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The Washington times., 1933-12-13

In the days of the old regime,
before the Bolsheviki hammer
smashed religion and the old
traditions, Christmas was
happy season in the Winter
Palace at st. Petersburg. Books
were the favorite presents of
the Car and CZarina to their
five children, the little Czare.
witch Aexis and the four young
grand duchesses.
Each book with it's affection
ate inscription: ITO Darling
Olga, with tender love from
Mama" "To little Tatiana,
from her Papa" Many more.
All thumbed by childish fingers,
and dog-eared, and worn, as chill
dren's books are apt to be,
whether the children live in
palaces or novels.
Bed of Quicklime
Well, those books nave just
been seen at an auction room in
East Fifty-ninth ST., New York
city. Strolling recently through
the collection of the Cars
books on sale here, one could
not help but think of that bit
ter Siberian morning, when the
Romanoff family-Nicholas and
wife, and the boy Alexis and the
girls Tatiana, Marie, Anastasia
and Olga-were dragged from
their beds and driven into the
cellar and shot down and thrown
into a pit of quicklime.
Revolutions may have behind
them the fury of pent-up JUS
tice, of centuries of oppression,
but all too often they put into
the hands of human tigers the
power of life and death.
One certain way to insure
ones old age against poverty
is to build up a collection Of
rare objects.
The late Arthur w. Hind,
Of Utica, N. Y, went in for
collecting stamps. He spent
lifetime doing it and had a
grand time at it, hobnobbing
with kings and common men,
good philatelic fellows, all. Ar
thur Hind passed to his re-
ward and the auctioneer sold
off his world-famous collection
of tiny engravings in every
color of the rainbow. For one
collection alone $245,000 was
paid. For one stamp alone ten
thousand dollars was eagerly
paid. Not much bigger than
ones thumb nail, it is called
the Baltimore" and is printed
on thin, blush paper.
If criminals become so subtle,
and sufficiently willing to sub
NIT to the physical pain, it is
possible, at least, that finger
print Identification may lose its
value. Thereafter the police will
have to identify law breakers
The Washington times., 1933-12-13
National Guard Units May
Lose Federal Support
Bu James T. Williams, Jr.

Unless the misuse of the
National Guard as a political
fetch and carry for willowy
governors is soon stopped, these
governors may wake up some
morning to find that the
Federal Government has with
drawn recognition from the
National Guard Of the States
thus afflicted.
Withdrawal of Federal re-
cognition would mean the loss
of SO per cent of the funds
upon which the National Guard
now depends for support. For,
contrary to widespread belief,
the States are now putting up
only 81 per cent of the total
cost of the guard, and the
politicians who get appoint
ments as adjutant generals are
more and more debating the
terms of National Guard legls-
lation.
Political Racket
If the office of adjutant gen.
eral were abolished, and the
National Guard of each State
commanded as it ought to be
by the highest ranking officer,
selected after a strict series OF
tests uninfluenced by political
considerations, the morale OF
the guard would be tremendously
increased and it's effectiveness
as an auxiliary of the regular
Army and as an arm OF the
national defense would be tre-
mendously strengthened.
One of the most flagrant
instances of the misuse of the
National Guard appears in the
State of Oklahoma. Under
Governor Murray the guard has
been sent hither and thither on
all sorts of petty errandS for
which Federal funds should
never be used and to which
I1lC O14LGCIS 1AAO AANA Va
National Guard should never
be subjected.
Twenty-one times during the
last three years Governor Muir
ray has ordered out the Ma
tional Guard. He ordered it
out the other day to take
charge of the football tickets at
a game played in the stadium
of the University of Oklahoma
at Norman. In so doing, he
subjected the Guard to the ridl-
cule of the whole region.
On November %, 1882, he or
dered out the National Guard
to free a man from jail be-
cause he refused to pay ali
mony. Earlier in the current
year he ordered out the Guard
to enforce the closing of a
bank in compliance with a
bank holiday proclamation.
In fact the promiscuous use
of the Guard by Governor Muir
ray on errands for which it
was never intended and for
which Federal funds and Fed
eral property ought never to
be used has degenerated in the
The Washington times., 1933-12-13

HOW DO THEY GET THAT
WAY?
just yesterday they were
adorable little tykes, friendly as
puppies, easily pleased, content
with an old rag doll or a bat
tered wagon.
Today they're heartless, vul-
gar little showoffs, not giving
a hoot what happens to the
other fellow as long as they
get what they want. No bat
tered rag dolls for them now!
Only one desire in their lives
to have something bigger and
better than the next fellow, and
conscienceless as to how they
get it.
Rosie Wants a New Fur Coat.
Mother hadn't had a new coat
in three years, but what of that?
All the other girls have fur
coats. Rosie has just seen a
new model that will make theirs
look like 80 cents. So Rosie
wants that New Fur Coat
and raises Cain until she
gets it.
Jimmy wants to take The
Gang out Sunday in the fam
lily car. Dads had a rotten
week. He's all in. He'd give
anything to go off in the old
car Sunday-just he and the
Missis, all alone, with a snack
of lunch and the Sunday pa
pers and maybe a fishing line.
But Jimmy wants The
Car For The Gang. It's a
keener car than the other fel-
lows have. Jimmy likes to put
something over on the other fel-
lows. So, Jimmy gets the car.
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
And no matter how much they
get, they always want some
thing better, something more.
How do they get that way?
Here's another modern young
Ster telling how. Her name is
Sandra La Plante. She lives in
Washington, Illinois, and she'd
like to tell Modern Parents a
few things through this IUolumn.
So, sic 'em, Sandra!
The Washington times., 1933-12-13
WORLD
BY Elsie Robinson

MODERN CHILDREN ARE
WHAT MODERN PARENTS
MAKE THEM" says she-and
then gets right down to brass
tacks.
Most 1888 young people are
all right, If you give them a
chance. But a lot Of them are
heels. Across the street from
our house is a girl who dogs her
father and mother and spends
their last dime. When their
money runs out, she snaps her
fingers in their faces.
Everyone else feels sorry for
her parents, she's so cruel and
ungrateful and unreasonable.
But do I feel sorry for them?
I DO NOT! And why? Be-
cause, when she was a tiny
baby, they started it all them
selves.
"No matter how limited their
means were, THEY WE'RE AL
WAYS PUTTING ON A FRONT
AND TEACHING HER TO DO
so. They saw to it that she
had nicer clothes, nicer parties,
nicer everything than her
schoolmates. That was their
ideal of ife-to always try to
outdo everyone else. They
trained her to think that was
the only thing to do.
Then, too, when she got into
trouble at school, they always
got her out of it. Other young
sters in the same messes had to
take it, and were denoted. But
she was always let off. So
now what can they expect?
She's what they made her
utterly selfish and mercenary."
SHES WHAT THEY MADE
Herr" Big Medicine, that,
from a youngster!
They're what we have made
them-all these restless, greedy,
discontented children who fill
our hearts with such bewilder-
ment, anger and despair.
No standards? But what
standards has all America had
for the last 20 years? Show
off! Speed up! Grab while
the grabbing's good! A new
car every year-a new dress
every week.
Easy Money. That was our
god. Away with grandma's
drudgery. No more of grand
pas dreary plugging. Get Rich
Quick! And then show 'em
that you've got it!
We didn't actually SAY those
words. We didn't deliberately
set out to DO those things. But
the Machine Age got us-it got
us all-and turned us into a
bunch of Show-Offs!
AND NOW WE WONDER
WHY THE KIDS ARE HARD
AS NAILS"
BUT WHAT DID WE Elk.
PECT THEM TO BE?
Copyright. 1898, King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1933-12-13

last three years into a political
racket of which the whole
American people are paying 50
per cent of the cost.
But Oklahoma is not the only
offender. The circumstances
under which the National
Guard was ordered out in the
State of Maryland the other
day leave much to be desired.
The Guard was sent to make
arrests which ought to have
been made either by the local
police of the State constabu-
larry. And the Guard was sent
under such instructions thai it
was unable to protect the SOW
ereignty of the State.
In Missouri the Guard was
ordered out the other day, tanks
and all, but its marching orders
prohibited the use of tanks or
other weapons, with the result
that the show of force SUBJ
jected the Guard to pubuC
derision.
In Georgia a few months ago
the guard was ordered out to
protect the State House where
the governor was involved in a
political quarrel with the high.
way authorities.
Lowers Morale
This misuse of the guard by
governors who finch from de.
claring martial law, when mar
tlal law ought to be declared,
and by governors who refuse to
require their legislatures to pro-
vide a State constabulary to do
the police work or the State, is
lowering the morale of the
guard in many parts of the
country. This fact is beginning
to dawn upon the officers and
men of the guard who did not
join it for any such purpose.
These officers and men who
make up between 80 and 80 per
cent of the guards strength
deeply resent it's misuse as q
political fetch and carry. They
are chatting under the rule OF
political adjutants general and
in due time they will make their
resentment felt.
Meantime the President and
the Congress have it within
their power to protect the Ma
tional Guard from further mis-.
use by offending governors. The
President can withdraw Fed.
eral recognition from the guard
Of any State where the governor
uses it except to enforce martial
law.
The Congress can amend the
national defense act so as to pro-
vide that Federal recognition
shall be extended only to the
National Guard of those States
which agree to use it only to
enforce martial law and provide
for an adequate State con-
stabulary to perform the police
work of the State.
Copyright, 1898. The Washingtoa
Times)
The Washington times., 1933-12-13
$95O,OOO,OOO Talks

What Have Mr.. Roosevelt's Critics to Say Now?
We think that the gentlemen who have been throwing
verbal rocks at the Roosevelt administrations financial poll
ce completely and rrefutaby slenced Thursday-and
not by words but actions.
The Governments loan Of $95OoOoooo in year
ury certificates indebtedness at 2N per cent foad
that morning.
heavily oversubscrbed and the President ordered
the books closed that night.
Nine hundred and fifty millions almost billion.
there widespread confidence in the Governments
credit and in the Roosevelt programme of recovery the
pie and the banks of this country would not rush to sub
scribe they did,
Money talks It answered lot Of harpng critics Of Mr.
Roosevelt Thursday, AL Smith and Wall Street included
The Washington times., 1933-12-13
Santa Claus Husbands

the atavistic masculine convic-
tion, that nobody so weak and
foolish as a woman should
have the power over her own
purSe-strings.
AS every Ira the lady pos
Sesses was earned by her own
vocal chords, it does seem
that she might be allowed to
throw it away on anything
she liked, from a yacht to an
alligator pear-or from a gold
fish to a gigolo.
But, alas, while the average
man may concede that a wo-
man has the ability and the
intelligence to EARN money, it
will be a long time before he
will admit that she has the
ability to handle it or the in
telligence to sp ID it.
OF course, there are a few
husbands who hand over their
pay-checks, every Saturday
night, and let their wives dole
them out carfare and lunch
money. And there are others
who give their spendthrift
wives generous allowance or
keep their bank-accounts in
the Little Woman's name.
But most men just can't bear
to THINK of a woman actually
being permitted to handle any
thing so dangerous as money.
They want to take it away
from her as they'd take the
scissors or the matches from
the hands Of the baby. Or else
they want to advise" her
how to spend it.
The Washington times., 1933-12-13

ways clamor-
ing for more.
M o r e fine
I e a t h e RS.
M ore free
dom. Snarl-
ing and snap
p in g lik e
young wolves
if they can't
have them.
Not all Of
the m of
course, b u t
e n o u g h S o
t h e y , v e
branded the
generation
The Washington times., 1933-12-13

Be wary then; best safety lies
in fear. Shakespeare.
If the head is sick all the
limbs are affected.
Discomfort Is the first step in
the progress Of a man or 0
nation. oscar Wilde.
The Washington times., 1933-12-13
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By Helen Rowland

Many a wealthy and gener-
GUS husband has covered his
wife with diamonds and emer-
aids wrapped her in sables and
given her unlimited charge &C
counts at all the shops, and
then has refused to give her a
penny for cab fare. pin money
and tips. What would a poor.
weak-minded little woman DO
with money, anyhow? just
"squander" it fooliShly!
It never occurs to one of
these Santa Claus husbands
that a woman as we'll as a man
gets a THRILL out of spend
ing money or even giving it
away. That the mere posses
sion of little money of her
own gives her a sense of free
dom and power. 1t is not the
ballot but the pay envelope
which has emancipated woman.
And that, no doubt, as any
good psychoanalyst will tell
you, is the Subconscious idea
at the back of a mans head.
No matter how big and bril-
liant and capable a woman
may be, he still wants to think
of her as a helpless, clinging
little pet-and of himself as
Santa !Claus, showering h er
with gifts, surprises and gen.
erosity.
A really nice man doesn't
want to take a woman's money
away from her. He just doesn't
want her to HAVE any! Which
is why so many prima 6onnas,
screen stars and successful
business women never make a
"go" of marriage. There are
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a hundred ways in which too
much money can wreck a mar
riage-particularly if it's the
woman's money!
Copyright, 1888. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-12-13
WORDS OF. WISE MEN

It was vNsn5e than a crime: it
was a blunder. Fouche
The man that bushes is not
quite a brute. Young.
Man often INDUCES too much
in vainglory about his contempt
of vainglory. st. Augustine.
The Washington times., 1933-12-13

These Gimme Kids-How Do
They Get That Way?
These Gimme Kids - you
know them by the score. AFRO
CANT, greedy little moderns, al
Evening star., 1933-01-13
CANADIANS CHARGE
FIRED ON SHIPS
Three Masters File Protests
at Ottawa Against Coast
Guard Detail.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, jan
uary 13.--In a protest filed with the
customs department at Ottawa mas
ters and three Canadian vessels yester-
day charged that United States Coast
Guard detail had fred on the Canadian
ships, boarded them and otherwise in
terfered with their passage.
The masters of the three boats main
tained they never were outside Cana
dian waters. but the report from the
Coast Guard was that any action took
place in American waters. The alleged
incidents occurred off the coast of Van
couver Island during stormy Decem-
ber night.
The vessels are the Kitnayakwa, the
Skeesix and the Sundown. with Van
couver their home port.
Star Shells First Fired.
According to the reports, the cutters
first fired star shells to light up the
gale-blown waters and landed shells
from one-pounders over the Kitnayakwa
and SkeesiX before putting a boarding
crew aboard. The Sundown, according
to the master, was stopped, but was not
boarded when a protest was made the
ship wes in Canadian waters
The master of the Kitnayakwa re-
ported that when outbound from Van
couver 8 miles off shore and abreast
Sherringham light he sighted vessel
off the port bow. The Canadian boat
bore northward toward the Vancouver
Island shore. Proceeding for half mile
she ran into another vessel, sheered
southwark, and encountered still an
other.
Vessel FIees Full Speed.
The vessel to the south opened fire
and the Kitnayakwa fled full speed.
pursued by fourth craft. One gained
rapidly and opened fire with q ma
chine gun. It ranged alongside and
ordered the Canadian to stop, the mas
ter said. The American told the mas
ter that he was acting jointly for Ca
madam and American customs. He
placed a line aboard the Kitnayakwa
and towed her toward Victoria, the tow
line being guarded by machine gun
and crew on the stern Of the cutter
overlooking the Kitnayakwa. Half an
hour later, however, the Canadian YES
sci was cast free and allowed to proceed,
the captain asserted.
Evening star., 1933-01-13

quickly, and that yellowish or blush
green fails to protect.
The green must be Of the chlorophyll
hue, scientifically described as the por-
tion Of the spectrum lying between
1900 and 5000 Angstrom units.
The established protection applies to
on-bearing foods, but Coe is continu-
ing experimentation to ascertain II
other colors will guard the sweetness
and purity Of non-oilbearing foods
The green protective principle ap-
plies to butter, salad oil, lard, pecans,
/ cashew nuts, potato chips, mayonnaise,
whole wheat -four, corn meal, many
bakery products and foods containing
some quantity Of oil. Black, though
equal to green as guardian against
rancidity because 1t permits the entry
Of no light into containers. is re-
garded as less attractive unless In q
combination with green.
Sunlight affects milk, medicines, and
hastens the photo-chemical decomposi-
ton OF silk. Experiments have shown,
Coe said, that ultraviolet and infra-
red rays cause quick decomposition OF
certain foods.
Evening star., 1933-01-13
DR.. MARTIN TO SPEAK
National Education Membership
Director at "Yn Tonight.

DR.. Theodore D. Martin, director of
membership, National Education Asso-
ciation, will speak on The Profession
of Teaching tonight at 8 o'clock at
the Central Y NJ. c. A., 1885 G street.
This will be one of a series of lectures
on occupational adjustment arranged
by the Y. M. C. A. Committee on Voca-
tional Guidance, in cooperation with
the Washington Kiwanis Club Men
seeking vocational advice, students, edu-
Gators and others interested In the sub
ject are invited to attend.
Evening star., 1933-01-13
GRASS GREEN, STRIPED BLACK
MAY BE MILK BOTTLE COLORS
Agriculture Department Discovers 100000 Saving in
Food Spoilage Experiments.

findings Of Mayne B. Coe. q young
chemist, who, equipped with q spec.
trun, thick notebook and score OF
diverse colored vials in which foods
were exposed to the sun, ascertained
the virtues of green. Black Is as good,
and is suggested to relieve the monot-
ony In coloring.
There will be no exclusive use Of this
novel discovery, as public patent has
been obtained to make use Of color pro-
lection, available without charge to
any resident of the country.
Coe reported that food exposed In
clear glass containers spoiled most
Evening star., 1933-01-13
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Luscious grass green. delicately striped
with black, may be the accepted color
scheme for the milk bottle Of day after
tomorrow.
The reason for the green is a mere
matter Of $1,000, ,000-the Nations pres
ent annual bill for damage to food by
rancidity. The color Of IIxuriant grass
was officially credited today by the De-
partment of Agriculture with being the
most satisfactory resistant to food
spoilage.
The announcement was based on the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-07-20
MRS. ]. w. vICKERs

Mrs. la Vickers passed away in
her apartment in Detroit, Michi-
gan Saturday morning. Funeral
services were sheld Wednesday
morning in the Mueller chapel with
R. @. Macmahon in charge of the
Eastern Star ceremony. Burial was
made in River View Heights ceme-
terry beside the last Captain j. w.
Vickers, who passed away in Sep
TENDER 1929. liza Fisher was born
in Indiana and finished school in
Kentucky. She graduated from the
Christ hospital in Cincinnati as a
registered nurse, later going to the
Philippine Islands, where she mar
ried Captain Vickers and their
daughter, Gladys, was born. They
came to Kennewick about 10 years
ago and settled on a Highland
tract, later making their home in
Kennewick, where Mrs. Vickers
has been prominent in the social
and civic life of the community.
She is survived by her daughter,
q brother and three sisters. Out
of-town people here for the funeral
were Mr.. and Mrs. o. S. Sullivan,
Mr.. and Mrs. McGoungal and
daughter Of Yakima and Mrs. Ern-
est Chipperfield Of Cheney.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-07-20
Fourth Friday Club to
Elect Officers Next Week
EAST KENNEWICK


The Fourth Friday club will
meet Friday, July 18th, with Mrs.
j. S. Kennett and election of of
ficers for the coming year will be
held, therefore a good attendance
is desired.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cox, who have
been living on the Lee M. Lamp
son place, are leaving this week
for Yakima to make their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper will occupy
the house the Coves vacate.
Lee Lampson was in Spokane
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mrs. Lee Lampson entertained
ten little girls at a lawn party on
Saturday in honor of the ninth
birthday anniversary her daugh-
ter, Theo.
Miss Enez Elliott, Neil Lampson
and Bob Rupp are among those at
tending the Epworth League in
stitute at Cliffdell this week.
Miss Helen Lum returned Sun
day from her vacation spent on
the coast.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-07-20
How to Determine vermin

It is quite easy to determine the
type of vermin that kills game. A
fox, in devouring its kill, invar-
iably clips the wing feathers off
sharply at a certain point, where
as a winged killer usually leaves
talon marks which an expert can
decipher. The nature of the marks
and the distance between them dis
tinguish the handiwork of a great
horned owl from that Of hawk,
and may even label the species Of
hawk. There is no way, however,
to distinguish the attack Of mink
or racoon from that Of a stray
house cat.