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The Washington times., 1937-03-09

sides for our enlightenment In Q
dispute in which OUR proper cue
is most elaborate indifference.
England is, by far, the most
adroit of all foreign nations in
making up to her old pal, Uncle
Sam. Sir Walter Runciman came
over here just to say how-do-you-do
and kill a little time, but in his
wake went talk Of American money
for England to buy off Germany
and bribe her not to start war.
And within the last weeks there
has been shaping up benevolent
English plan by which America
will be allowed to expand its Navy
so it can police British dominionS
!, in the Far East.
Working within our common cul.
tural heritage, the British have
been much more astute in in
clining American public opinion
and officialdom their way than
have the bungling and frequently
naive Continental nations.
AN OLD S1OhY
It is an old, old story, this assault
by Europe on American opinion in
times of stress. In a box of old vel.
low newspaper clippings, find one
from a New York paper of March
20. 1911. It appears to have been
the New York Herald, although !
cannot be sure. The Agadir crisis
was on. The kaiser was woofing
and snorting. Europe's state of jit-
terS was much like that Of today.
The clipping, an editorial, is, in
part, as follows:
"It is to be noted that great
numbers g. foreign lecturers and
journalists are landing on our
shores, each to enlighten US with
his own Interpretation Of world
affairs. Many Of them are gen.
tlemen and ladies of great dis
tinctiOn, and we welcome them,
but we should be wary Of &C
cepting too cOmplacently any
particular explanation. If we
ever become involved in the at
fairs Of Europe, IL should be on
findings and opinion of our own
and for clearly understood pur.
poses. We have thrived by keep
ing clear of European disputes,
as Washington advised US to do.
Let us extend gracious hospital
ity to our foreign visitors, listen
to them carefully, and reach our
own conclusions, based on what
is good for America and Ameri-
cans"
So it was at the time Of the AL
geciras crisis, six years earlier, and
so it was in the years from 1912 tc
1914, when Europe was preparing
its holocaust, each contender try
ing to get us in on his side. In
finitely more intense, subtle, per
vasive and cunningly elaborated
has become the world propagands
battle Of the last decade.
In England they are making
100000 gas masks a day. Each
and every one Of our citizens ought
to put on gas mask of cold, skep
tical, analytical detachment as the
propaganda fumes roll in.
Copyright. 1887 by King Features
/ SyndioaGa. Ino.)
The Washington times., 1937-03-09
Marry-GO-ROund
By Helen ROuULGNd
IS DIVORCE A FAMURE9

All our troubles these days are<
being blamed on three things. Our
teeth, our tonsils-and matri-
mony. The moment a woman
registers suffering, she is advised
to have her molars out, get rid of
her tonSils or junk her husband.
These are, of course. three good
gueSseS; but parting from a huS-
band or wife, like parting from a
painful tooth, is not always the
perfect panacea it is supposed to
be. You may replace them, in
time; but the new ones are purely
matters of experiment and Specu-
lation. And you may never get
used to them.
That is why re-marrying your
ex-wife or your eX-huSband has
become such a popular custom
that it is beginning to look as
though divorce were a failure!
You never can tell when two
people will STAY divorced.
Remarrying an old and slightly
shop-worn wife or an old used"
husband seems very reactionary.
But like going back to "the old
home" it has its romantic allure.
There is something piquant-
something cozy and comforting
about resuming an old companion
ship and reawakening an old
flame.
Besides, It Is easy to settle
down" to the first wife after you
have tried out all the other So
varieties Of women-and found
them equally difficult to please
and hard to endure. After ten
years Of progressive marriages or
checkered romance, many a man
thinks longingly Of his first wife
and many q woman wistfully re-
members her first husband-and
would gladly take the road to
yesterday"
It may take several years and
several successive experiments to
make a man realize that, after all,
the companion of his youth, the
girl who shared his early dreams
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SELECTED

Representative Charles L, Gif.
ford, of Massachusetts,, paused
long enough in a speech on the
floor Of the House recently to re.
cite the following which he says
appeared under the initials
e. c. NJ:
GOODBYE AMERICA
farewell, o land Of yesteryears
A patriot stands before thy
bier,
Lamenting bids q sad adiem
Democracy no more few,
With gaIl that leaves me an
aghaSt
COnsign thy glOries to the
past.
We live, they shout, in a new
age;
Our fathers foresight. We
thought sage,
Is cast aside-discredited.
Blind fools they were it now
is said
Change is . fetish with this
crew
Nothing is sacred If not new.
Old virtues such as thrift and
truth,
Our word upon . bond
fOrSOoth;
Explained away with ScOrnful-
phrase,
As good for horse and buggy
days.
A laws q law now only when
It meets the views of New
Deal Men.
Our bulwark gOne-The Court
Supreme
Must now endorse each crack.
pot scheme.
And so . glorious era ends,
Tinkered to death by well
meant friends
Our edifice Is but . shell
Americana long farewell"
It seems needless to add that
Mr.. Clifford is q Republican.
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der if she were not q little too
hasty and altruistic when she put
her first husband back into circu-
lation so readily.
The truth is, there is something
about that first romance, that first
bond, which never can be repeated
or forgotten. The companion OF
your youth, the man or woman
who ''knew you when" is the one
who speaks your language. keeps
pace with your step, and looks at
life through the same lenses: Give
your first marriage time to "jeu,"
and your first mate time to sea
son" before you trade him or her
for q new set Of problems and sur
pr1ses.
Copyright. 1887. by King Features
Syndicate. Tnc.)
The Washington times., 1937-03-09

turn against Elsie Robinson
yourself. Don't lose faith in your
self!
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF! AND
BACK THAT BELIEF WITH ALL
YOUR FIGHTING COURAGE.
No matter what people say to
you or about you-no matter
how people doubt you-don't
doubt yourself. Treasure your
self.respect fight for it t.
realize that it's the most precious
thing you have, the one posses
sion upon which you can bank
and build.
Look back into your life q.
think what your self-reSpect has
done for you. Why have you
tried to be decent, brave, honest
and kind? Was it because Of
threats, punishment, pleadings
or rewards? Sometimes, perhaps
but nearly always it was be-
cause you believed In yourself.
A. FINER SELF
Other people didn't see that
self you believed in. You, your
self, never saw it wholly. But
always you felt that it was there.
Somewhere, behind the foolish,
blundering person the world
knew, there was another Self-a
braver, finer Self. You couldn't
prove it. but you knew it was
there. You believed in it :. you
loved it you dreamed dreams
about It .. you tried to live
up to it.
Always, since you were little
child, you have believed in your
bigger, better Self-snd today all
that is sound and sweet in you is
due to the faith you've had IN
yourself.
HOLD ON TO THAT FAITH
IF YOU NEEDED TT BEFORE
YOU MADE THIS BAD MIS-
TAKE, YOU NEED TT INFINITE
LY MORE NOW.
You can't undo the wrong
you've done, but you can keep
from committing . far worse one.
Meaning what? RNIN G
TRAITOR TO YOURSELF
The Washington times., 1937-03-09
The Human Side of the News = By Edpin c. Hill

'makes it clear that free and en-.
lightened Italy has achieved that
pure democracy that lay in the
minds Of our founding fathers,
and toward which we are still
only cropping.
Down in Philadelphia q distin-
guiShed German professor sees
Italy and praises her claims of
democracy and free government.
Naziism, he said, was the spon'
taneous uprising Of a free people,
demanding suffrage, free insti-
tutions, world peace and the eleva-
tion Of the common man.
# there ever was an argument
in which Americans should be in
nocent bystanders, it is this Stain.
Trotsky row, and yet great dust
storms of propaganda roll over
our country, kicked up by both
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} tension, in which the world is pre-
pairing either to shoot its way or
bargain its way out of its afflic-
tionS.
For instance, there ought to be
some sort of international net con-
tainer law, requiring a label on
foreign lecturers and press agents
like the one we put on food and
drug packages. For the last six
months, they have been swarm
ing over here to tell us how, IN
their own totalitarian paradise,
they have peacefully solved all the
problems which are bedeviling us.
A gifted Italian literary woman
informs US that Italy has quietly
and benevolently settled the labor
problem forever by establishing in.
duStrial democracy and the right
of collective bargaining. She
The Washington times., 1937-03-09

4OO%4N( @A4 = A. AN 1OOAOAS43AS
WHEN MOST YOU NEED YOUR
OWN PRIDE AND CONFIDENCE.
For there's always the first
duty a man owes himself the
first service he owes the world . .
TO BELIEVE IN HIMSELF. And
the worst he has failed, the more
he needs to believe that there is
something in him stronger and
taller than his own foolishneSs.
TRUTH AND COURAGE
So stop groveling! Stop regret
tingl Stop saying you're through!
Stand up and believe in yourself
again!
Believe in yourself. Believe in
the fineneSs in yourself!
Believe that. despite the ugli.
ness and weakness which the
world sees, there are beauty and
truth and courage in you-and
that they are the real and lasting
you, which nothing can ever
wholly destroy or defeat.
Have faith in that real self! Be
grateful for it! Honor it! Fight
for it! Believe in it as you believe
in God
For it IS GOD!
And, no matter how shamed
you are, how hurt or defiled, YOU
CARRY HIS FLAG!
This column UeIconeS and
requests comments. Letters pre-.
Sentin0 personal problems mag
also be sent. All letters 1DtlI be
han died confdentidIly and
GnSDered promptly If stamped,
addressed envelopes are t7s-
clNded.)
Copyright. 1887. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1937-03-09

NAASASoJ
pressed with:
Economy go hang. The way
to bring about prosperity is to
spend money and we want our
share"
Now Representative Ludlow is
q member Of the Appropriations
Committee and these gentlemen
in all public utterances frown very
heavily on spending. So Mr.. Lud-
low recently called attention to
the House that the first annual
report of the Resettlement Ad-
miniStration and pamphlet en-
titled Possibilities Of Shelterbelt
Planning in the Plains Region, /"
were so ornately illustrated and
set up that it cost $8,062.89 to
print them-as he expressed it,
"the price Of q good Indiana
farm"
And so he went on to tell this
story to illustrate his point:
"That kind Of thinking re-
MAkAUS kIAC "a - gA1dV O1ACC
worked for, who undertook to
build . handsome new office
structure to house his business
when he did not have money
enough to pay the architects
fee. He was q man Of great
brilliancy Of mind, but he
lacked the practical touch. He
borrowed and borrowed until
he was head over heels in debt
to every bank in town. Finally
a friend demonstrating with
him said:
"'YOu shouldn't borrow so
much money from the banks
"Why,' he replied in astOnish-
ment, I thought that 10 what
banks are for
at seems to me that the
myriads Of interests that are
engaged these days in pulling
money out Of the United States
Treasury must be guided by
the same benign philosophy
that actuated my old employer.
II you were to press them for
an explanation they probably
would excIaim:
"Why, I thought that is
what the Treasury Is for
The Washington times., 1937-03-09
Wise Words

There is a tide in the affairs Of
men,
Which, when taken at the flood
leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage Of their
life
Is bound in shadows and in
miSeries;
On such a full sea are we now
afloat,
And we must take the current
when it serves,
Or lose our ventures.
Shakespeare.
They who provide much wealth
for their children, but neglect to
improve them in virtue, d like
those who feed their horses high.
but never train them to the man
ger. Socrates.
The absent danger greater stlll
appears;
Less fears he who Is near t1aa
thing he fearA
-DaSa4.
The Washington times., 1937-03-09

and early struggles, VINO SCarGeo
out with him to find the rainbow's
end, is "the only woman who under
stands him."
BY the time the second or third
or the tenth woman begins to ex-
hibit all Of the same little faults
and weaknesses, to show the same
annoying curiosity about where he
spends his evenings, and to ask the
same embarrassing questions, he
begins to see that he might have
saved himself a lot Of misery and
alimony by sticking to his first
choice.
Also, by the time a woman has
been bored or fooled or bossed by
several men in the same old ways
for q few years, she begins to won
The Washington times., 1937-03-09

returning from
a trip on the
Continent, an
astute and OBJ.
S erv ing man
who travels a
lot and always
has something
interesting and,
sometimes, pro-
p h e tic to re-
port.
IN o, In.
deed" he re-
piled. 30 n e
Of the most
8 t ri XII z
things ah0rIt
The Washington times., 1937-03-09

And you're
all broken up
over 1t sick
a n d Shsmed-
file d wit h
loa athin 6 o f
yourself?
DON'T BE!
Loathe tn e
thing you e
d o n e-b u t.
don't .lOathI
yourself. r ur n.
a gain st tn e
weakness which.
made you do 1t.
b ut on 4
The Washington times., 1937-03-09

member Of the
House from In
dia n q, thinks
the Gov er n
ment Is spend
ing too much
money. Recent
ly he recalled
t that political
parties used to
use the phrase:
I'VE stand for
economy in gov
ernment. Now
he says it's been
changed q n d
the modern psy-
ohnIo0u tS aY.
The Washington times., 1937-03-09

UNDER CONTROL
The Budget Bureau which now
holds a tight hand over the finance
Of the District has added an
other little string to give it COM
The Washington times., 1937-03-09
ILLUSTRATIVE

Representative Louis Ludlow,
o m e r newspaper man. now a
The Washington times., 1937-03-09
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

So you've made a mess Of
things-done something you de-
The Washington times., 1937-03-09
OLD FAVORITES
Heart of Mn Heart
-UnknOWn

Heart of my heart, my life, my light!
If you were lost what should do?
dare not let you from my sight
Lest Death should fall in love with YOU
Such countless terrors lie in wait
The gods know we'll how dear you are!
What if they left desoate
And plucked and set you for their star!
Then hold close the gods are strong
And perfect joy rare flower
No man may hope to keep it long
And I may lose you any hour.
Then kiss me close, my star my flower!
So shall the future grant me this
That there not a single hour
We might have kissed, and did not kiss!
Readers nvited to send to the editor their suages
tos of the f0vortes among the poems for reprnting in
this spGcsD
The Washington times., 1937-03-09

I asked this question of a friend,
The Washington times., 1937-03-09

do they still call US Uncle
ShylOck' in EurOpe?"
Evening star., 1937-03-06
RAFT TAKES ROLE
/. Of HERO DECATUR
Daring of Naval Officer to
Be Portrayed on Cooks
Air Program.
I(THE Story of Stephen Deca-
tur," a dramatization based

IlTHE Story of Stephen Deca-
tur," dramatization based
on the life of the naval
L hero, will feature Joe Cooks
show on WRC and other N. B. c. sta
tions tonight at O'Clock. George
Raft will play the leading role.
The sketch deals with Decatur's
burning of the naval vessel Philadel-
phia, commandeered by pirates while
aground on the coast of Tripoli in
1904.
Other high lights of the broadcast
will be provided by SuSanne Fisher
of the Metropolitan Opera Co.. Nat
Holman, famous basket ball coach;
Eddie Rickenbacker. American World
War ace and airline executive; Gypsy
Markoff, accordionist, and the piano
team of Mel Pahl and Harry Woodall.
CAROLE LOMBARD, Hollywood
~ star. will be the guest artist on
"Your Hit Parade" on WJSV at 10.
Mark Warnow will direct the
orchestra.
MITZI GREEN of movie fame will
" contribute to the Saturday Night
Party on WRC at g. She will sing
Its De-Lovely" in the Fanny Brice
style.
4 LII the hoaxes of radio sound
effects will be exposed by George
Hicks during the "ABC of N. B. c."
program on WMAL at 7:45. All Of the
magical paraphernalia will be ex-
planned by Hicks.
TEAMS from Brooklyn, N. Y. and
Bayone. N. j.. will compete in the
national spelling bee on VOL at I.
DR.. Harry Hagen will conduct the
match.
RELLE BAKER, singing star Of
stage, screen and radio, and
Stephin Fetchit. colored character
comedian. will be the guest artists on
Floyd Gibbons "Speedshow" over
WJSV at g.
I'D WYNN will play host and
accompanist to Frederick Jagel,
Metropolitan Opera tenor, during his
program on WMAL at 8. Jagel will
sing the celebrated Prize Song from
Die MeiSterSinger."
Evening star., 1937-03-06
BRADY STARTS HOME
WITH RUNAWAY SON
Ball Team Misses Farewell to
Washington Boy Who Went
to See Training,
to See Training.

James T. Brady, solicitor Of the
Veterans Administration. was headed
back toward Washington from Or
lando. Fla, today with his runaway
son, Jimmy, II, who went South last
Monday to see the washington base
ball team in Spring training.
The Bradys left the home of friends
at PalaUka. Fla. near Orlando, late
yesterday and started for Washington
without taking the boy to the
Nationals camp
Jimmy, enthuastic base ball fan and
frequent Summer visitor to Griffith
Stadium, had a talk with Clark
Griffith and Cecil Travis at Orlando
Tuesday, after he had been found
there by American Legionaires and
police.
The father had promised to take
his son to the Orlando base ball park,
but it is believed today the visit was
abandoned 10 avoid further publicity
in connection with the lads i'm
promptu train ride 10 the South.
Brady was accompanied by his wife
and daughter Anne, 9, on a motor
trip to Florida Tuesday to get the
boy, who was taken care of by friends
of the family in Palatka.
Evening star., 1937-03-06
JAMES A. WHITING,
WAR HERO, EXPIRES
Heart Ailment Is Fatal to Rain
bow Division Veteran at
Hospital Here.

James A. Whiting, 40, 42d rainbow
Division World War hero. died of a
heart ailment yesterday in Mount Alto
Hospital where he had been patient
since February II.
Whiting whose home was in Os-
sining. N Y, was gassed and wounded
while serving with Company B, l65th
Infantry Regiment formed from New
York's old 69th (Fighting Irish) Di-
vision. He was a friend of the late
Rev. Francis p Duffy. Rainbow Di-
vision chaplain, who frequently praised
him in writings of the war record of
the division.
After the war Whiting operated a
cafe at Ossining and it is said. never
denied request for aid by a Rainbow
Division veteran.
Several years ago Whiting was one
of a half-dozen men who organized
the Westchester Chapter, Rainbow
Division Veterans.
Headed by their president. James H.
Brundage, many delegates to the Tri-
State Rainbow reunion here on Feb
ruary % visited Whiting at the hos
pital.
The body was scheduled to be sent
today to Ossining, where funeral ar
rangements were to be completed.
Last night the District Chapter,
Rainbow Division Veterans, sent tele-
grams to the Westchester County
IN " Chapter and the the Father
Duffy Chapter, New York City. ex-
pressing regret over Writings death.
He leaves several relatives in Ossining
Evening star., 1937-03-06


Norway. He had lived there since his
retirement.
Born in Pittsburgh, Mr. Thaw was
son of Benjamin Thaw of the family
widely known in that city. He was
graduated from Yale and entered the
United States diplomatic service in
1917
Besides his widow he is survived by
a sister, Mrs. Lawrence Slade of Pitts
burgh. A brother. William Thaw.
head Of the Lafayette Escadrille dur
ing the World War, died three years
ago, Blair Thaw, another brother
was killed in the World War.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day in Pittsburgh.
Evening star., 1937-03-06
PIT. A. SESSION TO HEAR
FOUR WASHINGTONIANS

Four Washingtonians other than
delegates from local parent-teacher
associations will participate in the
forty-flrst annual convention of the
National Congress of Parents and
Teachers, to meet in Richmond, Va,
May to 7.
dwardd c. Lindeman, director OF
recreation projects for the Works
Progress Administration here. is Sched-
uled to speak May 6 on Modern
Trends and Developments in Public
Recreation" DR.. Thomas H. Parran.
surgeon general of the United States
Public Health Service. is to speak
May 4 on The Health of the Com
munity."
Evening star., 1937-03-06
Emergency Lights.

MIAMI P).-Eighty-nine musicians
gathered to play to an audience of
1000, suddenly looked at black music
stands as the lights went out. A rep
resentative of the Theatrical and
Stage Employees Union said w. P A
workers, instead of union men, we're
being used to put platforms on the
stage. The stage manager struck
w. P A. workers supplied emergency
illumination.
Evening star., 1937-03-06
FUNERAL RITES HELD
FOR FIRMAN R. HORNER
District Bankers Represented at
Funeral of Official of Finan-
cia1 Firm

Funeral services for Firman r.
Horner. "a, vice president and director
Of the McLachlen Banking Corp, are
being held today at his home, 1918
Monroe street northeast, where he
died Wednesday. Rev DR.. Simpson
B. Daugherty, pastor of the Church
of the United Brethren. is officiating.
Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Mr.. Horner's nephews and grand
children are active pallbearers, while
members of the McLachlen board of
directors are honorary pallbearers.
Acting President Thomas j. Groom
of the District Bankers Association,
yesterday appointed George o. Vass,
vice president and cashier of Riggs
National Bank; Charles H. Doing,
first vice president of the Washington
Loan g. Trust Co., and Ord Preston,
Evening star., 1937-03-06

president of the Union Trust Co., to
represent the organization at the
funeral
Mr.. Horner had been identified with
the McLachlen firm over As years and
had been vice president since 1897.
Evening star., 1937-03-06
Air Headliners
Domest;r

-
Domestic.
200 p.m.-WMAL. La Travi-
ata." by Metropolitan
Opera Co.
2:30 p.m.-WRC, Debate be-
tween American Uni
verSity and College Of
the Pacific.
4:45 p.m.-WMAL, Evening Star
Flashes.
Evening Programs.
7:30 p.m.-WRC, Question Bee.
500 p.m.-WRC. Saturday
Night Party; WNAL,
Ed Wynn.
900 p.m.-WRC, Snow Village
Sketches; WMAL. Ma
tional Barn Dance;
WJSV. Speed Show
s:1S p.m.-WOL, Horace Heidt's
Orchestra.
$3.50 p.m.-W r c, Joe Cooks
Show.
1000 p.m.-WJSV, Your Hit
Parade.
1890 p.m.-WRC. Irwin S. Cobb.
l1:00 p.m.-WMAL. Slu m b er
Hour.
Short-Wave Programs.
$3.50 p.m.-BERLIN, 20 These
Women" DJD, 254 m
ll.77 meg.
1920 p.m.-LONpON. Royal Navy
ss. Army. GSD. 25.5 m,
ITS meg.
1900 midnight t-PITTSBURGH
Messages to the Far
North. W8XK, 4S.s m.
6:l4 meg.
Evening star., 1937-03-06
MAN HANGS SELF
III Health Depressed Martinsbure
Former Railroad Worker.

MARTINSBURGH. w. Va, March 6
'SpeclaD.-B. L. Kerns, 3S, former
railroad worker, hung himself in a
closet in his home here yesterday
morning, using belt and a piece of
wire.
The county coroner held an inquest
unnecessary after he and the prose-
cutting attorney had made an inquiry.
Nelghbors discovered the tragedy and
took the body down.
The family said the man had been
IN Ill health and depressed. Surviving
are the widow, several children and
several brothers and sisters.
Evening star., 1937-03-06

Medical Center,
New York City. He
had been i'll three
weeks of a heart
a ! ! m e n t. Hi s
W life, h e for
mer on S u e ! o
Morgan. was at
his bedside.
Mr.. ThaW re-
tired in 1885 from
the diplo matte
service, which he
had S erv d 18
v e a r S in Paris,
Brussels, BuenoS
A ire S, London.
Dolor5 Chi1o ond
Evening star., 1937-03-06
Entertainment for ConVicts.

Convicts at Parkhurst Prison. in the
Isle of Wight, will be permitted to
play table tennis and bowls and will
be supplied newspapers and books.
Evening star., 1937-03-06
BENJAMIN THAW
DIES IN NEW YORK
Retired U. S. Diplomat Had
Been III Three Weeks
of Heart AiIment.

Benjamin Thaw, jr, 48, of 1927
Thirty-third street. brother-in-law OF
Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt and
Lady Furness, died yesterday at the