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The Washington times., 1935-04-18
Flood of Illegal Aliens

The flood of aliens who enter this country illegally amounted
two hundred and fifty thousand last year. investigation
veals.
Of this number the majority undesrabes and many
ut-and out criminals
Even the socaled 'desrabe by breaking the nations
laws in order get cannot be considered the type OF
material that America wants for its future citizens
Yet Americans wonder why the crime problem to defy
foreigners who ought be supported by their home countries
With nearly million aliens slipping into the United States
illegally every four years. addition those who arrive here
legally the for large part of crime and poverty
not hard to grasp.
Federal authoritessome of themare at last waking
to the of illegal immigration and that they
will launch drive against it similar to the antdnapng drive
of recent years.
Federal money cannot be spent to better purpose such
drive gets results.
But difficult how anything will result from these
efforts other Federal the Labor Depart
menare allowed to step in and prevent the deportation OF
unwanted aliens after the latter have been rounded up
for harmless" aliens but also for hundreds Of CRIMINAL
aliens who pleaded that they would suffer hardship shipped
back to their lands.
HARDSHIP!
Too bad about that hardship
The Labor Department evidently thinks that those who
should be spared uneasantness foreign crooks dope
pedders and gangsters while the awabdng of the
American people compelled endure the of these
parasites in silence and like it,
Any deportation drive by agency of the Government will
be stupid joke another agency of the Government
nuy at will through softhearted sentiment selfish poll
tics-As THE CASE IS NOW
The Washington times., 1935-04-18
The Apple Blossom Fete

With the setting Of the dates and the selection of queen
the annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Washington
and the surrounding country begin to make arrangements
for the annual pilgrimage to Winchester.
The fete will be held May 2 and and Miss Nella
veverka daughter of the Czechosovaan Minister and
adopted daughter of Washington, will reign queen.
Washngonans need urging to join with their neghbors
in Virginia in celebrating the blossomng of the millions of
apple trees in the valley.
Since the festival established twelve years ago it has
grown in beauty and in joy until now it is firmly established
of the most enticing events held in this vicinity
For the two days of the festival hopitable Virginia plays
host thousands of visitors from all sections of the country
If it possible to improve the traditional hospitality Of
the Old Dominion the improvement would be made at the time
and the vicinity of the blossoming of the apple trees
So you may well start to arrange for visit to
Winchester at festival time.
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A Better Day Is DaWning

One of the pund at Teachers College, New York. has dis
covered that children should be dressed comfortably.
AS this great mind puts it, Psychology is invading the
realm of cdrens clothing with the knowledge that children
aspire to be independent
The profound truth of that observation has been known
children-and parents-from fig-leaf days down.
But only in years has the younger generation bene
fitted by or the higher learning given official sanction
Well the present crop of fathers will not begrudge the
change but will wish it had earlier
Most them remember the Faunteroy epoch when any
family that could afford dressed its small boys velvet
suits rufed shirts and pumps with buckles And
ing insult made them their hair in shouderengh cur
That the of frustrated boyhood and perhaps
plains the of the bahtubgn period when the victims
of Faunteroysm found from its horrors
But fortunately, better day has dawned and young
America is allowed to much-or little-as it
peases
Evidently there such thing progress though usual
it's late
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tanic, the failure of lookout
man "a perfectly excuSable
failure, but a failure neverthe-
less) and the failure of a wire.
less operator on the nearby
California, were directly respon-
sible for the unnecessary death
of over a 1000 people. In the
case of the Lincoln tragedy. the
failure of a soldier to watch a
door which should have been
guarded, turned the entire re-
construction period into
tragedy from which we did not
recover until almost 40 years
afterwards.
HAD SEEN PLAY
AS you may remember, it had
been Booths original plan to
murder not only President
Lincoln but also General Grant
and Secretary of War Stanton
and Vice President johnson.
The fact, however, that Booth
had been a we'll known actor
made it easy for him to move
in and out of Ford's theater
without being asked for any
credentials. But at the last mo-
ment General Grant decided to
spend the weekend with his
daughter Nellie, who was at
tending a school in New Jersey.
And so Lincoln went alone. He
had seen the play, "Our Amer
ican Cousin" before and was
not very eager to sit through
a performance for the second
time, but he knew that many
people would be going that eve
ming for the express purpose OF
seeing their beloved President.
The play was we'll under way
when the presidential party
arrived. The President was ac-
companied by Mrs. Lincoln and
two friends-a Major Rathbone
and his fiancee, a Miss Clara
Harris. A single guard, by the
name of John Parker, was told
to remain outside the door that
gave entrance to the preSi-
Dental box. Had he done his
duty, it is doubtful whether
Booth could have entered, for
the box was at the head of a
narrow flight of stairs.
And Booth, even if he had
managed to enter the box. could
never have barricaded it from
within, a small detail which
made it possible for him to
effect his escape by way of the
stage. But the guard left his
job at the door, found himself
q comfortable seat in thepgal-
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close to the Administration say.
HarriSOn's measure would date
bonus certificates back to
November II, 1918, making the
maturity date 1888 instead of
1945 as provided in present law.
And those close to the Admins
tratiOn say that the bill does not
please Mr.. Roosevelt. E,
Instead, they point out that
Harrison and Robinson DiU be
forced to run for the Senate
again before long and that
there haze been rumorS that
the going 1Oill be rough.
SO, they continue, Harrison
and Robinson do not want to
make open war against the
soldiers.
If they can put over the
compromise measure, they be-
lieve Mr.. Roosevelt might agree
to it to help his two lieutenantS
who, observers say, have lost con-
siderable power in their own
States by paying too much at
tentiOn to national legislation.
When the baseball season
opened in Washington, Clark
Griffith, owner of the Washing
ton ball club, forwarded a sea-
son pass to President Roosevelt.
It bore the inscription:
"Admit President Roosevelt
and party"
Representative Guy M. Gill
lette (DO of Iowa says that
goes to show how far down
the line the Republicans have
slipped.
He contends that the words,
"PreSident Roosevelt and party"
means the Chief ErecutiUe and
the Democratic party.
So he says:
There should be plenty of
room for Democrats at the
games.
"The Republicans aren't to
be allowed in the ball park"
On Tuesday, April 16, the
Senate recessed at 10 minutes
before S O'Clock p. m.
Not that that wGS an unusual
hour for business to cease but
it had been announced that on
that day the Senate Uould halt
its work at an early hour be-
cause of urgent business"
Yet. it worked on until almost
5 o'clock.
None mentioned the fact
that the Senate had expected
to quit earlier.
Surely none would believe
that the fact that the opening
ball game had been postponed
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Wiping Out Crime
Bu James T. Williams, Jr.

forcement becomes lax, COM
mittees Of forward looking
citizens be formed at once to
learn why this laxity has been
allowed to develop. 1t is foolish
to say that a police department
is failing to do its work-a law
enforcing agency only fails
when there is an excellent
reason for it.
"It stands to reason that men
who must risk their lives to
apprehend dangerous criminals
are not going to fail when that
failure means danger to them
selves. Therefore it is a citi-
zen's duty to look behind these
matters.
There should be justice and
unfaiIing justice for anyone who
is brought face to face with a
criminal C!Arge. But the prose
cution of an offender should
not be reduced to an absurd
travesty in which justice does
not depend upon the facts of
he case but upon the antics,
the tricks, the unScrupulous
methods of crooked attorneys,
and the loOpholes provided by
loosely framed laws which per
nit the criminal element to
laugh at our statutes"
CROOKED ALLIES
When criminals get the as.
Sistance of crooked lawyers and
crooked politicians it is not
enough to round up convicts
and punish the guilty criminals.
If the community is to get
real protection against crime
the crooked confederates of the
criminals-his political and legal
allies-must also be punished.
The people themselves can
get rid of the crooked politicians
whenever and wherever they
rise in their wrath and follow
through until the crooked
politicians are either driven
from power or put into jail or
both.
But when it comes to getting
rid of crooked lawyers, it is the
stern responsibility Of the hon.
est lawyers of a community to
take the lead, bring disbarment
proceedings and carry them
through to a successful finish.
This is what has just been
done in Philadelphia. This is
what ought to be done in every
city and town in the land which
is now preyed upon by the yer.
min that today infests America
in every State in the Union.
Copyright, 1895, The Washington Times)
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files for the office. New gadgets
all over. This year, at last.
you're going to get around to
Fixing Things Up Right!
Swell resolution! Making the
same one myself. Hope we both
see it through. But while you're
tinkering on the Old Joint, or
that little weekend shack, EoW
about yourself? What sort of
a spring job are you planning
on Exhibit A?
No use kidding yourself any
longer-you certainly need a
good overhauling. There are
tangles in you tougher than any
in your fishing tackle. . weeds
in you worse than any the gar.
den ever saw.
And those neglected messes
are doing things to your life
worse things every year. Losing
friends for you. Getting you
into mean rows. Spelling fine
opportunities. So what?
CLEAN HOUSE
Are you going to drift along
through another year, doing
nothing about them? You know
the answer if you do. Greater,
grimmer gobs of grief. Bigger,
blacker bad breaks. AW, what's
the use?
Why not make a real house
cleaning job of it-and decide
to do something for YOU,
YOURSELF, INC?
Really interested? Then
here's a book that'll start you
off with a bang!-"WHAT
MAKES US SEEM QUEER?"
BY David Seabury-published
by Whittlesey House (McGraw-
Hill Book Co.. Inc) Price?
About the same as a bucket
of good bug spray-and guaran-
teed to do an even better job
if you have the grit to take it.
What makes YOU seem so
queer? A very personal ques-
ton, but your friends have been
asking it for some time, partner,
so perhaps you'd better look
into it. AS a matter of fact,
you've probably wondered your
self. Asked yourself, miserably,
why you aren't ever really
happy
Why you're haunted by a
vague sort of fear
Why things get your goat so
easily
Why people always pick on
you-or do they?-
Why no one really under
stands you-
Why you can't seem to "let
yourself go' like other people
Endless. miserable questions.
Even while your blood is dane
ing with April, part of you sits
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
what's the use Of going on. Moth
ing ahead bu one mess after
The Washington times., 1935-04-18
By Elsie Robinson

There's only one real trouble
with you and that'S-IGNOR-
ANCE.
What makes YOU seem so
queer? Your own lack of knoWl.
edge concerning yourself. But
that's durable.
There's a reason for every
strange thing you do-reasons
that started so long ago you've
forgotten them. Yet each year
those hidden, forgotten reasons
do more damage to your life.
KEY TO CURE
Reasons like that lead men
into bread lines-land them on
morgue slabs and behind prison
bars.
Yet there's a cure for them
all-and a key to all the good
fortune you or any other human
can handle.
Want it? Then what's hold.
ing you? YOU DON'T HAVE
TO GO ON BEING YOUR OWN
JINX A DAY LONGER! Just
read that book and have the
courage to apply it to YOUR
SELF!
Copyright, 1885, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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cluding a State senator, accused
of unethical association with
criminals and racketeers, have
just been diSbarred by five COM
mon pleas court judges sitting
en- banc.
This is a good beginning for
Philadelphia. 1t sets a good
example for other communities
which are preyed upon by faith
less "officers of the court" p
for under the American system
OF government every attorney
at-law is supposed to be an "of-
ficer of the court"
But it will take time and
organized effort under the
leadership of the reputable
members of the American Bar
to complete this house e-cleaning.
THE ONLY METHOD
"The only method by which
crime can be eradicated," de-
clared Director Hoover in
recent address, "is by the abso-
lutte cooperation of every law
enforcement officer plus the
power of every good citizen in
the United States.
Law enforcement can only
be as good in a community as
the desire of that community's
population demands that it be
good. 1t is a matter that de-
mandS that the police be freed
from the political fetters which
hamper them.
1T demands that, when en-.
The Washington times., 1935-04-18
Gas Masks for Babies

PARIS, April "a special gas mask for newborn babies
among the novelties pictured and described in the
paper Figaro today.
Americans reading this will for preparing keep
sher country out Of foreign and keep foreign out
Uf their country.
They don't want to be compelled put their children in
masks
They know there will be occasion for that they have
SNOugh ships, planes and to prevent it.
The Washington times., 1935-04-18

ndu ally GlAHS ~ 40 WAUA GAAO
failure to recess early in the
day.
When a soldier secures his
commission of major general
he is thoroughly imbued with
the old Army spirit.
At least so thinks Maj. Gen.
William C. Rivers, retired Army
officer.
Rivers recently was called be-
fore the House Military Affairs
Committee of which Representa-
tive John j. McSwain, Demo
crat, of South Carolina, is chair
man.
He was invited to sit down.
General Rivers announced:
81 have had to stand up be-
fore SO many generations of
colonies and generals that 1
could not sit down if 1 wanted
to-"
Copyright, 1885. The Washington
Tunes
The Washington times., 1935-04-18
Marry-GO-ROund
By Helen ROWLand

The most common cause of
divorce is a mans tendency to
be dissatisfied witt whatever
he HAS-especially if it's what
he deserved.
Sometimes, a man can ruin
a woman's life just as effec-
tually by transferring his love
from her to a golf course, as
he could by transferring it to
another woman.
You can't kill a woman's illu.
sions. No matter how plain she
may be, she never gives up the
hope that a new spring hat will
make some man think her beau
tiful enough to love.
Somehow, following a career,
making the world a better
place" or helping humanity
never seems to take the place Of
mothering some man, in the
average girls life.
At this time of year, many a
mans heart is so trusting and
impressionable that he is apt to
rush right out of one woman's
arms into another Woman's
clutches.
A good sport" is woman
who can write "finis" with a
steady hand at the end of a
love affair-and then close the
book without adding a post
script.
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dreams shin
ing |! S e e i
c a t alogs all
over the place
fl S h i n e
tackle on the
living room
t a b | e. Fox
gloves, mari
colds, canter-
bury bells
royal coach
man." gray
h a c kl
"black gnat."
N e W p a in :
for the bath
room New
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other. They
occurred Al
years apart.
But S o m E.
how or other.
t h e y both
seem to show
h o W t h e
chance action
of a single
person m a y
influence the
fate of ma
tionS as well
as ind j Vid-
uals.
In the case
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and brilliant
dire C t or of
the Division
of Investiga-
ton of the
D e p artment
of Justice to
purge t h cir
sector of the
American bar
of its "shy-
Sters" W h o
h a We be e n
masquerading
as lawyers.
Six of eight
P h iladelphia
attOrneVS in
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Meet the Commentator
Hendrix WiILem van Loon

lery and prepared to enjoy the
evening in his own way.
At a quarter before 10, Booth
rode up to the stage door and
asked someone to hold his
horse. Captain Williams, Of the
Washington mounted police, who
knew him, asked him to come
in a nearby saloon and have a
drink, but Booth declined.
Booth, however, was so nerv-
Gus and fidgety that he at
tracted the attention of Ser
geant Dye, of the military
police. But everybody in Wash.
ington knew Mr.. Booth, the
actor, and so they paid no
further attention to him, as
soon as it had been explained
who he was.
When he disappeared into a
saloon, the policemen said, "He
is probably drunk again." and
let it go at that.
After leaving the saloon,
Booth went to the stage door,
cracked a joke with the gate
keeper about his not having
ticket, wandered into the the.
ater, walked out again, had an
other drink in the same saloon,
went back to the theater, asked
the doorkeeper for a chew of
tobacco and disappeared into
the darkness, humming a popu-
lar tune.
He apparently went directly
to the presidential box. The
guard had left his post and was
enjoying a free show from a
nearby seat in the gallery. And
so Booth walked into the presi.
dental box, softly closed the
door, fastened it with a bolt
which earlier in the afternoon
he had made out of an old
music stand, held his small pis.
tol a few inches behind the
Presidents head and pulled the
trigger.
1t was such a very small pis-
tol and the audience was laugh
ing so loudly at the funny lines
of the hero that nobody heard
the report.
But suddenly the people saw
a man leap across the railing of
the box. They saw another man,
his sleeve dripping with blood,
making a grab for him. They
saw how he failed to catch him.
MAKES HISTORY
They saw the man land on
all fours. They saw him arise
and brandish a long hunting
knife. They heard him shout
few words. At the same time
they heard the man with the
bloody sleeve, Major Rathbone,
shout, Hold him! Hold him."
Then they became conscious
of a loud banging and hammer.
ing while policemen were trying
to break into the presidential
box and they realized that the
man with the hunting knife
had disappeared into the wings.
Next, they knew that the Presi-
dent had been mortally wounded
by an unknown assassin, and
was at that moment being car
ried out of the theater on a
shutter.
All of which could never have
happened in quite that easy
way, if certain guard in front
of box No. of the Ford Thea
ter, of Washington, D. c., on
the 14th of April, 1865, had done
his duty on that particular eve
ming.
Copyright. 1875. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.) .
The Washington times., 1935-04-18
Wise Words

Honesty is the best policy, but
he who acts on that principle is
not an honest man.-Whately.
Every mortal has for his
share his own happiness near
at hand to him.-Voltaire.
Confidence does more to make
conversation tn n wit. La
Rochefoucauld.
Hurry is the mark of a weak
nina; dispatch of a strong one.
Cotton.
In a word, to appear an hon.
est man it is necessary to be
one.-Bolfau.
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hat and a tonic, instead OF a
new car and a divorce.
This is the time of year
when the man who has tried
to mix lobster and pie a la
mode is apt to dream that
the fellow who owns the place
where he stole the rocks for
his wife's garden, is piling them
on his chest.
A man always feels that he
has been terribly "misunder.
Stood" when he discovers that,
just because he was careless
enough to become engaged"
to a girl for the spring-kiss-
ing-season, she really expects
him to MARRY her.
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and President
Roosevelt on
t h e soldiers
bonus, it ap-
pears.
Hailed a S
the Roosevelt
conprom i S e
measure, the
b o n us bill
WIllCkI SS11ds
tor Harrison
h a S in tr o.
duced is act
u a lily no t
sponsored by
t h e w h i t e
uo11co fh0cn
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Details Apparently Insig-
nificant Make Up History

The fourteenth of April was
the day on which Lincoln was
aSSassinated. 1t also was the
day the Titanic went down.
These two events, except for
their staggering ghastliness, had
nothing in common with each
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OLD FAVORITES

To ALthea, From Prison - By Richard LOUeLace
When Love with unconfned wings
HoIers within my gates,
And nv divine Athea brings
To whisper at the CRATES;
When l lie tangled in her hair
And fettered to her eye,
The birds that wanton in the air
Know no such liberty.
Stone walls do not prison make,
Nor iron bars cage
Minds innp pcent and quiet take
That for an hermitage;
If have freedom in my love
And in my soul am Free
Angels alone, that above,
Enjoy such liberty.
Readers nved to send to the editor their sugges
on of old favortes among the poems for reprinting
this Aqacel
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another. Everything you touch
bound to turn out wrong"
You're right. The prospect is
Greatest Show On Earth
Bu John Snure, T.

The New Deal has turned
into a poker game between
Senator Pat Harrison, Majority
Leader Joseph T. Robinson
The Washington times., 1935-04-18

Light AS Spring Love
An old-fashioned woman is
one who can remember when
Spring" meant merely a new
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World
What Makes Us Seem So
Queer?

April. .a-h-h!. What lovely
things it does to us! Old songs
singing in your heart - old
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1t is the citizens duty to see
that criminal attorneys or "ldD-
gers criminal" are forced out OF
their alliance With the under
Dorld and are properly pun
iShed.-J. Edgar HooUer.
Citizens of Philadelphia ap-
pear to be responding to the
call of the brave and honest
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) black. BUT it needn't stay so.
Fate hasn't framed you-the
cards aren't stacked against you.
The Washington times., 1935-04-18

had anything to do with the
failure to recess early in the
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-19
.CANZONERI To
BATTLE kL|Ck
At BAY GIT !

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. l9. tUE
In the city where Joe Cans, Ad
Wolgast. Battling Nelson and Will
lie Ritchie fought some of their
greatest battles, two young light
weights who follow closely in the
shadows of the great old-timers
will battle tonight in a nationally
important clash.
The antagonists are that hard
fighting never quitting lightweight
champion of the world, Tony Can
zoneri of New Orleans and New
York, and Frankie Klick, a San
Francisco boy who had to go east
to gain recognition in his own
home town.
Their battle will be a non-title
affair. with Kick coming in over the
lightweight limit, but will presage
a clash for the crown between the
same pair when the satisfactory ar
rangementS can be completed.
Klick wants a win tonight to
strengthen his claim as the most
logical challenger. Canzoneri also
wants to win to prove beyond
doubt his superiority to the little
buZz-saw who pushed him hard in
three previous fights.
Betting odds rested at 10 to 8
favoring Canzoneri. He's the cham
pion and the winner of the pre-
ViouS meetings.