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The Washington times., 1936-10-20
The Weather

District of Columbia - Fair
and warmer tonight; Wednesday
mostly cloudy, followed by
showers and colder at night; fresh
southwest winds.
Maryland and Virg ia-rnFiia
day cloudy, followed by showers.
The Washington times., 1936-10-20
ALICE F AY {
IN HOSPITAL

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 20 G.N.S) q.
Alice Faye, singing screen star,
was in Cedars of Lebanon Hos
pital today with intestinal in
fluenza, which is expected to keep
her bedridden for about 10 days.
VnTE AMEPIcAN-
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08

Miss Taylor, who is to be editorial
assistant to Mrs. HOyal, was dele
gate-at-large to the Republican Ma
tion Convention in 1882. Although
not coming of voting age until 1880,
Miss Taylor served as editor of the
La Moure Chronicle" which she
took over on the death of her father.
Her avocatiOn is flying and she some
time ago attracted national atten-
tiOn by making a parachute jump
Just for fun" She attended Fairfax
Hall, Virginia; the University of
Minnesota and the University of
North Dakota, majoring in journal
ism.
Mrs. Evans, wife of a former Re-
publican Congressman from CalifOr-
mia. is prominent in women's club
work and Republican organization.
She has acquired high reputation as
a public speaker. During April and
May she will visit 10 western states:
Oregon, Washington, Montana. Wy
Oming, Idaho, Nevada. Utah, Arizona.
New Mexico, and California.
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08
CITIZENS GUARANTEED PRIVACY
INVADED BY SENATE SHOPPERS
Communications Commission Made Tool To Pry Into
Private Correspondence Political Purpose Obvious

The Senate, by unanimous vote
having adopted a resolution calling
upon the Federal Communications
Commission to disclose "by what au-
thority and under what law and at
whose direction" it had seized mil
! lions of kilograms from the files of
the telegraph companies and turned
them over to Senate investigating
committee, 1t is to be inferred that
the Senate is alarmed over this new
attempt at political terrorism.
The fact that Senator Blacks COM
mittee, supposedly investigating
lobbying, had ignored the Fourth
Amendment to the Federal Consti-
tuition and pried into the private
correspondence of individuals as
well as of corporations and others.
came to light only when it was dis
closed that the committee had used
the Communications Commission to
do its dirty work. The Fourth
in part, reads:
THE right of the people to be Sc
cure in their persons. houses. pa
pers and effects against unreasOn-
able searches and seizures shall not
be violated"
Constitutional restraint. up to
now. has meant nothing to the Black
it has meant little to 4
New Dealers generally. The cam
paign is on. The Administration in |
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08
Red Hot Cures Used by
Chinese to End Disease

In China. among the Nashi peO-
pie. who live around the mountains
at the head of the Yangtze- Kiang
river, there is an unusual way of
curing sickness. When a man is IN,
he sends for the TOmbas. or priests.
who stage mock fight with the
demon of disease.
First a chicken is killed and put
In a coffin, and offerings are made
to the dead chicken. Then a plOw-
share is brought to red heat. Dances
are performed, and the chief priest
takes the glowing plOwshare from
the fire. dances on 1t with his bare
feet and licks the red-hOt steel with
his tongue.
He then heats a pot Of oil and
dips his hands into the fire. With
burning pot and flaming fingers he
rushes through the rooms of the
sick mans house. sword In mouth
and sprinkling every corner with
burning oil. This drives the dis
ease demon out and the sick man is
supposed 10 be free from the de-
mon This ceremony lasts three
hours and is performed even for
tOOthache. Weekly.
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08
"A MILLION DOLLARS FROM
A MILLION AMERICANS"
Republican National Committee Appeals For Dollar
Contributions To Help Finance Campaign;
Receipts Will Exceed Expenditures

records in the number of cOntribu-
tors to the party. The high mark in
contributors was established in 1916
when 10000 citizens gave financial
support to Woodrow Wilson's re-
election. The second largest number
of contributors was 100000 to the
Republican party in 1928.
I'VE want every American who be-
lieVes in American principles not
only to contribute to the extent of
his ability to do so. but to throw his
full energy into the campaign. We
are confronting a crisis in our ma
tiOnal life. and no one who believes
in the principles on which the Fed
eral Government was founded and
who wants to see the affairs of Gov
ernment conducted on a common
sense basis can afford not to inter
est himself actively in this years
election"
On March 9th the Republican Ma
tional Committee filed with the
Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives, as required by law, a sworn
statement signed by c. B. GOodspeed
Of Chicago, Assistant Treasurer, GER
-ifying to a surplus in the Commit
lee Treasury as of February 29,
1896. of 1856. .288.94.
The report showed that since De-
.ember 81, 1885. when there was a
surplus of $3.50. .480.23. contributions
$261, ,4O8.14 had been re-
,a;,,ad FvDaDdituras during the
anne interYal-frOm January /,
936, to February 20, 1936-amount-
d to Sl65,599.43.
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08

power grows jittery under the broad
sides of the opposition. Criticism of
the New Deal is proving effective. II
therefore became politically impor-
tant to the Administration to know
more about what the opposition has
been doing.
Manifestly. it would be of great
value to the Roosevelt campaign
managers to get their hands on the
correspondence of their opponents.
BY the strOng-arm methods of the
Black committee, backed up by
agents of the Communications Com
mission. the privacy of citizens has
been ruthlessly violated and no end
Of information. having no eonnee-
tiOn whatever with the subject-mat-
ter being investigated by the Black
committee. is now in possession Of
Democratic chieftains.
The telegraph companies refused
to grant agents of the Black COM
mittee free access TO their files. The
committee thereupOn called on the
Communications Commission for CO.
operation. Inasmuch as telegraph
companies are wholly under the reg
ulation of the Communications Com
mission. they dared not defy the de-
Rands of its agents.
All this took place in the Capital
If the United States of Ameriea-nOt
n Russia.
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08
Sugar Product of India
for Thousands of Years

Sugar cane appears to have Origi-
mated in IENiia, where 1t has been
cultivated for thousands Of years.
When AleXander's soldiers invaded
that country one Of the wonders
that they exported back home was
the existence OF a kind of honey
that did not come from bees. But,
as too often happened among the
ancient Greeks, they merely mar
veled that such a substance could
exist. 1t never occurred to them
to try to transplant the cane into
the Mediterranean countries, says
a writer in the Chicago Tribune.
From India the cultivation OF
cane spread to Persia. The Romans
during the later days of the en-
pire imported small amounts of
crude sugar in the form of dark,
sticky Jumps. It cost far too much
to be used for food and so was
prescribed as a medicine for the
Ills Of the very rich.
The MOhammedan cOnquests car
ried the cultivation of cane to the
eastern Mediterranean countries.
where the Egyptians developed the
earliest commercial methods of re-
finlng. The returning crusaders
brought a taste for sugar back
with them TO Europe during the
Twelfth century. From then on a
considerable amount of the com.
modify was imported into European
countries from the Far East. al
though 1t continued for centuries to
be luxury that only the rich could
afford.
During the latter part Of the Sew.
enteenth century all Of Europe sud
denly started TO drink tea. coffee,
and chocolate. The increased de-
mand for sugar to sweeten these
cups led to the transplanting Of
cane to the New World, particular
ly the West Indies. Since then
sugar has become increasingly a
part Of the diet Of the common
man.
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08
''MayflOwer" of Pilgrims
Day Used to Build Barr

Historians have been unable to
find any reliable evidence as to
what final disposition was made Of
the vessel in which the Pilgrim Fa-
theirs came to America. There are
several traditions. According to one,
the MayAOwer engaged in the slave
trade after leaving Massachusetts,
and was finally sunk by the Span
ish. Another says the vessel was
purchased by a native Of Belgium
and the lumber was finally used to
build a stable. The most elaborate
says the timbers were used to bulld
a barn at Jordans, in Buckingham
shire, England, about 80 miles from
London.
1t is supposed that the AIayflOWer
was broken up in 1924 and that
this barn at JOrdans was built In
1925. Attempts have been made
to prove that one Of the four own
ers OF the MayhOwer at that time
was also owner of the JOrdans
farm. Governor William Bradford
tells Of a cracked beam in the
MayfiOwer which threatened the
lives of the Pilgrims. and which
was strengthened with an iron rod.
The villagers at Jordans point out
just such a beam and rod in the
old barn.-.IndlanapOlls News.
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08
Friendly Trees

On the edge of the vast African
desert, where no grass or other
vegetables can grow, the date palm
supplies the wants of the North
African races to a wonderful ex-
tent. says a writer in PearsOn's
Weekly. Its ripe fruit is delicious; ;
camels feed on the stones; baskets,
mats and brushes are made Of the
trees leaves, thread and rope from
its fiber, and a splrituOus liquor
from its sap. There is also the TRAY.
elers' Palm, which grow in Mada-
gascar, often in the most arid parts
of the country far away from rivers.
The thirsty traveller has only to
pierce a leafy branch OF the palm
and at once he can obtain a pint
of pure, cool water.
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08

"A Million Dollars from a Million
Americans" has been announced by
Chairman Henry P. Fletcher of the
Republican National Committee as
one of the first detectives of the
Committees financial program.
This program, in which the Re-
publican organizations throughout
the country will cooperate, will be
marked by the sale of Participation
Certificates" in the denomination of
one dollar each. These certificates
will be printed in red and blue ink
on white paper and will certify that
the individual purchasing them "is a
contributor to and a participant in
the work of bringing about return
to the fundamental principles of
government"
1.-The certificate plan" said Chair
man Fletcher, marks the beginning
of what we hope will be a perma-
nent method of financing the Repub-
lican party through annual cOntribu
tiOns from the rank and file of the
Republican and Independent voters.
''As the average citizen is begin
ming to realize that 'pay-up day is
just around the corner and that
even the humblest worker is cOntri- .
buting not far from 5000 a year in
both visible and hidden taxes to all
forms of government, there is a
growing realization that no citizen
discharges his duty merely by VOt-
ing on election day.
1T is our expectation that the Re-
publican party this year will find no
difficulty in exceeding all previous
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08
PLAZA THEATRE NOTES

Once in a long time there comes a
vaudeville stage show that is en-
tirely different from anything you
have ever seen and It can be truth
! fully said that MIXED Nuts" the all
non-sensical musical stage revue OF
rs internationally known stage stars
coming to the New Plaza Theatre.
Milford, Friday and Saturday, May
IS and 16, is without a doubt differ
ent from anything on the road to-
day. Featured with Mixed Nuts are:
Happy Moore and Emil Shy, for
merly with Olsen and Johnson in
Take A Chance" that ran at the
Vanderbilt for one solid year. Re
member il? Also the featured come
dians with this attraction "A Ton
and TWenty-fOur Inches of Fun
These two comics were starred in
the stage hit Hit the Deck"
Jesse Wise-Broadway's favOrite
son and Public Pest No. l. Mr..
Wise has been featured with many
Broadway successes, namely. up in
the Clouds" Irene" Hold Every
thing" and many others.
Rose Vasal-acTObatic dancer, for
mer star with Buddy Rogers and his
band.
LaSalle and ck-internatiOnal
comedy acrObats. They have toured
the world headliners. having been
featured at Maxiams Ambassadors /
GirOs. Paris. France. Also headlin-
ed at ROxy's, New York City, with
FanchOn and Marcos Revues and
many Broadway comedy musical
Chessen Twins-twO dainty, dash
ng and youthful singing and dane
ng personalities. They are really
wins.
Buii-an importation from Paris.
She has been featured in the Casino
De Parre Club, New York. and at the
french Casino. Chicago. A gorgeous
reature. graduate of the FOllies
3ergere. Paris. A youthful. charming
Hiss whose oriental teTpschOrean
are one of the outstanding
Rita Gaye-stunning southern
beauty. singer of Broadway
orch songs.
The All American Halfwits -
stage bandl-yOu will no doubt re-
member them as the outstanding
eature with last seasons greatest
lusical hit tstagel Roberta" and
lany others.
The screen offering both nights
iill be Three Live Ghosts" fea-
lring Richard Arlen and Cecilia
'arker with an Our Gang short
Omedy "ArbOr Day"
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08
Jeered First Umbrella
in seventeenkh cenk.irv

The umbrella, as we, now know
II, was probaoly eastern In origin.
One can see Il pictured in the
sculptures Of Nineveh and Assyria.
and It was not unknown In early
India.
In ancient Rome. the umbrella
was used by women and effeminate
men as screen from the sun.
The umbrella was introduced into
England early In the Seventeenth
century and became fashionable
among the aristOcracy and the
wealthy.
The first man who ventured to
appear In the streets Of London
with an umbrella was Jonas Hau-
ways. says a writer In Pearson's
Weekly. He returned to London
from Persia. in delicate health. and.
according TO contemporary de-
scription. "a parapluie defended his
face and wig" He was subjected
to considerable abuse.
AS late as 1884, COuper, in de-
scrlbing the rising popularity of the
umbrella. mentions that its adOp-
tiOn by the lower classes was snf-
ficiently novel to call for comment.
In many large towns in Britain
the name is known of the first cit
izen courageous enough to appear
sheltered by an umbrella In the
streets OF his native town. In Ed
inburgh he was a physician named
Spens; in Glasgow, a surgeon named
John Jameson who, when travelling
on the continent In 1871, noted the
use Of the umbrella in Paris and
brought one home with him to Glas-
gov. He used it, much-to the won
derment and admiration Of his fel-
lows.
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08
THE ASSASSIN OF PROSPERITY

Taxation is always potentially dan
gerOus. Once the power to tax is
misused. irreparable damage almost
inevitably follows.
Special. punitive and class taxa
tiOn are the most dangerous weapons
in the tax armory. Such is any tax
employed to benefit one group at the
expense of another group. to make
Peter pay for the benefits accruing
to Paul. to destroy and to hamper
initiative and enterprise, and to in
fiict unfair economic burdens on the
consuming public.
Every proposed tax should be stud
led with the greatest care by the
peOple-whO. in the long run. reap
the benefits or suffer the damages
resulting from any tax policy. Nine
times out of ten, it will be found that
a proposed tax levy cannot bear
analysis, and his no excuse for ex-
istence
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08
AMERICAN FARMER SACRIFICED
TO AID FOREIGN COMPETITOR
Three Years Operation OF Roosevelt Wallace Policies
Prove RuinOus To American Agriculture

Under Republican Administrations
with the protective tariff in full
operation, American farmers were
adequately protected against foreign
competitors. With the coming of the
Roosevelt Administration, commit
ted to the economy of scarcity" 4"
tariffs have been reduced and by de-
liberate decree of the United States
Government foreign farmers have
been invited to ship their surpluses
to the United States.
COincident with the rapid mount
ing of imports of foreign products,
the AAA,e ever pushing its policy of
scarcity, is steadily reducing the
output of American farms. thereby
creating new markets for foreign
farm commodities. This year, alone,
the Roosevelt Wallace program calls
for taking 3O,OOO,OOO more acres of
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08
WOMEN INCREASE ACTIVITIES
AS CAMPAIGN GROWS WARMER
Three Additions To WOmens Division Will Intensity
Fight OF Republican National Committee To
Gust Roosevelt.

Planning the immediate expan-
sion of the WOmen's Division of the
Republican National Committee, Mrs.
Wilma D. HOyal, its director, has
added to her staff three women who
have been outstanding in the cam
paign to beat Roosevelt" They are;
Mrs. A. c. Carlson of Willmar,
Mimi; Miss Miriam E. Taylor of La
MOure, N. D.; and Mrs. William +.
Evans of Glendale, Calf.
Mrs. Carlson, who will assist in
field organization, is prominent in
Republican politics in Minnesota
and well known throughout the
country for her work among dis
abled ex-service men and in child
welfare. She was national president
of the American Legion Auxiliary in
1884 and chairman of the WOmen's
Patriotic Conference on National
Defense held in Washington in jan
uary of last year, in which more
than 40 women's patriotic Organiza-
tions participated.
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08
Monoxide Ga,

MOnOxide gas is found elsewhere
than In garages and autos. II comes
from the crack filled furnace. from
practically all kinds of poorly
working stoves and smoking lamps.
and It flows from the leaking gas
Jet as a principal part of cooking
gas. Birds and small animals are
affected much more quickly by mon
oxide than humans.
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08
ALREADY $I2s PER CAPITA

Every time this Government col
lects a billion dollars in taxes it
takes about $S a year from the com
mon or ordinary garden variety of
citizens and like amount for each
member of his family. If it collects
five billions it gets $40 apiece from
them. If it borrOws a billion it puts
a mortgage of $S per head on the
citizenry, rich and poor and young
and old, and when it has piled up
borrowings of 16 billions. as it has
in the last three years. the mortgage
runs up to $12S per individual. There
is no need of any citizen, no matter
how humble he may be. thinking the
costs don't run against him. They
do. If he doesn't pay them in one
way, he pays in anOther.-Yakima,
Wash, Republic.
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08

American farm land out of produc-
tiOn.
The foreign trade policy, inspired
by that arch free-trader, Secretary
of State COrdell Hull, and approved
enthusiastically by the President, is
cOOrdinating perfectly with the AAA
program which looks to the steady
decrease in American farm acreage.
What these two policies combined
have done is abundantly proven by
the following table showing the in
crease in the importation of foreign
farm products since President
Roosevelt came into Office:
1888 1885
Corn (bushels) 100000 42,OOO.OOO
Wheat (bushels) $1,000 27,4OO.OOO
Hogs (fbs.) 49,. 6.47O 100000
Fresh pork (ibs.) $4,000 100000
Butter Clbs.) 1927, 900 22,6OO.OOO
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08
The scOne Stone

In Westminster Abbey there ia
a beautifully carved chair in which
our kings sit when they are
crowned. Under the seat Of the
chair is a big piece Of stone. This
is the stone on which the kings Of
Scotland used to he crowned. It
was brought to London from ScOne.
near Perth. back in 1906. when Ed
ward | took an army into Scotland
Many legends are attached TO It,
One says that II was the stone on
which Jacob rested his head wiIen
he had the vision of the Angels
iourneying between heaven ana
earth.-I'ParsOn's Weekly.
Insects Sold as Pets
Crickets and other chirping and
singing insects are sold in small
cages In Japan and kept by the peO-
pie as pets. They are fed all the
sliced cucumbers they can eat, and
later released. writes Samuel H.
Wainwright, Jr., In Beauty ia ia
pan" This parting is a touching
scene. The owner takes his cage
outdoors and releasing his insect In
a spot with either bushes or grass.
waits till he hears the cricket chirp
that all is well. then returns to the
house.
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08
ALICE is SMART

Mr.. ROOsevelt's distant cousin,
Mrs. Alice LOngworth, makes the un-
cousinly observation that this time
the Chief Executive did not avail
himself of Vincent Astor's paIatial
yacht as he went fishing. Perhaps
she was right in suggesting that was
because it was campaign year. Mr..
Astor has some interests in Wall
Street.-Sioux City, Iowa, State Jour
nal.
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08
YOU CAN'T GET AWAY WITH IT

Fake accident racketeers are an
insidiOus threat to every honest busi-
ness and every individual The fol-
lowing is one of a series of articles
describing some of the tricks of the
racketeers SHOWING that these
tricks do not work against organized
business. Watch out for them your
self.
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08
FiddIed for King

An English diary Of the time Of
the American Revolution tells how
the "king bathed with great sue
cess; a machine follows the royal
one into the sea filed with fiddlers
who play God Save the King as his
majesty takes his plunge"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-11-21
MRS. WIN. WARREN
RETURNS To CITY
HAD BEEN ATTENDING so.
CIAL WELFARE MEETING
IN WEST PALM BEACH

Mrs. William R. Warren, men,
Der CT the social welfare board,
returned yesterday afternoon
from West Palm Beach, where
she went to attend a meeting of
the District 10 board, which was
held to meet with Commissioner
Conrad Van Hyning and Mrs.
Grace Hooper Stewart, field rep
resentative for the state.
1t was stated that at the meet
ing Commissioner Van Hyning ex-
pressed himself as being pleased
with the progress being made in
the old age assistance investiga-
tons in this district. At the
meeting there were % old assist
ance applications approved by the
board. making a total for the dis
trict Of sos to date.
Others who attended the meet
ing were: DIR. Carl N. Herman,
chairman. Mrs. Sybil Hearne, vice
chairman; Mrs. Walter C. Dickey,
Carroll Dunscombe. Mrs. Charles
Branch, Miss Martha Nelson, dis
trict case supervisors; Mrs. Alice
Mather, Palm Beach county unit
supervisor; Miss Mary w. Perci-
val, Fl. Pierce unit supervisor;
Miss Hester NJ. Graham secre-
tary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-11-21
LIGHT TENDER
LEAVES PORT
SUPERINTENDENT w. w. DE.
MERRITT LEFT ON VESSEL
THIS MORNING

Superintendent W. w. Demer-
it,. of the Seventh Lighthouse Dis
tibet, left this morning shortly
after 6 o'clock on the Tender Ivy,
bound for Miami.
There he will leave by car for
Fl. Pierce where he will meet Sup
erintendent H. L. Beck, of the
Sixth Lighthouse District, and
make an inspection of the 62 miles
of coast line with 1872 aids to nav
igation, which is to be added to
the Seventh District on Janu-
airy l.
The power boat Powers, Cap
tain Veral Roberts, of the Oversee
Transportation company, arrived
in port this morning at $50
o'clock from Miami with ten tons
of freight for Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-11-21
CONCERT TONIGHT
AT COLONIAL PARK
PROGRAM To BE RENDERED
BY KEY WEST HOSPI-
TALLY BAND

The Key West Hospitality Band
will present another of its week
ly concerts in Colonial Park to-
night. The program, sponsored
by the Federal Music Project, will
start at 8 o'clock.
George Mills White is district
supervisor of the project, and AL
fred NJ. Barroso will direct the
band.
Selections to be played follow
March, Officer of the Day
Hall.
Waltz, Danube Waves-Invano-
vici.
Overture, Italian in Algiers-
Rossini.
Selection, Babes in Toyland-
Herbert.
March, Ricordi Abruzzesi-
Maneuti.
Popular, I'll Sing You a Thou
sand Love Songs.
Mexican Dance, Horas de Mel
ancolia-Warren.
Serenade, Fond Hearts-King.
March, Cruiser Omaha-King.
Star Spangled Banner-Key.