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The Washington times., 1933-09-01
LEE WORKING
WITHOUT PAY

BALTIMORE, Sept. 1.-specu-
lation as to whether or not Fred
erick P. Lee, Washington public
works advisor for Maryland, has
been receiving pay for his service,
was settled yesterday with the an
nouncement from Governor
Ritchie that at his own request
Lee was not placed on the State
payroll.
The Governor said Lee will
not receive financial compensa-
ton from the State unless and
Until he can be of specific aid
in public works matters.
Lee was appointed to represent
Maryland in public works matters
in Washington because it appeared
as though some one would be
needed to look after the States
interests, the Governor said. Now,
Ritchie added, since a regional di-
rector has been appointed by the
Federal Government, and State
Advisory Committee has been set
UP, it seems these agencies can
handle the work.
The Washington times., 1933-09-01
AZ ST. PAVING
PROMISED

A recommendation that Four
and One-half Street Southwest,
from Maryland Avenue to the
Army War College, be placed on
the preferred list for paving next
year, was submitted to the Dis
trict Commissioners today by H.
C. Whitehurst, director Of high
ways for the District.
This thoroughfare, which IS
now cobblestoned, has been on
the list of projects for paving for
about two years, Mr.. WhitehurSt
explained, but the necessity Of
getting other projects completed
and shortages of money for the
purpose have made it impossible
to get this job done.
Captain WhitehurSt estimates
the cost will be about SIS, 900, ex-
elusive of the work on the car
track space.
The Washington times., 1933-09-01
NATION BEGINS
: SEPTEMBER
BUY DRIVE
i. ~O OIhuI
'Tet's put our dollars back to

! 'Tet's put our dollars back to
work."
With this battle cry, the nation
initiates today the Buy in Sep
tember" movement sponsored by
The Washington Times and other
Hearst newspapers.
The National Recovery Admin.
istration and high officials
throughout the land are backing
this great campaign to speed up
the wheels of industry and en-
ployment by placing every pos,
Slble dollar in immediate circula-
ton.
Washington is expected to roll
up the most impressive record
among American cities, because in.
dividual buying power is greater
here than in any other locality.
PayrOlIs Regular
In addition, most local payrolls
come with more regularity and
certainty than those elsewhere.
Where buying power is dependent
upon wages of industries now
struggling back on their feet,
money cannot be placed in circu-
lation on as definite a schedule
as that maintained in the Dis
trict.
Most Washington wage-earners
are Government employees whose
salaries are paid clock work twice
q month.
Approximately $7,500,0O0 was
turned over to 10000 civilian and
military employees in the District
by the government on the payday
at the end of August. A large
amount of this cash will undoubt-
edly find its way into the Golfers
Of local business.
Circle of Buying Power
Local business in turn will place
orders with manufacturers for
more merchandise. The manu-
facturers will gear their produc-
ton employment and wages a
little higher.
And thus the circle of buying
power will be completed, more
money and more jobs as the re-
suit.
Lets put our dollars back to
work."
The Washington times., 1933-09-01
Cowboy Fireman Set to Weld Bull Whip
To Entertain Crowds at Benning Fair
Billy Gee Slated for
Sharp-Shooting
Show, Also

Would you like to have a
cigarette cut out Of your mouth
by a man with a 24-foot bull
whip?
Or would you prefer having him
stand at a distance of several
yards and shoot a quarter out OF
your fingers?
These are some Of the tricks
that will be performed at the Ma
tional City Fair, to be held at the
old Benning race track from Sep
tember 2 to 9, by William A. Gee,
"a, known as the Cowboy Fire
man."
Real BrOnc Buster
A member Of Engine Company
No. 10, and drum major of the
fire department band, Gee knows
as much about riding bronchos,
punching cattle and throwing
knives as he does about fighting
flames.
Strangely enough, however, he
is not product Of the Wild West.
He was born and raised in
Washington. His experience in
riding and acrobatic stunts was
gained during a 14-year career
with the circuses of the Ringing
Brothers and Barnum and Bailey,
Hagenbeck- Wallace Shows, and
the Miller Bros 101 Ranch.
At the National City Fair, the
"Coyboy Fireman" will perform
tricks with an Australian bull
whip, and every evening at 8
o'clock will ride buffalo. p
To Ride Buffalo
Ride a buffalo? Yes, a real, live
bull buffalo from the Western
plains. Billy Gee can handle such
creatures. While appearing with
a circus in Rockford, Ill, he was
attacked by a large buffalo, and
killed the animal with penknife.
He says:
"Give me razor and I'll take
on a rhinOcer0s.
The head of the buffalo he
killed is now exhibition in the
Keith Theater Building.
Standing 6 feet 2 inches in his
bare feet and weighing 1913 pounds
Gee was appointed to the Wash
ington Fire Department in 1923
while wearing a Wild West cos
tune he had used in his last job
with circus. It was this incident
that gained him the soubriquet of
the Cowboy Fireman"
He resides in 5000 block of
Central Avenue, N. E.
snend a Dollar and Make a Job
The Washington times., 1933-09-01
Mother and Babies
Perish in Flames

LAFOLLETTE, Tenn, Sept. l..
The bodies of Mrs. Pearl Johnson
and her three small children were
found on the floor of their home
after it had been swept by flames
today.
The husband, Floyd Johnson, a
filling station operator, said he
escaped through an unscreened
window of the back bedroom.
The Washington times., 1933-09-01
StOUe Blast Causes
Fire in BLGdenSbUrQ

A small FIR in the home of
Stephen Koundouriotis, employe
at the Greek Legation, was ex-
tinguished yesterday by the
Bladensburg Volunteer Fire De-
partment. Koundouriotis lives in
Decatur Heights, Md.
The fire was caused by the
explosion If a small heating
stove, firemen said. No one was
hurt. Damage was slight.
The Washington times., 1933-09-01
$26,OOO,OOO Frauds
ChQrqed to MdchGdO

HAVANA, Sept. (U.S).
Gerardo Machado. fugitive sx-
President Of Cuba, and his aSso-
ciates today were charged with
misappropriating a total of $685.
100000 in public works funds.
An official statement by the
treasury accused Machado and
Carlos Miguel de Cespedes, who is
no relative of President de CeS-
pedes, as chief holders Of the
money.
Snend q Dollar and Make Q Job
The Washington times., 1933-09-01
GREY UNCONSCIOUS

ALNWICK, NORTH UMBERc
LAND, England, Sept. 1 Q.N.S).
Tiscount Grey, of Fallodon,
i'll at h home here, was
today. The eminent
statesman fell ill last Saturday,
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-10-06
Dependents Decline

Despite the Improvement in
general business conditions and the
creation of work as a result of the
federal works program, IS per cent
of the entire population of North
Carolina are still requiring aid
from public funds, according to
information given out by the Gov
ernor's Office of Relief.
A total of 4S0,319 individuals
were aided in North Carolina dur
ng June according to the informa-
ton. This included 92,272 fami-
lies of feive persons to a family
and 1889 n%on-family persons.
Cleveland had the lowest per-
centage of restitution with rs,
taking the honor away from Stan
ly which had rs Until June
Stanly has enjoyed the lowest per-
centage of restitution of any coun-
ty in the State. Avery was the
highest with 40.l per cent-of its
population on relief.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-10-06
The First Charge

Education is not a luxuury to be
paid for, Or not, as the convent
ence of the economic cycle permits.
1t is one Of the first charges that.
our democracy must provide for,
if it wishes to remain a democracy.
1t is this fact which causes all
thoughtful persons who wish to
take the democratic route to the So
luton Of our problems, to place
education higher than ever before
in the nations scale of values.
More than a century ago, James
Madison said: "A popular gov
erment without popular informa-
ton or the mean of acquiring it.
is but a prologue to a farce or a
tragedy, or, perhaps BOTH This
statement by Madison is even more
true today than when he made it.
When we decide what educational
opportunities shall be provided the
rank and file of American chill
dren, we are essentially deciding
whether the rank and file of Am
%erican people shall be peasants or
|freemen. We, are making a choice
between chaos, dictatorship, or a
continuance of the American demo-
cratic system of government.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-10-06
Side Quit Hurting,
Got Stronger, Well;
CARDUI Helped Her

WOMEN! Get rid of the handi-
caps of a weak, debilitated condi-
ton with the assistance of Cardui.
Mrs. R.. L. West, of Huntsville,
Ala, writes: II was weak and
rundown. I had a pain in my side,
and I kept losing weight. l grew
nervous over my condition - this
was unusual for me. for l am very
cheerful when I am we'll and don't
easily get nervous. I knew I
ought to take something. My aunt
told me l ought to try Cardui,
which I did. I began to feel bet
ter. l kept it up until l had taken
three or four bottles. My side
quit hurting and I was soon feel
Ing strong and we'll"
Cardui Is sold at drug stores here.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-10-06
The International Market Forecast
Bareau of New York Predicts
Long Advance.

The present position of the cot
ton market is seemingly as UNI
shakable as the Rock of Gibraltar.
The fact that our Government
has announced that it will loan the
farmer 10 cents at interior points,
will relieve the cotton market from
any hedge pressure and any de-
cline that might occur from this
level on account Of the weak stock
market, will be of short duration.
Right now there are too many
cotton bears and too pessimistic
a view is. being taken of the cotton
supply situation. Bears fail to reaz
lie that the foundation for a real
bull cotton market has already been
laid and that statistics are the post
rortem verdict. Manipulation may
artifically depress cotton prices for
a time, but the law of supply and
demand will sooner or later hold its
sway; in fact, it is no longer a
question of supply, but one of de-
mand and demand is improving all
the time. This statement is borne
out by the fact that consumption
continues on an unusually large
scale and now exceeds the 1880 con-
sumption by more han 100000
bales. Exports are also increasing
and are now $4,000 bales ahead of
last year. Evidently the foreign.
spinner continues to be enthused
over the idea that American cot
o is still cheap. After all is said
and done cotton is really more.
valuable than gold. Cotton is the
friend of the poor and the luxury
of the rich; it is made into cloth
so coarse that it sells for a few
cents a yard; it is made into fab
ric so fine and o beautiful that it
cannot be told from silk and if
there were no cotton, the civilized
world including Maharma Gandi
would have to go naked. Cotton
will gain strength as it moves
higher-it is the n commodity
that has been designated to lead the
world out Of this depression. Old
King Cotton will soon regain his
throne and the farmer who fails to
take advantage of the Govern.
menr plan to hold his cotton, will
look backward one yyesd from now
with regret and remorse.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-10-06

AN EX-SWEETHEART congratu-
"A ulates her successor and does it
with a smile! Miss Emeryl McHale
ION the right, who last summer was
chosen as Sweetheart Of the 21st
Annual California Rodeo." is seer
congratulating Miss Ardoth Schnei-
der. this years winner. Miss Schnei-
der. representative of Long Beach,
won the title Of Finest Outdoor Girl
in California" and was crowned
Sweetheart t the Rodeo" In compe-
tition with thirty-one other contest
ants at the contest held in Salinas
last July She Is now enjoying one
Of the prizes awarded her-a 5000.
mile cruise on the new Grace liner
Santa Lucia-with visits en- route in
Mexico. Guatemala. Ell Salvador. Pan
anna. Colombia. Havana and NJ,
York-and a return rail tr u W
includes a visit to the VIZ
and points Of interest In
The Rodeo conies,
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-10-06
Competition Is
No Excuse For
Starvation Wages

"A court of equity will not lend
its aid to protect a business which
can survive by expressing its work
|ers.'
These words, part of a decision
by Judge Harry Fisher of Chicago
in a case arising from a dispute be-
tween a garment factory and its
workers sums up one of the most
important phases of the recovery
campaign about as we'll as any one
sentence could.
It's worth looking for a moment
at their background.
The workers in this Chicago
plant were out on Strike. Their
weekly wages were somewhere be-
tween s. and 50 below the mini
mum fixed by the MIRA. Their
hours of work said to be from s.
to so hours a week. The factory
owners, seeking an injunction tc
stop the strikers from picketing,
explained that keen competition
forced them to pay low wages and
impose lcpg hours.
But the judge, after laying down
the principle quoted above, denied
the plea for an injunction, ordered
,NRA hours and wage scales to be
installed at once, and ruled that
the company must comply with any
code that may be adopted for the
garment industry.
Now there is more in this than
just the settlement of another
strike. Judge Fishers blunt ate
ment expresses a truth that ought
to have been self-evident a long
time ago, but which has seldom
previously won approval from the
bench.
The pressure of competition is the
most frequently used of all excuses
for unsatisfactory working con-
ditions. From lumber camps to
textile mills, it has been cited over
and over again when workers have
protested intolerable conditions.
Sometimes it has been just an abb
and sometimes it has been justified
by facts. Now, at last, it gets
.Ijudicially knocked on the head.
UnlessSyou can pay your workers
a decent wage and make it possible
for them to live like human beings.
you We got no right to be in busi-I
ness at all-that, in substance, is
what it says. 1t makes a pretty
good rule.
And that it why these various
codes are so important. They not
only seek to improve the workers
lot; they aim to curb reckless COM
petition so that it viii no longer
be necessary for an employer to pay
starvation wages and impose sweat
shop hours. They offer protection
to the employer who wants to do
the right thing. To the other kind
they offer a one-way exit.-Gas-
tonia Gazette.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-10-06

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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-10-06

a~bathing beauty affair. Pulchritude
and personality count. of course. but
the Finest Outdoor Girl in Cali
fornia" must have other qualifications
as we'll. She must rate 1000 as fol-
lows 25% in craftsmanship: 25% in
cultural and educational accomplish.
ments: 25% in personality: 1879 in
appearance. from a health and beauty
standpoint: and 1917 in costume.
Miss Schneider. though only twenty.
two years old. has already won dis
tinction IS a horsewoman. She began
riding when only three years old. on
her fathers ranch. winning fame for
the stunts she performed on her trick
pony. She made the headlines Eve
years ago BY riding to victory in the
Coronado Town Plate at Aqua Cali
ME. the first recognized ace for
wn!r"n Jockeys in the country, She
90. nn,an riding championship
e 'nnred the Orient
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-10-06

There's be no rainy days Tor
the winner Of the big s1,ooo-a-
year Life Prize offered for a slogan
by the American Weekly, the mag
azine which comes each Sunday
with the Baltimore American. Buy
your copy from your favorite news
boy or newsletter.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-10-06

HAS NOTHING ON RENO

HAS MOI HING ON KENO
: Reno, the Nevada divorce city,
has nothing on Concord, Cabarrus
county. In the court there Is
divorces were granted in jusst about
as many minutes. In most instan-
ces the DEGREES were granted on
two years separation.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-10-06
aOsT OFFICE CLEAR

washington-Ts,e Post Office
is in the clear for the first time in
many years. Since july, the deficit
is less than $1,000.
The Washington times., 1933-10-17

propeller This is not bomb to be dropped ship and
exploded It is torpedo that the swift plane would carry
terrific speed close enough battleshp but far enough
away to be safe from the ships anarcraft guns At the
proper distance this torpedo like those that torpedo
and submarines against bateshps dropped from
the aplane the water headed in the right direction
Under the power of its propeller it rushe the work
Of destruction against the battleships side.
This apane to be taken board the British aircraft
carrier Furious In it would go to the deck of
the aircraft carrier While still miles from the enemy fleet
the apane would leave the aircraft carrier
by of Others each carrying Of these deadly
pedoe each would be dropped into the water headed for
the baesp and the planes would retire. leaving the tor
pedoes to do their work.
The lower picture, of mimic naval battle in Britain
shows how the thing would work In the foreground
the arships bent destruction. In the background you
see of batehps What chance do you think they
would have? And what do you think Of Government
that spends SEVENTY MILLION DOLLARS renovating
old batteshps that in would only be targets for air
planes?
P. s.-You might cut this article out and send it to
your Congressman Senator happen to know his name
The Washington times., 1933-10-17
Provides Change

The Twentieth Amendment
to the Constitution meets the
challenge of a new day by
eliminating lame duck" Sen
ators and Representatives in
Congress and by abolishing the
lame duck" or short session.
In addition to these changes
the Twentieth Amendment pro-
vides for two others of real
Importance. One of these
fixes the succession to the
Presidency following a presi-
Dental election by designating
the Vice President-elect as act
ing President in the event Of
the death of the President
elect, or in case there is a
deadlock or failure on the part
of the President-elect to quail
ify.
This new amendment also
gives the Congress power to
provide by law for filling the
Presidency in case neither a
President-elect or a Vice Presi-
dent-elect shall have qualified.
Congress is also given the
power by the new amendment
to provide for the case of the
death of any of the persons
from whom the House may
choose a President whenever the
right of choice shall have de-
volved upon the House.
Under the old system, had the
House been called upon to elect
the President, the choice would
have been made by the eXpir.
ing instead of the newly elected
Congress.
AS a result of the ratifica-
ton of the Twentieth Amend
ment, which now goes into eff
feet, the official terms of PreSi-
dent Roosevelt and Vice Presi.
dent Garner will terminate on
January 20, 1887, instead Of on
March 4 of that year.
Copyright, 1893. The WashinStsA
Times)
The Washington times., 1933-10-17

MOCRACY. ELSIE HOblNsON
But that's silly!" you snort.
"There's nothing new about
Democracy. We've always had
it,"
You're wrong, partner. De-
mocracy is just the one thing
we've never really had-NEVER
EVEN TRIED TO HAVE!-In
America.
What, exactly, is Democracy?
It's a theory of human equality.
A system of government by all
the people, for all the people,
whereby everyone gets a decent
chance. Which, of course, lis
tens lovely. Then why didn't
we do it? The answer is plain:
Brotherly love is swell in
theory, but tough in practice.
For if the weak and the
stupid are to have an equal
chance with the strong and the
smart, it means plenty of sac
rifice and hardship-and we
must all cramp our styles. We
can no longer be greedy saw
ages, piling up our individual
wampum while the other fellow
starves. We must begin to be
controlled, civilized human be-
ings.
But does our human selfish
ness want to be put on a spot
like that? OF course it doesn't!
And So
THIS COUNTRY HAS NEVER
BEEN A DEMOCRACY. 1T HAS
NEVER BEEN RUN BY ALL
THE PEOPLE FOR THE BENE-
FIT OF ALL THE PEOPLE. TT
HAS BEEN RUN BY A POW
ERFUL FEW FOR THE BENE-
FIT OF A POWERFUL FEW.
We haven't admitted that.
Most of us haven't even rea-
lized that. We have thought,
honestly, that we were demo-
cratic. We have pointed with
pride to certain democratic in
stitutions-our public schools,
our free hospitals.
But behind this delightful
"front" we were A COUNTRY
OF PRIVILEGED CLAS S s,
WITH THE CARDS ALL
STOCKED AGAINST THE UN-
PRIVILEGED MASSES!
So what? So this. This
chaos. We've bluffed. Now
life is calling our bluff. We've
pretended to be "our brothers
keeper" while actually we let
him go to the dogs.
Now the inevitable thing has
happened. BECAUSE WE
WOULDN'T KEEP HIM, HE
CAN'T KEEP US. Our selfish.
ness and hypocrisy havo boom
The Washington times., 1933-10-17
Three-Minute Journeys
By Temple Manning.

played their part in medieval
history.
The left bank of the Sauer is
especially interesting. The ro-
mantle valley of the Our has
been followed out in the process
Of centuries and on either side
are rocks bristling with forti-
fications of which the ruined
Castle of Vianden is typical. It
Is high on a rock and has six
gates, "a towers, and a romantic
Norman chapel which has re-
Gently been destroyed. The
camera enthusiasts are always
in their element at Vianden and
it is, indeed, lost day that one
does not come across an artist
endeavoring to catch the
strange, grim fascination of the
place, on canvas.
Echoes of BygOne Days
But all the ruins of castle
and town are merely a prelude
to the capital, Luxembourg
itself. Once it was an impreg-
nable fortress, one of the most
redoubtable in Europe. The re-
mains of it's towers and bastions
are still erect, high above the
valleys. Today the ruggedneSS
of the site is softened by grace
full gardens shaded from the
sun by thick foliage, and by
flowered terraces. The modern
town is elegant with gay cafes,
clubs, hotel and smart shops,
many of them branches of Paris
establishments. The old town
and the new are side by side
and together they make up a
city that is full Of fascination
and picturesque charm. Luxem-
bourg is not so far from Brus-
sells and the route between the
two capitals is very pretty one.
Other interesting places in
the Duchy of Luxembourg in
clude Hollenfels castle and its
impressive dungeon, dating from
the thirteenth century. Only a
glance at one of the dim dun
geons is needed in order to see
that the way of the transgressor
certainly was hard in those STIR
ring medieval times.