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The Washington times., 1931-09-29
MercileSS Grilling
Mrs. Ceilings and the Third Degree

Those people Washington and the nation who ncensed
by the third degree tactics of police departments most Of the
time against of known criminal tendencies have prob
ably already taken notice of the mercess nhuman grngs
to which Mrs Lillian Ceilings has been subjected the
mysterious death of her husband in Long Island Sound
Physical torture of prisoners to wiring confessions from
them does not constitute the only method Of the third degree
Mental torture may be worse forcing confessions that
victims may escape.
This widow of the mysteriously killed and then
thrown into the waters Of Long Island Sound has been put
through the most mercess grlngs it is possible for
prosecuting attorney to give She has been questioned
many times that if there wide discrepancies
stories it will be surprising The questions asked her have
Invariably limited at the fact that she withholding the
truth and lying in every possible way.
It is no wonder the woman has been verging bad
breakdown Five times the prosecuting attorney griled
her for hours limiting at awful things Although
arrest she has been subjected to ordeas than
were actually in prison If she had been arrested her attorney
would have forbidden her to talk.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Parking In Mall Triangle

The Treasury Department. under which the construc
on of Federal buildings in this city and elsewhere throws
up its hands the important matter Of parking for Govern
ment workers in the Mall shunts the question to
Congress. ,......
The survey which the Treasury had made of present and
future conditions in this of splendid new Government
buildings and large numbers of workers did not lead to
srucve suggestions that could be available through
executive authorities .....'.
Congress did not authorize garage accommodations in
neCon with buildings For high officials these acconmo
daOns have been provided anyhow for the masses Of
Civil Service workers Congress did nothing Treasury and
other official bodies refuse to do anything and Congress will
probably do nothing again. MIN
There hint that Government workers living fairly close
TO their work should street and busse but it is
admitted that those who live considerable distances awav
should have something done for them
This neglect Of parking accommodations has been a huge
blunder that will be difficult to correct in the futurA
The Washington times., 1931-09-29

they are morally and intellect
ually bankrupt and it is time
to look for guidance elsewhere. :"
And that is common sense.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
More Than FrOth
Americans Want Beer

The American Legion votes for referendum the prohl
btion laws OS 394 That that the Legion wants
beer.
The American Bar Association the American Medical Aso
citation American Federation of Labor have recently
voted along the lines.
These organizations are fair crosssecon of the Amer
can people, Their show about where the American people
stand prohibition By two to one or three to they VANS
beer. =,
The country probably could get beer Mr. Hoover would
take the lead with Congress-
The country probably viii not get beer unless Mr. Hoover
does take the lead with Congress.
Mr. Hoover mandate from real cross-secon of the
ueop to put the beer question before Congress the votes
Of the Legion the bar association the medical association and
the labor federation anything.
President seeking reelection can afford to take such
mandate seriously
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
TIMES TEST

Do you know:
/. To what ivory statue did
Aphrodite give life?
2. What liquid does the gall
bladder receive?
8. Where is the tomb of the
Unknown French soldier?
4. When was the statue of
Venus Of Milo discovered?
S. What name is given to
the famous French tapestries?
6. For what city is Havre the
port?
Z. Who wrote What Every
Woman Knows?"
8. What country is famous
for it's heather?
8. What has TennySon said
about love affairs that do not
end happily?
10. What is the name Of the
green substance that collects on
copper?
Fill each blank:
II. Four -- are over the
chief portal of st. Marks Church
in Venice.
IL. Archaic means very
IS. A peristyle is a row Of
Of - around a court or
temple.
Il. The Forum in Rome was
at first a
Is. The Uffizi Gallery is In
ANSWERS On Magazine PaSeE
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
LISTEN, WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson

out supervision and without
care for a period Of three
months.
For the. majority of chill
dren it is a waste and an ex-
travagance and a type of re-
taxation that destroys the men.
tai discipline and organization
which has gone on for the past
months. The children of vir-
tually every city return to
school in September exhausted
in body, lowered in vitality.
and thoroughly unorganlzed
socially, intellectually, and to
some extent morally"
How to AmuSe Them
Not to mention the wear and
tear on exhausted mothers
and fathers who are exasper.
ated over the problem of what
to do with their children after
the first flush Of vacation IS
over"
And if you've just seen little
Willie through a long, hard
summer, you'll burst into big,
wet tears of recollection as you
read those understanding re-
marks. Oh, the agonizing hours
when you were POSITIVE that
the absent William had been
run over by an automobile and
Law. unclaimed, in the morgue!
oh, the bills for busted win
doWs, back yard bonfires-not
to mention the high cost Of
shoe leather and bandages.
And that daily battle when you
tried to refuse movie money or
to insist on a 9 o'clock bed
hour! Yet they say it's a
Noble Joy to be a parent. Try
n tell YOU!
But what to do about it? Su-
pervised play and vacation &C
tivities, with credits given to
the youngster for work done
that's DR.. Sutton'S remedy.
Funds? Extra teachers? Not
needed, says he. Without ex-
ira funds and with no supervi-
sion, except that given by the
Parent nt-Teacher Association and
the home itself. the Atlanta
schools have carried on a sum-
mer activities program for the
last three years.
A good idea? Why not try
it in the home town? Even if
it only keeps Willie off the
streets, that's plenty :. con-
sidering our streets4
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
WISE WORDS

The thing certain is that
nothing is certain, and moth
ing is more wretched and
proud than man.
-Pliny the Elder.
I feel assured there is no such
thing as ultimate forgetting;
traces once impressed upon the
memory are indestructible.
DE Quincy
Force and not opinion is the
queen of the world; but it is
opinion that uses the force.
Pascal.
Some praise at morning what
they blame at night,
But always think the last opin-
ion right. Pope.
AS a field, however fertile,
cannot be fruitful without cul-
tivation, so it is with a mind
without learning. Cicero.
The world is so full of a num-
ber of things,
I'm sure we should all be as
happy as kings.
Stevenson
The Washington times., 1931-09-29

The action Of DR.. Clarence
True Wilson in denouncing the
men of the American Legion
as indecent and staggering
drunks" does him no credit;
nor does it do any credit to his
cause.
These staggering drunks" in
days of battle established a
reputation for loyalty to this
country that has not been sur.
passed by DR.. Wilson.
Nor is there anything i'm
pressive in the charge that
these men of the Legion do not
stand up for the Constitution
because they favor a national
referendum on prohibition.
Now, there is nothing sac
rosanct about prohibition or
any other national policy. The
people presumably have the
right, under our governmental
system and theory, to deter
mine what our national policies
shall be.
The Legion has merely asked
that the American people have
the opportunity to vote upon a
governmental policy; and any
one who takes the position that
the people in America have no
right to rule is not a good
American.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Vacations over!

Vacations over!
And thousands of Miserable
Mammas and Pestered Papas
are heaving great, glad sighs
Of relief. While, on the other
hand, an equal number of Tor
mented Teachers are groaning
with diSmay!
For little Willie is back at
school after IL long, lovely
weeks of idleness-and is not
little Willie a better and a
brighter child for this lengthy
relaxation?
= Yes, he is NOT!
To the contrary, little Will
lie is a mess. His morale is
shot to pieces, his manners
are haywire and his health is
way off standard. Why?
Vacation is why, says DR..
willis A. Sutton. Who is he?
You'll be surprised. He is the
retiring president of the Ma
tional Educational Association
and superintendent of schools
in Atlanta, Ga.
That's funny" you say.
"School teachers are usually
crazy about vacations"
Vacation q Menace
DR.. Sutton is crazy, too, but
not with enthusiasm. Accord
ing to him, vacations are one
Of our major menaces.
They're a relic Of the past
ages-Says he. All very well
when children were needed to
work during the summer, as
Sisting their parents with the
harvest. And there's still need
of rest and change for both
parents and teachers. But,
listen
1.-THE waste and frivolity of
our present system of three
months cessation of mental
activities is a blot on our edu-
cational escutcheon which must
be removed. I cannot con-
ceive of a more foolish thing
than the idea of giving the
youth of the land supervised
care for six or eight hours
every day and supervised study
for a prolonged period of from
nine to ten months and then
again, on the click of the
clock. dismiss every child to
the tender mercies of the
street and the playground with
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Big Talk
Nothing Behind It

Our Government like Providence in mysterious ways
its wonders perform But unlike Providence it seems to
move in the WORST ways.
Secretary of State smson for instance sends notes to
China and Japan asking them please not At the
time other branches of the Government busy whiting
down the Army and Navy that Mr. stmson notes mean
nothing because they cannot be backed up with FoECE
involve in foreign disputes the other side of the world
with a possibility Of getting fingers burned.
Japan might well tell to mind affairs. China is
her neghbor and a troublesome neighbor sometimes.
Japan did tell that should probably have to swal
low the insult and that would be unpleasant
poor policy to meddle in other peoples quarres unless
you ships and guns and to make your words mean
something.
Theodore Roosevelt used say "speak softly carry
big stick
Our practice to speak loudly and carry toothpick
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Prohibition, Poverty, Politics :: By Claude Bowers

lowing in it's wake. If a manu-
facturer has had his profits
wiped out, and must close his
plant or reduce the wages Of
his men, he cannot be expected
to go on operating at a loss.
But if wages are to be reduced
to increase profits, as in the
case of the major industry that
has acted, there must be no ex-
pectation of popular applause.
The official organ of the
railway brotherhoods has con-
tributed to the discussion
started by Mr.. Green, of the
The Washington times., 1931-09-29

American Federation. Com
menting on the effect Of wage
reductions on business it says:
"TheSe wage losses have
slowed up all business in
20 cities, broken thousands Of
store keepers, driven tens Of
thousands of people to beg the
bread they would be glad to
earn. Yet we are told by the
high priests of industry that a
further cut of 10 per cent in
their payrolls is a constructive
move. If this is the best our
captains of industry can do
The Washington times., 1931-09-29

to look for guidance elsewhere. :"
And that is common sense.
The Time Has Come
For Frank Speaking
We have passed the stage
of the panic where it is best
to whisper; the time has come
for straight thinking and frank
speaking. The people are i'm
patient with this silly talk Of
overproduction; for every one
knows that our trouble is
underconsumption.
The organ of the railway
brotherhood tells all when it
says that there is too much of
everything except buying
power" And some of our busi-
ness brains imagine that the
thing to do is further to re-
duce the buying power. The
organ of the railroad workers
pictures the situation vividly:
"There is SO much wheat
that people are hungry. There
is so much cotton that many
folks are half naked. So much
housing that in Chicago
women are sleeping in the
parks"
If we are going to preserve
our industrial and social sys-
tenn a way must be found to
end that scandal; and it will
not be ended by taking more
from the masses who are the
workers, to maintain or in
crease the profits of the few.
We. are not going to save our
institutions from subversive
forces by accelerating the con-
centration of wealth. Too
much concentration of wealth
is our trouble now.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Comment On Effect
OF Wage Reductions

The reaction to the reduc-
tion Of wages by the highly
protected and powerful steel
industry may discourage in
dustrialistS generally from fol-
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
c. j. SUMMER
CLASS STARTS

Following opening ceremonies
yesterday on the university
campus, the twenty-first summer
school session of Catholic Univer-
sity was under way today with a
record enrolment.
Mgr. Edward Aloysius Pace,
vice rector, addressed the 1000
students at the opening mass in
the crypt of the Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception. He said:
whatever might be the spe-
cific field of study, one should
always look beyond the imme-
date details for the last
thought, the sovereign truth,
the authentical source of all
knowledge, God"
The classes, under the direc-
ton of DR.. r. J. Defarrari, dean
of the graduate school of arts
and sciences, will continue to
August 6.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
Disjoints Self to Gain
Police Freedom
1t pays to be able to do tricks.

1t pays to be able to do tricks.
William Hoyle Capps. l8, Dur.
ham, N. c., better known to
many as Lion CLANCY, the second
worlds greatest joint dislocater," !"
owes his early freedom to his
ability to put his body through
queer capers.
He told Montgomery County
Policeman James S. McAuliffe, of
the Bethesda substation, that he
was locked up at Glen Echo Park
after he had shown a revolver"
which was, in reality, cigarette
container. He obtained his re-
lease through his talents.
Not only are his joints different
from those Of most artists, but
they go the run-of-the-mine double
jointed one better, for they are
triple -jointed. To prove it, he
gained his freedom by putting
his muscles in first, second, third
and reverse"
His stomach, too, is reversible.
If you're not careful, you're liable
to turn around and find his chest
where his stomach should be.
CappS has been with circuses
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
PLAN
Of NEW PAPER

HIEW YORK, June 29-The
new newspaper which IS being
organized by Stanley High, editor
Of the Christian Herald, will be
run by newspaper men and will
be a departure from the present
type of daily in the metropolis.
Mr.. High declared the paper
will not be a crusader wholly in
the interest Of prohibition, but
will crusade for other things
which will be given the same
space editorially that the question
Of the Eighteenth Amendment
will receive.
He said that under the present
policies of most large papers, edi-
torial writers are selected for
their ability to write and not for
their convictions. On the new
paper, he said, the men will be
selected because they believe in
the subjects on which they write.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
.GU|NAN'S. RIVAL
/ IN JAIL AGAIN

NEW YORK, June 30 U.N.SJ.
Belle Livingstone trailed a green
and black chiffon dress in a Jail
cell today. The former night
club hostess had planned to wear
the gown as she departed for
Hollywood and she had several
other frocks in which she hoped
to startle California.
In fact it was a matter Of
dresses that led to Miss Living.
stones latest Jail appearance.
She was arrested in Rochester on
Saturday night on charge Of
grand larceny, brought by Helen
Meyer, New York modiste, who
claimed Miss Livingston failed to
pay her some $162 for the repair
Of five gowns.
Miss Livingstone arrived here
last night and went to cell
Immediately. She sighed:
81 need a rest, anyway. OF
course the charge is ridicu.
IOuS."
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
Third Suicide Try
Proves Successful

Mrs. Sarah Bobys, Sc, of 1920
Georgia Ave. N. W., succeeded in
her third suicide attempt when
she died at Sis yesterday morn
ing at Emergency Hospital. DR..
]. Ramsay Nevitt, Coroner, issued
a certificate of suicide.
Mrs. Bobys' who had been i'll
for some time, eluded attendants
and slashed her throat with a
butcher knife Saturday morning.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at the residence. In
terment will be in Talmud Torah
Congregational Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
Farm Board Ignores
Hoover Wheat Plea

President Hoover has suggested
that the Federal Farm Board
announce a more definite policy
regarding it's vast stores Of surplus
wheat, but the board refused i'm
mediate compliance with the
White House request.
Chairman James C. Stone, who
has rejected similar proposals by
grain growers and dealers, said a
statement would be issued this
week on "the present foreign and
domestic outlook for what"
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
Branch Will Speak
At KiUQnis Lunch

Claude r. Branch, assistant
solicitor general of the Depart
ment of Justice, will address the
Kiwanis Club on Modern Patriot
ism" in the Washington Hotel on
Thursday, at 1890 o'clock.
Mr.. Branch, formerly assistant
attorney general of Rhode Island,
featured the Miami convention of
the KiwaniS with speech on
international Goodwill" He is
an honor graduate of Brown Uni
versity and Harvard Law School,
and has held his present post for
the past five years.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29

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20 without needed intimate feminine
hygiene? Many such preparations
contain carbolic acid. bichlorids or
other forms of. mercury which are
unsafe and injurious to delicate mem
branes, often cause scar-tissues and
may necessitate surgical operations.
Through negtecting intimate feminine
hygiene, or improper. harmful methods,
many women lose attractioeness and rt9Or,
suffer discomfort. pain, MheHHh, unhHp-
piness; sometimes having to submit TO
serious operations.
A special prescription for intimate
feminine hygiene, known as "Femite"
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Address Johnson-Neilly Company, Inc.
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"Femite" is on sale at all Peo-
pies Drug Stores and all good
druggists.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
80 MUSIC GRADUATES

Eighty graduates received dip
Tomas from the Preparatory
School Of the Washington Col
lege Of Music at commencement
exercises held Saturday. DR.. ].
Arthur Bernier, Of Quebec, Can
ada, delivered the address.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
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Dinette and
Breakfast Furniture

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The Washington times., 1931-06-29
GETS rs DAYS

Mason Berry. colored, vas SEN
fenced to serve IS days in the
Montgomery County jail by Po-
lice Court Judge Charles W.
woodward. in Rockville. Nd, for
disorderly conduct.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29

since he was IL and was at Glen
Echo trying to get job. His
story was convincing enough to
Officer McAuliffe, who saw him
go through his contortions, to win
him his release and some money
to get him on his feet.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
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Bedroom Suites

$lO5 Ape. Walnut Veneer Bedroom
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$l49 Mahogany. Colonial Design 6.pc.
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The Washington times., 1931-06-29
PLUCKED BR0WS PERIL

WEST FRANKFORT, ILL.,, June
29.-Miss Mary M. Pittman is
near death from an infection
caused by plucking her eyebrows.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
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Re
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The Washington times., 1931-06-29
SENTENCED TO 12o YEARS

BOSTON. June 29.-Joseph Ro.
maf1ovitz, 18-year-old gunman OF
Everett, Massachusetts, has Just
been sentenced to from II to l2O
wears in prison.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
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The Washington times., 1931-06-29
CERTAIN
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Feminine Hygiene

w THY measure, mix and chance
" inaccuracy, possible injury and
disappointment? Why carry
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
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