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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-22
By Elsie Robinson

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excitement. She was searching
for something infinitely harder
to find and more perious
something which could only be
found through the doorway of
terror.
She Sought Peace
By Conquering
Not the peace we gain by hid
ing or running away-dodging
the risks - avoiding the chal-
lenges-playing safe.
But the peace that comes by
conquering the weakness within
ourselves by flying above
our own laziness, cowardice and
ignoble carefulness.
Amelia Earhart risked a ter
rible death because she wished
to live an abundant life. And
in these words she crowded her
philosophy:
COURAGE!
Courage is the price that lite
erGctS for granting peace.
The soul that knows it not.
knowS no release
From little things;
KnoWS not the Hvid loneliness
of fear,
Nor mountain heights, where
( bitter Joy hear
The sound OF t0inuS.
How can life grant US boon OF
lining, compensate
For dull gray uglinesS and preg.
nGnt hate,
Unless ne dare?
The souPS dominion? Each time
ne make q choice, aDe pay
With courage to behold resist.
less day
And count 1t fair.
Amelia EGrhGrt, 1884.
Courage? You've thought per.
haps that courage was some
thing which a few fortunate
folk were born with /. as some
are born with singing Threats or
the seed of genius. But no one
is born brave. We are all born
afraid. COURAGE IS ALWAYS
A MATTER OF CHOICE.
Once I saw a picture of pre-
historic man a small,
launched, hairy creature, cover
ing in terror in the midst Of
a great plain, while from every
side monsters advanced upon
him, towering Inastodons, creep
ing serpentS, foul, Tapping buz.
yards.
Menace of
Our Weakness
That horrible picture might
pass for all of US. Beneath our
"ctvilized" ertertors De are all
helpless SnvGgeS, croucht1g be.
fore monsters. ONLY THOSE
MONSTERS ARE WITHIN US,
INSTEAD OF OUTSIDE US.
They are the menace of our
DUN DedkneSS of our hate
and greed, our lGsinesS and
coWGrdice and conceit of
all the "Iittle things" that keep
US eGrthbound.
Those things bound Amelia
Earhart, too, but she rose above
them. She longed for wings
and stars-and she paid the
price of them. She could have
crawled, in safety -. BUT SHE
CHOSE INSTEAD TO FLY.
It's the same old choice which
comes to us all, sooner or later
You can be bound-OR FREE,
You can crawl-OR FLY. You
can play safe-OR GAMBLE
GLORIOUSLY.
She gambled!
She took the risk and
paid the price.
However it happened-she's
free!
AND I THINK IT WAS
WORTH 1T ALL
Copyright. 1887, BY King Features
Syndicate. GnO.)
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Not if the
American peo-
pie have any
thing to say
about it-and
they will. OF
course, there
are c ert a in
i n t e r e S t S
W h ich would
like to force
America into
war for their
own personal
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profit, but the people Of this
country want no war and will
not tolerate it."
X X \
Arthur Joseph De Mars, 1901
I st. N. w., manager of a travel
information bureau:
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When the
would-b e S
get together
abroad, it's
to goose
step in front
OF some dc
tator. When
our 1917
V e t e ans
g e t t O.
gether, it's
to let their
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may happen, but It seems I'M
likely. I feel public officials will
stand firm in their views to-
ward peace"
i X \
Miss Martha Cosgriff, 1915
Calvert st. N. W., stenographer:
LAS long as the United States
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do everything they can to pre-.
vent another war"
X X
Mrs. Marjorie Brown, 1870
Troy st., Arlington, Va, secre.
tary:
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THE ANSWERS
Miss Dorothy Mastin, 1901
Fifteenth st. S. E., secretary
II doubt it. To force America
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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 believe the United
States will be involved in the
war in. the Far East?
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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:
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THE AMERICAN LEGION

enjoying thorough good time in Manhattan this
week. It's interesting to contrast veterans
with the would be veterans of Germany Russia, etc.
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Where we love is home, home
that our feet may leave, but
not our hearts.-O. w. Holmes.
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Pride costs us more than hun
ger, thirst and cold.-Hone.
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Times Books Shine
In Any Library

Now that six books have been
issued in the Worlds Greatest
Literature collection, Washington
Times readers are making a happy
discovery.
1t is that the beauty of the
brown, gold and green bindings of
the books is enhancing the value
and appearance of the home Ii
brary. And even If they are but a
few of the books that are owned,
they show well in comparison to
editions costing many times the
price paid for them.
Everybody knew and appreci-
ated what was coming when the
first book was issued. AS the Sec
ond, third, fourth and fifth ap-
peared, greater delight was ex-
perienced.
Now the library, with six books
and the prospect Of still another,
Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe on
Saturday, it begins to look like a
regular library. And remember
there are 20 in all.
Few Times readers realized just
what q fine appearance the books
would make, but now that the
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Ken Murray
Says:

Money isn't everything, but
you've certainly got to admit
that it's the cause Of q powerful
lot of curiosity to your old
Uncle Sam, as you probably dis
covered in trying to answer all
those questions on your income
tax blank.
And it's almost like adding in
suit to injury, when it suddenly
dawns on you that you're not
only working for the Govern
ment, but also have to be an ex-
pert accountant to prove it.
Naturally, / think it's all very
nice to hold up George Wash
ingtOn as an example to the
kiddies, but G. w. might have
told a different story If he'd
been trying to chop down his tax
return, instead of that cherry
tree.
So remember:
The fellow who used to waste
hours looking for q needle in the
hayStack now works overtime
trying to find Just one more ex.
emptiOn.
(Copyright, 1887, by McNaught
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1937-03-16
DISTRICT RACE
BILL IS FACING
NEW DELAY
Bankhead Reveals Plan
To Sidetrack Measure
For Appropriations

Another postponement of the
bill favorably reported by Repre-
sentative Mary T. Norton as
chairman Of the House District
Committee to legalize horse rae
ing. in the District appeared In
evitable today. a...s
Speaker Bankhead, announcing
that appropriation bills would
have to take precedence over
other measures next week, indi-
Gated that he would ask Mrs. Nor
ton to give up next Monday as
District Day in the House so that
appropriations could be consid-
cred. He said he would be will
ing to have the following Monday
designated as District Day, per-
mitting the racing bill to be taken
up at that time.
The Speaker announced that
the District appropriation bill,
carrying numerous items which
he regarded as of greater impor.
tance to washington than the rae
ing issue, would be brought before
the House during the latter half
of next week.
Before the District appropria-
ton bill can be reported by the
appropria tions subcommittee
there will have to be a decision
on the Jacobs report and vari-
Gus alternative plans for the
joint financing of the National
Capital from local revenues and
the Federal TreaSuryt
It is the current understand
ing that although the commit
tee will make incidental changes
in amounts recommended by
the Budget Bureau for individual
items, it will stick fairly closely
to the budget total Of $47,500,-
900 in round figures for District
expenditures.
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DUB0SE LEAVES
S148,0OO ESTATE

Disposing Of an estate valued
at $14S,0OO, the will of the late
Commodore William r. Dubose,
medical corps, United States Navy,
retired, was filed for probate to-
day.
After making number Of small
bequests, the will instructs that
the residue be placed in a trust
fund and the income be paid to
his widow, Mrs. Katie B. Dubose,
1850 Kalorama Rd. N. W., during
her life time.
On her death the trust is to be
divided between his son, William
G. Dubose, a daughter, Mrs. Kate
Flather, and two children Of q
deceased daughter.
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SiIsbee Is Legdtee
OF Mothers S Estate

Mrs. Ellen H. Silsbee, who died
March 5, named her son, Francis
B. Silsbee, of 1920 Quebec st. N.
W., the legatee of the bulk Of her
$250.000 estate, according to the
petition for probate of her will,
filed in United States District
Court yesterday.
The estate is composed entirely
Of personal property and, with the
exception of a $1,000 bequest to
the Utica Normal and Industrial
Institute Of Utica, Miss, the son
viii inherit the entire estate.
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library is growing to sizeable pro-
portions ample evidence is shown
in appreciation by letters and
telephone calls and orders for
more book deliveries.
This means that hundreds more
every week are taking advantage
of the offer, made by The Times
that seven consecutive coupons
clipped from The Times daily and
the Washington Herald Sunday.
with 80 cents, brings any volume.
AND TT IS NOT TOO LATE TO
START TODAY.
If you are not a regular reader
of The Times or a subscriber, call
District 1000 NOW and have The
Times and Sunday Herald and the
books delivered to your home.
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Penalties For Traffic
OffenSeS i'm I'D. G..

Joseph E. Jones, 1850 Connecti-
cut Ave. N. W., $40.
Carl w. Grimm, 1928 Hiatt Pl.
N. w., $40.
George Jackson, 1882 Third st.
S. w., $40.
Richard C. Dyas, Dupont Circle
Apartments, SIS
Erwin E. Mcintyre, Maryland.
IS.
George W. Bodkin, S1O2 Twen-
tieth st. N. E., IS.
John H. Stuphen, 4110 Jeniter
st. N. w., IS.
william J. wohlforth. Mary.
land, SIS.
Edward W. Davis, 41os Emory
PI. N. W., IS.
Albert w. Getman. 1900 c st.
N. w., IS.
Lloyd P. Pratt, Maryland, $5.
Stephen ]. Spingarn, 1927 H
st. N. w., SIS.
CONTINUED on Page ~, Col. 81
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Leaving After COIIiding

Leaving After COllfding
Harvey Fair. 81 Second st. S. W.
500 or so days.
Fifth Offense Speeding
Thomas L. Lechlider, jr., 64l
Kenyon st. N. W., 500 or As days.
Second Offense Speeding
Lamar Brown, 1913 Ninth st.
N. E., SIS.
Walter E. Finney, 2O12 Franklin
st. N. E., $40.
4 First OffenSe Speeding
William B. Mahoney, 103 Fiji
teenth st. s. E., SIS.
Clarence F. Donohoe, jr., 1743
Webster st. N. w., $40.
Charles w. Gary, 246 Fifty
eighth st. N. E., $40.
Edward A. Fay, Maryland, $40.
William H. Thomas, 2028 Georgia
Ave. N. W., SO.
Edward P. Pond, Virginia, $40.
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Debate on Court
Won By Gonzaqd

Advocating change in the pres
ent Supreme Court Set-up, Con-
Zaga High School debaters last
night defeated the Georgetown
Preparatory School debating team
on the question: Resolved, that
the presert status Of nine members
in The Supreme Court should be
maintained" Thomas A Rover, o.
Gonzaga, was declared best speaker
Of the evening at Gonzaga audi
torium where the debate was held.
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HOUSE HOSTILE
TO SENATOR'S
CHANGES
FearsAre Voiced Donor
Will Withdraw His
$60,OOO,OOOOffer

Despite the fact that the Sen.
ate and the House of Representa-
tiveS have voted separately to
permit the United States to ac-
cept Andrew w. Melons $50,0O0,-
900 art collection and a $4,000.
900 building to house it, approval
Of the proposal hung by a thread
today.
Amendments tied to the bin by
the Senate yesterday, after five
hours of debate, constituted the
drawback to acceptance It is
understood the House will fight
these amendments, and if they
are accepted it is not known If
Mr.. Mellon will go through with
the gift under the new terms.
This situation will reach a de-
nouement within the next few days
when the bill again is called up in
the House and sent to conference.
It is understood Representative
Kent Keller CD of Illinois, chair.
man of the Library Committee,
who sponsored the bill in the
House, intends to object to any
change in the original measure.
The latter was drawn up after a
series of conferences between
legal representatives Of Mr.. Mellon
and the Department of Justice.
Liberals ReSentful
While the bill was passed by
unanimous consent in the House
yesterday, it was held up all day
in the Senate until a vote was
forced late in the afternoon with
the chamber echoing to the shouts
Of Senator Tom Connally CD Of
Texas to "take it or leave it," and
the resentment of liberals that
they could not "dot an or cross
a T" in a bill they were consider.
ing.
Senator Robert La Toilette (P.)
Of wisconsin led the fight against
several provisions of the bill. His
more drastic amendments were
showed under in final vote but
precipitated a prolonged battle.
Under the terms Of the bill, Mr..
Mellon surrounded his gift with
restrictions guaranteed to keep out
Of the permanent collection in the
gallery any works of art which do
not measure up to the old masters
he is presenting.
La Toilette Voices Fears
Senator La Toilette expressed
fear that these restrictions would
keep living American artists from
having their work exhibited there.
He declared that if it was going to
be National Gallery of Art it
should represent the work Of the
American people.
Along this line he fought the
provision that Mr.. Mellon should
approve appointment of the first
of the five general trustees who
will administer the act. He also
opposed the provision making the
trustees a seIf-perpetuating body
whereby the original trustees
would name their successors.
The debate reached a high point
when Senator Connally became
irritated at repeated attempts to
change the bill and made a mock
speech in sarcastic imitation Of
the debate, in which he roared:
"Take back your pictures, Mr..
Mellon, take back your pictures"
The Washington times., 1937-03-16
RHODES TRIAL
SETAPR|L Il

Fred B. Rhodes, former presi-
dent of the closed Fidelity and
Loan Association, will be tried a
second time on forgery charges,
April IL.
Rhodes was tried in United
States District Court, and last week
the jury was discharged without
reaching a verdict. Justice Pey-
ton Gordon, who presided at the
first trial will preside again.
Rhodes is charged with forging
the name Of depositor to a $1,000
withdrawal slip.
The Washington times., 1937-03-16
Presidents New Guard

Carl Pattavina, ace Secret Serv-
ice agent at Omaha, Neb., has
been shifted to the detail guard
ing President Roosevelt, Chief
Frank j. Wilson announced yester.
day. Pattavina was picked from
several score agents examined for
the White House detail.
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NOW
Senator'S Like
Bean Soup
"A MASTERPIECE
By HELEN EsSARY

Lunching at the Capitol in the
senatorial dining room is an anus
ing Washington experience. Ma
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ttonal h e a d {.
lin ers and
t h cir ladies'
wives or lunch
ing companions
sit about you
at small tables.
Talk a gre a t
d e al, practice
tn cir speeches
on each other,
laugh and order,
principally, bean
soup.
For bean soup
Is a decid e d
favorite in the
The Washington times., 1937-03-16
Howard Presents PLAY

Howard University's dramatic
players will present George Kelly's
"The Torchbearers" on Thursday
night at $3.50 o'clock in the Gar
net-Patterson Junior High School
auditorium.
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01u1nE + o o IN N"ES' DoHnoIb OA9EA
Reserved for Members of the
Senate" This bean soup is not
one of your fancy pureeS, served
ina bouillon cup.
These beans come to the table
whole and they crowd each other
in a big soup plate.
The bean soup chef who origi-
nate. this vitamin-charged dish
for fatigued lawmakers recently
died. The Senate as one man
grieved over this disaster to the
menu.
But the bean soup chef had
trained a successor. And bean
soup Is still the bowl de resistance
Of the dining room Of the Upper
House.
The three great crystal chande-
herS of the Senatorial dining room
are also Capitol institutions. Their
prismatic twinkle isn't as satisfy
ing perhaps as bean globules. But
it is cheerful, aeSthetically speak
ing. ......-.
The Senatorial diners them
selves have their own characters.
tic sparkle. I lunched the other
day with one Of the most glowing
enemies Of the Supreme Court re-
tirement bill, Senator Bennett
Clark, and the delightful Mrs.
Clark.
Mrs. Clark ate lobster. The Sen
ate menu is varied. The Senator
had soup of the bean.
At nearby table with a party
Of friends Constituents, probably
was Senator Hattie M. Caraway, OF
Arkansas. (She who looks so Seri-
ouS and scribbles daily at her Sen
ator!aI desk dozens of gay liner
icks about people nearby.
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth
the daughter Of q President, is
welcome in any sacred Capitol spot
was lunching with her cousin,
Joe Alsop.
Senator and Mrs. Joseph E. Rob.
inSon had many guests at a round
table in the corner. Among them
were Senator and Mrs. Millard
Tydings. Mrs. Tydings and her
pretty sister, Mrs. Aldace Walker,
had thrown their mink coats over
the back of the chairs and were
smart In bright tailored woolen
dresses. Senator Claude Pepper
and his lively brunette bride who
is quite the vogue among Senate
rial brides, and Mrs. Royal Nc
Kenna.
Senator George L. Radcliffe,
Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Sen
ator Alben w. Barkley and Sen
ator James Hughes, of Delaware,
were lunching at the long, narrow
center table-the Round Table
where every one may drop in.
Mrs. Hiram johnson was enter
tanning friends at a table at the
rear of the room.
These Rewards of Solemnity
or, Advice to Young Men Who
Would Be Great Public Citizens
I found in an old Scrapbook:
Don't make joking speeches
not ever! Remember, the crowd
always looks up to the ringmaster
and down on the clown. It resents
that which amuses. The clown is
the more clever of the two, but
he is despised. If you would sue
ceed in life, you must be solemn"
Civilization may be disappear
ing, but things are picking up
along the shores of Lake Michi-
gan. At least Punch thinks so.
The restrained British weekly
marks it's discovery with a gaudy
pun.
It seems, says Punch, that "a
gllnman, arrested recently in Chi
cago was found to have one large
pistol and several smaller ones in
his pocket. Therefore, comments
Punch, brightly. "It would ap-
pear that the gat had gittens."
E. Hayward Bowly, who lives
at HarperS Ferry, has sent me a
story ahollt romantic old ST. All.
The Washington times., 1937-03-16

Coopers
William Make
Frankins Autobiography Volume No
Dumas Of Monte Crsto Scarlet Letter
will available March Enclose
together with order JOG or post
n W., Washington, D. g.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1937-01-08
S. Rushes
To Halt Big
Plane Shipmt
Bankhead Is Reelected
Speaker and Rayburn
Majority Leader.

Washington-Congress conven-
ed Tuesday and, combining tradi-
tional ceremony with the easy in
formality of a family reunion, pre-
pared to tackle its first task of
1887.
Promptly at noon, Vice-Presi-
dent Garner called the senate to or
der, while simultaneously South
Trimble, clerk of the House, con-
vened hat branch of Congress.
Organization tasks were completed
with dispatch.
Vice President Garner had hi.
choice of six gavels and he man
aged to use three of them before
the day was over.
First business was the admins
tration of the oath of office to
reelected Or newly elected senators
Nominations for the speakership
were made without oratoricaf en-
bellishments. Bankhead of Alabama
was named for the Democrats and
Smell of New York for the Repub-
licans. Bankhead, of course, was re-
elected 323 to 81. Ten votes were
cast for Representative Schneider,
named for the Progressives and
Farmer-Laborites.
With a cordial tribute, Smell in
PRODUCED Bankhead, and the latter
turned to praising Smell as an able
legislator and worthy opponent,
Fifteen minutes later he was calling
Smell to order and refusing him the
floor in the sessions first brisk de-
bate-a tangle between the Repub-
lican leader and Representative
O'Connor, Democ.a at of New York
The Roosevelt administration
raced tonight to get an emergency
embargo through Congress in time
to stop the shipment of more than
100000 of airplanes and arms
to the Spanish loyalist government,
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1937-01-08
.Favors Taking
Sales Tax Off
Of Necessities
Chief Executive Also
Wants Free Textbooks
For Children of State
Would Reduce Cost Of
Auto Tags

Raleigh-Gov. Clyde R. Hoey,
in his inaugural address before a
joint session of the House and SEN
ate Thursday, submitted an outline
OF his program for the next several
years, making the following spe-
clflc recommendations:
1. Free public school textbooks.
2. Repeal of the sales tax on
necessities.
;. Reorganization of the state
highway commission for greater
attention to the needs of local
roads.
4. Cheaper automobile license
tags.
5. Discontinuance of diversion
OF highway funds to other state
purposes.
&. Cooperation with other South
Atlantic states in the passage of
agricultural control legislation.
7. Coordination of the work of
the central state educational ad-
m~inistration.
8. Restoration of teacher salaries.
9. Increased vocational training.
10. Adoption of reasonable reg
ularions of working conditions.
IL. A careful study of the liquor
commission report, with no legisla-
tive abrogation of prohibition UNI
til another opportunity is given
for a full and fair expression of
opinion at the ballot box.
II. A longtime program of in
creased facilities at state charitable
institutions.
Traditional legislation, ampli-
flying old age and unemployment
compensation regulations adopted
at the December special session, to
embrace the entire federal social
security program.
ID. A national exposition, along
the lines of the Texas centennial, to
advertise North Carolina to the
nation.
IS. A balanced budget. 3
16. Reapportionment Of legisfa~
tive representation.