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The Washington times., 1937-02-04
Remember Mother India?

DEMEMBER "Mother India"-that best-seler Of
~ few years ago?
It gave vivid scarcely printable picture of the mar
riages Of little Hindu girls to mature in Brtains
great Asiatic possession.
It Mortified the American people, Nothing like that
they piously reflected was possible HERE.
Well, it is possible herein the enlightened State of
Tennessee at leas-and it has occurred with the legal
sanction of Tennessee authorities.
You have read the story in the columns and
have seen pictures of the 9yearold childbride of
strapping six-foot mountaineer of %
Tennessee has distinguished itself in the past by
"monkey laws,' and recently by measure to
abolish freedom of the press.
But this disgraceful tolerance of marriage that
would be crime outside of darkest India sets new
mark for ignorance and barbarsm in what we fondly
imagined were the CIVILIZED United States
The Washington times., 1937-02-04

Rep. BryOn N. Scott son to be a
gentle spanking" of new mem
ber or not, it took that form.
Representative Alfred N. Phil
lips, jr., of Connecticut, who is
serving his first term, was address
ing the House on the subject OF
American aviators fighting in
Spain's civil war. Mr.. Phillips was
in fine fettle. He talked of Christ
mas Eve on the radio. He talked
of the bombs falling on innocent
children in Spain-bombS which
he says in some instances were re-
leased by American aViators.
Mr.. Phillips wants this stopped.
He spoke of a bill he introduced
which would expatriate anyone
serving in any armed force other
than that of the United States
AS he neared the end of his re
marks, Representative Scott arose
and said:
81 am heartily in sympathy
with the idea behind the re-
marks of the gentleman from
Connectic;-t but may call his
attention, just for his own con-
SideratiOn, to the picture that
hangs at the left of the Speak
er's chair"
Mr.. Phillips showed evidence
that the interruption had founc
it's mark. The picture referred tt
is that of Marquis de Lafayette
a gentleman that Mr.. Scott!
school books had taught him hac
something to do with war in thi'
country, although he was French
man.
Mr.. Phillips. however, was no
to be doWned completely. He an
SWered:
"Mr. Speaker, the gentleman
has called my attention to this
picture. l look at it every day
with a great Zeal Of pleasure
and realize that the gentleman
whose picture he points out was
fighting for a principle and not
as a paid murderer"
Then he took his seat.
The Washington times., 1937-02-04


how I've worked! And what'uv
I got to show for it? Nothing.
Something must be wrong with
the system. Maybe it paid to
hitch your wagon to a star in
Grandpa's day, but now all you're
apt to get is long, lonely buggy
ride to nowhere"
Backing this come dismal sta
tistics from the White Collar front.
Those tragic millions of unem-
ployed Master Minds-iS it their
fault that they are on a dole to-
day, or have they been tricked by
our glittering success slogans?
Wouldn't they and their world
have been happier if they had
realized, from the first, that there
ISN'T always room at the top,
no matter how hard we strive? !
suspect they would.
IMMENSE WRONG
It's time someone debunked and
exposed large areas of our popu.
lar philosophy which worked nicely
enough in our pioneering days, but
are doing incalculable harm now
in the face of enormously increased
population and competition. Far
more than any market crash, our
Star-Hitching policy is responsible
for our national chaos and discon
tent.
The simple fact is that our bust
ness framework does not hold
enough positions for the clamor
ing applicants, regardless of how
hard they may strive.
While the average youngster il
aiming for his "star," he passes
up the lesser jobs he might have
landed, and frequently acquires
the notion that he's too good fol
them. Net result being a life
long crouch, based on the Suspi
cion that he has been gypped BY
somebody somehow. Which h
has-by our lop-sided American
idea of what constitutes A Gooc
Life.
We've cheated him first by tell
ing him that there was unlimited
opportunity for the energetic a
the top and wronged him ever
worse by teaching him that sue
cess meant a swell job.
I' Someone who signs herself y
The Washington times., 1937-02-04
AUSTRIA

Somehow it seems only fitting
that the romantic Duke of Wind
sor should have selected a charm
ing spot near Vienna in which to
spend the beginning of his ex-
iStence as an eX-king. For Austria
is the romantic home of a roman
tic people.
Of course, the government is
progressive enough to make
capital of the recent events. Gov
ernment officials expect tourists
to flock into Austria next summer,
and they hope the summer trade
will surpass the winter resort busi-
ness, which has become tremen-
dous since Edwards first visit three
years ago. That visit made Kitz-
buhel and st. Anton the mecca Of
winter sport enthusiasts.
ACCESSIBLE
East Of the Arlberg, easily &C
cessible from any point in Europe
by plane or train, lies all that is
left of the once-mighty Austrian
empire.
Within these boundaries, how
ever, is to be found every variety
of scenery-mighty glacial peaks,
tiny flower-decked hills, lofty
mountains, little green valleys
with tiny villages. great cathedrals
and little churches in obscure
valleys.
Austria's mineral springs may
gush forth radioactive waters, but
her principal river, the Danube, is
it's best advertisement. Better than
The Washington times., 1937-02-04

tIttn avenue Buyer mas WrlLCen
an article in January HARPERS
TELL THE GIRLS THE
TRUTH"-which delivers a long
needed wallop at these fallacieS.
"There is NOT always room at
the tOp!" she cries. "There is
room at the top for very few of
them. 1t is ridiculous to main
tain otherwise. And I no longer
believe it is either right or fair
to encourage young women to
fantasy about their chances in
business, any more than 1 believe
they should be encouraged to
continue any other unsound fan
taSieS."
Fifth Avenue Buyer" has moth
ing against healthy ambition or
husky struggle. To the contrary,
she is against our limited concep-
ton of success and our down
right dishonest reports Of business
conditions.
"You can" cry the popular psy-
biologists, "be anything you want
to be-" Which, to a certain extent
is true. You can BE anything you
want to BE-brave, honest, tender,
wise-but that doesn't imply you
can DO anything you want to DO.
It's one thing to achieve a char.
acter and quite another to acquire
a job. The first is compact oe-
tween you and your Maker. The
second requires the consent and
assistance of Big Business-Which
is quite another matter.
INEVITABLE RESULT
A discouraging outlook? No
simply the inevitable result Of a
cockeyed viewpoint which well
now have to revise, or else! We
Americans have gone as far as
we can in our flight from common
sense and the natural laws. It's
up to us now to realize that ou1
theory of success has been com
pletely warped. that it's the
quality of life which counts ano
not the quantity of dollars.
There ISN'T always room al
the top" with that small, drained
worn-out group whom we consider
bushes successes. But there rs
always room in life itself for end
less adventures which will enrich
our minds and delight our souls.
Give youngsters a glimpse O.
those adventures. rid them o.
their false shame of poverty anc
manual labor. let them be fret
to feel that Rich Experience, no
a JOB, is the supreme achievmen
and that the only real failure i
the man who hasn't lived. .anC
herOld pride and eagerness ant
simple content will return to Amer
lea again.
(This column UelcomeS and
requests comments. Letters pre-
Senting personal problems may
also be sent. All letters Uill be
handled confidently and an.
S1Oered promptly it stamped, Gd-
dressed envelopes are trcludedJ
Copyright, 1887, by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1937-02-04
GANG VENGEANCE

Recently we ran a little sketch
of Representative C. Arthur Ander.
son, a new member from Missouri
who is compelled to walk with the
aid of a cane because of under.
world vengeance meted out to him
while he was prosecuting Q kid.
naping case in his district.
The Washington times., 1937-02-04

SOuuQ principles.
I doubt whether any aspiring
young man who openly professed
money heresies could have gotten
far in business or finance. We
thanked God that the gold stand
ard had been saved and its enc
mics forever routed.
We would have been inclined to
lock up any man who offered to
bet that in 20 years every country
in the world would be off the gold
standard. But that is exactly what
happened. Last years yielding OF
the European gold bloc made it
unanimous.
At about the time we finally
succeeded in buttressing the gold
standard behind rampant of un-
asSailable logic, the Wright broth
ers made their first feeble crow
hop with their big clumsy kite,
down in KittyhaWk, North Caro-
lima. Nobody could have told us
that they would upset the price
of gold and hence everything else
in the world, even if they flew to
the moon-but that's just what
they did.
It is the sustained European
war horror which makes other ma
tions keep steadily shipping gold
to the United States, and it is
demonstrable that the bombing
airplane made a new world equa.
tion of power politics" which
helped bring about the economic
impasse and caused England to
lead the way in devaluation.
America is the only reasonably
safe place in the world for gold.
The foreigners don't store it here.
They exchange it for American
dollars, made the Soundest money
in the world by our immunity
from air attack.
Confusing
Uncle Sam owns the gold, but in
a qualified sense. He has given
gold certificates in exchange.
Safety, plus our increase in the
gold price, accounts for its unceas-
ing flow in this direction.
This is the first time in the his
tory of the world that every ma
ton has been off the gold stand
ard. The orthodox theory of the
gold standard is that it is an auto
matte system, the opposite pole to
managed economy" Driven
from this standard, the nations
make tentative and faltering be-
ginnings in management" with
their sterilization funds.
Nobody knows yet whether we
have a bear by the tail in thus
trying to manage something that
for thousands of years has man.
aged itself. BY all traditional the
cries of money we should have a
price rise by this time of about
10 per cent, but it hasn't come off.
My observation is that the few
men who know something about
this formidable business seem
more confused and generally tan
gled up than anybody.
Just this business alone Of Un-
Gle Sam, in a time of great stress,
burying six billion dollars worth
of gold because he doesn't know
what else to do with it, that alone
seems to carry a suggestion Of
Greek comedy, and a hint that
maybe the wisest man among us
is old Hop Louey, of Clear Greek,
who, the papers say, has sluiced
out $63, 900 from the Clear Creek
mine tailings since President
Roosevelt devalued the dollar.
Copyright. 1887, by King Features
| Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1937-02-04

national tradi-
tion-With Alb
raham Lincoln
and Mr.. Rocke-
feller serving as
Exhibits A. But
now Y ou n g
America, disil-
lusioned by de,
preston a n d
m e a n i n gless
diplomas, is be-
ginning to de-
clare that tradi.
ton the bunk.
" Look !" it
cries. "See how
T1x I.aa~aaJ
The Washington times., 1937-02-04

by a school
teacher, Repre-
sentative By
ron N. Scott,
of California.
Mr.. S C o t t
taught school
eight years in
California and
was awarded
his M. A. de-
gree for h i S
work in Amer
ic an history
and economics.
Whether he
meant his les
The Washington times., 1937-02-04

lugural, all the
gold production
Of all the earth
totalled 1,106,-
550,303 ounces.
In the slightly
less than four
years between
the first and
second inaug-
urals, t tot a !
world produc-
ton was lis,
100000 ounces,
or about one
tenth the out
put of the pre-
lg "A l
The Washington times., 1937-02-04
Listen, World!
BIZ Elsie Robinson

Is there always room at the
top" if we work hard enough?
Such is our No. /, sacroSanct
The Washington times., 1937-02-04
THEY KNOW

I1G N4NO"
The national housing program
is in the hands of a man who
knows what he is talking about.
The housing problem, as you know,
is based primarily on slum clear.
ance.
Senator Robert F. Wagner of New
York, along with Al Smith, is &C.
knowledged as the leader in the
movement. Senator Wagner came
to this country when he was 8
years old. He grew up on the East
Side of the big metropolis and
knows about Slums from first-hand
information.
He has made slum clearance a
vital force in his life. 1t had its
genesis way back in his childhood
Al Smith, as everyone knows, il
another boy who fought his way
up from the East Side and he is
the power behind the movement ir
New York State,
The Washington times., 1937-02-04
OLD FAVORITES
A ChiLd's Song of Christmas

MARJORIE L. G. PICKTHALL
My counterpart is soft silk,
My blankets white creamy milk
The hay soft to Him, l know,
Our little Lord of long ago.
Above the roofs the pigeons fly
In silver wheels across the sky
The sabedoves they cooed to them,
Mary and Christ in Bethlehem
Bright shines the sun across the drifts
And bright upon my Christmas gifts
They brought Him incense myrrh and gold,
Our little Lord who lived of old
Oh, soft and clear mother sings
Of Christmas joys and Christmas things.
Gods holy angels sang to them
Mary and Christ in Bethlehem.
Our hearts they hold all Christmas dear,
And earth sweet and heaven seems near.
Oh heaven in His sight, know,
That little Child of long ago.
(RedderS inUed to send to the editor their suq-
gesons of old tavorteS among the poems for repnng
In this spGce)
The Washington times., 1937-02-04
HISTORY

A lesson in American history
was meted out to the House of
Representatives last wednesday
The Washington times., 1937-02-04
Human Side of News
Bu Edwin C.. Hill

From the day Columbus dis
covered America to the day Of
President RooSevelt's first in.
The Washington times., 1937-02-04
The Greatest Show On Earth
By Frank Miller Smith

We were pleased to receive let
ter of acknowledgement from him
but sorry to learn from the note
written by his secretary that the
Representative has suffered from
an attack of influenza and, besides
that, has had to submit to another
operation because Of the injuries
received when the gangsters forced
his automobile into a ditch with
their car leaving him for dead.
THE LURE
Overheard in the House restaur-
ant: Two members were talking.
One froWned at his luncheon COM
panion and declared savagely:
81 don't like this job. 1t doesn't
appeal to me and / don't like
anything about it,"
The other looked up and smiled
"The only thing I like about
it is the salary"
Well now, $4,000 a year isn't
very hard to take at that.
The Washington times., 1937-02-04

olumbus dis associated with sound mind and
The Washington times., 1937-02-04

m at the %Fifth Avenue Buyer" has
Evening star., 1937-02-15
U. S. TREASURY NOTES.
MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK. February Is lP.-cau
commercial paper. a. per cent. Time
cent offered; bankers acceptances un-
changed; 80 days. is-14: 5000 days. 9s-fs
months. is9s; 5-6 months ss-17 Re-
discount rate. New York Reserve Bank. In
per cent
Evening star., 1937-02-15
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writsr.


NEW YORK, February 15.-The
stock market put on a heavy-footed
performance today.
In a brisk opening, steels and mo-
tors slumped and as the session pro-
ceeed other groups joined the down
turn in quiet trading which brought
losses OF fractions to around points.
Toward the close losses were re-
duced in some issues. Transactions
approximated 100000 shares.
Issues under pressure most Of the
session were United States Steel.
Bethlehem, Ludlum, General Motors,
Chrysler, Case, American Telephone,
Western Union, Kennecott, Anaconda
Pure Oil, Texas Corp, American Can,
Westinghouse, General Electric, Santa
Fe, Southern Pacific, Loew's and
Boeing.
Du Pont ruled lower in quiet deal
ings following declaration of a 75-cent
interim" dividend, which contrasted
with year end disbursement of 81
in December.
Montgomery Ward and Sears-Roe-
buck showed fairly stiff resistance at
times, with the aid of buying from
traders hoping for a brisk Easter re-
tail season.
Other shares in demand were YELL
low Truck, White Motors and Omni-
bus.
Some selling was prompted, brokers
say, by the Morgenthau conference
looking to regulate the influx of for
eign funds.
Failure of stee!s TO brace up fol-
lowing issuance of the American Iron
& Steel Institute estimate showing a
rise of l point 10 81.6 per cent of ca
pacity. a peak since December, 1929.
provided a key TO Wall Streets cur
rent mood.
Evening star., 1937-02-15


The largest gain Of insurance in
force, largest increase in assets and
largest volume of paid business
achieved in any one year were an
nounced by Emry c. Green, presi-
dent Of the Pilot Life Insurance Co.,
In his report on 1896 business at the
thirty-fourth. annual meeting in
Greensboro, N. c., it was reported to-
day by E. o. Wieland, general agent
In Washington.
President Green reported that in
surance now in force totals $115,85l,-
076, an all-time high, representing a
gain of $40, ,234, or 10 per cent,
during 1886.
Today's Trading Heavy.
Trading on the Washington Stock
Exchange today was the heaviest in
many sessions. Washington Gas IS,
1860, selling at l241a, headed the List.
Evening star., 1937-10-30
Missed Count, Sarron SAYS.

CARBON rallied momentsrily TO
- punch his way into the clear. but
his attack begged down when Arm
strong belted a terrific left to the
stomach and a second later when an
equally pile driving right crashed
against his chin. the Syrian's knees
sagged and he hit the canvas.
Those two blows hurt me-" said
Sarron after the fight. but not so
badly that / couldn't have got up. /
missed one of the referees counts.
was looking for nine when he said 10"
The little Syrian attributed his lack
OF fire and pep to the ordeal of weight
making. He's at his best around l30
pounds. He's 30 years old and twice
within six months he's been called on
to come down to l26.
"I think 1 will make lightweight
out of Petey," said Manager Jim
Erwin. Il doubt if he'll ever try
to make 126 pounds again. 1t takes
too much out OF him"
Oddly enough. Armstrong. who was
expected to be the real sufferer from
the reducing process. showed no ad-
verse effects. He was as strong at
the finish as at the start. notwlth-
standing that he was performing AT
six pounds under his normal fighting
weight.
Evening star., 1937-10-30

the direction OF blue-eyed, golden
haired Audrey Fuller, club secretary
and hostess.
President George Derr an
nounced an intra a-club tourna-
ment and stated that the men,
bership goal for the current year
ts 100.
Introducing the chess editor OF The
Star as speaker OF the occasion, Derr
spoke favorably Of the program Of the
Metropolitan Chess Association, while
Prof. Paul Miller outlined tersely the
organized chess program Of the United
States and the social chess" program
of the American Foundation for Chess
Education.
Thursday the college players meet at
pm. Columbian House, to engage IN
tournament play.
Evening star., 1937-10-30
nv MALCOLM LAMBORNE. Jr.

~ ARLY next summer the first OF
the new Chesapeake Bay one
designs will make their appear
IL ance at Gibson Island and the
Eastern Shore. Representing the
thorough study and final selection of
the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing
Association, meeting at Easton, it will
be the first out-and-out large single
design class for yachtsmen of the bay.
Essentially racing boat with cruis-
ing accommodations, the 34-foot cutter
is Identical with the new Lake one-de-
sign chosen last year by the Canadian
and American members of the Lake
Yacht Racing Association from the
plans of Phil Rhodes of Cox 81 Stevens.
A smart and fast-looking hull is the
product, with a water-line length OF
% feet 4 inches, 7-foot 9-inch beam
and 5-foot 3-inch draft.
It's a strictly modern inboard
rig and carries 444 square feet
of sail in a jib and main.
The sloop promises to be more than
a racing boat by supplying accommo-
dations for weekend cruising. Below
the head room is feet and berths for
three or four are laid out. And FUR
ther proving the boat is not a racing
machine, provision is made for small
four-cylinder auxiliary motor carry
ing feathering propeller.
At Gibson Island five or six pros
pects are counted on for the nucleus
of next year, and several on the Shore
about st. Michaels and Oxford.
THAT group of sailors who were
l. counting on the adoption of
bay class for smaller craft will be
disappointed to hear the matter has
been dropped. for the time being at
least. Long and bitter was the dis
cussion between two camps, one from
the southern end of the bay that
backed the Hampton one-design, and
the other from the western shore
that was all for the Hartge-designed
20-footer.
Before the matter could be brought
Evening star., 1937-10-30
Fight Furious From Start.

A CRUSHING left 10 the pit Of the
stomach, quickly followed by a
numbering right flush to the button,
polished off the game and clever Sar-
ron after almost six rounds of sizzling
milling in Madison Square Garden.
A crowd of 1l.847 parted with S34.-
708.28 to welcome Mike Jacobs into
the Garden and see Armstrong, in
many respects miniature edition Of
Joe Louis, hang up his twenty-second
knockout in his last 20 fights.
The knockout climaSed five Of the
fastest. most furiously fought rounds
Garden fans have seen in years. Ssr-
ron, off to q dazzling lead, blew it in
the fifth and sixth when Armstrong
finally got organized and began to go
TO town.
In the sixth, his back to the ropes
and his head protected by his arms,
Ssrron stood fiat-footed while re-
lentless Armstrong. his throttle now
wide open. pummeled short but deadly
punches into the Birmingham lads
face and midriff.
Evening star., 1937-10-30
DERBY DOPE MADE
IN KENTUCKY RACE
Possibilities for Classic Run in
Jockey Club Stakes at
Churchill Downs.
BY the Associs ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
T OUISVILLE. KY. Oct. 30.-Ken-
- lucky horsemen looked to to-
days running of the Kentucky Jockey
Club Stakes for 2-year-olds at
Churchill Downs to give them an ad-
vance tip on 1886 Kentucky Derby
possibilities.
The feature Of the closing program
of the Downs seven-day fall meeting
found local race followers leaning
toward the Milky Way Farms entry.
Tiger, Mountain Ridge and Fire Mar
shal, in preference to six others.
Should Tiger fail to compete in
event of a heavy track, they held,
Mountain Ridge should be able to
turn the trick
Recently clocked in an easy 1:28
Tor furlongs, Mountain Ridge was
dghly regarded for today's mile test.
which carries with it a $4,000 added
purse.
Other horses well thought Of were
valdina Farms Diavolo Boy and Hal
Price Headley's Dab He.
Evening star., 1937-10-30
Armstrong Overanxious.

A RMSTRoNG said his unirnpres-
sive showing at the start was
because of oversnxiousness to make
a one-punch fight of it.
II fought sucker fight to start, !"
he said My instructions were to
punch with Sarron for four or five
rounds. But he hit me oftener and
harder than I figured. and I disre-
garded orders and tried to nail him.
When my seconds brought me into
line about the fourth round. began
to connect squarely. Sarron is tough
and hard to fight"
Armstrong makes his next start
December IN Cleveland in a nom
title bout against an opponent not
vet selected. Sarron will make his
debut as a lightweight in the New
York Hippodrome November y. His
opponent will be named next week.