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Traffic Toll

The mounting list Of traffic
victims in the District Of Co
lumbia since January I, 1887,
is graphically shown by the
death watch:
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The Inquiring
Photoqropher

The Washington Times in.
viteS you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used In this column.
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Army is underpaid, and that
competitive conditions if moth
ing else call for an increase"
What else does the Army
need that you haven't got?"
"I'u tell you one thing we do
want in the Army-and this is
new. We would like to have an
enlisted reserve. I am asking
for that also in my annual re-
port"
How many men do you think
you could get for such a reserve,
from among men who have
served in the regular forces?"
PRAISES EQUIPMENT
Half a million, we figure.
And it would not only be econo-
mically sound, but sound policy.
In this country we don't need a
large standing army. We have
always depended on a citizen
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the guys who tickle the linotype
machines, are correct. That first
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It is merely collection Of
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Encyclopedia.
The manner in which these
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markably simple. Each day the
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published on Saturday. The Sun
day Washington Herald Times con-
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Seven of these coupons with an
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Exchange Stations for Volume
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A list Of drugstores, stationery
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complete sets of the Standard
American Encyclopedia may be
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"TWIN" STREET

WHITEHALL, N. Y, Nov. 3
N.SJ.-Iiving up to its reputa-
ton of delivering sets of twins in
Adams Street, this village, the
Stork left two sets of twins here
recently. One set at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Brown. and
the other to Mr.. and Mrs. George
Rounds. These two sets Of twins
make the fifth set Of twins on this
prolific street.
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Washington Times Staff Photos


army in time Of war. The plan
for an enlisted reserve fits into
that scheme admirably. We
have been thinking about it for
two or three years, and this
seems to be a good time to try it
out"
But it was when he switched
to equipment that Secretary Wood
ring became really enthused. It
was equally apparent that the air
corps is the favorite child of the
several Army services-not, as he
explains it, because the others are
or should not be sighted, but be-
cause the Air Corps had to be
brought up to new standard in
size fighting efficiency.
"In the air." he said, eve have
shown the best gain during the
last four years of any period
since the World War. OF course
am very proud Of the Air Corps.
think the development in
which we are now engaged will
go down in history as a major
contribution to the national de.
fense. We undoubtedly have the
finest types of planes to be
found in any army in the world.
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Goods to Model
Fashions at Md. i,

COLLEGE PARK, Md, Nov. 3.
Goods of the University Of Mary
land will serve as models in q
fashion show here today under
sponsorship Of the Pan.Hellenic
Sorority Council.
The show will start at 4:10 p.
m. in the University auditorium.
Models chosen by the various sor-
critics are Judith Greenwood, Ann
Irvine, Lois McComas, Elizabeth
McCormac, Kitty Wolf, Nora
Huber, Margaret Collision, Mary
Speaks, Edith Sparkling and Sophie
Hoenes.
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Quints Are Bored,
Professors Find

CHICAGO, Nov. 3 GNS0.
Declaring "the quints should
cease to be public guinea pigs"
three University of Chicago psy-
biologists today returned from
the Callander home Of the fam
GUS Dionne children and OBJ
served that "there is evidence of
boredom in their playing" The
trio, Profs. Frank N. Freeman,
Horatio N. Newman and Charles
H. Judd, accompanied a party of
doctors and psychologists to OBJ
serve the quintupletS.
The Washington times., 1937-11-03
Moonlight Killer
Held in Chicago

CHICAGO, Nov. 3 C.N.SJ.
The last of three men who staged
the moonlight killing of Herbert
w. Lee in Grant Park last August
was in custody here today.
Two and a half months in
tensive detective work was eli
NAKED, police announced, with the
confession of Anthony Sapien2a
that he had fired the fatal shot in
a robbery attempt. Sapienza was
Siezed Sunday while he was stamp
ing the Lords Prayer on souvenir
coins at a travelling street carnival
at Shreveport, La,
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Secretary of war Harry dlne!
Woodring was sure Of it.
"For one thing" he said, I'VE
have spent more money on it
than we spent right after the
war. Partisan politics aside, I
think it has been we'll spent
We sat in the historic office
overlooking Seventeenth Street
where Secretaries of War have
sat for many years. On the walls
of the reception room of the Sec
retary'S suite are portraits in oil
of jefferson Davis and Robert
Todd Lincoln. They hang side by
side. Both served their country
in the same capacity as the quiet
voiced Kansan who, for four years
now, has given his time and
energies to the task of moderniz-
ing the Army to meet new world
conditions.
STREAMLINED FORCE
"Streamlining the Army" it
has been called.
New equipment, new techniques,
new organization for greater mo-
bility, all enter into the picture.
If America again should be called
on to engage in first-claSS war,
it will be ready-on the authority
of the man who runs ito Go so
with a speed and effectiveness
which may surprise the world.
1t is in good shape now, Secre-
tary Woodring thinkS-Will be in
better shape in year or two, and
by 1910 will reach the goal of ef-
ficiency toward which he has been
driving since Congress loosened
the pursestrings to permit the
United States to catch up in mill
tary preparedness with other
world powers.
1T wasn't Hoover's fault
that more money wasn't spent
on the Army BEFORE the Sec
retary said. "It was simply that
the situation didn't call for it.
The trend until a few years ago
was all toward disarmament.
Then the sentiment of the whole
world changed. 1t seemed to
change all at once.
TREATY FAILURE CITED
1.-THE whole thing started
with the breakdown Of the Lo-
carno treaty. The Washington
Arms Conference had limited
the size of the worlds navieS.
When the Locarno treaty was
signed in 1925, it seemed to
promise peace by preserving the
status quo. The trend toward
gradual disarmament continued
for several years after that"
Then, on the screen of history,
the nations are seen rearming.
In 1881 Japan seized Manchu-
kuo-regarded by Secretary Wood
ring as the first step in a series
of events which upset the whole
tendency toward the League of Ma.
tions idea.
Mussolini sent an army Of con-
quest into Ethiopia.
Hitler rearmed Germany and
reoccupied the Rhineland.
Spain'S civil war became major
conflict, with Italy, Germany and
Russia actively aiding the belliger-
ents.
And now Japan, having got away
with Manchukuo, moves into Mon
golia and northern China, sending
her armies ahead in pursuance of
an admitted purpose to set up new
puppet states.
ADD ARMS, NOT MEN
So America, too, rearms-not
by increasing her standing Army,
for it will remain in size SubStan-
TALLY as it is, but by giving it the
equipment it needs to wage war
successfully if ever sent into ac-
ton.
Whatever Harry Woodring may
have thought of the Army before
he came to Washington, he is
heart and soul for it now. What
does Kansas banker know about
the Army? Well, he knows a little
from World War days, for he
served in Tank Corps through the
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Davis Asks appeal to Reason
Of japan and China to End War
ThredtSLdckinqin in
Address of u. S.
Delegate

that some Of the most direct and
most painful repercussions Of
any major armed conflict spread
to the uttermost corners Of the
earth," he said.
"Once mutually beneficial In
ternational economic relations
are impaired or break down, ma
tions are forced into varying
degrees Of reliance upon their
own resources and consequently,
into a further lowering Of their
living standards.
WARFARE DEPLORED
"Tn the particular circum-
stances with which we are con-
fronted at the present confer
ence our objective is the restora-
tion of peace and stability in an
extraordinarily important region
Of the world.
But as we seek earnestly the
means Of attaining these object
ives, let us keep in our minds
also the pressing need for con-
structive effort directed toward
the creation Of conditions which
will make unthinkable the use
Of armed force.
There should be no place for
resort to arms in an orderly
and prosperous world.
'The longer the present hos
tilities continue the more diff.
cult will a constructive solution
become, the more harmful will
be their effects upon Sino-Japa-
nese relations and upon the
world and the more will general
peace and stability be endan.
gered.
"It is most important that
equitable adjustment be found"
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'Streamlined' Army Is Best
Since War, Says Woodring
Mechanized Units Seen Assurance of
In1preqnabIe America In Future
Bv THEODORE HUNTLEY

what kind of an Army have we?"
"A pood Armv The best we have had since the World War;
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He's 92, She's n;
He Asks AlimOny

LONG BEACH, Cal, Nov. 3
G.N.SO.-C. B. Clayton is 90; his
wife is IT; they have been mar
ried since 1929. Now he wants a
divorce, and, what's more, he
wants alimony.
According to a suit on file here
today, Clayton charged desertion.
He alleged his wife was worth
$50 1000, and that he was entitled
to reasonable alimony."
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Moderation Marks
Keynote Speech
At Brussels

BRUSSELS, Nov. 3 G.N.SJ.-
The United States Government to-
day proposed to the signatories Of
the nine-power pact that an ZAP
peal to reason" be addressed to
Japan and China to halt their
conflict and submit to peaceful
mediation.
The proposal was put forward
by Norman H. Davis, Americas
rowing ambassador and head Of
the American delegation, at the
opening session of the conference,
gathered here to seek solution
for restoration of peace in the Far
East.
AVOIDS THREATS
Davis submitted no specific
formula. His address was marked
by its moderation and avoidance
of threats of boycotts or reprisals.
1--WE come to this conference"
he said, to study with our col
leagues the problems which con-
Germ us.
eve have come not with the
expectation of working miracles
but with the intention Of appeal
ing to reason.
1--WE expect to join with other
nations in urging Japan and
China that they resort to peace
full processes the problems
underlying Sino-Japanese re.
lations must be solved on q
basis that is fair to each and
acceptable to both"
RELYING ON TREATY
The United States, Davis as.
serted, is participating in the
conference with commitments to
none except those "to treaty pro-
visions and to principles which
the Government of the United
States has repeatedly and emphat-
ically affirmed"
"The Government of the
United States is prepared to
share in the common efforts to
devise, within the scope Of these
treaty provisions and principles,
a means of finding a pacific so
luton which will provide for
terminating hostilitieS in the
Far East and for restoring
peace in that area"
Davis said warfare anywhere in
the world today is no longer the
specific concern Of the warning
countries, but affects and is the
concern of the whole world.
CONCERN TO WORLD
The conference was convoked,
he said, to deal with a violation
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war, enlisting as a private an
coming out as a lieutenant. Il
between he saw plenty Of action
Then he was State commando
of the Kansas department of tn
American Legion. And the Legion
makes it its business to know wha
the Army is doing.
After all that, came q three
year apprenticeship for his pres
ent post, into which he was moveC
a little more than a year ago a.
Assistant Secretary Of War. II
this capacity he put the Woodrins
drive into building up the All
Corps.
165,eOO MEN ENOUGH
when you say the Army Is
fit," he was asked, "are you think
ing of personnel or equipment?"
The Army's personnel is all
right" he said quickly. TN my
annual report to Congress I am
sticking to an Army Of 165, 900,
the minimum Of the old Ma
tional Defense Act. Two years
ago Congress did not appropri-
ate money enough for that
many men-I think we have
$4,000 now-and the Budget
Bureau impounded a part Of
this years funds in line with
the Presidents economy pro-
gram. But we are economizing
in civilian activities and civilian
projects, not in anything that
is imperatively needed for the
Army.
eve are asking this year for
an increase of 1000 officers,
from 10000 to $4,000, as the only
increase in the size Of the Army.
Practically all of these are for
the Air Corps. And this Is due
to new developments in aerial
warfare and the greater size Of
the planes.
Formerly only one or two
men were required in a plane
"a pilot and a gunner, perhaps.
Now we must have a pilot and
co-pilot and in some Of the
larger planes from five to six
men in addition. Some of the
big bombers carry 10 machine
guns and a cannon.
INCREASE GROUND FORCE
Cali this calls for an increase
in the ground force also, since
1t takes two men on the ground
to service one in the air. We
have taken care Of that so far
by diversion of men from some
of the other branches. We need
more mechanics particularly,
since some of the planes have
two or more motors and this,
OF course, means more servic-
ing.
Il am also calling attention in
my annual report to the pay
situation in the Army, and rec
ommending that we adjust the
wages of enlisted men upward
as soon as policy permits it. We
are paying a minimum of $21 a
month now to men who are re-
quired to be high school gradu-
ateS. We are getting some col
lege men, too, though not so
many as formerly. The men we
get must be capable of working
into highly technical assign
ments.
considering that the CCC
pays enrollees $50 month and
that enlisted men in the Navy
are advanced to $50 after three
month training period following
enlistment, it is obvious that the
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POWERS LAUNCH
PEACE PARLEY
AT BRUSSELS
Japan FIatIy Refuses
Mediation Plan

CONTINUED from Page II
on the rostrum, expressed tulI
agreement with everything the
American chief delegate had said
Eden declared:
"He Davis so well defined
our task there is little to add ...
feel Japan's absence must
hamper our efforts for peace,
but we cannot on that account
lessen our endeavorS."
ITALIAN RESERVATIONS
Eden admitted chances for the
parley's success were considered
slender but said:
"If we were afraid to face
possible failure, we should GER
tainly be undeserving of sue
cess"
He urged immediate appoint
ment of a working committee to
"get to grips with the task"
The Italian delegate, M. Mare
scotti. said Italy must make GER
tain reservations and felt the work
of the conference would be fin
ished once it had brought Japan
and China together.
SPEAKS FOR GERMANY
The Italian delegate was re-
garded as the spokesman for Ger
many, which rejected bid to the
parley, as well as his own govern
ment, and it was expected he
would balk at any action un-
favorable to Japan.
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Of the agreements entered into by
Japan and the other signatories
under the nine power pact.
"Our present interest, how
ever, would be real even if there
were no such treaty and no such
provision" he insisted. "The
hostilities which are now being
waged in the Far East are Of
serious concern not only to
Japan and China but to the en-.
tire world. ..
peace once envisaged only
by idealiStS has become a prac-
tical matter Of vital self-interest
to every nation. The day has
long since gone by when the ef-
fects of an armed conflict are
confined to the participants.
It is all too apparent that under
modern conditions, the human
and material sacrifices and the
moral and spiritual costs ex-
acted by the use of armed force
not only fall as heavy and
often times crushing burden
11non tho nations directlv in.
volved in the conflict, but have
nations Of the world"
400
TRADE SUFFERS
International trade and finan-
cial relations, Davis said, are dis
by war.
eft iS through these channels
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-25
Reduction i'm
Power Given
2 Consumers
Bare Milling Company and Kraft
Cheese Corporation Receive
About 20 Per Cent Cut

The Bare Milling Company and
Kraft Cheese Corporation receive
approximately 20 per cent reduction
in their power rate this month. This
rate reduction applies only to power
consumers who contract for Is kilo-
watt hours or more. This reduction
will not only save the consumers 20
per cent as based on 1886 consump-
ton, but will give them lower rate
for additional consumption. The rate
is i 1-8 per XIV plus capacity reser-
walton charge.
Power consumers who contract for
less than Is XIV were given reduc-
ton in July 1886, which averaged
about 20 per cent.
r. M. Bolick, local Northwest
Utilities manager reports that the
15-minute interruption in electric
service which occurred at ESQ a. m,
February 18th, was caused by ice
packing on the trash racks at the
hydro plant and stopping the flow
of water. The service was resumed
at sos a. m.
The company advises that it will
be their policy hereafter to inform
their customers the cause of all in
terruptions:
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-25
Schools Must
Maintain High
Attendance
State School Commission Makes
Ruling That Will Apply to
Smaller Ashe Schools

County Superintendent J. Ivan
Miller has eceived the following let
ter from Lloyd Griffin, executive
secretary to the North Carolina
State School Commission:
Pursuant to motion adopted by the
State School Commission, I am send
ing you the following regulation:
BE it resolved by the State School
Commission, pursuant to authority
contained in the School Machinery
Act of 1885, that if any school or
schools, after the close of the first
six months, shall have an attendance
for one week Of less than sixty per-
cent OF the membership during the
first SIX months, it shall be the daty
of the County Board Of Education
or the City Board of Trustees, as
the case may be, to cose such school
or schools for the remainder Of the
term; and the allotment of funds
will be made accordingly"
Kindly check your smaller schools
and see how the attendance is run
ming, as it has been reported to us
frequently of late that large num-
Der of the smaller schools, particu-
larly the colored ones, have very
small attendance.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-25
SOIL CONSERVATION
MEETING HAS GOOD
ATTENDANCE HERE

Fred S. Sloan, district agent, con-
Quoted a soil conservation program
meeting in the courthouse Tuesday.
About twenty committeeman were
present at the session in the moring.
Fifty or more farmers attended the
afternoon meeting.
The morning meeting was con-
Quoted for the purpose of bringing
out in detail points of the program
for the committeeman who are going
to be responsible for the adjusting Of
the bases. This year soil conserving
base will be established for each
farm in the program as well as a
general soil depicting base and in
some cases a tobacco base.
The afternoon session was devoted
to a general discussion of soil con-
servation, together with payments
that may be earned by the carrying
out of approved soil building prac-
tees.
No one who has not filled work
sheet will be given consideration in
this program. Since there is no obi
cation involved everyone did not
fill a work sheet last year is urged
to do so at once. Those who. did fill
work sheet last year will not have
to make new work sheet.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-25
UNITED STATES NAVY
SUFFERS MOST SERIOUS
ACCIDENT SINCE 1924

From Spain in recent months have
come many reports of the damage
wrought by high-explosive shells
and airplane bombs which rained
down by the hundred, tearing thru
rooftops, shearing off walls and
snuffing out civilian lives. The pow
er Of even a single shell was
brought home to Americans last
week by the accidental explosion of
a five-inch projectile aboard the
demilitarized battleship Wyoming
during manoeuvres off the Californ-
ia coast. Six marines and their COM
handing officer were killed and Is
others injured.
The mishap was said to have been
due to the explosion of the "war-
head" of the shell as it was rammed
home. The thirty-pound charge of
powder had not been inserted when
the blast occurred. Splinters of metal
from the bulkhead around the case
mate in which the gun was mounted
were hurled into the bodies of the
gunnerS.
The accident was the most serious
of it's kind in the fleet since June IL,
1924, when an explosion aboard the
U. S. S. Mississippi took weight
lives.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-25
FLOOD RELIEF DONORS

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. Bare, 81; w. A.
Williams, ST.; M. M. Blevins, 81; Mr..
and Mrs. r. E. Phillips, So.
Last weeks issue showed Mr.. and
Mrs. Wiley Powers 81; this should
have showed So.
If any error has been made in any
amount or name in previous issues,
please let me know, as we will
gladly make the correction.
Again I wish to thank the people
of the county who have contributed
to this fund as it shows a good spirit.
Up to this time $892.78 has been con-
tributed and sent in to the national
headquarters at Washington, D. C.
This is a fine record for our county
II there are others who would like
to contribute to this fund, we will
gladly accept your donation and for
ward it to Washington.
5 L. p. COWARD.
Local Chapter Red Cross,
Ashe County.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-02-25
Nathans Creek
Takes Pride i'm
SchOOlLibrary
Thousands of Books Renovated
Under Works Project Setup
Which Mrs. Scott Heads

The Nathan Creek high school Ii
brary is probably the best equipped
school library in Ashe county in the
estimation of the authorities there
Several thousand volumes have
recently been thoroughly renovated
by the WPA project under the SUI
pervision Of Mrs. Claude Scott.
Through patient and untiring work,
many books which would have been
discarded have been mended and are
now back on the library shelves. The
saving, in a monetary way, is diff
cult to estimate.
All of the books have been clean
ed, repaired, and in many instances,
rebound entirely. AS result of this
work, authorities state, the library
has become not only an object OF
community pride but county pride
as well.