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The times-news., 1935-12-12
BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
SY RODNEY BUTCHER

from ner scauI sLUIe..
| A very serious effort is being
made to locate this poor old widow
and almost any official in AAA is
willing to dig down to contribute
for a reward to the successful
sleuth.
She appeared first in the Atlantic
Monthly in an article by John w,
Overs, who ascribed the tale to
nice old retired clergyman of his
acquaintance who had heard it
while on a visit to his old home
town in Maine.
AAA is also looking for a veal
| thy southern woman named Mrs.
Dryden. who is reported to have
received $1,000 from the govern
ment despite the fact she had no
contract to reduce cotton acreage
and who. on seeking to return it,
was told to keep it because its re-
turn would mean too much red
tape"
1t would also like to find the
AAA agents reported to be distrib.
uting S1OO bills through rural dis.
tricts as fast as they can hand
them out.
, TT is officially suspected that these
L people are closely related to one
another. And to the farmer who
had never made more than S4OO
from his hogs, but was paid $1,000
by AAA for not raising them-he
was at different times a resident
of Iowa, New Hampshire, Massa-
chusetts, Louisiana, Minnesota, and
Wisconsin and was claimed as a
friend" by Senator Dickinson of
Iowa.
Not to mention the three &C.
quaintances of James Truslow
Adams upon whom he AAA tried
to force checks for not growing to.
bacco. cotton, and potatoes which
they had never raised in the first
place. administrator Chester Da.
Wis publicly called Adams pur.
Yeyor of 100 per cent untruths'a
for that contribution ;
T"nvrioht 1aa5 NE' carvi"" To"
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poor man say that politics was no
skin off him-that it didn't make
any difference to him what city
or county board did-he didn't
have any property to taX-that
the only way he could get any
thing out of politics was to sell
his vote for a dollar or so-or to
work for "the ring" few days
for so much a day during the po-
litical campaign-or to vote this
way or that to assist some friend
to hold job OF to get a job. So
the poor man is apt to feel no
real personal interest in politics
beyond election day.
Yet at this moment | can think
of one large municipality not a
million miles from the place | am
writing this article, in which the
poor people are drastically suffer
ing from the misdeeds and the
misconduct of the very politi-
clans whose doings they thought
meant nothing to them.
The city | have in mind - and
there are many others - is insol-
vent because of the wasteful, ille-
gal and ungodly way in which po-
litical ringstcrs have handled its
affairs. The city has no money
and it has no credit. 1t can not
go into large public Improvement
projects for the reason that it can
get no money from the PWA. 1t
can participate in but a limited
degree in other valuable oppor-
The times-news., 1935-12-12
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service STAFF Correspondent

NEA Service Stun COrreSpohe
WASHINGTON. - No one here
" is trying to laugh off the cur
rent results of the Literary Dl-
gest's current New Deal popular
ity poll. On the contrary, II Is
being discussed earnestly In the
highest quarters.
The effect created falls consld-
erably short of a panic, because
there is no New Dealer who can
not talk himself into believing
that a SIS to As per cent vote on
general question comes far from
meaning that all will be lost
when Mr.. Roosevelt campaigns
next fall against a Republican
candidate as yet unnamed.
Nevertheless, all of us are en-
titled TO use our own judgments
and If the prevalent swing against
Roosevelt policies as shown by the
noll continues, we will have to an
,wer these questions:
l.. Does a request for approVai
Or disapproval of "acts and poli,
,ies of the Roosevelt New Dea'
oring the same pro or con reaction
as a demand for choice between
he election of Roosevelt and Oh
tioover-or Landon or Knox Vi
Borah?
2. Is the present question equiv
alent in the minds of poll voters
with that of the 1884 poll willci,
asked whether voters faVorea
Roosevelt policies ION the who're i:
8. How much of the antl.Ne"
Deal vote is a protest vote IRON IRON,
liberals and left.wingers who Zee. Zee.
Roosevelt hasn't gone far or iss. '.
enough, but who wouldn't vote i0'
a Republican?
4. Is the Digest poll represen
tative of all groups on the GU
nomic scale?
WANTED: A poor old wioo" ,n
w Maine who killed two OF ,,.ho m16
own hogs for her family's USE S Sad.
was promptly pounced upon " els
eral agents and pana Ii"''
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GIVES FALSE TEETH
AS FINE SECURITY

OXFORD, Dec. II. (UP)-T.
NJ. Dawson was drunk, further
more, he was flat broke.
He was arrested for drunken
ness, taken to court, tried, con-
victed, and ordered to pay fine.
Dawson fumbled around in his
pockets: He found no money. He
reached in his mouth, yanked out
his false teeth.
Timidly, he preferred them to
the judge. "For security till |
pay my fne," he said. That was
last week.
Yesterday he asked for an ex-
tension of time before losing his
teeth.
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It'd
!, D. lln

A ROUND and around the myth.
IA ical mountain OF Meru gallop
the seven steeds of Hindu legend.
trailing the sun god Surya in
chariot behind them and bring.
ing forth day and night with each
revolution. Daily, ever since ere.
alton, these seven animals, repre-.
senting the seven colors Of the
rainbow, have been dashing along
in one endless circle, slowing
down in the summer heat to
lengthen the days. and speeding
up in the cool Of the night, to
shorten the darkness.
This is the Hindu legend OF
day and night, repeated most
often in the state of Jaipur in In.
dia, where the princes are "sur-
yavamshis," who trace their de.
scent directly from the sun god.
The shorter days and longer
nights of winter aren't accounted
for, but probably the seven horses
dash through the cold days, as
they do through the summer
nights, and rest through the
longer nights, to complete the
cycle OF "a hours.
Y.-..----1 several
lI0C N,Ii ISII&l stamps of Jai-
III E1S hi pur show Sur.
iIEHf f&E "a DE va and his
lkI639 E seven steed
lT A2AAEN chariot. one
t&.;;5s s7EIS Ill is printed
S11-.. ----J here. '..'''
(Copyright.iI 1886, NEA Service, 1nc.)
The times-news., 1935-12-12
CONGRESS TO
VOTE STRICT
NEUTRALITY
Poll of Both Houses Shows
Drastic Embargo Bill
Will Be Enacted

(The next session of congress
will decide a question vital to
every American-the best way to
keep out of war. Especially sig
nificant will be the question of an
embargo on oil to belligerents. To
determine the trend of congress
toward this issue, the United
Press asked every senator and
representative for his views. The
neutrality QUESTIONABLE results
are discussed in the following dis
patch, first of several surveying
outstanding issues before con-
gress. - Editors Note, United
Press Associations.)
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By H. o. THOMPSON
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Dec. ~. (UP)
Congress will vote for strict
American neutrality and drastic
embargoes on such products as
oil and cotton, if necessary, to
keep the United States out of
war.
A United Press poll of sena-
tors and representatives showed
approximately 80 per cent of the
answers in favor of curbing war
through economic sanctions.
The sentiment of congressman
was considered particularly sig
nificant at this time, when the
question of a League of Nations
embargo on oil to Italy has led
to a new crisis abroad and when
the administration has indicated
it would ask congress to strength
en- the neutrality act without de-
lay.
In addition, the attitude Of
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c,pMAMENT is GAME OF
rNTANGLING FEARS
-p.. RRUCE CATTONl

rop enjoy the SlghI Vi huiiloei "
,;.bad and silk-hatted diplomats
- earnestly around in a small circle,
s,t not forget to examine the current
3;sarmament conference in London.
,r simply because this "disarma-
inference will bring more and
.rming on the part of all con-
rs the way it will work that will
r Watching.
,fth England. The English aim to
.eir navy, for what seem to be
sufficient reasons-war in Eth
~sats of trouble in the Mediterra-
aenanigans by the Japanese in
and so on. Out of all of this, in
r. will come larger British fleet.
: we come to Germany. Under the
agreement with Britain, the Ger
will build their naval strength up to
tr cent of the British fleet. This will
a substantial enlargement of existing
ban strength.
|s, in turn, draws France into 1t. The
b will insist on having stronger
dan the Germans have, and so, when
|ernans start building, the French will
Z same.
at means something to Mussollm. 1t
cardinal point in his policy to keep
h naval strength equal to that OF the
In: so when the French lay down new
the Italians are certain to do like
|S, if you haven't yet got dizzy, brings
(ck to England. One of the reasons
|nd demands more ships today is the
hat her margin of superiority over
naval powers in the Mediterranean
hing Italy and France-isn't great
4. So when France and Italy build
hips, England will have to build some
70 keep ahead of them.
on the outskirts will be Uncle SAM
fnned to keep his fleet as large as
British fleet; and in the background
heJapanese, who insist that their fleet
petite equal of Americas.
P How this sort of thing long enough
Eoc will find yourself stepping on your
heels. 1t is an ascending spiral OF the
| est kind ever seen, self-starting adm
Ferpetuating. The secret of perpetual
|On seems to have been discovered at
plain English, the whole stunt is Wild
Rsane. build because you build be-
he builds because 1 build because.
Flnds like a game that the inmates o1
|eawan cooked up to pass a dull after
And yet it is all a strictly loglcal
Fss, made inevitable by the present
| Of International problems.
ID there be more damning commeh'
Tx into which the worlds blind ma
lsm and unchecked greed have got
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pOllIlcS anu mis-
conduct and mis-
management in
government than
does the rich
man..
The foregoing
statement m a y
cause some per-
sons to open
their eyes in
:redulously. New
ertheless it is
true, as | shall
demonstrate.
Many a time
yya bava baorfl q
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In this article | am going to
prove by concrete illustration
that the poor man suffers greater
injury through mischievousness in
The times-news., 1935-12-12

vet academy reports evidence OF
,'eS IN the earth's gravity. When II
quits threatening to take on the
It's mirth will probably subside.
The times-news., 1935-12-12
FOR DEFENSE

Each of the nations at the London naval confer
ence like nations not represented at the confer
ence, may be expected to keep repeating the old
story that it wishes to and be armed only for
purposes of defense.
The statement is in fact true of those nations
which already have so much territory that their
main probem is to hold on to it. But those nations
also know the old saying that the best defense is
often the offensive.
So we believe it is truthful to say that in fact
&c va1l as in ideal the United States is that nation
ranresented at the conference which most truly
das;res TO be armed for defense only
Unfortunately with the world made up as 1t IS
todav of nations and peoples of present-day char
acters, it appears that some arming is necessary
for self defense That being true, the most eco
nomical arming, economical in the lives OF the peo-
nIe as we'll as in money, is that which is strong
enough so that there may be the greatest likelihood
Of the nation never being pulled into war
To keep defense off of our own soil and away
from the women and children who might be wound
cd and killed in it, the United States needs two
s+rono fleets. One is fleet of water-borne vessels
the other is fleet of vessels in the air. If we have
ono If each kind so strong that no other nation
will bother u.s. it will be the cheapest kind of IN
srronce we could carry.-Goldsboro News-Argus.
The times-news., 1935-12-12

'lre of Ethiopians to show up for
ueprlves Italian troops of many
t4lar victories" However, there's
'''ng to be said for shadow-boxing.
The times-news., 1935-12-12
BIBLE THOUGHT
ay THEY STOPPED kNEELING
thing whereby thy brother stumbleth.
'"' (Rom. 4:13)

.,o of the first Mennonite missionaries
Fs' = that first when they held their meet
? r,o,t down beside the chairs when they
Tho people said, "Oh, yes, see you wor-
We have other gods" AS there was no
;,r,Iyed. the missionaries, after that,
..s;cg-Sunday School Times.
The times-news., 1935-12-12

Duce seems fairly safe for the presen1
0emg no way the league can cut OF
supply of balconies.
The times-news., 1935-12-12

Hanging person by one hand is form
+ortnre unless YOU call it "leading' child.
The times-news., 1935-12-12

When virtue no longer seems so important "
o GOOD SIGN. It means you are getting we'll
The times-news., 1935-12-12

poosevelt,s luck saves him again. The banker
have decided to fight him.
The times-news., 1935-12-12

The chief mistake of the Reds is that of hatir
Ill. reiobbors for wrongs done to them by Natur
The times-news., 1935-12-12

A neurotic is a sick person who forgets to. lin
or ,rbeeze when he has no audience. q.
The times-news., 1935-12-12

!" that bread is put out in different
: the ultra-modern cook will take
: IN interior decoration.
The times-news., 1935-12-12

History: Things that happened in pubic Decaus'
fa,v insiders were filing their pockets in private
The times-news., 1935-12-12

Funny world! 1t scorns the hag-pole sitter an
honors the man who spends oo years gettmg Us
less knowledge about the stars.
The times-news., 1935-12-12

We all work for profit, whether it is cash or
reward in Heaven or the fun of bossing.
The times-news., 1935-12-12
!, second Class Matter at the Post Office
ir Hendersonville, N. C.

.rpsDAY, DECEMBER IL, 1885
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WANTED: A poor old wldo" ,,nr ,n
w Maine who killed two OF ,rho ri1t
own hogs for her family's uSe' Fod.
was promptly pounced upon " els
eral agents and nanali7""
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s e v e r a ]
stamps of Jai-
pur show Sur
va a n d h | 8
seven = steed
chariot. 0 n g
is prin t e d
here.
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Evening star., 1935-02-10

regiments to tight Napoleon. offered zapara
money and glory and travel If he would join
the Czars Cossack troops. He accepted.
IA /HEN he came to this chapter of his early
w life, and mentioned Napoleon I'll admit
my pulse jumped q beat or two. For believed
was about to hear the immortal story Of Ma
poleon's march to Moscow, and retreat, from an
eye witness-the only eyewitness left alive in
the world. While was practically holding my
breath in anticipation, zapara slowly helped
himself to another hopper OF vodka.
And did you see Moscow burning?" asked
impatiently did you fight the French? Did
you pursue Napoleon back to Pars?''
My hopes were too high. He had been act
lively engaged in 1872 but on the Turkish front
in what Is now Rumania. He remembered that
the major part Of his Russian army had gone
north" His company was one of those that re-
mained behind.
Zapara's memory of those dramatic days was
growing dim. He did not remember his gen.
erals name. Likewise the fact that the regi-
ments which had gone north" executed one Of
the most devastating military maneuvers IN
history-cutting Napoleon's retreat 500 miles
west of Moscow and practically annihiAting
what was left of the French army-was all news
to Zapara. So asked him questions more cas-
lily answered.
When did he marry? About 1915, soon after
his return from the Turkish war. He was then
33 and his wife 16. She had borne him "A chill
dren-the last In 1850, when he was &c. She
lived to be 90. For 46 years now he had been q
widower, watching his rs grandchildren dying
Of old age, one after another.
In 1854 Russia was fighting Turkey and
France once more-and England-in the Cri-
mean War. But by now, seven years before the
beginning Of our own Civil War Zapara was al
ready "a and considered too old to take part.
However, since the Crimean War was fought
Evening star., 1935-02-10

versary. In 1894 Car Nicholas came to the
throne and zapara, then Ill, remembered a
special celebration in honor Of the coronation,
held in the village nearby, in which he got
especially and scandalously drunk.
In 1904 he was already claiming to be the
Oldest man in Russia-122 In 1914 all his male
descendants Of fighting age left Abkhasia to
take part in the war with Germany. Old Ia
para, now 1872, begged to be allowed to march
beside his great-great grandsons into Berlin,
but the officials refused, stupidly he thought,
to grant him this request
The revolution in 1917 more or less passed
him by. Only when the Bolsheviks came
sweeping down. "liquidating' all owners Of
property and seizing all private lands for the
collective farms, did Zapara get out his cen-
tury-old rifle and prepare to fight. Fortunately
fighting wasn't necessary, for the Bolshevks,
out Of respect for Zaparas venerable years,
allowed him to keep his little patch of corn
and half-dozen pigs.
was curious about zaparas personal habits.
Perhaps from them I could learn his secret of
longevity.
Did he smoke?
OF course! Constantly
Was he vegetarian?
He looked completely blank.
Did he eat meat?
Certainly he ate meat. He ate everything.
but mutton and pork and black bread mostly.
How often did he bathe?
He used to bathe when he was young but
hadn't in the last so or 60 years-unhealthy.
This bronchitis came from the scrubbing his
great-granddaughter had given his neck the
week before.
Since he couldn't read what did he think
about?
He didn't think about anything much-just
dozed in the sun and watched the children
playing.
Did he ever exercise?
Not If he could help it. For 10 years he had
not walked klometer. His mountainSde was
too steep for his shaky legs. His great-grand-
daughter then lamented that this was why he
couldn't get to the village hospital and receive
treatment for his cough.
THOUGHT fast. My own burro was wait
ing at the bottom of the hill. If we could
get Zapara to the burro we could ride him to
the hospital. offered to carry him the mile
down the hillside. He objected violently but
we kept on feeding him vodka until he didn't
care what happened. We then lifted him onto
my back and tied his hands with handker-
chief in front of my neck, so he couldn't fall
of. Then seized the old mans staff, and
feeling like Aeneas escaping with his aged
father from the sack of Troy, cautiously and
with frequent stops descended the mountain
trail. During his hanback, ride Zapara mum"
T...kI, D1rn
Evening star., 1935-02-10

on the shores of his own Black Sea, his Abkha-
Fan countrymen were able to play leading
role. He himself sent several of his sons and
grandsons of to Balaklava to defeat the charge
Of the Light Brigade.
In 1882 Zapara had his Tooth birthday ami
Evening star., 1935-02-10

~ = ES BEEN drunk for the last hun
al dred and thirty years." sighed
the great at-sranddaughter Of the
old Caucasian soldier seated be-
fore me and clutching his vodka
wS~, IS<,n,n nnF
The Washington times., 1935-02-27
A. & P. STORES
GIVE DANCE

Approximately 1900 dancers
and spectators damned the cont
mental room of the Wardman
Park Hotel last night as Great At.
1antic and Pacific Tea Company
managers held a dance for their
benefit association.
The floor show was supervised
by Brooke Johns, and music fur.
nished by Johnny Slaughter. s.
w. link, general manager of the
company, was in charge.
Prior to the dance, bowling
teams representing the Washing.
ton and Richmond branches Of
the company met at the Lucky
Strike Bowling Alleys in special
team match, the local combina
ton winning after a hectic strug
gle by a margin of but 60 pins in
the final block.
Entertainment during the dance
was furnished by Carol Wright
guitarist, a group from the Club
Troika, Faye and Wellington OF
the Shoreham Hotel, and little
Lorraine INLAY, child dancing spe
cialist.
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D|ONNES ANGRY,
HURRY HOME

TORONTO, Feb. q G.N.S0.
Angry at stories published about
them and anxious to see their
famous quintuplets, Elzire and
Olivia Dionne were speeding home
today, tired out after their stage
appearances in the United States.
Changing trains here for the
last lap of their journey, Papa
and Mama Dionne expressed dis
satisfaction at the way the news
papers had treated them. They
vowed never to make statements
for publication again.
The Dionnes emphatically de-
MED they we're seeking guardian
ship of the quintuplets. Both
parents refused to pose for photog.
raphers while they were here.
They intimated they had been
offered a number of contracts
during their tour in the United
States, but said they had declined
to accept them at present. Their
tour was profitable, they said,
and they were Hospitality received.
The Washington times., 1935-02-27
ROGERS SCORES
AUTO DEATHS

Citing the shocking loss of life
in automobile accidents, Repre-
sentative Edith Nourse Rogers
(R.) of Massachusetts, today called
upon Congress to take action.
AS the first step in campaign
backed by the national Govern
ment, she proposed that the Sec
rotary of Agriculture be directed
to make an investigation and re-
port to Congress.
Uniformity in traffic and safety
laws would be one of the first OBJ
jectives.
More than $4,000 people lost
their lives last year in motor We
hicle accidents, Mrs. Rogers said,
who added:
MANY of our States have uni.
form, up-tO-date, and reasonable
traffic laws and regulations.
Others have not.
twenty-five States, up to
1880, had no drivers license
laws. A few have since adopted
regulatory measures. Think of
it! Anyone, regardless of age,
mentality, physical or other
ability, could drive a car in these
Commonwealth without ex-
animation"
The Washington times., 1935-02-27
TEACHERS OATH
To REMAIN

ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. 81 G.N.S.).
A legislative committee grave to,
day yawned before the KaminskJ
bill repeating the Ives Teachers
Oath law
The repeal measure was at.
tackled vigorously before the as
sembly education committee, after
which members indicated it would
be killed.
Assemblyman Irving Ives, author
of the law, came to the hearing
to defend it. Turning to his
mother, who was in the room, he
stated she gave him the idea
which led to introduction of the
bill last year. He explained:
"This is the same oath that
we, as legislators take. In fact,
we swear to more in our oath,
and we are glad to do it. If
any teacher doesn't like the
oath, he doesn't have to take it.
He doesn't have to stay in our
educational institutions"
More than a dozen teachers or.
CARNATIONS expressed support OF
the law. Most of the opposition
came from DR.. Baraham Lefkowitz
representing one group Of New
York city teachers, and several
Communists.
The Washington times., 1935-02-27
Farlev's Views Asked
On Bill Costing lob

eraI who violates this section
shall be removed from office by
the President and any other
official or emplOye Of the Post
Office Department who shall
violate this section shall be re-
moved from office by the Post
master General"
Senator George W. Norris,
veteran insurgent leader, who
sponsored the bill, long ago de-
manded that Mr.. Farley either
resign from the Cabinet or from
his post as Democratic national
chairman. He declared it was the
only way the Post Office depart.
ment could be taken out of pol
itics.
President Roosevelt incidentally
compelled all government officials
who also were members of the
Democratic national committee
except Mr.. Farley, to resign one
position.
The Washington times., 1935-02-27
Siam Kings Doctor
Has Eye Operation

NEW YORK. Feb. 81 G.N.SO.
DR.. John M Wheeler, famous
eye specialist of the Columbia.
Presbyterian Medical Center, who
performed the operation on the
left eye of the King Of Siam in
1881, underwent an operation for
tumor here last week which
caused the less of his left eye, it
was learned today.
The operation was performed
by DR.. John H. Huntington, as.
Sistant director of the Institute
of Opthalmclogy, of which DR..
Wheeler is director.