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The Washington times., 1932-02-25
Boycott Japan?
Better Think Twice

Mr. Newton D. Baker and other friends of the League Of
Nations urging the Government and people of the United
States to enforce a boycott against Japan S..
Such boycott is provided for in the League covenant
which is why American supporters of the League
are bringing it forward at this moment.
boycott of Japan would project directly into an
lsatc fight 1000 miles away from country It is in
terestng to that it urged while the country was
honorng the memory of George Washington who advised his
people to stay of European fights which only 5000
miles away from this country
It is also interesting to note two further facts:
... l.-Thot a boycott wOuld cut both UGys losing us
UalrobIe trade Uth Jap0n tOhich We need Just
noO, and
=. 2-Thot it probably vOuld be regarded an act
of sOar by Japan, which could retolGte by capturing
our Far Eastern possessions, the Philippines.
Mr. Bakers guide philosopher and friend Woodrow Will
SON made the Philippines ndefensbe by surrenderng the
islands which lie between them and Hawaii to Japan at the
Versailles Conference.
Mr. Wilson's work clnched by Secretary of State
Hughes who agreed leave them ndefensble at the Wash
ington Disarmament Conference
So Mr. Baker and other League enthusiasts propose
that we make REAL trouble for ourselves the other side OF
The Pacific at time when have troubles enough OF our
own to keep ANY one nation busy. .. "a,
We observe that of the leading nitwits OF the country
have rallied round this proposal hoping to put over
We trust that Mr. Hoover and Mr. Stmson, desplte tne
past nonsense playing with the League Will nave enough
sense to reject the scheme forthwith.
It is loaded with dynamite $1,000,
Il will mean almost certain if it is adopted.
Nohodv in this country wants that and nobody In this
country will get it if the country will take its advice from
Mount Vernon instead of Geneva--cr Cleveland
The Washington times., 1932-02-25
"Cow, Sow, Little Red Hen"
Minnesota's Prosperity Formula

Instead Of yelling their heads off about hard times Minnesota
farmers have been applying their brains to their problems
with the result that their income last year 81 cent above
their income for 1911 And this mind you year when the
average farmers income throughout the country was lob per
cent BELOW his income for 1911.
sounds like miracle but it merely of common
AS explained Mr. Frederick Murphy farmer and
newspaper publisher Of the State Minnesota raises quarter
Of billion dollars worth Of feed annually and markets
them as butter and beef pork and lamb chops the hoo
milk and and WOOL the products OF diversified live stock
and dairy farming
"Ow bornyard chickens" Mr.. Murphy continues,
"GlOne gives a crop of eggs and poultry UUOrth
$4,000 OOO-fOur times Whe0t crop.
"Ou baynyGrd biddiss make Wheat look like chick
en- feed
"They doR'f ask for any farm relief either-thev
20 out in the nest and lay their relief.
GAS they manufacture their merchandise
they rise right up and 0dOertise it."
Hence Minnesota prosper Instead of putting all their
m one basket one CROP farmers do her farmers diversity
their products, put their eggs in many baskets.
They have proved that it pays.
The Washington times., 1932-02-25

were 1amlllaT A'A"1A" W.
with pictures of these. But
starving Americans-lttle Amer
ican children, with hollow
eyes and wasted ribs. crying
with hunger-IMPOSSIBLE!
Yet today America is asking
that question and is paying ex-
perts to solve cit. PAYING
EXPERTS TO DISCOVER
HOW LITTLE FOOD AN
AMERICAN BABY NEEDS TO
KEEP 1T FROM ACTUAL
STARVATION.
A Card-Index Report
The Department of Labor has
Just released a report. It gives
emergency diets for a typical
family of five-parents, three
minor children. It makes no
bones about this diet. 1t doesn't
pretend that it will keep a
family in good health. 1t says,
flatIy, that it won't; but it will
keep them alive-for a while.
And even that information,
CHASTITY as it seems, will be vel.
come news to EIGHT MILLION
AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO
ARE WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED,
AND TO SEVEN MILLION DE-
PENDENTS.
Here are a few figures:
A family of five-father,
mother, and three children
can get along temporarily on
IA quarts of milk per week.
They should have 81 quarts for
an adequate diet. The emerg'
ency diet allows for three No.
2 cans of tomatoes. The family
should have five such cans.
Five pounds of leafy vegetables
cabbage or greens) is an ade-
quate amount for a family Of
The Washington times., 1932-02-25
See this pair of Orientals
In a private fight?
See that third excited party
Prancing on the right?
LISTEN. WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson

that size, and even in an
emergency, the folder empha-
sizes, this amount should not
be cut down. Eighteen pounds
of other vegetables or fruits
is given as the 'irreducible
minimum while a family of
five should have 26 pounds.
Other foods are listed in a
similar way, with the estimate
that at least $3.50 to $1,000 a
week should be allowed a
family of five, to provide an
adequate diet at a minimum
cost; with a special allowance,
of from IS to Is cents per
week, to provide cod-liver oil
for each child under 2.
That is what a family of five
hungry people MUST have to
barely exist. Even with that
diet, they will suffer from
diseases due to partial starva-
ton, pneumonia, abdominal dis
tress, malnutrition-which warps
the body and dulls the sense
for a life time. Twenty years
of ample feedin' cannot undo
the effects of two years of NAL
nutrition.
known Facts
These facts are known. They
are known to everybody from
the most inexperie :-ced social
worker up to President Hoover,
honorary head of the American
Red Cross.
Then what is actually being
given to these, fifteen million
hungry american? Listen!
Around Altoona, in the Penn
sylvania coal mining district,
1000 families are dependent to-
day on charity-approximately
1000 persons. There is no work;
no chance to work. Tt ~ ar
as helpless as flood victims.
What are these families being
given to meet their needs?
FIVE DOLLARS A MONTH.
No, that isn't a printers mis-
take. You read it right. FIVE
DOLLARS A MONTH TO
COVER THE ENTIRE FOOD
BILL FOR FIVE PEOPLE
AND NO OTHER RELIEF.
And that isn't IAN isolated
case" There are millions Of
cases like that in America today.
Report upon report from people
whose intelligence, efficiency
and honor are beyond question
are flooding the halls of Con.
gress and the executive offices.
But what is being done? Moth
ing.
The Red Cross has over
FORTY MILLIONS IN THE
BANKS AT GOOD INTEREST;
but it says it can't use that
money for this need. It isn't
a disaster"
Congress has just passed the
Presidents two billion dollar
emergency bill to give relief to
banks and railroads. But it re,
fuses to pass any bill giving di-
rect and immediate aid to If.
teen million sick and hungry
American citizens. That would
be "a dole"
LDOLE-TO GIVE A STARV-
ING BABY A CUP OF MILKl
(CopyriEht 1882. King Features
syndicate, Inc.l
The Washington times., 1932-02-25

these days. Yet, why cannot
a woman enjoy a lamb chop
and French-fried potatoes with
a man, with whom she would
not care to spend her whole
life?
But, that's the catch! You
simply can't trust these ex-
husbands and ex-wives together.
There's too much re-marrying
going on all about. Let a
couple of people, who have
gotten up in court and called
each other all sorts of terrible
names, get alone together at
a lunch-table-and the first
thing you know. they are off to
Bermuda on a second honey
moon.
There must be something
positively fascinating about a
second honeymoon-with the
same man! Or the same wo-
man! Far more restful and
less disappointing than the first
honeymoon!
No gaudily staged wedding,
no chattering bridesmaids, prac-
tical jokers, weeping mothers,
florists, caterers or trousseau
fittings. You just pick up a
toothbrush, a weekend bag
and a pair of comfy mules
and step casually off on the
spur of the moment, to some
happy oil! haunt or some new
scene, where you can be alone
The Washington times., 1932-02-25
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

I would rather that my enc
mics envy me than that I
should envy my enemies; for it
is misery to be envious because
it is well with another and Ill
with yourself. -Plautus.
Men are never so likely to
settle a question rightly as
when they discuss it freely.
-Macaulay.
The excesses of our youth are
drafts upon our old age, pay.
able with interest about 30
years after date. Cotton.
The Washington times., 1932-02-25

Take away from our learned
men the pleasure Of making
themselves h card, learning
would then be nothing to
them. Rousseau.
There are two literary mala-
dies-writer's cramp and swelled
head. The worst of writer's
cramp is that it is never cured:
the worst of swelled head it
never kills. -Kernaham.
In losing fortune, many a lucky
elf
Has found himself. Smith.
The Washington times., 1932-02-25

H orrib lie
q u e S t 10 n!
Three y g a rs
ago, if some.
one had told
ou tn a t
S o m e o n e
would be ask
ing that ques-
10 n, you'd
have laughed
in his face.
S t ng
Chinese, Rus
S ! a n S, I n
dians or Ar
menianS---you
u,nnn familiar
The Washington times., 1932-02-25
.DOYOUKNOW-.

A Solarium that revolveS on
top of a tower has been erected
in France, so patients in each
room receive the same amount
Of sunlight and cooling breezes.
A German invention recently
put to use in Hamburg is steam
heat in tanks under great pres
sure, from which a home may
be heated for q week without
replenishings
The Washington times., 1932-02-25
Mr.. Garner Has
Served Notice

Speaker John N. Garner
has issued a statement serv-
ing warning that Mr.. Hoover
and his propaganda bureau
will not be permitted to
claim the credit for the ex-
cellent work of the Demo
Gratis in Congress in serving
the desperate needs Of busl.
ness in this worst of all
panics. It was time.
The Democratic leaders in
House and Senate have not
played politics with human
misery since Congress con-
vened in December. They
have concentrated in the
spirit Of craftsmanship on
legislation needed; have re-
cessed party politics; have
wasted no time, and made a
memorable record. No sug-
gestion emanating from Ad-
ministration q uarters has
been set aside or flippantly
treated because Of it's origin.
And on Lincoln s birthday
of all days - Administra-
tion spokesmen Jared forth
with speeches, not on Lin
coin, but on Hoover, to claim
the credit for everything the
Democratic House has done.
For sheer effrontery one
would go far to find a coun-
terpart. Those speeches,
passed to the press from the
Lincolnian hand Of the de-
lectable Mr.. Lucas, disclosed
the utter impossibility of po-
litical fair play on the part
of the Administration. And,
Mr.. Garner has served notice:
IF we are going to be
partners in the enterprise Of
redesming prosperity, in re-
ducing the distress Of the de-
preston, in effecting econo-
mics in Government, in for
mulating measures adequate
to produce the revenue the
Government requires - we
must be full partners; taking
our full share in the re-
sponsibility, and participat-.
ing in whatever benefits ac-
crue - political or other
wise"
That is the robust state
The Washington times., 1932-02-25

ment of a fighting man,
capable of genuine co-opera-
tion, but incapable of SUBJ
mitting to political skuldug-
gerry and trickery. I
The Acme of
Insolence
Having sought to steal the
credit for the Glass bill on
banks, the Administration is
cunningly seeking to place
responsibility for increased
taxation on the Democratic
House. This is the acme of
insolence. AS Mr.. Garner
says, the appalling deficiency
in the Treasury "has come
after a dozen years of unin-
terrupted and unhampered
Republican control of our
finances. The nations S
credit has been threatened
by the administration of the
nations finances by this and
the two preceding Admins
trations; that credit must be
restored whatever the cost
and that is the work to
which the Democratic House
is dedicating itself.
It has had embarrassments
because the Administration s
Treasury Department, under
the management of the most
absurdly overestimated man
in history. and mis- successor,
has misinformed Congress
and the people as to condi-
tions.
AS Garner says:
"0ur task has not been
made easier by the errors Of
hundreds of millions of dol
lars in the budget estimates
the President has sent us. -
Having been so frequently
deceived by the Administra-
ton, the House can no longer
afford to accept at face
value the assurances from
that quarter. Garner puts it
properly.
The Washington times., 1932-02-25
Subjects for
Plain Speaking

1t must now be apparent
that there is, and will be,
no "recess of politics on
the part of the Administra-
tion. A few days ago an
apologist of the Administra-
tion speaking to a woman's
party organization in New
York city offered an ex-
planation of the unprece-
dented misery Of millions of
the people. With the snug
complacency of a man tell
ing fairy stories to children,
he explained that the de-
preston is due to the "mis-
takes of the Wilson Admin
istration. " : Secretary Hur-
ley recently had the temer-
ity to make the same as
sertion. Food for morons!
The Washington times., 1932-02-25
Virginia Shrines;
Garner's BrOadside
By Claude G.. BOWers =

Author Of "Ths Party Battles of the Jackson Period Ths Struggle
for Democracy America" "Jefferson and Hamilton,
The Tragic Era" and other important works.
The Washington times., 1932-02-25
CircIing round and round the fracas,
Drawing, every lap
Nearer to the whirling vortex
Of the others scrap?
MARRY-GO-ROUND
-By Helen Rowland

together, and agree what fools
you were ever to part.
You KNOW each other; and
there are no shocks or dis.
illusionments ahead of you.
The bride suffers no bitter
chagrin, when the bridegroom
fails to rhapsodize over her
new imported negligee, or to
notice the real lace insets in
her crepe de chine things.
She doesn't feel "hurt" or
neglected, when he shows a
healthy interest in beefsteak
and onions, or answers her
questions with an distracted
"Umm," or tries to read a
book, or goes out to get a
shave without kissing her a
paSsionare goodbye.
She has no notions about
reforming a man." She
knows it can't Be done. And
most of her tender sensibilities
and sore spots have become
comfortably calloused, so that
she can devote herself to some
thing besides introspection and
feeling sorry for herself"
Also, most of a mans ideas
about making over a wife"
have been revised, and his ex-
The Washington times., 1932-02-25

Warmed. Over Marriages
Why does the world hold up
its hands (and laugh behind
them) whenever a screen &C
tress invites her ex-husband
to lunch? Or when a society
woman has been seen dining
with the man she divorced last
spring?
1t appears to be more scan
dalous to be caught chatting
with your used" husband.
than driving a used" car,
ESQ ~ NO pErs--
ESE' E%><S.;sss:.o !.
~
l-IS.N7-@E[&
The Washington times., 1932-02-25
The House Has
A Mandate

Inc House has
A Mandate
1T would be absurd, re-
gsrdless of politics, for US to
accept as financial gospel the
output of the source of such
Notwithstanding Admin
istration that permitted the
Treasury to get into such a
fix"
There has been co-opera-
tion for the public good on
the part of the House, and
none on the part of the Ad-
ministrati0n. When the lat
ter has submitted a plan, the
House has considered it on
its m erits, accepted such
parts as it approved ard
made such changes as its
judgment dictated.
And the Administration
has interpreted cooperation
as the blind acceptance of it's
ukase by the House; and any
deviation from it as "play-
ing politics.
The difference between
the President and the House
is this: The American people
last November gave a vote Of
E no confidence - in the
President, and elected a
Democratic House in conse-
quence.
If the American govern
mental machinery were as re-
sponsive to the will of the
people as that of England,
the President today would be
out of office and there would
be an administration in har-
mony with the House.
The House has a mandate
to use its own judgement in
effecting improvements and
economics in the national
Administration.
The Washington times., 1932-02-25

pecCat1onS OF feminine per1ec'
ton and wifely submission
have completely evaporated. He
is completely "humanized."
So, when I read of these
famous ex-wives and ex-huS-
bands meeting on the sly, it
gives me a vicariouS thrill. Be.
cause suspect that they are
facing a second honeymoon.
Which can be far sweeter and
more glamorous than a first
honeymoon. For then, Sat
least, you know your heart and
know each other-and love is
no guessing game or long shot.
Copyright 1892. King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1932-02-25
Could You Feed Five for
Five Dollars a Month?

How much food, per month,
is required to keep five people
from starvation?
The Washington times., 1932-02-25
WITH the Washington

MYTH the Washington
w celebration in full
blast, and many Americans
planning a sentimental and
patriotic journey into Vir-
ginia, we make this sugges-
tion for which we will be
thanked. No motorist plan
ming his journey should fail
to include Charlottesville;
for not only is there charm
to that ancient Southern
town, and hospitality, and
the best possible hotel ac-
commodations, but there,
too, are shrines at which all
Americans should bow.
These shrines are associ-
ated with the intimate
friends of Washington
men, who, with him, helped
to make America and
Americanism.
First of all is that incom-
parably beautiful home OF
Thomas jefferson on the
hill top, "Monticello, "
visited for a century and a
half, not only because it
was the home of the author
Of the Declaration of 1nde-
pendence and the phlloso-
pher of American democracy,
but because it's an archl-
tectural gem.
Down in the valley, and
within sight of, the home OF
jefferson, the tourist may
visit "Ashlawn,' the home
of James Monroe, father OF
the Monroe Doctrine. JEFF
ferson designed the house
to fit the financial means
Of his disciples: and Monroe
chose the site so he could
see the lights in his idols
mansion from his own
window. A fine statue OF
Monroe soon will be un-
yelled there on the lawn.
The lockwood there IS
worth going hundreds of
miles to see. And within
easy distance of Charlottes-
vile, the motorist, on a SEN
timental journey, will want
to see "Montpelier, the
stately home of James Madi-
son, "father Of the Constr
tuition An ideal PATRIOTS
pilgrimage, this, to the
homes and haunts of Wash
ington, of Jefferson, Madl-
son and Monroe.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
Of MAG|
ENACTED HERE

1.-The Other wise Man." Christ.
mas legend written by DR.. Henry
Van Dyke and presented here by
Miss Bess Davis Schreiner, had
it's first annual showing last
night at Luther Place Memorial
Church. where it will be repeated
each night through Thursday Of
this week.
The story recounts the pilgrim.
age of Artaban, the fourth wise
man, who never reached the pres
ence of the Christ Child. but who
sacrificed the gifts he had plan
ned to bring to save others. He
receives the reward of eternal
life.
Maurice Jarvis heads the strong
local cast assembled to present
the drama. The public is invited.
An offering is taken to cover ex'
penSeS.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
TAX IN COUNTY.
HELD Low

Taxes in Montgomery County
are relatively low when one con-
siders the system of paved high
ways and other advantages which
the people Of the county are en-
joying.
This, according to Lacy Shaw.
president Of the county board Of
commissioners, while following
closely his line of reasoning, is
not his campaign speech, but is
part of a letter received from p
taxpayer, following the talk made
10 days ago by Mr.. Shaw be-
fore the Non-Partisan Taxpayers
League of Montgomery County on
the subject of taxes.
The writer said since 1920 he
has lived at Bethesda, Manhat-
tan. Kans.; at Odebolt, Iowa, and
at Rockville. At all four of these
places the properties he occupied
were all of approximately the
same value. The taxes in the
West are much higher than in
Montgomery County and the peo-
pie there get much less for their
tax money than here, the letter
SAYS,
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
FARM RELIEF UP
SOON IN HOUSE

A farm relief bill will be re-
ported to the House soon after
the holidays, Representative Jones
CD of Texas declared today.
The bill will embrace the So
called domestic allotment plan.
This provides a tax on the pro-
ceSsorS of farm products, out Of
which a bounty is paid to far.
mers for restriction Of acreage
below definite percentages.
The conflict between the move
to restrict acreage and the Sug-
geSted legislation for continuing
to make available Federal funds
for seed loans for additional acre.
age will be ignored in the bill.
Seed loan legislation may come
later.
One reason given for such legis-
lation is that much Of it would
help in feeding farm families and
that the crops produced would
not be marketed.
The measures will be kept sep
arate and direct farm relief
through the domestic allotment
plan given the right Of way in
the House.
There appears strong doubt
that President Hoover will sign
the farm relief measure.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
TO BREAK UP
A COLD
IN A JIFFY
Feel Like a New Person
In Just a Little While

People nave found out that new
tangled ideas and notions don't
break up colds. So millions have
turned back to first principles and
use what they know breaks one UP
in a jiffy.
Get Hills Carcara Quinine at
any drug store. Take two tablets
now. Then follow directions on
box. Drink lots of water, too
that's all.
Soon you'll start to feel like a
new person. Things will loosen
up, your head will clear; aching
go-you1l be back on the job with
a wallop. II
Hills is a scientific formula
made to do one thing iDell;; to
knock a cold-not to cure a thou
sand ailments. Get your money
back if it doesn't work with ttOtce
the speed of anything you've ever
tried. Buy box now.
uIYI1C Caseara Quinine
4AAA ~ Compound
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
Miss Lent Married
To Hunter MuLfOrd

Miss Marguerite Lent, daughter
Of Mrs. Mary S. Lent, was mar
ried yesterday to Hunter Mulford,
of Washington, at her home, 1928
Corcoran st. N. w. The marriage
was solemnized by the Rev. U. q.
G. Pierce of the Unitarian Church.
Miss Lent, teacher Of arts at
Central High School, was given
in marriage by her brother, Ru-
dolph e. Lent, Of Jersey City.
Her sister. Miss Sylvia Lent, we'll
known violinist, was matron of
honor. Mr.. and Mrs. Milford will
make their home in Washington.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
DRIVER Of CAR
HURT, OTHERS
!. UNINJURED
GaitherSburg Wash. Grove
FIremen in Mishap; Blaze
- Destroys Store

= Volunteer firemen escaped seri-
.ous injury early today when a
.. piece of apparatus belonging to
the Gaithersburg-W h hing o n
: Grove Volunteer Fire Department
overturned near DickerSon, Md,
. while speeding to call.
Kenneth Miller, the driver, re.
ceived cuts and bruises. He was
given first aid by Val Wilson, jr.,
of the Rockville Volunteer Rescue
Squad.
< The Gaithersburg-W a S hington
Grove truck left the road and hit
the soft dirt Just about the time
q Rockville engine was passing 1t.
- The fire destroyed the store of
;, Creighton Jones, at DickerSon.
b. Damage is estimated to be be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000.
"a - A large crowd soon gathered at
the fire. BY pumping water from
a railroad locomotive the fire
men kept the flames from spread
ing to nearby buildings.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
MR.. CLASS ADDS
SYLLABLES

The fact that Mrs. Carter Glass,
wife of the Virginia Senotor, was
listening to her husbands radio
philippe in the closing hours of
the campaign altered the text of
the Senator's speech, it was re-
vealed today in the January issue
Of The Democratic Bulletin.
According to the story, Senator
Glass when writing the speech
used short, ugly word in describ-
ing President Hoover'S relief
measure.
Afterward he is quoted as say,
ing:
when arrived at that
point l suddenly realized that
Mrs. Glass was listening in.
Never having used the word in
her presence, 1 couldn't bring
myself to say it, so 1 called the
bill a mOnStrOsity instead Of the
term / had planned to uSe."