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Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-09-20
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FEW MOMENTS later when thu
two men hao reached the entrance
they paused on lie broad stone steps
of the station. The air was heavy
and warm outside. and a slight
muggy breeze crept in from the lake
with a promise of rain. Tim teamed
against an enormous Gree6 pillar
which ornamented the front of the
building. and stared up toward the
stin-iighted windows on the top floor
In one of those rooms with its 5arreC
windows. Mrs. Reeves slept the sleer
of exhaustion. not knowing that his
search had been successful And
somewhere on the fioor beneath were
young Jameson and the old care
taker
Halls voice interrupted his rumi-
nations. For the third time. I'm
asking you. Did you notice anything
odd when l asked Lee about those
guards or has your well-known intui-
tion failed you?"
With an effort. Tim brought his
mind away from Mrs. Reeves and the
two men WHO had lied for her. II
thought ii was strange that you
asked is that what you mean?"
Hall grOaned and taking his arm.
urged him toward the steps. Come
along and I'll tell YOU what l meant"
The tall old house lay quiet and
dark in a coil of shadows. A faint
rustling came from the lofty trees
which arched the street in front and
flung blacker shadow over already
dim lawns and walls. The whole
avenue was so still that when an
automobile stopped half block away.
the watchers behind the hedge heard
the faint squeal of brakes and the
sharp slam of the car door.
Then the car moved away. the
sound Of its motor faded out and the
street was still again. But only for
an instant. Walking carefully on the
turf between the walk and the curb,
their footballs muffled by the grass,
came the figures of two men. When
they reached the hedge which sepa-
rated the lawn of the house from the
one on the north. they halted and
consulted in muff1ed tones. Moving
along the hedge, while the two
watchers crouched deeper in the
shadows, they came opposite the back
door, hurried over to it, There was
the faint clink of a key, then the
two men were inside the door and it
had closed.
Within the hall, they listened brief
ly. The old house was quiet save
for a few, faint sounds that all old
houses have, like the creaking of old
meI'S Joints. The thinner of the two
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-09-20
GOVERNOR GREEN IS
STANDING PAT YET
Refuses to Accept Advice
of Those Pleading for
Communists
By LESLIE EICHEL
Central Press Staff Writer)

central Press Staff Writer)
Providence, r. l., Sept 10Th,
newspapers are full of strikes anC
riots and exposures and chaig ges anc
counter-charges.
There is no need for another writer
to add his mite
day off (again) to record some i'm
| pressiOns.
In Providence
| There's Providence r. l., for ex.
ample. Newspaper men flocked the
state house there to interview Cover
nor Theodore Francis Green who
startled the world by intimating that
Communist uprising was getting
the better of Rhode Island.
OF course, the newspaper men came
in droves then. With them came
camera. men, sill and motion picture
with microphones).
Far and wide the newspaper men
roamed the tate-searchin gfor, Com
munists. The hunt had not been re-
munerative.
Huddled in groups, therefore, the
newspaper men waited in the COVER
nor's outer office for an opportunity
to commune with him.
The legislature has just turned
down the governors request for per-
mission to call for Federal troops, if
necessary.
His own Democratic floor leader
William CT. Troy had said that strike
troubles could not be curbed by bay
onets and rifles
Now the newspaper men gossiped
~. There were wo Democratic fac
tons in Rhode Island 1t was a mat
ter of politics.
Those rioting boys in Woonsocket
we're no Communists-they were a
& eater problem, the youths who
never had been employed The
town was al fright. Fifteen Com
nun!sts in Providence had been Jank-
3D. handcuffed, to Jail. . The Re
publicans were with the Democratic
governor !. That was pretty tough,
sending those hoys in Woonsocket to
Jail for six months. But that riot
wa sa terrible sight.
Delegations
A delegation representing the New
England Committee for the Defense
of Political Prisoners calls.
The committee requests that the
governor withdraw armed forces from
the Rhode Island srike area and to
order the release of persons arrested
during, the strike. demand is made
also hta the governor.srecognize "the
righ to picket, and of free assembly
and of free speech. The committee
asks, also, upon what grounds the
governor has ordered the arrest of
Communists.
The governor upholds his actions
That ends that.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-09-20

military force should be used against
our won people in a lawful struggle
to correct abuses imposed by textile
mill management. f. Governor Tai
madge sees fl to throw full weight of
states army against labor in behalf
of capital we can only look to sources
outside the State for relief. Kindly
wire me and indicate whether you
can call investigation session at once" !"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-09-20
Richberg Is Only
big Timer Left

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Doughton Not
Aided By German

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The Washington times., 1934-03-10

ent. or parasitical people, 90
the arrogant, fanatical, obsti-
nate, melancholy, and seH-plty-
ing, a. the jealous, envlous,
and angry, (5) the painfully
good, go those who are always
looking on the gloomy side. He
didn't include people who wear
derbies, fedoras, caps, or fire
mems hats, but, aside from that,
he covered the ground pretty
thoroughly.
Am I wrong, or is there a vague
NRA note running through DR..
Seabury's list of "Worry-mon-
gers"? Possibly it is the use OF
the word "chiseler" that tips it
off. He could almost have
grouped everyone Of his mon
gers under the head Of "Ob-
structionists in the Republican
Party" and let it go at that,
were it not for that strange
classification "the painfully
good" Here is a new angle.
We may take it for granted,
I suppose, that just plain good"
people do nothing to contribute
to the ultimate insanity Of the
conntzy They must be 'pan-
The Washington times., 1934-03-10

I don't know why I keep on
worrying about what this or
that scientist says concerning
the future of mankind, because,
in the first place, I don't ex-
pect to be mixed up person
ally with the future of mankind,
and, in the second place, I
don't take any stock in what
the scientists say anyway.
But every time that I read in
the newspaper that some biol
ogist has gone screaming before
a meeting with the announce
ment that the human race is
developing fins, and that, in a
thousand years, everyone will
be breathing through gills just
below the ears, I find myself
reading the item out loud: II
see here where it says that we
are all developing fins and will
be breathing through gills
pretty soon." Sometimes people
ask, What did you say?" when
I read such things aloud, but
more often I get no reaction
at all.
It was a psychologist named
David SsabuEH Of NsE YORK.
The Washington times., 1934-03-10
By Robert Benchley
By T. E. Powers

fully" good. But painful to
whom? The Prohibitionists were
painfully good in the eyes of a
majority of voters, but also a
majority Of voters were pain
fully good in the eyes of Tam
many Hall. AL Capone probably
considers that the anti-rack-
eteer crusaders were painfully
good, and Wall Street no doubt
looks, with a definite pain in the
neck, on the good intentions OF
Congress. A painfully good"
person is a person who tries to
interfere with your own personal
way Of living on the grounds OF
justice and righteousness. A lot
of people are probably painfully
good to the Executives Club OF
Chicago, including the NRA. DIR.
Seabury has got to make this
classification a little clearer if
he wants us really to be driven
insane by "the painfully good"
copyright, 1884, King Features
Syndicate, lnc.)
Articles By Robert BenchIey
appear each Tuesday, Thursday,
and SATURDAY..
The Washington times., 1934-03-10
ANTICIPATING 2139

who was optimistic enough to
place the ultimate complete in
sanity Of the race as late as
2139. He based his estimate on
the present increase in insanity,
which, if it continues at the
same ratio, will take 205 years
to embrace everybody. I don't
know why he takes it for granted
that the ratio isn't going to in
crease, however, what with
modern improvements and every
thing. We can surely do better
next year than we did in this.
DR.. Seabury says that one of
the first steps toward insanity
is worry, and warned his audi
ence (the Executives Club Of
Chicago against worry mon
gers" I don't know just what
type of executive belongs to the
Executives Club of Chicago, but
I should think that almost all
executives would be practically
insane by now, without the aid
of worry mongers."
Under the heading of worry
mongers, the psychologist in
cluded Cd goSsips, critics, and
sfOlniselaRssp a. ttmid. dsspond-
The Washington times., 1934-03-10
Decency, Not Politics, GOUerps Pay Restoration

be party lines when justice and rght-dong the
issues.
THE HOUSE, AS IT NEARs A VOTE ON PAY
RESTORATION, HAS BEFORE IT THE ACTION OF
THE SENATE IN VOTING FOR THAT REsTORA-
TION. THE SENATE VOTE FOR THIS FORWARD
STEP WAS TAKEN BY THE UNION OF sENA-
TORS OF ALL PARTIES
THE HOUSE, NEARING A VOTE, LIKEWISE
HAS BEFORE IT THE URGENT APPEAL OF THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT
SALARIES BE INCREASED THROUGHOUT IN
DUSTRY
IT HAS BEFORE IT THE ADDRESSES AND
PLEADINGs OF THOSE TO WHOM THE PREsI-
DENT HAS DELEGATED THE TASK OF RUN
MING THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY
MACHINERY THOSE ADDRESSES AND THOSE
PLEADINGS LEAVE NO DOUBT AS TO THE
STEPS WHICH ARE CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL
IF RECOVERY IS TO BECOME FACT.
Those steps cannot be taken effectively long ap
proximately one million men and women working for
the Government denied the salaries which the law
says they deserve and which they
The matter of paying those men and women their
justly earned salaries is not question of POLITICS.
The national recovery program does not say that
private employers of party shall pay decent wages
The Washington times., 1934-03-10

The refusal of the Democratic party in the House of
Representatives to bind it's members on the Federal
pay restoration amendment is another indication that
the issue of decent treatment of the working man tran
scends party lines.
throughout the discussion of this vital recovery
the opponents of restoration have repeatedly
attempted to introduce the idea of partisanship.
They have fortunately, been blocked at every turn.
THE TRUE LEADERS OF ALL ARTIES S
REALIZE THAT THIS NATION CANNOT FIGHT
ITS WAY BACK TO NORMAL ECONOMIC CONDI-
TIONs so LONG AS THE PAY CUT CROSS IS
FORCED UPON THE MEN AND WOMEN OF
SMALL INCOME.
THE TRUE LEADERS OF ALL PARTIES
REALIZE THAT IT IS VITAL AT THIS MOMENT
TO INCREASE THE PURCHASING POWER OF
THE MASSES
Rabd partisans who have been willing to sacrifice
the national welfare for temporary advantage to
their party have very properly met with rebuke and
contempt
The attempt to deny to Democratic members of the
House the right to follow honest leaders in the nation
wide movement to increase purchasing power was an
attempt to make the pay restoration amendment
strictly party issue.
BY it's failure this attempt has proven that there can
The Washington times., 1934-03-10
House Committee Approves
Navy Aircraft Purchases
Blu James T. Williams, Jr.
T. Williams, Jr.
"Truth is mighty and it 1OiH
1aro1,1jI -

"Truth is mighty and it 1OiH
preuGil."
Thanks to the initiative, i'm
partiality and independence OF
the House Committee on Naval
Affairs, of which Congressman
Vinson of Georgia is the chair
man, a subcommittee appointed
by him, under the leadership OF
Congressman Delaney of New
York, has found and reported to
the House the truth about the
procurement by the Navy De-
partment of Aircraft for the
Fleet.
Sweeping Probe
This subcommittee made a
thorough investigation of the
administration of the Navy De-
partment under the Secretary
ship of Charles Francis Adams,
of Massachusetts, and Of his
successor, the present Secretary
of the Navy, Mr.. Swanson, and
his able and non-political as
sistant, Mr.. H. L. Roosevelt.
The objects of this inquiry
were:
First-TO ASCERTAIN profits in
the manufacture Of 0irpl0nsS,
GirplGne engines, and their
GreonGuticGl equipment.
Sseond-TO Gscertain If Ony
PrOfiteering has taken place.
Third-TO GscertGin GOhetheT
there has been any cOElusiOn
between manufacturers GUith
res ,ct to Government contracts.
Fourth-TO ascertain whether
the method of development and
procurement can be improved.
Chairman Delaney and his
subcommittee pressed their in
quiry in other directions in q
firm resolve to determine
whether the interest Of the
Government is wholly protected
under the existing law, upon
which aircraft procurement
procedure followed by the Navy
Department in the purchase Of
airplanes is based.
This subcommittee finds:
That profits made by con-
tractors from Navy airpIGne
business h0Ue been moderate
and reasonable"
That ''the OVerGN profit on
the cost of manufacture Of air.
craft and engines for the NdUy
covering the period from 1926
to 1888, has been only 11.5 per
cent prior to deducting state
and Federal income taxes, as
determined by Macy auditOTS."
That the acreage profit Of
the twO principal contractors
on N0Oy engine business Were
in line with national and inter
national prices for comparable
engines, eUen at their peak, and
in recent years haze been sub
stantially reduced.
That all companies contract
ing with the NGVy Department
for engines, except one, haze
The Washington times., 1934-03-10

while private employers Of another party are permitted
to pay starvation wages.
THE NATIONAL RECOVERY PROGRAM IN
SISTS THAT ALL EMPLOYERS, REGARDLESS OF
PARTY, SHALL PAY TO THEIR WORKERS THE
SALARIES WHICH THEY EARN AND WHICH
ARE NECESSARY TO PROVIDE THE PURCHAs-
ING POWER ESSENTIAL TO THE FORWARD
MOVEMENT OF BUSINESS.
THE SAME DOCTRINE MUST APPLY TO THE
GOVERNMENT
A member of one party cannot justify his vote
against decent salaries in Government by pie. ing
party exigencies
HE CANNOT SAY THAT HE CAST HIS CON-
GRESSIONAL VOTE AGAINST JUSTICE FOR THE
WORKING MAN BECAUSE HE FELT THAT WAS
GOOD POLITICS.
There are, very properly, party lines many issues
There are very properly differences of opinion to
many questions which demand Congressional solution
But, fortunately we have not reached the time when
elected representatives must permit party feelings
to override their sense of decency.
THIS ATTITUDE is CLEARLY SHOWN BY THE
ACTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
THAT CAUCUS HAS SENT ITS MEMBERS BACK
TO THE FLOOR FREE TO VOTE ACCORDING TO
THEIR SENSE OF THE RIGHT.
The Washington times., 1934-03-10

actually lost money on expert
mental contracts.
That no evidence whatever
has been found Of collusiOn be-
tween contractors or betWeen
contractors and Naval Officials.
On the contrary, it appears
that there has been keen COM
petition in limited market
and costs haUe been kept belOW
original estimates and "belOW
appropriations actually made
for the purpose.
Now we come to one OF the
most important and significant
findings Of this bipartisan sub
committee of the House Com
mittee on Naval Affairs:
"That the policy pursued BY
the Macy Department since the
enactment of the Aircraft Pro"
cuvement Act of 1926 10 a
practicable and proved one,
and should be follOwed until a
better plan is proposed.
Practice Approved
The reasons given for this
finding are, in words OF the
report:
"Sincs negotiated contracts
are necessary until the aero
nautical art becomes more
stabilized, and since under ex'
isting statutes procurement is
being administered by the Macy
Department in an efficient and
sGtisfGctOTy manner, no changes
are recommended in the Air.
craft Procurement Act Of 1926.
A Federal Grand Jury is now
investigating, a ong other
things, the circumstances under
which the same aircraft pro-
curement procedure, which both
the War and Navy Depart
ments have followed since the
enactment Of the Aircraft Pro-
curement Act Of 1926, was re-
versed by somebody in the War
Department, in spite Of the
fact that this procedure was
authorized by law and is still
being followed in the Navy
Department, where President
Roosevelt'S able kinsman Of the
same name is so efficiently
discharging the duties Of AS
sistant Secretary Of the Navy.
The findings Of the House
Committee on Naval Affairs
come at a most opportune time
for sincere seekers after truth.
They relieve the public from
the necessity Of waiting until
the House Committee on Mill
tary Affairs has completed its
Investigation, which its chair
man says he intends to keep
going until next December.
That will tide the chairman
and members Of that commit
tee over their primary cam
paigns for denominations and
their ensuing contests for re-
election.
Copyright, 1894. The Washington
Times Coz
The Washington times., 1934-03-10
The Human Side of the News
Bv EdWin C.. Hill
Alaskan Huskies Save Priests Life

huge arcs of light formed and
searchlight shafts came stream
ing down to the snow-the
Northern Lights. Luminous
curtains of the heavens, falling
with an audible silken rustic.
It was on these trips that the
Priest of the Glaciers met his
favorites-Katmai and Margey,
which are with him today, in
his home at Santa Clara.
When you feed Alaskan dogs
you have to be careful. It is
a business proposition with
them and they don't want to be
bothered with etiquette. If you
try to hand an Alaskan husky
his dried fish in any delicate
fashion, you are likely to lose
a finger or two. You have to
toss it at him, forward-pass it.
But Father Hubbard wanted
Katmai to have good manners
so he handed him fish one day.
Katmai didn't snap at Father
Hubbard's hand, but he loosed
a warning growl. Father Hub
bard slapped his nose and gave
him a talking to. That night
he went to the dog stalls to see
if all was well. And Katmai was
the first dog he saw at the
stalls. Standing out on the
snow, he was waving his big fox
brush tail, trying to attract
Father Hubbard's attention.
Save Priests Life
He had something very i'm
portant on his mind, for he
danced on his front paws and
sang deep down in his throat.
When Father Hubbard came
close, Katmai darted into his
stall and came out with piece
cd dried fish IL his mouth.
Gently he set it down at Father
Hubbard's feet, and then looked
up, saying as plainly as if in
words: THAT was a very unfor-
tunate mistakenly growing at
you. Please accept this piece of
fish, which is very valuable to
me, to prove that I didn't
mean it,"
With him on many adventures
were these great dogs, to Aniak-
chak and the volcano of Katmai,
through the Valley Of Ten Thou
sand Smokes, to the great white
fire mountain of Unimak and to
ShiShaldin, which rearS it's
snowy summit into the sky,
pouring out a plume of smoke
by day, tinted red at night by
the glow of the -Shishal-
din, the Fujiyama Of Alaska, the
most beautiful and perfect vol
canic cone in the world.
With him they crouched,
whining with fear of the un.
known. as they gazed down into
the pits of fire, vivid with all
the colors of the rainbow, a
AIdIIlAI1S CeEIOE, GLlc very QreluQe
to the inferno. There came a
time when recurring influenza
caught him far out in the wilds
when he knew that only his
dogs could pull him through on
a trip of hundreds of miles to
the nearest settlement and a
doctor; when he was delirious
half of the time.
Almost without any direction
his dogs carried him swiftly to
the Mission at Holy Cross and
to safety, and Father Hubbard
will tell you himself how he
went down the line of huskies
hugging every one Of them be-
fore he went down and out.
Copyright, 1884, King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-03-10

Many a dangerous temptation
comes to us in fine, gay colorS
that are but skin deep-Henry.
It is a maxim with me that no
man was ever written out Of q
reputation but by himself.
Man, false man, smiling, de-
structive man.-Lee.
Men are but children Of .
larger gToWth-Drydsn.
The Washington times., 1934-03-10
Words From Wise Men

Let us consider the reason Of
the case. For nothing IS law
that Is not reaSon.-Poweu.
Actions Of the last age are
like almanacs Of the last year.
Crashaw.
The conscious water saw its
God and blushed.-Denham.
Beware of a door that has too
many keys.
The Washington times., 1934-03-10

Came a knock at the door Of
the little studio this writer uses
to put together stories for the
air, and pieces for the paper.
When the door swung open,
there stood on the threshold
bright-eyed little woman, slim,
brown, alert, Jean Dempster by
name.
The special job she has made
for herself is to teach Eskimo
children, far up in the frozen
North in the Arctic Circle. And
three RS to the roly-poly Eskimo.
When she isn't teaching the
tadS, she is out with her great
silver-gray dogs, swinging over
snow and ice. One of the very
few expert woman Alaskan
Sledge-dog drivers in the north
0rn picture.
Klondyke of Nome
And at Jean Dempster's side,
and completely filling the door,
way, was just about the most
magnificent dog these eyes ever
gaZed on-and a dog with a his
tory-"Klony." He's a per.
Sonal friend Of two great ad.
venturers Of science, Admiral
Dick Byrd and Father Bernard
Hubbard, of Santa Clara Uni
verSity Of California-the "Gla-
cier Priest" the Apostle of the
Volcanoes" as they call him,
To anybody who loves dogs,
Klondyke Of Nome could not
fail to inspire a thrill Of ad-
miration. A real husky, three
parts wolf. but as gentle as a
lamb. Full IS pounds in weight,
with a marvellous, thick, soft,
1uStrouS coat Of silver and black.
In the harness since he was
six months old, carrying the
mail from Nome to Point Bar.
row up in the Arctic Circle at
eight months, going down with
Father Hubbard into the steam.
ing bowels of Aniakchak, whose
eruption, three years ago,
caused the earth to tremble,
and the leading man, as we'll in
two motion pictures. Klondyke
Of Nome is all dog, from the
tip Of his buShy tail to the tip
Of his blunt nose.
# you want a perfect picture
Of the malemutes of Alaska,
read Father Bernard Hubbard's
stirring book, 'MuSh, You Male
mutes." He had never driven
Alaskan sledge dogs, or had
much experience with them,
until he went up to the Far
North a few years ago.
It was an inspiring meeting,
that one. Sixty below zero. The
SemidarkneSs Of the frozen
Snow-covered land and the lurk-
ing shadows. The pale, cold,
clear sky with its myriad stars,
the moon three-quarters full,
lying low on the horizon, utter
silence. Alaska magic, they call
it, with instructive sense of it's
power. And then a high-pitched
long-drawn out wolf howl break.
ing the frigid silence. Then
another howl from a different
quarter. And then from hun
dreds Of throats bedlam break
ing loose, the famous bedtime
chorus Of the Alaskan wolf-dog,
weirdly inspiring. And present
ly he was learning to mush or
drive holding the long whip
over 13 dogs eager and strain
ing to be off.
So Father Hubbard rode his
sledge, marvelling to the beauty
of the northern horizon, where
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