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The Washington times., 1937-09-24
HEIRESS' DEATH
ATTRIBUTED 7 0
DRUG OVERDOSE
Sedative Prescribed For
Pain in Ankle

NEW YORK. Sept. 24.-Final
analysis by City Toxicologist Alex
ander o. Goettler of the viScera
of Mary Brown Warburton, Wana-
maker heiress, who died week
ago Tuesday, leaves no doubt that
her death was occasioned by a
tremendous overdose of codeine, a
methyl derivative of morphine.
Whether it was the result of an
accident or suicide is unde-
termined.
OVERDOSE DISCOVERED
Analysis revealed the presence
Of 8.4 grains of codeine. A normal
dose, as prescribed by physician
as sedative or to relieve pain, is
u to l grain.
The maximum is ~ grains.
The result of such an overdose
would be violent convulSions and
certain death, as opposed to the
Sedative effect Of an ordinary
prescription.
PRESCRIBED FOR PAIN
Dr.. William H. MorrisSey, Miss
Warburton's physician, had pre-
scribed codeine to alleviate the
pain Of Sprained ankle she had
sustained. He was at a loss to
explain how she could have taken
the quantity found by the analysis.
The earlier announcement of
the presence of 2-plus percentage
Of ethyl in her brain, indicating
a state of intoXication, was also
confirmed by DR.. Goettler.
Evening star., 1937-09-03
Unknown COURAGEOUS.

The soldier on the battlefield is brave.
He dons his uniform knowing that GAL
lantry and fortitude are expected OF him,
and he justifies the faith of his country
In the fullest measure. Similarly, the
policeman and the fireman engage to be
courageous. It is their business not to
finch in the face OF danger. And fame
Is their lot when in one emergency or
another they merit the applause OF =
grateful public.
But what Of the unknown non-profes-
sional heroes? For example, = humble
Warrington colored woman plods
through nearly forty years Of toll as .
janitress. She has forgotten the mean
ing Of leisure; her whole career is cease
less routine duty. Never married, she
has spent her days in the service Of the
children Of her sisters. Education in
her Judgment is goal worth struggling
Evening star., 1937-09-03

Homer z. Taylor, chairman Of the Mary
land State Roads Commission, Is on rec
ord as having declared that the Balti-
more-Philadelphia highway is obsolete
and dangerous" The State Legislature
has the major responsibility for the nee
essary improvements. but 1t has been
remiss in Its duty. Public opinion,
aroused by nearly hve hundred deaths
In 1895 and three hundred and sixty five
thus fur in 1887, must make Its protest
felt at Annapolis.
Yet Strengthened, widened, better
paved and better -policed roads will not
solve the problem altogether. To lower
the casualty rate 1t will be imperatively
obligatory for motorists to learn to drive
carefully. Most accidents, including
yesterdays, trace back to the mania for
speed The bus which crushed out the
lives of the Hays party was evidently not
being operated with sufficient caution
Swerving to avoid a parked truck, the
man at the wheel could not apply the
brakes in time to prevent the multiple
tragedy.
Evening star., 1937-09-03
Another Highway Horror.

Elmer d. Hays, his wife, their son and
q young friend Of the family died yes
terday In the latest Of q long series OF
highway horrors in Maryland. The
party was en- route to Hanover, N. H.,
where the boys were to begin their
sophomore year at Dartmouth College
On the Bel Air road, near Perry Hall, their
car was wrecked in q collision with .
bus. Details Of the tragedy are too har-
rowing to repeat.
But the accident cannot be neglected.
It represents q condition which cries
aloud for correction. The artery Of travel
on which the crash occurred never was
intended to accommodate such . volume
Of tradlc - currently moves over It. Dr.,
Evening star., 1937-09-03
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL,

Those who will not eat their spinach
should be told about the guppy. the big
gest little nsh in the world.
This famous little fsh eats spinach
greedily, every time 4 bit Of 1t Is pat In
the aquarium.
And. as q result. 1t is full Of what
Americans like to call pep"
Maybe that is an object lesson in diet,
and maybe 1t isn't. but at any rate the
guppy is a live one.
Given half q chance, fed half way
properly even in the smallest of bowls,
this fishlet lives and thrives.
Whereas goldfish demand several gall
ions Of water in captivity, the guppy
and his family get along well on q few
quarts.
The astonishing thing Is that this
small denizen Of the deep (pools) re-
mains the favorite tropical fish Of thou
sands of fanciers who have kept practi-
cally all of the 200 species, large and
small, which may be had at this time
for the home aquarium.
This is something to stop and think
about, when one decides to go in" for
tropical fishes as hobby.
II fish about an inch long has that
much piscatorial appeal, it must be 4
mighty fine fish, and that is true.
There are few more interesting, size
and shape and coloration notwith-
standing.
Many unbelievable shapes are found
among the 200 fishes now to be seen in
small tanks: many amazing habits;
colors and shapes exotic to q degree.
Most persons begin this study with
the guppy; 1t is interesting to know that
many end with it.
Like great many other things which
are SO good that they have become COM
mon and cheap, the guppy suffers in the
popular mind because of its very good
points.
Some attempt even has been made to
use the word to mean man who is not
popular with the ladies, but this has
failed largely in the better circles.
Guppy, as popularly used. still means
the tiny fish originally found in Hon.
duras, of which the male is the colorful
and glddy member, and the female the
silvery fish which attends strictly to its
duties of living.
Owing to its constant swimming, al
most always in pursuit OF the female,
and its colorful spots. no two alike the
male guppy instantly attracts atten-
ton, but after one has kept and watched
these creatures for time. the female
OF the species often stands out in the
mind as the better OF the two.
&*
The young female guppy correspond
Ing to the sweet sixteen" OF human
kind, is as fine a little creature as the
fish-minded person would want to see.
She is pure silver, with most grace
full shape, thing she loses later on.
Her outstanding feature at this en-
gaglng age is the eye.
Her eyes are peculiarly bright, and
really look at the observer as If she
knew just who was out there, her feeder,
keeper and protector
There is no parallel for this, as far
as mankind is concerned.
Man has no great protector which is
Evening star., 1937-09-03

visible to him. coming and going there,
with food in the right hand, and kindly
eyes beaming down with interest.
Man suspects his God and bows to
Him, but is denied, no doubt for good
reasons. the certitude OF the guppy In
its bowl.
The guppy is peculiarly the beginners
fish, because 1t Is so hardy, and will sur
vive wrong management.
1t Is the fish for the person who de-
cides, after many years, that fish keeping
Is too much trouble any longer
At this end, 1t is q good specimen
because 1t requires only q small tank.
The person interested in aquarium
species commonly goes through growth
and recession. That is, he begins with
few small tanks. buys more specimens,
demanding more tank, and larger ones
After four or five years, his enthusiasm
commonly wanes, and he begins to cut
down on the number of species he keeps,
which means fewer tanks, and smaller
ones
In time he may be about ready to 20
out of the game entirely, but usually
he keeps one small tank, just for old
times sake.
The tank, OF course, is the guppy tank.
This fine fish gives you about all there
Is in fish keeping, provided you have
had enough experience in the game to
know good from bad.
1t Is easily fed, on almost anything
handy in the way of foods within reason.
This is where the spinach comes in.
loot Nf cVHi, nh ho,11
to make 1t a little tender, and then
cooled of, is excellent guppy fodder, one
loved by them instinctively, although in
their native habitat they never had
spinach. OF course.
Yet it is near to what they must have
had away down South, they eat it greed =
lily and it does them world of good, too.
There Is no better object lesson on
the good Of greens" in the diet.
Another reason why the guppy is the
"enders' as we'll as the beginners fish
Is that 1t does not require the same
attention to water warmth.
On first taking up the hobby of keep
ing tropical, or exotic, fishes in the small
tanks, one finds the problem of keeping
them warm highly interesting.
There have been known enthusiasts
to put on the furnace, during a cold
snap in August, just to keep a battery
Of tanks at the required temperature.
After one has done this for four or five
years, however. on an average, this care
becomes just trouble
The guppy Is one tropical specimen
which will endure almost any average
temperature, from 80 down to about 40
degrees, although neither extreme is
recommended.
Often however, home drops to 68
or IS degrees, during cold spell Such
temperatures do not bother the guppy
family in the least, whereas they would
spell disaster for the favorite angel fish.
On all counts, therefore. the guppy is
fine fish to end the hobby with but
il one chooses not to end, but to go on
with guppies, there is real sport in see
ing what one can do with them, and
perhaps revived interest in the hobby.
It's the biggest little fish in the whole
wide world.
Evening star., 1937-09-03
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Evening star., 1937-09-03

to attain-not for herself, but rather for
the boys and the girls whose devoted
aunt she is. Her religion Is love, her
philosophy practical altruism. Il teach
them to be clean," she says, "and the
schools teach them to be clever. The
smarter they get to be, the palmer 1t is
to them that they must be honest" With
the money she has earned, she has
opened the doors Of colleges and uni
ve,sities.
Consider also the case Of q certain
nameless stenographer in Government
bureau: For more than . decade she
has been the substitute mother to five
youngsters, two OF whom are crippled
with infantile paralysis. They were COM
mitted to her care when their parents
separated. She herself was only nine
teen at the time. The father disap-
peared; the mother died. But she car
ried on. There was nothing else to do, i"
she tells her friends. II wanted to keen
them together, and have" OF course,
sacrifices were inevitable. She accepted
them without complaint. When her
betrothed insisted that she should choose
between her "orphanage" and himself
she answered: Fate has chosen for
me-"
II they were isolated phenomena, such
citations would signify little. In point
OF fact, however, they are common and
they represent q principle which ought
never to be neglected. Every soul, II
seems, is equipped with fear OF fear
and hope for hope. So the race moves
forward undismayed.
Evening star., 1937-09-03
Nazi ''Cultural Attaches.

SlOSe on lNe neelS OF Baron Won Neu-
rath's astounding statement before the
Stuttgart Congress Of Germans Living
Abroad, virtually demanding official
recognition of Nazi agitators in foreign
countries, the British government has
taken occasion to proclaim ban on
cultural attaches" at the Reich's Lon
don embassy. 1t was reported that Ber-
lin plans such appointments, possibly
to replace the three German newspaper
correspondents recently expelled from
Great Britain for Journalistic ac-
tivities. The London Times having edi-
torially declared that 1T may as well be
stated at once that cultural attaches
here would be altogether undesirable, :"
the foreign Office makes known that it
stands back of every word" on that sub
ject uttered by the Times. Because of
the close relationship between Printing
House Square and Downing Street in the
realm OF international policy, the Ger
man government can be under no mis-
apprehensions as to the directness and
authenticity of the hint thus given it.
Under the circumstances, it is highly
doubtful whether the Nazis would risk
the rebuff almost certainly awaiting
their unconventional proposal, charac-
terized by the Yorkshire Post, the rec
ognized mouthpiece of Foreign Secre-
tary Eden, as naive impertinence.
Proverbial German incapacity to gauge
the psychology OF other nations has sell
dom found more graphic expression than
in the suggestion to create diplomatic
officials for cultural" purposes. State
ments at Stuttgart by Ernst Wilhelm
Bohle. leader of the German Foreign
ONCE section, concerning Reich nationals
in foreign residence, leave no question as
to the sort of service cultural attaches"
would be expected to render. Herr Bohle
announced that Germans living abroad
would be organized to combat "old lib
eral ideas" There could hardly be
palmer avowal of Nazi intent to plant
the seeds of Hitlerism among peoples
so decadent as to adhere to democratic
ideals. The project assumes an even
more impudent chars cter in light of Ger
many's crusade against communism,
which is aimed primarily at propaganda
efforts in non-Soviet countries. It is
precisely that species of cultural" cam
paign which Hitler, Goebbels, Goering,
ct al evidently would now carry on In
every corner of the world inhabited by
Germans, besides clothing them with the
status of quasi Official Nazi missionaries.
That there is mounting tide of re-
sentiment of Nazi cultural" pretensions
is disclosed by the vigorous protest which
the Hungarian government has just
made. 1t has formally notified the Ger
man Minister at Budapest that Hun
gary will no longer tolerate pamphlets
attacking the parliamentary system and
advocating establishment of a dictatorial
regime to be imported from Germany.
When the United States recognized
Soviet Russia, it imposed the condition
that there should be no Communist
propaganda on American soil. In the
light of Stuttgart and recent correlated
events in Europe and over here, 1t is
easy to conceive the possibility that Uncle
Sam may some day also find it neces-
sary to demand . non-propaganda
agreement from Germany.
Evening star., 1937-09-03

One OF the interesting patriots is the
one who wants time to decide whether
MY Country Tis of Thee" is strictly
appropriate under all circumstances. A
national anthem is one of the things
we have to be thankful for, without
preliminaries Of debate.
Evening star., 1937-09-03

Chinese and Japanese are said to have
hated each other for many generations.
Chinese poets have at least spoken most
frequently to the intelligence Of this
new world OF ours.
Evening star., 1937-09-03

There is no use of expecting the defer
ence due superior wisdom such as people
are taught from infancy that they enjoy.
Every now and then the reliability of
ancestral information Is brought up for
q direct test.
Evening star., 1937-09-03

It appears from remarks from g. Ber-
nard Shaw that this country should con-
tinue to purchase wisdom from him in
spite of the splendid library and art
donations made by its citizens.
Evening star., 1937-09-03

AS remarks are heard from Mr.. Rex
Tugwell, assurances are given that as
homes grow more expensive, his new
interest in the molasses trade will make
luxury still available.
Evening star., 1937-09-03
Us and the Others,

Us and the Others.
The sad mistakes
Another makes,
How plainly they appearl
Upon my word,
They are absurd,
Pathetically queer;
It's hard to see
How they can be
With such persistence shown,
Since they stand out,
Beyond doubt,
So plain they must be known.
Our own mistakes7
Surprise awakes
When others gently call
Attention to
The errors few
That to our share may fall;
They seem so slight
1t isn't right
To let them raise storm,
When other men,
Now and again,
Require so much reform!
DE fact dat man sleeps sound" said
Uncle Eben, "ain' always . sign Of q
clear conscience. Maybe he's IN easy
forgetter."
Evening star., 1937-09-03

Spain continues to offer delightful
music together with bull-fehting remi-
niscences to remind the world of great
ness that will be welcomed If it can be
re-established.
Evening star., 1937-09-03
This Shrinking Universe.

from the Jeckeonvlllo JOURNAL
A physicist claims to have proof that
the universe is rapidly shrinking. With
out doubt the part OF 1t on which we
have our being Is becoming smaller every
day. and the Far East now seems un-
comfortably noar.
Evening star., 1937-09-03

Clearing navigable waters of "duds"
has become so comprehensive a duty
that 1t may be many years before ocean,
going ships can proceed with confidence.
Evening star., 1937-09-03

Aviation calls for attention without an
effort to explain how American flying
men are found in areas which it is as
sumed to be their natural duty to avoid
Evening star., 1937-09-03
Radicals.

From the Pontiac Press.
Minneapolis investigators seeking a
physiological basis for radicalism In rad
icals may find it springs from the omis-
sion Of food from their feeding.
Evening star., 1937-09-03

The month Of September is supposed
to bring the oyster again into favorable
attention but it merely broadens the
question OF available food supply.
Evening star., 1937-09-03

Conditions 1T Shanghai have not yet
been presented to 4 modern civilization
as typifying the progress Of 4 new deal.
Evening star., 1937-09-03

Pictures tell sad present story which
the occasional portraits of personal
gayety do not serve to counterbalance.
Evening star., 1937-09-03
Gratitude.

In spite of ships that swim like fish
And aeroplanes so fleet,
We can keep walking if we wish
Thank heaven for our feet!
Evening star., 1937-09-03
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Evening star., 1937-09-03
Promises,

"Of course, you try to remember your
promises?"
yes" replied Senator Sorghum. II
try to keep track of them pretty closely
in order to avoid promising the same
thing to people who are liable to COM
pare notes."
Evening star., 1937-09-03
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON

Too Easy.
It's easy to hinder weary chap
Who is trudging along the way:
It's easy to laugh at friends mishap
When his wishing has gone astray;
You can harm man in a little while
When i'll nature takes command
But it takes some style to make him smile
And to lend him helping hand.
It's easy to cheat a little bit,
AS you play the game of life;
It's easy to save yourself and quit
In the midst Of an honest strife.
It's not so difficult to be smart
When some purpose has failed to
land,
But the real art is to have a heart
While extending helping hand.
Evening star., 1937-09-03
Subtle ImDOIiteneSs.

Subtle Imp0liteness.
"Bliggins always agrees with anything
I say"
Eyes, It's his way of intimating that
he doesn't consider your views sufficiently
important to be worthy of an argument" :"
Evening star., 1937-09-03
Tactful Discretion,

But you listen to people who talk
gossip"
Always" replied Miss Cayenne so as
to know what topics to avoid in my own
conversation"
Evening star., 1937-09-03

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DcihoCIdtlC CIdlIWAn OF Cne House AD-
preparations Committee, Cannon. No
matter which Of these men is correct,
it is apparent that the last session of
Congress gave no help toward Govern
ment economy. There is little to hope
for from the next session of Congress.
unless the Roosevelt administration has
change Of heart. How long this spend
Ing parade can continue no one seems
to know. The end must come some time.
President Roosevelt has signed the
sugar bnl-which he did not like. His
action may or may not have a bearing
on a special session of Congress which
the President is said to have been con-
sidering. Had he given the sugar bill
pocket veto, observers asserted it would
"mean q special session in the Fall Lack
of sugar legislation will not now be an
added reason for such q session. II
the President decides to make q swing
across the continent, as has been ru-
mored, in the early Fall, his reception
may influence him one way or another
in regard to calling q special session of
Congress.
On Western trip the President would,
1t Is expected, make . number Of
speeches, defending his program for in
creasing the Supreme Court, for wages
and hours legislation. etc. The reaction
to these speeches, plus the general atti-
tude Of the people in the States through
which he passes, might induce him to
call Congress back in November or
December and attempt to force the pro-
gram he desires through that body. Pro-
vided the reaction and his reception
were good, of course. IT,, on the other
hand, he found the people lukewarm to
this program he would not be inclined
70 hurry into q conflict with q recalci-
trant Congress.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-09-03

changes will come in agriculture, thus
throwing population unaccustomed
to modern industry on the labor
market.
Biggest of all these coming changes
is that which will be made by the cot
ton picker, which is now in sight. A
picker can be made for about $1,000
which will pick 5000 pounds of cotton
a day. The average human picker
picks about $50 pounds a day. This
invention, if placed on the market,
would soon displace at least three
quarters of the pickers whose labor
now furnishes large part of the sup
port of eight or nine million people.
Coal mining and coal loading ma
chimes are displacing human labor, and
crop research means that larger crops
can be grown on fewer acres by fewer
men. Central steam heating plants in
cities will displace any number of jan
itors. Aviation and automobiles may
kill the jobs of many railroad workers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-09-03
PAPER
MAKERS GAIN PAY
INCREASE PACT
Solid Line Up of Union Members Was
Main Element in Ending Strike On
Terms Favorable to Workers.

Fitchburg, Mass. (AFLNS) = The
strike at the plant of the Fitchburg
Paper company was settled with all
members of Local II of the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Paper Makers
returning to their former jobs feeling
that they had won good victory.
The agreement negotiated by the
union grants substantial wage in
creases, the 40-hour week, price and
one-half for overtime work, the pre-
ferential union shop, with Local No.
II recognized as the bargaining
agency for all employees.
Sixteen shop rules providing for the
operation of the plant are included in
the agreement. They guarantee safety
of employees, economy of operation,
quantity and quality of output, clean
liness of plant, and protection of
property. 1t was mutually agreed by
both parties to the agreement to CO.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-09-03


operate fully for the realization of
these conditions.
The provision regarding seniority
rights stipulates that when employees
are laid off or promoted the oldest in
point of service shall be given prefer
ence.
In case of failure to adjust disputes
directly between the management and
the union, it is provided that the mat
ter shall be referred to an umpire to
be appointed by mutual agreement by
both parties.
Union officials report that there are
now over 1000 members in good stand
ing in Paper Makers Local No. r.
employed in both the Fitchburg Paper
company and the Croker Burbank
mills.