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The Washington times., 1935-10-02
Free Flying Course
Finds Few Takers

this situation they would quickly
apply.
Since June, when the training
courses started, Lieutenant John
son said, some 200 applicants have
been examined, but only 81 were
eligible.
After a months training at the
local Naval Air Station, student
pilots are sent to the Navy Train
ing Station at Pensacola, Fla, for
a more intensive course.
Those desiring to take ad-
vantage of this opportunity af-
forded by the Government may
do so by applying to Lieutenant
johnson at the Naval Air Station
here.
The Washington times., 1935-10-02
z0NING BOARD
HEARS FOES
0FPR0JECT
Ex-Envoy Opposes Use
OfHenderson Estate
For New Building

Opposition to rezoning the Hen
derson Castle property for apart
ment house purposes was voiced
today by George E. Elliott, repre-
sentative Of property owners in
the vicinity of Belmont Road and
Crescent Place, before the District
zoning Board today.
Ex-Envoy Objects
Mr.. Elliott said he was acting
for Irwin Laughlin, former Am
bassador to Spain.
He stated that Eugene Meyer,
published of the Washington Post.
and Mrs. Agnes Scott also were
opposed to rezoning the Sixteenth
Street area.
Holdings of those he represented
are valued at approximately ST.
600, 900, while the Henderson
Castle is valued at $375,000, Mr..
Elliott said. ..
Altogether IA petitions for
changes in zoning were opened
today before the board in the
District Building.
Seven Lots Involved
Outstanding in the petitions
was the request by agents of the
estate of Mrs. Mary Henderson,
late social leader of the Capital,
and owner of adjoining prop.
erty for a change in the zoning
Of seven lots in the area bounded
by Sixteenth Street, Florida Ave.
nue., Belmont Street and Ontario
Road Northwest.
The petition asked rezoning to
permit erection of an apartment
building on the site now occu.
pied by the famous Castle"
The Washington times., 1935-10-02
County Sets Meetings
On Wheat Contracts

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Oct.
2.-Prince Georges county farmers
will meet in four groups next week
to discuss and sign wheat control
production contracts for 1896.
The meetings will be held at
the Mitchellville Cons solid a ted
School, Monday evening; Marlboro
courthouse, uesday evening;
Surratts High School, Wednesday
evening, and at Baden High
School, Thursday evening.
The Washington times., 1935-10-02
AviatriCes 10 Hold
AN-Woman Air Show

Washington's own women fly
ers will stage an air show all by
themselves at the College Park,
Md, airport Sunday, it was an
nounced last night. Several at
fractions are promised, including
a parachute jump. This will be
the first all-woman meet to be
held here, and more than a dozen
air pilots will participate. 1t is
being sponsored by the Wash
ington Women Pilots Association.
The Washington times., 1935-10-02
Capital Motorists
Car Injures Md. Boy

ROCKVILLE, Md, Oct. 2 <Spe-
ciaD.-While playing in front of
his home in Layhill, Md. William
A. Snowden, 8-year-old colored boy,
was seriously injured last night by
car driven by John r. Moore,
1901 K st. N. W., an employe of
the American Tobacco Company
Young Snowden was rushed by
the Rockville Rescue Squad to
Sandy Spring Hospital with a
possible fracture of the skull.
Moore was released on 500 bond,
The Washington times., 1935-10-02
Ken Murray
Says:
KEN MURRAY SAYS

The greatest Of all worlds
fairs, according to Mayor La
Guardia, is to be held in New
York city in 1899. Sally Rand!
.. Are va liStenin'?
Father KnickerbOcker is about
fed up with towns like Chicago
and San Diego grabbing off the
mass of the tourists trade. D..
Alas! If they should come,
think Of all those poor souls
trying to find their way around
New York without an interpre-
ter.
Up to now, the biggest prob
lem confronting the officials Is
trying to find q spot large
enough to hold it Why not
speak to Al about all that va
cant space in the Empire State
Building?
BUT IF YOU ASK ME:
The best place to hold the
worlds fair. . is q little above
the waist line.
The Washington times., 1935-10-02
Permit for Airport
Thedter Is Refused

ROCKVILLE, Md, Oct. "A
request by Henry Hizer, Bethesda
theater operator, for a permit to
show motion pictures in the han
gar at the Congressional Airport,
has been denied by the Montgom-
cry county board of commission
erS.
Many residents of the vicinity
of the airport made vigorous COM
plants against the airport, or any
form of commercial enterprise.
The Washington times., 1935-10-02
Cemetery Use
For PettinS
Opposed

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Oct.
2.-Petting parties in the Ever
green Cemetery near Bladensburg
are becoming such a nuisance
that the Federation of Citizens AS
sociations yesterday asked the
Prince Georges board Of county
commissioners to assign a police
man to correct the "evil."
Since the graveyard is owned
by the county, PETERS are rarely
molested there, it was said.
The Washington times., 1935-10-02
County Repays Fund

ROCKVILLE, Md, Oct. 2.-The
Montgomery county board of COM
missioners repaid the Hamilton
National Bank of Washington to-
day $3.50, 900 received for tax an
ticipation certificates sold last
July to raise funds to conduct
county affairs until taxes had
been collected.
The Washington times., 1935-10-02
LOCAL CLERGY
APPR0VEU.S.
AID PLEA +.
Suburban Ministers
Ask More Time to
Study Letter

Clergymen in the metropolitan
area of the Capital who received
President Roosevelt's letter asking
their aid, today generally ex
pressed approval Of the idea but
said they wanted more time to
study the document before max
ing a reply.
A few voiced disapproval Of the
Presidents action. while one priest
expressed the opinion that the
clergy should look after the Spir
itual welfare Of the people and
let experts in government tend
to the business Of running the
nation.
Here are the views Of subur
ban clergymen who received the
letters:
Arlington County
The Rev. Perry L. Mitchell
Clarendon, Va, pastor Of the
Clarendon Baptist Church:
"If he wanted to get .
true crOSs-sectiOn Of American
thought on his policies, 1t does
seem that the clergymen should
have been consulted along with
Others Of our thoughtful cit
izenS."
The Rev. Henry ]. Miller, pas
tor of st. Georges Protestant
Episcopal Church, Clarendon, Va;
$50 far as 1 am concerned, I
consider this . personal letter,
and 1 win make my reply per-
sOnaIIy to the President"
The Rev. Walter F. Wolfe, AL
cova Heights, Va, pastor of the
Arlington Presbyterian Church:
Il really do believe that Presi-
dent Roosevelt is sincere in his
efforts to lead US out Of the
mess we are in. He has made
mistakes. some pretty bad ones,
but we all make mistakes. i
don't go along with him in ali
his policies, but he has helped
us to the best Of his knowledge,
/ do believe. OF course, he
hasn't had the benefit of the
best Of counsel. At least. this
gesture will help him, for we
all have our ego and we like to
be consulted on such grave prob
lens, The ministers are next
to the ground, so to speak, so
this gesture can't do him any
harm in the forthcoming elec.
ton"
PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY
The Rev. B. A. Matzen, Presby
terian pastor at Berwyn, said ht
would tell the President:
Restoration of confidence de-
pends greatly on the manner
in which the party's promises
to the people are kept.
Second, to improve admins
tratiOn, Government depart
mentS should be rid of the large
number of inexperienced men
now directing affairs"
The Rev. James Valiant, EpiS
copal minister at Forestville, said
81 think he (the PreSident) is
sincere in asking our views. /
admire him for wanting to de-
termine the sentiments of the
people, leader does such a
thing"
The Rev. w. Keith Custis, Pres
byterian minister at Riverdale
said:
I'm going to study the let
ter for a while. Then I'll an
Swer it."
The Rev. B. P. Robertson, Bap
tiSt minister at Hyattsville, said:
"Well, 1 received two letters,
but made no comment from the
pulpit Sunday because / thought
it a personal matter. My an.
Swer was pro and con-"
The Washington times., 1935-10-02
Thief Gets Snare Drum

A thief last night broke into a
music store in the 900 block of
New York Avenue Northwest and
stole a snare drum valued at
$67.40, Fred j. Leonberger, pro-
prietor, told police today.
The Washington times., 1935-10-02

So They Call Him 'Skeets"
Because Skeets Dickey, Bills
younger brother, doesn't like his
given name, Willard, he's now
known as George,
The Washington times., 1935-10-02

I have eaten so much veal on
the continent of Europe that I
lie awake at night counting not
sheep, but sad-eyed, long-legged
calves jumping over fences.
And who wouldn't lie awake
on such a diet?
The Washington times., 1935-10-02
NOW
SUisS Schools
Intriguing
AN AID FOR U. S.
BY HELEN ESSARY
LAUSANNE.

When I walked into the
lounge of the hotel here I
reached for a magazine devoted
to the delights of touring in the
United States.
On the very first page, set in
clear type, was an invitation,
charmingly worded, from Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, asking
the Europeans "to come on over
some time"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-03
Political Common Sense

It is an old saying, among those familiar with the political world, that the majority of the people, in voting at election time, are governed more by their emotions than by their best judgment, and there can be but little doubt that it is to some extent X true. We all have seen so many examples of it in the last twenty-five years. The prohibition amendment, adopted by all but a very few states, and finally repealed because it was unavoidable, but played up as "a noble experiment" was one example.
 The millions spent in undercover prop uganda to stir up religious prejudice, which resulted in the election of Hoover as president, was another. It was emotion, instead of common sense very largely ln- stigated by those who had enormous financial interests at stake, that got us into the World War, with the result of billions of debts that will last for gener- ations and the present world wide depression.
 You hear the argument so constantly at every local election, not so much that the candidate is businesslike, efficient and capable, but that he is good fellow, or that he belongs to our lodge or that he needs the job. This tendency is one of the great dangers to a government by the people, of the people and for the people, which is our only real hope if we are to avoid the modern tendency toward die tatorships.
 Now, as a matter of common sense, what would you do if you were running a small business or little factory and had man who had run it very efficiently for you for six years? Suppose he had decreased the cost of running it and had increased the output. Suppose now that he had been working on yearly contract and his year was up and you had your choice between hiring him for another year or replacing him with new man who had little or no experience. What would you do?
 Now let us apply that to the most inl- portant business enterprise in Waterbury, the municipality. We have had six years of an administration, efficient and busi- nesslike. There is no getting away from the facts. Taxes have been reduced by almost quarter, the debt has been also reduced, and all this in the most difficult period for the doing of such things that we have had for a century. The streets are we'll kept up, and the efficiency of the Fire Department is unquestioned and has resulted in a reduction of insurance rates What Superintendent Mclean says about the Police Department is true. We have good police force and very little major crime. Of course, people will drive cars too fast or gamble or buy sweepstake tickets once in while, but we don't have kidnappings and murders. Life is req sonably safe in Waterbury.
 Now, if we have reasonably good and efficient administration running our city, and the Figures show we have, it certainly is sound Judgment and good common sense
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-03
Smith Misrepresented

Still further evidence of the campaign of misinterpretation and distortion being conducted by the Pape publications was the garbled editorial in last evenings American purporting J. Francis Smiths address over the radio in behalf of the local democratic campaign as thank less duty to perfrom."
 If MT. Smiths attitude towards the local democratic administration is as lukewarm and adverse - we know 1t IS not = as the American proclaimed it, we would not hesitate in saying here and now that he should be retired from the office of democratic state central commit tee chairman at the very earliest opportunity.
 However, knowing only too we'll MT. Smiths dislike for factions within political parties, as in the case of the so-called "old" and "new guard' in state politics, the very idea of which was intolerable to him, the Americans feeble-minded attempt to put him in such position is ludicrous
 Were it not for the seriousness and personal. damage to Mr. Smith, himself, of such an untruthful summing up of his position in the present campaign, the poor logic of the brain-befogged individual who wrote it would have been branded as the days best joke.
 But, unfortunately for MT. Smith and everyone else who has been treated to the same kind of newspaper shellacing by MT. Pape's papers during the present cam paign, such tactics have been planned with malice aforethought. Fortunately, however, MT. Smith in all probability, as others who have been similarly treated, believe that such deliberate distortion of facts will bring it's own reward - decisive defeat for those papers and the republican party on October 8.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-03
John M. Burial Declare. Himself


 The republican papers are certainly giving John M. Burial fine run around in their daily statements. They have their candidate taking all sides of the road in his effort to get away from the coat-tails of the Rev. Dr. Gregg. This is what he said this morning:
 q am told from reliable sources that my political opponents are cir culating reports through whisper ing campaign that I and my fellow candidates on the republican ticket are lot of dried up Puritans who are going to bring back Blue laws, closed theaters, sports fields and places of legal liquid refreshment on Sum- days.
 'This is vicious distortion of the truth.
 "The people will find no Puritani- cal restrictions of the old school fastened upon them if am elected" If any stories have been circulated, they have been circulated by the republicans themselves. We have often seen amus- ing statements from candidates for office, but we think this mornings takes the cake. Major Burrall and his packers have no issues and know they are making last desperate effort to bolster up their hope less cause.
 The men who are handling MT Burrall are past masters at that game.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-03
War Boots

In 1926 British shoemakers pledged themselves against making war footgear. This pladge was revived the other day. Local secretaries of their union were in- structed to make inquiries at various plants. If they find that boots for Ital- ian soldiers are being made by any con- cern, workers will immediately be called out on strike. Ethiopian warriors go barefoot, which is all that saves them from the same ban.
 It will be interesting to see whether the British shoe workers put over this plan. Apparently they are willing to inconven- fence other peoples, including their own, by stopping all work on boots of any sort. Will their attitude spread to other British workmen engaged in making articles cap- able of use by armies? The action comes from realistic recognition of the fact that in war time everything is far mater ial not merely arms and gunpowder.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-03

to keep it. We can't quite figure out what the criticism of it's opponents is. One day it is because it spends too much money and the next day it is because it doesn't spend enough, and that it ought to raise everybody's pay and build lot more schools, parks and playgrounds.
 So why not treat the election as . bus mess proposition, as a question whether we should retain an experienced business administration or put in a new and un- experienced one? Isn't that the way an election should be decided? And if we do that, there isn't but one possible result, the reelection of Mayor Hayes and his fellow workers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-03
Selected Poem
FOR A SOLDIER

FOR A SOLDIER George Fox Horne in the New York Times) Lie quietly here for long Beneath this hill, For what you do not sup tonight You never will Clasp well the breast
 On which you lie; Tomorrow the breast is withered And you must die When love is weary Walk along alone The hurryng stream the mere The child has known, Here where the wind
 Rustles the sedge And whisperer whispers down The lakes dark edge, The song of grass of all This wiIdng deep, VIII not be even dream In your next sleep And all earth has to give Be los be still. What you have not found tonight You never will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-03

It is Industrial Week at our Settlers Village. Visitors from far away as we'll as local people are conspicuous at the settle ment looking over the exhibits. The local manufacturers have a good showing of what is produced in the various plants right here in our city. Guides are there to explain what's what. The weather has been fine for sightseeing at the village and the attendance and interest is becom- ing quite animated now that practically all construction up there is completed. Saturday comes Colonial day at the vil- lage. Each day until then and ensuing days are all arranged for the pleasure and education of visitors. One feels that Wa terbury is holding her own, among the many towns and cities of the state, in their contribution to the Connecticut ter centenary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-03
Mk. REIDY PENS LETTER OF ., REFRIGERATOR OF DEMO- CRAFTS NEWS POLICY
 EF Waterh,Irvi Conn

 October 3, 1895. Editor Democrat:
 May I, at this time when we are immersed in the mud of polit- ical campaign, congratulate you upon adhering to the highest eth ics of Journalism. A political cam paign, unfortunately, like an armed conflict, ,d seems to bring out the vilest features of our nature. Plain, ordinary, everyday occur. rences fin the inevitable life of a municipality or 8 nation are taken apart, dissected, analysed and alas too often distorted into channels which appall even the most con- scientious. The merest political molehill Is given a Himaiayan pos- sibility, until the ordinary reader is so swallowed up in the vortex of his own emotions that right and wrong seem to be synonymous terms.
 In the midst of this maelstrom your esteemed paper has lived up to all the high ideals which are contained in your motto: All the news that is fit to print"
 A municipality is primarily q collection of individual families, varying slightly perhaps in their conceptions of life and in the means which are theirs to adopt to attain these conceptions. But in the final analysis each family is groping at the ideal and in Jus- tice to the family and the com munity at large the facts upon which this momentous decision has to be made, ought to be placed before the public in fair impartial manner. In this way only can the public give an un- biased answer. Isolated occurren- ces, under the power of a vitriolic pen, can be made to assume q magnitude which the happenings themselves in no wise warranted.
 Sometimes. confess, have little doubt as to the propriety of the Freedom of the Press. The border line between liberty and even the most enlightened can say where, tUc one. StdTtS anu tic other stops. In no other country in the world would the Press take the liberties which some parts of it take in America today. We have had several recent examples of this particular brand of Journal ism. So fragrant, so ill-timed, so completely lacking in the finer conventionalities that the state de- partment had to take the matter In hand.
 It is indeed a pleasure to know and a still greater pleasure to ack- nowiedge that we have the Water- bury Evening Democrat amongst us. It can be trusted to enter our home as our friend and advisor. Our children from the primary grades to the more sophisticated high school students will find therein nothing of contamination, nothing of bigotry, none of the lurid details which make the veri- est infraction of the law seem like
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-03
TO.DAy's Ct,MAllINSi iclsislIis 4 Never say, "A war between {. Italy and EthiOpia will not <
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 feet our trade"

placed in a sitting posture. the legs bent under and tied together.
 Q. Give the text of the second amendment to the U. s. Constitu- tion. : A. "A we'll regulated militia be- ing necessary to the security of q free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
 Q. Do all modern oceah-going vessels burn oil?
 A. All the larger and most mod ern ocean vessels burn oil instead of coal.
 o. What Is the address of Edwin Franko Goldman? a
 A. 1s4 Riverside drive. New York city.
 Q. How long is the term of en- listment in the United States Army?
 A. Three years.
 c. What is the first name of the Mayor of New York City?
 A. His name is Fiorello H. La- Guardia.
 Q. How many Jews are there in the United States?
 A. Approximately four and one-half million.
 If you want . copy of our
 new booklet BIBLE FACTS,
 write to the Waterbury Dem. 0crat's Washington Bureau,
 enclosing ten cents (fOc) for
 postage and handling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-03
"AID TO WATERBURY NATIVE WITH NO THOUGHT
 OF REWARD"

Long Isiand City, N. Y.
 Oct. l, 1895. Editor of The Democrat:
 Opponents of siayor Hayes un- justly criticize the present employ ment of men by the city with the suggestion, "pre-election jobs." I'd like to offer my case to the voting public under the caption, Aid to a Waterbury native with no thought of reward"
 l am a college student, working my way through school. Last June, when summer vacation began, re- turned to Waterbury and my first thought was of obtaining employ ment necessary employment. Therefore, I set out the first week confident that would be able to get some sort of job that would enable me to support myself dur ing the summer months and per- haps help me clear up few neces- sary debts I had contracted. tried the factories, the stores, the garages; any place could think of but the result was the same-no job. This went on four nearly four weeks. I was rather disheartened for with my goal of graduation and a degree so near, being unemployed meant failure to return to school.
 Then Fate stepped in and lent me a helping hand. managed to get a job with the city. For honest labor I received honest wages. My tailor was happy to see me work iny-his bill was paid. My dentist was pleased for his bill was settled. My druggist received the just debts I owed him. So we see that the merchant, the business man and the professional man all shared in my employment. Words cannot ex- press my happiness for my am-. bition 10 obtain college degree IS to be satisfied. I owe all this to one man. a man who was big enough despite the intricacies of party politics, to help me and l take this opportunity to thank that man publicly-Mayor Hayes.
 Yours very truly,
 MAURICE GRIFFIN,
 45-29 10th St.