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The Washington times., 1936-10-30
The Human Side of the News = By Edwin C. Hill

lana and it is responsible for a
great deal of HooSier genius.
like to recall that George AIDE grew
up in Indiana. One of his fables
has a bearing on this brain argu-
ment. In a certain college there
was a brilliant law student who
was little shrimp and had a
head like a peanut. There was
also a student, not so brilliant,
but who, even in his undergradu-
ate days, began to look like a
U. S. Senator, and speak sonor-
ously, his voice sounding as if it
came from a rain barrel.
Years passed. The little
squirrel.headed man, with all
his brilliance, was a failure. He
knew all the law there was to be
known, but in the courtroom he
was about as effective as a kazoo
in symphony orchestra. Some
big bull fiddle would always drown
him out. He sat alone in his for
lorn little office, waiting hope
lessly for clients.
ENDLESSLY COMPLEX
One day a most imposing man
entered-handsomely dressed. ma
jestic and resonant. He was the
old college friend, he of the rain
barrel utterance. He was selling
law books. There was much back
slapping and rejoicing and then
confessions. The big boy had
been a worse washout in the law
than the little chap. For a few
years he had "fronted" his way
through, but he knew no law, and
finally was counted out. He was
book agent now.
The visitor had a great idea.
They formed a law partnership.
The little scrubby man would sur
round case and write brilliant
brief. Then, in court. he would
announce that the case would be
summarized by my distinguished
associate counsel" Then the big,
mellifluous palooka would read
the argument and have the court
room in tears. They cleaned up.
I've known more than one man
who unqueStionably had brains
but never got a play for them. I've
known others to parlay meager
intelligence up to big killing. End
leSSly complex are the factors OF
personality, physique, emotions,
conditioning and behavior which
we lump loosely together as
brains"
The fact is, psychologists are
talking more about glands now
than they are about brains.
/ My reference to democracy a
few lines back may have seemed
| far-fetched. What I had in mind
was that both politicians and sci.
entistS know so little that is def.
mite and provable that the rest Of
us are entitled to do a lot of our
own thinking. There's no reason
why we should be too CredulouS
In fact, it seems to me that the
prime ingredient of democracy is
tough-mindedness and readiness
to kick up an argument on occa'
sion, even if we don't know whole
lot about it.
Note the joint collapse of sci,
entific inquiry and democracy in
Germany. Could that have hap,
pened to an old-line, cracker-barrel
people?
Copyright, 1898. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-10-30
Three-Minute Journeys

Dor has been excavated to tell the
story of its rich past.
The Appian Way ended at
Brindsi, where the two columns
that marked its termination still
stand.
Now Brindisi is the capital Of q
province that ncludes some
charming towns. There is Otsuni
with its lovely cathedral and its
medieval castle. OtSuni has be-
come quite a popular summer re-
sort. for it is high in the hills.
Then there is nearby Carovigno
with its famous school of weaving.
Within easy reach are many other
charming little towns, each with
an old castle and lovely old
churches.
LEECE is NEARBY
Not far down the coast and q
little inland is Leece, founded long
before the Roman era. The superb
amphitheater. built by the EN-
peror Hadrian, tells part of its
story.
Architects and artists, interest
ed in the Baroque style, always
put Leece on their travel lists, for
its churches are among the finest
examples of that period.
Maybe these are all rather out
of-the-way spots but, as such, they
are dear to the discriminating
traveller who minds not travel or
fatigue in his quest for places that
are beautiful, different and inter.
eStino
The Washington times., 1936-10-30
Plenty of Turkey

We hope that in the excitement of the closing days of the
presidential campaign has overlooked the significant
statement recently issued by the Department Agriculture
The Department took time off that this is going
to be banner year for urkeyat banner year for
turkey eaters.
Plenty Of turkeys and low price!
Welcome words at this season of the year.
The birds in their early stages spared from being
powed under.
And the drought which not noted for its blessings proved
boon to the young flocks.
There's something to be THANKFUL for.
The Washington times., 1936-10-30
Greatest Show on Earth
Blu Frank Miller Smith

vote for the presidential electors
and other candidates but you must
decide upon whether you are IN
favor of the $50, 100000 appropria-
ton for relief.
Also you must sign on the dot
ted line as to whether you feel
there should be a constitutional
amendment to liberalize the sys-
tom of government so that the
Supreme Court can't continue to
smack down the New Deal policies.
But the most unusual of them
all is the fact that in sending
your absentee vote to New York
you have to sign an affidavit that
you haven't bet on the election.
Someone is always taking the
joy out of life.
The Washington times., 1936-10-30

may play a Chopin etude. Not
size but quality seems to count
in brain specifications.
There's quite a stew these days
about our democracy and how to
save it. I like to think that there
is innate in Americans a bit of
tough-minded skepticism which
will, on occasion, challenge pun
dts as it once challenged king.
Certainly there was such icono-
clasm back in the crackerLbarrel
days, and if we haven't it now we
ought to have.
It flourished in my native Indi-
The Washington times., 1936-10-30
SUPER SERVICE

To go even further into the
matter it seems that sending out
the absentee ballots even upsetS
the party workers as well as the
voters.
There was the young lady who
had received her ballot from Mon
tana. She was all prepared to
vote for Roosevelt so she asked
her husband how she should go
about sending it off.
Go down to the Democratic
Absentee Voters headquarters"
the worthy spouse directed,
"fill out your ballot and they
will show you how to send it
off,"
"AIl right" said the wife,
"where is the Democratic Alb
Sentee Voters headquarters"
fourteenth and H Streets"
glibly replied friend husband.
So down to Fourteenth and n
came the young voter. She en-
tered a building, and now it's her
story:
81 thought it was sort Of
funny that they had so many
pictures of LandOn and Knox
on the wall and sunflower but
tons all around, but before I
could say anything very charm.
ing young lady approached mo
and asked what 1 wanted.
81 told her and she said for
me to sit right down and fill out
the ballot and she would show
me how to send it off.
81 filled out the ballot. put
it in the envelope and then l was
told that under the law of the
State of Montana it had to be
closed with sealing wax. The
young lady looked around.
'"There was no sealing wax.
So she told me she would go
out and get some and send the
ballot off that afternoon.
81 asked her how 1 would know
that the ballot had gone off
because I was very anxious to
register my vote. She said she
would call me the next morning.
Sure enough she did and the vote
is on its way"
Perhaps you've guessed already
the place where they were so kind
in seeing that this vote went out
for Franklin D. Roosevelt was the
Republican State headquarters for
the District of Columbia.
The Washington times., 1936-10-30

O"AAANs
Therefore, it was with some de-
gree of satisfaction that the pitch
enthusiasts learned that Gov. ALI
Landon was a pitch player from
way back.
In the spirit of sociability I sent
off an invitation to the presiden-
tial candidate to be sure to drop
in on a newspaper gathering If
he took up a four years residence
here after January goth to try
out his Kansas technique. 1t
seemed a shame that because most
of our Presidents seeking relaxa'
ton in cards had turned to poker,
the 'Kansan might be inveigled
into letting pitch go by the board.
Not long ago came a very gay
letter from Governor Landon's
secretary, Willard Mayberry. Mr..
Mayberry wrote:
I'm behalf of Governor Lam
don, wish to reply to your let
ter, as mOdesty would forbid him
doing so.
"The governors friends
throughout the oil fields of the
Southwest will bear testimony
that he is an excellent pitch
player and is never more pleased
than when he can get into q
game with cOngenial cOmpan-
ions. I am going to hope that he
will be able to demonstrate to
you, about the date you have
mentioned" -
So it looks as if this election is
going to decide whether we play
pitch or not as we'll as whether
it'll be a Democrat or Republican
who sits in the White House.
The Washington times., 1936-10-30

of functions" In the brain-differ-
ent areas of the cortex taking
care Of different requirements.
That seems to have been pretty
we'll established, but in actual, ex-
plicit knowledge of the brain
there are still sharp limitations.
Admitting that the brain is the
physical basis of thought, will
and emotion, one must also admit
that a photograph record is the
physical basis of a tone. But a
big, shiny 81 record with a gold
label may play "boop-boop-a-doop"
and a shabby little 50-cent record
The Washington times., 1936-10-30
KILLJOY

This business of getting out the
absentee vote from Washington
is going strong.
There is the secretary to a mem
Der of the House of Represent
etives who gave up a little social
junket downtown with the remark
that she had to be in the office
every day now to give advice on
marking the ballots.
A number of queer and sacred
rites must be attended to in send
ing off ballots to some of the
States. For instance, when you
vote in New York you not only
The Washington times., 1936-10-30

Never yet was there human be-
ing, past first youth, who did not
yearn for that new start, or who
didn't believe that it might be pos
sible, if only he could stumble on
the hidden key!
For how often we read OF it
happening! Read of old lives made
new-of crippled Spirits made
whole.
Like that helpless one who lay
beside the pool Bethesda-re'
member?
TROUBLE WATERS
The pool with the troubled
waters" you may see it if you
visit Jerusalem today, with the
encircling ruins of those galleries
where the desperate and diseased
lay waiting for the magic moment.
Through all the mountains and
desert they know of that pool
where
g.. an angel went down at a
certain season into the pool and
troubled the water; whOsOever
then first after the troubling of
the water stepped in was made
whole of whatsoever disease he
had"
So in they came, or we're carried
the lame and the halt aid the
blind, to find their healing.
But one poor creature, bedrid-
den for 38 years, lay watching
that daily rush with wistful eyes.
Time and again he had seen
Bethesda's waters move, but al
The Washington times., 1936-10-30

one of the larg-
est known to
science. TIL e
owner was of
something like
Eskimo stock,
and the ESki-
mos run to big
brains. Some
scientists think
the a n c ! e n t
islander must
have been a
man of great
i n t e Iii gence.
0 t h ers are
doubtful, citing
the none-too-
The Washington times., 1936-10-30

of them who
seek relaxation
when the news
gets dull in en-
joying a couple
of h a n d S of
pitch.
Pitch a dec
ade ago ranked
wi tn F i v e
Hundred as one
of the m ore
polite forms OF
amusement and
was known then
as High, Low,
j a ok and the
Game
The Washington times., 1936-10-30

were at seven
teen free
from the bur-
den of grief,
fear, hurt and
shame con-
fident that all
things are pos
sible for those
of brave and
lusty spirit.
If only! Ever
since man 1lrSC
began to think
or feel, that
cry has risen
from his dis
The Washington times., 1936-10-30
One of the Sore Spots

The Presidents advisory committee fiscal relations
touched of the spots of the system of ad
minsterng the government of the District of Columbia
when attempted to find out what the citizens thought
Of the estimates for the coming fiscal year submitted by
the Commissioners to the Bureau of the Budget
The committee couldn't possibly ascertain what the
taxpayers think of the estimates BECAUSE THE TAX
PAYERS, UNDER THE LAW, ARE KEPT FROM
KNOWING WHAT THE ESTIMATES ARE
District officials go just about far as they can in
acquanting citizens with what they are asking of the
Bureau of the Budget.
They give them access to the preliminary estimates
of department heads and let them submit at public hear
ngs their requests for appropriations and then they
make public the totals that will be asked
But the law makes them stop there.
The taxpayer can't find out if the things he asked
for are included.
He can't find out if the things he opposed are in
cluded OUer his opposition.
WHEN A PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE WANTS
TO DISCUSS WITH THE TAXPAYER HIS REAC-
TON TO WHAT HIS TAX MONEY IS TO BE SPENT
FOR, THE TAXPAYER CAN ONLY BOW HIS HEAD
AND SAY THAT KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH THINGS
Is NOT FOR HIM.
While the matter of how the Districts budget is pre-
pared not strictly within the subject matter into which
Lne COmmlIee QOeS nave an nQ1TeCL pear
ing the problem of how much the Federal Govern
ment should pay toward the support Of its National
Capital.
The confused and obscure method Of budgetng the
city due entirely to the fact that the District is in
cuded in the Federal budget law.
Under that law it's procedure must conform to the pro-
cedure of the Federal departments.
That is why the District officials can't tell the local
taxpayers anything about the budget
It is of the prices the local taxpayer must pay for
living in the city,
The difference betlUeen budgeting Federal de-
pGrtn1ent out of Federal funds and budgeting a
purely local government out of purely local funds
should be Dubious.
Yet the budget law makes distinction.
Since the law requiring proportional system of meet
ing the Districts expenses with the Federal Government
paying fixed percentage of the total has been ignored
by Congress there has been earthly for con-
tinuing the present budget system.
A SIMPLER, MORE EFFICIENT AND CERTAINLY
MORE DEMOCRATIC METHOD COULD EASILY BE
DEVISED.
The Washington times., 1936-10-30

In the Aleutian Islands, anthro-
biologists find and measure a skull
which housed a tremendous brain.
The Washington times., 1936-10-30
MAY JOIN IN

Contrary to popular opinion
all newspapermen aren't poker
players. There are quite a few
The Washington times., 1936-10-30
OLD FAVORITES
The Prayer of Beaten Men
BY WILLIAM HERVEY WOODS

We are the fallen, who, with helpless faces
Low IN the dust in stiffening ruin ay
Felt the hoofs' beat, and heard the rafting traces
As Ger drove the chariots of the fray
We are the fallen, who by ramparts CORY
Awaiting death, heard the far shouts begin
And with our last glance gmpsed the victors glory
For which we died, but dying might not win.
We were but men, Always eyes holden
We could not read the dark that walled us round
Nor deem futile plans with thine enfolden-
We fought, not knowing God the ground
Give own; and though in realms eternal
The potsherd and the pot belize are one
Make old world to know that with supernal
Powers Matched and by the stars were Ger
thrown.
Ay, grant to hear the foolish prasng
Of men--old voices of our lost homeland
Or else, the gateways Of this dim world raising
Give swords again, and hold thy hand
(Readers nVited to send to the editor their sug
gestons of old fGvortes among the poems for reprnting
in this Space)
The Washington times., 1936-10-30
Listen, World!
Start hopeful and trusting as we
By Elsie Robinson
TAKE UP THY BED AND WALK"

only could start all over~ways van for he had
again to lower him into their depths
The Washington times., 1936-12-22
Driver Loses Permit,
81 Are Suspended

Suspended for Is days:
Carl G. Becker, Silver Spring,
Md, SO miles.
Leroy M. Boswell, Landover, Md,
40 miles.
Henry A. Griesedeick, George.
town University, 40 miles.
Edward C. Harmon, 1888 Con-
necticut Ave. N. W., 40 miles.
Frank j. Hawkins, Hyattsville,
Nd, 40 miles.
Kenneth Kerriker, Alexandria,
Va, 40 miles.
Catherine Kimble, Takoma
Park, Md, SO miles.
Edward C. Rippeon, Soldiers
Home, 38 miles.
Herman A. Rolfes, Baltimore,
40 miles.
William B. Street, Warrenton,
Va, 40 miles.
Jacob Suna, 1921 Ninth st. N.
w., 40 miles.
Wendell E. Thorne, Chevy
Chase, Md, 40 miles.
Alexander B. Wilson, Claren-
don, Va, 40 miles.
CONTINUED on Page IS, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1936-12-22
! BADLY HURT
IN CAPITAL

Five persons were injured, two
seriously, in traffic mishaps dur
ing the past "a hours, police re-
cords today revealed. One motor
ist was arrested on a reckless
driving charge and another was
eXonerated by a Coroner's jury in
connection with recent traffic
fatality
Seriously hurt were Mrs. Esther
Arkebauer, 40, of sos Holstein
ST., Tacoma Park, Md, and Ed
ward Fritzche, 80, of 631 D st. N.
w. Felled by an automobile driven
by Virginia w. Griffith, of 1924
Sixteenth st. N. w., police re
ported, Mrs. Arkebauer suffered
forehead decorations and concus.
sion of the brain. She IS being
treated at the Washington Sani.
tarium, Takoma Park.
Skull Fractured
Fritzche is in Gallinger Hospital
with a possible fracture of the skull
and other serious injuries. He was
hurt by an automobile driven by
James H. Yoemans, So, of the Cliff
ton Terrace Apartments, at Sew
enth st. and Market Pl. Northwest,
according to police. Yoemans took
the injured man to Emergency
Continued on Page "a, Col. p
The Washington times., 1936-12-22
NO ADS SOLD
ININAUGURAL
PROGRAM
Grayson Warns City
Merchants Against
Racketeers

Beating the unscrupulous to the
punch, Rear Admiral Cary T.
GraySon, chairman of the Roose-
velt-Garner inaugural committee,
issued a warning today to the
public that there will be no ad-
Vertising in the official program
for the inaugural.
Four years ago, in several in
cldentS, merchants were tricked
by racketeers, who were soliciting
in the city for a fictitious inaugu-
raj program.
ESSary Chairman
In connection with the official
program, Admiral Grayson an
nounced that j. Fred Essary,
Washington correspondent of The
Baltimore Sun, had been made
chairman of the program commit
tee, post which Mr.. Essary filled
four years ago.
All revenue from the program
will be derived through it's sale on
AASWO oO1AAAo d41u I'LL OuSI4 duGIIOE'
lied salesmen during the inaug-
ural parade. The program will
be Illustrated and will contain the
official Set-up of the parade and
other ceremonies in connection
with the celebration.
Admiral Grayson announced
that Frederic A. Delano, an uncle
of President Roosevelt and chair
man of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, has
been appointed as vice chairman
of the general inaugural commit
tee. Other appointments an.
nounced by Admiral Grayson in
cluded:
James A. Councillor as chair
man of the committee on budget
and auditing; Thomas E. Lodge,
president of the Federation of
Citizens Associations, as chair
man of the committee on civic CO.
operation; and Ford E. Young as
chairman of the committee on
civic decorations.
The Washington times., 1936-12-22
APEX BUILDING
BIDS READY

Bids on construction of the new
Apex Building, which eventually
is to house the Federal Trade Com
mission, were to be opened by the
Procurement Division of the Treas
ury Department today.
Filling out the acute angle of
the so-called Federal Triangle" p"
the structure is to be erected be-
tween Sixth and Seventh Streets
and Constitution and Pennsyl-
vania Avenues Northwest.
A Public Works Administration
project, the new Apex Building
construction will be financed by
So, SOS 900 of PWA funds.
Of modified classic design, plans
call for a basement, seven stories,
and an attic, harmonizing with
other buildings of the triangle
group. Granite will be utilized for
exterior walls to the first floor and
limestone will be the material for
upper stories. The roof will be of
tile and the interior court will be
of brick facing.
The facade facing Sixth Street
is to be semi-circular, with monu.
mental collonade extending from
the third floor to the cornice line.
The Sixth Street entrance ap.
proach will consist of a triangular
terrace.
Between the east facade and the
junction of Pennsylvania Avenue
with Constitution Avenue, a formal
park is to be provided. According
to the Procurement Division, the
park will be featured by a monu-
ment to Gen. Winfield Scott Han
cock.
The Washington times., 1936-12-22

One nonresident driver today
was compelled by the Board OF
Revocation, Suspension and ReSto'
ration to give up his driving
privileges, while the permits of 81
others were suspended for periods
of from IS to 80 days.
The operator whose permit was
revoked is Charles M. Brennan, OF
Baltimore, who was charged with
speeding at the rate of SIS miles
an hour.
Suspended for 80 days:
Charles A. Carlson, jr., Bethesda,
Md, ~ miles.
Henry T. Clark, jr., Brookeville,
Md, 48 miles.
James B. Graham, Glendale,
Md, so miles.
Louis A. Hansen, Takoma Park,
Md, 42 miles.
Junior L. Heiston, Williamsport,
Md, A miles.
Richard S. Hunter, Rosslyn, Va,
IS miles.
Harry Uditsky, Philadelphia, Pa,
A miles.
Ardie o. Wehner, Baltimore, Md,
48 miles.
The Washington times., 1936-12-22
N EAR
DECISION FOR
NEW SITE
Committee Runored
To Have Smashed
Its Deadlock

Far from being tied up in a
deadlock, the 10-year-old Washing
ton Municipal Airport controversy
today appeared to be nearing so
luton, with the selection of COM
promise site likely.
1t is understood that the spe-
cial Congressional Airport Com
mittee has discarded the Washing
ton Airport and Gravelly Point as
possible sites for a new municipal
airport, and has decided on the
selection Of a third location.
The committee, which met yes
terday and which is scheduled to
meet again on January 6, is bound
by law to secrecy, and so its mem
bers are not talking. Its chair
man, Senator William H. King
CD, of Utah, who also is chair
man of the Senate District Com
mittee, however, denied the re-
ported deadlock.
Selection of site for a munich
pal airport for Washington has
been in controversy for 10 years
because of the inability of Mem
bers of Congress to agree either
on the Washington Airport or
Gravelly Point.
The special committee, however,
composed of Members of both the
Senate and House District Com
mittees, is believed to have made
much progress in its deliberations
and to have approached something
like an agreement.
The next scheduled meeting oc-
ours on the day following the con-
vening of the new Congress, to
which it is expected to report
shortly.
The Washington times., 1936-12-22
JEWELRY SHOP
WINDOW IS
LOOTED
S4OO in Gems Taken
After Smashing Glass
With Brick

Two colored men, armed with
revolvers, robbed filling station
at Florida and New Jersey Ave
nues Northwest early today, es-
Gaping with $25.
John L. Noyes, 1911 A st. S. E.,
was alone in the place when the
thugs entered, robbed him Of his
change carrier, took currency
from the cash register, then drove
away.
Robbers hurled a brick through
the window of a jewelry store at
1909 Connecticut Ave. N. w., dur
ing the night and stole watches
and other jewelry valued at more
than $400, Percy E. Taylor, owner
of the store, reported.
Fountain Pens Loot
Sneak thieves entered a drug
store at 1920 Seventeenth st. N. w.
yesterday, and while Sidney Wolf,
the proprietor. was busy stole 20
fountain pens valued at S120.
Dragged into an alley at Twelfth
and I Streets Northwest, Louis L.
Collie of Alexandria was beaten
by two men and robbed of $50, his
watch and overcoat.
Two men we're victims of pick
pockets while riding street cars
yesterday. Pablo Ortiz, 1911
Church st. N. W., lost $l3, and
William Lanahan, 1925 F st. N.
E., lost $43.
Women VictimiZed
Two women were victimized by
the old "lost pocketbook" racket,
they reported to police. Gene.
We've McCargo, 920 Westminster
st. N. w., reported she lost $21,
and Sarah E. Coward, 1118 Fair
mont st. N. w., lost $3.50.
Celestine Melistead, 2217 Wash
ington Circle N. w., reported her
pocketbook containing $40 was
snatched by colored man as she
was entering her home last night.
A white youth attempted to
snatch the purse Of Mary zant-
Finger, 1417 Parkwood Pl. N. w.,
last night and knocked her down,
but was frightened away before he
could obtain the purse.