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The Washington times., 1936-11-23
u. 5. WEATHER
BUREAU HAS
BUSY YEAR

The heaviest demand for serv-
ice in it's history was met by the
United States Weather Bureau
during the last fiscal year, ending
June 80, 1896, according to the
report submitted to Agriculture
Secretary Henry Wallace today,
by w. R. Gregg, chief of the bu-
reau.
Mr.. Gregg revealed that an
unusually cold winter over most
Of the country, followed by the
unprecedented floods in the
East" the drought and dust
storms in the Far West and Mid
die West, plus numerous destruc-
tive tornadoes, caused the
demand.
It was met in most cases, he re-
ported, with volume of special
surveys, forecasts and warnings,
augmented with a strengthening
of the hurricane warning system
along the South Atlantic and Gulf
Coasts and expansion of the
meteorological airways service,
Stresses Research
Mr.. Gregg said the Weather Blu
reau has also stressed research
work to enable it to contribute
'its full share to the development
of the nations economic and So
cial life," adding:
"Up to a few years ago a Skele-
tOniZed form of service was ac-
cepted as reasonably SatiSfac-
tory. The advent of aerOnauticS
completely changed this picture.
For that activity weather cOndi-
tiOnS must be reported with
great accuracy, not only along
the airwayS but for considerable
distances on either side. The
general daily forecasts proved
wholly inadequate.
"It was necessary to develop
a new type, very definite and
covering a period of about the
same length as the flight itself.
Now, the question naturally
arises, if this intensive type of
service is good for aeronautics,
why not for other activities
also? The answer is that we are
tending in that direction right
now"
Radio Being Used
Radio, horizontal and vertical
planes, improved air sounding
technique and other detailed
methods are being used to crack
the problems of meteorology, he
revealed.
Responding to public demand,
Mr., Gregg also revealed the bu-
reau is studying possibilities of
all methods of long range fore
casting with hope of eventual
weather prediction a week or a
month in advance. To this end,
conditions ir America and foreign
countries are being surveyed to
discover relationships between
weather abroad and at home.
Compilation of over 100000
marine weather observations,
gathered between 1880 and 1888,
is being done as a WPA project,
the mass of data having lain idle
previously for lack of tabulators.
The Washington times., 1936-11-23

long vigil end
ed. F o r 10
years, since the
&c at Magi-
clan" died, that
! i G h t h a d
burned, await
ing the answer
which Houdini
h a d promised
to send back, If
com m u n / ca
tions were pos
Sible. But the
silence remain
ed u n b roken.
Exhausted by
their frantic
The Washington times., 1936-11-23
What to Eat To Get
Stength-BuiIdin Iodine
Into Blood and Glands
Science SoYs Regular Rofion Of NATURAL IODINE Needed
Build Up Week. Rundown, Skinny Foks-GVe Them New
Energy, Endurance end Pepl

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Try Seedol Kelpamalt for a single
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the trial is free. Your own doctor will
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The Washington times., 1936-11-23
ADVERTISER ENT

If you are weak, skinny and rundown
if you go around always tired, nervous,
irritable. easily upset. the chances are
your blood is thin, pale and watery and
lacks the nourishment needed to build up
your strength. endurance and the solid
pounds of new flesh you need to feel
right. Science has at last got right down
to one of the real troubles with these
conditions and explains a new, quick
way to correct them.
Food and medicines can't help you
much. The average person usually eats
enough of the right kind of food to sus-
tain the body. The real trouble IS as
similation. the body's process of convert
ing digested food into firm flesh pep
and energy. Tiny hidden glands control
REQUIRE a regular ration of NATURAL
IODINE (not the ordinary toxic chemi.
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ln tiny quantities in spinach. lettuce,
ete.)H The simplest and quickest way
The Washington times., 1936-11-23

beseeching in a final, public
broadcast, the mournerS turned
away. Houdini had not spoken.
That, to them, was proof that he
no longer existed.
There is nothing new in either
such tests or the conclusion. Since
human life began, men have chal'
lenged death-and proved nothing
by their challenges but their own
stupidity. Why should we con-
clude that the dead no longer
exist. merely because they do not
answer our calls? Do we-can we
always answer each other in
life? No; there are abysses be-
tween our separate living spirits,
CULTS of restraint, indifference,
misunderstanding or diStruSt, as
impossible as any grave. In life
or death, the soul is solitary.
"Men are spirits clad in wells,
Man by man was never seen;
All our striving somehow fails
To lift that which lies between"
Actually, we are as barred from
each other in life as we are in
death. Our five senses give us
an illusion of nearness but, when
we dare face facts, we know we
are not really together cannot
really answer each other when we
call.
DRIVEN BY FEAR
Death rears no darker barrier
than life. Yet, because Of the il
lusion of nearness, we manage to
forget our real apartness. We do
not deny our loved ones existence
simply because we cannot "lift
that which lies between" Only
the most foolish and nagging
would demand, in life, that every
cry be answered.
But the minute death occurs,
fear drives us senseless. We for
get that we have always been
strangers to each other, spirits
wrapped in wells" we have
never really seen each other. Ter
rified, we ran amuck like savageS,
clutching at sentimentality or
superstition to heal our awful
hurt.
But even if our childish de-
mands we're answered, and we
could hear spirit rappings" or
see mumbo- jumbo signals, they
would solve nothing and give no
permanent satisfaction.
There is only one way for a
strong, sane person to approach
death and that is in the same way
he approaches life thought
fully, courageously. Do not try to
run away from death. Face its
facts. Face, first of all, the SUI
preme fact that life after death Is
no more mysterious, no more "im-
possible" than life before death
existence without body is no
more miraculous or unreasonable
than existence within one.
Who and what are we, any way?
What is this Thing which inhabits
our body-this Thing we call Con-
sciousness, or Spirit, or Soul?
How does it think and feel? Is it
in any way vitally dependent upon
the body? Could it not exist with
out a body as well as with one?
Could it not function in other
forms as we'll as it's present one?
For the vegetable and the lower
animal there are countless bodies;
is it reasonable to suppose that
there is only one for the spirit of
Man?
SOME DAY
No one can answer any of these
questions, but the very lack of
answer is heartening. For if we
The Washington times., 1936-11-23
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The Washington times., 1936-11-23
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson
NOT GoNE-JUST BUSY

Sobbing, Beatrice Houdini$
turned off the light above her
Northumberland her
The Washington times., 1936-09-24
Jesse Jones Back
Still Weak From
Illness

Jesse Jones, chairman of the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion, who was stricken with i'll
ness in California recently, re-
turned to Washington suddenly
yesterday.
Before retiring to his suite at
the Mayf1ower to rest from the
strain of the tranScontinental rail.
road trip, Jones made call to his
office. His secretary said that al
though he was recovering from his
illness, he was not expected to
resume active duties for several
days.
Jones, one of the key figures of
the New Deal, pleaded illness when
he failed to deliver a scheduled
speech at the convention of the
American Bankers Association in
San Francisco, Monday. Last year
his address to the bankers, in
which he criticized them cauStic-
ally for their "lack of cooperation"
with the Roosevelt Administration,
aroused wide comment.
The Washington times., 1936-09-24
VOTE ERlcAN-
LIQUOR
NETS $4,000

SILVER SPRING, Md, Sept. "a.
Montgomery county, dry for So
years prior to repeal Of prohibi-
ton, realized a profit of more than
$4,000 from the sale of liquors,
wines and beer during the fiscal
year ended June 30, Ralph S. Fow-
ler, chairman of the liquor control
board, announced today.
According to the figures, gross
liquor and wine sales amounted to
1897, ,650.33. Beer sales brought
in an additional $27,118.48, while
license fees amounted to $10,-
474.57.
Expenses included 1858, 1856 80
in costs of goods sold which also
included freight and revenue
stamps; $28,021.73 for operating,
salaries ana wages; $3,617.74 sal
aries and wages Tor board mem
bers; $2,305 for rented quarters;
$5,008.20 for license fees; So, ,887. .35
for office supplies and expenses:
$1,858.24 for light, heat and tele-
phone; $1,276.25 for insurance;
$749.13 truck operating expense
and $2,071.16 for miscellaneous.
Net profit was $50, 9,879.97.
The Washington times., 1936-09-24
WOMEN VOTERS
HEAR GREEN

CHERRYDALE, Va, Sept. "a.
Maintaining the same stand he
took two years ago in his con-
gressional campaign, Representa-.
tive Howard w. Smith, of the
Eighth Virginia District, yesterday
declined an invitation extended
him by the Organized Women Vot-
ers of Arlington county to address
their group.
Also maintaining the same
stand as taken two years ago, John
Locke Green, of Arlington county,
running for the, second time as
the Republican candidate against
Mr.. Smith, accepted the invitation
and bitterly scored Mr.. Smith for
what he termed as simply "evad-
ing any joint debate between the
two candidates.
Mr.. Green, said that he had re-
peatedly challenged Mr.. Smith to
discuss the issues of the day with
him, but had been unsuccessful in
bringing the Representative into
one such exchange.
VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-09-24
BLONDE COED
WINS H0N0RS

Although only sophomore, Miss
Frederick Waldman, of 2730 Ches-
apeake ST., Chevy Chase, has had
an ample share in student activi.
ties at the University of Mary
land.
Unheralded at her alma mater,
Western High School, where she
held office as secretary of the
senior class, her blonde beauty and
effervescent personality hit the
Maryland campus like a bombshell
and she has been riding the crest
of wave of popularity ever since.
Although she holds no student
government offices, she is out
standing in that she led the junior
prom at the Willard Hotel last
year, escorted by Coleman Head
ley, noted football star and presi-
dent of the junior class. She was
the only freshman coed that has
ever had that honor at Maryland.
At the end of the year she was
selected as one of the 10 prettiest
girls on the campus in the beauty
contest annually sponsored by the
school year book.
Her other activities include
membership in the Y. w. C. A.,
the riding and swimming clubs.
She is majoring in home eco
nomics because she likes to cook.
-VnTE ANERIrAN
The Washington times., 1936-09-24

Anyone wishing to adopt her
should get in touch with Mrs. viii
liam L. Hunter, 1441 Forty-fourth
st. N. w. cleveland 6O47)
Mrs. R. A. FoneS, 300 Warder
st. N. w., Apartment T. has a
part water spaniel and fox ter
rier, about two and one-half years
old, that she wishes to place in
good home. The dog is a spien-
did children's pet. Notify Mrs.
Fones at her home or by tele-
phoning Adams 3276.
Miss Phyllis Adams, 1904 Kan.
sas Ave. N. w. (Adams 4498) has
a male beagle hound pup that she
wants to give away.
The fourth dog that needs a
home is a four-year-old male fox
terrier, which is being given away
by Mrs. E. C. Albritton, 5437 Ne
braska Ave. N. w. Emerson
1045). This dog is an unusually
good watch dog.
Five kittens may be obtained
from Mrs. Alice Thomas, 40 Por-
ter st. N. E.
Two one-month-old kittens, a
male and a female, may be
adopted from Miss Mary Alice
Biggs, GA D st. N. E. Gincoln
1850.
The pet editor of The Times
will assist in finding other homes
for pets through this column.
The Washington times., 1936-09-24
DRIVER GIVEN
YEAR IN JAIL
VOTE AMERICAN

HYATTSVIIILE, Md, Sept. "a.
Prison sentences totaling one year
were imposed upon Edward j.
Smith, 348 H. st. S. w., in Prince
Georges County Police Court here
yesterday following his conviction
on charges of speeding, driving
with a revoked permit and assault,
ing an officer. Judge George B.
Merrick sentenced Smith to three
months in the Maryland House
of Correction for speeding exceed.
ing so; three months on the as
sault charge and six months on
the revoked permit charge.
Officer Warren Peake testified
that Smiths permit had been re
voked in Washington after his
twelfth traffic offense. but that
he had used an assumed name to
get another one.
Other sentences imposed in
County Court yesterday were Will.
liam Burton, 1017 Twenty-second
st. N. W., driving while under the
influence of liquor, $100; improper
license, SIS; Thomas C. Pitman,
2514 East Pl. N. w., driving while
under the influence of liquor,
$100; reckless driving. $25; Ben.
jamin F. Lewis, 1913 Second St. S.
W., exceeding so, and John Queen,
Cedar Heights, Md, unauthorized
use of a car, six months in the
House of Correction.
The Washington times., 1936-09-24
SISTERS TOTAL
574 YEARS

BRADDOCK HEIGHTS, Nd,
Sept. 24.-Seven sisters with ages
totaling STA, and all in good
health! That was the note of
pride proclaimed by the sisters at
the oath birthday anniversary eel
ebration of their oldest sister, Miss
Mary Fulmer, here recently.
Six more years and Miss Mary
Fulmer will be century old. But
her many years do not handicap
her the slightest bit. She goes
about her domestic chores like a
much younger woman.
The six other sisters are Miss
Alice Fulmer, IS, of Braddock
Heights; Miss Fanny Fulmer, "a,
of Washington, D. c.; Mrs. Ellen
Meyers, 90, of Braddock Heights;
Mrs. Cordelia Sturgis, 83, Of
Washington, D. c.; Mrs. Kate
Adams. 78, of Buckeystown, Md,
and the youngest, Mrs. Carrie
Corun, 10, of jefferson, Md.
The Washington times., 1936-09-24
WON EN- PLAN
! RALLIES

ROCKVILLE, Md, Sept. pa
feminine touch will be added to
Montgomery county politics today
when two rallies will be held, one
sponsored by the County Fedora
tion of Republican Women and the
other by the Women'S Democratic
Club of the county.
The first rally will be held at
2 p. m. at the Takoma Park Pub
lie Library when Miss Pearl Nc
Call, former Assistant District At
torney, and State Senator Harry
w. Legore, Republican congress
Sional candidate, will share speak
ing honors.
Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman, pres
ident of the Republican Fedora
ton, will" preside at this meeting,
which will be open to the public.
Representative Frank W. Boy.
kin, of Mobile. Ala. will be the
principal speaker at the Demo
cratic rally at the estate of Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Casey, on the
Rockville -Gaithersburg Pike, at
8 p. m.
Other speakers will include Miss
Mae Helm, president of the Ken
lucky Democratic Club, of Wash
ington; State Senator Stedman
Prescott, leader of the Montgomery
county Democratic organization.
and J. Somervell Dawson, presi
dent of the United Young Mems
Democratic Clubs of the county.
The Washington times., 1936-09-24
Today's Foreign short-Wave Radio Schedule

PARIS-5:15 p. M.-Concert re-
layed from Radio Paris. TPA-3,
25.6 M, 11.72 meg.
BERLIN-6 p. M.-Germans in
in American Life. DJD, 25.4 m,
lit meg.
LONDON-6:3O P. M.-"Empire
Magazine" No. 6. A weekly review
of things at home. GSP, 1876 m,
1881 meg; GSD, 25.5 M. It's
meg; Csc, 31.3 m, 9.58 meg.
MADRID-7 P. M.-Children's
Program. EAQ, 3o.5 M, 9.87 meg.
CARACAS-8:45 p. M.-The
Greatest Composers, their music
The Washington times., 1936-09-24
GIVEN
BOOST HERE
It isn't so!

Az AOAA v OO'
Whatever the dry die-hards are
saying about the evil things that
have been visited on this mortal
world since prohibition was wiped
off the books is just a lot of
propaganda.
So says the Repeal Associates
of washington, D. c., which has
just completed a survey with the
result that it today reported a
sharp decline in arrests for
drunken driving, for drunkenness
and for drunkenness of women
and youth. The survey covered a
group of New York cities repre-
Senting IS per cent of the States
population.
Says Capt. w. H. Stayton, ex-
ecutive director of the association,
anent thu survey:
"Since the legaliZatiOn of beer
in April, 1888, and complete
repeal in December, 1888, there
has been a persistent prOhibi-
ton propaganda that motor
vehicle accidents, due to intOxi-
Gated drivers, have enormously
increased, and that excessive
drinking, particularly among
women and young people, has
become a real social menace.
From every angle that hui
man life and safety is affected
by alcohol, statistics show de-
cided improvement since the
legaliZatiOn of beer and repeal
of the Eighteenth amendment"
The Washington times., 1936-09-24
MANY never
SUSPECT CAUSE
OF BACKACHES
This Old Treatment Often
BrinSS Happy Relief

Many sufferers relieve nagging backache
quickly, once they discover that the real Gauss
of their trouble may be tired kidneys.
The kidneys are N ature's chief way of taking
the excess acids and waste out of the blood.
Most people pass about 3 pints day or about
pounds Of waste.
Frequent or scanty passages with smartins
and burning shows there may be something
wrong with your kidneys or bladder.
An excess of acids or poisons in your blood.
when due to functional kidney disorders, may
be the cause of nagging backache, rheumatic
pains, lumbago, leg pains, loss of pep and en-
ergy, getting up nights, swelling, pufinesl
under the eyes, headaches and diSziness
Don't waitl Ask your druggist for Doan' 8
Pills, used successfully by millions for over 40
years. They give happy relief and will halp the
15 miles Of kidney tubes flush out poisonous
waste from your blood. Get Doan'B Pills.
The Washington times., 1936-09-24
Farm Benefit Checks
Due Late This Month

"tcA hhIUndA news SeFVlC6
First payments to farmers under
the soil conservation program will
begin by mid-October, Agricultural
Adjustment Administration Off
cials said today. Particular efforts
will be made to get checks out to
farmers in the hardest-hit drought
States.
The peak of payments will not
be reached before December.
Under the AAA, the bulk of the
checks did not go out until .Janu-
ary and February. and it is doubt
full if there will be any change in
the time of payments under this
program. Officials estimate that
soil conservation benefit checks
eventually will reach 100000
farmers.
The Washington times., 1936-09-24

and their lives. YV2RC, SIT m.
So meg.
BERLIN-9:15 P. M.-Chamber
Music. DJD, 25.4 M, lit meg.
LONDON-1O:1O P. M.-"Ever-
greens of jazz" GSF, 1913 M,
1914 meg; Csc, 31.3 m, 9.58 meg.
VANCOUVER-11:SO P. My
the Sea. CJRO, Winnipeg, 48.7 m, :,
6.15 meg; CJRX, Winnipeg. 25.6
M, 11.72 meg.
TOKYO-12 Midnight-"Over.
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M, 14.6 meg.
The Washington times., 1936-09-24
W.C.T.U. PLANS
LOCAL OPTION
TO 0END BEER

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE
Va, Sept. 24.-Local option on the
sale Of beer so that it "can be
voted out" was one of the objec.
tives outlined to the Alexandria.
Arlington County w. c. T. U. at
its annual convention here this
week.
DR.. Izora Scott, of Washington,
In addressing the group said:
I'm every State we hear that
the present systems of alcoholic
beverage control are in cOnfu.
sion because of the separate
beer legislation. Communities
are finding out that beer is in
tOxicating, but they have no way
to control its sale. We must
also make a drive against beer
and whisky advertising, which
now invadeS our homes by radio
and printed page"
PLAN CONVENTION
DR.. Scott also outlined the prep
aration being made for the World
w. c. T. U. convention to be held
In Washington. June 4-9, next
summer, when approximately
1000 delegates are expected from
all parts of the world.
Meeting in Walkers Chapel,
Arlington, the group heard re.
ports received from the commit
tee chairmen and presidents of
the five local unions. These re-
ports are to be tabulated and
presented at the State conven-
ton to be held in Charlottes-
vile, Va, October 9-12.
Officers Selected
Officers elected in the Alex
andria-Arlington unit includ e
president, Mrs. George A. Ham
ilton, of Clarendon; vice presi-
dent at large, Mrs. Georgia Sto-
yer, of Arlington; recording sec
retary, Mrs. Ada H. Davidson, Of
Cherrydale; treasurer, Mrs. Alice
Strauss, of Alexandra, and cor
responding secretary, Miss Mar
ion Merrill, of Cherrydale.
Installation of officers was
conducted by DR.. Scott. as ma
tional officer; Mrs. Frank Mabry,
of the State board, and Mrs.
Martha N. Brookings, as the re-
tiring president.
The Washington times., 1936-09-24
VOTE AMERICAN
Theater Magnate Dead

NEWTON, N. j., Sept. "a G.N.SO
Bert Alexander Stewart, At, vice
president of the Newton Theater
Company, director of the Superior
Type Company of Chicago and an
official of several concerns manu-
featuring stamping devices, died
today at his home here of heart
disease.