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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-25

Editorial comment: As we get
it Earl Carroll feels he's been
eternally disgraced by having to
do time in penitentiary with
ordinary thugs. The chances are
though, that even such a blot on
his reputation viii not make it
impossible for him to get another
gal for his bath tub, if he ever
wants to stage another champagne
party
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-25

Municipal ater will be flowing
through the streets of Key West
In less than X months from this
Day unless Mel Scroggins, expe.i-
enced well man, falls down in the
terms of the contract he recently
signed with the water commits
sioners. The contract provides
that council will pipe the city for
water and sewerage and that it
vii. turn over to the trustees 10
acres of land of the 30-ac e inein-
orator tract for wells and reser-
voirs. Paul AlJlry, president OF
council, said that the water board
is now contracting for 100 million
gallons less than 1t did before,
that it is getting the water at
cheaper figure and that out of thu
500 million gallons it does take
it can dispose of huge quantities
to the railroad and shipping.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-06

byla to c1sla az zastrasujfcf. A
opet move zle, tezke seznanf
Mezi acknowledgements nej-
vice statn1ch zamestnanc1.
Pficiny zoufalstvi legionard
mely by Sc radne vysetTit. Po-
kud my vine, jsou to nekdy
pr1pady, ktere bouT1 krev. Le-
gionari totiz ne vsady v IRA
dech jsou radi videni.
Ale v tie veci venujeme jeste
samostatnou stat. Prozat1m
dnes jen toto. Je toho dost, a.
by do slavy zborovskych vzpo.
m1nek padl stin.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-06

Sprawl Vybor Ceskeho Ma
rodniho Hfbitova odbyva schd-
re prvn1 ctvrtek v mes1ci O Z.
bod. vecer v Sokolovne. PTeds.
A. Vancura, 906 N. Madeira
St., tai. a 1cet. A. Masek, 626
N. Curley ST., jednatel Chas.
Stock, 2412 E.. Monument ST..
Tel. Wolfe 981O, pokl. j. Pro
chazka, GIG N. Belnord Ave,
Obchodnf zalezitosti hTbitova
vyTizuje jednatel.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-06
Osud byvaleho Cechoameri-
cana.

"Moravsk6 noviny" pfsf:
Pred casem jsme prfinesli zpra
Wy o smutnem osudu trebfc-
skeho profesora Jana Sedlaka,
jenz poslednf cas- travil v Pra-
re. Jan Sedlak byl mluvnfm
profesorem telocviku ma ire
blcskem gymnaisu a pred ne
kolika Lefty byl pensionisovan.
Tesne pote Sc Sedlak ozenil, a
to velmi nestastne.
Manzelstv1, ktere mu dalo
jedinou dcerku, bylo pc KRAFT
Ike dobe rozlouceno a dcerka
pfircena manzelce. Sedlak
marne sc domahal soudne vra-
cent dcery, k nfz lnul chorob-
nou laskou a konecne odjel
znovu do Brasilie, ably zapom-
mel.
Pc SVEN navratu z Brasilie
do Csl. republiky obnovil sta
~ process, ktery znovu pro-
hral a tn v mem uzral plan
pomstit Sc soudci, ma nejz pri
stanf pred dv6ma mesici wy
strelil. Sedlak strflel jen pro
to, ably Sc dostal pred porotu,
avsak i tax jeho Gin byl nepo-
chopitelny pro ty, kterf no Una
Ii jake cloveka velmi kriticke-
no a rozumneho.
V techto dnech dosla do TIE
bfce zprava, jez hodne objas-
nuje. Sedlak v posledn1 dobe
byl nervove 1plne zhroucen a
svGj Gin proved asi v pomate-
nosti, nebot byl nynf prohled-
nut psychiatry, kteff jeho stav
oznacili Ia velmi vazny. Proto
byl dopraven do 1stavu pro
choromyslne.
Tim je uzavrena tragedie
znameho trebicskeho sokola a
valencia cloveka, ktery nikdy
nem6l nepTatel a jehoz Gin V
TTebfci pred casem mel veliky
ohlas Stroke v~eTejnosti.
K zprave dunno dodati:
Jan Sedlak prijel do Spoj. Sta
til pred valkou a pc nekolik
rokd byl spolecnym cvicitelem
tehdejSf Narodn1 Jednoty So
kolske. Navstevoval sokolske
jednoty v ceskych osadach a
byl znam mnoha nasim kraja-
MIN. Pozdeji Sc stall instruk-
torem telocviku ma statnf uni
versite v Lincoln, Nebraska.
Pr naboru dobrovolnlkG
pro csl. legii "a svetove valky
pTihlasil Sc mezi prvn1mi a o.
dejel z Ameriky ma bojiste do
Francie. Pc valce vratil sc S
legif do osvobozeneho Cesko-
slovenska a kdyz byl z vojen-
ske sluzby propulsion, stall Sc
profesorem telocviku ma gym
nasiu V rodne TTeb1ci.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-06
Odnesl z hrobky dive kostry.

Ma hTbitove u Lucence nasel
hrobn1k odvalenou kamennou
desku s hrobky velkostatkafe
Kovace. Rakve v hrobce byly
otevTeny a kosti pohfbenych
lidi kolem Mich rozhazeny Get
nfci velmi pTfsn6 vysetfovali a
pfisli ma stopu pachateldm. K
jich vypatranf pTispel hrob-
nix, ktery 81 vzpomnel, re ne
kolikrat zahledl primo u hrobu
tri mlad1ky. Cetn1ci u mich pro-
vedli domovn1 prohl1dky a v
kline staven1, kde jeden z Mich
bydlel, nasli dive lidske kostry.
Byla to kostra mlade d1vky a
starce. Byly znovu pietne ulo-
zeny do hrobky a nezletil1 mia
dfci zadrzeni. Svadej1 svuj
hrozny Gin ma spiritismus.
Pry potTebovali lebky a pozG-
statky mrtvych k nejakym po-
kusGm. Neveff Sc jim, proto-
re spiritismus S vfrou v zahrob
nj zivot sfTi a uplatnuje i vel
kou 1ctu k pozGstatkdm mrt-
vych.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-06
nix z mesta, ktery komfny W.

nix z mesta, ktery komfny W.
cistf.
Jedna babka z Hut praco-
vala ma poll. Najednou usly-
sela "a sebou: "Daj Boze Sc
rencu (stestf) a kdyz Sc po-
divala, KIDD il to zdravf, no.
neb 81 odplivla a pokTizovala
Sc. Byl to fras (cert.)
"Zlnko, povezte mi, ktera
costa do vesnice je kratsi."
Zlnka Sc vzpamatovala a
vykoktala re sebe:
|. "Musite j1t pc teto delsf. Pc
kratsl ceste nemGzete, stojf u
nj pred vesnicf XIII"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-06
C.. S. A.

Loze Jir1 Podebradsky {. 81
'ClS.A. odbyva sch1ze posledni
pondeli V mes1ci v mist. Ceske
'Svob. Skoly, Ashland a Glover
I'll. Lacine pojistenf pro oboji
pohlav1 ma $1,000, $3.50, $500,
$3.50. U Loze tez mono po-
jistiti d1tky cd 2 let vyse,
Predseda Jan Proxies, tai. K.
Stock, 2412 E. Monument St.,
dcetn1k Jind. Polacek, 623 N.
Curley St., pokl. V. Pavlfk,
1901 Gardenas Avenue.
Rad Blank {. 1O1 C.S.A. Cd
byva schGze 2. sobotu v mesfci
V 8 hodin vecer v Sokolovne.
Preds. Jos. Novotny, 1912 E.
Eager St., mfstopreds. J. Pro
chazka, tai. A. Vancura, 9O6
N. Madeira St., 1cet. AL. Ma
Sex, 626 N. Curley St., pokl. K.
Stock, 2412 E. Monument ST.
Loze Jaroslav z DUDE {. 154
G. S. A., odbyva sch1zi kazdy
3 patek V mes1ci v mfstnostech
Delnickeho Domu ,25O7 E.. Ma
Olson St. Pojistenf pro oboje
pohlavf cd $3.50 az $1,000 "a
mlrny mesicnf poplatek. Pred.
Hejduk, tai. A. Rys, 80 N.
Glover St., dcet. Jos. E. Flip,
733 N. Milton Ave., poklad-
mix j. zitnfk, 824 N. Port st.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-06
Medvsdi prepadli spolecnost.

Medvedi pfepadli spolecnost.
Ma poloninach We Spisske
Magure sedela vetsf spolec-
most turistd a chtela pojfsti.
Vyhala 81 z batochG salamy,
syry, chleb, rohl1ky a jeden z
turist1 pTipravil lahev konaku.
Kdyz Sc chteli dat do j1dla, OBJ
jevili Sc ma pokraji lesa diva
medvedi, ma kost vyhubll a lou
DAWN krokem sc bllzili k IL
dem. Spolecnost Sc zdesene
rozbehla a prchala tax dlouho,
az zastihla hajneho. Ten sc Sc
vsemi vratil zpet ma mlsto, ale
medvedi uz byli pryc. Zmizelo
take vSechno, co bylo k sned-
ku. z cele hosting z1stala jen
lahev konaku.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-06
Vesele putovani pc Podkarpat-
ske Rusi.
Napsal j. S. Hanak.
O dvou ~kamaradech.

BeckOVa 40 Tiaceva. Tu ma
jednou uvideli ma bfehu Tisy
tabuli S napisem:
"Kdo vytahne z vody tonou-
c1ho, dostane 100 Kc odme-
"To Sc nam hodf," pravil je-
den. ely skocis do vody a bu-
des Sc topit, Tide Sc seb6hnou,
ia pro tebe skocfm, zachranfm
te a pan retar nam vyplatf 100
Kc. Ty padesat, ia padesat a
budeme NIT palenky ma neko-
lik dni."
TAX Sc domluvili a jeden z
mich skocil do vody a zacal Sc
topit. Zat1m CO zapasil S prou-
dem, cetl jeho kamarad dale:
g.. a kdo vytahne utope-
neho ten dostane 200 Kc."
Go bych te vytahoval," pra
vii 81 prvn1 kamarad. "Az Sc
utop1s, vytahnu te a budu nit
sam 200 Kc."
Kdyz ten Tece poznal, re
to jde doopravdy, napjal vsech
ny silly a doskrabal Sc sam Ike
bfehu. A tax nedostal zadny
mic.
Jak uni maminka pocitat.
Jedna rus1nska matka ma
donna vedle sveho ditete pet
cizich, ktere vychovava. O.
nehdy Jim uvaTila pet vajicek.
Kazdemu cizfmu d1teti dala
jedno, sve dcerusce mic.
"Pod1vejte Sc, deti, "pravila
potion. "Kazdy mate vaj1cko.
Jen mole Marusja nema mic.
Dejte il kazdy polovicku sve-
no vejce. At ma aspon neco."
Deti tax ochotne ucinily
Odstrcena Marusja vydelala.
Nazdar!
Gazda sc ptal sveta znaleho
cikana, co znamena to nezvy-
kle a move slovo "nazdar''',
ktere Sc pTi zajezdu Sokolstva
ma Podkarpatskou Rus tax
hlucne ozyvalo pc cele zemi
Cikan 81 chtel re sedlaka wy
stTelit a proto mu fekl:
"Kdyz tt nekdo Tekne naz-
dar, je to tolik, jake kdyby tt
dial 10 korun."
Gazdovi Sc to zdalo trochu
divine, ale prece jen tomu veTil.
0 zn1ch 81 natal cikana ma ko-
semi psenice. Pc praci poza-
doval cikan Is Kc.
'Nazdar, nazdar," pravil
gazda a cikana vyhnal bicem
re dvora, re mu nechtel 5 KG
vratit.
Co zavini podivne znamenko.
Diva gazdove re Ljuty sli
pesky do Uzhorodu. PTisli k
mostu pres W a slabikovali,co
bylo ma tabulce pred mostem
"Nejvetsi pT1pustna vaha SO
q." Tomu go" nerozumeli a
proto stall pred mostem hlu-
bokem zaduman1.
"Kolik vazfs?" tai Sc PRIV
nj.
"Sedesat - a typ"
"Osmdesat = tax tady ne
mGzeme. Nejvetsf pr1pustna
vaha je So"
/, "Co, kdybychom sli "a Sc
bou?"
"Ani tax to nejde, nemdze-
me dal." rozhodl druhy a sli
do Stavneho ma staciu. Moe Sc
pax divili, re pc onom moste
jel autobus S tolika lidmi a nj
komu Sc mic nestalo.
Ferenc Jozka.
Velmi me zaj1malo, proc CT
kanovi, ktery Sc pocestne jme-
noval Sander Pipka, v Sevlusi
nikdo jinak neTekl nez "Fe-
reno Jozka". AZ hodne pOz-
d6ji jsem sc dovedel, re Sc
valkou topil Tise. Ma bfehu
bylo hodne lid, i diva cetnici
Sc tam prochazeli, ale nikdo
nechtel pro cikana riskovat
svGj zivot. V nejvets1 1zkosti
cikan zavolal:
"Ferenc Jozka (cfsaT Fran
tisek josef je hunc1t a BIZ
tang!"
A hned byl venku. z vody
mu pomohli cetn1ci, ably no mo
hi zavTit. -
Baba a kominik.
We verchovinskych vesni-
c1ch mivaj1 poTadny kom1n O.
bycejne jen ma fare, u notare
a We skole. Proto v malych YES
nicfch je kominicka Utmost
neznama a jen jednou "a rok
)se objevf We vsi skutecny komi-
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-06


Statnf Rada "Katol. Delhi
ka" Statu Maryland. Kaplan
vldp. Martin Oktavec, gill
Ashland Av., pfeds. Mat. Hla-
vac, mistopTed. Bob. Businsky,
tai. V. Havlfk, I'll N. Colling-
ton Ave-, pokl. K. Peterka, d.
vernlci: j. Petr, j. Rynes, J.
Dollvka, dozorce v. Hlavac.
Spolek ssv. Petra a Pavla &.
20, K. d., odbyva sve schGze
kazdou 3. nedeli v mes1ci We 2.
bod. odpol. v mfstnosti sv. Va
clavske ma Collington Avenue.
PTeds. M. Hlavac, mfstopfeds.
JOS. Hajek, tai. Jos. j. Wallis,
fin. tai. a pokl. Jan w. Wallis,
vyberc1 V. Hlavac. Adresa
spolku 2216 Jefferson st.
Spolek sv. Prokopa, Odbor
Mladeze Jednoty Katolicky
Delnfk odbyva sve sch1ze tTeti
nedeli V mesfci 1. hodinu Cd
poledne v dolejsf skoln1 mist
nosti. Dftky Sc pTijfmajf cd 1
do Is rokG, platf sc 25 cent?
m6sfcne. Obnos p~ojisten1 die
staff. Norbert Hlavac, vybercf,
913 N. Port St., Jan w. Wallis,
dozorce, 2216 Jefferson ST.
SPOLKY l. q. J.
G. A. r. K. P. Spolek sv. Vol
techa {. 249. Sch1ze kazdou 3.
nedeli V mesfci We 2. bod. odp.
We Skoln1 budove. Pred. V. 10
zlovsky, assistent J. Kordula.
tai. Jos. F. Viktor, 961 N. Ches-
ter St., pokl. F. O%cenasek, Il
cetnfk V. Kozlovsky cd I. T.. J
a zastupce spolku. Spolek pfi-
jfma do spolku Cd 18-45 lei
a to doposud bezplatne.
o SOKOLSKE:
Sokolska Jednota "Blesk''
odbyva schGze 2 patek mes1-
ci V 8. hod. vecer v Sokolovne
Sprawl vybor Sokolovny scha-
ri Sc kazdy 1 1tery v mesfci
Rozvrh hodin telocvicne skoly
V 1tery a v patek cviceny jsou
hosi cd 6 bod. vec. We stTedu a
V sobotu cviceny jsou dlvky Cd
6 do 7 vecer. PTihlasky pTijfma
V case vyucovanf ucitel Jos. Pc
korny. Starosta F.. Hejny, nam
J. Mares, jednatel Ant. J. So
chdrek, SIT N. Clinton St., po-
kladnfk E. Kliment, 900 N
Bradford St., 1cetn1k J. Kolo-
maznfk, 737 N. Lakewood Av.,
nacelnfk J. Stetka, vzdelavatel
Vino. Sevcik, knihovn1k Albert
Taborsky.
Telocvicny a Podporujici
Spolek Katolickych SokolG a
Sokolic sv. Vita cfslo 3, Kat.
Jed. Sokol, odbyva schGze v 8
hodin vecer vzdy 1 pondell pc
Is V m6sfci We spolkove mist
nosti Kat. Budove, Madison
a Duncan ul. Kaplan Vldp.
Martin Oktavec, c.. SIS. R.,
preds. A. Bourek, mfstopreds.
J. Pinkas, fin. taj.-pokl. FIR.
Chyba, prot. tai. ". DvoTak,
GIT N. Castle St., vybercf FIR.
Folanka, naceln1k V. Smutny,
pod-naceln1k v. Bejvancicky,
cvicitel A. KolaTik, domovnlk
M. Polanka.-Sokolice: M. Ha-
vl1k, preds. M. Vonasek, m1sto-
preds. M. Bejvan, pokl. D. Ko-
min, tai, 808 N. Montford Av.
cvicitelove: Volt. a Alb. Bel
vancicky. Cvic1 Sc v 1tery a v
patek Cd 7 do II Sokolove a We
stTedu cd 7 do 10 Sokolice.
Prihlasky Sc pfijfmajf pTi kaz-
dem cvicen1 V Kat. Budove.
Sbor Delnickeho Amer. So
kola pofada schGZe kazdy 2.
patek v Delnickem Dome, Ma
Olson a Rose ul. PTedseda A,
Vancura, 906 N. Madeira St.,
tai. j. Prochazka, GIG N. Bel
nord Ave-, 1cet. F. Steiner, TIP
N. Glover ST., pokl. M. Cured
mix, 426 N. Glover St.
{. S. A.
Loze Jirf Podebradsky {. 94
C.S.A. odbyva sch1ze posledni
pondelf V mesfci v mist. Ceske
Svob. Skoly, Ashland a Glover
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-06

We verchovinskych vesni-
cfch mivaj1 poradny kom1n O.
bycejne jen ma fare, u notafe
a We skole. Proto v malych YES
nic1ch je kominicka Utmost
neznama a jen jednou "a rok
sc objevf We vsi skutecny komi-
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-08-06
SPOLKY |. q. J.

c. A. r. K. P. Spolek sv. Vol
techa {. 249. SchGze kazdou 8.
nedeli v mesfci We 2. bod. odp.
We skoln1 budove. Pred. V. Ko-
zlovsky, assistent j. Kordula,
tai. JOS. F. Viktor, 961 N. Ches-
ter St., pokl. F. Ocenasek, Il
cetnfk V. Kozlovsky cd I. u. J.
a ~zastupce spolku. Spolek pTi-
lima do spolku cd 1916 let
a to doposud bezplatne.
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
jury Trial
Is Denied
Oyster

Judge Edward M. Curran in Po-
lice Court today refused to grant
a jury trial to Fairfax Oyster,
prominent dairy products dealer,
who was arraigned on a charge Of
failing to file a record Of his gross
receipts for 1886 under the D. C..
business privilege tax law. Mr..
Oyster had pleaded not guilty to
the allegation.
Ordering Mr.. Oyster to appear
in court for trial on Wednesday,
Judge Curran set bond at $500.
Attorneys said there is no provi-
sion in the law for a Jail sentence
for those found guilty Of violating
the business privilege statute. In
cases where there is no jail penalty
provided on conviction, procedure
is to refuse jury trials, lawyers ex-
planned.
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
STRIKE
TIP is WINNER

Winning newstip of the week in
The Washington Times Weekly
Zip" Contest went to the person
who reported the Postal Telegraph
employees strike.
Other prizes went for the tip
on the story of a man found dead
in a parked automobile; the tip
on Sandino, Nicaraguan bandit
leader being alive and living in
Mexico, and the tip on the birth
day of a baby born on the street
a year ago while its mother was
waiting for an automobile to take
her to the hospital.
Other awards went for newstips
on the police scout car which
caught fire and drew up to an
engine house and had it put out;
the story of an accident at Four
teenth st. and Columbia Rd. N.
W.: the tip on an accident in
which a woman was critically in
jured and other persons shaken
up when an auto-trailer knocked
an automobile down a 20foot EN-.
bankment.
A newstip award also was sent
to the person who telephoned in
the story of a freight wreck at
Beltsville, Md; to the tipster of
the story about patient in Wash
ington Sanitarium with an "up-
side down" stomach; for the story
on a fire at a Calvert (VaJ high
school; the story on the men
overcome by carbon monoNde,
and the tip on three small boys
being hit by a car at Sixth and
E SITS, S, w.
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
MONDAY, DEC. 20, 1937
By Evalw Walsh Mclean

the taxicab drivers. hope every man will stop
a minute and think how many, many times his
wife and daughters are in the complete charge
of these men, and what good care they take Of
them.
When you consider the terrific responsibility
the taxi men assume, it is only fair to tip them
to the limit of your ability. Remember their hours
are long, their earnings slim, and most of them
have their own families to take care of.
had such funny experience one night with
one. 1t was during frightful blizzard here
few years ago, and was making the rounds of
the parks late at night to be sure there was no
one sleeping on the benches.
I summoned a taxi and told the driver to
go down to Childs. He started off with dizzy
squirt of speed on the icy streets, heading ex-
actly the wrong way. I happened to have my
Hope diamond on and a few bracelets and
thought well, perhaps we are being kidnapped"
So leaned forward and told him to pull up at
the next drug store. Instead of that we started
going faster and faster. asked him to stop. but
he wouldn't. I saw something had to be done,
and done quickly.
SaOed by Trusty Little Gun
I pulled my little pistol out of my black bag,
stuck it in his back and told him to pull up at
the curb. That boy certainly knew the feel of
a gun. because never in my life, on train or
airplane, have stopped as quickly as did that
night And was mighty glad to get out of
that cab
After talking to him for a minute or two,
realized he was pretty drunk. But even drunk
he was very sweet and most respectable His
one desire seemed to be that have long, fast
drive in the country So, you see, the taxi boys
are nice even when they Slip which is once in
a million times. am fully convinced I would
have been riding yet if hadn't had my trusty
little gun. -'
These men are so game, though most of them
don't make enough a day to take proper care
of their families. They are gallant class of
men and hope this year brings them all what
they most need and want-a raise in the taxi
rates.
And, incidentally, if there is anything in the
world you want to know, the taxi driver can
tell you.
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
Dear Washington
By Helen Essary

ton. His special client at present is Harry F.
Sinclair, the oil baron.
"HandsOme Couple"
Although John L. Lewis is not rich like his old
friend C1is income from the CTO is modest), he
like Pat has reached the top Of his ladder. He's
the man the country reckons with more and more
each year, perhaps each day. With the sagaciouS
Mrs Lewis he lives comfortably in a charming
house in Alexandria. And when he speaks,
thousands listen.
Belmont, the HurleyS big Virginia estate, pro-
vides the background for Pat and his wife, who
was Ruth Wilson, daughter of Admiral Henry
Wilson, former Commander Of the U. S. fleet
They are considered the "handsomest couple" in
Washington.
don't believe that Pat and John see much of
each other nowadays. But I'd like to see them
lift cup or two of New Years eggnog and laugh
over the Gallup days together.
Suggests a Reunion
Senator Arthur Vandenberg, who gets agitated
from time to time over the state of this New
Deal nation. has Wall Street definition of the
difference between an optimiSt and peSSimiSt
An optimist," says the Senator from Michigan,
"is the man who says that in so days well all
be in the streets with tin cups in our hands
begging To which the pessiniSt asks Who
From"
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D. c. RESERVOIR.
RAzINC STARTS

The task Of converting the old
Sixteenth Street reservoir, into a
huge recreational area for the
residents of Northwest Washington
was launched today when work
men from the National Park and
Planning Commission began de-
molition of the double concrete
bowl.
Within a weeks time approx
mately $50 WPA laborers, not yet
available, will be assigned to speed
completion of the project, it was
announced today by Otto CaSS,
WPA deputy administrator.
The new recreational area, &C
cording to plans approved by the
commission, will include 16 tennis
courts, a number of baseball and
soccer fields and, eventually, a
field house. These will augment
the limited number Of tennis
courts, playing fields and picnic
grounds adjacent to the reservoir,
making the completed project the
most extensive in the city.
For years the abandoned reSer-
voir has served no purpose other
than to provide skating facilities
for a few days during the winter.
It's conversion into a recreational
center will fulfill long-deferred
hope of several civic groups.
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Says Boake Carter

pennies and give them to United States Am
basSador Grew; authorities repent over and over
again their horror and insist that it will not
happen again. Eighth: The State Department
disregards these actions.
Emotional Sc0reheads
Added to all this are scare headlines Of pure
emotionalism; calls for boycotts, chain letters,
antithis-and-that parades to augment the grow
ing hysteria of official Washington.
It is the same human rabies which gripped
officialdom and spread to the mass Of United
States citizens in 1916-and landed us into the
World War, with its chain Of debts, ruin, misery
death and suffering for twenty years thereafter
What we are doing is growing hysterical over
a situation which we knew in our hearts was
inevitable. If we left ships and men in war
zone, sooner or later they were bound to be hit.
What Should HnOe Happened
Had the State Department and Mr.. Roosevelt
withdrawn ships and troops weeks and weeks ago.
when they could have been withdrawn with
perfect dignity, the Panay incident would not have
happened.
(The opinions expressed herein are those of
Mr.. Carter and do not necessarily reflect the
Dtetos OF The Washington TinaeSJ
Copyright 1887. Public Ledger Syndicate)
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stay around in a war zone.
Second: Four vessels, incIud-
ing a gunboat, are bombed.
An apology, indemnification
and punishment of the flying
officers responsible are de-
manded by us. Third: The
Japanese authorities, aghast,
shatter precedents right and
left in their efforts to apollo
gize, make amends. promise
indemnification and punish
ment of those guilty of the
attack. Fourth: Official Wash
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ington says that is not enough. Fifth: Official
reports later claim that the bombing was not
accidental, but deliberate; that after the bomb
ing planes machine-gunned the United States
ships. Sixth The State Department grows more
indignant, prepares fresh protests, announces the
situation is more serious than ever. Seventh:
The Japanese navy makes an official apology to
the United States Navy, an unparalleled act:
japanese citizens stop United States citizens in
Japan and apologize children collect their
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
S715 in Theater
Cash Is Stolen

Thieves made a haul Of $715
when they forced a door at the
Circle Theater, 21O5 Pennsylvania
Ave. N. W., and broke open a
safe in the basement, sometime
between II p. m. Saturday and 8
a. m. today. The theft was re-
ported to police by Charles C..
MusSina, of 10O5 New Hampshire
Ave. N. W., manager of the theater.
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John is John L. Lewis, head
of the CIO and by way of being
Labor'S czar.
Not many people have heard
of this early experience of
these two Americans who made
good. The paths of Pat and
John have divided since the
Gallup days. But Pat vouches
for the truth of their New
Mexico past. Fiction writer's
couldn't imagine a better tale
than this true drama Of rags
to riches.
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ahead of me.
AS I approached the en-.
trance of one of the big de-
partment stores the wretched
revolving door was going
round faster than the merry
go-round that broke down. I
finally managed to squeeze in,
but I didn't step lively enough,
and the result was a terrible
blow on my big nose.
Inside the shop, I stood per-
fectly amazed. The first thing
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
CardOzO Presents
Special Program

More than $50 students Of Car
dozo High School will participate
in a special candlelight program
in the school auditorium tomor.
row night at o'clock. The pro-
gram will be for the benefit Of
the parents and teachers group
and will feature contributions
from the French, Latin and Span
ish classes. The school orchestra
and the girls chorus will also join
in providing the music.