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The Washington times., 1936-07-28
The Human Side of the News = By Edwin c. Hill

BITS discovery and restoration is an
ironically amusing tale.
When the British French bound.
airy commission was at work de-
limiting the country, a young
British subaltern, suffered what he
considered an outrageous injustice
at the hands Of one Of his SUI
perior officers. Nursing his grudge,
he was alone a great deal, fever
ishly tramping the jungle.
After years Of work, the COM
mission was ready to draw the
lines which would set apart
French Indo-C China. One night
the French commissioners were
visited by the subaltern. He in
dictated, for the Frenchmen. q line
on the map.
''Whatever you do" he said,
make q jog Of about 10 miles
here, which will take in this
area which have marked with
the pencil. Don't ask me any
questions. I can't tell you why.
but take my word for it, you will
regret it forever after il you
don't get that piece Of ground"
The Frenchmen previously had
reason to believe that the young
BritiSher knew something Of i'm
portance. So, when the final con-
ference came, they fought like
tigers for this little indentation.
The British were puzzled and re-
Sistant, but finally yielded.
GLORIOUS WORK
At first the French could find
nothing, and their informant
would tell them nothing more.
But, at length, half buried in the
jungle moraSS, appeared the
broken outlines of the outer yard
Of q massive building.
Years were required to free the
glorious temple from the Strang-
ling trees and Smothering slime;
years more to remove the encruSt-
ed mud and detrltiS Of the cen
turtles.
It is like some structure on an
other planet, a great, stark but
beautiful portrayal Of some noble
civilization as irrevocably lost as
the winds which blow across the
Cobb desert of GenghiS Khan.
But, as with the other great
temples, its builders had the
viewpoint Of eternity" in Spi-
noza's phrase. Architectully. it is
a static reflex Of the heavens.
Nothing else did this lost people
project into the future. In this,
at any rate, they tell Of their out
reach to that which is changeleSS
and continuing.
Temples don't grow so readily
In democratic soil. The greatest
have been the achievements Of
theocracieS. They are in the full
flower of the symbolism which is
the growth Of centuries.
In Western nations, particularly
in these days of the cult of the
dominant state, the palace wins
over the temple. In the long
sweep of time, the jungle or the
desert gets them both. The rain
falleth on both the just and the
unjust" But in his temple, man
signals to the stars.
(Copyright. 1885. by King Features
syndicate InO.)
The Washington times., 1936-07-28
Three-Minute Journeys

lment organization IN charge o.
motor roads has done q thorough
Job. Down the Adriatic coast
along the Dolomites to Venice,
then on to Brindisi and Naples, the
roads are splendid. The road out
of Naples, winding along the coast
to Rome. is interesting and beau
tiful.
MANY NEW ROADS
Antwerp is a good point from
which to start for Belgium, Ger
many, France and Holland. A
splendid road leads to Brussels and
another good road leads to the
German frontier.
Germany has a network Of new
roads with all sorts Of improve
ments to make for pleasant mo-
toring. Curves and bends are
marked by neon lights, the land
scape is ever-cl1anging, and traffic
lanes have strips Of bushes to pro
tect the driver from the glare OF
oncoming headlights. For a mod
crate fee the driver can rent a
portable telephone which he plugs
in at small telephone boxes placed
at various intervals along the main
roads. Thus help can be summoned
from one of the thousands Of
stations scattered all over the
country.
Austria also has many excellent
ideas and notions to make things
pleasant for the visiting driver.
The roads are splendid, the seen
cry lovely and the stranger within
the gates is always treated with
typical Austrian courtesy and
charm, One Of the lovelieSt trips
is from Vienna through Linz,
Salzburg and Innsbruck, the heart
of the Tyrol, into Italy.
France has excellent highways,
many Of them new or rebuilt since
the war, and things are pleasant
for the motorist. Spain offers the
same advantages and is becoming
increasingly popular with motor.
lists from abroad.
The Washington times., 1936-07-28

Yankee ingenuity first took the world from the hand stage to
machine production.
In the development of that machine age the United States
and held leadership for decades in production Of machine
made goods.
Yankee manufacturers able produce at high wages
for American labor products which could still be sold world
markets prices less than similar goods made by the old hand
processes
report by the American Chemical Society indicates that
these United States laures any
world trade survive for America in the face of the intense
natonaism of the nations Of Europe
Germany forced by International economics and
if uUaLs curtdi imports of rau materials from
foreign lands has learned produce rUh uOhOy Ger
man products, than hundred major
tcles Of trade whch formerly made from imported
materials.
Italy, under the sting of League of Nations sanctions
during the Ethiopian crisis eUolOsd blending Of gaSo-
line, Which she does not produce, GOh alcohol (Uege
tdbly pr0duced) and benzine produced from cOaD,
IUich is powerful motor fuel than straight gasO
line Italy able to cut her gasoline imports from
petroleum. producing countries by Onethrd through this
blending.
The Europe becomes sefsuAfcient, the greater
lUiH be the loss in uUOrld markets American trade
trade already battered to fraction of its former
strength by Ra Deal trade and loOer-
ing of protective tariff Wds around American products.
The answer of course is application this use Of national
products for national American chemists inventors and
European scientists do with the materials Europe
The American public can and does buy enough foreign
goods to furnish work for the unemployed the
tion today The possibility Of in communism Europe
will call for the utmost in American self ufficiency and iso
tion if we are to maintain neutrality
Let America look ahead
Utilize American rGGU materials.
Create American substitutes for foreign goods
imported.
Then "BUY" American
The Washington times., 1936-07-28
MOTORING ABROAD

REMEMBER WAY back when
we gazed with awe at anyone for
tunate enough to be able to take
a car to Europe and make a motor
trip Of the continent? The pioneer
was entitled to all the awe and
admiration we could bestow upon
him, for he had managed to cut
through miles Of red tape and no
end of trouble to achieve his goal.
But now it is all so delightfully."-
different and pleasantly simple.
Last year several thousand cars
went across the Atlantic and this
year the number is even greater.
The cost has been reduced con-
siderably, and if three or four
travel together it is cheaper to
tour Europe with their own car
than it is to travel any other way.
Automobiles now are just part Of
the baggage.
The steamship company attends
to the insuring and clearing Of
the car, as we'll as to the obtain
ing Of the various licenses and per-
mitS. At the destination, the car
is ready to carry its passengers
through enchanted lands.
RULES OF ROAD
There is scarcely a country in
Europe, or rather, a town, where
one cannot get by with English.
AS to the rules Of the road in va
rious countries, these can be as
certained by referring to a book
let issued by the foreign depart
ment of the American Automobile
Association. American rules Of the
road apply in most continental
countries. In England, Of course,
one drives at the left side. The
same rule applies in CZechoslo-
Vakia and Austria.
New and marvellous roads will
delight the driver in Italy and
Germany, In Italy, the govern
The Washington times., 1936-07-28
Greatest Show on Earth
Bv Frank Miller Smith

billion dollars and this In the
face Of vastly curtailed national
income and In the face Of the
fact that the Administrations
policy Of scarcity is preventing
any increase in the national
wealth.
Generations yet unborn viii
ponder upon what manner OF
men they were that they could
hold up honesty and thrift as
national virtues and at the same
time in q cOwardly way saddle
upon those generations debts
which were contracted by them
with o mental reservation that
they never expected to pay
them.
"The Congressional Records
Of the last session Of Congress
contains many speeches wherein
members have boosted Of the
millions upon millions Of dollars
that they have been able to
bring into their districts. Yet
not q word is said by most Of
them as to the small pitiful
amount that their districts have
contributed toward the mainte-
nance Of the Republic"
Representative Emanuel Celler
Of New York on lynching:
"ThOse who cOndOne lynching
and even attempt to defend it
argue that its motive Is basic
sense Of justice, an outraged
community arising In arms and
50 forth. It is nothing Of the
kind.
1.-THE 1ynching spirit has
little II anything to do with
justice, basically or otherwise.
A lynching mob does not want
justice; it wants blood. It is
Ofttimes composed Of petty COW.
ards bent on killing another hu-
man being, but who have not
the courage to carry out their
desires until they are collected
en- maSSe."
Senator Carter Glass Of Virginia
on lobbyists:
81 simply do not wish any
Senator or anyone else to get
the impression that this is
something new, that it Is some
thing presented here by reason
of lobbyists. Lobbyists know
whom they should see, and rs
well they know whom they
should not see. I have never
had . lobbyist come to my Of.
flee. I have never read one Of
their letters"
Representative Frederick r.
Lehlbach's expression Of opinion
on Senate filibuSter:
ut is an outrageous PROPOSE
ton to force this down our
Threats on the basis Of . fool
bluff at the other end Of the
Capitol with respect to q filibus-
ter and ON the pretense that all
the merchant marine will diSap-
pear off the seas IL this specific
bill, at this specific hour, ID not
passed.
81 appeal to the common sense,
I appeal to the salf.respect Of
this House not to be 50 dra-
gOoned."
The Washington times., 1936-07-28

dure," and he suggested that it
would be well to regard them in
building either q temple or a
hovel.
Most temples grew, as did the
Renaissance cathedralS, from an.
cient beginnings, this being per-
haps more nearly correct than to
say they were built" They are
the embodiment Of the age-old
aspirations, deeply rooted in racial
life, varying cultures and philoso-
phieS.
EthnologistS and archaeologists
find deep and sometimes startling
meaning in their search for the
The Washington times., 1936-07-28

worship her!"
So the world sees Martha Gray.
So she sees herself. Never for a
second does she doubt that she's
Gods Greatest Gift to a husband,
son and daughter. And once her
son and daughter agreed with her.
But now
Now they're beginning to have
their doubts.
It was jolly once to have q
smiling mother waiting for you
when you came home. or a
fearful mother leaning on you,
praising and petting you. Yes.
is years ago, when you were a
freckled little tike of 10, or a
skinny little girl Of 8, it was
great to have Mother fYsSing
over you all the time, telling
everyone how she couldn't do
without her wonderful Lover"
or Precious Sweetheart"
THOUGHT 1T WAS FINE
Maybe you squirmed, some
times, when she kissed you be-
fore the other Fellows. Maybe
you pouted when she treated you
like a baby before the Other
Girls. Or insisted on Going
Everywhere with you. Yet way
down in your heart you felt it
was swell to have a mother like
that.
But now
Well, now it's different.
Now you wish. now you won
der. E.
Martha Gray'S son and daugh-
The Washington times., 1936-07-28

you'd search
far to find q
more appealing
person than lit
tie Mrs. Gray.
What a won
derful Wife and
M o t h e r!
chants the ad-
nliring chorus.
80 devoted to
her family Ut
terly unSelfish
never has q
thought outside
her home. Can't
bear to have
her children
oI1t NJ her sight
The Washington times., 1936-07-28

Ideal aesthetic proportion, -"
which man always has sought, as
the alchemists sought gold.
Some Of the old temples are
mystifying. Little is known Of the
mechanics by which ancient peo-
Piles were able to move such colos-
sal stones as those Of Toltec archi-
lecture or Of the pyramids. The
great Angkor.Vat In French 1ndo-
China Is battling to scholars.
Little or nothing Is known Of its
builders and the time Of its con-
Struction Is only vaguely conjec-
tured. It was buried under jungle
slime for centuries. The story Of
The Washington times., 1936-07-28

that the incom-
parably beauti-
full Temple Of
Heaven in Peip-
ing Is being re-
stored and safe
guarded. is
is graft fyin 6
news to travel
ers, who have
noted the creep
ing ruin Of the
temple in the
d e c q eS O I
China'S sire S S
Of war and rev.
olution, 1t is,
The Washington times., 1936-07-28

La don and
Q m acks the
New Deal:
"W orr led
and worn by
thre e long
years on the
tire q d m ill
Of New Deal
is m, . ha-
rasse d and
ewild cred
people yearn
once m o r .
for the well
marked paths
Of cOnStruc-
ffvA AmkAr
The Washington times., 1936-07-28
RAZZBERRIES
WITH CREAM

Pertinent examples of HON to
put the bee on your opponent
Nth due regard to the amenities
of the Sttudtton.)
Representative Bertrand Smell
(R.) Of New York, discovers
Presidential Candidate Alfred M,
The Washington times., 1936-07-28

1.-Two . II . =
prise and solid, sane accom-
pIishment.
Here in the SunflOwer State
they rediscovered the ancient
virtues Of administrative in.
tegrity, official honesty and
full public responsibility. Here
in solvent Kansas they found .
man who worked calmly amid
all the noisy din Of the New
Deals failures and false starts"
Governor Landon responds with
q few choice remarks about the
present Administration:
Judged by the things that
make US . nation Of happy fami-
lies, the New Deal has fallen far
short Of success. The proof Of
this Is In the record. The rec
ord shows that in 1888 the pri'
mary need was Jobs for the I'M
employed. The record shows
that in 1885 the primary need
still Is Jobs for the unemployed.
'"The time has come to stop
this fumbling with recovery.
American initiative IL not . COM
modify to be delivered In pound
packages through q Government
bureau. 1t is q vital force in the
life Of our nation and 1t must be
freed"
John R. McCarl, former Comp
troller General, on Governor Ian
don and off President Roosevelt
"As President Of the United
States he will neither become .
dictator nor view the plight Of
our people from such Isolated
and lofty eminence as to be
tempted toward fantastic expert,
ments rather than sound and
practical measures"
Representative Thomas A. Jen
kins Of Ohio on Government spend
ing: -
Of the present Administration Is
a national scandal and q pO-
MticaI crime. The last New Deal
/ Congress has been the most
! extravagant in history. 1t pro-
vided expenditures Of twenty
The Washington times., 1936-07-28
Has the Gar Fallen?

With Representative Thomas Blanton of Texas forced
into runo primary in an attempt to hold his seat in
the House, WashingtonianS be expected to watch
with interested eyes the voting in that State August
20.
Mr.. Banton according to the latest figures is run
ming rather poor second and only thousand so
votes cast for the third candidate make it necessary for
his principal opponent Judge Clyde L. Garrett to meet
the Districts self constituted "cZar in the second pr
mary.
1t is almost needless to say that the complexion
of affairs of the National Capital IUOuId change
nightly should Mr.. BIantOn go dOLDn to defeat
When the final cote is taken.
Since coming to Washington Mr.. Blanton has welded
a powerful voice in local affairs.
The Texan has dominated the consideration of District
legislation particularly approprating legislation the
House.
IT IS LARGELY DUE TO HIS EFFORTS, COM
BINED WITH THE INDIFFERENCE OF HIS COL
LEAGUES THAT THE FEDERAL SHARE OF
LOCAL EXPENSES HAS BEEN so REDUCED THAT
THE FUTURE OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AS A
CITY OF BEAUTY AND FEDERAL UTILITY HAS
BEEN ENDANGERED.
Mr. Banton has been typical example Of the dangers
Of placing control Of community in the hands Of per-
who is in way responsible to the citizens Of that
community.
The eagerness therefore, with which Washingtonians
wait for the final returns from Texas is quite under
Standable
The Washington times., 1936-07-28

Roy Chapman Andrews, the ex- 5
plorer and archaeologiSt. is back
from the Orient with the story
The Washington times., 1936-07-28
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson

PEOPLE YOU KNOW. THE CANN1BA
Cannbal! youd@r couldn't tell you what 1t is
never guess softspoken they
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-31
M'ADOO DENIES DEAL

gates to the Democratic presiden
tial convention.
McAdoo said he had not even
conferred with Olson and stood
by the decision of the State com.
mittee to ask President Roosevelt
to choose a ro'ter Of acceptable
delegates,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-31
City Pay Restored

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 31.-Full
restoration Of all pay cuts to the
city's 1900 employees was assured
by Mayor J. Fulmer Bright after
he had painted for the council
finance committee a glowing pic
ture Of Richmond's fiscal condi-
ton and outlook.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-31
Firemen ThaW Hydrant

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 81.
Firemen were compelled to build
a fire about a frozen hydrant
before they were able to obtain
water with which to fight a
$4,000 fire that swept the three
story brick apartment at Morris
Street and Grove Avenue here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-31
TODD CASH TO MOTHER

Elizabeth Todd, testified briefly.
The document leaves the estate,
with the exception of 81, to the
actress mother. The 81 bequest
was listed in the will for Pacquale
Pat" di Cicco, Miss Todd's di-
yorced husband.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-31

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 81 Q.N.S0.
DispoSing of an estate valued at
$45, 900, the will of Thelma Todd,
blonde screen actress who died
mysteriously last December l6,
yesterday was admitted to probate
by Superior Judge Arthur Keetch
after the actress mother, Mrs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-31
Internationa1 Newr servIce

Senator william Gibbs McAdoo
CD of California today denied
reports that he had reached an
agreement with Culbert L. Olson,
Democratic State chairman, on
the selection Of CALIFORNIA; dele
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-31
N. & w. Profit Gains

RICHMOND, Va, Jan 31.-The
board of directors Of the Norfolk
and Western Railroad has &C
copied the resignation of Vice.
Presiden, E. H. Alden, effective
February /, and in his place has
appointed I. w. Booth, who has
been assistant secretary and
cashier of the railroad.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-07-02

Every wardrobe demands at least
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another kick pleat at the back.
Simplicity is its keynote and it's
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cotton plaids or tie silk.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1S01-B
is available in sizes: IA, 16, Is, 20;
40 and ~. Corresponding bust meas
urements 80, "a, SO, 50, 40 and AZ.
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-07-02

lutions were drafted by Edmund
Pendleton, member of the commit
tee of correspondence in 1878 and
of the First Continental congress
and president of the Virginia Com
mittee of Safety. Two days pre-
viously the convention had Endorsed
a Declaration of Rights which mad
been prepared by George Mason,
who had also been a member of the
Committee of Safety.
Composed of 16 articles, the re-
semblance of the great document of
July drafted by Jefferson to Ma
sons work is a striking one. On
June % Virginia adopted the first
written constitution of free and
Independent state in America.
But even before that time signifi-
cant events were taking place in
Philadelphia where the Second Con-
tinental congress was in session. On
June z, Richard Henry Lee of Vir-
ginia, obeying the mandate given
him by the Virginia convention in
the resolutions passed on May 10,
offered in congress this resolution:N
Resolved, That these United Col
onies are, and of right ought to be,
free and independent states, that
they are absolved from all ale
glance to the British Crown, and
hot oil
them and the state of Great Britain
is, and ought to be, totally dis
solved"
The PHILOSOPHERS Of Locke and
Sidney and Harrington were bear
ing their fruit. The words of Paine
and Pendleton and Mason were
about to flower into document
which Thomas Jefferson was to pen.
It would begin: "Wherein the course
of human events, it becomes neces-
sary for one people to dissolve the
political bands which have connect
ed them with another" etc. And it
would end with these ringing words:
a. solemnly publish and declare.
That these United Colonies are, and
of Right ought to be Free and indie
pendent States And for the
support of this Declaration, with
firm reliance on the protection OF
Divine Providence. we mutually
pledge to each other our Lives. our
Fortunes. and our sacred Honor"
e Western Newspaper Union.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-07-02

onies and that magic word "inde-
pendence" was being spoken and
written.
Perhaps the honor Of being the
first to utter it belongs to the citi-
zens of Sheffield, Mass, who as
early as January y, 1913, proclaimed
the grievances and rights of the col
onies, among them the right of self
government The citizens of Men
don, in the same colony and in the
same year, also passed resolutions
containing three fundamental prop
ositions of the Declaration of indie
pendence itself: that all men have
an equal right to life and liberty,
that this right is inalienable, and
that government must originate in
the free consent of the people.
John Adams had been outspOken in
his advocacy of independence for
more than a year before Lee intro
duced his resolution in congress
and he had avOwed it in letters,
which the British intercepted in
July, 1T75, and printed in Boston
newspaper.
However, If we accept tradition
which seems TO have considerable
basis of fact, then the first real Dec
laration of Independence was adopt
ed in Mecklenburg county, North
Carolina, on May 81, 1875. Accord
ing to this story, news of the bat
ties of Concord and Lexington
reached this county while the militia
companies were met for their regu-
lar muster. ThereupOn the Mecklen-
burg patriots, most of them Scotch
Irish Presbyterians, passed these
resolutions:
Resolved, That whosoever directly
or indirectly abetted. or in any way,
form. or manner countenanced, the
unchartered and dangerous invasion
of our rights, as claimed by Great
Britain, is an enemy to this country,
to America, and to the inherent and
inaIienabIe rights of Man.
Resolved that we, the citizens of
Mecklenburg county, do hereby dis
solve the political bands which have
connected US to the mother country.
and hereby absOlve ourselves from
all allegiance to the British Crown.
and abjure all political connection,
contract, or association with that Ma
ton, who have wantonly trampled