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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-10-08
COSTLY CARELESSNESS

There's no place like home, when it comes to having
accidents This is borne out by report just issued by
the National Safety Council and not only is the report of
interest but everyone find in it warning against care
essness that will prove profitable if it is needed
In 1885, says the report, there 4,631,500 home
accidents against 322000 auto accidents These accidents
III the home that year cost $590O0O000 in lost wages,
medical expense and overhead cost of insurance Home
accidents caused 350O deaths in that single year, result
ing from falling down stairs, burns from Matches scalds
from hot liquids cuts from knives other sharp blades,
slipping and being hit by flying objects Falls alone proved
fatal 1910 while 391 died from burns and scads.
Ii these figures represent only those that
reported what must the total have been if the tens of
thousands OF home accidents not reported taken into
consideration All statistics show that accidents
actually in the homes of America than its
streets and highways and its factories. In fact these
hgreS show that there is greater careessness in the home
nan on the streets and highways, and in plants where
machinery is used And surely there is in that fact
terlal for timely warning. 1t is: There's place like
home for being careful"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-10-08

Of all mans activities the that causes him least
regret is that of keeping his mouth shut
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-10-08

Having no wrecks doesn't prove you're good driver
Even fool driver pretty safe it he meets good dodgers
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-10-08

They say it is blessed to give than to receive.
mat Is especially true of advice.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-10-08

objection to Flaming youth" is that it expects
Wy else to furnish the fuel
The Washington times., 1936-04-14

Thomas Jefferson's birthday -
April IL - deserves national OBJ
servance throughout the week in
which this anniversary comes.
Jeffersonian principles are q
legacy to the American people.
They cannot be monopolized by
any political party. Their applica-
ton is as much the obligation Of
one political party as Of the other.
And the same is true Of the funda-
mental principles enunciated at q
later date by Abraham Lincoln.
There will be much speculation
in this campaign year regarding
what jefferson would say and do
about present conditions.
The trainers Of the Democratic
platform Of 1892 proudly pro
claimed jefferson as the founder
Of their party and held up his
principles as the best guide ''in
the hour Of our country's need u
PERVERTED PATTERN
Commenting on this fact the
Arizona Daily Star Democratic)
says in its jefferson Day issue:
'Tt is difficult. to find justi-
ficatiOn in JeffersOn's principles
for the policies Of the New Deal.
The changed and perverted pat
tern Of government now taking
shape is repugnant to the whole
JeffersOnian concept. 1t cannot
be squared with the traditional
theory Of the political party
whose roots rest in JeffersOnian
doctrine"
Take for example, as this news
paper does, "Jefterson's ideas oi
the liberties guaranteed under
the Bill of Rights" Writing tc
Samuel Kercheval in 1915 Jeffer
SON said:
"The true foundation Of Re-,
publican government iS the
equal right Of every citizen, in
his person and property, and
In their management"
Writing to a friend in Pari:
in 1857, jefferson said:
'HThe policy Of the Ameri-
can government is to leave
their citizens free, neither
restraining nor aiding them in
their pursuits"
Writing to David Humphrey
two years later, jefferson said
"There are rights which it is
useless to surrender to the Gov
ernment, and which govern
ments have yet always been
The Washington times., 1936-04-14
Transportation Problem Presents New
Complications

sion took look at the newcomer.
Dealing franchises is pretty serious
business in crowded urban areas,
and this case was puzzling. They
had no hostility to the newcomer
and were ready to ask Fido right
in, but first they had to know his
breed.
Legal specifications for entry
and performance Of a pedigreed
train or bus are clear enough, but
there was nothing. from Black
stone on down, bearing on the
new mixed breed. The best brace
Of lawyers anywhere around there
couldn't give them any help. Fur
thermore, complications arose in
the fact that this is an interest
ing matter, already complex
enough without. bringing this UP.
Back at the peak of the patent
medicine days, progress was easier
and simpler. ''What Is your price
for 10000 gross white sugar pills?
I have a name," wired a Pitts.
burgh dopester to a New York
manufacturer. And this is just
The Washington times., 1936-04-14
Play Ball!

The start Of the baseball pennant race brings feeling
of relief to Washington as no doubt it does in lesser
degree to the other cities boasting membership in the
big leagues.
For while at least this city surfeted with politics
and with the stresses and strains Of conflicting govern
mental theories will be able to find pleasant outdoor
recreation Of an afternoon.
It will be much cheerful, although possibly not
more profitable to watch the performances Of Buck
Newsom Buddy Myer ct al, than to ponder the
vaguaries of Prof. Tugwen and the others who are
occupying the seats of the mighty.
Even President Roosevelt will abandon his job as
national quarterback to become mere spectator at
real national game.
We hope Mr. Clark Griffith and his team will be able
to make more satisfactory progress IN the baseball cam
paign than Mr. Roosevelt and his team have been able
to make in the national campaign.
The baseball experts, however, seem to be just as
dubious about the Washington teams chances as is
large part of the public about the Roosevelt teams op
portunities
Anyway we'll give MIR. Griffith and his boys cheer
as they launch their campaign
The Washington times., 1936-04-14
CITY of Signs

There has been much dispute in the past to whether
Washington should have the "City Beautiful City
Of Magnificent Distances.
The dispute has been settled.
Instead Of being known by either Of those nckname the
town should be called the CITY OF SIGNS"
STUCK UP ON TREES HUNG ON POSTS RESTING
DRUNKENLY IN CUTTERS SIGNS OF VARIOUS SHAPES,
SIZES AND DESIGNS ABOUND ON EVERY BLOCK OF
THE COMMUNITY.
There are is officially estimated than fifty thousand
such signs including the wooden metal the permanent the
temporary, the visible and the almost invisible.
These peserous desOyes Of beauty supposed to aid
the automobile driver or the pedestrian or both.
either the driOer the lDaer takes into his
head to stop and read those signs imagine uOhat OOuld
happen to traffic.
The Washington times., 1936-04-14

give them new penetration into
Washington.
They are hopeful that the law
yerS and the state and District
Commissioners and the Interstate
Commerce Commissioners can get
together, even II they have to find
q name, hold q formal christening
and put it all In the law books.
This road, not being in trucking
and long-range freight business.
meets q problem somewhat sim
pier than those foreSeen when and
If the long-distance trucking lines
and the big railroads get into the
argument. The inventors and
makers Of the combination are an
old-time, soundly established and
reputable outfit who, it is quite
certain, wouldn't plunge into this
without preliminary legal surveys,
and it is believed that the legal
redlight interval against the new
conner will be short.
(Copyright. 1885. by King Features
Syndicate. 1nc.l
The Washington times., 1936-04-14

what the new carrier lacks. So
much for legal menclature and
modern technology.
A high official Of . big corpora
ton told this writer last November
that this new rig would save the
railroads, and that his company
was going to get in on the device
First Of all, it isn't glatton for
expensive fuel. It win be recalled
that Just a few gallons Of cheap
sludge oil viii cannonade one Of
those new streamlined Diesel
trains across the Continent. That's
the fuel for the new combination
affair.
| In full use, providing the legal
| obstacles can be overcome, 1t would
allow railroads to meet the present
advantage Of the trucks, by which
they can roll right up to q door OF
into a warehouse and deliver goods
| without unloading and reloading-
or pick them up in the same way
without exception, technical men
say the invention is revolutionary
Here's how it works: The con
The Washington times., 1936-04-14

'OI years US4O1S 0L8A WAS CVSA4
thought Of!
Bit by bit we've dug up that old
world from it's burial place under
the rock and silt Of centuries. One
by one the skeletons have come to
light-the mark Of the footprints
the record Of the trees and
plants ts-the record even Of the
climate.
Ev,n the child can now read the
story Of the world which the Dine
saurS inhabited and see that It
wasn't q mans world.
Men couldn't have lived with
beasts like that, nor found food
or breath in climate like that,
The earth had to come . long
way before it was ready for mans
frau body.
How does that make you feel?
Mighty small? Might. new2 II
should. It's the greatest cure on
earth for q swelled head, partner.
But it's also q grand boost for an
inferiority complex.
MANS PROGKESS
For that mighty beast and his
terrible world have passed and
you are here. You are here, Bill
Jones, little and soft and stupid
and new-yet heir to all that
world which the dinosaur tyrran-
nosaurus once commanded and
smarter than all those huge, 30
ton brutes put together.
His head would hold young
house and yours will hardly hold
a baseball, and yet something
burns in you that he never felt
in all his titanic carcass.
Mind burns In you. Not very
brightly-yet. But brightly enough
to have made you king Of sea and
earth and air. When it burns
brightly enough to make you king
of your own self then even
heaven can't stop you.
Be humble, Bill Jones, when
you look at the Big Boy and
think how long the show went on
before you were even considered?
But be proud when you think
of what you've done in the short
time since you arrived!
copyright. 1895. by King Features
Syndicate. Ine.>
The Washington times., 1936-04-14


light Of the vast hall, towers q
mountain Of bone-a mountain
that was once an animal. the
most frightful animal the world
has ever seen.
Eighteen feet above the ground
that hideous head was reared and
its small, fierce yes beheld q
strange world very different
from our world Of today. A quak-
ing new world inhabited by giant
reptiles that wallowed and clawed
and flew through the steamy dark
ness.
The skeletons of those other rep
tiles stand around old TyrannosaIl-
rus, even with that evidence we
cannot realize that distant world,
for it happened 80 million years
ago.
WHAT 1T MEANS
Try to think what it means.
There before you, are the leg
bones that thrashed their way
through primeval Swamps-there
are the very teeth that crunched
and tore the monsters Of his day
there is that 47-foot spinal column.
with the bones almost as fresh as
those you throw away from Sun
days roast.
Yet that beast lived 80 million
years ago. millions and millions
The Washington times., 1936-04-14
The Greatest Show On Earth
By John Snure, Jr.

were not enthusiastic about that
method of spending money and
that the repercuSSions would ecf1o
in the ears Of the Administration.
There are many indications that
the WPA spending will bring even
more definite reaction in some
areas than did the AAA expendi-
lures and other forms Of filling
the trough.
Although the recipients are nat
urally loath to do anything which
would prevent their checks from
arriving, they are, in many in
stances spreading the word in
their communities that they are
critical Of the waste.
The effort Of the WPA to spread
the money so as to obtain advan-
tages in every possible community
may not. therefore, result in Sc
curing as much support for the
Administration as was anticipated.
The Washington times., 1936-04-14

this successfully by changing it.
self over to a bus line and getting
bus franchises in Virginia and
the District Of Columbia. It's
buses got into washington, and
the little road was getting along
nicely.
But the road had many miles
Of perfectly good rails. rendered
useless by the barring Of the
trolleys from the Capital. It was
pondering this, with the rails
gathering nothing but rust, when.
a few months ago, along came
the adjustable bus, or train, or
whatever it is.
Quickly the road made a deal
for a flock of the new conveyorS
passenger carriers in this in
stance, as the suburban line isn't
in the freight business.
Things looked rosy until the
Virginia State Corporation Com
mission and the District Commis-
The Washington times., 1936-04-14
Jefferson's Principles
By James T. Williams, Jr.

fond to invade. These are the
rights Of thinking and publish.
ing our thoughts by speaking
or writing; the right Of free
commerce; the right Of per.
sOnaI freedom"
II there was one form Of gov.
ernment which jefferson abomi.
mated it was Personal Govern.
ment. It's tyranny he condemned
because he firmly believed In
that government Of laws and
not Of men" which the Govern.
ment Of the Constitution was
established to be.
It seems therefore a fair uues-
ton to ask what jefferson would
think Of the Personal Govern
ment which the party glorying
in his name has established at
washington in open defiance Of
these admonitions of jefferson:
cit would be . dangerous de-
lusion were . confidence in the
men Of our choice to silence
eur fears for the safety Of our
rights.
confidence is everywhere
the parent Of despOtism: free
government is founded in jeaI.
Ousy, mot in confidence.
FIXED LIMITS
cit is jealousy, and not con.
fidence, which prescribes
limited constitutions, to bind
down those whom we are obliged
to trust with power. Our Con-
stitutiOn has accordingly fixed
the limits to which, and no
further, our confidence may 90.
"In questions Of power, then,
let no more be heard Of conf
dence in man, but bind him
down from mischief by the
chains Of the Constitution"
"The chains Of the Constitu.
tion," however, are not the symbo
which the Job-maSter Of Personal
Government will distribute to
the followers of Personal Govern,
ment in this campaign year bit
"a small bust" If you please,
Of the candidate of Personal
Government for reelection.
No biographer Of jefferson,
early or late, would be in doubt
as to what he would think Of
this imitation Of those Old World
governments against which with
his whole heart the Author Of
the Declaration Of Independence
rebelled throughout his earthly
pilgrimage.
The Washington times., 1936-04-14
By Edwin C. Hill

,veyance is pretty much like .
regular, everyday Six-wheeled bus.
IN front are two small, Hanged,
iron railroad wheels, and there Is
q 1Sair of the same wheels between
the two pairs Of rear wheels. The
bus wheels are Of the ordinary
pneumatic type.
The 'buscar," so to speak, runs
on the railroad tracks on it's way
into the city. The two pairs OF
railroad wheels hold it on the
track. It has q compressed air
system by which it can put q bit
Of extra pressure on the car
wheels and make them hold and
bite.
When it rolls into the city, the
procedure is just as simple as a
sea turtle drawing in his deep-Sea
swimming flippers. The one-man
operator has nothing to do but
stop and shift lever. That, by
air pressure. drops all the weight
on the rubber tires and lifts up
the car wheel chassis, wheels and
all. to a height sufficient to give
ample clearance and allow the
bus-as it may for the moment be
called-to amble off sideways on
the city street.
LEGAL IMPASSE
The little Virginia suburban
road had q slick arrangement.
Their rails went right to the edge
Of Washington. They were valu-
able rails on valuable rights OF
way. The new invention would
enable them to save this invest
.ment, restore their trolley line and
The Washington times., 1936-04-14


q new lnechan-
ical mongrel,
an d 1t raises
legal questions
compared to
which the Sol
onnon baby case
W as ] ust q
minor legal
puSh-over.
The District
Of Columbia, a
politic al No
Mans land, fit
tingly gets the
first adjudica-
tion of the
The Washington times., 1936-04-14
Wise Words

Write it on your heart that
every day is the best day in the
year, No man has learned any.
thing rightly until he knows that
every day is Doomsday-Emer-
son.
To him nothing is impossible
who is always dreaming Of his
past possibilities Carlyle.
The company of just and
righteous men is better than
wealth and o rich estate.-Euri-
.pides.
The Washington times., 1936-04-14

h av It the
sp NIX Of a
fiShworm, yes?
T re- IS q
cure for both
con ditionS in
the N a t ur al
Hi tory Mu-
S e u m in New
York. They call
him the Dino
Saur Tyranno-
sauruS, and he
was even worse
than he sounds.
UD and I'M
and up through
the gray. dusty
The Washington times., 1936-04-14

a m plet e.
investigation OF
comnunistic &C
tivities on board
vessels Of the
American Mer-
chant Marine.
A meeting is
planned in the
ar future,
when leaders Of
the Veterans Of
Foreign w a r s,
other veterans
representatives,
and perS o n $
i n t e re S t e d
The Washington times., 1936-04-14

bounds of the iron hybrid which
may profoundly change urban and
suburban living: which may pull
the railroads out Of a bad slump
and greatly affect certain august
financial structures = provided
the law can ever make up its
mind.
The new bull in the legal china
shop is q miscegenation Of q
train and q bus. It runs along
a railroad track, carrying pas
sengerS and freight, and then,
when it gets to town, it just
scoots off on any likely looking
pavement and can, If it wants to.
make, door-to-door delivery OF
either passengers and freight.
Physically, the thing is an &C
complished fact. It works, and
it is built by a rich, reputable
company. But there is nothing in
the law to cover it. It is too
important to be ruled out casu-
ally, but when it comes to the
question Of whether q franchise
for a bus line or for q railroad,
or both, will let in this in-between
contraption, that is something
else again.
A PUZZLE
At washington, a suburban
railroad and trolley line used to
run into the city. Several years
ago it lost its washington entry
and terminal privileges. It met
The Washington times., 1936-04-14

IN AmGI1Cdu1Ads
ton of the merchant fleet will
confer in order to map out a pro-
gram devised to eliminate much
Of the radical element from the
sea service.
Although leaders will not place
the blame for all of the subver-
siye activities Of Communists on
the shoulders Of any one person.
it is known that many Of them
are convinced that reports are
correct when they challenge the
workings Of the Secretary OF
Labor, Frances Perkins.
They say that Miss Perkins and
her Labor Department, Of which
the immigration Service is q part,
are failing to enforce deportation
laws which would throw many OF
the agitators out Of the country.
Another activity Of the veterans
is that Of seeking enactment OF
the Kramer bill, sponsored by
Representative Charles Kramer
Democrat, Of California. The bill.
making it crime 70 auVOCACe
overthrow Of the government by
violence, Is tied up in the Rules
Committee Of the House.
The veterans have been demand
ing that the bill be reported to
the House for q vote, but the mem
bers are not actively attempting
To get it out of committee.
Millard w. Rice, legislative coun-
sci for the Veterans Of Foreign
Wars, says that he has received
some letters from committee mem
bers, but on the whole the mis-
sives "indicate passive coopera-
ton"
The Administration has been
hopeful that the veterans would
overlook President Roosevelt's OBJ
lection to the bonus. But the for
mer service men will have their
memories Of Roosevelt policies re-
freshed unless something is done
to support their campaign Tor the
eradication Of communism.
The Washington times., 1936-04-14


Civil Service was "Grade A."
Most Of the positions filled only after competitive
animation Politics and pull in these positions were ruled out
Mr. Roosevelt made big promises to keep the Civil Service
pure and unadulterated Mr. Roosevelt great proiser
whatever he may be as performer.
This particular promise has been kept like most Roosevelt
promises Two hundred thousand jobs have been added to
payroll with NO Civil Service restrictions and politics per
eates every branch and bureau and subdivision Of the Ad
mnistration.
Mr. Farley shown here the smiling mman, watering
the Grade Civil Service with patronage
What grade will be when he gets done with it don't
know In honor Of Mr. Farley might be labeled Grade u
The Washington times., 1936-04-14
OLD FAVORITES
Failures
UpsON

FUWWTES -ATIEGUT OVOUVE
They bear no laurels their sunless brows,
Nor 'aught within their pale hands they go;
They look as accustomed to the slow
And level onward course meath dropping boughs
Who may these be no trumpet doth arouse,
These Of the dark professionals of woe,
Unpraised, unblamed, but whom sad Acheron's flow
Monotonously lulls to leaden drowseG
These are the Failures Clutched by Circumstance,
They were-say rot too weak too ready prey
To their own fear whose fixed Gorgon glance
Made them as stone for aught of great essay
Or else they nodded when their Master Chance
Wound his one signal, and went on his way.
TReuders are Svited to send to the editor their sugges
toms of the fGvortes among the poems for reprtg q"
this spGce)
The Washington times., 1936-04-14
REACTIONS

In its effort to spend the vast
fund donated to it by Congress,
the Works Progress Administra-
ton Is dumping into the hands OF
persons who accept at one mo-
ment and ridicule at the next.
The ''boondoggling" has reached
a stage which even forces the
recipients to smile and in many
cases it may work to the disad-
vantage of the Roosevelt regime
Many members Of Congress re-
ported some time ago that farmers
who were receiving AAA checks
The Washington times., 1936-04-14
The Human Side of the News !:

Here's a new bedevilment and, :
as usual, something in the kitty |
for the LAWYERS. It has to do with |
The Washington times., 1936-04-14
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson
BE HUNBLE-YET YOU MAY BE PROUD!

Get q SWeIIed head SomeClKneS
don't you? And then, at other
times. you're so discouraged you
The Washington times., 1936-04-14
VETS VS.. REDS

VGAO W0s 1SA10O
Veterans are beginning to for.
muIate plans to smoke out the
Administration on ''red" activities.
One method viii be to press for
The Washington times., 1936-04-14
NO INITIALS

In the impeachment proceedings
against Judge Halsted L. Ritter,
the Senate has had more than one
confusing problem with which to
contend.
Journal clerks, too, have been
put to some difficulty in avoiding
confusion.
One problem is presented by the
fact that Senator David I. Walsh,
Democrat Of Massachusetts,, is &C.
lively interested in case and has
asked for information
Some Of that information is
supplied by Frank p. Walsh, one
Of the counsel for the juriSt.
The journal clerks are forced to
list them in the Record as "Mr.
Walsh" and "Mr. Walsh (of
counsel)" as the rules do not per
init the use Of initials to identify
them.
The Washington times., 1936-04-14
"A RETREAT

N 1e6 u 16GlkA4
Turner w. Battle, executive as
siStant to the Secretary Of Labor,
is moving into position high above
the strife and turmoil Of the Ma
tional Capital.
He has made arrangements to
take over q penthouse on one Of
WaShington's larger apartment
houses.
ADDED COSTS
Not only is the Government
paying the normal expense Of op-
Grafton Of Civilian Conservation
Corps camps but the Congress is
learning that there is another
burden imposed on the taxpayers
because Of CCC operations.
When private calendars are
called up for consideration in
House and Senate these days
there are usually several bills
providing that money shall be
paid by the Government to sat.
isfy the Claims Of persons injured
by CCC workers.
The majority Of the claims
arise out Of the operation Of
trucks by CCC workers who run
down pedestrians or who collide
with other vehicles.
The workers themselves have
no money with which to satisfy
claims for damages and the in
jured persons must make their
appeals to the Government. Some
Of the payments amount 10
5000, which becomes rather ex-
pensive when the claims are,
numerous.