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The Washington times., 1934-06-14
Safety Patrols
A Worthy Service

The award of medals and certificates to members of the
school safety patrols by the American Automobile Association
fitting recognition of the important part played by these
patrols handling traffic in the vicinity of the schools
Twenyfour boys presented with medals for having
saved the lives having prevented injury to schoomates while
others given suitable awards for less con-
spicuous but equally important service
Washngon safety record is nothing to boast about but
the services rendered the hundreds of school children in the
patrols making valuable contribution toward improving
the record.
Anyone who drives the schools of the city at the time
when the patrols duty readily recognizes the important
part which the youngsters play in promoting the safety Of
their mates.
Of the ability think sraghty and quickly which
will mark those who members when they the
duties and responsibilities of adult life.
At time when of the youngsters being
mended proper to urge the motorists with whom
they contact the Importance Of cooperating with the
patrols when they on duty.
is the cooperation of the moorist which makes the work
of the boys effective The sight of the patrol duty
should be sufficient to induce any driver to slow down and
watch school children whom he knows will be using the
streets he is traversing.
At this time of the year it should also be impressed upon
drivers the schools will be closing for the
and that consequence children will be spending time
on the streets.
This condition should prompt all drivers to exercise parcu
lar care to avoid nuring the children who in the enthusiasm
Of play frequently dart into the streets without warning
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LIGHTS, PLEASE
BY Robert Benchley

all Italy, then over all Europe,
and now on this page. The dis
cussion on this page, however
will probably give you less idea
of just what goes on in Mrs.
Monaro's thorax than the
scientific discussions in Europe.
I, frankly, am still pretty much
in the dark about it.
They put Miss Electricity
1884" under observation, and
found that her little spells oc-
cur only when she is asleep.
which makes it rather tough
for her, as she can't look down
and see it. Maybe it is just as
we'll. I could do without that
little excitement if were Mrs,
Monaro.
The doctors have decided,
rather half -heartedly, that she
is of such a highly sensitive
nature that, when she has
been emotionally upset during
the day, her visceral functions
are unbalanced, her combustion
is increased and the radiating
power of the blood given a ter
rifle boost. So far I under
stand what they are saying,
but
Mrs. Monaro, being very re-
ligious, also does a lot of fast
ing, which promotes the con-
centration of sulphides which,
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again! Why can't they stop
poking around?
The story Of this luminous
woman" appears in the London
Illustrated News, so it can't be
a publicity gag. They've got a
whole page about her, taken
from the L'Illustrazione tall
ana, with charts and spectra
and a cute photograph Of Mrs.
Anna Monaro, who is the &c.
centric lady in question.
Mrs. Monaro lives in Pirano,
Italy, and lights up only at
intervals. She doesn't keep
glowing all the time, but they
haven't got her perfected yet.
Think how long it took EDISON
to get his electric bulb to
working. When they get Mrs.
Monaro so that she will give
off a steady light, Mussolinl is
going to press a button from
Rome to start the grand IL
Elimination.
People sleeping in the room
with Mrs. Monara (and, oddly
enough Mr.. Monaro doesn't
seem to figure in the testl-
mony, although, of course, it's
none of my business. Mr.. Mon
arc is a fisherman who takes
long trips) were the first to
notice the phenomenon. While
asleep, Mrs. Monaro gave off a
light from her thorax. You
may we'll imagine that there
was little more sleeping done
in that room that night. Ital-
ians are so excitable.
Doctors and priests and a
man from the electric light
company were rushed to Pirano,
and the humble fisherman's
wife became the center Of
scientific discussion, first over
The Washington times., 1934-06-14
Defeat of Indian Rights Bill
Would Be Disgrace
BH James T. Williams, yr.

If the Indians Of the United
States get a new deal from
this Congress, they will have
President Roosevelt to thank.
Passage by the Senate of the
Wheeler-Howard bill, which pro-
vides a new deal for the In
dians, was chiefly due to the
Presidents vigorous leadership
in its support. If it passes the
House before adjournment and
is not lost in conference, the
Indians will also have the Presi-
dent to thank for rescuing them
from further exploitation at
the hands of pork-barrel poll
ticians and other sinister forces.
This much-discussed measure
will not become a law in the
form that it was submitted to
Congress. It has been amended
at both ends of the Capitol by
the exclusion of those sections
which caused the most bitter
disagreement among the friends
and near-friends of the Indians.
Most legislation, however, is
the result of compromise, and
the President has wisely &C
cepted amendments to his In.
dian bill in order that its main
provisions might be enacted
into law. AS he said in his ap-
peal to the Congress in behalf
of this measure: ... .. .
"The Wheeler Howard bill
embodies the basic and broad
principles of the Administration
for a new standard of dealing
between the Federal Govern
ment and its Indian wards.
"It is, in the main, a measure
of justice that is long overdue.
Has Good Features
eve can and should, without
further delay, extend to the In
dians the fundamental rights of
political liberty and local self
government, and the OppOrtuni-
ties of education and economic
assistance that they require in
order to attain a wholesome
American life. This is but the
obligation of honor of a power
full nation toward a people liv-
ing among us and dependent
upon our protection.
Certainly the continuance Of
autOcratic rule, by a Federal
department, over the lives Of
more than two hundred thou
sand citizens of this nation is
incompatible with American
ideals of liberty. 1t also is de-
structive of the character and
self-respect of a great race"
This humane and progressive
measure, as it passed the Sen
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Bu John SnUre, Jr.

tarial staff of the Chief Execu-
tive. That appointment would
not have required Senate con-
firmation, would have elimi-
mated part of the row, and yet
Tugwell could have acted as ad-
wiser to Roosevelt when occasion
demanded.
Confirmation of TugwelI Is
secretly approved by Republi-
cans.
They believe that the brain
truster will be political "bOgey
man" at whom they may shoot
whenever they wish. They also
know that Democrats who have
opposed the college boy will con-
tinue their opposition.
They know that the Tugwell-
public sentiment fight is not
ended.
With adjournment of Con-
gress just around the corner a
group of House members gath
cred together recently to whis-
per that President Roosevelt
would call a special session in
the fall.
Possibility of a special session
is so remote as to be almost alb
surd. Unless a grave situation
arises it is most unlikely that
the Chief Executive would con-
slider calling Congress back to
Washington next autumn.
In the first place, many mem
bers of Congress have elections
in the fall. It would be ridicu-
lous to try to call them away
from their districts at election
time. A session would furnish
material for opponents to use
against them in their Congress
sional fights.
The President knows that the
country is usually troubled when
Congress is in session, as there
is no telling what legislation
will be produced.
It would be bad political
medicine to have special Ses-
sion.
Cloakroom gossip has it that
Federal FrnergenCy Relief Ad-
ministrator Harry L. Hopkins
has become somewhat nervous
while seeking to cure national
distress.
It is reported that Representa-.
tive Malcolm C. Tarver CD OF
Georgia, called on Hopkins one
day and with him took DR.. M.
D. Collins, State superintendent
of schools of Georgia.
It is reported that Collins, in
the course of conversation, be-
gan drumming on the desk with
his fingers. Hopkins is reported
to have ordered:
"Please stop that-drum-
ming!"
Whereupon, the story goes,
Mr.. Tarver reminded Admins
traitor Hopkins that that was
not the way to talk to the State
superintendent Of schools OF
Georgia.
Copyright. 1884. The Washington
Timesl
The Washington times., 1934-06-14
The Human Side of the News
Ely Cubertson Believes In Luck
By EdUin C.. Hill

There are ladies and gentle
men of this day and age with a
curious flair for staying in the
news. They have. in some in
stances, a special genius for
publicity.
Others who do not deliber-
ately seek personal publicity
have what the sporting writer's
call color" Of such is the
contract bridge master, Ely Cul-
bertson, the tall, slim wizard of
contract, analysis who has made
large fortune out of the worlds
major fad, which has engaged
the interest of the civilized
world.
For the cards of contract drop
on tables from San Francisco to
Singapore and from New York
to Nagasaki. He beStrideS the
bridge world like a colossus!
His books are perennially among
the "best sellers"
Striking Example
And yet all his fortune and all
his fame came from one Of the
most amazing strokes of sheer
luck that ever lifted a man
from despair into the heights of
eager ambition.
I suppose that there will be
arguments until Gabriel blows
his golden trumpet over this
question of whether or not luck
plays a decisive part in the lives
of men who beat the game
magnificently. Everybody is en-
titled to his opinion. Mine is
that luck counts, for I have seen
it doing it's magic.
Take this amazing chap, Ely
Culbertson, the contract bridge
master, so prominently in the
human side of the news. He is
convinced, from his own expert
ence, that luck is the most i'm
portant element of life. He
proves it by his story, which he
told to me only a little while
ago, and a striking example it
is.
after the BolShevists seized
control of Russia" this Amer
ican-Russian told me, my fam
lily lost every dollar they had in
the world. I landed in Paris
with just. one. hundred francs in
my pocket, about ten dollars at
that time. in nineteen-nineteen.
II was up against it for fair,
with no way to turn. because I
had never been taught how to
earn living and had spent my
life gratifying expensive and
luxurious tastes. The only open
ing I saw was to join the anti
Bolshevist army as a soldier of
fortune.
While I was turning that
over in my mind. I strolled one
evening along the Rue de Vol
nay, sorrowfully thinking of my
miserable one hundred francs.
AS I strolled along, I ap-
preached a gambling club I had
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Advocates of a full treaty
strength Navy are anxiously
awaiting the start of actual
construction of the first "a ships
authorized in the Vinson act.
Included in the "a Navy
vessels is one 8-inch cruiser,
three 6-inch cruisers, two 1885,
ton destroyers, twelve 1,500-ton
destroyers and six submarines.
Although the ships have been
authorized, the money has not
been allotted. It is included
in the Public Works appropria-
ton in the deficiency bill which
has not been enacted.
Between $35, 100000 and $40,-
100000 will be required for con-
struction of the first "a ships.
AS Administrator of Public
Works Harold L. IckeS will pass
on the allotment for the ships,
although, in the last analysis,
President Roosevelt will be the
one who approves the appOrtiOn-
ment.
Ickes, however, will have con-
siderable to say in regard to
the allotment of the funds.
Representative Fred Britten,
of Illinois, ranking Republican
on the House Naval Affairs
Committee and a firm believer
in large Navy, believes that
Ickes will hasten the allotment
and that actual construction
may begin within IS days after
the money is made available to
the Public Works Administra-
ton.
Britten says:
"FrOm what I know Of Ickes
and his business-like methods, l
look for no obstruction from
him. He undoubtedly will 60
along with the President"
In other quarters, however,
Ickes has been criticized be-
cause, it is said, he has not
been particularly hasty in get
ting the $3,300,0OO.0OO Public
Works program to swing along
at top speed.
Consequently, certain treaty
strength Navy advocates are
wondering whether Mr.. Ickes
will be dilatory when making
ship construction allotments.
Any thought that the confir-
nation of DR.. Rexford G. Tug
well as Undersecretary of Agri-
culture will put an end to the
row over his policies is little
more than a pipe dream.
AS long as Tugwell remains in
Government office he will be the
subject Of criticism from those
men who do not believe in the
radical policies attributed to the
professor who back tracked on
his own statements when called
before the Senate Committee on
Agriculture.
There are many men who
wish that the President had not
appointed Tugwell to the De-
partment of Agriculture. They
say that the President should
have named him to the secre-
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ate, abOllSheS the allotment OF
Indian lands. It extends indef-
initely the period in which the
Government may hold in :rust
and free from taxation the
lands which rightfully belong to
the Indians.
It restores to the Indians
their misnamed surplus lands"
which have been thrown open
for homestead entry, and pro-
hibits the sale of Indian lands
to white men.
AS the Presidents Indian Com
missioner, Mr.. Collier, has truly
said:
"These are things which all
true friends of the Indians en-
Enthusiastically indorse."
But this legislative proposal
would do even more for the In
dians. It provides an appropria-
ton of 10 million dollars to be
used as a revolving fund, from
which loans can be made to the
Indians for promoting their
economic development.
Bill Not Partisan
It provides also $50 thousand
dollars for Indian education,
and, more important. still, it re-
quires that any Indians who
meet the qualifications for po-
sitions in the Indian Bureau
must be given preference in all
appointments to that service.
Thus between the educational
opportunity, which will be
opened up if this measure be-
comes law, and the mandatory
preference for Indians who can
qualify, the Indians themselves
will gradually take over all the
work of the Indian Bureau.
Under this proposed legisla-
ton, the Indians will be per-
mitted to organize corporations
for carrying on business activ-
tiles and developing their nat
ural resources. Tribes will be
permitted to organize for their
common welfare. The natural
resources of Indian reservations
will be developed for the bene-
fit of the Indians.
It will be a disgrace to the
Democratic leadership of the
Congress if this legislation fails
of final enactment before ad-
journment, It is in no sense
partisan. The only opposition
to it comes from the enemies OF
the Indians and from those
dull-witted Members of Con-
gress to- whom "the obligation
Of honor Of powerful nation"
Is without meaning.
Copyright 1884 The Washington Times
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known in more prosperous days,
and without thinking one way
or another what I was about, I
walked in, went to a roulette
table and put 20 francs on the
red.
"Just as the croupier spun
the wheel the man at my side
trod hard on my toe, coming
down with all his weight, and
he was a big chap.
II turned around, expecting
some word of apology, but he
completely ignored me. That
was a little too much! My
temper, never angelic, flared up,
and I told him he was, as the
French say, a species OF pig
Then he told me a few things
and smacked him. He came
back with a punch and we went
at it hot and heavy, fighting all
the way into an adjoining room.
We must have swatted each
other half an hour before the
spirit of combat wore off and
honor was settled.
"When made my way back
to my seat at the roulette table
I saw instantly that the people
all around it were boiling with
excitement. looked down, and
there in front Of me was a
stack of French money Of noble
proportions. A jackrabbit would
have had to take a running
start to hurdle it.
"At that moment the croupler
raised an angry voice. Whose
money is this?' he demanded.
This bet can go no further!
And all of a sudden the
blessed realization descended
upon me that the big stack
of notes was mine, all mine!
And believe me, I grabbed it
UP in a hurry and made Tor
the street.
Follows Hunch
when I counted the roll it
came to o-2O,48O francs, or a bit
more than $4,000. Red had
come up nine straight times,
doubling my stake each time.
And the hunch came to me
then and there to go to Amer
ica, my fathers home, and
seek my fortune-and go I did.
"And I have thought a thou
sand times how different my
life would surely have been if
I hadn't chanced to take that
walk along the Rue de Volnay.
and been moved to step into
the gambling club and toss that
20 francs on the red.
THE chances are 100 to l
that I would have joined the
anti-RedS and died of lead
poisoning, or else perished from
starvation and disease in a
Soviet prison. Do you wonder,
my friend. that I believe in
. luck?"
. copyright 1884 King Features
syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1934-06-14
Bank Bill Administration
The Crux of Relief

Inc CruX OI helleI
The bank depostos relief bill passed by the Senate and
House expected be signed by the President leaves
sQuarey up to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation the
responsibility Of dealing justly with the ten million and
women whose life savings tied up in closed banks
The Administration during consideration Of the bill as
sponsored by Representative Clarence j. Mcleod insisted
that the should pemssve rather than mandatory
in character.
In the compromise which brought the bill to enactment the
permissive feature was inserted
There every for believing that full advantage will
be taken of the powers conferred upon the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation in the bill.
TO DOUBT THAT THAT WILL BE THE CASE WOULD
BE TO 1MPUGN THE MOTIVES OF THE ADM1N1sTRA-
T1oN AND TO QUESTION ITS DESIRE PROPERLY TO
DEAL WITH ONE OF THE MOST PRESSING NATIONAL
PRoBLEMs-THE IMMENSE WEALTH TIED UP IN THE
CLOSED BANKS.
In view of the appraisal provisions Of the bill the Recon-
sruction Finance Corporation will undoubtedly provide for
more liberal valuations of the the bank vaults
as well as the assets upon which has in the past loaned
money.
Heretofore the corporation has felt itself called upon to
hold down the valuations point which prevented real
relief to the stricken depositors,
NOW HOWEVER, IT Is AUTHORIZED TO APPRA1sE
THOSE ASSETS IN THE LIGHT OF THEIR PROBABLE
APPRECIATION IN VALUE OVER THE NEXT FEW
YEARS SUCH APPRA1sALs SHOULD NOT ONLY
BRING ABOUT NEW LOANS TO THE CLOSED BANKS
BUT SHOULD ALSO RESULT IN INCREASES IN SOME
OF THE OUTSTANDING LOANS
is to be hoped that wherever possible the corporation
will take advantage of the provision of the bill which gives
it authority purchase the assets Of the closed banks
rather than to make loans upon them
T THE PURCHASES ARE CARRIED OUT UNDER THE
SAME LIBERAL APPRAISAL PROVISIONS IT SHOULD
BE POSSIBLE TO WIND UP MANY OF THE RECEIVER
SHIPS IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, THUS ELIM
MATING THE HEAVY COST WHICH IS NOW IMPOSED
UPON THE DEPos1ToRs
The b passed by the Congress- leaves doubt as to
the wishes of that body with respect to the Governments
future relations with the closed banks
The clearly accepts the premise that the Govern
ment has obligation under the circumstances
That obligation be met under the provisions of the
BILL but it only be met if the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation administers those provisions with the under
standing that is not giving anything to the depositor
but simply carrying out the responsibility that the Govern
ment incurred when it permitted its agents to place false
values upon bank assets prior the banking failure
The Washington times., 1934-06-14

Oh, dear, now they've gone
and discovered a woman who
lights up! And just as things
were getting back to normal
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although normally opaque, be-
come luminous when struck by
the ultraviolet radiations of the
blood"
The doctors add that "given
propitious experimental condi-
tions, the phenomenon might be
reproduced artificially."
Not in me, it won't be! III
stick to the old-fashioned elec
trio light, thank you.
Copyright, 1884. King Fea'"
Syndicate, Inc.)
Articles By Robert Benchley
appear each Tuesday, Thursday
~ and Saturday.
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n Washington D. C.
j. editor
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-05-18
MILK PRODUCERS BACK CON-
troll BOARD WORK

"The Interstate Milk Producers
Association is supporting the Penn
sylvania Milk Control Board and is
lending it's aid and experience to
that body, declared FREDERICK
Shangle acting president of of that
organization The Interstate with
more than 10000 active members in
the Philadelphia Milk Shed is con-
sidered one of the largest and most
successful milk marketing coopera-
tives in the country
"Our position is one of coopera-
tion," Shangle insists, land We have
repeatedly gone before the control
board with that in mind. We have
asked for certain changes which we
are convinced by seventeen years of
milk marketing experience will react
TO the benefit of the majority OF
milk producers. None of the re-
quested changes would cause any
radical revision in the Control
Board order In fact most of them
would clarity the order or would
correct certain irregularities which
are almost bound to creep into the
original of such an extensive order
as this. Such a stand as ours is
only logical and sound"
'It has been reported by the
same parties that the Interstate is
trying to get the basic-surplus plan
reinstated The fact is that the
Control Board recognizes that plan
fully but describes it as the CLASH
fed price plan with basic amount
out of which each dealer buys his
Glass / milk on a percentage basis.
All milk over that percentage OF
basic goes into Glass II, Glass III or
Glass ". The principal change un:
der the Control Board order is to
add fourth class of milk end TO
number all classes instead of nam
! ing the lowest class surplus as here
| tofore. Our organization has ask
ed for certain simple changes in
| classification which experience
shows will help maintain better
market" declared Shangle.
The Philadelphia market has been
maintained in a relatively sound
condition, the Interstate official
says, pointing out that in this area
the Control Boards biggest func-
lions are to maintain the present
Glass 1 price to farmers and to en-
force fair trade practices among all
concerned.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-05-18

A report just released by the Fed
eral Land Bank of Baltimore def
nitely indicates that the peak of the
emergency loans has been passed
and that the proportion of loans to
be used for new financing, rather
than for refinancing, is icnreasing.
The report shows that approx
mately $4,000 farmers of Pennsyl-
vania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia
and West Virginia have received
$27,157, 800 in land bank and land
bank commissioner loans from the
bank in the period from May 1, 1888
through May 8, 1884. OF the total
1920 loans, amounting to $12,S77,-
100, were land bank loans, and 8,
366, totaling $14,280,7O0, were land
bank commissioner loans.
Approximately 4 out of every 5
agricultural counties in the United
states now have county farm-debt
adjustment committees. Thirty-nine
state committees and more than
1000 county committees have been
organized since last October, None
of them has authority to compel or
force adjustments; every debt ad-
justment is of voluntary nature.