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The Washington times., 1932-11-23
HOLIDAY MEALS
BY VOLUNTEERS.

Hundreds of the needy of the
city will be served Thanksgiving
dinner tomorrow at the Relief
Mission of the Volunteers Of
America, All Pennsylvania Ave.
N. w.
The Volunteers will hold their
traditional open house." with
dinners being served at any hour
of the day. In view of the
greater need of the greater num-
ber this year, however, the mis-
sion will not serve turkey din
ners. Instead, those calling at
the mission will be given either
chicken or roast pork dinners.
Staff Captain Arthur (. Wise,
regional commander of the Vol.
unteers, and his entire staff win
be at the mission throughout the
day and evening, to assist in the
serving and see that no one Is
neglected.
The Washington times., 1932-11-23
P OIL RECOUNT.
IN BERKELY

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Nov.
23.-The slow and laborious task
Of recount between $4,000 and
$4,000 votes in Berkeley county in
the Presidential election, asked on
behalf of four defeated Republi-
can candidates, is under way at
the country courthouse here. The
recount is not expected to be COM
pleted for at least a week.
A petition for a writ of prohibi-
tion presented by Democratic rep
resentatives to Judge D. H. Rod
gers of Circuit court and later to
the State supreme court of ap-
peals. to prohibit Commissioner
William M. Johnson, a member of
county court, from sitting as a
member of the board of canvas
sers upon the recount which had
been demanded by himself, l..
Dew. Gerhardt, Republican can
didate for clerk of circuit court;
H. E. johnson, Republican candi-
date for assessor, and James S..
Daley, Republican candidate for
house of delegates, was denied by
both Judge Rodgers and the su-
Epreme court.
The Washington times., 1932-11-23
z ARMED THUGS
HOLDUPSTORE

Covering him and two negro
customers with pistols, two col
ored men last night held up the
store of Oscar Stang at Dawson
vile, Md. 13 miles west of Rock
vile. and robbed Stang of $50.
Stang told Montgomery County
Police Sergt. Roy Bodmer and
Policeman G. w. Linkthicum
thugs, about 25 years old, entered
his store about 8 p. m, saying
they were cold and wanted to get
warm. After about 10 minutes
one Of them asked for a package
of cigarettes and gave Stang a
quarter.
Then both men drew guns,
Stang said. and forced him and
Robert and Richard Hebron, the
customers, to hold up their
hands. One of the robbers went
behind the counter and took bills
and currency from their hiding
places.
The Washington times., 1932-11-23
Burial Rites Held
For Mrs. RnLd1DiI1

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 23.-Funeral
services for Mrs. Elizabeth Meme
mar Baldwin, candidate for the
house of delegates on the Re
publican ticket in 1880, were held
yesterday from her home at Mill
erSVille.
The Rev. Edward N. Parrish,
pastor of the North Avenue Meth
odist Episcopal Church, Baltimore,
and the Rev. William M. Hoff-
man, pastor of the Baldwin Me-
mortal Church, conducted services
in the afternoon at the Baldwin
Memorial Church, Millersville.
Burial was in the churchyard.
The Washington times., 1932-11-23
ASSESSMENTS
NR|TS READY

Within a few days notices of
the new assessments on proper
ties located in the Seventh Elec-
ton, Bethesda, district of Mont
gomery county, will be sent out
from the office of c. Y. Latimer,
clerk to the county commission
ers. Residents of the Thirteenth
Election, Wheaton District, will
receive notices shortly afterward.
No bills are being mailed out,
Mr.. Latimer said, as the proposed
changes will not become effective
until July l, 1888.
The commissioners have set De-
cember 8 at 10 a. m. as the first
date for hearings in protest of
the new assessments. They will
sit each Thursday thereafter for
the same purpose.
The Washington times., 1932-11-23
SHAFT GROUNDS
TOSTAY 'ASIS'

Two years of study and an ex-
penditure of $4,000 have failed
to produce plan for beautify-
ing the monument grounds, Lieut..
Col. U. S. Grant, director of Pub
lie Buildings and Parks, will re-
port to Congress next month.
This was revealed when Colonel
Grant made public the following
resolution of the National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commis-
sion:
TN our opinion, after long
and serious study given by
architects, landscape architects
and engineers, no thoroughly
satisfactory solution has yet
been found safeguarding the
monuments stability and its
eSthetic possibilities"
A few road changes will COM
prise his only recommendations
to Congress regarding improve
ments of the grounds, Colonel
Grant said. Meantime, tho plan
ming body els reluctantly led to
the conclusion that further study
of the problem is essential"
The Washington times., 1932-11-23
Recording Too Costly,
Rebel Yell May Be
But a Memory

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. %.
The rebel yell, battle cry of the
Confederate army, may be pre-
served only in memory.
Putting it on a phonograph
record apparently is too expen-
sive, Mrs. B. F.. Baird, of Phila-
delphia, reported at the closing
session of the thirty-ninth an
nual convention of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Other obstacles Mrs. Baird
said she encountered were the
brevity of the yell and the in
creasing difficulty of finding
enough old soldiers who could
give the cry.
The Washington times., 1932-11-23
L WIS To TALK
ON SALES TAX

Representative David j. Lewis,
of the Sixth Maryland district,
will speak on the sales tax, and
the Kensington Chamber of Com
merce will be asked to adopt a
resolution favoring the tax at it's
meeting tonight in the Kensing-
Ito.l Armory.
The resolution will also suggest
that other civic bodies in Mont
gomery county follow its lead,
said w. I. Cleveland, head of the
group, this morning.
A short business session also
will be held during the evening.
The Washington times., 1932-11-23
Maryland Welfare Groups
Gather In Rockville

More than 200 representatives
of civic groups, clubs, teachers
associations and social workers
attended the first Institute of
Child Welfare, yesterday in the
Rockville court house under aus
pices of the Montgomery County
League Of Women Voters.
Miss Willie Greene Day, ex-
ecutiVe secretary of the Mont
gomery County Social Service
League, told of the four prob
Nms of social welfare peculiar
to Montgomery county. They
are, she said, medical service
for children; public health SER
vice for them; education and
public training, and services for
subnormal or abnormal children.
Paul BeisSer, executive Secre-
tary of the Henry Watson Chill
dren's Aid Society of Baltimore,
who also spoke in the morning.
said that children should not be
classed as delinquent when the
community is responsible for
their condition. DR.. George Pres
ton, mental hygiene expert, told
the audience that mental clinics
were no good by themselves and
must be backed up by other
parts of the educational system.
In the afternoon the group was
told by Judge Thomas S. j. Wax
ter, of the Baltimore Juvenile
Court that such a court should be
child study clinic and not one
to make criminals out of the child.
Miss Lavinia Engle told of the
part State leadership plays in So
cial welfare work and reviewed the
The Washington times., 1932-11-23
Exports of Farm
Implements Rise

Exports of agricultural equip
ment and implements are on the
increase, according to the monthly
report of the Commerce Depart
ment's agricultural implements di-
vision.
The last monthly total is given
as $831,514, as compared with
$783,158 the previous month.
However, the monthly total is 7
per cent under the corresponding
month in 1881.
The Washington times., 1932-11-23
Witness COILdpses
After Grill on Stand

Completing her testimony in a
damage suit against Mrs. Ethel
M. Lloyd, of Chevy Chase, Md,
an outgrowth of an automobile
accident, Mrs. Annie L. Cham
berlain, of Takoma Park, Md,
tainted yesterday as she was leav-
ing the witness stand in Circuit
Court at Rockville. Mrs. Cham
berlain, who had been on the
stand for quite a while, was
helped to the chambers of Judge
Charles w. Woodward, where she
was given first aid treatment.
The Washington times., 1932-11-23
GOLFERS
WOULD GAIN
MILLIONS
Tax Revision Board Studies
Levy on Pari-MutueIs
And Salary Cuts

BALTIMORE, Nov. 23.-With
1865, 900 being wagered daily on
horses during Maryland's 92-day
racing season, State officials are
seriously considering slapping 10
per cent tax for revenue on all
money distributed as winnings by
the pari.mutuel machines at the
State tracks, it was revealed to-
day.
An annual revenue of several
million dollars would result, it is
said, and would greatly relieve the
present levies on real and personal
property, its proponents point out.
This is one revenue measure be-
ing studied by the committee on
tax revision, headed by DR.. Jacob
H. Hollander, which will submit
its report to the legislature in
January.
The Safe now gets $4,000 a
day from the tracks each racing
day, and Pimlico pays an ad-
ditional $4,000 daily tax to Balti-
more county. Five per cent of all
money wagered in the pari-mutuel
is taken by the track
as its operating fee.
Whether it will be necessary
to slash all State salaries, even
if this betting tax is levied, has
not yet been decided by Governor
Walter N. Kirkman, di-
rector of the budget, and their
advisers who are now trying to
work out the 1934-35 State budget.
The taxable basis OF the State
has declined $370,000,000 since
the 1881 budget was mapped.
The Washington times., 1932-11-23
COUNTY EYE|NG
+. GAS TAX PLAN

With movements throughout
Maryland to return part of the
gasoline taxes to counties for use
on roads slowly gaining strength,
the Prince Georges County Com
missioners yesterday decided to
send their attorney, M. H. Ma
gruder, and Commissioner Orman
Phair, of Laurel, to a meeting of
similar delegations at Carvel Hall,
Annapolis, Monday.
The meeting, which will draft
legislation to make such rebates
possible, will also attempt to re-
duce the State school equaliza-
ton assessment from 81 cents per
500 to 80 cents per $10O.
The Washington times., 1932-11-23
T. J. Benson Leaves
Estate of $1,000

The will of Thomas Jones Ben
son, of Brookeville, Md, was ad-
mitted to probate yesterday in
the orphans Court at Rockville.
Mr.. Benson, who died Novem-
ber 3. left his entire estate to
his two children, Clarence w.
Benson and Mrs. Daisy H. Mus
grove. His personal property was
valued at $1,000.
The Washington times., 1932-11-23
4,l25 HuntingPe ermits
observation-disclosures

With the hunting season but
little more than a week old,
Alps hunting licenses have been
issued in the office of the clerk
of the Circuit Court, j. William
Wiley, deputy clerk, announced
today.
Of this number, $500 are
county licerses, 425 are State H.
ccnses and 100 are for nonresi.
dents of Ma land.
The Washington times., 1932-11-23
BIOLOGISTS TO MEET

Brief addresses on the Jivaro
Indians of Eastern Ecuador and
on unusual molluscs will be made
at the meeting of the Biological
Society of Washington at the
Cosmos Club Saturday evening.
The Washington times., 1932-11-23

relation between public and pri-
vate agencies.
She said that even though Mary
land demands leadership from
local groups, a definite weakness
is found in some agencies which
must be helped. Montgomery
county's organization, she pointed
out, is free from such weakness
and is doing real good work.
The Washington times., 1932-11-23

Ipm@hAA 21S F Street
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H A RRY CAREY
In THE NIGHT RIDER"
Kid Garfield on the stage
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1932-03-01
ATTERBURY VISIONS
MATERIAL FREIGHT
lIDAFFIc,# INpDFASFS

friends of Republican principles and the real supporters of
the Republican party"
PRE-coNvENTToN CAMPAIGN
Here then, is plain warning of pre-conventon CAM
pagn deliver the party to the VETS To be forewarned
be forearmed Dry Republicans must not ignore this eff
fort of the within the party to control the convention
Judging by the of the sponsors carried on the COM
mee etterhead there will be lack of funds to conduct
their campaign.
"A1I. IMAGINARY"
The fctonal newspaper is packed with assortment
of the old and familiar wet arguments which have ap
peared in years with monoonous frequency in the
columns of the metropolitan press AS matter of fact,
is complete compilation of fake statistics wild guesses,
vain inagnings and forlorn hopes, and mrabe dictu
appropriately and honestly labeled:
"ALL IMAGINARY"
It pictures an imaginary Utopia where booze will be
king And this imaginary promised land is founded upon
imaginary repeal of prohibition the result of 0s
aqiuary referendum held in response imaginary
sage of the president Like the college Bogus that offers
graitous insult the college president this Bogus of
the vets insults President Hoover by implying that he
ignorant of the fact that under constitution and gov
eminent, national referendum any subject impos
sbe It pictures him calling referendum by act of con-
gress and assumes the immediate holding of the eferen
dunn resulting in the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment
MAILED TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
This fake newspaper has been mailed to every member
of congress- together with letter from the Republicans
Citizens Committee Against National Prohibition,
nouncing that is shortly be inaugurated ito
consider ways and and present plan whereunder
the Republican party may take stand against prohbi-
ton The letter quotes from editorial in the Wall Street
Journal From Revolt to Revolution" the following
When the night of July $780, the Due de Lancourt
reported King Louis that the Base had fallen to the
sau of the people, the King cried "Why this is revolt mo-
SIRE the reply it revolution People have been revolt
ing against our prohibition laws the elections
changing revolution before which this legislative
tyranny must fall.
United States Senator Brookhart, TURN
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1932-03-01
HOOVER DEMANDS PROHIBITION REPEAL
Depression Has Ended,
Coz. Pincbof Weeps

Harrisburg. Pa. Fcb. so.-oov-
ernor Plnehot, on being handed .
copy Of the Presidents message
thls morning. Is reported 70 have
said: THE depression 10 oveT
what q pity thai ''---'
and MelloD
Tho 0r'
TO h.
CO.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1932-03-01
NATIONAL REFERENDUM
IMPERATIVE IN CRISIS,
CONGRESS IS WARNED

President Urges Body to Act Prom pity Legislative Leaders Cheer
Epocha Message-ExctNe Sees Repeal County Greatest
Economic and Moral Need
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1932-03-01
NATIONS LEADERS
HAIL HOOVER MOVE
AS TURNING POINT
DEMOCRATS FUME
AS NATION. LAUDS
HOOVER MESSAGE
Party .psIbly Shaken
- See
Presid"-'" nrnhibition-Repeal Messa"" flo"t''f'"-
Thrnnr-

PRESIDENT HOOVER ADDRESSES CONGRESS
Under Washington dateline the story starts off sol
EMMY:
Hoover today powerful surprise that shook Wash
Egton
The president expressed the opinion prohibition has failed
He estimated the of the dry experiment billion dollars
year. He asked for referendum looking repeal without
delay of relieving industry of
burdens and quckenng the of
vival.
FULL. TEXT OF PRESIDENTS MESSAGE PRINTED
Then the startling that Senator Sheppard
introduced resolution calling for the impeachment of the
president The full text of the presidents message is
printed The entire first page is devoted to the accounts
of the effect of the message upon business and to comments
on the message by nationally known leaders both political
parties They appear under such headlines Nations
Leaders Hail Hoover Move Turning Point Demo
Gratis Fume as Nation Lauds Hoover Message; "Depres
sion Has Ended, Governor Pnchot Weeps'; 'Melon
Strongly Supports Hoover canterbury Visions Material
Freight Traffic Increases; Banking Leaders Hail Hoo
yer for Supreme Courage; "Stocks Soar High Opt
mism Runs Riot Exchange; Hoover Message Sends
Grain Prices Skyward'; National Jubilee Planned at
Philadelphia"
SOME DISCOVER HOAX
Perhaps before the average reader has gone far into
the Astounding message of President Hoover he begins
to take stock of what of newspaper he reading
Another glance at the title and he printed above it,
small italics the words call Imaginary-More's the Pity
And beneath monogram which separates the words Her
add and "Times in small type the words, "of good
Herald of good Times apparently with the softpedal on
the good! The datelne is February 3d. perhaps mis-
print for April first (All Fools Day.
THE PURPOSE OF THE HOAX
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1932-03-01
EMERGENCY CALLS FIRST OF ALL FOR AN END OF THE GREAT
WASTE AND LOSS OF INTELLECTUAL PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT

WASHINGTON Feb snA nsuon. rhnn
90" - todsy~ +." shook Warrington
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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1932-03-01
+NOTICE

Events and statements reported in
this publication are imaginary, and
views expressed are not to be at.
tributcd TO their pretended authors
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1932-03-01
The Weather

Dry spell ends; to be followed by
pleasant and temperate weather in
all sections
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1932-03-01

friends of Republican principles and the real supporters of
the Republican party"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1932-03-01
THE PURPOSE OF THE HOAX

But why give attention to a hoax? Because 1t repre-
SCENTS desperate effort to sqg the Republican party over
to the aVetS 1t presages determined preconventon cam
pagn accomplish this purpose This hctiona newspaper
carries notice displayed in a box under this head this
NEWSPAPER IS FICTIoNAL-THIs ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT"
The notice calls meeting to be held in Chicago shortly of
wet Republicans of them of national prominence ito
put an end political stradding the major issue of pro-
hibtion''
ct is purpose" it goes to say ito restore the
right of government and sedetermnaton to the real
The american Issue
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-22
Getting the Most From Travel

A writer of popular and helpful travel books give 20 rules for travellers in her lat est work All of these are useful. A few are so good they ought to be impressed on every journey maker, whether he is merely going into the next state or around the world. The first rule is merely travel version of the Golden Rule - to do abroad what one would like to have foreign visitors do in ones own country. Then comes the sage advice to travel in order to learn how things are done elsewhere, not to deelaim how much better everything is done at home.
 Don't act as if you had mental arthritis and couldn't bend says the author. One of the reasons for going abroad is to see how flexible you are" And finally: The best League of Nations is that of travellers seeking to find much in common with their hosts
 In other words. behave when travelling as you do when visiting friends, respect the habits and customs of those whom you visit. be interested in their interests. be friendly and courteous. High-hatting the natives in foreign land or strange com- munity because their ways are not your ways shows provincialism/ The benefits of travel cannot begin to take effect while such an attitude is maintained.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-22
Where the Old Cars Go

The question of what becomes of the nations discarded razor blades has never been answered. What becomes of the old automobiles is less of mystery. Some of them. as the public knows only too well. collect in disreputable looking junk yards and add to the general ugliness of the land seape in the vicinity. That is not their only fate. From the files of the Department of Commerce one learns that outworn Ameri can automobiles turn up in various useful capacities in many foreign lands.
 The engines operate small sawmills in Canadian forests and furnish power for Chinese sampans The stuffing from the upholstery reappears as stuffing for pillows and mattresses in the homes of French peas ants. The antiquated bodies of many of our old motor cars bob up in Rumania as living quarters for gypsies. Bus bodies of course, take the prize for this purpose.
 Old tires are in class by themselves. There is hardly corner of the globe to which they do not penetrate to serve as shoes, arm protectors, water buckets, workmen's aprons. tobacco pouches, water wings and even suspenders. Thus our civilization reaches out and touches the lives of almost the entire human family The fact makes one pensive.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-22
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION
Tells of Roads and Taver1as
 in Early America

The romance of the highway is not a thing which only travellers can enjoy. It is available to stay at-homes, too; for the way in which people of former years got about the country, the vehicles l they rode in, the roads they used and the customs that surrounded their wanderings are. among the most truly interesting parts of human history. They make up 8 romance that can be got out of a book in comfortable armchair, and it's a first rate romance, too. i You'll find this sort of thing in 'From Here to Yonder," by Marion Nicholl Rawson. If you like to get an authentic peek at the way your forefathers lived, you'll like this book immensely.
 ] As the title implies, the author concerns herself chiefly with modes of travel in early America. 1 She describes the old-time roads. tells how they evolved from mere wilderness trails to regular high ways, traces the introduction of wheeled vehicles, discusses the tav- erns and inns in which early tray- e1ers took their rest. and contrives, all in all, to give an excellent pic- ture of American life century and more ago.
 Here and there, possibly, she strives just a little too hard for quaintness; but she gets so much that is interesting and informative into her book that you can over look the fault.
 Prom Here to Wonder is pub- 'lished by Dutton and costs $3.75.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-22
{aIlpQ[iH[d[ E0[ipsg g|952

There appear to be about five
 courses open to the organized drys
 and the organized drys probably will split themselves up among those courses:
 1. Get back to the old fight against the saloon, backing Presi- dent Hoover because he has made
 the strongest declaration for laws which will bar the saloon through
 out the United States.
 2. Forget about politics and re- turn to the old battle for temper
 ance, endeavoring by educational
 rather than by political methods to
 keep people from drinking more than is good for them.
 3, Ignore Hoover and Roosevelt but concentrate on the congress
 sional fights, combating wet candi- dates and supporting. dry candi- dates, in. an attempt to prevent eon- gress, which alone can change the | laws and which now seems likely to | do so sooner or later, from gravi- tating toward the wet side. 4. Turn against Hoover as an | apostate dry, supporting Roosevelt
 in order to punish the president | (Drys have adopted such tactics in the past, but are not generally dis
 posed to do so now because their situation is so desperately 5. Support William D. Upshaw
 running on bone-dry ticket which would put the once all-pow.
 erful organized dry back with the prohibition party which in it's best years polled no more 4han 250,0OC votes.
 It's a tough decision. Most drys
 who vote for president this year will become vets of one brand or another
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-22
Silent Cars

Detroit manufacturers. discussing the au- tomobile of the future, say it will be so silent in operation that they will have to use system of signal lights to let the driver know his motor is running and the other parts are functioning. This would merely mean carrying present tendencies to natural conclusion. Foreigners have always mar yelled at the comparative noiselessness of American automobiles. Englishmen used to object to our cars because they couldn't tell when the motor was running" whereas. their own cars never left any doubt on that score.
 Silent mechanism means efficiency. But are not our engineers going to needless ex- cess? Will there be so much fun in driving when a motorist no longer uses his. ears to hear squeaks, clicks, poundings and screeches. and his own brains to interpret them, but depends on automatic light flashes9 Modern motorists know too little about their cars. anyway. A once virile and competent race of driver mechanics is dying out