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The Washington times., 1936-05-30

Journeys
OXFORD

IF YOU are a tourist in search
of atmosphere, mellow beauty
and architectural perfection in a
rare scenic setting, then oxford is
your dish.
This university city, short run
out of London, has been place Of
Importance for over a thousand
years, and so it has much to eX-
hibit to the visitor. This traveller
has made many visits to the city
of colleges, and has spent many
happy days in it's neighborhood.
City walls, built by the first Nor
man governor in the eleventh cen
tury, are incorporated in the gar
dens of Wykeham's college, built
some three hundreds years later.
The first mayor of oxford was
appointed in 1889 just after groups
of students began to come to Ok
ford.
The reason for their coming re-
mains a mystery, but in 1884 there
was a college in oxford with a
goodly attendance Of scholars.
This is Merton college.
Today there are 81 colleges for
men and four colleges for women
students, each group Of buildings
making up an architectural pag.
cant that is as alluring to the
ordinary traveller as it is important
to the architect.
The quadrangles and courts OF
the colleges, the lovely centuries
old buildings, the velvety lawns
the glimpses of the silvery Thames
and the Cherwell comprise an ex
uuisite picture. When you see II
you will find yourself searching
for new superlativeS.
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BUTTON, BUTTON

Sometimes the acts get mixed in
the Senate ring. Trying to get the
horses out Of the way Of the ele'
plants or the trained seals from
under the trapeze act Is nothing
compared to getting the Senators
Strengthened out. Consider this
excerpt from the Record:
Mr.. Norris: Mr.. President,
will the Senator from Iowa yield
for statement? 1 do not wish
to take the Senator off the floor.
Mr.. Pope: MIR. President, I
have the floor.
Mr.. Murphy: I had the floor
and yielded to the Senator from
Idaho for a statement.
The President Pro TempOre-
The Chair will state that the
Senator from Idaho has the
floor.
Mr.. Murphy-I yielded to
the Senator from Idaho to
make some remarks but / did
not yield the floor.
Mr.. POpe-I now yield to the
Senator from Nebraska.
MIR. NOrriS-As understand,
the Senator from Idaho has
not the floor and he cannot
yield.
The President Pro TempOre-
The Senator from Idaho has
the floor and he yields to the
Senator from Nebraska.
Mr.. Murphy-Mr. President
Mr.. POpe-I yield first to the
Senator from Nebraska, and
then 1 yield to the Senator
from Iowa.
Mr.. Murphy-I said that /
would yield to the Senator
from Idaho to make a state
ment in connection with this
bill.
The President Pro TempOre-
The Chair will say that the Sem
atOr cannot farm out the time,
and when he yielded to the Sen
atOr from Idaho for a statement
be yielded the floor.
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This is Mrs. Margaret
Dolan, holding her little
triplet babies, Margie, Rich
ard and Theresa, when they
were brand new"
The picture was taken at
a New York hospital, where,
thanks to wise doctors and
nurses, Mrs. Margaret Dolan
will learn what many mothers
do not know-how to pro-
tect the young babies from
germs.
In modern hospitals, every
nurse taking care of babies
wears a mask to prevent
sending germs from the
The Washington times., 1936-05-30

When we left Wales to join
father in America, mother took the
feather ticks off the two bedSteadS
and bundled them up as a preci-
Gus treasure to take with us.
Those feather beds were moth
er'S measure Of wealth. Before she
was married she had begun saving
for her first feather bed. It had
taken a long time to acquire those
two tickfulS of downy goose feath-
erS.
The bed is the foundation of the
household. It is there that the
babies are born. There sleep re-
stores the weary toiler that he
may rise and toll anew. And there
at last, when life's labor Is done,
the old folks fall into the dream
less sleep that never ends.
We travelled Steerage to Castle
Garden, and on the way some one
made off with our precious feather
beds. This was the first real trag"
edy of my mothers life. All the
joy of setting foot in the new land
was turned to dismay. The store
up pleasure with which she await
ed the greeting Of her husband
was dashed in a moment, like
sweet water flung upon the
ground.
MANS DESTINY
When saw the anguish in
my mothers face, I was sohered
to life's responsibilities. The
song had died out Of her heart,
and I must make it sing again.
While she was crying in dis
traction, I wrapped my own tear
full face in her skirts and prayed
to God that I might grow up in
a day-that He would make my
arms strong so I could 60 to
The Washington times., 1936-05-30

VIZ HEREVER you go in
w England you see the
sign ''Buy British. !" That
is what the British do.
And they are 1Uise.
In this country you see
advertised constantly
made in England" and
you know how many mil
lions of dollars earned in
America, or collected in divi-
dends, or profits, are spent
to pay wages in England,
Japan, Germany and other
foreign countries.
We would naturally buy
of our brother, rather than
from a stranger, and we
should buy of our fellow
Americans rather than of
foreigners, however much
we may sympathize with
those foreigners and their
problems.
Money E ARMED IN
AMERICA SHOULD BE
SPENT IN AMERICA.
If foreigners want to sell
goods in the United States,
let them come, and manu-
facture here, with American
labor. An American auto
mobile manufacturer who
wants to sell automobiles in
England, for instance, must
establish a factory there,
and pay wages to ENGLISH
MEN. And that is 1Uhat
he does.
Even so, Englishmen are
urged not to buy an auto
mobile with an American
name, but to buy from COM
panies BRITISH owned"
The British know that an
American automobile, made
in England, pays wages to
English workers, but they
know also that the PROFIT
goes back to America.
Therefore, they impress on
Britishers their DUTY to
buy a car British made and
all British owned, in spite
Of the fact that it costs
more, is an inferior car, and
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mouth Of the grownup to the
mouth of the baby.
Every grown-up human
being has in mouth, throat
and nose the germs of dis
eases, including tuberculosis,
and is able, usually, to COM
bat those germs with the
germ-destroying white blood
cells.
But the baby has no such
protection; it's white cells or
leucocyteS are not developed,
the child has no protection
against disease germs.
Mothers should NEVER
kiss a young baby on the
mouth, or kiss any child on
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Wise Words

III habits gather by unseen de-
grees-aS brooks make rivers,
rivers run to seaS.-Dryden.
Gain accompanied by i'll report
may be called loss. Publll1uS
Syrus.
A hated government does not
last long.-Seneca.
To act the part Of true friend
requires more conscientious feel
ing than to fill with credit and
complacency any other station or
capacity in social Iife.-Mrs. Ellis.
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The Greatest Show On Earth
Bu Frank Miller Smith

the rules of the District unemploy-
ment insurance act. He thought
he was doing nicely. He was, until
he mentioned the tax.
$50, this bill has been passed
by Congress-" inquired the
owner. That's all right, but
what I want to know is has the
Supreme Court passed on 1t
YETI"
The Government man admitted
it hadn't.
''Well, then, I'll have nothing
to do with it. I got hooked on
the NRA and then it was thrown
out. I'll just wait and see what
the court does with this one"
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A S S u m ! ng,
for the sake Of
argument, his
cloak of Repre-
s e n t a tive, he
faced a battery
of questioners
at the Town
send investiga-
ton. Appreciat-
ing the fact
that it afforded
some Of the
b e st ballyhoo
for the ig
Show he took
1t all calmly.
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will not go as fast or as far
as an American car.
You are told eve must
buy from foreigners, or they
cannot buy from us. For
eigners seem not to dread
any such difficulty. They
buy from US what they can
not produce and MUST
HAVE. Let us be equally
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liberal, and buy from them
anything that Americans
cannot make and MUST
HAVE.
There are very few such
things. You will find it
difficult to mention any,
except, perhaps, rubber; and
crude rubber comes from
the East, not from any COM
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peting industrial country.
You might also mention
coffee and tea; coffee comes
largely from our fellow
Americans in Brazil; tea, Of
which we use comparatively
little comes from China and
a few other places that are
welcome to the small con-
tribution.
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the mouth; for it means
transplanting disease into a
young body that cannot re-
sist it. Kiss your child on
the forehead, not on or near
the mouth, and never let
strangers kiss your children
at all. 1t is a barbarous GUS
tom.
tuberculosis nearly always
starts in babyhood, when a
mother or some other adult,
strong enough to resist the
disease germs within himself,
implants those germs in the
system of a child, NOT
strong enough to resist
them.
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lust AS EFFECTIVE

He sat in the reserved section
for ladies as bold as could be. He
was customer. He liked the show.
He tok out his camera and made
a shot. The eagle eye of a House
clerk caught the flash of the shut
ter.
Quickly he gave the word. The
customer was asked to step into
the corridor. The film from his
camera was confiScated.
Out at the circus lot when the
photographers attempted to get pic
lures Of the panic, they shouted
"Hey RUDE" and smashed the
cameras. They are more polite I'm.
der the Big Dome but just as eff.
fective.
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Listen, World! = By Elsie Robinson

So today yield the floor gratefully to Senator
James J. D1viS of Pennsylvania {. and to the
little Welsh mother whose heart held song that
1DtH neUer die whose hands lifted a light that
w neUer dim. God bless her, wherever she lOGitS-
and bring safely home to all our tUaiting mothers
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He's Senator of these United States, Nth
seat among the mighty. But once he tDGS penntleSS
little lGd clinging to his Sobbtng mother And out
of the memory OF her grief and Gdortno IoDe, ne
has tUritten tribute 10hich should touch every
heart in America.
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AND THEN

It was a touchy job. He was
explaining to restaurant owner
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Mothers. Let This Picture Warn You


mouth aym mean TUBERCULOSIS for the baby.
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To maintain these living conditions for American
workers, buy here in America what your friends and
brothers produce here. SPEND YOUR MONEY
WHERE YOU MADE 1T, help give employment to
American labor.
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A BIT UNEASY

CALIFORNIA; Poet Laureate John
8. McGroarty likes to tell stories.
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By James T. Williams, J.
They crossed the prairie
As Of old the Pilgrims crossed
the sea;
To make the West, as they the
East,
The homestead of the free.
John Greenleaf Whittier.
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JAYWALK|NG'
BAN HELD UP
BY dc. HEADS
Provision to Control
Pedestrians Sent to
Seal for Study

Traffic Director William A. Van
Duzer's latest proposal for a regu,
lation to ban jaywalking in the
Nations Capital was shunted by
the District Commissioners today
to Corporation Counsel Elwood
Seal for a legal opinion.
On two previous occasions,
when Director Van Duzer sug-
gested amendments to the traffic
code to ban jaywalking and to en-
force pedestrian control, the city
heads took similar action. At that
time Mr.. Seals predecessor in
office, E. Barrett Prettyman,
opposed the proposals.
The latest proposal of Director
Van Duzer is more drastic than
any of the others he has sub
mitted. The proposed regulation
reads:
"NO pedestrian shall diSObey
the instructions of police
officer"
Since the proposed regulation
carries no specific penalty, the
general penalty of a $500 fine
would prevail. When informed Of
this, Commissioner Melvin C.
Hazen declared he thought this
was too drastic and that while he
was in favor of banning jaywalk-
ing, he thought fine of "a couple
of dollars" would suffice.
Among members of the District
legal department and lawyers in
private practice, the proposed reg
ulation has evoked comment that
it would confer too broad power
on a policeman and one which
easily could be abused.
-UnTE AMEPIcAN.
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VETS MARCH.
ONCE MORE
ON AVENUE
Routine Matters on
Schedule Following
Brilliant O Opening

Members of the District Depart
ment, American Legion, settled
down to routine matters in their
eighteenth annual convention to-
day and drew close lines for their
annual election of officers.
They baSked in the glory Of
other days at the convention open.
ing last night. To the cadence Of
martial music, supplied by drum
and bugle corps, military and
civilian bands the legionnaires,
somewhat thicker about the waist
than the slim, khaki-Clad figures
who paraded on Pennsylvania
Avenue in 1917, paraded once
again on the historic thoroughfare.
The spirit was as jaunty as ever.
Lineberg Favored
Lieut.. Horace Lineberg of the
Police Post is regarded as the
outstanding contender for Depart
ment Commander in the election
which will be held tomorrow.
His closest opponent is believed
to be John N. ODonnell Of the
Postal Railway Mail service.
1t was generally conceded to-
day that Joseph ]. Malloy, re-
firing department commander,
will be nominated for a place
on the national executive commit
tee, although ]. OConnor Roberts,
another past commander, is wag-
ing a hot fight for. the coveted
post.
Defense Backbone
The legionnaires last night
heard themselves extolled as the
backbone of national defense,
Melvin c. Hazen, District Com
missioner said:
perhaps to no other OrganiZa-
ton do we look with greater
sense of security for protection
against not only the enemy with
out, but those forces within our
border, cOmmuniStic and others,
that play on the Sufferings of
our people"
Col. J. Munroe Johnson, Assist
ant Secretary of Commerce and
holder of the Distinguished Serv-
ice Cross, spoke at the Mayflower
Hotel meeting last night. He de-
nounced pacifism and praised the
legion stand on national defense.
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Legion Convention Prepares 10 Elect Officers
I'D. e. Fiscal
Study Is
Pushed

Determination of the fiscal re-
lations policy between the Fed
eral and District governments
moved forward today with the
announcement by D. w. Bell,
Acting Director of the Budget,
that President Roosevelt has re-
quested recommendations for a
plan of procedure on the fiscal
relations survey authorized by
the last Congress to be given to
him within a week.
Director Bell revealed that as
the result of a few informal con-
ferenceS with the President, he
has been asked to submit a re-
port outlining his recommends
tionS on the method of carrying
out the survey. He would not
state what he would recommend,
declaring thai any announcement
would have to come from the
FTeSlQeIlG. he SAID.
81 cannot tell you whether
it will be a committee or an
individual which will make the
survey. 1t may be either one;
on the other hand, it may be
both"
The survey was authorized by
Congress after a battle between
Senate and House over the lump
sum contribution of the Federal
Government. The Federal con-
tribution in the current budget is
$5,OOO,OOO.
Mr.. Bell stated that, whatever
type of survey is made, the report
on the fiscal relations should be
ready when Congress conveneS
early in January. He said further
that he would like to have the
report submitted to Congress
simultaneously with the budget
for 1888. He added:
81 think it would be wise to
have the fiscal policy deter
mined so that the budget can
be prepared with some SEM
blance of certainty as to what
the Federal contribution will
be-"
Congress appropriated $4,000
for the survey.
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Ken Murray
Says:

The tin-can tourists have not
only reached the high estate Of
an economic cult, judging from
the convention they're holding
in Sandusky, Ohio, this week,
but also claim that in 20 years
most everybody will be living IN
trailerS {. Can't you just see
those tax collectors on motor
cycles?
OF course, if these travelling
homes get much bigger, the
safety first officials will soon
have to be warning the railroad
trains about trying to beat a
trailer to the crossing.
Then, too, if this does be-
come general, it'll be a tough
break for the real estate agents
For a few hundred dollars
the automobile manufacturers
can produce a home that will
really knock you off your feet.
So don't be surprised, folks,
If the historians of the future,
when referring to some great
statesman, will say that he was
born in little log trailer on
Route 20. Or, if a crOOner
brings tears to your eyes when
he sings "My Little Gray Home
in the West End Garage"
Copyright 1886. by McNaught
syndicate, Inc. }
The Washington times., 1936-08-14
Record Of Convictions
In Traffic Court

Marvin E. Duncan, 835 Ritten-
house St. N. w., SIS.
Charles R. Bost, 1927 Jefferson
st. N. w., IS.
Alfred B. Schriber, 1922 Monta-
que st. N. w., SIS.
Beatrice H. Palmer, 1858 Cali
fornia st. N. W., S..
Ewell A. Simmons, 3549 Sixth
St. N. w., IS.
Catherine L. Donahue, 1911 Thir-
ty-fifth st. N. w., S..
Haccord Hall, 1907 w st. N.
w., S..
Everett M. Pierce, 1881 Moss
Ave. S. E., $5.
Albert Copelin, 47O5 Blagden
Terrace, IS.
Victor Zielaskowski, First and F
SITS. N. w., SIS.
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7 VICE WE'D,
WIFE LACKS
HUSBAND
John R. Sears Wins,
Court AnnuIing
Marriage

Mrs. Teresa H. Sears, attractive
employe of a local bank, today
found herself in the unique posi-
ton of having been twice married
and yet without a husband, while
John r. Sears, president of pin
ball" distributing company, was
the winner in a court battle.
The strange situation of the
Sears family came about when she
filed suit in the United States Dis
trict Court May 18, 1884, asking
for limited divorce. They were
married on November IL, 1927, she
told the court, and her husband
had become so cruel to her that
she was forced to leave him.
Mr.. Sears engaged Attorney Ray
mond Neudecker, who filed a cross
bill asking for an annulment.
Mrs. Sears had been married be-
fore, Mr.. Neudecker told Justice
o. R. Luhring. He furnished evi-
dence that she had become the
bride of Ernest G. Hargett in Octo-
ber, 1910. Each sought divorce in
separate courts. Mrs. Hargett OBJ
tained her decree in a court in
nearby Virginia and Mr.. Hargett
obtained decree in North Caro-
lima.
Neither Of the Hargett divorces
was valid, Mr.. Neudecker claimed,
and naturally Mrs. Sears, nee
Hargett, could not claim a linn
tied divorce from Mr.. Sears since
their marriage was voidable.
Justice Luhring agreed and en-
tered a decree annuling the Sears
ceremony. -
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Socond Offense. Speeding

Second OftenSe, Speeulng
Samuel German, Ais Delafield
st. N. w., SIS.
First Offense, Speeding
John D. Rudisill, Pennsylvania,
$40.
Stanley G. Gray, 3O51 M St.
N, W., $40 or 10 days.
Arthur R. Cavanaugh, Virginia,
$40.
Louise Peterson, COL PennsylVa-
mia Ave. N. w., $40.
Thomas R. Clark, Maryland, $40.
Frank Dworske, 13 Rock Greek
Church Rd. N. w., $40.
John M. Wood, Maryland, SO.
Cedric B. Jessup, 4310 Sheriff
Road N. E., $40.
MacPaul Pollock, 6323 Seventh
st. N. W., $40 or 10 days sus-
William W. Davis, 1916 East
Capitol st. N. E., $40.
Stanley B. Harding, Maryland,
IS.
Frances R. Hand, 1910 Law
renee St. N. E., S..
Donald D. Swart7endruber,
Iowa, $5.
Joseph Rumelt, 1915 @ St. N.
w., SIS.
Lester A. Jones, TIA Morton st.
N. w., SIS or five days suspended.
Gerald E. Kimmell, 1910 Ewart
st. N. E., $5.
Aloysius Baker, 1889 Seven,
teenth st. N. w., SIS.
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Montgomery County
Schools Open Sept. II

Montgomery county public
schools will open Monday, Septem-
ber IA, and continue through June
18, Superintendent of Schools Ed
win w, Broome announced yester-
day.
According to Broome's announce
ment. teachers will hold a confer
ence in Rockville, Md, September
8, to consider the course OF in
Struction.
They will work in their class
rooms the following two days,
Broome declared.
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Heart Attack ataI 10
D. +. Manufacturer

Charles Fuchs, IS, died about 5
p. m. yesterday in George
Washington Hospital after driv-
ing from his place of employment
as a jewelry manufacturer at 910
Eleventh st. N. w., in a taxicab.
He is believed to have died from
a heart attack.
Fuchs lived at 1902 Rhode
Island Ave. N. E., and is survived
by three daughters, Florence,
jeanette and Meta, and a son,
Charles.
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TrustfuI Woman
FIeeCed Of $1,000

Clacey Brown, colored, is minus
$1,000 today, victim of one Of the
oldest confidence games.
Two colored women went to her
home, 1906 Sheriff Rd. N. E., yes
terday, showed her a package pur-
porting to hold many bonds, and
promised her third interest if she
gave them $1,000. She drew the
money from a bank, gave it to
them, and waited in a downtown
park while they went to cash the
bonds. After waiting several hours
she notified police.
The Washington times., 1936-08-14
Pleads Guilty, Pays
For Shooting Spree

ARLINGTON COURTHOU S E,
Va, Aug. 14.-Pleading guilty to
discharging firearms, Edgar Cate,
33, of Lyon Village, today was
placed under 5000 peace bond
and ordered to pay court costs
of $11.
Cate was arrested a week ago
today after. it is charged, he had
fired several shots from a shot
gun,
The Washington times., 1936-08-14
Possession Of Dope
Charged 10 Z Men

Arraigned today before United
States Commissioner Needham C.
Turnage, two men arrested last
week on charges of sale and pos
session of narcotics pleaded not
guilty and were held for the Grand
Jury under $4,000 bond each. They
gave their names as John Hand,
81, and Charles Johnson, 81, of
the 300 block of H st. N. w. The
arrest took place at the H Street
address.
The Washington times., 1936-08-14
7 Girls Hurt in Panic
Of Street Car Fire

Two passengers on a street car
were injured last night as an
explosion in the control box shot
flames through the car, causing
a panic.
Mary Ann Marx, IA, Of 1901
Fourteenth st. N. w. suffered
two sprained ankles and cuts as
she jumped through a window to
escape. Joan Nealon, 13, of 1860
Iris st. N. w. was bruised as
she was knocked down in the
rushof passengers to escape.
The Washington times., 1936-08-14

AT TOP in reviewing
stand are, left to right: Col.
]. M. Wainwright. Isaac
Cans, member of the Alco-
holic Beverage Control
Board; Commissioner Melvin
G. .Hazen and Comdr. Joseph
j. Malloy, head of the District
department of the American
Legion. At bottom are
shown the ag-bearers of
the Costello Post of the
Legion Auxiliary. The pa
rade preceded the eighteenth
annual convention Of the
Legion at the Hotel May
flower. International News
Photos by Washington Times.
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Beckett Named Pastor
Hospital Concert

TAKOMA PARK, Md, Aug. IA.
The band from Washington Elks
Lodge No. Is, under the direction
of James L. Kidwell, will give a
concert on the lawn of the Wash
ington Sanitarium, Takoma Park,
Md, Sunday evening from 6 un-
til 7:30 D. m.