davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1935-06-15

revolving practices alleged to have been
carried on within its walls. She came
to New York and 80 impressed many
people Of standing that they continued
to believe her even after she was
proved to be of bad character ard her
story to be a clumsy invention.
@. What is sea Ievel"?-w. W.
A. Sea level may be defined as the
surface which the water of the ocean
would assume were it not acted upon
by the attraction of the sun and the
moon or disturbed by the wind.
@. On what date was the mammoth
N. r. A. parade In New York city?-
A. w.
A. 1t was on September IS, 1888.
that ESQ, 900 marched on Fifth avenue.
At least 100000 spectators lined the
avenue.
Q. What poem inspired Rossetti to
write THE Blessed Damozel'?-L r.
A. THE Blessed DamozeP' was sug-
| gested by Poe's poem, The Raven"
Rossetti said: Il saw that Poe had
done the utmost 1t was possible to do
with the grief of the lover on earth,
and determined to reverse the condi-
tions, and give uttersnce to the yearn-
ings of the loved one in heaven"
@. What State is called the Mother
Of StateS?-W. B.
A. The term is frequently applied
to Virginia as the oldest Of the l3
American Colonies and because its
original territory was formed into a
number of States.
@. Would the removal of the frank
ing privilege erase the annual Post
Office deficit?-F. G.
A. The amount Of money not re-
ceived because of the franking privi-
leges is but a comparatively small
item in comparison to a total of S54
100000. The table shows that total
franked mail expenditures were $685.
640.48, whereas the grand total in
excess of spportioned expenditures
over revenues amounted to $54,46l,-
71480.
@. When was the Christ Of the
Andes" dedicated?-B. z.
/ A. On March 13, 1904. The statue
stands on the boundary line between
Chile and Argentina in Uspallsta Pass,
1900 feet above sea level.
@. How many public school chill
dren ride to school daily in school
busses?-H. D.
A. During the school months sp-
proximately 2.500.OO0 children ride
a 1y,1n Iafl 20 =
soidated schools throughout the
country.
@. How old is the yacht used by
King George?-L. N.
A. The Britannia is forty-tvo years
old. She was built in 1893 for the
late King Edward. then Prince Of
Wales.
@, Who originated the borrowing
and repaying plan in subtraction9-
S. E.
A. The borrowing and repaying
plan in which the one that Is bor-
rowed is added to the next figure was
used by Fibonacci as early as 1902
and was probably inherited from the
Eastern Arabs.
@. Who Is educational director OF
the c. c. c. camps?-E. p.
A. Howard w. Oxley has been ap-
pointed educational director of the
Civilian Conservation Corps. Mr..
Oxley has been educational adviser
for all the camps in the I'd Corps
Area, with headquarters in New York
City. He succeeds C. S. Marsh. who
resigned as educational director Of
the C. c. c. TO become associate
director of the American Council on
Education.
Q. Who said Eternal sunshine in
music. thy name is Mozart? "?-H. K.
A. The saying is attributed to
Rubinstein.
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led by Andre Tardieu. It Is more
than a bloc des Gauches: il is coali-
ton of Left, Center and Right, and
past performance has shown that the
Socialists cannot or will not cooper
ate with any other faction or fac
tions. 1t is therefore a heterogeneous
mass of widely differing political
views. which only the critical financial
situation of the nation can hold to-
gether."
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War Funds.

From the New Orleans Times-Picsyune.
An Abyssinian gold dollar brought
SITS at collectors sale in New York
the other day. If that price can be
stabilized the Abyssinian mints should
finance the possible war now threaten
ing with comparative ease.
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Ladies who are beautiful and blond
and domestically correct might be
justified in organizing a society to
protest against the indiscriminate
classification of the type by the police
reporters.
Evening star., 1935-06-15

Turkish, Egyptian and Arabian
splendors have been in evidence here.
The public has enjoyed pageantry to
a degree that will bring welcome to
change from colorful silks and velvets
to plain, everyday business suits.
Evening star., 1935-06-15

Easy-going time citizens awaken
with surprise to the fact that Ethi-
opian is a word to be taken most seri-
ously. Jack Haverly used to employ it
to describe his minstrels.
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Not Our Students.

From the Worcester CMass) Evening
Gazette.
The Soviet government pays salaries
to its college students, which should
be a relief to those alarmists over here
who apparently thought it was Ameri-
can students Russia paid.
Evening star., 1935-06-15

According to some analysts. the
methods of political hsrangue often
revert to the old horse and buggy. The
use of motor cars does not alter the
ancient methods of persuasion.
Evening star., 1935-06-15

The suburban tavern where murder
bribes are discussed is far from the
ideal OF the poet who wrote Let me
live in a house by the side Of the
road and be friend to man."
Evening star., 1935-06-15

One of the most interesting features
OF the Nations Capital was unobServed
by the crowds of visitors. The fill
buster is a quaint, archaic specimen
that still holds political and sociologi-
cal influence.
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Corn's Color and Kick.

From the Kalazamoo Gazette
Research is said to reveal that the
Indians valued their corn for its color
more than for its taste. A good many
pale-face connoisseurs, it seems, are
chiefly interested in the kick
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Mistakes of the Amateur.

II regard myself" said the confident
statesman, "as a man of destiny"
Well" replied Senator Sorghum,
you want to look out. I never saw a
man who tried to be his own fortune
teller who didn't keep prophesying
good luck till he got careless"
Evening star., 1935-06-15
Babe and Golf.

From the South Bend Tribune.
Action of the golfing moguls in dis
qualifying Babe Didrickson may be
the best thing for the games leading
players, but is 1t the best thing for
golf?
Evening star., 1935-06-15

An assemblage Of brass bands Gre
ates regrets that John Phillip Sousa
could not have survived to compose
more marches.
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No Chicken.

From the South Bend nrd) Tribune
Well. it seems indisputable that the
blue eagle was not one of the two
birds that Hoover promised for every
pot.
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A Faithful CopyiSt.

whats the trouble with this let
ter?" asked the manager. Its full
of repetitions"
Its quite correct" replied the alert
stenographer. THE new man who
dictated 1t shutters"
Evening star., 1935-06-15

If Ed Howe we're to write another
Story Of Country Town" he could
put more sensationalism into it by
laying the scene in Rockville.
Evening star., 1935-06-15

1t is clearly intimated that the re-
cent gorgeous parade is not the only
one the President expects to review
from the same position.
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AnnIied Ecnnnmics.

Applied Economics.
Aren't you afraid to use such an
unreliable piece Of rope to swing the
hammock"
No. replied Farmer Corntossel.
'The individual must expect 10 make
sacrifices for the general good. When
that hammock breaks some one per-
son Is going to get hurt little and
scared q whole lot. But think of
what q laugh all the other boarders
will enjoy!"
Good man gone wrong" Is often q
misleading phrase which should read
bad lot Just discovered"
The Terrible Truth Teller.
The Summer thermometer now you
will find
,Mongst terrors up IN the front
rank;
1t Is one of those friends who are
cruelty kind
As they try to be perfectly frank" /"
KNOWN when to quit is mighty
good thing said Uncle Eben. "but
KNOWN when not to start somethin'
10 still betsas."
Evening star., 1935-06-15
Control.

From the wichita (Kans) Eagle.
Mussolini says Ethiopia needs Eu-
ropean control. Ethiopia's obvious
answer is that Europe should first
learn to control itself.
Evening star., 1935-06-15

Multimillionaires too often discover
that in estimating their wealth some
kind-hearted bookkeeper has been
holding out the bad news.
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Persistent Life.

From the Macon (Ga) Telegraph.
That chemist who says death may
be deferred indefinitely probably put
in decade or two trying to kill the
wild onions in his front yard.
Evening star., 1935-06-15
Will Never Learn,

From the Pontiac CMiehJ Press.
Just how far the depression has
taught US to beware Of wild specu-
lation is pretty well demonstrated in
the chain-letter craze.
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Rate by Carrier Within the City.

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Evening star., 1935-06-15

It is feared that a parole too often
constitutes an overwhelming tempta-
ton to backslide.
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Only on Paper.

From the winston-salsn IN CT Journal.
Some wives insist that their model
husbands are mere blueprints.
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Unappreciative.

The rose, likewise the violet,
To me seems but q bore.
I'd rather have an orchid, cause
1t costs a great deal more.
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Evening star., 1935-06-15

c. In what State did Thomas. So
cialist candidate for President, get the
biggest vote in 1932?-S. D. z.
A. The Thomas vote of 1887 in
New York was larger than his vote in
any other State
Evening star., 1935-06-15

Q. Who was Maria Monk?-E. NJ.
A. Maria Monk was Canadian i'm
postor. In 1885 she claimed to have
escaped from the nunnerv of the Hotel
Dieu in Montreal and told of many
Evening star., 1935-06-15

Q. Who said Eternal sunshine in
music. thy name is Mozart"?-H. K.
A. The saying is attributed to
Rubinstein.
Evening star., 1935-06-15

O. What State is called the Mother
Of States?-W. B.
A. The term is frequently applied
to Virginia as the oldest Of the 13
American Colonies and because its
original territory was formed into a
number of States.
Evening star., 1935-06-15

@. How many dog shows are held
annually in the United States?-S. F.
A. Last year 276 licensed dog shows
were held in this country. In addi-
ton, many sanctioned shows were
held not carrying championship
points.
The Washington times., 1935-01-05
aiirbanks Bars
" ON en- in
Film Plan

HAVRE, France, Jan. 5
G.N.SD.-Douglas Fairbanks,
sr., is going to make a picture
''in the South Seas, with no
women in it," he told reporters
yesterday when he arrived en-
route to Italy.
Mr.. Fairbanks, looking tired
and worn, declined to discuss
either Mary Pickford or Lady
Ashley, English actress who
was recently divorced with Mr..
Fairbanks named as co-respon-
dent, and indicates he might
proceed to st. Moritz after a
short stay in Italy.
Passengers declared he spent
good deal of time exercising
on the ship.
The Washington times., 1935-01-05
Thug Shoots Man
In Stickup of Bar

NEW YORK, Jan. 5 G.N.SD.
Michael Cuniff, 35, patron in an
uptown bar, was wounded criti-
cally today by an armed thug, &C.
companied by "gun moll," when
Cuniff flung his glass at the rob-
ber during holdup of the bar.
After shooting Cuniff, the hold
up man and his attractively
dressed companion looted the cash
register and escaped in an auto
mobile,
The Washington times., 1935-01-05
BOY, a, ADMITS
KILLING PAL

CLARKSBURG, w. Va, Jan. S
Elmo Pfouts, IA, high school stu
dent, has confessed, police say
that he accidentally killed his pal
Richard SinSel, also a high school
boy, on New Year Day, hiding the
body because he said he was afraid
to report the shooting to authori
ties.
After killing Sinsel, Pfouts went
to church and played guitar for
O party. He told the sheriff:
81 shot him while We were
playing Indian and cowboy. /
never quarreled with Richard in
my life, and 1 was so scared
hid the body under the porch
steps,"
The boys body was found under
the front porch of the Pfouts
home.
The Washington times., 1935-01-05
Marriage Offer
Proves Big Bust

LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. 5.
Jack Louis Browns offer to marry
any woman who could earn at
least $18 week is going begging.
Publication of the offer so far
has brought only two replies. One,
which Jack regards as burlesque,
from lima Bear" describing her.
self as an elderly female willing
and ready to wed; the other from
a fatherly person advising him not
to surrender" because women are
"still physically and Intellectually
inferior to men,"
The Washington times., 1935-01-05
GUNNEN SHOOT
MAN, ROB 8

Seven gunner, operating in the
District late yesterday and early
today, shot one man, slugged an
other and tossed a kidnapped taxi
cab driver from his cab 10 miles
from the District, after robbing
him of $40.
Joseph Washnak, AZ, of the
2800 block of Bladensburg Road
N. E., was the shooting victim.
He is in Casualty Hospital with
bullet wound in his side.
Mr.. Washnak, driver OF a
meat company delivery truck,
was shot when he attempted to
fight off two colored robbers as
they boarded his truck at Tenth
and B Streets northeast. They
escaped with about $3.50. His
condition is not believed to be
serious.
The kidnapped taxi driver, f.
w. Chapple, said he was forced
by three gunmen to drive to a
point about five miles below Alex
andria, Va, where they took his
cab and money before fleeing.
Mr.. Chapple quoted the thugs as
saying:
"They got Dillinger and
Baby-face' Nelson, but-they
amt got u.s."
James L. Coyle, of Herndon,
Va, was Slugged and robbed of
SIS by two colored gunner in
the 500 block of Twenty-fourth
st. N. w. He was beaten un-
conscious and lay for several
minutes in the street.
The Washington times., 1935-01-05
Mike Fright Blamed
ForLengthy Prayer
MARY WILSON

assembled the Speakers rostrum to
pray that the House be given
guidance in their work this session.
Before him was a microphone.
1t may have been the mike" it
may have been the occasion, or
some other reason, but Chaplain
Montgomery prayed 10 minutes
instead of the usual two or three.
One "No" Vote
"A few minutes later the Demo-
Gratis and Republicans presented
their states, on both of which the
we'll loved chaplain was the choice
to be continued in that position.
The Speaker called for a viva
voce vote.
Some three hundred odd mem
bers shouted:
"Aye."
One member beloved:
mo"
He was asked:
"Why did you vote 'nO'?"
Because if we gave that
much time to prayer every day
we'd never get any work done
here"
BANKHEAD ON STRETCHER
An hour before the Democratic
caucus named Representative Will
liam B. Bankhead of Alabama to
DE the majority floor leader, he
was carried from his home on a
stretcher. He has had heart
attack.
Mr.. Bankhead came out of the
University of Alabama 40 years
ago and became a New York
lawyer. He was a member of
Tammany Hall.
The Washington times., 1935-01-05
CITIZENS LABEL
KING TAX PLAN
AN OUTRAGE
Southeast Group Calls Upon
Congress to Pay a Fair
Share of D. c. Costs

Imposition of an additional tax
on residents of the District would
be an outrage" it was charged
at a meeting of the Southeast
Washington Citizens Association
last night.
The association unanimously
adopted a resolution, introduced
by Louis F. Frick, prominent at
torney and chairman of the law
and legislative committee, calling
on Congress to pay its fair share
of the cost of District government.
The proposal to impose the new
tax on District residents was
made recently by Senator William
H. King CD of Utah, chairman
of the Senate District Committee
and raised a storm of protest.
The resolution adopted last
night read:
whereas, certain members
of the Senate and the House of
Representatives have stated
they favor the imposition of an
additional income tax on resi-
dents of the District of Colum-
bia, and
Whereas, it is evident that
effort will be made at this
session of the Seventy fourth
Congress to enact such legis-
latiOn, which would work a
hardship on the wage earners
of the District, who already
pay the Federal Income Tax
and high local taxes, and
whereas such additional
taxes would be detrimental to
the business life of the COM
munity and in effect consti-
tute a salary reduction for
wage earnerS, retarding the
business recovery in the Dis
trict, now therefore
BE it resolved that we, the
Southeast Washington Citizens
Association in meeting assem-
bled, do enter most vigorous
protest against such an income
tax as unjust and unfair. And
we believe that if additional
funds are necessary for t.
maintenance of the gOvernr
of the District of Columbia
Congress should make a jr
equitable appropriation
formity with the law
subject"
Speakers at the NEE
out that while Congr'
to pay 40 per cent of
District government,
lump sum" appropri
this year it contrib
per cent of the cost
government.
The Washington times., 1935-01-05
Drexel's Will
Filed for Probate

DELPHIA, Jan. S
ON.SO Madame Helene Barth,
of Paris, was left a legacy of $685.
900 and the life income from trust
funds aggregating $500,000 in the
will of Col. Anthony j. Drexel. Of
Philadelphia and Paris. admitted
to probate here yesterday.
Colonel Drexel left $4,000 to
Capt. William Trayler, of South
ampton, England, commander of
his yacht, "Sayonare." Other di-
rect legacies include $4,000 to his
daughter, Margaretta. the Count
ess of WinchelSea and Noting
ham. and $4,000 to Cordelia
Biddle MRS. T. Markoe) Robert
son, New York.
The Washington times., 1935-01-05
V|RG|N|AN BRIDE
Of VANDERBILT

ALBUQUERQUE. N. M, Jan. 5
G.N.SD Cornelius Van d rbilt,
jr.. and his bride, the former
Helen Warner, of Clarksburg, w.
Va, planned to leave here today
for his ranch near Reno, by way
Of the Grand Canon.
They were married here yester-
day by a justice of the peace in
the county courthouse.
1t was the third marriage for
Vanderbilt. He married Rachel
Littleton, of Chattanooga, Tenn,
in 1920. They were divorced in
1927.
The next year he married Mrs.
Mary Weir Logan, Chicago divor-
Gee. Their divorce in 1881 re-
suited from Vanderbilt's accusa-
tions against Peter Arno, New
York artist, and the latter's
charges that Vanderbilt threat
ened him and pursued him with
a revolver.
Vanderbilt lost a fortune in the
tabloid publishing business sew
eral years ago.
The Washington times., 1935-01-05
JUSTICE HEADS
|. EXTEND SCOPE

From conductors of Govern
ment litigation and rather inef-
fectually equipped Federal police
men, the Department of Justice
has extended its activities and
grown in Importance during the
last year until it stands as
probably the most far flung civil
and criminal law enforcement
agency in the country.
This is revealed in the report
of United States Attorney Gen
eral Homer Cummings and his
aides, made to the Senate and
House of Representatives, cover
ing the fiscal year June 80, 1888,
to June 80, 1884.
The extension of Justice activi--
ties is caused by number Of
developments. Chief among these
are the allotment to the Depart
ment of the prosecution and de-
fence in cases resulting from So
called emergency legislation, CEN
tralization of duties formerly
taken care of by other Govern
ment bureaus, enactment of new
Federal criminal laws and a gen.
eral increase in all Federal
powers.
The antitrust division is out
standing in its growth.
Under the direction of Assistant
Attorney General Harold M.
Stephens, this unit instituted and
defended 226 cases during the
year, as against SO for 1888 and
100 in 1892, an increase of 1874
per cent for 1884 over 1888, and
126 per cent for 1884 over 1882.
The Washington times., 1935-01-05
BRITAIN FEARS
FOR FUTURE Of
NEW DEAL
Press Doubtful President Can
Attain Aims Stated in
His Message

LONDON, Jan. S ON. So.
Britain took keen interest in Pres
ident Roosevelt's message to Con-
gress, but the tendency of the
press today was to question
whether he would be able to put
all his policies into effect.
1t will remain for the budget to
show whether the Presidents pub
lie works program can be af.
forded, said the Financial Times,
while the Daily Telegraph Won
dered how the 3,500,OO0 to be put
on public works could ever be alb
sorbed into private employment.
Middle Course Seen
Business men in Britain, said
the Morning Post, have been
seeking for a sign by which to de-
termine whether he would veer to
the left or right or pursue a mid
die course.
THE whole tenor of the message
suggests a middle course, but it
contains no concrete pronounce
ment that would appear to throw
any new light on what this may
mean in practice. the economic
results likely to accrue from the
new political season remain as
obscure as ever"
The London Times commented
that President Roosevelt made a
frontal attack on the employment
problem rather than a campaign
of infiltration encouraging the re-
vival of initiative in private indus
try. consequently, he will be
criticized upon many grounds"
Expect Britain to Benefit
The Daily Express foresaw
Britain sharing in the new actiV-
ity of 1885, and the Daily Herald,
a labor party organ, said:
"Mr. Roosevelt has perceived
that he is face TO face with
the entire collapse of a sys-
tenn, with the final failure of
the past. 1t is in this sense
that he has become an historic
figure, while his British con-
tempOrarieS remain prisoners
Of the past"
BERLIN, Jan. 5 G.N.SO.-Ger-
man press comment on Presi-
dent Roosevelt's message today
confined itself principally to his
brief paragraph on the interna-
tional situation. His neigh
borly" attitude was praised in
Berlin Lokalanzeiger as highly
important, especially in connec-
ton with possible events in the
Pacific"
The power he has over Con-
gress, the paper said. would en-
able him to carry through his
pragram.