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The Washington times., 1937-12-23
Tack Victim Goes
Home for Yuletide

PHILADE ELP HIA, Dec. 2;
QN.S) - Eight-year-old Johnny
Thompson today was starting back
to his Harlingen CTex) home tc
rejoin his parents for Christmas
minus the tack he swallowed two
years ago.
When New Orleans physicians
failed to dislodge the tack i'm
bedded in his lung, he was brought
to Philadelphia. At Temple Uni
versity Hospital it was promptly
removed with the bronchoscope.
The Washington times., 1937-12-23

After the gamblers death it be-
came the Cedarpoint golf links.
The shed, which was a garage
in Rothstein's day, has been used
for housing tools.
The caretaker Rudolph Metzler,
said today that eight years ago a
safe had been dug up on the
grounds. It proved to contain
nothing Of value.
The belief has persisted, how
ever, that Rothstein had buried
something" on the grounds. This
is linked with the fact that the
floor Of the old garage has been
dug UP On two recent occasions.
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The first time was the night of
December II, Metzler said, and
the second last Saturday night.
The digger evidently labored
many hours. for the hole he
turned up was is feet long, nine
feed wide and five feet deep.
The shed is about 400 feet from
the clubhouse. The secret digging
has been reported to the Nassau
county police.
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21 ARE INJURED
AS PENNSY Filler
JUMPS SWITCH
Buffalo Express Hits
Freight Headon

EMPORIUM, Pa, Dec. %
Il. N. s.. Eighteen passengers
and three trainmen were injured,
one seriously, today when the
Buffalo express of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad crashed head-on
into a freight near here.
The three most seriously hurt
were Kenneth Crane, an express
messenger; A. N. Coatsworth,
passenger fireman, and c. E. Di'
vert, the freight engineer. Names
of passengers who proceeded on
to Philadelphia, after being
treated for hysteria and shock,
were not released by the railroad.
The three trainmen suffered head
injuries ana bruises
HITS OPEN SWITCH
The express made a flag stop
here and was gathering momen-
tum when it ran through an open
switch and ploughed into the
freight.
After a delay Of several hours
a new engine was coupled to the
express and it continued. A total
of 131 passengers were aboard.
DR.. w. H. Bush, a local physi-
clan, treated those passengers re-
quiring attention chiefly for hys-
terra and shock, he reported.
TRACK TORN UP
The collision derailed part OF
the freight locomotive, an express
mail car and a box car. Approx
mately 200 feet Of track were
ripped up, delaying service for
three hours.
The Washington times., 1937-12-23

6OOkSu at LLIS 11ydIION44IS JdA4
on charges of assault to kill, rob-
berry and operating a stolen car,
the youths gave their names as
Charles Sheldon, 1s; Fred Har-
tung, II, and Lawrence Biller-
beck, II, all of Philadelphia.
HURT BY GLASS
Billerbeck was wounded slight
Ily, having been cut about the face
as five police bullets pierced the
car window of the bandit car.
Shortly after 7 o'clock this
morning, the bandit car, which
was stolen in Philadelphia, pulled
into a service station at Beltsville,
Md.
The youths drew pistols and
held up E. J. Jarvis, manager, but
the office was locked and they
were unable to get in. They took
some gasoline and drove down the
Washington Boulevard.
PHONES POLICE
Jarvis telephoned Prtn ce
Georges County Police at Hyatts-
vile, and Policemen Henry Briscoe
and Dick Pearson spotted the
bandit car at the Hyattsville over.
pass.
They started in pursuit, with the
bandit car making IS miles an
hour. The bandits started shoot
ing, hitting the police car three
times. Pearson returned the fire.
With the gunfire continuing, the
bandit car reached Fifteenth and
H Streets Northeast, turned into
Florida Avenue, and finally pulled
up to the curb at Third and K
SITS. Northeast.
The youths offered no resist
ance to the police, One Of them
holding his hands in the air and
explaining:
1--WE decided to give UP. You
guys are too good with pistols"
BOND TO BE SET
The bandit car was taken to
the Ninth precinct and the prison
ers were returned to Hyattsville.
commemorative Attorney Alan
Bowie of Prince Georges county
announced he will set a $4,000
bond on the assault charge.
An agent from the Department
of Justice appeared at the Hyatts-
vile Jail shortly before noon to in
vestigate a charge against the
three youths of transporting a
stolen automobile across a State
line.
At the same time it was an
nounced hearing on the charge Of
assault with intent to kill against
the youths will be held tomorrow
by Judge George B. Merrick Of the
princa Ceor0es. county roolice co,,rt
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Mystery Digging
Recalls ROthStein

WOODMERE, L. l., Dec 23-Some has been secretly
digging of nights in the floor Of shed what the
private golf club of the late Arnold Rothsten.
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Bandit Auto Halted
By Police Guns in
Chase; 3 Boys Held
Maryland Police Pursue FugitiDes Into d. C..
After HOLdup at BeLtsUiLLe

Guns roared early today bandit raced through the
streets of the District speed IS miles hour Maryland
police pursuit The chase ended Third and Streets
Northeast when the three youthful bandits surrendered
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WOMEN'S COATS
planned,

wolf sSS s1 coAT 94:c casual sport eo. with polar $285
ss7 sosP Ho1T cuff sssh sss SB yh SLACK ss PERSIAN $685.
81 '' 5s:T % 49, S so .s collars 3s $34S5
60 s7s ssss Go4H s @ ssss ssss @ With $685.
shawl sss sss, sgosT sss COAT nude with beaver S4385
@ s 2se5 sRosE s Go4Fs Ws, s s: sGss sss @ s $43S5
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WOMEN'S SUITS

CO. $3s75 WARDROBE SUITS three piece with raccoon
or 1gO wolf on the the t0po0atS Brown Sizes 3D. S2175
Cd S6975 AFTERNOON SUIT black. two piece, with
gtss 80 Lamb on the rssau.r:r Length coat $50
59ess @ se7s a TsRH0nn ss SUIT polar wolf on the $50
ID $5975 AFTERNOON SUIT; black, two piece, Gao
with Persian trim. Size 18.................... ~O~
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WOMEN'S DRESSES

600 $1O95 to $1495 MISSES AND JUNIOR ca OK
MISSES DRESSES. Broken size and color range. PT"~O
600 $1295 to $1995 MISSES AND JUNIOR MISSES
DRESSES; to complete your holiday wardrobe
olack and few high coors. Sizes IL to 20, Ct or
IL 10 H..
(4O) $16.95 to $1995 MISSES AND JUNIOR MISSES
DRESSES. All this seasons styles and colors. Gil OK
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MEMS SUITS

(1o) $4,000 and $500 HART scHAFFNER & MARX and
RALEIGH SUITS sport and plain models mostly light
shades Sizes regular, (39) 4o) go; short (3S.
i (42); long, (42); (44; stout, l39), GIT QE
(4o), (42), (46); long stout, (4O) Now 4I I'0%
(2D $4,000 and $500 HART sCHAFFNER & MARX and
RALEIGH SUITS; twists and chevots Sizes regular CD
/ (3S), (39) (4O) (42) 90: short (36( (3D,
/ (38), (40); long, (42), (44); stout,
(39), (40) (42), (44; long stout, (4O). C1O OK
(2s) $4,000 and $500 HART sCHAFFNER & MARK and
RALEIGH SUITS; plain and sport models; tWeedS shst'
lands twists Sizes regular 3D. (3S) $780, (40),
S (42) short, ! (3S), (39), 3 (4O); long, 3d.
(Ss). (s9| (4O)' (42): stout (4o) S71-25
NOW T-'"~S
(5D $4,000 anc $4,000 HART sCHAFFNER g. MARX and
RALEIGH 81 2 TRoUsER SUITS; imported and domestic
42 44 short, go, (SSj, CS9), C4O). (42);
long, tS6), tS9), (4W; stout (sS1 (4oo. 60
(42); long stout (4O), 42). Now........ pZOs0O
The Washington times., 1937-12-23
MEMS OVERCOATS

u3) $2s75 and $500 RALEIGH ovERCoATs; sizes, reg.
ular, 2 (42); short (39), (40); long, (38),
(39), 4O) (42); stout, (42, (46), CIT Q6
(4b). NoW...... TAH~S~
U7) $2975 and $500 RALEIGH OVERCOATS sizes, regu
lar, (3s) (39), (4O). 42), ADI C01 QE
long, (38), (39), (42). Now............ P%I"O)
(22) $4,000 and $4,000 RALEIGH OVERCOATS: imported
and domestic weeds and fleeces. Sizes regular (S6 (S,
/ (38). (39), 40), (42), A4; short,
t.s5 sss <o Sss' Now @'' ('o|: long, .'s $2485
(5s) $500 and $4,000 HART SCHAFFNER & MARX and
SaE1qS IoAFs Now regulars shorts and $3.50
d10 $500 to $500 HART scHAFFNER & MARX and
sSa oass sov regulars: shorts and $3.50
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-03

a landing field elsewhere would
be like carrying Goals to New.
CASTLE"
The Washington and Hoover
Airport, together with all other
low and marshy lands in and
near the District, should be con-
verified into parkways, with trees
and flowers, as a measure to
guard the public health, and
secondly to aid in the beautifica-
ton of the city. The swamps
should be stamped out if we are
to improve the health Of our
citizens. 1t must be remembered
that Langley Field, Va, the
Army Air Corps &c. H. O." a
large field, is only 40 minutes
by air from Washington: it can
be seen therefore that, from the
point Of necessity Especially in
times Of peace) only a small por-
ton of the field here is actually
needed for the landing of occa-
sional planes from and to Lang
ley Field.
There is little doubt but that
a few years hence the Army
will "relinquish" this field (Boll-
ing Field to the District; in
fact it may already be under
consideration by members Of the
Congress. Boiling Field is the
logical place for the passenger"
landing field" any other site
would be as your editorial so
well puts it, Around the Barn"
A CITIZEN.
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The remaining 500 Of the answer is furnished by
the fact that neither Britain JAPAN France nor Italy
is building Zeppens for purposes any more; and
by the fact that, whether inflated with inflammable
hydrogen or non-inflammabe helium, all of our big
dirgbles except the Los Angeles have met with fatal
accidents in peacetime.
The dirigible has proved its impotence in war and
its extreme decacy in peace. Planes can outrun it
three four miles to one, machine gun bullets or anti
aircraft let the gas out of its honeycomb of gas
cells. AS a weapon of war, it was all washed up by
1876 and until representative group of our potential
enemies takes it up again, ought to leave it alone
the Daily News
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Union Air Terminal
I have read a good deal re.
Gently about the need for a
suitable airport for the District,
and as a reader of your paper
I want to ask: What about
Boiling Field? When I first
came to this city in 1907 there
was "B. and O." railroad sta
ton in one section Of town and
a pennsylvania" railroad sta.
ton in another, now we have
but one station, the Union
Station" a terminus for all
trains. Why couldn't we, by an
act of Congress, if necessary.
similarly make Boiling Field the
one and only terminus for air
planes?
Boiling Field, being as it is,
miles in length and hundreds
Of yards in width, one twenty
fifth of the land area Of the
District, is large enough for a
landing field for the Navy,
Army. and Commerce Depart
ments as well as for all pas
senger and air-eXpress. ETC., all
arguments to the contrary not
Withstandmg. It Is ideally situ-
ated in the shadow Of the Cap.
itol, has a seawall three miles
long and is soon to be connected
with the north bank Of the
Anacostia River by a South
Capitol Street" bridge. To build
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plished by a woman pub
Usher. I hope The Times enjoys
every measure of success under
its new management"
X 4
Thomas E. Lodge, president Of
the Federation Of Citizens Associa-
tons:
1.-THE Times new banner head,
change Of general style, and in
teresting new features, brought
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about sin C e
it's recent &C.
QUESTION b y
Mrs. Eleanor
Patti e RS o n,
give a truly
local appear
ance to the
paper. Mrs.
Patterson is
to be congrat-
III a t ed on
t h e S e i'm
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Marry-Go-
Round
By Helen RouUland

By Helen RouUland
THE big feat Of a married
- woman's life is to keep a
sweet. cheerful disposition and a
streamline figure, at the same
time.
No two marriages are alike:
but every new love-affair is
merely another carbon-copy Of
all those that have gone before.
It begins in the same old way,
has the same old plot-and ends
with the same old headache.
y u Il
When a woman wants to look
most attractive, she leaves off a
few more clothes; but when a
man wants to be an eyeful. he
puts ON more clothes. He knows
the charm Of concealment and
the value Of furnishings.
y y II
It never occurs to a man to
wonder If he would be more at
tractive to the women If he got .
permanent wave or had a face.
lift. Whaddye mean MORE"
attractive?
No woman can win an argu-
ment and a man at the same
time. So, the clever ones con-
centrate on the man-and save
the argument until after the
wedding.
Nothing gives a man such a
luxurious feeling as. to turn
over, after his wife has called
him for breakfast, and doze for
five or ten minutes more in the
placid consciousness that she
will do his worrying" for him.
Copyright. 1887. by King Features
Syndicate. Incl
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very fine fellow personally,
wants Congress to author
izze a six-year $2O,OOO,OOO
dirigible-building program.
The picture alongside this
editorial ought to furnish
at least 500 of the answer
to that.
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new style Of
makeup. The
ge n e "a ! ap-
pea r a n c e
C o m b i n e S
symmetry of
headline lay
out together
with a system
of story plac-
ing in line
W t h reader
int ere S t. I
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know that under Mrs. Pat
terson's direction the paper
will serve her progressive aims
toward making Washington a
better city to live In.
X X
Mrs. Henry Grafton Doyle, pres,
ident Of the Board of Education:
IT think the new paper is more
attractive and easier to read. I
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readable and
progress S l v e
looking. I like
t h e a d d +
tional Syndi-
cate writer's
very m u C h,
and the new
style Of head
lines give s
the paper a
m o r e mag
netic t gu c h.
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notice t h e
a d d e d fear
lures on the
wonen's page
and like them
very much. I
gain a great
deal Of salts.
t a C tion in
that all Of
t h e s e i'm
provenoe n t s
were accom-
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general appearance of the
new makeup, I think, adds
an attractive glamour for the
many new features taken on"
X X X
Judge Edward M. Curran, of
Police Court:
II think The Times is 100 per
cent more interesting with the
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The pictures, I THINK, are
swell-plenty of action, timeli-
ness, and interest.
X x.
Judge Ellen K. Raedy, of the
Municipal Court:
IT think the first editions Of
the new Washington Times make
1t an interesting paper because
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The Inquiring
Photographer
The Washington Times in
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

What do you think Of the ap-
pearance and added features of
the new Washington Times?
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Listen
WOrld!
By Elsie Robinson

HOW VI GeLl ~ oS1nCS yOup linz a
numbing hand, as you think OF
the things that were-and the
world as it is today.
WHAT'S LEFT2 Out OF all
the things you were taught as a
child-the facts you accepted.
the standards you followed, the
faith you chung tout OF
IT ALL, WHAT'S LEFT?
Not much! Bit by bit, the
ruthless realism of the machine
age has shattered those young
ideals. wrecked that young con-
fidence, exposed even the COM
monplace facts which seemed
the eternal truth. AND To-
DAY, WHAT'S LEFT?
Broadcasting recently over a
national hookup, DR.. Paul
Scherer addressed that bank
ruptcy. Starkly. without evasion,
DR.. Scherer described that desc
lation which has overtaken US
all T.. the desolation we try so
vainly to escape in hectic work
or historical play.
1.-THE Walls of Life
Are Down"
1.-THE walls Of life are down."
he cried, land the roof has
caved in; across the desolate
plain winds blow, and there are
thousands of people scurrying
crafty back and forth without
any shelter -. The swift years
go on subtracting from a mans
hope stealing away the
things he has relied on, and I'M
derInining the very foundations
of the self he has built I'm.
til, as he stands there facing
the future, he seems to have no
material with which to start.
After ALL he whispers to him.
self, After all, what is left?'"
A world in ruins nations
without a vision or a goal =.
and countless individuals like
yourself, stumbling along aim
lessly, without conviction or
comfort. There is the grim pic.
ture DR.. Scherer gives Of our
modern world. And you know
it to be true, for your own heart
is cold, your own fires are dead.
Then What is the final
dnSWer? Haze We really come
to the last ditch? Has science
exposed our youthful faith. E.
ShoUn it to be a childish fairy
tale? And is there nothing more
to human life than mathematics
and physiology. no dream be-
yond the crdmped horizon of
the flesh?
MOTHS IS NOT THE
ANSWER! GOD CANNOT BE
MOCKED NOR CAN MAN
BE BETRAYED BY SC1EN.
list OR CYNIC. THERE IS
THAT WITHIN US WHICH
WILL NOT CHANGE. WHICH
CANNOT BE EXPOSED.
THERE IS THAT LEFT
WHICH WILL ENDURE FOR
EVER.
WHAT IS LEFT? YOUR
SOUL IS LEFT TRUTH Is
LEFT. GOD IS LEFT.
Cannot Explain
Those Things Away
Science cannot explain those
things away, nor can sophisti'
cation mock them off the
stage. Laboratories have re-
vealed your exact content OF
water, fat and mineral salts.
But no laboratory can tell
what Thought is-much less
Spirit. No psychologist can
explain the mysterious power
Of Faith-the miraculous
rebirth Of Love.
There ARE things beyond
the test-tube and the case
cord. things which survive
all doubt and questioning.
"You may snub them, but
they go on being true" says
DR.. Scherer. "And these are
a few Of them: that the way
to happiness is purity, that
the way to honor is humilit.,
that the way to peace Is faith.
that the way to power is love,
that the way to greatness is
service"
YOUR SOUL IS Left.
TRUTH IS LEFT. GOD IS
LEFT.
Nations may change, stand
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it cont a / n S
more items of
local interest.
1t looks as if
The Times, a
truly | o. a !
paper d e d l.
Gated to solu-
ton of civic
problems, j S
S t ar tie d on
the ri 6 h t
track. T h e
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provements as well as for
her real civic interest in Wash
ington."
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THE ANSWERS

Commissioner George E. Allen:
II certainly think the new
Times is an improvement over
the old issues. It's much more
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DIRIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION

is once more being urged on our Navy Department.
Commander Charles E. Rosendahl, u S. n, outstand-
ing American dirigble expert and we understand
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Wise Words

A secret is seldom safe in
more than one breast.-Swift.
y 4 y
Who doth good deeds is twice
born.-Arnold.
4 4 4
Who deserves well, needs not
another'S praise.-Heath.
4 \
Rest is the sweet sauce Of
labor.
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Voice of the People

Please give full and address and confine letters
TO 200 WOrds.
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Big Six on the Sea

TNHE United States Navy Department has just issued
J. an awenspirng set of figures. The figures apper-
tain to the navies of the worlds SIX leading naval
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powers. Because they are valu-
able to anybody who wants
to think or argue specifically
about sea power today, we
7 I'll
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-28
Kid Chocolate
Whips DeFoe

New york-Kid Chocolate scored
another decisive victory along the
comeback trail Friday night when
lie outpc.ated Johnny DeFoe in 10
rounds.
The Bon Bon Kid was the Cho-
cola;e Of old as he danced and
prsnced around the ring scoring
with rights and let's to the West
siders jaw
De Foe, tough and hard hitting
slugger. was favored 10 stop the
Keed. but after the first round
observers were convinced that he
never had chance.
Friday morning; Chocolate rich
er BY some $4,000. grabbed a boat
for Havana where he is 10 remain
for several months. He is slated
10 fight before hometown fans
Sep. meeting Phil Baker. Con-
necticut boxer.
Following that hght Chocolate
light heavyweight titleholder MS
al offers he has to fight in Europe.
ne told reporters on the eve OF his
sailing.
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