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The Washington times., 1937-04-02
The Human Side of the New
By Nelson Harding
BIZ Edwin C.. Hill

millions to endless days Of un-
employment.
The world needed steel 10 years
ago, mostly for the railroads. It
knew steel, but it used iron be-
cause the making Of steel was a
process running into months. The
need was for q method which
quickly removed the impurities.
An EngliShman, Henry Bessemer,
found the way. He poured the
molten iron into q large pear
shaped receptacle and forced hot
air through it for 20 minutes.
The carbon went off in flames,
and the making Of steel was re-
duced from q matter Of q quarter
Of a year to half an hour.
About the same time, a way OF
making steel quickly and cheaply
was hit upon by q man named
Kelly. When they had settled
their differences, the making Of
steel began in a grand way, and
by 1874, the famous Lucy furnace
was making 100 tons a day.
Soon followed Carnegie with his
steel, Prick with his COKE. and, in
the days of the trusts, the great
combination, United States Steel.
BY the turn Of the century.
frenzy or railroad building had
died out. The construction Of huge
buildings and the advent Of the
automobile gave a new impetus to
what had grown to be the basic
industry.
The war days and the boom
days Of the late twenties kept the
ball rolling. Came the depression,
and steel hit rock bottom. Hun
dreds> Of thousands Of men were
thrown out Of work and scores Of
plants, representing investments
Of hundreds Of millions Of dollars,
were as silent as the tombs Of the
Pharaohs.
EXPAND MARKETS
The railroads, as a whole, were
close to bankruptcy, new automo-
biles were luxuries, not necessities.
and foreign trade was at stand
still. Nobody who had been using
steel had any use for it. y
The steel masters did some sober
thinking. If the customers would
not come to them, they must go to
the customers. This they did with
amazing success. With new meth
DDS, new alloys and new equip
ment, they broke into the conSum-
er goods market with a thousand
kinds Of steel for a thousand kinds
Of purposes-the making Of furni.
ture, kitchenware, plumbing and
refrigerators being among the
more important.
Today the heavy goods business
is back. Tomorrow the building
of the nations homes is the mar
ket. Tonight the skies Of the steel
centers glow with the fires from
the furnaces. Steel is king again.
Long live the king!
Copyright, 1897. by King Features
Syndicate. 1nS.)
The Washington times., 1937-04-02
Tax Program Tainted

~ REPRESENTATIVE ROSS COLLINS, of Missis-
II sippi has introduced in the House bills which
would slap almost every conceivable type of tax on
Westinghouse.
The osensibe purpose of the series of tax bills Is to
raise money to meet prospective deficit OF approx
maely six million dollars which will exist if the pend
ing District appropriations bill is passed substantially
as it was reported by the appropriations subcommittee
which Mr. Collins heads.
BUT-THE TAX BILLS WOULD RAISE NOT
MERELY THE SIX MILLION DOLLARS NECEs-
SARY TO MEET THE PROSPECTIVE DEFICIT
BUT AT LEAST TWICE AS MUCH AS THAT
This fact alone is enough to cast faint of bad faith
on the entire tax program
The real purpose of this drastic tax proposal would
seem to be to soak the local taxpayers order to create
surplus in the local treasury in order that the Federal
Government might be given additional excuse for
further Sinking its obligation to aid in the develop
ment of the National Capital.
Washingtonans in the past have had years IN which
their taxes have created SURPRISES.
At one time we had excess of revenue Of approx
mately nine million dollars.
That money was not used for the benefit of the people
who paid it into the treasury.
Instead some of it was wasted futile experiments
and the greater part of it used in attempt to JUS
tfy reduction of the share which the Federal Govern
ment had by law contracted to pay in maintaining the
seat Of government.
The wisdom of imposing additional and further taxes
on the people of Washington at the present time and in
order to meet temporary deficit is highly question
able.
Representative Collins and his committee have them
selves raised doubt to whether the local govern
ment is operating efficiently and economically.
study of the question of whether not local tax
payers receiving full value for their money is
commended by the committee.
Such survey, according to all students Of the local
set-up is highly desirable and will undoubtedly pro-
duce considerable savings.
Yet before the committees recommendations can be
acted upon it sets forth condemnation of tax bills
which would place heavy and altogether unnecessary
burden upon our citizens.
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A mixture Of iron ore, coke and
limestone, in a furnace blazing at
1 .2nn degrees Fahrenheit. hoils four
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SPARKS FLY

Every once in q while in the
Senate one Of the members will
make q remark in debate that
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The Greatest Show on Earth
BIZ Frank Miller Smith

der why Senator Wheeler'S remark
raised such a hornets nest.
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OLD FAVORITES
That Day You Came -Lizette ". Reese

= tut Dug UW OUHLE -AEzHILE VI NEESE
Such special sweetness about
That day God sent you here,
I knew the lavender out
And it mid of year.
Their common way the great winds blew
The ships sailed out to sea;
Yet ere that day spent knew
Mine own had to me.
As after song snatch of tune
Turks still in grass or bough
&c. somewhat of the end O. June
Turks in each weather now.
The young year sets the buds asr
The old year strips the trees;
But in my lavender
hear the brawling bees.
(ReGders ivted to send to the editor their suo-
0estions of old fGvOreS among the poems for reprintinO
IN this spGce)
The Washington times., 1937-04-02
How to end the reign Of terror
Of these maniacal killers
Is the gravest single problem
Facing the entire Nation.
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson
THE SECRET OF POPULARITY

seventeen Shy sasy@Td the Finer Things Of
pgeotoed seven reading heavy phos
teen with hnpaYe nnnpa.l ophY.
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Washington Needs
National Representation in Congress
Local Government Elected By and Responsible
To the People of Washington
Rapid Transit Street Rd1OGy System With Sub1OdyS
More and Better School
An Airport Necessary to and Worthy
of the Nations Capital
Rebuilt Waterfront With Proper Channel
Modern Sewage Disposal System
National Guard Ar1ory, Auditorium and Stadium
Adequate Automobile Parking Facilities
Sufficient Public Buildings to House the Government
An Increase in Public Library Facilities
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Keep This Pledge

heep 1H1S Fleugc
Resolved: That it be the sense Of this convention
that committee should be appointed By the Congress
of the United States to make study of and to report
the granting to the residents of the District OF
Columbia the right of suffrage. Unanimously adopted
by the Democratic National Convention Philadelphia,
June 26, 1886.
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A National Obligation
Ru ]. T. Williams, Jr.

Training with the Colors for ma.
tional citizenship is a fundamental
part Of the American system OF
government. And the approach Of
Army Day-April 6-may well re
mind thoughtful citizens Of their
share in the national obligation
to train.
Under the Constitution Of the
United States, the people delegated
some Of their powers to the Con-
gress. Included in the powers
thus delegated was the power:
ITO raise and support
ITO provide and maintain .
navy;
ITO make rules for the govern
ment and regulation Of the land
and naval forces;
ITO provide for calling forth
the militia, to execute the laws
Of the Union, suppress inSurrec-
tiOns and repel invasiOns;
Ito provide for organizing,
arming and disciplining the
militia -
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re, coke and millions to endless days Of u
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-06-10
CHAPTER w

The lights from the hall shone into
the dark recess Of the vault, and
as Vance pushed the door further
inward white cord hanging from
ceiling light became visible. To
the end of this cord was attached a
miniature brass pestle which acted
as a weight. Vance stepped imme-
diately inside and jerked the cord,
and the vault was flooded with light.
''Vault" hardly describes this
small storeroom, except that the
walls were unusually thick, and it
had obviously been constructed to
serve as a burglar-proof repository.
The room was about five by seven
feet, and the ceiling was as high
as that Of the hallway. The walls
were lined with deep shelves from
floor to ceiling, and these were piled
with all manner Of papers, docu-
ments, pamphlets, filing cases, and
racks Of test-tubes and walls labeled
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SYNOPSIS
Copyright S. S. Van Dine

Philo Vance, famous detective, and
John F. x. Markham, district attorney
for New York county, are dining in
Vance's apartment when Vance receives
an anonymous telephone message in
forming him of disturbing psychologist
cal tension at Professor Ephriam Gar.
denis apartment advising that he: read
up on radioactive sodium, consult a
passage in the Aeneid and counseling
that "Equanimity is essential Pro-
lessor Garden is famous in chemical
research. The message, decided by
Vance, reminds him that Professor Gar.
denis son Floyd and his puny cousin,
Woode Swift, are addicted to horse-rac-
ing. Vance says that "Equanimity', is
a horse running next day in the River
mont handicap. Vance is convinced that
the message was sent by DR.. Siefert,
the Gardens family physician. He ar.
ranges to have lunch next day at the
Gardens penthouse. Vance is greeted
by Floyd Garden and meets Lowe
Hammle, an elderly follower Of horse
racing. Floyd expresses concern oyer
posedlN i'll, comes downstairs and places
a $500 bet on horse. Gathered around
an elaborate loud speaker service, listen
ing to the racing are Cecil Kroon,
SMadge Weatherby and za1ia Graem,
who bet varying amounts on the race.
There is tension under the surface gai-
ETY.. Zalia and Swift are not on speak
ing terms. Kroon leaves to keep an
appointment before the race starts. Miss
Beeton, nurse, and Vance bet on
Azure STAR Swift recklessly bets $10,.
600 on "Equaninaity" and goes to the
roof garden to hear the results. Floyd
follows Swift, remaining away several
minutes. .zalia answers phone call in
the den. a. !. J.
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he requested. "And keep her head
down." Then he returned to Swift.
Every one please keep back" he
ordered. mo one is to touch him."
He took out his monacle and adj
justed it carefully. Then he leaned
over the crulnpled figure in the
chair. He cautiously scrutinized the
wound, the top Of the head, and the
tilted glasses. When this examina-
ton was over he knelt down on
the thing and seemed to be search
ing for something. Apparently he
did not find what he sought, for, he
stood up with a discouraged frown
and faced the others.
= Dead" he announced, in an UNI
wontedly sombre tone. "I'm taking
charge of things temporarily" y
For brief moment Vance stood
in thought. Then: "You will all be
so good as to go downstairs and re-
main there until further orders"
''But what are you going to do,
Mr.. Vance?" asked Mrs. Garden in
frightened tone. 1--WE must keep
this thing as quiet as possible {.
My poor Woody!"
"I'm afraid, madam, we shall not
be able to keep it quiet at ALL"
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Vance spoke with earnest sig
nificance. my first duty will be to
telephone the district attorney and
the homicide bureau"
Mrs. Garden gasped.
1.-THE district attorney? The HON.
icide bureau?" she repeated dis
tractedly. "Oh, no! Why must
you do that? Surely, any one can
see that the poor boy took his own
life"
Vance shook his head slowly.
''I regret madam" he said, "that
this is not a case of suicide (.
It's naurder!"
Following Vance's unexpected an
nouncement there was a sudden si-
lence. Every one moved reluctant
ly toward the door to the passage
way. Only Garden remained behind.
'Is there a telephone up here?"
Vance asked.
eyes, certainly" replied Garden.
here's one in the study"
Garden brushed past us with
nervous energy, as if glad of the
opportunity for action. He threw
open the door at the end of the
passageway and stood aside for us
to enter the study.
"Over there" he said, pointing
to the desk at the far end Of the
room, on which stood a hand tele-
phone. "That's an open line. No
connection with the one we use for
the ponies, though it's an extension
Of the phone in the den." He stepped
swiftly behind the desk and threw
a black key on the switch box that
was attached to the side of the desk.
"By leaving the key in this position,
you are disconnected from the ex-
tension downstairs, so that you have
complete privacy"
"Oh, quite" Vance nodded with a
faint smile. II use the same sys-
tenn in my own apartment. Thanks
awfully for your thoughtfulness {.
And now please join the others
downstairs and try to keep things
balanced for little while-there's
a good fellow"
Garden took his dismissal with
good grace and went toward the
door.
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CHAPTER uI-Continued

AS the radio tubes warmed up,
McElroy's well-known, voice gained
in volume over the loud speaker:
-. and Equanimity is now
making trouble at the post. Took the
cue from Head Start Now
they're both back in their stalls
1t looks as if we might get a-Yes!
They're off! And to a good even
start. Hyjinx has dashed into the
lead; Azure Star comes next; and
Heat Lighting is close behind. The
others are punched. can't tell one
from the other yet Wait second.
Here they come past us-and it's
Hyjinx on top now, by two lengths;
and behind her is Train Time; and
yes, it's Sublimate, by head, or
nose, or a neck-it doesn't mat
ter-it's Sublimate anyway. And
there's Risky Lad creeping up on
Sublimate ~. And now they're 60
ing round the fist turn, with .Hyjinx
still in the lead. The relative posi-
tons of the ones out front haven't
changed yet /. They're in the
back stretch, and Hyjinx is still
ahead by half a length; Train Time
has moved up and holds his second
position by length and q half
ahead of Rowing Flirt. who's in
third place. Azure Star is length
behind Rowing F'lirt. Equaninlity
is pocketed." .H.
At this point in the broadcast
Zalia Graem appeared suddenly in
the archWay and stood with her eyes
fixed on the radio, her hands sunk
in the pockets Of her tailored jacket.
\" y. They're rounding the far
turn. Equanimity has improved his
position and is getting into his ia
NOUS stride. Hyjinx has dropped
back, and Rowing Flirt' has taken
the Lead, by a head, with Train
Time second by a length, in front
of Azure Star, who is running third
and making a. grand effort - :. :.
And now they're in the stretch.
Azure Star. has come to the front
and is. a full length in the lead.
Train Time is making a great bid
for this classic and is still in Sec
ond place, length behind Azure
Star. Rowing Flirt is right behind
him. Hyjinx has dropped back and
it looks as If she was no longer a
serious contender. Equaninity is
pressing hard and is now in sixth
place. He hasn't much time, but
he's running beautiful race and
may come up front yet. ~. And
here they come to the finish. The
leaders are straight out - there
won't be much change. Just Sec
ond. Here they come and
the winner is Azure Star by two
lengths. Next is Rowing Flirt. And
length behind him is Train Time.
Upper Shelf finished fourth :"
mot such hot race" Miss
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no BE CONTINUED)

Illinois River 500 Miles Long
The most important tributary Of
the Upper Mississippi is the Illinois
river with a length Of more than 500
miles.
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with mysterious symbols. Three Of
the shelves were devoted to Sc
ries Of sturdy steel cash and security
boxes. The floor was overlaid with
small squares Of black and white
ceramic tile.
Although there was ample room
for us BOTH inside the vault, I re-
NAMED in the hallway, watching
Vance as he looked about him.
Vance leaned over and picked up
a batch of scattered typewriter pa
pers which had evidently been
brushed down from one of the
shelves directly opposite the door.
He glanced at them for moment
and carefully replaced them in the
empty space on the shelf.
Rather interestin', this dis
array" he observed.
1.-THE professor was obviously not
the last person in here, or he would
certainly not have left his papers on
the floor ;" He wheeled about.
'My world" he exclaimed in Low
tone. ''These fallen papers and that
unattached door It could be.
don't y know" There was a sup
pressed excitement in his manner.
II say, Van, don't come in here;
and, above all, don't touch this door
knob"
He knelt down on the tiled floor
and began close inspection of the
small. squares, as If he were count
ing them. His action reminded me
Of the way he had inspected the til
ing on the roof near the chair IN
which we had. found young Swift.
It occurred to me that he. WAS seek
ing here what he had failed to find
in the garden.
"It should be here" he MUIR
INJURED. sit would explain many
things-it would form the first vague
outline Of workable pattern J"
After searching about for min
ute or two, he stopped abruptly and
leaned forward eagerly. Then he
took a small piece Of paper from
his pocket and adroitly ficked some
thing onto it from the floor. Fold
ing the paper carefully, he tucked
it away in his waistcoat pocket. Al
though was only few feet from
him and was looking directly at
him, could not see what it was
that he had found.
II think that will be all for the
moment" he said, rising and pull
| ing the cord to extinguish the light.
Coming out into the hallway, he
closed the vault door by carefully
grasping the shank of the knob.
Then he moved swiftly down the
passageWay, stepped through the
door to the garden, and went direct
ly to the dead man. Though his
back was turned to me as he bent
over the figure, / could see that he
took the folded paper from his
waistcoat pocket and opened it. He
glanced repeatedly from the paper
in his hand to the limp figure in
the chair. At length he nodded his
head enphatically, and rejoined me
in the hallway. We descended the
stairs to the apartment below.
Just as we reached the lower
hall, the front door opened and
Cecil Kroon entered. He seemed
surprised to find us in the hail.,
and asked somewhat vaguely, as !:
he threw his hat on bench:
Anything the matter?"
Vance studied him sharply and
made no answer; and Kroon went
on: i,
II suppose the big race is over,
damn it! Who won it-Equanimity?"
Vance shook his head slowly, his
eyes fixed on the other.
"Azure Star won the race. I be-
ieve Equanimity came in fifth or
sixth"
"And did Woody go in on him up
to the hilt, as he threatened?"
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"Oh, by the way, Garden" Vance
called after him, "I'll want little
chat with you in private, before
long" E,
Garden turned, a troubled look on
his face.
II suppose you'll be wanting me
to rattle all the family skeletons for
you? But that's all right. When
you're ready for me you've only to
press that buzzer on the book
shelves there, Just behind the desk"
He indicated a white push-button
set flush I'm the center of a small
japanned box on the upright
between two sections of the book
shelves. That's part Of the inter-
communicating system between this
room and the den. I'll see that the
den door is left open, so that I can
hear the buzz wherever / am"
Vance nodded CURLY, and Garden,
after momentary hesitation,
turned and went from the room.
AS soon as Garden could be heard
making his way down the stairs,
Vance closed the door and went i'm
mediately to the telephone. A mo-
ment later he was speaking to Mark
ham.
''The galloping horses, old DEAR"
he said. "The Trojans are riding
roughshod. Equanimity was need
ed, but came in too far behind. Re-
suit, murder. Young Swift is
dead. And it was as clever per-
torrance as I've yet seen No.
Markham, Ibis voice suddenly be-
came grave-"I'm not spoofing.
think. you'd better come immedi-
ately.. And notify Sergeant Heath,
if you can rea CHI him, and the medi-
cal examiner"
He replaced the receiver slowly.
"This is subtle crime, Van," he
meditated. "Too subtle for my
peace of mind. I don't like it
don't at all like it. And I don't
like this intrusion of horse-ra cling.
Sheer expediency Z"
He went thoughtfully to the north
window and looked out on the gar
den. The rattan chair with it's grue-
some occupant could not be seen
from the study, as it was far to
the left Of the window, near the west
balustrade.
II wonder J"
He turned from the window
abruptly and came back to the desk.
IA few words with the colorless
Garden are indicated, before the
minions Of the law arrive"
He placed his finger on the white
button in the buzzer box and de-
pressed it for a second. Then he
went to the door and opened it.
Several moments went by, but Gar
den did not appear, and Vance again
pressed the button. After a full
minute or two had passed without
any response to his summons,
Vance started down the passage
way to the stairs, beckoning me to
follow.
As he came to the vault door on
the right, he halted abruptly. He
scrutinized the heavy calamine
door for a moment or two. At
first glance it seemed to be closed
tightly, but as looked at it more
closely, I noticed that it was open
fraction of an inch, as If the spring
catch, which locked it automatical-
ly, had failed to snap when the door
had last been shut. Vance pushed
on the door gently with the tips Of
his fingers, and it swung inward
slowly and ponderously.
"Deuced queer" he commented.
IA vault for preserving valuable
documents-and the door unlocked.
! wonder :"
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