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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31

Let us get the proper standards
of nutrition, he remarks, and we
will have a better race-taller,
stronger, more intelligent and
more handsome. That the United
States has become diet-conscious
in the last twenty years goes with
out saying.
DR.. George R. Minot, Har-
wards Nobel priZe-winner in
medicine, commenting on our
sudden and fervent interest in
calories and vitamins, says:
FOR BEST RESULTS
"The development of knOwl-
edge of nutrition has, how
ever, not been entirely bene-
fetal in its application, which
is certainly unfortunate, con-
sidering that about fifteen bill.
lion dollars q year are spent
for food in the United States
alone. The publiC'S enthuSi.
asm for vitamins and minerals
illustrates well that a little
learning is a dangerous thing
"In the United States, the
essential food elements are
abundant and easily procured.
Individual low purchasing
power plays some role in the
production of faulty nutrition,
but more often it is due to
ignorance of the principles of
good nutrition or to faddiSm.
Experience tells US that a
mixed diet Of natural food
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31
Keeping the Faith

THOSE dead who today receive Americas verbal
1 and floral tribute receive throughout the year a
homage equally reverential
Their memories invoked today in many a final rest
ing place. perpetuated daily in substantial manner
by those who keep alive the fires of patriotism which
burned so brightly in them.
Strife and turmoil may mark the world
Discouragement and trouble may play their part
in our own national existence
But America stands steadfast while it holds to the
glorious memory of those who made and preserved it,
We as people cannot falter on our common course
so long as preserve in memories the heritage OF
self-sacrifcing loyalty bequeahed to us by those
honor today.
Theirs was glorious contribution to the upbuiding
of the Nation.
The bravery and courage of many battlefield monu-
ments their greatness.
Alongside the sacrifices they made in Americans
of today must place the sacrifices of peace.
There is made upon all at the present time stern
demand for fortitude for tolerance of the views of
Others for determination that the good which have
inherited shall be preserved.
And there is placed upon all Americans today the
obligation to see to it that far it is humanity pos
sbe our Nation shall be preserved without to
the shedding of blood.
The way of war and strife has never been the Amer
lean way of life.
We have on occasion been lured into war by bandsh
ment or forced into it by the cupidity of others.
Now we are determined to avoid the snares and to
withstand the demands which would but fill more
cemeteries.
To do this we must be strong in our own Defense
We must be hardy in establishing the which
will show to other nations that stand capable of
protecting ourselves.
To do this is not to challenge the world
To do it is not to assume bellicose swordrattling
attitude
It is simply of showing self
sufficiency
It is simply to show to the world that while conem
plating assault likewise prepared to resist
attack.
It is the honorable and American way of keeping
faith with those who are memoralized today
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31

Under the wise and sympathetic
leadership of Governor Blanton
Winship the people of Puerto Rico
are developing what they have
never had before-an informed
and active Public Sentiment that
is beginning to influence the course
Of affairs in that most eaSterly
island of the Greater Antilles.
Public sentiment in Puerto Rico
IS supporting the refusal of Gov
ernor Winship to permit law and
order to be trampled under foot by
violence and disorder. 1t is sup
porting the governor in his pro-
tecticn Of the sworn defenders of
law and order who represent the
loyal mass of the people OF Puerto
Rico.
The resolution recently adopted
by the Puerto Rican legislature en-
dorSed the administration of Gov
ernor Winship in the strongest
terms. So has the president Of the
Union Republican,, the speaker of
the house, and the president of the
so-called Socialist party.
SYMPATHETIC SUPPORT
One of the reasons why the
leadership of Governor Winship
is receiving the sympathetic sup
port of the people of Puerto Rico
is because he brings to his task
an endowment of unusual gifts.
Long experience in Cuba and in
the Philippines, distinguished
service as Judge-Advocate Gener-
al of the Army, on special mis-
sions for the Department of State,
qualified him for the executive
duties that he is diScharging with
such diligence and distinction as
governor of the island.
Thirty-Seven years ago Puerto
Rico ranked twenty-Sixth as a
purchaser Of products from the
mainland of the United States.
Today Puerto Rico ranks sixth
and exceeds all countries Of the
Western Hemisphere except Can
ada.
Since 1900, its purchases from
the mainland have increased from
less than 100000 to more than
1000, 900 in 1896. This is an in.
crease of approximately 1,700 per
cent. This has meant tremendous
benefits to American wage-earn-
ers engaged in the production Of
raw materials for the goods that
people of Puerto Rico buy.
Governor Winship pointed out
in a recent address to q Main
land audience that puerto Rico
buys from the Mainland more
shoes and more rice than all
foreign countries combined and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31

people really knew what we have
to endure. / refer not only to
the hours and wages but to the
insanitary environment. Please
realize 1 am not speaking for my
particular employers but for
conditions at large. for all
girls who don't know how to
state their case.
Eyes, a law has been passed
stating that girls and women are
to work only eight hours q day,
but there are endless cases where
they go over two or three hours
as q regular thing. Employers
are constantly shopping or have
spies on the staff. And If the
health department should see
the accommodations given many
girls thev would close the doors
of the establishment.
Sometimes girls are forced to
90 nearly all day without water,
as there is no hydrant available
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31
- = By Elsie Robinson
YOUNG AMERICA Asks-s4ouD JOB
By Monitor

and we have not time to 60 out
and get it. 49,.
GIRLS ACTUALLY BUY
THEIR JOBS, AND IT SOME
TIMES TAKES MONTHS OR
YEARS TO PAY THE COM
MISSION. WHAT SORT OF
START IN LIFE DOES THIS
GIVE A YOUNG GIRL JUST
OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, WHO
HAS HOPED TO DO SOME
THING FOR HER PARENTS
AS WELL AS BUILD A FUTURE
FOR HERSELF?
MAGGIE JOHNSON,
Chicago, Ill"
It gives her q bad bitter start,
MAGGIE, and shame, say I, on the
country which permits it! Great as
America is she can never be called
truly civilized as long as she per.
mits one worker to be exploited and
imposed upon-and with all the
power that lies in me I pledge my.
self and this column to fight such
exploitation!
THEN WHAT?
Last-lest we end on a heartache
EVA REEDER with a time.
~ tantrum on that year-round pest,
THE DOTING MOTHER!
"Dear Elsie:
"Can't something be done with
these adOring mothers to make
them see that they are not only
running their daughters lives but
the lives of the unfortunate men
they marry?
"HOw often have heard them
say, Pm not going to make my
MARY JANE learn to sew. You
can buy ready-made clothes just
as cheap. As for cooking, I'd
rather do it myself than have
the darling messing around the
kitchen. Besides, I'm not going
to have any daughter Of mine
ruin her hands an, shape and be
a slave for any man!
"Cant these idiots see what
misery they are laying up for
their daughters" It's a hun
bred to one chance these girls
will marry men of medium cir
cumStanceS. Homework will be
necessary and then what?
EVA LA BERNE REEDER,
(20),
oklahoma City, Okla"
After which Eva, winner Of the
SIS prize, suggests that Mama
should be made to eat the biscuits
daughter cooks and wear Honey
Bunch's homemade bungalow
aprons. Volta remedy! Girl, you
are a genius, and you make Mr..
Mussolini with his caStor-oil cures
look like an amateur.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31

d ally portion,
he Is not eating
a &C or ding to
the best stand.
ards. S a vi n g
t h i S, D r.
Charles Heyd,
prof eS sor of
surgery, at Co.
lumbia Univer.
sity, goes on to
add:
because Of
wrong food
habits, many
persons e a t
t h e mSelveS
into e arly
OrouaS -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31


who introduced
and sponsored
the Presidents
bill, is a lawyer
but not a judge.
Senator JOS
eph T. Robin
son, who as ma.
jority leader,
also advanced
the Presidents
plan and is be-
ing mentioned
for the position
made vacant by
the resignation
of Justice Van
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31

"I'm n o t
c Onsidering,"
S a y S S h e,
fathers who
are old, or i'll,
or really un-
able to find
work. / mean
c o M p e tent
A m eric an
men in their
prime men .
who are fully
able to sup
mort their
families. Why
should such
m e n q nit
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31
EXCEPTION

At the Capitol they are showing
a story cut from a New Hampshire
paper in which a lady in estab-
fishing her citizenship said she
had been a resident of the United
States since the late 1905 except
for two years which she spent In
New Hampshire.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31

their positions, take to the front
porch rocker and then proceed
to make a general nuisance of
themselves - particularly to
their wives by their endless
Cabling, leaving their response
bility to be assumed by their
children who are some still in
their teens?
"A fine girl friend Of mine
a telephone OperatOr-is on the
breaking point from such a sit
uation. She and two sisters
have the entire care and sup
port of a large family, includ-
ing the small brothers, while
their father sits idle.
Boys and girls in their early
twentieS should be preparing
for homes of their own, IN.
STEAD OF BECOMING DO
MESTIC SLAVES. ANY decent
son or daughter is willing to
give a fair amount toward the
family expen es-but why
should parents demand every
thing?
II know girls who deliberately
turn down advancement. THE
MORE WE EARN, THE MORE
THEY'LL EXPECT they say.
IT'S BETTER NOT TO BE
TOO PROSPEROUS. THEN
WE CAN KEEP PARENTAL
DEMANDS WITHIN BOUNDS
"HELEN JANE HALL, age Is,
Baltimore, Md"
TRICKY SUBJECT
Medals for your courage, Helen
in tackling a tricky subject-alsc
a $40 prize. And. lest anyone
doubt your statements, let me as
sure them, both as newspaper re
porter and mother of 80 years
standing, THEY ARE TRUE.
America has long viewed, with
amazement and contempt, the at
titude Of the foreign-born parent
who regards his children as Nego
table Property. But now parents
Of American birth are adopting thu
same attitude. Too numerous Il
mention are the cases of young hus
bands and fathers who drop thu
load-let the young wife or mothel
carry it.
WHY? Has the tremendous in
flux of women workers really madt
it impossible for men to find work
Or, worse yet. has the working
wife's willingnesS-even eagernes
to carry the load undermined
male pride .. made fathers. o
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31
COINCIDENCES

Some District residents are
pointing to the fact that in all
the proposals for raising addi'
tional taxes in this city not one
of them will reach the members
of Congress. A sales tax would
have made them dig into their
pockets when they coughed up, but
not the taxes predicated upon
their residence being here, for they
must have established that back
in the States to get elected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31
Keep This Pledge

Resolved: That 1t be the sense of this convention
that committee should be appointed by the Congress
of the United States to make study of and to report
on the granting to the residents of the District of
Columbia the right of suffrage. Unanimously adopted
by the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia
June &c, 1886.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31
Listen, World

SHOULD DAD EXPECT TO-
SIT BACK AND TAKE THINGS
EASY AS SOON AS THE YOUNG
STEERS ARE ABLE TO CARRY
THE LOAD"
HELEN JANE HALL hurls this
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31

The average human consumes
so tons of food in a lifetime, and,
unless he gets 81 chemicals in his
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31
CONTEST RULES

1.-The writer Of q letter IN COM
petition for one Of the three
weekly priZes-twO Of $40 each
and one Of &5-muSt be under %
years of age.
2-The letter must be upon some
subject Of Importance to Ameri'
can youth.
3-The letter must not exceed 500
words In length.
1.-The writer must give his or her
age and full name and address,
and the name of each writer
awarded Q prize will be pub
lished.
$50 be eligible for the prize
awarded each Monday, letter
must bear pOstmark not later
than noon of the preceding
e-Miss Elsie Robinson is to be sole
Judge Of the merits Of letters
submitted In the contest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31
A BIT KNOTTY

As for the question being raised
as to those who live in nearby
States and who get their salaries
in the District. it is pointed out
by none other than District Audi.
tor Dan Donovan that if Congress
passes an income tax for the Dis
trict it will not be the case Of two
States taxing the same income but
it will be the case Of the Federal
Government adding another tax
For this is a Federal city.
It will be up to some constitu'
tional authority to haggle over
whether the United States can tax
the same people twice, as those
residents already pay one Federal
income tax.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31
The Greatest Show on Earth
BY Frank Miller Smith

nee mindful that their archenemy
was so near.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31
Senator Henry Fountain Ashurst

About the men in the Supreme
Court fight!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31
WASHINGTON Needs

National Representation in Congress
Local Government Elected By and Responsible to the
People of Washington
Rapid Transit Street Railway System With SubwGys
More and Better Schools
An Airport Necessary to and Worthy OF the Nations
Capital
Rebuilt Waterfront With Proper Channel
Modern Sewage Disposal System
National Guard Armory Auditorium and Stadium
Adequate Automobile Parking Facilities
Sufficient Public Buildings to House the Government
An Increase in Public Library Facilities
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31

DeVanter, is a Sen. VIM. III. King
lawyer but has never served on
the bench.
On the subcommittee of the
Senate Judiciary Commlttee
chosen to report unfavorably on
the Presidents plan are:
Senator William H. King, Of
Utah. chairman. Senator KING
served as associate justice Of the
Supreme Court of Utah.
Senator Pat McCarran, of Ne
vada. Senator McCaran was as
sociate justice of the Supreme
Court of Nevada from 1913 TO
1915 and chief justice from 1917
to 1918.
Senator Joseph c. O'Mahoney.
of Wyoming. Senator O'Mahoney.
is a lawyer and was a member OF
the Conference on Uniform state
Laws, 1925 to 1925.
Some of the other Senators who
have served on the bench prior 10
their election to Congress are !:
Senator Charles o. Andrews OF
Florida, Senator William n. Diet
erich of Illinois. Senator Aben
william Barley Of Kentucky.
Senator Marvel Mills Logan OF
Kentucky, Senator George w.
Norris, of Nebraska. and Senator
Robert F. Wagner of New York.
AND So
A good example Of the theory
of "What you don't know won't
hurt you" was enacted in the
Senate Appropriations COMMITTEES
room during the hearings on the
1898 District Appropriations eill
While groups of loyal District
women workers were inside the
private hearing room Of the com
mittee, a little mouse enjoyed it.
self by running around all over
the reception room right outside
the door.
The ladies went right on with
testimony for the committee un-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31
ART

Heard in front of the largest oil
painting in the Capitol-"The
Battle of Lake Erie:
"DOss iSs Washington crOzZing
thu Delaware"
my. amt he young them !
Mama?"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31
RECEIVERS

Senator William H. King has
just partially recovered from q
bad attack of the flu and has re-
turned to his office but is still
mighty weak.
Although he is No. / man in
the Senate so far as the District
is concerned, he suffers more from
the local climate than others and
he spends more of his time in
Washington, frequently sticking
through the summer to clean up
odds and ends Of District legisla.
ton put through by his committee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31

Copyright. 1897, by King Features
Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1937-07-22
MYSTERY PLANE
FLYING ATLANTIC
Craft Seen by Ship 500 Miles
East of Newfoundland,
Radio Says.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the ASSoclateo Press.
NEW YORK, July 22-The mystery
OF plane reported flying across the
Atlantic to Europe became deeper and
darker today as American and Ca
madam radio men stood by for further
word
A message. picked up by Radio
Marine Corps station at Chatham.
Mass, said the plane had been seen
and heard 500 miles east of Cape
Race, Newfoundland. at 8:O4, Eastern
standard time, last night.
Chatham picked up the message
from the American freighter Scanmail
which relayed it from another ship it
Identified as the British freighter
Rance, whose cali letters are GSPV.
But the Rance, it was learned, is in
the West Indies, and the radio men
at Chatham now think the Scanmail
radio operator made mistake in re-
ceiving the call letters.
Leading American flyers known to
be planning transoceanic flights in the
near future, including Dick Merrill,
Jimmy Mattern and Howard Hughes,
all were located aground.
Surprised members of the freighter s
crew reported hearing the roar of the
planes motor, or motors, as it passed
swiftly overhead and said they caught
brief view of its running lights,
cleaning brightly against the sky.
But, said the radio message, it's crew
was unable to determine the size of the
aircraft, or whether it was q land or
sea plane.
The Canadian Press said check
showed that no plane took off from the
landing fields usually used by those
trying the Atlantic venture.
Evening star., 1937-07-22
MILK PRICE ORDER
WRIT IS SOUGHT
State Board Tries to Stop
Dairy in Fairfax From
Defying Rule.
BY the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, Va, July 22.-The
State Milk Commission today ap-
piled to Judge Sutton of Law and
Equity Court for an injunction against
Hazel's Dairy in Fairfax County to
restrain it from selling milk at 2
cents below the commissions pre-
scribed IA cents per quart price.
T. I. Hazel, head of the dairy firm,
announced he would defy the price
fxing regulations recently set up for
the Arlington alexandria market and
said he would test the case in the
courts. Hazel's Dairy had been SELL
ing milk at II cents per quart without
any bottle purchase agreement.
The Milk Commission announced
that at present Hazel's Dairy is the
only firm that has expressed defiance
to the order. However, restraining
orders will be sought against any
other firm which violates the mini
mum-price regulation, E. c. C. Woods,
secretary, asserted
secretary, asserted. The milk COM
mission minimum price order was
served on daries in Arlington County
and Alexandria by the Arlington-Alex-
andria Milk Commission.
Ofhcials Of the Highland Farm
Diaries, which operate stores In Alex
andria and Clarendon, announced
they would comply with the order.
c. Y. Stevens, president of the
Highland Farm Diaries, said that
their stores in Alexandria and Clar-
endon would comply with the order
prohibiting the purchase of bottles for
cents for a quart bottle, in effect
making the price cents quart. The
stores in question. which sell milk fol-
"A cents quart, have signs posted an
nouncing that the Highland. Farm
Diaries will buy back its bottles at 5
cents quart, cents for a pint
bottle and cents for a half pint
bottle.
Stevens said that Phillip Rosenfeld
the company's attorney, had conferred
with State officials in Richmond yes
terday, however, and that a new policy
would be announced today.
Evening star., 1937-07-22
SE[F-K|DNAP|NG
SUSPECT SEIZED
Federal Agents Hold Texan
for Scheme to Extort
$1,000 From His Wife.

Alleged to have kidnapped" himself
in furtherance of an eXtortion scheme
on his wife, Frank w. Clark of Jack
son, Miss, was in custody Of Federal
Bureau of Investigation agents today
at Laredo, Tex.
Clark, arrested yesterday by agents
who lay in wait at the Laredo railroad
station for his supposed "kidnapers. -
today was formally charged with vio-
lating the Federal extortion statute. He
will be removed to Knoxville, Tenn.
for arralgnment, because an alleged
extortion letter was mailed to Mrs
Clark at her former home in Mary
Vile. Tenn.
According to F. B. T. officials here.
Clark disappeared from his home on
July Is, after telling his wife he had
been followed by mysterious for
eigner. A few hours after the hus-
bands disappearance. Mrs. Clark re-
ceived a telephone call in which a
strange voice told her Clark was being
held by kidnapers for 50 600 ransom.
Clark was allowed to speak to his
wife over the phone, as proof of the
abduction.
Last Monday Mrs Clark received a
special delivery letter. mailed from
Mexico, just across the border from
Laredo, instructing her to proceed to
Laredo at once with $4,000 and that
further instructions would be given
her as she left the train there The
letter was in Clark's handwriting the
F. B. l. stated
Mrs. Clark notified the F. B. and
agents were assigned to a surveillance
of the station at Laredo Yesterday
morning the agents saw Clark circling
the station in an automobile and they
arrested him.
Clark told the agents he had been
kidnapped by four men at jackson.
Miss, and forced to drive them to
Laredo, where he was placed in a
boat and taken to a cabin in Mexico
He declared he had escaped early yes
terday and Just happened to be
hanging around the station. He
denied knowledge OF the extortion let
ter to his wife.
F. B I. agents. however, said Clark
had been living at Laredo hotel since
July II, and was alone.
Evening star., 1937-07-22
JUDICIARY GROUP VOTES
COURT PACKING DEATH.
RECOMMITTAL OF BILL
La Toilette Committee Report
Hits Police Acts Cllicag0 Riot
Excessive Force and Indifference to Hu-
man Life and Suffering We're Sho,cn,
Says Finding Filed With Senate.

The report, filed with the Senate by
Chairman La Toilette, followed a COM
mittee investigation of the encounter
near the gates of the Republic Steel
plant. in which 10 demonstrators were
killed and scores injured on last
May 80
"a coroners jury. sitting in Chi
cago returned verdicts last Tuesday
holding the deaths to be "justifiable
homicide"
The committee found that "the
police attack came without warning,
after the first shots came from
police revolver"
Speakers at strike mass meeting
just before the clash said nothing
which could be even remotely con-
structed as an Indictment to assault
the police or to capture the plant"
the report said
We find that the provocation for the
police assault did not go beyond abusive
language, and the throwing of isolated
'See LA TOILETTE, Page A-l6)