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The Washington times., 1935-03-02
German-AmericansAr Are
Loyal Citizens
By James T. Williams, T.

picture which the report Of the
Mccormack committee reveals.
But this report also reveals
a bright side, a side shining
with a loyalty inspiring alike
to Americans by accident OF
birth as we'll as to Americans
by choice, whatever the coun.
try from which their forebearS
came.
Says the Mccormack com.
mittee concerning the failure
of Nazi propaganda among
the mass of true Americans
who are in whole or in part
of German blood:
eve would not be fully re-
SpOnSive to our duty if we failed
to compliment the 2O-Odd mil
lion Americans of German birth
or descent, who have refused
to participate in the Nazi move
ment and propaganda in this
country, which the evidence
plainly shows have been
founded, in the main on racial
and religious prejudices."
In this finding American his
tory repeats itself.
"There is no more typically
American figure in the RevOlu-
tionary War" wrote Theodore
Roosevelt in "The Great Adven-
ture," than that of Mullen
Der, the American of pure Ger
man blood, the pastor of a Lu-
theran Church at the outbreak
of the Revolution. On the SUM-
day after the call for arms
came, he mounted his pulpit;
he admOniShed his flock that
there was time for prayer and
a time for battle and that the
time for battle had come.
Casting aside his frOck, he
appeared in the uniform of a
colonel of the Continental
Army; and on many a stricken
field he proved his valOr and
devotion.
Cluster, a man of German
descent, was one of the most
gallant and heroic figures of
the civil war and the Indian
wars; his name and career
made up one of the finest ira
ditiOns Of our Army.
"In the civil war there fought
many, many men of German
birth: Sigel, Osterhaus, Heint-
Zelman, innumerable others.
They proved their AmericaniSm
by their deeds"
SCORN THREATS
To the everlasting honor of
twenty-odd million Americans of
German blood, who have resisted
the wiles and Establishments
and scorned the threats Of the
Nazi invaders of American soil,
it can be as truly said Of them
that they, too, have proved
their Americanism by their
Deeds"
But they have done more than
that, have these loyal Americans
of German blood-they have
demonstrated to all their fellow
Americans, whose forebears
were born here or in some
other country, that true Amer
icanism is now as always what
Theodore Roosevelt said it was:
"a question of spirit, cOnvic-
ton, and purpose, not of creed
or birthplace"
Copyright, 1855, The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1935-03-02

only way By Which one could
get everything
Wanting everything-and
never satisfied when he got it
that's the story of your life, too,
isn't it? Wanting to be gentle
and patient and self-sacrificing.
And, at the same time, wanting
to be brilliant and reckless and
powerful.
Too many faces, all looking in
The Washington times., 1935-03-02
Once Overs
Organized Effort AccOmplishes
Most

Organized Effort AccOmplishes
Most
There are not many people
so very busy that they must
work at breakneck speed.
Usually the person who is al.
ways in a hurry and almost in
variably late is the one who
wastes time.
This results in extra speed to
make up for squandered min
uteS.
The person who accomplishes
most seems never in a hurry,
but is always busy.
He has a plan and follows it.
The rusher has no plan, so
he can't keep up to anyone's
schedule.
This rule holds good among
autoists.
Those who drive the fastest
have the least to do when they
reach their destination.
Often a driver who passes at
top speed-far beyond the
limit-will be found later visit
ing with a gas station attend
ant.
The workers who seem to
have more than twice what
should be expected of them
will be seen loafing or very
often doing something not in
the least important to the main
object.
The one who appears abnor-
mally rushed reverses this or
der.
Copyright. 1888. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-03-02

True Americans Dho are in
whole or in part OF German
blood claim nothing except the
right to SerUe America and to
be judged according to their
SerUice.-Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt's faith in
the unconditional and unfeigned
loyalty of his fellow Americans
The Washington times., 1935-03-02

t h e Rogers
bill.
A t t h e
present time
the demand
by petition
for the Pope
plan is eX-
ceeding the
requests for
the Townsend
plan.
It has been
S aid tn a t
voters a n d
others con-
fused Repre-
sentative Will
The Washington times., 1935-03-02

M I R R o r."
it's called-by
Louis Brom-
field.
It doesn't,
of course, give
your n a m e.
And perhaps
you've never
been in the
places it men,
tons. Never
theless, if you
are a typical
modern, that
story is about
YOU. A n d
you'll find in
The Washington times., 1935-03-02

have brought sweetness and
light into the life of woman
and made her way brighter and
easier.
Yea, for rouge and the lip
stick and for the permanent
wave, we send up a hymn OF
gratitude. For these have been
the salvation of many plain
damsel, have delivered her
from shyness and spinsterhood.
We thank thee for sport
clothes. For Stacks and for
polo shirts, and for the pleas
ant warmth of leggings and
galoshes. For the women OF
other days knew not the free
dom and delight of these
things. And man could
easily outlive three wives, who
died of chills and fever.
For telephones and taxi
cabs; for vacuum-cleaners, cleo
trio grills and inner-Sprlng
mattresses; for stuffed furni.
ture, steam heat, and canned
foods in all their infinite vari-
ETY., we are truly grateful.
Yea, and for modern plumb
ing and the Qualification of the
modern throom, which
rivaleth the Aurora Borealis
in it's colors. And for Ameri-
can dentistry which preserveth
the smile even as God made 1t.
For screen thrillers and
The Washington times., 1935-03-02
Better Than Medals

Medals presented the other day to Captain Bsett
Third Officer Poltt and ten of the Ascana who
risked their lives to members the of the eghe
Usworth.
That's fine But better is the fact that $100 in cash
given to each member of the heroic feboat
sailors life is bed of and certainly not paid
bed little money speaks good deal louder these days
than lot of honor.
The Washington times., 1935-03-02
Listen, World

wdnted to be a good husband
and a good father.
"He had Udnted roots and
tradition, and Immediately he
began to grow roots he became
restless anG bored and n1iSer-
able because they held him to
one place. And to haze eUery-
thing, he had been ruthless,
had joStled and trGm1ple
otherS.. because that Was the
The Washington times., 1935-03-02
Greatest Show On Earth
By John SnUre, Jr.

Administration l eaders are
wondering what to do about the
growing appeal of Father Cough
lin.
Since he made his demand for
rejection of the League Court
The Washington times., 1935-03-02
By Air to Europe

Baron Amaury de La Grange head of French aviation
mission in this country believes there will be regular
transatlantic flying service within two France getting
ready for it.
We don't know about two years. but believe the service
is bound to And hope Government will make
its mind to start preparations for it, IN ADVANCE Of
the French any other foreign government company
The Washington times., 1935-03-02

protocol and
leaders wit
messed the re-
suit they are
b e C o m i n G
m ore a n d
more worried.
The prob
lem b eff ore
them is how
to stop the in
CreaSlng IN
fluenCe WELD
ed by tn e
b roadcaSting
priest. And
it is far from
being an easy
o,,11lo RI cn1Uc
The Washington times., 1935-03-02

of German
b | God h a S
just been en-
phatically re-
affirmed by
the verdict
of a special
committee of
the Congress.
This COM
mittee, under
the able lead
ership of Rep
re S e n tative
M c C. ornack
of MaSSachu-
sets, recent
" cOmnleted
The Washington times., 1935-03-02
Marry-GO-ROund
Blu Helen ROWLand

screen idols, who make us to
forget the deadliness of life
and offer us an escape from
our troubles and WEAKNESS, we
now give thanks and offer up
hallelujahs.
And for the gossip column
lists, who divert us from our
morning blues and cause us to
forget our own follies, by re-
vealing to us all the follies
of our friends. Verify, their
coming was a blessed event."
in a world that took itself
too seriously.
For pussy-WilloWs which bloom
in October and strawberries
which make it June in Janu-
ary";; for evening papers which
appear before noon and morn
ing papers which appear at
dinner-time, and for summer
fashions which brighten the
shop windows in December, we
are grateful.
For airplanes, S tr e Min e
trains, radios, newsreels, club
cars, plastic surgery, beauty
creams, peroxides, cafeterias,
drip-coffee, bicarbonate of soda
and scented bath salts, we now
give thanks with all our hearts!
Verify, verify, although we
may lack that serenity of mind,
which once made this a saner
and a duller world, surely the
wind hath been tempered to our
spirits by a thousand and one
miracles, for which we may sing
hosannahs! Yea, the grunters
nay grunt and the means may
The Washington times., 1935-03-02

Rogers with the writer and
actor Will Rogers.
Although there may be some
truth in that statement there
is no doubt that the Congress
man is getting about as much
fan mail these days as almost
any actor.
Copyright, 1885, The Washington Times)
The Washington times., 1935-03-02

a sweeping investigation of
Nazi and other alien propa-
ganda having for it's despicable
purpose the destruction of what
George Washington called "the
cement which binds the Union"
This special committee found
that Nazi and other alien
agents have been polluting
American soil with their at
temp t to array orleans
against Americans by organic,
ing Americans into groups
based on racial lines or bigoted
prejudices.
POISONOUS WEED
Huge sums we're expended
and every type of persuasive and
threatening pressure was util-
lied in an attempt to organize
against the United States Amer
leans of German descent.
A new organization called
Friends of Germany" was
created through which to carry
on this sapping expedition
against American institutions.
It was dominated from Berlin
and the Mccormack committee
finds that it's policies we're
wholly inimical to the American
form of Government.
Apparently this Nazi propa-
ganda is of no recent origin.
1t is a poisonous weed of long
growth. The committee found
that Nazi agents had been sent
here for a number of years to
continue their underground &C.
Invites, to spread contempt for
the United States and the Fed
eral Constitution.
The obvious effort of these
invaders was to weaken the
household of the Nation by divid-
ing the great American family
against itself.
Clubs of various sorts, foreign
language newspapers, lectures,
and summer camps we're ex-
tensively used-all in an at
tempt to transfer the allie
glance of as many Americans
of German descent as possible
from the Government of the
United States to the Nazi
party.
This is the dark side of the
The Washington times., 1935-03-02
OLD FAVORITES

--FeLiciG HemQnS

The boy stood the burning deck,
Whence all but him had fled
The flame that lit the battles wreck
Shone round him Ger the dead.
Yet beautiful and bright he stood,
AS born to rule the storm;
creature of heroic blood,
proud though chid-like form.
The flames rolled he would not 60
Without his fathers word;
That father, faint in death below,
His voice longer heard.
There burst of thunder sound;
The boy-oh where he?
Ask of the winds, that far around
With fragments srewed the
With mast and helm, and pennon fair
That we'll had borne their part
But the nobest thing that persisted there
Was that young faithful heart.
TRedder invited to send to the editor their sxg-
gestions Of old tavores among the poems for reprnng
in this space)
The Washington times., 1935-03-02
A Story About YOu-Maybe =

There is a story about you in
the February issue of Cosmopol-
itan. THREE FACES IN THE
The Washington times., 1935-03-02
Mrs. Solomon Says

Mrs. Solomon Says
Hear now the dern
Woman's Hymn of Thanks
giving, my Daughter. For, too
long have we spent our days in
moaning and wailing and
crashing of teeth because
few raspberries were mixed
with our roses.
Behold, we thank Thee, oh
Providence, for all those in
ventions and gadgets which
Milford chronicle., 1935-12-20

Attend church on Sundays.
Milford chronicle., 1935-12-20
FROM THE CRADLE
TO THE GRAVE
TAXES

Here are two stanzas from a
verse that has been making the
rounds recently:
when you light the evening lamp
You pay a tax.
When you buy a postage stamp
You pay tax.
When yoI Duy the baby clothes,
When you read the morning news,
When you buy pair of shoes,
You pay a tax
"When you buy an ice cream cone
You pay tax.
For the water that you drink
You pay a tax.
When you buy loaf of bread,
When the doctor says you're dead.
When the final prayers are said,
You pay tax"
II is doubtful if sadder or truer
words were ever penned. Taxes be
gin with the cradle and end only IN
the grave. And today we are taxed
more heavily, and in more ways
than we ever were before. Sit down
some time and reflect on the taxes
indirect and direct. that You must
nav i'm the course of any days nor
nal activities-an yOu'll get some
idea of how necessary real tax re-
luctiOn Is.
Milford chronicle., 1935-12-20
POTATO CONTROL

The new Federal potato control
act will drive the potato from the
tables of poor people and ruin the
great potato growing industry ol
Pennsylvania. When the farmers OF
the state learn the full import OF the
act it will require only the sugges-
tion of some firebrand to induce
them openly to rebel against it and
to refuse to be governed by it.
This is a summary of the opinions
expressed by leading agriculturists
of the state. That the opinion is not
overdrawn is indicated by what has
already happend in New Jersey.
There farmers have fatty declared
that they will not obey the potato
law.
This statute is the most far-reach-
ing invasion of the rights of the in
dividual yet attempted by the Roose-
welt administration. 1t is even more
drastic than prohibition, for it pro-
vides that both the seller and the
buyer of bootleg potatoes" may be
heavily fined and sent to Jail.
It limits any grower TO only iiVe
bushels a year-nOt enough to pro-
vide for the needs of the family
without first getting Il federal license.
1t provides that all potatoes grown
i'm excess of the quota given to the
farmer by the government agent can
be sold only after the grower has
paid the government 45 cents a. bus
hel in taxes.
It provides that all potatoes must
be sold in government approved
packages, with stamps attached.
II is intended to sharply increase
the price of potatoes to the consumer.
Mercer, Pa, Dispatch.
Milford chronicle., 1935-12-20
ss.OOO.oOO,OOo LOST TO INDUSTRY

Had the railroads been as pros
perous in 1888 as in 1929, according
TO r. v. Fletcher, General Counsel,
Association OF American Railroads,
"'rhey would have poured into the
channels of trade in payments to en-
ployees, material men, creditors, les
sors, stockholders and governmental
agencies three and One-eighth bill
lion dollars more than was actually
expended"
If is not difficult to visualize the
effects on business had those in
creased expenditures been made. Ev-
crv industry, every worker, would
have felt the benefits. In 1929, for
example, the rails spent 1921, 100000
for new equipment-buto only $l5,-
45O 600 in 1933-a reduction of 95
ner cent. And in 1888 their eXpendi-
lures for permanent improvements
were but 12.5 per cent of the 1929
amount. Billions that normally
would have flowed through every
branch of commerce, and into the
pockets of the wOrkmen, were not
sDent-a fact that unquestiOnably
contributed much to the continuance
of general depression.
Only one reason prevented the
railroads from spending this money
they didn't have It. That was part
" the result of depressiOn-business
naturally fell off. But it was largely
the result of policies which over
faxed. over-reeulated and over PEN
allied the rails, while pampering
their competitors. And it was also
partly the result of fear of further
legislative action, unfavorable to the
iails. which hit hard at railroad Sc
Curities.
We now have law extending fed
oral transport regulation to trucks
that marks a fine start toward
TRANSPORT equality. But much re-
mains To be done We need, for in
stance. law that will likewise reg
iIatc waterways and do away with
public subsidies Aud we need to
live the railroads assurance that
they will not he faced with such
ruinous laws as the train-limit law,
thc unconstitutional pensinOn act.
and others still in the proposal
stage.
Milford chronicle., 1935-12-20
PROPHECY
By Beata Bowman

by Beata Bowman
In a little grey cottage in some
small town
| shall grow old in Il checkered
gown.
| shall drink milk with my warm
fresh bread,
And never a night but safe in bed
l shall rest well and never wake
In the breathless dark with an alien
ache
For seas of purple and tropical
stars
And the flashing scarlet of strange
baZaars--
For the low-pitched noie Of a for
eign tongue
Murmured by those | pass among.
/ shall rest quietly there in the
gloom,
Quietly. quietly, there in my room.
And though | walk to the corner
store,
Though daily I mop the kitchen floor
Though can laugh and weep my
tears,
I'll have been dead for forty years!
First The Blade" Santa
Ana Junior College.
Milford chronicle., 1935-12-20
''By the People
Or by politicians?
Rr RAYMOND PITCAIRN
National Chairman
SentineLs OF the Republic

During recent weeks America has
heard a swelling volume OF protest
against interference by numerous
political Boards, Bureaus and Com
missions with the lives and affalrs
of citizens.
The protest comes from various
sources - from merchants, IN COM
munities both large and small; from
many growers and consumers OF our
food products; from increasing NUM-
hers Of men and women in the pro-
fessions and In business.
What is the explanation?
one answer might be that such
interference can seriously ahect the
citizens means of earning a liVeli-
hood. But many keen observers OF
the current American scene suggest
a deeper and more fundamental
motive.
The protests, they believe, reflect
q surge of resentment against uSur-
patton by political jobholders OF
powers which American citizens are
convinced belong only to 0hicials
chosen by the people.
They represent, in other words, q
spreading antagOnism to Bureau
eracy which after expanding swiftly
during several decades has achieved
an unprecedented growth and power
during the past few years.
When one considers the many
,oowers now assumed by the hum
dreds of Boards, Bureaus and Conn
missions which crowd the ONCE
buildings of washington, the pro-
tests seem more than justified. That
such usurpation Of authority eonstis
tutes an abridgment Of the political
power Of the people is equally OBJ
ViOus.
Under our Constitution the people
delegate TO Congress - not to ap-
pointed Bureaus-the right 70 make
our laws.
Under II we delegate 70 the Execu.
tive Branch Of Government - not 70
appointed Bureaucrats-the power %
enforce those laws.
When these powers are usurped
by iobholders In whose selection We
have no choice and over whose ae'
tiVities we exercise no control, then
Government by the People" be-
comes an empty phrase.
In its place we get Government BY
Bureaucrats-which means not only
waste Of the peoples money in u1-
necessary public payrolls and public
expenditures, but q frank surrender
Of the peoples right to govern them
selves.
Milford chronicle., 1935-12-20
AMERICAN LEGION NOTES

There will be a Statewide tour of
the freight train of the 40 and g.,
starting On December q and closing
on December 2S. This train will Wis
IL every post in the State, stopping
over night at Seaford. The train is
a replica Of the freight trains used
in France by the A. E. F. The crew
of this train have a message Of i'm
pOrtance for every ex-serVice man,
whether he is at present a member
of the legion or not
The train will arrive in Milford at
IO:45 a. m. at the Plaza Square on
December % for a short stop, as
they are running on schedule. 1t is
important that all who are interest
ed in seeing this train be at the
place at the hour Of arrival and all
ex-service men are urged to show
thelr interest by their presence.
Milford chronicle., 1935-12-20
FATTENING THE
BUREAUCRATS
nlhIIndeIpIlln InnIircIl

After twn years operation, WPA'3
housing division has not provided
living accommodations Tor single
family. TO effect This lack of achiev-
cment. however. has required 50
many employees that an apartment
house has been purchased Tor ofii-
ces. The overflow of New Deal wOr-
kcrs has already flooded the huge
government offices and several resi-
DENTAL houses and practically all
suitable office space taken over.
A wondering citiZenry may well
ask: After all the fattening bureau
Gratis have been taken care OF. what
will he left for the taxpayers?
Milford chronicle., 1935-12-20
Picked Longest Palm

The Co\rnanlerS. in the time Of
the Civil wars were exceedingly
fond of singing psalms. When the
great MOntr0se was taken prisoner,
his chaplain, Wishart. the elegant
historian Of his deeds, shared the
same fate with his patron, and was
condemned to the same punishment.
Being desired on the scaffOld 10
name what psalm he wished to
have sung. he selected the one hun
dred and nineteenth, consisting Of
% stanzas. In This he was guided
by Gods good providence, for be-
fore two-tlIlrds of the psalm was
sung, Il pardon arrived.
Milford chronicle., 1935-12-20

Interesting Churches in London
Throughout the city of London
there are many interesting churches,
situated in peculiar .positiOns-some
sandwiched between large modern
business premises and others hid
den away in side passnges--but
most of them date from the Seven
teenth century. having been erected
since the great fire Of London 10
1906. which destroyed the old build
ings. st. BarthOlOmew's, Smith
field. near Newgate street, survived
the great fire, and Is over eight hun
dred years old.
Milford chronicle., 1935-12-20
Composite City

Stockholm has been described as
a composite of Scottish lake seen
pry. of the Bay of Naples, and of
the Islands of the Aegean. 1t Is
bnilt on peninsulas and islands. and
hundreds of boats and small steam
ers ply its waterways, taking its
residents to and from their island
homes.
Milford chronicle., 1935-12-20

The Department Of Commerce re-
ports that industrial output reached
its highest point for October since
19S0-nearly 80 per cent of its 1928
1926 average. And, despite state
ments by government officials that
industrial employment Jagged, the
Labor Departments September sur
vey of employment showed an in
crease of SS5,OO0 workmen on the
payrolls of industry.
Milford chronicle., 1935-12-20

(Cilton iowa. Herald)
General Johnson says relief Is
back in politics. That's interesting.
We didn't know it had been away.
, 1935-07-08
INGRAM TELLS


west side In the bushes, wnile
Campbell stepped I'm the bushes
about so feet north OF us.
Fortuna. leading his man ana
woman companion, came walking
along the trail from the river about
. or $50 J'clcck. When the last me
passed me, I stood up and shined
my flashlight ON thin ordering
them TO halt. Fortuna turned and
fried 20 level n shotgun nc me -
couldn't fire because his friends
were between us. About this mo-
ment. bennett started to rise from
the bushes and shined his light ON
Fortuna.
Fortuna half whirled and mt
&C his gun about waist high and
fired n time. bennett fell He
fired once with his pistol before
dropping.
X opened fire on Fortuna mn ne
ran down the road into which the
trail led. firing three shots from
my pistol. Campbell stood UP and
started shooting with his shotgun.
When he fired one shot his gun
damned and we saw. In the dim
light. Fotuna run into the brush
ahead OF us. We helped Dennett
10 the house of C. E. Smith and
then started hunting Fortuna Hs
escaped into the brush and dark
ness"