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The Washington times., 1932-01-20
Guests Depart

The former United States
Minister to Canada and Mrs.
william Phillips have returned
to their home in Boston follow
ing a brief visit in Washington
as the guests of the Canadian
minister, the Hon. William Dun
can Hcrridge, and Mrs. Herridge.
4 =
The Charge d'Affaires OF the
Rumanian Legation and Nine.
Frederick C. Nano entertained
q small company at dinner
last evening.
The Washington times., 1932-01-20
Union Holds Tea

The English Speaking Union
of Washington will hold a tea
this afternoon from until 6
o'clock at the cmbrooms in Six
teenth Street. HostesSes for
the afternoon will be Mrs. Ed
ward B. Meigs and Mrs. Fred
erick SOlper.
The Washington times., 1932-01-20
Lease Florida House

Mr.. and Mrs. John Hay Whit.
ney have leased the Ocean
Boulevard villa of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gurnee Mum at Palm Beach,
and they are expected there
next Monday from Llangollen,
The Washington times., 1932-01-20
NuptiaIs

Major William H. Keith. U.
S. A., announces the marriage
of his daughter, Lillian Martha.
to Mr.. William Alfred Hoke,
son OF Mrs. George Lynn, of
WaycroSS. Ga. The ceremony
was performed by the Reverend
George F. Dudley, DID, at St.
Stephens Episcopal Church on
December "a, 1881, at 8 o'clock.
o'clock
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cream of the smart set, among lhem
many descendants of old residents, who
are annual subscribers.
A number of dinner parties preceded
the event, which were attended by the
officers of the ball and members of
younger groups who were active IN
planning it.
Two orchestras played for the dane
ing, which began at 10 o'clock, and
several professionals lent their services
for the entertainment of the guests.
There were waltz and fox trot compe-
titions for which prizes were awarded
by Mr.. William de Rham. Miss Amy
Aspegren, chairman of the debutante
committee, gave buffet supper at her
home for the members of this group
who sold boutOnniereS candy. and
The Washington times., 1932-01-20
Sailing Today

Mr.. Rufus H. Lane. jr., son
of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Rufus
H. Lane of Green Hill, Falls
Church, Va. will sail today
aboard the President Harding
for Europe, en- route to Patras,
Greece. where he will serve as
American consul. Since July,
1880. Mr.. Lane has been United
States consul at Progreso,
.Yucatan, Mexico.
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Secretary Of Wa
Guest Of Honor

The Secretary of War and
Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley were
the guests in whose honor Gen.
and Mrs. Harry L. Gilchrist
entertained at dinner last eve
ming in the Palm Court of the
Shoreham Hotel Covers were
laid for SO guests.
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Charity Ball Brilliant Social Event

The history this ball of the most interesting chap
ters in York society, and it has always been marked
with great brilancy In the early days when first
started idea of giving public social affair for charity
considered startling innovation and such procedure
called criticism of the of the ball. for
what the critics that time considered wanOn eXtrava-
gance lack of good judgment for holding gala social
in charyS name.
How times have changed!
For many years the old WadorfAstoria, acclaimed at its
opening wonderful and luxurious
the world formed the setting for this annual function, at
tended by members of smart society in New York.
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In Washington
Qt4yQ Qunn

One Of the important events of the New York social
took place last evening when the seventyfifth
annual charity ball for >the benefit of the New York
Nursery and Child Hospital, held in the main ball
suite of the Ritz Carlton The guests included the
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cigarettes throughout the evening.
Mrs W. Thorn Ksel president of the ball. together with
Rear Admiral William Woodward Phelps, led the grand
march, which has been feature of these balls since the
first which was held the Academy of Music in 1857,
and it is the only thing which has withstood the
| nasSino Of wears.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-02-06
TRAINED STOPPED HEALY

The northbound passenger train which left Seward Wednesday a. m. for the Interior, spent Thursday night at Healy and Friday contin- ued on to Fairbanks, the frozen heart of the North. The train, which left Curry noon Thursday, was held up by the snow which fell on the tracks in great heaps. Snowplows did their stuff and it is believed the train reached Fair banks last night.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-02-06
GOLD MEDAL MINE
 IS AGAIN LEASED

IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo, Feb. 5, -Comstock Gold, Inc, headed by F. |. Houx, president, ex-governor of Wyoming and William Shane, secretary, has taken a bond and lease on the Gold Medal group of mines in this district.
 This company has been operat- ing in the Cripple Creek district for some time and will start op- erations on the Gold Medal shortly after the first of the month in ad- dition to their Cripple Creek oper- ations.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-02-06
POCKET" EMPHASIZES

PARIS, Feb. 6, The naval af- fairs committee of the chamber of deputies by vote of Is to 3, went on record as favoring immediate construction of 26.00O ton battle cruiser as the French answer to Germany's "Pocket battleShipS. ; The new unit would have a speed of 29 knots an hour and carry 12 four-inch guns.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-02-06
DANCE TONIGHT

Local dance goers have had am pie time to plan on attending the Leap Year" dance tonight since the announcement was made two or three days ago and therefore a large crowd is expected. The dance is being held in the I. O. O. F. hall and will begin promptly at 10 D. m. and will continue until the wee 'sma" hours. Music by the always excellent Jolly Three.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-02-06

Try our Seattic Ice Cream Fresh on every boat at SYLVIA'S.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-02-06

A high school party with eats and everything was held last even- ing in the auditorium of the Sew ard school The high school orches- tra furnished music while other students danced and sang.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-02-06
FOR THE FIRST TIME

For the first time in the history of the Alaska Railroad one of the giant rotaries has been sent to the northern divisions of the line to assist the blows clear the track. Ordinarily the rotaries have been confined to the mountain divisions.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-02-06
FREIGHT TRAIN DELAYED

Owing to Interior snow condi- tions Sundays regular fl eight train will not arrive in the local yards from the north until Mon day evening, according to the To- cal agent.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-02-06

An Indian, John George, was re- gently found dead in a burned cab in 14 miles from the town of Bea : yer, says the News Miner.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-02-06

For Satisfaction-try our Purity Seattle Ice Cream. Alaska Shop.
The Washington times., 1932-10-18
They Shall Not Starve
Disaster Will Be Averted

The stark threat hunger contained the report Of the
Emergency Relief Committee of the Board of Public Welfare
brings Washington face to face with condition which many
have thought to be impossible
The committee faty states that unless organized charity
takes its work extraordinary is found
to obtain funds there may actually be deaths by starvation in
the National Capital this winter
We're the report backed up by the of reputable
citizens fully acquainted with the situation there would be
tendency to believe that it is overdrawn
Those signing the report however stake their regulations
upon he facts which it outlines and they not who
would do so without full study and analysis
The report points out that from August to October the
emergency relief organization spent $14000 of the 900
appropriation.
This would be at the of approximately $4,000 month
the same rate of expenditure maintained the entire
fund will be exhausted some time in December.
BY the time the fund is totally expended Congress will have
reconvened BY that time also the results of public appeal
Of the Community Chest will be known.
IT, after the Chest drive is completed there no hope that
public contributions will take the committees work
will be only brief period which to rush through Congress
special appropriation for the work.
When the original appropriation asked of Congress
there was considerable unnecessary delay and hgng
the bill finally passed with the cut to $35OOOO
from the $6O0O 900 estimate
Some members of Congress could see the necessity of
appropriatng tax funds for the relief of the needy
At the coming session. however be hoped that the
entire membership will be impressed with conditions that
there will be repetition of the dangerous delays of last
spring
With reasonable attitude upon the part Of Congress and
humane understanding upon the part citizens generally
there no reason why the dire predictions of the Emergency
Relief Committee should be fulfilled.
The Washington times., 1932-10-18
The Story Mr.. Hoover
Will Not Answer

Immediately after Hoover
made that utterly reckless
assertion to serve a selfish
end, when the dollar began
to fall as a result, and the
market to slump, Senator
Glass asserted that if such a
condition had existed his
committee had not been in
formed-and that he does
not believe a word of it. At
which Senator Jim Watson,
quite a different type of
man, as every responsible
business man and banker
knows, rushed into print with
a very distinct recollection
Of a conference at which Sem
ators were informed that the
gold standard was in desper-
ate danger.
The reply of Senator Glass
pulverizes the whole desper-
ate trick Of selfish politi-
clans, willing to endanger the
dollar and destroy conf
dence in our financial struc-
ture. Here is the story that
Mr.. Hoover will not answer:
II very distinctly remem-
Der every detail of that con-
ference" says Glass, "at
which not one word was ut
tered as to the jeopardy of
the gold standard in the
United States.
There is not a man in the
financial world who will
question the integrity of that
statement.
The purpose of that con-
ference was to find means to
stop the appalling FLOOD of
bank failures by broadening
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habltatS, to ELSIE ROBlNSoN
have new little hopes. 1t is
now rather hard work; there
is now no smooth road into the
future. But we go round, or
scramble over, the obstacles.
We've got to live, no matter
how many skies have fallen"
WE'VE GOT TO LIVE NO
MATTER HOW MANY SKIES
HAVE FALLEN. There's a brave
slogan for all of us, as we have
the chaos of these days. And
the first step toward that new
living is to realize that fallen
skies" aren't monstrous and un-
natural, but normal and newt
able.
Building On the Ruins
Skies must always fall. There
must always be cataclysms.
We must always build on ruins.
Life has been that way from
the very first. That is the law.
Do you remember that story
in Genesis?
In the beginning, God Gre
ated the heaven and the earth.
And the earth was without
form, and void; and darkness
was upon the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God moved
upon the face of the waters.
And God said Let there be
light: and there was light"
Darkness on the face of the
waters. Always, there must
be that darkness. And always
the Spirit of God must move
across the face of darkness,
through the terror of darkness,
before there can come a new
world. That has been the way
Of life since the beginning.
CHAOS AND CONFUSION
ARE NOT ACCIDENTS. THEY
ARE A PART OF LIFE. DIS
ORDER IS THE BEGINNING
OF ORDER.
Pebbles and Continents
1t is hard for us to realize
that, looking at our ruined
world. So much shame! So
much pain! Such evidence, on
every side, of criminal stupid
1ty and greed! One loses heart
and hope. Surely this is the
end. Surely one cannot have
The Washington times., 1932-10-18
ONCE-OVERS

} ception maintained the higher
scale of living there is less
sympathy for the suffering that
loss of money entails.
But in thousands of instances
there is genuine sympathy for
those persons who have had
money and have lost it and it
comes from those who have al
ways had to suffer and strug-
gle and know what it means.
So, as time goes on, there
is less and less a degree of
separation between what has
been called Glasses" except in
the cases of the very rich, who
still have secure holdings.
A common affliction brings
sympathy and understanding
and a general spirit Of help
fulnesS.
Copyright, 1892 King Features
Syndicate. Incl
The Washington times., 1932-10-18
Punctured Bluff

PunCtured Bluff
The past two or three years
have brought different classes
of people closer together.
A lot of bluff has been taken
out of the world.
The less well-to-do have found
out that the ones they thought
so well off are struggling to
get along with depleted or di-
minishing incomes.
Four-fluShers have had to give
up entirely, revealed in true
light.
Those below them in the So
cial scale have learned they
were no better off than the
man in the street, in many
cases.
Adversely is a great leveling
agency and no respecter Of per
sons.
In some instances where de-
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faith in human nature after a
debacle like this!
Why not?
Life has always been one
debacle after another!
Take a pebble in your hand.
That pebble was a boulder.
That boulder was a cliff. That
cliff was part of a continent.
Now, that continent is a pebble.
Presently, in a few more aeons,
the pebble will be a continent
again-A BETTER CONT
NENT.
You accept that story. You
don't get excited or alarmed
about the countless catastro-
phes which make and unmake
pebbles and continents. You
realize that these catastro-
Plies are the natural and nor
NAL program of geology.
THEN WHY NOT SEE THAT
THE SAME TRUTH AP-
PLIES TO THE LIFE OF
MEN AND NATIONS?
LIFE GOES DOWN, AND
LIFE COMES UP. ITS
FORM IS BROKEN TO
PIECES, AND REASSEM-
BLED. BUT YOU CAN AL
WAYS BET ON LIFE. 1T
MAY PASS THROUGH A
MILLION FORMS. A MIL
LION CATASTROPHES. BUT
LIFE WILL ALWAYS GO ON.
AND WE MUST GO WITH
We must go with it. and
we can go with it. And we can
get a great kick out of going
with it, If we won't buck and
duck. if we'll accept the fire
works as part of the show, in
stead of screaming that the
world has come to an end.
Not in Ruins
Our skies have fallen-yours
and mine. The world is in
ruins around us. But WE'RE
not in ruins. The life that
ran warm in us yesterday runs
warm in us today. The dreams
that rose eager in us yesterday
can rise eager again today.
The highways are Uttered and
the lights have gone out, but
what of it! That's life!
WHAT DOES THE SCENERY
MATTER AS LONG AS WE
HAVE OURSELVES?
COME ON! GET UP! GET
GOING! THIS ISN'T THE
END. THIS IS ONLY ONE
OF THOSE TIMES. LIES
STILL ON THE JOB, AND so
RUINS? WE HAVE FIFTY
MILLION YEARS OF RUINS
BEHIND US, AND THEY
HAVEN'T MPED OUR
STYLE!
HIGHWAYS wRECK ED?
LIGHTS OUT? WE'LL MAKE
BROADER HIG HWAYS
WE'LL LIGHT BRIGHTER
LIGHTS!
WE DID 1T BEFORE. WE
CAN DO TT AGAIN!
LET'S GO!
copyright. 1882, King Features
Syndicate. Inc)
The Washington times., 1932-10-18
Another Piece
Of Demagogy

Along with this, Mr..
Coolidge contributed another
choice morsel to an unsavory
campaign of despair when he
spoke so feelingly of the
great love the working men
employed by Mr.. Hoover
had for him. These working
men were Burmese, scarcely
out of slavery, Chinese
coolies, and worse in Russia,
and the least said about them
the better. These are the
"working men" Mr.. Hoover
referred to four years ago
when he said he had en-
ployed a hundred thousand
men and "never had a
strike. "
But the most desperate
and reckless piece of dema-
gogy and misrepresentation
of all was reserved for Mr..
Hoover himself when he re-
lated a lurid tale, so long
concealed, about the time
whom we were so near ruin
we were about to go off the
gold standard Gin two
weeks. "
It was after that amazing
statement that the market
slumped in New York and
the dollar fell in Europe.
And that story evidently
is a pure figment of the i'm
agination conceived for the
purpose of bolstering up a
failing cause by creating a
picture in the public mind of
Mr.. Hoover, buried, solltary
and alone in his closet, Crap
pling with another Gettys-
burg, and almost on his
knees with God, saving the
country with another Of his
miracles. "
And Senator Carter Glass,
the greatest statesman in
matters of finance in the
country, chairman of the
Senate committee dealing
with such things, makes
mincemeat of that piece of
demagogy.
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MRS. JOSEPHINE FA-
BROZZI. SHE FEARS
NO MAN.

The to get the She had them arrested
Now they are in JAIL sadder, wiser
They made serious mistake and they know it, picking out
Italian lady with eyes like Mrs Fabrozs You might
well walk up Vesuvus in eruption and try to blow it out
Mrs. FabrozN has intelligence, plenty of it, well
courage She says business and others Of all naonaes
that submit to domination by racketeers because they fear
vengeance pineess and calls men to have enough
courage stamp the dogs who threaten and then gain
courage as their victims FAIL TO SHOW COURAGE"
That's excellent phrase Everywhere in the world the
aggessor GAINS courage when the attacked fails to
SHOW courage.
Gordon Hofstette executive director Of the Employers
Association of Chicago says Rackets costing
than the did, and blames the of racketeerng
largely on business.
"Racketeering is native American product for which
business itself is too greatly responsible says Mr. Hofstette
He might add that is cowardice among many business
responsible and grating dishonesty among Others will
ing employ rackeeers to help nure some competitor
business
According to Mr. Hofetter the racket composed
of four elements-he business business group the
leader leaders Of organized labor the criminal underworld
and the politician
What will become Of rackeeers and the crime that
takes billions prohibition should 60? Mr. Hofstetter gives
to that
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won't admit 1t.
When you look at this
lady's face, you see that she
is not easily frightened.
NOBODY CAN BRIGHTEN
HER, not even gangsters that
make thousands of business
men curl up and pay tribute,
not even racketeers that are
practically running this coun-
try, and costing it with crimes
that they commit and protect,
according to one Federal judge,
between eleven and thirteen
thousand million dollars"
every year.
Mrs. Josephine Fabrozzi,
whose dignified face like that
of a Roman matron is seen
here, is not rich. But times
are hard, and racketeers
must be satisfied with small
pickings.
They made a mistake when
they picked on Mrs. Fabrozzi,
and sent word that they would
kill her and disfigure her
daughter unless she paid $500.
She didn't shiver or pay
$500. She did say to her
neighbor, 1T makes me mad
to be threatened"
The Washington times., 1932-10-18

IL 1 Ill, dS ~
was upon the
heroine of his
S t ory, but
that mustn't
be allowed to
matter; lif e
had to go on.
The cata-
c ly m h a S
h a p p ened,"
h e W. ro t e.
" w e a + e
a m ong the
III ms. We
start to build
up new little
The Washington times., 1932-10-18

WlIh II "A u u the pollS
w throughout the country
pointing to a landslide for
Roosevelt, the supporters of
Mr.. Hoover and his board of
strategy have entered upon a
policy of utterly reckless and
demagogic statements ema-
mating from men whose self
respect should restrain them.
Only the desperation of the
situation can explain the at
tempt of Mr.. Coolidge to
arouse class feeling in his
rather sorry attack on Mr..
Roosevelt because, like Theo-
dore Roosevelt, his family
had money and influence.
This, from the former Presi-
dent, sounds the depths of
the demagogy of the cam
paign thus far.
The Washington times., 1932-10-18
A very old-fashioned girl is
one who can remember the
first time she was kisSed-in.

Guiding where, when, by whom
and how!
Courtship: That delightful
but hectic interval, in which
the woman helps the man to
make up his mind to give her
the legal right to love him.
Copyright, 1892, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1932-10-18

"What Is more alarming, Or
ganized criminality is directing
its efforts toward the control Of
business and labor as a means
Of perpetuating itself, when. as,
If, and possibly regardless of
whether its peculiar field of ac-
tivity Is destroyed by repeal or
modification of the Eighteenth
Amendment.
"Open declarations Of this in
tentiOn have been made by some
There is enough in Mr.. Hofs
citizens think hard.
Meanwhile somebody should
Josephine Fabrozzi, of whom j
of n great man "He never fes
The Washington times., 1932-10-18
Three Cheers for Mrs.
FabrOZzi
Gangsters "Made Her Mad" and
Heard From Her

This short story with moral is printed to prove al
khough proof isn't that women are more
khan men, although the average doesn't know 1t ana
The Washington times., 1932-10-18

the reserve base of the Fed
eral Reserve Act" and to
create a psychology that
would stop the tendency to
withdraw deposits for hoard
ing. And that was done at
the Presidents suggestion,
by taking several provisions
from the pending Glass bill
and incorporating them in a
new measure for immediate
passage.
But not a word was uttered
about the gold standard be
ing in danger.
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about the gold standard be
ing in danger.
What Was
Discussed
There was a discussion of
the withdrawal of French
gold but-and every man of
consequence in the financial
world will know this is
true
1T was pointed out that
every dollar taken or likely
to be withdrawn was ear
marked gold,' not counted
in the gold reserve of the
Federal Reserve B a n king
System and therefore not af-
fecting in any way the gold
status of the United States.
That was discussed at the
conference. But
There was positively no
intimation that anybody
felt the least apprehension
that the United States
might be driven from the
gold standard. "
Glass Told
The Truth
Senator Watson, with his
usual reckless demagogy in
a campaign, said that on Feb
ruary l, certain amount of
gold, rather low, was held by
the Federal Reserve System.
Senator Glass had given a
very much higher figure.
Here, then, is a matter of
knowledge or veracity; and
Senator Glass settles it by
saying:
THE amount of gold held
was $579,000,000 is verified
to me today by Federal Re-
serve authorities in Washing
ton"
That is, the Administration
is forced to admit that Glass
told the truth and Watson
did not. That is unfortunate
for the success of trick scare.
But that was not all. In
addition, as Glass points out,
"there were outstanding at
the time and in general circu-
lation over $757,OOO.OOO of
gold certificates which could
have been recaptured by Fed
eral Reserve Banks in ex-
change for Federal Reserve
notes. "
But get this: Here Mr..
Hoover tells us Of his desper-
ate fear that we would be
driven off the gold standard
at the time Of this confer
ence-a little matter that he
kept to himself. But Glass
says:
I'm less than one week
after this conference Federal
Reserve authorities officially
reported to me that the Fed
eral Reserve banks had a suf-
tlcient supply of gold in re-
serve to extend additional
discount facilities in the
enormous sum of $4,000,0O0,-
OOO."
And Glass concludes. as
any sane man must, that
In these recorded cir
cumstances for any respoq~
slble person to have said or
felt that this country was
within two weeks of being
driven off the gold standard
would have amounted to &C.
tual mental or economic de-
linquency."
At this conference Ogden
Mills of the Treasury SAT
next to Glass and did not
know we were in such des-
perate danger. In truth in
a few days he appeared be
fore the Glass committee f.
say:
1--WE have on hand suf
flcient gold resources at
home to permit US to meet
all demands" "
Thus even he, who is sup
posed to know, knew moth
ing Of the fact that Mr.
Hoover, locked in his cham
ber with his conscience, his
patriotism and his God, was
graphing, solitary and
alone, in the performance of
the miracle of saving the
The Washington times., 1932-10-18
Making Mincemeat of a
DemagOgic Danger"
BU Claude G.. BOUers -

Author Battles O the Jackson PERIOD The Struggle
jefferson Hamilton"
Era" and "Beverdge and the Progressive Era"