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The Washington times., 1934-02-05
Uncle Sam Never Lets Up

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With the of Verne sankey notorious outlaw the
Federal authorities solve their twentieth kidnapping since
the drive against these crimes began in March, 1888
sankey already confessed to two knapng and is sus
pected of being involved in the Lndbergh case.
capture the result Of patient investigation by the
Federal secret service plus the nationwide facilities which
the Government has for running down clues.
The record made by the Federal authorities with the Co
operation of local and State police has been remarkable in
the eleven months since the drive began.
Fortyth kdnapers accessories to kidnapping have
been convicted.
One death penalty and ten life sentences have been i'm
posed with other prison aggregating 405 years.
These are no small achievements
Yet when you look at the kidnapping situation whole,
you realize that these efforts have scarcely made dent
its surface.
This country has nearly 5000 of kidnapping year.
We get those figures the United States Flag Association
which under Col James A. Moss of the regular army has
made the most intensive study of crime Of any organization
in the country
Few have the startling features Of the Lndbergh the Nc
ah or similar cases. they dnapngs just the
partment of Justice has been still have long way to
60 before have pretended to deal effectively with
this crime.
When an average 5000 families annually
by the "body snatchers record of only forty three
victions in the period for congratulations
but the contrary.
The Washington times., 1934-02-05
Liquor Licenses
Who Is To Get Them?

The reputable merchants of Washington have clear cut
public service to perform best results to be obtained
from the luuor control law of the District.
As expected the licensing board began to
function it was flooded with applications for permits to sell
MANY OF THOSE PERMITS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED
ny UNDESIRABLE APPLICANTS MANY OF THEM WILL
NOT BE GRANTED AND MANY OF THEM CANNOT BE
SUCCESSFUL.
The danger in administration the newly enacted law lies
not so much number of licenses granted does in
the type Of person licensed to handle liquor
liquor is to be kept out Of improper hands, and Is still
to be made readily available to those who wish to purchase
IT, the reputable established merchants Of the city will have
to take the task.
They should Immediately apply for permits and the control
THOSE WHICH COME FROM DOUBTFUL INDIVIDUALS
AND FIRMS
Established merchants with fnconng stores and shops
should not be deferred from applying for licenses through
any fear they be accused OF promoting ntemperance
by selling liquor under the law.
FAR FROM ENCOURAGING INTEMPERANCE THEY
WILL, ACTUALLY BE PROMOTING TEMPERANCE BY
KEEPING LIQUOR OUT OF THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO
CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO DISPENSE 1T HoNoRABLY
AND WISELY.
The Alcoholic Beverages Control Board has entered its
duties facing tremendous responsibility.
It up that board to to it that the law is admin
istered 80 as wisely to promote temperance.
The members will be besieged in fact already being
besieged by those who given chance would establish
dives of the worst sort.
: THOSE PERSONS MUST BE KEPT OUT OF THE
LIQUOR BUSINESS AND THE CONTROL BOARD FACES
THE NECESSITY OF KEEPING THEM OUT.
On the other hand reputable citizens must be enlisted in
the new business. THEY WILL NOT ENTER 1T IF THE
DIsREPUTABLEs ARE ALLOWED TO BRING THE NEW
BUSINESS INTO DIsREPUTE.
THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF THE LIBERAL IL
CENsING BILL DEPENDS ENTIRELY UPON THE TYPE
OF PERSON WHO Is GIVEN LICENSE.
The Washington times., 1934-02-05
River Improvement
House Should Act

to be hoped that Congress will take definite action at
this looking toward the Improvement Of the National
Capitals waterfront.
Conditions in the socaed harbor at present disgrace
to any city and douby dgraceful when that city the
seat Of government of mighty nation.
Of all of Washington natural advantages probably the most
neglected has been its location the Potomac River.
The itself is little better than sewer and along
It's banks ramshace and inadequate piers and whares
The Rivers and Harbors Committee of the House has before
plans for the reclamation Of the waterfront while there is
under consideration elaborate program for eliminating the
pollution which befouls the river itself.
Both of these projects go hand in hand and their vgo
prosecution will contribute greatly to the Of Wash
ingon from both practical and esthetic point Of view
IN ANY PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE WATER
FRONT PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE FOR ENcoURAG.
ING THE SMALL BOAT OWNER. ADEQUATE BASINS
SHOULD BE SET ASIDE FOR HIS USE AND ALL RESI-
DENTS OF WASHINGTON SHOULD BE GIVEN EVERY
POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN THE HEALTH
Full AND WORTHWHILE SPORT OF BOATING.
Under present conditions there is not much such encourage
en although despite the disadvantages recent years have
seen tremendous increase in the interest in this activity
By improvement Of the waterfront the Of
the city could also be encouraged The river be made into
nourshg of trade by the expenditure of compare
lively little money.
By all the House committee should iron out any differ
ences which exist between the plans before and present
Congress definite and comprehensive program under which
the river can be developed
The Washington times., 1934-02-05
Administrative Function
Not a Congressional Matter

Not Congressional Matter
Congress should only with the utmost caution in
sderng bills recently introduced which would negative ad
nistrave orders of the District police and fire departments
Under these bills members Of the departments would be
permitted to live nearby Virginia and Maryland although
under existing regulations they required to live in the
District
If THESE REGULATIONS ARE CAUSING MEMBERS
OF THE FORCES UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP AND ARE
NOT ESSENTIAL TO THE WEL[BE1NG OF THE De
PARTMENTs THEY CAN AND SHOULD BE RELAXED
BY THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS.
CLEARLY IT IS NOT PROPER FUNCTION FOR CON-
GREss. .......
The heads of both the police and fire departments on
opposing the change They feel that is imperative
that policemen femen live in the city as to be readily
available for emergency duty.
Without discussing the merits Of their contention it is safe
to say THAT THEY ARE MORE C0GN1ZANT OF THE
NEEDS OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS THAN ARE THE
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
The responsibility operating the departments rests upon
the chiefs they be burdened with that responsibility
they should certainly have the authority necessary to keep
their departments functioning properly
In particular might be altogether fitting that there
should be relaxation Of the rule regard to
in either of the departments
that the relaxation should come through the de-
partment heads or the District Commissioners.
TT SHOULD NOT BE MADE THE VEHICLE FOR UN
WARRANTED INTRUSION INTO THE ADM1N1sTEA
TIoN OF THE DEPARTMENTS BY CONGRESS-
The Washington times., 1934-02-05

the emptiest brains! For the
less you have to think about,
the harder you think about the
thing you have.
What is "will?" It is an exer-
else of the mind, doubling your
fist is an exercise of the muscles
and, indeed, will power is close
ly akin to that doubled fist, for
when the mind wills" it grips
and holds on.
You don't have to KNOW
much to have a great will power.
You don't have to DO much.
You simply have to learn how
to concentrate and HOLD On,
against all competition-inc!ud-
ing confusion within yourself.
"The power of controlling ones
own movements and internal
states, feelings and thoughts by
conscious, and especially by de-
liberate, choice" That's Web
ster's definition of will. And if
you're wise you'll give it plenty
of consideration-for that def
milton carries a warning.
"The power Of controlling
ones movements, in tern a l
states, feelings and thoughts
that's BIG POWER. That's the
thing that makes the weakest
man stronger than the fiercest
brute. But it's also dangerous
power. For suppose ones lin
ternal states, feelings and
thoughts" are petty or perni-
cious. Then what happens?
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN THEY ARE NOBLE
AND RIGHTEOUS. WILL
POWER FUNCTIONS WITH
THE SAME TERRIFIC Eff
CIENCY IN A FOOL AS 1T
DOES IN A PHILOSOPHER.
FOR IT ISN'T THE QUALITY
OF THE ACTION OR IDEA
The Washington times., 1934-02-05
LISTEN, WORLD
By Elsie Robinson

WHICH DETERMINES THE
PERFORMANCE, BUT THE
STRENGTH OF THE WILL
BEHIND 1T.
And that's something which
we're prone to forget. We be-
lieve that certain people can
not hope to "get by with their
stuff" because they are OBJ
viously stupid, silly or vicious.
And we're equally sure that
God-and society-will be on
our side, because our own in
tentions and records are excel
lent.
But we forget the terrific, the
invincible power Of Will. And
so we are tricked and destroyed
by your own careless compla-
cency.
why are brave and brilliant
lives so often undone by peeVlsh
pipsuueaks-great men by nit
wit women-splendid women by
crybaby men-honest workers
by welching loafersl Because
the brilliant minds underesti"
mate the power Of the pipe
suueaks. They think that, be-
cause their aims are contempt
ible, they are necessarily be-
meath consideration - foolish
and harmless.
So what? So the Silly Nul'
sance, who hasn't a spoonful
of intelligence or conscience.
all too often makes the Mas
ter Mind look like 80 cents!
Why do the wicked so fire.
uuently flourish while the
righteous get it in the neck?
That's why. The good man
may have it all over the bad
man when it comes to virtue.
But the bad man backs his
racket with a H. P. Will
while the good man passes the
buck to God.
Then why doesn't God protect
the Good Man who has trusted
Him? Why should He? God
has given the good man the
wherewithal to protect himself,
in his own will power. If he
won't develop that will power
and use it for his own pro-
lection, that's the good mans
own bad luck. And he'll have
to take his beating until he
learns that much needed lesson.
So don't go along expecting
either your good impulses or
your fine record to see you
through. This is a fighting
world. And unless you back
each thought and desire with
everything you've got, some
body is going to make you take
the count.
And it. won't require a SAM
son. stranger. Some chinless
little biped. who couldn't pass
the feeblest intelligence test,
can rob you of all your laurels
If he backs his measly no
tions with a bigger wallop
than yours.
(CopyriEht 1884. King Features
syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1934-02-05

more and more convinced that
NO MAN knows what sort Of
woman he wants-until he's
married the other sort.
Two interesting letters lie
, before me. In them a man
from the south and a man
from the north describe the
Ideal Girl.
"The women I meet" de-
clares one man, "do not have
that vivifying, vitalizing, ra-
diant vision of love-in-the-sky.'
The woman I visualize and
could love would be a super
lative brunette-dusky eyes,
teeth like pearls, lips like
roses, tapering arms and slen-
der vibrant figure. Good-loOking,
fast stepping, hard = working,
soft-hearted, submissive, con-
sistent, productive, aggressive.
magnetic, energetic, progress
sive and INOFFENSIVE."
Well-I've met some wonder
full gals in my time; but I have
never met one, who even ap-
proximated this paragon! I've
known good-looking, fast-step-
ping, hardworking girls-but
they weren't submissive. I've
known lots of submissive, in
offensive girls - but they
weren't always soft-hearted or
superlative brunettes!
What does a man expect for
the price of one wedding ring?
A WHOLE HAREM?
To ask for an aggressive.
energetic, submissive, woman
is to demand a golden-haired
brunette, with pale scarlet
cheeks and a sweet, placid,
prima donna temperament. Or
The Washington times., 1934-02-05

OuT HTeSlQenL dSkeu NOL1BLcoo
for ten billion dollars to carry
on the affairs Of state and the
reconstruction program. But he
figured that he and Mrs. Roose-
welt could struggle along with
the old rugs and the old floors
of his own residence for the
next two or three years, and
thus make a small saving in the
budget.
But the House Committee on
Appropriations decided to the
contrary and voted $4,000 to
refurnish the most dignified and
beautiful home in the world,
the White House. 1t is white
by accident, rather than design,
and the accident was that of
war. When the British Admiral
Cockburn and his grenadiers
and marines captured Washing
ton in 1914. they found the
Executive Mansion a charming
colonial two-story structure Of
Virginia stone. They applied the
torch and left standing only the
walls, grimy and black from the
smoke of fire.
White Paint
When James and Dolly Madi-
son returned to the old home
stead they called in Major
James Hoban, the original ar
chltect, to make it fit again
to live in. The IriShman who
had modelled the home of our
Presidents after the style and
lines Of the palace of the Duke
OF Leinster, near Dublin, de-
cided that the best way to con-
ceal the ugly marks of fire was
to paint the stone building
white, and white it has been for
1875 years.
The corner stone was laid on
October IL, 1892, 800 years to
a day from the discovery of
America by Columbus. Wash
ington never lived in the White
House. His homes, as President,
were in New York and Phila-
delphia. John Adams, second
President, was the first oc-
cupant. and when he moved in
it was incompleted. Mrs. Adams
used the lovely East Room as
a storage place for the family
meat barrel and the groceries,
and to hang out the family
wash.
Jefferson, who came next,
and who had absorbed French
ideas of refinement, brought
French furniture to the build.
ing. The Madisons made it a
social center. Monroe spent
$4,000 for furniture, and when
Martin Van Buren laid out $27,-
900 for decorations an indignant
Member of Congress chided
him for Squandering the peo-
pies money to create a Caesars
palace.
To Abraham Lincoln the
White House was a real home,
and the great, gaunt man, bur.
dened by personal sorrows and
a national tragedy, wandered
about the house and grounds in
his carpet slippers.
The noble building has
changed slowly, taking on new
life and appearance according
to the tastes and the likes and
dislikes of almost every Presi-
dent, and especially those of
his First Lady, but always for
the tCtter. Mrs. Benjamin
Harrison was so annoyed and
upset by the squeaking and
scurrying of rats that she had
every floor in the place torn
up.
It was Mrs. Theodore Roose-
velt who gave the White House
its first real going over in a
hundred years, and Congress ap-
propriated nearly half a million
for the work.
During the Coolidge admins
tration a new roof had to be
put on at a cost of 100000.
Away back in 1892, the original
cost of the White House, in
cluding the architects fee, was
$350,00O, and more than 20
The Washington times., 1934-02-05

nor a vice.
It is what we
make it. It
may be used
viciously, a S
well as vir-
t u o u sly. It
may flourish
in fools and
rascals, a nd
be al m o S t
la C k ing in
wise men and
saints. In
d e e d, t h e
strongest wills
+ r e q uently
a C C Ompany
The Washington times., 1934-02-05

Education begins the gentle
man, but reading, good company
and reflection must finish him.
Locke.
Judging is balancing an &C
count, and determining on
which side the odds lie.-Locke.
Man, know thyself! all wis
dom centers there.-Young.
The Washington times., 1934-02-05

The average man could select
a life-mate with just as much
intelligence and success by
The Washington times., 1934-02-05
The Human Side of the News
White House Changes With Administrations
By EdUin C.. Hill

times that amount has been
spent in keeping it up. Today
the mansion alone is valued
at $2,500,000, and the grounds,
with their splendid sweep from
Pennsylvania Avenue out to-
ward the washington Monu-
ment, at about $8,000,000 more.
The White House is American
history in its most inspiring
form, the mere glimpse Of
which brings to the eye Of the
mind the great men and de-
voted women who have lived
therein and walked under its
beautiful trees.
Washington has let down the
bars against the one-time Queen
of the Anarchists, Emma Gold
man. 1t is Is years now since
Uncle Sam put her and Alex
ander Berkman on a boat and
shipped them to the land Of
their dreams, Soviet Russia.
The bearded gentlemen of the
new millennium made a great
to-do over Emma and Alexan-
der, but. like others who found
that the reality was consider
ably short Of the dream, Emma
Goldman wearied of Russia
and found retreat on the
French Riviera.
Even ex-anarchists must have
some sort Of homing instinct,
for Emma Goldman tried sew
eral times to get back to the
land she so savagely denounced.
Now. told that she can come
back for 80 days, she puts on her
Spectacles and smiles, THAT is
good news, indeed"
Well along in years now and
sorely afflicted with rheumatism
and arthritis, Miss Goldman is
not the firebrand she was in
the days when she went up and
down the land preaching an.
archy and revolution. When
President Mckinley was assaS-
sinated in Buffalo, his murderer,
Leon CZolgoscz, testified that he
was melted to the deed, in part,
by the speeches Of Emma Gold
man. Now she is just a tired
old woman who could not, after
all, make over the world accord
ing to her desires, who finds in
the twilight Of life that there Il
some meaning to home, sweet
home.
Turning Blue
That little isle in the ocean
which song writers love to can
"a little bit Of heaven" seems
to be turning from green to blue.
1t seems, also, to be turning
from the tall, dark, dour ascetic
scholar, Eamon De Valera, to
the square-Set, light-haired,
laughing Owen O'Duffy.
The Irish like the man with
the flair. They are strong for
the underdog. They sympa-
thize with the outs. De Valera
had his turn when he broke
with Collins and Griffith, and
now the tide seems to be COM
ing in for O'Duffy Of the Blue
Shirts.
O'Duffy is all Irish, from his
missing forefinger, shot off in
the Sim Fein wars, to his Irish
brogue. He is not a man Of
violence, and one Of the things
which endeared him to the irish
people was his action, as head
of the State police in taking
firearms and clubs away from
the policemen and making them
use their fists.
De Valera appears to have
made a mistake in ordering the
arrest of O'Duffy and haling
him to the courts, for the courts
turned him loose, ruling that it
was no crime to wear a blue
shirt in Ireland. And now
Owen O'Duffy is a bigger man
than ever, with his Blue Shirt
organization growing day by
day, as he goes up and down
the land arraying the farmers
and the farmers wives In his
cause. Blue, not green, was the
ancient color Of Ireland.
Copyright 1884. King Features
The Washington times., 1934-02-05
WORDS OF WISE MEN

The kindness, which is be-
slowed on the good, is never
lost.-Plautus.
The most utterly lost of all
days, is that in which you have
not once laughed-Chamfort.
He that calls a man migrate
full sums up all the evil that .
man can be guilty of.-Swift.
The Washington times., 1934-02-05
Look Out for Petty People With
No Big Wills!

No Big Wills!
We often make grave mistakes
about Will Penetrating it as
a virtue, assuming that it must
be possessed by the wise and
worthy, refusing to recognize its
existence and menace in vicious.
silly and unworthy people. All
of which is cockeyed reasoning
and, inevitably, lands us in
many a mess.
Will Power is neither a virtue
The Washington times., 1934-02-05

more and more convinced that
NO MAN knows what sort Of
woman he wants-until he's
married the other sort.
The Washington times., 1934-02-05

How these men do love to suf-
fer! How they seem to adore the
woman who walks on their
neckS!
The Washington times., 1934-02-05

dreaming on a piece of wedding
cake. and marrying the first
girl he meets next day!
Copyright 1884. King Features
syndicate. Inc.)
Articles By Helen RoWlGnd Gp-
pear in The Washington Times
each Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday.
The Washington times., 1934-02-05
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By Helen Rowland

for rare, we'll done roast beef
and hot ice cream.
Yet, no man ever failed to
put in his order for the I'M
POSSIBLE!
"What,s wrong with the girls
today-and why don't men
get a kick out of their So
ciety, any more?" writes
more cynical young man, It'll
tell you!
They're too EASY! We
men don't boast of making a
girl, any more. Excuse a
few asterisks, pleale. >
If you haven't a car, it's easy
to get girl. But if you have
a CARTS just TOO easy In
fact they push you for a date.
They're either too roWdy, too
stupid or too high-hat. It's
seldom if ever you find a really
natural girl.
"The kind of girl we'd like. is
the girl that looks class A girl
that'll keep you guessing all the
time. One that will not display
her emotions. The kind that
never will let you know whether
or not she likes you-or how
much. One that will boss you
around-or tell you to scram.
We want a girl that we can
boast of. -"
How these men do love to suf-
fer! How they seem to adore the
woman who walks on their
necks!
The average man could select
a life-mate with just as much
intelligence and success by
Evening star., 1934-04-09

,.. Sales OF Stocks on New York Exchange.
iiioV A'M''''... 10000 1880 Noon..... 100000
E'M.''........ 100000 2:0O P.M.... $40 O0O
Dividend rates above table are tn. .nnu.,
declarations. '~'' ~N~A'ei1S oE nau.yeary
a i'm M tfaans less than 100 shares Party extra tPlus
stoc rys IN Gash or STOCK Plus 81
x Ex-dividend - 90 ~ A"'u ILLS year. Accumulated
Evening star., 1934-04-09
STEEL ORDERS RISE
but OUTPUT LAGS
Commitments for Second
Quarter Spurred by
Price Advances.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 9.-Con-
sumer commitments for steel rose to
an unexpectedly high level last week,
although steel works operations
dropped of / point to 48 per cent, the
magazine Steel says today.
Stimulated by price advances
ranging from 50 to So ton, effective
this week for the second quarter, fol-
lowing the recent increase in wages.
contracted tonnage exceeds by Is per
cent that booked in the first quarter.
and Is the heaviest Of any second
quarter since the depression began,
steel men estimate, the magazine
says.
In this connection many steel men
believe the automotive industry may
take steel deliveries throughout the
quarter far in excess Of immediate re-
ouirements. Reliable sources esti-
mate commitments for more than
500, 900 tons will have been placed by
auto and auto parts makers before
the end Of next week in anticipation
Of new price schedules.
The magazine says that sellers have
been restraining speculative buying at
their expense, with the result that
they are convinced business actually
reflects q much stronger demand. In
this, they. are supported by the broad
miscellaneous coverage, as well as the
increase In buying by the automotive
industry and railroads. Anticipating
their needs, steel makers have made
heavy purchases Of scrap, recent sales
being close to q half million tons"
Building operations so far have
failed to respond to seasonal influ-
encess the magazine. says, but adds