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The Washington times., 1933-07-04
Traffic Lights
For Avenue
Planned

Plans to install traffic lights to
replace the present hand-oper-
ated signals on Pennsylvania Ave-
nue. Northwest have been revealed
by M. o. Eldridge, assistant traf-
fic director.
Lights would be installed at the
intersections of the Avenue with
John Marshall Place, Sixth, Sew
enth. Ninth, Twelfth and Four.
teenth Streets. Mr.. Eldrige be-
lieves a speeding up of the aver
age traffic flow from 16 to ap.
proximately % miles an hour will
result from the change.
Policemen now used to operate
the signals on the Avenue would
be transferred to other duty.
Other traffic lights soon to be
installed are one at Key Bridge
and another at Twenty-ninth and
M Streets Northwest.
The Washington times., 1933-07-04
POLICE BULLET
WOUNDS HOBO

James George, colored, is in the
Alexandria Hospital with a bullet
wound inflicted il his body by
Special Officer H. Rose at the
Southern Yards last night.
According to the report made by
Rose. George was attempting to
push Joseph McClone, another
treSpasser, off a moving freight
train, and when Rose, who was
patrolling the train, interfered,
George attacked him and he shot
in self-defense.
George will be arraigned in the
Alexandria Police Court. He is al
legged to be hobo.
The Washington times., 1933-07-04
Shippers to KnOW
HON. Wind BLOLUS

Battleship shippers need no
longer thrust their fingers into
their mouths and then into the
breeze to decide from which di-
rection it is coming, as for CEN
turies their forbears have done
before them. The Bureau Of
Aeronautics has seen to that.
Utilizing instruments being fur
nished by the Navy Department,
officers now need but glance at
panel on the bridge or below deck
to discover instantly both the di-
rection and velocity Of the wind
topSide,
The Washington times., 1933-07-04
ROOSEVELT DUE
To EASE WOES
Of WORKERS
Unemployment Means to Get
Special Study by PreSi-
dent and His Aides
By DUNCAN FORSYTH

Fridays Cabinet meeting is ex-
pected to have vital significance
for Federal employees in Washing.
ton who have been dismissed or
given payless furloughs.
Re-employment of as many ca
pable clerks as possible was dis
cussed informally by the PreSi-
dent and Secretaries Roper and
Wallace at Annapolis yesterday,
and full details of the personnel
situation will be presented at the
Cabinet meeting.
The Federal pay cut of IS per
cent will be continued by Execu-
tive order for another six months,
until January l., by which time
it is hoped that, in part at least,
it may be rescinded.
Meanwhile, efforts to amelio-
rate hardships to those who have
been dismissed are under way.
Jobs With johnson
Secretary Roper hopes that q
considerable number of Com
merce Department employees may
be placed with Brig. Gen. Hugh
S. JohnSon's industrial recovery
organization, and Secretary WAL
lace is endeavoring to find jobs
in the new Agriculture Adjust
ment Administration for those he
was forced to remove from the
Department of Agriculture.
For several weeks plans have
been in the making for the as
similation of as many as possible
of the employees of the Inter
state Commerce Commission in
the railroad coordinator'S organ
ization.
Others dismissed from the Fed
eral employ, particularly from
the Interior Department, can be
provided for to some extent in
the Public Works Administration,
it is believed.
Those who have been involun-
tarily or optionalIy retired on
annuities after 80 years service
for the most part will be left in
that status, since others are in
greater need of reemployment.
One Job to a Family
The same condition holds true
Of married persons, dismissed be-
cause both husband and wife are
in the Government service. So
long as the demand for jobs
greatly exceeds the supply, one
job to family will be considered
sufficient, so far as Uncle Sam
is concerned.
The most difficult placement
problem is that involving the
scientists in the Government es-
tablishments. Unless an appro-
Continued on Page IL, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1933-07-04
HOLD
TRACK MEET

In celebration Of the Fourth
of July, a. track-and-field meet
sponsored by the District Play
ground Department and the
Amateur Athletic Union, was
staged today at Eastern High
School Stadium for boys in the
Northeast and Southeast sections.
The winners in some of the
outstanding events were: David
Sprinkle, running broad jump;
A. Pohl, 100-meter run; R. Con-
nor, quarter-mile run; Marcel
Jacobs, 115-pound, 70-meter run;
j. Sholts,' mile run, and Leslie
Cooksey, 9O-pound, 5O-meter run.
The Washington times., 1933-07-04
Man, 80, Shot When
Ar0ument Is STAGED

James Buffet, colored. 80, was
shot in the back and critically
wounded early today in front of
his home in the 1900 block of
Bennings Rd. N. E.
According to one version Of the
shooting given police, Buffet left
his house to ask some persons he
thought were creating a disturb
ance to move on. He became in
volved in an argument and was
shot by another colored man.
The Washington times., 1933-07-04
GIRL WILL FACE
.HOLDUP CHARGE

Virginia Harding, pretty bru-
nette robber who was given a
two-year suspended sentence for
her part in the holdup Of a
grocery store in Del Ray, March
2. was taken to indianapolis
yesterday to face a holdup charge
there.
With George E. Waters, who
is now serving a 10-year term
in the Virginia penitentiary for
robbing the Alexandria store, she
is charged with a. similar hold
up in the Indiana city. She
waived extradition.
The Washington times., 1933-07-04
Dern, Wallace Plan
To Visit Worlds Fair

Secretary of War Dern and
Secretary of Agriculture wallace
are expected to attend the
Worlds Fair Karnea of Delta Tau
Delta, national collegiate fra
ternity, it was announced today.
More than $500 persons are
expected to attend the Karnea.
C. F. Axelson, trustee of the Uni
versity of Chicago and Rush
Medical College, is chairman OF
the Karnea committee.
The Washington times., 1933-07-04
Comedy and Skill Compete
In Juvenile 7 rack Tilt

ism almost reared itself in the
form of a ringer" in the race for
four-year-old girls.
A blonde in overalls entered
the contest and was identified as
a boy. The rules were waived to
allow him to remain in the race,
but he had become so flustered
that he was left at the post.
Older boys competed in a base
running contest, jumping, quoits,
and tennis matches. There were
also tennis matches for girls.
Medals were to be awarded at
Z D. m.
The Washington times., 1933-07-04

approximately 100 young con-
testants met in Taft Park,
Twentieth and Otis Streets North
east, today for the athletic meet
of Burroughs School pupils.
Chief feature of the meet was
a series of races for both boys
and girls. Most of the youngsters
were between the ages of four
and twelve.
Many false starts were caused
by explosion of firecrackers.
which the racers mistook for
starting pistols.
The ugly head Of professional
The Washington times., 1933-07-04
Prosecutor. to Seek
Paddock for House

Proceedings to paddock house
in the 1000 block Sixth st. N. E.
were instituted yesterday in Dis
trict Supreme Court by Assistant
United States Attorney Harold
w. Orcutt with an affidavit
signed by four persons to the
effect they had purchased liquor
on the premises.
The proceedings named Charles
Mckinley washington, Allie
Washington and Leo Ford as
tenants of the house and Louis
and Rebecca Epstein as owners.
Time Is valuable! Save it when shop
ing the Rental Columns of the WANT
AID SECTION Of this newspaper
The Washington times., 1933-07-04
Negroes Seek Ban
On Cotton Boom

Appeals on behalf of consumers
Of cotton goods are made in q
brief filed by the Negro Industrial
League with Brig. Gen. Hugh S.
johnson, administrator of the Ma
tional Recovery act.
The league urged that prices OF
cotton goods to the consumer be
kept down, on the ground that
the Negro spends larger part OF
his total income on cotton than do
white citizens.
The Washington times., 1933-07-04

IN the history or my country, ana
that these things surprised me.
It is the surprise which, l fear,
will expose me to unfavorable COM
ment; but without the surprise the
other feelings would not have been
so powerful. I know that there are
several hundred thousands who visit
the field of Gettysburg every year;
it happens that I know far too many
darned intellectuals who wouldn't go
round the corner to see the original
battle itself.
When I found myself with the
choice of routes out of Harrisburg
a few days ago I thought that I chose
the Gettysburg route because it
promised to be the prettier. AS I
oY ohoI Tho fo,,oI
The Washington times., 1933-07-04
True to Type
Gettysburg Field, Guide and All a Pleasure
BY GILBERT SELDES.

LII do is put down the facts and risk the mock
"A cry and contempt of my readers The facts are
that the field of Gettysburg gave tremendous thrill
that discovered in myself layer of profound interest
The Washington times., 1933-07-04
GILBERT SELDES


myself quietly determined to go in-which I had not
consciously intended when started. certainly wanted
to see the place at which Lincoln had delivered the ad
dress But I obstinate about one thing: I would
not have guide I would go through on my own time
at my own speed following my whims. So I took
the first guide that offered.
Misguided Guidance
He started off badly; he started off, in fact like any
French guide, with such flood of unnteresting his
torca information that dug myself into the back seat
of the for duration He told that the Confederate
the name of Gen. Robert E. Lee (when he wasn't giving
the full name of Gen. George Something Meade) that
at the end of Is minutes really knew the of Gen.
Robert E. Lee. but knew nothing else
Then something like miracle occurred not only the
guide but the battle of Gettysburg to life It was
there before eyes, The official speech of the guide
was actually good one because by constant repetition
it hammered in the formation of the battle nes-the
fishhook, with the South coming down from the north
and the North the inside track heading back from
the SOUTH
Death in the Wheat
Presently you saw the wheat fied-you saw the hill
from which intelligent Union officer had seen the
sunlight cleaning the bayones of the Confederates
as they prepared to charge the field you almost
the CHASTITY speeding up of the movie as 900
dashed the field into Federal howitzers and
the enfilading fire of the infantry-eaving r. 900
dead in three-quarters of an hour.
The guide had asked whether we had had relatives
in the battlef so, he could point out the very spot
on which they had fought For myself I hah had no
relatives I hardly was entitled to sympathies in the
joy in the victory of the North which I experienced
1t only that there in front of me, real thing
that had happened to my country, upon which the
fate of my country had depended.
The Washington times., 1933-07-04
Official Statues

The sculpture at Gettysburg is pretty awful. So is
nearly all the sculpture made between 1870 and 1900
Nearly all national monuments and shrines have been
rather terrible to look at from the Siegesalee the
Albert Memorial. 1t inevitable that the moment
country determines to immortalize person or an
event the actual job is farmed out to man of little
imagination and less taste. Few of the Gettysburg
monuments are simple; many tortured. You do
not see them-after while.
:, One good thing has been done Cannon stand as
they stood at various times in the battle generals ride
stone horses facing as they faced those days. and
the rocky hill cress unspoiled. Outside the battle
field men have said to themselves, "What splendid
place for hot-dog stand,' and have built hot-dog
stands Within the itself trace of the CONNER
cal spirit is visible The guide when he is done, says
the Government has established fixed fee: 50 if the
trip was satisfactory, nothing at all if it was not.
have been guided to desperation in all the better
known capitals of Europe and have never heard such
a statement.
Look 1t Over
At this time of year the field of Gettysburg is
supremey beautiful because grain is up patching the
dark green of the wooded hills with a little richer
color. The battle took place days like these-warm
and clear. The men through the very trees
through which you move and scrambled up the same
rocks and took long sights and picked off by sharp
shooters on the other side 1t is worth going there to
get faint idea of what they experienced
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-01-19

lamps as waning afternoon brought
Wintry darkness One more change
now. and he would be on the Kampfest
line. But he was not going TO
GInn ut EHmnfpSf =
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But moi so easy to summon that
rage which would wipe out the hurt.
He had had his fondest hopes be-
trayed by the one human being he had
trusted above all others. II cut and
scourged. made him drive himself into
a furious temper.
He had boarded a late train, pack
sack over his shoulder, Obvious to
the stares of people in the station,
telling himself that he had been double
crossed. abused to a point which was
intolerabie- Through the remaining
hours of the night he had tossed in his
berth. letting that rage eat up the
disappointment and h~eartache. To
day. on a less comfortable train. his
Ire mounted and as the cars rocked
and bounced o. northward over In
creasingly rough steel. he sal for long
intervals without moving a muscle,
the fire In his eyes growing. the dark
ness In his heart deepening.
Snow fell. Now and again some OF
It sifted down from the ventilators to
the greasy rattan seats OF the smoker.
The brakeman came In and lighted oil
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lamps as waning afternoon brought
Winfry darkness. One more change
now. and he would be on the Kampfest
line. But he was not going to
stop at kampfestl
He moved with q start. then. and
his jaw muscles bulged. This was the
route he had planned 50 long to take,
but the destination was no longer what
Il had been In those years Of plan
ming On through Kampfest, rather,
on for the better part OF another hun
dred miles to Midwest headquarters.
You're out of luck" the conductor
said; getting into Kampfest tonight.
They got three cars Off on a culvert
and 1t may take EN- until noon to get
their line open. Tell yon what; the
Junction boarding houses a friglH.
Ton could go IN to Shoestring where
there's q good place to stay and come
back In the morning In time to get the
east-bound."
"Shoestring7 Never heard of IT =
"Spry little town" The conductor
smiled grimly as he adjusted the wick
of his lantern. IF the branch hadn't
been blocked this afternoon. you
might've seen some big times there
tonight
John did not heed this. He said,
much obliged" and settled back In
the corner of his eat with his wrath.
Soon the brakeman rose and sung
out: "Shoestring Y
B~uttoning his Mackinaw. Singing his
packsack to one shoulder. John stood
in the end Of the car as they jolted to
a stop. He was the only passenger
discriminating. and when he pulled the
door open snow swirled about him.
Moving figures showed against the
glow OF depot lights,
A voice sung out sharply.
That's himlv
He dropped to shin-deep snow on the
platform. and a bufking figure moved
to confront him.
You'd better git back on the train"
ihL Ga MI 4ua Il welcome
here"
ssCheck him through" someone
called hoarse1y.
Whats the big ideaw John snapped.
Who are you to-"
I'VE amt here to argue, Jack. You
git back aboard that car and keen
your feet out of Shoestring and you'll
be better Off T"
The big man grasped his arm de-
terminedly. and as John twisted to
free himself he slipped. He flung out
a hand to catch his balance and. on
the gesture, a singing blow caught
him full in the mouth.
An instant before, and despite his
black mood, he would have argued.
but that fist on his lips dropped a red
curtain before his eyes. coagulated all
the anger which had kept him hot for
two days and a night; stripped reason
from him He crouched; he rushed.
He was going to let NO gang put him
back on any trainl He bored into
them, through them. until he had dis
lance between himself and the car
and then Strengthened. catching one 4
stiff blow on the neck that spun him
about. He whirled and drove his fiat
hard Into a belly.
fTo. RE ~SrfrD
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Forget the Petty
Troubles of Life

Some one has observed that our
lives are cut into small pieces !.
work, play, love, friendship, social
contacts. business, responsibilities,
financial and blood relationships and
all the little pieces are colored by
cur temperament. our training, our
Inbred likes and dislIkes, habits,
tastes and %yearnings: the essential
business of living is to fe those
pieces into Il picture.
The petty a%nnoyances of daily life
are harder TO bear than the real bur-
dens to which we seen to adjust our
shoulders. We grow tired of listen
Ing to a radio which echoes only the
share-brained chatter of irresponsible
frivolity' when there are so many
beautiful things to which we might
listen-if permitted. 1t requires the
patience of Job to rise above the per-
sistent clatter of unwelcome sounds.
But we must try to remember that
what is important to one may be
" dtioliitl, anu duJuSt our
selves accordingly. We might be
poetical and steal new hopes with
every dawn and make a ~rose-jar
when they die.
"He has achieved success" says a
philosopher. 4who has lived well,
laughed often and loved much: who
has gained the respect of intelligent
men and the love Of little children.
who has filled his niche and accom-
plished his task who has left the
world better than he found It,
whether by an improved poppy, a
perfect poem. or a rescued soul who
has never lacked appreciation of
earth's beauty. or failed to express
it; who has looked for the best In
others and who has given the best
he had whose life is an inspiration
and whose memory a benediction.-
Exchange.
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lii

Now when a young man. fever hot
with rebellion. AT odds with his world.
set upon, treated unfairly. finding his
firmest trust betrayed, mad to his mar
row, steps Off q train into a strange
town and Is hit In the mouth by a
stranger. certain events are bound
10 follow. For one thing. the pres
SURF of temper within him finds relief.
II was easy enough for young John
Belknap to come to a decision as to
what to do; easy enough to decide
that the Midwest headquarters. up In
the wilderness. was as good a place as
any for a young man going out on his
own to. present himself and ask for a
chance. Easy. simplel
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told me when 1t was oil over. Ynn
ordered him to see what kind Of .
Belknap was left after the college
professors got through with Yon
told him to make 1t as rough for mo
as he knew how r.
Tom nodded again. that brisk. irate
gesture.
And what of it?"
s1nisl" John flung bis cap into !
chair and Slapped the desk. Il didnI
squawk didn't even ask for 4 fair
break. 1t was June. with the ,lack
flies SO bad Sandy couldn't keep road
builders In the woods. lie put mo II
there with what he mad left of a crew
and | stuck. ! was the only one az
the gang | started with who SIN we'd
through, and when we wound 10 / was
boss
did | get something better them
Guess again | swamped. | drove
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up with some other organization ant
see what / could do aud, II checked
out, would then get In here with yor
and help pull the load.
Then you stumbled ON to a loca
tion and the properties that fitted like
a glove to a plan. You couldn't wait
for me to start. of course. You had to
go ahead because II any demonstra.
ton Is going to be of account It's got
to show profit, and big timber hold
ings can't be carried along any more
without operating. You and Gorbel
got the mill up and running, the best
mill ever built You got the chemical
plans operating. You were going TO ex.
ercise your agreement with Gorbel and
buy him out and we'd go to 1t i.
you and l. Together -
He extended one hand In a little ges.
ture.
And when | thought | was ready
for that. | went up to Witch Hill. I'll
admit now that 1t was a bitter dose.
But | took 1t, didn't II I stayed on
longer than you'd said I'd have to stay
before getting my finger into the
kampfest thing. I've been waiting for
months for word that / could drop Ii.
and the word has never come.
I'VE wound her up. When / kn.w
you and mother were going today |
got the last of the equipment loaded.
the last chore done, and high-tailed
down here without even stopping to
buy civilized clothes because | thought
kampfest at last And Instead
Of that I'm told that I am now super
intendent at Belknap Seven!"
His lax fist fell on the desk. and he
nodded as If wearied.
His father shifted and ratified the
sheet Of paper he held.
That's the trouble with YOU Young
CATERS. Don't have the CUTS to wait
Got to jump In and learn jobs from the
top down. Stuffed shirts, for God
knows how many years yes-men. You
won't take the time to learn from the
bottom up y
Doesn't that mean anythingT r. John
asked with a curt gesture towards the
paper In the age-mottled hands.
The mans eyes dropped to that
scrawl, written on the Ietter-head OF
the Witch Hill Lumber company. He
read 1t once more:
ITO whom It may concern. dear sir.
John Steele has worked as camp fore
mar here for n year. He is only q
kid but as good d logger as ever wore
sox. Respy ]. McIver supt."
The lowering Of mis- face concealed
from the sons burning eyes the pride
which swept It, and John could MOI
know the warmth which re-reading the
words generated again In the old heart.
nor the chagrin and fear at what he
was now doing. But the belittling
grunt and the dismissing gesture as he
tossed the letter back to the desk ton
made the boy stir on his feet and
tighten his lips.
SANDY" old Tom growled. "San.
dy, Writin' a recommendation r. He
laughed Think he's rer-aeHe-tI that
for anybody before? Not much why.
he was so ratified he left out the only
part OF YOUR name that counts! Done
1t for you because he liked you. AS
my old timers always we done. he
probably babied you from the time
'Babiedr" The interruption was hof
with anger. 'Babied me, did he?
On funny babying, I'd call itI" He
laughed bitterly. i know what went
ahead Of me to Witch Hill. Sandy
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-01-19
Care for Your Hair Nth
Cufcura

Before shampooing rub
Cuficura Ointment gently
into the scalp. Then make q
thick uds with Cuficura SOap
and warm water and shampoo,
massaging the scalp well to
stimulate circulation. Rinse
thoroughly.
SoapGc. Ointment rs and Soc. Proprictorss
Potter Drug q Chemical Corp.
Maiden Mass.
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seemed to press against my heart. /
had hardly any energy and felt dull
and ~Iistlcss Nil the time" said Mrs. Eliza
try DR.. Pirrcr's Golden Medical Discovery.
I used only about four bottles In all and it
strengthened me. my appetite improved, /
WAS not nearly so nervous, and slept we'll Mt
night. In fact, / felt better in every way"
Writ. TO DIR. Pierce. Clinis, Buffalo,
m. X. for free medical .dvioo.
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STOMACH, GAS, PAINS

-.
Cheyenne, Wye
LAST summer | was
weak. My nerves
were bad. every
thing irritated me
and | did not rest
we'll At all. | belched
gas continually and
had pains in my
stomach the gas