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The Washington times., 1935-11-22
A CURIOUS WILL

A curious will has just been
placed on file in the Surrogate's
Court in New York. August Gis-
sler, author and traveller, be-
queaths to a dozen people, includ"
ing William Beebe, the gentleman
who walks upon the bottom of
tropical seas to photograph bright
colored fishes, shares in a part of
that old pirates lair, Cocos Island.
Besides Mr.. Beebe, one ct the
worlds greatest authorities on fish
and birds, a New York cutlery
dealer and half a dozen ladies are
invited, by the circumstances of
the bequest, to a taste of thrilling
notwithstanding less than
treasure hunting on the most ia,
NOUS of all treasure islands. Gis'
sler, who died on August 9th,
owned, it appears, considerable
tract of land in the western hall
of Cocos.
GOLD AND JEWELS
He, himself, directed in his will
that his part of the island was
not to be sold for less than $780,
900. But, in the petition which
preceded the will, a very dubious
expectation of treasure is sug.
gested by estimating the real
value of the estate at less than
$500.
But there is treasure on Cocos
Island. The tales of its exist.
ence. in fabulous boards of gold
and jewels, is authenticated by
something more compelling than
legend or tradition. For many
years, a century and half, treas,
ure hoarders have adventured to
Cocos. drawn by the golden allure
of fabulous wealth.
Only a little while ago, Presi
dent Roosevelt stepped ashore on
Cocos for a picnic lunch, and we
have the word of the accompany
ing correspondents that he jabbed
a spade into the ground just tor
the thrill of the thing.
A well-organized British treas
ure expedition is even now dis
The Washington times., 1935-11-22

To those who know and love old
Vienna, the recent news must
have been disturbing. Although
the lovely old city by the Danube
has lost much of its traditional
gaiety and beauty since tho post
war period, it's sweet charm, de
lightful people, glorious music
still remain. And the beauty of
it's surrounding forest and the
gardenlike streets, the exquisitely
beautiful churches and palace still
make an appeal eT:-en to those who
declare themselves uninfluenced
by surroundings.
There are two Centers in Vienna,
one in the heart of the city in
front of that sacred edifice with
it's high, tapering spire, st. Ste
phan's Cathedral, that for over
seven centuries has been the holy
shrine of the Viennese woc are as
devout as they are happy and
hght-hearted.
One can imagine the graceful
spire brooding over the awful
scene that reduced the beautiful
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DIVERSIFIED CROPS

AS the AAA awaits the ruling
of the Supreme Court on its
validity, it is increasing the atten'
ton given to Southern agriculture
Economists in the agency are
witnessing the drastic change IN
the policy of farmers Of the South
and are attempting to map some
program that will meet the diver
sification of Southern crops.
Partly because of Government
control of cotton, partly because
of the decline in the foreign mar,
ket for cotton, agriculturists OF
the South are turning their atten'
ton to crops other than cotton
and tobacco. Raising of livestock
is also attracting their interest
Progressive farmers in the
Southern area foreSee large de-
velopments in various forms Of
agriculture if they can swing
away from the two commodities
that have been considered their
most important.
With their attention focused
on diversified planting and on
raising livestock, it is definitely
indicated that before long the
Southern farmers will provide
keen competition to the farmers
and livestock raisers of the
Northern and Western regions.
The AAA expects that the
change in Southern agriculture
will provide it with more business
although few persons believe that
methods devised by Washington
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NY. A. Doomed to Fail
BIZ James T. Williams, F.

} The only reason these States
have not been heard from Is be-
cause their Youth Directors were
candidates for the job and got it
through political pull.
Mr.. Osborn was not candidate
for his position. He was drafted
for it because he had the quail.
fications to administer it success.
fully had he been given authority
commensurate with his responsi.
bility.
NOT QUALIFIED
He refused to deceive American
youth any longer and resigned.
Few, if any, Of the other Youth
Directors will have either the cour.
age or honesty of purpose to fol-
low his commendable example.
What is wrong with the Ma.
tional Youth Administration is no
mystery.
It's failure in New York and else
where will be no surprise to public
educators all over the country,
who recognized from the first the
uselessness of this new Federal
agency and protested against its
invasion of the field Of public
education.
Whatever Federal aid for job
less youth in need Of education
was required should have been ex'
tended through the Federal office
of Education to the State superin'
tendents of public education.
This would have saved nearly
two million dollars in overhead
organization-an amount suffi'
cient to have enabled $4,000 young
Americans to continue their edu.
cation.
It would also have saved thou
sands of American youths from
coming under the control Of a
political group of bureaucrats
masquerading as experts in the
field of education.
Many of the State Directors of
the Youth Administration are
political appointees with no train
ing and no experience that would
qualify them to aid American
youth to meet the challenge OF
the depression.
If the Administration respon-
sible for setting up the National
Youth Administration had the
courage and the common sense
of Mr.. Fairfield Osborn, it would
demobilize this aggregation Of
misfits before Congress convenes
and go to the support of public
education in the several States
through the Federal Office Of
Education.
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Fairfield Osborn, jr., State di-
rector for New York of the Ma
tional Youth Administration, has
resigned for reasons that will
interest not only American youth
but their fathers and mothers
the country over.
Mr.. Osborn's resignation is
wholly due to the fact that he
has too much Self-respect to re-
main in an official position
which imposes a responsibility
before the public beyond his Of
ficial authority to discharge.
Mr.. Osborn not only had the
courage to resign an office for
which he was personally selected
by President Roosevelt, but also
had the common sense to give
the public a convincing state
ment of the why and wherefore
of his retirement in language
simple enough for any intelligent
youth to understand his purpose
and appreciate his sincerity.
Mr.. osborn says that the Ma.
tional Youth Administration has
failed to keep it's promises, which
were given national publicity
when the program Of this new
Federal agency was announced
last summer.
FAIR PROMISES
It was understood at the time
Mr.. osborn and the other Al
State youth directors were ap
pointed, more than four months
ago. that they would be giver
not only the responsibility o1
carrying out the program in thell
respective States, but also thu
funds and authority to make the
program effective.
Repeated efforts on the part o.
Mr.. Osborn since he was ap
pointed to get the freedom anc
the funds to take constructive
action under the program have
ended in failure to obtain elthel
from the Administration at Wash
ington.
I'm view of the fact that thu
term of this Administration ex
pires on June 30" says Mr.
Osborn in his letter of resigna
ton, "and that more than one
third of the entire term has al
ready gone by, the potentialitie!
of accomplishment as originally
contemplated have been largely
forfeited"
What has happened in New
York has happened in man!
other States where the Nationa
Youth Administration has failee
miserably.
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others who once spoke the chosen
word have ceased their praise OF
the Administration and when
they talk it is the word Of the
defender which emanates.
The definite opposition to many
Of the Tugwellian policies, the re-
sentiment among farmers for men
who learned their agriculture
from text books, is believed to
have persuaded the men at the
helm that it would do little good
to have these gentlemen continue
their utterings.
Although the left wing policies
were favorably received in some
quarters at the outset of the pres
ent regime, there have been a
number of indications that the
radical theories have fallen into
disrepute and that the Admins
tration is convinced the Tugwells
should be silent as the election
nearS.
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FRIENDLY DEED

Home in her district this sum.
mer one of the Democratic mem
bers of Congress was warned that
a certain official of the Admins
tration who had definite views on
hog production was coming there
to defend his policies at farmers
meetings.
Her views were not the same as
those of this hog-control exponent.
Following the warning, she in
sists that when she drove her car
about the district and noticed
little pigs along the highway, she
would call:
"Get along, little piggie! -
will get you if you don't watch
out!''
She AYERS with all the power of
a Democratic member Of Congress
that the little pigs would invaria
bly, heed her warning.
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The Human Side of the News
By Nelson Harding
Bu EdUin C.. Hill

>turbing the jungle growth Of
Cocos in the hope of treasure.
They have been at work for sew.
eraT months and are still spurred
by hope.
The story of Cocos goes back
two centuries and a half to the
days of a red-handed old pirate
known as Edward Davis, who had
rounded Cape Horn and, sweeping
northward along the west coast
of South America, scuttled ships,
sacked towns and filled his hold
with Spanish gold and jewels.
He put in at CocoS, which is
some 800 miles from the nearest
mainland of Costa Rica, beached
his ship, secured off her barnacles
and buried his treasure. Years
later, the city of Lima, the capital
of Peru, was threatened by the
republican army of General
Bolivar. The worthy Spaniards of
Lima trembled at the approach OF
the hberator. They collected their
wealth, to the amount Of fifty mil
lion dollars in gold and gems,
some say, and embarked with it
on a ship named Mary Dear.
skippered by a thorough-going
rascal named Thompson.
The Mary Dear had barely
dropped behind the horizon OF
Lima when Captain Thompson
and his bloody buccaneers mur-
dered their guests, sailed to Cocos
and buried the loot of palace and
cathedral. Years later, Thompson
turned up in Newfoundland and,
in company with a man named
Keating, organized an expedition
to Cocos to retrieve the treasure
he had buried a quarter of cen
tury before. But before their
ship put out, Thompson died.
GUARD SECRETS
Keating, with Thompson's
charts and maps, went on with
the venture. Moreover, so the
story goes, he actually found the
cave in which the great treas
ure of Lima had been hidden
But the crew mutinied and Keat
ing was killed with the knowledge
that he alone possessed. That was
the first, which is known, Of many
attempts to lift the treasures OF
Cocos.
After Davis and Benito Bonito,
other vultures of the sea, who
had carried fire and sword to
the Spanish Main-swooping like
hungry hawks upon the treasures
of the rich cities OF the coast.
as Sir Henry Morgan raided
Panama-had made Cocos Island
their safe deposit box.
Vague speculation assumes
that there is at least zoo
billion dollars worth of treasure
buried in these 16 square miles
of forest, mountain and field-a
mere dot in the Pacific, some
500 miles southwest of the Pan
anna Canal.
Perhaps, even probably. some
of the treaSure-hu~ers have beer
successful. Their golden secret
may have been well kept. FOL
men are not apt to babble about
their luck when governments art
hungry for the larger portion o1
the recovered hoard.
Copyright, 1885. King Features
Syndicate 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1935-11-22
GUST THE SURFACE"

~AAAA S~&UA AA~AS
Although ostensibly they benefit
by the vast spending of the WPA
and the PWA, cont actor S
throughout the nation are Sc
cretly unimpressed by the Fed
eral expenditure.
They agree that the PWA has
accomplished some good in the
drive to bring about recovery.
Of WPA, however, they have
another view.
According to them the necessity
of promising a definite number of
man hours in their estimates
seriously interferes with their
chances of securing a beneficial
financial set-up particularly as
$1.01 is deducted for every man
hour promised but not fulfilled.
The contractors contend that
the PWA is merely scratching the
surface in its efforts to promote
recovery.
The quiet term for it is:
"The leaf-raking contest"
The Washington times., 1935-11-22
Words of Wise Men

The mass of men lead lives of
quiet desperation. What is called
resignation is confirmed despera-
ton. "A stereotyped but mcon-
seious despair is concealed even
under what are called the games
and amusements Of mankind
H. D. Thoreau.
To one who knows, it Is super
fluous to give advice; to one who
does not know, it Is insufficient.
Seneca.
He soonest loseth that despa1rs
to win.-Unknown.
The Washington times., 1935-11-22

U ndersecretary
of Agriculture
R e x f I'd G.
Tugwell.
IN re C e n t
months, h o W.
ever, the Num-
ser One Brain
Truster h a S
ceased his spell
binding. He has
gone into his
shell and sell
dom comments
on matters of
national j M
portance.
like Tuowe1l
The Washington times., 1935-11-22

NAPOLEON SAID: "Four hostile newspapers are
more to be feared than a thousand bayOnets" The
pouUer of the press simply the poer of informed
citixenry
The first nOUe of the tyrant usurper is to stop
the fow of Information. The Newspaper, then, 10
more than business. 1t is the bulUark Of free
institutions.
The Washington times., 1935-11-22

Lat the counsel Of thine own
heart stand; for there is no man
more faithful unto thee than it.
For a mans mind Is sometimes
wont to tell him more than seven
watchmen. that sit above in a
high tower.-Apocrypha.
Mans capacities have never
been measured: nor are we to
Judge of what he can do by any
precedents, so little has been
tried.-H. D. Thoreau.
Despair and confidence both
Danish fear.-William Alexander.
The Washington times., 1935-11-22
OLD FAVORITES
Reply to the EnUiOus Harry Carey

With honest old friend and merry old song
And flask of old port let sit the night long,
And laugh at the malice of those who repne
That they must swig porter while can drink wine
envy no mortal though great
Nor I a wretch for his lowly estate
But what abhor and esteem
Is poorness of Spirit, not poorness of Purse.
Then dare to be generous dauntess, and gay,
Let's merrily pass lifes remainder away;
Upheld by friends our foes may despse
For the envied the higher we rise.
(Readers invited to send to the editor their
tons of old favores among the for reprnting IN
this space.)
The Washington times., 1935-11-22
The Greatest Show On Earth
BIZ John Snure, J.

bureaus and off1cialdom can have
any success as permanent policies
despite the fact they may have
temporary benefit.
The Washington times., 1935-11-22
WISECRACKS AND
WISECRACKERS

I've wanted to say it for years.
I knew, of course, I'd Immediately
become a social blight. People
would Sneer at me nod sig
nificantly, making goofy high
signs duck when they saw me
coming. For you might as well
deny the existence of God-far
better, midlothian admit you
despise Wisecracks and Wisecrack-
ers.
But too much is at least too
many. I'm going to state my op!n-
ion of these snickering smartieS If
I die for it. So here we are, my
hearties! And if I don't do my
dirtiest to the whole Wisecracking
tribe it won't be for lack of trying.
Our Wisecracking period began
with the appalling shock of the
World War. Before that, we
Americans had been race Of
adolescent sleep Understanding
little and caring less about world
conditions-wrapped, securely, in
Jul kJACdOa4AVS PAAE1oS NANO"AAA "a
happiness and success.
Suddenly we were awakened to
ugly reality, found ourselves
stripped of our colossal Self-confi'
dence, exposed to a CHASTITY emer-
gency with which we could not
cope.
DIGNIFIED SILENCE
Seasoned maturity is poised in
the face of catastrophe. If it can
not act, it can at least maintain
a dignified silence-simply, hum
bly, admit it's weaknesses and ig-
norance. But to the egotiSm of
youth, such admission is impossi-
BILE and shameful.
It MUST put itself on record
somehow-MUST somehow turn
the spotlight upon itself. If it
cannot direct, it will deride. If it
cannot marshal forces, it will
make faces.
And deeper, even, than egotism
lies cowardice. Cowardice which
must, at all costs, be hidden
Hence, the wisecrack. It is the
petty person's-the stupid, vulgar,
silly person's-method Of crash
ing the gate" when he cannot OBJ
tain admittance by virtue Of his
own strength or wisdom. 1t is
the frightened persons way Of be
littling the thing he fears. .es
The Washington times., 1935-11-22
LESS VALUABLE

Slightly more than a year ago
one of the most loquacious
takers in the Raw Deal was
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'newed vigor to do bigger and bet
ter things, automatically speaking.
There's nothing like pat on the
back to give a girl courage, I al
ways say. Douglass Montgomery
will choke himself to death if his
admirers don't stop sending him
mufflers. The latest CITIES brings
the total up to 50.
Sybil Jason, Warner Brothers
competition for Shirley Temple, is
being re-toothed. She bit into a
caramel with too much aplomb
for a scene in her first starring
vehicle, 1.-The little big shot," and
as result, left a very important
molar in the sweet, for her trou-
BILE. . 1T would seem that we have
done Rudy Vallee a dirty trick
by saying that he was Kidding
himself of his Maine lodge to SET
tie down in his California manse,
which he himself terms "yallee' s
Folly" He's clinging to his Maine
lodge which he loves with a pas
sion. So a thousand pardons, Mr..
v. Frances Dee at the moment
is attempting a little pound-put-
ting-on. She's arrived at the point
of being more slender than reed.
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This Barber He
Made-a Good-a

You won't find his name prom
inently displayed in any listing
of motion picture stars. You'll
rarely, if ever, see his picture in a
newspaper.
You'll rarely recall his name if
it is mentioned to you. But once
you see him perform his mimi
table antics in any motion picture
in which he has a part, you'll not
only howl throughout the period
he's on the screen but you'll re-
call his native features as those
of distinct personality who has
never failed to entertain.
And there you have Henry Ar
meta, who, despite the absence of
his name in lights, despite the
lack of publicity with which his
screen appearances are associated,
is nevertheless a genuine Holly
wood celebrity. And he'll prove
this to you when he appears in
person starting Friday on the
stage of LoeW's Fox Theater.
This suffering star of those
comic Italian roles is a native OF
sunny Italy, having been born in
Palermo on July 4, 1888. He was
one of seven children. An ad-
venturous youth, he slowed away
on a transatlantic liner when IA
and was not discovered until he
reached Boston. A barber be-
friended him, and Henry earned
his first American dollar welding
a razor and a pair of shears.
He studied English, pressed
pants and barbered and one day
Raymond Hitchcock took a fancy
to him and his sunny disposition,
and persuaded him to try the
stage. That was Henry's start.
He made good on the stage. and
after IL years on Broadway and
its enVirons, went to Hollywood
where he continued to make good.
A recent producers check-up re-
veals that he was fourth among
5000 thespians in the number of
pictures and number of active
days before a camera.
He is married, has three chill
dren, is five feet five inches tall.
Friday will mark his first visit to
the Capital.
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orchestra will appear a variety of
entertainers, including Skinnay
Ennis, Bob Allen, SaXy DoWel and
Maxine Gray.
1t is Hal Kemp who is credited
with starting a whole new trend
in dance music. AS well known
as Eddie Duchin's piano solos are
Kemp's special arrangements,
which have changed dance music
from the over-smooth, over-simple
levels to which it fell following
the end of "jazz." A Chicago
radio columnist recently listed 10
orchestraS in that city alone which
had openly copied the distinctive
Kemp style.
The booking of this special at
traction was arranged by Warner
Bros. General Circuit Manager
John j. Payette. just before he
left for California and the War.
ner Bros. general sales convention.
Confirmation was received at the
Earle Saturday. and the band
thus takes it's place in the lineup
of unique attractions which have
been included during the Earle's
June Jubilee of Hits" on both
stage and screen.
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BY LLOYD PANTAGES
Copyright. 1885, by King Features
SNnninate Inc

HOLLYWOOD, June II - 1t
comes as a sort of a blow that,
although Madame Ernestine Schu-
mann-Heink plays the role of Nino
Martins singing instructor in
Here's to Romance, she will not
give vent to even so much as one
song. She will just emote and
keep her larynx we'll closed which
is more than a blow to the millions
of Heink fans.
Such carryings-on in tn e
mewvies: William Wyler, who by
now you must know is the hus-
band of Margaret Sullivan, COM
planned on the sets of the Gay
Deception" (his Fox directorial
effort) that they were all entirely
too small. Yet, when they showed
him an exact dimensional replica
of the Waldorf Astoria linen room,
(Which they are depicting in the
picture) he said cts too big"
Ann Robinson, an extra, re-
turned to her home town, Bolivar,
Tenn, was given an acclaim by
the home folk akin to one that
Dietrich might have received had
she visited there, and was further
honored by being made a Ken
lucky colonel. 80, with all those
honors bestowed upon her, she re-
turned to the Holly-Woods with re-
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About this team of Powell and
Nedra on the Earle Theater bill.
Powell at one time was the fastest
crayon artist on the stage. Finally
his act gave way to this new act
Of colored sand Sifted pictures.
There are nine colored sands
used, and they are made by Powell
and his wife Nedra. Unlimited
coloring effects can be made from
these nine.
This coloring process dates back
ages and is one of the oldest
known arts. Savage tribes used
this type of picture in religious
worship.
Patricia Gail, the songStress
with Eddie Duchin's band at the
Earle, looked across the footlights
for the first time in her career at
Fridays first show. Although Pat
has sang at Maison Royale,
Danny Healy's HaHa Club, st.
Moritz, and even worked in the
Reliance film, FRANKIE and
Johnny" starring Helen Morgan
and Chester Morris, she had never
before Friday sang on the stage.
Her mother is full-blood Cher
okee Indian.
Yesterday backstage at the Fox
they sat and talked. Benny
Leonard Charley Foy . Patty
Moore. . Al Seigel. and Sammy
White. Trying to collect rent
from my real estate business keeps
me in show business" says Benny.
And Charley Foy, of the Foy
dynasty, tells this story. Charley's
older brother Bryon, directed and
produced the first all talking
film-"The Lights of New York"
which now reposes in the
Smithsonian Institute.
It seems that several years ago
there was a lad who had real
future as a lightweight boxer.
Joe Wellfling, but to the boxing
world Joe yelling was his name.
Joe until he piled into Benny
Leonard was a conner. When he
met up with Benny, IS rounds
found him standing in the way
of snappy smack that laid him
where Benny didn't have to watch
out for his punches any longer.
1t was the first time that Joe
had caught one like this and he
always remembered Benny as the
mitt-slinger who did it.
A few years later yelling died,
and if you had been in the
church in Washington that held
his services you would have seen
perhaps only a score of mourners,
and among them, on the last
bench, Benny Leonard.
Today Charley Foy and Benny
went to Joe Welling's grave with
flowers.
And Sammy White, on the
Fox bill with Charley Foy, is
all set to go into Sam Raphael
sons play THE Magnificent