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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-20

ELKTON, va, Oct. 20.-Down
from the hills came mountain
families today, the first step in a
strange exodus. the move of ITS
families to the Iowlands under
Government order.
Four families made the move to-
day, assisted by CCC workers from
the various camps in the Shenan-
doah National Park. Before the
end of the week some IL additional
families will be moved to home
steads in the Ida Valley, and next
week the mass move will be under
way.
Mountain folk regard the change
with varied emotions. Some are
glad to be getting away from the
wornout land where they have
eked out a meager existance for
many years.
But others are resentful of the
Government orders which have
taken their homes from them,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-20

smiled Miss Rawalt, "but I as
sure you it isn't.s Tax cases are,
believe, the most fascinating Of
all. Sometimes they are a lot of
fun. Especially when we get a
manufacturer who objects to
paying a certain tax on some
thing like, for instance vanity.
There'll be two cents worth of
powder in the vanity and the
case itself will be worth a couple
Of dollars.
GETS EVEN BREAK
Then we get into an argu-
ment as to what he should pay
taxes on-the powder or the
case. He'll say it doesn't come
under the cosmetics law, and
we go round and round. We
have income tax cases, estate
tax cases, excise tax caseS-al-
ways something new coming
along to keep lis from getting
into a rut. You'd be surprised
how many real human interest
cases come into our department,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-20
I Work for Uncle Sam
Miss RGIOGLt Finds
Federal Tax Work
Is Fascinating

.Forceful, energetic Marguerite
Rawalt, attorney in the Bureau
Of Internal Revenue, gives the
impression that in her charming
feminine way she packs an iron
glove.
In other words, Miss Rawalt Is
blond, blue-eyed, tall and en-
tirely womanly. But over q
table, fighting Uncle Sans tax
cases, it would no doubt be
much more pleasant to be seated
on her side with the Government
folks.
Appointed to her post by
President Roosevelt, the young
attorney has argued the side Of
the Internal Revenue Depart
ment for four years. Her record
for winning is a brilliant one.
o. 8. MISSIONARY
Most of her time the past year
has been spent in travelling
about the country, doing what is
known in the bureau as settle
ment work" The tax depart
ment sends out representative
delegations from the Internal
Revenue Department to hold
local conferences with the citi-
zens to save them trips to Wash
ington for hearings.
Miss Rawalt defines the job
as holding court to keep from
going into the legal courts, to
untangle tax questions" Among
her stops this year were Dallas
and Chicago. This is a most I'M
usual task for a woman and 1t Is
believed the lady attorney from
Prairie City, H., is the only one
ever sent out by Uncle Sam on
this difficult job.
FEELS LIKE TEXAN
ct really feel like a Texan" ex.
pains Miss Rawalt, because in
1911 my family moved to the
Lone Star State. I went to the
University Of Texas and did my
pre-law work there. But I fin.
ished law at George Washington
University working days and
studying nights"
Isn't it astonishing the num-
Der Of young people in the Gov
eminent who have worked their
way up the ladder Shaving days
and going to school nights? Al
most all success stories in D. c.
seem to have that thread rum
ming though them.
After Miss Ra walt went
through Texas University she
became secretary to Governor
Pat Neff. It was he who gave
her the opportunity to come to
D. c., after he was appointed a
member of the Board Of Media
ton. The governor spent eight
months here, and his successor,
Ex-Governor Colquitt, gave her
two secretary and assist
ant to a member Of the board.
She stayed with him until her
graduation from law school.
MEMBER OF 2 BARS
A member of the bar Of Texas
and the District of Columbia,
her sorority is the Order Golf,
which is the Phi Beta Kappa of
law.
my job sounds terribly dull"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-20
Mountain Folk Moui11g

and some have defiantly an
nounced that unless they are salts
fled with the new homesteadS,
they will return to their noun.
tainS, law or no law.
Government officials themselves
are Skeptical as to the success of
the move, wondering if it will be
possible to transform the noun
tain men to valley farmers in a
new and vastly different environ
ment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-20

too. They're off the record, Of
course"
Judges, Miss Rawalt finds,
are extremely kind when she
has to go into court for Uncle
Sam. They give no quarter be-
cause she is a woman, but she
deeply appreciates the fact they
meet her. on a man-to-man foot
ing and remain entirely neutral.
ANY field in which a woman
can qualify is open to her." the
lawyer said, seriously. IF a
woman has merit, men will rec
ognize it. I don't know how
long men have been acting
fairly toward the woman in
business, but I know never in
my day have I met any oppo-
Sition because I wore skirts at
the bar"
Small wonder. For Mar
guerite Rawalt looks like a
young lady who knows her way
among the legal tangles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-20
BOLD DAYLIGHT
ROBBER INVADES,
STORE IN D. C.
Empties Cash Till and
FIeeS in Car

The daylight robbery Of .
downtown liquor store Melted 5000
here today.
Milton Weissman, proprietor OF
the Bond Liquor Store. TAO Four
teenth st. N. W.. had Just opened
the store when a white man about
40 years old and wearing a blue
suit entered. whipped out a re-
volver and demanded:
where do you keep the
money!"
Weissman pointed to the cash
register and the man opened it
and took out the currency, not
touching a quantity Of silver. He
then ran out Of the store, waving
his gun and snarling:
You better keep quiet"
The robber jumped into car.
apparently driven by an accom-
plice, and escaped.
Half a dozen other holdups were
staged by armed robbers during
the night.
Held up at the point Of q pistol,
Chester Jordan, attendant at q
gasoline station at Third and M
Streets Southeast, was robbed OF
$40 by two colored men early
today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-20
SNATCHER GETS IS

A colored youth entered q dry
goods store at 32O7 Mt. Pleasant
St. N. w. yesterday afternoon
and, after looking at some hosiery,
snatched SIS from the cash regis.
ter and escaped.
A bicycle owned by James Nye.
IA, son Of Senator Gerald P. Nye,
was stolen from the garage at the
Nye home, 1902 Gramercy Pl,
N. W., yesterday.
A. r. Lofstrand. 1884 Harrison
st. N. W., reported his apartment
was looted and a pin valued at
5000 stolen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-20
HACKER ROBBED

Chester Barber, taxicab driver.
was held UP by a colored man
armed with q knife and robbed Of
$2.85 at Sixteenth and Irving
Streets early today.
Roy Van Pely was held up in
his service station at 2715 Pennsyl.
vania Ave. N. w. by two colored
men and white man, armed with
revolvers, and robbed Of $50.
Two colored men, armed with
pistols, held up Benny Cohen in
his grocery store at 1901 First st.
S. w., and robbed him Of $40.
A young white man entered an
ice cream store at 2132 Pensyl-
vania Ave. N w. early last night,
drank a bottle Of milk, then drew
a pistol and robbed Dorothy Car.
racio, clerk, Of SO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26
A Hopeful Outlook

So many business predictions go wrong that everyone hates to make them any more. Yet the desire to plan for the fu- ture and to try to estimate that future Is so strong that 1t always overcomes the reluctance born of past disappoint- ments. The fact that almost every sur- veyor of the business scene today looks ahead to higher business levels in the fall tempts even the pessimistic to be hope ful. Here are some of the indications on which the observers agree pretty unani- naously:
 The income of farmers, despite the drop in cotton prices, is expected to ap- proach 1929 levels, and in purchasing power 1t may even exceed 1929, because farmers will be able to get more for their money than they could in those days. Even drop in cotton prices might not be an unmixed evil If U. g. prices came nearer the world level and thus enabled the United States to regain some of the world cotton trade which has been grad- ually slipping away from us.
 Steel operations continue to hold Up ct high levels at 6 season when they usual ly decline. Despite lower purchases by the auto industry, other buying holds it up in good style. Automobile output it- self holds Up in manner that has sur. prised many in the trade. The slight de. cline being less than is usual at this time of year. Operations in this industry, de- spite shut-downS, are close to 6 record for the end of "rnodel year."
 Sales of six leading mail order houses will come close to billion dollars this year, not only an increase of q per cent over last year, but far greater than those Of 1929. This is another of the national enterprises which Is actually breaking through 1929 highs, the objective that must be attained if anything approxl. mating the 1929 kind of prosperity Is to be reached.
 The outlook for better farm purchas- ing power as c stimulus to increased fall btsiness Is aided by factors like this: Farm mortgage debt is far lower than during the 1929 era, and pays c far lower rate Of interest. Farmers taxes are stili perhaps 90 per cent lower than they were eight years ago. This better status of the farmer has been revealing itself ifi hrn1er status Of farm values than has been seen since 1882.
 Thus, il the fall season when business activity tends to slump of. somewhat, there is every reaeofl to expect tl1le year
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26
Proceeding Merrily

Although many motorists, perhaps bit unfamiliar with the terrain, crane their necks this way and that as they proceed through Fairfield County in an effort to catch sight of the much-publi- cized Merritt Parkway, we have yet to catch up with one who has actually seen the course of the route or any of It's tin- ished or partly-anished portions Yet every SO often the newspapers inform us that contracts have been let or bids called for on sections of the $l5,000,00 highway.
 The latest to come to hand are plans for constructing over six miles of re- enforced concrete from the New York state line at Greenwich to Comstock Hill Road in Norwalk. This is all Greek to the Connecticut motorist who isn't a res- ident of or native to the particular sec- tons involved. It means, though, that six miles of the Merritt Parkway on the westerly end are actually to be built. Whether or not they will be usable when completed Is another chapter in the long but rather interesting history of this highway, unique In Connecticut annals.
 The Hutchinson River Parkway in Westchester County, N. Y, has been car ried right up to the Connecticut line, which brings the motorist square into the town of Greenwich, by which we mean the township and not the actual city itself, for leaving the Hutchinson River Parkway and then endeavoring to find the Boston Post Road Is like finding your way out of Q maze, SO many and confusing are the highways right in this sector. We should judge that completion of this six-mile stretch might entitle Q motorist to sail along 1t into the environS of Norwalk, where perhaps another maze will be found
 At any rate nothing Is forthcoming as yet on when one may expect to coast along the Merritt Parkway, save that 1t may be late 1888. With all this construc- ton work going on, something solid should certainly materialize shortly or all of us will, become as suspicious as many of Us still are.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26

They're still arguing about our na- tional bird, judging by what you are in the news of the day. The Bureau of Bio- logical Survey down at Washington, which seems to be about as seriously con cerned over the designation of a proper bird as any agency or individual. You may recall that move was started sev- erai years ago to replace the eagle. Right now movement IS afoot to make the turkey the national bird. That smacks of Q commercial plug, but the Biological Survey boys are on their toes and say that Benjamin Franklin tried to put the turkey across back in 1784 and failed, so 1t will fail again in 1887. Incidentally the government aides would retain the eagle, If given vote.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26
A Book a Day
Woman Writer Raps the Divorce Racket

Men gre apt to turn . bleak eye on any novel whose title includes the. word "iove," but Mateei Howe Farnham's new work, "gxsLoye,' touches in interesting style . subject that interests many men in this divorce efa."
 For Miss Farnham takes the part of the exploited husband, and exs plofes the more ufisaycry aspects Of the aiiinony problem in her efninentiy readable book, published by Dodd, Mead A Company tt2.00l
 Cariotta Brand, c calculating, self. centered woman, abruptly divorces her husband, John, ostensibiy be- cause they "wefe hainpering each others indiyiduaiities." A sincere, sensitive fellow whom readers viii like, John aiso was tricked into signing promise to pay her aii- fii0fiy amounting to half his salary.
 Not content even with that, Caf. iotta tried to keep he ex-husband on . leash, but he rebeiled and pros posed t0 6 iovabie little hotel fiooF clerk. DistFaught, CaFiotta threw herself at his feet to aveTt hb inaf- fiage, but to no avail.
 4 woman scoFneA; sine turns to the iaw for her revenge. How sine eifnost succeeds makes c really efls joyabie novel, not as banai as its title would suggest.
 Miss Tarnhain goes c bit far afieid t0 take . whaek at the aiis niony racket" and her theme ie hardly C faiF commentary on the problem, but it does supply c pek en which she has hung aii fntTieus ifiH fAief~us Rs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26
Rspublican, Are confident?

Republican leaders are beginning to discuss coming elections. And strange as it may seem they are speaking about victories at the polls in 19SS. That's trifle optimistic, any way you look at lt. And when these plans also include swing ing a number of states from demo cratic tendencies to g.op. right down the line, then we have to bend over back wards to see with our republican breth- ren. Take Connecticut, as 8 typical ex- ample, add up and subtract, multiply and divide; what's the result. Your an swer is as good as mine.
 There's a special election in Massa. chusetts next month. The place, hlled by the late Rep. William P. Connery, Jrp must be filled. Republicans say their chances of electing 8 republican to the office are good. Percentages, however show that the people usually designate at a special election 8 successor of the same political faith. Democrats aren't worrying too much over who will be elected, but whether or not they can ind in Congress someone capable of filling Connery's shoes.
 Coming as this prediction does so shortly after ex-President Herbert Hoov- er's bid for recognition as a party leader, we can't quite figure the republican party being any more potent In the 1888 elections than 1t was at the 1936. There Is more apt to be activity within the democratic and independent ranks than there is in the opposition.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26

Tho protest against the WPA Guide to Masg&chusetts is neither "a publishers publicity plant" as Harry Hopkins charges, nor 70 tempest in c teapot" as Congressman Casey of Clinton deleares. The protest is amply warranted by the outrageous perversion Of recent events in the history of Massachusett8 and by the evident intention of writ$rs of cer- tain introductory chapters to de- fame the state. Iti
 As director of this guide to Mas Sachusetts, . resident of South Da. kota was imported here despite the wealth of competent Massachusetts historians. As his chief assistant afl- other outsider who, while he may not Dc an enrolled member of the Communist party, has Cominunistic affiliations and is, . contributor to the Communist magazine, the New Masses. He Is the person who made the o.VanzetN case the most prominent event in the modern his. tory Of Massachuset1 and who is responsible for the attacks on the courts of the state. .,
 The chapter on labor, which 90 inisrepresents actual conditions here now and ii the past, has aroused labor leaders to strong protest. Any. one from outside the state reading this chapter would De led to the conclusion that Massachusetts labor iS forced by degrading conditions, to continued violent and riotous pros test.
 The whole tone of much Of the introduction is one of deep slurs mixed in with smart aleck" wise. cracks. No part of the book b free from this tendency. An example is in the chronology at the end of the book where the sole entry for 1928 B Roger BabBon predicts an un. usually prosperous year, for io2D." Even # this malicious knock were true, which it is not, it has no place ii c history of Massachusetts as the chief event of . whole year.
 The reader of, tho book Is plainly informed that Cardinal O'Connell's 6 opposition to the child labor amend. iient was c part of the Associated Industries campaign, which is 6 vicious falsehood.
 Instead Of presneting the facts res garding the debate over the ratifica- ton of the amendment this year, the brief picketing of the State the book devotes aii the suace to House by c few proponents.
 It is impossible to escape tho coti- cinusion that certain radicals in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26

Massachusetts avenue directly across from tho newly built Jap- anese Embassy.
 Merry.G Round
 Nature note: On one os tho last days of Congress, bats appeared in the lobhies Of the House og RonrosentativeB Among the swarm of lobbyists sorapping over the sugar bill was old Tim Anss berry, former congressman from Ohio, and the man who put the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt In nominatlon for vice president at the 1920 convention. Tim lobhisd for puretho Rico .. Edward ?. Mcdrady, who will shortly resign as assistant secretary Of labor to accept an important private posl- ton, has flown over ieB,000 miles In his four years as acc trouble- shooter for the New Deal .... Breaking the tradition that .U Q. towns take names from European or Indian sources, the town of Elkedor, fowa--aceording to WPA researchers-was named after an Algerian ehieftain, Abd.eI.ISedar.
 (Copyright, ie37, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26

We've heard and read much about cov- cred bridges being removed, even right here in our own state, but our trusty right eye (not the left) fell on an item this week that related of covered bridge being built. In this day and age that's news with a capital "N". We are sur prised that the metropolitan dailies haven't grabbed 1t off as yet, but perhaps they are waiting for pictures The scene of the new covered bridge IS Hancock, N. H. The bridge spans the Contocook Ri- yer on the road between Hancock and Greenfield, N. H. During floods in 1936 the structure, also covered bridge, was destroyed. The highway department made plans to replace 1t with modern span, but then the demands started pour Ing in. All were for bridge of the same type that had crossed the stream for SO many years. So the highway department has acquiesced and brand-neW wooden covered bridge will soon be available to all and sundry crossing the Contocook River on the Hancock Greenfield road.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26
Selected Poem
MULTIPLICATION

(Arthur outterman in the New York Gun) Through banai world we pick our way
 With our classic noses elevated, Proud because we're not Of common clay, But quite sophisticated. Paintings that rejoice untutored eyes,
 Plays that leave the popuiace 0iated Poetry that's lucid, we despise,
 For we're sophisticated. Ugliness alone deserves applause,
 Any touch Of charm b execrated, Music has t0 sound like filing saws
 When ones sophisticated. Love b out Of date, and honor, too;
 Mlrth and happiness afe iikeiSe dated, Nothings noble, Beautiful and true
 Since we're sophisticated. Bc0rnfuiiy we smile, aioof and nice, eeif.approvai having dsniontsrated That it's amply worth the bitter price
 To seem sophisticated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26
Well Warranted
WPA Guide of Massachusetts Bitterly Resented -Wisecracks in Introduction Regarded
 As Slurs on State.
BOSTON POST

WPA, from outside Massachusetts, deliberately plotted to discredit the State.
 Regardless of what the Washing. ton WpA, with It's sprinkiing of near Communists in high positions, says this book must Do allowed to cir. eulate as on ofiicial history of Mas sachetts. The introductory section should Do dropped altogether before any more copies are printed.
 It is refreshing to find Governor Hurley making . vigorous protest in the name of the State. He hes promised to take the matter directly to the President. We do not believe President Roosevelt will uphold this gross piece of irnpertinenee on the part of the WPA here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26
Press ssConnent
HOLT AND THE LABOR
 BOARD
(New London Day)


 The junior senator from West Virginia, Rush D. Holt, who has been Q thorn In the flesh Of the new deal since taking office and has particularly campaigned against pols itical favoritism in the WPA, party maneuvering to place henehmen on the rolls of new deal agencies in hb own state, etc., has now lot loose c bArrage against the national labor relations board. The NLRD, he says, is just new way of spelling cf0. "T'he CfO wants the national labor board to decide It's cases not on the question Of right or wrong," he charges, but on the campaign con. tributions of John l.. Lewis" Later he said he intended to do oil in my power to see that tho board cons duets It's activities in West Virginia fairly and honestly" At another point no declared that "uniess t (the labor board) stops those ever- lasting, lop.sided decisions, 1 intend to present the facts to the United States senate in the next session and ask that body for an investi- gation of the board" 3
 If congress B ag doclie next sess sion ag t sometimes has appeared in this session, when the president cracks tho whip, it remains to Dc seen what good lt viii do for Senator Holt to appeal to it on the labor board Issue. ft may however, fiiiiss ter Up enough courage to launch an inquiry into the obviously partisan doings of the tabor board, but the primary fault here lies in passing the act which created the beard and gave t such unlimited powers. Labor strife has increased amazingly urs der the Wagner set, while the labor board struggles with thousands of complaints, rather than being helped toward settlement. Tn this respect, at least, two new ideal schemes have not worked unless the primary Idea was to set enhpioye against employer, further the organization plans Of John L. Lewis, and cause more inc dtstriai loss through strikes than this nation has been before in many years. v Tine labor boagd is fast defnons Strating that it iS wholly insAifieris can in its approach to iabor dis. putes; that t starts out on practis calIy Ali inquiries with the firm be- iief that the employer must Dc wrong; and that t is wiling to ro. turn almost any sort Of fantastic decision so long as it favoFs some CfO union members. V
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26

Governor Wilbur L. Cross Is going to try to put President Franklin D. Roosevelt right in his element He has invited him to be his guest at the first annual Gov ernor's Regatta which will be staged of New London from Aug. 28 to Sept. 8. Governors Day Is to be observed Sept. 1 and that's when Wilbur l.. would have Franklin D. join him aboard Endeavour II. Being right down his alley we don't see how the President can refuse.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26
Current Comment

I am just as much an exile from England as is Edward ,--ftev. R. sAn- defgon Jardine, English minister who married EdwaFd and Wallis WaFheld. s. @
 Tgs tims the trophy came back home Dwight ', Davls, American donor Of the Days eup.
 This is . little unusual, I'll have to iet you know iateE, George r, Adde's, secFetAfyssfeastfeF UAWA, upon learning that the 0lSiee force Of the UAWA wanted q cIosed shop.
 There gre sometimes people on boards Of edlieatj0n who afe fiot eils Ilghtensd ,~DF. George Y, 9tAyef, NOV Kork