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The Washington times., 1934-06-16
JUNE 16, 1884
By John Snure, Jr.

In a recent statement, Gov.
Paul M. Pearson, of the Virgin
Islands, endeavored to explain
the benefits" of the monopo-
listic Virgin Islands Company
that has been set up by the
Government in the pearls Of
the Caribbean"
He outlined the program for
control of the sugar and rum
producing industry of the is
lands by the company. His
statement was inserted in the
Congressional Record by Repre-
sentative Edward A. Kenney, Of
New Jersey.
Rather ironical was the fact
that there was also inserted in
the Record on the same date, a
speech by Representative Ever
EFT M. DirkSon of Illinois re-
lating to the Virgin Islands.
In his address he referred to
Charles w. Taussig. who, he
said, "has been in and out of
Washington a good deal, and
who has been regarded as one
of the unofficial advisers on
sugar, molasses and related
matters"
Mr.. Dirksen said:
"He is the president Of the
American MOlaSSeS Company,
the NumOline Company, the
American MOlasseS Company of
Louisiana, the Applied Sugar
Laboratories, Inc.; vice preSi-
dent and director of the BOs-
ton MOIaSSeS Company and di-
rector of the American MOlasses
Company of Maine.
"He is thoroughly STEPPED in
MOlaSseS!"
Yet, Representative DirkSen
pointed out, TauSSig is a mem
ber of the advisory council of
the Virgin Islands. What he
didn't say was that Charles
w. Taussig is a close ally of
Governor Pearson, who is to
operate the sugar producing
Virgin Islands Company.
What he did say, however,
was:
'In any event, Mr.. Taussig
Is very much in the mOlaSSeS
business, is very much in the
Virgin Islands, and very much
interested in the continued i'm
pOrtatiOn of mOlasses, no mat
ter how much it curtailS the
market for the products of the
midweStern grain farmer!"
Jesse H. Jones, chairman of
the board of directors of the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion, wears a rabbits foot charm
on his watch chain. Appar-
emily, the charm has some
effect when Jesse answers inter-
rogators and provides him with
a lucky answer.
He was asked recently how
much money would be required
to enforce the provisions of the
Steagall bill for relief of bank
depositors.
Jones said:
"That is impossible to tell.
eve are like-dOctors." J." (He
The Washington times., 1934-06-16

If token payments" are 60
ing to become a regular feat
ure of international dealings,
some sort of fairy ceremony
should be worked up to accom-
pany them. You can't have a
man in a top hat and cutaWay
just drop a token at your door
and run off giggling. Let's go
through with the token" idea
and make a really imaginative
show Of it.
The scene is a. bosky glade
Somewhere in Titania's king
DOM" It is alight with the
fireflies and Japanese lanterns.
A lot of little elves and
pixies are dancing around the
dell, and can think of nothing
more appropriate for them to
be singing than the opening OF
the chorus from "Iolanthe":
1--WE are dainty little fairies,
Ever singing, ever dancing,
We indulge in our vagarles,
In a fashion most enhancing.
If you ask the special function
OF our never-ceasing motion,
We reply, without compunction.
That we haven't any notion"
At this point, they all fall
down, laughing shrilly.
A Treasury official then
enters, dressed in a gossamer
cutaway and consulting a date
book made of rose-petals.
TREASURY OFFICIAL: To-
day is the fifteenth of June!
Didn't somebody owe us some
thing on the fifteenth Of June?
PUCK: The debtors are all
The Washington times., 1934-06-16
mo Gentlemen"
Merely Creditors

Americans read recently with small edificatOn the
ports from that the British indignant
Governments breach of etiquette in publishing the
debt note before it had been released in England.
There had been it gentlemans agreement between
the two Governments to the time of publication.
This agreement it is charged the Americans inrnged
Hence the righteous wrath from Albion No gentleman
would break agreement it is pointed out the unmis
taxable inference from that is that gentlemen
The noe by the way merely broke several sacred
gagments which the British government entered into with
during after the war.
But these engagements appears in different cate
CORY from "gentleman's' understanding.
It is all right to break promise to pay it all wrong
break promise not to publish
The distinction may not be altogether clear the
tucred American mind but it be perfectly plain
to cousins the Atlantic who default without
violating single precep of Emily Post Lord Chesterfield
The Washington times., 1934-06-16

referred to particular special
ists.)
GAS each case a doctor has
is different and requires diff
ferent treatment SO each bank
is different and necesSitates in.
dividual care!"
Many Congressman have been
accused of not knowing the
facts of various subjects they
attempt to discuss. There is
one man in the House who
admits he knows nothing Of
some legislation.
That eminent statesman from
the rugged section of Baltimore,
Md, Representative Vincent l..
L. Palmisano, was making a
lengthy dissertation recently on
the national housing program
when the housing bill was before
the House.
His discussion centered around
building and loan associations.
One of his colleagues, inter-
ested in the speech, began to
question Palmisano. The states
man, hesitated, then said:
81 have not studied the bill
thoroughly"
There are reports Of treason
in the stronghold of DR.. Rexford
G. TugWell, advocate of cur
tailed crop production.
It is rumored around town
that the brain truster possesses
a female dog.
The female dog is said to have
presented the Tugwell family
with a litter of six pups on q
recent day.
The question being asked is
whether the eminent doctor
thinks they should be "plOwed
under"
Hopping on the stump with
stnlany other Democrats who are
eXtHRnely anxious at this time
to re- Jew the accomplishments
of then party, Representative
John w. Flanagan, jr., of Vir-
ginia, recently took occasion to
recite what he believed to be
the virtues of his clan.
In his speech he referred to
DR.. William A. Writ, the Gary
(Ind.) educator, who came be-
fore Congress to charge that
the Government was following
a Russian example. His ref
erences were extremely sarcas-
tic, as indicated by his words:
"As a fitting tribute to his
accomplishments while here. ON
earth, 1 now suggest the fol.
lowing epitaph: Through with
instructions but hoping for a
glorious resurrection, Here lies
the body of DIR. William Albert
Writ, ABB, AM, Ph.B., Ph.D.,
The Don QuixOte of Gary and
the father of the Cocktail Re-
belliOn. May the shades Of
Kerensky, TrOtsky, Stain and
the "brain trusters" visit not
this spot"
Copyright, 1884, The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1934-06-16

. uC 11du LICG SOAOlCI - uGdGh
in a great cause, the blow was
none the less sore for us who
had set great store by him. I
know that my wife felt it
more than she ever let on,
and I feel sometimes that she
was breaking her heart over it,
slipping away to him the while.
but always trying to resist the
call because of what she took
to be her duty to me.
zone thing has been COM
fort to me in my sorrow-the
sympathy of my friends. I
have been touched by mes
sages running from those Of
the King and the Queen to
the friendly thoughts of collier
friends like yourself, and the
knowledge that there are such
friends in the world IS the
only possible balm for a heart
such as mine at the moment"
When Charley Chaplin tells
us who is the greatest come
dian in the world. we are in.
clined to listen. Many of us
would venture that the cham
pion clown of the universe is
the gentleman from Hollywood,
himself, aod the richest CT all
the film actors with his seven
million dollars earned with that
trick mustache and the funny
feet.
':But no." says Mr.. Chaplin,
thrusting aside the crown, put
it on the red wig of yonder
incompatible buffoon, Adolph
Arthur Harpo Marx" This
droll fellow. Harpo, in all his
years on the stage has never
opened his mouth. He gets
his laughs from pantomime.
Like Chaplin, his actions have
always been funnier than his
words.
Greatest Clown
He's about 4S now, has been
acting Is years and is so ordi-
nary looking off stage that
you would never spot him in
a crowd. He's a great poker
player, but his golf would give
Bobby Jones a case of nervous
proStration. E
He knows a lot about books
and is an Unsuitable reader.
He and his three brothers have
been knocking them out of
their seats in the legitimate
theater, the silent films and
. the talkies for the past 10
years. The boys came from
a Third Avenue tenement in
New York city and were put
into vaudeville by their mother,
who figured that if they were
funny enough around their
own home to make her laugh,
they ought to catch the crowds.
Harpo, in his red wig and
his white face, is the clown
par excellence, as we'll as a
harp player who knows how to
pluck lovely melody from the
drumming strings.
Copyright. 1884, King Features
---.-.-- Syndicate, -Inc.) ..r
The Washington times., 1934-06-16

When a nation doesn't want
to pay a debt to another ma
tion, it sends a little something
wrapped up in baby blue tissue
paper with little silver stars
pasted on it, just as a token"
1t doesn't say as a token of
what, but. the suppoSition is
that it is a token of love, or
admiration, or possibly of sup
pressed amusement.
The Washington times., 1934-06-16
Words From Wise Men

A single conversation across
the table with a wise man is
better than 10 years study Of
books-Longfellow.
Crime is not punished as an
offense against God, but as
prejudicial to society.-Froude.
There can be no great smoke
arise, but there must be some
fire. ...- .---. ...-.
The Washington times., 1934-06-16

Few persons have courage
enough to appear as good as
they really are.
There is no gathering the rose
without being pricked by the
thornS.
The shortest answer is doing.
The wine in the bottles does
not quench thirst.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-19
WASHINGTON U
 BASKETBALL 5
 CAPTURE TITLE
Championship of North Di. vision, Coast Confer
 ence, Won by Huskies

SEATTLE, Feb. 19.-The Univer- sity of Washington has captured the championship of the Northern Division of the Pacific Coast Con- ference basketball This followed the winning of the game last Sat urday night from Oregon Univer- sity by a score of 35 to 26.
 At Pullman, Washington State defeated Oregon State by score of 43 to 29.
 In the Southern Division, the scores of last Saturday nights games were as follows:
 At Stanford Southern Califor- mia 33; Stanford 22.
 At Los Angeles-California 37; UCLA 40. This was an upset vic- tory as the Uclans have been lag ging all of the season.
 The standings of the two divis- ions follows:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-19

al collegiate championship track and field team within the past year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-19
-SPORI> ;,
 SLANTS @ B ALAN GOULD A!

On his swing around the rasslin' route, Joe Savoldi became confiden- tial with Steve George, the Sacra- mento scout.
 Five minutes of wrestling is equivalent to 60 minutes of tough football" Joe told Steve, by way of confession or, perhaps, rebuttal don't know whether Steve was giving Joe an argument on this point but I know a few gridiron grapplers who would.
 I'm quitting as soon as my con- tract expires-in two more years, continued the former Notre Dame fullback. "The game is too tough and nobody in the world can stand up long under the pressure of 300 matches year, sleeping in Pull man cars and eating in restaurants week after week.
 I'm on top now; not the worlds champion undisputed, but just the same I'm in the money and the best I can hope for is
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-19
ELKS BOWLERS WIN PIN SERIES
 WITH LEC|0N N
J. E. Barragar, ST., Makes Record Score for Three
 Game Tourney Match

Elks' bowlerS won out over the Legion team in a close match played yesterday afternoon in the Elks' alleys which gave them the championship of the series of three matches played between the teams Total scores for the match yester- day were, Elks, 2814 and Legion 2635.
 The Legion team was crippled by the absence of one of its star play CTS, F. A. Metcalf, who left for Sitka Friday on the Northland but made a good showing in the play-off match. Each team had previously won one match.
 While all of the bowlers on the picked teams made good scores, J E. Barragar, ST, made what is be- lieved to be a record score for three games in tournament play in Alaska when he totaled 69l for the match. His single game high of 267 is said to be the high score for any one game made in Juneau this year.
 Interest in the match was keen and there was considerable gal lery present to watch the cham pionship played off.
 Individual scores made were:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-19

then an All-America quarterback, put on a skit as part of the Mono gram Club show with such success that they were offered $500 week for 32 weeks in vaudeville, 1t sounded all right to Savoldi but Carideo, according to Joe, insist ed he wanted to be ethical and be a football coach"
 Imagine such fool!" added Joe. of course Savoldi alone could not get over. But Savoldi and Cari- deo them days meant something. Who knows, I might have been a great actor, instead of a wrestler"
 Whereupon Joe offered Steve a coughdrop.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-19

SCHEDULE Friday, Feb. 23: 7:30-Peruvians ys. Bolivians. | 8:30-Brazilians vs. Argentinians 9:30-Chileans vs. Cubans. Tuesday, Feb. 27:
 7:30-Alaskan vs. Canadians. 8:30-Cubans vs. Argentinians. 9:30-Brazilians vs. Peruvians. Saturday, March 3: i. 7:30-Bolivian vs. Chileans. 8:30-Alaskan vs. Peruvians 9:30-Canadian vs. Argentinians Thursday, March 8:
 7:30-Chileans vs. Brazilians. 8:30-Cubans vs. Peruvians. 1 9:30-Bolivian vs. AlaskanS Monday, March 12:
 7:30-Alaskan vs. Argentinians. 8:30-Canadians vs. Chileans. 9:30-Bolivians vs. Brazilians. Friday, March Is; 7:30-Brazilians vs. Alaskans. 8:30-Argentinians vs. Peruvians 9:30-Cubans vs. Canadians. Thursday, March 22:
 7:30-Bolivians vs. Cubans. 8:30-Peruvians vs. Canadians. 9:30-Chileans vs. Argentinians. Monday, .March 26;
 7:30-Canadians vs. Bolivians. 8:30-Brazilians vs. Cubans. 9:30-Alaskan vs. Chileans. Friday, March 30:
 7:30-Cubans vs. Alaskans.
 8:30-Argentinian vs. Bolivians. 9:30-Chileans vs. Peruvians. Saturday, March 31:
 9:30-Canadian vs. BraZilians.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-19
KEEPING 'EM FIT

For something like eight years, no figure was more closely asso- ciated with West Point football and the boys who played it than Major Frank Wandle, the genial trainer He pioneered in a subject that has been given increasing atten- ton in recent years-conditionng, His excursions on the gridiron with Armys tea wagon"-a gift from Stanford-became a ceremony and his methods boon to any coach ing staff.
 Consequently Captain "Biff' Jones, upon accepting the head football coaching job two years ago at Louisiana State, lost no time engaging Wandle to take charge of the training tasks.
 The result is that L.S.U. shows an unusual record for the physical fitness of its athletes during the Jones' -Wandle regime. In twenty football games, every first string player has been ready to play in every contest. The key" players like Rukas, Brown, Torrance, Fath- cree and Mickal, were in shape throughout last season to play any where from 50 to 60 minutes. Seven regulars played the entire fina, Uarna yryitI, 1,anpaccaa rriFl,o,,f i,, jury.
 Wandle's responsibilities are moi confined to football. He is the trainer for all sports at L.S.U. which among other items of ath- | letic note has produced a nation
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-19

Whist, pinochle, auction and con- tract bridge will be played during the evening so that everyone will find a table of his favorite game.
 In order that those who wish may attend the Shrine Ball, fol- lowing the game, play will begin at 7:45 o'clock, instead of the us- ual hour.
 Committees in charge of the af- fair are planning most enjoy able evening and delicious refresh ments are promised to those who attend,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-19
REPORT ATTACKS U. s. COLLEGES .AS'COMMERCIAL'
Carnegie Foundation Says American Football Worse
 than German Duelling

NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-German student duels are termed safer than American college football in the annual Carnegie Foundation report made public yesterday, which crit icized commercialism in the game.
 The Universities of Notre Dame and Southern California were nam ed as exploiters of their teams for commercial purposes"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-19

SCHEDULE Monday, Feb. 19:
 7:30-Japanese vs. Chinese. 8:30-Persians vs. Turks. 9:30-Hindus vs. Siamese. Saturday, Feb. 24:
 7:30-Turks vs. Siamese. 8::30-Hindus vs. Japanese. 9:30-Arabs vs. Siberians. Thursday, March 1:
 .7:30-Turks vs. Siberians. 8:30-Arabs vS. Hindus. Persians vs. Chinese. Monday, March 5: . 7:30-Japanese vs. Turks. 8:30-Siamese vs. Chinese. 9:30-Persians vs. Siberians. Friday, March g:
 7:30-Hindus vs. Siberians. 8:30-Persians vs. Siamese. 9:30-Chinese vs. Arabs. Tuesday, March 13:
 7::30-Japanese vs. Arabs. 8:30-Turks vs. Hindus. 9::30-Siamese vs. Siberians. Monday, March 19: > 7:30-Turks vs. Arabs. 8:30-Persians vs. Japanese. 9:30-Hindus vs. Chinese. Friday, March 23:
 7:30-Japanese vs. Siamese. 8:30-Persians vs. Arabs. 9:3C-S Siberians vs. Chinese. Tuesday, March 27:
 7:30-Chinese vs. Turks. 8:30-Japanese vs. Siberians. 9:30-Persians vs Hindus. Saturday, March 31: | 7:30-Arabs vs. Siamese.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-19
WOMEN OF MOOSE TO GIVE PARTY
 THURSDAY NIGHT

On Thursday evening, February g. the Women of the Moose will be hostesses at the fourth card .party of their present series and a special feature is to be the at- tractive door prize, which will be given away in addition to the priz- es for the card games, it was today announced.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-19
Battle of Races Starts Tonight on Elks' Alleys

o'clock another The teams ecumpoe O. member t 0
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-19
CALL GEORGE ANDERSON

Expert piano tuning, guarantees service. Phone 143. ---ady
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-19
SLIDE BLOCKS RAILROAD

An 800-foot snowslide, 10 to 20 feet deep, recently blocked the Government Railroad at Mile 48 Traffic was held up for more than 24 hours while the rotary snow blow cleared the tracks,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-19
CABIN BURNS

A cabin in Seward occupied by Axel Orn, who was visiting with neighbors at the time, was gutted by fire recently. The fire depart ment saved the building from total destruction.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-19
COULD'VE BEEN AN ACTOR

Maybe Savoldi should have gone in for more serious dramatics. He told Steve that when he was at Notre Dame he and Frank Carideo,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-19

SCHEDULE
 Tuesday, Feb. 20: 7:3G-Norwegians vs. Swedes. 8:30-Finns vs. Italians.
 9:30-Laplanders vs. Britons.
 Monday, Feb. 26: 7:30-Laplanders vs. Italians. 8:30-Norwegians vs. Films. 9:30-Irish vs. Dutch.
 Friday, March 2: 7:30-Swedes vs. Britons. 8:30-Norwegians vs. Dutch. 9:30-Irish vs. Italians. Tuesday, March 6: 7.30-Norwegians vs. Laplanders. 8:30-Dutch vs. Swedes. 9:3O-Britons vs. Films. Saturday, March 10: 7:3G-Dutch vs. Italians. 8.30-Irish vs. Britons. 9:30-Swedes vs. Films. Thursday, March 15: 7:30-Irish vs. Laplanders. 8:3O-Finns vs. Dutch. 9:30-Norwegians vs. Italians. Tuesday, March 20: 7:30-Italians vs. BritonS. 8:30-NorWegians vs. Irish. 9:30-Swedes vs. LaplanderS. Saturday, March 24. 7:30-Swedes vs Irish. 8:30-Laplanders vs. Films. 9:30-Britons vs. Dutch. Thursday, March 29: 7:30-Swedes vs. Italians 8:30-Laplanders vs. Dutch. 9:30-Norwegians vs. Britons. Saturday, March 31: 8:30-Finns vs. Irish.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-19
Northern Division
Southern Division

about $25,000 a year-velvet."
 If that's the best Joe can do, he had better go back to the mines.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-07
NEW DEALERS

NTOw that the Democrats have made their
anticipated sweep Of the congressional
elections. what are they going to do with it?
That may sound like a silly question since
all those Democrats rode to victory on the
New Deal wave with their hands on their
hearts swearing to be true to it. But, in this
imperfect world, campaign pledges often have
way of getting lost by the time the man Of
the people settles down in Washington, taking
tea from the social lobby and orders from less
charming interests.
In fact the New Deal in this election was
something like state religion. 1t was en-
braced by so many converts among the can
dates that unrepentant reactionaries were
as scarce as protesting heather. For the first
time the spellbinders almost forgot to cam
paign for home and mother and the golden
rule, so frantically did they wave the New
Deal banner.
Only small band Of the disappearing old
guard Republicans shouted defance-such as
Reed pa Hatfield CIV. vaO, Tess (Ohio)-
as the popular tide engulfed them.
But there are old guard Democrats to take
the place of the G. o. P. in rle senate. Cope
ldIlu IN. , anu DyIu NNdJ dlC DdChJ d4AN
added to the list are several machine politi
clans like Moore IN. j., and Guffey PaO.
Riding the same New Deal victory with
these gentlemen of the right are others far
to the left of President Roosevelt-radical new
Democratic senators such as Schwellenbach
CWashO and the boyish Holt CIV. Va and
the returning leader of the senate progressives
Of bo+t, r1artieS Ia TOIIatte wis
Before congress is in session month this
New Deal army of many colors will divide into
its natural parts. The Democratic conserva-
tives in alliance with the G. o. P. remnant,
will fight with the progressives for control Of
legislation. That struggle, rather than yester-
days election. will determine the next step
in the New Deal-backward or forward.
And on the results of that battle President
Roosevelt, whose broad smile welcomes equally
the Guffeys of the tight and the La Follettes of
the left will decide how far he will go-or
rather how far he can go in carrying out the
New Deal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-07
DOWN TO BUSINESS

THE ambitious production program an
l. nounced for next year by Henry Ford
seems to foreshadow pretty healthy revival
in the important automobile industry gener-
ally 1t also looks like the actual beginning
of the long-awaited pickup in the capital
goods industries.
FOR this program carries with it heavy ex-
penditures on capital goods. Ford will pay
freight bills of s74,OOO,O0O. for instance; he
will spend s53,OO00O0 on steel in the open
market; he will put slOO,OOO,OOO into the pro-
duction of bodies, and S22,5OO,OoO into the
rubber industry.
Now it is pretty certain that Ford is not
going to go it alone on program Of this kind.
If he spends at this rate, other auto COM
panies will do likewise.
The result will be an extremely helpful
stimulation of some of the great, basic indus
tries without whose recovery we can not regain
a real prosperity.