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The Washington times., 1937-05-21
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One whole Southern style Fried Chicken
with French fried potatoes. lettuce and
tomato salad, Delivered 70 your door, 81 90.
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famous Southern Fried Chicken TO-DAY.
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Procurement

Continued From First Page.)
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ANSWERS TO TRAFFIQUIZ.
l (b): 2 (c);3 (d); 4 (c); IS (d).
Diary

Continued From Fourth Page.)
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trouble-free Winter motoring follows:
First of all, make sure the battery
Is fully charged. Very few motorists
know that a battery showing only
one-quarter charge will freeze at 13
degrees above zero. At half-charge, it
will freeze at zero, but it is good for
98 below when fully charged.
Second, it Is well to change from
heavy to a lighter oil. Even a strong
battery will have difficulty in turning
over a motor begged down in heavy
oil. Your dealer knows the correct
grade for your car.
Third, make sure the gas line and
carburetor are clean.
Fourth, check the ignition and
spark plugs.
Fifth, use anti-freeze mixture in
the radiator. Thirty per cent of de-
natured alcohol will guard against
freezing at degrees below zero;
like percentage Of wood alcohol and
glycerin will give protection at S de-
grees below; so per cent Of glycerin
alone will protect at zero.
while keeping the car in shape
for cold weather, it is advisable to
remember that defects in safety fac
tors will continue to develop, and that
frequent checking and adjustments
are necessary ter ste driving"
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high, filled with a variety Of canned
goods. Food, in very truth, to feed
hungry army!
Upon another floor are the sheets,
the pillow cases, the towels and seat
covers and linen that will eventually
be routed to Federal hospitals or other
institutions. No broken package is
stored on the floor of the warehouse.
When it is necessary to "split" a bale
the articles not shipped out are placed
upon shelves or in bins lining the
walls. This is true on every floor,
with the food supplies, the miscel-
laneous supplies and the stationery
supplies.
The last mentioned, together with
paper for the use of the Treasury De-
partment, are on still another floor
of this vast storehouse. Every con-
ceivable kind of Office supply is here,
including some Office chairs and
desks.
The floors Of the warehouse are
cleaned and brought to a high polish
after waxing. Across these slippery
surfaces move electric trucks, pro-
PEELED by the workmen who are en-
gagged in transferring, checking or
shipping stock. The stockmen fill the
orders from the authorized requisi-
ton and check them when completed.
They are then checked again by an
employe who has had nothing to do
with filling them and when "ok. d"
are sent to the bay for shipment on
the freight elevator downstairs to the
receiving and shipping room and
thence on the way to their destina-
tions. In those shelves or divisions
where supplies are drawn out, daily
inventory is taken. Once q year a
general inventory is made by the Gen.
eral Accounting Office of the Gov
ernment.
THE main function Of the second
great branch of the Procurement
Division-the public buildings branch
has to do with the construction and
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versaries naturally assumed that a
treaty Of friendship would be fol-
lowed by American traders and, of
course, none Of our European prede-
cessors could see any advantage in
multiplying competition.
TT WAS 80 miles from Dire Daoua
to Harrar and we made it in one
day on the mules, though our camels
with the luggage took three. Some
time in the afternoon, as we ap-
preached Harrar, a messenger from
the Ras rode up and asked II the
expedition was private or national
Not content with what We said on that
score, he inspected our forces before
riding off. A few miles farther on,
we were halted by an aged chief
with about a hundred warriors, sent
as an escort.
Then, again. within half a mile
of the ancient walls of his capital
the viceroy himself appeared, fol-
lowed by many chiefs and a 1000
men arrayed in great varieties of
costumes and bedecked with lion
names and ostrich feathers. (The
feather is significant, for it is a law
strictly enforced that no one may
plume himself unless he carries a
certificate in the form of some part
OF human body as a token that he
has killed his man.
The streets Of the town were packed
with natives. who had to be whacked
back by the Viceroy's officers to make
way for us to pass through, and we
finally came to the palace, where the
mission was received with honors and
tel, a native fermented drink which
had such kick to it that was wor-
ried about its possible effect, as it was
being dispensed freely to the men in
the courtyard below.
Until the camels came up, we had
no tents and the Ras loaned us
palace that had been deserted on ac-
count of being haunted. We were too
tired to bother about the ghosts that
night. When the camels came stroll
ing in, made camp half mile from
the city. The Viceroy came to visit
us with q distinguished retinue and
large following. The guard of honor
was paraded and. in default of can
non, a salute of II volleys was fired.
Then We drowned a viceregal toast
in champagne.
The agent of the telegraph that
connects Harrar with the coast
maintained an interesting establish
ment that would have drawn the envy
OF any circus. Both the agent and his
French mistress were enthusiastic
hunters and had an assortment of big
game weapons. Two enormous lions
made part of their varied menagerie.
When remarked upon the ferocity
of one of the pair. called Sultana,
madame briStled, and, stepping into
the cage. put the frothing, snorting,
roaring animal through her PAGES.
They had photographs showing
what had happened to one of their
servants whom they had reported for
stealing, the ghastly scene of exc
cutting the penalty provided by law
chopping off the culprit's feet!
The expedition, upon its return to
Dire Daoua, was delayed several days
by the treachery of the camel men,
instigated. as We later confirmed, by
the French traders, who hoped to de-
feat our diplomatic mission by the
simple means of sending us of with
a lot of cutthroats. The general fea-
ture of their plan was to place in our
employ several groups of savages that
were traditionally irreconcilable.
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DISTRICT SAFETY RATING SCORED -: AVIATION
Driver
Can You q
Ans,UerThis .
AAA TRAFFlQUlZ

I. What is the major objective of
driver tests now being given motor
lists throughout the country? Check
right space.
a( To check drivers confidence.
b To ascertain driver weak
neSses.
&C } To focus attention on safe
driving.
d { To study driving habits.
2. Where Is the 1886 traffic problem
most acute, from the standpoint Of
motor fatalities?
az } At street intersections.
b } Between city street corners.
&C } On the rural highways.
d } At grade crossings.
3. On the basis OF Winter accident
trends. how many persons will be
killed in motor accidents during 1886?
az $4,000.
b } 10000.
&C 46,5O0.
dc } 1880.
4. Which Of the following Is the
most recently developed approach to
the accident problem?
a } More warning signs.
b Heavier penalties for vio-
lations
C } Driver education and train
ing.
d } Enactment of more motor
laws
S. In what condition are the greater
number of motor vehicles involved in
accidents?
a } Had defective brakes.
b } Had defective steering.
&C } Had defective equipment.
ID } In good condition.
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Automotive Briefs

Lee D. Butler, president and treas
nrer of the new WHY'S distributorship
known as Willys Washington, Inc,
announces the appointment of Donald
c. Barnhart as general sales man
ager in charge of WHY'S sales. Bar
ney" Barnhart is well known to the
Washington automotive public and
trade. having been, prominently con-
nected here for many years. Sales
and show rooms for Willys are main
tanned at Fourteenth and r streets
northwest.
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Chemists Busy.

THE chemical industry in Germany
is picking up. Latest figures re-
veal that out of $4,000 qualified chem
lists in Germany. al but about 1000
are employed, an increase over 1888
OF about II per cent.
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American Aviation's ROle\
In Spanish War Stigma
Flyers and Planes Of Good Neighbor Nation
Taking Part and Some of Craft
Reported Shoddy.
By Joseph S. Edeerfon.

A MEXICAN aviation and
dramatic production the ange on the Euro
II pean stage ''' -N''
United States airplanes of them
carded for use in this country United States
quenly in the from the Spanish
to
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Turk and Egyptian marine stokers,
money changers and jewelers. from
Yemen. with a sprinkling of Greeks,
Italians, Magyars, Armenians, Monte
negrins, all dominated by few
Frenchmen.
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figures Fail to Allow
For Population Increase
Traffic Director Asks National Safety Coun-
Gil to Place Capital on Same Basis
as Other Cities.
BvG. adams HOward.

EPE the fact that IA less traffic fatalities were recorded the
District
of the Safety Washington far the
- of reporting
This is held based the
cities
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needs to be supplanted with still
broader studies.

needs to be supplanted with still
broader studies.
"The treatment Of the western axis
OF the city Is approaching completion
In accordance with that plan" he said.
"and we are now faced with the
problem Of what will be the eventual
development Of the eastern, northern
and southern axes in order that,
instead of one-sided city, We may
have balanced city Of uniform dig
nifty and beauty.
ITO bring this about it Is Of vital
importance that those types Of in.
dustry which. in their nature are
inconsistent with the proper develop
ment, the proper dignity and proper
beauty Of the Federal City. should be
excluded from its limits, or at the
very least, should be removed from the
principal avenues OF approach, the
vicinity OF the main axis, the neiph-
borhood Of the ma jor park deyelop-
ments and the residential areas"
Sullivan said it would be far better
to compensate for any loss Of property
rights than postpone passage of the
King bill.
He concluded: IT it were to BE-
considered that we were never to
make any change in our regulations
regarding the use Of property In the
District that would affect previously
existing interests, We would still have
tne railroad station at Sixth street
and Constitution avenue and the
ArcniVes Building would now be
th1ckly covered with smoke And soot /.
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oovery, but 1t would not be so pleas
ant" he added. Washington's hu-
midity in Summer, he explained
would make the odors more apparent
Previously he had said the organiza-
tions he represents believe a plant at
Benning would be "a nuisance and q
backward step in the Identification
Of the city"
He was asked If the federation's
action was unanimous. DR.. Campbell
explained that out Of IS afinated as
socistions, less than five were against
the stand taken by the federation.
With the possible exception of one,
he said, the associations were In the
vicinity Of the proposed project
Chairman McCarran asked him
what he thought about the slaughter
house designers statement and DR..
Campbell replied:
I believe like Senator Copeland.
You would have to pass a miracle to
keep down odors in rendering"
Miss James, who has been q leader
In opposition to nuisance industries,
was asked what she meant by such a
term. Among heavy industries are
the ones called nuisances," she told
Senator McCarran.
Quixxed by Senator Austin.
Senator Warren B. Austin, Repub-
lican, Of Vermont asked Miss James
many technical questions about the
pending legislation. She explained
she was not = lawyer but believed it
would be effective in regulating and
prohibiting under certain circum-
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stances new nuisances from establish.

stances new nuisances from establish
ing here.
Senator McCarran also inquired
about her opinion of the bill. He
asked If the witness thought the meas
ure would stop the Gobel plant from
opening. She finally said she believed
1t would do So In the exchange, the
chairman indicated he had doubts
about it.
Miss James said her organization
believed the Federal City all too
small to accommodate public build
ings, parks and necessary homes. /"
Industrial areas should be limited in
extent and confined to light indus
tries, she contended. The city, Miss
James insisted, should be protected
from nuisance industries
Senator McCarran interjected: "The
Federal Government invites and re-
quires It's servants to come here.
Then there must be a service popula-
ton and we must have some indus
tries to serve them"
Senator Austin at one point asked
the witness il 1t were found that the
King bill won't stop the erection Of
an abattoir on this spot" would she
still desire the legislation? She In
sisted her primary interest is to pro-
tect Washington from all such
industries"
The ANAL witness, Francis P. Sulli-
~ fhA Yvaz <,,<~ -
Architects, said he was also past
president and vice president Of
Cathedral Heights Citizens Associa-
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ton. Even II this proposed abattoir
would not be = public nuisance, ]
would still be opposed to such an in
dustry." he said.
He directed his testimony toward
aspects OF the King bill as they affect
the plan for the Federal City and ita
eventual future development.
With the growth Of the city, sulli-
van said, uses which seemed innocent
ut one period were found objection
able at another.
AT one time, I have been told,
there was a horse corral on Dupont
Circle and the corner now occupied
by the Metropolitan Club was devoted
to the sort Of sanitary arrangements
that were that generations crude
substitute for the modern sewage dis
posal plant" he said. within my
lifetime, within a block of the site
now occupied by the Archives Build
ing was railroad station and trains,
belching black smoke, ran back and
forth hourly through the Mall.
Example Of Public Spirit.
1T Is one Of the things that should
be remembered as an example Of public
spirited patriotism that the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad voluntarily surrendered
It's right to use the Mall, a right which
was stated at the time to be q title
good In law and equity, and permitted
the Identification Of the western axis
OF the Capital City in accordance with
the Mcmillan Plan"
Sullivan said that after IS years
It Is evident today the Mcmillan plan
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Friday and Saturday Only

Also Free: choice
of Steering Post, :"
''Dash" or "InStru-
ment-Panel" Mount
ing for controls
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Anti-WaE' Vote Pride
Of KnutSOn'S Career

fered for voting our convictions
killed some of them. 1t meant
defeat for many at the polls.
eve were all suspected Of be-
ing allies of the YaiSer, and our
mail was steamed open and we
were watched. got letters from
Minnesota saying that they
would tar and feather me and
ride me on a rail If ever came
back"
Knutson declared the House
never would have voted war if il
hadn't been "for a systematic bar
rage of kilograms which was LAID
on the desk of every Congress
man." He said:
81 voted against war because
1 had been elected on the prom.
Use that would help Wilson
keep us out of war. / was &C.
cused of being pro- German. 1
wasn't prO-anything and am not
today. / am prO-American, first,
last and always"
He favors national referendum
for declaration of war and will
make speech in the House today
in support of it, he said.
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NORRIS VOICES
PEACE PLEA
BY GEORGE w. NORRIS
U. S. Senator from Nebraska
Copyright, 1897. by International
News Service)

Copyright, 1887, by International
News Service)
On this twentieth anniversary OF
Americas entry into the World
War, the American people should
dedicate themselves and their Gov
eminent to the maintenance Of
peace.
The way to maintain peace Is to
just tend to our own affairs, to
keep our noses out of the affairs
of other nations. We must stay
out of any international agreement
that would have any tendency to
lead us into war or to bind us to
some course of action in event OF
a foreign war. We must treat all
nations alike: we must comply in
good faith with all agreements we
enter into with foreign nations.
But we must mind our own bust
ness.
1 am asked whether the Ver-
Sailles treaty must be rewritten to
preserve world peace. My answer
is no. The Versailles treaty is
dead. Don't resurrect it. Let it
stay dead.
I can think of no Sounder advice
to my countrymen on this twen-
tieth anniversary of American par
ticipation in the World War than
the immortal words of the Father
of our country: THE way to peace
is to keep out of foreign entangling
alliances"
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BY ROBERT G. NIXON
International News Service

April 8, 1917: Europe's armies
lie locked in a death grip across
Northern France The Lusi
tania's 1900 dead is a nightmare
horror U-boats prowl the At
lantic for fresh victims A
grave-faced President pleads fol
a world safe for democracy, and
Congress acts America is at
war!
Twenty years ago, with an al
most hysterical will to fight
America plunged into the World
War.
Today, as the fear of another
great war haunts the chancelleries
of Europe, the United States OBJ
serves the anniversary of its fate.
full decision with an equal de-
termination for peace.
Freshly spoken is President
Roosevelt's declaration, made at
his press conference Friday, that
the United States does not intend
to NEEDLE in the affairs Of Europe
AS the President led exercises
in the National Capital today in
observance of the anniversary OF
the nations entry into the World
War, coincident with Army Day
these five bulwarks stood erected
as a guarantee OF continuing
peace:
/, The Administrators de-
clared policy toward the rest
of the world of no foreign en-
tanglementS.
2. The neutrality act ban
ming commerce in war supplies
with foreign nations at war.
8. The johnson act, forbid
ding the lending of money to
those nations, including all the
major European powers, in de-
fault on their World War debts.
4. Rebirth of a modern, we'll
equipped Army and Navy.
S. An overwhelming public
opinion against involvement in
the affairs of troubled nations
abroad.
A display of the reviving might
of the nations armed forces was
afforded the Capital as the high
light of the Army Day celebration
In wartime equipment, 5000 fight
ing men trod Pennsylvania Ave
nue. from the Capitol past the
White House early in the after
noon.
President Roosevelt was to re
view the military display from
stand erected at the White House
Secretary of War Harry H. Wood
ring, Admiral w. H. Leahy, chic
of naval operations; Gen. Malil
Craig, Army chief of staff, ant
other high officials were to attent
the President.
Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Ma
tional Guard and R. o. T. c. de
tachments form the line of march
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CITIZENS TALK
OF UNDERPASS

Plans for construction of an
underpass at Dupont Circle will be
discussed at a meeting of the Con-
necticut Avenue Association at the
Mayflower Hotel next Tuesday
night.
Meeting today, the executive
committee of the association voted
to invite Capt. H. C. Whitehurst,
engineer in charge Of District high
ways, to attend the meeting to
discuss the proposed underpass.
Another subject to be discussed
at the meeting will be a request
that one of the Connecticut Ave
nue. hotels set aside a reception
room for students in girls schools
who wish to do shopping.
The style show sponsored by the
association netted $1,000, it was
reported, and this sum has been
turned over to the hospital COM
mittee Of the Community Chest.
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assigned as follows:
FIRST DIVISION

u s. Army Band, Twelfth Infantry,
Thirty-fourth Infantry and tank detach::
ment from Fort Meade. Nd: Third
Cavalry mounted hand. Sixteenth Field
Artillery, Third Cavalry, field ambu-
lance group from Walter Reed Hospital.
U. S. Marine Band, battalion of mOrines,
battalion of blue jackets, detail of U.
S. Coast Guard. battalion of naval re-
serves and air detachment, with plane,
from Boiling Field.
SECOND DIVISION
National Guard, 121st Engineer Band
Company, 121st Engineers, 372d 1nfan'
trys 260th Coast Artillery.
THIRD DIVISION
Organized reserve units Of infantry
cavalry, field artillery, engineers coast
artillery, Quartermaster and other re-
serve units in this area.
FOURTH DIVISION
R. o. T. C. units from Georgetown
University. University of Maryland
Howard University and st. Johns Col
lege: two brigades of local high schoo
tachments of C. NJ. T. C.
FIFTH DIVISION
Delegations, with their bands ant
drum corps from the Veterans of For
eign Wars, American Legion and othe
patriotic organizations. The place O.
honor at the head of this division ha
been awarded to the Army and Nav!
Legion of Valor. composed of holder
of the Congressional Medal of Honor anc
Distinguished Service Cross.
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international News Service


A veteran of 20 years in the
House today recalled how score
of years ago as STRIPPING Repre-
sentative of SO, torn between
convictions and the passion Of
the moment" he cast his first
vote in Congress and cast it
against American participation in
the World War.
AS the only House member still
in Congress who voted against
war, Representative Harold Knut-
son (R), of Minnesota, has no re-
grets-only pride.
Interviewed as the nation OBJ
served the goth anniversary Of
American entrance into the con-
flift, Knutson said:
II am prOuder of that vote
than any other thing 1 have
done in my life. If / could do
it over, / would vote the same"
Knutson pointed out that only
he and Senators Norris Cd, Of
Nebraska, and Lundeen CID, Of
Minnesota, "have not paid the
price" for joining the small band
of so House members and 6 Sen
ators who cast their votes against
war. He said:
"The persecution that we suf-