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The Washington times., 1935-05-16
Still the Land of Opportunity

This is a story of a great
and glamorouS radio singer
who every Saturday rides his
fathers junk wagon and helps
collect junk. While the tale
advances no moral as to the
virtue or moral uplift of junk
gathering, in essence, it is a
saga of resourcefulness, Of
courage and family devotion
which ought to interest depres-
sion ridden America and which
bears testimony that our af-
Elections are not solely due to
our institutional and political
breakdown.
It is the story Of a family
on the up-and-up without bene-
fit of any alphabetical pills or
plasters of any sort and it
has a bearing on the daily be-
havior of the most wasteful
country in the world. The
name of the members of the
family cannot be given but I
vouch for the story I shall call
them Dad and Joe and Jim.
Dad was German born, here
at an early age. The mother,
now dead, was of Welsh birth.
Dad, big, stalwart, cheerful, now
in his early sixties, built up a
big trucking business in a big
city. He was intelligent, too,
saved his money and could have
retired before the big smash
came. But his business was
ruined and his investments
swept away. His boys had re-
Vealed brilliant musical ability,
both as instrumentalists and
singers. Their education must
be completed.
A NEW START
Dad, figuratively, went back
to Ellis Island to start over
again. He was empty handed,
as he was when he came down
the gang plank to the land OF
opportunity, but he was still
vigorous and strong. He
scraped together enough for a
horse and cart. He went to a
secluded little suburb where
there were nice homes, but
no routine arrangements for
garbage disposal.
He had been an office man
for years, but here he was, out
at dawn in his overallS again,
covering not only his regular
junk route, but doing special
jobs of trash removal.
Joe and Jim rode the wagon
with him, took their share OF
the work, and in their spare
time worked diligently at their
music.
Dad saved enough money to
buy couple of trucks. His SUI
burban route was extended.
The family began to save again,
to acquire a bit Of property
all in the last six years. Dad,
in his prosperous days had &C
quired influential friends who
helped arrange important audi
lions for the boys. They
clicked, Joe, after a modest be-
ginning in radio became a
headliner. Jim hooked a five
year contract with one of the
greatest name orchestras in
America, and is now q vocal
The Washington times., 1935-05-16
Crimes Munitions Makers

Continued robbery of banks by machnegun bandits should
draw attention again the fact that these weapons still for
sale the open market to anybody with few hundred dollars
to invest in them
Should draw attention" but won't
Not while American offcaldom and the American public
main as apathe toward the traffic these firearms they
have been in the past
When the Brooklyn armored robbery occurred last
investigation showed that submacne guns could be purchased
with little difficulty than sporting rifle and for not
much money than a good
Evidently this is still the
Hardly passes without bank robbery in section
Of the country in which the bandits equipped with
''Tommies.'
There probably enough of them in circulation throughout
the underworld to equip the United States Army and leave
supply for the National Guard and the Reserves
But the manufacture and sale of them go
We suggest that the gentlemen in Washington who
concerned about wartime munitions profits look into the
time profits of those who make and market the artillery of
crime
The Washington times., 1935-05-16
Marry-GO-ROund
By Helen ROWLaNtd

} male she meets, from her huS-
bands best friend to the ele-
vator boy and the gas man.
She begins in her cradle, by
vamping her own grandfather,
and never stops until she has
put on bifocals to see a man
approaching.
All this may be very exciting
and intriguing in sweetheart.
It keeps you on the qui vive,
before marriage, and puts a lot
of pep into the courtship. IN
certainty adds zest to the chase
and makes the capture more
triumphant.
But, after marriage, it wears
out your nerves, wrecks your
vanity, and fills you with an
inferiority complex.
The masculine love-addict
can never become one-woman
man; he puts the new glove
on right over the old, and
mixes his women and his emo
lions as he would never think
of mixing his drinks.
He may love one woman bet
ter than all others in the world
but the invitations in another
woman's eye, like the sound OF
the bugle to an old war horse,
will always stir him to promt re-
spouse and make him restless.
Even though you may manage
to keep his material body in the
house, his astral body and his
thoughts will be constantly
wandering afar in search OF a
new adventure.
He can't help it, it's just a
weakness in his nature, like the
weakness in another mans
nature for strong drink or
gaudy neckties.
copyright, 1888. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-05-16
The Human Side of the News = By Edwin C. Hill

eve would have every foot
of that ground under cultiva-
ton in Germany" he said.
'sWhen 1 drive this stuff away,
past this rich, fallOw but wasted
and useless land, I will pass
a mountain of discarded auto
mobiles, fine, tempered steel,
a lot of it. I'd like to get at
it, but 1 have all 1 can do on
my regular rounds.
"Many, many of my friends
coming over here from Ger
many have told me that their
first startling impression of
America was their observation
of the appalling waste every
where. America has every
thing-rich land, minerals, ma
chimes and it throws them
away as a Wilful child diScardS
broken toys.
81 keep on working because
1 like it. The boys don't need
me and 1 don't need them,
financially, but we pulled out
of the hole together and we
will stick together. Joe and
Jim both ride the wagon with
me whenever they get a chance.
Back in my trucking days in
the city. 1 was knocked over
by the ruinOus waste I saw
everywhere in this country. I
wanted to get at it and help
clean it up. Maybe that's why
1 like my work SO we'll now
/ think 1 am a useful man.
81 keep the yards in this whole
village clear of refuse, and If a
customer asks me to haul away
anything I think is valuable I
tell him he ought to keep it and
fix it up. When he says to go
ahead and take it, 1 do it with
a clear conscience, and then, in
my own junkyard, get every
bit of steel or copper there is
and cash in on it.
"A hXCa OOOIN L NJ
81 am just as patriotic as any.
body, and just as good an Ameri-
can. This country certainly has
done we'll by me and my boys.
But America has been a spoiled
rich country. Now it has to learn
to be thrifty.
my boys think the way I do.
They are making big money, but
they are saving it, and if they
went broke tomorrow, they'd
climb right back on the junk
wagon without kicking about it,
and they'd be just as good must
clans as they ever were."
My friend added that, as he
walked home after his talk with
Dad, he passed fine tidy dairy
with Is cows owned by Pole
who came to that section penni-
less IS years ago. This was a
rich farming region SO years
ago. American farm lads were
sucked into the cities to be-
come subway guards or eleva-
tor operators.
The land lapsed to weed and
brush. The Polish peasant
came along and redeemed it
and reared family of six chill
dren. Can we learn from the
strangers in our house? Or
can't we?
Copyright, 1895. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-05-16

For this notion that we can live
on grandpa's backbone is one
Of the worst things that ails us,
and is largely responsible for
the mess we are in now.
The D. A. R. merely symbol
lie the national attitude when
they try to cash in on the an
cestral performance. We may,
and do, smile at the seriousness
with which these dignified
danes regard themselves, but,
actually, they have nothing
whatever on the rest Of us.
We are all laboring under the
hallucination that America is
the land of the shrewd and the
home of the spunky, simply be.
cause it was founded $50 years
ago by certain men and women
who had what it takes. And We
are furious and dismayed II
anyone hints that we should lay
off grandpa and make a few rec.
ordS for ourselves.
SIMPLE TRUTH
The simple truth is that no
body can be a daughter or son
of anybody else's revolution.
The only person who is bene-
fitted by heroic deeds, and the
only person who is entitled to
any credit for them is the per-
son who originally participated
in them. A revolutionary an
cestor may pass on some of his
sturdy health-in case he hap
pens to have any to pass on:
but when it comes to minds and
morals we must make 'em for
ourselves. Or go without.
Mr.. Virgins Notwithstanding,
no one has ever been able to
dig up the slightest proof that
the intelligence exhibited by a
fighting farmer in IT'S can pos
sibly be transmitted to his de-
Sendants in 1885. Indeed, since
we're getting down to brass
The Washington times., 1935-05-16
Greatest Show On Earth
By John Snure, Jr.

Just the other morning 9
young woman member Of the
press gallery went to the Con-
gressional Library to get
book on Mrs. Roosevelt.
Not knowing the procedure
of taking books from the Ii
brary, she told a girl clerk her
mission and advised her that
she 1Das privileged to take out
OolunteS because she belonged
to the press gallery.
The clerk thumbed through
the pages Of the Congressional
Directory and said:
II don't find your name
here"
The young woman reporter
answered:
II don't suppose you do; l
haven't told you my name yet
The clerk drawled:
cav, thought you said you
were Mrs. Roosevelt"
South Trimble, clerk Of the
House, stirred up a hornets
nest when he testified before an
appropriations subcommittee
that certain members of Con-
gresS had been taking their type
writer's home with them.
After his testimony became
public, Representative Robert F.
Rich, Republican of PennSyl-
vania, broke out with a blast
against "thieving" members OF
Congress.
The Washington times., 1935-05-16

Rheumatism cannot halt him
in the love chase; and the
harder his arteries, the softer
his heart and head.
A girl who can't make her
eyes behave, and whose heart
always skips a beat at the
sight Of every new personable
man, will go right on follow
ing her game" when she is
ready for the wheel chair. No
wedding ring and no wedding
VOWS will bind her Grant fancy
or deaden her craving for ad-
miration, and a new romance.
The woman love-addict
Graves only conquest, and she
cannot resist Yamping every
The Washington times., 1935-05-16

Almost any member of Con-
gress from an agricultural dis
trict will say, however, that he
has had as many protests
against Wallace and his policies
as the number of cheers that
went up the other day.
The stream of letters arriving
at the Capitol denOuncing the
farm policy has been consistent
and without let-up.
Daily there arrive hundreds
of missives cOndemning the
policy on agriculture.
The crop reduction program
received few cheers from the
rural areas, particularly after
the drought and then the dust.
With the Government cur
failing production and nature
adding its curtGiln1ent the
farmers sag they haven't much
to applaud.
This crowd that gathered
with the President cheered his
speech.
There is a larger crowd, how
ever, that is not cheering on the
farms.
A chairman of one of the
high House committees was
deep in thought the other day.
Leaning on the highly pol
ished table in his committee
room he pondered affairs of
state.
After some meditation he
turned to his secretary and
said:
IL think we should get Sally
Rand down here to do a fan
dance for us on the committee
table.
"That would be diversion"
The Washington times., 1935-05-16

n ON e with HoDerC f. RICH
them had done it because they
were unacquainted with the
law.
Mr.. Rich, however, has been
in the habit of denouncing al
most everything Of late. So his
colleagues were not surprised
when he broke out about type
writer's.
The Washington times., 1935-05-16
Words of Wise Men

MANY men build athedras built part nearest the
ground but that part which toward heaven the
turrets and spires, forever incomplete
The greatest beautiful example intellect Is when
welodering Of cities of private dwell
ngs given the judgment and jusicePato
If little knowledge dangerous the who has
to be out Of danger?-Huxley
Falsehood has q perennial spring-Burke
The Washington times., 1935-05-16

Revolution, in
cow e ntion
q S S e m b led,
against idly
enjoying the
vicarious for
titude Of an
cestors long
laid to rest"
That warn
ing S h o u l d
not be con-
fined to the
D. A. r. 1t
is W o e + ully
n e e d e d b y
every Ameri-
n q n PitiZnn
The Washington times., 1935-05-16

"They are
nothing but
thieves who
are stealing
t y p ewriterS,
from the Fed
eral Govern
N e n t, and
they should
be punished"
OF course
Trimble had
made it clear
t h a t the
members who
had ia k en-
t ype writer's
~ with
The Washington times., 1935-05-16
OLD FAVORITES
BY Alfred TennysOn

The Beggar Maid BY Alfred TennysOn
Her arms across her breast she laid;
She more fair than words say:
Barefooted the beggar maid
Before the king Cophetua.
In robe and the king stepped down,
To meet and greet her on her ways
cit is no WONDER" said the lords
"She is beautiful than day.
As shines the moon in clouded Skies
She in her poor attire
One praised her ankles, one her eyes,
One her dark hair and lonesome mien
So sweet face such angel grace
In all that land had never been:
Cophetua sware royal oath:
'This beggar maid shall be my queen!''
Readers nved to send to the editor their suggeS
tons of old favortes among the poems for repnting in
this spGce)
The Washington times., 1935-05-16

farmers who
have come to
WaShingt o n
cheered.
They SEEM
ed to agree
t h a t t h e
President and
his Secretary
of Agriculture
H e nry A.
Wallace were
doing a fine
job.
The crowd
that cheered
nu m b e r e d
some 1000,
The Washington times., 1935-05-16
You Can't Live on Grandpa's I
Backbone

II he never uttered another
syllable, President Roosevelt
earned this nations everlasting
gratitude when he warned the
Daughters Of the American
The Washington times., 1935-05-16

They're Born That Way
Of all the matrimonial haz-
ards, the most perilous is the
love addict.
Like the poet, the love addict
is born that way. But, as with
the poet, it requires years of
devotion to his speciality before
he becomes a real artist. BY
that time, it is just automatic
with him.
A man who can never resist
the come hither" CLINT in any
woman's eye, will limp down to
the grave in pursuit of some
adventure or some new woman.
The Washington times., 1935-05-16

When President Roosevelt de-
nounced the critics of his farm
program the other day, the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-10-03
Dogs Chew Young
Colt To Death

Luverne-A vicious attack by
dogs proved fatal to three
months old colt on the F. ]. Schulz
tie farm in Clinton township last
week. Mr.. and Mrs. Schultz dis
covered the dead colt when they
rose in the morning. 1t had been
lady bitten and chewed around
the legs but the most severe
wounds were on the throat. The
colt apparently bled to death af
ter the attack. Several nights
previous, dogs made an unsuccess-
full attempt to get into his herd
of sheep, Mr.. Schultz said. Future
invasions of this kind, he promised,
would be met with gunfire. The
viciousness of the dogs is shown
by the fact that dogs seldom make
an attack on any kind of horse.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-10-03
DislOcates Shoulder
In Auto Accident

Unaware of a sudden turn in
the road between Madelia and
Vernon Center, Rev. w. A. Pringle
of Morton drove over six-foot
embankment recently while he
was on his way to the annual con-
ference Of the Methodist church
at Winona.
His shoulder was dislocated in
the accident and the car was only
slightly damaged. Rev. Rains of
Fairfax who was his companion
on the trip took charge of the Griv-
ing from the scene of the acct
dent.
Rev. Pringle states that at the
bottom of an incline be passed
over narrow bridge, but he was
unaware of the sharp turn just
beyond and before he could bring
the car to stop it rolled over the
embankment at the corner.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-10-03

The nickel you carry around in
your pocket, if you're lucky enough
to have that much, is enormously
named Your five-cent piece is
really rs per cent copper and only
% per cent nickel.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-10-03

The largest fine ever paid in the
state of Minnesota for violation
Of the game and fish laws was
$4,000. The violator was found
with 2,100 ducks in his possession
illegally and was fined ten bucks
a duck.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-10-03

pullet: 1, James Askdal, Minneota.
Buff orpington, young pen: 1, Gladys
Wells; 2, Askdal.
Geese-Emden geese: 1, Mrs Hoop
ner. Toulouse geese: 1. Meyer; 2,
Mrs. Wolf. African geese: l and 2,
Meyer.
Ducks-Rouen ducks, old pen: L,
Schmid. Rouen ducks, young pen /,
Schmid; 2, Meyer. Fawn ducks: 1,
and 2, Meyer, Wild pair ducks, young
mallards: and 2, Ever Pekin ducks,
old: 1, Sharkey
Ornamental and pet stock-Pigeons:
and 2, Meyer. Guineas, old pen, 1,
Meyer. Bantam, old pen, 1, Meyer,
Bantam, young pen: 1, Never.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-09-26
UNDERWOOD

Church services on Sunday, Sep
TENDER 20. Sunday school, 10 a. NJ;
Yourg Peoples Christian Endeavor
1880 p. m. Due to a change of minis
ters it is not known what hour or on
what date there will be preaching here.
Visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Sims
Sunday were, Crystal Barkman, Leon
ard Carr, Glenn Rhinehart, Dorsey
Ashby, Jr., Iret Ashby, Earl Peterson
and Willard Hauser.
DR.. and Mrs. Myers, Confluence, Pa;
Mr.. and Mrs. Colfax Dewitt and fam
lily, Deer Park, were visitors of Mr..
and Mrs. L. C. Nine Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Polly Sliger, Oakland, spent
the weekend with her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ora
ham.
Dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Barkman Sunday were, Arthur
Nethkin, Junior Bier, Conrad Bark
man, Mr.. and Mrs. John burst and
two children, James and Betty, Mrs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-09-26

Somerset, preached to large audi
ence in the M. E. church here Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilmor Dewitt, Deer
Park; Mr.. and Mrs. George Weitzell,
Accident; Mrs. Emma Brown, Mrs.
Bert Griffith, Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Nc
Clintock, Mrs. Hazel McClintock and
daughter Mary, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
HENDERSON and three daughters, and
August Harmon, of the Cove, attended
church here on Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Liston and Mrs.
Clayton Bane, of Cumberland, visited
E. M. Liston on Tuesday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hickman and
children, Mrs. Amanda Brown, Mrs.
Clara Wilson and daughter Mabel,
Lawrence Sellers and family, Mrs.
Barron and family and Clarence Grove
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Bowser.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Frazee spent
Sunday afternoon at Grantsville.
Those who visited Mrs. Alice Grove
and Mrs. Bruce Miller last week week
Mrs. Jennie Kessler and son Earle,
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Kamp, Mrs.
Carl Murphy, Mr.. and Mrs. Bryce
Dixon, of Connellsville; and Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. NJ. Kamp, Addison, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Succop, Pitts
burgh, spent the weekend here.
Mrs. D. L. Fike and daughter, Miss
Pauline, visited friends in Friendsville
on Wednesday of last week.
Mrs. VERNE R. Smouse and son, of
Oakland, visited Mr.. ana Mrs. Martin
Frazee on Sunday.
Mrs. Robert Murphy and daughter
Mary Thresa, of Friendsville, visited
Mrs. Selby on Monday afternoon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-09-26
PAID LOCAL NUI1CES

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with bath; also garage. Inquire this
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all modern conveniences. Address K,
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Tuned, repaired, regu-
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Consideration to Church organizations.
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Lake Park, Observation-Disclosures 27-8*
CIDER NOTICE-We will make
cider and apple butter on Tuesdays
and Thursdays each week throughout
the season. D. L. Swartzentruber,
Observation-Disclosures 32-3t.
APPLES FOR SALE-We have a
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RELIABLE MAN WANTED-To
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-09-26
Tympani Have Pitch; Not
Like the Ordinary Drums

The tympani, or kettledrums, belong
to that group of percussion instruments
which possess definite musical pitch.
They resemble huge copper kettles, OBJ
serves a writer in the Washington Post.
Over the top of each is stretched a lay
er of sheepsllin called "the head"
Around the rim are, six set screws which
are turned to tighten or loosen the
read, so that it can be kept in tune.
Two tympani are usually used, al
though four and sometimes six are en-
ployed in certain orchestral compost
tions. T~mpani, in Italian, means
drums" Other drums only make noise
and do not have a definite musical
pitch. In order to show the difference
in musical quality, they are called tym-
PAM.
Not only do the tympani have PITCH
but a skillful player can make their
tone vary in quality also. Several
pairs of sticks are employed to play
the tympani. The sticks are topped at
one end with felt of varying degree Of
thickness and weight, enabling the
player to produce loud or soft tones.
The performer can vary the tone Of
the tympani by striking it at different
places. A stroke near the side gives
the sharpest and brightest tone, while
the one in the middle is duller. The
usual spot is about halfway between
these two.
The tympanist has few notes and
long rests in orchestral music. He must
count these, but in practice he either
knows the music or has a bit of it
written out to give him the cue, or gets
the signal from the conductor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-09-26
Island of Rhodes Still
Point of Great Interest

In the beginning of the Fourteenth
century the Crusaders and the knights
of st. John occupied the island Of
Rhodes, crossroads of the occident and
the orient and once the great intel
lectual center of the ancient world, and
made it one of the strongest fortresses
of the Middle Ages. About 200 years
later the knights were overwhelmed.
Then for centuries the island was for
gotten, until in 1912 the Italians de-
feated the Turks and occupied the is
land and kept it by the treaty of Tri-
anon after the World war. With such
colorful background, the place re-
tains many influences of its early his
tory. Wandering around the mighty
walls visitors have to look out not to
stumble against one of the stone can
non balls which are lying in the grass,
half or all covered by the earth Of
300 years.
Nearly ever peasant has his own
windmill, and on Sunday evenings the
whole population gathers on the ter
race in front of the old orthodox
church, in their colorful gold-embroid-
cred costumes. They are simple
people, satisfied with the pleasant rou-
tine of life on an island in the Mediter-
ranean, and oblivious to the fact that
their home is a half western, half
eastern city with fascinating medieval
Notifications and walls.