davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1934-04-09

For, right at preSenC, you con-
troll my entire vote-regardless
of party or platform.
All because you wouldn't
"smile pretty" when so ordered!
Prince Iyesato Tokugawa, as
you probably don't know
didn't know it myself until 9:37
this a. m.) is a Plenty 1mpor-
tant Person. For thirty years he
was president of Japan's House
of Peers, with side interests af-
fecting most Of the major prob
lens in the entire universe. AL
Of which has given him a grand
chance to know what this hui
man race is all about. And learn
how to play ball.
Recently he decided OF take o
rest-and another look-see at
the rest Of the world. Home
ward bound, he stopped in San
Francisco. Whereupon our
camera boys descended en-
masse with the usual yelp:
''NOw look pretty, pIease!
Statistics are not Immediately
available, but it's a safe bet
that many millions Of import
ant people have heard that re-
quest from newspaper camera
men and responded Immediately
with the stereotyped grin. It
is also a cinch that If anyone
has ever refused to do so, It
wasn't an American. For II
anyone tells an American to
''look pretty, pleased" he bares
his bridge-work without an in
stant's hesitation. But not so,
the august visitor from Nippon.
"A nice big smile, now,
Mister Toki," said Larry the
lens fiend from the port side
of his three-for-a-dime cigar,
and prepared to shoot.
But nothing happened!
FOR THE FIRST TIMES IN
AMERICAN NEWSPAPER HIS
TORY NOTHING HAP
PE-f1-E-D!
Calmly, stoidly, Prince 1ye-
sato Tokugawa surveyed Larry
and announced:
"I DO NOT LIKE TO
SMILE"
And he didn't!
And if he'd dropped a bomb
on the White House, he
couldn't have handed this ma
ton a meaner wallop in its
sacred Status Quo.
For we're a queer people, we
Yanks. We can exercise tons
Of ingenuity and originality II
left alone on a desert island
with nothing but a jack-knite.
But when It comes to social
obServances, we hold all world
records for doing what the
Other Fellow does-promptly.
pcectseiy ana proudly We'aa-
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
Three-Minute Journeys
By Temple Manning

guests. There are flowers and
waving palms, in fact all the
essentials of a musical comedy.
Certainly the atmosphere is
there. Gay cabanas and beau
tifully dressed ladies add West
ern color anG gaiety.
You must take the lovely
drive to Juhu, the incest beach
in the Bombay district. Tall,
gently waving palms, a perfect
beach, grand beach polo be-
tween officers and visitors, a
native tea house with heavenly
food, are only some Of the at
fractions that this place has to
offer. No wonder everyone is
SO proud Of it.
If you want to see true ORR
entail magnificence go to the
race course during one Of the
big winter events. You will see
the princes of India drive up
in all their native regalia with
turbans, jewels and trains of
servants. You will see the
worlds finest horses and thor
oughbred Arabians that are as
swift as they are beautiful.
The big meets are dress-up
events and the clothes are
beautiful. Everything is very
formal and there is much en-
tertaining, handsome uniforms
and charming people.
One trip that must not be
missed is to strange Elephanta
Island, reached by boat from
Apollo Bunder. You won't for
get the strange caves tunneled
through the hills. And then,
next day. perhaps, you will go
to an afternoon tea party en-
one Of the battleships at the
naval base. Then there are
parties at the various clubs,
so that there Is always some-
thing doin& -. 49,
The Washington times., 1934-04-09

MASK FOR BULL.
This bull living Hertfordshre farm in England, was
inclined to 60 after strangers his farm associates
and gore them with his sharp horns His devised this
arrangement iron ask the bulls forehead the
idea being borrowed perhaps from the weknown Man in
the Iron Mask long imprisoned in the Bae in Paris
and supposed have been important member Of royalty
The prisoner the Base and this bull in the pasture
the iron mask, however, for different reasons.
The Baste prisoner had his nobody could recognize
him. bull has his mask to keep him from seeing anybody
and doing any harm When he looks down he the
grass that he needs to eat and that is all.
You have noticed perhaps with interest that what the
FARMER does to the bull to keep him from carrying out his
plans the powerful Of the world USED to do to the
Of beneath the to prevent them from carrying
out or even FORMING any plans.
The bull with iron plate his eyes, cannot do
uh the people, with the iron plate Of ignorance before
their eyes, cannot do much, either.
In days Of slavery against the law teach slave
read because you taught him to read he might THINK
And he did too much THINKING that might trouble
for slave owners.
Long ago it was written wisely "Give light and the
people will find their way' meaning that if they had
information, knowledge education the people would know
how to "fnd their way to better conditions and
their own affairs.
Therefore through generations the plan to keep the
ignorant and when public schools first intro
duced in the United States there loud protests against
such foolish enghtenng of those that did not need edu
cation.
That day has gone BY however and the people, unlike this
bu NOT wearing the iron mask Of ignorance covering
thsr eyes They have the light" Of knowledge Perhaps
ny vi We u %eAEk4Al4s4Gk
The Washington times., 1934-04-09

Although India is a country
strange and mysterious, there is
plenty Of social life. If you care
to tarry in such cities as Cal
cutta, Bombay, Delhi or Luck
now, you will soon be caught in
q round Of hospitality that in
cludes dances at hotels and
country clubs, race meetings
and dinners. It is all very nice
and few visitors there are who.
do not enjoy every moment of it.
There is always plenty to do
and to see in Bombay. There is
always lots Of social life center.
ing around the principal hotel,
a huge domed structure that
cleverly combines the comforts
of the West with the picturesque
charm and setting of the
Orient. The Royal Bombay
Yacht Club is always well repre-
sented on the social calendar
with smart luncheons, regattas
and grand dinner dances. One
fingers long on the lovely terrace
overlooking the ocean, where
strange craft pass in pic
turesque array. Smart young
army officers and young men
in the civil service are present
in abundance and no girl need
to sit out a dance. Next day
there is perhaps a drive to the
beach at Juhu, a party hastily
made up by one Of Bombay's
hostesseS. Or else swimming at
Breach Candy, an exclusive
beach that is opened to invited
visitors only.
At Breach Candy there Is a
new pool and one may swim
indoors or outdoors in a minia-
ture harbor that is carefully
walled in. There are RATS,
chutes. diving boards, gay pa
villions with turbaned boys
earning refreshments TO- thirsty
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
LISTEN, WORLD
By Elsie Robinson

not only willing to Be Like
Everyone Else, but we'd rather
lose out pants than not be.
Once the most rebellious and
individual of nations, we have
become the most stereotyped
and conventional - regarding
with suspicious, and humiliat-
ing and prosecuting all those
who do not conform to our
petty ''rule O. thumbs" And
each radio broadcast, each
magazine advertisement, each
popular fad, makes us more so.
We eat the same foods. We
mouth the same opinions. We
go the same places. Our houses
are filled with identical gadgets
for which we have really no
personal desire. Our days are
consumed by monotonous ges-
lures, tire ONE amusements,
parasitic friends-all because
we haven't the courage to dis
cover and speak our own minds.
AS a consequence, our lives be-
come as meaningless as the
aimless whirling of squirrel
in it's cage. were all bored,
discontented-
BECAUSE WE HAVE FOR
GOTTEN HOW TO BE OUR
SELVES"
Banzai! Salute three
cheers for you, Prince Tyesato
Tokugawa! You knew what
you wanted, and you had the
courage to do it! How about
sticking around for a while
and teaching the rest Of us.
Copyright. 1884, King Features
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
Delay OF justice is injustice.
-Tnnd0r-

~OtWH W JWoSsSO 80 SNyW"SS>Ss
-LGndor.
It is two months this week
since Congress and the country
read with amaZement the an
nouncement that the Postmas-
ter General, who is also the
chairman of the national COM
mittee of the party in power,
would cancel all domestic air.
mail contracts as of the nine
teenth Of February last.
The allegation was then made
that all of these contracts had
been obtained by "collusion and
fraud" The cancellation took
effect on the date fixed, with
out any pretense to procedure
that fair-minded men would
recognize as just.
Companies holding these
contracts, their officials and
their stockholders were con-
demned, convicted and pun
ished without a hearing, with
out that day in court which Is
the right Of every American
citizen.
Since that time, the public
has been given no proof, which
a court of justice would dig
Nifty as worthy of credence,
that any of these contracts
was obtained by "collusion and
fraud" as charged.
Since that time, not one Of
the officials alleged to have
been guilty of "collusion and
fraud" has been afforded a
hearing, much less a judicial
trial. Instead, one and all
have been denounced in press
releases, in broadcasts on the
radio, and by small minor
ity of politicians in both
houses of Congress, but no
proof has been offered of the
guilt charged, no chance has
been given for these American
citizens, who under our sys-
tenn Of government are enti-
tied to a presumption of in
nocence until proven guilty, to
get protection from punish
ment pending a judicial trial.
Searching for Ways
Instead of a judicial trial, in
stead of proof of the charges.
the instigators of Postmaster
General Farley's cancellation
order have been frantical.y
searching for ways and means
to make the condemnation, con-
viction and punishment inflicted
upon the holders of the can
celled contracts both swift and
permanent.
AS soon as the tax bill is out
of the way in the Senate, the
proponents of the Mcclellan
Black Airmail Bill will attempt
to jam that measure through
after a minimum of debate and
by a strictly party vote. They
will try to make the public be-
lieve that the widespread resent
ment against inflicting punish
ment without judicial trial is
only a political attack on Presi-
dent Roosevelt by Republican
politicians.
Apparently in an effort to
speed up the passage of the
McKellar-Black bill, the Post
office Department has invited
bids for temporary contracts
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
The Human Side of the News
BOTTOM of the Sea Is the New Wonder Land
Bu Edwin C.. Hill

pay: sensible fish frequent
richer waters.
PROT. Burt Richardson has
discovered that at 200 feet the
last rays glimmer out. Below
200 feet the only lights are
from the ghoulish denizens-
generated electrically ith IN
their own bodies. It is the
worlds weirdest Illumination q
cold light which man has not
been able to produce.
Flower-like coral animals
dredged up by French natural
lists, lighted the ships laboratory
80 that fine print could be
read 200 feet away" From
coral creatures radiated ever
changing tones of purple, violet
blue, red, orange and green:
At great depths the weight OF
the water is enormous-flve
tons to every square inch IN
Swire Deep.
French Henry Ford
Unlike the Henry Ford OF
the United States, the Henry
Ford of France, Monsieur Andre
Citroen, has been compelled to
give himself up to the bankers
to submit to a reorganization
of his huge automobile enter
prise, and to step down as the
dictator of the company ne
created.
He came out of POLYTECHNIC
School an engineer at 20 and
began the manufacture OF
hand grenades. When the war
came along, he was taken
from the front and handed
the job Of delivering $4,000
shells a day.
Into automobiles he Went'
producing 100 a day. He came
over to Detroit in 1923 ana
went back to Paris to re-
model his plant on the River
Seine, after the style OF plant
he had seen on Michigan's
River Rouge. In his peak year
he was turning out 400 cars a
day and employing $1,000
hands.
Today the official statement
is that the concentration OF
financial and industrial direc'
ton of such an important en-
terprise in the hands Of Q
single person has given rise to
disadvantages which unfavor.
ably affected the standing OF
the company's stock.
Copyright. 1884, King Features
Syndicate Inca n
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
When a Man Kids Himself

or to trade in his wife for a
newer model there is always
somebody ready to defend him
on the grounds of "artistic
temperament" He is "a Peter
Pan, who just can't be tied
down." declares the Sympa-
thizer. "He can't HELP it,"
But, you'd be astonished to
know how many men, with NO
artistic temperament to alibi
them, suddenly discover that
they are "Peter Pan," just as
they are reaching the danger
Gus age, when they begin to
experiment with hair tonics
and to contemplate letting their
belts out a few notches.
Why is it, that the average
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
Terms in Air Contracts
Believed To Be Unfair
By James T. Williams, Jr.

for carrying the mail, to be
opened on April 20.
The terms upon which bids
for these temporary contracts
have been asked are as unfair as
the provisions of the McKellar.
Black bill. In fact, the terms
of the two proposals are sub
stantially the same in that they
forbid the companies holding
the cancelled contracts to bid on
any new contract without re-
organizing. And officials of the
old companies are excluded from
holding office in the new COM
panies.
This is the first time in the
memory of men now living when
any Cabinet officer has been so
audacious as to threaten Con-
greSS with executive action un-
less Congress legislated the pro-
posed executive action into law
before a certain date. Yet this
is what the Postmaster General
apparently attempted to do
when he announced the other
day that if Congress passed the
McKellar-Bla bill before April
20, the bids for temporary con.
tracts might not be accepted.
Obviously, the inStigators Of
the cancellation of all domestic
air mail contracts without a hear
ing labor under the hallucina-
ton that the plain people of this
country can be fooled into be-
lieving that right is wrong or
lured into forgetting that either
legislative or executive punish
ment of American citizens with
out judicial trial is unconstitu-
tional, un-American, and utterly
repugnant to the sense of fair
ness that distinguishes the plain
people of this country.
Passion for Justice
Unless the United States Senate
can be made to jump at the
crack of the whip of the Post
master General, who is also
chairman of the national COM
mittee in power, the dispenser
of patronage and the distributor
of campaign funds, courageous
Senators on both sides of the
Senate aisle will refuse to be
stampeded into enacting either
the McKellar-Black bill or any
other air mail bill until all the
truth about the cancellation Of
air mail contracts has been drag"
ged into the light and thor
oughly debated.
Politicians love to pirate about
the American peoples love OF
liberty but politicians sometimes
forget that love of liberty
among Americans is equaled by
their passion for Justice, "the
breath of Liberty's being"
And it is their passion for
Justice which is at the bottom
of the American peoples firm
resolve that until the wrong
done when all domestic air mail
contracts were cancelled with
out a hearing has ben righted,
every days delay of justice is
injustice in increasing measure
to the victims of such indefensi-
BILE procedure.
This is the supreme issue
raised by the cancellation OF
all domestic air mail contracts
without a hearing two months
ago this week.
copyright, 1894, The washington
Times.)
The Washington times., 1934-04-09

Tnns PbHNd week day the ct as1s
dx de FSssCn
Einnaa na
The Washington times., 1934-04-09

the Little Woman at home,
chastened and Subdued. But,
by that time, no other woman
except q devoted wife would
want to take care of their
false teeth and rub their rheu-
matisna.
hConyytght, 1884, Mne Features
S9uddcaSav 1mG .-
The Washington times., 1934-04-09

portant old
G e n t ! eman
has the slight
est desire to
meet me. But
TIL tell the
world right
now that I'm
for him a mil
lion. And If
you ever need
any little "a
vorS do n e,
Neighbor Iye-
Sato. here's
o n e dizzy
blonde who'll
lean to ohlige,
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
Unnecessary Delay
The Mcleod Bill


The House Committee Banking and Currency seems to
be taking an extraordinarily long time to decide its attitude
upon the Mcleod bill pay off the depositors in closed
banks.
That committee on other legislation involving the national
recovery has remarkable saciy has reported out
with the minimum Of delay many Of the most stupendous
pieces Of legislation in the recovery program
BUT THIS BILL WHICH HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO
RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THE TEN MILLION MEN AND
WOMEN WHO TRUSTED TO THE WORD OF THE GOV
ERNNENT THAT THE BANKS WERE SOUND SEEMS TO
BE MEETING WITH TACTICS WHICH, PROBABLY UN-
INTENTIONALLY, ARE EXTREMELY DHAToRY.
Representative Clarence J. Mcleod introduced this
ON February IL and Immediately referred to the Com
nittee on Banking and Currency.
That was Just about two months ago.
Since that time subcommittee has held hearings for
possibly six days
The other days in the months have been wasted.
Now further delay is in prospect.
Full and complete investigation of the measure is desired
by proponents There is desire their part to rush
the bill through without thorough consideration
BUT THERE Is VAST DISTINCTION BETWEEN
THOROUGH CONSIDERATION AND UNWARRANTED DE-
LAY. AND THE DAYS WHICH ARE BEING PERMITTED
TO ELAPsE WITHOUT ACTION ON THE BILL. GER
TAINLY CONSTITUTE DELAY.
The American people hope that this delay in the committee
Is not prompted by desire to avoid vote on the measure
at this session Of Congress. .,..
The step contemplated in the Mcleod bill cannot be post
poned until next winter without endangerng least i'm
peding national recovery.
This vital measure must be acted upon NOW
THE sUBCONMnTTEE WHICH HAS IT UNDER CON
sIDERATIoN SHOULD SPEEDILY PASS THE BILL. ON
TO THE FULL COMMITTEE WHICH IN TURN SHOULD
PROMPTLY BRING IT UP ON THE FLOOR OF The
HOUSE FOR FINAL ACTION.
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
We've Forgotten How To Be
Ourselves

I have never met Prince Iye-
sato Tokugawa: nor is there
any indication that this inn
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By Helen Rowland

man seldom discovers that he
is ''a-boy-at-heart-and will
never grow up," until the
psychological moment, when he
ought to slow down, cut out
butter-fats and take the strain
off his heart?
Why does he never suspect
that he was born to be a lover,
but never to be married, until
it's almost time for him to
begin worrying about his teeth
and his arteries?
Why is he never aware that
his wife is not all the inspiration
he needs, until he has to put on
distance glasses, when he goes
to a show?
Why does he never discover
that he has ''going foot" and
is filled with the wanderlust,
until it's almost time for him to
settle down with a pipe and an
old pair of house-slippers?
No man ever seems to feel
"just like a boy" when he's Us
he waits for that until he's As.
In his twenties and thirties, he
takes life seriously and feels
responsible and "aged."
Why does he wait until he
ought to be setting good ex-
ample for the younger genera
ton, to make the astonishing
discovery that he's just "a but
terfly play-boy, in spirit?".
Women have been chided, lee
tured and laughed at, for CEN
turies, for lying about their age,
dyeing their hair and making
up their faces, in the desperate
attempt to be "sirens" forever.
But, while women do mourn
the loss of their youth and
beauty, no woman ever
CLUTCHED at eternal youth
as desperately as a man does!
She may try to camouflage the
marks of time and to fool
others-but she doesn't at
tempt to fool HERSELF! No
woman over 40 ever told her
self that she was just little
Alice in Wonderland" No
full-grown woman ever thought
of herself as a feminine re-
plica of Peter Pan.
Peter-Panning himself is a
mans way of kidding himself
and trying to snatch few
more years of the glamour Of
youth-a-la-Faust.
Most of these ''Peter Pans"
like D'Annunzio, get over it
eventually and come back to
g. &: e. 4; ID
XS5B;; y ! IS
Evening star., 1934-01-26

In time for the consideration Of those
House members who are not members
Of the Finance Committee and who,
therefore, had no opportunity to make
. study Of the changes made In COM
mittee
The advocates Of the sale Of liquor
by the drink In hotels and restaurants
contemplate another attempt to have
the bill revised on the hoor, but the
overwhelming majority Of the commit
Evening star., 1934-01-26
Bible Glass to Dine.

HYATTSVILLE, Md, January 26
(SpeciaD The annual banquet Of the
triangle Bible class of the First Baptist
Church of Hyattsville will be held to-
night in the church. j. A. Crawford
II teacher of the class.
The Norton Bible class of the Baptist
church has elected Thomas Lee Fletch-
er. president: Capt. William Nalley, vice
president; Harry E. Davis, secretary
treasurer. and DR.. ]. B. S. NortcN
teacher. =. HAE
Evening star., 1934-01-26

tnuing order at 10 am. today and
would attempt to have it passed before
adjournment.
Today, however, ct the insistence Of
those desiring 10 offer amendments, 1t
was decided that further consideration
should 60 over until Tuesday SO the
House met st II o'clock Is usual.
Another thing that contributed to the
delay was the inability Of the public
Evening star., 1934-01-26

to defeat these efforts.
In an effort to secure the dismissal
OF pending liquor law violation charges
and release Of persons in jail for vio-
lation Of the State prohibition law,
Delegate John @. Mackall Of Fairfax
yesterday offered . bill putting this into
effect.
Whereas Mackall's bill is mandatory,
an amendment to the liquor bill which
Evening star., 1934-01-26

taled t7,Ioo.67 in Montgomery County,
Mrs. J. Bond Smith, chairman Of tho
sale conducted by the county branch
Of the Maryland tuberculosis Associa-
ton, announced today.
OF this amount the county will re-
ceive 20 per cent to carry on the pro-
gram for the prevention Of tuberculo-
sis. while the remainder Is to 60 to the
State association.
Evening star., 1934-01-26
VIRGINIA RUM BILL
DELAYED IN HOUSE
"Railroading" Baked on Eve
of Adjournment Until
Tuesday.
By staf1 Correspondent Of The Star.

By Staf Correspondent Of The Star.
RICHMOND. Va, January 26-The
proposed "railroading'' of the State dis
pensary liquor bill through the House
Of Delegates during the pressure Of
contemplated weekend adjournment
was slated for failure today because Of
the desire of many members to offer
amendments at time when they could
be given proper consideration.
When the House Finance Committee
reported the amended bill Wednesday
night, Chairman Wilbur c. Hall an
nounced he would seek to have the
measure taken up as q special and con-
Evening star., 1934-01-26

was approved by committee Wednesday
night makes dismissal Of such charges
discretionary with courts.
Further attempts also are to be made
to have the excise tax on beer reduced
to $3.50 and . " cent, respectively.
Evening star., 1934-01-26

Australia reports an increase of I'm.
ports from the United States.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
RANCE NARROW
FOR BONDS

NEW YORK, Feb. 13 U.N.S0.
Bonds fluctuated irregularly in
quiet dealings today, with good
underlying demand absorbing Of
feringS Of nervous investors at
little important change from previ-
GUS closings.
Rails showed a steady tone, with
the run of active issues such as
the Baltimore & Ohio 41as and
New York Central 41aS marking
time around last weeks final quo
tationS.
American WaterworkS S. raj
lied sharply in the investment di-
vision, chalking up a gain Of 2A
points at 11412.
Domestic corporation loans
were spotty, with minor gains in
Warner Pictures IS and Postal
Telegraph SIS offSetting small
losses in American and Foreign
Power SIS and Utilities Power and
Light SIS.
u. S. Governments did little,
with Liberty 4th 4As outstanding
with a gain Of 2-32 to 102.22.
ForeignS were generally easier,
with German 51as off ~ at 605s
and Italy 7S down "a at 1OOA,