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The Washington times., 1932-08-25
FIELD WORKERS
CANNOT COPE
WITH JOB
5000 Applications Passed on;
Emergency Office Depository
For Capital MisfortuneS'

Applications for help have
been filed in such large num-
bers, the emergency relief di-
vision of the Board of Public
Welfare is "swamped," L.
A. Halbert, supervisor, said
today.
The John Marshall Place head
quarters for dispensing the $780,.
900 appropriated by Congress in
the closing days of the last ses-
sion is becoming depository for
the miSfortunes of Washington
Mans" he said.
$500 Applications
In the three and a half weeks
that the emergency relief organi-
zation has been functioning the
distressed have been filing pleas
for aid at the rate of more than
200 a day. Halbert said:
eve have received approx
mately $500 applications and
have passed on 5000.
Trying to catch up with our
work to date has been like
pouring water through a sieve.
"Our workers are working
hard and long. But it is physi-
cally impossible for a worker
to make more than 10 visits q
day. We have % field work
ers, of whom 10 are volunteer
workers. We need more vOlun-
teers with social service expert.
ence,"
Cannot Form Policy
Halbert said that hopes of the
emergency relief committee that
all the emergency applications
would have been made in the
first few days after the Lewiston
began operations had been
blasted, adding:
"Until we know quite clearly
just how many persons and
families we will have to help
it will be impossible to adopt
any sort of definite policy.
eve have been cooperating
with other local agencies and
expect to formulate a policy at
meeting of our committee
next week."
The Washington times., 1932-08-25
COLOred Catholics
GOinq to Convention

Colored Catholics of this city
will attend in a body the eighth
annual convention of the Fedora
ton of Colored Cathlics in New
York on Sept. 3-5. Cardinal Hayes
of New York will preside.
The local committee is under
Craftsmanship of Francis Spriggs
with Mrs. Charlotte Luckett, vice
chairman: Miss Addie Marshall
secretary, and Frank Wood, treas,
urer.
The Washington times., 1932-08-25
MASKED BANDIT
GETS $40

An armed white man with his
face partly covered with adhesive
tape to prevent identification
early today visited the Fuller
Brothers lunch room in the 24OO
block of Eighteenth st. N. w.,
and after covering Larrey Wilcox,
the manager, with a pistol, robbed
him of $40.
Wilcox told the police the
bandit made his escape in a Sc
dan which was parked with en-
CINE running in front of the es-
tabliShment.
The Washington times., 1932-08-25

before the French Revolution an Eng
lishman took pains to speak French
well, but in the next few generations,
and especially when liberalism and in
dustry began to rule England, the
Britons developed contempt for all
languages but their own. Even nova
days you hear Americans making a
desperate attempt to say French words
in French, whereas most Of the
English people you see casually abroad
either say them in English or speak
English pure (as pure as they cam
and simple, expecting the French to
understand.
The Washington times., 1932-08-25
Adams Defends Use
Of u. s. Marine Band

The United States Marine Band
played at President Hoover'S rati-
fication ceremonies because it is
the duty of the band to play
whenever the President is pres.
ent, Secretary of the Navy
Adams declared yesterday.
He thus answered a protest
by Joseph N. Weber, president
of the American Federation of
Musicians, that use of the band
on the occasion was illegal and
deprived musicians of employ
ment.
The Washington times., 1932-08-25
TOURNEY
FINALS NEAR

Participants in the District of
Columbia model aircraft tour.
nament are today pussy preparing
their tiny airShips for the final
events to be held tomorrow morn
ing in MacFarland Community
Center, when three other types of
airplanes will be flown. They
are the R. o. F. fuselage, the
baby R. o. F., and gliders.
Two records were broken yes
terday in the third day of the
tournament. George Leffler, lace"
flew his r. o. G. fuselage model
out of sight, registering an en-
durance record of II minutes and
10 seconds, and Blair Bennett
flew his helicopter for the rec
ord time of 2 minutes and 26
seconds.
The Washington times., 1932-08-25
Carnival Saturday
In McKnLeu Pool

Water polo, canoe fitting, plain
and fancy swimming and diving
exhibitions will feature a water
carnival at the Mckinley pool
Saturday night under the super
vision of the Office of Public
Buildings and Public Parks. 1t
will be directed by Capt. Ira Lee
Law, director of the American
Red Cross life saving corps. Ad-
mission is free.
The Washington times., 1932-08-25
County office Phones
All Haze One Number
Clarendon 2488.'

CLARENDON 2488."
That is the new telephone
number which will in the future
be used to handle all police and
fire calls of an emergency nature
in Arlington county, Va, as we'll
as all calls to county officers.
Announcement was made today
of the completion of the central
switchboard at the Arlington
county courthouse.
The Washington times., 1932-08-25
NOTORIST FORFEITS S105

George fl. Frazier, colored, 900
block of Twenty-sixth st. N. W.,
forfeited sos collateral in Hyatts
vile on cha. ges of exceeding so
miles per hour and failing to
keen to the right Of the road.
The Washington times., 1932-08-25
THIEVES TAKE APPAREL

Thieves looted the automobile
of Thomas H. Biminghave, of
Richmond, Va, while he was at
tending the ball game here yes
terday and stole a travelling bag
containing apparel valued at $50.
The Washington times., 1932-08-25
369,776 Park Acres
NOp Reina Seeded

The fall seeding program of
the Office of Public Buildings
and Public Parks requiring the
spreading of 10,700 pounds of
grass seed over 369,776 acres of
Washington'S parks, has been
started.
The Washington times., 1932-08-25
C. F. FLOCK DIES

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Aug. 25
Q.N.S0 Cyrus F. Flock, IS,
prominent local business man
and churchman, died at his
Myersville home yesterday follow
ing a heart attack. He was one of
the organizers of the Potomac
Edison company
The Washington times., 1932-08-25
True to
STARTLED AMERICAN
DOESN'T RECALL
WASHINGTON
Nv GILBERT SELDES-

YTTON STRACHEY tells the story of ancestor of his
~ who refused tip the driver of French sagecoach
saying, Vous drive damn slowly, obviously under
the impression that he had spoken enough French for the
Frenchman understand Strachey makes the point that
The Washington times., 1932-08-25

Whatever your wants may be, there
is always a possibility that they can be
satisfied through the many services
advertised In tOday's Classified Section.
The Washington times., 1932-08-25
Who's Washington?

The French in Paris make living
by selling things and services to
fnreirners and. although they some
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-13

A S to thunder, average people
L n don't care who made it in the
first place, or who is able to steal
it afterward. 1t IS only noise, and
there has been more than enough
of that, especially with regard to
prohibition.
The people of this country as
Sumed that the Democratic conyen-
ton meant what it said and that
representatives of the party in con-
gress would be guided by it. They
have known for a long time that
many representatives of both par
ties in congress favored modifica-
ton.
They have taken it for granted
that these representatives would
vote for modification when oppor-
tunity occurred, regardless of which
party was first to move. They are
amazed at the childish attitude that
inspires Democrats to block action
because Republicans started it.
Their amazement rapidly is TAX
ing the shape of doubt. Much of
the ground which the Democrats
gained by adoption of seemingly
straightforward prohibition plank is
being lost through the stupid course
pursued by the party'S leaders at
Washington.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-13
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

what is called puerperal infection in
this country would not even be list
ed as a complication in some other
countries.
Second such infections may arise
from within the body as we'll as
from without the body.
Puerperal fever or sepsis leads to
more deaths and more injury than
any other complication of child
bearing.
1t has been we'll established by the
Investigations of the famous Ignaz
Semmelweis and Oliver Wendell
Holmes that many of these cases
can be prevented by observing strict
antiseptic principles.
Most frequently such an infection
is due to contact of infectious
germs with unhealed surfaces.
However, it has been well estab-
lished for this infection, as for 9TH
ers, that the determination of in
lection depends not only on the
virulence of the germ, but also on
the general resistive power of the
patient.
A serious infection is more likely
to occur if the patient is not in good
condition at the time of childbirth,
If the patient happens to be ex-
hauSted by bleeding, or if the pro-
cess of childbirth has been pro-
longed, difficult, or complicated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-13
The Facts at Geneva

II is rapidly becoming apparent that the dsarma-
nnent suggestions being exchanged among Vne
world powers aim at reduction of expenditures raCher
than at the prevention of war.
THAT Of course is a perfectly worthy motive But
II s important that we accept it for what 1t Is ana
do not expect too much from it.
The recent British proposals Illustrate tne case
perfectly.
The naval disarmament program which Sir John
Simon, Britans foreign secretary, SuonnVVeo AO Oe-
neva calls for limitation of batteships to a maximum
tonnage of $4,000 with guns larger than eleven
inch limitation of cruisers to 1000 tons, with 61-nch
Guns limitation of submarines to $50 tons, and of
aircraft carriers to $4,000 tons.
To adopt such program would mean substantial
saving The contrast is especially marked In the case
of capital ships The British navy now possesses TWO
batteships-the Nelson and Rodney-whlch diSplace
nearly 10000 tons each, and which cost, at normal
rates of exchange more than $350O0OO0 each to
build.
It contains ten ships of the Royal Oak and Queen
Elizabeth classes which measure around $4,000 tons
each and cost approximately $15OOOOOO EACH 1t con-
tains the 42oOo-ton battle cruiser Hood, which was
built for $30000O00.
Reducing the size to 22OOO-ton maximum OBJ
youslv would mean a saving in construction costs
But would it mean anything else? Would it not
rather start every naval power new construction
race-since each fleet would have to rebuild all its
capital ships? Would not the struggle for supremacy
be as bitter ever?
And in case of war, would not battleships of $4,000
tons be able to inct relatively as much damage as
their larger predecessors?
Indeed even the economy angle is not entirely GER
tain Germanys new Deutschland a 10,0O0-ton ship
mounting eeven-inch guns cost $2OoOOOOO to builds
The proposed battleshps surely would cost more
than that Considering the fact that fleets would
have to be rebuilt just how great would be the
ings?
No lover OF peace should put too high hopes on the
proposals being discussed at Geneva.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-13
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Says

Much Of the Ground Which
the Democrats Gained With
Their Relief Plank Has
Been Lost By Their Stupid
Action IN Congress on the
Beer Question.
NEW YORK, July 13.-Repub-
1 Nlican efforts to force a vote on
beer at this session Of congress OBJ
viously are designed to steal Dem
ocratic thunder. Rules of the game,
as it is played in congress, call for
Democrats to block them.
Average people, however, are not
particularly interested in that as
pect of the case. Average people
want something more. AS to who
gets the credit, they believe that
well might be left for later dis
cuSsion.
The Democratic party has gone
on record for immediate modifica-
ton of the Volstead act. That its
representatives should have per-
mitted Republicans to take the init
alive is bad enough. If they add to
this blunder by trying to block &C
ton because it was started by Re-
publicans, they will leave average
people no choice but to regard them
as four-flushers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-13
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

EXCELLENT mental food for our national birthday
T. season is contained in article in the current
Harpers. Viscount Cecil of England writes on THE
New Patriotism"
And patriotism as we all know, is love Of ones
country But" pertnently asks the Britisher,
should not the official acts of the country love
be subject to the laws of natural justice and Chris
tan charity, the acts of the individuals we
love?
Can we admire behavior in a nation that we abhor
in a man? Is it possible for true man to expend
his affections upon country If its policies directly
are opposed to those believed to be decent just or
laudabe?"
Nationalist all over the earth today are more
rampant than they have been for decades. They are
enkindng the fires that result in the CONGREGATIONS of
They retarding all progress toward peace.
THEY never are true patriots, because, Viscount
i Cecil says nationaliSm is as far from true pa
triotism as lust is from love.
"And" he continues "the idea that nation can
do no wrong is even more dangerous than the other
slogan that king do no wrong, for the weapon
of the peoples will always is there to hold back the
too adventurous monarch"
There is nothing to stop a people gone mad from
egomania And shall define the word great" to
mean only rich or possessing the qualities of bully?
We dub man great who has only these things to
recommend him.
Therefore. the true patriot will the same yard
stick to measure his nation with which he measures
men.
And surely fatuous to believe that we can teach
either the principles of justice high standards of
personal honor to citizens when the nation whose
citizens asked to defend it with their lives sets
them an example of unworthinesS, evaSions deceits
and dishonesty.
1t seems to me that We can not be loyal to our
own country unless We are loyal to humanity
Nor can We love America unless we first love JUS
tice, truth and honor in the larger sense that in
cudes the whole world IN its scope.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-13
IT. s. A. and L. S. S. r.

The Ottawa conference, we learn, Will take steps
70 exploit to the limit all possibilities OF the SOVIET
market for the industries of the British empire
In the meantime we losing ground steaolly
in this growing market by our ostrich policy OF nom
recognition The Amtorg Trading Corporation just
has announced that purchases in this country 1or
the account of the Russian government declined 90
per cent in the first half of 1892 to total OF only
$5,549OOO.
In the first six months of last year. Amtofg
bought $40 593 900 of goods and in the rSt SIX on'iS
of 1890 it bought goods worth $42,09s,Ooo
According to Amtorgs statement the decline Is
due principally to the lack of credit facilities COM
parable to those existing in Europe where extensive
long term credits, partially
are available"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-13
The Hutton Farce

Now that the dismal farce-comedy. of the "love
balm" suit between the Los Angeles nurse and Aimee
McPheSons husband has played itself out the ordinary
citizen is moved once more to wonder why the time
of American courts has to be taken up with such
affairs.
To be sure they occasionally good entertain
ment This particular trial hardly could be exceled
on the stage in the movie for its laughs. But the
courts after ALL not maintained to furnish comedy
They maintained to handle serious legal business
and they have more than they do without staging
rowdy farces.
The average breach of promise suit ought never to
reach the courts. The plight of the woman whose
sweetheart jts her for another is not a
happy one, but her remedy should not ordinarily lie
in a lawsuit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-13
1T SEEMS TO ME BY H RR0z%

uncanny insight into the heart of
man, wrote one of his finest poems
as a tribute to all those who have
failed Signally in their undertakings.
I am not quite ready to say that
suffering cleanses and purifles the
soul. People who are compelled to
endure pain over long stretches de-
teriorate, in my opinion. But losing
a good fight is nothing like that. It's
far from being pain. On the con-
trary, it's pleasure.
Most Of the zealots of my &C
quaintance are engaged in carrying
on fights in which they have very
little chance of winning within their
own lifetime. That very fact, be-
lieve, has something to do with their
enlistment. They have the comfort
able feeling that their job will last.
Some years ago, when I was en-
joying a nervous breakdown, I went
to doctor who undertook to set
me straight. Along about the
tenth or twelfth visit he made what
he considered startling discovery.
BY this time we had been pretty
we'll through my youth and my re-
current dreams with gun and
camera.
you know" he said, you're very
badly adjusted to the world in which
you live. You're playing role
which goes against the grain. You
are trying to pass yourself off as a
humorist, and, as a matter of fact,
you are basically serious minded.
What you want to be is a cru
sader."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-13

In most instances the germs prob
ably get to the tissues either from
instruments, unSterilized dressings,
the woman's own fingers, or organ
ismS which happen to be present in
the tissues, teeth, tonsilS, or other
organs.
BY a careful examination we'll in
advance of childbirth, by continuous
supervision during the months pre-
ceding, the doctor should be able to
anticipate an exhauSting or difficult
collaborating process.
He can take steps to get rid of
foci of infection in the teeth or
tonSils, or in other tissues of the
body.
He can plan for childbirth under
the best conditions in a suitable
hospital where cleanliness and care
are of the best.
He can, no doubt assure the pa
tent of skilled nursing care with
proper handling of dressings, rene
dies, and similar accessories.
The birth of a child never is a
trife even under the best of cir
cumstanceS; under the worst of
circumstances almost anything may
happen.
Next: Other complications.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-13
Religious Convictions

EROST has religious convictions.
l. He says that he sees no scien-
tiflc inconsiste rcy in the conception
Of dominant spiritual power be-
hind the universe.
IF the universe and its energy
are immortal" he said recently,
should not spirit also be enduring?
1t is by definition without the limi-
tation of mass, space or time and
thus not subject to space percep-
ton.
Supernatural phenomena are not
involved; nature itself is marvellous
enough. To me. this leads to a
certain serenity of thought, some
what like that which Einstein re-
Gently has described as cosmic
religion sense" 4.
DR.. Frost also believes that the
universe is a going concern" He
does not agree with Eddington and
Jeans and others who believe that
the universe is running down.
He says that he believes that the
running down process now observed
oAC OiiAJ POI - vi a 1oil SCl CNClt.
For the last ten years, DR.. Frost
has been blind. His sight began
to fade in 1920, after he had An
ished fifteen-year study of the
stars of the constellation Orion.
Whether long hours at the telescope
brought on his blindness is not
known.
But, despite his blindness, Dr.
Frost carried on his executive
duties and continued to find his
chief joys in nature. He is able to
recognize the calls of birds.
From listening to the chirps of
the crickets around the observatory
grounds, he discovered that the rate
of chirping differed with the tenn
perature and that if you counted
the number Of 'chirps" in thirty
seconds and added forty to the
total thus achieved, you had the
temperature in Fahrenheit degrees.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-13
Save 100 Millions Now

The American Legion openly has disowned the
disability allowance act.
Readers of Talcott Powels articles on veterans
relief, printed by this paper some months ago. Will
recognize the disability act the law which pro-
vides compensation for veterans injured in civil lie
from causes not connected with army service-the law
which costs American taxpayers about a hundred
million dollars year for the benefit Of about $4,000
Of the several million men in service
Disclaimer of responsibility for this law by the
American Legion should be big news to the nations
lawmakers. 1t means that they repeal this mon
strous piece of legislation without fear OF reprisa
from the largest and most influential Of the various
veterans organizations.
The legion, to be sure, did not go so lar as 70
recommend repeal but by it's action it did serve su
fcient notice congress that its powerful LOBBY IN
Washington would do nothing harmful or frightening
in case congress decided to relieve the country Of this
burden.
As matter Of fact. the legions disavowal Of re-
sponsbility for this bill is challenge both to con-
v1ess and to the Hoover administration. The legion
Savs. This nonservce disability cost, therefore IS
the responsibility of the Administrations drew
The legislation secured its introduction and forced It's
passage in senate and house"
That lays the responsibility for passage of this act
on Mr. Hoover and congress- but more important IL
places the responsibility for repeal
There are about million former service men IN
the American Legion. OF the several million men In
uniform. only $4,000 6 per cent of the total num-
Der of men in World service) benefit by this lOO
million dollars year bounty.
Repeal of this act would affect man who got his
injuries in war or because of his service
1t is a vicious grab, and should be repealed Con-
press is in session and should repeal it now
The great majority of veterans probably would &C
claim such initiative by Mr.. Hoover and congress
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-13
Questions and
Answers

What is the nationality and
meaning of the name Voorhees,?
It is Holland Dutch family
name meaning vanguard" of the
army.
Which amendment to the Con-
stitution gave Negroes the right of
suffrage?
The thirteenth, adopted in 1865.
Is Carolyn Wells the real name
of the writer?
That was the maiden name of
Mrs. Hadwin Houghton, which she
still uses as pen name.
How much reserve iron ore is
there in the world and in the United
States?
1t is estimated that the world has
approximately 10000, GOO, 900 tons,
about rs per cent of which is in
the United States.
How many persons are employed
by the federal, state, and municipal
governments in the United States?
Approximately 100000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-13
Peoples Voice

Editor Times-I often wonder If
the drys are really honest in their
stand on liquor. Do they really be-
lieve Indiana has a bone-dry law?
Do they read the charges brought in
the papers against the speakeaSieS
and bootleggers?
Take peaceful. home loving, aris-
tocratic IrYington. When liquor
flowed through Indianapolis, it
never besmirched Irvington, because
a saloon never opened its doors
within its boundary lines Nine
years I lived near Iryington, traded
with its merchants, knew its people
by sight, worked at the polls at cleo
ton, fought, sweat, and bled for the
good of Warren township.
Now beg these drys to stand in
any store in that beautiful locality
and count the cans of malt that
find their way into the homes.
Watch the people who buy cappers,
caps, hose, bottles, yeast, and corn
sugar. I do not have to tell you to
count the crooks and barrels.
How about the Rendezvous"