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The Washington times., 1936-08-06

'sey combined. six.tenths forest
one.tenth lakes, and with q pop,l.
lation of three million, five hnn.
dred thousand-such Is Finland.
the nation high in American pub
lie esteem today. It is not a rich
country, as attest this stanza to
their national anthem:
"Our land is poor, as all can tell
For those Oho seek but gold.
a stranger ScornS its heath and
teH ~
And yet this land we lope
tuN WeL,
We sttl!-,Otth mountain, tOood
and Uorld-
AS golden land, this hold"
Poor as it may be, Finland man.
ages each six months to get to.
gether the gold which is due on an
honorable debt and to pay it in an
honorable manner. 1t is rare to
lind a sense Of gratitude in any
race, and yet the Firms are an sx.
ception. They could have for.
gotten easily and it would have
paid them we'll to forget that an
eight-million-dollar loan from the
united States II years ago put
their republic on its feet.
"YOU GAVE US BREAD"
Instead, they choose to remem-
ber-to remember that for al
most 800 years they had been
held in the vassalage of Sweden
and Russia, and that when they
finally struck successfully for
freedom there was a friend far
away willing to give a helping
hand.
The Films pay a sum which
we might consider small, about
S160,000. It is far from 9 small
sum in Finland, and for this very
reason it is more to the credit OF
Finland that she pays when she
knows, as we do, that her debt
would be overlooked as q mere
drop in the bucket.
Why does she pay? Her foreign
minister tells us in this simple
phrase, which we will long re.
member:
"You gave US bread when We
were hungry"
And those are the sturdy, honest
souls whose thoughts by Gay and
dreams by night are haunted by
the derad Of war-of losing all that
life holds dear.
copyright, 1896. by King Features
Syndicate. Incl
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
TOday's BOOndOggle

The citizens Of the little town of Hugo Colo thought it
would be if they could have community building
the local high school with handsome auditorium and gym
nasum.
Nothing cheap course would adequately contribute
their enjoyment the abundant life What they wanted
would than $4,000.
The difficulty was quite naturally that with only 752 in
habitans the town. this little gadget would
uure per capita of about $3440 the entire
population
The ideal solution it appeared would be to kick in about
apiece and leave the Federal Treasury to put up the
other $32 for every and child in the village
proposition seemed emnenty fair to the Admnistra
ons officials Washington and they approved the project
basis the local administrator of the WPA, hard
that he be- has started work the
building
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson
PEOPLE WITH BINDS

increasingly dislike them. WHY?
Intelligent men, shreWd and
amazingly efficient fellows. yet
they're holding paltry jobs far be.
meath their ability. WHY?
Good and generous people whose
days are filled with kindly acts
they, too, seem unjuStly treated.
No one respects or rewards them
for their goodness. To the con-
trary, their affairs so wrong-they
seem to get raw deal all along
the line. WHY?
Aren't their brains as good as
other folks? Their desires as
worthy? They are! But some.
where in the natures there is A
BIND.
KNOCK" IN TECHNIQUE
Something, long ago-perhaps
IN her extreme youth-happened
to that charming, Brilliant
woman. A grief maybe, a shock,
Snub.
Whatever it was, it left her
with a hidden bitterness that acts
upon her exactly as carbon in a
cylinder acts upon an engine.
There's a knock" in her otherwise
gracious technique. a streak Of
malice that alienates those who
would otherwise love her.
Something occurred in the ca.
reer OF that efficient man, some
humiliation or injustice which has
left its mark on his performance,
He'll go on for days, months, do
ing a fine Job.
Then, under pressure. therell be
a bind. He'll turn stubborn
sulky Indifferent. His best
friends can't coax him out of it,
The faireSt employer can't under.
stand him. SO he's holding petty
jobs.
And those good people? There's
a bind in their action, too. On.
consciously, they nurse secret ar
rogance and suspicion. feel their
good deeds should entitle them to
superior rewards and conSidera-
ton, are ignorant of their fellow
man and fear him. So, despite
their kindness, they live in a world
apart.
They've a bind-that's why
some OF the finest people are
lonely, unappreciated, even &C
lively diSliked. Is it why YOU
YOURSELF have never clieked2
Is there something in YOUR ma
ture-some hidden grudge or grief
or fear-which Spoils YOUR per
formance?
Copyright 1885. by KinE Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-08-06

sometimes in a couple of weeks.
Then the tattered and torn piece
of bunting showing the marks of
it's service over the seat of the
American government is carefully
wrapped up and sent to the person
whose request comes next on the
list.
With the flag is sent an official
letter signed by the architect con-
tanning a testimonial that this
flag actually flew atop the Cap
itol. In turn the Senator or Rep
resentative presents it to the or
ganization with appropriate cere-
monies. The organization usually
keeps it stored away or placed
under glass to preserve it until
The Washington times., 1936-08-06

These indus
trious p cop e
who. by some
strange hocus-
pocuS, are al
ways overlooked
when there's a
raise or a pro-
motion
These kindly,
generous guys
who, somehow,
n ev er become
popular -,
You're sorry
for them, aren't
you? Sorry for
unilrself If VOL
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
The Greatest Show on Earth = By Frank M Smith

some special occasion whsn it Is
brought forth to a place of honor
in the celebration.
Every four years. however, there
is one flag that is not given away
in this manner.
At each inauguration a new flag
is run up on the pole. When the
inaugural ceremonies are over the
flag is taken down and sent to
the man at the White House who
took the path Of office as Presi-
dent OF these United States under
its protection.
A NEW HIGH
The new all time high for
startling male attire worn by visit
The Washington times., 1936-08-06

peCt OF a war Edwin {. Hill
between her great neighhors, Ger.
many and Russia.
The hardy Firms have paid a
high price for their nationhoed.
In it, they take fierce pride. For
it, they would battle to the last
man. And that is their dread of
the future, that their grim land
by the Baltic may be the Belgium
Of the next war. Today Finland,
devoted to peace, must spend one
fifth of her income on military
preparedness.
1t is a tragedy because this tiny
nation, forged from the hammer
and the anvil of the Great War,
has made progress so remark,
able against natural obstacles so
formidable.
Agnes Rothery, in recent book
Finland" praises the character
of the Finnish women and at.
tributes great part Of the ma.
tional progress to their sterling
traits. Marvellous housekeepers
and homemakers, they have made
cleanliness, indeed, next to god
liness-and everything IN Finland
shines and CLEANS with the polish
of cleanliness.
THIS LAND WE LOVE"
Tucked away in Northern
Europe between the Arctic and the
Baltic, Scandinavia and Russia,
in area about the size of New
England, New York and New Jer.
The Washington times., 1936-08-06

This picture is worth your study.
psychological Xray could be taken of the mind of
17ysarod Gladys MacKnght might the riddle of
her tigerish murder of her mother
But such X-ray has been devised
Aenss and penoogs may probe into the problem by pa
hent questioning by research into the family history of the girl
by observation of her physical and mental traits
Always though there will be element mystery my
terry which the face above effecuay masks mystery that
will carry with her to the grave.
Did Gladys have too much liberty? Or not enough?
Did she have religious faith? Or like many young
eyncs nowadays too smart for all that"7
What latent impulse to kill prompted her and her boy
panon to commit the horrible crime of which they both
eused? None tell probably will learn
But behind this face the answer IN this face may be
some clue. Study the picture
you solve THIS puzzle you the Of
the Sphinx
The Washington times., 1936-08-06

has a history.
When Col. Ed.
win "A. Halsey
first took over
his job he dis
C ov ere d that
on several oc,
caSionS m e m
berS of the Sen
ate desired to
refer to remarks
n t he record
t Wo or three
Jays old. Usual.
" they were not
Just sure what
day it was a n d
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
HONEYMOONING

A Capitol romance has bios
somed into a marriage and the
happy couple are now away on a
honeymoon.
Miss Esther May Ripple. secre-
tary to Representative Louis Lud-
low of Indiana. has Just been
married to Herbert George Pillen
who works in the office of Sen
ator Robert j. Bulkley of Ohio.
The couple met at the Capitol
and have been going together fol
several years.
Mrs. Pillen formerly worked for
Senator Simeon D. FeSs of Ohio.
She went to work for Representa-
tive Ludlow when he first came
in office in the SeVenty-first Con.
greSS.
The Washington times., 1936-08-06

the borders of
big, he a v lily
armed bellicose
powers; caught,
against a will and
W iSh, in the
trap of interna-
tional jealousies
and hatreds.
Honest little
Finland. alone
of all the eoun.
tries of Europe
to pay her dues
to this country,
is frightened
over the pros.
The Washington times., 1936-08-06

'ors to the Capitol was reached
this week. A group of men in d
tourist party followed a guide
around the corridors dressed in
pink shirts and light brown trous-
erS. They wore blue and white
polka dotted bandanas around
their necks and heavy cowboy
boots.
Most of them carried huge
white Sombreros, but the youngest
in the crowd wore atop his head
miniature straw hat perched
over his right ear and held in
place by a rubber band.
The Washington times., 1936-08-06

crime woman can commit Is to
laugh before he reaches 1t.
Every day is just another day"
to a man; but 4 woman usually
spends today worrying about how
she will suffer tomorrow for the
mistakes she made yesterday!
Almost any woman can manage
to bury her real troubles and force
smile; her greatest difficulty is
to keep her imaginary troubles
from burying HER.
There are more ways of surpriS-
ing a man than by marrying him
but none Surer.
(CopyriSht, 1886, by KinE Features
syndicate, Inc
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
DR.. Rutland declares:

II do not intend to LOUer the standard required
of milk production in the slightest degree"
WITH THAT DECLARATION HE WILL FIND
THE CONSUMERS OF MILK IN THE DISTRICT IN
HEARTY ACCORD
Efforts which may be made by him to preserve that
standard will meet with unanimous support
In considering the local milk situation brought into
Che lmelght by the hearings before Agricultural
Administration officials who determined to mix
Federal bureaucratic finger in the Washington milk can
It is interesting to note that health office inspectors have
reported to Dr. Rutland that there is no shortage of
milk in this area and apparent necessity for an in
crease in price.
The Federal Government should not be allowed to
bring about increase in price simply in order that
it may carry out program under which a czar would
be placed in control of the producers who serve the
Washington milk market.
THOSE PRODUCERS DESERVE AND SHOULD
GET A FAIR PRICE FOR THEIR MILK AND WASH
INGTONIANS ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR 1T.
Our people, hODeUer, are not UiLLing to be soaked
Hrth an increase in the price of milk simply in order
A increase profits Where profits are already high
The Washington times., 1936-08-06

A woman always imagines that
a man who loves her can read her
like a book; whereas. if he admireS
the binding. he is always willing
to take the type" on faith.
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
NO DOUBT

A group of brain trusters were
acting as guides to a few of their
friends from out of town. They
were in a public edifice, not thu
Capitol, and the guests had beer
having such 4 good time that the
thought struck them that they
ought to pay a price Of admission
or tip someone.
AS they got out of the elevat tor
so the story goes, they turned to
the operator and said:
How much do we owe yOu?"
The operator took a sly look at
the brain trusters and said to the
tourists:
You don't pay me. But you'll
pay and pay and keep on pay.
ing"
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
HIS SLOGAN

Representative William Lincoln
Higgins, q Connecticut Republi,
can. is known as the father" of
the movement for the improvement
Of dirt roads. He is a member
and one of the organizers of the
Connecticut Rural Roads Improve
ment Association whose slogan
was
Get the farmer out Of the
mud"
He is also q physician and be-
fore coming to Congress spent Is
years in the Connecticut General
Assembly.
The Washington times., 1936-08-06

A woman hasn't complete faith
in the endurance of her husbands S
love until she cheerfully lets him
see her with her hair in WaVerS
and her face covered with a clay
pack.
The Washington times., 1936-08-06

These seemingly bright people,
who. for some mysterious reason,
ALWAYS fail to win the medals
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
Human Side of theNeWs
Ru Ednin C.. Hill

This is a hard world for little
nations - little new nations like
Finland - dwelling uneasily along
The Washington times., 1936-08-06

Never Judge a mans love by his
pleasure in being near you-but
by his inability to stay away from
you.
The Washington times., 1936-08-06

certainly they Col. F.. A. HaIsey
couldn't tell what page OF the
voluminous record it came on.
Every so often, an index of the
record is put out and when this
was at hand it was easy enough
to find but in between times it was
the devil
Colonel Halsey noticed this dif'
ficulty and got himself a little
black notebook, the forerunner OF
the ones now used. Each morn
ing when Congress is in session ne
takes the record and goes over 1t
carefully. Every time he comes
across a passage that he thinks is
of interest he indexes it in his
book. First it is indexed by date
then by the Senator's name and
then by a word calculated to re
call the speech.
He has found out that this book
has been OF ineStimable value to
the Senate and to his office and
he frequently has been called upon
by Senators a dozen times day to
look up something for them.
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
Marry-GO-ROund
BH Helen ROWLGnd

lit, you can't get 1t out without
smashing something.
The Washington times., 1936-08-06

happen to be one of them, as you
quite usually are. What's wrong
with people like that? Why do
they never get their desserts?
They DO get their desserts, part
ner. Tragic as it may seem, they
get exactly what they deserve.
For, in spite of the fact that
they're honest, hard-W Or k n G,
kind, decent and reliable, there's
something in such people which
discounts all their virtues and de-
moralizes their program.
The psychologists have name
for it. They call it "A BIND"
You know instantly what a
bind" is if you meet it in a ma
chine. Here's an automobile mo-
tor, for example, which has all
the makings for smooth, swift
action.
But there's some little thing
askew. some trifling maladjust-
ment which affects the whole
operation, slows up the tempo,
produces exasperating knocks and
rattles, turns what might be Su
perh performance into a dismal
flop.
MAKES 1T USELESS
A bind" like that in an engine
makes it useless for the swift, hard
drive of modern life. You'd rather
have a cheaper engine which runs
smoothly than a master mechan-
ism which blocks its own action
by some petty handicap,
That's what bind" means in a
motor-and it means exactly the
same thing in human life. You
see it demonstrated a dozen times
q day.
Charming women. witty and
delightful, yet they're strangely
unpopular. After the first fasci-
mated moment, people avoid them,
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
LITTLE BLACK BOOK

Employees in the office of the
Secretary of the Senate use a
little black book for notationS. 1t
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
Price and Purity

The statement Of Health Officer George G. Rutland
that he does not intend to permit any lowering of the
standard of the local milk supply is reassuring.
It tends to quiet the fears engendered by the orders
of the District Commissioners that Dr. Rutland review
the regulations governing the local milk supply with
view to- determining if they drastic capricious
DR.. Rutland health officer of considerable ex
perience fully realizes the Importance of preserving
high standard OF purity in the milk entering the
munity.
WHILE THE COMMISSIONERS MAY HAVE
THOUGHT THAT THE THREAT OF AN INCREASE
IN THE PRICE OF MILK MIGHT HAVE JUSTIFIED
A TAMPERING WITH SAFEGUARDS WHICH HAVE
BEEN THROWN AROUND THE LOCAL SUPPLY IT
Is COMFORTING TO LEARN THAT DR. RUTLAND
DOES NOT VIEW THE STANDARDS WITH THE
SAME LIGHTNESS
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
Wise Words

A thankful heart is not only
the greatest virtue. but the par
ent of all the other virtues
Cicero.
Laws are like cobwebs, which
may catch small flies, but let
wasps and hornets break through.
Swift.
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
IN DEMAND

David Lynn, architect Of the
Capitol, has a file of letters in his
office that has been growing and
growing. 1t contains requests for
the flags that fly over the East
Front of the Capitol.
The requests are so numerous
that he has a waiting list of Is or
40 always at hand. Legion posts,
Boy Scout Troops, chapters of the
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton and other patriotic organi-
cations are never satisfied until
they have one of these precious
emblems to display.
The flags are given away on the
demands of the Senators and
members of the House of Repre-
sentatives. They are taken down
and sent out each time one of
them has been torn or worn by
wind. rain or hail.
Because Of the exposed position
Of the flag pole this happens
The Washington times., 1936-08-06

-OO SAAO%oAA AOA -" "AAN w
wear a rose-colored negligee at
breakfast. In the cold, gray light
of morning, every woman should
wear rose-colored glasses-and a
Maxim silencer.
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
Next to failing to laugh at the
point of a mans joke, the greatest

crime 4 woman can commit is to
laugh before he reaches it.
The Washington times., 1936-08-06

One reason why men are so care
full never to say anything senti-
mentally binding to a girl, is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-24
SOv|ETS TRIPLE
PURCHASES OF
U. S. PRODUCTS
Orders Placed in 1885 Total
$4,000, 900, Reports
Indicate.

Times Special
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-Purchases
for the Soviet Union in this country
last year amounted to $4,000, 900,
almost three times the $l4,500, 900
recorded in 1884. Orders placed by
the Amtorg Trading Corp. amount
ed $33 100000, and purchases of
American cotton exceeded $4,000, 600,
the company reported today.
Operations showed an especially
large gain in the second half of the
year, after the exchange of notes
between William C. Bullitt, United
States ambassador at Moscow, and
Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet Con,missar
for Foreign Affairs, providing for
extension to Russia of tariff reduc-
lions granted by the United States
to other countries and for increased
purchases here by the U. S. S. r.
Purchases were made from about
800 American firms, more than so
of whom received orders ranging in
amounts from 100000 to over 49,
100000. Industrial equipment, total
ing SGT ,l59, 900, made up the largest
group of purchases. Within this
group machine tools, particularly for
automobile and tractor factories,
constituted the most important
category.
The largest single order of AM
tory was placed with the United
Engineering & Foundry Co., of
Pittsburgh, for a continuous sheet
rolling mill to be installed in the
Zaporozhye steel mill in the Uk-
raine.
Others among the top ranking
orders were for oil refining equip
ment from the Alec Products Co.;
for automobile body stamping dies
from the Edward G.. Budd Mfg.
Co.; for graphite electrodes from the
Acheson Graphite Co.; for radio
equipment from the Radio Corp.
of America, and for iron and steel
products from the Republic Steel
Corp. and the United States Prod
ucts Corp.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-24
On Commission ROlU

Quotations below subject to change are
average Wholesale prices being offered to
buyers by local commission dealers:
FruitmCranberries; =. c. Homes; Eat
ton D'Anjo 1925 Calf avacados, $3.50.
Bsnanas-Seven hands, pound, sac. Per-
simonsmcaltoEnia lug slas Apgje ssi
thys, sl.25. Grimes Golden, las. Lemons
Texas, sis to los $3.50. Arizona sunkist,
$2T5. Limes-Mexican, carton las, 22c.
Grapes-Emperor, lug, 81; fancy Emperor,
34-lb sawdust chest, $3.75.
VegetableS-BeanS. green, round string
less bu So SO. BeetS-TeXas, 3-doZ. crate,
$3.50. Sabbage-New York Danish. 50-lb
bag. S0c. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. crate.
$3.50. Cabbage-New York Danish. 50-lb.
bag, soc. Caulifiower-California, crate,
s%%ss dog 5ss 5SmD So S SSz sSs
Kale-virginia. ,bu: Csc. Lettuce-Iceberg,
California, good, IS as; homegrown leaf,
1s-lb basket, 81 so. Endive-California
basket. 81. Mangoes-Florda, crate. 81 so;
small basket sl'25. Mint--Bunch, zoe.
Mustard-Texas, bu.. Sl.35. Onions
Indiana yellow 50-lb. bag, Sis; Indi-
ana yellow. l0-lb. bag. 25c. Parsley
southern, doz, soc. Peas Telephone,
hampers. $2.7s; Texas hampers s2.50 Po-
Michigan Round White. loo-lb; bag. 81 so;
hu., $3.50. Radishes~o button. doz.,
baskets. 4o@5oc; sage..Doz., 45c, Spinach
$3.50 Tomatces-1o-lb. basket repacked.
si.25; s-lb. basket. si.S5.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-24
JOINT STOCK BANK
TO REFUND ISSUES
Fletcher Officials Call in
100000 of IS.

The Fletcher Joint Stock Land
Bank of indianapolis has under
taken another step in the refunding
CT bonds into issues yielding inter-
est in keeping with current low
money rates, William B. SchIltges,
president, announced today.
Directors of the bank have exer-
cised their option to call 100000 Of
per cent bonds of the issue dated
Nov. 1, 1923, due Nov. /, 1858, calla-
BILE Nov. /, 1888.
The call for payment of this new
group of bonds will be effective as
Of May /, 1886, and they bring the
total of all the bonds called by the
joint stock bank for shat date to
1888, 500.
Mr.. Schiltges pointed out that
this action of the board leaves out
standing only $674,000 of per cent
bonds which are callable. H. Fos-
ter Clippinger, vice president of the
Fletcher Trust Co., has announced
to those holding the bonds that they
will have only limited time for eX-
changing the 5 per cent called is
sue. nRs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-24
FIRE INSURANCE
Other livestock
(By Abbott. Proctor & Painel
(By Abbott. Proctor & Paine
,By united Pressl

CHICAGO. Jan. 24-Hogs-Receipts
1000. including $500 directs: strong to IS
light weights up pm most: extreme TOP. $40. so
bulk. i7o-250 lbs. sic 50G so; 260-350
lbs. $l0d10.45; most i40-i60 lbs. s106
1850; best sows, $685. Cattle-Receipts
1000; calves. 500; general trade less active:
largely steer and heifer run; inbetween
grades at s7.50G9.50 steers and s71s
heifers predominating; edge of general
market with undertone weak 10 IS cents
lower: trade tending to settle down fol-
lowing stimulating effec of recent storm
wave and consequent supply abridgement;
mand narrow: other killing classes steady
wit hcows scarce but slow, Sheep-Re-
ceipts. Is. 600: opening slow: indications
around rs cents lower on all slaughter
classes: good to choice native and fed
western lambs held So SOC 1885 and bet
ter; initial bids round S1o25: desirable
offerings consistently refused; most native
ewes, s4:SoG5: choice light weights held
$5.25 and above.