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The Washington times., 1933-11-06
The Human Side of the News
Nations Get SIum Conscious-Bernt Balchen
Bernt Balchen
Blu EdUin C.. Hill

Balchen who guided the mono
plane America, with Byrd, Acos.
ia, and Neville aboard, through
dense fog over Paris in 1927 and
brought her out of peril Of
pitch-black and stormy night to
a magnificently successful land
ing off the French coast. And
it is Balchen now who prepares
with Lincoln Ellsworth to make
a 2,900-mile, nonstop flight in
the Antarctic, over the South
Pole.
When the transatlantic plane
Bremen crossed in 1923 and
came to earth on deSolate
Greenly Island, Labrador, Floyd
Bennett and Balchen, both,
curiously enough, sick at the
time, flew from Detroit to aid
them with supplies. Benefits
cold became pneumonia. Bal
chen had to push on from Que.
bee without him. Bennett died,
tragically, gloriously. Balchen
found the German-Il1sn crew
and brought it to New York.
1t may be trite to say so, yet,
surely it is true that there is
Viking blood in his veins. He's
a native Of Norway, you know.
And the Vikings, you will recall.
sailed out from Norway in little
ships and gazed ahead with
steady eyes as they moved on
through the unknown of vast
waters. Balchen's like that in
the air.
The Washington times., 1933-11-06
Disgrace Cities

Our own United States has
the Federal Relief Corporation
pouring millions of dollars into
projects destined to do away
with the wretched tenements
which disgrace New York and
other large cities. The Rock
efellers and the Heckshers and
other such philanthropic houses
have been carrying on similar
work in private capacities.
London's slums are famous,
or rather, Infamous. From
Dickens to Edgar Wallace, they
have housed all that is vile and
base of fact and fiction. But it
appears that the novelist of the
future will now have to look
elsewhere for his Bill Skies. Even
Limehouse is on the spot, with
a royal commission ready to
bump off 10000 slum buildings
in the next five years at a cost
Of $150,00O,000.
Figures are dry, but PERSONAL
ties are interesting, and a per.
Sonality of the slum-clearing
movement is one-Michael SAINT
angelo, a man of siXty-seven.
Down in the heart of New
York's East Side, in Oliver
Street, where AL Smith was
reared, Michael bought in three
old five-story rookeries that no
body would live in. He turned
out the innards entirely, leaving
nothing but the outer walls.
Then he rebuilt the rookeries
into two, three. and five-room
apartments with electric ice
boxes, incinerators, and a heat
ing plant. He provided for sun
light, and planted shrubbery
around the building, and, today,
he is getting $40 room each
month.
If Colonel Lindbergh symbol
ICES the intrepidity Of aviation.
Lieut.. Bernt Balchen stands for
it's inflexible resolve. 1t was
The Washington times., 1933-11-06
Education Is Important
Uncle Sam Should Realize It

The necessity for Federal department of education with
Cabinet officer at its head greater than it is
when entire school system suffering from the effects Of
three Of depression and the economies which
have been enforced against it in many States.
Unless steps taken repair the damage already wrought
to educational structure the present generation of school
children will reach maturity under the mmeasurabe handicap
Of defective schooling.
Dr. Robert M Huchins the distinguished president of the
University of Chicago recent uteranc demands the estab
shment Federal department Of education along lines which
have long been advocated by the Hearst newspapers.
Noted educators in all parts Of the country have also urged
It for many years.
is earnestly be hoped that the Roosevelt Adminsra
ton and the Congress will give this question the attention
that deserves and expand the inadequate Federal Bureau
Education into full department with corresponding
to its needs.
Next to the defense the Nations most important
sponsibility is the education Of its citizens.
cannot meet that responsibility except by dealing with it
on a national SCALE
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Mr.. Cass Gilbert, who will
be seventy-four years old next
month, is still as young in ideas
as when he came out of zanes-
vile, Ohio, to give New York
the monumental Woolworth
building and the impressive
Fort Lee Bridge. These are
but two of the architectural
gems which have won for him
the citation of having "contri-
buted most conspicuously to the
modern improvement in archi-
lecture, especially towards the
development of the skyscraper
age"
This thorough workman and
charming gentleman returns
from Italy to tell us that Rome
is the most interesting of cities,
and that Mussolini has been
doing much to improve it by
cleaning up the slums and re-
moving old buildings without in
any way impairing the beauty
of the Eternal City.
The Washington times., 1933-11-06
GwaliOr Fort

UWdAAUE EUEt
On the main railroad line be-
tween Bombay and Delhi is
Gwalior, not so we'll known to
the average tourist, perhaps,
but favorite place with those
who love the old and the
beautiful. For one of the old
est, most interesting and most
beautiful buildings, not only in
India, but in the world. is the
great fort of Gwalior, a land
mark for miles around, and so
striking that even the most
blaSe traveller experiences a
thrill of interest and admira-
ton as he glimpses this ma
jestic stronghold for the first
time.
A Beautiful Building
There is age in Gwalior fort,
but no impression of Senile de-
cay. On the contrary, every
corner exudes an impression Of
virility and commands respect
very different from the ma
jority of old buildings. Here
is no shapeless conglomeration
of defenses, erected solely for
utility. BY the very contours
of the rock which serves as the
base of the stronghold was de-
creed the shape which the fort
was to assume, and every struc-
ture was planned and built to
The Washington times., 1933-11-06
Viking Heritage

When Commander Byrd was
at Kings Bay in 1926 preparing
for a flight to the North Pole
with Floyd Bennett, he met Bal
chen. The young Norwegian
gave him pointers that helped a
lot to make the North Pole ven
ture a success. Byrd decided
that Balchen was good man to
have around and brought him
to this country. That he was
right was proven by Balchen's
handling of the America on the
transatlantic flight. Fog, fog,
fog-to phlegmatic Balchen it
was a dull trip. Thrilling?
Hardly! Subsequently, he pilot
ed Byrd over the South Pole.
Balchen doesn't smoke or
drink. He talks little and
doesn't like hats. In 1880 he
married in New Jersey a girl
who went to school with him in
Norway, and he became an
American citizen.
Wherever he is, Bernt Balchen
will be found strong, sure. The
Canadian government was en-
gagged in construction work in
the Hudson Bay district a few
years back. It was necessary to
carry dynamite by airplane.
Who was the pilot? Balchen.
How would you like to fall out
of the sky with a load of dyna'
mite? But that never happened
to Balchen!
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Syndicate, Inc)
The Washington times., 1933-11-06

to be, or that the menus are
printed in finer type. Get a
pair of glasses and stop touch
ing up your hair. You're not
sick-you're FORTY!
If you're a man, don't kid
yourself that the sweet young
things (half your age) are al
ways "out" or dated when you
call up, and that their languid
manner when you dance with
them is because they're tired.
The Washington times., 1933-11-06
MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland

It's because you're bald or TAT
or sixty, and they're longing to
dance with somebody their own
age.
If you're running along on
the rim" financially, don't kid
yourself that a flashy new car
(bought on time) and a v-ermine
coat will impress anybody in
THESE days, when so many eX-
financiers are riding in the sub
way and eating at the automat.
It will only make those who are
trying to pay their debts and
help their felloW-men deSpise
you-or laugh at you.
If your book never landed a
publisher or your play didn't
get across, don't kid yourself
that it is because you're too
highbrow, or too advanced" for
your times. 1t was probably
mediocre book or a dull play or
an immature manuscript-and
you've got to be GOOD to get
across, these days.
It's foolish to try to kid your
self that you look younger or ap-
pear more prosperous or i'm
portant than you are. It does
not "get by" any more, and it
merely makes you look silly or
pathetic.
Of course, the world is still
full of climbers and "shoW-off::"
but the day of the four-flusher
is over. His sun has set-and
his game" is less and less ef-
fective, in a world where frank
ness and simplicity are the
mode of the day. The younger
generation are not going to be
able to bluff each other nor to
kid themelves, at all. They
know too much about the
"phonies," and they've seen too
many of them lose out.
It's really great relief to
stop KIDDING YOURSELF
just like taking off a pair of
tight dancing pumps and Slip
m><@
1,g II
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wo n d erf III
column a n d
have very
one admiring
you, because
you're W is e
a n d b av e
and strong. :"
T h a n k S,
lady, for those
well-meaning
words But
you're wrong
on all counts.
This column
isn't wonder
full. Nor am
I 1rricn and
The Washington times., 1933-11-06
WISE WORDS

All government. indeed every
human benefit and enjoyment,
every virtue, and every prudent
act, is founded on compromise
and barter.-Burke.
If you cannot make a man
think as you do, make him do
as you think.
The Washington times., 1933-11-06
Don't Kid Yourself


Fourflushing and bluffing
have been out of fashion for a
long time now-but there are
still lots Of people who go right
on kidding THEMSELVES. Kid
ding himself is the average
Americans greatest weakness.
It is so much more comforta-
BILE and easy to ADMIT every
thing-that you're poor; that
you're not so young or so beau
tiful, any more; that you made
a fool of yourself playing the
stock market; that there ISN'T
any Santa Claus! Admit it and
be cheerful about it. That's not
peSSi m S m - that's common
sense.
If you're a woman, don't kid
yourself that the looking glasses
are not so reliable as they used
The Washington times., 1933-11-06
You're Lonely if You're Wise.
You're Hated if You're
Strong, and Yet

"How I envy you'll" she writes.
IF I could only have a job
like yours! To write such a
The Washington times., 1933-11-06

ping your aching feet into a
pair of soft, roomy old house
slippers! TRY it!
It's a smart, de rigeur, CONNIE
il faut, modish and all that sort
of thing to be CANDID, these
days. Even with yourself!
Copyright, 1888. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-05-22
CEN. 5. 0. FUQUA
LOSES PAY

Maj. Gen. Stephen o. Fuqua,
chief Of infantry, is not entitled
to the pay and allowances Of the
office of chief of infantry since
March 81, according to a ruling
by Comptroller General J. r. Nc
Carl, because his appointive term
expired as of that date.
He was named to the post on
March %, 1929, at a time when
the Senate was not in session, but
later his appointment was con-
firmed as of that date. Hence
the expiration Of the term on
March 27 Of this year.
Another ruling holds that an
officer Of the reserve corps, in
jured in an automobile accident
held not to be in the line of duty,
is not entitled to treatment in a
civilian hospital at public expense.
Pupil nurses at st. Elizabeth'S,
SO in number, and at Freedman's
Hospital, 108 in number, will have
to struggle along on two shiny
dollars every pay day, to cover
cost of clothing and other ex-
penses than food and quarters,
since a ruling holds that their
total compensation Of $3.50, OF
which only $120 is in cash. must
be cut IS per cent and the amount
taken from the cash allowances.
The Washington times., 1933-05-22
VIRGINIA WOMAN
DIES IN CRASH

Harry Benham, Winchester,
Va, attorney is recovering today
from injuries received Saturday
in an automobile-truck crash near
Alexandria, which cost the life
of one woman and injured an
other.
Mrs. Dabney Harrison, of
Boyce, Va, died at the Alexan.
dria Hospital from a fractured
skull received when the car in
which she was riding crashed into
a truck on Little River Turnpike.
Anne Brooke Kern, also of Win
chester, was taken to her home
after treatment. Officials of the
Alexandria Hospital say Benham
is not seriously injured.
Mrs. Harrison was q daughter
of the late w. j. Cornwell, builder
of Winchester and Western rail
road.
The Washington times., 1933-05-22
Federation Elects
| Dunbar PIT. A. Head

The Rev. J. D. Pair, president
of the Dunbar High School Par
ent-Teacher Association, has been
elected president of the Fedora
tion of Parent-Teacher Associa-
tions, succeeding George A. Par
ker. Other officers elected include
Mrs. Regina Chandler and Miss
Edith Lyons, vice presidents;
David Wells, financial secretary;
Miss Elsie Robinson, executive Sec
retary; B. T. Montgomery, treas
urer, and Miss Susie Quander, his
torian.
The award for the most out
standing work by a member of
the federation during the school
year was given Miss Lyons, prin-
cipal of the Morgan School. She
headed a movement sponsoring
a series Of lectures on adult edu-
cation.
The Washington times., 1933-05-22
CATS SCRATCH
PO|SONS GIRL

Miss Dorothy Bailey, "a, Of the
100 block Of North Warner St.,
Clarendon, who is at Garfield
Hospital suffering from blood
poisoning and erysipelas growing
out of a scratch received from a
small kitten, was said to be
Every ILL" today.
At the hospital it was said
Miss Bailey has been in serious
condition since she was brought
there last Monday.
Miss Bailey, a week ago, at.
tempted to put the kitten on
the floor and it dug its claws
into her chest.
Members of her family today
said they became alarmed i'm
mediately and the family physi
clan, DR.. Ralph A. Quick, was
summoned. DR.. Quick and an.
other physician gave first aid
and after consultation decided to
send the girl to the hospital.
Miss Bailey was said to have
been in i'll health prior to de.
velopment Of the blood poisoning
infection and under treatment
by DR.. Quick. She is the daugh.
ter of Louis j. Bailey, an en-
gineer at the Walker Hill
Diaries.
In 1929, Alvin w. Miller, Cen.
tral High School principal, died
in Garfield Hospital from cry
sipelas which developed after he
was bitten by cat. Physicians
battled for six weeks in a vain
attempt to save Mr.. Miller's life
The Washington times., 1933-05-22
CRASHED Filler
IN GRIM FIGHT
FORH|SL|FE
Lyle Jordon Seriously Injured;
Crackup Due to Currents
From Another Plane

Lyle Jordan, 28-year-old head
Of the Jordan Flying Service,
Beacon. Airport, near Alexandria,
Va, is fighting for his life today
in the Alexandria Hospital with
severe injuries suffered last
night when his airplane crashed
from a height Of 500 feet at the
airport.
Jordan, who lives in the 200
block Ninth st. s. W., is thosSht
to have gone into a spin when
he attempted to make a landing.
The impact Of the crush buried
the motor of the plane more
than foot in the ground. The
wreck was left intact for Depart
ment Of Commerce airway in
spection.
Jordan had taken off at sun
set for a short flight and was
maneuvering above the field near
another ship operated by Marvin
Soloman, an airport attache.
Just prior to the crash, accord
ing to observers, Jordan went
into a sideslip, apparently in an
attempt to land. The tail of the
ship was suddenly flipped into
the air by currents from the
other airplane, observers said.
Jordan suffered q fractured
skull, internal injuries and several
broken bones. He is not expected
to recover.
The Washington times., 1933-05-22
LEAGUE To TOUR
MONTGOMERY

Under the auspices Of the
Montgomery County League Of
Women Voters, a large number Of
women will tour places Of inter.
est in the county Wednesday.
The motor caravan will meet at
Rockville at 9:30 a. M, in front
Of the courthouse. The ladies will
inspect the courthouse. the county
Jail, the almshouse and later .
model farm in the upper end Of
the county.
After a box lunch, they will
visit the Montgomery County Gen
eral Hospital and the Friends
Meeting House in Sandy Spring.
The tour will be concluded with
a drive through the park area
Of the county and a visit to .
historic home.
The Washington times., 1933-05-22
Theft Laid to Son
OF Shooting Suspect

Raymond Watts, 20, son Of Lee
c. Watts, former jailer at Hyatts-
vile, who is held to await trial
for shooting Harry v. Garrison,
will be tried in Hyattsville police
court Wednesday on a charge Of
larceny.
Watts is charged with the lar
ceny Of a $50 watch belonging
to Tony Ingegneri. also Of Hyatts-
vile, last March 81. The watch
was found yesterday in g. show
window of a store in his home
town. It had been redeemed on
pawn ticket sold by Watts to
Garland E. Weaver, jeweler, po-
lice said.
The Washington times., 1933-05-22
PROJECTS HERE
TENTATIVELY
OUTLINED
Major GotWaIS ConferS With
Grant On Improvements
Awaiting Funds

District officials today were
gpeculating as to local work
which might be advanced under
the 100000 public works
bill which is now pending in
Congress.
Under the terms Of the bill,
they believe, part Of the money
appropriated can be used for con-
struction projects in Washington
and q tentative list Of these
projects for which funds may be
sought.
Readying Program
Major John c. Gotwals, Engi-
neer Commissioner, and Lieut..
Col. U. S. Grant, director of Pub
lie Buildings and Public Parks,
have conferred on various needs
of their respective offices in order
to have a comprehensive program
prepared In case the bill Is passed.
Among the projects to which
Major Gotwals has given cons1d-
Grafton are the Anacostia Junior
High School, to cost approx1-
mately 100000; a contagious
disease ward at Gallinger Hos
pital, which would cost about
$40, 900; a Georgetown branch
Of the Public Library, at a cost
Of some $150,000; a small NAM
NAL house at the Zoo, to cost
about $250,000; the Calvert
Street Bridge, estimated at $780,
900; the p Street bridge, about
$3.50, 900, and the Municipal Cen
ter, cost Of which is fixed at $5,-
100000.
Municipal Center
OF these projects the most i'm
portant is believed to be the. Mu-
nicipal Center, which will house
courts, executive and other
branches Of the local govern
ment.
It is pointed out that the Gen.
ter has been under consideration
for years and that the crowded
quarters Of many branches of the
local government make 1t a
Sorely needed project.
The three inferior courts, Po-
lice Court, Municipal Court and
Juvenile Court, are in old,
crowded buildings, it Is pointed
out, and are perhaps in the
greatest need of new and ade-
quate quarters.
The Washington times., 1933-05-22
D 'BR|EN SCORES
MRS. NORTON
ON GAS BILL
Illinois Member Charges That
Lobby Is Busy Pushing
Merger Proposal

A charge that Representative
Mary T. Norton CD, chairman
Of the House District Committee,
Is more interested in the passage
Of the gas merger than even the
company officials. was made to-
day by Representative Thomas J.
O'Brien CD Of Illinois.
OBrien charged further that
q powerful lobby is working for
the bill and that instead Of pro-
viding additional employment as
stated by gas company officials,
the merger will really create unem.
ployment due to consolidation OF
forces.
Helped Block Bill
O'Brien, who was one Of the
committee members who blocked
consideration Of the bill in the
committee Saturday declared:
I'm q new member. But
since I have been here 1 have
been besieged by people asking
me to vote for the merger. In
my opinion that constitutes .
lobby"
O'Brien also explained that he
had called on Speaker Henry T.
Rainey about the bill because
Chairman Norton had sought to
stampede the committee into q
favorable report" last wednesday
by stating that Rainey had prom
ised her time for consideration
of the bill on Monday.
Rainey Denies II
In this connection the Illinois
Representative said:
"The Speaker told me that .
special rule would have to b.
obtained for the bill, that he
had nothing to do with it."
The Washington times., 1933-05-22
2 Women to Speak
At Democratic Tea

Mrs. Emily Newell Blair,
writer and lecturer, and Miss
Lavinia EngIe, Montgomery
county member of the Maryland
house Of delegates, will be guest
speakers at the tea given Thurs
day at 2 p. m. by the Woman's
Democratic Club of Montgomery
County in the Lincolnway Hotel,
Rockville.
Mrs. Ernest Offutt, Mrs.
George Edmonds, Mrs. Roger
Shaw and Mrs. Gordon Stup
head the committee in charge of
arrangements.
The Washington times., 1933-05-22
Legion Post Plans
Special Meeting

Bethesda Chevy Chase Post,
No. 105, American Legion, will
hold a special meeting Wednes-
day at 8 p. m. at Bells Laundry,
Wisconsin Avenue and Hampden
Lane, Bethesda.
Members are urged to bring
cash for their tickets to "The
Big Drive" which will be shown
at the State Theatre. A member
of the Social Service League will
give a short talk which will be
followed by a buffet supper.
The Washington times., 1933-05-22
81 Clubs, $40 Cash
Taken From Golfers

Goods valued at over 1858 were
stolen from Indian Spring Golf
Club last night, it was reported
to Montgomery county police at
the Silver Spring sub-station to.
day. Entrance was gained by
drilling holes through the door.
The loot included 10 dozen gol1
balls, valued at $67.50, $40 in
cash and So golf clubs, valued
at $281,
The Washington times., 1933-05-22
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The Washington times., 1933-05-22
School in BnLLStO7l
To Hold Class Night

Class night exercises at the
Westinghouse High School,
Ballston, will be held in the school
auditorium the night of June IL,
s. P. Vanderslice, principal, an,
nounced today.
Commencement exercises will be
held at the school the night Of
June 13, with DR.. Augustus
Thomas, executive secretary OF
the International Federation of
Teacher Associations, delivering
the address.
The Washington times., 1933-05-22
Arlington Garden
Clubs Plan Exhibit

Arlington county garden clubs
will sponsor a joint flower show,
open to all county residents, at Ia
Garrison Rd., Clarendon, May 26
and ~, it was announced today,
The clubs participating are the
Arlington County Garden Club
the Livingstone Heights Garden
Club, and the Neighborhood Gar
den Club Of Ballston. C. F.
Rothery is general chairman.
The Washington times., 1933-05-22
Father, -Four Sons
Preach at MeetinQ

The annual convention sermon
of the Southern Baptist conven-
tion was preached yesterday by
the Rev. DR.. j. l.. White, Of
Miami, Fla, who was assisted
by his four sons, DR.. Lee. NC
Bride White, of Birmingham;
the Rev. j. l.. White, jr., Fork
Union, Va; DR.. Russell H.
White, Louisville, KY, and the
Rev. Charles M. White, Of Hast
ings, Fla.
It was the first time since the
Civil War that an entire family
has preached in Southern Bap-
tiSt churches,
The Washington times., 1933-05-22
Spanish Ambassador
Entertains Missions

Senor Don Juan Francisco de
Cardenas, ambassador Of Spain,
was host to heads Of the missions
of the Spanish and Portuguese
speaking countries, yesterday, at
the Spanish embassy, when the
Washington Chapter of the In.
stituto de las EspanaS was for
mally inaugurated.
Arthur Stanley Riggs, presi-
dent of the chapter, outlined the
aims and activities Of the insti-
tute. Senor Don Gonzalo Zal-
dumbide, minister of Ecuador,
also addressed the gathering.
The Washington times., 1933-05-22
HOLSTE[N N T \
ATTENDME

Many Montgomery county Hol-
stein breeders will attend the an
nual meeting of the Maryland
Holstein Breeders Association at
the Frederick (Md) Hotel, TO-
morrow at $50 p. M, according
to O. w. Anderson, county agent
for Montgomery country.
Entertainment includes an ex'
hibition of magic by Thomas c,
Worthington and an illustrated
lecture on livestock Shows in
England" by Harry A. Stroh.
meyer, jr., livestock photographer.