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The Washington times., 1937-05-17
SWeden's "WindsOr"

TNMULATING. the Duke of Windsor, still another
~ royalty steps out of the line of succession to the
throne to marry the he loves.
He is Prince Charles of Sweden nephew of King
Gustaf, who is to wed Countess Elsa Won Rosen,
"commoner." To do so the prince has had to give up
his royal standing
Henceforth he will be known simply as "Mr Ber-
nadotte."
It was but little more than century ago when there
was another Mr.. Bernadotte, an inn keeper
He was the BernadOtte whom Napoleon made mar
shall of France and who then made himself King of
Sweden.
When the big wind hit Europe, after Waterloo, he
managed to hang on to his throne.
But there is apparently still enough common" blood
in his descendants to make them act az other men,
The Washington times., 1937-05-17
rid = = = By Elsie Robinson
rs, YOUNG AMERICA A CRY-BABY?,"

you've started plenty Of action
NOT BECAUSE I AGREE WITH
A WORD YOU SAY, WHICH I
CERTAINLY DO NOT. OF all the
sick m sour viewpoints, yours,
my dear, takes the wilted dish
mop. And if your enraged con-
temporaries don't Jump in and
give you the panning Of lifetime,
bigolly I'll do it myself! For it
has been my dubious privilege to
see a couple Of generations which
preceded this one. And you can
take it straight from one who's
had a ringSide seat - when it
comes to gumption, gameneSS and
general decency, they don't come
any better than the youngsters Of
ST!
DON'T QUIT"
After which, just to keep that
old grin right-side-up, here's a
cheerio from a 19-year-old young
ster, winner Of the S. prize.
DON'T BE AFRAID OF FAIL
URE" is Bob Wallis slogan and
many a gray-headed Senator might
listen and learn therefroIn.
Dear Miss Elsie:
MANY really intelligent and
talented fellows wonder why
they stay in one place, at one
salary. I think the reason is
because THEY'RE AFRAID OF
FAILURE they haven't the
courage to take o chance.
why falter at failure? No
bOdy's perfect. Have confidence
in yourself. Don't let failure
stop you or give you an inferi.
Ority complex!
GET UP AND GO ON!
DON'T QUIT! DUST YOUR
SELF OFF AND START ALL
OVER AGAIN, AS A FELLOW
DOES IN FOOTBALL! YOU'LL
NEVER GET ANYWHERE UN-
LESS YOU TAKE A CHANCE!
ROBERT KEITH VAIL,
(Age 19)
Randolph Field, Texas"
Not a long sermon, Son-but 6
potent one. Here's hoping you'll
hold to it through your own darl
hours-when the going seems
chancey and tough.
The Washington times., 1937-05-17

with a picture of life as it is being
lived by millions Of youngsters in
1887.
Reading it, I think back-as
every honest oldster Should-to
Life for Ladies in 1897 when
no Nice Girl dreamed Of working,
save perhaps in the Lii Red
Schoolhouse, and working wife
was unthinkable.
Now, according to Martha, the
daughter who doesn't give the
old folks a hand, or the bride
who doesn't add her pay check
to her husbands, rates with the
heels and hoboS-and other I'M
desirable grafters! And person
ally I'm all for giving Martha
a Big Hand, as well as that SO
prize checkl
IT'S NOT EASY
Dear Miss Robinson:
"AlI my life I've heard Young
America condemned as selfish,
careless, lazy bratS, without re-
gard for our parents, our homes
or our marriages. Every paper
you pick up is filled with arti-
cleS, jokes or cartoons about us,
showing what buns we are.
And everybody seems to take 1t
all for granted. Well / won't!
At ~, I'm wOrking-liVing the
typical life of my own genera
tiOn-and I'm going to come
to its defense.
"Miss Robinson, I challenge
any generation to show = better
record for courage, hard work.
unselfiShneSs and good sports
manShip than ours!
''It Is true that there are
as there always have been and
will be-yOung people who
drink, neck and go on wild
parties. But the overwhelming
majority Of us have neither
time for nor interest in such
things. We like fun, and real
iZe that We need it for q
healthy life, but we have far
too much seli-reSpect to wal1OW.
'1'm married. / have q maid
to clean the apartment once q
week. Outside of that / do
EVERYTHING. and have time
to play and read besides. Most
| Of the young girls in Atlanta
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IN DETAIL

Nm OG = EAAA
George Washington Boyd, who
guards the disbursing office OF the
Senate in it's new and palatial
quarters in the Capitol. has too
good a memory.
He was a former detective on
the Metropolitan Police force aad
one of his greatest assets was. ana
still is for that matter, an ability
to remember faces and incidents
connected with them.
Mr.. Boyd was on duty OUTSIDE
Of the office recently when g
young man approached him ana
said:
"You don't remember me. do
your"
Mr.. Boyd looked him over ane
said he didn't think he did. 4he
young man then said:
"WelI, you knew my father:
He used to be a policeman,
and he mentioned his tatnerS
name.
With that lead George gave
grunt and replied:
"Oh YES, / remember him well.
When / was station clerk at No.
/ your father brought in q
prisoner once and charged him
with being loud and bOisterOus.
when I began to book him !
found the prisoner was deaf and
dumb"
Touche.
The Washington times., 1937-05-17

CA 0VAO4' 0taSO "4AA40 &AVSAV -ASSS~S
Of Denver, Colo.
ANOTHER VIEW
81 firmly feel that we young
sters are q bunch Of sOfties,
SniffIers and cream puffs. We
use the depression as an abb,
but the truth Is we're q lot Of
pampered .bratS, .everlastingly
yelling about our bad luck and
calling ourselves the lost gem
Grafton
1--WE JUST CAN'T TAKE IT!
We can't take real hard labor
in order to get an education.
We can't do a tough days job
to feed ourselves as long rs the
old folks or the Government will
dish it out to us.
1--WE can't face the response
bilities of marriage on . few
dollars q week, because it might
mean passing up the shows,
dances, drinks and cigarettes.
We can't take the sacrifice
that's necessary to have chill.
dren.
"We're a bunch Of cheaters,
chiselerS and cry.babies, and un-
less something happens pretty
soon we'll go down through his
tory as the weakling generation.
MRS. WILMA EXERT STEELE
(26 years.
Denver, Col"
I'm giving you that second ST
prize, Wilma, because I suspect
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"No! WE HAVE THE SAT-
ISFACTION OF WORKING
BESIDE OUR HUSBANDS,
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER
AND ALSO SAVING FOR
THE FUTURE, so WE CAN
BEGIN EARLIER TO HAVE
THE BABIES WE ALL WANT.
Gas for the single boys and
girIS-nearly always they are
helping the old folks as well as
saving to make their own
dreams come true. 1t isn't
easy, Miss Robinson. The odds
against us are heavy. 1t means
many q heartache and sacrifice.
BUT DEEP DOWN WE KNOW
THAT IT is ALL WORTH
WHILE, AND THAT WE ARE
SETTING A GREAT STAND
ARD FOR OUR CHILDREN TO
FOLLOW.
eyes, I'm just a kid. I powder
my nOSe-I dance and laugh.
Pm the wiSecracking genera
ton. But again 1 challenge
any other to MATCH OUR
MARK!
Martha Richards (age 22l
atlanta, Ga"
Great stuff, little Sister! But
don't blame the Oldsters entirely
for the jeerS and gibes. Here's
YOUNG AMERICA, itself, swing.
ing q mean Spit-ball at your gen.
The Washington times., 1937-05-17
TINE HEALS

It is perhaps as fitting as any.
thing that the site Of the abaGtoir
which is causing such torrent
of civic pride to be launched in
the Capital is on the old Shepherd
Estate.
This estate was the home Of
Alexander Shepherd when he was
Governor of the District way back
in 1874. OlG-timerS tell me that
the governorship Of Mr.. Shepherd
also caused quite a bit Of civic
pride to be stirred up.
Governor Shepherd and his
Board Of Public Works (BPW, not
The Washington times., 1937-05-17

the responsible.
ity %. care only
for fun, free
dom and fine
feathers?
M A R r H A
RICHARDS, Of
Atlanta, Ca,
has heard that
it iS-and does.
And Martha is
con 81 d erably
burnt UP over
the accusations.
S o ere S h e
comes a-Sizzling
in defense of
her generation.
The Washington times., 1937-05-17

apparently has
a GOOD idea Of
why members Of
Congress go on
junketS.
At a meeting
Of his commit
tee he a n
nounced that a
large and mod
ern plane was
ready to take
members OF the
com m ittee to
Lakehurst for
an inspection on
the next day.
p,Ct cincn the
The Washington times., 1937-05-17
Different Approach

TNHE contrast of the in which congressional
groups would handle the financial affairs of the
Tinted States and the financial affairs of the District
of Columbia is interesting.
Thew don It want even to think of adding to the Fed
eral taxes but would curail the Federal deficit by
blanket cut of 10 Is per cent in Federal appropria
TONS
The District is facing proportionately similar fnan
cal situation to that facing the Federal government but
the same congressional groups would treat voteless
Washingtonans just the opposite to the way they
would treat their own voting constituencies.
They would not curtail the expenditures of the local
government but would unhesitatingly adopt local ap
preparation bill which would create deficit of at least
six million dollars in the local cash-box.
To meet this deficit they would consider all sorts of
new taxes and prepare to add to those already imposed
No one has seriously proposed getting at the citys
prospective deficit by cutting local expenditures,
We not believe that the blanket cuts proposed under
the Cannon and Byrnes proposals for the Federal Gov
eminent would constitute sensible and efficient economy
But in the opinion of the Congress either of these
proposals wise from national standpoint why would
it not be wise if applied to the local budget?
bill it passed the House would do away completely
with the need of additional local taxes.
10 per cent cut in the local appropriations would al
most meet the situation without the imposing of
taxes
Of course these blanket cuts would probably wreck
some of the most important functions of the local govern
ment.
But similar cuts in the Federal appropriations would
probably play just much havoc with the functionng
of that government.
Yet the blanket cut plan gains currency in House and
Senate insofar the Federal government is concerned
while it isn't preached far the local govern
ment is concerned.
No member of Congress wants his name hitched to
bill increasing Federal taxes.
But there is no similar reluctance when it to
introducing and forcing bills for District taxes
And every proposal to add further to the tax burdens
of the people of Washington is given respectful hear
ing and earnest consideration.
Washingtonians could vote there would probably be
lot more attention paid to cutting the citys appropra
TONS and lot less paid to the myriad local tax increase
proposals.
The Washington times., 1937-05-17
The Greatest ShOw On Earth
BY Frank Miller Smith

WPA) set about to put in sewers,
grade streets and really fix the
city up. In fact, they kept on
spending money and creating such
a debt that there were long and
lusty howls.
When this form of government
was changed to commission, Mr..
Shepherd left town. Before he re.
turned, however, the benefits Of
his spending had begun to be-
come apparent and when he did
return he was greeted with the
brass band, fire engines and every.
thing that could be turned out to
show the city's appreciation.
The sewers that he ordered
built are still in use in some parts
Of the city and are considered
the tops.
The Washington times., 1937-05-17
CONTEST RULES

1.-The writer Of o letter In COM
petition for one Of the three
weekly priEeS-twO Of $40 each
and one Of &S-must b0 under 30
years Of age.
2-The letter must BE- upon some
Subject Of importance to Ameri'
can youth.
8-The letter must not exceed SEQ
words in length.
1.-The writer must give his Or heF
age and full name and address.
and the name of each writer
awarded Q prize will be pub
lfshed.
$40 be eligible for the prise
awarded each Monday. o letter
must bear pOstmark not Iatev
than noon Of the preceding Sat
urday.
-Miss Elsie Robinson ls 70 Be sole
judge Of the merits Of letters
submitted in the contest
The Washington times., 1937-05-17
AVAILABLE

Representative Carl VinSon Of
Georgia, who is chairman Of the
House Naval Affairs Committee,
The Washington times., 1937-05-17

But, since the Frank M. Smith
weather looked inclement, ne
hoped that the members would
not 90 in bad weather just be-
cause the plane was there for
them.
The Washington times., 1937-05-17
Listen, World
IS YOUNG AMERICA A CRY-@
RAnVo

Does it duck the load :. . shift
The Washington times., 1937-05-17

Do 4eration! Says Wilma Evert Steele, @you've ST
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-20

Governor Clyde r. Hoey often smiles
at the many and varied requests made
of. him One Of the latest is from
teacher in Rockingham county who
has asked for his advice on "how to be
an interesting conversationalist.'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-20
MRS. \. A. NEWELL
TAKES Up DUTIES
Indicted as Legion Auxil-
larry President in Fay
ettevillc Program

Fayetteville, Oct. 20 (AP)-A sudden
downpour sent hundreds scurrying for
shelter near the end of the North
| Carolina American legion's outdoor
program here yesterday afternoon,
but with slight curtailment the pro-
gram was completed as scheduled.
Governor Hoey, principal speaker at
| ceremonies dedicating a new bridge as
a memorial to Cumberland county
men who died in the world war, was
forced to hurry his address at the
last as the sudden rain began to fall
in torrents
The ceremonies were a part of the
legion departments installation pro-
gram, the climax of which was in
stallation last night of H. G.. Blackwell
of Fayetteville, as State commander
and Mrs. H. A. Newell, as auxiliary
president. =
Then followed a parade of legion
post units, bands, drum and bug.e
corps units and others comprising a
procession of approximately 400 per-
sons.
The Fort Bragg military band led
the march,, WHICH, dlSO 1IlCluOCO LlS1
school bands. Neatly-uniformed Ra-
leigh, Greensboro, Durham and Bur
lington also were in the parade.
The bridge dedication exercises were
held on a platform in the center of
the bridge.
Col. T. A. Lyon introduced the gov
ernor. Representative J. Bayard Clark
and Major-General Van Horn Nose
ley, of Atlanta, commander of the
fourth corps area, also spoke briefly.
Commander Blackwell named de-
partment committee chairman during
the day. They are:
Membership, Joe Pythe, of Char
lotte; employment, Wiley M. Pickens,
of Lincolnton, retiring commander;
craftsmanship, Allen c. Martin, of
Winston-Salem; athletics, Dave Hall,
of Belmont; rehabilitation, DR.. I. T.
Mann, of High Point; national defense
Chester c.. Rel, of Raleigh; legislative
Robert Moseley, of Greensboro; COM
munity service, Lew w. Summer, of
Fayetteville; graves registration, j.
Henry Leroy of Elizabeth City; Anne
ricanism, Burgin Pennell, of Asheville
and publicity, George c. Myrover, of
Fayetteville.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-20

tissue Of lies for which you can't
produce an iota of evidence?"
well, there again, you see, that
isn't quite ALL"
Tim had the sensation Of being
played with. He recalled the
scene in the billiard room few
days ago. The man took pleasure
in inflicting mental torment.
IF you've anything further to
say, say it at once. I'm getting
tired Of this rigmarole."
Il shan't keep you much longer.
I've only one more thing to men,
ton. I'd hoped I wouldn't have
to, as it's going to be painful.
You see you made another slip,
and one you, can't laugh off. You
made it last July, when you tried
to poison your wife with medinal."
Tins face went gray. He
could not speak. Adams eyes
never left him.
II never quite understood why
you didn't go through with it.
But you were Wise-it was a rot
ten scheme. damn rotten. It was
a pity you ever touched tit put
me on the lookout, so to speak,
Do you want to know how I
got on to it?"
Tim forced himself to speak.
1T would be interesting" he said,
with CHASTITY attempt at smile.
1T was pure carelessness on
your part. I was turning out the
pockets of your Norfolk coat, be-
fore giving it brushup. I no
ticed there was tear in the lin
ing, and I fished a paper out.
Only one little sheet Of paper, but
it told me quite a lot. There was
writing on it, your handwriting.
I've got a copy of. it here. Shall,
read it to you? Silence gives
consent-'My dearest Tim, I am
afraid this is gonig to be a terrible
shock to you. But think you will
understand why I've decided to
take the rest Of the medinal. Per-
haps it's more than 1 need, but I
want to be sure. I can't"
"Stop!" Tim struggled for
speech. Forgery" he said. bare
ly articulate.
care you prepared TO take a
chance? Shall take the original
round to the police station? There
are such people as handwriting
experts, you know"
"Pve only to call up the police
myself" said Tim in a strained
voice. you'll get 10 years for
forgery and blackmail."
"Just call 'em up and see."
"How would you account for not
having come forward with your
letter before?"
"Only just found it, of course.
|. And remembered the other
things afterwards"
"Where is-what you claim tc
be the originate"
Somewhere where you can't
get it,"
Listen, Adams. You can't get
away with this. But you can
make things awkward for me, in
my position. :. +. Eli give you EDO
-f5O-if you'll hand over your
forged letter and get out for good. ;"
Mot good enough. And why
should you want to buy it off nal.
if it's. a forgery? can easilv
forge: another"
(T0 he C0ntjnuedl
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-20
I|EAD RECK0NIN -
I D70N- BY BRUCE HAMILTON a
EoJ HANmToN RELEASED sy crN7p n..

was VI no Importance"
mo, perhaps not, but then whx
make such a secret Of it? Vol
said, Adams had torch, and we
looked at the body'-as thougf
you hadn't had light before"
i can't remember exactly what
said. but L certainly had no in.
tention of making a secret Of it
t.. In any case don't see YOU,
point. l needed a light; WHY
shouldn't I take my torch? ?"
mo reason why not, only whv
your big one-the one YOU onlv
use for the car and outdoors
Why not the pocket one you al
ways keep in the bedroom?"
1t was out Of order-the bat
terry had run down. You see
I'm answering your questions. ]
am anxious to give you all the
rope you want"
II shouldn't start talking about
rope. .. And your pocket torch
was in perfect order. 1 tried it
myself next morning"
$50 you say"
"Quite, so say. =. I'll tell you
why you used the big torch, took
the trouble to bring it up from
outside. You wanted a weapon
a heavy weapon. Something that
wouldn't seem suspicious if it
came out you were carrying it.
Something you could hit a blow
hard enough to kill a person with,
II the job wasn't properly done al
ready. -
AN ing enious conjecture"
Tins smile was almost serene.
This sort of thing could not hurt
him. "You must have spent a
lot of time thinking up your case"
eyes, I have. I've got it all
worked out pretty WELL"
MAY I ask if that is all?"
| "Well, not quite. Do you
know what was the first thing /
noticed, after I'd looked at the
body? A cigaret end, about half
an inch, lying on the ground and
still burning. asked myself how
did it get there?"
IT don't know. I expect you
dropped it yourself"
"Well, didn't. I woke up when
heard you do your yell. T hadn't
been smoking cigaret. Any
way, picked it up. It was one
Of yours, Bulgar. AS I said,
I asked myself how it got there.
You were supposed to have been
asleep up to two or three minutes
before. Not time to smoke a whole
cigaret, even supposing it made
sense, that you should light a Gig
aret before strolling down to see
whether your wife was alive or
dead. >. There was only one an
swer. You'd been awake all the
while. And that meant it was
murder. You'd been waiting in
the dark, and you smoked a Gig
aret to steady your nerves, just
before. .. And when you were
ready you got up, pitched the fag
out of the window, and set tc
work. You shouldn't have
pitched the fag out of the window
too. It was a mistake"
"You know, that's clever" Tim
moistened his lips. I'D never have
given you credit for so much
imagination. But you're toe
simple, Adams, for all that. Dc
you really expect me to pay you
hush money on the strength Of
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-20

Boy scouts, J. 6. Madry, of Rich
Square; child welfare, DR.. H. E. Cass
tevens, of Greensboro; Sons of the
Legion, Joe Caviness, of Ellington;
Safety, William H. Hardin, Jr., of
Salisbury; Aeronautics, Brigadiere-
General Manus McCloskey, of Fort
Bragg; foreign relations, June H. Rose
of Greenville; law and order E. B.
Denny, of Gastonia; outdoor publicity
c. G. Foster, of Statesville, and dis
aster relief, J. B. Edwards, of Will
mington.
Governor Hoey dedicated the new
bridge as constant reminder of the
high purpose of patriotic people and
the high resolves of an unselfish ma
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-20
Italy Now Urges That Com
mission Be Sent To Sp ain
(Contlnuoo from Page One.)

Spanish war from embroiling the rest
of Europe seemed only matter of
hours. Some competent quarters fore
saw lone chance of easing the situa-
ton, which put general European
peace in of it's most perlious po-
sitions size the World War. They
cited Soviet Ambassador Maiskys in
dication before the neutrality sub
committee yesterday that the big COM
munist power would not try to wreck
any settlement that would effect the
British and French plan for getting
Premier Mussolini's blackshirt troops
out of Spain.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-20
CHAPTER 81

TIM SPOKE calmly after care.
fully analysing the situation wher
Adams dropped the bombshen de,
claring he knew Tim had killed
his wife.
Il said I'd hear you out, Adams
and 1 will. What started this
abominable idea in your mind ?"
You mean my reason fol
mowing?"
Il mean-provided you're moi
crazy, which l believe you are
YOU must imagine you have
Grounds for a SANDER which, quite
apart from any question of black
mail, may let you in for a long
term of penal servitude."
Don't be a fool" Adams re-
torted. 1--WE told you it's no use
irving to bluff me. l know what
YOU did. You talked a lot Of stuff
about nightmares, to prepare the
ground. dare say your wife did
have nightmares they probably
gave you the idea-but all that
stuff about jumping out Of bed and
banging herself about, don't
mind betting that was mostly lies.
Anyway, you put across the idea,
had everybody lined up to believe
your story. But you couldn't work
it in your usual bedroom-too near
the ground. So you messed
around with the chimney, loosened
a brick or two, brought some SCOT
down, and made a perfectly good
excuse to move up to the top room,
where you had things as you
wanted EN-.
Then you only had to pick a
day. It wasn't such a bad idea
picking her birthday, you had an
excuse for encouraging her to guz-
zle, and it helped to make the
whole business seem more likely,
:. All you had to do was to wait
till she was asleep, pick her up
quietly, and pitch her out of the
window. The 4O-foot drop and the
concrete below would do the rest.
That's how you worked it,"
Something like relief stole over
Tim. If this was all, he could
face it out. It amounted to no
more than inspired guessing. Nc
proof. :. He reminded himself
once more Of the impossibility OF
proof.
ALLOW me to remind you you
haven't answered my question"
What question ?" :.
How do you propose to get
anyone to believe this farrago OF
yours 2"
"Ah, now you're talking"
MY friend, I'm going to dc
something more than talk. II
appears you have concocted this
insane story without a shred OF
suggestion of evidence to back il
up"
well, l wouldn't quite say that
-. You see there were one OF
two things you didn't tell the cor.
oner, and it wasn't my place to dc
his work for him. Your cleo.
trio torch, for instance. :"
What about my lectrit
torch?"
You had it with you when
found you. Why didn't you men
ton that at the inquest ?"
why should l mention it? Il
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-20

All because old-fybe leaf springs are
gone! In their place, each wheel has
soft, shock-smothering cushion OF
stout cOiled steel.
Skid risks are blessedly reduced.
Rear tires last longer. The whole
car handles more easily! That's
TORoUE.FREE SPRINCING at work!
lifts power you're after, you'll want
Bucks DYNAFLASH engine. 1t it's
comfort, you'll choose the ToRoUE-
FREE SPRINCINC ride.
With either you get the other-plus
half a score of features your Buick
dealer IS waiting to describe. See
him now-for the engineering must"
story of the year!