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The daily independent., 1937-06-02

which he, being unemployed,
could i'll afford.
II the store manager instead
consults the public employment
office, it selects from it's files prob
ably seventy-five qualified sales
people to be referred to the en-
ployer. Experience, education and
personal characteristics are al
ready recorded for comparison
with the employers specifications,
and many unsuited job seekers
are saved expense, time and dis
appointment.
Another case: The superinten-
dent of an oil refinery-or it
could be a flour mill, shoe fac
tory, an aircraft plant or bridge
construction job-needs some men
of a particular skill. He knows
all the men in his line of work
for miles around; what good is it
for him to call in the employment
service? Just this, that through
it's plan of interstate clearances
the unemployment service may
find him just the man he wants
in another state halfway across
the country and perhaps in a diff
ferent industry.
Yes, the employment service has
it's "peacetime" uses. 1t is not
merely an emergency agency for
combating a depression. 1t is a
continuing factor in helping the
nation to make the most of its
man power and helping the man
to make the most of his time
Christian Science Monitor.
The daily independent., 1937-06-02
Jobs by the Million

Five million persons in the last
four years have found jobs in prl-
vate employment through the
United States Employment SerV-
ice and through state employment
offices affiliated with it, according
to w. Frank Persons, director OF
the Servise. He made this state
ment to the annual convention of
the international Association Of
Public Employment Services just
held in Washington.
In addition to this, nearly three
times as many placements have
been made of relief workers or
regular workers in Government
employment or public conStruc-
ton. In fact, this emergency re-
employment service has bulked so
large that until now it has tend
ed to overshadow the more solid
and basic structure of employ
ment exchanges set up by the
Wagner-Peyser Act of 1888. But
with the shrinkage of relief needs
and the return of more normal
employment it is worth remem-
bering that this regular employ
ment system was designed as a
permanent service in the interests
of national efficiency.
That it has begun we'll to serve
its purpose is attested by repre-
sentative spokesmen both of en-
ployers and of employees.
Two examples will serve to
show some of its advantages. First,
a department store manager wish
es fifty salespeople to assist in a
special sale. Under the old way
he advertises in the help want
ed" column and hundred of peo-
pie apply. Hours are spent in
interviewing five o. six appli-
cants for every position. Hun
dreds are turned away disarroint-
ed, each having spent Cartare
The daily independent., 1937-06-02
SHRINKING
ACREAGE

with sinister meaning for
the dirt farmer"
Hydroponics is word used to describe
the production of fruits and vegetables with
chemicals. without resort to soil.
DR.. William +. Gcrcke, of California,
pioneer in the new agriculture has sue
ceeded in producing =, l65 bushels of pota-
e. The national average for sOi-grOwn pota-
toes is rs bushels per acre.
He has obtained equally astonishing re-
suits with tomatoes: 2l7 tons where five
tons would be considered a good yield per
acre.
a screened vat filled with mixture of
cheap chemicals, a layer of excelsior and
sawdust on the screen. Seed dropped into
this bed of excelsior SprOut push their roots
down into the soup, and grow and grow and
grow. The resultant potato vines require
ScaffOlding and tomato plants attain to the
proportion of trees. Heating the chemicals
by passing mOstatically-controlled cleo
trlc wires thru the vat enables the plants
to thrive as we'll in winter as i'm summer
DIR. Gcrickc's aquaculiurc, or hydroponics
as nc prefers to call it, promises to rcvolu-
tonizc the whole business of farming turn
ing millions of acres of potato lands into
pastures. The packer will add another unit
to his canning factory and grow his own
tomatoes, peas, beans and berries. The pic
klc man will build shed alongside his plant
and grow his own cukcs For which most
farmers who have planted on contracts
with the pickle man will be thankful.
The ancient notion that plants feed on the
soil they are rooted in was long ago eX-
ploded by the man who planted Seeding
tree in tub of soil and waited five years
for ii to grow AT the end of five years he
uprootcd the tree. 1t weighed 169 pounds
But actually only two ounces of dirt were
missing from the tub. Plant life feeds not
upon the soil but upon chemicals introduced
into the soil thru the agencies of sunshine,
air and rain. Remember recent editorial
entitled Thoughts Are Things?
The daily independent., 1937-06-02
With the HumOrists
NOW III CAN BE TOLD

do not know if the following anecdote was born
in Italy or Germany; it circuates in both passed
from mouth to mouth. but only between people
who know each other well, and in great secrecy.
Daddy" asks a small boy, what is the differ
ence between Socialism. Communism and FasclSm?
It's like this. son: We have four COWS in our
cowhouse. Socialism will take two away from u.s.
for the community"
Then we have two left"
Communism takes all four, and pays you a
wage for the work you do
Where do the COWS go?"
They go to make up a bigger herd. Well, Ease
ism leaves you all your COWS, but it does all the
milking Commonwealth.
The daily independent., 1937-06-02
Argentine Gets
Six Big BomberS

San Diego, Cal. W.R)-Thc na'S
of the Argentine Republic 500!
will boast of six of the most po"
erful patrol bombing planes u
the world-fighting craft Supa
ed only by the big planes OF iil'
U. S. navy.
The first of six P2-Y3 mooc
planes, being built for the Souih'
ern republics navy, was put th.y
a satisfactory test flight here Ic'
Gently by Lieut.. Julio Bachini aNy
Capt. B. Ear. head of the ArgcN'
tines naval aviation corps, Is q.
route here to accept delivery OI
the five other craft.
It has not been determine
whether Argentine naval i!c'.
will ferry" the squadron of snip
to South America or ship them
by boat.
The P2-Y3's are the immcG.a's
predecessors of the PBY-l pauo
pombers CT the u. S. navy, WhI'.
within the last few months hd''
completed two successful non-S'o'
flights from San Diego TO Ha"an
1t was in 1884 that the P2-I'
type planes first attracted Woi.c'
wide attention when Lieut. CON.
Kneffler McGinnis, of the L. .
navy, flew a squadron non-Sior
from San Francisco to Hawai-!
The daily independent., 1937-06-02
The High Cost of Dying

Before the Civil War the small
sum of S25 would pay for a good
Christian burial but today the
average cost of a funeral is estl-
mated at S400; and for New York
City, upon the basis OF several
thousand cases, $772.
True, these prices are modest
when one considers the service"
that is rendered. Certainly the
average men is accorded, upon
death. luXuries that he would
never had dreamed of in life. He
who always scraped his own face
will receive a shave for which his
widow will pay dearly; he who has
always slept in a SIS metal bed
will be laid to rest in a coffin ten
times that amount and lasting one
tenth as long; he who has always
travelled in streetcars will be given
his last ride an an auto hearse for
which his estate will pay $40, and
be followed by line of limousines
at SIS each. Perhaps, even, the
Door devil will receive the atten-
ton of the undertaken who ad-
vertised as follows:
For composing the features 81
For giving the features look OF
quiet resignation, 81
For giving the features the ap-
pearance of Christian hope. SIS
And the worst of it," comment
ed an American divine upon read
ing the above. is that they can
do it," - The South Atlantic
Quarterly.
The daily independent., 1937-06-02
THOSE who deserve to
MERIT succeed will succeed, says
DEMAND Roger W. BabSon, who is
MERIT
IN DEMAND

in DEMAND Roger W. DaDSon, "lio 10
a teacher as we'll as stat
istician. Which is just another way OF say
ing YOU can't keep good man down.
There is little possibility of any young
man of ability. integrity and depcndabllty
being unable to find profitable employment
today. Indeed he would have to dodge 1t II
he didn't want it, so thoroly are business
executives searching for men Of merit.
The only man who can complain OF III
ability to find work today is the man who
doesn't want job or the man who couldn
till job if he had one.
There is a whale of lot of work to be
done in this country even i'll the dulleSt OF
times and the best workers are always III
demand. The chap who bitterly complains
that there is something wrong with the
world should ask if there isn't something
wrong with himself.
The daily independent., 1937-06-02
Bay, IA, Wizard at Figures

Fort Worth, Tex. -tU.P,- w.
liam Souder, IA. is a human ado
ing machine. In a public test, /"
added a colum of 10 three-n!-'
figures in l3 seconds. one Secoh'
above his own record. In anotI!e
test, he added a column OF figure
correctly two seconds faster tina!
they could be computed Oh ?!
adding machine.
The daily independent., 1937-06-02
GOOD IDEA.

1t was little ESther'S first visit TO a ranch and
she longing for home
Mother took her for walk and called her atten-
ton to the cool evening breeze
Pointing to windmill, the child said: 1t would
be just as cool at home if everybody would put a
big fan in the back yard."-Ex.
The daily independent., 1937-06-02
THE ONCE OVER
THE RICHEST MAN
BY III. /. PHILLIPS
(Copyright, 1887. by The Associated Newspapers

The late John D. Rockefeller's long life was at
trbuted to good living, but isn't 1t just poSSiole
that he reached the good old age OF " oecauSe-
The Democrats got into office only few times
in his life?
He got out of business before it became neceS-
sary to spend most of the business year llillils H
tax blanks answering letters from washington aiio
bringing out personal papers for income tax agents
to examine?
He quit before it became compulsory to take
Uncle Sam in as a full partner?
He GOT out of it before every knock on the door
was presumably another investigator calling 10
check up?
He began distributing it IS years ago where he
believed it would do the most good instead OF
waiting for the era when the politicians would tell
him where they thought it would do THEM the
most good?
He gave millions away where it would benefit
the sick and suffering before the country started
grabbing it and putting it where it would reSurface
the same roads three times month?
He made his millions away back when a man
could do his own bookkeeping and not have TO
depend on Washington for the correct totals?
He lived most of his life in period when all a
rich man had to worry about was an occasional
unfavorable magazine article?
Isn't there a chance he lived longer than any
other rich man in recent history because
He retired before the chief strain an indus
trialist's nerves waiting for Supreme court de-
cSionS?
He got out before sit-down strike was ever
heard Of?
He never had to begin practically every day by
listening to the latest broadcast of Washington
rules on the proper operation of his business?
He got his money back in the era when II the
United States Congress passed more than one Dill
session revolutionzing business, it was one over
par?
He was active in the days when it was conceded
that trained business executive knew more about
business than train politician?
He took up golf and philanthropies before the
United States government took up business and
boon -doggng?
The daily independent., 1937-06-02
THE WOLF

Il sec we are honored this morning with the
presence of a minister of religion. Surely the
reverend gentleman should have beeen mnstering
to his flock instead of wasting his time here Such
was the comment of liquor-trade lawyer when
the late Rev. Samuel Chadwick appeared in court
to oppose new drink license. oh the flock is all
right" Mr.. Chadwick replied II am after tbs
Nch!'MetlodI5t Recorder, London
The daily independent., 1937-06-02
PANTOMINIE

The class in public speaking was to give panto-
mines that afternoon.
One freshman got up when called on, went to
the platform and stood perfectly still
Well" said the professor after minutes wait
for something to happen, what do you represents"
I'm initiating man going up in an elevator,
was the quick responSe-Montreal Star
The daily independent., 1937-06-02

Fremont, O.. U.T-Dr. I. H
Naftulin drew a double run, the
one in a million tops" pinochle
hand, in a three-handed game re-
Gently. His opponents conceded
the l2-clubs hand without play
ing it.
The daily independent., 1937-06-02

Firemen re- ponded to an alarm
at 2:25 yesterday afternoon and
found roof ablaze at the home
of w. L. Temple on Harrington
road. The fire was quickly ex-
tinguished, damage being esti-
mated at $40.
The daily independent., 1937-06-02
LOOK OUT, MOTHER PUTS HER FOOT DOWN

All dear me, things aren't what they used to
me-" sighed grandmother. discussing the younger
generation Why about the only time modern
mother puts her foot down is when the traffic light
turns green Montreal Herald.
The daily independent., 1937-06-02

store CLERKS during Tic uot
weather months.
A town that sticks to the hick-town prac-
tice of keeping its stores open Saturday
nights until nine o'clock should by all means
conccde a few hours for rest and recreation
to its store employees one afternoon week.
1t isn't as if any one would lose by IT..
People have SO much money to spend and
they will spend it in five and a half days as
we'll as in six.
Elizabeth City stores, large and small,
would profit by giving their employees a
mid-wcek half holiday during June. July
and August Shoppers would quickly adj
Just themselves to such an arrangement
and do their shopping early on Wednesday
If Wednesday is the day selected for the
afternoon off.
Employees would be better cOntented and
more apprcciatvc of their jobs. frame of
mind that would be more conducive to
efficiency and courtesy. All work and no
play makes for lot of soreheads among
clerks in hot weather, and a sorehead is a
bad sales person.
The daily independent., 1937-06-02

terest in others will find others
interested in him. knowledge OF
that fact has been the stepping
stone for many successful liveS.-
Spartanburg Herald.
The daily independent., 1937-06-02

Thousands of BARRIERS in New York went OF
strike. They expected to win by a whiSker.
The daily independent., 1937-06-02

A high court has ruled that it is all right Tor
men and women to appear in city streets IN
shorts" What it amounts to is an Endorsement
of the comic strip.
The daily independent., 1937-06-02

In the war between the A. F. OF L. and the
C. l. o. do you suppose both sides will demand
the shorter fighting week?
The daily independent., 1937-06-02

Lewis and Green, Lewis and Green
Each for a scrap is excessively keen.
The daily independent., 1937-06-02

Mrs. Charles CorreiL wife of Andy" of Amos
and Andy" is suing for a divorce. She's requested.
The daily independent., 1937-06-02
And There's No Referee, Either

The Lewis-Green fight looks like a better battle
than the Louis -Braddock affair.
The daily independent., 1937-06-02

HOT weather is here and
TIME TO there is yet little agitation for
START 1T weekly half holiday for
store clerks during the hot
The daily independent., 1937-06-02

HIDROPONICS, a ncw W
word but lately come into
he language, is fraught
with sinister meaning for
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Dodge 1887 Demonstrators and Offtcials'
Cars, 4-DOOr Touring Sedans-With
large roomy built-in trunks. We have
3 to select from, l black; 1 blue. and
dark green: all have been run very
little and cannot be told from new.
Sold with new car guarantee and low
new car terms; substantial reductions
and q liberal trade on your car. We
think we can make you a better deal.
Try us
SCHLEGEL & GOLDEN
Dodge Plymouth Dealers
S33 Carroll Ave-, TakOmR GE. $3.50
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ODGE DEMONSTRATORS discounts.
Adams-Brooks, Inc. Shepherd 2S4S.
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1887 demonstrators. Sullivan
Chevrolet, 400 N. Y. Ave. N. W. NE. 2S11.
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1884 Chevrolet COupe-Maroon Q0GE
paint; excellent condition. will Quo
sell 1855 Can arrange terms.
Telephone SHeD, 34750 to f.
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CHEVROLET

DODGE
Dodge 1885 2-DOOr Sedan-The QN7E
right car for the man who O4 y
wants to get out of the light-car field
and yet-not spend too much for per-
formance; radio equipped; this per-
feet automobile is powered by another
famous Dodge economy motor; beauti-
full finish; excellent tires; it's condition
throughout speaks well for its former
owner; see this bargain tonight; un-
conditionally guaranteed; convenient
terms.
1901 NJ st. n. w. WE. 1914
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HOUSES FOR SALE

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PARK-Four
bedrooms, 2 baths; new home. CT. 1884.
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S6,950-HoME OR INVESTMENT, on
Newton St. N. W., near 18th St., row
not years old. 2 rear porches, upper
inclosed and screened. An excellent buy
in good all-white neighborhood. Boss &
Phelps. Nat $500. Evening phone. Mr..
Rabey CTeya 1900
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$14, 5OODCHEVY CHASE

A LARGE DETACHED BRICK HOME
of 10 rooms and three baths. located in
finest section of exclusive Chevy Chase
and offered at an extremely low price for
quick sale. The house is modern, has
just been done over like brand new, has
oil heat q two-car garage. pretty lot and
nice shrubbery. By all means see it at
R. M. HooKER-MEtropolit 1868
Evenings. 5 to 9. Call Adams 1880
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CHRYSLER
CHEVROLET

Chevrolet 1882 Sport Roadster R1HE
Rumble seat, clean car in Quo
good condition and priced far below
market: $165.
WAKEFIELD MOTOR CO.
1928 Sherman Ave. n. w. AID. 1000
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COLORED-Columbia Road, overlooking
Reservoir. lovely 8 rooms, Colonial brick,
in excellent condition; only So, 500; small
cash. balance monthly terms. MET. 5400
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FORD bu, 1889 %b. asdF r"ad tFs. CAB $685.
reprinted, choice of two same color
and same equipment. Price $6S5.
WAKEFIELD MOTOR co.
2525 Sherman Ave. N. w. AID. 5000
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AUSTIN

Austin-Special sale of IL brand 0O0E
new imported British Austins. CDOOO
Prices slashed from 1895 delivered.
Terms. All models and body types.
Owners report so miles a gallon. Eco
nomcal transportation.
STANDARD MOTOR SALES
(Open till 10 p. M
1928 14th st. N. W. NO. 2298
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FORD 1929 Pickup. $40 cash. Gardner
Stuart Motors. 1899 Benning Rd. N. E..
ppnno
The Washington times., 1937-09-14
EhrIichs Lose
BOlU in Thinning
SOftb0II Final, FL

CHICAGO, Sept. 14.-Washing.
ton D. c., is no longer repre-.
sented in the National SoftbalI
championships.
The Enrich Poultry ten, repre-.
senting the Nations Capital in the
gigantic national tournament,
went out yesterday, but only after
bitter battle.
The Ehrlich'S were defeated by
the champions of Oklahoma,
2 to 1, in II innings. The Okla
Romans were lucky to defeat the
poultrymen from Washington.
An error by Al Wellens, usually
steady fielder for the Washing.
tonians, paved the way for the
defeat.
With two down in the seven.
tenth inning when Oklahoma
staged its dramatic victory drive.
Dick Kruger, Oklahoma third
Sacker, had singled and stolen sec.
ond. Then Bill Robson rolled
weakly to Wellens who tossed
wildly to Tucker" Woodward, first
baseman, for the Ehrlichs. Krue.
ger scored on the error.
Had the Ehrlichs won the game
they would have moved into the
quarterfinal round to oppose tho
Texas champions.
The Washington times., 1937-09-14
G. ". HIGH TEAM
SHIFTS CAME

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Sept. IA.
The dedication program Of the
George Washington High School
Presidents new athletic field has
been shifted from october to
September IS and the Presidents
will mix with the John Marshall
High Justices in the inaugural
game here instead Of the Lane
High eleven Of Charlottesville.
This change in program has
forced the v. P. S. C. to employ
additional men to erect the arc
light system so this will be func-
tioning for the game.
This John Marshall contest was
scheduled in Richmond but the
Virginia Capital Bicentennial Pro
gram interferred with the game.
Walter Fraley, former outstand-
ing gridder at Dawson College, has
been appointed backfield coach Of
the Episcopal High team.
Fraley succeeds Gus Kainer who
resigned. The Episcopal High
gridders will open their season or
September IS with Eastern High.
Elicit Cabell, athletic director
Of the Alexandria Boys Club, to.
night attends O conference Of
boys club directors in Washington
to arrange for a 100-pound foot
ball league for the cake teams"
Of the clubs.
Virginia Athletic Club gridders
practice tomorrow night at 1880
o'clock at King and Lee Streets.
The Washington times., 1937-09-14
Golf Chips
BY CHICK KENNY

No sooner did we mention in
this department last week
what has happened to Levi
Yoder," when up he pops as a
starter in the District champion
ship tomorrow And then
we had something about Claude
Rippy tieing up with either
Manor, Congressional or Beaver
Dam, and it turned out Congress
Sional And now this pair
are hooked UP together in the
qualifying rounds which bids
certain to attract a banner
turnout Cliff Gruver won
the Washington Golf and Coun-
try Club junior championship
yesterday by bagging an 81 to
defeat Bob Early, who shot a
116.
Mrs. N. j. Waldron's women's
golf association team took a
1853 drubbing at Richmond yes
terday, losing to the Country
Club Of Virginia team of ladies.
Today the D. c. squad meets
the Richmond Women'S Golf AS
ISOLATION in twosome matches
over the Hermitage Country
Club.
A note comes through that
Bob Goldman won the Sub
urban Club championship de-
feating Dan Crone. Wonder
what happened to Nathan Kauf-
mann? The ladies golf
committee at Manor Club has
arranged a style show Of the
latest fashions to be staged at
2 o'clock, September 81. Bridge
follows with a prize for each
table.
Maryland has been invited to
send four golfers to the South.
ern States four-ball champion
ship at Atlanta, Ga, october
1915. The tournament is being
conducted to commemorate the
brilliant career of Bobby Jones.
A trophy, dedicated to Jones,
will go to the winning team and
remain in that teams State for
a year.
The Washington times., 1937-09-14
Sport Worlds
Passing Show

Tommy Farr challenged Max
Schmeling to fight him here, in
London or Berlin.
National Boxing Association
belittled ability of Joe Louis
while awarding him top heavy
weight ranking.
Manager Charley, Dresser dis
missed by Cincinnati Reds and
Bobby Wallace named as acting
pilot.
Officials Of contending clubs
in major leagues called to Chi
cago by Judge Lands to ar.
range World Series details.
Make or break" swing into
western half of National League
circuit stated by New York
Giants.
Hope Eternal captured feat
ture race at Narragansett Park
for third victory in row.
Tobacco won by nose over Hat
Check at Detroit.