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They're Caused Not by Over-Indulgence
But by Problems of Keeping Liquor
Traffic Legal and Decent.

which brought disaster to the bnsi-
ness and occasioned its destruction
by the people of this country.
Alexander pointed some of these
out.
There were, for instance" he said,
mo standards Of identity distinguish
ing the various types and brands OF
alcoholic beverages there were no in
hibitions against tie-ups with vari-
Gus forms Of vice and crime and COR
ruption; there were no regulations
or laws preventing an alliance with
crooked politics. nor large producers
from controlling q number of retail
outlets. Every known form of unfair
trade practice was INDUCED in freely
even to cut-throat competition. The
law Of the jungle dominated the in
dustry. Instead Of contributing to
decency and sobriety. what the Pres
ident denominated the education OF
every citizen toward . greater tenn
perance throughout the Nation, the
very reverse was true. Those en-
gagged in the business. from the high
est to the lowest. seemed to indulge
the fond delusion they were . Law
unto themselves, without considera.
ton for the rights of society"
The responsibility Of the Fedora
Alcohol Administration was to set
that none Of these evils should b
Evening star., 1937-09-04
Local Citizens Are Asked
to Imagine Capital City
Afre and Street Cars
Falling Into Crevices
Carved by Battle Guns
and Aircraft Bombs.

A wealthy motor car dealer, whose
name was familiar to most street
car riders because OF his car cards"
was smashed to death, smashed as II
he had been an ant. A popular clergy
man died. too-died before he could
utter a prayer AS for the stool sitters
in the drug store, they were knocked
from their perches like a row OF crows
blasted from a limb by shotgun.
The uninjured crawled to their feet
and q few Of them sought to succor
the wounded, to see if there was life
left in the mangled forms splattered
about the pavements and asphalt OF
Pennsylvania avenue. But most ned.
dumfounded, terror stricken and
screaming.
A bomb fell on Glen Echo. too. and
when the dead were counted there
were 5O0-five hundred men and girls,
children and parents who moment
before had been diverting themselves
in the most innocent sort OF enter
tainment. Most of the amusement de-
vices were smashed, and in the
twisted splintered ruins lay the dead
by scores.
1t was hard to say how many had
been killed that day. Some people
had been blown to atoms. Such was
the confusion that the records may
never be Strengthened out. But there
was many an empty chair at dinner
tables that night and next day there
were empty desks in the Agriculture
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ultimately lead to a growing and
healthy regard for all law enforce
ment."
THESE expressions of President
Roosevelt were the outlines Of a
forward-looking program for control
of that traffic that had vexed the
wisdom of statesmen and publicists
and sociologists for many years. That
part Of it which was national in scope
was placed in the hands Of the Fed
eral Alcohol Administration by Con-
gress. This administration, a division
of the Treasury Department, super
seded the Federal Alcohol Control
Administration, which administered
the six liquor codes established under
N. r. A. 1t was the Fededal Alcohol
Control Administration which set up
the liquor industry and did all the
spade work for an efhcient Federal
system Of control.
The liquor industry, from the start.
manifested some restiveness over the
firm regulation to which 1t was sub
jected. 1t had grown accustomed.
in the prohibition days. to very
little attention being paid 1t by the
State governments and none At all by
the Federal Government. and. with
out regulation, there had accumulated
bad practices-"social and political
evils" Is the President called them
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By Lucy Salamanca.
nth the announcement by
the United States Treasury
of a record accumulation of

n the United States Treasury
wv of record accumulation of
whiSkey in bonded ware
houses-the first batch produced inn
mediately following prohibition re-
peal. we are reminded that some 49,
000, 900 gallons of post-repeal liquor
will have attained the legal minimum
age of four years in December and be-
come, thereby. eligible for internal
indicate bigger and better headaches
mo pun intended) for that Govern
ment agency, which has been charged
with handling the situation since re-
peal Of the eighteenth amendment
the Federal Alcohol Administration,
As an agency which fell heir to one
of the most difficult problem chill
dren" of the times when it was charged
with re-establishment of a legalized
liquor traffic lin conformity with the
expressed suffrage of the people" and
the restoration of greater respect foi
law and order" after prohibition day,
were over, the Federal Alcohol Admin.
istration has had a hard row to hoe
Theirs has been the duty to bring
about cooperation between State anc
Federal Governments in carrying out
provisions of the twenty-first amend.
ment and they have bucked such prob.
lens as intra-State discriminatory
legislation, protection Of dry ane
monopoly States. revocation or suspen'
sion of Federal permits. deceptive o.
fraudulent labels. Objectionable adver'
tising ana other evils arising from
resumption Of legal sale Of alcoholic
beverages.
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anecdotes or to discuss business. The
crowds along Pennsylvania avenue be-
gan to thicken as office workers, Gov
ernment and otherwise, poured from
building entrances and started for
home or for the links or courts.
Street cars formed an almost unbro-
ken procession from the Peace Mon
ument to Fifteenth street Buses
swung toward the curb from the slow
moving lanes of traffic. The usual
afternoon group was clustered outside
The Star Building, watching base ball
results chalked on a blackboard. In
corner drug store clerks and shop
girls were ranged on stools, like fence
sitters at a sandlot base ball game.
slipping soft drinks. Men were buying
supplies OF tobacco for parties that
evening At Fourteenth and the Ave-
nue. there was traffic jam and the
policeman there was having a time
of it, trying to get the automobiles
back so the street cars could make
the turn. A couple of out-of-town
drummers were swapping jokes on the
| Willard steps, while three or -four
convention delegates staggered into
the lobby. slightly giddy and footsore
| from a sightseeing tour.
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Department. the Post Office Depart
ment, the Munsey Building Nor
were these desks empty because the
occupants were on vacation.
WHAT made it worse was that 1t
was a horrible mistake. The
American planes. flying far above the
range of Corinthian anti aircraft guns,
had miscalculated, and bombs in
tended for the enemy battleship War
rior had plummeted smack into the
city instead There was crying over
spilled blood, of course. and the War
Department said the bombs had been
released prematurely when the planes
were struck by anti-aircraft shells.
Soon Corinth's feet in the Potomac
had been increased to so warships. in
cluding four battleships, six cruisers,
80 destroyers and four aircraft car
riers, and from the latter and Smiths
Island in Chesapeake Bay. bombing
planes shot into the air daily to bomb
and machine-gun the approaches to
Washington and the outskirts, where
there were concentrations of Ameri-
can troops.
For some time Corinthian forces had
occupied the Navy and Munitions
Buildings. where they maintained bar
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Discussing the difficulties with which
his unit was beset, w. S. Alexander.
Federal Alcohol Administrator, re-
reviewed some OF his organizations ac-
complishments and trials and pointed
out what may be hoped for in the fu-
ture with respect to conduct OF the al
cohol industry. which was dominated
in its beginnings by what the admin
istrator terms "the law Of the jungle" :"
When President Roosevelt an
nounced the adoption of the twenty
first amendment to the Federal Con-
stitution by the States" Alexander
said, "he called attention specifically
to the authority given to the Govern
ment to prohibit transportation or
importation Of intoxicating liquors into
any State in violation of that State s
laws. On that occasion he said that
the policy of the Government will be
to see to 1t that the social and political
evils that have existed in the pre-
prohibition era shall not be revived nor
permitted again to exist
The purpose of his proclamation
was to restore greater respect for
law and order, to break up and
eradicate the notoriously evil Illicit
liquor traffic and to confine such pur-
chases Of alcoholic beverages as the
consumers may make solely to those
dealers or agencies which have been
duly licensed by State or Federal
license The matter of reasonable
taxes for the support Of the Gov
eminent superseding all other forms
Of taxation was Of secondary impor-
tance to that OF 4 great and whole
some national policy which had for
its objective the re-esta ablishment Of
= legalised liquor traflic which would
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revived. in 30 far as the Federal Gov
ernment was concerned. and old
timers in the industry rebelled at
this.
THE Federal permit has been the
sword OF Damocles hanging over
the head Of the industry. Through
it the Government has power Of life
or death over every branch except
the brewing industry. These Federal
permits are not handed out promiscu-
ously In order to keep the criminal
element out of the industry and to
insure as far as humanity possible
that only reputable citizens ''of good
moral character and successful busi-
ness capacity, possessed Of proper
Endorsements and adequate working
capital" shall get permits. conditions
the applicant must meet are very
stiff.
BY means OF this Federal permit
the Government has attempted to
protect dry and monopoly States and
otherwise to enforce the Twenty-first
Amendment. In = number of notable
cases the permit has been suspended.
The law does not permit revocation
for the first offense. And this power
to suspend or revoke permits acts a.
. controlling deterrent on the legal
trafic not to engage in illegal traf-
nc.
The primary purpose Of Federal
regulations has been, however, to
protect the consumer. To this end
the administration has set up stand
ards Of identity for al types OF alco-
holic beverages. In the words OF
Alexander. the industry u held to
this with an iron dst."
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racks. and Fort Myer They also we're
in possession Of Potomac Park from
Constitution avenue TO Hains Point.
But they were inferior In numbers to
the Americans. who had summoned
generals and infantry from corps areas
in the North and Northeast and soon
had in battle more than 100000 men.
In less than two weeks the Corln-
thians. mostly marines and sailors,
had thrust almost to the river bank.
When this happened the Corinthian
ships were unable to depreSs their big
guns low enough to fire point blank
at the advancing Americans. but from
their decks came a steady stream Of
machine gun, rife and cannon fire,
THE docks and wharves OF Wash.
ington Channel soon were ablsze.
Heavy. acrid smoke poured over tbs
city as other fires broke out every
where The smoke was like a curtain
intended to obscure the hideous sights
that every day grew more frightful.
The dome of the Capitol was com.
pletely hidden. as if by a pea-soup fog.
At night star shells cast a weird
light over Washington, and the beams
of searchlights, like Death seeking
to grasp new victims with pale An
gers. made a macabre pattern across
the sky.
Meanwhile. in Corinth. there WAS
widespread dissatisfaction. for the
people had no taste for this war, but
still it went on.
AS downtown Washington became
more and more a dangerous place in
which to live and work. terrified in
habitants began TO flee to the extreme
Northwest section, to Chevy Chase
and to Bethesda and Rockville. Homes
we're thrown open to them and homes
became overcrowded. There was
sleeping on floors. porches and in ga
RACES. Ten persons were occupying
apartments intended for three. A
water main was destroyed. and until
other water could be piped in. there
was thirst and filth and suffering.
Those who could fed to the Ba-
hamas and Bermuda. When one
group of weary, frightened refugees
reached Nassau they encountered an
earthquake They thought the end
Of the world had come.
The Red Cross buildings. a white
marble group between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth streets north of Con-
stitution avenue, were shelled to
pieces. and there was almost irrepa
rable damage to Constitution Hall and
the new Interior Department Build
ing.
ONE night, while watching a movie
on the we'll deck of visiting
British cruiser. anchored of the Navy
Yard, a sailor was killed BY \ shell
splinter. Seventeen of his shipmates
were injured. Britain protested. of
course, but of what avail was diplo-
matte protest?
The District jail was in the vs:y
midst Of the fighting. Shells zioped
past it and into it like swarms Of
angry bees Eight prisoners were
killed, 10 wounded and a few went
(see SHANGHAI. Page B-3)
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died, bomb fragment piercing her
throat.
The shrieks OF the wounded and
the groans Of the dying could be
heard south Of Constitution avenue
The homeward-bo crowds what
of them was left standing. vanished.
There was wild running in every di-
rection-up Fourteenth street, down
Fourteenth street, into the Commerce
Building. into any building that prom
ised a haven.
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DR. WILHELM GLUCK Of the
faculty of Z Central European
University was with members Of a
study tour when the first bomb struck
They were crossing at Fifteenth street
and the Avenue when there was an
other "whoo- oosh" another ear-split-
ting explosion and a cornice of the
Washington Hotel fell away A piece
OF bomb, a sharp chip Of steel big as
\ plowshare spun through the air and
sliced of Prof. Gluck's left leg.
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~ A xweltering Wednesday, in
the f1rst week of July. COM
pany of Corinthian Infantry
~ clashed with United States
troops on bridge over the Thomas
River, leading from Boston to Cam
bridge. Corinth. cramped on her is
land empire in the Atlantic to the east,
had for some time been eating her
way into New England She had met
but sporadic resistance. Now, how
ever. the United States was beginning
to do more than just to resent her in
trusions; she was beginning to resist
them. The fight on the bridge was
the proverbial spark touched to the
powder keg-a powder keg whose con-
tents were highly combustible, the
smoldering hatred of great Nation
which felt it was being robbed and the
lmperiallstic ambitions of world
power
There were great battles in the
Northeast and Boston was a city
under siege. but the warfare there
WAS nothing as contrasted with that
which was to break out many miles
to the south. in the Capital, Washing
ton, early the following month.
One night two Corinthian seamen,
an officer and sailor, hanging around
Washington Airport. were murdered
No one knew by whom, but perhaps by
two students from one Of the Capital.
universities, two overzealous youth.
whose patriotism transpired discretion
Outraged. cocky with military power
Corinth demanded the withdrawal Of
American troops to 20 miles from
Washington When the United State.
objected, Corinth piled sailors anc
marines ashore from more than q
score of warships anchored in the
Potomac.
T YING at the confluence of the
Anacostia River and the mair
, channel of the Potomac was the Cor.
inthian battle wagon" Warrior, a 81
year-old craft built in British yards
Shortly after 4 O'Clock one hot mid
August afternoon just as thousands o
Government workers were leavin.
their of1ices or were about to leave
three Army Air Corps planes dronet
over the city, 80 high they coult
scarcely be heard. much less seen IL
the haze Of the upper attitudes.
Into the Willard Hotel and tn
Washington, almost next door. mel
and women were strolling to seek re
lief from the afternoon heat and -te
dium, TO sip cooling drinks, to swal
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Bv Bill Bell.

fAnthor's Note: For the purposes
OF this story it has been assumed
that Washington is Shanghai dur
ing the current siege, and the first
part OF the tolloming is thereto
obviously fctiondl. No account
has been taken OF this city's de-
lenses or OF the improba blhty OF
epents such as are described, the
sole purpose OF the article being to
bring home to the citizens of
Washington the plight of people
snch as yon and IN the great
Chinese metropolis 5000 miles
d,Ddy.)
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Weaver's Service
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
United States Department of The
interior

United States Department of The
Interior
General Land Office at Phoenix,
Arizona, June 2, 1887.
NOTICE is hereby given that
Daisy D. Cartmill, formerly Daisy
D. Bethay, of Mariana, Arizona, who,
on November "a, 1881, made Stock
Raising Homestead Entry, Act 1929
16, No. 070943, for WIZ, WIZ E
IL. E1-2 SE1-4, NE1-4 NE1-4,
Section 27, Township s S., Range 10
E., G. & S. R. B. & Meridian, has
filed notice of intention to make
Final Three Year Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described,
before c. Wayne Clampitt, United
States Commissioner, at Tucson,
Arizona, on the 18th day of July,
1887.
Claimant names as witnesses:
K. H. Davis, of Box GOA, Tucson,
Arizona.
Edward Fitzpatrick. Sr., of Ma
rama, Arizona.
Charlie Cartmill, of Tucson, Ari
Zona.
= Mrs. w. B. Cummings, of Tucson,
Arizona.
j. KEOHANE,
Register.
First publication June 10. 1887.
Last publication July 9, 1887.
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DISSOLUTION NOTICE

Notice is hereby given. that the
copartnership heretofore exis+ir~
between C. w. Hooper and Jack
Stevens, under the firm name of
Hooper and Stevens, has this day
been dissolved. G. w. Hooper to
continue the publication of the Coo
lidge Examiner, collect all accounts
due, and assume all bills charge
able to the firm of Hooper and
Stevens.
Dated this Sth day of June, 1887.
C. w. HOOPER.
JACK STEVENS.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
! UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF THE INTERIOR

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF THE INTERIOR
General Land Office at Phoenix,
Arizona, May 81, 1887.
NOTICE is hereby given that
James Roy Walker, of Casa Grande
Arizona, who, on January %, 1882.
made Homestead Entry, Sec. 22S9.
r. S. U. s., No. 0711?t. for e IL NE
IA, Section 80, Township 6 s
Range E., G. & S. R. B. & Meridi-
an, has filed notice of intention to
make Final Three Year Proof, tn
establish claim to the land above
described, before J. F. Brown, Unit.
ed States Commissioner, at Casa
Grande, Arizona, on the 1st day .:
July, 1887.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Herman Wolf, Gene Chandler.
Len Bellows, Charlie Harper all,
of Casa Grande, Arizona.
P. ]. KEOHANE
Register.
First publication May 27, 1887.
Last publication June %, 1887.
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c. F. Frazier,
Pastor Baptist Church.
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We are getting ready for the Re-
vival which is to begin at the
Baptist Church Sunday June 13 and
run through the 27. The services
ara to be- held in the new building.
A tent will be put up inside the
walls, and it will be comfortably
seated, and we think cool, and pleas
ant The Rev. Victor F. Crabtree,
of Dickens, Texas, will do the
preaching. The Rev. Crabtree, is
a spendid evangelist and soul win
ner. He has no evangelistic tricks,
but breaches the Bible with power.
1t is rare privelage to have man
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-10

Miss Elaine Maprel left, Monday
morning by train, for Long Beach.
Calf, where she will spend several
weeks in the home of her grand
mother, Mrs. Rose Young, and with
friends. Miss Maprel is a daughter
of Mrs. Francis Maprel who con-
ducts the Cotton Exchange cafe in
South Coolidge.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-10

The Golden Rule Club, composed
of boys 9 to 13, took the best end
of a rs score against the woman
of Coolidge in a hard fought soft
ball battle on the high school field
Tuesday night. Bobby Sweeper
pitched for the victors, while Leon
Smith caught Callie McMullen.
Mrs. Parram, and others pitched for
the women.
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like him in our town.
The pastor and Mrs. Frazier will
have charge of the music, and we
expect to have the largest Booster
Choir we have ever had here. We
want all the boys and girls in town
in the choir.
We covet the presence, and help
of all Denominations in the city.
This is a revival for everybody.
Day services will be at 10 A M.
and the evening services at 8 o.
clock.
c. F. Frazier,
Pastor Baptist Church
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The Rev. Glenn E. Smiley lef,
today for Tucson on business.

The Daily Vacation Bible school
held by the Methodist Church was
well attended, reports Rev. Glenn
r. Smiley. An average of thirty
students a day for the five days
gave Rev Smiley and his staff an
excellent opportunity to teach some
of the great truths of the Bible.
The staff included Mrs. H. R. Moag,
Mrs. Olsen, Mrs. Smiley and others.
Swimming was enjoyed three of
the five days.
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COOLIDGE METHODIST CHURCH

COOLIDGE METHODIST CHURCH
Glenn E. Smiley. Pastor
1O:00-Church School.
11:OO-Morning Worship.
7:00-Epworth League.
,8:O0-Eyening Worship.
Midweek Prayer Meeting We'd
nesday 7:45 p. M. &.
COMMUNITY. CHURCH
e Nj Ward, Pastor -.
Sunday school. 9:45 a. IN.
Morning worship, 11:00 o'clock.
Junior Endcavor,. intermediate
Endeavor. ZOO p. m.
Evening worship, 800 O'Clock.
Woman's Auxiliary, LIST and ,9rN
Thursdays of each month.
Teachers study hour, Wednes-
day, rs p. m.
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CHURCH NOTICES
BAPTIST CHURCH
C. r. Frazier Pastor

Sunday school 1000 a. III
Message 11:00 n: m. by pastor.
3. T. U. ZOO p. m
Message 500 p. IN. by! pastor. =
Teachers meeting, and payer
meeting Wednesday, 7:3O p. III.
w MS. Thursday, 2:30 p. m.
G. A. Thursday 4:30 p. m.
Sunbeams, Thursday, 4:3O Q. m.
We try to make all who come
feel welcome in these services
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
w. 1. Dicus, Pastor
Sunday School 9:45 a. m.
Morning Worship II a. m.
Evangelistic Service 7:45 p. N.
N. Y. P. S. Service Friday 7:45
p. m.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-10

Site of the 1889 Golden Gate In
ternalional Exposition has been re-
claimed from the floor of San Fran
cisco Bay.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-10

Relief Agent p. j. McAsker, of
Tucson, filled in several days for
Agent M. l.. Durham at the South
ern Pacific depot here while the
latter was enjoying an outing.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-10
CHURCH OF CHRIST

The church of Christ meets every
Sunday at TO-: 40 a. III. at Legion
Hall. You are cordially invited.
The Washington times., 1937-01-22
N. Y. SEA STRIKE.
NEARS END

NEW YORK, Jan. % 0N.s).
The maritime strike which has
checked shipping activity in
Atlantic and Golf ports since last
November appeared near an end
today.
With the approval of the joint
strike council, headed by Joseph
Curran, 1900 rank and file sea-
men voted at a meeting here to
terminate the strike and seek
amicable agreements with steam
ship companies. The resolution
to end the walk-out will be sub
mltted to Seamen in other East
coast ports, and Pacific coast
strikes will be asked to concur, al
though they would not be directly
affected by the New York action.