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The Omaha guide., 1937-06-19
The Guidite World
of Music
By Miss Ethel Jones
WAR SONGS

Strange as it seems. many of
the war songs OF the north and
south were given each to the other
in the days before the Civil War.
they suspected, when those
old southern slaves gathered "round
for a little spiritual uplifting" that
their old camp meeting Songs would
in time be used to lead the forces
of an invading army, and little
did the Yankee boy, Daniel De-
catur Emmett, dream when ne sat
down to write a tune for a Negro
Minstrel, that in time his strains
would lead a southern force in
vading Yankee territory. But that
is just what happened. The words
and music of "Dixie" we're COM
posed by Emett, the northerner
and to the tune of "Dixie" the
gray hosts of the Confederacy
marched against the north The
north's most beloved song on the
march was GLORY Hallelujah" or
John Browns Body" and the mu-
sic was taken, note for note, from
an old southern camp meeting
song.
Yankee Doodle's Unique History
The Ragged Continentals of
Americas Revolutionary forces,
too, marched to a tune that was
given them by the enemy. Deliber-
ately, and in jest, English officers,
twenty years before the first shot
of the Revolution foisted the tune
off on American soldiers as a fam
Gus European military march. The
tune was Yankee Doodle, and to
the pioneer soldier who fought in
the French and Indian Wars of
1755 it sounded militant enough to
march to, and catchy enough to
remember. To further the fun, DIR.
Shuckburg regimental surgeon in
the service of the king wrote dog
gerel verbs FIR ,ase tune. The
way the American soldiers VIZ
taken in by the hoax kept their
British officers laughing for we ks.
Yankee Doodle was no European
military song. It's early history is
complicated as well as strange.
The melody was used in ancient
days in religious rites in Italy. Hol-
Lnders later sang it as a harvest
song; and in England it was play
ed at country dances. Nevertheless
it sounded all right to the Amer
lean soldiers. They sang it and con
tinued to sing it.
Eventually, the English officers
found Yankee Doodle no longer
funny. In fact it was downright
boresome to General CORVALLIS. He
heard it so much in the Revolution
airy War during his retreat
at Yorktown, that he said he hop
ed he would never have to listen
to it again. General CORVALLIS
should not have complained. It was
his brother officers, serving Geor-
ge, third, who gave the Americans
the song they sang as they marched
to liberty.
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Questions
Last Weeks Answers

Last Weeks Answers
I. President Theodore Teddy
Roosevelt's life was saved by the
valor of the 10th Calvary, a Negro
outfit.
2 billiard university was formed
through the merging of New Or
leans and Straight universities.
8. Greater Atlanta university
was made possible through the
merging of Morehouse college,
Spellman Seminary and old At
lanta university.
4. Crispus Attuek, a Negro sol
der, was the first to spill his
blood for American independence,
5. Clarence w. Wigington, a Ne
- and former Omahan, is Chief
DESIGNER and senior architectural
craftsman in the department Oh
paris, Fairgrounds and public
buildings of the city of st. Paul
MINI.
The Omaha guide., 1937-06-19

insurance Supt.:-So you think
we should refuse this man a policy
because of his heart?
Agent.-Yes, he had the heart
to talk back to is mother-in-law.
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Kidneys Must
Clean Out Acids

The only way your body can clean out
Acids and poisonous wastes from YOUR
blood ls thru 3 million tiny, delicate Kid
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money back on return Of empty package
Cystex costs only &c a day At druggists
and the guarantee protects Won
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Riddles

/. What coat has no buttons?
2. Why is the owner of a fish
store never generous?
3. What is the difference be-
tween a baggy suit and an unripe
watermelon?
a. What water grows on a bush?
5. Why does a boy laugh up his
sleeve?
The Omaha guide., 1937-06-19
Jokes

The pianist was playing the
first measures of the wedding
march
whats that?' asked Mrs. Smith
turning to her weary husband.
"Oh," he replied, "thats the begin
ming of "Stormy Weather"
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Arithmetic

1. What is meant by the term
SUM?
2. What is meant by the term
QUOTIENT?
3. What is a Hogshead2
4. What is meant by the term
FRACTION?
5. What is a common denomina-
tor?
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NEW MEMBERS

Willard Wright
2229 Ohio ST.
Fred Lee Booker
2417 Burdette st
Victor Metoyer
2220 No. 18th st
Raymond Metoyer
2220 No. 18th st
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
Hit
AS Labor
Judas

DETROIT, Feb. 1S G.N.SO.
The big General Motors machine,
stalled by strikes, was shifted into
high gear today with a G. M. an
nouncement that more than 100,-
900 of its workers made idle by
the strikes would be back to work
by next Tuesday.
On the same day, according to
terms of Thursdays agreement
which ended the million-dollar-a-
day strike, G. M. executives and
officials of the United Auto Work
erS Union will begin collective
bargaining negotiations.
Two hundred and fifty union Of
ficials from 20 cities where G. M.
has plants were here comforting
with Homer Martin. union presi-
dent, preparatory to a big labor
Continued on Page 4, Col. q
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LONDON, Feb. 13 G.N.Sl,
Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg OF
Austria is planning to give up his
post-a virtual dictatorship-for
love, the London Daily Herald
reported today in an undated
story.
The paper said a report to this
effect is circulating in well-in-
formed circles in Austria. 1t ad-
ded Schuschnigg might accept
the post of Austrian minister to
London. He has fallen in love
with a VienneSe woman, accord
ing to the paper.
VIENNA. Feb. 13 U.N.S0.
Rumors-neither confirmed nor
denied-Spread through Viennese
society circles today that Chan
cellor Kurt Schuschnigg, virtual
dictator of Austria, wishes to
marry Princess Fugger, tn e
former Countess Vera Szernin.
Princess Fugger, 80, is mother
of four children. Her first mar
riage ended in divorce, but this
divorce was not sanctioned by
the Catholic Church.
According to authoritat a tive
quarters here, it would be i'm.
possible for SchuSchnigg to
marry a lady whose divorce was
not sanctioned by the Vatican.
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Hello, Pet! DOghOuse
ASSenlbI y AdiOuEnS

the Kennels, brought the meeting
to order by banging on the festive
board-loaded with victuals not
secured from cans or the delica-
tesSen-with a rolling pin.
AlibiS were exchanged, and tech
nique on the best way to evade
embarrassing quest1os at n o m e
after being unavoidably detained
at the office, and individual mem.
bers related ingenious methods OF
escaping from precarious domestic
situations.
Cold water, alien to the spirit OF
the convention, was poured on the
meeting when a late-arriving
brother who had difficulty in slip.
ping his leash, reported the wives
of several Of the members had met
to consider the organization of an
auxiliary to be known as THE Su'
preme Society of the Dog House
PutterS-In."
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
DRAFTS FARM
MESSAGES
international News Service

International News Service
President Roosevelt planned to
spend a good portion of this
week end drafting special mes
sages to Congress on the prob
lens of farm tenancy and crop
insurance.
Before the President were re-
ports from two special commit.
tees, both headed by Secretary Of
Agriculture Wallace, which will
serve as the basis for his recon-
mendationS to Congress.
The messages, which will go to
the Capitol next week, will pro-
pose:
IA program underwritten
by the Government at an un-
officially estimated cost Of
$10,000,000 a year to enable
tenant farmers to become
owners of the land they work.
The Government, it is Sug-
gested by the Wallace tenancy
committee, will acquire title
to land and buildings and then
arrange with tenants to buy
the farms over a 40-year-period
at a low interest rate.
2.-Application Of a crop in
surance system to wheat for
an experimental period to de-
termine how it might work
with respect to all crops.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
$56,0OO,0O0
INNEW DC.
BUILDING
Statistics Show Boom
In Metropolitan
Area for 1886

Statistical proof of the $56,000,
900 building boom in the washing
ton metropolitan area during the
past year was given today in q
statement by Secretary Of Labor
Frances Perkins, which ShoweC
that permits for more than 10000
family dwelling units were issued
in 1886. .
The value of these new residen'
tial buildings, it was shown, was
$39, 800, 900. Besides SIT. 100000
was spent on new nonresidential
buildings and $8,500,000 went into
additions, alterations and repairs
6,S79 D. C. Homes
The statement said:
"The dwellings for which per-
mits were issued during 1886 in
the District of COlum b i a
(prOper) provided for 6,379
family dwelling units. AS COM
pared with the total population
of the District, this means that
permits were issued for 1O3 fam
lily dwelling units for every TO-.
900 Of population in the District.
In the suburban area permits
were issued for 1862 family
dwelling units, or at the ratio
Of 1854 per 10000 population.
"Sixty-eight per cent, or 4,341
Of the family dwelling units for
which permits were issued in
the District of Columbia were in
apartment houses and 2,03S, or
31.9 per cent, were in One.family
dwellings. In contrast, in the
area outside the District of CO.
lumbia, 2,635, or 72 per cent,
were in One-family dwellings,
and only 997, or 27.2 per cent.
were in apartment houses. The
remainder were in twOfamily
dwellings.
BUSINESS BUILDINGS
"While a very SiZeable proper
ton Of the residential cOnStruc.
tiOn was outside the District of
Columbia, a very small proper
tiOn Of the nOn-residential con.
structiOn was in the suburban
area. More than 1913 per cent
Of the new residential con-
StructiOn occurred in the metro
pOlitan area outside the Dis
trict Of Columbia, while in the
case of new nOn-reSidential
buildings only 7.2 per cent was
erected outside the District, and
in the case Of additions, alter
atiOns and repairs, less than
14.S per cent was for changes
to buildings in the suburban
area Of Washington"
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
TRAIN WRECK
AUT0|ST

FRESNO, Cal, Feb. 13 U.N.SJ.
Frank K. Ritchie, AZ, whose
honeymoon automobile stalled on
the railroad tracks and caused
the Southern Pacific's crack
flyer owl" to be wrecked, was
held here on manSlaughter
charges today.
Two trainmen were killed in
the wreck and six other persons
were injured.
District Attorney Dan Conway
charged that Ritchie drove his
auto 200 feet up the tracks be-
fore he and his bride, Mrs. Ruth
Ritchie, jumped out. Ritchie de-
clared his car stalled at a cross
ing.
The speeding locomotive struck
the auto and overturned. killing
the engineer and fireman, and
derailing seven cars.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13

OSHKOsH Wis. Feb. 13
Q.NS).-Two hundred members
of the Royal Order of the Dog
House emerged from their kennels
early today and bravely Stomped
into their homes, their fortitude
bolStered by attendance at their
first annual convention.
That is. they stomped most Of
the way home, but a few hundred
feet from the house exuberance
inspired by the brief parole from
the ball-and-chain gang began to
wilt. and tip-toeing was in order.
At the convention banquet last
night, the MEMBERSHIP promin-
ent Oshkosh business men-re-
dedicated their lives to the propo-
sition that no man is a hero
to his wife, and resolved to de-
mand fresh straw for their dog
houses daily.
E. D. Boycks, Grand Keeper of
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
INDIANA COUNTY
PLACED UNDER
MARTIAL LAW
Latest Strike NeOUS:

Latest Strike NeOUS:
/. Martial law declared in Madison County,
Ind, with Anderson suddenly transformed
into the new powder keg" of General Motors
fronts.
g. One thousand national guardsmen, mo-
bilized after Anderson violence, get orders to
move into the city Two union men critically
injured, eight others injured and II arrested
after battle between union and non-union
automobile workers.
3. Homer Martin, head of the United Automobile
Workers. said in Detroit he believed fighting between
auto workers there "a local situation Expressed
hope it would not wreck peace pact
At General Motors offices it said there would be
absolutely no comment" .~~--.
s. Reports 20 carloads Of union men left Flint at for
Anderson Other reports said left for Detroit to stage
victory parade"
g. General Motors heading for fu production in less than
two weeks announced 100000 its employees would be back
work Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
DUKE SELECTS
AVALENT|NE

VIENNA, Feb. 13 G.NS0.-The
Duke of Windsor, worlds romanti-
cist No. /, delved into the antiquity
of st. Valentines Day observance
today and remarked slyly on the
"heathenish" origin Of marriage
when he dispatched a rare valen-
tine to Mrs. Wallis Simpson.
The former king browsed for
hours through Vienna shops before
he finally chose a charming old
French engraving representing
Juno, queen of Olympus and Greek
goddess of marriage and married
life.
T, To Mrs. Simpson he then
Scrawled across a corner:
Beautiful Juno, patrOneSS Of
marriage, was also responsible
CONTINUED on Page g. Col. q
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
SUBURB PHONE
RATESCUT

Reductions in suburban tele.
phone rates amounting to $4,000
a year were announced by the Fed
eral Communications Commission
today as an outgrowth of confer.
enceS between its telephone divi.
sion and the Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Telephone Company and
it's Virginia and Maryland affili,
ates. The reductions, effective to-
day, apply particularly to inter.
zones between the Washington
and nearby suburbs.
The commissions announce.
ment said:
by these tariffs the Wash
ingtOn local service area is ex-
CONTINUED on Page 3, Col. 81
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Mary, the Hobo Hen,
Wins Heart, Not Poi,
OF Railroad Man

LOS ANGELES, Feb. IS.
G.N.S0.-A hitch-hiking chicken.
that rode the blinds" more than
1000 miles from New Orleans to
Los Angeles, was adopted today
by j. H. Harris. Pullman Company
employe.
Harris said he noticed the hen
sitting on his car when it pulled
out OF New Orleans. Fifty-five
hours later, when the train rolled
into Los Angeles, Hobo Mary"
was still there, Harris said.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
Motor Crash Fatal
To Three in Detroit

DETROIT. Feb. 13 G.N.S).
Three persons were killed today
and one critically injured when
an automobile struck a pedes-
trian and then crashed into a
telephone pole near here.
Victims of the crash were Philip
Caffery, the pedestrian, John F..
Luck, 35, and Leo Fearn, 40. occu.
pants of The automobile. Another
passenger in the car, James v.
Gray, 25, was so seriously hurt he
may die. All three in the automo-
bile were from Jackson, Mich.
GO SOUTH THIS WINTER. Low Fares.
l42-3 hours to Florida, Atlantic Coast
Line 735 18th ST. NV. NAT. 7s35.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
1000 Guardsmen Arrive
At Strike Riot Scene

ANDERSON, Ind. Feb. l3
GNSO While airplanes secuted
overhead, force of 1000 Indiana
National Guardsmen moved in
here today with orders to halt hun
dreds of members Of the United
Automobile Workers of America re-
ported en- route to invade this city.
A riot at a tavern here last night
Continued on Page 4, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
RA Y M0LEY
DEN0UNCES
PROGRAM
Sen. Bennett Clark and
Governor Nice Make
Pleas for Defeat

Faced by a mounting tide ot
opposition to his proposal to en-
large the Supreme Court, much o.
it from within his own party
President Roosevelt today threw
the weight of his personal influ
ence into the breach in an effort
to hold it in check. The days de
velopments:
/. Raymond Moley, one of the
original Roosevelt brain trust
ers" and now a New York maya
zine editor, came out in flat
opposition to the Presidents pro
gram.
2. United States Senator Ben
nett Champ Clark, of Missouri,
stalwart Democrat and the son
of the late Speaker of the House,
joined the Presidents critics by
charging that the move to en-
large the court was equivalent
to an attempt to "Sack" it.
8. Senator Burton K. Wheeler
of Montana, likewise a Democrat,
was rep orted ready to join his
fellow liberals-Borah and Hi
ram Johnson-in a last-ditch
fight to prevent passage of the
legislation suggested by the
President.
4. In a speech to Maryland Re
publicans at a Lincoln Day din
ner in Hagerstown last night
Gov. Harry S. Nice summoned
the members of his party to what
he characterized as "a national
duty of the graveSt, highest and
most critical Importance, actu-
ally to save the Constitution and
it's guardian protector, the Su-
preme Court of the United
States"
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
Huge Increase Noted
In 1887 Auto Deaths

Automobile deaths showed huge
increases for the first five weeks
of 1887 over the corresponding
period last year, the Census Bureau
noted today.
Traffic fatalities in 129 cities
so far this year number 1892, COM
pared with 757 in the comparable
period of 1886.
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7. Fifty men, believed union
men from Flint, seized by In
diana State police at Alexan-
dria, near Anderson. The men,
some with weapons, held pend
ing arrival of National Guards
men.
8. Strikers at Fisher Body
plant in Cleveland to vote to-
day on General Motors strike
settlement.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
More Senators Called
For Talks on Court

By WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON
international News Service
President Roosevelt today threw
the weight of his personal in
fluence against the mounting tide
Continued on Page 2, Col. u
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
WEATHER FORECAST

Increasing cloudiness today, followed by
rain, beginning tonight or tomorrow: warmer
tonight; minimum temperature tonight about
"A: moderate south and southwest winds;
highest temperature last "a hours, ST; low
est, 3S.
CWeather Details on Page a.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13

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La gaceta., 1937-07-14
Ell GOBIERNO CHINO HA
"CABLEGRAFIADO e.
VAS ORDENES AL CON-
SEJO POLITICO DE HO-
PEI-CHAHAR

Shanghai. Julio 14.--4E 60
ibierno Chino ha lpublicado un
manifesto anunciando al mum
do que no tolerara que ninguna
naci6n extranjera aumente ar
bitrariamente su guarnici6n en-
territorio chino.
AL mismo tempo Ell gobierno
ha reiterado la orden que diera
al Consejo Polftico de las pro-
Ivincias Hopei-C hahar, destacan
do estos puntos: "Que no Sc a.
cepten las demandas de los ia
poneses; que no sea retirado a
otros sectores ell crerpo de eier-
cito 20; que Sc realicen todos
los s~acrificios necesarios para
repeler la aggression japonesa".
FL Consejo Hdpei-O hahar ia
communicate al gobierno central
que no ha firmado con los ia
poneses, como estos han dicho,
ning1n convenio de implicacio-
mes politicas.
La gaceta., 1937-07-14
FRANCIA NO HA CUMPLT-
DO AUN LA AMENAZA DE
ABRIR LA FRONTERA
CON ESPARA
J Italia interpseta como I'm reto
la actitud Aancesa senerada
por los excesos f~ascistas

Londres, Julio 14.-Ante Ia
eamara de lose comunes Sc a
nuncio hoy que un vapor mer-
cante ingles fue apresado POI
un buque pirata espanol, de la
Junta de Burgos, a la entrada
de Santander. Ell gobierno man
dara una energica protesta al
jefe faccioso general Franco.
Las noticias que llegan de
frente de Madrid indican que
las tropas leales mantieneu
con exito la Marcia de avian.
ce que comenzaran la semana
pasada.
Propalan nuevas noticias fal
sas las estaciones de radio de
los facciosos v una de elias d.
jo hoy que los leales han sido
derrotados en- Brunette, 10 que
es completamente falso.
La aviaci6n leal tuvo hoy o.
tro dia de actividad, librando-
Sc combates con la aviaci6n
fascista, que hugo en- diferen-
ties ocasiones.
Francia no 'ha cumplido to-
davia la amenaza de abrir la
frontera con Espaha y este Sc
debe al tenor de que Italia in
terprete ESQ como un reto. Los
peri6dicos nazistas de Berlin
dicen que la actitud de Fran
cha, con su amenaZa, equivale
a una maniobra de chantaje
para ohligar a Inglaterra a &C
tuar en- favor del gobierno de
Valencia.
Las condolences creadas por
la actitud francesa han dado
lugar a desfayorables comenta
rios en- los circulos diplomat :
cos ingleses.
FL plan de Sir Antonio Eden
anunciado en- todos los tonos,
aun no Sc ha presentado publ
camente. Dicese que Sc presen
tara tan pronto pueda suavi-
zarse ell NAL efecto causado en-
Roma Y Berlin por la posici6n
de Francia en- 10 que a las from
teras de esta concierne.
La gaceta., 1937-07-14

La aviaci6n de Espaha, la
leal, la gloriosa, derrilb6 aver Is
aparatos de los facciosos.
Los "Chatos" rusos, maneja :
dos por pilotos como esos que
acaban de cruzar ell Polo y He
gar a los Estados Unidos CONT
nfan superando y venciendo o
los fascistas italianos y a los
nazis alemanes.
Son los "chatillos'' que saben
destrozar Y veneer a los Flats,
Heinkel, Junkers y demas avio-
mes al servicio de Franco ell trai
dor.
Los "chatillos" defensores de
Madrid la invencible, derriban
los aparatos que en- ell frente de
Bilbao sc "divertian' asesinan-
do a mujeres v ninos.
lies lego la bora de plegar
las alas ensangrentadas y estre-
llarse!
La gaceta., 1937-07-14
LA SESSION. DEL AYUNTA
MIENTO
Aprobado ell Parqae Junto
al Mdlec6n

Por siete votos contra 4, Ell
ayuntamiento aprob6 anoche ell
plan del ingeniero Cason que
establece un parque junto al mu
70 del malec6n del Bayshore
Boulevard.
Votaron a favor de la reco-
mendaci6n del ingeniero todos
los ediles latinos y ademas Wat
son, Rosenthal, Snipes y Rag
an; en- contra de Epps, Faver,
Hixon v Hudgings.
Varios oradores explicaron
sus puntos de vista y ell acuer-
do Sc tom6 cerca de las 10 de
la noche. Hablaron a favor del
plan del ingeniero los sefiores
Fred Hahn, Sra. Sumter Lowry
Ralph Nicholson y r. w. With
ers.
Dos miemIbros de la junta e.
lectoral hablaron como vecinos
del Malec6n, los Sres John G.
Anderson y w. l.. Blocks.
La gaceta., 1937-07-14

Aver fueron tambien derrota
dos los fascistas en- la carretera
de la Coruna, donde dejaror
tiendas de campana y material
de guerra.
Los esipanOles que a la fuerza
eombaten en- ell ejercito de Fran
co, ofrecen poca resistencia q
las armas republicans.
En- cambio los moros, los mer
cenarios de Franco, combaten
como bestias humans que son.
Pero moros, legionarios, fa-
langistas italianos, alemanes Y
Il resto de la inmundicia, COM
prenden que sonara pronto la
bora de la derrota total.
Ell pueblo aborrece a los trai
dores Y los ~invasores, v para es
tos, hez de la especie humana,
Ell dia del castigo Sc acerca.
La gaceta., 1937-07-14
Los veteranos chinos Sc han atrncherado
y repelen la aggression japonesa
Ell Japon ~utilizara todos los medios de violencia
para imponer sus condolences a Marking

Por ST. parte los japoneses
hablan de victorias Y desmien-
ten los rumores de que su avia-
zion haya deiado caer expiosi-
vos contra los cuarteles de las
tropas chinas en- Nanyuan.
Ell mando chino ha sido avn
sado de que continuan llegando
trenes japoneses cargados de
tropas.
Sabese que ell gobierno de To-
kio no reparara en- medios yio-
lentos para imponer a China
sus condolences, entire elias Ell
castigo de los soldados response
Ibles de la rebeldia anti-japone-
sa de la semana pasada v tam
bien la retirada de las fuerzas
de Marking de los lugares que
sehale ell mando nippon.