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The Washington times., 1932-07-07
A Gun Law at Last
Congress Acts to Curb Sale

Washington last about to achieve reasonable regulation
Of deadly weapons.
Final passage by Congress of Senator Cappers drastic IRE
arms bill should 90 far abate dangerous condition
Within short time the measure will be signed by the
President and become law.
strangely it has been difficult task to obtain enactment
~ law regulating the sale Of weapons For many years
the better element of population has demanded such
law but it has been thwarted upon every occasion;
the necessity Of restricting the sale of dangerous
and ejoics with the public in knowing that at last curl
is about be placed the crmna minded in obtaining
the tools of their trade
The Capper bill gives the police opportunity to inves
rate all those seeking buy weapons by requiring 4hour
Notification period before SALE That with the imposition of
additional punishment for those committing crimes Of violence
while armed, is the most important provision.
Heretofore guns have been purchased without any resc
tion and with proper registration.
While the Capper bill be expected to aid materially in
Improving conditions in Washington in order for it to obtain
It's maximum effectiveness it should be backed up with con
troll the interstate shipment of pistols and other
Only in this way the public be insured that weapons
will only to those who wish to them defensvely
The Washington times., 1932-07-07
Valiant Police
Are They Properly Protected?

The policemen of the city in ubdung the maniaca desperate
of the Southeast have again demonstrated their courage
Facing ruthless fire Of believed mad the officers
proved themselves of the highest mettle.
The city reoces in that display courage while sorrows
at the toll taken by the gunman.
For the family Of the slain policeman washington feels the
deepest sympathy
But while the valiant spirit of the police personnel has again
been vncated several questions the competency OF police
administration arise
Members family of the gunman said to have re-
ported his condition police time before the shooting
started.
: Why was not an investigation made Immediately?
speedy investigation might have saved the life of courage
Gus Private Swanson.
report dealing with the states that there was
considerable delay in armng policemen at the scene with tear
gas
There can be no this if it is found to be true
Why were the which arrived at the scene
few after the shooting started equipped with tear gas
bombs?
In the of protecting the lives of in the city
service these questions should be answered.
In the lies the matter of competence incompetence
Of men in command
The District Commissioners should call for complete report
On the incident and should take prompt remedy
faults discovered.
The Washington times., 1932-07-07
Changethe VolSteadActNOw
That Will End the DenreSSiOn

This Congress can end the depression by voting NOW to
legslize beer.
It's members get themselves reelected in November by
voting NOW to legalize beer
It's Democratic members moreover cannot claim to be
Democrats unless they vote NOW to legalze beer.
Their party has declared in its platform for the
Of the Volstead act.
they loyal to their party they have no option to
vote differently and to delay vote further
With the antiprohibtion Republicans in the House and
Senate they Immediately clean the worst of the pro-
hbon give employment to hundreds Of thousands Of
iobless men, and 60 home safety to their constituents
Otherwise the country will be condemned to at least six
months more of beerunnng and gangsterism many men
who could be put to work will remain out OF work. and the
Democrats in Congress will be held responsible.
This the only chance that Congressman have to recover
their lost standing with the public.
Those who take it up will be in the next Congress
Those who pass it up will be nowhere
The Washington times., 1932-07-07

wish I could ELSIE ROBINSON
say that, but I can't.
don't believe I've ever done
the best I could in any act of
my life. I can't look back on
a single 100 per cent deed.
Every Job I've ever done has
been marred by some careless
ness. selfishness or stupidity.
And as the years go by, and
the blundering record accumu-
lates, I grow diSheartened.
Aw-what's the use?
Hard to Face
Pretty hard to face moments
Of realization like that. Prob
ably you know. I suspect you've
faced them yourself. And did
you, too, feel so disgusted that
you wanted to chuck it all;
vowed you'd never try again?
Probably. That's how I feel.
But when I do some ing al
ways comes to steady me in
my panic, always the same
memory
The memory of my fathers
hand.
My father was a poor man.
Never, in all his life, was he
beyond the 1asp of poverty. l
cannot remember that he evCr
had a really fine suit or
week of pleasuring. He would
have been tickled with them if
he had. for he had a young
and merry soul, but the chance
never came, for there were so
many of us to feed and educate.
He was always handicapped.
While he was still a boy. that
illness came upon him that
was to make every breath a
torture for the brief years he
lived; yet never once did see
him stint his service to others,
because of his own private
agony.
He loved to give. He loved
to do. He loved to do things
well. He was one of those
people who delight in doing
The Washington times., 1932-07-07
The "ROyal Parks" of London


One of the greatest charms
of London is its marvellous
chain of parks that is threaded
like a lovely green ribbon
through the drab of the town.
st. James Park, Green Park,
Hyde Park, and Kensington
Gardens, this quartet OF
wonderful gardens constitutes
what Londoners refer to as the
Royal Parks" Each park has
its regular visitors, but for
tourists the great show is
Hyde Park, surely one of the
worlds most unique parks.
A park that is a stage set
for the wealthy, a playground
for the average, and forum
for all with axes to grind or
with a ZeSt for reformation, is
surely something that is worth
investigating.
LOndOn's safety Valve"
Very often visitors have their
first glimpse of the park as an
institution for Londoners when
they go to look on at the Sum
day morning Church" parade.
There, at Rotten Row,
through the Hyde Park corner
entrance, one can see great,
the near-great and the would
be great mingling with hoi
polloi. The women wear tailor.
mades and later in the season
The Washington times., 1932-07-07
Three-Minute Journeys

blossom out in Paris frockS.
Groups form, people sit in
the tiny little green chairs.
The lovely flower beds, smooth
green lawns and richly foliaged
trees provide a lovely setting
for this unique fashion show
and "get together"
For the visitor, one of the
main attractions is the forum
where one can hear everything
discussed. It is London's
safety valve" where those
with something to say may let
off steam.
Bathing, Too
Speakers OF every color, creed
and conviction offer their own
panacea for the ills that afflict
the world and mankind. The
crowd that listens is unique.
Men dressed in Savile Row
clothes stand shoulder by Shoul-
der with men dressed in the
cheapest, "hand-me-downs."
Here and there one can otter
spot celebrity and often ar.
guments start in the crowd be-
tween people whose stations in
life are as far as the poles
apart. But argument is a COM
mon denomination and when a
heckler or q speaker scores .
point there is a common bond
of applause and understanding
in the varied crowd
The Washington times., 1932-07-07
Mixed Grill
OF course a man always

means to be prompt: but 1t
gives him more moral courage
to pass right by the speak.
easy, if he knows that some.
body is waiting at home with
her eye on the clock.
Sometimes, a woman has
such keen dramatic instinct
that, every time she repeats the
scandal about another woman,
she adds a few more effective
touches to it and works it up
to a more startling climax.
A mans summer loves are so
light that they never weigh on
his conScience-and there is
seldom a perennial among them.
When a man comes home
and finds that his wife has
forgotten that he rushed off
without kissing her good-by
that morning, it is almost as
great a relief as when he goes
to have a tooth examined, and
fines that the dentist is away
on his vacation.
Somehow, even the plainest
woman feels dashingly Seduc-
The Washington times., 1932-07-07
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

even the smallest things per-
fectly. I have an inlaid table
which he made: and some let
ters, written IN his beautiful,
flowing script Yet even in
this manual work he was handi'
capped by his hand.
So plainly I can see my ia.
theirs hand. SCARED and cal
loused by work, with its ragged
cuff and it's twisted finger.
The Bruised Finger
That finger was hurt while
we were all babies. and The
pinch for money was particu-
ly hard. I suppose he was work
ing overtime, as usual; perhaps
was groggy with weariness.
For some reason he fumbled
and his hand was caught i'll
the swiftly moving machinery.
A flash of steel, and half the
finger dangled from the bone.
No company physician in
those days. A doctors bill
meant the cost of a pair of
shoes. He never hesitated, when
he faced that particular de-
ciSion. With a sickness I don't
want to imagine, he somehow
Staunched the blood, managed
a clumsy Splint, and wrapped
the finger together again.
There were bad days, mother
says, but the flesh miraculously
mended-and he kept that
twisted finger.
But always it was a good
deal of a nuisance. Always it
spoiled the delicate perfection
of the thing he wanted to do.
He was very proud, and that
must have hurt his pride ter
ribly.
A manned hand, an empty
pocketbook and failing health
hard handicaps for a man who
loved to live abundantly.
YET HE MANA GED IT!
He kept on dreaming, even
though he knew his dreams
could not come true.
He TOiIed On
He kept on trying, even
though he knew the results
would always be marred.
And now, looking back at his
life, I see that it was really a
great triumph. A flame burned
in him that I have seen in few
other men. And sometimes.
: through my tears, see his
crippled hand touched by the
same high glory that lay on an
other hand, pierced by a nail.
Always when I am ready to
give up, discouraged by my own
laundering, I remember that
hand.
It's a great thing to be proud;
to want to do things well. to
crafty pride.
BUT IT'S A GREATER
THING TO CARRY ON WHEN
YOU CAN'T DO THINGS
WELI-TO CARRY ON WITH
THE KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR
OWN FAILURE GOADING
YOUR PRIDE.
THE WORLD OWES MUCH
TO THOSE WHO HAVE sue.
CEEDED-
BUT TT OWES MORE TO
THOSE WHO HAVE FAILED,
YET WOULD NOT TAKE THE
COUNT!
Copyright. 1882, King Features
Syndicate, Ine.I
The Washington times., 1932-07-07
Destroys Mystery
Of Economic Laws.

One thing of the utmost
Importance stood out in this
speech like a challenge in
the night-a straightfor-
ward recognition of the fact
that the regime of the last
decade has utterly ignored.
This is that America is a
land of diversified interests;
that all equally are vital to
prosperity and economic
health; that to foster one
through governmental privi-
lege destroys the others, and
by destroying them wrecks
the very interest that fat
tens on privilege. 1t was
high time that some one
said:
I'VE are going to make
the voters understand this
year that this nation is not
merely a nation of inde-
pendence, but it is, if we
are to survive, bound to be
a nation of interdependence,
town and city, North and
South, East and West. "
Roosevelt said it; more
he meant it.
He said something else
that has not been said too
soon-that there are no mys-
terious economic laws unre-
lated to the governing forces
of a nation that have
The Washington times., 1932-07-07
Delegates Heard
Fighting Speech.

The speech Of Roosevelt
was a triumph. The dele
gates found before them a
virile figure, physically
strong-an ingratiating fig
ure with pleasing. person
ality-a militant figure with
an eagerness to fight. The
combination of a smiling
face and a fighting tone put
the spirit of confidence apd
battle into the hearts of the
party workers.
1t heard from him a 100
per cent acceptance of the
most direct, emphatic, pro-
gressive platform America
has known for generations.
1t learned that this CAM
paign is to be fought boldly
and aggressively to end the
political and social evils that
have all but wrought the
ruin of the nation.
It listened to a speech,
hurriedly prepared, covering
every point, which indi-
Gated no need of long de-
liberation over phrases to
create a double meaning. 1t
was a fighting speech.
The Washington times., 1932-07-07
It's Roosevelt"
Two SylIables, With Long 20"

As good many Americans will be voting for Franklin D.
Roosevelt for President next November it perhaps fitting
that they should know how to pronounce his last
The late great Theodore the victim of half dozen
mispronunciations of the family patronymcamong them
being "Rooz-velt "Rosa-vet," ''Rooz-felt, and
"Rosen-fet"
But he called himself Roosevelt in two sylables with
9 long 90"
Most of his cOuntrymen compromised Teddy and let
it 60 at that
Franklin D. follows the pronunciation of his famous
cousin do the other Roosevets And that this has
been officially settled least nine out of citizens will
cheerfully continue to call him something else.
Frank, probably. They remember that
The Washington times., 1932-07-07
The Battle Flag
Unfurled
.Bu Claude G. BOlUers-

THIS year is to witness
l. the breaking of many
precedents. 1t has begun
uniquely. For the first time
in political history a presi-
Dental nominee has ap-
peared in the convention
naming him, travelling hun
dreds of miles. This was
unique, but it was dramatic,
too. A nominee has gone
by plane to waste no time,
to make connection.
There was something in
spirational in the thought.
1t symbolized the new day.
AS the delegates waited for
the arrival of their nominee,
and from time to time the
announcement was made
from the platform that he
had been sighted over this
town or that, the convention
had it's thrills.
1t was a happy thought
that impelled Roosevelt to
appear before the conven-
tion within a few hours of
his nomination to receive his
notification and to make his
acceptance speech. 1t means
that weeks of silence are
not to intervene between the
choice Of a commander and
the taking to the field.
1t means the campaign
has been opened formally
now; that the fight is on
now; that there will be no
cessation i'll the fighting un-
til the victory is won.
1t accomplished another
desirable result. The Amer
lean people are not left in
doubt for weeks regarding
the nominees attitude to-
ward the platform, and the
enemy press is deprived of
the privilege of insinuating
doubts into the minds of
the voters.
The Washington times., 1932-07-07
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By T. E. Powers
By Helen Rowland

tive in a red bathing suit and
even the widest man feels in
tellectual looking in horn-rimmed
SpectacleS.
Half a woman's days are
spent in keeping her straight
hair wavy-and the other half
in keeping her wavering hus'
band straight. AS long as wom-
an exists in this sweet earth,
,..ese will be the two vital and
absorbing problems in her life.
Who remembers the name
of that Boston college profeS-
sor who advised his young stu.
dents to become "snobS and
gentlemen?" Wonder how
many of those young men are
holding jobs in garages and
filling stations, these days.
The Washington times., 1932-07-07
Too Late Now
For Hoover to Change

And that is one of the
issues of the campaign. The
incredible rumor floats from
Washington that Mr.. Hoover
will now try to shift his
position. A man who shifts
his position under the per-
suasion of a pitchfork is not
an impressive figure.
Only ;wo weeks ago I wit
messed his stubborn battle
under the leadership o. Og-
den Mills, the D'Artagnan
of the drys, to 'revent a
straight declarAtio,, for re-
peal; and Herbert Hoover
prevented that declaration
despite the real desire Of the
convention. l saw him
fighting furiously to pre-
vent a declaration for the
modification of the Volstead
act now; and Herbert
Hoover prevented that dec
laratiOn.
The Washington times., 1932-07-07
Smith Emerges
AS Great Figure

There were candidates be-
fore the convention who have
met disappointed hopes.
Everyone of them in states
manship, experience in the
governing of this country,
stands among the tested
leaders Of the nation. All
had their admirers some
their idolators. All were ad-
mirable; some were lovable
to a marked degree.
And all will be found upon
the firing line-battling for
the principles and policies Of
the party. No one tri-
umphed more greatly in the
convention than one of these
ALFRED E. Smith. Years
ago he began his battle
againt the Fig h tie en- h
Amendment; he saw his idea
written into the party plat
form by an overwhelming
majority; he participated in
the victory; he received the
ovation he had won. He en-
tered the convention a candi-
date; he emerged a greater
historic figure than ever be-
fore.
The Washington times., 1932-07-07

All the grand
chances I've
h q d a n d
p a S S e d up!
T he dreams
t h a t W ere
g en- m e,
that I've let
fiZzle out!
Often I hear
p e o p l e
say, e &c u S.
/ n g tn e M
S e lv e S. that
they did the
b e S t the Y
C o l. | d. I
s
The Washington times., 1932-07-07
No More Prohibition Agents
They're investigators" Now

Prohibition Director Woodcock that henceforh
his men will not be known prohibition agents. but that
their badges will carry the device Investigator of the De-
parment of Justice that to describe their status
1nore accurately
If Mr. Woodcock really is desrous of describing their
status accurately why not the single word "snoop3
That is short, easy to remember-and RIGHT. .
The Washington times., 1932-07-07
WISE WORDS

He that falls all the world
runs over.
Obey orders If 1t breaks
owners.
Beauty is like a rainbow
full Of promise but short-lived.
He that lies down with dogs
will get UP with fleaS.
The Washington times., 1932-07-07
Was No Gambling
On Garner Choice

The country is to be con-
graduated, too, on the nomi-
nee for the Vice Presidency.
The convention named a
man of presidential caliber
as conventions always
should, and so seldom do.
Garner 30 years of init
mate Identification with
Government, his felicity in
working with men, his home
spun honesty, his unques-
toned courage, his fighting
capacity, his tncompromis-
ing Americanism, all COM
bine to make him an ideal
running mate for Roosevelt.
There is no gambling on
Garner.
The Washington times., 1932-07-07

My Fathers Hand
Sometimes, looking back over
my life, I feel mighty dis
The Washington times., 1932-07-07
The car doesn't really shrink.

If "home is where the heart
is" then some men are never
at home, except when they are
on a golf course or in a speak
easy,
The Washington times., 1932-07-07

wrought our ruin. Thus:
"0ur Republican leaders
tell us economic laws - sa-
cred, inviolable, unchange-
able-can bring panics which
no one could prevent. But
while they pirate Of economic
laws women and children
are starving. We must lay
hold of the fact that eco-
nomic laws are not made by
nature: They are made by
human beings"
And Roosevelt said it.
Nothing Radical"
In Platform, Speech
The platform deals with
realities-ugly realities some
of them, such as the flooding
of the country with worth
less securities by some finan-
cial leaders Of great distinc-
tion, with the encourage
ment, connivance, assistance
of Government. 1t faces the
fate of the farmers. 1t recog-
nizes the plight Of the un-
employed. It comedies the
problems of the average, busi-
ness man who does not thrive
alone on speculation.
And the candidate marches
with the platform.
And yet there is nothing
"radical"-to use a misused
word-in either platform or
the speech of acceptance.
There is nothing radical in
truth; there is nothing con-
servative in falsehood; there
is nothing respectable in hy-
pocrisy or double-dealing, or
in the use of weazel words.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-02-18
COALRDCE

ta- Fred PzuEson, Correspondent,
afa-SeyeraI sr lhdsrhdshh
Several inches Of =nou fell here
FRAY and Saturday making car
dvng impossible
John Eh- returned home Thurs
AE from Billing a ether points
we where b rad been employed
tbs paT fe~ monks.
Gzren<e ard Ruth Polling Gre
Horz- = D. visiting their sister
Mrs. Lon Myers ard family Thurs
day gong home Friday Mss Ruth
Bro~z accompanied them to her
hsne p spend the veek end
Care2 CHAPMAN and Narinns
ysez acre transacing business in
arens-z On Wednesday.
! tea friends happened in TO helm
eranvare her birthday Saturday Al
TIE parental home The evening was
Tene Il bridge after which ire-
cr4ra and cake was served
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-02-18

TO prevent sell drifting by eliminaf-
ing, or greatly reducing, the area of
safiiiiief7faii0w are not, under present
conditions, capable of wide applica-
ton.
D. In the drier parts of the pro
vince, grasses are not sufficiently
dependable 10 be used as regular
rops in the rotation
D. In large areas of southern and
western Saskatchewan, tiIIage prac-
tces re the most practical available
methods OF preventing soil drifting.
suitable methods of tiI1age,
n summerfaIIow may be left In a
cioddy, uirr-resistant condition. or
the surface may be kept covered with
sspooie and trash remaining from
the previous crop.
8. The methods of tillage and the
implements used will be determIn4sd
by the soil type, the amount of stub
Die and the kind Of weeds to be WI
troIled.
D. Strip farming has proven d-
receive IN preventing in soil drifting
II other regions similar in soil and
ciimaflc conditions to Southern Sas.
katchewan.
~ Emergency measures to PR
VEN drifting may be very useful
7e'r cher rethoAs have failed or
VIXEN ca " rreeaut cas N tiIlarx
methods have not been adopted.
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