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Against the inSidious tDileS of
foreign influence, conjure you
to belieue me, telloD citizens,
the jealousy of a free people
ought to be constantly Gwake;;
since history and experience
prove that foreign influence is
one of the most bGnetuI foes of
republican government.-George
Washington.
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
Three-Minute Journeys
By Temple Manning

good visit. For one thing it is
the northernmoSt capital in the
world and it is interesting to
see how efficiently and Smartly
it is run. Just one example
should suffice, that of handling
the snow that falls continuously
during the winter. Every per
son who owns a home, an
apartment, an office building
or a store is responsible not
only for the cleanliness of the
sidewalk m front of his property
but for the removal of the snow
there. One may hire a private
firm to do the job Or there is
the alternative of paying the
municipality a fixed sum to
handle the work, but it must
be done.
The authorities have ma
chimes that Strew a chemical
which literally burns up the
snow, and it handles the big
geSt snowfall efficiently and
with lightning rapidity.
Everyone in HelSingfors goes
skiing over the smooth snow
coated ice of the harbors to
the islands surrounding the
city. Skiing to the Firms is
what baseball is to us, only
in the northern city everyone
is an expert performer,
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
Only Congress Can Expose
Leaders of Alien Intrigue
Ru Inn1oe n WiI7inn1e Ir
By James T. Williams, Jr.

} alien intrigue are, who are it's
agents, what men and women
processing to be loyal and in
telligent Americans are aiding
and abetting these anti-Amer-
lean activities, only Congress
can find out.
This is no longer a joking
matter, if it ever was. This
is no trifling or transitory
threat. This is a challenge on
American soil to every thing
that loyal Americans profess to
''love, honor and obey"
Senators and Representatives
in Congress who are deaf, dumb
and blind before this challenge,
who pretend to make light Of
it, who are too fatuous to COM
prehend the sinister menace Of
it's ramifications, have no place
in an American Congress be-
cause they no longer heed the
admonition that Eternal Wig
ilance is the Price of Liberty"
Patience Wanes
The counsels of the Farewell
Address were not for an oc-
casion. They were bequeathed
by George washington to the
American people for all time.
In that immortal valedictory
the Father of his Country said:
"In offering to you, my cOun-
trymen, these cOunsels of an
old and GffectionGte friend, /
dare not hope they sUiH make
the strong and lasting impress
sion / could wish; that they
WiN control the usual current
Of the passions, or prevent our
nation from running the course,
which has hitherto marked the
destiny of nations. But if I may
eUen fLGtter myself, that they
may be productive of some
partial benefit, some occasional
good; that they may noW and
then recur to moderate the fury
of party spirit, to W0rn against
the naischiefs of foreign in
trieue, to guard against the
impOstures of pretended patriot
ism: this hope UiH be a recon-.
pense for the sOLicitude for
your lOelfGre, by which they
haze been dictGted.'
Has the Congress, now has
tening toward adjournment, for
gotten "these counSels Of an
old and affectionate FRIEND" or
are it's members too deep in the
mire of pork barrel politics and
the muck Of personal publicity
to follow them and to act upon
their timely warnings and ad-
monitionS.
The American people have
waited long enough for their
answer to this question. Their
patience is on the wane.
Copyright, 1884, The Washington
Times)
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
SKY MYSTERIES = = = By Robert Benchley

identified as nergium and philu-
tium, because I made those
names up, but they certainly
are some form of calci-colocate
(Cb2Ci2M3) or Sneeden'S Dis
ease. When subjected to a white
heat, this substance explodes
with a loud bang CBa2Ng2) and
is never seen or heard of again.
And see if I care,
The most famous deposit of
this kind occurred near Dor
mant, Kan, in 1846. Follow
ing a heavy thunderstorm dur
ing the night, workers in the
fields were more surprised than
pleased to find that a whole
new State had been added to
the Union right on top of their
wheat, apparently having drop
ped from the sky. This made it
necessary to elect two more
Senators to go to Congress and
to have one more State fair
each year. All this resulted in
the Civil War.
The So-called "rain of frogs"
in North Dakota in 1859 was an
other mix-up. Enoch Kaffer, q
farmer, was walking along the
road near Oyster Bed one day
when he was hit on the head by
a falling frog. On looking up
to see where it had come from,
he was hit over the eye with an
other frog. Deciding that it was
time to get out Of there. he
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
70use Leaders Again Dodge the Issue on Mcleod Bi

The parliamentary jockeying by which Democratic
leaders in the House yesterday prevented vote upon
the Mcleod bill to pay off the depositors of closed banks
was nothing less than was expected.
THE QUIBBLING MANEUvERs OF THE LEAD
ERsH1P WERE OF PIECE WITH THE TACTICS
OF DELAY AND EVASION WHICH RIGHT ALONG
HAVE BEEN USED TO DODGE THE ISSUE
It was ably demonstrated the floor yesterday that
the rules of the House be and being used to de-
feat the intent with which those rules drawn and
to defeat the expressed will of great body of the
bershp of the House.
It was also demonstrated that the Banking and Cur
rency Committee of the House is willing to go to any
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started to run, but soon found
himself pelted on all sides by a
rain of frogs, all in an ugly
humor.
On reaching home, Kaffer told
his experience to his wife, who
divorced him. That she had a
certain amount Of right on her
side was shown by subsequent
Investigations which disclosed
no sign of any frogs or even
frog footprints in the neighbor-
hood of where he had been.
Kaffer himself, however, Stoutly
maintained his innocence and
finally went insane.
Another somewhat similar
case is recorded in what was
then Indian Territory. An In
dian by the name of Ferguson
was missing from his home for
two days, and, on finally re-
turning, said that. he had been
delayed by being hit by a falling
meteorite which had come flam-
ing through the sky at him as
he was crossing a field.
AS proof of his story he dis
played an ugly cut across the
bridge of his nose and a black
eye. There was also a cigarette
burn on the fore finger and a
corresponding one on the mid
die finger of his right hand.
The odd part about this in
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
ONCE OVERS

ent have only prize winning in
their minds.
And if the prizes are not
something Of real value the
hostess is given little credit for
her hospitality.
When all the players are
speechless, with set jaws and
wrinkled brows, the result OF
this concentration does not pro-
vide a pleasing scene.
A hostess is certainly not re-
paid for her trouble and expense
entertaining, if her guests seem
more anxious for to win prizes
than to enjoy her hospitality.
Are you a prize fiend?
copyright, 1884. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
HelSingfOrS

deAS1UB1OES
WE HAVEN'T a monopoly on
committing and sprinting for
the Sis. Why, it's even the
thing in far away Finland, in
HelSingfors, to be exact. For
Helsingfors in summer is the
commuters paradise. At the
beginning of June the whole
town migrates to villas and lit
tie houses on the hundreds OF
islands that virtually surround
this attractive Northern city.
Almost the whole population
makes it's summer home on
these cool, enchanting islands
and instead of dashing madly
for the morning train, the mas
ter of the house strollS peace
fully down to the dock and
awaits one of the small steam
boats that will take him to
town. But he will sprint madly
to make the evening boat,
crowded with commuters on
their way to their island re-
treat, leaving the capital peace
full and deserted.
NOrthernmOst Capital
HelsingforS is a striking blend
Of the old and the new and is
well worth anybody'S time for q
The Washington times., 1934-04-24

Do You Take Your Cards Too
Seriously?
The manner in which many
women play cards, when there
are prizes at stake, indicates
that they are not interested in
the social intercourse provided,
but that they merely desire to
win the honorS.
Every card contest is serious
undertakings regular job.
According to their ideas there
should be nothing of a social
nature permitted during the
playing of a hand.
One of the reasons why so
many card parties are failures
is that too many Of those pres
The Washington times., 1934-04-24

I think that I am violating
no confidence when say that
Nature holds many mysteries
which we humans have not
fathomed as yet. Some of them
may not even be worth fathom-
ing.
What, for instance, do we
know of the many strange
things which fall from the sky.
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
The Human Side of the News
By EdWi1, C.. Hill

Col. Edward R. Bradley, Of
Kentucky and Palm Beach, was
called as a witness before a
committee of the United States
Senate, a rare experience, in
deed, for the master gambler OF
America, and for one who avoids
publicity and public appearance
with all of the modeSty of the
shrinking violet. But a very in
teresting gentleman, Colonel
Bradley of old Kentucky, sub.
He's 81 now, gray, poker-faced,
dignified, reserved, remote; his
life something of a mystery in
a country where the careers of
most rich men are open books.
A bit taller than the average
height, straight-backed, still
minus a waistline, he is a most
fastidious dresser and is seldom
seen without spatS and high,
Starched collar.
One of the most celebrated
breeders of thoroughbreds in
the Bluegrass, or in the world,
his great farm near Lexington
is like a corner of the old South
before the Civil War. Colonel
Bradley is the only man who
ever won four Kentucky Derhies.
He won with Behave Yourself,
Bubbling Over, Burgoo King
and Brokers Tip. The name OF
every horse he breeds and runs
begins with "B." His Swanky
gambling house on the Gold
Coast at Palm Beach is the
most famous gambling resort
from Paris to Papeete.
The dizzy heights of it's play,
the severity of its management,
and it's survival in this age,
combine to project the fame.
Bradley, immensely rich, has
two great aims in life-to win
the Kentucky Derby and to
maintain the Beach Club, his
Palm Beach palace of chance,
without a. mutter of scandal.
A motion picture magnate
screamed one night that his
$500, 900 loss at chemin-de-fer
was not solely due to bad luck.
Colonel Bradley bowed coldly,
ordered the cashier to return
the gentleman's money. and
wished him good evening-per-
manently.
Sky Is Limit
Entree to the club is not
easy to secure. The rich peo-
pie who flock to Bradley's
afternoons and nights in the
Palm Beach season are as sen"
sitive as century plants. Many
of them are at the head of
large business interests. The
Beach Club, therefore, is guarded
like the White House. One is
impressed by the quaint, old
fashioned appearance, inside
and out, of this swanky house
of chance where millionaires
buck the tiger and the sky is
the limit. It's as rustic as a
country church.
The house, itself, is a sprawl
ing, white-painted wooden n
structure, on business street
of Palm Beach some distance
from the beach and the big
hotels. It's severely appointed
rooms, done in plain green and
white, have a sedate, almost
piouS look. Visitors speak in
low voices, even at their gam.
bling. One wouldn't be surprised
to hear the rolling tones Of a
pipe organ, or a choir chanting
a hymn. The whole interior is
lacking in the gorgeous decora-
%;o1c If tho heaJItiflll Casino Of
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Havana, or the brilliant gam
bling clubs of the Riviera. But
the astute Bradley knows his
business. The interior is plain
because it best shows off the
Paris frocks and the jewels OF
his feminine patrons. A long
hallway in green and white
leads to a large room at the
rear, where the only works of
art are the roulette wheels,
noiselessly spinning.
Above stairs, are the rooms
where the big play is carried
on, at night, in the season.
the tables for chemin de fer
and baccarat. One of these
tables, at least, has seen a
single individual drop seven
hundred thousand dollars in
one nights play.
Edward R. Bradley is the
last of the big gamblers-the
only one with much color since
the late Dick Garfield grimly
locked the great bronze door
of No. 5 East Forty-fourth Street
in New York, turned his atten-
ton to old masters and piously
terminated a remarkable career.
Upholds New Deal
Once more the Federal Court
gives the weight of it's author
ity to President Roosevelt's New
Deal. A most important de-
cision, as to the constitutional
ity of the national recovery act.
has been handed down in the
Federal Court of New York by
John c. Knox.
The case was an obscure one.
such as the Dred Scott case
and the more recent Rochester
loaf of bread case, which gave
the present United States Su-
preme Court the opportunity to
render the verdict on the Roose-
velt program. Price fixing, the
heart of the code making, was
the kernel of the case before
Judge Knox. The Government
has marshaled its forces against
a chain organization in New
York which was cleaning mems
suits for 80 cents, and Women'S
dresses for As cents.
The prices under the code
fixed by the industry are 10 and
IS cents for each Of the items.
The Importance of the case was
emphasized by the counsel ap-
pearing in it, Martin w. Little
ton for the company, and United
States Attorney Martin Conboy
for the Government.
In upholding the Govern
ment's right to fix prices under
the NRA, Judge Knox said:
"The strategy Of battle, with
in the limits of strength, be-
longs to the authority in COM
mand. And who can rightly say
with assurance that govern
mental price-fixing, when con-
fined to transactions in inter-
state commerce, is not a means
reasonably adapted to the legiti-
mate ends which Congress seeks
to serve"?
Mr.. Conboy viewed the courts
opinion as of the utmost i'm
portance to the enforcement of
the recovery program, saying:
'The act and the code were at
tackled upon ever possible level
and constitutional ground. It
is gratifying to know that the
Government has been upheld
upon a clean-cut issue involving
the aim of national recovery"
Copyright, 1884. King Features
Syndicate IncO
The Washington times., 1934-04-24

republican goUernn1ent.-George
Washington.
Congress will have to answer
to the American people, both in
the summer primaries and in
the elections next November, if
it. adjournS without providing
for a fearless probe of all sap
ping expeditions to undermine
the Government of the Constitu-
ton and incubate diSloyalty to
the flag among the rising gen.
erationS of Americans.
A mass of evidence can be ad-
duced to show that the snakes
Of alien intrigue are crawling
through the very corridors of
the Capitol and Of the public
buildings that house the Execu-
tive departments at Washing
ton.
Definite Challenge
Proof has been produced that
the snakes of alien intrigue are
nesting on the campuSes of doz-
ems Of universities and colleges.
These institutions are main
tanned by the State, or exempted
by the State from taxation,
solely upon the theory that
their common purpose is to train
loyal and intelligent leaders for
the several States and for the
great American family which is
the Nation.
Facts in plenty have been as
Sembled which reveal that the
snakes of alien intrigue are to-
day rearing their ugly heads in
the very cradle of American citi-
Zenship - the public schools
which are supported by the
State, and also in many non
public schools that are exempted
from taxation by the State.
Meantime, foreign govern
mentS are known to have ap-
propriated large sums Of money
which are being expended in
this country under the guise
Of "trade propaganda"
How much of this alien
money is being expended to pol
lutte American education, poison
the channels of public informa-
ton, influence the action of
public servants, shape the
course of foreign policy, disrupt
and weaken the common de-
fense. and broadcast to other
countries anti-American propa-
ganda only Congress can ascer-
tain.
Who the ringleaders Of this
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lengths Of subterfuge in effort to prevent action
upon the Mcleod measure.
These tactics can be met and overcome by the Amer
lean people and they will be met and overcome.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL NOT STAND
LONG FOR THE VERY OBVIOUS ATTEMPT TO
THWART BY TRICKERY THE OVERWHELMING
DEMAND WHICH HAS BEEN MADE FOR ENACT
MENT OF THE MCLEOD BILL.
Representative Clarence j. Mcleod and those Repre-
sentatives who have stood by him through his fight to
obtain justice for the victims of the Governments bank
ing dupcity have already taken steps to the
parliamentary rebuff which they met yesterday.
Representative Carl Weideman has presented petit
tion to force vote on the Mcleod bill on May IL.
The Washington times., 1934-04-24

if we get fresh and try to
stand up straight. In the face
of them, we ought either to be
very humble, or else get good
and sore.
Copyright, 1894. King Features
Syndicate, Iuc.)
Articles by Robert BenChley
appear each Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday.
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In order to become effective that petition must be
signed by 145 members. Already 145 members have
signed similar petition.
There must be no delay in filling up the second petit
tion.
The accomplishment of this design will FORCE
vote on the Mcleod bill.
Such vote is essential in order that the people Of
the country may know which of the Representatives
stand for square deal for ten million of patriotic
citizens.
THE MCLEOD BILL CANNOT BE KILLED BY
VOTES
IT MUST NOT BE KILLED BY TRICKERY.
The Washington times., 1934-04-24


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cident is that the next day an
enormous meteorite was dis
covered half buried in the field
he had crossed, where it is
to be seen to this day. The
Indian, however, disappeared.
These are only a few of the
mysteries which nature has up
her sleeve to drop down on us
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-04-26
Page ST. Patrick

Many poisonous snakes abound In
regions near New York city.
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Since Inauguration Walkers star has
continued In the ascendant SO far as
the President Is concerned. Mr.. Roose-
welt wants Walker around all the time.
As 1t Is he has been calling him with
a frequency which considerably an
noyed some of the Brain Trusters, but
apparently that Is not enough. He
wants Walker at desk right In the
White House executive Offices And
there he Intends to have him, Walkers
objections to the contrary notwith-
standing
Walker Is already q tremendous fig
ure In the administration. With Walk
er as head of the national emergency
council, the President intended, In eff
feet. that he should pass on every big
Issue that involved more than one
of the various government depart
ments, bureaus commissions, authori-
ties, or whatnot. In actually he was
intended to be the umpire la all In
governmental dIsputes-acting for
and with the President.
More than this, he was to be key
man In the national planning of the
administration looking to carrying out
the New Deal policies.
But even that does not satisfy the
President. He wants this man, whose
soundness of judgment and clear
thinking has SO appealed to him. to
sit at his right hand. so to speak, and
help run the whole show.
Despite his extraordinary close re-
lations with the President. he has man
aged to avoid the kind of enmlties that
usually involve kings favorite. He
lis one of the few men close to the
President who is not always subject
to sapping and mining by other favor
ties and would-be favorites.
By the forced retirement OF Louis
Howe the President suffers a very
great personal loss. No ripple has oc-
Cured In twenty-five years to disturb
their friendship, and no one has ever
questioned the extraordinary devotion
OF Louie" to his Chief.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-04-26
Old Fight Bobs Up

The Agricultural Adjustment admin
istration Is strongly behind the bill re-
quiring that where alcohol Ia distilled
from moasses. dlstillers must make
compensatory payments equal to the
processing tax on corn.
This provision already exists In the
distillers' code, but the AAA Is little
worried about what would happen II
the molasses distillers went to court
about 1t. Then, too, two OF the larg-
est moasses dlstlllers are holding out
on the distillers' code. One OF them
has not yet paid any compensatory
taxes on the molasses 1t has distilled,
while another, though paying the as
sessments, has not put its name on
the dotted line.
Even back In the pre-repeal days
and before the day of MIRA and AAA
and codes, this same sort of fight was
going on. Middle western farmers, led
by William E. Hull, then congress
man--later to be beaten for reelection
and go back into the dlstllilng Dusl-
ness hlmself-fought for the use Of
corn instead of molasses to make al
cohol
Hull even proposed that alcohol
made from grain-be mixed with all
gasoline, thus providing market for
large quantity of corn.
The other triple A organization, the
American Automobile association, went
into this proposal and kicked 1t pretty
high for the time being. It's investi-
CATION showed, 1t declared. that the
addition of alcohol to gasoline was
very bad economy indeed.
But that old fight is pushing up
again, and may be the subject of a
test vote In the house before adjourn
ment Far more likely Of passage,
however, Is the proposal to penalize
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Tint blurred weaving shadow was the
man he had come here to get. He
knew he must end 1t soon, or he would
lack the strength to end it, ever.
Once more Peter dove at his OPP
ponent, putting oil his ebbIng power
into the tackle. Together they tot
tered backward, but the wall broke
their fall. Dimly Peter heard the
crash OF breaking glass. 1t seemed far
away. A rush OF cooler air cleared the
mists from his mind. His enemy's
shoulder had shattered the window
pnne.
One last effort now. Peter lunged
again, almost missed. His fingers
clutched at the fellows coat But he
was falling. He tried to catch him
self, but his fingers lacked strength to
grip the rough wool of his antagonists
clothing. Falling-falling The air
was crisp and cool.
Then he remembered the broken
window. In his last desperate effort to
tackle the murderer, he had missed.
and lunged through the window. n
only he could have chung to the fell
lows coat, he might have saved him
self.
Rough WOOL Tweed. Curious how
the texture of the garment should have
impressed itself on his mind In that
last instant.
When people are dying, they were
supposed to think of their past lives.
Writers always used that. All the mis-
deeds OF lifetime were supposed to
fit through the final seconds of q dy-
Ing mans consciousness. Yet he was
dying and all he could think Of was
rough tweed. Curious!
Then he was struck one last terrific
blow.
Even then, right at the end, he was
thinking OF tweed.