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The Washington times., 1935-12-31
More Than a Birthday

President Rooseves interest in sufferers from nfantle
paralysis is known to every American.
Himself once stricken he has, since his recovery from H.
made the cause of other victims his own.
For the last two years his brhdayJanuary SO-has been
observed as an for raising money throughout the
country tr aid the fight against the malady.
This fine custom will be continued his next birthday
Already than twelve hundred communities in all parts
the United States have organized for Roosevelt Bnday
Celebrations.
Every city should form similar organization and
all citizens who the to do should contribute to
the fund.
Infantie paralysis is of the most tragic ailments with
which human being can be afflicted.
Support for the Roosevelt Birthday Celebration means
genuine progress overcoming the spread of the disease and
in curing those who have contracted it.
The Washington times., 1935-12-31

When The American people were
promised in 1882 New Deal
they thought it meant an emanci-
patton from the grip of the spoils-
men Of politics and the usual
game they playE'the game OF
putrid party politics"
Now the day of the peoples
disillusionment on this score is
beginning to dawn. From far and
near comes the evidence that in
his triple role of Postmaster Gen
eral of the United States, chair
man of the New Deal National
Committee and chairman of the
New Deal State Committee of
New York, Mr.. Farley has put
the stripes of the tiger that
symbolizes the spoils system on
almost every branch of the Fed.
eral service,
Nor will Mr.. Farley's retirement
from the Cabinet this month end
the tyranny to which he and his
political henchmen have subjected
not only the permanent personnel
of the Federal service but even
the victims of the depression in
dire need of Government aid to
save them and their families from
destitution.
There has been nothing equal
to it in American hiStory-the
raid of the SpoilSmen upon the
Public Service which Mr.. Farley
has organized and directed with
public funds and public offices
placed at his disposal, in one
form or another, upon orders from
the White House.
FALSE PRETENSE
This would be had enough haC
it all been done as openly as thu
politicians of Tammany Hall dis
tribute the political loaves auc
fishes to entrench themselves al
the public trough.
But it has been done under
the false and hypocritical pre-
tense that the extension of the
spoils system throughout the Fed
eral service was "the New Deal
which the Administration pledged
itself to provide.
It is too much TO hope that the
exposure of these political out
RACES can be completed during
presidential election year. Not un
til a new congress has been elected
that will refuse to abdicate its
constitutional powers, refuse tt
cover up the Shiny trail of the
Spoilsmen, refuse to permit any
branch of the government to pol
lutte the public service for its owr
political aggrandizement will the
whole truth about this scandalouI
situation be dragged into the light
Of print and dinned into the ear.
Of every radio listener who il
The Washington times., 1935-12-31
The Old Year Dies

The old year which expires at midnight tonight has
been good year for Washington on the whole.
There were of course many things that the passing
year might have brought the city which it failed to bring
but generally speaking the community did fairly well
THE MOST NOTABLE EVENT OF THE YEAR WAS
THE RETURN OF VERY APPRECIABLE MEAS
URE OF ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.
The complete restoration of the salaries of Government
employees and the addition of thousands to the payroll
of the Government in Washington could not fail to stmu
late all business activity in the city.
The stimulus has been shown in all Of the accepted
indices of business
These "dry as dust' statistics, hOlUeUer, are
scarcely needed to tell WGshingtOniGnS about an
Improvement IUhich has been apparent to all.
Anyone who had any doubt to whether Washing
tonians had money to spend and spending it had
only to go into shop store just before Christmas
ANOTHER HAPPY EVENT OF THE LAST YEAR
WAS THAT THE COST OF THE LOCAL GOVERN
MENT WAS KEPT WITHIN ITS INCOME THUS
AVOIDING AN INCREASE IN THE LOCAL TAXES
Unfortunately however, this condition was made pos
sibe only through postponng improvements which were
highly desirable and which will have to finance in
the future
The great misfortune OF 1885 continued to be tne
large number of local unemployed.
For some mysterious reason the number of Un-
empIOyed uas not cut appreciably by the returning
prosperity of the city as whOIe.
We still have on the relief rolls almost the same num-
ber of cases that we had at the depth Of the depression
One begins to wonder how great an Improvement in
general business conditions will have to be shown 1or
Washington to re-absorb those now unemployed.
Failure to provide jobs for these thousands OF our
citizens the one dark spot in the otherwise good record
of the declining year.
Manv civic improvements were brought about during
the twelve months.
The Washington Times is proud of the fact that it
assisted in urherng many projects for the good OF the
city and its people
The Washington times., 1935-12-31
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson
IF COULD HAVE ONE WISH ~again.

|again. I know you're fine, under
everything, just as I know that
I'm fine, under everything.
But. want to remember it
always. I want to remember it
even when I can't understand you
even when we've angered or
hurt or failed each other. For
no anger can last long, no hurt
can go very deep, if I remember
that fineness. And that's how
things should be.
We need each other so much,
you and I. We've such a big job
to do together. A bigger job now
than ever before in our history.
There's no time for personal mis-
understanding. I want to find
you when I reach out through
the dark. I want you to find me.
It would be so much easier if we
could win back to the old friendly
Faith.
POWER OF LOVING
And last-but greatest of all
I want to have more Faith in
God. Not just in some vast, un-
seen Power. some impersonal
law that works regardless, like
gravity. But God who cares. A
God I can talk to and who'll
understand. A God Who loves
Who loves so much that He made
me and endowed me with the
same strange and beautiful and
terrible power of loving.
For I believed in a God like
that when I was a child. And
then-for many years I didn't.
But now-I do again. And I want
to believe more. I want to be-
lieve so much that it will be like
light in me all the time.
Yes, I'd ask for Faith. Faith
in Life-in myself-in you-and
in God. If I had that, I'd take
my chances with all the rest.
Copyright. 1895, by King Features
Syndicate. 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1935-12-31
The Human Side of the News
Bv EdUin C.. Hill

lning to toss feeble dots and dashes
across the Atlantic. If the fates
had just then consented to some
slight advancement in certain
time schedules, the lost girl might
have been found. Short-wave
broadcaSts have vastly increased
police efficiency in finding lost
persons, here in this port of miss
ing men.
There are around $4,000 persons
reported missing in New York
city every year. The police find
about SO per cent of them. The
curve of those found ana returned
to their homes has gone steadily
up since it became possible to
fling out instantly to a wide area
to the world, if neceSSary-not
only a complete and detailed de-
scription of the wanderer, but all
information which might lead to
his Identification. And still more
swiftly has this curb risen with
the radio installed in cruising po-
lice automobiles.
Like the nervous impulse
through a living organism is the
arreSting call that sounds in the
ears of men and women in their
homes, in public places where
the radio is heard, spreading the
description of the missing person.
The New York teletype system
now covers eleven States.
The Missing Persons Bureau
marks one of the most signally
successful achievements. Of New
York police work. It would be
much more difficult for Dorothy
Arnold to slip away into the
shadows now than it was twenty.
five years ago.
There are about so men Of
long experience and highly spec.
ialized training in this squad.
Oddly enough, laundry marks
are perhaps the most indispen-
sable aid to the police in their
search for clewS. One of the first
details of the search is to get
these little indelibile hieroglyphS
from garments left at home, and,
as the days pass, cover all the
laundries Of the city for clothes
with these marks. All friends Of
the lost person are, Of course, i'm
mediately found and questioned.
His habits and interests and his
probable motives and intentions
are studied.
EFFECTIVE
There is an interesting joint to
be noted here. This work dis
closes the highest percentage Of
net results of all police activity,
and it happens to be one depart
ment which is in no way fouled
up in politics or outside interfer.
ence of any kind. They find no
one Throwing the switch" just
as they begin to make progress
on the case. There is no profit
for any one, and no inducement
for calling off the police when
they are searching for a missing
person.
Captain Ayres, who laid the
foundation for this efficient work,
and carried it through for many
years, has a broad social view
point, and much of his effective
ness was due to his study Of the
causes and conditions which
would make a man or wife, a
school boy or girl fugitive.
Copyright. 1888. King Features
Syndicate, 1ne.l
The Washington times., 1935-12-31
Marry-GO-Round
BIZ Helen ROWLGnd

This is the season when the
writing of duty-letters becomes
acutely painful-even to a woman.
And any man would rather be
"The Forgotten Man" at Christ.
mas than to be forced to sit
down and squeeze out those let.
terS of spurious gratitude and
enthusiasm to Dora, Darling" or
dear old Aunt Agatha. To him, it
is the refinement of torture!
There are just three kinds of
masculine letter-writers. Those
who hate to write a letter: those
who never write a letter exco0t
under compulSion, and those who
regard the writing of a letter as
a stunt"
The vast majority Of men come
under the first or second clasSlfi.
cation; but there are more of
these stunt" letter-writers than
you'd ever suspect.
A woman just naturally loves to
splash her thoughts, feelings, and
The Washington times., 1935-12-31
big Spending Is Over'

Having assured only the other day by less
thority than Mr. Roosevelt himself that the big spending
over the American people feel slightly
dazed the latest from Washington vz that the Government
is now borrowing ONE BILLION THREE HUNDRED MIL
LION DOLLARS MORE.
This makes the national debt for the first time in the nations
history above THIRTY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
Yes, the of spending is
Over all records for THIS country ANY country
time began.
The Washington times., 1935-12-31
The Greatest Show On Earth
By John Snure, Jr.

} ization has performed good work
Denials are made that politics
have played or will play part in
the method of closing the camps
Others say, however, that orders
were issued by men in the Admin
istration high above Mr.. Fechner's
job to the effect he retain camps
which could be shown to tourists
to the best advantage.
It is said the suggestion was
also made to close camps in areas
receiving other Federal benefits so
that where the AAA and other
organizations do their best spend
ing there will be a curtailment of
CCC work.
On a map in the ante-room of
CCC offices here, are marked the
camps to be closed. Whether or
not officials deny politics." the
camps to be closed are apparently
those which would do politicians
the least good.
The Washington times., 1935-12-31
MISSING PERSONS

Each year, with the anniversary
Of the disappearance of Dorothy
Arnold, the tale is retold in the
newspapers. This is the twenty.
fifth year since the charming,
happy rich girl, with no enemies
and no dubious associations
stepped into the crowd and never
was seen again. In a search
which ranged around the world no
slight trace of the girl, no CLEAN
Of light on the dark mystery ever
was found.
But there is another mystery
behind the mystery. Capt. John
H. Ayers. intelligent and highly
respected police official, head of
the New York Missing Persons
Bureau for many years, has said
repeatedly and explicitly, that the
police had solved the mystery
He refused to say whether she
was dead or alive. To importu
nate questions he merely said:
>"I am not allowed to tell you.
But 1 can tell you definitely
that we know what became Of
Dorothy Arnold"
Captain Ayres, who retired
from his post several years, Is
not only a Sagacious man, never
given to loose speech, but he has
an unassailed reputation for alb
Solute integrity. But attorneys
for the lost girls family, and
members of the family, vehe
mently denied that the police
knew anything whatsoever-that
any clew, any hint of an ex,
planation ever had come to light
SEALED LIPS
The years roll on. Dorothy
Arnold would be 81 years old now
Her parents are dead. Captain
Ayres is aging. Will he, or can
he, explain that enigma which
has sealed his lips since 1921,
when he first said he knew what
happened to Dorothy Arnold?
There was a stir of early holi'
day excitement in the air when
Miss Arnold, a pretty brunette
Bryn Mawr alumnae, bade good
by to a former college clasSmate
in the thronged city street. Her
father, Francis R. Arnold, of a
wealthy and straight-laced old
New England clan, at first i'm.
plored the police not to make pub
lie the news of her disappearance
He was persuaded to allow them
to do so on their insistance that
such publicity would give the only
means of finding her.
But it did not do so. The story
ragged around the world, with de.
tectives in every country search
ing for years. Many false clues
were followed. There was the
usual inpouring of crank letters,
and the usual number OF unbal'
anced persons wanting to confess
to some participation.
In 1916 Edwin G. Glennoin, a
convict in the Rhode Island State
prison, told a story Of having
helped entomb the body Of Doro-
thy Arnold in the cellar of a de.
serted house in West Point. But
it all came to nothing. Forever
locked in the deep crypt of un.
fathomable mystery is the fate OF
this engaging, caretree girl-un
less Captain Ayres may some day
break his silence.
Marconi was just then begin
The Washington times., 1935-12-31

by July l, there
is a widespread
belief in Wash.
ington that in
addition to a
desire for econ
omy there are
o t h er impor.
tant reasons for
the reduction.
When the CCC
program to ere,
ate camps was
first proposed
it received crit.
iciSnn as biting
as that directed
The Washington times., 1935-12-31
CCC CAMPS CLOSE

Despite contentious that politics
have not played a part in the
program to close CCC camps
The Washington times., 1935-12-31
JUST JUNKED


While there has been consider.
able discussion of the amount of
propaganda the Administration
has dumped on the public in its
efforts to justify its agencies and
activities, there have also been
tons Of publicity which never
were issued.
Each agency which has a pub
licity bureau has had written
reamS and reams Of copy, had
it printed, and then consigned
it to the waste pile.
In some instances, the mere
fact that a word or two was
wrong caused the junking OF
thousands and thousands OF
copies of material.
In one agency it is reported
that 100000 copies Of document
Of propaganda had been printed
An official diSliked a word.
The entire expensive publica'
tion was thrown out.
According to reports, similar
situations exists in other agencies
Paid press agents, particularly
when they first began work, were
extremely anxious that the pro
paganda should conform to the
specifications most suitable for
A d m n iStration commentator
and while they argued over
theories a large percentage OF
their labors went stale.
The Washington times., 1935-12-31
OLD FAVORITES
The Death of the Old Year

By Alfred Tennyson
Full knee-deep lies the winter snow,
And the winter winds YEARLY sighing
Toll ye the church bell sad and slow,
And tread softly and speak low,
For the old year lies a-dying.
Old year, you must not die
You came to readily,
You lived with steadily,
Old year, you shall not die.
His face is growing sharp and thin
Alack our friend is gone.
Close up his eyes; tie up his chin;
Step from the corpse, and let him in
That standeth there alone,
And waiteth at the door,
There's foot on the floor my friend
And new face at the door, my friend,
face at the door.
(Redders ivted to send to the editor their
lions of old Gvores among the poems for reprinting
this spGce)
The Washington times., 1935-12-31
AUTHORS

Ambassador Alexander Troyan-
ovsky, of the U.S.S.R., represents
a government which may be aSso-
ciated generally with communism
and its various teachings.
His child, Oleg Troyanovsky
however, attends one of the most
exclusive schools In washington.
Recently in the school publica'
ton Oleg wrote an interesting
article on the theater. The article
was devoted to Shakespeare.
Strangely enough on the op-
posite page of the publication was
a writing by another student, Mar
garet Goldenweiser. Miss Golden
weiser wrote of Tolstoy, the great
Russian who was a friend of her
grandfather's. And in her writ
ing she discussed the gay scenes
Of the grand old Moscow"
The Washington times., 1935-12-31

Old '35 is just about
Upon the point of checking out.
He's not urged to prolong his stay,
But urgently is asked to pay.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-28
ROTARY BACKS
WAD|NC POOLS
Service Club Gives $4,000
to Aid City Project
for Children.

indianapolis RotarianS yesterday
announced a gift of $4,000 to the
city government to aid in the con-
struction Of u new wading pools for
children.
The $4,000 will be the city's share
in the $4,000 program. The mu-
nicipal government previously had
no funds for the purpose. Mayor
John w. Kern made the wading
pool proposal to Rotary authorities
recently when they conferred with
him concerning a landscaping prof.
est along White River and Fall
Greek.
1t was announced today that city
authorities had petitioned Works
Progress Administration offices for
a $4,000 Federal grant to cover the
remaining cost of the Wading pools.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-28
AIR SQUADRON SAVES
MOTHER, DAUGHTER
FROM DEATH VALLEY

By Hifed Press
RANDSBURG, Cal. Aug. %.
Saved from Death Valley by an
Army air squadron, a mother and
her 12-year-old daughter were
recovering from exposure in a
hospital here today after wander
ing more than 80 hours in the
desert.
They we're Mrs. John Backert,
81. and Agnes Backert, who tried
to hike from stalled car to civil
lization with a stale loaf of bread
their only provision.
Mrs. Backert had fallen uncon-
scious when seven Army planes
dispatched from March Field were
attracted by a waving blanket in
the hands of the little girl, who
stood over her mothers body.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-28
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-28
CITY ENTRANT
WINS PLACE IN
JUNIOR CONTEST
Times Squadron Filler Is
Second in Model Air
Speed Event.
BY BERNARD HARMON
Times staff Writer

CLEVELAND, Aug. 28-Leonard
Becker, Cleveland High School stu
dent. sent his rubber band-motored
plane the length of the 88-foOt run
way in one second to nose out James
Cahill, indianapolis Times Squadron
entrant, for first place in the speed
dash event of the annual Scripps-
Howard Junior air races yesterday.
Young Cahill's time for the distance
was one and one-tenth seconds.
BY covering the 88 feet in one sec
ond, Becker attained a speed of so
miles an hour from his model, while
Cahills official speed was SIS miles
an hour. Two other Indianapolis
entrants placed high in the event
Robert Cahill finishing fifth, and
Verne Boehle, sixth. John Foster
the fourth of The Times entrants
was forced to withdraw his plane
after a smashup in test flight.
Rain Causes Race Transfer
The speed event, originally sched-
uled to be held at the municipal
Airport, was transferred to the
mammoth Cleveland public audi
forum, after a downpour made the
field unfit for the contest.
The acrobatic races and original
design contests, also scheduled for
yesterday, were postponed and will
be held today in connection with the
stick model contest at the airport.
After topping records in Mon
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-28
SKEET TOURNAMENT
BEGINS HERE SUNDAY
State Shooters TO Meet at City Club
for Annual Competition.

Indiana Skeet shooters will COM
pete in the seventh annual Indiana
State Skeet Tournament. which VIII
be held at the Indianapolis Skeet
Club. l6th-st and Emerson-av. Sun
day and Monday Nine events. in
GLIDING the Indiana state profess
sional championship and the wom-
ems championship. have been
scheduled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-28
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

days fuselage event, entrants from
the is Scripps- Howard Junior Avi-
ator SquadronS look forward TO
establishing new marks in the stick
model events.
All four indianapolis Times en-
trants will compete and are hopeful
of making a better showing than in
the fuselage event, when John Fos-
ter proved the high place winner
by taking third in the junior divi-
sion. He will fly in that division to-
day, while the other entrants Will
compete in the senior division.
Al Williams Arrives Today
The Junior air aces are anXiOuSly
awaiting the arrival Of Mai Al Will
liams, noted pilot, chief of the
Scripps- Howard Junior Aviators.
Maj. Williams is expected to arrive
today and will take a hand in con-
Quoting the contests.
On display in the Hollenden
Hotel, Junior Aviator headquarters
is the beautiful Al Williams silver
trophy. which will go to the youth
full birdman scoring the most points
during the four -day meet. The name
of the winner will be inscribed on
the trophy. and the newspaper
sponsoring his entry will take pos
session of it for one year, passing
it on to the winner in 1896.
The scene of action will shift to
the airport tomorrow, when gasO-
line propelled models will vie for
honorS. Friday the visiting juve-
niles will be guests of the senior air
race officials at the Famous Filters
luncheon. and will also witness the
opening days events of the senior
meet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-28
BUILDERS WILL EXHIBIT
"BeautiIity House" TO Be Opened
Next Month by City Group.

Plans for the decoration and OPP
ening about Sept. % of "Beautility
House" indianapolis Home Builders
Association model home at 5815 N
Delaware-st, were made last night
at a meeting of the association in
the Hotel Washington.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-28
AUTO THIEF IS ROUTED
Owner Exchanges Blows With
Would-Be ASsailant in Garage.

Charles Cummings, 2216 n ILL
nois-st, was struck by a wouldbe
automobile thief early today when
he surprised the man trying to steal
his car from the garage at the rear
of his home.
Mr.. Cummings struck back and
the thief ran from the garage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-28
IVA PASSES MILESTONE
Transport Planes Have Flown 25.-
OOO.O Miles on Scheduled Trips.

TWA transport planes last night
passed the 5.OOOOOO-mile mark in
miles flown on scheduled trips. II
was announced today by R. G.
Petite. district traffic agent here.
The ships, at midnight. had flown
25.O50.710 miles. the equivalent Of
more than 1000 times around the
earth at the equator.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-28
Burglars Expect Hard Winter

Burglars prepared for cold
weather last night Two stoves
valued at SIS we're stolen from a ga
rage in the rear of the home of Mrs.
Elizabeth Clemmons, 27l4 Roose-
yelt-ay.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-28

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