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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-15
FRAZIER TELL
OF OLD TYPE
ARTILLERY

James T. Frazier can remember
when salutes for war vessels dock
ing at the Washington Navy YARD
were fired from a battery Of old
muzzle-loading guns.
Now that, as any old-timer at
, the Naval gun factory can tell you
was a long time ago. Muzzle-load.
ers, they explain, disappeared with
the dodo and great aux when mod
ern breech-loading guns came into
use.
Mr.. Frazier. now a first-class
machinist in the shop producing
breech mechanisms, first entered
the gates of the Navy Yard in
1898. Things were different in
those days, he says, and many Gus
toms besides the use Of muzzle-
leaders have vanished.
He remembers when the Navy
Yard produced the first 13-inch
gun. It was considered a miracle,
especially when it was fired. Be
cause the first shot, he declares,
had an unusual history.
The big gun was taken to Indian
Head, Md, for tests. A shell was
fired at armor plate a foot thick,
behind which was oaken backing
six feet thick. The shell, con-
trary to expectations, went
through the armor plate and back
ing, sailed miles in the air, and
was finally discovered to have
landed in farmers backyard.
On the she'll, which was a
"dud", sat the farmers little
daughter, proud Of her new
hobby horse.
Mr.. Frazier reveals that meth
DDS Of handling the big Naval
rifles were more than crude in the
"old days. Donkey engines, at.
tached to a block and tackle,
pulled a gun for a few feet, after
which the engines and tackle were
moved to a new position so the
gun could be pulled a little
farther.
To place one of the rifles on
board a warship, it was necessary
to wait for the tide to raise or
lower the craft so that it's deck
was on a level with the dock to
which the donkey engines had
pulled it.
Mr.. Frazier, one of the most
popular men in the yard. expects
to retire sometime. Like all
other Nevy Yard workers who
labor a sufficient number Of
years, he will be eligible for a
pension.
He lives in his own home at
419 Tenth Street, N. E.
-VnTE AMEPIcAN-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-15
In Harmony with Your Throat

More marvellous than any invention is the music
box inside your throat. But so delicate with its
maze of membranes! No wonder so many stars of
the movies and radio say that for them light smoke
is the right smoke. Luckes are light smoke ofrch
riPe-boded tobacco. Luckes hit the right note with
your taste! The only cigarette with the tender center
leaves of the highest-priced tobacco plus the all
important throat protection of the "Toasting'
process. Remember-the only cigarette So reach
for Lucky and be kind to your throat!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-15
Democrats Will Rally
Tomorrow at Glen Echo

GLEN ECHO, Md, Oct. 15.-MrS.
T. M. Boyle, who wrote the theme
song of the Democratic convention,
Happy Days Are Here Again"
will be among the speakers at a
Democratic rally tomorrow at 8
p. m. in the Glen Echo Community
Hall. Other speakers will include
Representative David j. Lewis,
State Senator Stedman Prescott
and w. Warfield Ross. Norman
F. DAMS will preside.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-15

.VOTE ERICAN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-15
GARB0 CLAIMS
DEBT ISV0ID

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. IS
QN.SD while not admitting
the debt, Greta Carlo yesterday
had decided to fight suit for $1O,.
500 on purely technical grounds.
The action against the Swedish
screen star was brought by H.
Fitzpatrick, acting as assignee
for D. Schratter, former German
film producer, who charges he
loaned Miss Carlo the money
in Swedish krone and German
marks on three different occa.
SionS in 1924.
In her answer, Miss Carlo
neither admitted nor denied the
obligation. She admitted she
was able to pay, but commended
simply that the debt was out
lawed by the statute of limita-
tons.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-15
Indian Girl MissinQ,
Police Search Asked

Police yesterday were asked to
institute a search for Alyce John.
son, 24-year-old Indian girl, who
has been missing from her home
at TOT Sixth st. N. w., since Sat-
urday.
The request was made to police
by the girls half brother. Lawrence
johnson of the same address, who
said she is five feet, six inches tall,
weighs about 100 pounds and was
wearing a diamond engagement
ring when she disappeared.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-15
Chicago Puts Lid
On Tavern Choirs

CHICAGO, October IS. - Po-
lice Commissioner James P. All.
man has announced that if Sa.
loonkeepers permit patrons to sing
Sweet Adeline," or anything else,
after / a. m, they (the saloon
keepers) must buy a $500 amuse-
ment license,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-15

VOTE AM RICAN'
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$50, 900 for Lost Arm

NEW YORK, Oct. is U.N.S0.
Harry L. Tomkins, Of Exeter, Pa,
today held a $4,000 judgement
against the Erie Railroad as the
result Of an accident in July, 1884,
in which he lost an arm.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-15
Woodside Citizens

WOODSIDE, Md, Oct. IS.
The North e-Montgomery
Hills Citizens Association will
hold its october meeting tomor-
row at BIS p. M, at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. James T. Reside.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-15

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Evening star., 1936-09-15
Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE w. SPROWLS.
Settled Questions.

ONCE a day. at least. you find it
necessary to decide some question
OF course. the act of deciding or set
tling a question implies a mental
conflict. Your mind, for the time be-
ing. is standing at the crossroads of
action. trying to decide which way to
go.
Right or wrong, after a while you
will settle the question. At least you
call it settled. But what becomes of
the alternatives that only a little
while before seemed so important?
A great deal, of course, depends on
the gravity of the question you have
just settled If it's an important one,
the alternative will keep on trying to
get rehearing. Every time it pops
up. you are likely to try to forget it.
This mental process is called suppress
sion. You may be SO successful in
suppressing the other side of the
question that it will cease to bother
you.
The queer part about these rejected
alternatives is that they will not stay
entirely suppressed. They crop out
now and then in your dreams. Sup
pose your original decision happened
to be wrong. Suppose future events
turn out in favor of the suppressed
alternative. In that case, you are
pretty likely to begin believing that
dreams forecast the future.
(Copyright. 1880
Evening star., 1936-09-15
How 1t Started
BY JEAN NEWTON.
Thrift.

WHEN Solomon counseled Labor
not to be rich" money talked, but
knew full well whereof it spoke.
Solomon did not live in a bank
note world; then as now, however,
people were enslaved by the shin
ing metal which they labeled Alad-
dins Lamp, believing it would never
60 out-though it always did
In q cynical moment, Dickens said
money could do anything; others, less
embittered, refused so to exaggerate
its utility; it could make a man laugh;
it couldn't console a child in tears OF
an adult alone with an aching tooth
or conscience.
"The wretched impotence of gold!'
is more than cant Of hypocrite or de-
spair of economist; it is the rich
mellow wisdom Of those who have
learned though expensive experience.
Swift summed it neatly when he
opined that he was wise who had
money in his head, but not in his
heart.
Which, in an intrinsic sense, Is
what thrift" should mean.
We have the word from the Ice
landic root meaning, without much
stretching of the literal significance
that which we craps to enjoy for our
selves-friendships, wide interests and
especially the humanities; increasing
our good as well as our goods.
Copyright. 1867
Evening star., 1936-09-15

ing hours, when the sun was shining?
But how many of us know she Is a
native Of Europe, and cultivated
especially as an adulterant for coffee? ?
A little over hundred years ago,
chicory came to America in ballast.
We do not know in what form, hay,
seed or gravel. Now she has a range
from Nova Scotia to California and
southwark to Florida and Texas.
We are so rich in vegetables that
the cultivation of chicory as food
plant has not interested us. For over
two thousand years chicory has been
a staple dish among the poorer citizens
of Egypt and Central India. They use
the tender green shoots much as we
do salad greens.
The largest factory for handling
chicory Is in Michigan. where about
5000 acres are planted to chicory. II
is really in demand as a blend with
coffee. Before 1914 We imported over
two million pounds from Europe,
annually.
Chicory will flourish wherever the
soil Is acceptable to sugar beets. There
Evening star., 1936-09-15
Natures Children
Chicory (Cichorium intybus)

are several varieties that are now con-
sidered best for growing here. After
all expenses are paid the average profit
Is 81 ton and the yiald Is 6 70 10
tons per acre.
From July to october you will find
some along the roadsides, In the fields
and dotting the waste places. The
flower head is a bright sky blue, rarely
pink or white, and from l to ~ inches
across, set close to the stem, often
along its entire length. Each head is a
composite Of ray flowers only. They
attract the attention of the cruising
insects. Each flower opens in the
early sunshine and produces one seed.
There is legend that goes on to
say that the Sun God visited Florilor
OF Rumania, the Lady of Flowers"
and fell in love with her. She did
not return his affection and the Sun
God, knowing her favorite flower was
the chicory, turned her into one.
Since that day she must be q part
Of the floral clock and rise early to
greet the rising sun, and when high
noon Is reached she must close her
blue eyes forevermore.
(copyright. 1936,)
Evening star., 1936-09-15

Jack and Striped Chipmunk get along
better than Happy Jack and Chatterer.
1t wasn't until the acorns and the
nuts in that particular section had
begun to grow scarce that Happy
Jack went exploring. He had already
hidden away a goodly supply taken
from that particular place and now
he went looking for trees from which
the crop had not yet been harvested.
So it was that he finally came to the
neighborhood where Chatterer had
had things so much to himself. Al
most at once he caught sight Of Chat
terer and then it was that he remem-
bered that he had missed Chatterer
without knowing it. Chatterer saw
Happy Jack at the same instant and
dropped the nut he was carrying.
Then Chatterers tongue began to fly.
My, my, my, how he scolded!
OF course, Happy Jack replied in
kind. These two cousins always quar-
rel when they meet. For a while
they just sat there and called each
other names and jerked their tails
angrily. Chatterer declared that all
the nuts and the acorns around there
belonged to him. Happy Jack de-
clared that they belonged to whoever
could get them, and that he proposed
to have his share.
Then Chatterer lost his temper COM
pletely and started after Happy Jack,
Now Happy Jack Is so very much big
ger than Chatterer that you would
hardly expect him to run away from
the latter, but he does. 1t isn't that
Happy Jack is coward. Not at all
He doesn't like to fight, however, ana
would rather avoid it. Perhaps, too,
he feels that it wouldn't be right for
him to fight one so much smaller
than himself. Be that as it may, it
often happens that after a while
Chatterer the Red Squirrel succeeds
in driving Happy Jack Squirrel out OF
Evening star., 1936-09-15
Bedtime Stories
Happy Jack Makes Discovery.
given territory. 1t happened so this

a given territory. 1t happened so this
time.
That night when he got home Happy
Jack got to thinking things over and
it suddenly occurerd to him that 1t
was a bit queer that all through the
early part of the season he had not
seen Chatterer about. Can 1t be-"
thought Happy Jack, that Chatterer
has moved? Can it be that he Is no
longer in that hollow tree where he
spent the Summer? And II he has
moved, I wonder where he's moved to.
I wonder If he's living around up
there where I saw him today. I must
look into this"
So the next morning Happy Jack
scampered away down to where he
knew Chatterer had lived through the
Summer. When he came in sight Of
the tree in which was the hole That
Chatterer had occupied. he stopped
to look things over. There seemed
to be nothing the matter with the
tree. 1t looked just as he remembered
it. Happy Jack scampered on. AT the
foot of the tree he hesitated. II Chat
terer was still living there he must be
inside. He probably would come pop
ping out at the first sound Of claws
on that tree. Happy Jack started up.
He could see the entrance hole above
his head. No one popped out. Could
it be that Chatterer was not living
there?
He reached the hole. There he
hesitated a long time. He fairly
ached to peek in, yet he didn't quite
dare to. Finally he mustered up suf-
ficient courage. He poked his head
inside. He was greeted with a sharp
hiss and a swapping sound. He pulled
back so suddenly that he almost lost
his balance.
"Spooky the Screech OWL" he ex-
claimed.
(Copyright. 1936)
Evening star., 1936-09-15
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.
Where tired feet
Toll to and fro:

where tired feet
Toll to and fro:
Where Haunting sin
May see thy heavenly blue
Or weary sorrow look from thee
Toward q tenderer blueI'
MARGARET DEIAND.
= UPPOSE we could sit down be-
~ side a flower and listen to II
tell the story of its ancestry
Romance, history and legend
How different that flower would ap-
pear to US every time we met 1t OF
heard 1t mentioned, thereafter.
How many Of us have seen the
chicory, Summer after Summer, with
her lovely bright blue flowers open to
the sun only during the early morn
Evening star., 1936-09-15
Leftover Cake.

Uses for stale cake: Cut in slicdl
toast and serve with fresh or canneEl
fruit. Cut in strips and use to line
molds instead of lady fingers when
making a charlotte. Steam cake and
serve hot with sauce. Slice and put
in a glass dish and cover with Span
ish cream.
Evening star., 1936-09-15
FootnoteS.

Feminine tourists who investigated
the sidewalks and skyscrapers of New
York during the Summer months were
acclaimed by a local stylist for the
sensible smartness Of their apparel
Four out Of five observed in the mid
town district, she declared. wore non.
crushable sheer suits, trim fabric hats
and comfortable footwear with low
built:up heels.
Evening star., 1936-09-15
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.

Be not too sure; 1t doesn't pay.
You're bound to find 1t out some day.
Happy Jack Squirrel
Evening star., 1936-09-15

MO WONDER skin imp
IN when you use Lux Toilet
Choked pores cause dullnes.
blemishes, enlarged pores
tractive Cosmetic Skin. But
Toilet Soap guards against thi
ger. It's lather is ACTIVE, goe
into the pores and gently
away every trace Of dust,
dirt, stale cosmetics.
You can use all the rouge
and powder you wish, yet
keep skin fine-textured and
clear. Just follow this sim 1
pie rule faithfully: Before
you put on fresh makeup
during the day-ALWAYS
before you 60 to bed at
night-pat gentle Lux Toi-
Evening star., 1936-09-15

r Y Apply JACK the Gray Squirrel
- was just as busy as his cousin,
Chatterer the Red Squirrel,
- u for the Fall is a busy time for
all Squirrels. Thrifty folk are the
Squirrel cousins. Yes. indeed, they
are thrifty folk. They know how
necessary it will be to have.food where
they can get it in the Winter, for they
cannot sleep Winter away. as does
Johnny Chuck, and so get along with
out eating.
Now it just happened that Happy
Jack had been so busy that he hadn't
missed his cousin Chatterer. He had
seen Striped Chipmunk. but Happy
Evening star., 1936-09-15
Cooking Vegetables.

Cover mild-fiavored vegetables In
order not to lose the minerals; cook
uncovered those of strong favor, as
the onion family, cabbage family,
turnips.
Evening star., 1936-09-15
Jolly Polly
A Little Chat on English.
BY JOS. J. FRISCH.

P. N. E.-Peer is not to be used in
the sense Of superior. Peer means an
equal, as in natural gifts or in social
rank. We correctly say. Gregory is
Toms superior" or Gregory is Toms
better" Remember that peer means
equal, and peerless means without an
equal.
Send q return envelope for the
leafiet. who. That and which"
The Washington times., 1936-04-15
A|RNAIk MARKS
ANNIVERSARY

ST. LOUIS, April is UN.SO.
When the tenth anniversary Of the
first mail flight between Chicago
and st. Louis is observed here at
q luncheon today ct least one fa-
NOUS personage-who had q ma
jor part in the flight - viii be
missing.
He is the slim young man who
set his plane down at Lambert st.
Louis Field on April IS, 1926 COM
pleting the first air mail flight
from Chicago to this city-Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh. The colonel
and his family now are In Eng
land.
Among prominent personages
who will be here to celebrate the
anniversary Of the flight, which
marked the beginning of the
American AirlineS' Inc. system
which still flies the mail between
Chicago and st. Louis, is Major
Phil Love Of the National Guard.
Major Love was the pilot Of the
plane which carried the first mail
from st. Louis to Chicago the
same day that Colonel Lindbergh
flew the airmail here.
The Washington times., 1936-04-15

IN COLLISION

/ MANILA, Philippine Islands,
April IS U.N.S).-United States
Navy destroyers whipple. under
Lieut.. Comdr. T. @. w. Settle, and
Smith Thompson, under Lieut..
Comdr. E. II. Kincaid. were badly
damaged in a crash off northern
Luzon, Naval officials announced
here today.
The ships, It was stated, were
limping back to navy yards here
under their own power. No one
was injured, according to the re-
port. Cause Of the collision was
unknown.
The Washington times., 1936-04-15
'MeM,what are you waiting for?"

He who hesitates :. is a loserl
That's bound to be the case
with any smoker who won't give
Double-Mellow Old Colds a sport
ing 'ty-out."
Figure it out for yourself! If
you don't like Double-Mellow
Old Colds, you get a double cash
profit.
But if you DO like them, you've
found a charming new companion.
Why pass up this eOerything-to-
tOin and nothing-to-lose propo-
sition?
The Washington times., 1936-04-15
Eight Honor Pupils
Get CiVitan Keys

Outstanding students were
awarded golden keys for good
citizenship by the Ciyitan Club at
a dinner for high school and
parochial students at the Lafay-
cite Hotel last night.
The awards are made annually
by the club. Students are selected
on the basis Of leadership, good
citizenship, and the ability to make
the best of their opportunities.
Superintendent of Schools Frank
Ballou addressed the meeting,
congratulating the winners.
Each student was introduced to
the Civilians by the principal Of
the high school he attended. The
winners were:
The Washington times., 1936-04-15
WAR RTRADEBAN
HULL SAM IN
PEACE MEET


The United States Government
will seek to induce the nations Of
South America to scorn the lure
Of war profits from any future
conflict which might break out
among the American nations.
This move will be made by Sec
retary Of State Cordell Hull at the
Pan,American Peace Conference
which is to be held at Buenos
Aires this summer.
Secretary Hull will seek general
Endorsement Of the policy Of re-
stricting trade with warning ma
tions, at least on this continent, to
normal peace time quantities.
Hold Meeting Today
This was learned today as the
agenda committee Of the confer.
ence, Of which Secretary Hull is
chairman, prepared to meet here
to draft q tentative agenda for the
conference.
One Of the chief American pro
posals he is expected to put for
ward at the committee meeting
today will be inclusion Of the Ques-
ion Of nutrality on the agenda.
If Secretary HUN succeeds in OBJ
tanning the required unanimous
consent for inclusion Of this sub
ject, he will then urge at the con-
ference approval Of . strict neu-
trality policy by all the American
republics.
One Of the cardinal points Of
the state Departments neutrality
policy is the restriction Of trade
with warning nations to normal
peacetime levels.
Secretary Hull will seek to OBJ
tain general approval Of this
policy by the Latin republics inso-
far as it applies to the American
continent.
Appeals for Support
This will be in line with Presi-
dent Roosevelt's expressed hope to
Congress that the American ma
tions would "play but one role" in
resisting war, and would, through
q weIl.ordered neutrality, do
naught to encourage" wars.
Secretary Hull believes the peo-
pies Of the Americas can be In
duced to resist what he considers
'profits derived at the expense Of
human lives and human misery" !"
Meanwhile, he issued an appeal
10 the peoples Of the 81 American
republics to give unanimous sup
port tn "the efforts Of their gov.
ernmentS to Danish forever the
scourge Of war from this hemi-
sphere"
The Washington times., 1936-04-15
Va. Road Work Delayed

LURAY, Va.-Proposed new con-
struction included in the road bud
get discussed today at q public
hearing Of citizens and Board Of
Supervisors with c. Clausen. resi-
dent engineer for Page and Shen-
andoah counties, win not be at
tempted until repairs due to flood
damage have been made.
The Washington times., 1936-04-15

Robert Slaughter, Central; Wal
ter Guthrie, Roosevelt: Thomas
BENJAMIN Mitchell, Eastern; w.
Raymond Wankall, Mckinley;
William C. Shelton, jr., Western;
William N. Seltz, Woodrow Wilson;
Carl A. Hechmer, Gonzaga, and
Donald T. Heaney. st. Johns.
The Washington times., 1936-04-15
Loans Total SASS, TOO

HAGERSTOWN. Nd, April Is.
Farm owners in Washington
county have received loans Of
$456,7OO from the Federal Land
Bank Commissioner, according to
Arthur Z. Hungerford, State di-
rector for the National Emer
gency Council for Maryland. The
loans cover Q period from May /,
1898, until December 81, 1895.
The Washington times., 1936-04-15
Divorcee Hangs Sell.

CoLLINGDALE, Pa, April Is Il.
N.So-Three weeks after she re-
turned to her mothers home here,
Martha Gabriel, SO, a Chicago
divorcee, committed suicide. hang
ing herself.
The Washington times., 1936-04-15
FEE.a.s as;' ..s A:1: ss'"
And Keep You In Misery All Day
Long-But Don't Worry
--TOMight DO This

It's all so simple and easy to get rid
Of sore, tired. burning feat that make
LIFE miserable.
Tonight give them . good rubbing
with Aspirub-it's pleasant, powerful.
PENETRATING and stainless and al
ways works.
Tomorrow morning get up and walk
to your work with no sign Of misery
your feet are strong and sturdy again.
.Aspirub is THE rub containing genuine
Aspirin-that's why it's wonderful for
muscular aches and joint pains-a large
jar for q trif1e ct any Peoples Drug
Store or progressive druggists every
where. When Aspirub gets in--acheS,
pains and soreness get right out.
The Washington times., 1936-04-15

ASHBY LEETH president Of the Cvitan Club presents
gold key to William 9. Shelton r outstanding student Of
Western High School, Walter Guthrie Of Roosevelt High
School, another honor student looks The awards
made at dinner at the Lafayette Hotel The club honOrs
the premier student Of each high school and two paroC
schools international News Photo by Washington Times.