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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-24

Packard "120" 1885 4-Door 077E
Touring Sedan-If you have ID ! OO
Packard in your blood and are look
ing for an unusual bargain, don't de-
lay see this fine car at once. De
luxe accessory group. electric clock,
smart Hollywood beige finish, exceed
ingly low mileage: it is truly out
standing bargain for only $775. Recent
Packard price rise makes this an even
better buy. Terms to suit your income.
NORRIS, INC.
2O1S 18th St. N. w. North 3949
Studebakef Dealer Omen Evenings
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-09-29
NEW MAPLE FINISH
HAS SOFT EFFECT
Students of Period Develop
Versions That Are True
of Tradition

Out of the had days of pioneer life,
came lack of tools, equipment and
materials came style of decoration
that is perenially dea 20 The public:
Early American. Whenever you find
p Lle with a love OF 1.:,lIyn tradition.
you find rooms based on Early Amer
lean design; and you can travel round
the world without finding style more
suitable to small homes and to family
life where hospitality and informality
reign.
Students of the Early American
style have developed interesting new
versions to fit into modern homes. In
furniture, floor coverings, wall cover
ings, fabrics, lamps and accessories,
the emphasis is upon Ic::Ii.- Il::.t axe
true to tradition, yet fresh and I'M
hackneyed.
Better Finish Developed.
The big news in furniture is the
improved finish on maple, and the
great variety of designs. This new fin
ish is softer, more grayed, more mel
low than the former ruddy finish; has
in fact, the look that you find in good
antiques. AS for the furniture itself,
selection is endless among living
room, dining room, bedroom, and
juvenile pieces. - and you can add
distinction through your collection of
unusual small pieces, such as mir
rors cobbler's benches, h1nging shell
YES, small cabinets and tables.
Floor coverings to go with this mel
low maple are even more varied. Mod
ern American doomed reproductions of
old hooked designs catch all the i'm
agination and quaint charm of old
pieces patiently hooked in old-time
New England farmhouses. Colors are
CAV as grandmother's samplers, or
subtle and subdued. Some OF the nook
ed rug patterns borrow a Victorian
feeling which work in well with maple
furniture.
Many Colors Suitable. a
Many decorators find that some OF
the new textured rugs and patterns
are well adapted to use with Early
American furniture. Inspired perhaps
bv Swedish or Mexican fabric designs
these all yer indetermiaate texture
weaves have the right feeling with
maple. For bedrooms, two-ttone or
self-tone texture effects have interest
ing colors to offer as contrast to
maple-soft green, blue, tan with ac-
cents of coral, turquoise. For living
rooms and dining rooms, consider tex
ture rugs in the popular wood tones
in burgundy and deep blue, all splen-
| did foundations for maple.
Rooms in the Early American maple
stvle can use lot of pattern, for the
desired effect is one of unstudleo
charm. Even with hook patterns or
texture on the floor, don't be afraid OF
wallnaners with plaid or leaf or sty-
lied floral designs, or of chintzes-
linents and mohairs with perky b0u-
Duets. homespuns with color and tex
ture interest.
Best of all, rooms in the Early Am
erican style can be assembled at very
moderate cost.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-09-29
EVERY COMMUNITY IN THIS SECTION NOW SERVED BY CHRIST
HUNDREDS OF HOMES IN COUNTY HAVE
BEEN FURNISHED BY DURHAM STORE

For many years the Durham store
Christian-Harward Furniture Com
pany has enjoyed the patronage of the
ueople of Henderson and has regular
" made deliveries of furniture to this
section. Requirements of the modern
dav home can we'll be met by shop
ping in the new departments of the
Observation-Disclosures store now located
in Henderson. All of the new mer-
chandising methods and modern dis
play methods have been employed in
the installation of the new modern
furniture store. The belief that the
American housewife is the most i'm
rortant factor in industry and the
appeals of all merchandise are direct
ed to her, has prompted the new
Christian-Harward in their new
store to present merchandise in such
a way and of such quality as to be
interesting to the housewife The ad-
dition of new pieces of furniture and
household accessories may be pur-
chased by her from her regular house
hold allowance on the budget plan:
In a special appeal to the farmer and
the farm home owner will lie held in
the large variety of the more stable
home furnishing pieces. Complete de-
partments presenting large varieties
of every household commodity will
be carried in the Henderson store.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-09-29

Mr.. Elliott has been in Henderson
since 1918, and has for the past Il
years been connected with a leading
oil company. He has a host of friends
and acquaintance in Henderson and
Vance county. Mr.. Elliott is a mem
Der of the First Baptist church. and
Masonic and Woodmen lodges and has
been active in civic and business life
in Henderson.
"The new Christian-Harward store
has the most complete stock of any
store in Vance county," states Mr.
Elliott, land 1 will be glad to welcome
all my friends to visit me in my new
location" he said. Mr.. Elliott invites
all his friends to visit him and will
be glad to help them select their
future furniture needs in this new
store.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-09-29
THEME SEEN
IN NEW RUG DISPLAY

TT Won haven't looked at new car
pets and rugs lately, you Will be amaz-
cd to see how this texture theme mas
been developed. Ask your STORE ~
show you the new silky iustrous
weaves, the combinations OF :wis'ea
and--plain yarns, the complnae'ons "
high and low pile, of cut ana loopeu
rile-all carried out in unoDtrusi ,,
all-over effects that have great seylo
Apparel. ----4-- q
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-09-29
LINOLEUM PROVES AID
TO KEEP FLOOR CLEAN

Most homes have hard-to-keep-
clean floor, in addition to the kitchen
floor where the installation of lin
oleum would eliminate lot OF work
not to mention the tremendous I'M
provement in appearance sure to re-
suit. You'll have no difficulty at all
in finding d design in keeping with
the surroundings and color scheme
to harmonic with the other furnish
ings.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1937-11-12
Cokesbury News

Revival meetings will start at
Cokesbury Church, Sunday night, Nov.
18th and last thru the week. Every
one very cordially invited.
Quite a number of our people at
tended the shower given by Mrs. S. D.
Corbin at her home last Wednesday
in honor of Mrs. Francis Figgs.
Mrs. w. A. Long of Pocomoke City,
spent the weekend with Mrs. Walter
H. Long.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Evans of Will
liams vicinity were dinner guests at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. James Cott-
man last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Brittingham,
Jr., Mrs. r. H. Harris and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Taylor and son, Jack,
were dinner guests at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. w. V. Taylor last Sunday.
Mrs. Annie Merrill is on the sick
list at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Wallace Covington.
Mrs. Annie Atkinson spent last
week with her daughter, Mrs. Ralph
Harris at Salisbury, Md.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs
George Merrill, Friday, November 9Th
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1937-11-12

urday last, Colson Evans, of Tan
gier, Va, was committed to the county
pail in Princess Anne to await the
action of the Grand Jury, charged
with forgery. Evans was unable to
give bail bond of 100000.
Evans secured a number of blank
checks, with the stamped signature of
w. L. Tull & Bro, Crisfield seafood
dealers, and countersigned them with
the name of Mr.. Preston Die who
has authority to draw checks for the
Tull firm, and then personally endor-
sed them himself and had them cash
ed.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1937-11-12

Mrs. Russell Peacock and family, of
Buffalo, N. Y, were guests overt the
weekend at the home of their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Peacock.
Miss Ruth Beauchamp visited
friends at Chincoteague, Va, last Sum-
day.
Mr.. John Covington of Philadelphia
Pa, and Mrs. Donald Justice of Stock
ton, Md, spent last weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. Wallace Covington.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Thomas and fam
lily, of Marion, Md, and Mr.. and Mrs
Obed Thomas of Pocomoke City, Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. George Merrill last
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1937-11-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Beauchamp
and son, Roy, were supper guests at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. T. C. Hope
at Beaver Dam, Md, last Sunday.
Mrs. w. j. Martin and Mrs. Edgar
Atkinson, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff
ford Sparrow, at New Church, Va
Tuesday night.
Mrs. James Cottman, Mrs. A. P,
Long and Mrs. Walter H. Long at
tended the Tri-County Homemakers'
melting at Salisbury, Md, last Thurs
day.
Mr.. William Peacock and Mr.. and
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1937-11-12
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On

No matter how many medicines you
have tried for your cough, chest cold, or
bronchial irritation, you can get relief
now with Creomulsion. Serious trouble
may be brewing and you cannot afford
to take chance with any remedy less
potent than CreomulSion, which gees
right to the seat of the trouble and aids
nature to sootEe and heal the inflarled
mucous membranes and to loosen G1c
eXpel the gerr1-ladel1 phleGm.
Even if other remedies have failed,
don't be discouraged, try CreonIUIsion.
Your druggist is authorized to refund
your money if you are not thoroughly
satisfied with the benefits obtained
from the very first bottle. CrecnnulSio1 j.
one word-not two, and it has no hyphen
in it. Ask for it plainly, see that the
name on the bottle is Creomulsion, and
you'll get the genuine product and the
relief you want. (Adv)
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1937-11-12

Both mother and son are doing nicely.
Miss Marian Miller and Miss Betty
Taylor of Princess Anne, Md, spent
last Wednesday night with Miss Haz-
ell Beauchamp.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Harris and sons
of Upper Darby, Pa, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Dave Harris of Philadelphia,
Pa, were weekend guests of their
parents, here.
Mrs. B. F. Moore and Mrs. johnson
Payne of Pocomoke City and Mrs. Wal
ter Long of Cokesbury spent Friday
afternoon with Mrs. James Cottman.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1937-11-12
new CHEVROLET
FEATURES A NEW
DESIGN OF CLUTCH

Driving effort is greatly reduced ana
control over the car is increased, by
the new "Tiptoe-matic" clutch, of
revolutionary design, which is being
introduced on all the new 1888 Chew
rolets, both passenger cars and trucks.
The mechanism operates on a prin-
ciple which has already had some ap-
plications in long-range artillery, hy-
draulic presses, railcar couplings, and
similar heavy-duty installations, al
though it has never before been adapt
ed with 18 tapering steel fingers point
Many months of testing, both at the
General Motors Proving Ground and
on the highway, preceded its adoption
on the 1888 Chevrolet.
The central unit is a spring dia-
phragm of heavy heat-treated steel,
shaped something like concave disc,
or, more accurately, a "dished" wash
er, with 18 tapering stell fingers point
ing inward from it's edge.
When the clutch is in the engaged
position, the entire outer rim of the
disc bears against the pressure plate,
providing complete distribution of the
driving load. When the pedal is de-
pressed for disengagement, however,
the pressure of the throwout bearing
on the inner ends of the fingers causes
a diaphragm action, comparable to
that which takes place when the bot
tom of an oil can is pressed. The out
er ends of the fingers, toward the rim
of the disc, pivot on the foremost of
two fulcrum rings, one of which is
located on either side of the dia-
phargm This causes the rim of the
diaphragm to spring away from the
friction disc against which its own
stiffness has held it, and disengage-
ments results.
Just as the initial pressure required
to operate an oilcan is greater than
that needed to complete its depression,
so does the pressure required by the
new Chevrolet clutch decrease as the
pedal stroke progresses. Engineers
report that it takes 25 per cent less
effort than in 1897 to operate the
clutch.
At the same time, engagement char
acteristics have undergone marked i'm
provement. The fact that the entire
rim of the diaphragm bears on the
clutch disc assures complete distribu-
tion of the driving load. Uniform
load distribution around the pressure
plate, and softer application of the
load, are affected by the substitution
of the Is tapering stel fingers, stamp
ed integral with the spring, for the
three pressure levers of 1887. Because
the disc pivots on the fulcrums pro-
vided by the two steel rings, friction
is held at minimum, not only when
the car is new but after long service,
when the conventional clutch develops
noticeable friction drag.
The design of. the new mechanism,
Chevrolet engineers point out, is such
that it requires no fabrication through
out the life of the car.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1937-11-12

Sunday.
Mrs. Will Pusey and daughter, Mil
dred, spent last Thursday with Mrs.
w. V. Taylor.
Mrs. R. H. Harris, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Harris and sons and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. v. Taylor were entertained to
dinner Saturday night by Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Taylor.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1937-11-12
TANGIER MAN COMMITTED
ON CHARGE OF FORGERY

Given a hearing before Justice Ed
ward P. Wyatt, in Crisfield, on Sat
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
Prepare for Peace

HrHE near approach of Army Day. April 6, makes par
l. ticuarly timely the recommendations of the Ma
tional Resources Board on national defense
In surveying the preparations of this country for
tragic an event war; the Board finds that the United
States must accumulate supplies of EIGHT minerals
absolutely essential for the maintenance of the Army,
Navy and Air Corps.
Chief among the minerals which America does not
produce or produces only in small quantities ferro
manganese ore chromte ore, tungsten, tin, antimony,
nickel mica and quicksilver.
ALL of them are needed if the home 'front.' is not to
collapse behind the fighting line.
Ships guns planes and explosives CANNOT be manu-
factured without them.
Some of the essential minerals are found only in
Africa, others in Russia and India.
To obtain them in time of might throw an I'M
POSSIBLE task the Navy in keeping the sea lanes
open.
The time to get them and store them against any day
of need is NOW.
The cost would be comparatively few million dollars.
The cost later may be MILLION LIVES and lost
war.
With adequate supplies of these minerals and other
materials now easily obtained America would be self
sscontained nation.
We would literally need nothing, for we can easily
produce food in abundance
No other nation in the world would be in so envabe
aposition.
. America seeks to ATTACK no nation.
But America would be foolish beyond belief if it does
not prepare itself to RESIST attack by ANY nation
. OR ANY COMBINATION OF THEM! Such strength
the best insurance this country could have for PEACE
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
The Human Side of the News = ByEdpn C. Hill

'fevre led the attack. There was
fierce invective and threats of
duels. Paris officials compromised
by agreeing to let it stand twenty
years, promising to tear it down
at the end of that time.
When the twenty years had
passed, many of the angry poets
and authors were dead. And,
after all, the tower, melloWed with
age, wasn't so bad. Parisians got
so they rather liked the thing.
Then again, the French were
thrifty. They worked the tower
as an advertising sign, for broad
casting stations, for restaurants,
for the toll from 1000 tourists
going up on an average day, for
apartments, for this and that. 1t
paid it's way from the day it was
built. Holders of shares in the
quasi-official corporation which
owned it got dividends regularly.
They will be reimbursed wien and
if it is torn down.
For Gustave Eiffel, a native of
The Washington times., 1937-03-30

Deal schemes. Rept. RObt' r. Rich
Representative Clifton A. Wood
rum. of Virginia, has given notice
that he is going to speak today
and Representative Rich is wait
ing with bated breath for TINS
is what he says:
"My good and genial friend,
the gentleman from Virginia,
Mr.. WoOdrum, has asked for
time to speak to the members
of the House next Tuesday
today. The gentleman from
Virginia is the Administration
spokesman for the ApprOpria-
tions Committee, and there is
no finer speaker or finer gentle
man in the House of Representa-
times.
81 know if the members Of
the House of Representatives
listen to Mr.. WOOdrum Tuesday
they will hear him talk about
economy in government. And
it is about time some great
Democrat realizes It,"
TIMELY
This weeks lesson on Congress,
as advanced by Senator Robert R.
Reynolds, who is now writing a
column for his North Carolina con
stituents, concerns the Importance
of congressional committees. True
to the rules he set down, the
debonaire Senator failed to state
that he is a member of four COM
mittees, Banking and Currency,
District of columbia, Military At
fairs and Territories and InSular
Affairs.
It's also about time that a mem.
ber of Congress explained to the
visitors from his State that Con-
gress doesn't meet before noon so
that these committee meetings
may be held and the members can
have some time to see their con-
stituents and answer their mail.
The usual Easter visitors are
again complaining that Congress
doesn't start early enough in the
morning so they can "catch" an
The Washington times., 1937-03-30

'Dijon, the tower was an exercise
in pure mathematics. He had
been a famous builder of iron
bridges, an engineer in the
French colonies and the designer
of locks and sluices of the Pan.
ANA Canal which the French
tried to build.
Employing the calculus, he
worked with great steel girders
as fastidiously as Fritz Kreisler
with a violin bow. When his
plans were first explained. even
engineers ridiculed him. The
thing would blow away with the
first puff of wind. He had
great difficulty in getting the
exposition to accept his design.
He succeeded more on his repu-
tation than on any understand
ing Of what he proposed.
CHARACTERISTIC
1t weighs only 7,7OO tons, just
a featherweight for a thing like
that, delicately fashioned of lam
mated steel plates. The rea'
son it didn't blow away was its
deep firm anchorage. In two
wheeled horse carts they removed
enough dirt to sink a big skirt,
The thing might, and does, sway
like a buggy whip, but it never
would tip over. France and the
French temperament are typi
fled there-unconsciouSly, OF
course. Imagine the Germans
with their Big Bertha and their
Macht Politik building such q
structure!
Both extreme height and steel
girders were novelties then. They
are old stuff now. Boys playing
banters abandon a stunt when
anybody can do it. With our
Tower of Babel at the New York
Worlds Fair, we could just about
tickle the moon if we wanted to
But we plan instead a chaSte tri
angular obelisk, a trifling thing,
only TOO feet high. Beside it will
be a simple white sphere, 200 feet
in diameter, which will appear to
be supported by the spray Of foun
tains.
For the visitors inside the
sphere will be "dramatized the role
of cooperation in modern civiliza
ton, showing the elements Of
society coordinated in a better
world of tomorrow" as the archi
tects phrase it. Here's hoping
nobody will be shooting at it with
long-range guns.
The first Chicago exposition
preserved it's Field Museum, anc
the second, Sally Rand. Sar
Francisco, which staged one of the
most beautiful expositions of al
times, saved its beautiful art
palace.
Maybe it's just something in the
ho-hum department, but a study
of what great expositions try tC
symbolic and how long their sym
bols last might be interesting
if one had a lot of time.
Copyright, 1887, by King Features
Syndicate. Ipc.)
The Washington times., 1937-03-30

lot 11rSC destroying Cne aICarS O4 q
conquered people. He said it
killed their spirit. The Germans
might have had some such idea
in seeking to humble the French
pride in what was then the tallest
structure in the world.
It is still the talleSt in Europe
963 feet high on a cool day; 984
feet high on a hot day. 1t ex-
pands a foot in hot weather. In
all the world, it is topped only by
the Chrysler and Empire State
buildings.
The French writer's and poets
hated it worse than did the Ger
mans later on, and would have
been glad to blow it to bits. Aca-
demicians called it "a pile of ugli-
ness" "the product of a diseased
BRAIN" and heaven knows what.
Their xecrativeS were piled
higher than the tower. Alexander
Dumas the Younger, Sardou, de
Maupassant, Prudhomme and Le-
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
BACKGROUND

Congress has a football player
that made good outside Of the
sport.
Representative Vincent F. Har.
rington Of Iowa was a member
of the Notre Dame football team
during the time the -Four Horse.
men were so famous.
After leaving Notre Dame he
went to the University of Portland
where he taught history and eco
nomics and was athletic director.
He was nominated for Lieutenant
governor Of his State and with.
drew to accept the nomination
for the seat held by Representa-
tive Guy M. Gillette, who resigned
to run for the Senate, and they
both won,
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
PRECAUTION

One Of the real reasons why the
heaVy bronze gates separating the
Justices chamber from the rest
of the court house are being kept
closed these days occurred several
weeks ago.
A group of forward gentlemen
from New York descended on the
court house and pushed a guard
aside with the ultimatum that this
is a free country and they wanted
to see one of the justices and they
were going to see him, guards or no
guards. 1t won't be so easy to push
the bronze gates ajar,
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
REASONABLE

And as to New York, Senator
William H. King, chairman Of the
District Committee, recently asked
"a witness at a hearing if he
thought it would be better to have
the judge appoint a commissioner
for the court with the approval of
the District Commissioners or
have the District Commissioners
appoint court commissioner with
the approval of the Senate. The
witness held out for a purely local
appointment.
Senator Royal s. Copeland said
he favorS this rule also because IL
he were appointed with the ap.
proVal Of the Senate they would
get a good New York Democrat
who was a member in good stand.
ing in his party instead Of q Dis.
trict resident.