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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-30

TODAY letter came to my desk that
l. deeply impressed me. 1t was written
by woman - the mother in typical
American family. Her little home had
been saved from foreclosure by coat of
new paint, for which part of their meager
savings had been paid.
Those few gallons of fresh paint had so
revived the appearance and enhanced the
value of the property that the mortgage
had consented to renew the loan !. and
the little home was saved.
could not help thinking of the thousands
of homes and buildings that are shabby
and unattractive today due to several years
of neglected painting; of the millions of
home owners who, because of reduced
incomes and enforced economy, have been
obliged to sacrifice painting for taxes, in-
terest, assessments, to say nothing of food,
clothing, heat and other essentials of COM
fort and health.
You have seen these paint-starved houses
0AA OOAOAASos DO nave lie 4ACy d1C ONCAy
where about you. Perhaps your home is
included.
Do you understand what they signifyp Do
you realize what will happen to wood or
metal that is literally naked of paint if these
houses and buildings face the attack of
another season of rain, snow, ice, and frost?
Never in the history of our country has
the situation been paralleled. Property
owners face an added burden of expense
amounting to millions of dollars for repairs
and requirements next spring.
And the crisis, in my opinion, will be
reached this coming sUiuter when paint of four,
five, and even six years exposure to the
weather will be unable to resist the elements
when badly weathered wood and metal
will be easy prey for rot, rust and decay.
Today the big question facing thousandsof
property owners is plain. 1t is '.baint or
pay. Either you must invest little this fall
in new paint or you must take the risk of
This message TO the proper
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-30

Luck and a smart wife can carry
a man to glory.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-30

The narrower the edge the deeper
it cuts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-30

paying many times the cost of paint to
repair the damage done by rot, rust and
decay this winter.
Even at the sacrifice of other things, have
your house or buildings completely
repainted now. No investment you can
make will pay better dividends. And nothing
you can buy will make you and your family
feel so uplifted and cheerful.
fyou cannot arrange to do a complete repaint-
ing job now, at least give the badly weatheyed
places a coat or tsv0 of protecting paint.
Look especially, to the window stills, thresh-
olds, outdoor porches and steps; the joints
of porch ratings and palings; the bases of
pillars; the edges of caves; the roof; the
cutters and down spouts. These are the vitGI
spots where water lodges where ice and
frost settle where rot and rust attack first.
Anew dollars worth of good paint, applied
now, will protect these vital spots-will tide
you over this crucial winter. And it will
probably save you much greater expense
for repairs and requirements next spring
and summer.
Under existing conditions, you may be
tempted to buy cheap paint because of
its low price. / hope you will not make
this costly mistake.
Even on sound lumber, inferior paint is
poor bargain. But on weathered wood,
which is very porous, such paint is worse
than useless. 1t gives you false feeling of
security and leaves you without protection.
Prices of well-known, established brands
of paint are now the lowest in fifteen years.
Enough good, dependable paint can be
purchasedfora few dollars to protect all the
badlyweathered surfaces on your building.
Again repeat. do complete job this fall
if you can. But at least do the vital exposed
places before it is "tOo late.
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THB SHERWINWILLIAMS CO.
oumeys of america is sbOn-
sMtactMrers and their dealers:
LINCOLN PAINT & COLOR CO.
THE LOWE BROTHERS CO.
JOHN LUCAS & CO., INC.
r CO.
Mt 8 VARNIsh CO.
WILLIAMS CO.
The Washington times., 1932-11-19
CAMPUS MELEE
CLOSED CASE

Assistant Police Superintendent
L. I. Edwards today said he saw
no reason for taking action
against Catholic University stu
dents of a pep rally near the uni
versity grounds Thursday night.
Edwards today read a detailed
report on incidents occurring at
the rally which was submitted to
him by Lieut.. John M. Roper, of
the Fifth precinct.
The report said the students
congregated around automobiles
and slowed up traffic, that they
stopped street cars by pulling the
poles off trolley wires, played
prankS on policemen and firemen,
but "the crowd was never out of
control" 1t added:
"There were no guns, night
sticks, bIackjackS or tear gas
used"
Details of three fire alarms for
blazes on and near the campus
we're related. There was prac-
tically no damage, the report said.
The Washington times., 1932-11-19
Statesmen Answer

The mild approval gave to salesman for creating
"no-pressure craftsmanship" has brought me too many
rebukes and too few words of praise-but all of them
came from salesmen, of whom still have jobs.
One writes me that the salesman who does not use
pressure to the utmost is not salesman at ALL he is
clerk an order taker. The letter glows with enthu-
siasm; the eye of the writer lighting on
prospect that he would hate to have you say
yes the moment he in through the door, because
his real pleasure is not in getting your ORDER but in
battering down your resistance. Without the triumph
the order itself is money to him.
Another writes from Washington that he has been
selling for nearly forty and has much as
asked anyone to buy, except liberty bonds during the
war; he also buldozes threatens shames and coerces
people to subscribe to charities. But when it comes to
making profit in selling real estate he prefers to win
the friendship of the prospective buyer and to tell him
the truth. Part of the truth is that he the seller will
certainly not guarantee to buy back the land at higher
price in the future.
The Washington times., 1932-11-19
HOUsebreGkers Get
Iona Prison Terms

A sentence of not less than 10
nor more than 20 years in the
penitentiary was imposed on
George w. Davis, colored, by JUS
tice Daniel w. O'Donoghue in
District Supreme Court today fol-
lowing conviction on two charges
of housebreaking and larceny.
A term of not less than five
nor more than ten years was
given William Davis, also colored,
convicted with him. Both men
had long criminal records, the
court was told. The prosecution
was conducted by Assistant United
States Attorney John r. Fitz-
patrick.
The Washington times., 1932-11-19
Naming of School
For Wilson SONQht

A proposal to name the senior
high school to be erected in the
Reno section Woodrow Wilson"
in honor of the war President,
was proposed to the Board of
Education yesterday by the Ben
w. Murch Home and School AS
sociation. Officers of the North
Cleveland Park, Richmond Park
and Forest Hills Citizens ASsocia-
tionS also have announced their
intention of seeking formal ap-
proval for the name from their
respective associations.
The Washington times., 1932-11-19
ARTS BODY.
FIGHTS SHAFT
GROOME

Refusing to alter. previous rec
concentrations that the Mclean
house in Appomattox, Va, where
Lee surrendered to General Grant,
be rebuilt, the Fine Arts Com
mission today announced it would
stand by it's guns, in opposing
erection of a monument.
The definite stand by the arts
body was taken after Secretary
of War Hurley, who is known to
favor erection of a 100000 me-
mortal shaft, requested the Fine
Arts Commission to reconsider its
earlier recommendation.
Following inspection of the old
Mclean house, the commission
again agreed that restoration of
the historic estate would consti-
tute a more fitting memorial
than would a monument.
The home could be readily be
repaired with the 100000 re-
Gently provided by act of Con-
gress, H. P. Caemmerer, commits
sion secretary today declared.
The Washington times., 1932-11-19
Commerce Chamber
Plans for BUSU Year

Projects Of community interest
on which the Washington Cham
ber of Commerce will concentrate
the coming year were outlined
by President Thomas P. Little
page at a meeting of all commit
tee, chairmen and directors of
the organization yesterday.
These include the determine.
tion of the taxation and fiscal
relations between the District
and Federal governments, solu-
ton of the local public transpor-
tation problem, the sewage dis
posal problem, promotion of
movement for national represen-
ton for the District and stimu.
lation of local trade.
The Washington times., 1932-11-19
K|LLEDINFRONT
Of HUNGARIAN
LEGATION
Man With BIoodStained Hands
Calls for Ambulance; Body
Dragged to Sidewalk

Police today pushed every effort
in their investigation of the
death of Mrs. Matilda King, so,
who was killed on the street
early this morning in front of
the Hungarian Legation in the
2900 block Of Massachusetts, Ave.
N. w.
1t is believed that Mrs. King
was run over by two automo-
biles, neither of which stopped.
First news of the accident
came from the legation.
Called Ambulance
A well-dresSed man whose
hands and clothes were stained
with blood, knocked at the door
there and asked permission to
telephone. He called for an
ambulance.
According to Douglas Griffin,
a legation attache, the man
seemed nervous and hurried from
the house and departed in an
automobile after making the
call.
Mrs. Kings mutilated body was
found on the sidewalk across the
street from the legation.
Automobile Described
Detective Sergts. D. j. Murphy
and j. j. Tolson today gave the
police force a description of an
automobile following a report
made by witness who claimed
to have seen the first car strike
Mrs. King.
The automobile which is sought
was described as a new model
Graham-Paige, with the nickel
ornament fitting where the crank
goes missing, "a nickel rod which
connects the headlights damaged
on the left side, a dent on the
left side, and the machine other
wise damaged in front.
Sergt. Raymond Carroll, of the
Second precinct, who happened
to pass at the time was the first
policeman on the scene, and
helped to carry Mrs. Kings body
to the legation. An Emergency
Hospital physician pronounced
her dead.
Saw Two Cars Hit Her
The only witness whose name
was obtained was John j.
Hallaran, taxicab driver of the
700 block of Eleventh st. N. W.,
who said he heard a scream and
saw two automobiles pass over
Mrs. Kings PROSTATE form.
Police believe the man who
made the phone call was a witness
and that he dragged Mrs. Kings
body to the sidewalk after finding
her in the street.
Mrs. King was employed as a
cook at the home of Mrs. Sherman
Flint, 5000 block of w st. N. w.
Deputy Coroner C. j. Murphy
this afternoon was to perform an
autopsy on Mrs. Kings body.
DR.. Murphy said he hoped to be
able to determine from the au-
topsy how many automobiles
struck Mrs. King.
The Washington times., 1932-11-19
HOLD-UPS
KEEP CAPITAL
POLICE BUSY
MotoriSt Robbed As He Awaits
Green Light; Two Taxicab
Drivers Are Victims

A colored hold-up man last
night jumped on the running
board of the automobile of James
l.. Cole, 600 block of Massachu-
sets Ave. N. E., while the ma
chine was stopped for a traffic
light at Twelfth and N SITS. N. w. :,
and robbed Cole of $40 at the
point of a pistol.
Cole. said the thug made his
escape in an automobile parked
nearby.
Two taxicab drivers told police
they were held up late last night
by men who hired their cabs.
Each said two colored men COM
mitted the robbery.
Peace Monument HOId.up
Jaspeh r. Martin, 1900 block
of S st. N. w., said two men
hired his cab at Ninth and S
Streets northwest to go to the
$500 block of Sixth st. N. w.,
and robbed him of 50 and his
watch.
Louis C. Hill, 14OO block of A
st. S. E., said two men hired his
cab at Fourteenth and Riggs
Street northwest to go to Canal
and B Streets southwest. They
robbed him of So.
Envy Staten. 1900 block of
Third st. N. w., said he was
walking on First Street northwest
near the Peace Monument when
two colored men grabbed him
from behind and one held him
while the other took 81 from his
pocketbook.
Painting Abandoned
Loot valued at $438 was stolen
last night by burglars who ran
sacked the storeroom of an apart
ment house in the 100 block of
Twentieth st. N. w.
Among the stolen articles we're
two coats belonging to Mrs. S. w.
Cook valued at 5000.
A valuable painting was taken
from the storeroom but was
found in an alley outside, the
robbers evidently having tossed
it away as worthless.
The Washington times., 1932-11-19
SEARCH YIELDS
36 GALLONS
Times Staff Photo
ARNOLD

Charged with transporting SO
gallons of liquor Guy T. Thorn
ton, SO, of the 900 block of I st.
N. W., was held for Grand Jury
action under $500 bond today
by Judge Isaac R. Hit in Police
Court. &.-....
Prohibition agents arrested
Thornton while he was driving
an automobile at Rhode Island
Avenue and Lincoln Road North
east several days ago and claimed
to have discovered the liquor in
the car. Another man in the
machine escaped.
While searching for the escaped
man, the agents raided a house
in the 200 block of Bryant st.
N. E., where they claimed to
have found 100 gallons of liquor.
Nine persons recently convicted
of various offenSeS against the
dry law were assessed fines total
ing $1,050 by Judge Hit. Five
others were placed on probation.
The Washington times., 1932-11-19
Utah State Society
To Hold Ball Friday

Members of the Utah State So
ciety will attend a Thanksgiving
Ball at the Washington Hotel
next Friday night at 9 o'clock.
Stuart Barnes, Ruth Macarthur
and Jerry Smith are in charge
of arrangements.
For the benefit of more than
TOO persons from Utah residing
in the District the society is pre-
pairing an illustrated directory
giving the names and addresses
of its membership.
The Washington times., 1932-11-19
Education Leaders
In Annual Meetinu

The annual fall meeting of the
Education Association of the Dis
trict of Columbia was held today
at the Kennedy-Warren Hotel.
Joy Elmer Morgan, editor of the
Journal of the National Educa-
ton Association, spoke on What
the N. E. A. is doing for the
teacher"
The Washington times., 1932-11-19

Five and a half days remain
in the Community Chest cam
paign.
During that time $1,378,300.5O
must be raised if the quota is to
be reached.
Contributions received thus far
totaling $1,041, ,486.5O, are suffi-
cient to carry on the work Of
the Chest into June of next
year-to about June 5.
Among large contributions re-
ceived in the last "a hours were
$4,000 from the Washington
Gas Light Corporation and S1,700
from it's employees.
U. S. Employees Meet
Many of the Government De
partments held employe meetings
this morning to stimulate interest
in the Chest campaign.
Division heads and other Off
cialS actively promoting the drive
made brief talks.
At the Civil Service Commits
sion, all the employees assembled
to hear Thomas E. Campbell,
president of the commission and
chairman of the Government de-
partment phase of the Chest
campaign; also E. Claude Bah
cock, Commission secretary and
assistant director of the Chest
speakers bureau.
Story of Sacrifices
Chest workers report many
stories of sacrifice on the part
of those who are giving to the
campaign. One story told today
was that of a private branch tel
ephone operator who has
mother and two sisters to sup
port. Although she walks to
work three miles, several times
a week to save car fare she felt
that she must give S. to the
Chest.
Two other girls, long unem-
ployed, found domestic positions
through the Y. w. C. A. and ap-
peared there with 81 each for
the Chest. Two children, who
have an allowance of Is cents
week decided that they could
give a cent a day to the Chest,
The City Cab Company HIS
given $50 worth of tickets TO
Chest workers to aid in speeding
up the campaign, with the aS5ur-
ance that this would not be &C.
Quoted from their prospective
contribution.
Sell Jam For Chest
Perhaps the most enterprising
contributors to the Chest, how
ever, are the four children OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald Hulde-
koper, of the 100 block OF New
Hampshire Ave. N. w. They
sold jam last year and obtained
81 for the Chest. If the Jam
business continues good they IN
tend to increase the amount
this year.
Last hight, over station WJSV,
E. C. Graham, president Of the
Community Chest, declared that
America is now in the throes OF
a great peace time war. When
the morale of the German peo-
pie cracked, he said, the war
was over-Germany was defeated.
If the morale of the people Of
Washington cracked we would
fare badly here, but the morale
can't crack, he said, because tbs
Community Chest is safeguarding
the people.
The Washington times., 1932-11-19
BrOwn Seeks LeaUe
To BuyNetU Radio
TrQnSmitter

Permission to purchase a new
radio transmitter for the police
broadcasting station will be
sought by Major Ernest w.
Brown, police superintendent,
in a conference Monday with
Comptroller General McCarl.
The transmitter now used
has been in service % months
but it was only guaranteed for
one year, and Major Brown is
seeking a new one to avert any
possibility Of a breakdown in
the police radio facilities.
The Washington times., 1932-11-19
50 Ostriches Offered
ParkS---B But at
What Prices!

Fifty ostriches for Rock
Creek and Sligo Greek Parks
have been offered Montgomery
county's park and planning
commission by an enterprising
salesman at fancy prices.
The depression has hit the
market, however, and they now
sell for "the ridiculously low
price of 1925 each. EmuS are
$275, white peafowl $85 a pair,
Java peafowl $125 a pair and
Mandarin ducks $17.50 a pair
for a new low,
The Washington times., 1932-11-19
CHEST To. SEEK
81, ,378,300
IN 5DAYS
Workers Spurred to Intensity
Efforts; Gas Light Company
Gives $4,000
Listen in Daily

WaShingtOnianS may visu.
alize the progress of the Com
munity Chest campaign by
listening in daily, on WJSV,
from 1890 to 1:15 p. m.
The entire -r0ceedingS of
the luncheon meeting of
Chest workers, held daily at
the willard, are broadcast
at this time.
The Washington times., 1932-11-19

ana the literary eulLOTS are OUllS-
ing and everyone thinks it is good
thing for children to read books
and thus be prepared for saving
civilization when they are old. An
nually, if l remember in time, I
stand up for my two favorite books
for children, Gulliver's Travels and
Rabelais, and l can count on get
ting a few nasty remarks for the
latter. 1t isn't my fault; it is the
fault of my experience. When l
was about eight I read Rabelais;
not in the superb translation of
Urquhart, but in a version espe-
cially prepared by wise editor
for children. l have read him
since; so has Burton Rascoe, who
ranks among the "Titans of Litera-
The Washington times., 1932-11-19
Employment Rose
I Per Cent in October

Industrial employment increased
per cent in October, with an in.
crease of 3.8 per cent in payrolls,
the U. S. Bureau of Labor Stats
tics announced today.
The Washington times., 1932-11-19
BUSINESS MEN FOR BEER

The Federation Of Business
Mems Association last night uni
mouSly adopted a resolution pc
titioning Congress to Iegalize beer
at the short session of Congress.
The Washington times., 1932-11-19
True to Type
SHOULD YOUNG READ?
SHOULD statesmen
PRESS?
BY GILBERT SELDES

ENVERY year Chidren's Book Week occurs and it
~ gets more attention than o-to-Your-Manicure
Week Plum Week or What-Shall-We-Do-Next Week,
because the publishers get their books out in advance
The Washington times., 1932-11-19

ture Tin his book with that tte) ana incidentally eX-
plains why Rabeais is good for children.
Nice Loud Words
"Often Rabeais is like. "a child" Rascoe says,
"ony he pours in shovefus of words instead of sand
The history of Gargantua and Pantagruel is gigantic
bucketful of words" And he quotes else who
said Words. convenient noises" If you say,
patronzingy, that children like these noises, you
only half the truth, for adults like them we'll. The
noises in the "Just So Stories" magnificent, al
though half of them from love of noises and half
from trying to be amusing At various ages children
like of these stories better than Others but they
never dislike sounds the stories make. And they like
wild imagination especially when it strikes them as
being within the bounds of the possible which is why
they like Gulivers Travels. I wonder what that
terpiece actually meant to me when first read it.
When Not to Read
1t might be good thing to limit the years of read
ng let read say from six to twelve and then again
after twenty-five The years in between may be
the experience of Others which may spoil his own ex
perience for him. robbng of freshness what is more
he is too concerned with himself to understand what he
reads and, worst of ALL he thinks he has read books
when he has only read himself into books So that for
years of maturity, he mods gravey when the master
pieces of the worlds letters mentioned, discusses
them and does not know that he is thinking not of the
books Themselves but of image he has in his mind.
In my experience, find go back and read again
books have read after voting age much more often
than I go back to books l read in my youth. And
am glad that did not read such novel as War and
Peace" when I growing up for 1 shouldn't have
read it again, being that knew all about it, and
couldn't have known all about it.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-12-01
The Buck That Would Not Drop.

Now that the hunting season is over
the usual grist of stories are being
told-some of them having to do large
" with personal jokes. One of the
best of these is being told by a bunch
of good fellows" who were hunting
on the West Fisher. The one who
brought the story to the reporter said
to call it, sThe Buck That Would Not
Drop and here is the story.
These good fellows" had become
separated during the days hunting and
as darkness was approaching, two or
three Of them got back to camp before
one Of the party had arrived. Spying
the old antlers of buck--relic OF
some former hunt--one Of the party
who was always ready for joke pro-
posed that they doll up the horns and
hang them in nearby willow thicket
and have some fun with the absent
hunter on his return. 1t only needed
the suggestion to spur the others on,
and soon there was cleverfy hanging IN
distant willow thicket fair dummy
Of deer's head-composed OF the
aforesaid horns, an old gunny sack and
tin can for the eye. The work was
not SO very artistic but it was good
enough-in view Of the fast-fadine
daylight
The nefarious job had not much
more than been completed when the
absent hunter appeared and in due
time his attention was carelessly called
to the buck standing in the distant
willows Selling his trusty rifle the
ardent huntsman blazed away. Hls
aim was perfect-but the deer only
shook his head disdainfully. Pausina
an instant in startled surprise, thu
trusty rifle was again called into play
and again there was disdainful shake
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-12-01
LIBBY MAN FINED SIS FOR
KILLING MOUNTAIN SHEEP

The price of mutton comes pretty
high these days when 1t Is the variety
that roams in the top Of mountains. At
least Dick Butt, Libby hunter, thinks
50 now. While hunting deer last week
he had opportunity to get shot at
mountain sheep in the Ural district
He fell under the temptation and got
his meat young ram member of the
band OF mountain sheep that inhabits
that region Game Warden Darlington
heard Of the affair, apprehended Butt
and took him before Justice of the
Peace Haigler last Friday. The judge
said $500 and now Butt knows he
oughtn't to have shot that ram. Noun
tain sheep are becoming scarce and
there Is perpetually closed season on
them.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-12-01
Little Stories of the Town

of the animals head What in heck
was the matter with that pesky buck
that it refused to fall?
The answer was Immediately forth
coming, as the rest Of the party could
no longer contain their mirth, and
loud outlaws Of laughter told the
huntsman that all was not what
might seem to be.
This particular Libby hunter admits
that was one on him, but in the mean
time he is patiently hiding his time
confident that the score will event
ually be evened--firm in the belief that
everything comes to him who waits
and who quietly plans revenge.