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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20

It wasn't Just lethargy that
made Congress settle down to fly
swatting and scratching itself
while the President was away. Nor
was it, in spite of all the talk Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
Marry Go Round
Bu Helen ROWLAND

,feriority complex? The girl who
recognizes the really fine qualities
in your character down under.
meath the boyishness and selfish
ness? The girl who has faith In
your talent and ability-and who
makes you think of yourself as q
every remarkable fellow?"
Does she understand your hopes
and aims and dreams? Is she
the woman who puts the pep and
zest into life for you? Does she
inspire and stimulate you and put
the meaning into your job or
your work?
Is she the girl with whom you
always enjoy yourself? Is the
most wonderful party a "dud"
without her-and the deadliest
party a "whizz" If she's there?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
SEEKS MEDAL

Nichola Casale wants a gold
medal.
He wants it so badly that he's
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
THE WOMAN YOU LOVE

The WUMAN LVU 1--we
WheN a man refers to a woman
as "the woman love-" he pays her
the highest possible tribute. Even
q king could think of none more
flattering, complete, and irrefu-
table. That's all there is-there
isn't any more.
Yet. she may not be his Ideal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson
I AM WHAT I THINK!

You are tired and bewildered-
You are lonely and discour-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20

-HI can create my inner life. For I
r. AM what I think.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-29
CRUISE
PREDICTED

ALEXANDRIA, July pa rec
ord group of moonlight excursion
lists will board the s. S. City of
Washington tomorrow night at the
Norfolk and Washington wharf for
the cruise sponsored by the Young
Democratic Club of Alexandria, it
was said today by Clyde c. La
mond, president of the club.
Sale of tickets has been in charge
of Frank Monroe and Miss Mary
Carne, Third Ward committee
man, and every ward in the city
has been active in pushing the &C.
tivity, the third Of six revenue-rais-
ing affairs to be undertaken by the
club during the current year.
Special entertainment features,
in addition to music and dancing,
have been provided.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-29
MEETING
ASKSD.C.V0TE

Aiming at a united front favor
ing suffrage for the voteless Ma
TONS Capital, a mass meeting will
be held tonight at $3.50 p. m. in the
Sylvan Theater at the Monument
Grounds, to which everyone in
Washington, particularly repre-
sentatives of civic groups, is in
vited.
Representative Henry George
Teigan, F.-L), of Minnesota, will
be chairman of the meeting, which
is being sponsored by the Citi-
zenS Committee for Progressive
Action.
Addresses to the gathering will
be broadcast over radio station
WJSV.
The speakers will include Will
liam A. Roberts, former Peoples
Counsel of the District, Represen-
tative Ruben T. Wood Cd, of
Missouri and Charles Franklin, of
the Conduit Road Citizens ASso-
citation.
Further plans Of the Citizens
Committee for Progressive Action,
involving a widespread organiza-
ton program, vii be revealed at
the meeting,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-29
VANDERBILT'S
YACHT WINS

VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass.
July 20 Observation-Disclosures in
10 starts, Ranger, Harold s. Van
derbilt's 1897 Americas Cup de-
fender, was over the "jinx num-
Der" hurdle today, conquering Ger
ard B. Lambert's Yankee, both the
1884 Americas Cup principals, sue
cesSful defender Rainbow and I'm
successful contender Endeavour I.
Rangers latest conquest was
over a 35-mile course from Malta
poisett to West Chop. She held
the lead from the start. Yankee
was second 6 minutes and 20 Sec
onds astern; Rainbow was third
by more than eight minutes, and
Endeavour I was last 8 minutes
and 20 seconds behind.
Vanderbilt goes out for victory
No. IA today in race across to
Newport. Another race tomorrow
off Brenton's Reef and Ranger is
ready to open her campaign to de-
fend the Americas Cup in a
series of seven races against T. o.
M. Sopwith'S Endeavour II, start
ing Saturday off Newport.
Don't delay subscribe today :.
20 Tho Washington Times SO you'll
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Elder Case Witness
Shot Chasing Felon

GREENFIELD, Mass, July 20
G.N.S).-Anthony Ruggeri, 49,
year-old grocer, was dead today
and Patrolman Richard Laurie
was in a critical condition from
wounds received in attempting to
capture a paroled ex-convict who
broke into Ruggeri's store last
night. IL
The policeman, shot Thu ough the
mouth, lower chest, and left arm,
was a witness at the trial of
Thomas E. Elder, which ended in
Elders acquittal last night, only
half an hour before the shootings.
Frank Graboski, of Athol, Mass,
on parole from Sing Sing prison,
where he was sentenced to serve
1S years for manslaughter, was
apprehended later. He was
wounded by the policeman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-29
ELDER THANKS
JURORS FOR
ACQUITTAL

GREENFIELD, Mass, July 20
UN.S0.-Thomas E. Elder, 81,
former dean Of the Mt. Hermon
School for boys, today issued q
statement thanking the Jury
which last night acquitted him OF
charges Of assaulting s. Allan Nor.
ton. 66, retired school cashier,
with, intent to murder with q
shotgun. Elder said:
81 am naturally deeply CRATE
full that . Franklin county jury
should acquit me. I have had
ut no time any doubt Of the re-
suit"
The jury deliberated the case
for five hours and Is minutes
The issue was put up to the Jurors
as . matter of Veracity between
the two men.
The State commended that Elder,
clad in a long, black coat, threat
ened Norton in the latter's garage
here May IS. The defense con.
tended Elder was i'll at q Keene
IN, HI hotel at the time.
sidelights Of the issue included
a description by Norton of an al
legged kissing scene" between
Elder and his young, titian-haired
secretary, Miss Evelyn Dill, and
Elders accusation that Norton had
admitted he led a "Dr. Jekyll and
Mr.. Hyde" life and was an inveter-
ate "Snooper."
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Don't delay subscribe today
TO Tho Washington Times SO you'll
be in the know Monday, August 2.
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No trouble getting the children to eat bread
now! And it's wonder they ask for another slice
and still another-when you give them delicious
APP Soft Twist Bread! We've baked finer bread
than this tasty, creamy Loaf It's softer in
texture with golden tempting crust. We make it from
the very finest ingredients and twist it before baking to
retain all its freshness and favor. That's why it makes
such wonderful sandwiches for lunches and parties
it stays fresh long! Get loaf today See how the
farny-you and Dad NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for more.
The Washington times., 1937-07-14
Patriotic Youth

HE youth Of this country, anxious to preserve the
peace about which pacifistc agitators prate' has
gone about the practical business of nsurng against
war.
Not with banners and placards not with pckets and
shouting mass meetings but with the rifles and equip
ent of war are the patriotic youngsters doing their
mart for peace by their work in the recently opened
Citizens Military Training Camps
Thew want to know how to make war
Thev want to be prepared to join in the defense OF
the country to which they owe SO much
They don't want to make war.
Thev don't want to 60 out conquest to add to the
territory or the trade of the Nation of which they are
citizens.
But thew see the wisdom of principle which has
actuated their country from its founding and which
received new statement few years ago In the eg1sa
ton creating the citizens camps.
That principle is that while huge standing army
invited international difficulties and constitutes an
unwhoesome drain on the country, trained reserve
of citizens ready and ABLE to fight gives insurance
against attack at a small COST
Every decent citizen, no matter what his place or
station in life, hates war
Some are content to rest on statement of their
hatred.
BUT OTHERS PROVE THEIR WORDS BY JOIN
ING IN THE PRACTICAL MEASURES WHICH
MAvr wAp TTNTTKETV IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
The Washington times., 1937-07-14

everyday manufactured articles,
from kitchen utensils to station.
cry and soap, the purchasing
power Of the Moscow workers
MONTHLY earnings is consid-
erably below Ford'S DAILY wage
Of $7.26.
The full extent Of the abyss
dividing Fordism and StaliniSn1
is to be found, however. in the
colossal INEQUALITY of Soviet
wage categorieS.
The Moscow average wage
does not begin to tell the story.
The majority of the Soviet
workers earn no more than 100
roubles a month, or about 81
in buying power.
Many women make as little as
so roubles a month, or. the
equivalent of TWO HOURS
wages in Ford's plant.
On the other hand, a favored
Communist minority Of workers
receive three to four times the
average wage.
Whereas under the FordiSm.
the industrial laborer earns
more than a clerk, under Stain:
ism the petty clerical official
makes four or five times as
much as his factory ward.
The responsible" specialists
and technicians, the industrial
functionarieS and directors, get
a monthly pay Of 1900 to 10000
roubles, or FROM EIGHT TO
FIFTY TIMES AS MUCH as the
average worker.
quite a number of incomes
range from 10000 to 10000
rOubles q month";" finds M.
won.
These go to the planners
themselves and to their hired
propagandists.
The workers paradise has,
according to this disilluSioned
Communist, become "a paradise
for the sycophant writer, the
publicity man, the social slunl-
mer."
Our own social Summers cry
inequality in their denunciatio1S
of Fordism to hide the Pharaoh.
uic wage system Of Stalinism.
Let them publish in Moscow
Ford's scale Of wageS-and let
the Soviet workers choose be-
tween Fordism and Stalinism.
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Laudable Objective

TIME Brookings Institution proposes the union Of all Federal
awenforcng agencies under the Bureau Of investigation
creating super-pclce force of $1,000 men,
The question instantly springs to the minds of people:
What will keep this powerful body from being POLITI
CAL Agency
As America would probably such police force, it
COULD BE tremendously useful.
But the tyrannica OGPU in Russia and the dreaded
GESTAPO in Germany show how national police force
be an INSTRUMENT OF OPPRESSION.
We certainly have place in America for the European
type of POLITICAL POLICE and may be the Brook
ngs Institution has intention of suggesting such thing
The proposal natural result of the remarkable record
for intelligent law enforcement made by the Bureau of In
vestgaon, under its capable director j. Edgar Hoover
1t is laudabe objective to want to put all Federal
forcement agencies the plane of efficiency and
there is probably better way to do that than to TURN
THE JOB OVER TO Mr.. HOOVER.
But political PROSECUTIONS not impossible in this
country income tax nquisitons have taught
and the powers we create for the CONTROL OF CRIME
must not become powers for the OPPRESSION OF THE
PEOPLE,
The Washington times., 1937-07-14

The Maharajah Of Darbhanga.
current headliner in the world Of
the grand splash, buys the neck
lace for $4,000. Around $8,000,-
600 was the original cost.
Many Of the jewels have been
lost, but it is still the Queens
Necklace, and strung thereon
are not only diamonds but cpl
Sodes Of some Of the gaudiest
villainy ever perpetrated since
the first Dapper Dan Collins put
over q big deal in clam shells.
And Dapper Dan, George Ora
ham Rice and the gifted Prince
Mike Romanoff are trifling pic
aroonS compared to the bare
footed little gutterSnipe girl who
rocked the Cardinal, lived in a
palace. dined on gold plate-and
came to no good end.
BUY some flowers from one
sprung from the blood Of the Va
lois" Shrilled the ragged little
wench by the roadside. The Mar.
QuiS and Marquise de Boulain.
VillierS were passing with their
coach and four. They bought
the flowers. questioned the little
girl, became interested, took her
home and were convinced that
she was the daughter of Jacques
Remy-diSSolute and murderous,
but indeed ValoiS.
Little Jeanne ValoiS was
reared first in a seminary for
the daughters Of the nobility.
and then in convent. She was
deliberately schooled in the florid
arts and graces Of the period
the effloreScence of manners
which was an ominous portent Of
the altogether ill-mannered and
bloody French Revolution. At
%, she ran away, catching the
quick.step Of folly that was
swirling France swiftly down to
the pit of the maelstrom. She
was the companion of SwindlerS,
maquereaux and decadent no.
bility living on the travelling
fringe Of court society.
She married Nicholas de La
motto, an army officer of doubt
full character and antecedents.
They were q handsome and
gifted pair-gifted in the art Of
the quick, painless touch, some
how maintaining a grand men
age, sporting jewels and fine
equipages and beautiful clothes.
and diamond rings on every
finger. with no honest income
whatever.
Our own Prince Mike has
shown how easy it is, once you
qualify as one of the nobility.
They were at great pains to do
this. She was q ValoiS-of mud
died and tainted blood, to be
sure, but still a Valois. Through
their joint intrigue, they wan
gled for Lamotte the dubious
title Of Count"
X X \
The ComtesSe de Lamotte.Val-
DIS took Paris and the faubourgs
like Grant took Richmond. Her
grand razzle- dazzle Of gold plate,
gowns, jewels and carriages eS.
tablished their credit, and that
meant they could live a long
time on that scale without pay.
ing for anything-which they
did. The Comtesse built up and
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bers Of the Texas congressional
delegation, has a tongue that
can lash out in no uncertain
terms when he wills. He brought
Majority Leader Joe Robinson
to his feet in a storm Of protest
during the court debate with a
single parliamentary query.
There was a big fight on as
to whether Senator fisherman
Minton had yielded the floor for
good when he offered to let
Senator Royal S. Copeland take
up a conference report.
1t was q strategic move that
would have delighted the heart
Of any chess player. The deci.
sion was a close one. 1t was de-
livered by Senator r. Ryan
Duffy who happened to be spell.
ing the president pro tenn at that
time.
AS soon as he had made the
decision, however, Senator Key
Pittman who has taken over the
Vice President duties in his alb
sence assembled to the roStrum.
With a good hearty chuckle Sem
ator Duffy gladly relinquished
his post.
Senator Connolly's observa.
ton in the form Of an inquiry
was:
"Is what has Just transpired
in the Senate q precedent for
the doctrine that when q Pre-
siding Officer does not rule to
suit us we get a new One?"
ANOTHER TEXAN, Repre-.
sentative Hatton w. Summers,
often tells stories of the frontier
days to put over a point and in
explaining that he might have
gone a little far on one PROPOSE.
ton, he said 1t reminded MIN OF
q witness testifying about q
shooting case.
The attorney asked him how
fast the man had done the shoot
ing. He said he shot at every
jump. When asked as to where
the man was when the shots
were fired he said:
cover there, in front Of the
pOStoffice, Judge, when the first
shot was fired and the second
one over in front Of Wild Pete's
saloon"
And then added:
Hold on there, Judge, I've
got that SOn.Of-a-gun jumping
too far"
The Washington times., 1937-07-14
NeighbOrly Feeling

TNHE inercommunty festival at Anacosta yesterday
the fine type Of display of civic loyalty that always be
expected from the residents of southeast Washington
good thing for the city when crowd of its people
gather in their own local area and have party"
That's what the Anacostans do and they look around
for any for this display Of neighborly feeling
Most communities when they want get together think up
highsounding phrase to describe the gathering
Nothing like that in Anacostia.
Over there the spirit is that Were all neghbor let's
know each other"
would do the whole town lot of good.
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diligently nurtured the myth Of
her intimacy with the queen.
Like others of their type
then and now-they StudiouSly
capitalized on their supposed in
fluence with important persons;
they could put in a fix"-so
they made their credulous VIC
Tins believe. CaglioStro, the
miracle-monger, was one Of their
friends and collaborators in viii
lainy.
And here begins the real story
Of the necklace. Cardinal de
Rohan, rich and powerful, the
Grand Almoner of France, and
not too bright, at that, had
bankrolled Cagliostro for some
workouts in alchemy which
were to exalt the Cardinal still
further in pelf and power. The
ComteSSe Lamotte-Valois, hard
driven at last by her creditors.
had a bright idea. She had her
friend Cagliostro send her in
to the Cardinal.
The Cardinal had a burning
ambition. He wanted to be the
first minister of France. The
Comtesse made it clear to the
Cardinal that she and the
queen were "juSt like that" as
we would put it nowadays.
Pretty soon, the Cardinal was
in correspondence with the
queen, with the Comtesse as an
intermediary.
He never dreamed that the
gold-bordered epistles from
Marie Antoinette were forg.
cries. He received cautious as
surance that his desires would
be fulfilled, but, in the mean
time, King Louis XVI was such
a tightwad and the queen
needed a few little knick-knacks
and could the Cardinal shell out
a few thousand livres for this
or that? The Cardinal was de.
AASAAVSA w w ~
X X Il
The take" in these opera
tions set the count and countess
up in a dazzling palace at Bar.
Sur.Aube, with an army of re.
tainers and grand appointments.
Boehmer and Bassenge, court
jewelers., happened to remark to
the countess that they had sunk
their fortune in making the
most splendid necklace in his
tory. Could she possibly get her
friend the queen interested in
buying it?
The Cardinal got a letter
from the queen, asking him to
buy the bauble for her. He did,
for a mere 100000, payable
in installments, delivering it to
an agent of the countess.
Just for "vraiSemblance," the
Swindlers had dressed a young
cocotte like the queen, and had
her grant the cardinal an audi
ence at night, in the Grove OF
Venus. He fell to the ground,
kissed her robe and backed
away, knowing he would be first
minister of state. They were
caught when they began selling
the jewels in Paris and London.
Copyright. 1887. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1937-07-14


OF the Senate has been invoked
that no Senator can speak more
than twice on one subject in
one day. The Administration
leaders have ruled that that
means on one legislative day.
So, their plan is to keep the
Senate always on the same
legislative day. They do this by
simply recessing each afternoon.
If they adjourned the next
day would automatically become
another legislative day but. by
recesSing it's still the same day
that the debate started.
Considering that there are 40
Senators opposing the court plan
and each of them will speak
twice, there is bound to be 80
speeches before the plan can
be brought to a vote.
But the opponents don't want
1t brought to a vote so in order
to scotch this little plan the
only thing they have to do is
to offer amendments to the bill
and in this manner each one of
the Senators could speak twice
on each amendment besides
twice on the bill. And, if 40
Senators each offered one
amendment and the 40 each
spoke twice on it, it seems there
would be enough speeches to
last until January, the date the
opponents say they are going to
keep the Senate locked up to in
order to prevent a vote.
So it's Wednesday. July IA,
when I go home but Tuesday,
July 6, when I go to work.
FOR THOSE WHO are inter-
ested in just what DR.. James
Shera Montgomery prays about
when he opens a session OF the
House Of Representatives, the
prayers of the spiritual adviser
of one-half of our Congress are
being printed in little pamphlets
and distributed.
They are also printed in the
Congressional Record, but 1t
seems that some people don't
like to delve into the printed
matter so the prayers are now
being offered separately.
X X II
SENATOR TOM CONNALLY.
one of the very prominent mem.
The Washington times., 1937-07-14

There is one item about Ford.
ism which the Soviet press has
never divulged to the happy
workers Of the Stain industrial
system. It is the item Of Ford'S
wage roll.
Moscow has good reason to
suppress such facts.
According to the latest figures
announced, the average daily
wage Of the nearly $1,000 Ford
factory employees in the Detroit
district is $7.26.
Under Fordisrn the workers
receive on an average more than
80 cents an hour. The Unequal
ity between the highly skilled
workers and unskilled labor is
represented by the difference
between $3.50 received by the
former category as compared
with Sc a day paid to the latter
group.
Ford's daily wage, in terms Of
purchasing power, is equivalent
to a MONTHS wages paid by
Stain to the Soviet workers.
The daily pay roll Of the Ford
Motor Company in the Detroit
area alone is sufficient to cover
q days wages of 1900, 900 indus
trial workers in Russia.
The average monthly wage OF
the workers of Moscow for 1886
was 100 roubles, enough to buy
a pair Of cheap shoes, or suit
of clothes of very poor quality,
or sufficient black bread and
butter to keep an average family
alive.
In a remarkable study Of the
condition of the Soviet work
ers, recently published by the
radical writer, M. won, IN
France, Stains scale Of wages
is for the first time conclusiVely
given.
M. Yvon traces the wages OF
Stalinism on the basis OF the
cost of bread-the main staff OF
life in Russia.
It appears that the purchas'
ing power of the average Rus
sian wage before the war and
the revolution was nearly
THREE TIMES as high as it Is
today.
Since the Inauguration Of the
five-year plan, wages have been
GOING DOWN at a steady rate:
Translated into terms OF