche of Maryland being of the foremost
advocates of States rights in the country especially in the
solution of the prohibition question, the principle
apparently about be followed by the Maryland Legislature
In dealing with obnoxious Sunday closing laws.
The old blue laws of that State still exist witness the
recent of Seventh Day Adventist in county adoin
ing the District of Columbia for painting his house
Sunday.
The plan seemingly favored in the legislature at this time
Is to permit the various counties and cities to handle Sunday
suit themselves It is either that special
legislation exemptng Baltimore other communities from
the existing statutes Baltimore is seeking special legislation
permitting movies and baseball after for
Sunday violations
The home rule idea is bad It used in
liquor matters avorng saloons and another op
posing Sedeerminaton of the great principles
President Wilson fought for in the treaty of peace after the
war with Germany.
If Baltimore people want Sunday movies and baseball
any other Sunday within reason they should
their way If Easton Nd does want these things
let her have her way
The Washington times., 1931-03-25
HOW DO YOU LIKE THIS COSTUME COMPARED WITH
THE LEGS BELOW?
Which Are More Important?

In this column you pictures of two ladies they ap
peared at the fancy dress ball in London Above you
little except the face Below you only legs the upper part
of the body and face cut off space empha
size the point.
The question is (which in your judgment is mpor
tant to the human race the face the legs?"
You may say BOTH ARE IMPORTANT" and so they are
Legs necessary to carry around And the young
lady that balance herself oe while she twists the
other in the air, is a comforting sight.
But say and you must admit that fine face is more
important than the most marvellous legs could possibly be-
The face reflects the SOUL The legs reflect AGILITY
The face reflects impressions made upon the minds Of
human beings during residence of forty million years this
earthat least Professor Osborn, head of the American
Museum of Natural History says have been here forty
million years.
And what about the GRACE in the upper picture shows
The Washington times., 1931-03-25
Women Liquor Dealers
One Result of Prohibition

The case of Mrs Genevve Potock stripped and beaten
by two members of the New York vice squad obviously
tumpdup charges has another angle besides that of police
brutality
Mrs. Potock by her admission was in the liquor bus
in small way. It very small way-she made
by retailing bottle of beer and then She support
ing an invalid husband and two children Nobody but
fanatic blame her for taking this of earning money
to buy the necessities of life
It fact however that hundreds thousands of
women throughout the city have gone into retail booeggng
They buy from speakease other distributors and pedde
pns quarts here and there to customers who get their
booze in small quantities. Profits not large they
good deal to woman of work existing wages
that not high enough to for rent clothing or food
Prohibition, in short has not only taught women 70 drink
condition. prevailing every city Of Importance in the land
It would have been unthnkable ten years ago.
strange result is it not of the law that to stamp
out the drink evil improve morals and safeguard the welfare
of women and the sanctty Of the home?
The Washington times., 1931-03-25

has them out, and cheerfully
accepts a dazzling porcelain set
as his portion. That's why the
best false teeth are made in
England, I suppose. Every
other man and woman you
meet, past 40, is wearing them.
If he's middle-aged, he pre-
pares to grow old comfortably
and gracefully. He doesn't
groan at the thought of losing
his pep" or agonize himself
with reducing diets, or bother
about his girth-control, or rush
for the bottle of hair tonic.
He doesn't go in for red neck
ties, buttonhole bouquets and
flapper chasing. He doesn't try
to make whoopee with a gouty
foot or get himself gold-dug
or sued for breach of promise.
He simply settles down con-
tentedly and gradually into
Sl1ppered pantaloon-dom, lives
quietly in the little joys and
comforts Of everyday life, works
and dreams in his garden, and
works off his excess energy by
writing choleric letters to the
London Times.
Above all. he cherishes his
peace of mind and his self
respect. NOTHING fills him
with an inferiority complex.
Whether he is a waiter, a shop
keeper, a farmer or a clerk, he
takes PRIDE in his JOB. He
aims to be the best in his line.
He puts personality into his
work. It isn't what he's GOT
that counts-it'S what he is IS.
1t isn't what he does, but how
well and Skilfully he does it.
He's quite figure in his own
eye-"quite a remarkable fel-
low"
Copyright, 1891, King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1931-03-25
Gold, Goods, Greed
And Guns!
Editor, Times:

Editor, Times:
This month our Government
reports $4,642, ,906, ,405 worth Of
gold now held in the United
States of America. Of that
amount $3,535,214,151 is salted
down in the United States
Treasury, where no unofficial
eye gets a glimpse of it. The
major part Of the balance lies
in the vaults of Federal Re
serve banks. Sixty-six years ago
California saw only coined gold
in circulation; and United
States paper money despised.
Now we get along every bit as
well without ever seeing a gold
coin.
What people need is not gold
but GOODS. Gold neither
feeds, warns, or clothes hu-
manity, though it may serve to
decorate the undemocratic dude.
Billions of money pass daily
through bankers clearing houses,
but not a cent in gold coin
changes hands. Settlement is
made merely by paper memo
randa. Delivery of goods not
gold is the real end sought.
Whatever facilitates this makes
for commerce, i. e., trade with
other peoples, exporting goods
we produce and they want, and
getting paid by importing goods
they produce and we want. This
is the only basis on which in
ternational commerce is pos
sible. Hostile tariffs, framed by
undue national greed, do their
best to obstruct, HAMPER or
prohibit such International in
terchance of goods. The outer
world is expected to buy our
products and pay therefor in
gold, not in the goods they pro-
duce. Obviously on this basis
commerce stagnates, and undue
The Washington times., 1931-03-25
Greatest Exploration
Feat of the Age
By Archibald Henderson, Ph.D., DEL, LID,
Famous Scientific Authority.

incense country of the Bible.
From Shisur, southwark along
the deserts edge for 1000
miles, where no water was to
be found, lay a country popu-
lated only by antelopes, and
formerly the habitat of the
ostrich, now extinct in that
region.
Strange legends of a city
unknown to history, the Urbar
of the prehistoric Addites, were
encountered. Dimly confirma-
tory evidence Of the possible
truth of these legends was
found by Thomas in the form
of deep depressions, the sup
posed remains of ancient cara
van tracks, pointing to centu-
ries of usage in ancient days
The Bedouins still refer to
these caravan tracks as the
highway leading to the legen-
Diary city of Urbar. This city,
if the legend be true, lies buried
beneath the sea of sand, a
sort of lost Atlantis Of the Un-
known Desert.
Hears Singing Sands
Strange features of the jour-
ney will be described by the
explorer in some comprehen-
Sive publication. Notable were
the singing sands, a strange
noise booming out across the
desert with eerie effect, sim
liar to the sound of a ships
siren, and attributed to the
play of the wind among the
sand cliffs. Another striking
geographical feature was lake
of salt water seven miles long.
Part of the region was StreWn
with sea shell fossils, and north
of the Twenty-third parallel,
there were evidences that the
region had been beneath the
sea, perhaps in late geologic
times. Much wild life was
found, both birds and beasts.
And beautiful examples of pro-
tective co1oration were shown
in the'case of all the mammals,
including wolves, wildcats and
rats, which were of the color
of the surrounding yellow sands
Of their habitat.
The Washington times., 1931-03-25
ONCE-OVERS
Is the Welcome in Your Home
ONLY nn the DOOrmat?

Is the Welcome in Your Home
Only on the DOOrmat?
How do you open the door
of your home when friends
call on you? -.
Do you swing it wide with
genuine pleasure and ask
them in?
Or do you open the door
gingerly half way and in an
assumed voice, bid the waiting
one to enter.
The, pleasure Of an evening
at the home of a friend or an
acquaintance may be enhanced
or marred by the sort OF greet
ing met at the door.
A spontaneous welcome which
comes from a truely welcom-
ing attitude warns and cheers
the would-be guest.
The sort of greeting that
some homes present at en-
trance instantly kills the kindly
spirit which prompted the visit.
The visitation day may be
inopportune-the h ONE may
not be in good order.
But there should be no
apologies for it or for your
personal looks.
Unless you can afford to
keep a maid all the time it
cannot be expected that your
home will be Spic and span
all the time, if there are chill
dren in
But as long as it is clean,
and you are gracious in vel
come, other conditions are Of
minor Importance.
The spirit of gracious per-
sonality can outshine material
surroundings.
How you receive people
makes them happy or diSap-
points them.
Copyright, 1881, International
Features Service, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1931-03-25

you advocate a cut in electric
ity, but as it is cheaper here
than most places why not make
the suggestion, if it is true
that the Pepco profits are ex-
cessive, to give at least a part
of this difference to the en-
ployaS instead Of cutting the
rates.
I am sure it would be exceed
ingly welcome and that it would
get into circulation very quickly
and that would speed up busl-
ness during this depression. I
dare say that they could all put
it to good use. I, for one, think
that the people Of Washington
would not object to this as it
would be helping a good class
of hardworking people and as
I stated before the price OF
electricity is indeed, very rea.
sonable compared to rents and
a lot of other things. sincerely
hope that you will give this
suggestion attention.
A GOVERNMENT CLERK.
The Washington times., 1931-03-25

The stirring news has recently
reached the world of newspa-
pers that Bertram Thomas, an
English explorer, had accom-
plished the arduous task of
traversing the Great Southern
Desert Of Arabia. He is the
first white man to cross Ruba-
el-Khali. The journey took So
days, and was made from Dho-
far to Dohah on Ell Katar
Peninsula. Thomas arrived with
his small caravan at Dohah on
February 81. This 900-mile
journey has been hailed by
geographerS and explorers as
the greatest accomplishment in
individual exploration in our
time.
Bertram Thomas, OrientaliSt
as well as explorer, was particu-
larly well equipped to make this
historic journey. During the
world war, he served in the
Mesopotamian campaign under
Sir, Arnold Wilson, former Brit
ish civil commissioner of the
Persian Gulf. Five years ago
he began to make preparatory
excursions in Oman, Arabia, in
anticipation of, the great at
tempt to cross Ruba-el-Khali.
Last year he made an extended
journey from Dhofar on the
Indian Ocean, extending some
200 miles into the interior.
From this experimental tour
he derived much knowledge of
the interior, in particular the
system of dry water courses
heading toward the remote Gen.
tral, sands.
A Large Caravan
The caravan originally con-
sisted of 80 Arabs and 40
camels, commanded by Thomas.
In the early stages of the jour-
ney, attack from Hadramaut
raiders was considered as not
unlikely; but once this danger
was passed, Thomas gradually
decreased the size Of the cara
van until it numbered only 13
Arabs and 18 camelS. The early
part of the journey lay over
the CARA Mountains, rising to
the altitude Of 5000 feet-this
being familiar as the frank.
The Washington times., 1931-03-25

national greed for gold defeats
itself. Consequent international
jealousies lead to war. This in
turn by killing millions of con-
sumers further curtails COM
merce, and diminishes the de-
mand for goods. Any worthy re-
suit of war is quite profile
matte, for, as General Grant
told us, nothing has ever been
settled by war that could not
have been as well settled with
out it."
Or, as Lincoln put it: When,
after much loss on both sides
and NO GAIN ON EITHER,
you cease fighting the identical
old questions as to terms of
intercourse are again upon
you"
But the makers of guns and
The Washington times., 1931-03-25

Mrs. CoryWrght bowling to her hostess Could the lady,
of the legs in the lower picture possibly grace
fully that? she bent over her little skirt would lift up
at the back. She couldn't look dignfed.
The moral of these pictures young ladies' think about
your faces which reveal the whole character your which
shows fmness and You need boh the
GET husband the frmness to manage him. concentrate
your eyes that 1.-THE mirror of your sou your forehead
that shows intelligence and the shape of your head.
Never do anything hide the outline of the back of your
head And DON'T your forehead with hair this lady
makes mistake in that regard.
Legs beyond passing The long dress gathering
germs in the streets will not come back
But it is time concentrate attention the soft
contour face less the sharp rounded kneecap
The Washington times., 1931-03-25
TIMES TEST

Match correctly:
l. Primal
a large field tent
2. natatory
pushing
3. marquee
adapted for swimming
4. perimeter
original
5. obtruSive
outer boundary of a figure
Do you know:
6. What Presidents term Of
office was called the "era Of
good feeling?
7. Who is ambassador to
Cuba?
8. What name was later
given to Acadia?
9. What country is a penin-
sula projecting into the Medi-
terranean?
10. Who is the magician in
Tennyson'S "Idyll's Of the
King?
Fill each blank:
II. CumuluS clouds are
IL. A pullet is a young
13. A squeegee is used for
IA. Normandy is a province
in the part of France.
Is. There have been" -
PopeS named Innocent.
ANSWERS on MaRRzine PageI
The Washington times., 1931-03-25
The Marry-G0-ROund
By Helen Rowland

The Art of Living
I have always said, and still
maintain, that the best hus-
bands in the world, like the
best shoes and bathtubs and
mince pies, a. made in Amer
lea.
No American woman should
marry foreigner until he has
lived in this country long
enough to get the American
idea that a mans spouse is not
his vassal.
But, there ARE things about
the European man which I ad-
mire and heartily envy him.
Some things that the American
man should learn from him.
/. s'NN
Chief among these is his
knowledge of the Fine Art Of
/: LIVING. His ability to accept
his fate with equanimity and
make the best of it.
If he happens to be poor, he
does not wear out his body and
soul striving to live up to the
JoneSes. He does not lie awake
nights tormenting himself be-
cause he can't give sport cars
to his sons and imported frocks
to his daughters. He doesn't
court high blood pressure and
heart disease chasing the al
mighty dollar. And he doesn't
permit his wife to nag him and
fill him with an inferiority CON-
plex because he's not a Big
Butter-and-Egg Man. He lives
yell within his means, and
usually saves enough to keep
him comfortably in his old age.
That's living!
II his teeth hurt him he
doesn't hang onto them and
spend years having them drilled
and plugged and tortured. He
The Washington times., 1931-03-25
WISE MEN

Custom has an ascendency
over the understanding.
Watts.
Domestic Happiness, thou only
bliss
OF Paradise that has survived
the fall. --CowpeTs
The Washington times., 1931-03-25

II his teeth hurt him he
doesn't hang on fSto them and
spend years having them drilled
and plugged and tortured. He
The Washington times., 1931-03-25
Hearst Papers Advocate

Honest friendship Nth all nations entGn0ln0 alliances
iDtth none"-Geor0e Washington.
Proportional representation the United States Senate
Legislation to enforce
prompt constitutional TeGpporttonment in the House OF
Representatives.
Separate departments the Arny of the NGOy and Of the
Air Forces all united under Secretary OF National Defense
Federal action to the limit Of potDerS abolish
HiterGcy under Secretary of Education
Installation the President the first Of January tolo
ing the November election
Seecttue immigration those suited for Aert
citizenship and American needs.
Deportation of undesirable aliens and extension OF citizen
ship period to 10 years.
Complete publicity for prevent big
dodgers from escaping TAXATION
Modification OF permit light DtneS
beers under Federal regulation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-08
Beauty Shop For POOdles

While the lumber industry is sick in bed, we
learn from Portland Oregon, that beauty ex-
pert there is doing a thriving business in
beauty shop for dogs, to marcel and manicure
them so that they may make fit companions for
their capitalist parasite owners.
The moral influence of a sawnill owners wife
a perfectly innocent dog seems to have been
left out of account
Portland is the city where IA workers are be-
ing tried for criminal syndicalism', jailed and
treated like a dog"-tf1at is dog of proletarian
origin. Portland workers will demonstrate on
May First against the attempt to Jail and deport
these worker victims of criminal syndicalism'
laws.
The criminal syndicalism' law is so anti
worker, that no doubt any worker who glares at
one of these manicured poodles will be subject
to prosecution.
If workers pup so much as ventures to sniff
the doorpost of the canine beauty parlor, it will
doubtless be kicked, under the law duly made
and provided for Furnishing criminal syndical-
ISM"