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The Washington times., 1936-12-01
Kirk Miller
Says:

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head and under her chin like
small boys out tobogganing.
And, of course, there was the
occasional inebriato, hat and hail
disheveled, overcoat flying wide
open revealing a crushed chrys
anthemum on his lapel, untldy
necktie and two buttons missing
from his vest.
A Very Bad Loser
But of all the hideous reactions
to the game itself and the Navy
victory, the least rational one was
that of a skeptical Wag who
talked so the whole car could
hear him and who was shouted
down by chorus Of
"HOw much did you lOse?"
This fine fellow was berating
the manner in which an officials
judgment had placed the ball
within striking distance Of the
Army goal with three and a
fraction minutes left to play.
give lost all faith in football"
he Squawked. "When the de-
cisiOn of an official can sway a
game as much as it did today,
it looks to me like it was too
much in the bag. I'm disgusted!"
He wasn't alone. So was every
body who heard him.
That's the type who would &c
to Bowie every day in the week
and bet on horses in the face OF
five spongings within ten days
But I'm going into that in anoth
or discourse later on
The Washington times., 1936-12-01
Court LOOP Debuts

The Francis C. Ellicott and st.
Patrick fives get the private Catho-
lie High School Basketball League
off to a flying start today with
game in St. Patrick'S Hall at $3.50
o, m,
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CHALLENGING EIevens

Virginia A. c., 15O-pounders, are
seeking q game for Sunday with
a fast team. Call Alexandria 996
between s and Z p. m.
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"Y Basketball Clinic
Lists Full PROGRAM

An interesting program will make the second annual Ma
tonal Capital Basketball Clinic event to be put
ones must sport list for this month, all indications ring
true to FORM
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Takomas Arranging
Takoma Boys Club basketballerS
are arranging games for its lis
and 100 pound teams. A contest
for Thursday is especially sought.
Phone Jack Ellis, Shepherd 1888.
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emond and founded a settlement
which he called None Such. The
city was laid out in 1887 by Col.
William Byrd, and became the
capital Of Virginia in 1880.
In ITS the Virginia convention
met at st. Johns Church. The
roster of it's names reads like a
who's Who" of colonial days:
George Washington, Thomas JEFF
ferson, Peyton Randolph, George
Mason, Richard Henry Lee, George
Wythe, Benjamin Harrison, Ed
mund Pendleton, Thomas Mar
shall, etc. Here Patrick Henry
made his famous speech: 81 know
not what course others may take;
but as for me, give me liberty or
give me death"
Benedict Arnold entered Rich
mond in 1871 and destroyed all the
warehouses and public buildings.
The Ordinance of Secession was
passed in 1861 and almost imme-
diately Richmond became the cap
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,inal lap following Route l back
into washington.
Points of Interest
A number of points of interest
are offered the traveller on this
loop tour. At Wye Mills there
is the famous Wye Oak, more
than 400 years old.
Claiborne has an attractive
shore line on Eastern Bay, which
Captain Kidd is reputed to have
used as a safe harbor. 1t is a
small resort, with fishing. bath
ing, etc. Named for William
Claiborne, who made the first
settlement in Maryland on Kent
Island, Claiborne is situated on
the original patent of Rich Neck,
at one time the home Of Matthew
Tilghman, uncle and fatherin-law
of Col. Tench Tilghman, aide to
George Washington. Rich Neck
Manor, manor house Of the Thigh
mans, is a fine colonial home.
Easton. the county seat of Tai
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an important industrial and COM
mercial center, with tobacco and
iron interests predominating. 1t is
not only one Of the greatest to-
bacco markets in the United
States, but also has various to-
bacco factories producing chewing
and smoking tobacco, snuff, cigars
and cigarettes. Large foundrieS
and machine shops, locomotive
works, flour mills and fertilizer
plants are located here.
Richmond is also important
educationally, being the seat Of
the University of Richmond, the
Medical College of Virginia, Union
Theological Seminary, Richmond
Normal School and Virginia Union
University (negro).
But the greatest interest to the
visitor will be in its absorbing his
tory and the many hiStori-
cal Shrines. In 1909 Captain
John Smith bought from the In
dian chief, Powhatan, a tract Of
land near the present site Of Rich
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About half way down the Vir-
ginia portion of the peninsula the
motorist who likes to fish will not
be able to resist the temptation to
make side trip to Wachapreague,
an outstanding fishing center of
the Atlantic Seaboard.
Reaching the bay at Cape
Charles, the motorist can take a
ferry to Fort Monroe, which puts
him almost directly on the route
for home, or he has the option of
going to Little Creek, which puts
him in connection with veritable
network of highways between Nor
folk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach
and Newport News.
From the last-named place, the
trip lies over Route so past Will
liamsburg into Richmond with the
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>ital of the Confederacy. Repeated
attempts failed to take the city,
and it was only evacuated after
the fall of Petersburg in 1865.
Scott, Mcclellan, Burnsid e,
Hooker, Meade and Grant sue
ceeded each other in rapid sue
cession as each failed in the great
object of Subduing the southern
capital. Grant succeeded, but not
by vanquishing the city itself. The
cam paigns of 1862 and 1864 were
the most severe. The Seven Days
Battles of 1862 were fought on the
outskirts of the city, at Mechan-
icSville, Seven Pines and Glen
dale. Some were so close they
could be watched from the tops of
the buildings. In 1868 the Union
armies got no farther than Fred
ericksburg. The following year,
after the disastrous Battle of Cold
Harbor near INTERCHANGEABLE, Grant
abandoned the project of taking
Richmond directly and started the
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Leaving washington, the motor
list goes out the Baltimore Boule-
ward, turning off at the Peace
Cross in BladenSburg on to Route
so, which is followed to Annapolis.
Here the traveller boards ferry
either for Matapeake or Claiborne.
Following the former course, he
drives along Route 404 to Wye
Mills where he turns onto Route
213 and drives to Easton. If the
ferry has taken him to Claiborne,
he follows Route II into Easton.
Out of Easton, the trip is made
along Route 213 down to Salisbury,
the trading center of the Eastern
Shore and much of the Del-Mar.Va
peninsula. From this point Route
10 is followed through Princess
Anne and Pocomoke City and
across the Maryland Virginia line.
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bot county, Is on the Tired Avon
River near Chesapeake Bay. and
in one of the richest agricultural
sections of the Eastern Shore.
Points of interest are:
Old friends Westinghouse, at
Talbot, near Easton; built in 1884
by the Society Of Friends and
said to be the oldest frame build
ing dedicated to religious meet
ings in America.
Wye House, west Of Easton,
home of the Lloyd family for
eight generations or about 200
years; one Of the show places of
Maryland. Was the girlhood
home of the wife of Francis Scott
Key.
PlimhimmOn, south of Easton,
the home of Lieut.. Col. Tench
Tilghman, who carried the news
of the surrender of CORVALLIS
from Yorktown to the Continen-
tai Congress in Philadelphia. On
the estate is a monument to his
memory.
Frazier's Flats u692), about
five miles east of Easton, on the
Choptank River, above Dover
Bridge. One of the finest speci-
mems. of Colonial architecture
on the Upper Choptank.
The Virginia peninsula is re-
nowned for it's fascinating islands
with their folklore and legends.
Their great wealth of fertile farms
and rich fishing industries lure
the traveller to visit at least the
islands either by boat or by motor,
skimming across the marshes with
the fine oyster shell road and over
the toll bridge to Chincoteague
Island which lies between the At
lantic and Chincoteague Bay.
This peninsula Of Virginia to
which Chincoteague belongs is
only about 70 miles long and
eight wide. The first white men
to settle on Chincoteague Island
came from the mainland across
the bay, and Thomas Savage IS
believed to have been the first
white man to take up lands. In
1919 he was given a tract by the
Indian king of the section.
The first white people found liv'
ing, of necessity, crude and print
tive on Chincoteague. They lived
in log huts chinked with mud
without windows, had sand for
their floors, and no lamps or coal
oil. Instead they made candles
of myrtle berries and also made
light of clam shells with fish oil,
and rags for wicks. Chincoteague
is seven miles long and one mile
wide and has one street five miles
long, facing the water. lined with
homes of it's fiSherfolk.
Richmond
Following are details Of prlnct
pal points Of interest to be en-
countered on the trip:
Population, 1895; altitude, 81
feet. The capital of Virginia anc
the county seat of Henrico county
located on the James River at the
head of tidewater, 100 miles south
by west of Washington, D. c. The
rapids here have a fall of 100 feet
in six miles, and furnish the tire
mendouS water power utilized by
the industries. Several bridges
span the James.
The city is beautifully situated
on a series of low hills which rise
from the banks of the James
River, the highest point being 25C
feet above sea level. The Rich
mond of today is a modern city,
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Owner Can
Do Work
Himself
BY LEAN GREEN

While the insulation of new
homes is rather simple, the
question often arises as to
whether or not it is possible to
provide the same measure OF
comfort in old houses. This
is certainly true.
From the abundance of ma.
terial on the market designed
for just this purpose, il
would seem that manufac.
turers are laying particular
stress on this service.
Blankets of rock wool are Of
fered that are ideal for old house
installations.
These fit in between the rafters
and give a guaranteed insulating
satisfaction. These can be in
stalled by the carpenter or even
by the home owner.
Other types of material that are
well adapted to use for insulating
are certain types of fiber board.
These are purchased by the foot
and can be purchased also in
lengths from to IA feet.
Decorative, Too
For old houses, the board is
used to cover the inside Of the
room. This makes it both prac-
tical and decorative.
It can be painted or left in nat
ural finish and can be purchased
in designs such as tile. plank and
different grooved patterns. 1t can
also be finished with plaster and
paper or can be "kalsomined."
In providing insulation the at
tic is just as important as the
walls, and if funds are limited
and insulation only is desired, the
attic should be given first pref
erence.
In the case of rock wool, 2 inches
is recommended for the attic and
only y inch for the walls. The
blankets can be obtained in three
thickneSSeS.
Economical
The insulation of the attic with
the building board provides an ad-
diti NAL room-either for storage
or a play room.
Another suggestion which is be.
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whole process takes only a few
hours and there is no tearing up
of the house. 1t seems to be very
effective.
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the Eastern Shore of Maryland down along the
Virginia Peninsula Washington of the
Old Domnions excellent highways is the route of
highly popular weekend motor Journey
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weighs only a pound and a half
to a cubic foot. It is well adapted
to use in old homes as it can be
installed with a minimum of in
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One of the new types of insulat-
ing material is Spun-glass wool
that has the appearance of snow
white fluffy wool or cotton and
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tsiege of Petersburg, which ended
in the downfall of the Confed.
eracy. When Richmond was evac.
uated, Lee ordered the govern
ment warehouses burned, and the
spreading flames practically wiped
out the city.
When Lee returned to Richmond
from Appomattox on April Is,
1865, he entered the city on his
famous horse Traveller, accom-
panied by several members of his
staff. When the northern soldiers
stationed there recognized their
gallant and defeated enemy, they
cheered him through the streets
to his home.
FREDERICKSBURG
Population, 6,825; altitude. 48
feet. An independent city in Spot.
sylvania county, So miles south Of
Washington and 81 miles north of
Richmond From here State High.
way leads down the historic
Northern Neck to such Shrines as
George Washington Birthplace
National Monument and STRAIT
ford. Another historic highway is
U. S. Highway II from Fredericks-
burg down the southern side Of
the Rappahannock River to Tap
pahannocK, Gloucester, etc.. and
crossing the York River to York
town and the Colonial National
Monument Fredericksburg is 10.
Gated in valley enclosed by hills,
at the head of tidewater and navi-
cation on the Rappahannock
River.
Frederi cksburg is the most his
toric city OF its size in the country.
Settlers were here before 1876,
when a fort was built at the falls.
The first fully equipped iron fur.
mace in the Colonies was built in
It's by Governor Alexander Spots
wood about 10 miles west of Fred
erlcksbulg. The city was officially
founded and took its present name
IN l727. 1t was port of entry for
ocean-golng vessels for many years.
with busy English trade. It was
the home of the Washington fam.
lily and here James Monroe set
up his first law office.
Between 1861 and 1864 Freder-
lckSburg was an armed camp, and
from time to time was the scene
of some Of the bloodiest battles of
the Civil War. BY the end of the
war it was practically desolate, its
houses torn by shot and shell, the
dead buried in its streets and in
the yards of the houses.
The Battle of Fredericksburg
was fought December 13, 1862.
The Union army of 10000 under
General Burnside was camped on
Stafford Heights on the north side
of the river; and the Confederate
army. of about $4,000 men was
strongly entrenched on Marye'S
Heights, to the south of the town.
The Union troops made repeated
attacks on the Confederate forti-
ffcations, each one resulting in
failure and terrible loss of life.
The Union dead and wounded
were more than 10000, the Con-
federate over 5000. Burnside re-
treated across the river and did
not renew the attack.
Other great battles fought in
the vicinity were the Battles of
Charlottesville, the Wilderness,
and SpotSylvania Courthouse.
After the Battle of Chancellors-
vile the city served as a hospital
for the Confederate wounded. and
after the Battles of the Wilder
ness it did similar service for the
Federal forces.
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ing made to owners of low cost
homes is to use a siding of ashes
tos cement bricks. This siding is
nailed over the wood frame house
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convenience.
The insulating wool is blown
through 3-inch tubes into the
walls and attic of the house. The
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A combination of siding Of this
type on the outside and building
board for the interior would pro-
vide ample protection.
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and while it makes a neat appear
ance, it also provides fire resisting
surface, insulation, and does not
need to be refinished or painted.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-29
GEORGE PEEK
ASSAILS F. r..
BACKS LANDON
Former AAA Chief Accuses
Roosevelt of Breaking
Campaign Pledges

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. -
CUP)-George n. Peek, former
AAA administrator, last night bit
terly accused President Roosevelt
of breaking his 1882 campaign
pledges to farmers and offered
his support to Governor ALT M.
Landon in the election campaign.
Peek, who headed the export
import bank after quitting the
AAA but finally broke with the
administration in disagreement
with its reciprocal trade treaty
policy, spoke on a radio program
sponsored by the Republican ma
tional committee.
81 stand where | always have
stood" he said, "regardless OF
party, upon the principles of the
long farm fight. Governor Landon
has taken his stand on those same
principles. / credit his sincerity.
tender him my support"
Peek's speech tonight was his
first formal announcement Of sup
port for the Republican presiden-
tial candidate, although he had
conferred with Landon last week.
He said that in picking up
pledges "Once made but since dis
honored by Mr.. Roosevelt, Cover
nor Landon and the Republican
party have aligned themselves
squarely with the farmers for the
Fundamental principles involved
in the 15-year fight for equality
for agriculture. )"
81 have confidence in Governor
Landon's promises" Peek added.
"The character Of the man conn.,.
mands respect. President Roose-
vclt's record in this respect speaks
for itself"
Peek cited specifically three
things of paramount Importance
to agriculture" which he said the
1886 Republican platform and
promise:
81. The American market Tor
the American farmer.
"2. Government assistance IN
dispoIng of surpluses in forei gn
trade through selective bargain
ing.
80. Tariff benefits on export
crops"
He said these principles were
Incorporated in the 1928 and 1882
Democratic platform and "were
expressly reiterated by Mr.. Roose-
welt in his 1882 campaign speech
es," but "the promises were not
kept"
The promises were broken, he
charged, by reducing tariffs on
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-29
LANDON MAKING
SWEEPING CHARGES
AS SWING WINDS UP

Continued from page one)
plishments to date" which he list
ed as:
"The equivalent Of 25 million
acres of our land to foreign farm
ers."
"The bartering away Of much
of the American farmers home
market through trade agree
mentS."
"On top Of that" he added, sit
has made taxation the biggest
middleman with whom the farmer
has to deal"
eve have a job of fall blowing
to do. We have to pillow under the
New Deal and l don't mean every
third row, either"
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MISS WORLEY WE'D
BY F. H. NELSON

Miss Corrie Worley, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. j. Worley of
East Flat Rock, and Mr.. Fred
Hampton Nelson, of Tuxedo, were
quietly married in Greenville, S.
c., on Saturday, Sept. &c.
Immediately after the ceremony
they motored to Knoxville, Tenn,
to spend a few days, and they will
return via the Smoky Mountains
National Park. After a visit to
other points of interest in Wes-
tern North Carolina they will re-
turn to East Flat Rock to be at
home at the Thompson place.
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PERSONAL
PARAGRAPHS

Mrs. Agnes Eichlitz left today
Galveston. Texas, after spend
L the 18th summer at the home
Yrs. !. ). Brown
NesiameS H. G. Love and L. K.
lHg.ey left today to attend as
Pega.eS a meeting of the Appa-
|ChaV Synudical in Jefferson
f., Tenn.
Yrs. T. f. ThrOwer has come
pm Troy. Ala, and is a guest of
J daughter. Mrs. Thomas Smyth.
NrS. Alvin Prather and mother,
r Doyle. left yesterday for
tg York City. where the former
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UNLUCKY FIRST"

EDENTON, Sept. 20. (UP)-
Mrs. G. II. Roughten established
two "iirsts" today, but failed to
benefit from the traditional be-
ginner's luck. Just after receiving
her first drivers license, Mrs.
Roughten, who never had been in
an automobile accident, started
driving to Norfolk. A few minutes
later the car overturned on a
curve, injuring six persons.
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WINANT QUITS POST
TO BOOST SECURITY
Continued from page one)

While l retain this position l am
not free to defend the act. There
fore, l a intending you my resig-
nation as a member of the social
security board.
"No work l have ever under
taken seemed more worthwhile to
me than my brief service on the
social security board. May l thank
you for the opportunity of this
service and join you in defending
it."
Winant said that the Republican
party's references to social secur-
ity in its platform were "disap-
pointing" He challenged as Gun
true" Gov. Landon's statements in
Milwaukee Saturday night that the
social security act was ga fraud
on the working man" and "cruel
hoax"
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MAY BE TERMINAL

LAKEHURST, N. j., Sept. 90.
(UP)-Dr. Hugo Eckener, presi-
dent of the Zeppelin company, in
Dictated upon his arrival here to-
day aboard the Hindenburg that
Baltimore may be selected for the
American terminal of the REGULAR
Transatlantic Zeppelin service.
DR.. Eckener emphasized, however,
that no definite plans had yet
been made for a landing field for
the ocean air service.
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agricultural commodities through
reciprocal trade treaties; refusal
to trade with other nations in
some instances, and failure to
give tariff benefits on export
crops.
Peek added that many of his
old associates "who turned to
Roosevelt in 1882 are still sup
porting him." and said some OF
them seek to justify their stand
by saying, Look what Roosevelt
has done for agriculture "
"My reply" he said, sis, Look
what Roosevelt has done-to-
agriculture. He has taken the
American farmer out Of foreign
markets and has put the foreign
farmer into the American mar
ket. y"
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REAR ADMIRAL SIMS
IS TAKEN BY DEATH

BOSTON, Sept. 29.-(UP).-
Rear Admiral William S. Sims, re-
tired, commander of the U. S. Ma
val forces in European waters
during the World war, died last
night of a heart collapse suffered
Sunday. He would have been 10
October Is.
Death came to him at his / ack
Bay home.
Sims, who retired in 1922 at
the age of Ga, had been conva-
lescing from an operation he I'M
derwent last June.
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Is DIE IN STORM

DENVER, Colo, Sept. % (UP)
The eastern half of the Rocky
Mountain region today counted
the cost of its most severe Sep
TENDER snow Stroms in at least "a
years at Is deaths and an esti-
mated $2O,OOO,eOO property dam
age. Denver alone had an estimat-
ed damage of S7,000,000 done to
trees, shrubbery, buildings and
utility property.
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will spend a while before return
ing to Panama.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Foy Justice,
Miss Miriam Justice and Jim JUS
tice have rented Mrs. w. A.
Young'S home for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. William NJ. Shep-
herd have returned to their home
which was rented for the summer.
Mrs. J. H. Holmes went this
morning to Memphis, Tenn, to
visit her daughter, Mrs. Henry F.
Porcher, and Mr.. POrcher.
Miss Helen L. Bailey is a guest
at the Hob Mob for awhile.
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ALL CITIZENS SHOULD PULL
TOGETHER"

now We citizens and
listen here to me
And | will try and show to YOU,
what | can plainly see:
We all have heard the slogan, and
it's good for one and all
UNITED men will e'er succeed;
DIVIDED they must fall.
In every town there's "knoekers,"
and maybe some in ours;
They hand out bouquets made of
bricks, instead of one of
o. flowers;
So, throw away your hammers
now, and get a hort to foot
For when a good examples set,
why others follow suit.
There's room for town improve
ment, the same as all the rest,
Let's "whoop" it up for this our
town; she's equal to the best.
A TEMPORARY CITIZEN.
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NOAH WHEELER DIES

Noah Wheeler, 62, colored resi-
dent who operated the Oceanic
cafe on Maple street died Saturday
afternoon following an illness
from dropsy. Funeral services
were being held this afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock at the A. NJ. E. Zion
church, with interment to follow
in Oakdale cemetery.