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Evening star., 1932-09-04
RY MARJORIE VAN DE WATER.


INDUSTRY has an invisible enemy! An
Intangible insidous but nevertheless I'M
portant foe is helping to post up those red
figures on the wrong side OF the ledger py
cutting down efficiency in the personnel
and by increasing the accident rate even
by sacrificing the health OF laoorer ana eHecu-
tive alike.
This unseen thrower Of monkey wrenches
into the human machinery of business has
been recognized by a British scientist Dr.
Major Greenwood, professor of epidemloiogy
and vital statistics at the University OF Lon
don as that vague something that the lay
man calls nerves
ANY schoolboy knows what is meant by TINS
term. and he knows that it does not refer 70
the physiological mechanisms that serve to
carry messages from the sense organs OF slght'
hearing touch and on, to the BRAIN 1hose
are nerves, but not nerves.. He may not oe
able to give you definition, but he KNOWS
quite well what is meant when his mother says
Johnny. stop blowing on that horn, it gets
on my nerves."
MY nerves can't stand the least bit OF ex-
citement"
Il never can do my best on an examination
its my nerves"
Edna can't stay alone at night her nerves
are SO bad"
OUCH expressions are perfectly familiar to
= every one And the symptoms that the
term represents are common too, Dr. Green
wood found. Many more than a fourth OF those
actually doing the work of the world in fac
tories, Offices and Government departments
have nervous" symptoms of one kind or an
other
DR. Greenwood was led into the appraisal OF
"nerves" in industry through study Of the
trivial accidents which cause so much waste OF
time and material.
Accidents do not just happen, he very soon
discovered.
If industrial accidents were pure accidents.
they would be just as likely to happen to one
person as another They would be distributed
by chance like numbers in lottery or like
the numbers in repeated throws Of unloaded
dice.
If on one day an individual had had an
accident that individual would be no more
and no less likely to have another accident the
next day than any other worker. Or, to use the
Language of insurance men, no one person would
be a better or worse accident risk than another.
Industrial accidents not thus impartially
distributed, however. Here is what DR.. GREEN
wood discovered about the actual distribution
of these mishaps. Only trivial accidents that
would not take the worker away from his task
were considered because, of course, II ne lelt
the job he would not be exposed to the chance
of accident any more for the time being.
OF 64S woman munition workers-Dr
! ~ Greenwood was attached to the Britlsh
ministry of munitions-447 had no accidents
at all during the period Of five weeks studied
This number is much higher than would be &C.
cident-free if the accidents came by chance.
Evening star., 1932-09-04

industry simply by clearing up this situation %
.enerves' among his workers. DR.. Greenwood
shows however The reason for this Is qolte
simple, if not Immediately obvious, and lies IN
the fact that as DR.. Greenwood says:
THE nerves of employers are rather more
important than the nerves Of employees"
therefore the plant having the greatest tn-
cidence of nerves" among employees is not nee
essarily the plant in which the greatest amount
of time is lost through illness, even illness GER
tainly referable to nerves"
"A /HAT is the reason that nerves" have
w become so important in our modern in-
dustrial civilization? The cause assigned BY
DR. Greenwood is rather striking and most un-
usual.
He does not join with those who denounee
the hustle and noise of the city the hurrying
thousands in the rushing subway trains, sne
mania for speed in the modern powerful auto
mobile, or the artificial drive placed upon
workers who must keep pace with rapidly NOV
ing industrial machinery. He says:
I'm this age of the world, nerves are more
important than in the age of William the Con-
queror not because the pace of life is faster
than in 1866, but for the precisely opposite
reason It is so much slower. Life In Old
England may have been merrier, but 1t was
certainly shorter than it Is now, the struggle
for bare existence keener. Hunger, according
plague.
There is nearly always some truth in pop
ular harshness and folly; the sneer OF the tough
minded at the troubles of the tender-minded,
whether called vapors, hysteria, or nerves, 70
the effect that only idle people have time 70
indulge their nerves. has percentage OF
truth Depend upon it, sir, when man
knows he is to be hanged in fortnight it
concentrates his mind wonderfully is john
sons presentation of the same common sense
philosophy.
~ IARDLY any people in this country Eng
] land, speaking statistcally, are In I'M
minent peril of actual starvation, but great
many millions of people in this country have
only too much time to dissect their feelings.
Not only those on the dole, but those at work
for which they are ill-htted, but which Is the
only work available
Millions of people now have leisure for re-
hection They may not be acutely hungry, they
are not in imminent peril Of death, but they
are insecure.
They have leisure, but they have not been
taught to use that leisure. Uneducated towns
folk cannot amuse themselves, and the amuse-
ments provided for them, especially those pro-
vided by cinema corporations, are remarkable.
Passionate scenes at the pictures are
vigorously censored, the details Of divorce court
must not be printed. But the world and It's
adolescent children may see realistic pictures
of men burning to death in airplanes or being
shot by files of soldiers"
What Dr. Greenwood says of conditions Of
idleness and enforced leisure in England Is
true in very nearly the same degree OF con-
ditions in America.
There is q real need for most people to learn
to find interests and occupations for these
periods OF enforced leisure, as well as for the
welcomed leisure that comes along with the
shortened work day and abbreviated work wesk.
Evening star., 1932-11-24
Long Service for EMPLOYEES.

Thirty-nin people in the employ of
vickers- Armstrong of Newcastle, Eng
land, have had more than so years
service with the concern and are still
working: Two brothers now serving on
the advisory board have total service
of la years.
Evening star., 1932-11-24
Sweep" Money Tied Up.

The irish hospitals are awaiting the
distribution of more than $4,000, 900,
which is their share Of the last three
sweepstakes held in Dublin, Irish Free
State. The money is in a Dublin bank
but because of disputes over the alloca-
ton, the hospitals are unable to get
any.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-09-22

A. Gellatly for Governor club
vii be formed in this end Of the
county next week. Tuesday night
has been set for the organization
meeting, to which all republicans
are invited. The meeting will be
held either at the city hall or at
the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
Franklin ID. Roosevelt, demo-
cratic candidate for President, re-
ceived an ovation at Seattle Tues
day that came to a par with the
one given Lindy upon his arrival
at New York after his famous air
plane flight, according to a num-
Der of Kennewickians who motor
ed there for the event. Ted Flesh
er, president of the local Y.M.D.C.,
has also been made president Of
the state Roosevelt Motor club.
Each person joining the club is to
be furnished with an attractive
bronze radiator emblem, bearing
the likeness of Roosevelt. Mr.. Cal
loway accompanied Mr.. Flesher to
the Seattle meeting.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-09-22

John Warnock left Tuesday
evening for his home in Everett,
after visiting several days with his
cousin Tommy Warnock.
The Thimble club of the Neigh
bors of Woodcraft will meet at
the home of Mrs. r. A. Boldt, sec
ond Avenue East, Wednesday
afternoon, September 2s. All
members of Alton circle are in
vited.
F. R. White of the Highlands
and Bob Hanson of Richland re-
turned Wednesday evening from
Seattle, where they attended the
speaking of Gov. Franklin d.
Roosevelt. and hobnobbing with
democratic leaders.
Gus Neuman does not, ordinar-
lily, make much of to-do about
politics. He went to Seattle early
in the week to visit and suddenly
found himself pushed into the very
forefront of a political parade. AS
he was leaving town, headed for
home, he found himself at the
head of the parade which was TAX
inng Governor Roosevelt to the
fair at Puyallup. Police escort,
squealing sirens and ALL Mr.. Neu-
man left when he turned off at
Renton.
Police officials from both Ken
newick and Pasco and sheriff's
deputies from both Benton and
Franklin counties kept vigilant
watch along highways here, with
the hopes of capturing the four
bandits who robbed a bank at Col
Colfax yesterday. Acting on tip
that a car answering the descrip-
ton of the one used by the bandits
(said to be green Chevrolet)
had been seen passing through
Washtucna. The search, however,
was futile.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-09-22

|. S. Gleason was business WIS.,
itor in Spokane Friday.
Mrs. Frank Lyons has been i'll
with the flu the past week.
|. S. Gleason and daughter Miss
Elsie drove to Yakima Sunday.
Miss Marian Funk is confined
to her home this week with illness.
Miss Jane Wooden is a guest this
week of Miss Valeria Holcomb.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Gascoigne
of Spokane were visitors in Ken
newick Tuesday.
Alfred and Herbert Gihrling of
Walla Walla were Sunday dinner
guests at the Gus Neuman home.
The Library Guild met Monday
with dessert luncheon at the E.
R. Carnahan home on Cascade
street.
G. L. Holcomb left Monday mite
for Seattle, where he was an the
reception committee for Gov. F.
d. Roosevelt.
Tom Warnock of Everett spent
a day at home of Mrs. Mary War
mock enroute to w. S. c., where
he is student.
Miss Thelma Anon entertain
ed with a birthday dinner We'd
nesday evening, complimentary to
Ernest Rowe of Pasco.
The Misses Edna and Ruth Kim
pie of the River Road returned
Friday from Yakima where they
spent several days vacation and
attended the fair.
Twenty-seven relatives of Mrs.
A. A. Viles surprised her on her
birthday Saturday evening at her
home in the Garden Tracts. The
evening was spent playing cards
and refreshments were served by
the guests at the close of the ev-
ming.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-09-22
| IITTLE STORIES OF THE WEEK
Mrs j. E. Mulkey spent Mon

Mrs. j. f. Mulkey spent Mon
day in Yakima on business.
w. S. Greene is confined this
week with an attack of tonsilitis.
Mrs. John Floyd of Eltopia was
a Kennewick visitor Wednesday
M. M. Moulton was business
visitor at Olympia and Seattle the
first Of the week.
David Pennell left Monday for
Walla Walla where he entered the
Whitman College.
Alfred Hacker of Kelso left for
his home after a short visit at the
H. A. Beamer home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newton Mulkey
spent the weekend visiting rel
atives in Hood River and Portland.
Mrs. Nora Thomas has left for
Oregon, after spending the sum
mer with, her niece Mrs. H R..
Vibber ard family.
-
Frank visger jr. was brought
home from the Pasco hospital on
Wednesday where he has been re-
covering from an operation.
Mrs. Jake Pflegger of Pasco and
her mother, Mrs. John Blair of
Kahlotus spent Monday in visit
ing with Mrs. B. ". Bishop.
j. B. Slaugenhaupt and Charles
G. Robertson returned Wednesday
from a weekend trip to Seattle
and attended Puyallup fair.
Mrs. ]. A. Mclean, who has
been suffering from fractured
pelvic bone, has had the cast re-.
moved and is able to be up and
around.
Patrolman Marvin ICarnahan is
doing duty at Puyallup fair this
week, and was one of the fifteen
patrolmen escorting Governor
Roosevelt.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. X. Jones and
son Larry and Walter Burns re-
turned Monday from attending the
American Legion Convention and
visiting relatives in Portland.
Mrs. Cora McKain was able to
return to her work at the Kenne-
wick library Wednesday afternoon
after being confined to her home
several days with illness.
The fourth division of the Meth
odist Ladies' Aid will be hostesses
at the monthly chicken luncheon
held in the church basement We'd
nesday noon, September %.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Powell are
entertaining this evening for the
pleasure Of the fair board enter
tainment COMMITTEES. Mr.. Powell
was chairman of the committee.
Wade Megenity of Spokane, who
has been patient in the Pasco
hospital with intestinal flu, has
been brought to the home Of his
sister, Mrs. J. C. Hogan on F St.
Jimmy Reed celebrated his 10th
birthday Monday after school with
q party, at which there were 20
guests. Refreshments were served
at the close of the games in true
birthday style.
Ted Flcsher, president of the
local Young Mems Democratic club
received an invitation this week
to be present and sit on the speak
er's platform in Seattle at the re-
ception for Gov. Roosevelt.
Mrs. C. r. Winkenwerder en-
tertained the Study club Wednes-
day evening. "A discussion Of the
initiative No. 81 was taken up and
followed by round table discus
sion.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-09-22

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item Of interest tell rs about personally by phone
we'll appreciate It, Phone No. One Double-One.
The Washington times., 1932-08-18

Don't look for "For Rent" signs
consult the vacancies advertised
daily in the Rental Columns of the
Classified Section.
The Washington times., 1932-08-18
MEN 7.
WATTS VISIT
BY R|TCH|E
D. C. Militia Departs Tonight
for Gettysburg for
ManeuVerS

CAMP RITCHIE, Md, Aug,
1S.-Gov. Albert C. Ritchie
was to visit the camp here
today prior to the departure
of the District National Guard
for Gettysburg, Pa, where
they will assume a defensive
position for battle maneuvers
tomorrow.
A 17-gun salute will be fired
when the Governor enters the mil
itary reservation with his party,
The Guardsmen will march over.
night to a position in the vicinity
of Gettysburg. Tactics call for
the withdrawal of the 12lst En-.
gineers from the Gettysburg posi-
ton, which will be occupied by the
First Maryland regiment.
The 121st Engineers will return
to camp tomorrow after the COM
pletion of the movement.
With a score of 247 out Of a
possible $50, Lieut.. T. A. Riley.
planning and training officer Of
the 121st Engineers. made the
highest record ever made in the
summer encampment here on a
200-yard range.
The Washington times., 1932-08-18

satisfy your home service needs
through the Business Service Directory
announcements In tOday's Classified
Section.
The Washington times., 1932-08-18
81 SET To HOP,
COAST To OHIO

LOS ELES. Aug. lS
GN.SO Motors of 54 airplanes
were being tuned up today for
the start at l p. m. Sunday for
the Transcontinen tai sweep,
stakes Handicap Air Derby from
Los Angeles to Cleveland for a
prize of $4,000. Forty-siX men
and eight women were entered.
Amelia Earhart, transatlantic
aviatrix, while not entered in
the race, has checked the hugh
ship which carried her to Ire
land. and was reported prepar-
ing fU, a hop from Los Angeles
to New York within the next
few days.
In connection with the races
at Cleveland free-for-all speed
classic will start here at 3 a. m.
Saturday, August q. Major
James Doolittle and others are
entered. Claire Vance. Oakland,
(CalifO speed pilot, said he hoped
to lower Doolittle's present coast
to coast mark of II hours and
Is minutes.
The Washington times., 1932-08-18
CANNON SEES VOTE STRIKE AGANHTHOOVER Roosevelt
BOBBY BELL TO MARRY N. y. ACTRESS
Robert w. Bell Picks
Another Wife From
FootIights

NEW YORK, Aug. 18.-Robert
w. Bobby" Bell, socially prom
inent here and in Washington,
who incidentally is the brother of
Mrs. Granville r. Fortesque, tried
in the Hawaii honor" Staying,
took out q marriage license today
to wed Miss Irma Theobald.
And again Mr.. Bells choice is
a member of the stage. her stage
name being disclosed tonight as
Barbara Robbins"
Mr.. Bells first wife was Jose.
phine Hutchinson. who appeared
with Eva lie Gallienne. Bell filed
suit at Reno two years ago for a
divorce. his friends claiming at
the time it was his wife's devo.
ton to the stage which caused
their separation.
The Bells were divorced July z,
1880.
At the marriage license bureau
the pair stated their intention of
marrying next Tuesday. He gave
his age as 38 and his occupation
as director of dramaticS.
Miss Theobald starred here in
After Tomorrow" and "All Points
West" among other plays.
The Washington times., 1932-08-18
RAILROADS WIN
FREIGHT FIGHT

HILADEL PHIA, Aug. 18
0N.SO The path was cleared
today for Inauguration of full
"door-to-door" freight service by
the Pennsylvania Railroad and
other roads that so desire as a
result of a decision handed down
in United States District Court
here by Judge George E. Welsh.
Holding that such service would
not constitute extension of
lines" the ruling was a death
blow to terminal companies.
Four of them, representing a
$20,000,000 investment in Brook
lyn, and backed by other com.
panies with $20O,O0O,00O invested,
had sought an injunction against
the Pennsylvania's plan.
The new freight service plan
will go into effect as soon as the
railroads can conform to the re-
quirements of the Interstate Com
merce Commission regulations.
The Washington times., 1932-08-18
7 TOWNSPEOPLE
. PROTEST GAS
HUCKSTERS
Prince Georges Commission
ers Will Ask Legal RuI-
ing on Practice

Charging roadside gasoline
trucks with taking that prod
uct illegally into Maryland to
avoid tax payment, a group
of citizens has protested to the
Prince Georges county board
of commissioners.
With several letters from at
torneys of oil companies and SER
vice station proprietors already
received, the commissioners, upon
the arrival of the new complaint
admitted that the situation
puzzled them. and decided to take
the matter up with M. Hampton
Magruder, their attorney.
The delegation charged that
one of the gasoline trucks was
operating in a restricted zone
and not only was a detriment to
the community, but was running
nearby service station.
It was further alleged that al
though men operating the trucks
all placed on private property but
near the road, claim ownership
man in a large, expensive auto
mobile has been seen watching
them.
The Washington times., 1932-08-18
Harsh Treatment
Promised DlL7lperS

"PersOns who are brought here
q second time charged with
illegal dumping in Prince Georges
County will receive no mercy in
this year."
That was the statement of
Judge j. Chew Sheriff in the
Hyattsville Police Court yester,
day as he fined Paul Thomas,
colored, of 760 Morton st. N. w.
81 and costs for dumping a num-
ber of automobile parts on the
old Riggs estate on College Lane.
The Washington times., 1932-08-18
6. O. P. DEFEAT
} PICTURED BY
. DRY BISHOP
Arid Electorate to Stay Away
From Polls, He Thinks;
Flags President

: GENEVA, Switzerland, Aug.
18.-Bishop James Cannon, jr"
pleased with neither RoOse-
velt's nor Hoover s prohibition
stand, and insisting he can sup
port neither ticket, today feels
that President Hoover has
"surrendered to the speak
easies, bootleggers and NULL
fiers of the Constitution. "
Ardent drys can support neither
candidate for the presidency, he
adds in a statement which crltl'
cizes Hoover for not demanding
more men and money for enforc-
ing the dry law.
Sees Hoover Loss
AS a result of his acceptance
speech, the President will lose sew
eral States, the bishop declares
adding:
"The outstanding part of Hoo
ver's prohibition statement IS
the startling declaration by
President of the United States
of the helpleSsnesS of his ad-
ministratiOn in its warfare
against lawleSsness, in it efforts
to control what Hoover denOmi-
mates the 'intOlerable speak
eaSies and bOOtlegging' and to
prevent practical notification
of the Constitution
But is not the President him.
self responsible if his admins
tratiOn is as helpless as he now
90 suddenly declares?
"While appointing able and
incOrruptible officials, Hoover
never requested adequate funds
for efficient enforcement. And
a.i1Ow. Hoover Surrenders and de-
ClareS the helpleSsneSS of his
administration.
VOTE STRIKE" SEEN
"WOuld Jackson or Lincoln or
Wilson have made such a dec
laratiOn?
"ThOSe advocates of Federal
prohibition cannot logically sup
port either Hoover r Roosevelt,
AMI doubtless hundreds of thou
sands will refuse to vote for
either, which may cost Hoover
the electoral votes of several
States.
Meanwhile, emphasis must
be placed upon the election of
Senators and COngreSSmen Op-
posed to submission and re-
peal. Political platforms and
Presidents IRE temporary"
The Washington times., 1932-08-18
Woman Hurt in Crash
On Constitution AUe.

Mrs. Rosamond Krah, IS, of
17O1 Sixteenth st. N. W., suffered
back injuries yesterday when her
automobile struck a car driven
by Burgin Hummer, Of 349 Tenth
st. S. E., at Constitution Avenue
and Seventeenth St. N. w.
She was treated at Emergency
Hospital.
The Washington times., 1932-08-18
BIBLE SCHOOL CLOSING

. The vacation Bible school being
held by the Society of Friends, the
Episcopal and Methodist churches
of the Sandy Spring area. will
close with a program Friday morn
ing at 1880 o'clock, presenting a
summary of the pupils work, it
was announced yesterday by Mrs.
A. Douglas Farquhar. in charge of
arranging the school.
The Washington times., 1932-08-18
Masonic Home Band
Will Give Concert

The Band and Glee Club Of the
Masonic Home of Virginia, located
at Richmond, will give a benefit
concert in the Maury School at
Alexandria tomorrow night under
auspices of local chapters of the
Masonic Lodge and Order Of the
Eastern Star. Proceeds will go to
the arrangements committee.
The Washington times., 1932-08-18
Second Earthquake
Recorded in Week

Another severe earthquake, the
second within a week, was regis
tered on the Georgetown Univer-
sity seismograph yesterday. Stert-
ing at 1853 a. M, the disturbance
reached it's peak at 4:05 and sub
sided at 4:30. The direction was
not indicated,
The Washington times., 1932-08-18
PAIR HELD In BAIL

Phillip and Aubrey Clark, of
Hollywood, Md. were placed un-
der $500 bonds apiece by U. S.
Commissioner Frank J. Parran,
at Upper Marlboro yesterday on
charges of sale and possession of
liquor.
Evening star., 1932-09-10
MOTHER KILLS SONS,
THEN SHOOTS SELF
Boys, 10 and 8, Slain by Parent,
Who Feared Their Future
With Hay Fever.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
MILWAUKEE, September 1o.-Be-
cause her two small sons suffered from
hay fever, Mrs. Edwin A. Jones, 40, shot
them to death and then killed herself
at her home in suburban Whitefish Bay
early today.
The children were Edwin, jr., 10, and
James, 8.
A note addressed to Daddy" read
in part:
II hope you will understand this is
the only solution Of our problem with
Sonny and Jimmy and don't feel too
badly about it. AS you see, the treat
ment they have had is having less effect
all the time and there doesn't seem to
be anything else worth trying. You
know how I wanted them and now that
know there Is nothing but suffering
and heartaches ahead for them, this
is the only way can square it."