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The Washington times., 1935-09-07
Vets Fatally Fooled
BY Hurricanes tricks"

KEY WEST, Fla. Sept. 7
G.N.SD The death toll among
war veterans in the hurricane-bat-
tered Florida keys was due to their
unfamiliarity with the tricks of
tropical storms, according to Capt.
Eugene Sweeting. veteran salt
of the tropical seas and one of the
few survivors from the Number 3
Rehabilitation Camp on lower
Matecumbe Key.
Captain Sweeting, serving as
deputy sheriff at the camp, owes
his life to a long acquaintanceship
with hurricanes and a steellike
grip he obtained on a tank car
before the storm struck in full
fury.
1t was the lull in the storm, the
false dawn" that marks the pass
ing of the center of a hurricane,
that tragically fooled the war vet
Grams, he said today.
Thirty-seven war veterans es,
capped death by clinging to the
same tank car with Captain
SWeeting.
The Washington times., 1935-09-07
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of the hurricane blowing up from
the Florida coast.
Twelve families in Great Mills,
Md, not far from LeonardtoWn,
were marooned throughout the
night when waters from the rain
swollen Indian River reached. in
many cases, to the second story of
their homes. The families all were
rescued early today and taken to
LeonaEdtoWn.
fredericksburg Hard Hit
Fredericksburg was the hardest
hit of the entire Eastern Shore
area.
Chief of Police Floyd Phillips,
of fredericksburg, aided by a group
of so volunteers, worked feverishly
throughout the night in bringing
aid to the stricken and the ma
rooned.
The downtown area of Federals-
burg is ruined, Police Chief
Phillips said. Homes on the out
lying sections of the town escaped
the flood waters, but the resi-
Dental section near the center
of the town was completely
washed out,
The Washington times., 1935-09-07
D. {. PAIR WED
81 YEARS

New District divorce laws mean
nothing to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest j,
Elwood, 635 F. St. N. E.
Fifty-four years ago today in
Utica, N. Y. Mr.. ElWood, a strug'
Cling young printer. took unto
himself a wife. and tonight this
same couple will celebrate their
wedding anniversary at a card
party at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. ReXford L. Holmes
236 Massachusetts Ave. N. E.
For 81 years Mr.. ElWood. who is
70, the same age as his wife. was
employed in the Government
Printing Office here. When he
was a young man he helped to
found the Utica IN. " Daily
Press, newspaper which is still
published.
He is a prominent Mason and
Odd Fellow and is one of the old
est members of the Columbia
Typographical Union. He is also
closely associated with the Stan
ton Park Citizens Association.
The couple have three children
living in this city, Mrs. Holmes
Mrs. Fred Leslie White, and
Ernest j. ElWood, jr.
The Washington times., 1935-09-07
Staying HOLDS
2BR0THERS

UPPER MARLBORO, Sept. T.
Harvey and Evarard Ferguson,
brothers, living near Meadows,
were ordered held for action of
the october grand jury on
charges of murder following an
inquest last night into the death
of Frank Hazeltol after road
side fight last Sunday.
The victim died in a Washing
ton hospital the day after the
fight, his head badly crushed with
what Prince Georges police say
was an iron bar.
The fight began on a narrow
dirt road near Meadows. The
Fergusons we're in one car and
Hazleton was riding with his
brother. Harold and Webtser Rich
ards, of the 1900 block of Good
Hope Rd., in another. When the
cars met on the narrow road, hot
words ensued as to who should
let the other pass.
During the fight one of the
Fergusons was declared to have
welded an iron bar, another a
beer bottle, according to the testi'
mony at the inquest before Judge
Harry Anderson. One Hazleton
lay in the road badly injured, the
others receiving cuts and bruises
when the braWl ended.
The Washington times., 1935-09-07
PLEDGED
FOR CANADA

OTTAWA. Sept. 7 0N.SD.
Prime Minister R. B. Bennett of
Canada was on record today with
a pledge of peace for Canada
despite the troubled international
situation.
In a nationwide radio address,
first of a series of four in the
campaign for the coming general
election. the prime minister stated
that even should italy and Ethio'
pia go to war. Canada would not
enter the conflict unless her
rights were involved. He said:
canadians will not be en-
broiIed in any foreign quarrel
where the rights of Canadians
are not involved.
eve are conscious Of a dan
gerous international situation.
But in world politics. Canada
should be secure. For She has
no ambitions which peace can
not gratify."
The insistence of the prime
minister on the thesis that Can
ada would go to war only if the
rights of Canadians were involved
renewed speculation here regard
ing the possibility of England be-
ing drawn into conflict as re-
suit of the Italo-Ethiopian dispute
and as to what the attitude OF
Canada would be in the event OF
such a conflict not directly al
fecting the rights of Canadians
The Washington times., 1935-09-07
GASOLINE WAR
GRIPS COAST

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7 GN.sD
While producers sought desper'
ately to effect a 100 per cent
agreement to curtail production
of crude oil the Pacific Coast to,
day was in the grip OF a retail
gasoline price war.
Prices already are tumbling in
the San Francisco area and fresh
cuts were predicted for today or
Monday in the Los Angeles sec
ton, where motorists are now
purchasing below the Northern
levels.
In San Francisco, Washington
Oregon and Nevada the gasoline
prices at major company stations
were 18 cents for premium, 16
cents for regular and l4H2 for
third structure fuel.
Prices in the Los Angeles area
at major company plants were
1872 cents for premium, 1872
cents for regular and 1919 cents
for third grade. Rumors were
the cuts predicted here for today
or Monday would reduce all
prices from 2 to 3 cents a gal
lon,
The Washington times., 1935-09-07
COnfederateVeterans
Told to Go Pl aces

cum. We fought and downed
that flag and 1 don't see how
any one can expect us to march
under it,"
Celebrating on his opposition to
the joint encampment as proposed
by the Confederate veterans re,
Gently at their meeting in Am
arillo, Texas, the veteran Judge
Advocate Willett said:
Last time we suggested a
joint meeting General Rice A.
Prince of Union. Tenn. who is
now making the same sug-
geStiOn, told me l could go to
-. Now it's my turn, he can
go to -"
1t is expected that nearly 1000
OF the remaining members of the
G. A. R. throughout the nation
will attend the encampment here.
There will be a spirited fight
Thursday for the election of com
mander-in-chief with six compel
ing candidates whose combined
ages are 44S years.
The Washington times., 1935-09-07
STORM AREAS
ROADS CLOSED

With highways in the storm
area of Maryland, Virginia and
Delaware partially impossible and
in some sections, completely wash
ed out, the A. A. A. District of
Columbia Motor Cluo has advised
all motorists who are contempla-
ting weekend trips into these sec
tions to make thorough inquiry as
to road conditions before starting
out on their journey.
All main roads from Matapeake
to Claiborne, Ocean City or Reho-
both Beach are temporarily closed,
but the prospects are that Route
213 from Ocean City will open
this afternoon, providing a direct
route to washington. At present,
the only advisable route to Re.
hoboth Beach or Ocean City is
by way of Elkton and Dover.
All ferries across Chesapeake
Bay. however, are running on
regular schedule.
Local or county highways in
the Eastern Shore area of Mary
land, are, for the most part, COM
pletely washed out, while the
same situation exists on many of
the TideWater roads of Virginia.
Between Richmond and Williams
burg the road is completely
blocked at Providence Forge and
Toano. Between Richmond and
Fredericksburg. Route No. 2 is
closed four miles north of Bowl
ing Green.
In Delaware, U. S. Route No.
113 is under water at Frederica,
although traffic is proceeding
thrnuoh the section SLOWLY
The Washington times., 1935-09-07
Aid Rushed to Victims
Of Maryland Flood

Thrilling rescues of men and
women who remained too long in
their homes in an effort to re
cover some of their belongings
were told today by Chief Phillips
Two men were taken from atop
a telephone pole in the main
street, after the pair had delayed
too long in removing merchandise
to dry headquarters.
Canoes and other types of
water craft we're pressed into
service to aid the marooned. The
police department had four high
speed boats at its command. NOV
ing from house to house to
gather those who were not able
to flee before the dam broke.
The Washington times., 1935-09-07
Grand RAPIDs, Mich, Sent.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Sept.
7 H.N.SD THE COnfederates
once told us we could go To-
And now l tell 'em to go TO-
Thus James w. Willett, Judge
advocate general Of the G. A. r.,
of Tama, Iowa, today voiced his
opposition to the proposed joint
encampment of the Blue and the
Gray, as Northern veterans gath
cred for the Sixty-ninth annual
G. A. R. national encampment
here starting tomorrow.
But Alfred E. Stacey, OF
Elbridge, N. Y, commander-in-
chief of the G. A. R.. favored the
proposal of the Confederate vet,
Grams for a joint conclave at
Gettysburg, Pa. He had reServa-
ton, however, saying:
"If they'll leave their flag at
home. l enthusiastically approve
the joint encampment plan.
But there is only one place for
the Confederate flag-the mus
The Washington times., 1935-09-07
i. ). ENTANGLED
|NMEX|C0R0W

MEXICO CITY. Sept. 7 GN.S0.
American Ambassador JoSephus
Daniels and the United States
Government today were drawn
into Mexico's religious problems
through seizure of American-owned
property .allegedly used for re-
lgious purposes.
Acting in accordance with the
drastic decree of August 81, of this
year, authorizing the President in
the name of the nation to take
over any property used for re-
ligious purposes, the finance
ministry seized a house in the
Gale de Alvaro Obregon owned
by Lewis Lamm, prominent mem
her of the American colony.
Lamm Immediately appealed to
the American Embassy for protec-
ton, alleging a violation OF his
constitutional rights under trea-
ties. This was the first case under
the decree involving seizure OF a
private home.
The Washington times., 1935-09-07
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L OntIHuG0 VEOU E0XG ~
creed that the World War veteran
members of the FERA rehabilita'
ton camps on the Keys, whose
bodies were removed from the
storm area, shall be buried ulti
mately in the National Cemetery
at Arlington, Va. or at the Vet
erans' National Cemetery, at St.
Petersburg. Fla. according to the
wishes of relatives.
500 Dead-Red Cross
Unofficial Red Cross figures to-
day set the storms grim harvest
at 500 persons; 300 are former
service men and 200 are civilians
Leonard K. Thompson, Miami
Red Cross disaster director, an
nounced this death estimate after
return from an airplane survey OF
the hurricane area with Governor
Sholtz, Col. George E. 1jams,
Aubry Williams, as WPA repre-.
sentative; FERA officials and
other State and National officials.
Meanwhile, investigations were
under way by the Federal and
State governments to determine
why the 600 veterans of the FERA
camps, and other inhabitants OF
the keys. we're not removed from
the storms path to safety before
the hurricane and tidal wave
struck.
Ijams Probe Begun
States Attorney George A. Wor'
ly last night questioned Ernest
Carson, head of the Miami Wealth
er Bureau and E. L. Pooser, j. M
Shealey and G.. R. Branch. Florida
East Coast Railroad officials. and
announced he did not believe the
railroad to be at fault. He con
tinued his investigation today.
Another investigation, prompted
by President Roosevelt. was being
made by Colonels Ijams and Will
liamS.
The steamship Dixie, from which
$50 passengers and members OF
The Washington times., 1935-09-07

Dairy Challenges
-Four Words Of Law
In Supreme Court
International News Service


The Supreme Court today had
before it a novel appeal-involv.
ing just four words of a law
covering several printed pages.
The law is the New York State
milk price law, which has been
before the court three other times
for decision.
Mayflower Farms, Inc, attacked
constitutionality of the words
"since April tenth, 1888"
The law provided that firms
in business before that date could
sell milk l cent quart lower
than we'll advertised brands in
New York city. The Mayflower
company went into business a
month after April 10, 1888. They
Contended that the restriction is
unconstitutional.
The Washington times., 1935-09-07
HITLER FLAYED
BY GOV. EARLE

HILADEL ELPHIA. Sept. 7
-Condemning the Hitler
regime as a Government of hate
and oppression" Gov. George H,
Earle today joined the forces Of
Americans seeking withdrawal of
the United States from the Olym-
pic games in Germany next year.
Speaking at an athletic cele-
bration here, the Governor de-
clared the American olympic team
should not participate in compe-
tition on German soil in 1886 "un-
less the present German govern
ment at once performs an about
face and adopts principles of fair
play and decency in government"
The Washington times., 1935-09-07
Dixie's Passengers
Laud Captain, Crew

NEW YORK, Sept. 7 G.N.S.D
With praise of captain and crew
passengers of the S. S. Dixie ar,
rived in New York today aboard
special train from Miami.
Marjorie Winter of Trenton
N. j., said as she stepped off the
train into Pennsylvania Station
I'm still exhausted. but I'm
going on another sea trip next
year."
The Washington times., 1935-09-07
Marine Held Here
On Robbery Charge

Lloyd P. Deckard. of Del Ray,
Va. a Marine stationed at the
Marine Barracks. was held for the
Grand Jury on a robbery charge
when arraigned before Police
Court Judge Robert E. Mattingly
today He pleaded not guilty.
Deckard is accused of having
held up James C. Click and robbed
him of $35 at 8. filling station
where he is employed. Bond was
set at $4,000.
The Washington times., 1935-09-07
Norris Takes Post
As Police Court Aide

Leonard o. Norris was sworn in
as an assistant clerk in Police
Court today.
Norris, a comparatively new
conner to the District, holds the
grade of deputy clerk-typist, and
will be placed in charge Of the
operation of a large bookkeeping
machine used in indexing the
thousands of cases on the Police
Court dockets.
The Washington times., 1935-09-07
U. S. Parks to Be Shown

CLARENDON, Va. Sept. Z.
Pictures of famous Government
parks will be shown at a meeting
Of the Neighborhood Garden Club
of Arlington county at a meeting
in the home of DR.. Clarence R..
Stoner, $500 Lee Highway, Mon
day night, it was announced by
Miss Evelyn Cannon, president.
The Washington times., 1935-09-07
Parking War in Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Sept. IA
drive against improper parking
of automobiles within the resi-
dental district as we'll as the
business section, will be insti,
tuted by the Alexandria police de-
partment, Captain John S. Arnold
announced yesterday.
The Washington times., 1935-09-07
Pyres Burn
For Gale Victims

the crew were finally rescued
Thursday, was pushed further
aground last night by heavy ocean
swells. Further efforts to refloat
the ship are to be made when the
SWellS subSide.
The Washington times., 1935-09-07

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1IO3 II st. N. Z. 800 7th st. n. W.
SlO2 24th ST.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-08-08
Little Lights on
LIVING
~
THE SPILLWAY
By MARIA LEONARD
Dean of Women. University Of Illinois
G Western Newspaper Union.

G ONE years ago i visited the Min
y nedoka dam on the Snake river In
Idaho. AS one enters the white-tiled
power house with Its gigantic wheels
turning silently, one wonders from
where the power comes. Ushered into
a gallery one looks down upon the
water Of the river, directed over q A.
foot dam dropping with tremendous
noise. only one-fourth OF the water
goes over the DAM" said our guide.
"Ill show you where the rest goes"
Climbing narrow stairway we
stepped out on a balcony and to our
surprise beheld low, broad waterfall
about 4 feet in height across the en-
tire river, which was fairly wide at
this point. This" he said. lis the
spillwayw An interesting sight 1t
was to come out from that busy rush
ing water in the power house to this
lazy water flowing smoothly over the
spillway. mo use Is made of this wa
ter over the spillway," he said, Its
power Is lost Lost, thought |, be-
cause 1t gives no service-it Is laZly
selfish. Power comes through service.
whether found In nature or human ma
ture. If we would have power we
must choose between selfshness and
service
He told us the power house gen.
Grated enough electricity to heat and
light all of the Northwest. If all the
water of the Snake. including that
which went over the splllway, were
sent through the power house, he
thought enough power could be gen.
Grated to heat and light most of the
states, west Of the Mississippi river |
His words lover the spllway the
power Is lost" kept ringing In my
ears. How like human life, thought,
as | stood on the balcony watching
that beautiful indoient water gllsten-
Ing IN the sunshine, gliding llstlessly
over the spillway. ! wish for all youth
that they might catch vision. as |
did In the power house that day, Of
the potentiaity OF human energies
and their results when directed
through the power house of character,
education and self-control Many
young men and women would grow
strong In leadership If they would vol
unfairly send all Of their physical, emo
tIonal and intellectual capacities
! through the mower house. conserving
the power that is all too frequently lost
over the spillway Of Incidence, indlffer-
| ence, sefishness and crime, In the
| growing years of the treacherous teen
age
Effort is the price of everything"
| one statesman said. In fact. leader
ship of any kind comes costly, 1t Is
| bought with sacrifice.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-08-08
BALD EAGLE HAS
EARNED ITS RANK
AS AIR MONARCH

Our national bird. the bald eagle,
chosen In the early days of the
Union, is figured on many of our
coins, Is a favored design in matters
Of patriotic interest, and In general
is considered symbolic of our free
dom.
Its enormous size and the striking
markings Of the adult make II
prominent species that Is noted on
every appearance. A bird Of great
strength and of swift and powerful
flight, II is master in its haunts and
has no potent enemies except man.
its life Is led in the vicinity of water
and only casually Is 1t found far
from that element.
The food of the bald eagle Is main
ly fish. In Alaska severe complaint
has been made that ii destroys salm-
on during their annual runs up the
streams to deposit their eggs.
Elsewhere the eagle often fishes
by. pIunglng from a height, descend
Ing at an angle on its selected prey,
sometimes going beneath the sur
face. Rarely 1t grapples prey so
large that 1t cannot rise with 1t and
is under necessity of towing 1t to
shore. This eagle also robs the ns-
prey, being fiercely predatory in Such
encounters.
Large birds are sometimes cap-
tured, including ducks. coots and
geese. Although the eagle is 81 II
GENTLY swift to seize them in ll.ght,
1t ordinarily gives chase on the va
ter, where it is able to tire them by
forcing them to dive until they be-
come exhausted.
There was much discussion before
the bald eagle was finally adopted
MS our nations emblem by act of
congress on June 70. 1TS2: Benjamin
Franklin In particular favored the
wild turkey. Wetmore In
the National Geographic Magazine.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-08-08
Hits Forestry Teaching

Forest schools In the United States
have in the past given too much
attention to textbook forestry based
on European experience. with too
little attention 10 American forestry
methods and pra let ! $. writes
Charles Lathrop Pack In the Re-
view Of Reviews.
Forest school teachers should
spend at least three months every
year Mt work In the woods. SO that
they may he better fitted to teach
practical forestry In their school
rooms. Also, forestry students should
be worked In the woods two or
three months during each year Of
their forestry course. Forestry
schools should aim 10 turn out men
much better grounded In economic
factors which affect the lumber IN
dustry. In fact, there should be
fewer and better forest schools.
Some of them are now inefficient
and poorly stated. according to
Pack.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-08-08
THREE POWERFUL KEYS

THE largest key | ever saw was the
one used by the old custodian when
he took me through the centuriesold
gate Of an old Danish castle. Since
then, however, | bave found three still
more powerful keys, which anyone can
possess If he wishes.
1t Is . known fact that as man Gre
ates his work, work In turn re-creates
man. A modern essaylst tells us that:
The working races Of the world have
been the victorious races; the non
working, the subject races. Wander
Ing peoples have never developed high
ly political organizations. literature nor
art" So there Is more than a none
tary comeback to work, and does the
same for individuals az for nations.
Drive into your life job, do not drift
into 1t. Carry three keys of power
with you; they magically open locked
doors, the keys of preparation, per-
severance and purpose From the
lack of these, we find. In the human
family. the Idle, the, unhappy. the I'M
prepared, the insists of the world
The same principles of character I'M
derlIe all successful work of any kind,
whether 1t be In the field Of educa-
ton, the professions or commerce
Success follows law. not luck-the law
OF preparation. perseverance and. high
purpose. These all lie within our
selves effort Is the price of every
thing" This Is the most vocational
experts can advise. You must do the
rest
The president OF large western uni
verslty once asked Il railroad magnate
what special preparation he desired
young men to have whom he employed.
II use no questionable methods" he
said. Give me the lad who has used
his preparation to form superior men
tai habits, habits that ought to result
from his university work, who has
trained his mind to think straight,
quickly, and wen do the rest, for he
will make good In any job we have"
1here Is deeper purpose In life
than merely earning living. Just
good enough is not enough" A high
purpose includes service. a contribu-
tlon to the lives Of others.
What a challenge to youth today to
try the old world for themselves. II
we are willing to prepare ourselves for
our maximum capahlllty 1.-THE first
key), and to think what our job can
give TO others as well as ourselves.
1.-THE third key), our work will yield
not only cultural wage to MS but a
service to the world.
Try these keys OF power--prepar-
alton, Perseverance,, anu Purpose !;
they open locked doors!
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-08-08
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

the tangled brlars and weeds OF
the neglected post cemetery at
Fort Robinson, Neb., stands a
small, white stone slab which
marks the last resting place OF
d great frontiersman. Yet the
inscription on 1t gives no hint or
that fact. 1t simply says: Moses
Mllner-Scout." And that Is the
epitaph Of one Of the most pic
turesque figures In the history
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-01-03
Gaithersburg News And
Social Items

Faith Chapel, Derwood, on Wedrt
day evening of last week, with aSsa~
pacity audience in attendance. Miss.
Mabel Becraft had charge Of the pro-
gram.
Approximately $50 gifts were turn
ed over to the Social Service League
and the Home for the Aged and
Orphans, Gaithersburg, for distribu-
ton last week, as result of the an
nual White Gift Service, which feat
ured in connection with the Sunday
School program on December 23 at
Grace M. E. Church, South, Gathers
burg. Twelve families were remem-
bered with Christmas baskets by the
Fldelis Glass and ten by the Philathea
Class, it has been announced.
The Sunshine Glass composed Of
only five girls, presented individual
gifts to the 20 guests in the Metho-
dist Home, here, while the Friendly
Glass also remembered the guests
with personal gifts and plant for
the Infrmary.