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The Washington times., 1934-10-30

OI1C Va No
with a different personal pro
gram, different needs, differ
ent notions of right and wrong.
And each one of us faced with
the necessity of maintaining
his own rights, fighting for his
own plan and place.
How can we do it without
stepping on the other fellows
toes?
The answers simple. WE
CAN'T.
We shouldn't expect to. And
the Other Fellow shouldn't be
peeved because we can't.
But we don't like to accept
that answer.
It seems harsh. It demands a
lot of spunk to put it across
results in some highly unpleaS'
ant scenes.
And we're sentimental, lazy,
and cowardly. We don't like
tears. Or fuss.
It's pleasanter to give up. do
anything for peace" $50 we take
the easy way.
F'inStance, there's that famil-
lar brawl over Mixing Relatives
with Business. The Family's
worried over Sister Susie. Sister
Susie is the Original Bonehead.
Nobody knows what to do with
her-everybody's trying to pass
her onto somebody else.
So The Family decides that it
would be Perfectly Lovely II
Robert would take Susie into
his office.
Robert protests with vigorous
yelps. Sister Susie will raise
Cain with his work.
But suppose he refuses?
ThereU be the devil to pay.
The Washington times., 1934-10-30
Rover the Partridge
BV Frank Sullivan

ing about that. When he was a
pup we all thought he was a
pointer, and I think he thought
so, too, and mebbe he might
have got to be a first-claSs
pointer if it hadn't been for my
grandma"
What did she have to do
with it?"
We'll, you see. she was a great
stickler for manners, and one
day when she caught Rover
pointing she told him it wasn't
good manners to point, and to
stop it right away. So he did.
He stopped pointing and started
out to be a setter. But it was
too late, and he got sort OF
confused, and the upshot of the
whole thing was that poor Rover
never did get to be what you
might call any definite kind OF
dog at all. I felt sorry for him.
He wasn't over-bright to begin
with, and the strain was TOO
much. I think he did the best
he could under the circum-
stances. How would you like to
get we'll started in life as a
pointer and then have to try to
make yourself over into a
setter?"
IT wouldn't like that at all,
Aunt Sarah"
"Well, neither did Rover, and
he was never the same after he
started trying. His mind seemed
unbalanced, sort of. And fust
thing we know he was back to
pointing. Next thing he'd gone
over to the partridges, hook,
line and sinker."
But, how do you mean he
went over to the partridges?"
"Well, simple, he just went
over, like I say. He just went
out into the woods and, instead
of pointing partridges for us, he
The Washington times., 1934-10-30

pointed us for partridges.
"He helped the partridges
hunt you Settlers?"
"He suttinly did, and it was
quite a blow to us settlers. In
fact, it was the last straw, to
have Rover leave us like that.
After that we didn't have a
chance against the partridges.
Didn't dare go out of doors dur
ing the partridge season for fear
one might grab us and carry us
off to his nest"
Then you didn't shoot any
partridges in those days, after
all, Aunt Sarah2"
Eyes, I did. I was able for
'em. I killed many a one, but
it was always in self-defense."
Copyright. 1884, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-10-30
Halloween Vandalism
A lob for Parents

No one wishes to curta the fun Of youngsters on Hal
loween but proper to urge parents to warn their
children against the vandalism which often converts fun
into destruction
HEAVY PROPERTY DAMAGE HAS COME TO BE CON
SIDERED A NECESSARY ACCOMPANIMENT OF THE
PLEASURES OF THE "sPoOKY NIGHT"
The damage is wrought upon all and it frequently falls
heaviest upon those least able to sustain it.
all unnecessary and does not contribute greatly to the
many pleasures which available Halloween.
Probably the greatest sufferer from the vandasc urge
is the automobile His is marked up and dis
figured In many it is severely damaged being
scratched, the tires being ripped. ,......
Other destruction abound fences and gates being
popular sufferers
THE POLICE ARE NATURALLY INCLINED TO BE
LENIENT ON so FESTIVE AN OCCASION THEY HAVE
NO DESIRE TO SPOIL THE FUN AND NO ONE WANTS
THEM TO ADOPT HARD BOILED" ATTITUDE.
But they will have to step in unless parents admonsh their
children against vandalism and make the admonon stick
The Washington times., 1934-10-30

ers in dead earnest, and the
bleachers working up even more
of a lather than the barber.
Each falling lock, epitome of
strength, must have a counter
demonstration of male ferocity.
They were saying to the venge-
full gods, Don't think you're
putting anything over on us.
This is a major league tribe,
The Washington times., 1934-10-30
Human Side of the News = BY Edwin c. Hill

and it still has the old Wallop."
In several ancient German
tribes, no man ever got hair
cut until he had slain an
enemy. Again, that association
of hair with strength and
fighting form. An embarrassing
preliminary to trip to the
barber shop today, it would
seem, But they used to en-
The Washington times., 1934-10-30
Taxation HOcus-POcus
Changing the Base

At first glance the proposal to double the UlSCrct
tax rate and have the assessment basis as means OF
obtaining financial justice for local taxpayers would
seem to be bit of babysh hocus pocus unworthy OF ne
consideration of intelligent men.
THOSE WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE BIT
TER ATTACKS WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE UPON
DISTRICT CITIZENS ON THE FLOORS OF CON
GREss BECAUSE OF WHAT SEEMS TO BE AN
INoRDINATELY LOW TAX RATE, HOWEVER ARE
INCLINED TO BELIEVE THAT THE SCHEME MAY
HAVE GENUINE POSSIBILITIES FOR GOOD
It is commonplace when the District Appropriation
Bill is before Congress for members OF both the house
and the Senate to declare that taxes here are too low
and that the rate here entirely dsproporonate
to the tax rate in their home communities
The members are able to back up their assertions by
showing that in their home towns the tax rate runs as
high or even higher than three dollars for every num-
dred dollars worth of assessed value
Seemingly thev have all the better of the argument
and are able to win converts among their less expert
enced colleagues This results in great disadvantage TO
the National Capital and has brought about reducuon
of the Federal share Of the upkeep OF the CITY 10
ridiculously inadequate figure
But the trick of the argument is obvious to anyone
who considers the matter for minute. The tax rate
here is low At present it is dollar and half for
every hundred dollars Of assessed value
THIS TAX RATE, HOWEVER, IS APPLIED TO
THE FULL VALUE OF THE PROPERTY TAXED
TN THE COMMUNITIES TO WHICH THE MEM
RERs OF CONGRES REFER WHEN THEY POINT
OUT VARIANCES IN THE TAX RATES THE TAX
RATE IS APPLIED TO ONLY A PARTIAL VALUE
OF PROPERTY.
In many communities the assessment is based on as
low as so per cent of the real value.
Naturally by cutting the assessed value IN ha 1t Is
possible to double the rate and at the same time to
take from the taxpayer only the same amount which IS
taken here by half the tax rate.
It is to overcome the specous arguments OF some OF
the members of Congress along this line that the su
geson has been advanced to assess local property Tor
taxation purposes at only half its value If this were
done the tax rate could be doubled making 1t three
dollars and the taxes paid by our citizens would be tne
same.
Just how many congressman would then yield tnelr
attacks on the District is probematca Many OF them
are sincere legislators who not apt to be swayed by
the financial trick
There is another difficulty in the way OF accomplish
ING this bit of financial legerdeman. The basis OF as
sessment is fixed by act of Congress- It would require
another act of Congress to change the basis
Is likely that Congress would authorize the change
simply to wipe out an argument which Congress finds
handy when wants to avoid its financial obligations to
the National Capital?
THE SUGGESTION THOUGH CAN BE TAKEN AS
AN EVIDENCE OF THE DESPERATE FINANCIAL
PLIGHT INTO WHICH THE DISTRICT IS HEADED.
Ho11ou7Oo11 Vandalism
The Washington times., 1934-10-30

Aunt Sarah Gallup brought
her blunderbuss to her shoul-
der, took careful aim, let go,
and brought down a pheasant,
a partridge, a quail, wood
cock, a deer and a sizable por-
ton of an elm tree.
Good shot, Aunt Sarah"
1--WE done better" said the
grand old lady of the Adiron-
dacks, modestly, as she rose
from the sitting posture to
which the kickback from the
The Washington times., 1934-10-30

well 10 nave a LQeme song dC
their New York convention.
Elaborate ceremonies, the chant
ing of tribal priests and the
throb of drums would also have
worked in nicely, for no de-
tail of mans adornment has
had anything like the rituals
tic build-up which has been de-
vised for the hair of his head
taboos, ncantations, evocations
of the symbolic powers in a
lock of hair, all amatory, ac-
quisitive or predatory enterprise
are mystically linked with head
dress down through the ages.
1.-THE New York State Unit
No. l welcomes you to join
the work and the fun" So
sang the hairdressers at the
Pennsylvania Hotel in bass and
soprano. The poetry may have
a touch of the stringhalt, but
it's authentic folk stuff. It is
the latter day hangnail of old
cultural chants.
When the chief of the Namosi
tribe of the Fiji Islands got a
haircut, the whole town turned
out to give him a big hand,
with the Rudy Vallee of his
court grooming a specially COM
posed song. And, if you will
hurdle lightly the unpleasant
allusion, the chief used to eat
on this occasion the fattest man
in the island-usually a pris-
oner of war-dished up by the
royal chef and garnished with
flowers.
WEIRD BELIEFS
The idea was-and there's
the story of Samson and De-
lilah, too-that much of a
mans strength ebbed with his
shorn locks, and he had to take
lot of nourishment and square
himself with the gods. All this,
of course, does not imply that
the esteemed and useful pro-
feSsion of hairdressing is any
more closely linked with primi-
tive urges than any other. We
are "the sum of all our yester-
days." and excavators in the
deep crypts of medicine and
law, for instance, find the
same weird beginnings of much
that now seems simple and
rational.
In fact, one could lump medi-
cine and law and hairdreSsing
together away back near the
starting post. Savage New
Zealanders made an annual
field day of the chiefs haircut.
all judicial matters brought
forward on the calendar and the
exorcism of evil spirits which
may have visited on the tribe
anything from a sore toe to
leprosy. But the royal haircut
was always the main event.
They spent months readying
the show. When the chief
climbed into the bamboo chair
and said: Roach it up in front,
Tony, and no Clippers on the
neck" there was an exultdnt
shout that shook the heavens.
Tho NEooris in Australia had
the same annual haircutting
ceremony, and they used to
make even a bigger fuss about
it than the New ZealanderS.
But on these occasions, the en-
tire royal household got a hair
cut, a SINCE and a. massage.
The opener was always a big
track meet, with the shot
putters heaving rocks at their
best friends, the javelin throw
The Washington times., 1934-10-30

secretary MOTBcHlHhu dI1O u II S 70
approximately $3.50 per gallon.
There is also a rectifierS' tax of
IS cents.
Morgenthau has repeatedly
stated that loWer 1OhiSkey
prices Were the best DeGponS
to use against bootleggers. Dis
tillers said they could not re-
duce.
Yet, one of the largest dis
tiIIerieS announces that its net
gain has quadrupled and in
creases its dividend more than
400 per cent.
1874. The Washington Timesl
The Washington times., 1934-10-30

ate Commit
tee on Agricul-
ture, is hav-
ing a quiet
chuckle.
The report
h a S reached
him that DR..
Rexford G.
Tugwell, Un-
daSec re etary
of Agriculture
and No. l
strong man OF
the brain
trust" has
lost his hold.
NHIith Tnnn
The Washington times., 1934-10-30

force it rigidly. When the wife
said, Ludwig, your hair is
disgraceful-you simply must
go to the barber's," he had
just to nick some enemy before
the barber would lay a hand
on him. And yet they say
modern machinery has made
life complicated!
The Greek and Lacedemonian
women started bobbing their
hair when they began fighting
for women's rights. AS did
modern women. Suffrage and
bobbed hair came pretty close
together. It seems to work
both ways. You fight when you
get your hair cut, and vice
versa.
No Frankish king ever mad
a haircut in his life. That was
a condition of the job. Hair
and 100 per cent red-blooded-
ness went together. When a
king wanted to get tough and
step out against some rival, he
called in all his physicians,
with ointmentS and conjuring,
to see if they could coax his
hair out another inch or two.
From the beginning, clear
down into modern times, stone
tablets, parchments and paper
have recorded the racial excite
ment over women'S coiffureS.
The Egyptians gave them big
play, and everybody else in be-
tween. Just a few years ago,
when bobbed hair was news,
found one of the most distin-
guished journalists in America
moaning and cursing because
he had been assigned to do a
Sunday page on flappers and
bobbed hair.
SUPERSTITIOUS
Bobbed hair keeps on bobbing
up all through history. One
may cite at random the Mar
quise de Sevigne and her IA
nous letters to her daughter.
From the court of Louis XIV,
she wrote:
'The Duchess has started a
new fashion; her hair is cut
short and frizzed naturally,
with a hundred curly papers.
1t looks like a round cabbage.
Nothing could be more ridicu-
lous." But, few weeks later,
she wrote: "Cut your hair i'm
mediately. You will look like
an angel"
The race experience is a
strange, dark stream. I know a
highly successful New York
business man, sound, conServa-
tive, phlegmatic, who is jittery
with fear every time he gets a
haircut.
"It'S a jinx," he means, "I'n
step right out of that barber
shop into a busted stock market
or else come down with pneu-
monia."
I asked him how he got that
way. He insisted it was solely
because of the bad luck which
always followed his haircut. He
always walked three times
around his desk before he went
to the BARRIERS. He said this
helped. One hears the throb of
jungle drums among the sky
ScraperS!
And, in parting. don't forget
that one single silken hair from
a frail flapper's head has ex-
actly one-half the strength Of
structural steel. Maybe the saw
ages knew their stuff when they
picked hair as the symbol Of
strength.
Copyright. 1884. King Features
Syndicate. Enc.)
The Washington times., 1934-10-30

they ul d
n o t m a t e.
rally reduce
prices in CO.
op era on
with his war
on bootleggerS
because of
the high Fed
eral tax
Th a t tax
amo u n t S to
So a proof
gallon and as
a lcoh OIL is
a b GU t ! 9 0
proof the tax
The Washington times., 1934-10-30
Down With the Capitalists?
A Large Order

Ninety per of the banks in the country showed in
in deposits during the first half of this year
In New York State 769 banks exclusive of savings
banks showed increases of the amazing total ST.
California gain $40000OO00 Pennsylvania $780,
These belong to millions of Americans who that
they wouldn't be well off under any economic system diff
ferent from ours
They show that the cries of Down With the Capitalists
which one hears from soapboxes "Down With the
American People,"
The Washington times., 1934-10-30

Oldest queS-
ton on earth
you and I
have asked it
thousands of
times. Here
we are try
ing to get
along togeth-
er in a busy,
e L U W u e "
world. All of
us bound to-
gether de-
pending on
each other.
Yet e a c h
a1a Nf TIC
The Washington times., 1934-10-30

MS eye, a laCerateu mOuLn anu
bruised cheeks.
If he had had the speed Of
Huey-
Opening OF the neW Depart.
ment OF Justice Building to
house Attorney General Homer
S. Cummings and his aides, is
one step more toWdrd getting
the Government agencies out OF
rented quarters.
Prior to the organization Of
emergency agencies, various pri-
vate office buildings were oc-
cupied by Government organi-
cations or bureaus. The rent bill
annually was of major proper
tions at the time.
The "New Deal" however,
has increased the number Of
offices rented by several hun.
dred per cent.
Conditions under which some
employees are forced to work
nave been disclosed from time
to time but with little effect.
Poor lighting, no ventilation
and other serious features ham
per activities but continue.
Persons who have surveyed
the conditions under which EN-
plOyeS now work can easily ac-
cept the cost of S11,O0O,OOO for
construction of the Department
of Justice and additional moneys
for other buildings.
One of the largest diStilling
concerns in the country an
nounceS that its net gain had
been QuGdrupled in the last
nine months period. 1t paid
its stockholders an increased
dividend of more than 400 per
cent.
Not so long ago distillers ar
gued with Secretary of Treas
ury Henry Morgenthau, jr., that
The Washington times., 1934-10-30
How Can We Get Along
Without Hurting the
Other Fellow?

"HOW," she signs, "CAN I
DEFEND MY OWN RIGHTS
WITHOUT HURTING ANY.
ONES EEELINGS2"
The Washington times., 1934-10-30
The Greatest Show
On Earth
By John Snure, Jr.

Down in old South Carolina
Senator Ellison d. Smith, mus
tachiOed chairman of the Sen
The Washington times., 1934-10-30

amounting to a bad cash over
his eye. a lacerated mouth and
bruised cheeks.
If he had had the speed Of
Huey-
The Indianapolis times., 1934-04-10
Breaks Arm in Fall

While climbing tree in his front
yard, Kenneth Mckee, 10, of 2340
Calhoun street, fell and broke his
arm.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-04-10
STREET CAR co.
PROPOSES BELT.
LINE FOR CITY
Manager Tells Civic Club of
Plans to Enlarge Trolley
System.

Establishment of belt line
around the city to eliminate trans
fers is planned by the indianapolis
Railways, James P. Tretton, general
manager of the company, told the
Brookside Civic League last night in
the Brookside community house.
In the program to enlarge the
stree car system, through service
will be established and the 2-cent
transfer can be eliminated, Mr..
Tretton declared. TrackleSs trolley
service is to be established on the
Brightwood line with the arrival of
fifty additional cars, he said.
Plans for the employment of
$4,000 persons here under the FTWA
relief program were discussed by
W. A. Paul, assistant FWA director
The CWA employed only 10000,
Mr.. Paul revealed, but the new pro-
gram to be launched will take care
of three times that number, he de-
Ciared.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-04-10

1t was believed such a token pay
ment would be 100000 pounds OF
about s15,540,0 900, or a little less
than last year. when s17,500,00o was
paid. 1t was only 9 per cent of the
sum due under the Baldwin agree
ment, or s193, $50 900.
The unpaid balance of Britain's
war debt, funded at Sl1.106, 900 900,
now stands at $4,000, 900, 900. There
is no thought here that Britain ever
expects to pay. If she can not OBJ
tain cancellation. she might be will
ing to settle for a fraction lump
sum. perhaps less than half bill
lion dollars. comparable to the re-
vision which was granted Germany
on reparations.
Europe generally regards war
debts as dead as reparations, since
the widespread defaults and token
payments began.
Under the circumstances, there
was belief that Sir Neville might in
dicate that Britain is prepared to
open negotiations with the United
States for final settlement without
delay.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-04-10
GREAT BRITAIN
MAY ASK FOR
DEBT REVISION
Budget Speech May Reveal
EngIand'S Payment
Plan to u. S.
By United Press

By United Press
LONDON, April 10.-What Ameri-
ca may expect from Great Britain
in the way Of war debt payments
may be indicated in Chancellor of
the Exchequer Neville Chamber
lain's budget speech to the house of
commons a week from today.
The consensus today was that Sir
Neville probably would reiterate
Britains general attitude on debts
and stress the desirability of a final
adjustment, preferably cancellation.
He either may make no provision
for payments this year or provide
for merely nominal token" pay
ment. so that Britain can continue
to maintain she is not in default.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-04-10
TWO HELD AFTER CHASE
City. Youths Accused of Vehicle
Taking; Suspects Wrist Hurt.

After chase through city streets
early this morning, police seized an
automobile that had been reported
as stolen and arrested two persons
on a charge of vehicle taking. Har-
vey Cloud, II, of 729 South Missouri
street, arrested when he attempted
to escape police by jumping from his
car. injured his wrist.
Cloud confessed the robbery, police
claim. and implicated Arthur Rob-
erts, l8. 430 West Merrill street, who
was arrested at his home. The car
The Indianapolis times., 1934-04-10
Will Castor Oil
Lax The Bladder?

No, but juniper oil. buchu leaves, etc.
will. You can drive out impurities and
excess acids that cause the irritation
which results in bladder weakness,
backache. leg pains, getting up nights
and burning. Juniper oil, buchu leaves.
etc. is pleasant to take in the form of
BUKETS. the bladder laxative Use
a regular 25c box and il not satisfied
your druggist will return your money.
You are bound to feel better after this
flushing and YOU get your regular
sleep. BUKETS guaranteed by Hook
Drug Observation-Disclosures.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-04-10
Let's Go Fishing
LET S 90 FISTIng-
BASS PATIENTLY
Indifferent TO
PARTY OF -FOUR
Flat Rock Water Found
Rather High; Clear
But Cold.
BY GEORGE DENNY
pinch Hitting for Lefty Lee)


A clipping from a Fl. Wayne pap
er tells Of the catching Of some rain
bow and brook trout in Indiana
streams. But the article does not
say where they we're caught, and
the sender, signing himself "Dryfly. "
wants information. We don't know
but We'll find out and report soon.
In spite Of a warm and "fshy''
day, we can't find any one who had
much luck on Sunday. Fiat Rock
creek near st. Paul yielded one un-
dersize bass to party composed of
Downs, Haight, Aspy and this re-
porter. We used minnoWS. flies and
casting lures. Saw two keepers, one
snagged with worms, the other with
a minnow. The water was beau
tiful, just a bit high and cold.
That reminds me that the mega =
tive report had Sunday before last
from Cicero creek seems to be all
wrong. Aspy and Downs got ten
bass that day not far from where I
was getting Skunked.
Good news for the week end fish
ermen. Starting Friday we will
print the game warden's report on
fishing conditions in various parts
of the state. Thank the conservation
department for making this serv-
ice available.
A note left in the typewriter in
forms us that Bill Johnson. IA, won
bitter battle with a three pound,
two ounce small mouth last Tuesday
below the Millersville bridge in Fall
creek. His companion, Doug Lea
The Indianapolis times., 1934-04-10

Get a PONTIAC! Pontiac Is a new
car an EIGHT .. and BEAUTY
with everything you want in
car-and more.
Pontiac Is the only car at anywhere
near Its price that gives you all the
latest features you have right TO
expect. Its good substantial quality
will serve you we'll and economically
for thousands Oh thousands of miles.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-04-10
JURY TO GET KELLY
ROBBERY TRIAL SOON

Suspect Denies on Stand He Helped
in Dairy Holdup.
Trial of Willard Kelly, charged
with robbery of the William H.
Roberts & Sons dairy, is expected
to reach the jury late today or to-
morrow.
Kelly took the stand in his own
defense. He denied completely in
the holdup and attempted to prove
an alibi.
Ten state witnesses identified
Kelly as one of the dairy bandits.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-04-10

man, lent moral and physical sup
port.
Here's an idea that may be worth
trying. One fisherman hooks a
worm on the same hook with a min
now so that it will appear that the
minnow is swimming away with
the worm in its mouth. He says
that few bass can resist this bar
gain attraction.
Please, oh please, let's have just
three more weeks of this weather.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-04-10
HoOSier Commits Suicide

By United Press
CHICAGO, April 10-Charles E.
Little, 60, retired carpenter con-
tractor of South Bend, Inc, fatally
shot himself last night in a Chicago
hotel
The Washington times., 1934-08-29
TODAY'S BEST SED-CAR BUYS
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