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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-11-02

day, and Tim had to assume that
all chance of recovering the letter
by force had gone. There re-
manned only one alternative-to
persuade him to make a sale.
When he reached home in tina
afternoon, Adams was waiting for
him leaning over the living room
mantelpiece, smoking a cigaret.
Tim decided he could not do better
than have the matter out here and
now. He was near the end of his
tether: last nights failure, so
tragically unlucky, had brought
him to a state of desperation in
which he was almost prepared for
open defiance.
you're waiting for your ESQ,
suppose ?" he said, as he closed the
door. "Well, T haven't got it. And
I'm not going to get it. either.
adams, you got the better Of
me last night, by sheer good luck
and because you are stronger than
I. am. So much the better for
you. But the time has come for
you to understand I'm finished.
Either you come to terms with me,
for good and all, or you can take
your letter to the police. and damn
the consequences"
Getting a bit reckless, aren't
you?"
eff you like. Perhaps you can't
understand there may be worse
things even than standing trial
for murder. But you'll have to
pay in the end, because I've made
up my mind not to pay you an
other penny, the way I have been
so far"
'We'll see about that. But I'm
ready to hear any suggestion you
have to make"
cat the beginning of this bust.
ness I offered you $500 down for
the letter. You know as well as
I do you can talk about electric
torches and cigaret ends till you
choke, and you'll only get laughed
at. It's the letter that counts.
Well, my offers still open and you
can take it or leave it."
Thanks, I'll leave it."
"Please yourself. But I'm not
bluf6ng, I'm not going to have you
about the house any longer, any
way. Either you leave it with $500
in your pocket or you leave it with
nothing. Go to the police if you
like-a lot you'll gain by it,
ITO Be- COntinued1
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-11-02

Star of the stage Of yestery2ar, Mrs
Leslie Carter, 70. who won ,irst &C
claim in 1890, is seriously ii ut aer
home at Beverly Hills, Cal. This pic
ture was taken during he height Of
the later part of her career. The late
David Belasco starred her in emo
tional roles, and for years she was
one of the highast-ra'd actresses on
The American stage.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-11-02
Wife Preservers

If you find that your silk gar
ment has lost body after washing
and is slimpsy, soak a tablespoon
of good powdered gum arabic in
cool water and add to the last
rinse water.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-11-02

DIR. Frank ]. Tone, president of the
Carborundum Company, of Niagara
Falls, N. Y, and father of Franchot
Tone, American screen star, has
been awarded the 1888 William H
Perkin medal of the American Sec
ton of the Society of Chemical In
dustry "for valuable work in ap
piled chemistry, including the de-
velopment of abrasives and refrac
tories"
central Press
The Washington times., 1937-11-19
FRIDAY. NOV. 19, 1887
By E0alw Walsh Mclean

conditions on their boats and their wages were
diSgraceful
That such conditions existed might have come as
shock to a lot of people, but you can bet it did
not surprise the Communists one bit. They have
known it right along and they have been taking
advantage Of it. A great deal Of the unrest and
strikes on our ships can be traced to red propa-
ganda.
think very few people realize what an insid
ious and fastgrowing power the socalled Reds
have in America. Especially where people are dis
contented because they are not treated fairly.
Must HoUe Help of Sailors
With men like Joe Kennedy and Admiral Land
behind it there is no reason why our merchant
marine cannot be restored to the great power it
once was. But they will have to be helped by our
American sailors.
In my opinion, sailors either ought to stay away
from ships or stick to their jobs without whining
or complaining when they are away from their
home ports. 49,.
would love to have my two boys sign up with
the merchant marine for good long sea trip.
think it would be the best experience in the world
for them. And if they could not take their medi-
cine with the others without whining, would
want and expect the captain to discipline them or
put them in irons. One must obey in this world,
no matter how disagreeable it might be, if he puts
himself in the position of taking orders.
The Washington times., 1937-11-19
Says Boake Carter

Last week the same railroad suddenly petit
toned the ICC for permission to cut the rate
from 81 ton to $3.50 ton on Just one com.
modify alone. This commodity happened, oddly
enough to be transported mostly by barge, say.
ing shippers and public money through cheaper
costs and lower distribution rates.
How was the railroad, after insisting that it
couldn't carry freight over this route at any
thing less than So ton, suddenly able to cut
to $3.50 ton?
This opens a nice little kettle of fish, with
a most malodorous odor. If the ICC grants
this request we may ask two questions:
/. Has the IcC been gypping the public by
allowing 81 rate heretofore, or
2. Is the railroad, by asking $3.50 rate now,
gypping its own stockholders?
Capital Investment High
To carry the equivalent of one modern barge
and towboat, representing capital investment
of $4,000 and operated by II men. the rail-
road must use three locomotives at approximately
$4,000 each, so to go freight cars at approx.
mately $500 each, include the cost of trackage,
right Of way, maintenance, crews, signal stations
and what not, all Of which represents a capital
investment of $50 per ton.
Thus it costs the railroad better than $60O,0OO
in capital investment to transport over this one
route the equivalent carried by one barge and
towboat, representing capital investment of
$4,000. Yet the railroad, with more than three
times the capital investment overhead, to say
nothing Of operating overhead, now demands
the same rate as the water rate on just one
commodity over just this one route.
(The opinions OF BoGEe Carter are his ovn and
not necessarily those of The Washington Tin,esJ
(Copyrght, 1897, by Ledger syndcate)
The Washington times., 1937-11-19
SCENE OF ACTIVITY
STRIKE CROWS

The strike of union stone set
ters and plasterers at the Library
of Congress Annex spread yester-
day to the new police department
building on Judiciary Square. The
men walked out yesterday as the
result Of a jurisdictional dispute.
Both groups are affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor.
The strike in no way involved
difficulty between the workers and
the Consolidated Engineering Com
pany, contractors for both build
ings. Union officials said such
matters are decided by a special
committee of builders and build
ing tradeSmen.
The strike resulted from a dis
pute as to which trade should
handle plastic acoustics, and
whether the work came under the
jurisdiction of the plasterers ,or
stone cutters.
About 20 men are involved in
the strike in the Library Annex.
The Washington times., 1937-11-19
C. H, WOODWARD
ON WAGE BOARD

Appointment of Claude H. Wood
ward, former president of the
Mount Vernon Savings Bank, as
a member of the District Mini
mum Wage Board was announced
today by the District Commis-
sionerS.
Succeeding John H. Hanna,
chairman, Of the Capital Transit
Company board of directors, who
resigned because of his health,
woodward viii represent the EN-.
ployers' interests on the board
A native of Washington, the
new board member resides at 223O
California st. N. w. From 1898
until 1910 he was connected with
w. B. Moses and Company, and
from 1917 to 1924 he was local
manager of the Globe-Wernicke
Company, leaving this city in 1924
to take over management of that
company's three New York stores.
He served a year with the Rand
Cardex Company.
In May 1927 he returned to
Washington and was named execu-
tive vice president of the Mt. Yer
non Savings Bank (now the City
Bank. The following year he was
made president of the bank, serv-
ing until 1892, when he was ap-
pointed receiver for the Bank of
Brightwood.
The wage board now is under
taking the fixing of pay scales for
women and minors engaged in the
hotel and restaurant industry.
Other members of the board are
Mrs. William Kittle, public repre-
sentative, and Arthur Schoenthal,
eYnploye representative.
The Washington times., 1937-11-19

Hrs. Evalyn Mclean zion 10 Climax. Joe kennedy
realized that rebellion could never be tolerated
andsI think he showed real courage in directing
te captain to clap his sailors in irons If they re-
fused to obey his commands.
Immediately lot Of people began condemning
Kennedy as an enemy of unions and other people
started blaming the unions for the whole mess.
Goes After Ship Operators
When the Maritime Commission released its
report the other day it made lot of people sit up
and take notice Joe Kennedy went after the
ship operators just as hard as he attacked mari
time labor conditions. He told the owners living
The Washington times., 1937-11-19

League OF women VOLerS LOudy
The board, which today con-
cludes a week of deliberations on
its legislative program for the next
year, applauded Mr.. Roosevelt's
request to set up statutory mod
ernized machinery for the perma-
nent enforcement Of merit prin-
ciples in appointment, promotion,
and personnel management
throughout the Government serv.
ice," and declared itself in favor
of a single Civil Service admins
traitor, saying:
The Washington times., 1937-11-19

Vampire" the most notorious Of her species,
Continent away. You could tell good woman by
the way her skirts draggled. And you knew that
the dear little child was adored because she had
curly hair and wore white stockings and the kind
butler ate breakfast with her.
A gesture was gesture when films were young
No mere lifting of the eyebrows. Down came
portieres and crash went the brc-abrac in simple
arguments. kiss was kiss CFziSs me fool"
said the vampire to her mani. And emotion was
heaving and swooning. Sex was sex and not frus-
tration. Drunkards groped in private for whiskey
bottles and stayed home from cocktail parties.
In short, sin was sin and you knew where you
were And, grieve to say, virtue was virtue, and
unrequited.
The Washington times., 1937-11-19


have two transport rates: one when the New
York state barge canal closes for the winter,
and one when the canal is open.
when the canalsis closed and barges cannot
transport the farmers grain East at cheap bulk
transportation costs because Of ice conditions,
the railroads set what they call the normal
rate for grain. When the canal opens the rail-
roads cut their normal rate" in half and so
force the barges out. Of business.
Who's being gypped? The people Of the United
states who buy bread! Maybe the farmers, tool
Railroad Asks Slash
"A great Eastern railroad established rate
of 81 q ton for transport of goods from a point
in North Carolina to point in New Jersey, but
would carry freight for Sc a ton if necessary.
The Interstate Commerce Commission concurred
in this rate. supposedly on the grounds that this
was just and fair rate for the railroad to
receive and the public to pay.
The cost by barge, transporting in bulk be-
tween the same points, varied from $1.6O to
$2.504 a ton. .l..
The Washington times., 1937-11-19

"It is to be hoped that, in carry.
ing out these recommendations,
proposals for an advisory board
of citizens and for a highly.
qualified personnel administra-
tor, selected from list prepared
by a special examining board
other than the appointing
power, be included"
Mrs. Marguerite M. Wells,
league president, conducted the
final session.
The Washington times., 1937-11-19

loading or unloading milk crates.
AS quickly as a filled crate ap-
peared at the opening to which it
had spiraled on a miniature roller
coaster, it was lifted into a wagon.
Drivers and checkers, passing the
horse patiently waiting for his
load, stopped briefly to pet him.
They seemed to know each animal
by name.
Watching the men bending, lift
ing the heavy crates, which weigh
about 60 pounds, I noticed how
1.-the and muscular they were. No
CONTINUED on Page 80, Col. q
The Washington times., 1937-11-19

program of the first showing
at the Rialto Theater of this
winters revivals by the Film
Society Of Washington, in CO.
operation with the Museum Of
Modern Art Film Library.
There was a gal, was Theda!
She was Public Vengeance No.
One on all the ruthless males
who have made women pay
and pay and pay. And
there was a movie! No casual
sophistication in one Of it's
flickers. You could tell "The
The Washington times., 1937-11-19

Jones, RFC chairman, In Wash.
ington. ''It is earnings they
need to pay their charges"
Two incidents in the news,
on the surface not even re-
motely connected, but under
the surface hooked together
as closely as two flat cars
hitched by a coupling.
You and your children eat
bread every day. Bread is one
Of our basic foods. Then maybe
you'll be interested to know
xH~L - --,.ai~n @Iaa ,,oi1,.oo de
The Washington times., 1937-11-19
By Helen Essary

succumbed to the Vampire without a culver Of
protest. (No wonder diplomacy is in the state it
is today.)
No subtleties confuse the imagination of this
pictures audience. When Miss Bara's nightie
kept slipping off her shoulder the morning she
was packing her trunk and trying to escape from
an old beau you were sure the union suit was
under the nightie because the picture had to be
kept pure.
Nor was there affectation about the Vampires
looks. She was obviously beautiful female. She
was grotesquely dressed. Her makeup was poor.
The lighting was frightful. The settings were
enough to obliterate Venus. Yet without any of
the buildup Of preSent-day Hollywood Theda
makes the 1887 glamour girls look like pale string
beans.
And now dash Of the plot of "a Fool That
Was" Other pictures were also shown WedneS-
day-s Mary Pckford-Lionel Barrymore drama,
lantern-jawed Bill Hart Westerner, and Ben
Turpin-Walla Beery comedy. I liked the COM
edy least of all and "The Fool" the best
Plenty of Action
Life was opulent and full of virtue in the little
family of "The Fool" before the Vampire slithered
in. Daddy, the Fool, was about to take his loving
wife and curly-haired child to Europe on his Sc
cret international mission. A cruel fate threw
his SiSterin-law out of two-horsepower automo-
bile flat on her back in the roadway Wife had
to stay home to nurse Sister. The Fool set off
unprotected across the seas. The Vampire went
on the same boat. Two minutes after her last
lover had blown his brains out before the ship
sailed the Vampire moved her deck chair next
to the Ambassador-and you could see that the
poor fellow was on his way down and outl
The Washington times., 1937-11-19

It was 1870 when I arrived Sun
day morning at the Chestnut
Farms Chevy Chase Dairy, Twenty
sixth Street and Pennsylvania
Avenue Northwest, to find the
place ablaze with lights and buz-
zing like a bee hive.
SCENE OF ACTIVITY
White-painted trucks, motorized
milk wagons and the familiar
horse-drawn vehicle, all equipped
with special balloon tires, were
weaving dexterously in and out
The Washington times., 1937-11-19

merchant marine back to the
proud position it once held on
the high seas. 80 ..
Every true American, and
especially our fine sailors who
love the sea, have been dis
tressed no end to see our ships
being crowded down to the dis
graceful position Of second.rate
trampS.
The strike on the s. s. Algic
when it was far away from
home finally brought the situa-
The Washington times., 1937-11-19
Life of Milkman
Not a Merry One
BY ELIZABETH oLDFIELD

He's one of the busiest and fastest in town.
From midnight until while most Of the city sleeping
he travels swiftly from alley to another from basement to
vesbule of ashonable-and Observation-Disclosures
ing mks for baby bottle and for fathers morning
coffee.
The Washington times., 1937-11-19
My Say

lt Is inspiring to watch the way the Maritime
Commission. under the direction of that far.seeing
man, Joseph Kennedy, is fighting to bring our
The Washington times., 1937-11-19
Women Voters
Favor Merit Plan

President Rooseves expressed desire for enforce
of merit principles in the Government service contained
his message the special session of Congress-
proved unanimously by the board of directors of the National
The Washington times., 1937-11-19
.But" )"

"Iiving Cost Rose in Third Quarter"-Head.
Inc in New York Times.
Railroads don't need to borrow" said Jesse
The Washington times., 1937-11-19
Dear Washington

haven't had as much fun in years as did
watching Theda Bara get her man and crush him
into,a pulp in "a. Fool There Was" part Of the
The Washington times., 1937-11-19
CHERRY trees
deceit TOKEN,
SAYS JENCKES
She Urges That
They Be Cut Down

True national defense demands
the roofing up of the japanese
CHEEKY trees and the granting Of
national representation to the
residents of the District of Colum.
bia, Representative Virginia E.
Jenckes CD of Indiana told Q
State meeting Of the representa-
tives of go chapters Of the D. A. r.
at the Mayflower Hotel today.
Mrs. Jenckes contended the
cherry trees were accepted as
propaganda by the American
people, to develop goodwill for
Japan. She declared that now the
goodwill has been violated and
said:
Oh NDOA OE OGNGAG
"If we Americans were alert
in the maintenance of a true
national defense, we would,
through proper legal action,
root up every Japanese cherry
tree on Federal property, saw
them up for firewood and re.
plant them with American
cherry trees, whose blossoms
) are more beautiful, and whose
fruit is edible, and might be
picked and given to our poor
American citizens.
"The Japanese cherry trees
in Washington have developed,
through the unfriendly, decep-
tive activities of the agents Of
the Japanese government, into
a symbol of deception, traitor.
ism and disloyalty."
ASKS ID. A. r. VOTE AID
Representative JenckeS told the
delegates that "one of the most i'm.
portant defenses of your home is
getting the right to vote for the
citizens of Washington" She said
that the Daughters of the Amer.
lean Revolution should undertake
the task of enlisting their total
membership Of 100000 in the fight
to give the Capital the vote.
Mrs. Jenckes reviewed the op-
Grafton of the red rider" in bar
ring the teaching of Communism
in the public schools of the Dis
trict, and said that such action
was necessary at the time.
She urged the Daughters to sup
port efforts to reduce the hours
of District firemen.
The Washington times., 1937-11-19
HATES VOTE LACK

Mr.. Stefan is indignant over the
present lack of Washington suf
frage. He said:
why should 500 men come
here from every part of the
country except Washington and
tell Washington how many taxi
cabs it should have? Why
should they. representing every
thing in the country except
Washington, be assumed to
know more Hbout the city than
those men and women who have
lived here all their lives and
know just what is going on?
On the other hand, our peo-
pie back in the States don't
elect us aldermen of the City of
Washington. They elect us as
their representatives in the
Congress of the United States.
They don't send us here to name
WaShington's streets, to select
its policemen, to authorize pipe
line installations.
IF Congress would get rid of
this burden Of operating the Dis.
trict of Columbia, calling into
full service the full national
legislative machinery for every
detail, we would have not only
a better District government,
but a better Federal Govern.
ment as we'll"
The Washington times., 1937-11-19
Big Prizes Waiting
At Cooking School

The Herald Times highly successful home convention
ends today with the distribution So worth of merchandise
The regular afternoon session
M in the Rialto director of the school
The night most elaborate
at 7:3O D. M the for the sessions
Mrs Frances Troy Norhcross Continued Page a. Col II
The Washington times., 1937-11-19
Purity Paramount

Underneath these soaring emotions Of the soul
and body there W. in THE Fool There Was
a touch of int ''ism The Fool, an Am
bassadnr.at-lare ID secret orders" signed
"Sheeham stat pa. tment" (not Corden HulD
The Washington times., 1937-11-19

for the best news tip received $40 for the
next, and 81 prizes for the next IS.
The Washington times., 1937-11-19

imes--Win $50 WeekIv

news tips phoned to The Times Tip Editor at
District 1000. There will be given SIS weekly
The Washington times., 1937-11-19

Do you want money? The Washington
Times is offering $50 in prizes each week for
The Washington times., 1937-11-19
'STEFAN SEEKS
AUTONOMY FOR'
ID. c. CITIZENS
Would Lift Burden
From Congress
By FRANKLIN G. sARTwELL

ny ENANNAAN u. SAhIWELL
A new plan to give residents of
the District control over their local
government and representation in
Congress was proposed today by
Representative Karl Stefan. Re
publican, of Nebraska.
The purpose of Mr., Stefan is two
fold: He would give Washingto-
mans the chance of conducting
their own municipality and he
would relieve busy members of the
Senate and the House of the obliga-
ton of spending their time serving
as councilmen.
While Mr.. Stefan said that he
would support any plan to that
end, he advanced definite pro-
posals for solution of the local
suffrage problem.
U. S. CONTROL PARTIAL
Mr.. Stefan suggests that a Local
council be formed, one group of
members to be elected by residents
and another group to be appointed
by the Federal Government, prob
ably the President. But the repre-
sentatives Of the Federal Govern
ment would not participate in the
deliberations of the council, ex-
cept on matters which directly con-
cerned the Federal Government
and its immense property holdings
here.
Local officials would be elected
and there would be a strict re-
striction as to their residence here.
This would place complete control
Of washington as a municipality
aside from its being a National
CapitaD in the hands Of the men
and women who live and pay the
taxes here, according to Mr..
Stefan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-03
LANDSCAPEK GETS AID FROM CITY IN
 SLIDE CLEAN UP

Supplementing the landscaping efforts of Scotty Mcclellan, the city yesterday started crew of men at work cleaning up the debris left on the South Franklin Street hillside above the cold storage caused by last falls slide.
 Clearing away of stumps, logs, old lumber, and other refuse is go- ing on apace, and it is expected that soon the worst traces of the avalanche will have disappeared.
 But, primary efforts toward beau- tifying the site must be credited to Longshoreman Mcclellan, who, with rock slabs gathered from the slide heap has terraced off the face of the pile toward the street around bis cabin, has put in his garden, and laid in winters supply of wood by bucking many of the logs and stumps. The Mcclellan cabin was narrowly missed by the slide, and is now the only dwelling occupying the gash.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-03
TENSE DRAMA IN' STORY OF GREEK.
 SPONGE DIVERS.
All-Grecian Florida Colony Locale of Coliseum
 Attraction

Deep-sea divers battling with denizens of the ocean. Scenic back grounds of Florida's coastline. Pic torial shots of an ancient Epiphany celebration in the all-Greek colony of Tarpon Springs, Fla.
 These are only a few of the choice highlights in Down to the Sea, la gripping romantic drama, which opened yesterday at the Coliseum Theatre.
 Produced by Republic Pictures, the story revolves about an 'inevit- able triangle involving the comely brunette seventeen-year-ol actress, Ann Rutherford, Ben Lyon and Russell Hardie.
 This situation causes factional disputes and war among the colony of sponge divers, adding thrilling action and color to one of the most unusual tales ever photographed.
 Featured in the cast are also Fritz Leiber, Irving Pichel, Vince Bar nett, Nigel De Brulier, Frank Ya- conelli, Karl Hackett, Vic Potel, Mike Tellegen, Francisco Maron land Paul Porcasi.