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The Washington times., 1936-12-25


The desperate and shamed,
The lost and heart-broken.
It's for them
I'm speaking, Father
It's for them
I'm asking You
To hear this prayerl
Christmas!
WreathS a-hanging,
Bells a-ringing
And candles glowing
In heart and home!
But for them, Father,
There are no wreaths-
Only the black crepe
OF bitter memories.
And for them
There are no bells, Father
Only the sound
OF their own lips, signing.
And for them
There are no candles
Anywhere
Only the ashes Of fires
Long since scattered
Only the ashes of hopes
Long since dead.
And it's there
They are sitting,
In those ashes, Father,
While the rest
OF the world
Is feasting
And laughing, today.
It's there
They are sitting,
AS those shepherds sat
That night in Bethlehem
Not safe and warm,
But poor and forgotten,
Out in the dark
And in the cold
With never a song
To comfort,
And never a star
To cheer
It's there
They are sitting.
And that's why
am praying
For them,
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TnlS ChrlStmaS Day.
Brighten their darkness;
Tighten their Wrono!
SEND THEM A STAR,
FATHER!
SEND THEM A SONG!
Come swiftly over
Their dark hills,
Brother Jesus
And put Your hand
On theirs
And be their friend.
Bend softly above
Their poor cots,
Gentle Mary
And be their Mother, too!
And out of the loss
And bitter pain
You knew in Your own
Earth wanderings,
Comfort their agony,
Heal their loneliness
And restore
Their hope again
Until, at last.
The darkness breaks,
And the silence wakes,
And their night is filled
With a wonder
OF rejoicing,
And the glory
OF love
And peace;
Heal them and help them,
Wherever they are
Send them a song, Father,
Send them a star!
AMEN.
Copyright, 1885, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-12-25
Votes for Washington

National representation in Congress and the right to
vote for President be secured for Washington only
through the action of the people of the various States and
their congressional representatives. Following are fen
of the editorials printed By newspapers throughout the
country pedging support to the movement for adoption
of constitutional amendment granting the District Of
Columbia representation IN Congress and IN the Electoral
College. They printed IN response to letter from
The Washington Times outlining the Districts Voteless
status.
The Washington times., 1936-12-25
Airport Delay

NHE adjournment OF the commission appointed to Sc
lect site for District airport until January g. in
dicates further delay in providing the National Capital
with adequate air terminal facilities.
1T is MOST UNFORTUNATE THAT THE COM
MISSION COULD NOT HAVE COMPLETED ITS
WORK EARLY ENOUGH TO HAVE A REPORT
AND LEGISLATION READY FOR CONGRESS-
WHEN 1T CONVENES.
The commission has had all summer to consider the
matter.
It has had the benefit Of all of the many studies which
had previously been made by other commissions and
committees which wrestled with the problem.
Still Congress will without having before it
the report which this commission was directed to pre-
pare.
Unofficial reports from the commission indicate that
its members have made progress toward obtaining
an accord proposed site and that the actual work
Of drafting report is about to begin.
WE ARE GLAD THAT SOME PROGRESS is BE-
ING MADE BUT WASHINGTONIANS WHO ARE
INTERESTED IN HAVING THIS CITY KEEP PACE
WITH MODERN TRANSPORTATION DEVELOP
MENTS CANNOT BUT BE DISAPPOINTED THAT
THE PROGRESS HAS NOT BEEN GREATER.
It is likewise unfortunate that even before the COM
mission has drafted its report it should be placed under
fire, yet that is being done.
Members of Congress are already announcing that if
the report recommends certain sites they will fight its
adoption in the Senate and House.
1T is THIS SORT OF THING THAT IS LARGELY
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DECADE OF DELAY IN
GETTING AN AIRPORT HERE WHICH WOULD
MEET THE NEEDS OF A GREAT FEDERAL CITY
Members of Congress and others are, of course,
titled to disagree with the report after it is submitted
But it is the height Of something other to announce
in advance that unless the report conforms to the wishes
of certain members it will be blasted.
Those who interested enough in the airport prob
lem would be better advised to their energy now
urging the commission to speed up its deliberations and
get its report ready for Congress early next month.
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The Greatest Show on Earth

|he might have an important an
nouncement to make very soon.
hope Senator William j.
Bulow found some time off in his
stocking today to direct his at
tention to the various bills for ex-
tension of the Civil Service.
THE CLINCHER
Senator M. M. Nicely, of West
Virginia, chairman of the Joint
Committee on the Inauguration.
certainly pleaded for a present Of
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lFinance, immigration, Judiciary,
Privileges and Elections, Territor'
les and Insular Affairs, and four
special committees which were
appointed to investigate air and
ocean mail contracts, campaign
expenditures, the government Of
the Virgin Islands and silver.
He is ranking member on the
immigration Committee and since
Senator Coolidge, its chairman,
will not be in the next Congress,
The Washington times., 1936-12-25
Wise Words

Cowards die many times before
their deaths; the valiant never
taste Of death but once.-Shakes-
peare.
The smooth speeches Of the
wicked are full of treachery.-
PhaedruS.
Whatever is worth doing at
all is worth doing well.-Ear1 of
Chesterfield.
Peace rules day, where reason
rules the mind Collins.
One today is worth two tomor-
rowS.-Benjamin Franklin.
The Washington times., 1936-12-25

Not for the
rich ones,
Father
N o r t h e
young and
happy.
Nor for those
Wra p p e d
snug
In power and
pleasure
And peace
But for those
others,
The poor and
the sick,
The lionel ly
nnA A1d
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his s t o c k l n 9
+ or a n o t h e r
$4,000 0 90 o 0
PIP ropriation.
Looks like he's
going to need
it if h e'S
C h a n g e d his
mind about cut
ting the Fed
eral budget IS
per cent with
the elimination
Of certain gov
ern m e n t bu-
r e a u S. Latest
reports from
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THOSE GIFTS

Nelly CnIISCLlaS!
I wonder if santa Claus brought
appropriate gifts for the Big Show
performers.
Perhaps President Roosevelt
found an order from Congress in
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Keep This Pledge

Resolved: That it be the sense of this convention
that committee should be appointed By the Congress
Of the United States to make study of and to report
Columbia the right of suffrage. Unanimously adopted
by the Democratic National Convention Philadelphia,
June 26, 1886.
The Washington times., 1936-12-25
Listen, World!
Ru Elsie Robinson
SEND THEM A STAR!

Father, it's Christmas
And I'm speaking to You
For some of us, today.
The Washington times., 1936-11-25
BOY CLUB HEAD
TO BE ELECTED

MT. RAINIER, Md, Nov. 25.
Governing officials and a. board
of directors for the Mt. Rainier
Boys Club, recently organized un-
der auspices of the Mt. Rainier
police and the Huntsman Post Of
the American Legion, will be
elected at a meeting of prominent
business men and town officials
in the town hall Friday evening.
Eugene B. Plumer, chief of the
Mt. Rainier policeF who was in
strumental in organizing the club,
has announced that Superintend-
ent of County Schools Nicholas
Orem has given permission for
the use of the high school ath-
letic facilities by the club.
Since its first meeting three
weeks ago, more than $50 boys
from Mt. Rainier, Colmar Manor,
Brentwood and Cottage City have
joined, Plumer said. A third meet
ing is to be held Sunday in the
auditorium of the Mt. Rainier
grade school.
The Washington times., 1936-11-25
WITNESS
IN DIVORCE

Further contradictions of wit
nesses for H. r. Howenstein, eld-
erly real estate operator, in his
divorce suit against his youthful
wife, Mrs. Katherine M. Howen-
stein, developed in the United
States District Court yesterday.
The contradicted testimony was
that of Leonard C. Darling, the
private detective who on Monday
told of many "goings on" in the
suite Of Mrs. HowenStein in the
Dahlia Apartments at 7109 Geor-
git Ave. N. w. last summer.
Gerald j. O'Dea was placed on
the stand yesterday to repudiate
Darling's testimony.
Darling was not engaged by
Mr.. O'Dea to work on the Howen-
stein case, O'Dea said. Darling
was never employed by him at
any time, he continued, and the
only acquaintance he has ever
had with Darling, the detective
said, has been in a restaurant on
upper F street where Darling is a
Short-order cook.
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Of more than $500 Of the contra
band machines, has already with
drawn it's devices from public
places.
The fight to save the immense
industry is not ended, however,
the attorney said. APPLICATION will
be made to the United States
Court of Appeals within a week
for a temporary Injunction pend
ing disposition of an appeal from
Justice O'Donoghue'S ruling.
Attorney Lichtenberg noted the
appeal today in open court and
filed a motion with Justice O'Don-
oghue for a stay Of the seizure
order. Justice O'Donoghue re-
fused the stay. saying:
"A transcript of a portion Of
my extempOre opinion at the
conclusion of the hearings
forms the findings Of fact in
this case. My opinion and this
decree are based on the cOnvic-
tiOn that these machines are
being used in violation of the
law.
WOULD BE UNBECOMING
Having reached this cOnclu.
sion, it would be unbecOming
for me to permit, under a stay
or a superSedeas, the continued
operation of these machines.
ut is true that the loser in
this case will suffer the loss of
considerable property right, but
in the firm belief that the prop
erty right is being put to illegal
use, 1 must disregard the usual
custom in the appeal Of equity
cases and refuse this motion"
It was pointed out by Attor.
ney Lichtenberg that a temporary
injunction to prevent police Seiz-
ure of the machines would not
necessarily have the effect of per-
mitting continued violations of
the law. Operators of machines,
which police believe to be illegal,
would still be subject to arrest and
prosecution. He was concerned
only with the property right Of
his client, the attorney stated.
Keeping Within Law
It was considered probable that
many machines will be kept in
operation at various places but
with the "pay-off' features elimi-
mated, thus keeping them within
the law.
A similar suit, involving "claw"
machines. is to be heard within
few weeks. At about the same
time that Mr.. Garnett held the
pinball machines to be contra
band, police had seized a number
Of claw machines. A replevin
The Washington times., 1936-11-25

Mrs. Erminie Downs Beers, As.
year-old typiSt with the Employees
Compensation Commission, has
been missing for the last two
weeks, worried fellow workers and
relatives revealed today.
News of her disappearance,
first noticed on November IL
when she failed to notify her Sec
tion chief of illness, yet failed to
report for duty, was withheld by
the commission pending a search.
The commission notified a
brother, Lieut.. William A. Downs,
of the Army Reserve Corps sta
toned at Jefferson Barracks, Mo-,
and he hurried to Washington a
week ago to assist in the search
for his sister.
According to Mrs. Irene Smith,
chief of the mail and record di-
vision of the commission, where
Mrs. Beers was stationed, the
missing employe was at her desk
on Armistice Day but appeared
nervous and upset"
The missing clerk was about
five feet, four inches in height,
had brown eyes, dark sallCU SIN.
The Washington times., 1936-11-25
BRITAIN BACKS
SHIPS AT SEA
WITH NAVY

LONDON, Nov. Is U.N.S0.
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin
today thundered Britain's armor-
plated resolution to defend free
dom of the seas at tense cabinet
meeting devoted to the Spanish.
Russo o-German, and other Euro
pean crises.
The admiralty, Baldwin told the
other ministers, has ordered the
navy to make every precaution at
once to prevent interference with
British shipping by either Spanish
insurgents or loyaliSts.
Angered by the rebuff from Gen.
Francisco Franco, who refused re-
peated British requests to estab-
lish a neutral naval zone at Bar
celona, British official circles
showed undiSguised delight that
France had also refused to grant
Franco the right to set up a block
ade.
france and Britain are work
ing in closest harmony in efforts
to prevent the Spanish war spread
ing, and both have refused to
recognize Frances position as a
belligerent.
To enforce freedom Of the seas,
It was understood, additional de-
Stroyers and cruisers would be
sent to Spanish waters, in the be-
lief that light ships are less vul-
nerable to aerial attacks and can
be more quickly maneuvered.
The Washington times., 1936-11-25
WouId-be Dictator
Gets 2-Year Term

MONTREAL, Nov. IS G.N.S0.
j. E. Depatrick, alias Dispatricia,
Montreal's 5-foot would-be mayor
dictator, saw his dreams Of en-
pire fade yesterday when he was
sentenced to two years in the pen
itentiary following conviction on
two charges Of fraud. Potential
candidate in the December IA civic
election, Depatrick was arrested on
a charge of mulcting a department
store Of $109 by charging merchan-
disc to an account that was not
his own. The other count involved
a false check of $25.
The Washington times., 1936-11-25
TRAFFIC TOLL
RISES 1919

The traffic fatality total in
Washington reached 79 for the
current year late yesterday with
the death Of Emil Maui, "a, Of
513 Rittenhouse st. N. w.
Mr.. Maui died in Emergency
Hospital shortly after he was
struck by an automobile which
police said was driven by Parker
Tyler, colored, 38, of the 1900
block Fifth st. N. w. The acci-
dent occurred at Twelfth Street
and Pennsylvania Avenue North
west. Tyler was released on a
$500 bond.
Suffering head and internal in
juries, Irving S. Miller, 35, of 274
Kentucky Ave. S. E., was in Seri-
GUS condition at Casualty Hospital
after his automobile careened into
a telegraph pole and overturned
at Naylor Road and S Street S. E.
George Priddy, 40, of 36 Berry
man St., Capital Heights, Md,
was in a serious condition at
Providence Hospital as result of
being struck at Pennsylvania and
North Carolina Avenues South
east, by an automobile operated
by Edward A. Hayden, SO, of the
1900 block of Potomac Ave. S. E.
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CARS
HIT BY LABOR
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vide 30-year optional retirement
and widows annuities for Gov
ernment employees.
A resolution calling for high
er standards of employment
among Government workers.
This measure specifically men
toned extension of sick and
vacation leaves as one of the
main objectiveS.
This action concluded the Fed
eration'S program dealing with
Federal employees. 1t embraced,
generally, a broad Endorsement of
closer relationships between these
workers for Uncle Sam and labor
as identified with private indus
try.
The measure condemning one.
man street cars in the District
was adopted as the third OF
a group sponsored by Frank
j. Coleman, of the District
Central Labor Union. In the other
two. the Federation renewed it's
pledge to fight for a vote for Dis
trict residents and to support
legislation before Congress COM
prising a new Workmen'S compen-
sat!on act for the Nations Capt.
tai.
Declared Dangerous
The street car resolution con-
demned the recent action of the
District Commissioners in permit
ting 20 new one-man cars, and
bluntly denounced furt er in
crease as dangerous to life and
limb of Capital citizens.
Moreover, declared the measure,
one-man street cars cut down en-
ployment at time when the coun-
try is doing everything possible
to lessen unemployment. One-man
street cars, said the resolution, are
not necessary to economy, and are
dangerous to pedestrians.
The Washington times., 1936-11-25
Titles No NOUeIty

For Baltimore'S society girls
have married frequently into titled
European families. Our Baltimore
Social Register is full Of them.
Many of these women who mar
ried titled men were friends OF
Wallis mother. Many Of them
were girls of her own crowd, like
myself. She met nobility in Wash
ington, her first season out. Her
mother entertained them on Bid
die Street in that home which is
referred to slurringly by some as a
boarding house"
Caroline Pennington married
Prince John Engalitcheff, Of Rus
sia. Sally Abel Robinson married
the Marquis de la ClareZ. Anica
Carroll married the Baron Louis
de la Grange. Eleanor KenckS be
came the Countess de ChiZe and
Louisa Varoll was the Countess
Jean de Kergorlay.
Then there was the Countess de
la Bassetiere, the Countess de
Perceva1 and the Marchoness de
Martinez Arauna, all Baltimore
women who married titled noble
men. Those names became well
known to Baltimore society and
the titled men we're entertained
widely in our town.
Christine Marburg became the
Tiara Stachouwer van Starken-
bourg. She met her titled Dutch
husband while her father was
Ambassador to The Hague.
The Washington times., 1936-11-25
Score Changed

In 1893 Alabama Poly and
Georgia Tech tied, 90; the next
year the score was $50 in favor
of Alabama.
The Washington times., 1936-11-25
Car Skids Off Road;
Driver Unconscious

Firemen from No. 10 engine
company yesterday rushed to
the assistance of a motorist
whose car skidded off the high
way in the $500 block of Naylor
Road S. E. and crashed into a
telephone pole. The driver was
identified as Irving Miller, about
80, of 274 Kentucky Ave. S. E. He
was taken to Casualty Hospital.
Fireman j. C. Reynolds, of No.
10, at Pennsylvania Avenue and
Twenty eighth Street, was one of
those who aided in removing the
man from the wreckage.
The Washington times., 1936-11-25
Plays Bridge Well

Since Wallis has become the
center of the most fashionable
crowd in the world she has become
an accomplished bridge player.
That she learned in the days in
Coronado.
To us who know her and her
background it is not a long way
from the Warfield home in Balti-
more to a dinner at Buckingham
Palace.
We who knew and loved Wallis
in the old days wish her every
happiness and good luck.
Whatever the future brings, she
will remain gorgeous personality
with loyal friends who adore her.
She is democratic, intelligent and
blessed with a sense of humor that
will see her through all this fan
fare.
If the future makes her con-
sort of the King Emperor, America
need have no fear that she will
not acqutt herself well.
The Washington times., 1936-11-25
Cousin a Countess

A cousin Of Wallis, Louise War
field, became the Countess Ledu-
choWski and Wallis knew the
Countess de la Savye well.
I could go Oh
Now you can understand that
when Mrs. Simpson went to
Europe she naturally was vel
coined by fashionable interna-
tionals. She met more titled per-
sons through her old Baltimore
friends. Those who still lived in
Baltimore saw to it she met their
friends back in Europe. And
those in Europe were anxious to
renew old acquaintance.
To us who have always known
Wallis there is nothing surprising
in the present turn of events. It
was inevitable that she would be
presented at Buckingham, that
she should meet King Edward
VIII. She knew all his friends.
She met him just as she met
King Carol of Rumania, the for
mer King and Queen Of Spain,
and all the Russian nobility in the
south of France.
Mrs. Buchanan Merryman, wal
lis aunt, knew hundreds of
Europeans because Of her Wash
ington sojourn. It was natural
they should both find themselves
q guest of Edward.
Certainly, there are no two more
charming women in the world.
AS I have said before, wherever
Wallis is, she is the center of at
traction, not because she ever de-
mands such attention. But her
personality, her wit and her &C.
complishments bring it.
Recently some of my Baltimore
friends have returned from Eu-
rope, where they were guests Of
Wallis, entertained in her London
apartment. They are all old and
very close friends. But, of course,
Wallis did not even mention the
kings name.
The Washington times., 1936-11-25
PIN BALL. BAN IS SIGNED

suit was filed by the owner, who
also obtained a temporary in
junction restraining further seiz-
ures until the replevin suit could
be disposed Of.
The issues in the latter suit
will be joined within a few days,
Prosecutor Wilson said, and the
case will be heard Immediately
thereafter.
The Washington times., 1936-11-25
O.. W.U. Students Hold
Homecoming

Climaxed by the dedication Of
the new social science hall to-
day at 5 p. M, the annual George
washington University home-com-
ing celebration was to get under
way with a tea for the "old grads"
this afternoon in the Hattie M.
Strong dormitory.
President Cloyd H. Marvin will
deliver an address of welcome to
the alumni and alumnae, following
which will be a program Of songs,
cheers and music by the university
band. Fraternities will hold open
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house tonight from 8 to II p. M,
decorating the fronts of the chap
ter houses in competition for a
cup.
At II p. m. there will be a "pep"
meeting in the Rialto Theater, at
which movies of the G. w. u
Rice football game will be shown.
This will be in preparation for
the football game with University
of west Virginia, tomorrow, at
Griffith Stadium at p. m.
The new social science building
will be dedicated after the game.
The Washington times., 1936-11-25
MRS. SIMPSON
ACCUSTOMED
T0N0BILITY
BY THE COUNTESS NANINE
DE NIEZYCHOWSKA
As Told to Vera Brown
(CopyriEnt, 1885, King Features

AS Told to vera Brown
(CopyriKnt, 1896, King Features
syndiiate, Inc)
(CounteSs de NiezychotDSkG
today concludes her reniniS-
cences of Wallis WGrtield Stn1p-
son, her old school friend in
Baltimore, before the Countess
married into one of the oldest
GermGn-PoliSh titled families,
and before Mrs. Simpson met
King EdWGrd VIII. The ttDo
played together, tDent to school
together.
The Countess and her huS.
band, both tOeH knotDn in De-
troit society, belieDe the true
story of Wallis WGrtield'S child
hood end girlhood should be
told out of fairness to the
tDom1n tDho some day n1Gy be
queen of England.
People seem stunned that an
American girl should come to
be @ close friend Of England's
King Emperor.
They do not realize that all
her life Wallis Warfield Simpson
has known titled persons. Her
social position brought her that,
In the last 10 years she has met
all the important titled members
O. Europe's nobility. In her school
days, back home in Baltimore
titles meant little to her.
They did not make our crowc
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-07
CIVIL SERVICE
 EXAMINATIONS

The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open competitive examinations as fol- lows:
 Junior Forester, and Junior Range Examiner. $2,000 a year
 Medical officer specialist in ven- ereal disease controD and medical officer specialist in cardiovascur lar-renal disease), $3,80o year
 Principal agronomist, and prin- c-pal olericulurist, $5,000 a year, Bureau of Plant -ndustry, Depart ment of Agriculture.
 Assistant architect industrial ex- hibits), $2,600 a year, Division of Labor Standards, Department of La bor.
 Federal Agent for agricultural education, $4,600 a year, specialist in agricultural education (part- time and evening schools,) $3,a00 year Office of Education, Depart ment of the Interior
 Full information may be obtained at Room 311, Federal and Territor- ial Building.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-07
KETCHIKAN LOOKS FOR BIG SEASON,
 ZIEGLEG REPORTS

Ketcnikan IS Iouhing forward to a good season, especially fishing, according to A. H ziegler, promi- nent attorney of that city who IS here to attend the annual meeting of the Territorial Board of Educa- tion of which he is member. The halibut boats are out in full force, he reports, and salmon fishing is soon to get under way, and canner- ies in that section are all getting in shape for big pack this year As a result, business is humming, in the First City, he says
 MT. Ziegler, who served three terms in the Territorial Legislature. dropped out of the legislative race this year due to pressure of his own business which takes all his time
 I've done my share of public service he remarked" and haven't time to devote to it any more"