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The Washington times., 1937-09-02
MORE POWER FOR STATION

Increased power for Radio Sta
ton KFNF in Shenandoah, Iowa,
was recommended to the Federal
Communications Commission yes
terday by one Of the commissions
examiners.
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Rufner Club Speaker

Club at noon today in the George
Mason Hotel. Members Of the
city council we're invited as special
guests of the club by Walter E.
Pierpoint, president.
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HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 2 Q.NS0.
Leonard Fields, movie producer,
speaks kindly of double bills:
THE comedy shorts Of years
ago have grown into b pictures.
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DOMESTICS

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Backs 'DoubLe Features %

What's the difference between
one feature picture with a short
comedy and the showing of two
movies, one q feature and the
other q long comedy?"
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BEGINNING SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 4-SToRE OPEN ALL DAY
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ALEXANDRIA. Va. Sept. 2.
Richard l.. Ruffner, who became
mayor of Alexandria yesterday,
was to speak at the weekly meet
ing of the Alexandria Kiwanis
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TOTS & GIRLS WEAR

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CORSET VALUES
UNDERWEAR

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The Washington times., 1937-11-15
Keep Out of War

I think I probably represent
the feelings of most people like
myself who read the newspapers
every day and try their best to
make head or tail out Of the
neutrality situation. We read
complicated dispatches from
Rome, Berlin, London and else.
where, and the more we read
the less we learn.
Actually, it doesn't take Sec
ond sight or the mind of an
Einstein to know what it's all
about.
Once before we went 5000
miles out of our way to pull
someone else's chestnuts out Of
the fire. Once before, moved by
high ideals and the best of in
tentions, we went to war.
We know what war is. We
don't like it. The common sense
thing to do is keep out Of it;
don't do anything to get into it:
say Wen keep out. and keep out.
w. G. j.
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Voice of the People

standpoint, rather than be put
out by going several blocks out
of their way.
These attractions happen
every day because of the laxity
of police enforcement. Whereas
if this area was properly pa
trolled these motorists who
apparently have no regard for
others lives and insist upon
bucking four lanes of traffic,
place in jeopardy those who are
within the law in negotiating
their work-a-day and homeward
journeys.
Policemen placed along these
routes during the rush intervals
might be the means of prevent
ing the death toll from mount
ing higher. CWAR
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thing; prospects favor a milder
regulatory measure than pres
ent one -. anti-lynching is
to be lost in the shuttle although
this will be denied for a while
-. on farm relief, House
and Senate will pass widely diff.
ferent bills, and after months Of
effort, a so per cent moderation
Of the Wallace program will
probably survive, with mild COM
pulsion for crop control. benefit
payments, etc.. as previously out
lined.
Antitrust legislation will
not be acted upon, despite
mention in Presidential procla-
nation for the session 80. neu-
trality revision is proba-
bly, out the window, and court
reorganization definitely so. on
Government reorganization, the
President will get about half
what he asked for and nothing
Of Importance. the tax bill will
be delayed until regular session
in January, will moderate the
corporate earnings tax and posi-
bly, capital gains, but some new
surprise taxes will be included,
although not the LaFollette
base-broadening or a hoist in
the middle income brackets. ).
The seven little TWAS
are dead for this session and
probably next, although they,
too, were mentioned in the Presi.
Dental proclamation.
DEHIND all these delectable
ideas now being served from
Washington (peace with the
utilities, help for railroads, build
ing booming, etc. there is this
one hidden fact:
Things that serve Mr.. Roose-
velt's purposes now, may not
serve them next month. AS an
old Washington counselor says,
the soup is never eaten around
here as hot as it is cooked.
Just now the prevailing Ad-
ministration purpose is to quiet
unrest in business and the
markets. A lot of things are
being advertised by official spon.
sorS which will be delivered in
very small doses, if at all.
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First, 16-year-old BETTY
LOWRY, of Chehalis, Washing
ton. On a theme which should
touch every heckled soul in this
hurried, worried age-"WHAT'S
THE RUSH ABOUT?"
Dear Miss Robinson:
"Often, looking at all this
hustle and hustle, I wonder
What's the rush about?' This
Observation-Disclosures
this fuss over appearances
this wild search for FUN-what
does it buy us?
WHY CAN'T PEOPLE BE
SATISFIED TO LIVE A DEEP,
FULL LIFE WITH SIMPLE
PLEASURES AND HONEST
AIMS? WHY CAN'T MORE
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT
THIS BORED, BLASE ATT.
TUDE IS NOT REAL LIFE
THAT TT IS ONLY A SICKLY
PRETENSEP
''Why are people satisfied with
such an artificial existence =.
reaching only for surface SEN
sations .. accepting only what
their environment forces upon
them? Why don't they probe
deeper, find the real treasures
of life which they were meant to
have?
"A BALANCED, WELL
ROUNDED LIFE MEANS
MUCH TO ME A LIFE
WHICH WILL SPELL CON.
TENTMENT AND PRIDE
WHEN THE SETTING SUN
COMES. WHAT MUST IT
MEAN TO RIDE HIGH FOR
THE MOMENT .. THEN SUD-
DENLY FACE EFT ERNITY
WITH NOTHING-NO POIGN-
ANT MEMORIES-NO WORTH
WHILE ACHIEVEMENTS?
Betty Lowry, age 16,
Route 2, Box 1862,
"Chehalis, Washington"
($10 prize winner.)
A great vision, little sister
keep It'll And never let the
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The Mounting Auto Toll

The appalling traffic death
total of 1887 should serve as a
challenge to those who guide the
destinies of this phase of civic
welfare. A stricter vigil must be
maintained if this record of the
Grim Reaper is to be lowered.
No doubt Mr.. Van Duzer and
Superintendent of Police Brown
are at their wits end in their
efforts to find ways and means
to curb this condition which has
come to plague city officials in
no uncertain manner.
Carelessness, both on the part
Of the motorist and the pedes-
trian, is in a large measure re-
sponsible for many of these
tragedies that happen entirely
too frequently on our city
streets.
Disregard for the traffic signs
also may be leveled at those who
hold human life all too cheaply.
True, there are many contribut-
ing causes, but the majority Of
the fatalities that have been re-
corded during the current year
might have been avoided had
more care been exercised both
on the part of the pedestrian
and the motoriSt.
AS an example as to the dis
regard Of traffic signs, Thir.
tenth Street Northwest, both
in the morning from 1870 to 9
and from 4 until 6 p. M, is
supposed to be allocated for one
way traffic, established to allie.
viate much of the congestion
that would otherwise occur were
this not in force.
Despite huge signs designating
this street as one-way, one will
find stubborn motorists who in
sist upon violating this traffic
regulation, purely from a selfish
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sneers of the cynics nor the
whines of the weaklings rob
you Of it.
There's the dream of a child
who has never known life -.
here's the cry Of boy who has
known it too bitterly, and from
the wrong angle. He is answer.
ing 17-year-old Rosa, movie
usherette, who complained that
her foreign-born mother did not
understand her and re-
strained her unfairly.
"Dear Elsie Robinson:
81 don't agree with these
young people who advise Rosa
to rebel at her mother, and who
say that it's all right for a
young girl to set her own hours.
Parents are responsible to
God and society for the con-
duct Of their children. Parents
aren't dominating; they are
only trying to tip us off to the
DANGER zones which we must,
at sometime or other, pass
along the pathway Of life.
How do I know? Well,
Friend, at seventeen I paid my
share, was my own boss and
picked my own friends. So did
two thousand other young men
who are here. We rolled in at
2 q. m. Mother was awake,
waiting for us. But now we re-
tire at 9 p. m. FOOTBALL
rules require nine hours sleep,
plenty fresh air. You're wrong
again-IT's NOT A UNIVER-
sTTY, IT'S A PENTTENTIARY.
lotto Mrotzek, age %,
REG. No. 1902,
illinois State Penitentiary,
Pontiac, Ill"
($10 prize WINERY
A great letter, Otto! What
ever the black mark in the past,
you've wiped off much of its
darkness, son, by that helping
hand to others. Keep It upl
The Washington times., 1937-11-15

action.
Surprising but true, the
change has not developed pri-
marily from hangovers on the
Supreme Court fight, the Har-
rison-Barkley leadership SQUAD
BILE or other widely discussed
factors. Most buzzing Congress
men trace it to the business
situation and their own acute
sense of political smell.
SIGNS Of new legislative times:
~ Agriculture Secretary Wal
lace taking a heavy hammering
in those executive sessions of
the House Agriculture Commit
tee-So heavy that Wallace is
hemming and having in his
press conferences on the farm
bill. Senate Tax Chairman
Harrison wiring Morgenthau
demanding modification of the
corporate tax and adding sig
nificantly: 1.-THE Administration
must appreciate that honest diff
ferences of opinion may arise as
to policies but that it cannot
permit these differences to in
fluence insinuations and charges
Of party diSloyalty". ". P.
Garner arriving at almost the
last moment for the opening,
thus avoiding the usual presses
sion conferences on policy. ..
These things could not have
happened a year ago.
Current glib guesses forecast
ing legislation, therefore, are
likely to turn sour within a
week. The legislative situation
is certainly as high in the air
right now as it will get.
About all you can see definite.
ly within sight is this:
General ProspectS-Congress
will be more independent; also
more conservative than the
President on everything except
spending and budget. az
Duration. of the seSsion-mid.
summer, at least, despite i'm
pending congressional elections.
LEGISLATION - wages and
hours bill situation is
completely muddled; no one can
tell what will come of it, If any
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
Walk Safely

A FACT for study in relation to the rising toll of
automobile deaths is that out Of every 100 persons
killed by automobiles 40 are pedestrians.
The National Safety Congress was tod
Statiscs from five States show that IS per cent of
the pedestrian deaths resulted from accidents charge
able principally to the fault Of the pedestrian himself"
You don't have to stand very long on busy street
corner to be convinced this is true
1t does not reckesness on the part of motor
lists to know pedestrians also reckless But it is we'll
for us to know we must walk safely we'll drive
safely if we expect reduce the annual harvest of auto
mobile deaths.
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
Horoscope

Better to stay with old plans
than to hatch out the kind you'd
get today, particularly where
the cash box is in the frame.
First of two days for checking
health and relations with those
in inferior positions; be kind.
SOME STARS NEVER GROW UP
The development Of the
human being, Of you and Of me,
is a process OF becoming aware
of more and more Of the laws Of
nature. Some of us remain all
our lives in the lower grades
in fact, such is the case with
most of us. Physical develop
ment doesn't indicate similar
mental and emotional develop
ment; which is why grown men
still try to settle differences by
fighting.
YOUR YEAR AHEAD
Your year ahead suggests
practical, serious adjusting Of
your life to meet coming new
conditions, from April "a on for
some time. Seek older people:
arrange for study, training.
Danger: Dec. Alan. 10; March
30-May %; Aug. 1s-Oct. 8.
TOMORROW
Long distance items apt to be
entered into too fast; linger;
wait.
Copyright. 1887. by Chicago Tribune
N Y. News Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
Flags Over Capitol

THE flags fluttering over Senate and House today
L hold forth more hope for this nation than has
been true Of any session of Congress since 1888.
Things have slipped badly in America since Congress
went away in August
1t thought then that it had done good job. In some
respects it had 1t had prevented the mutilaon of the
United States Supreme Court. This will always be,
in history the thing for which it will be remembered.
But Congress went away leaving tax structure which
already playing havoc with business. That tax
structure needed repair and needed it badly. Congress
o,-, idled away many precious months in
M u" 0"I n:s doing just nothing.
'"" -''F" In its absence the effects of its
neglect became apparent
Business in the great basic industries began to fall
off,
Presently this recession was reflected in the stock
market and in the most serious crash of values since
the panic of 1929 billions of the investments of the peo
pie were wiped out.
The damage to business, to the prudent and thrifty
saver for the inevitable rainy day that in the
end ALL to the workngman who has the recession
steal work and wages from his faltering hand be
repaired.
But it can be repaired by another do nothing Con-
gress.
It can only be repaired by Congress alert to the
necessities of this present hour and inspired with
scentious zeal in the performance of its sacred duties
under the Constitution.
.1 600 49, Senator Pat Harrison, of
Mississippi, chairman of the
Finance Committee of the Senate in his telegram
graduating Secretary Morgenthau on his New York
speech, has revealed spirit in Congress of en-
lightened independence
The promise therein held out to back to the limit the
wise views expressed by the Secretary of the Treasury
with respect to economy in government rerenchment
in expenditures and taxation of the people might we'll
inspire his colleagues at both ends of the Capitol with
determination to meet the issues of this grave time
with boldness and intellectual integrity.
In these Words which should inspire his associates Of
gram:
''The Administration must appreciate that honest
differences of opinion may arise to policies but that it
cannot permit these differences to influence nsnuations
and charges of party disloyalty.'
The time has passed for the gentlemen of the Congress
NJ r:.,o - rL:1 to think in terms of party.
T., Tou,,,. - Do.t, The time has come for them to
think in terms of country.
Gentlemen, the flag which flies so hopefully over
Senate and House today is the American flag.
It is the flag Of all the people.
No.
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even in pow
e1'ty, to old
age, e v e n
with riches. I
think m o S t
people value
m on ey too
highly, any
way. M a n y
seem to think
that if they
h a We money
the W h o ! e
W o r / d is
The Washington times., 1937-11-15

one has the
world in his
lap and a bet
ter chance to
get along. Be
ing old and
knowing that
death is not
far off is not
a h a p p y
thought even
/ ( o n e i S
wealthy. Old
age is newt
The Washington times., 1937-11-15

When a per-
son is old
even though
rich he can't
get as much
EMO y m e n t
out of life as
a young per-
son can. I en-
joy life so
greatly that
I would not
care to lose
one year Of it
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to lose any
years of my
life. I think
y o u tn and
health a r e
m ore impor-
tant tn a n
riches. one
does not have
to be wealthy
in order to be
happy. I do
not dread the
thought o f
growing old
The Washington times., 1937-11-15

growing old but I certainly
should not like to rush the APP
proach of old age"
X X X
Mrs. Dorothy Stein, 1925 On
tario Rd. N. W., bookkeeper:
"Of course we cannot avoid
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
Listen, World!
By ELSIE ROBINSON
Copyright, 1887. King Features, Syndicate. 1nc.)

YOUNG Americas meeting place
l. And there more touching contrasts than
you'll find here week by week Heights and depths rose
tinted visions and blasted dreams here they and
mng and preach their without any help from u.s.
their elders Today girl in sheltered home and boy
locked behind bars-both sneak
The Washington times., 1937-11-15

a natural part Of life and l
shall have lost nothing be-
cause I already shall have en-
joyed my youth and be ready
for old age"
X 4
Jack Jordan, 809 Fourteenth
st. N. W., florist:
Il prefer youth and health,
The Washington times., 1937-11-15

getting old,
since it is a
natural stage
to reach, but
being young
o n e h a S a
chance to &C
quire riches,
so my choice
r i G h t now
would be to
maintain m y
youth. Frank
ly, con t e n t.
. - ASaD
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Tor moneys sake. As long as I
am never too poor I shall be
happy"
X X \
Mrs. Lee Cafky, 2146 P st.
N. W., cashier:
II would rather be poor than
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II sh o u l d
not make a
choice. A per-
son who is
old has had
his youth and
if he has
wealth, he is
just t h a t
much better
off. I don't
think I shall
mind growing
old for it Is
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
News Behind the News
President May Find Congress Little Difficult.
Signs of New Times
Blu Paul MGLLOn

(Word 1884,
Reproduction
Mr. Roosevelt not have lost with the voters but it
will be evident shortly he has dropped considerable face with
Congress to which he submitting his program today.
The situation is the stage of private
legislators 1t will soon be disclosed in legislative action and
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
The Inquiring
Photographer
The Washington Times in.
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

If you had your choice, which
would you prefer to be-young
and poor, or old and rich?
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
Traffic Toll

The mounting list Of traffic
victims in the District Of Co.
lumbia since January !. 1887,
is graphically shown by the
death watch:
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theirs. They should learn that
there are many things money
cannot buy.
II X
Alvin Austin, 1914 Connect
cut Ave. N. W., office clerk:
Young and poor, of course.
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THE ANSWERS

Miss Myra Todlock, 1888 New
York Ave. N. W., waitress:
Poor and young. With youth
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able, but I would not give up my
youth for all that I might ever
acquire"
Miss Doris Benjamin, 1915
Jefferson st. N. w., business col
lege student:
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Wise Words.

And men go abroad to admire
the heights Of mountains, the
mighty pillows Of the sea, the
long courses of rivers, the vast
compass of the ocean, and the
circular motion of the stars, and
yet pass themselves up.
st. Augustine.
Young men are filter to invent
than to judge: filter for execu-
ton than for counsel; and filter
for new projects than for settled
business.-Francis Bacon.
Revenge is a confession Of
pain.-Seneca.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-15
AGRICULTURAL SURVEYS MADE
TO AID IN CENTRAL COURSES

Every student in high school who
lived on a farm was asked what
their chief crops were. 1t was re-
vealed that alfalfa and animals was
the chief industry on 83 farms. and
secondary on Al farms. Other
phases were as follows on the
farms: truck crops-first on So, sec
ond on 40; grain-first on 10, sec
ond on 25; citrus and small fruit
first on Ia, second on 6; poultry
first on 5, second on 8.
Thornton is now working on a
chart to find out what phases OF
agriculture have the most future
for boy to go into. All ready il
has been found that although
melons and lettuce are the main
agriculture industries, a boy gradu-
ating from high school has the
least future in either of these. This
is true because both industries are
already SO incorporated that the only
jobs to be had are laborers. The
small dealer cannot compete with
the large ones and is not willing
to take a chance on crop.
To aid in their experiments and
projects next year, $3.50 worth OF
grain has been bought by the FLA
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-15

Several surveys of agriculture fu-
ture in different fields have been
made by Paul Thornton, instructor
at Central high school, in order to
re-arrange the courses into a more
practical system. Next year Thorn
ton will have an assistant, which
will make it possible for the de-
partment to cover more material.
One of the surveys which Thorn
ton made was to determine what
particular phase of agriculture the
boys who have graduated from high
school went into. Every boy who
graduated since 1921 was looked up
to find out whether he had gone
into agriculture, and if so, what
kind of a job. 1t was discovered
that the largest number, 35, had
gone into dairying or some fielo
related to it. AS a result, Thornton
plans in the future to emphasize
dairying in his classes.
Other fields were grain, ID; truck
crops, 8; produce workers and
packers, 8; farm laborers, a; beef
cattle, 3; grapefruit, 2; district en-
ployees, 2; cotton, 2; tractor opera
tors, 2; and one each in asparagus,
poultry, butchering, and hogs.
A survey of a similar nature was
made to determine which crops in
the valley were the main industries
on farms and which were secondary.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-15
DOGS
10 TOO MANY

NEW YORK, July Is. fUP)-
It would be all right, said Mrs
Alverda Marion, a landlady, if she
rented a room TO Gloria Reuch, 35
year old WPA teacher, despite the
fact that Miss Reuch was accom-
panied by two Scotties and Mrs
Marion wasn't overly fond of dogs
I'm sure they can stay here" sai5
Mrs. Marion. So Miss Reuch moved
in. A few hours later a taxicab ar
rived and out stepped 10 more
Scotties. all equipped with good
healthy lungs. 81 have several
dogs" Miss Reuch explained. Mag
istrate Louis b. Brodsky said she
could have until next Monday to
move her kennel "to the country"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-15
Club To Continue
Summer Dances

The women of the Del Rio coun-
try club of Brawley have announced
that they are planning to continue
their summer dances through July.
The dances are held every Saturday
night. Refreshments are served In
the patio. The dances are open
to the public.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-15
$l,99O,OOO in Old
Bonds Destroyed


EACRAMENTO, Cal, July 15
CUP) old bonds whose value total
cd $1,99O,OOO were destroyed today
by State Treasurer Charles Q
Johnson.
Two thousand of the bonds were
issued under the San Francisco
5eawall act of 1903 for construc-
ton of seawalls. wharves and other
adiuncts of the San Francisco
waterfront. These were called for
payment and retired several years
ago.
Several bonds were delivered to
the state librarian to be used in an
historical exhibit.