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The Washington times., 1937-12-07
By Helen Essar1y

The Cabinet Ladies are in state Of mind
about the sEdt they are putting on for the Grid
iron Widows Saturday night at the White House.
They can't catch their prirna donna, Mrs. Flea
nor Roosevelt, for rehearsal.
At the brilliant Independence Day celebration
that the Minister of Finland and Madame Jar
nefelt gave yesterday, I heard about Ernestine
Evans, formerly in the Resettlement Administra-
ton, who is now abroad writing Finnish Co
operatives"
Miss Evans is doing the story Of Finland's pro
gressive attitude toward agriculture much as
Marquis Childs did for Sweden. Miss Evans, by
the way. is something Of genius. She intro
duced the muralist Diego Rivera, to this
country in an illustrated story Of his life. And
as far back as 1922, she predicted that Stain
would follow Lenin in Russia.
Telephone Hint
If we've got to cope with dial telephones and
be scolded like undergraduates when we dial the
wrong number, we ought to be rewarded by the
telephone company with piece of string, to
hang the new telephone books up by!
Emily Newell Blair (she's practically teeto-
taler) says she is going to write an essay some.
day on the effect Of various drinks on person
ality. One cup Of tea and she feels domestic
and decides to do the darning-tomorrow. One
cup of coffee-She thinks she'll organize COM
mittee for the betterment of mankind. One gin
cocktail and she knows she's fascinating-for
five minutes. One Old Fashioned and she's
great intellectuaEfor several hours.
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Cheer Club Makes
Ready Christmas
Toy Headquarters
Times and
TheGterS Plan for
Gift M1tineeS

Vanguard of a small army
whose objective is to assure every
child in Washington a Merry
Christmas, group from the staff
Of Fairgrounds Director Sibyl
Baker was making things hum to-
day at the Christmas cheer Club
headquarters, 1887 Massachusetts
Ave. N. w.
This historic Massachusetts, Ave-
nue. mansion once served as the
Russian Embassy-back in the
days Of the Imperial Russian fam
lily.
A dozen or more workers
swarmed through the many rooms
Of the old building today, fixing
up shipping rooms, painting rooms,
repair rooms and storage COM
partmentS.
Sponsors of the club, the Wash.
ington Times and the Washington
Herald, Loew's Theaters and ra-
dio station WJsV, meanwhile,
were to meet today to fix the
date for matinees at the Capitol,
Palace, and Columbia Theaters.
Admission will be one toy and it
is expected this alone will tax the
packing and distribution facilities
at the club headquarters.
In addition, Premier Taxicabs
will call at any home in the Dis
trict to collect discarded toys for
the joy-giving project. AL that's
necessary to bring a cab around
to any home to collect the toys
is phone call to ME. 4141.
In the basement of the erst-
while embassy, the room which
once served for the storage of
meats has been turned into a
shipping and receiving room. The
old wine cellar is now a paint
room. The spacious servant quar-
ters are workshops.
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Dropped
Strike Accusations
Are Forgotten

Charges against Cecil E. Hice,
"a, local chairman Of the bus divi-
sion of the Association Of Railway
Trainmen, for allegedly threaten
ing a Greyhound bus driver. for
failure to join the recent strike,
were dismissed following a hearing
of the case before Judge John P.
Mcmahon in Police Court yester-
day.
According to William T. Birm-
ingham, of Howard county. Md,
regular driver for the Greyhound
Lines between here and Scranton,
Pa, and a member of the bus
drivers union, he was threatened
by Hice in the company's garage
at 1345 New York Ave. N. E., last
Wednesday, short time after the
strike had been settled.
Testimony was that Hice chided
Birmingham for not joining the
other bus drivers in the strike.
Birmingham said he refused to go
on strike because he "had a wife
and two children to support and
thought the strike was unfair be-
cause the union did not vote
upon it."
The case was dismissed when
Birmingham told Judge Mcmahon
he did not fear Hice personally,
but thought at the time the
threats were made, he might be
subject to the mob violence Of his
fellow his drivers
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
TUESDAY, DEC. 7, 1887
By E0alw Walsh Mclean

dren that the easiest, but least constructive,
way Of being charitable is to sit in a warm,
comfortable room when you have plenty of
money and dash off check for the needy
which you will never miss 1t Is far more i'm
portant to put on your hat and coat and go
out into the world to see conditions for your
self and give of your own time and energy to
help correct them.
Perhaps it is because am so devoted to Doris
that am so delighted to see her going out and
doing things. When I first saw Doris she was
an ugly little child with her hair down her back
and wearing thick glasses. Years later, when
she was lovely girl of is or is, I was allowed
as great favor to take her to her first tea
dance with young gentleman at hotel Her
excitement over being allowed to do Just once
what other girls her age were doing every day
was something I shall never forget.
A Truly Remarkable Man
Doris mother Mrs Nanaline Duke, was one
Of the great beauties of her day. and her father
was truly remarkable man to whom was
devoted. Doris upbringing was almost Spartan
in its simplicity. She had strict governess and
when say strict mean STRICT! Her educa-
ton was admirably planned to help her meet
the great responsibilities her adorng father knew
she would have to shoulder some day. There
was no staying up late for Doris in her child
hood and rouge and lipstick were unknown to
her until she grew up
When Doris goes to night clubs now her
pictures get into the papers in spite of every
thing she does to prevent them People, nat
urally, are likely to get the impression she is
using her fortune merely to have a good time.
Nothing could be further from the truth and
that is another reason I am glad Doris is be-
ginning to give everyone glimpse, of her REAL
nature.
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velt and see for herself the
conditions under which the
poor must live and work.
Few people can realize what
an agonizing struggle it must
have been for that sincere
young woman whose hatred of
publicity is almost an obses-
sion to force herself to face
the cameras and headlines
which accompanied her on the
visit to West Virginia mining
communities. Only her over
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William Nelson, Ia,
Old. C., Is Missing

Fourteen.year.old William Mel
son, COL Ninth st. S. W., was re.
ported missing from his home to-
day by his father, Sam Nelson.
Police were informed that the boy,
a student at Jefferson Junior
High School, had been missing
since noon yesterday.
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RnnHk0 rnpfa
thing that was out of his hands, The New
Deal party had promised to balance the budget:
1t was pledge that simply had to be carried
out and it was up to them to sustain that pledge
made to the people Of the country.
The Congressional leaders returned to the Hill
and Mr.. Roosevelt'S road.building curtailment
plan was soon noised abroad. In less time than
it takes to TELL Congressman, to whom road
building funds are like mama from heaven,
shouted angry denunciations, swore they would
buck the White House on this proposition from
start to finish.
He Doesn't Want To!
The clever part of the maneuver is that Mr..
Roosevelt doesn't want to cut the road fund
any more than the legislators, because it means
political pap to the Administration. But he
made pledge to economic and so, when the
potato grew too hot to hold, passed it over to
Congress and said, Here, this is your problem"
He knew full well that Congressman would
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behind it and indicates what
a master politician Mr.. RooSe-
velt is in getting out Of tight
Spots-at times.
Congressional leaders were
called to the White House.
The President pointed out that
he felt just as badly about the
matter as he knew they did;
that he didn't want to cut the
Federal road building program
by so per cent any more than
they wanted it Slashed.
RIIt. he added IT. WAS some.
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writer OF the note is alarmed.
He decides he has overdone a
simple protest; that he's prob
ably set in motion a force that
will rattle both hemispheres.
''I wouldn't worry too much
about that" Counselor Moore
will say on being consulted.
Maybe nobody over there has
noticed your letter. Anyhow it
isn't likely that anybody will
notice it long"
A career man is stricken with
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Dear Washington

Speaking of State Department gentlemen
and who doesn't like to-the young career men
in Secretary Hull's legal emporium dote on Coun-
selor r. Walton Moore. They regard him as a
sage who after years and years of practical public
life, actually knows about things and people.
Occasionally, some one will seal rather sharp
letter to a foreign government. The next day the
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
COLLINS VISITS
|GALLINGER IN
BUDGET STUDY
Special Attention
Paid TB Ward

Gallinger Hospital, center Of
charges of overcrowding of patti
ents, was given a brief inspection
today by Representative Ross Col
Inns CD Of Mississippi, chairman
of the District subcommittee of
the House Appropriations Com
mittee.
Collins was accompanied by DR..
George C. Rub land, District
Health Officer, and Capt. H. S.
Bishop, jr., Assistant Engineer
Commissioner. They devoted par
ticular attention to the old build
ing in which tuberculosis patients
are housed. 49,
VISITS OTHER PLACES
Following the visit to Gallinger,
Mr.. Collins went on a further tour
of additional District institutions,
gathering first-hand information
for use in connection with the
cfty's estimates for the coming
year, hearings on which will be
started Monday.
Collins reported today "subStan-
tial savings" are being made by
Penal Superintendent Ray L. Huff
in the operation Of the Lorton
Reformatory and Occoquan Work.
house. Collins statement followed
a tour Of the institutions with
Huff.
PLANS STREET TOUR
The Representative said over.
crowding was apparent and the
need for new buildings was ap.
parent especially for women now
imprisoned in wooden shacks.
Collins said a study of Wash.
ington streets IS on his calendar
during the week.
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KING TO SPEAK

William Herbert King, national
secretary of the student division
Of the Y. M. C. A., was the speaker
at services marking the week-of-
prayer at Howard University yes
terday.
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Helen Essary an idea that he feels will save
the international situation and make its origina-
tor famous on historyS front page
Sounds alright to me-" Mr.. Moore will say in
his soft Virginia voice. Draft it on paper and
let me look it over" Soon the draft is presented
proudly. First rate idea" says Mr. Moore sitting
back in his chair his eyes twinkling. "Weu just
put it safely away in the drawer and maybe well
use it-sometime."
Lindberghs Home
can still totter through a Christmas, even
though the dear, dear Lndberghs have come
home
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HIGHER BONDS
lin D. c. AUTO
deaths URGED
StifferP PenaltyAlsO
PalmisanO Plan

Increased penalties and higher
bonds in traffic cases involving
death was suggested today by Rep.
resentative Vincent Palmisano,
chairman of the House District
Committee, as means Of cutting
down the city's traffic death toll.
The chairman said he was per.
fectly willing to cooperate with
Representative William Schultz
Cd Of Indiana, in promoting q
round-table traffic discussion be-
tween city officials and members
of his committee if some definite
solution to the problem was out.
lined.
WILLING TO HELP
Were all willing to help"
Representative Palmisano said,
''if Representative Schultz has a
solution to the problem he
wishes to suggest I'm willing to
take it up. Frankly, however,
I think that officials in all the
States are faced with this prob
lem and they haven't reached
an answer yet.
"I have a measure in Congress
to put governors on all automo-
biles. 1t has been charged that
this will delay traffic. It might
but it also will cut down the
speed so that motorists will have
better control of their vehicles
and if they have to stop sud.
denly they will be prepared to
do so.
"One thing that might be
done in Washington is to in
crease the penalties and the
amount Of bond demanded in
traffic cases involving DEATH"
MAXIMUM PENALTY
The maximum penalty for
negligent homicide in the District
Continued on Page 81, Col. p
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Gulf Not So Great
eEBut" !"

The Congressional revolt against the Roose-
velt Injunction that Federal road expenditures
must be cut 500 900 900 has an interesting story
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Walsh Mclean
thing of real value with her millions could have
made her do what she did, am sure.
Even as a child Doris one great fear was
that she would grow UP to be stingy with her
money. Those who know Doris are convinced
that she will never be seized with that terrible
4dolatry of money which I have seen grip so
many wealthy men and women.
Now that she has made her first plunge in
the open hope Doris will realize how i'm
portant it Especially for one in her posi-
tion-to establish personal contact with unfor-
tunate people who are in distress through no
fault Of their own before any real understand
ing can be reached on both sides.
Gulf Nor So Great
When you get right down to it there is not
such large gulf between one group of human
beings and another, and I'm sure all classes
would be brought closer together if those who
need help realized that those able to help them
were willing to make personal sacrifices and
give Of themselves as well as their money.
have. always tried to impres upon my chill
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My Say

am so happy Doris Duke Cromwell has been
eble to overcome her innate shyness and mod
esty to venture out as she did with Mrs. Roose-
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Phone In Tips to The Washington Tmes--V

news tips phoned to The Times Tip Editor at
Republic 1894. There will be given SIS weekly
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
SKIPPY

Do you want money? The Washington
Times is offering $50 in prizes each week for
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-03-11

agents to do n,o:e field work and
thus bring the benefits of their
program directly to the farms of
as well as members.
Despite the lberality with which
the Farm Bureau has supported
All club and extension work, no
lines have ever been drawn that
give the member any more pri-
vileges than the non-member,
Farm Bureau officers contend.
The drive for this anti-farm
bill he hcon carried on very in
tensiveIy for several weeks past,
and every house member has
been polled hv those pushing the
measure in an effort to get them
to support the bill. The interests
and groups pushing the bill have
for years been vigorously oppos-
ed to agricultural extension work,
but have never been able to do
much in the way of impeding its
progress. The present drive, a
back-door campaign based on
Farm Bureau subsidy" argu-
ments, has a better chance of des-
troying the agricultural extension
service and it may pass unless
those who believe in non-political
control of our public educational
system make their desires known
to their house members and sena-
tors, the statement concludes.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-03-11
TAX SUPPORTED
MUNICIPALITIES
LEAGUE OPPOSED
PUBLICITY ON AFFAIRS
OF TAX SPENDING
GROUPS NEEDED

The League of Minnesota Mum
icipalitieS, an organization sup
ported mostly in membership and
attendance at conventions by ap-
preparations of municipal govern
ing bodies, last week issued bull
letin attacking legislation which
would require village councils to
publish reports of their proceed
ingS. The bulletin contained many
inaccuracies as to the cost and
claimed the measure was a sub
sidy for newspapers, while in
truth the small cost involved in
such publication is cheap insur-
ance for more efficiency and less
waste in one of the many tax
spending bodies.
"The action of the league" says
Allen E. MCGOWAN, manager of
the Minnesota Editorial associa-
ton, Indicates that this organi-
zation has adopted a policy of re-
sisting publicity of the affairs of
local governing bodies. Tax pay
ers are entitled to regular reports
VI IlOW Illcll lIlOllCy ID OClIlS oPCllt
and the greater publicity these
proceedings receive the more pro-
lection in giving to honest Off
Gals and the less temptation there
is for waste by these groups. The
question of taxes is something
that affects all of us, but it is the
amount spent by the local govern
ment body which reflects itself in
this problem more quickly and in
greater proportion than any other.
A few dollars spent locally in
creases, ones taxes more than a
thousand spent by the state and
full publicity on the affairs of
these local governing bodies is the
greatest curb possible to useless
spending. Taxpayers should de-
mand regular reports from all
taxspending bodies
Redwood Falls, like most other
Minnesota municipalities, is a
member of the league.
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VeSta

Mrs. j. c. Arnold and grand
children spent the weekend at
Marshall.
A farewell party was given by
the brothers and sisters of Mrs.
Peter Hauck (Sophie Werner) at
the home of her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Werner of Mankato
Friday evening. She received
many gifts.
E. A. Steinkraus and daughter
Dolores were dinner guests at the
Fred Grenholz home Sunday.
Mrs. Aaron Hall and son Jim
my of Wood Lake visited at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Redfeld Monday.
Mrs. William Wilkeson spent
Thursday and Friday at the
Charles Simms home at Marshall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Stelter
and son Dennis, Mr.. and Mrs. Jul
Illus Marotzke and Florence Penke
spent Thursday evening at the
Leo Kroft home.
Mr.. and Mrs. p M. Barker, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Grenholz and Will
bur Fitzner visited the Martin
FitZner family at Granite Falls
Wednesday evening.
Evelyn Pearson of Clarkfeld
spent the weekend at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Pearson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Meyer
moved to Echo Thursday.
Dr. and Mrs. T. F. BARLEY visit
ed relatives at RenWick, Iowa
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Victor Anderson attended
the funeral of her mother, Mrs.
Weidmann of Belview Wednes-
day.
Guests at the whist party given
by Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Grenholz
Sunday evening were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Otto Meier and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Eddie Meier and family,
Mr.. and Mrs Wilbur thinner and
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-03-11
Farm Bureau
Officers Hit
Proposed Bill
DENY CHARGES BUREAU
HAS RECEIVED TAX
REVENUES

Farm people throughout the
state are rallying to oppose a bill
in the state legislature that would
eventually destroy the county
agent system and seriously ham,
per the All club program, &C
cOrding to a statement issued by
Joe ZWach, president and Henry
Zachte, secretary, of the Redwood
County Farm Bureau. The bill
would place agricultural extern
sion work under political control,
with hire and fire authority rest
ing with the state commissioner of
education and the state commits
sioner of agriculture. Under the
present Set-up, control rests with
the state college of agriculture,
boards of county commissioners
and local farmers who use the
service.
The bill, known as house file
1917, was introduced in the house
recently by SO sponsors, only IL of
whom were farmers from cOun-
ties that have agricultural extern
sion service. One-third of the
sponsors are from the counties of
Ramsey, Hennepin and st. Louis,
where commercial and labor in
tereStS are dominant.
The Farm Bureau was drawn
into the fight when proponents of
the measure asserted that the
purpose Of the bill was to cut off
appropriations Of public money to
the Farm Bureau. Many legisla-
tors. rightfully holding that 10 or
ganization should receive public
funds, supported the bill on the
basis of this false information. On
Qualification of the situation. by
proof furnished by the Farm Bur-
eau that not one penny of public
funds, either federal, state or
county. have ever been appro-
priated for the Farm Bureau, a
number of the legislators with
drew their names and promised to
line Up with farmers in their
fight against the bill, the state
ment continues.
Many counties have had All
club leaders because Farm Bur-
eau members contribute money to
pay the leaders salary. Many
thousands of dollars of Farm Bur-
eau money have been contributed
TO office expense. in order to en-
able county agents and home
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-03-11

IS. D. were visitors at the Eli
ROLAND home Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. Joe Gisch and
family of Bingham Lake have
moved to the farm vacated by the
Earl MitcheltreeS.
Genevieve Veit is recovering
from mastoid operation in the
Marshall hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. G.. Mellgren
and son, Wesley were visitors at
Worthington Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Larson and
family Of Lucan and Mrs. Mary
Solseth were Sunday dinner
guests at the J. c. Larson home.
Percy MiehI of Marshall was
the principal speaker at the farm
Bureau meeting at the Teigland
Brothers home Thursday evening.
MIR. and Mrs. William Haws
and daughter, Erin of Amiret
were visitors at the w. A. Welsh
home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Hicks and
family were visitors in Pipestone
Sunday.
Mabel Johnson who teaches
near Marshall spent Saturday and
Sunday at her home here.
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Weekly Letter of
Milroy Happenings

MilrOy-Esther Penle, student
at Minneapolis Business college
spent Saturday and Sunday at the
Charles Penke home.
Mrs. Nora GriffithS Of Lake
Crystal arrived Friday to visit
her sister, Mrs. Martha Strom.
C. c.. Mellgren and c. E. Roger
spent Thursday and Friday in
Minneapolis.
Clarence Penke of Milroy and
Lucille Beaton of Lucan were
married at the German Lutheran
parsonage in Marshall Friday.
Rev. H. c. Sprenger officiating.
They left Saturday for Minnea-
polls.
Emma Johnson was assistant
hostess to the Woman's Whist
club at the E. P. Hickey home
Tuesday evening. Mrs. Mary
Hickey held high score.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. L. Kline and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Brake
and family and Mr.. and Mrs.
Zephyr Trudeau and sons were
guests at the F. L. Dolan home
Sunday evening.
M. Parmentier spent Sunday
and Monday in st. Paul.
Mrs. Mike Christensen accom-
panied Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Wiuff
to Humboldt, Iowa Saturday, re-
turning Sunday.
w. A. Welsh spent Wednesday
and Thursday in Minneapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Verstraetie
of Tracy were Sunday dinner
guests at the Richard Debaut
home.
Mrs. C. C. Mellgren, Mrs. E. R.
Dorum and Mrs. E. F. Welter are
hostesses at the Ladies Aid of Our
Saviors Lutheran church meeting
today.
Mrs. Mabel Blake and daugh-