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The Washington times., 1931-03-10
Eads, Master Engineer
Ru ARCHIBALD HENDERSON

the purpose of learning, it. both
on and beneath the surface.
As has been significantly said,
Eads was bred to the Mlssls-
sippi. he mastered its secrets
by hard experience, he worked
in successful opposition to It's
great wayward forces and to
some extent he conquered 1t.
Was a Boat Builder
James Buchanan Eads was
born in Lawrenceburg, Ind, on
Nav %, 1920. At the age Of
13 in company with his mother
and two sisters, he went to st.
Louis. At first he worked as
a dry-goods store clerk; and
later, aboard a river steamer.
The great river laid upon him
it's spell; and especially was
he impressed by its destructive
force. The many craft which
we're sunk as the result Of its
force; the depreciation wrought
by it's violence; the need for
salvaging the wrecks and for
harnessing the great force Of
nature received his closest at
tention and study.
The beginning of his career as
engineer dates from the time
when he want into business with
a firm of boat builders. The
duty which he allotted to him
self was a study Of the river,
with reference to the raising Of
sunken craft.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
ONCE-OVERS
Can You Stand Prosperity? .
You may have met with sue

Can You Stand Prosperity? Z.
You may have met with sue
cess.
What is it doing to you; en-
couraging you to greater effort
or making you Self-SatiSfied,
conceited and arrogant?
What is success to you may
mean no more than an ad-
vancement in position which
has been filled satisfactorily
by many predecessors.
Is your promotion then to
be considered Of so much i'm
portance?
Does not the fact that it has
brought about a chance in your
attitude toward others prove
that you really are small and
easily satisfied, rather than
competent?
To be an arrogant boss just
because you have been given
greater authority is pretty sure
proof that you won't get much
farther.
You can't convince your
former department associates
that they are so much inferior
to you. \
You may think your advance
ment is a mere stepping stone
to something higher.
That depends a great deal
upon how you can stand pros
perity.
You displaced a man when
you were put in the new job
and another man may displace
YOU, but do not be too sure
that you will be the one selected
to go to the top.
(CopyriEht. 1881. International .
Features Service, lnc)
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
Elbow Room for West Point
Congress Acts Wisely

Congress shortly before adjournment passed the bill spon
Military Academy reservation West Point The extra land
will enable the academy train its cadets for modern war
fare will provide for infantry and artillery ranges
Passage Of this Of the most useful achieve
Of the Congressional session. In its present crapeo
quarters the academy unable to meet the demands on
it, and the nation counts West Point graduates 1or
leadership emergency the deficiency was vta weak
spot in our scheme of national defense.
When public learned the facts it sody supported ne
enlarge the facilities Of the academy The puoa
always the side Of proper military ana naVai
insists that West Point shall fairly treated since it knows
that from the Mexican to the World War; west fon n@
furnished the principal leaders of the American armies
The Military Academy is important part OF tne nSOaon
life insurance The that Congress has Just appro
prated for it is small premium indeed for the protection
that it provides.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
WISE MEN

He who does not respect con-
science will never find happi-
ness in his path. The belief in
virtue vanishes from his heart,
the source of nobler actions
becomes extinct in him.
-Auffenberg.
His heart was one of those
which most enamour us,
Wax to receive, and marble to
retain. Byron.
He evaded accusation for libel
by speaking in humorous fables.
-Phaedrus.
IT'S a sure sign work goes on
merrily when folks sing at it.
-Bickerstaff.
None but a fool is always
right.-Hare.
Silence is the genius of fools,
and one of the virtues of the
wise.-Bonnard.
Every baby born into the
world is a finer one than the
laSt.-Dickens.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
She Talks FACTS

The pictured above looks pleasant and capable and
is pleasant and capable than she looks.
She the Hon Mary Norton Representative in Congress
from New Jersey. %
We you read her speech prohibition at the Demo
cratic National Committee meeting in Washington It the
best made.
Mrs. Norton said:
to to win election We going
of the party will be the strongest
people what prohibition
We that morality
AS a change That
every have in contact
Mrs. Norton made few pertinent remarks and sat
down. No llbinding merely plain statement Of fact
backed by the determination to end the abuses that proh
bition has brought upon the land
Women largely responsible for prohibition After
seeing how prohibition work-or rather doesn't work-they
will be largely responsible getting rid of prohibition
think act and talk directly and fearlessy
than When they what they take the shortest
route to RIGHT it.
Men usually hem haw look wise, do nothing.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10

"What can believer" she
says. IT want to know the
truth about life, but where
can I find it? I read a dozen
books. Each writer says some
thing different. They contra
dict each other. Which one
is right-which one shall I be-
lieve?"
What can you believe?
BELIEVE WHAT YOU CAN
USE.
BELIEVE THAT WHICH
SEEMS TO BELONG TO YOU.
You are not like anyone else
on earth. You have different
needs, different understand
ings-
You are not even like your
own Self-that Self which you
were at sixteen, or last year,
or even yesterday. You have
reached a certain stage Of de-
velopment, peculiar to you and
your needs today. You alone
know what those needs are and
YOU alone can judge what will
supply those needs. The facts
that will supply another's needs
will not supply yours.
Not Your Truth
THE THING WHICH IS
TRUTH FOR ANOTHER MAN
IS NOT TRUTH FOR YOU.
THAT is WHY HIS TRUTH
WILL NEVER DO YOU ANY
GOOD - AND WHY YOUR
TRUTH WON'T DO HIM ANY
GOOD. ct is easy to accept
that first fact. 1t is very hard
to accept the secondly
Each man must discover his
own Truth for himself.
Seek the. thing which will
fit your present need-your
present understanding.
How will you know it when
you find it?
You will know it as you
know your own coat, your own
home. It will fit you. It will
do something for you. It will
make it easier for you to be
brave and kind and eager.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
Conditions Improved
In Jugoslavia


Editor, Times:
Conditions in Jugoslavia con-
tinue to improve. Prisons re-
main without political prison
ers, thanks to King Alexander's
liberal rule. Dictatorship abides
de jure only, except that the
press is not free to publish
what it pleases. Otherwise per-
sonal freedom and private prop
erty are now more insured than
in the days when politicians
had their way.
Railways and other. public
utilities are running in order
and with a fair degree OF eff
cheney. Civil service is i'm
proved and the public can
transact it's business far better
than it was able to do in the
days of the parliament, when
obstruction was the order OF
the day. Little is heard now
adays about corruption. One
hears often of radical changes
as Forthcoming in the near fu-
ture, but I see no positive
signs of them. OF course, there
will always be dissatisfied peo-
pie.
When I read foreign papers
I find a good deal about
alleged political persecution IN
Jugoslavia. Frequently I see
the names of people who are
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
Thanks Times For
Editorial

Thanks 111uSS VI
Editorial
Editor, Times:
The Hillcrest Citizens Asso-
citation, of Southeast Washing
ton, at it's last monthly meeting,
March 2, gave your paper, The
Washington Times, a vote OF
sincere thanks for your timely
editorial on the oft-delayed &C
tion relative to the OXon Run
sewerage project.
Aside from the deprivation OF
a beautiful park, the scenic
splendor of which would be
viewed by all Washingtonians
en- route to Southern Maryland,
we, of this association, are
vitally concerned from a sani-
tary standpoint because of the
lack of sewerage. This is eSpe-
cially vital to the children Of
this community, who are COM
PEELED to attend the Stanton
school where conditions are
abominable and repulsive even
to their immature sensibilitieS.
Inasmuch as our taxes are
equal to those who are enjoying
privileges which are denied us,
we feel that an early action on
this matter should be considered
by those with active power.
We thank your paper for its
stand in this matter and feel
positive that we can depend
upon you in our future en-
deavor.
RUSSELL HICKERNELL,
Secretary.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
SuperWOmen in Future
What Failure Of Marriage May Bring About.

In the District of Columbia there 5000 women
than men, out of total population year ago Of 4S6S69
Whether this serious scarcity of men results in fine
women rushing into matrmony with worthless men is
courage from the view Dr. Julian Huxley famous English
biologist that predoinance Of will ultimately mean
the development superior and the betterment OF
their sex and
These views based upon the claim that Europe now has
900 more women than The idea is that large
numbers of women there will to realize that they must
remain single and that when they know they will not have
Ia take care of babies and husbands they will concentrate
their efforts upon their bettermen In fact they are
doing that
Theorizing about women is most complicated suoJec%
however Furthermore, it has its dangers.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10

When the deans Of American
engineering schools selected the
leading engineers of all time,
they chose two Americans out
of the five: Leonardo da Vincl,
James Watt, Ferdinand de Les
seps, James B. Eads and
Thomas A. Edison. Although
the work Of Eads is not SO
spectacular nor SO epochal as
that of the others, it represents
the highest achievements OF the
era during which Eads flourlshed.
The ironclads which he built
helped to decide the issue OF
the war between the States,
and inaugurated the era OF the
modern irohclad, already fore
shadowed by the Merrimac and
the Monitor. The superb engl-
neering structure, the Eads
bridge at st. Louis, represents
the greatest engineering feat OF
that sort, UP to his time. into
it were wrought the conquest
of difficulties believed by many
to be impossible to overcome.
Studied the Mississippi
In the realm of literature, we
associate Mark Twain with tne
Mississippi River. In science
and in particular. in the realm
of engineering, we likewise as
sociate Eads with the Father
of Waters" Like Mark Twain,
but in a profounder way. he
studied the mighty river, with
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
Our Bitter Halves

Our Bitter Halves
A kiss can be heard around
the world-if it makes the front
mage in q divorce scandal.
TO misunderstood each other
robs marriage Of all compan-
ship; to understand each other
too well robs it Of all romance.
No woman can say that
she has not a spark Of love left
in her heart for a man, so long
as she has a good, healthy
grudge against him.
Now that a woman's pajamas
have become such frivolous vol
luminous affairs, it is safe for a
married man with a yearning for
beauty, to leave his fancy silk
ones hanging in the closet.
Those dark shadows under a
girls eyes don't necessarily
mean that she is suffering Spir-
itually but merely that her eye
lashes have run a little.
The bachelors Of Turkey have
revolted against the one-wife
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
TIMES KNOWLEDGE TEST

8. couturier
vain
10. foulard
astrakhan
Do you know:
II. Whom did Washington
serve under in the French
and Indian War?
IL. Whom did Aaron Burr
marry?
13. Who said:
"At lovers perjuries, they
say, Jove Laughs?
IA. What deed made Joseph
of Arimathea famous?
IS. What does pro and con"
mean?
(Answers on Magazine Page)
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
The Marry-GO-ROund
BY Helen Rowland

law. OF course! It is far easier
for a man to be true to a thou
sand women than to be true to
just ONE woman. Look at
Solomon!
It's amazing how much boss
ing a man will meekly put up
with from a woman if she
knows how to put her ultima
tum in the form Of helpless re-
quests, which make him feel
that he's a big, brave, generous
fellow just humoring The Little
Woman
What a modern husband
misses most when he goes away
from home on a business trip
is Shat cheerful sound of the
scraping Of the burnt toast over
the kitchen sink and the morn
ing exercise of bending himself
into the dinette.
The plastic surgeon is a mod
ern Mephisto, just waiting to
offer women a new lease on
youth, when the old one expires.
Copyright, 1881. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
DO YOU KNOW THAT

Every daily session of the
French. Parliament is estimated
to. cost taxpayers in France
$4,150. This is more costly
than Parliaments Of England or
Italy.
The famous tunnel con-
structed during the World War
by the German crown prince
under Dead Mans Hill in Yer
dun, France, is to be preserved
as q historic monument.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10

In order that the servants
may be easily distinguished
from guests, walters in a hotel
In Kensington, England, have
been instructed to grow side
whiskerS.
Experts Of the United States
Department Of Agriculture are
trying to develop bees with
stronger wings to make longer
flights and equipped to carry
larger loads Of honey
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
A Plea for Shorter
Hours in Stores

S~GkO1 k"NSOe
Now that the Government de-
partments are closing at l
o'clock on Saturdays, it seems
that the chain groceries and
other stores that keep open un-
til 9 o'clock Saturday night
might close at Z or 7:30 o'clock
in the evening and give their
clerks a chance to take in a
movie" or theater along with
the rest of us if they so desire,
as the bulk of the buying could
certainly be done by that time.
GOVERNMENT CLERK.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10

supposed to be imprisoned or
who are said to have fled from
the country, though at the very
time the paper was printed in
the foreign country I hap
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
Letters to the Editor From Readers of The Times

pened to be with them, walk,
ing in the pretty little park
on the Danube.
HERBERT THOMAS.
Belgrade, January Is, 1881.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
Hearst Papers Advocate

Honest friendship nations entGn0ltn0 alliances
NTH none."-GeoToe Washington
Proportional representation States Senate
State to haze Legislation to enforce
constitutional TeGpporonment In the House OF
Representatives.
Separate departments the Army OF the NGOy and OF the
Air all united under Secretary OF National DEFENSE
Federal action to the limit OF Federal poOers abolish
HliterGcp under Secretary OF Education
Installation the President the first OF January toou
inc the November election
Selecue immigration admit those suited for Anrert
citizenship and American needs.
Deportation undesirable aliens and extension OF citizen
ship period to 10 years.
Complete publicity for income prevent big tar
dodgers from escaping TAXATION
Modification VolsteGd act permit light wtnes and
beers under Federal regulation
The Washington times., 1931-03-10

Fill each blank:
!. The name OF - Is con-
nected with the invention
of the harmonica.
2 "None ever that
loved not at first sight"
8. Pocahontas marrier -.
4. Washington was a
by trade.
5. Hector was a great
fighter.
Match correctly:
g.. millennium
modiste
7. conceited
silk
s. karakul
a period Of great happiness
The Washington times., 1931-03-10

The bachelors Of Turkey have
reyolted against the one-wife
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
The Roosevelt Plan

Governor Roosevelt has shown craftsmanship in
his prompt and scientific program for handling New
Yorks unemployment relief problem this winter Fed
eral aid might be unnecessary if all states had the
intelligence and the power to follow New York's ex-
ample.
Unfortunately, most states are too poor today
partly because the wealth they create is concen-
rated in the income of New Workers.
Roosevelt might have ignored the public response
bty for public relief using the Hoover excuse of last
winter that it was matter for private charity.
Or, having accepted government responsibility he
might have raised the relief funds by direct or indirect
taxation of the of the people least able to pay
One suggestion was that he should get the money
through additional cgaret tax
That he has decided to take the full $4,000 600
fund from the income taxpayers appears to us as
scientific it obviously is just. Indeed, he well
might have carried the principle step farther
and put the load on the upper-bracket incomes.
rather than so per cent blanket increase on all per-
sonal income tax returns.
There is a great deal of idle money in the hands
OF the wealthy today which not even the banks
want to take in deposit Even an upper-bracket in
come tax, of course would not touch that idle money
If the income tax method of meeting unemploy-
ment relief requirements proves Inadequate doubt
less the experts under public pressure will try to find
some way to make idle capital pay its share
Instead of charity, Roosevelt proposes state pub
lie works jobs for the unemployed This of course is
the ideal method-if applied soon enough But it is
practicable usually only when plans have been made
in advance, otherwise many months or-as with fed
era public works-many years may elapse before &C
tual construction begins.
Moreover, the number of jobs provided by public
works is relatively small, compared with the expend-
ture involved hence the public works method of TAX
ing up employment slack is much more effective as
an early check on depression when the number of
unemployed is small, rather than after wholesale un-
employment has been allowed to develop
The number of jobs provided by a given appro-
prlaton OF course will be increased by the intelligent
Roosevelt plan for the five-day work week.
But, II in practice it is found that the hurried
$2OOOOOOO public works program will not carry the
entire unemployment load presumably Roosevelt will
ADAPT his plan to the emergency in some such way
as to prevent the starvation of men who want work
but can not be given even temporary job.
Meanwhile Franklin Roosevelt deserves. and
doubtless will receive national appreciation fer his
program of unemployment relief in the center of the
nations greatest wealth and greatest poverty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
A Better Fruit Market

The federal farm board is getting down to fun
damentals in financing and supporting the formation
OF national fruit and vegetable exchange After
the first of the year this organization will have
salar1ed sales managers at the principal terminal
markets and reliable brokers at other markets
The board of directors of the exchange will be
composed of representatives from various districts
into which the country will be divided selected by
farmer co-operativeS. Stock will be sold to member
organizations
II 1t succeeds, the venture will displace many
middle men, They may not like this But it should
benefit farmers and consumers greatly
The fruit and vegetable grower will be assured that
his produce is disposed of efficiently and honestly.
He will not be obliged to send it hit-or-miss to a
possibly gutted market and to take whatever is
offered
He will not plant blindly and contribute to a
certain surplus which will prevent profit His re-
turn should be greater because of the elimination of
intermediate profits.
The consumer should benefit through lower prices,
Standardization and better distribution.
The all-too-common spectacle of fruits and vege-
tables rotting in the fields, while excessively high
prices persist in Cities preventing consumption should
disappear So should the practice of shipping certain
products long distances at great expense while local
products of similar nature are unmarketable.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Labor Day This Year

Unfortunately. no arrangements have been made
in this city for any organized observance of Labor
day.
This day was set aside by law in recognition Of
the dignity of labor, social confession that labor
is the foundation of all progress, and that those who
labor have certain definite and inaenable rights.
In prosperous years. leaders of organized labor
have celebrated their victories and made pledges for
advancement.
This year, if the purpose of the day is to be
served there should be gatherings of those who work
for living and find themselves faced by either the
lack of job or threat of such lack.
No other Labor day. since its inception, chal
Ienges the thought and the purpose of labor does
the coming holiday.
1t is true that there can be parades, victory
speeches, no publications.
But there could, and should, be sober and sane
appraisals of the situation and discussion to what
labor can do to change the trend of events and solve
problems that yet unanswered
The President has called a conference of leaders
to provide against the distress that is predicted al
most inevitable next winter because of unemploy-
ment
Working men might plan as to how they, with
their force of public opinion-and they are public
opinon-can replace unemployment with work, job
lessness with usefulness despair with hope
If Labor day is to anything. it should serve
as a time when plans made to preserve its dig
nifty and to protect its integrity.
There should be great public gathering in Tom
Mnson hall or some public park for serious discussion
of the problems of labor and especially the vital one
of providing work for workers.
More than year ago the Fraternal Order of
Eagles announced the doctrine that 'it is the in
alienable right of labor to work at saving wage"
That sounds reasonable. measure intro
duced in by Representative Louis Ludlow pro-
viding for a commission with broad powers to stabilize
employment and prevent occurrences of depression
and joblesSness
The least that this city could do would be to
arrange a public gathering and permit the member
Of congress to explain his plan and his purposes.
The day might well start q wave Of public anti-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

IN Los Angeles divorced wife is remaining on at
Il home as housekeeper in her former husbands en-
poy. "AS wife," said the man, "she was a dsap-
pointment. But like her cooking"
That should prove comfortable arrangement And
should prove again the theory that men love women
for the excellence of their baking To be sure this
theory has been destroyed times without number but
rage from clinging to the weather-beaten opinion
that the better the cooking, the deeper the love.
1t was tragic day for men and women and mar
rage when somebody thought up that And it's too
bad that the truth is not generally broadcast on
this subject, because its faacy has shattered many
fond dreams for both men and women.
THE usual advice handed out to marriageable girls
is that the males love goodness industry and vir-
tue wherever he find them. Yet daily life gives the
lie to that idea.
One owes duty to ones marriage and that duty
is to make it if possible Therefore, the girl
who is married to a poor man should know how to
keep house and prepare his food, not an induce
spect.
NeatneSs, thrift and well-cooked meals essen
tial to comfortable home. But girl should be de-
luded into believing that cooking a good steak is
clinching the love of her husband forever. Many a
wife, do not doubt, often has wished that her
sole important job.
NO woman loves a man merely because he can
support her. We should think that one a fool who
said so. And just as surely no man loves a wife
merely because she can cook.
It's just about time that the girls we're told the
truth about men and marriage The good mother is
the one who instructS her daughters the
mems emotions as well as digestions
BY thinking too much Of his stomach, sometimes
Iou never can ind mans heart