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The Washington times., 1937-10-25
Marry-GO-
Round
By HELEN ROWLAND

DICK up your paper almost
l. any morning these days and
you'll be aStounded to read Of a
wedding where the bride is a r.
year-old and the groom, men
tally, is not much more!
But what can you expect.
when the marriage bureaus and
the marrying parsons are run
ming kindergartens? Never be-
fore have there been SO many
juvenile elopementS, infant ro-
mances and baSsinet marriages
that make headlines. It is not
a case of history repeating it
self; for not even hack in the
dark ages did children not yet
out of school leap to the altar
and come back home for daddy
and mother to support. It is to
Shiver!
The wedding ring no longer
rides up the aisle on a white
satin pillow; it is carried in the
perambulator with the silver
belled rattle and a black and
white Mickey Mouse.
Life, for a girl, used to begin
with her first real grown-up love
affair. Today, it commences
when the baby cuts her four
front teeth and cries for a bite
of the forbidden apple. The first
word she learns to speak is
Gimme" the second is
'Lemme"; and when she is able
to construct a sentence, it is
Let's get married."
At the advanced age of IT
she stands with unreluctant
feet where wedlock and alimony
meet. At 18 she is a bored
Sophisticate and at 20 she feels
a bit world weary.
Copyright. 1887. by King Features
syndicate. Inc.I
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Voice of the People

Congress. but gets no response.
He is looked upon as either q
radical" or a crusader" in q
losing battle against great odds.
It is only the organized
groups, i.e., like the American
Automobile Association, the Key
stone Automobile Club, the Ma
tional Association of Automobile
Manufacturers, ct al, who get a
hearing. This is no criticism Of
any Of these bodies. They have
a right to organize to protect
their interests.
How much better it would be
if the pedestrian group Of the
country would organize to pro-
tect its life and limb. Congress
might pay some attention to
them then. Who knows?
FREDERIC G. FROST.
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Business Men ''IgnOred"

Can't you newspapers all get
together and try to get the Presi-
dent to say something about
business - something about the
people who want to be his
friends without being paid for
it.
He absolutely ignores them in
all Of his talks. His continuous
talk about the masses-the rank
and file-is getting .nonotonouS.
This mass that he speaks of will
be the first ones to turn on him
should the golden flow be shut
off. A SUBSCRIBER.
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in any form.
Life is too
S h or t and
the world too
beautiful to
engage in the
r u i ming of
life and prop
erty. Ii v e
and let live
is my feeling
and if every
one felt the
S a m e way,
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"War is JUS
tiff able at
times. For in
stance, when
t W o nations
are engaged
in a conflict
such as is go
ing on in the
Far East. In
a case of that
kind I think
outside pow
erS are thor
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don't believe
in war under
any circum-
S t a n C IS. I
think tn a t
the minute a
nation begins
any kind of
warfare that
all other ma
tionS should
interfere in a
peaceful man
ner. Arbitra-
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one nation
invades a n
other. Even
then peace
f ul negotia-
tions might
a all far
more than re-
sort to arms.
It seems to
me that most
i International
conflict could
be averted if
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The Inquirine
photographer
The Washington Times in
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION
Is war ever justifiable?
THE ANSWERS

Miss Frances Morris, 1850
Biltmore st. N. w., clerk:
II am opposed to destruction
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oughly justified in interfering
in behalf Of the weaker nation"
X X
Miss Josephine Di Carlo, 1892
Morse st. N. E., stenographer:
"War is juStifiable only when
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is a reversion
to paganism
and is foolish
a n d useless.
My hope is
t h a t tn e
LIE a 6 u e of
Nations even
tually will be
able to curb
this interna-
tional inSan-
ity. So f ar
t he League
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two sons to
be butchered
to protect the
property Of a
few, and I
suppose other
mothers feel
t h e S a m e
way. Let ma
tions settle
their disputes
without kill
ing off chill
dre n W h o
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Listen
WOrld!
By Elsie Robinson

recent simpson case IN MaSSar
chusettS is an example.
Here is confessed murderer
who will undoubtedly be con.
demned to death-YET HE IS
RECEIVING THE BEST CARE
MEDICAL SCIENCE CAN OF
FER. The State, which may
soon take his life, is now making
every effort to restore his health
at the expense of the tax
payer.
There can be only one ex-
cuse for giving such a man sci
entific Service-A SENSA-
TIONAL COURT TRIAL. We
are so eager for this that we
willingly spend huge sums. And
meanwhile, countless worthy
lives are lost for lack Of med.
ical care-or the criminals own
family starves.
Life is a glorious privilege.
1t belongs to those who prove
worthy of it. We should make
every effort to preserve fine
citizens, but why should we
cherish useless ones?
"NELA CAMPBELL-aged 18
"Cohasset, Mass"
($10 Prize Winner.)
We're Not Serving
The Criminal
Many a reader will agree with
you, Nela-and I admit that
such care does seems inconSis-
tent. Yet believe in it. You're
wrong in saying, there is only
one reason for giving such serv-
ice." There is another reason
vitally important-and that Is
OUR AMERICAN STANDARD
OF DECENCY.
We are not Serving the
criminal when we minister to
his ills. WE ARE SERVING
OUR OWN SELFRESPECT.
There is no sentimentality about
such service. WE ARE SIMPLY
PROVING THAT WE ARE
MORE HUMANE THAN THE
SAVAGES, WHO WOULD
HAVE TORTURED HIM OR
LEFT HIM TO SLOW, AGO
NIzING DEATH.
How About Salaries
For Wives?
Another bomb-Mrs. Roose-
velt hurled it when she said
WIVES SHOULD HAVE SAL
ARIES" Ever since, Young
Americas sweethearts and wives
have been arguing pro and con.
Here's young MRS. T. L.
BAILEY, OF HOLLYWOOD.
CAL, with a vehement mo"
Dear Miss Robinson:
"I hope my husbard never
hears of Mrs. Roosevelt's sug-
gestion. If were paid salary,
1 fear our whole relationship
would be changed. I'd be ex-
pected to pay half the rent,
gasoline and grocery bills-then
provide my own clothes, if sny!
my husband might even
cease being a tolerant lover and
become a demanding boss. He
would have the right to criti-
cize my appearance during
working hours, my promptness,
general technique and efficiency.
WOULDN'T 1T BE TERRI
BILE IF HUSBANDS DECIDED
TO INTERVIEW APPLICANTS
WHO MIGHT FILL THE PO-
SITTON BETTER THAN THEIR
OWN WIVES?
"Under the present system,
we wives do our best OUT OF
LOVE. We worry and Skimp
and stand occasional unfair
ness-just as our husbands
stand inefficiency from us-be-
cause We are doing it as Low
ING PARTNERS. BUT IF 1T
WERE ALL PUT ON A BUSI-
NESS BASIS I'M AFRAID
THAT ROMANO WOULD
SOON FLY OUT OF THE
WINDOW.
MRS. T. L. BAILEY-age 27.
Hollywood. Cal"
($10 prize winner0
All right-now it's YOUR
turn! What do you and you
and YOU believe? SHOULD
THE MISSUS DO IT FOR
LOVE OR A PAY CHECK?
RULES OF THE CONTEST
1. The writer of a letter in competi-
tion for one of the three weekly
| prizes-Two of SO each and one
Of $5-must be under thirty years
of age -.
2. The letter must be upon some sub
1ect of Importance to American
3 The letter must not exceed 500
| words in length.
l. The writer must give his or heI
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have nothing to do with the
matter. War never compensates
for the suffering of the masses"
X + X
Mrs. Olivia Davis, 1920 Con-
necticut Ave. N. W., bookkeeper:
mo, war is not justifiable. I
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war would fade into oblivion"
X X X
j. T. Chears, 937 H st. N. W.,
cigar clerk:
Absolutely not. I think war
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has accomplished little, but it is
to be hoped that it will grow in
power"
Il
George William Davis, 72S
Thirteenth st. N. W., Govern.
ment employee:
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tion is less costly. both in life
and in property, than conflict"
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Traffic Toll

The mounting list of traffic
victims in the District Of Co
lumbia since January /. 1887.
is graphically shown by the
death watch:
Evening star., 1937-04-26
Huge armies Seen
OaUn Worst Enemies
By British Expert
Capt. Hart Cites Efec-
tiueness of Ethiopia,,s
Against Italy.

The huge armies now being built
by many nations may prove their own
worst enemies, according to an article
by Capt. Liddell Hart, noted British
military writer, published today in
Army Ordnance, the magazine of the
Army Ordnance Association.
The Italian campaign in Abyssinia
has shown that small, highly trained
mechanical spearheads will be the
important factors in future military
tactics, and that machines can be
substituted for men, Capt. Hart said.
1T has shown, more clearly even
than the World War" Capt. Hart said,
that mass has become a mere en-
cumbrance, dangerous to the employer,
when the attempt is made to concen-
trate it in the fighting line"
The Italians, at the beginning Of
the invasion, found themselves i'm
peded by their own great numbers,
the writer said. The task OF feeding
and supplying such force demanded
construction of roads which soon were
destroyed by the heavy traffic and
the difficulties were multiplied by
the very means taken to overcome
them. 1t was not until small motor
lied spearheads were developed and
their advance covered by a long
range and flexible barrage of air
bombers, while supplies were flown
to the front, that the move became
successful.
Evening star., 1937-04-26
TW0B|LLSF0RD.C.
PASSED BY HOUSE
O. K. of Spurious Coin Ban
and Larceny Measure
Clears Calendar.

Without debate, the House today
cleared its calendar of all District
legislation by passing two bills, one
to prevent the use Of metal slugs or
spurious coins in public telephone pay
stations or vending machines, the
other to raise the amount under which
petty larceny can be charged from $35
to $50.
The measure to stop the use of
metal stubs was urged by the Chesa-
peake & Potomac Telephone Co.,
which reported it lost nearly $4,000
last year by this practice. The pen
atty prescribed in this bill for using
slugs is a fine Of $500 or six months
imprisonment or both.
One Of the principal purposes of the
petty larceny bill is to relieve the
grand jury of consideration of many
cases which would be tried in Police
Court. United States Attorney Leslie
c. Garnett has pointed out that "a lot
Of these cases come over from Police
Court where the value of the property
is doubtful and the grand jury will
refuse to indict. II an indictment
and conviction Is had, the offenders
are put on probation, whereas if they
were tried in Police Court they
would get some punishment as a
misdemeanor."
Both bills require Senate action.
Evening star., 1937-04-26
LIQUOR RETAILER
CHALLENGESA.BC.
Suit Questions Authority to
Function in Absence of
Chairman.

Authority of the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board to function in the
absence Of its chairman, George w.
Ofutt, who has been i'll since the first
Of the year, was challenged in District
Court today by attorneys for a liquor
retailer who had been refused per-
mission to transfer his business to
another address.
The suit was brought by Albert
Fingerhut, 1864 New Hampshire ave-
nue., who has operated liquor store
at 1882 Seventh street since April,
1884. Fingerhut asked the court for
a declaratory judgment to the effect
that the board could not function with
only two members, to direct that his
permit be transferred to 1904 Seventh
street and to enjoin any proceedings
against him.
The liquor dealer contended the law
under which the A. B. G. Board was
set up provides for a body of three
members and contains no clause per-
mitting two to exercise the authority
Of the board in the absence Of the
third.
He also contended that Isaac Cans,
q member of the board, was disqualified
to take part in the case because he
is an official of the Salvation Army,
from which came one 0 the two pro-
tests against the transfer. The other
protestant was liquor dealer whose
place of business is in the same block
on Seventh street.
Representing Fingerhut were At
toneys F. Joseph Donohue, Leo Schlos-
berg and the firm Of Simon, Koenigs-
berger & Young.
Evening star., 1937-04-26

to the Presidents program to bring
income and outgo closer together.
A vote on taking up the measure
may come tomorrow. The death Of
Senator Bachman, Democrat, of
Tennessee resulted in q decision to
adjourn today in respect to his
memory.
The House will debate later In the
week the $400.000,000 War Depart
ment appropriation bill. Representa-
tive Taber has served notice he would
ask 10 per cent cut in the funds.
The bill provides only for military
activities. The departments nom
military functions-chiefly rivers and
harbors improvement by Army engi-
neers-will be covered in q separate
measure.
United States Chamber Of Com
merce officials expressed the opinion
informally that Mr.. Roosevelt per-
haps had underestimated tax receipts
in presenting to Congress the figures
on which he based his economy plea.
The chamber opened its twenty NTH
annual convention today.
The officials said q shift by many
corporations from the calendar year
to q fiscal year in their accounting
practices might be large factor In
the drop Of March tax receipts below
estimates.
President Roosevelt cited that
March income tax receipts were
$140, ,000,0 900 under estimates.
Encouraging to advocates Of budget
balancing was the Federal Reserve
Boards report for March, showing
factory pay rolls advanced 81 per
cent and pay rolls 2 per cent. The
bard said industrial production adj
vanced points to lis, based on 6
Evening star., 1937-04-26
POLICY
ON LABOR IS URGED
Draper Calls for Supplement to
Work of N. L. r. B.-Addresses
Trade Executives.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press,
Ernst G. Draper, Assistant Secretary
Of Commerce, said today more
clearly defined and integrated labor
policy" was needed to supplement the
work of the National Labor Relations
Board
Draper emphasized he was giving
only his personal views in making the
suggestion in an address to American
Trade Association executives.
He said the chief emphasis of .
more comprehensive labor policy
should be placed upon voluntary con-
Citation, voluntary mediation, disci-
plined and responsible unions, disci-
plined and fair-minded employers"
I'VE need, in other words, give
and-take attitude In which the chief
aim, always to be held In, view by
both sides, is fair play" he added
He suggested that an act following
the principles Of the railway media
ton act, but adapted for use by indus
trial companies. might bring more
satisfactory adjustment Of labor dh-
Evening star., 1937-04-26
ORATORICAL WINNER

Miss Thecla Forbes Of Baltimore Is
the winner of the Bishop McNamara
Trophy for the oratorical contest spon-
sored by the Catholic Students Mis-
sion Crusade for the Archdiocese OF
Baltimore, it was announced today.
Speaking before q packed Gonzaga
High School auditorium Saturday
night, Miss Forbes vigorously attacked
the doctrines of communism, saying
they could be overcome by prayer.
work and sacrifice.
The judges were Miss Edna Sheehy
and John A. K Donovan, members
of the local bar, and Walter I. Plant,
State deputy Of the Knights Of Colum-
bus Of Washington. Leo A. Rover.
former district attorney, was chair
man.
Evening star., 1937-04-26
SECURITY NOMINEE
WON'T TAKE POST
latimer's Name Withdrawn
by Roosevelt at Own
Request.

President Roosevelt withdrew from
the Senate today the appointment Of
Murray w. Latimer of New York to
the Social Security Board.
The President acted at the request
of Latimer who said the fact that he
was a Democrat apparently barred
him from membership.
There already are two Democrats
on the board-Arthur J. Altmeyer and
Vincent NJ Miles. The law states not
more than two members shall be of
the same political party.
Transfer Was Rumored.
There was a report at the time the
President sent Latimers nomination
to the Senate to fill out the unexpired
six-year term of John G. Winant,
New Hampshire Republican, that one
OF the two remaining members was
slated for transfer to another Govern
ment post. With Atmeyer, four-year
member Of the board, designated as
chairman by the President following
the resignation of Winant, it was
assumed any change would involve
Miles, whose two-year term on the
board ends in August. Miles recently
said he had not been informed that
any change was contemplated.
Latimer is the public's representa-
tive on the Railroad Retirement
Board, of which he is chairman. He
is regarded as an expert on social Sc
curity legislation and aided in estab-
fishing the present set-up.
States Political Affiliation,
In letter to the President March
II, Latimer said the Senate Finance
Committee was concerned over the po-
litical complexion of the board.
Il do not desire to be confirmed"
Latimer said, under any erroneous
impression as to my political afiia-
ton. I have always in national elec-
tions voted for Democrats and I am
now registered as a Democrat in the
State of New York.
While I have at times in city and
State elections voted independently,
my Affiliations are clear, and I would
not change them if I could.
Under circumstances, both because
of the state Of my present assignment
and because of the apparent political
complication, I hope you will find 1t
possible to withdraw my nomination
as a member Of the Social Security
Board"
Evening star., 1937-04-26
SHOOTING VICTIM KEPT
FROM JURY BY WEATHER
Doctor Of Wounded Cab Driver
Refuses to Permit Him to
Appear in Court.

The appearance Of Roscoe w. Kirkle,
52-year-old taxicab driver, before the
grand jury on q stretcher to testify
against the man who he says shot
him on February 5, was postponed
today because Of the inclement
weather.
A fire rescue squad ambulance was
sent to Kirkle's home, at 500 l. street
northeast, to take him to the court
house, but the injured mans doctor
refused to allow his exposure to the
rain. He will be taken before the
grand Jury on the next clear day.
Willie James McClendon, rs, colored,
1T Sixteenth street southeast, Is being
held as Kirkle's assailant Kirkle was
shot twice In the back by . colored
man who leaped ON the running board
of his taMcab at Seventeenth and A
streets southeast. Kirkle was shot
when he disobeyed commands Of the
armed man. tt bullets struck his
spine and he hat lost the use Of his
wv.
Evening star., 1937-04-26
WEATHER STUDIES
KEEP v. ?. A. BUSY
Workers in 5000 Stations
Seek Solution of Varied
Disasters.

The public can't complain now, as
Mark Twain did years ago, that nobody
seems to do anything about the
weather.
Furthering disaster control in the
United States by supplementing exist
ing services, w. P. A. announced today
1t has workers operating under super
vision of the United States Weather
Bureau experts in approximately 5000
stations throughout the country
These workers are building portable
experiment stations for use in locating
hurricanes and other tropical dis
turbances, repairing or restoring river
gauges, tabulating upper air data for
the benefit Of aviation and construct
ing weather instrument shelters in
drought areas. Altogether 1t is q
sizeable job.
Most of the work is sponsored by
the Weather Bureau with a $500,00O
ALLEGATION from the w. P. A. An addi-
tional $39,873 was allocated for the
portable experiment stations, project
sponsored by the University of Florida.
In cooperation with the Forest
Service, a large volume of meteorologi-
cal data was compiled for the purpose
Of determining the feasibility of inter-
posing a natural barrier to the move
ment Of air-masses across the wide
stretches of the great plains. Other
work included repairs to Weather
Bureau buildings in the States and the
District.
Some Of the studies are directed at
fog forecasts in the port of New York.
A 5000, ,000-card index Of domestic
and foreign meteorological literature
also Is being prepared. A New Orleans
project, for example, is compiling a
study Of 100000 observations taken
by mariners in all the oceans during
the past SO years.
This eventually will give q history
Of weather conditions by ocean areas,
the finding to serve as a basis for a
further study Of meteorological prob
lens which concern the national
welfare.
Evening star., 1937-04-26
Sugar IN Blood Nulls alcohol
Say Yale Doctors in Rat Tests
Easier to Get Drunk on Empty Stomach,
Because Effects Are Similar to That
of Fuel in Furnace.

urements Of the toxicity Of alcohol
from various sources" Making COM
parative tests with highly purified
grain alcohol, that used for CONNER
cial purposes and that used in COM
mon alcoholic beverages, they found
that these varied considerably in the
severity and speed OF the "kick."
Heavy Water Speeds Life.
Life is speeded up 20 per cent by
"heavy water" it was reported to the
academy by Dr. Henry Gray Bar
bour, also Of the Yale Medical School
faculty.
Heavy water. first produced at the
Bureau Of Standards here, is water
in the H2O molecule of which the
hydrogen atom is replaced by a
double-weight hydrogen atom. Its
chemical name is deuterium oxide.
1t exists in ordinary water in pro-
portion Of about one part to q million
and its physiological effects have
been the subject of much controversy.
The human body is approximately
two-thirds water. Most biological re-
actions are necessarily, in part at
least, water reactions" These, 1t
has been established by physical tests,
take place more slowly with heavy
water than with ordinary water. This
fact led to the startling impirical
prediction a few weeks ago by DR..
James Kendall, professor Of chem
istry at the University Of Edinburgh,
that in q relatively short time 1t
would be possible to prolong the lives
Of middle-aged persons from 10 to
Is years If they drank deuterium
oxide.
DR.. Barbour,s experiments with
mice, reported today, indicate exactly
the opposite. Actually, when about
a nth Of the body water Is replaced
by heavy water, the process Of
metabolism goes on at a faster rate
and there Is an increase in tempera-
ture. The lately discovered substances
proves an elixir of death rather than
Of life.
This contradictory phenomenon, he
found, Is due to the fact heavy
water acts as a stimulating drug on
the sympathetic nervous system which
controls in part the regulation Of
body temperature. The eyes of the
mice stick out in wierd pop-eye
effect and the hairs stand on end.
Shots Of Adrenalin.
Almost precisely the same effects
can be obtained by shots Of the magic
drug, adrenalin, a secretion Of the
adrenal glands which speeds up the
heart and Is sent out in times Of
emergency to prepare the body for
fight or flight, as the circumstances
dictate. What happens, DR.. Barbour
believes, is that heavy water delays
the appearance of adrenalin from the
blood stream. The effect Of heavy
water is lost when q drug Is given
simultaneously which depresses the
sympathetic nervous system.
A wierd biological experiment In
which faces" are grown on the tails
of tadpoles was described BY Dr..
Oscar e. Schotte of Amherst college.
Tadpoles deprived Of their tails have
the power Of regenerating them. Be-
low the skin Of such q regenerating
tail, DR.. Schotte transferred the eye
cavity Of an embryonic frog Of the
same species
The graft" took. Lenses developed
and the tadpole had eyes" in its
tail-sightless, Of course. causs not
hitched up to the visual centers Of
the hxniu. But the pTQQaeR vent
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much further. An "eye-field" was
differentiated. Ear and mouth cavi-
ties appeared and eventually the
mouth cavity was lined with typical
mouth epithelium.
The purpose Of the experiments
were to shed light on . httle-under-
stood biological process-the capacity
Of one embryonic organ to difierentiate
the embryonic tissue In Its neighbor-
hood. The eye cavities induced, In
the undinerentiated tissue of the re-
generating tail, an eye-deld. This,
In turn, induced the development of
any upper head field with the ear cavi-
ties. The upper head field, in turn.
brought about the differentiation OF
. lower head deld. with the mouth
cavity .--=.