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The Washington times., 1932-09-21
NURSE HOUSING
REARRANGED

A Redistribution of all living
quarters for nurses and other
attendants at service hospitals
has been ordered by the Veterans
Administration, but it was de-
MED today at the offices of
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, ad-
ministration, that this would be
suit in any appreciate increase
in the rentals charged the nurses
at the 50-odd hospitals and SOL
dierS' homes throughout the
country.
In some instances, it was ex-
planned, there will be slightly
higher rents for the more desir-
able rooms, but there will also
be reductions on the less desir-
able quarters.
Nurses at Mount Alto and
Elsewhere were reported con-
cerned because of the new order,
estimating that it would increase
their rents $3.50 per month, or
more.
The Washington times., 1932-09-21
To ESCAPE JAIL,
chlorine WEEDS

PASS AIC, N. j., Sept. 81
GN.SO-Somewhere in New Jer-
sey, or perhaps in Manhattan,
Ruth Pennypacker, former Texas
Guinan chlorine, was a bride in
dureSs today.
She had faced the choice of
marrying the man" or going to
Jail, and she had chosen the
former.
It was the second marriage for
Ruth, who claims kin to the
family of former Gov. Samuel
Pennypacker of Pennsylvania. She
divorced George F.. Kenny, New
ark real estate operator, more
than a year ago.
Ararigned yesterday Def or e
Police Court Judge Frederick B.
Conant in Passaic, with Calvin
Friend, a Manhattan shoe sales
man, on a statutory charge, she
grew defiant. She said:
"Why can't 1 live my life
the way 1 chOOSe?"
The judge replied:
"YOur way is shameful, dis
graceful" 49, ....
The judge ruled she would
have to marry Friend or stand
trial on the charge, so she con-
sented. A license procured, the
judge married them forthwith.
She gave her age as. % and
Friend gave his as 25.
The Washington times., 1932-09-21
Man Shot 5 Times;
ASSUiLUnt Hunted

William T. Swami. "a, colored,
of the 400 block Eighth st. S. W.,
is in a critical condition at Emer-
gency Hospital with five pistol
shot wounds in his body.
According to police. Russell was
shot during a fight with a colored
man known as Sideways" in
O'Neal's Court Southwest early to-
day. Police are looking for "Side.
ways" Swami was shot twice in
the back, twice in the right arm
and in the right side of his chest.
The Washington times., 1932-09-21
ALTAR
SAYS BRIDE

Judge Robert B. Peter in Cir
cult Court at Rockville, has an
nulled the marriage of Elizabeth
M. Lounsberry and Frederick w.
Lounsberry, at the request of the
bride.
The LounSberrys, according to
testimony, were married March
S, 1892, at Rockville, while both
were under the influence of
liquor.
She and the defendant, while
they had met a year before,
were Just casual acquaintance
and had no love for each other.
Since their marriage, she says,
they have not lived together.
The plaintiff was represented by
Attorney Kenneth Lyddane, of
Rockville.
The Washington times., 1932-09-21
PICK FIRE TEAM

A team of 10 ment will be
picked this week from the ranks
of volunteers of the Chevy Chase
volunteer fire department in a
series of competitive tests to rep
resent Chevy Chase at the county
contests in Rockville october l.,
l. was announced today.
The Washington times., 1932-09-21
Miner Walks
2 Miles, Arm
MangLed

ELKINS. w. Va, Sept. 81
UN.SO West Virginia, where
men are men, produced another
sturdy specimen today.
Walter Pase, IS, a miner, had
his left arm ripped to shreds
of flesh in a conveyor belt.
The nearest hospital was two
miles away.
Pase held the left arm in
place with his right arm, grip
ping an artery tight with his
right hand, and hiked the two
miles to the hospital.
The arm was amputated,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-02-19
It MAY Be Wisdom

John N. Garner of Texas, for whom
a boom for the Democratic presiden-
tial nomination has been launched,
says he is paying no attention to it
because he already has the job of
running the house and it is taking up
all of his time. incidentally, good
many Americans seem to think he is
doing we'll for the country in his pres
ent position.
1t seems hardly reasonable that a
normal American, no matter how
conscientious or how lf-sacrificing
and patriotic, would be insensible of
an opportunity to enter the white
house. It may be that Garner feels
he is playing good politics by tend
ing strictly to the knitting already
before him. If he does, he comes
pretty close to being right, for Amer
lea is ready to appreciate that sort of
thing just now.
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New York, Feb. 19.-Good looking
young men, rather than attractive
young women, are in greatest demand
at the agency which furnishes COM
panions for lonely folk in New York.
The percentage Of lone ladies who
wish to step out in trustworthy COM
pany, and pay for the privilege, ap-
pears to be vastly greater than that
of forlorn, companions seeking gents.
And despite unemployment among
the white-collar professions, young
men who will work at the "host and
hostess" business are difficult to OBJ
tain.
Either they do not possess the re-
ouirements. they cannot give proper
references or they balk at the posi-
bility of being considered "gigolos."
The references, of course, must be
100 per cent.
An agency cannot afford to send
out either young man or woman
likely to cause the slightest embar-
raSsment to customer. Particularly
is this true in the case of the male
companions. He must watch his style
even if the paying client shows signs
of growing romantic. The case of the
hostess is even more important. The
man who seeks a partner for an eve
ming must have the best of creden-
tials. Once he has selected his part
ner for an evening and put up his
money, it is understood that the girl
is not to be asked her phone number
or address.
Such is the agreement so that she
can walk out on her host at the
slightest hint Of undesired freshness.
And there are girls for every sort
of an EVENING" whole card index
of them, with photos and descrip-
tons and personal interviews If de-
sired.
There are girls who will go to
speakeasies and take few drinks
who will make a round of night
clubs and dance and exchange snappy
patter; and there are girls who will
go to dinner or banquets or high-hat
parties or literary gatherings; girls
who will go to theaters but won't
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-02-19
Writing a Luxury

Authors really can't afford tc
write books these days, according to
remarks made to the National ASso-
citation Of Book Publishers recently by
Mrs. Inez Haynes Irwin, president OF
the Authors League of America. The
profits are SO small, considering the
time and effort involved in producing
book, that many authors have come
to look on writing as luxury
This, of course, is too bad; but, af
ter all, that has always been more
or less true. and the present is prob
ably not so much worse time for
authors than any other period. 1t
is only the fortunate few who can
really make any appreciate amount
of money out of their books; the
great majority-including. usually,
the finest writers-must class writ
ing as a luxury. Unless they have
some inner incentive which is too
strong to ignore, they are not likely to
stick to it very long.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal Of the American
hFedical Association


The child that stammers and slut
tiers may be so seriously concerned
by its disability as to become melan-
cholic or even to contemplate suicide.
The reports Of patients VINO stutteI
emphasize again and again the isct
that mental conflicts Of one type or
another are frequently the basis 1or
the difficulty.
There are certainly 100000 or more
sufferers in the United States. ana
the attention given to the subject Is
well worth while. If suffering Is es-
sentially an emotional problem, 1ne
large portion Of the study should be
made from that point OF view. VI
course, parents should consult a phy-
stefan as soon as suffering becomes
a habit.
Many observers are convinced, now
ever, that actual organic changes III
the tissues of the nervous system may
be involved in some cases. Appar-
emily, therefore, the child that slut
tiers should be studied from botn
points Of view, so that every effort
may be made for correction.
One of the significant factors IN
suffering is the unmistakable en-
dence that the sufferer IS putting
forth extensive effort in attempts at
restoration to normal speech. Obvi-
ously anything that will reduce tins
effort is likely to help in relieving
the situation.
OF particular interest in relation
ship to suffering is the question OF
left-handedness and right handed
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Daily Health News ,c
THE CHILD WHO SHUTTERS
AND STAMMERS
Emotions and Organic Changes Should Be G'ven o'uoy-
~ ~ Either Nav Be Cause

ness A study was made in England
~ a child who suffered and who
came from q family Of Sufferers.
Four living members OF family OF
nine persons were found 10 oe ssut-
terers.
In one case q boy lived during his
first seven years almost entirely WITH
. sister. who was firmly convinced
that her own left-handedness was
normal and that attempts OF NY
brother at right handedness were re-
prehensible.
When the boy was sent to school
at seven, he had been changed from
q natural right-handed writer to a
left-handed writer. When he wrote
in school, the school authorities were
rigid in their opposition to his left
handed writing, and within a short
time he acquired the habit Of writ
ing with his right hand. He contin-
ued to use the left hand at home,
and he also began to stutter.
He apparently submitted without
resistance to being changed by his
sister from right handed writer to
a left-handed writer, but he strongly
resented being returned by the school
authorities to right-handed writer.
In connection with this resistance, he
began to stutter and the suffering
continued.
Other observers have emphasized
the relationship between natural
left-handedness and opposition to
the left-handedness by right-handed
members of the family. Such q case
emphasizes equally the significance
of emotions in the establishment Of
suffering.
Copyright, 1892, NEA Service, Incl
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-02-19
Handshaking Is Out!

One action of President Hoover s
that ought to win whole hearted sup
port all over the United States is his
recent decision to call off the tradi-
tional Misunderstanding receptions at the
white house on the ground that they
present too great a task for the
president at such time as this"
There can hardly be any argument
about the justification Of this action.
The president of the United States is
one of the busiest and most active
men in the world. To expect him to
waste his time and exhaust his
strength in shaking the hands of sew
eral thousand complete strangers
every so often is nothing less than
silly.
Of course, the visitor to Washing
ton who gets chance to shake the
hand of the president has something
nice to talk about later. But what of
it? Isn't conservation of the presi-
dents strength bit more important
than the qualification of this COM
pletely meaningless desire?
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that the pole vault is not In bank
at warsaw.
Y X Y
The undertaken in London who adj
vertised free funerals for suicides
went broke. He forgot about Lon
don's large Scotch population.
X * *
Would you say that the Nebraska
barber who traded hair cut for q
pig was hoggish?
Y X Y
President Hoover has lost ~ pounds
since he took office. That's nothing.
We know several men who have lost
more than q million since then.
X X i
It will almost be worth the price
Of q trip to London to see Andy Mel
lon In knee pants.
Copyright. 1882, NEA Service, 1nc0
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drink: girls who insist on the selec-
ton of the night spots.

The host is usually a person who
doesn't know his way around. Hence
the necessity of protecting him as
we'll as the girl. For she must not
lead him to "gyp'' joints or allow him
to be "held up" at take spots"
Once the customer has made his
decision, he need merely say, "A1l
right, let's go places" And the party
starts.
The reverse is true of the male es-
corts. They are, first, presumed to
go where their companion wishes.
Generally, the decision is up to them
and they, too, must know their way
around. They must have the adj
dresses of good speaks and dance
spots and know certain number OF
varied places.
For the client is very likely to be
q stranger in town for few days or
a New Yorker who seldom steps out
and hence knows little about the big
town.
It's all very amusing-and quite a
profitable business in town where
SO many lonely persons find them
selves seeking entertainment and
amusement.
X Y Y
Strangers, as a matter of fact, get
better sightseeing break than
most New Workers. The dyed-in-the-
wool resident doesn't have the time
or. as resident, he hesitates to ask
questions.
So he pretends to know about twice
as much as he does and, hence, can
rarely give an accurate address for
the postoffice or the Tombs.
Copyright, 1882, NEA Service, Inc0
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-02-19
A Hollow Victory

Two Of Chicago's more notorious
public enemies got a part of what
was coming to them the other day
when q federal court imposed stiff
fines and prison sentences on the no.
torious Terry Druggan and frankie
Lake, .long-noted beer barons," for
failure to pay income taxes on their
illegal profits.
- =. Of course, good news to learn
that these two gentlemen are going
- prison for while: but outside Of
taaAt ono fact. there Is little in the
60 TO make the law-abiding citizen
ro5cice. After all, there Is something
lntntly ridiculous in the fact thai
ololy the income tax law seems able
81 ~ ~ underworld.
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plane over the jungle and made a |

plane over the jungle and made a
landing on one of the ancient ter
races that are now being excavated.
In the first place, this will be a
great help to the archaeologists, as
food and other supplies can now be
brought in in fifth of the time for
merly required. But it is even more
interesting for the contrast it affords.
The Mayan ruins in Central Amer
lea date back into the dark days of
pre- Columbian history. When we in
vestigate them we come into contact
with the incredibly old. And there,
right in the midst of them, lands an
ultra modern windmill" Could the
twentieth century come into a more
striking juxtaposition with the ghost
of the past?
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-02-19
GERMANS TAKE LUTSK

UEnMANS 1ANE AOAOA
On Feb. 10, 1918, the Germans con-
tinued their new drive into Russia,
capturing the towns Of Lutsk and
Dvinsk.
Lenin and Trotsky signed a state
ment announcing the complete sur
render Of the Soviet government and
asking the Imperial German govern
ment to name its peace terms.
Russian troops were refusing to
fight.
On this date, British troops in Pal
estine advanced two miles on Is
mile front, encountering stiff resist
ance from the Turks.
Fighting on the western front was
confined to trench raids by both
sides, neither having any great adj
vantage.
It was announced in official circles
that German troops from the Russian
front were arriving in force.
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Official City, State and County
Newspaper
Two Disarmament Schools

Obstacles in the way of decisive ac-
ton looking toward promotion OF
world peace by disarmament are apt
" illustrated by current happenings
at Geneva.
AS might have been expected, the
United States is leader Of one group
which favors disarmament on plain
and simple basis and as quickly as it
can be effected.
AS also might have been expected,
France is the chief opponent of the
American policy and has advanced
one of her own which has at its base
the creation Of an international
army, under control of the League of
Nations, which would be able to en-
force the peace.
Passages from speeches to the dis
armament conference by the leading
spokesman of the two nations set
forth the differences clearly.
Ambassador Hugh S. Gibson, for
the United States, said: "Our prob
lem Is to establish by honest scrutiny
and agreement the margin that now
exists beyond what is essential for
the maintenance of internal order
and the defense Of our territories.
Controlled by prudence, but not by
fear. let us then proceed in q prac-
teal way to reduce ornaments TO the
level to which we are all committed"
Andre Tardieu for France, de-
clared: 1--WE do not think that there
can be an effectively organized
League of Nations unless that League
has powers of prevention and repres-
sion. We do not believe that there
will be any real peace until We have
a strengthened League. That is why
we wish to implement its covenant
by providing the League with the
necessary resources to carry it out.
We are convinced that disarmament
without organization Of peace would
place an unfair premium upon sheer
numbers and technical ability"
Why the United States and France
should hold these so utterly opposite
conceptions of the real objective to be
sought in this conference is a matter
OF geography, Of experience, of living
conditions and of mental outlook. 1t
is not matter about which there can
be any argument.
But for the purposes Of this con-
ference 1t is very apparent that these
two conceptions are going to give rise
to many arguments. Maxim Litvinoff,
head of the Soviet delegation, an
swered the riddle of how to reconcile
them by declaring blandly for total
abolition of all armies, both national
and international. But, as one after
another of Is orators from countries
Of all dimensions and circumstances
have succeeded each other at the
tribune, it has become apparent that,
while few are ready to go as far as
France has boldly proposed, nearly
all those who have big neighbors
seem to feel the weight of the argu-
ment that complete disarmament
will give an advantage to nations with
superior technical facilities and large
populations. These incline toward
the final setting up of an interna-
tional force Of some kind, with the
preference going toward the idea of a
big international air fleet which,
from the skies, would at least menace
any offending party.
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that the bootlegging elements and
the police are closely associated SO
that the prohibition Wolator Is not
caught.-Mayor Daniel w. Hoan Of
Milwaukee.
never cared for q lot of show and
fuss-Stuart Erwin, movie actor.
X X i
The liquor problem at the univer-
sity is unimportant now as compared
with the days before prohibition
President Alexander Ruthven OF
Michigan University.
Copyright, 1882, NEA Service, 1nco
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Barbs

When a husband and wife have a
joint checking account, it's easy to
guess who is running the joint.
X X X
Now that the Olympic games are
coming up, it might be well to explain
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-02-19

"You should have gone to bed,
honey" Ellen told her. as her tenn
porary annoyance faded. "But since
you didn't, what do you want to
know especially?"
II couldn't have slept wink"
Molly protested earnestly, clasping
her hands about her bare knees. II
was too anxious to hear about
everything-about the dress particu.
larly. Did you look beautiful?
Where Is it,"
"It's at Dreamland. I guess I
looked all right" Ellen tackled the
questions in reverse order.
"Oh. Ellen don't be so provoking!
You aren't telling me anything!
You only said over the phone that
Mr.. Barclay had lent it to you.
What was he like? Was he nice?"
ELLEN understood that Molly
- wanted to know whether or not
Barclay had been personal. Her
mother was trembling with eager.
ness to share Barclays every In.
donation, his every facial express
sion. What had he done? What
had he said? How had he looked?
She wanted to know not only what
Ellen had thought but even what
Ellen thought Barclay had thought.
In short she was prepared for .
sentimental orgy.
Ellen could not help being mildly
irritated when her mother was in
such Z mood.
''He was rather NICE" she an
swered listlessly. Hes quite old.
you know-nct likely to be enthusi.
astic. But extremely kind"
"Then you saw him only in his
omcs?"
HE drove me to Dreamland." Ell.
len conceded reluctantly.
'Ellen, that's simply marvelous!"
Molly exclaimed ecstatically. II was
sure this morning that something
was going to happen. I told you,
Don't you remember"
"Oh. stop IT," Ellen wanted to
say.
But she managed to hold her
tongue. Molly. lost in romantic
speculations. saw nothing OF her
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lightful possibilities, she leaned
forward, pulled Mike into her arms
and tousled his hair until he
squealed with delight.
"Oh, gee," gasped Mike, after .
few minutes Of uproarious rough.
housing, Il forgot to tell you. Some.
pin came for you. That's why I was
to wake you up"
what came?"
"A great big long box with lots
Of green ribbons"
Flowers! From Larry? Ellen was
out of bed in q fash and into tho
living room. Myra and Molly were
both at the table examining a giant
florist box.
"It's from McClelland's!" Myra
called out excitedly. Mother and
thought you'd never get up. Did
Mike wake you?"
Ellen's fingers trembled with tho
novel delight Of tearing away green
ribbons and massed layers Of satiny
paper. Roses, wet and darkly red
dozens of them!
"How many are there?" Molly In.
coherently demanded.
Millions, it looks like. I can't
count them. Oh, the beauties!"
She wrenched the card free and
tore open the envelope. The ink
had blurred with dampness but the
writing was perfectly distinguish.
able. The writing was not Larry's.
ITO the success Of your new ven.
ture. S. B." read the message.
Ellen was ready to cry In her dis.
appointment. She had been 30
sure! Myra and Molly were far too
pleased and fluttered to notice any.
thing amiss. Flowers and beaux in
the Rossiter household were rare
enough to cause any amount Of or.
element.
I told you. I told you" Molly
was insisting. They're from Mr..
Barclay, aren't they?"
EYES," said Ellen.
THE girl read the message a sec.
= ond time in an effort to recap.
ture some Of her original delight at
receiving such a splendid gift and
tailed. The card futtered from her
myers. Molly pounced upon It. To.
gether she and Myra read the short
note and exclaimed and specu1ated
and jubilated quite enough to make
up TOR any lack in Ellen.
An umbrella stand was rushed
into service. It was the only vessel
IN the house deep enough for the
long stemmed beauties. Deploring
the wastefulness Molly cut down
the smooth green stems Of half a
dozen buds and arranged them at
the shabby breakfast table. But
eer eyes were all for the tall splen.
DOR OF the blooms in the stand
pulled close to Ellen's chair.
They're four feet long IL they're
an inch," she murmured happily.
slipping into her place at the head
Of the table.
Mother. II you say that again"
Ellen said Grossly. I'll scream.
I'll Join you in the screaming"
Myra offered amiably. But she
ADDED with = curious look at her
sister. Aren't you pleased. honey?'.
-, 'of course I'm pleased" snapped
Ellen. What am I supposed to as !
dance a jig?"
.E!len's got fellow! Ellen's rot
. iellow!" chanted Mike. catching
oelatedly the excitement Of his cid.
ers. $50 ~
BE still. Nike" said his mother
shsently. Don't tease your sister"
She and Myra exchanged . long.
sienihcant look. Ellen caught the
look. It occurred to her q little for.
.ornly that the only person in the
Rossiter household not delighted
With Steven Barclays generosity
was the recipient OF It.
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