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The Washington times., 1937-12-06
French Ambassador Needed

IN HE State Department might have legitimate
i plant to make against the French government in
not keeping an Ambassador in Washington it not
for the extraordinarily able work Of Jules Henry,
French charge d'affaires.
During these days when close relations between the
democraces of the world important, it is
D,1y:tt D;7o,,ut tia that both France and the
United States be represented by
W "'S' O" ambassadors of first-class ability
and character.
In William G. Bullitt such an envoy represents the
United States in Paris diplomat of similar caber
has been the brains of the French Embassy for many
years, but his position should now be regularized.
Jules Henry knows the United States and the Amer
lean people better than any Frenchman since the days
of Jusserand and with the embassy ambassadoress for
almost six months it is to be hoped that he will now
become in what he has been in fact French
Ambassador to the United States.
The Washington times., 1937-12-06
Historical Art

II VERY Washingtonian it to himself to visit
II the Loan Exhibition of Portraits of the signers
and deputies to the Convention of 1887. This exhibi
ton, held at the Corcoran Gallery was assembled by
the U. S. Constitution Sesqucentennial Commission
Here is story of our Constitution-not the history
of its framing, adoption, signing but the true char
acter, in pigment of the men who made our great
zz:ator;or1 ~. country possible. Now is the
nj IT,. time to see this "candid camera"
story of that era.
This exhibition serves double purpose historical
and artistic.
The Sesqucentennia Commission is to be congratu-
lated for assembling the exhibition and the public may
consider itself fortunate for the opportunity to see the
courage and ruggedness of the who signed our
Great Document
It is there for you to see.
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This Britisher Is Worried

An alarmed Briton, one Sir
Gen. Ian Hamilton, who has
spent much Of his military ca
reer in His, Majesty's Colonial
possessions, particularly in the
Orient, upon completion Of his
World War tenure. grew rather
excited recently before the mill
tary council in London when he
indicted the Mikado'S forces for
their ruthlessness in the annex
ing of Shanghai and other i'm
portant trade centerS Of China.
This revelation was disclosed
to an attentive House Of Parlia-
ment when Sir Ian advanced
the thought as to how the gov.
ernment of the Rising Sun was
using this present military sortie
merely as a preliminary step to
grand scale aggrandizement,
which If steps are not taken i'm
mediately may seal the doom of
the British Empire in the Far
East.
The general further. led the
powdered-wig body to believe
that after the Shanghai and
Hongkong snnexment, Singa-
pore, the radial point of British
military and naval security in
Asia, would then serve as their
salient objective.
Loyal Fritons know that if
such a plan were to succeed 1t
would mark the approaching
steps of the Empires diSinte-
grafton.
Without that lifeline which
extends from Chinese waters to
the Thames, the kingdom over
which George VI rules, would re-
vert to the mere status of an
island monarchy.
Naturally, Downing Street can
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Voice of the People

not compromise the thought and
so in the wake of the generals
verbal outburst an accelerated
effort was noted in the national
defense program.
And while the British foreign
office is more or less in a dither
concerning the current situation
as it exists in the Far East it
brings to mind this question IN
regard to our territorial posses
sions.
II the British are so deeply
concerned over their possible
fate in the Asiatic sector, Arneri'
cans might also grow apprehen.
sive when we think in terms Of
our mid-Pacific insular areas. :
Some U. s. citizens have ven
tured an opinion that should the
Mikado decide to expand his ter
ritorial domain beyond its pres
ent sphere of Tokyo culture, GER
tain spots over which fly the
Stars and Stripes might prove
more vulnerable to conquest
than those of which the Britisher
has bracketed.
Singapore in a sense is the
crowns Gibraltar of the Orient,
perhaps even to being somewhat
superior in modern equipment
than the once impregnable rock
Of the Mediterranean. ~
AS to comparable strength be-
tween our Philippine base and
that of Singapore, the British
stronghold in the Straits Settle
ment is far superior.
Obviously then if the Mikado
entertains hopes Of placing the
Rising Sun standard to further
Asiatic frontiers most certainly
he would prefer to do battle with
a kitten rather than the Lion.
C. ]. w.
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Here's a 16-year-old girl who
says "NO!"-HELEN SINCAV.
AGE. OF TUNKHANNoCK, PA.
in a letter every mother
should read.
Dear Elsie:
Parents who fail to warn
their daughters of life's pitfalls
are just as responsible as the
girl if she comes to grief.
NATURALLY, PARENTS
WANT TO PROTECT A
DAUGHTER; BUT THE BEST
WAY TO SAFEGUARD HER is
TO TELL HER THE WHOLE
TRUTH, SHRINKING FROM
NOTHING.
"Mothers say they hate to
haze the clean minds of their
daughters soiled By reGding and
seeing seT and scandals in books
and papers and on the SCREEN
But such knowledge is healthy.
1t helps stDeep GtDay the glamour
of illicit love.
MY mother never told me
about life, but my older brother
did. Through him, I learned
what to avoid, how to take care
Of myself, how to be self-respect-
ing and independent. / wish all
girls could be prepared as /
have been.
Helen Sincavage-age 16.
"Tunkhannock, Pa"
($l0 prize winner)
And here Is the dreadful ex.
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ample of a girl who wasn't pre-
pared.
Dear Miss Robinson:
1T think it's dreadful the way
young people marry without
proper knowledge-particularly
the girls. In small communities,
the child quits school as soon as
old enough to have working
papers-and with only the most
distorted ideas about life. AS a,
result Of such ignorance. many
babies are born out of wedlock,
and many girls are forced to
marry years before they should.
'"The ignorance concerning so
cial diseases is also awful. Some
think they know, but their
twisted ideas are worse than
utter ignorance. I was married
at II, after working out since IL.
I had never even heard Of dis
eases. After five years, I have
two babies-four and one-and
believe me they shall have all
necessary information as soon
as they understand. ~.
"(Mrs. Peter) Viola Wives
age %
"Binghamton, N. Y"
($10 prize winner)
A brave, fine letter. Here's
hoping it reaches the thousands
who so deeply need it.
Copyright. 1887. by King Features
Syndicate. Ino.O
The Washington times., 1937-12-06
Marry-Go-
Round
BY HELEN ROWLAND

IN NEW YORK STATE. a re-
Il cent wise law has put the
"heart-balm" racket on the spot
by doing away with the ever
popular suit for breach Of prom
ise. But, that there is no longer
any balm in Gilead" doesn't
mean that there is none in the
other 48 States of the Union.
And it is still true that no man
who has reached his Indian
summer and has more than a
dollar to his name should be per-
mitted to carry a fountain pen.
A baby playing with an ink
bottle can only get ink in his
hair and ruin the rugs; but an
impressionable man can mess up
the remainder Of his life, en-
barrass his family and wreck
his bank roll just by a few
scratches of a penl
I do not care to make my
country's lawS-1 am content to
make its wisecracks. But for
the life of me, have never un-
derstood why the law permitting
a woman to collect "heart-balm"
because a man has changed his
mind, wasn't junked long ago
with bustles and high bicycles!
Such a law may have been
chivalrous and beneficent in
those quaint old days when mar
riage was a woman's bread-and-
butter and when girls were un-
sophisticated and knew nothing
about "the facts of life"-al-
though even then, a perfect lady
preferred a shotgun wedding to
a public scandal. All she wanted
was ! wedding ring; not money.
But today, when women. do
at least so per cent of the court
ing, and when they are taught
in Trammar school more than
their grandmcEhers ever knew
about biology and love, that
legal protection" merely encour-
ages another racket"
Copyright. 1897. by King Features
Syndicate, Ina.l
The Washington times., 1937-12-06

ness this session. MIR. Roosev
First evidence: Senate judici-
artists have exhibited a casual in
terest in the presidential nomi-
nation of Prof. Henry Edgerton
of Cornell to be judge of the big
local Court of Appeals. They
say they just want to make sure
he is all right.
Behind their inquisitiveness is
a well-worked-out arrangement:
The Senators who defeated
Mr.. Roosevelt's court proposal
have an extensive file on every
witness who appeared for the
Presidents court program before
Congressional committees or in
the press.
They are agreed that while the
judicial benches of the nation
should not be packed with biased
corporation attorneys, neither
should they be packed with law.
yers biased in other ways, par
ticularly not Mr.. Roosevelt's
court witnesses. If this is going
to be a fair judiciary, they say,
it should be completely fair.
They realize the mistake they
made in letting the Black ap-
pointment slide through. They
are not going to let that happen
again. Every Roosevelt judicial
appointee will have to walk
through fire.
DEHIND the criss.cross steps
~ of the House on the Farm
bill is a rejuvenation of the old
corrupt system of tariff max
ing, without corruption.
The old.time farm bloc has
split sharply into about seven
small blocs. These are not just
natural floor groupings, but ef-
ficiently organized blocS, with
leaders and whips, representing
particular farm products. They
meet secretly, in borrowed COM
mittee rooms and offices, make
deals pooling their support for
the propositions of each other,
and pools with outside groups
for joint support of other legis-
lation.
That is how the Boileau and
Ford amendments were put
through. The Boileau group is
the efficient dairy bloc. It held
a private conference, just be.
fore the vote. and several others
earlier. The Ford bloc is q
subdivision of the cotton bloc
representing the Delta cotton
farmers as against the Hill
farmers.
These small minorities, by
their bloc pools, have been able
to take the writing of the farm
bill out Of the hands Of the
leaders.
1t is the most flagrant Sue
cess Of minority group control
since the last tariff bill was
enacted.
Note-The leaders and the
Administration are annoyed,
but not worried because they ex-
pect to have the last fixing.
While unable to cope with the
blocS on the floor, they will con-
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troll the conference committees
from both Senate and House,
and there, they intend to re-
write both bills from start to
finish.
ONE of the Administrations
" most loyal Congressiona,
leaders made an unrecorded
confession on the farm bill in
the cloakroom the other day. He
told his colleagues he thought
the bill was "the most drastic
piece of regimentation ever pro-
posed in a free government.
Government, he said, is sup
posed to protect the weak from
the strong, but this bill regi-
ments the weak for the benefit
of the strong.
4Ie is threatening to say that
soon in public. If he does, you
will hear it.
AS an example of what the
"A leader was talking about:
The House bill now stipulates
that if you have q COW to pro-
vide your own milk, you may
Craze her on soil-conserved land
and get benefit money from the
Government, but you cannot
give (not sell, but give) a glass
OF her milk to a neighbor. (Of
course you cannot sell, exchange
or do anything else with it. ex-
cept throw it down a sewer.)
If you have one chicken, and
you feed it corn, there is a
grave legal question whether
you can give away an egg, even
ii it is fried.
A violator would be subject
to a fine Of Is cents a bushel on
as much corn as went into the
composition of the egg.
A solution of the whole un-
employment problem may lie in
this. The Government will need
all the unemployed to police the
farmers, and perhaps also the
Army and Navy as well.
THE White House would never,
never think of helping a
friend or hurting a foe in a local
election contest. That is an
historic principle maintained by
all Presidents, except when they
wanted to do something differ
ent, which is nearly always.
However, there are more ways
Of skinning a politician than by
de-hiding him.
Latest way: Representative
Lister Hill of Alabama is run.
ming against ex-senator Tom
Heflin for the Black seat in the
Senate. AS Hill is the Admins
tration utility debate leader in
the House, the Administration
would like to help him. So an
ostentatious invitation is being
issued to him by Mr.. Roosevelt
to come down to Georgia for a
tete-a-tete on the utility situa-
ton.
Alabama voters are expected
to catch the point.
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"In a city
such as Wash
in g t on %
miles is not
fast enough,
particul a rly
on thorough
fares a n d
b0uleVa r d S.
In C r e a S e
t h e Sp e e d
| i m / t and
stagger t h e
! / G h t S to
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faster on the
S t r e e t S it
would help a
great d e a l.
One way to
relieve t h e
traffic condi-
tion during
the morning
and evening
r u S h hours
would be to
Stagger hours
+ o r employ
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the city if the speed limit were
faster. Besides, lives must be
protected in every way and
keeping down speed is one way
to do it,"
X X
Mrs. Ward D. Davis, 80 Madi-
son st. N. E., housewife:
IT think if cars could move
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limit of %
miles is fast
e n o u g h.
There are so
many tourists
who come to
Washlngt o n
from all parts
Of the United
States a n d
t he y would
hova q diffi.
cult t / m e
driving about
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"I + t h e
speed linn i t
W e r e i n
C r e a S e d I
t h i n k / t
would h e l p
traffic condi-
tions. With
better timing
Of lights and
certain boQle-
v a r d S set
a S i d e for
through traf-
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speed up traffic and people can
get places faster and there will
be far less congestion. Other
cities have used this idea advan-
tageously."
X
Audrey Warrior, 1901 Six
teenth st. N. W., stenographer:
Full-blooded Sioux Indian:
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1T W ou l d
like to see
the S p e e d
! / m i t i n
ere a Sc d to
a b o u t 80
m / ! e S a n
hour. And by
all means 1t
should be in
creaS e d o n
boulev a r d s
q n d t h o r
oughfares."
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skirts Of Los Angeles, and sub
ways, as well as widening of the
streets, would solve the problem
Of speeding up traffic."
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NA4A paw
Increasing
the S p e e d
limit certain
ly will not
solve the traf-
fiC prob l e m.
1t must be
tackled from
an en- tt re "
different an
gle. S pc e d
high W a y S,
such as those
in the out
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fic, people could get through
much faster and there would not
be as much congestion.
X
Mrs. Claude Pepper, wife Of
the Senator from Florida:
II think the present speed
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Listen, World!
Bv Elsie Robinson

OAN YOU SAVE YOUR DAUGHTERS FROM "THE
" SORDID FACTS OF LIFE"i
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News Behind the News
Judicial APpontees Must Walk Through Fire;
Small Farm BIocs Prove Effective
ByPGUL MGUOn

Copyright
Reproduction n fun n strictly prohibited.
not the agreed legislative program, but the old
Supreme Court fight to be prime order of inside bust
this session. Mr. Roosevelt will learn Of it shortly
The Washington times., 1937-12-06
The Inquiring
Photographer.
The Washington Times In.
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used In this column.
THE QUESTION

Do you think the present speed
limit of % miles per hour in the
District should be increased?
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THE ANSWERS

Theodore Trivers, 722 Four
teenth St. N. W., clothing COM
pany president:
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Samuel Stein, 2525 Ontario
Rd. N. W., Labor Department
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-06-10
RECORD CROWD TO
GET AUTO LICENSE
Large Number Apply to MIR.
Hutchinson on Weekly
Visit Here

A record crowd of applicants for
automobile drivers licens IS appeared
before Mr.. Hutchinson OF tn. Stat G
Highway Patrol, who was here today
en- his weekly visit from Durham,
where he maintains headquarters. It
is believed that more applicants ap-
reared than on any previous occasion
Mr.. Hutchinson makes weekly
visits here for the purpose of making
examinations of irivars for their Ii
cense Tests are given, and new .lriv
ers are required 20 accompany ninl
in their own cas- around several
blocks to demonstrate their ability.
He then accepts their fees and for
wards them to Ralc' t;h, from which
point the actual licenses; are mailed
here. Mr. Hutchinson in the mem
time issues temporary permits TO
those who pass the tests.
In addition to granting permits,
he also makes adjustments as to
cards already issued, arranges for
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-06-10
POST OFFICE NOW
ASSIGNING BOXES
Renters Can Make Reserva-
tons by Calling on the
Postmaster

Lock boxes for the new Hender-
son post office are being assigned at
the temporary post office on Mont
gomery street, and Postmaster j. r.
league is making reservations from
lobby of the post office.
1t is expected that most holders of
boxes at the present time will be as
signed the same numbers in the new
post office so far as that is possible
under the altered arrangement of the
boxes. All of the boxes will be on the
same side of the lobby in the new
office, fronting toward Winder street.
Prices of the boxes will range from
81 to possibly as high as IS per quar-
ter for two large drawers that will
each be four times the size of the lar
gest boxes in the present post office.
There will be a much larger number
of boxes double the size of the pre-
sent largest lock boxes, and many
more of the same size as the large
ones now in use. There will also be a
great many of the smaller and
medium-size boxes.
In the present post office there are
40 lock boxes, whereas in the new
office there will be $40, an increase
of 21O, or approximately fifty percent.
Work is progressing on the new
building, with interior plastering in
progress at the present time. 1t is
expected the building may be ready
for occupancy by around the first of
September.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-06-10
SIDEWALK LAID ON
UNDERPASS FRONT
Put Down Along Grass Plot
Opposite First Metho-
dist Church

Further Identification of the Gar
nett street side of the new Church
Charles street underpass was assured
with the laying today of concrete
sidewalk of standard five-foot width
along the grass plot in the triangular
approaches opposite the First Meth
odist church. 1t was the last piece of
construction to be carried out as a
part of the actual building operations
in connection with the project.
There appeared little likelihood of
any intensive utilization of the walk
way, but it was part Of the plans
and is being carried out accordingly
The underpass has been open to
traffic more than a week and is be-
ing used extensively by traffic plying
between the opposite sides of the
street. 1t is expected there will be
much more widespread use of the
roadway after traffic signals have
been installed. There have been no
accidents so far by cars moving a.
round the sharp turns on the William
street side. Most drivers have appear
ed to recognize the hazards and are
using precautions to avoid them.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-06-10
CR|PPLES CLINIC
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Monthly Visit of DR.. Cole
Here Is on That Regular
Set Day

Preparations were being made to-
day for the second of the monthly
clinics for cripple children now be-
ing held in Henderson, and will be on
the regular, specified date next Wed
nesday, DR.. A. d. Gregg, county
health officer, announced today.
At the first of the clinics, held
May 10, a total of 80 children were
brought in for examination. Most OF
them will probably be brought back
next Wednesday for further examina-
ton. Treatment is not given, but re-
Communications are made as to fur
Their treatment that may be needed
The clinics are seing held monthly
On the third Wednesday. The service
is entirely free.
DR.. w. +. Cole, of Greensboro, or
thopedic specialist, comes here on
each clinic day to make the examina-
ions.
Patients are received in a room in
Central school especially fitted up for
the purpose, and the examinations
begin about one o'clock and continue
into the afternoon as long as is neces-
sary to see all those who CALL
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-06-10

one out of every fifteen who seek en-
listments. The officers expressed sat
isfaction with the results of their eff
forts here.
Those who were accepted were all
in their late teen age or early twen-
ties. They were accepted for regular
four-year periods of enlistment.
None of the men will be called for
duty under five or six weeks, and in
the interim Investigations will be
made as to their character and fit
ness and at the end of that time a
further and final physical examina-
ton will be given, after which those
accepted permanently will be assign
ed to training, and will 'te sent to
Norfolk for a training course before
being assigned to ships. Most of them
will go to the Pacific coast, where the
majority of Uncle Sans fighting
ships are stationed.
The men accepted here during the
past four days are as follows:
Robert Lewis Fisher, Andrews
avenue extension, Henderson.
James Harte Nelson, Route s. Ok
ford.
Woodrow Jackson Brunette, Route
2, Henderson.
Wiburn Carlyle Finch, Chavasse
avenue, Henderson.
Jesse Lee Harris, Route l. Hender-
son.
Blair Jones, Jr., colored, Henderson
accepted as cook.
Officers said here today on clos
Iot
desiring later to enlist for duty may
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-06-10
SIX MEN ACCEPTED
FOR NAVAL SERVICE
Temporary Recruiting Of
flee Finds Ratio To Be
Unusually High

Six young men had been accepted
for service in the United States Navy
I'D to early afternoon in the tenn
porary recruiting station that has
been conducted here all this week by
a corps of officers from the station
in Raleigh, it was announced follow
ing the completion of medical exam
nations. The temporary office was
closed for the period this afternoon
at 4:3O o'clock.
It was stated that the response in
this territory had been so gratifying
that regular temporary recruiting
stations would probably be opened
here, operating two or three times a
year.
A total of p applicants called at
the office, and six were accepted
after medical examinations. 1t was
said this was very high, being almost
one out of every three applicants,
when the average ordinarily is nearer
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-06-10
SUNRISE SERVICE
SOUTH HENDERSON

A sunrise service will be held Sat
urday morning at 6 o'clock a: South
Henderson Baptist church with the
pastor in charge it was announced
today.
There will be no service Saturday
night, but regular Sunday services
will be held, and SERVICES will be he'd
each evening at 8 o'clock.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-06-10
THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1897

new ones to be issued where old ones
have been misplaced or lost, and fur
nishes data and information to those
desiring it.
A number of new drivers are ap-
plying for licenses on becoming of
age for the first time. No licenses are
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-06-10
STATE THEATRE TO CLOSE
Sunday

The State Theatre will be closed
Sunday for installation of the new
Wiode Rouge Sound System.
The opening of the new sound sys-
tenn will be had next week.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-06-10

call at the permanent recruiting sta
ton in Raleigh, where they will be
given every attention and considera-
ton.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-06-10

Germans are collecting dust for uso
IN manufacturing purposes. At last i
seems, we have an export market fa
our midwest dust storms. III