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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-11-08
CAPITOL BUzzES
IN PREPARATION
FOR CONGRESS-
Cleaning Crew Busy
After RemodeIing

The Capitol is a-hummin' TO-
dsy-Congress is just one week
away.
And when you mention hum
min that's just what you mean.
Almost each train from quaint
little towns and cities in the
South and the West, along the
East Coast and the West Coast,
are bringing the members Of the
Seventy-fifth Congress back for a
special lesson in agriculture, to
be held for a few months begin
ming November IS.
OFFICE FORCES ARRIVE
On the same trains with these
members and sometimes ahead Of
them are arriving the office forces,
the secretaries and the clerks. And
there's where most of the hum
min comes in. While the major
ity of them were away, Architect
David Lynn directed q crew Of
several hundred workers in a last
minute dash to get the buildings
on Capitol Plaza modernized. Big
gest job of all was air-conditioning
all the rooms. It was such big
job and the workers raised so
much dust that the yelling for a
big cleanup would make one think
the House is already in session
and the Republicans were making
speeches.
c. A. Rapee, property custodian,
is facing the music with all the
aplomb he can muster. To be
true, Gus" Cook, superintendent
of the Capitol has been directing
a continuous cleanup campaign
in the main building ever since
summer began. On the other side,
Thomas L. Younger, custodian of
the Senate Office Building, has
been kept pretty busy. He has only
So Senators to look after and the
situation hasn't been so acute.
NEW PHONES m
Now Mr.. Rapee has to take care
Of about 1000 rooms. He's put
SWanky French phones in each Of.
flee. He's put an additional file
case in $50 offices. He bought and
placed SO new desks, $3.50 feet of
rugs and cleaned and repaired the
venetian and ordinary blinds that
cover every available window
space.
Right at the moment, however,
he's running into all the emer.
gency calls. This secretary wants
the walls in her office washed
over. This one wants the furni-
ture polished. This one wants a
couple Of new chairs.
Up and down the corridors go
the crews Of cleaners, about 20 in
all. Around the corners swish the
hand-puShed trucks with piles and
piles Of office equipment.
TIME TO CUT DOWN
Pack in 1914 there was a shout
1.-THE British are coming" and
everyone fell over themselves to
get everything they could out Of
the Capitol. Now they shout
Congress is coming and every
one is tearing their hair trying
to get everything they can into
the Capitol.
A special session always cuts
down the time allotted to the men
who have charge of keeping the
buildings in shape. This year
the air conditioning added dou-
BILE trouble. In the midst of the
rush several weeks ago a strike
stopped the job. Workmen. who
had been putting ducts into holes
that had been knocked out of
every wall in the building, went
around and covered them up with
pieces of pasteboard on which was
Scrawled in big letters:
ITO be closed all winter"
REGISTERS GOING ON
NTouy &bav hova ANNA orn,,,ad
La gaceta., 1937-01-26

En- Gijon, en- plena guerra, Ia
juventrd va Ella y noche a. A
teneo. Sucede 10 mismo en- BIZ
,5ao V Santander. Los padres
han iniciaR a sus hiios en- las
luchas Gel trabaio, desde edad
temprana.
Les muchachos Sc sienten or
gullosoS de pertene,er a la cla-
Sc obrera,
Estas juventrdes obreras Sc
organizan para ell estudio. Unos
prefiereh 4. ingen: Mia mecca
Mica, otros la teneduria de Ii
bros, muchos Sc preparan, en-
1 rminos generates, para la lu.
ma intelligence por la existea-
ella.
Los arist6cratas existen to-
davia Y siguen despreciando a
los otros, "a los seres inferio-
res. La clase media CHA a la
aristc,racia, en- su fuero inter-
no, Y ahora Sc ha undo con la
clase trabajadora.
Muchos que aver eran llama
La gaceta., 1937-01-26
y por la perversidad de unos

y por la perversidad de unos
cuantos militares sin honor.
Mas Italia y Alemania no bic
nen dinero, nj credito exterior.
Ell gobierno de la Republica tie
ne dinero Y dicese que tambien
credito.
Las milicias no retroceden va,
arnque la Junta de Burgos a.
nuncia victorias, victorias, vic
torias... Victorias que NADIA sig
nifican.
Hoy, a de sophomore, suble-
ron al gobierno los socialistas
Muy pronto leeremos en- la Prer
sa extranjera que Espana estd
gobernada por los somunistas
q. Largo Caballero es comunis-
ia, Y que Indalecio Prieto, AL
varez del Vayo, Albornoz, etc,
tambien son comunistas.
Los hombres que acaban dc
hacerce cargo del gobierno es-
panol en- estos criticos momen-
los, disfrutan de toda la con-
fianza de las organizaciones O.
breras.
BESIDE un principle los comu-
nistas sc p~usieron junto al go
bierno v recommendation la ne
cesidad de obedecer y contri-
BUR con todos los medios dis
ponibles a aplastar Ell fascismc
y la reacci6n militarista.
Su conducta les ha ganadc
mn,hos adeptos no solo en- As
turias, sino tambien en- otras
provincias. Muestranse desin.
teresados Y bien intenciorados
como los anarquistaS en- BARGE
Iona.
Espana, en- ell orden de las or
ganizaciones obreras, es inven-
chile. Las juWentudes no cesar
en- ell empeno de estudiar y pro-
gresar.
La gaceta., 1937-01-26

dos senoritos, hoy confraterni-
Fan con los cbreros y las obre-
Sas y parsen hijos de una mis-
ma familia. Con estos "sehori-
tos" nadie Sc ma metido. Mu-
chas "senoritas' trabaian en-
los talleres junto a las obreras
y parecen mas contentas we
antes.
Ell Frente Popular, en- Gii6n,
ha respectable a personas que sa-
be son d~esafectas al regimen
pero a las que estima Incapaces
de traicionar o cometer indigni.
dades.
IN muchos 1ugares publ2 o.
Sc han puesto carteles que di-
La gaceta., 1937-01-26

Ramon Gonzalez Pena sali6
aver a conferenciA con ell GO
hierno de Madrid.
FL pueblo mantiene su opti-
mismo y confia en- ell triunfo
final.
A MEDIA que transcurren los
dias Sc hace mas dificil ell alo-
amiento de los heridos.
Por ell gobierr o Sc han toma-
do las medidas precisas. VarioS
edificios de propia1ed rr;vada
han sido convertidos en- hospi-
tales.
Alguncs de los hospitales har
sido abiertos en- Granda, aldea
~cercana a Gii6n. Tambien Sc a.
|5rieron hospitaIes en- Candas y
Carrie. Els diffcil ell problema
de la aSistencia meGica,
La aperture de h~ospitales en-
lugares distances y differences
persigue dos objetivos: prime
no, aminorar ell peligro de la a.
viaci6n; segundo facilitar en- 10
possible los medios de transpor-
te para las familias de los heri-
dos.
Por la radio enfaticamente a.
nrncia ell gobierno fascista que
la aviaci6n suya, la f~acciosa,
empezara a bombardear los hos
pitales de sangre.
"Los heridos de hoy-salvaje-
mente dicen-seran los comba-
tientes de manana"
Al saber este Sc alegraran los
fascistas de TODD ell mundo, gen.
tie sin entranas y sin bondad.
La gaceta., 1937-01-26
UNA GRAN FIESTA DE LA
PkQUENA CAMARA DE
+. ~ COMERCIO

e dia 27 de febrero, en- ell
Coliseo de la Isla Davis, efectra
"a una gran fiesta la Pequena
Camara de Concrete de Tampa.
Sc distribuiran premios con
un valor total de $1,200.00, in
uyendo $3.50 en- elective.
La fiesta, segun los planes de
4 c. na-a ., sera gratis para to-
dosF"sin costo de ninguna ella
So:
Tn certamen Sc efectuara en-
tire bellas muchachas, pudiendo
ser nominai5as Lao candidates
por medic de pones ton e.
nonJbre, edad, direction, mime
70 deabel5fono, persona que NO
nina y direccs6n de este.
Ell primer premio es I'm auto
m6vil marca Chevrolet, valuado
en- $695.00:
Ben Davis, sue encuen
ira alge enfermo, figura en- ell
Comits organizador.
Todo ell dinero que Sc recau-
de sc gastara en- anunciar a
Tampa en- las carreteras del nor
te del pals.
La gaceta., 1937-01-26
EN- Ell FRENfE DE ASTURIAS =
La Republica Sc defiende
Ror P. Prendes)

Los insurgentes 49, Jon FIRE
cuencia a Dios y su religion, la
religion del crimen infamante.
Eilos q~uemarian viyos a to-
os los ninos de Espana, 81 pu-
.ieran, con tai de obtener la
ictoria. Quieren imponer al
ueblo espanol una nueva escla-
jtud, pero no 10 conseguiran.
Espanoles de nacimiento, TO
e s~entimiento, los jefes asesi-
r.ln a los verdaderos espanoles
n ell auxilio de los legionarios
los salvajes del Tercio.
Cnistianamente lie han ofre-
'iio al Duce la isla de Mallor-
! y a Portugal una parte inn
rtante de las provincias ga
J.. gas. Prometen guitar del ma
"a a Asturias, la heroica, y po-
aerIe a Oviedo ell nombre de
Leon.
Asturias es I'd 'pesaualla de
Don Queipo ell energumeno y de
Franco ell "lindo".
"Exterminaremos a todos los
asturianos anti-fascistas, dije-
ron por la Radio.
va ellos han probado 10 que
significa la valentia ~asturiana
y 10 que representa- para sus ca
bezas la dinamita bien prepara-
da Y bien tirada.
Hace poccs dias Indalecio
Prieto nos dijo que esta guerra
serfa muy costosa. "Desapare-
ceran de Espana no menos de
ocho millones de seres huma-
nos.
Horripila ell pensar en- este,
La gaceta., 1937-01-26

cen: Camaradas cuidado con
10 que sc habla. Las paroles es-
cuchan.
Hoy en- Espana es dificil ocul
tar 10 que Sc siehte. Lo que no
Sc oye, Sc adivina.
(C0ntinunrd).
La gaceta., 1937-01-26
MATRIMONIOS

Sabine Garcia, 80, y Albina
Coniglio, %; Ira P. Cline. %, Y
Norma Jewel Binion, 81; Will
FED B. Grimes, 21, y Juanita
Kirkland, 10; William A. Bar
ny, %, y Alice Viola Hayes, 81.
La gaceta., 1937-01-26

Cita a Junta General para Ell
Mares, a las s, en- ell Centre
Obrero. En- esta Junta toma-
"a possession la nueva Directiva.
Ell SecretdYf0.
La gaceta., 1937-01-26

LA DEFENSA DE LA FAM
LA
Evening star., 1937-10-10

The occasional establishing of friend
ship with a neighbor rather than with
a parent is most often because the
neighbor does not represent authority.
1t is hard to be friends with authority.
whether it is Mother or Dad or the
policeman on the beat.
And yet in the training Of child
there must be acknowledgement OF
authority because child must learn
to obey. And the first lesson that a
trained parent learns is to balance
obedience with share in this obliga-
ton. In other words. it is not Dads
own law that must be obeyed, but the
great law which Dad also obeys.
In the ideal training of parent as
we'll as child. comradeshfp is the heart
of the matter. In THE Jungle Book"
comradeship is illustrated in Father
Evening star., 1937-10-10
THIS WEEK

VOLTS training of Mowgli to obey the
law of the pack = which he too obeyed.
The modern criticism of yesterdays
training is that parents, representing
authority. sat on judges bench and
the children stood at the bar and re-
ceived pardon or sentence. That this
was not my own experience is perhaps
beside the point. But at least the situa-
ton today is much more complicated.
1t seems unlikely that many parents.
living under modern conditions. can
put all other demands aside in order
to devote enough time for the tranquil
development of companlonshp such
as have in mind.
Yet perhaps the Towering of friend
ship does not require so much time as
effective use of time. Unhurried. I'M
distracted, concentrated attention for
a few minutes is worth more than
hours spent inattentively. Doctors
know this The bedside manner is
really concentrated, interested atten-
ton for few minutes To the patient
it is as assuring as an hour spent by
another who sits on the edge of his
chair ready to leave and with mind
that has seemingly already left!
The perfect adjustment is difficult.
A too solicitous why darling?" is
almost as bad as its opposite. DO as l
tell you at once.
The condolences and reticences OF
little child are like a surf breaking on
the shore They start toward you
gently, quite far away. gather mo-
mentum and then hurry forward on
the crest of a wave: and then suddenly
draw out and are gone.
Perhaps there are unlmaginative
children - don't think have ever
Evening star., 1937-10-10
THIS WEEK
Good !oste , $; ,9.. Today
by EMILY Post

seen one. But we have all seen plenty
of parents whose own imaglnations
have atrophied and fail to show them
that Johnny is hurt because his mother.
or nurse. or whoever has the care OF
him, belittled his own intentions or
underestimated his ability
An outstanding example OF be-
lttling child's intentions is the order
given before company: MARY, curtsy
to Mrs. Stranger This. when Mary is
all ready to make dip. Or: Wait
Charlie, let Aunt Kate go first! when
Charlie has no intention of doing any
thing else Or ordering Mary: "Offer
the cakes to Millicent before helping
yourself" and by this direction having
it assumed that Mary did not even
have the impulse of politeness to
Millicent. her own guest!
Another habit. equally typical, is
that of making the child the target OF
comment. either in praise because OF
talents, or worse, in criticism because
of sensitiveness or shyness.
All growing children vince at con-
tinual reference to their appearance -
their height, or their lack of it. Nor
NAL children hate being put on exhibit
ton or if they like it, they are in
danger of becoming self-centered and
ultimately disliked
But the evidence of lack Of training
that would like particularly to point
out is less obvious. 1t occurs only
when children have reached the age
which should permit them reasonable
independence The situation which
nearly all resent is that created by a
mother who makes plans for sons or
daughters without consulting them.
Muriel at the tennis match meets
Evening star., 1937-10-10
Thirsty Soil
Continued from pogs seven

flinging down the towel. let them
eat off dirty plates; don't care!'
''Pd better see what's happened"
said Harriet. She pushed open the door
and pressed out into the driving sand.
1t was like sleet, only worse. Her face
stung and her throat felt raw.
The bell-like tap of hammer on
metal rose above the howl of the wind.
She followed it to the pump house
where Joseph, covered with mud and
sweat. was working madly to release
the pipe He glanced up as she en-
tered. You oughtn't to be out in
this" he exclaimed. GO back to the
houseT
I'm all right. What's happened?"
Wells close to dry"
She could scarcely take it in. mo
water at alp"
"A few inches at the bottom. I'm
trying to get the pipe little longer"
A shadow darkened the doorway
and she turned to see John Dawson
standing there. He was carrying the
rifle which he and Joseph had always
used for shooting thieving woodchucks.
Think you'll get enough for all the
cattle?" he asked Joseph.
afraid not, but Jim's digging for
seepage in the gully"
''He won't get much, if he gets
any," John Dawson's mouth was set
and the line of his lips was thin.
Harriet's eyes travelled to the rife.
mot that - ?"
"A few of the poor devils haven't
got chance to pull through anyway"
But can't we get any water from
the neighbors?"
mot likely to. even if they had it;
we couldn't get truck through the
roads
you mean the roads are clOsed?"
John Dawson didn't seem to hear
her. Staring blankly before him, he
went out into the storm toward the
barn door
They're drifted worse than with
winter blzzards," Joseph explained.
''Only light cars can get through"
He went back to his work and she
turned to leave him.
At the corner of the barn she
gathered her strength to face the full
rage and destruction of the storm.
Fences that had been landmarks ever
since she could remember were now
buried beneath drifted dust 1t was
impossible to believe that just a few
days before - she had stood there,
Evening star., 1937-10-10

City" A speculative look came into
her eyes. "He had swell apartment
nothing like this"
Harriet had an instant OF nausea. as
though something unclean had brushed
her. I've got to go back to the kitch-
en-" she excused herself lamely.
BE an angel and draw my bath as
you pass, will you?'
II would gladly, only you can't
take a BATH
Whats the big idea? l couldn't
take one last night either -"
Its the drought - and now with
this storm i don't know what's 60
ing to happen"
It's nothing dangerous, is it?'
Anxiety sharpened Miles voice.
Harriet looked harassed. There's
no telling If we don't get rain soon,
we'll lose the crops, and the cattle will
die of thirst -"
''Oh, for goodness sake, | didn't
mean that kind of thing. | meant dan
gerous for us? Could the wind blow the
house down or anything like that?"
Harriet shook her head. filled with
mingled pity and contempt for Miles
naked panic. 1T never has," she said.
Millie frowned. 1T gets on your
nerves anyway. Gee" she added lroni-
,r cxroll -
Harriet WINGED. I'm sorry"
'1f you see Jim, send him up
"Jim's in the barn The cattle need
him."
Millie gave an unpleasant snort.
"Oh, so the cattle need him, do they?"
Harriet made no answer. She wanted
to get away from Millie and all that
Mile implied. She hurried down to
the kitchen, as John Dawson entered
from the porch, admitting furnace of
dust-laden wind which twisted the
curtains and billowed the rug from
the floor. Better get some dust masks
ready, Harriet" he gasped. I'm
afraid we're going to need them
Harriet's heart seemed to stop beat
ing for an instant, and her blood froze
in her veins. Dust masks. She knew
what that meant. She remembered
pictures of the devastated dust areas
west of Hunters Grove.
For four days they fought losing
fight. On the morning of the fifth day
the water stopped in the kitchen sink
as Harriet and Millie were washing
the dishes. Mile snorted with exas-
peration. This is the limitr' she cried.
Evening star., 1937-10-10

looking out across young wheat, full
and rich Now there was nothing but
marching sand and dust. like sea at
work beneath the winds relentless
urge. Here and there bare patches of
earth showed the lacewOrk OF roots
still holding tenaciously to the land.
But even as she stood there. some OF
them loosened and whipped across the
ground like tumbleweed.
The wind veered little and the
pail shifted so that she could see Jim's
figure in the gully behind the barn.
He was digging with shovel, knee
deep in muck He had thrown his dust
mask aside to make breathing easier,
and as she watched him he was wracked
by rasping cough. 1t seemed to tear
through him. leaving him so weak that
he had to hold on to the shovel to keep
from falling.
She was by his side in an instant.
her arms about him. For split second
she clung to him, stealing consolation
as well as giving it, Then her practical
being reasserted itself. and she twisted
the mask back over his face. "Idiot!
she yelled above the wind. don't you
know you shouldn't be working out
here with your dust mask OFF,
He tried to answer her, but the
effort brought on another spasm of
choking. She tied the mask tighter and
felt his face 1t was dry and burning.
"You ought to be in bed! You're ill!
Got to dig. Got to have water"
Harriet kept hold of his arm.
"HouseT she cried above the wind.
you've got to get back to the house!'
He shook her away and went on
digging, as if his whole consciousness
had contracted to the task. Got to
dig for waterr
A thought came to her. "Millie
needs your she shouted. "Millie's
frightened, she needs you"
He paused an instant. pondering
DULY, before he came to slow con-
clusion. He shook his head. Cant
leave The cattle are dying Miles
got to 60 it alone"
But need you too, jim I'm afraid!
can't get back to the house by my
self! You'll have to take me, don't
you understand? You'll have to go
with mep'
1t took a moment for him to COM
prehend He searched her face. Then,
dazed. he held out his hand to her.
He went through the motions of
CONTINUED on pogs 12)
Evening star., 1937-10-10

N THIS day
of special
lied train
ing of chill
dren. we hear
comparatively
little, SO it
seems to me,
about the train
ing of parents
from the child's
point of view.
Evening star., 1937-10-10

Beauty authorities agree that the most i'm
portant step in the care of your complexion is
thorough cleansing. It's simple step, too,
since Daggett & Ramsdell created Golden
Cleansing Cream.
For this new cream contains colloidal gold
-. substance with remarkable power for
toning and invigorating the skin. You can't
see or feel this colloidal gold, any more than
you can see or feel the iron in spinach. Yet
its penetrating action makes Golden Cleans
ing Cream a more efficient cleanser..and aids
in keeping the complexion clear and youthful.
Try Golden Cleansing Cream tonight. See
how fresh and vitality alive it leaves your
skin. At drug and department stores.
Evening star., 1937-10-10
Magazine Section

a new boy. or perhaps an attractive
one whom she has known only
slightly. He asks if he may see her
home, and she is pleased at the pros
pect of getting to know him better
Mother meets her at the door with:
"Oh, Muriel. | am SO glad you are
here! Grace and Laura came an hour
ago. and kept them waiting because
l know you would hate to miss them"
Or another example: A boys
mother invites the girl he likes least
to come to dinner and to go to the
movies with him, when he already
has date with the girl he likes best.
Or possibly Mother gives a sur
prise party on the evening that her
daughter-away at boarding school
arrives home Daughter would rather
have had party on any other night
and would have liked to choose her
own friends. Or perhaps Mother has
arranged a party without writing
her about it, and the daughter in
the meantime has made an engage
ment to spend the week end at the
home of a school friend. Instead she
has to come home
1t may seem long road from
building a friendship with very
little child to securing Comradeship
when child is almost grown. But
the road of complete understanding
at the start is an enduring one. and
those who walk it, when the one is
little and the other big. are almost GER
tain to walk shoulder to shoulder
when the little one has grown big
Copyright. 1897. by Emily Post
Parents: Popular Or?
A ehiId,s behavior con moks lis
porenfs vnwsieoms os nsiohbors or
friends. Mrs. Posts lsofst answers
some timely questions about this. To
get H. send q thrss-esnt stomp with
your request to This Week Mosozins.
in core Of this newspaper.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-14

days last week with Mr.. and Mrs
William Cordrey on Boxwood ROAD
near Marshallton.
Mrs. Theodore Ferguson is spend
ing sometime in Washington with
her sister, Miss L. Ethel Taylor
and brother, ]. Norman Taylor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reese Moffitt spent
Friday and Saturday in Trenton
and Hopewell, N. j.
Mr.. George Heinold spent the
weekend in West Chester.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Burris en-.
tertained on Sunday Mr. and Mrs
Samuel Ford of the Levels, Mr.
and Mrs. Allie Gonce, Miss Mildred
Gonce, Edward and Woodrow
Gonce and Mr.. Abram Bratten.
Mrs. William Fortner, Mrs. Pau
Mannering and Mrs. Julia Cross
visited Wilmington on Tuesday.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-14
LIVE TAYLORS
BRIDGE ITEMS
Items of Community Interest
Cleaned From Around
ThOrOughfare Neck
NEWS AND PERSONALS

Taylor's Bridge, Jan. IA Mrs
William Francis and son Carl, an6
Miss Pauline Francis, spent sever
al days last week with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Gohl in Allan
tic City, N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Steller and
sons of Essington, Pa, spent Sun
day with his brother, Mr.. and Mrs.
John D. Steller.
Mr.. Stephen Clendaniel, who has
been spending sometime with his
daughter, Mrs. Robert Davidson
and Mr.. Davidson, has returned to
his home near Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Johnson
were Friday visitors with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Herman John
son in Delaware City.
Mrs. Wilson David spent the
weekend with her sister, Mrs. Mil
ton Latta and Mr.. Latta in Mar
shallton and Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Gohl and
family of Atlantic City, N. J.,spent
Saturday with their daughter, Mrs.
William Francis and Mr.. Francis.
The Taylors Bridge P. T. A. will
hold it's January meeting in the
school house Thursday night at 6
o'clock. A covered dish luncheon
will be served at s o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Shockley
and family spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Willie in Town
send.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie McClain and
family spent Sunday with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William For
akers
Mr. and Mrs Robert Davidson
spent Thursday with Mr.. and Mrs
Ralph Carey near Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Latta of
Marshallton, spent Sunday with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Latta
and her mother, Mrs. Fannie Fran
els.