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The Washington times., 1931-12-24
By JOSEPHINE
CULBERTSON
Worlds Greatest Woman Bridge Player
Copyright. 1881. by international
News SerViCel

News Service)
NEW YORK, Dec. "a
IN.S. ).-Play in the match
between Messrs. Sidney A.
LEM and Oswald Jacoby, as
representatives Of the official
system, and my husband, and
Theodore A. Lightner, as rep
resentatives of the Culbert-
son system of contract bidding,
was featured last night by
numerous cases of accurate
bidding and some very beau
tiful play.
The hands we're not particularly
spectacular. Ely and Ted had
the better cards and in conse-
quence increased their lead by
1920 points. They ended the
evening with a net lead of 1926
points.
The inefficiency of the official
system was, think, clearly DEM
onstrated or Board No. 2 of the
Eighty-fifth Rubber in which a
game in No Trump or in Spades
was easily makeable and yet the
bidding of Mr.. Lenz and Mr..
Jacoby stopped at two Spades.
Mr.. Lenz might have been a
little more liberal in raising and
certainly Mr.. Jacoby should have
bid Two No Trump on his evenly
distributed hand after his partner
had raised the spade overcall
The hand and bidding were, West
dealing:
LenZ
.AQ732
V8
AQJ62
&A1076
Culbertson Lightner
A1096 I--I MA8
vJ107 N WA964
1854 W e 80
= K932 S AK83
&Q4
Jacoby
AKJ54
VKQ5
AA107
Abs
The Bidding
West North East South
Pass Pass ~ l a
Pass "a Pass Pass
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Xmas Jazz ShOIU
For LOrtOn Inmates

AS their contribution towards
making Christmas a cheerful one
for the unfortunate, Elmer Gallo
way and his band accompanied
the entertainers from the Club
Prudhom last night to Lorton
Reformatory to supply the boys
with a stage show and music.
The entertainers were greeted
with a Christmas dinner.
The Washington times., 1931-12-24
10000 Vets Get Jobs
Bu Federal Service

Jobs for 10000 disabled war
veterans were found in recent
months by the United States En-
ployment Service, it was an
nounceo yesterday
The results followed tabula-
ton of returnc from 100000 dis
abled service men by the Vet
Grams Administration last July.
The service will continue.
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CoUCHMAN TO SPEAK

Charles B. Couchman, president
of the American Institute Of Ac-
countants. will be a speaker at
the annual meeting of the Ameri'
can Association of University In
structors in Accounting in Wash
ington December % and -.
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UNDERB|DD|NG
BY LEM TEAM
CRITICIZED
Pair Play 2.Spade Hand When
No-Trump Game Could Be
Made, Says EIy's Wife

The tolloDing about last nights
play in the Culbertson-Lenz
bridge match D1S Dritten eL-
preSSly for The Washington Times
and International NeUS SerUice By
Josephine CulbertSon, Wite OF Ely
CuLbertSon.
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director should have, so the training OF
troops continued to be desultory-
Qualifications of Good Officers.

director should have, so the training Of
troops continued to be desultory-
Qualifications of Good Officers.
After all IS said, however, the success
If military commander depends largely
Upon his practical turn of mind, whether
it be in planning and directing military
operations in the field or managing the
business Of transportation and supply.
Military science is based on principles
that have been deduced from the appli-
cation of common sense in the conduct
of military affairs. While high sound
ing terms and learned discussions OF
principles and maXims often .enshroud
campaigns ano operations in mystery,
yet military genius is really the capacity
to understand and apply simple prin-
ciples founded on experience and sound
reasoning.
The necessity of professional educa-
ton should not be minimized in the
slightest degree; it is, too, highly i'm
portant, but the best informed theo-
retical soldier without practical COM
prehension will often find his plans go
wrong To complete the qualifications
essential to the successful soldier, there
must be added persistence, force and
personal leadership.
MY diary notes the following:
1918-Both French and British pressing
us for amalgamation.
Went to Marshal Haig's headquarters
Friday by rail. accompanied by Col.
Wagstaff, and spent the night Motored
through heavy snow drifts out from
EtaDles, gangs of conscientious objec-
tors opening up roads. Discussed with
Sir Douglas possible shipment by and
raining of American troops with British.
Visited King and Queen of Belgium
and their army at Adenkirke on Satur-
day"
Haig Gives His Plans.
AS we have seen. there had been some
talk of the British providing shipping
to bring over American troops for
training behind their lines. During
the evening I spent with Sir Douglas
Haig, as noted in the diary, he pre-
scented his plans for training our troops.
His idea was to place the battalions as
they arrived, one to the brigade, in
selected British divisions, preferably
those serving on the southern part of
their front, and then gradually to in
crease the number of battalions until
the division should become wholly
American.
Sir Douglas was willing to place each
of these divisions under an American
general as soon as they should become
partly Americanize or to do so from
the outset if more desirable, retaining
the British divisional stats and brigade
commanders and stats until the divi-
Sions should be at least half American,
after which our staff officers and brig
ad1ers should gradually replace theirs.
He thought the sentiment against our
men serving under another army might
be thus overcome.
Haigs battalions, when released by
Americans, would be broken up to fill
depleated ranks elsewhere. In this way
such units as they we're unable to main
tain could be replaced by ours and an
American Army built up to take its
place alongside the British. Haig's plan
contemplated that the British and
American armies would both be based
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when a number Of iIcs.ieaa ofIlcials
met American military md diplomatic
representatives at Fort R'iss to reach
an accord in GU relations with Mex
leo, which accord the Columbus raid
nullified. / served Ender PerShing in
the 9th Field Artillery as band ID.
rector then and later on the border.
When the World War drew America
INTO the foreign field I went to France
with the LIST Division. Still being with
the 9Th Artillery. After short period
OF training at the front the units to
which I was attached we're retired
to Chaumort, American headquarters,
where l directed various musical or.
carnations in the Army and assisted
IN forming the Headquarters A. E. r.
Band, composed Of picked musicians
from the entire c:.psdit onary forces.
Personally Compi:mented.
1T was while at Chaumont that Gen.
Pershing remembered our friendship.
An effort was being MAIDS d have all
officers and soldiers in the A. <. F.
whose names we're Of German origin,
or whose ancestors were German, sent
back to the United States. Having
been in the Army IS years, was one
of those feeling the injustice of such
a movement. Without solicitation on
my part, Gen. Pershing by order stop
ped the attempted procedure. so far as
Bandmaster Herzog was concerned, and
l remained in France until after the
armiStice.
II directed bands playing for the
comforting of decorations upon Gen.
Pershing himself and other soldiers,
and was personally complimented by
the commander for this work also
directed for Gen. Petain, who under
took to show our American musicians
how properly to play The Marseillaise.'
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THE WEATHER

District of misunderstanding colder
tonight, minimum temperature aDout.2I
degrees; tomorrow fair, gentle to mod
crate northwest winds.
Maryland-Fair and colder tonight;
tomorrow fair, fresh northwest winds.
Virginia-Fair tonight, slightly colder
IN west portion; tomorrow fair, moderate
west winds shifting to northwest and
north.
West Virginia--Fair and slightly
colder tonight; tomorrow fair, rising
temperature in west portion.
Record for Twenty-four Hours.
Thermometer pm, 40; 8 pm, 81;
IL midnight, 80; am, 30; 8 am. 81;
noon, 4e.
3o.18; IL midnight, 5000: 4 am, 1893;
8 am, 1885; noon, 29.97.
Highest temperature, AZ, occurred at
noon today; lowest temperature, 81, oc-
CURED at 1880 am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, 40; lowest, SO.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Today-Low tide, 1888 am. and $50
pm; high tide, 8 07 am. and 1881 pm.
lOmorrON-IQH tloe, 4.lS Am. anu
4:36 pm. high tide, 1856 am. and 1921
pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 7:13 am; sun sets
5:32 pm.
Tomorrow rises 1872 am; sun
sets. 533 pm.
Moon rises $3.50 am; sets 6:35 pm.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Weather in Various Cities.
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on the northwest coast of France. His
chief of rail transportation, Gen. Nash
thought he would be able to receive our
troops at Havre and send them up coun-
try without disturbing his own arrange
menus However, I thought that Nash
was not very enthusiastic over his COM
mander in chiefs idea.
Sir Douglas used arguments such as
common language and the fact that
American hospital units were already
with the British, as well as the SIM
pliclty and expedition with which the
plan could be carried out. Any objec-
lions the French might offer he thought
would be met by building up the Amer
lean Army between the two. Besides, he
said, this would provide for the extern
sion of the British front and meet the
demands of the French, who claimed
that they were holding too much of the
line in proportion to their forces.
Question Left Open.
The appeal of this proposition was
that we should be able to hasten our
shipping program and bring to France
a much larger number of men than
would be possible with the tonnage
then in operation. Hoping to commit
the British definitely on the question of
tonnage, which up to that time we had
not succeeded III OolIlB, ulo Hol ohei
serious objection. to the plan and even
approved of some of the features, espe-
cialIy those pertaining to the earlier
part of the proposed training, and for
the moment the question was left open
for further conference.
In all these discussions the British
were bargaining for men to fill their
ranks and we were trying to get ship
ping to carry over our armies. The
dickering continued until the crisis
caused both British and French to
realize that a lot of time had been
wasted
1 left British headquarters the next
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to pay my respects to the King and
Queen AS Sir Douglas was off to Lon
don my car was attached to his train
and we travelled together to Boulogne,
where he boarded the Channel boat and
I took a special consisting of my car
and one other and proceeded on my
way.
We were due at Adenkirke, my desti-
nation, at a fixed hour, but to my sur
prise the train pulled in 10 minutes
ahead of time. 1 was changing into
my best uniform-in fact, was just put
ting on the right boot-when my aide,
Col Boyd, stuck his head in at the door
of my compartment and said BREATH
lessly: General, we have arrived"
Aware of Predicament.
I knew it only too well, as the train
had stopped and the royal band out
side was playing THE Star Spangled
Banner" in the mournful cadence COM
mon to foreign bands. 1t was an en-
barrassing thought that I should be
late. In another minute, when the
orderly and myself were struggling, this
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time with the left boot, Boyd again APP
peared and said in stage whisper that
was no doubt heard by the entire es-
cort outside: "Sir, the King is out there
standing at the salute"
That was too much, the humor OF te
situation overcame nae, and for an M
slant all of us, including the orderly,
who rarely smiled, were convulSed with
laughter. That did not help matters,
of course. and meanwhile the band out
side. which had already played the ma
tional air through three times, was
dolefulIy beginning on the fourth, when
I hurriedly descended the steps of my
car opposite his majesty. buttoning my
overcoat with one hand and saluting
with the other.
At my appearance the band started
afresh and. as though they had just be-
gun. ran through our national anthem
rather more vigorously, cheered up no
doubt at last to see me in evidence. A
few months later had the courage to
relate the incident in all its details
to their maiesties and they both seemed
to enjoy it immensely.
After inspecting the escort in COM
pany with the King, he and drove to
their residence. where the Queen, in
her most gracious manner, received us
at the entrance. We had very enjoy
able luncheon, which Boyd thought was
quite gay, especially when became
bold enough to air my dreadful French.
After lunch. King Albert, much to my
surprise, said he wished to bestow upon
me the Order of the Grand Gordon of
Leopold, and as I hesitated, saying that
we were not permitted to receive foreign
decorations, he insisted that 1 should
accept it conditionally, which, of course,
was the only thing to do. Boyd was
decorated also.
Impressed by Simplicity.
In the afternoon, the King, with his
chief of staff, took me to his general
headquarters and then to the front-line
trenches, explaining the disposition of
the limited force with which their posi-
tons were held. 1t consisted of only the
six divisions which had Stubbornly re-
tired in 1914 in the face of overwhelm-
ing Odds 1t was then being recruited
by Belgians escaping from within the
German lines at the risk of their lives.
While driving with King Albert he
related with much amusement some in
cidentS of recent visit by party OF
our Congressman, and inquired whether
1t was customary in our country for
them to be on familiar terms with the
President. He said that some of them
had called him Albert and one had
slapped him on the back, saying: king,
you're the right sort of fellow and
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everybody in America admires YOU" l
explained to him that our Congressman
were more OF less privileged characters
at home and they only meant to be
friendly AS matter of fact. 1 think
their familiarity did not offend him at
all
During my brief visit I was particu-
larly impressed by the extreme SIM
plicity of the home life of the King and
Queen, living there, as they were, in a
very modest country place within sound
Of the enemy's guns and almost within
range. The Queen often went into the
trenches to cheer the troops, and the
fine bearing of their majesties through
it all made them the outstanding heroic
figures of the World War.
Pressure put on President
Wilson for merger of our troops with
French and British.
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PUTS HIGH VAL UE.
ON PERSH|NG STORY.
Gen. Dawes Says Service
Second Only to Command
of Forces.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. February 4-Ambasssdor
Charles G. Dawes gave the allied coun-
tries, and particularly Great Britain,
high praise for their services to Ameri-
can troops during the World War in a
speech at an informal gathering of the
London Pest of the American Legion
yesterday
The former chief of supplies of the
A. E F. told the Legion members to
read the memoirs Of Gen. pershing.
Gen Pershing's book, he said. was a
service to the American Army in
France second only to his command CT
the expeditionary force.
Address Is Quoted.
The Evening News last night gave
considerable space to the Ambassador S
remarks. quoting some of the passages.
From these it might appear that Mr.,
Dawes was minimizing the American
effort but this was not the impression
Of his hearers, who roundly applauded
his talk.
Members of the post ioked the AM
bassador as he hasn't been joked since
he became envoy to the Court of St.
James and he seemed TO enjoy the eX-
perience.
Pressed to explain how, as lawyer
he became a brigadier general of engi-
neers. Mr. Dawes declared his examiners
had asked him only one question and he
answered it so brilliantly that he was
promoted Immediately.
Sources of Food.
"They asked me-" he said, what I
would Go if I were asked to survey a
field or a section of trench. l told
them / would send for a surveyor"
Recalling the organization of the
American Service of Supply, he detailed
the great difficulty of supplying the A.
E. F. 5000 miles from home and how
of every 13 pounds of food eaten by
American soldiers 8 pounds had to be
obtained from sources outside the
United States.
He declared that it was in connection
with this work that he realized fully
the magnificent effort of Great Britain,
France and other countries, and that
he had never found it expedient to fail
to mention this phase of allied CO.
operation.
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MAY HONOR DESIGNER
OF EAGLES ON COINS
u S. Tribute to Saint Gaudens in
Form of $4,000 Toward Monu-
ment in France Favored.

BY the Associated Press.
The man who designed the eagles on
the $40 and $50 gold pieces will be
honored by the Government, If the
House Foreign Relations Committee has
its way.
1t has approved the Temple resolu-
ton to authorize a $4,000 contribution
by the United States to the erection OF
a monument in France to the memory
of Augustus Saint Gaudens, noted
French sculptor.
Creator Of many famous statues, in
GLIDING one of Lincoln in Lincoln
Park. Chicago Saint Gaudens in 1905
aided in planning identification of the
Capital He met President Roosevelt,
who was interested in improving coin
age designs. and the eagles and figures
of Liberty" in the two largest gold
coins resulted.
The sculptor died in New Hampshire
In 1907
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.DANDMASTER KEPT
IN FRANCE BY CHIEF
PerShing INTERVIEWED in Be-
half of Veteran Soldier
With German Name.

DALLAS, Tex, February 4 (N.A.NA).
A Dallas man who is closely follow
ing Gen. Pershing's story of Americas
participation in the war is Col William
Herzog, director of r. o. T. G. bands
in the Dallas high schools.
Col. Herzog's interest is accumulated
by the fact that but for Gen. Pershing S
friendship he might not have had his
own full share in the struggle over
seas, and because of a friendship
dating to the time when Pershing was
in command of the Amer1csn forces
on the Mexican border.
Met General in 1914.
IT first met Gen. Pershing just be-
fore Villas raid on Columbus, N. Mex
in 1914" Col. Herzog said. This was
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Chamber Group Meeting Postponed.

FAIRFAX, Va, February Especially.
Secretary C.. G. Carr announces that
the meeting Of the board of directors of
the Fairfax County Chamber of Com
merce scheduled for this evening, has
been postponed until after the next
regular meeting. February TO-
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Next Week

tCont:1ued Irom Page ID
terest the clergy, school and other
organizations. 1t is suggested that
mass meetings might be arranged
The text of MIR. Watkins letter
follows:
my dear Secretaries:
"You are quite aware that the
copper mining industry is suffering
an extraordinary depression and
that it is the concensus of opinion
that a tariff on copper is sorely
needed to remedy the distress. Gov
ernor Hunt has issued a proclama
ton setting aside the week of May
25 to %, as Copper Tariff Week.
1t occurs to me that valuable SER.
vice to the cause could be rendered
by the secretaries of the various
Chambers of Commerce throughout
the state.
Common sense tells us that with
the mines operating payrolls will be
the result. These payrolls mean to
this state the difference between
prosperity and adversely. There is
no gainsaying the fact that it is the
honest aim and endeavor of every
Chamber of Commerce to promote
well-balanced prosperity for the.r
community and state and we do
rot lose sight Of the fact that I'm
employment means misery for men,
women and little children.
Each Chamber of Commerce in
the state can be most helpful in
Nogales international., 1931-05-23
A BROADWAY HAPPENING

A horse played a star part right
in the heart of New York's theatri-
cal district the other day when it
backed into manhole at 44th Street
and Broadway.
Its hind legs went down into the
manhole, in which two laborers were
working ten feet below the street
level, and stuck there Leading the
crowd of curious was the policeman
on the beat He looked things over
and called the fire department and
the police patrol.
Meanwhile the crowd grew until
it numbered 5000 or more people.
Those in front offered all kinds of
suggestions. The driver of truck
got out rope, made sling under
the horses belly, hitched the rope
to his auto, started the engine and
out came the horse, practically un-
scathed.
When the fremen arrived they
found themselves with nothing to
do. The captain of the firemen gave
his O. K. to the job and asked the
truck driver where he learned how
to pull horses out of manholes.
"Oh, you have to do things like
this out where | come from" was
the rejoinder. II was raised on a
arm"
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assisting in the working out of q
program which will become state
wide thereby being the nucleus for
calling, to the attention Of the ma
ton, the necessity for aid to cop
per mining and to the Southwest.
Some of the ways in which the
Chambers of Commerce can assist
will be in requesting the Mayors of
the various cities and towns to is
sue proclamation reiterating and
emphasizing the Governors procla-
nation. Programs should be put on
by civic organizations stress.ng the
necessity for a tariff on copper ano,
it's result. You will find your local
newspapers, as usual most inter
ested and cooperative.
THE clergy, schools and other or
CARNATIONS could be asked to call
attention to the need for copper
tariff. Mass meetings can be ar
ranged.
ST feel that an honest effort is
being made to start a movement
which, if carried through to sue
cessful completion, will mean an as
sured prosperity to the Southwest
and I trust that every Chamber of
Commerce executive may see fit to
do his or her part in cooperating
for the benefit of Arizona, its COM
merce and its people.
Most sincerely yours,
H. B. Watkins, President
ARIZONA ASSOCIATION OF
COMMERCIAL SECRETAR-
IES".
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Vegas. A 22-mile boulevard, so feet
wide, will link Boulder City and
Las Vegas about September 1.
There are about $50 men doing
the work preliminary to the start
of. actual construction of the dam.
On September /, 5000 more men
will be added. In addition to the
$50 dam workers 200 men are work
ing at present on a railroad con-
Meeting Boulder City and the dam.
The construction Of the dam will
require eight years and in those
eight years, Las Vegas promises to
remain one of the coIorful spots of
the West.
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Wide Open

Continued From Page One)
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the broad policy that the United
States will not use it's army and
navy for the purpose OF collecting
debts in Latin American countries
although the government VIII look
after the protection of American
citizens wherever they happen to
be. The secretary's statements came
in a speech over the radio, and
was taken to be his reply to those
critics who have recently assailed
the policy of the administration in
Nicaragua.
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Prescott Bids to be called in
short time for construction of curb
ing and cutters on East Gurley st.
between Mt. Vernon and Washing
ton streets.
Bids received for surfacing and
oil processing Solomonsville-Dun-
can Highway.
Phoenix Bids received for paw
ing portions of Twelfth Street from
Van Buren to Taylor Street.