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The Washington times., 1935-02-16

managed depends in no small
degree the safety of air trans.
port and the effectiveness Of
air defense.
This is not the first blow
struck by the political wrecking
crew which has been in charge
for several years of the aeronau.
tics branch, at the efficiency of
that Federal agency. 1t is only
the latest of a series of crippling
blows which the ringleaders of
the wrecking crew have been
delivering over several years.
AS a result of the melancholy
maladministration which this
Federal agency has suffered
since it fell under the domina.
tion of ''pork-barrel" politics,
most of the experts who or
ganized and brought to a high
state of efficiency the aeronau.
tics branch have been elimi-
mated. Their places given to
men of far less experience in
aeronautics, but of powerful
support. AS a result of the so
called reorganizationS and politi.
cal replacements the morale of
this one-time respectable, ef-
tlclent and highly respected
Federal agency has been badly
shattered, its integrity chal.
lenged and it's efficiency dras.
t1cally reduced.
WORST TO COME
But the worst is yet to come
unless the President puts a stop
to the political racketeering
which has been going on for
months in the aeronautics
branch. If the airways district
managers are permanently re.
moved from the service on
March / next, without a chance
to be heard in defense of any
secret charges brought against
them, then the wrecking crew
responsible for this raid will
undertake to deliver the final
blow against the efficiency of
the aeronautics branch by get.
ting rid of everybody who was
found there when the wrecking
crew took it over in the sum.
mer of 1888.
And the next on the list of
the wrecking crew for dismissal
is believed to be one of the most
efficient veterans of the aero
nautics branch-the Chief Engi.
neer of Airway DEVELOPMENT
and Construction, whose duty
1t is to supervise and coordinate
airwayS construction and to de-
Velop aid to air navigation.
The "pork-barrel" politicians of
a far Western State are said to
have a candidate whom they
are pressing for this position,
He is already attached to the
aeronautics branch in a subordi-
nate capacity.
Copyright, 1885. The Washington Times)
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Once-Overs
Unverified RumOrs

CHVcElAlcU humOrS
Isn't it true that the more
surprising and startling are the
reports you hear concerning
anyone, the more anxious you
are to get out and circulate
them.
It might spoil the fun to stop
to verify them.
You excuse yourself by pref
acing your remarks with the
statement that you cannot
vouch for it as true" so you
go right on and repeat the
story.
It is a weak excuse for the
damage you do when you
spread rumors, even though you
say you are not sure they are
correct.
1t is sensation you are after,
regardless of truth.
Even when the tales are veri.
fled don't you think that it
would be more fair and honor
able to keep silent about the
evil you hear?
Why should you try to preju.
dice people against their
friends?
And trying to keep your hands
clean at the same time is the
height of caddishness.
Too many persons-male and
female-are active in repeating
unfavorable news about women
and young girls.
This Smirching Of regulations
may have a very far-reaching
effect.
The most precious thing one
can possess is an unsullied repu-
tation.
It is a serious matter to have
it blackened by loose and evil
tongues.
Copyright, 1888, by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
Air Safety Threatened
By 'Wrecking Crew
BIZ James T. Williams, Jr.

Of vital concern to every
pilot who flies the Colors, to
every pilot who flies the pas.
sengerS of the mails, and to
every American who flies, is
another crippling blow at the
efficiency of the Aeronautics
Branch of the Department. of
Commerce for which the ring
leaders of the political wreck.
ing crew, which has debauched
that Federal agency to the
most Sordid political end in
the last two years, are wholly
to blame.
GUARD AIR SAFETY
This blow was struck in Sc.
cret on February 5 last. On
that day, without warning.
-four of the five managers Of
the airway navigation districts
of the United States were sum-
marily relieved from duty and
notified that they would be
placed on indefinite furlough
status as of March l next.
All of the pilots who are the
victims of this secret order
have had long flying expert.
ence. They have been with the
department since the aeronau-
tics branch was organized. They
constitute most of what is left
of the backbone of the efficient
force which organized and de.
veloped the Federal aviation
system, now including nearly
$4,000 miles of airways.
The headquarters of the air.
way navigation districts, whose
managers have been secretly re-
moved in order to make way for
new group of political an.
pointees, are Newark, Chicago,
Fort Worth, and Salt Lake
City.
Each of these districts is re.
sponSible for the maintenance
and operation of all air naviga-
Clon 1aclIltleS within its defined
territory.
These facilities consist of ro-
tating airway beacons; lighted
intermediate landing fields
which are equipped with boun.
Diary markers, field markers,
radio marker beacon, radio
range beacons, radio weather
broadcasting stations, and tele-
type circuits.
The managers in charge Of
these districts are also given
the responsibility of making
purchases and payments for
services and supplies required
in maintenance and operation.
Upon freedom from political
interference depends the eff
cheney with which these airway
maintenance districts are man
aged. And upon the efficiency
with which these districts are
The Washington times., 1935-02-16

l1Sl6-DleSSGU1lGSS dIlu UCSOAAAC
"Somebody's Darling"
I'll tell you, there's nothing
like this Southern chivalry!
Most men go to the other
extreme, and assume that every
unmarried woman over thirty is
"blighted being" who is simply
pining and painting to marry,
but has never been able to cap
ture a man. Bachelorhood they
regard as an enviable feat; but
SpinSterhood is just misfor-
tune, like club-foot or a cast
in-the-eye.
This antiquated masculine
attitude used to drive many a
girl into marriage with a man
she didn't particularly want to
marry. But all that is over.
You can't scare a modern girl
into marriage! The "old maid"
bugaboo is so dead that when.
ever you come across an old
maid-joke you feel like laying
a wreath of immortelles at its
feet. All the old maids diSap-
peared along with high-button
shoes and Illuminating gas.
There are thousands of Volun-
tary spinsters, who have clung
to their single blessedness and
their jobs for perfectly good
reasons. But an involuntary
spinster is as hard to find as a
. pearl in the Blue Points. And
half of the unmarried women
you meet are either debutanteS
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Bone, however, was of the
opinion that Japan did not
have that army concentrated
on the Coast.
He did say, however:
There can be no doubt that
Japanese vessels, OStenSibly
fiS h er m en-, have made
thorough study of the water
surrounding Alaska, know its
depth and the available har-
bOrS.
"The only Americans who
have charted the waters and
know them are fishermen,
whalerS and sealers. Our Navy
does not have adequate knOwI-
edge there and should detail
ships to make photographic
charts.
81 am not in favor of naval
maneuverS around Alaska and
know the men prefer the
warm beaches of San Diego.
"It will be criminally negIi-
gent of the Navy, however, un-
less it begins making charts
of Alaskan waters"
Washington abdttoirS are not
the only places in the National
Capital tUhere sheep are Slaugh-
tered daily.
In the Bureau Of Public
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BV Elsie Robinson

which would mature them and
make their lives dramatic.
They can't stand rebuffs,
losses, disappointments and
shocks which inevitably come
to those who live abundantly.
And so they huddle within
the safety and comfort of their
petty prejudices, their tiresome
manneriSms-and then wonder
why others are not drawn to
share their stale isolation.
THE SECRET
We like those who enlarge
our lives-We seek out those
who add color and flavor to
existence.
That is the secret of popular
ity. But you can't give color
unless you have accumulated
it yourself. You can't enlarge
the other fellows life until
you've had The courage to en-.
large your own.
You'd like to be popular?
Nothing's holding you-except
yourself.
If you want popularity, the
makings are all around you.
But can you, will you, take
them?
Copyright 1885, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
Marry-GO-ROund
By Helen ROULand

who may marry tomorrow, or
grass widows who were married,
day-before-yesterday.
A spinster doesn't try to ex.
plain or apologize for her spins
terhood, any more. She doesn't
even try to laugh it off. It's
nobody's business-and besides,
if her salary is good and she can
keep her figure, she can marry
almost any day, up to so, if she
cares to.
This doesn't mean that she
scornS matrimony or that she
doesn't WANT to marry. Every
normal girl knows that marriage
to the right man-iS the hap
piest and most satisfying state
in life. But when a modern girl
gives up her freedom, her career
and a swell job in order to go
domestic and burn some mans
toast, it is either for real love
or because she has a home-and-
kitchen complex.
She knows that life without
companionship is incomplete;
but before she exchanges her
desk for an electric range, she
wants to be sure of GETTING
that "companionship." She has
heard the crashing of too many
marriages around her and lis
tened to the woes of too many
married women, for marriage to
look to her like the only answer
to a maiden's prayer. And she is
not going to let herself be CAT
APULTED into marriage as her
mother was.
In short, a girl doesn't stay
single, these days either, be-
cause she WANTS to. But, no
doubt, lots of spinsterS would
The Washington times., 1935-02-16

A disbursing officer of Repub-
lican tendencies, asked to rush
the New Mexico checks in pref
erence to others replied:
They will be sent out in their
order"
Many of the checks which
probably would have meant
Democratic votes, did not arrive
in New Mexico until after elec.
ton.
And history has II that Mr..
Chavez lost by q few votes.
(Copyright.51ss5, The Washington Times)
The Washington times., 1935-02-16

"The Navy will be guilty of
criminal negligence unless it be-
gins a thorough study of Alas
kan waters"
That is the opinion of Sen
ator Homer T. Bone, Demo
crat of Washington following
continued revelations of Japa-
nese activity on the west coast
of the United States.
Although it was received with
some skepticism by House and
Senate members, the recent
statement of Representative
John F. Dockweiler, of Cali
fornia, created intense interest.
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
Greatest Show On Earth
Bu John Snure, Jr

Health, which is headed by Sur.
geon Gen. Hugh S. Cumming,
about a dozen sheep are put to
death each day.
On a specially prepared rifle
range, Public Health doctors
shoot the woolies from various
distances.
They are studying the effects
of bullets on flesh, so as to be
in readiness to treat gunShOt
wounds in the next war.
Back in West Chicago, Illi-
nois, on June 2, 1890, there was
born one Chauncey w. Reed,
destined to be Democrat.
On the same day, in far-off
Wilmington, Delaware, was born
George j. Stewart, of Repub-
lican tendencies.
Some A years later. on No
vember 6, 1884, in the we'll
separated States of Illinois and
Delaware, Reed and Stewart
were elected for their first
terms in the United States
House of Representatives.
After taking their Oaths on
January 3, 1885, they seemed to
have comparable views on some
matters.
Their colleagues call them the
Congressional twins"
Some months after the Agri-
cultural Adjustment Admins
tration planned to rush almost
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OLD FAVORITES
Opportunity
-EdlUard ROWIand Sill

This beheld, or dreamed it in a dream:-
There spread cloud of dust along plain;
And underneath the cloud or in it, ragged
furious battle, and men yelled, and swords
Shocked upon swords and Shields A princes banner
Wavered then staggered backward, hemmed by foes
A craven hung along the battles edge
And thought Had a sword of keener steel
That blue blade that the kings son bears-but this
Blunt thing" he snapped and flung it from his hand
And lowering crept away and left the field
Then came the kings son, wounded, sore bestead,
And weapcnless, and saw the broken sword
Hilt-buried in the dry and trodden sand
And and snatched it, and with batte-shout
Lifted afresh he hewed his enemy down,
And saved a great cause that heroic day.
IReaders are invted to send to the editor their suq
Jestions of old favorteS among the poems for reprng
n this space
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World

elastic and colorful your person
ality and the greater your popu-
larity.
For the more you know of life,
through your own ups-and-downs,
the more you'll be able to enter
into, understand and influence
other lives.
There is nothing more greatly
desired than a charming and
compelling personality. There
is almost no limit to the power
The Washington times., 1935-02-16

of a person who possesses such a
personality. And the person
without personality suffers end
less humiliation and bitter re
sentiment.
Yet ii you'll study "colorless'
persons you'll soon see why they
are that way.
Their lives are lack-luster and
limited because they are too
cowardly or conceited to accept
those challenges and criticisms
The Washington times., 1935-02-16

the sum total
of your flesh,
hair, toenails,
teeth, blood
and bon e?
Or is the real
Y o U some
thing m uc h
b ig G er and
better and
! e SIS perish.
able?
Long years
ago S o m e
w is e men
conceived a
curious the
nH.rr nnnnQrnn
The Washington times., 1935-02-16

DockWeiler
said:
"There are
$4,000 armed
japanese re-
S er v is t S in
C lif or mia
re a d Y for
action"
Th e con-
SenSuS was:
"There is
a t l e a s t
enough truth
in the state
m e n t t o
make it far
from false. +"
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
Why A Spinster Tax

WHY n OPlIlsLeT IdA
A Florida legislator has sug-
gested that all SpinsterS should
be taxed.
This is the first public COM
pliment which the "old maid"
has ever received! Because it
assumes that all spinSters are
single by CHOICE! and that it
is their own fault if they have
refused to marry at least one of
the vast hosts of eligible men
who have begged them on
bended-knee to give up their
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
Words of Wise Men

Architecture is frozen musc-schellng.
Men that greatly guilty wse-Burke
Nature method for each each for all
Emerson
The half better than the whole.-Hesiod
Terror haunts the guilty mind.-Lee.
Blame safer than praise.-Emerson.
No vehement can exist in this world with immunity
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
Hauptmann Pays Price
For Greatest Crime
A Jury of His Peers Has Found Him
Guilty---May This End Kidnapping!

jury of his peers having found Bruno Richard Hauptmann
guilty of the kidnapping and murder of the ndbergh baby he
will be Observation-Disclosures technicay ntervenes to
save him from the chair.
The task of the jurors a difficult
In trials have there been pepexng vergences of
testimony.
Hauptmanns connection with the kidnapping could not be
doubed-the explanations he offered for his pos
session the money and to exonerae himself in other
respects were too fantastic to be believed
His actual responsibility for the crime by
cearyet think that most impartial persons considered the
weight evidence heavily against him and the jury bound
be guided accordingly in reaching its verdict.
At all events Hauptmann has been legally Judged and his
previous record Of crmnay in his homeland will dispose
deserts.
But however individuals may view the case there will be
nationwide hope that it will effecualy discourage kidnapping
in this that the sacrifice of the innocent ndbergh
baby will make the homes of America safer than they have been
before since the commission of this heartbreang crime
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
You Build Your Own
Personality
That sre YOu2

W1IdG z IE YOU!
What is this thing we call
the human spirit? What is
personality?
Is it a chemical reaction?
A physical phenomenon? Are
you the result of your glands
The Washington times., 1935-02-16

SIS 0 90 0 0 in
checks to New
M e xico to
farmers W h o
were then eX-
p e c t e d to
v o t e f o r
t h e Demo
cratic nomi-
nee for the
Senate, Rep
T e S e II LdUlV6
Dennis Cha
vez, the truth
comes out as
to why most
of them didn't
arriNa
The Washington times., 1935-02-16

cheerfully pay a spinster-tax
just for the pleasure Of regard
ing spinsterhood as a PRIVI-
LEGE instead of as an afflic.
ton!
Copyright. 1895, by King Features
Syndicate, lnr.l
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IsEisIag.ls

5l4 N Capitol. L1-6000
1929 FORD TUDORSs35 down HARRY
a SHARP CO., 18th and Meridian; 44a
NO. 77-l93l Ford Tudor; 1925 WEST
SIDE CHEW. INC, 24l9 w. Wash.
! FORD-'29 coupe nice: bargain s95 BOTH
q CENTRAL SALES. TA-555O.
/ NO. 147-l932 Ford 4-cyl Tudor; s2s5
WEST SIDE CHEW, INC. 24l9 w. Wash.
/ 1884 FORD-Del Fordor General air
wheels; perfect condition every respect;
/ 800 down. HARRY A. SHARP CO., 18th
and Meridian 443 Virginia.
NO. 137-Ford 1882 va sedan; s265 WEST
SIDE CHEW. INC. 2419 w Wash
FoRD-'29 coach runs good; good tires.
Terms; ss5. $50 Madison-av.
1884 FORD TUDOR-Goodyea air wheels
perfect condition: S85 down. HARRY
A.: SHARP CO., 18th and Meridian and
443 Virginiaav.
cial. SOS. Good tires. $50 Madison-av.
FORD SPIT RDsTR.. GOOD BUY, SIS.
209 W. North.
1885 FORD tudor deluxe; built in trunk;
only 1900 miles; see this wonderful buy
at a sacrifice CENTRAL BUICK CO.
832 N Meridian. LI-1995.
GRAHAM PAIGE-sedan; 80 good buy for
GRAHAM--1935 series coupe; used very
little; like new. Best cash offer buys
it, IR-4792
HUPP ZJ-Sport coupe; Al, cash or
terms. 963 N. Pershing. BE-4329-M.
HUPP-'30 sedan: very good: S195. BOTH
g. CENTRAL SALES. TA5550.
HUPP-'30 sedan: very clean ... S195
BOTH & CENTRAL SALES. TA-5550.
NO. 214A-1929 Hupp sedan: s165. WEST
SIDE CHEW. INC, 2419 w. Wash.
harmonic sed., like new. S145. WILES
g. WILSON. 33i5 College. WA-2266.
NO. 203-1931 Marmon coupe: s145 WEST
SIDE CHEW, INC, 2419 w. Wash.
1920 Marmon Roosevelt. It's the Presi-
dents car. We got it and must sell it,
s25 down.
Hs% 3$s; y
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5l4 N. Capitol LI-8000.
NASH-'3n sedan s93s XVTTES {, W.T. SON
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Terms; S65. 300 Madison-av.
1884 FORD TUDOR-Goodyea air wheels
perfect condition: S85 down. HARRY
A. SHARP CO.. 18th and Meridian and
443 Virginia-av.
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E&1As.l44AA.&hAAxXvA
5l4 n Capitol. LI-sooo
DESOTO-'32 coach: very nice: s2s5. BOTH
Il CENTRAL SALES. TA-5550.
1929 DE SOTO de luxe sedan; runs good.
Terms; special. s12O 900 Madison-av.
DE SOTO-'29 z-door sedan. sl45 wILES
IL WILSON, 1915 College. WA-22ss.
DE SOTO-'35 airstream sedan; new car
title and guarantee. SIPS; balance SO so
Nkly. W1LES & WILSON. 33l5 College.
WA2256.
DODGE-Sedan. runs; first SIS. BOTH &
CENTRAL SALES. TA-5550.
DODGE'29 D Il 4-pass coupe: very
nice: $3.50; terms; trade. 200 W North.
ESSEX-192s COACH. RUNS. $40 I27
w. 18TH.
FORD Coupe: ok; first s25 BOTH &
CENTRAL SALES. TA-5550.
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1892 Ford Va coupe Ford owners take
notice. One at this price. SIS down.
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35 Olds g" cow. cpe.-Big Savings
'35 Hudson IS" cow. cpe.-
Big Savings
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A U T o M o TIVE

q Autos for Sale
1929 Auburn Sedan a.,
55sssss auburn Salon BrouEham a..
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1892 De Soto coach What a buy Clean
Youu have 70 see it TO appreciate rs
value. Only s95 down.
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1880 11a-ton panel: cheap.
APPLICABLE, Is w. 18th. LI-32e2
CHEVROLET-193l pickup. sle5. W M
CARSON, Pontiac. $50 Vir. DR-o232
NO. 21sB-1o31 Chew ls-ton panel: s1e5.
WEST SIDE CHEW, INC. 2419 w. Wash
NO. 2sA-1929 Chew. ll2-ton stake; 500.
WEST SIDE CHEW. INC, 2419 w Wash
NO. 134-1934 Chew. 1la-ton c & C.. s495
WEST SIDE CHEW. INC, 241s w. wash
NO. 2l1-1931 Chew. l-ton panel: Sl9s
WEST SIDE CHEW. INC. 24is w Wash
NO. 2O0-1929 Dodge; ia-ton panel; Sis.
WEST SIDE CHEW, INC. 2419 w. wash.
1884 and 1885 FORD Va panels-lla-ton
MTo 81 pg Used T Msny Sth SEPT Wa
l3th-st. LI-7467.
NO. 126-l931 Ford pickup: sl95 WEST
SIDE CHEW. INC. 24l9 w Wash.
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Evening star., 1935-09-21

Continued From First Page)
shortly after 4 am. His wife, to whom
he was married a year and a half
ago, planned to remain in New York
until Wednesday. She will sail then
on the Normandie to join him in
Kaunas.
The flyer carried a thousand letters
for delivery in Lithuania.
He also carried ribbons, contributed
by Chicago Lithuanian Americans, to
. drop on the graves of Stephen Darius
and Stanley Girenas.
Darius and Girenas, attempting a
similar flight, crashed just over the
Polish border July II, 1888, with their
goal only 375 miles away. Both were
killed.
Prepared for N0urishment.
Watkins took five nam and egg
sandwiches, a quart Of coffee, quart
of lemonade, two gallons OF water
and fruit.
The plane is a Lockheed Vega mon
oplane, painted white with orange
trim. The American and Lithuanian
flags are painted on the rudder and
side door. 1t has Wasp motor of $50
horsepower. supercharged.
The fight is a cooperative venture
sponsored by the Chicago Lithuanian
newspaper Nautienos and the Ameri-
can Lithuanian Transatlantic Flight
Association. Watkins regards 1t senti-
mentally as an attempt to complete
the flight started by Darius and
| Girenas.
Waikus' equipment included radio
compass with outside loop aerial. He
planned to tune in on an English or
Frech station for his direction.
He also took with him a collapsible
boat, kites, pistol and flares.
The plane, capable of 200 miles per
hour top speed and cruising speed of
$50 miles per hour. was loaded with
TOO gallons of gasoline and 38 gallons
of oil.
He said he would fly in the sub
stratosphere at an altitude between
10000 and $4,000 feet. He expected
the fight to require % to 80 hours.
Watkins is Reserve Army officer
at Selfridge Field, Detroit. His home
is at Kohler, Wis. His father, Anton
and mother, Mary, live in Chicago
He has been flying six years and he
has credit Of 1900 hours in the
air.