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The Washington times., 1938-07-20
More Vacations

Government workers have to
work the year round, with the
exception of their annual and
sick leave.
Then how come that the
President doesn't have to do
likewise? It's mighty nice to
take vacations, with the Govern
ment paying for an air-cooled
train, and the Navy giving him
a nice big battleship to take on
fishing trips.
And we poor saps who work
in the heat of Washington have
to pay the bills.
If all men are free and equal,
then why don't we get as much
vacation as the President, or
why doesn't he have to work the
same time as we do?
PURPLEXED.
The Washington times., 1938-07-20
'Reselling American System

group of Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade
leaders, taking their from the United States Cham
Der OF Commerce, have launched big literature poster
sticker, ETC., drive to resell the Amer
" No. U|IU 10 ican system to America" These gen.
Rinht hond tlemen feel that politicians and "eco-
nomc wse-crackers" in the last few
years have been trying to change the American SYSTEM
and that is time for influential citizens to start propa
gandizing for what they consider old-time American
ideas and ideals
The initial release announcing the drive does strike
us as highly exciting eminenty original. Just the
same, the drive is perfectly legitimate and the drivers
have right to be heard with respect. We think the
American system is holding out pretty well; but they
DON'T and they are entitled to say why they don't.
AS it, the American system will be in real
danger when and if any of lose this right to rear UP
and state just what we believe to be wrong, without
fear of police, Storm Troopers, Blackshirts, OGPUs
Gestapos, etc., etc.
(From the New York Daily
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woman who has worked and
knows the problems Of business,
can better help her husband
along. She can be a real help
mate. AS for taking care Of
babies, an educated mother who
has been trained in the value Of
neatness will provide q better
home environment"
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broadminded and sensible and
she will have a greater feeling
for economy. A business-minded
woman will run her home more
methodically. Months spent
working and meeting all kinds
of people equip a woman with
knowledge she would not have
otherwise.
Harvey S. ChOwn, BIT Arundel
Ave-, HyattSville, Md, bus
driver:
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ROllin' Along
By w. A. S. Douglas

HOLUMNS upon columns being written about Douglas
~ Corrigan the young who hit upon Ireland in
ancient plane when he thought he about to drop
California Being Irshman myself, have good slant
the inside story-and state with authority that Mr.
Corgan victim of circumstances which he had
control The eprechawns did it ALL at the request of the
fairies.
For years. the fairies of Ireland have sought to end the
quarrel between the Irish of the and the Irish of the
SOUTH The Southrners call the northerners nteropersbu
whether they not they've been there from Scotland
for more than 300 years. Such ruling would make SIN
eropers out of nnetenths of the people of the United
States.
Now the fairies were all on Thousand and And
the of the soherners when they tried fairies and their
first driven out Of the menoawork the lepre
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rich lands Of
t h e north by
the tran s.
pl a n t e d
Scotc h m e n.
But, in time,
as has always
happened in
Irel I'd, these
Scots, became
more Iris h
than the Irish
themSe lv e S.
Polit C / a n S
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bands desire to spend a quiet
evening at home and they can
also better appreciate their hus-
bands other business problems.
A wife who has never worked is
apt to have the old-fashioned
ideas of their parents"
X
Miss Maxine ZiegIer, 1435 N
St. N. w., cafeteria employe:
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their husbands efforts in bust
ness. The most important les
son that a working woman
learns is getting along with
other individuals, which they
have to do while holding their
jobs, and this helps to keep a
home running smoothly"
X X
Wayne ID. Bray, 1880 Connecti-
cut Ave. N. W., Government en-
ploye:
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people, and so, she will under
stand what problems her hus-
band Is UP against in his work.
Also a woman trained in bust
ness will handle her household
problems ,"ore efficiently, as she
understands the fundamentals
Of economics and budgeting."
X X
Miss Jean LOckerman, Of
Montezuma, Ca, bank employe,
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Independent and business-like
and not so well verSed in social
graceS. I do believe that a
woman'S educational back.
ground and her early training
at home are mostly responsible
for the type of a wife she will
turn out to be-"
X X X
Miss Bessie Burger, 1924 Penn
sylvania Ave. N. w., waitress:
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IT believe t h e
woman who has
worked makes the
better wife. Women
who have been in
business ave a
chance Of meeting
and coming in con-
tact with all char.
acterS and types of
The Washington times., 1938-07-20

The women who
know what it means
to hold a job make
the better wives.
A wife who knows
how it feels to come
h o m e completely
tired out after a
days work will un-
derStand her huS-
The Washington times., 1938-07-20
Liquor at the Wheel
Bachelor Wins
Another AWGrd

A,othor A,rord Headliners Club
The Headliners Club is an
organization of working newspaper men, the award
for the Bachelor cartoon series safe operation of
automobiles, Inviting the Undertaken" We think the
guy must have something.
1t happened that Sundays paper carried two
othr items auto safety. Chief Medical Examiner
Thomas A. Gonzales of New York reports that alcohol
3. found from post-mortem brain
TIeCISIOH analyses to have been factor in 40
Instrument per cent of 1878 fatal auto accidents
hereabout Repeal Associates pri-
vate antdry group has just released statistics claimed
to show that drunken driving has declined since Federal
prohibition repealed in 1888
These figures don't prove anything far we can
see But they do go to light up something which seems
more remarkable to the think of it; namely,
the fact that many who wouldn't show up for work
with drink under his be tackle any ordinary task
requiring full command of his faculties after taking
snort two, feels hesitation about driving an auto
mobile with half-dozen or more snorts inside him.
This widespread casual acceptance of the automobile
as toy that anybody manage drunk SOBER must
have something to do with big annual auto death TOLL
statistics statistics. Well probably go on knocking
one another off by tens of thousands per year until the
great majority of to realize that the automobile
is hghpowered precision instrument whose safe oper-
aon requires all of the operators faculties to be at par
From the New York; DalvN
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led to untold suffering and deg
radiation that they might Sus-
tain the titular positions which
such deceptive maneuvering has
made possible.
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wv o m e n W h o
have worked will
make the better
wives, because they
have a gre a t e r
u n d erStanding Of
money obligations.
Naturally, a woman
who has been work
ing is q little more
The Washington times., 1938-07-20

my ideas on this
subject are limited,
but I would prefer
to marry a woman
whohasnot worked.
I think former busi-
ness women do not
make as desirable
wives because they
are likely to be too
The Washington times., 1938-07-20

wv ON en- who
once earn a living
of their own are
better qualified to
manage the expen-
ditures of a house"
hold. They will
also have a better
understanding and
appreci i alton Of
The Washington times., 1938-07-20

"Wives who them
selves have worked
realize the value
and Importance of
money. They learn
to meet and handle
the public, a train
ing which is bene-
ficial III ro ughout
ones life. Also a
The Washington times., 1938-07-20
TheInquiring
Photographer
The Washington Times in
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

Who make the better wives,
those who have never worked
or the former business women?
THE ANSWERS
Mrs. Katherine Simpson, of
Mclean, Va, stenographer:
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE


the writers will be
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Social Democracy

Peace on earth and social
economic stability are phrases
which have a deep marking on
our world conscience. Both are
accepted as requisite to a har.
monious and progressive society,
yet each is camouflaged as some
thing unattainable by those who
would corner a monopoly on the
worlds riches.
These same individual few
would have us believe that all
the natural resources can be di-
vided up to the private owner
ship of a select oligarchy, in
stead Of being operated by the
people to whom these God-given
necessities rightly belong.
The Washington times., 1938-07-20
No Malice

In every nation striving and
praying for a permanent realiza-
ton Of peace the people hold no
malice toward their brethren in
foreign lands. This is at the
least the case in every country
free from the INSCRIPTIONS CEN
Sorship of dictatorial puppets.
The people have no inherent
quarrel with themselves, for
each enjoys the same heritage
as sons of the Father. In most
every conflict of a major nature
which has taken place since the
nucleus Of history the causes
can be traced to a selfish and
superficial desire on the part Of
the economic few who control
the destinies of their respective
nations.
Their greed and hypocrisy has
The Washington times., 1938-07-20
Traffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims in
the District Of Columbia since
January /. 1898, is graphically
shown by the death watch.
The Washington times., 1938-07-20

eland have sought to end the
he north and the Irish of the
le northerners interlopers-but
We been there, from Scotland,
ch a ruling would make "in-
of the people of the United
Thousand years and more. And
they tried, the fairies and their
men-of-all-work, the lepre
chawrS, to get the north and
south to- ether. Blind Raftery,
the poet, whom they had con-
suited gave them a prophecy
which ran like this:
mot until out of the skies there
comes
"A man Of both great races" "
That was 80 years ago-and
the fairies figured Raftery, then
a very old man, was in his dot
age. Why. he couldn't even
rhyme any more! And how could
a man of both the North and
the South drop out of the sky?
You see, airplanes were a long
way off.
The fairies a md the lepre-
chawnS, who, like old soldiers,
never die, tucked away tn e
prophecy while paying little at
tention to it-and at long last
airplanes did come. They took
Raftery a little more seriously
then and began to wonder
where they would find a man
who had the blood Of both the
North and the South in his
veins. The years passed, with
the leprechawns hunting around,
a n d finally they lit on this
Douglas Corrigan in Los An
geles.
His first name is Scotch"
the head leprechawn advised the
head fairy, "and he has ances-
tors who fought with King Will
liam at the Battle of the Boyne.
And his last name is Corrigan,
as old a name in Ireland as is
Ireland itself. This must be
the man Raftery talked about.
And on top Of that he files"
Send him along to Dublin"
said the head fairy, whether
he wants to come or not"
A ND so 1t happened that when
Mr.. Corrigan, rising off Floyd
Bennett Field last Sunday on
his way back to California, tried
to swing west there was a thou
sand and nine leprechawns at
the wings Of his plane, forcing
it in the other direction-toward
Ireland.
His Scotch common sense
kept him from a losing fight
with the little men. And at the
same time his Irish daring gave
him the feel Of great enjoyment
as his battered old ship was
pushed oyer the Atlantic by the
1eprechawns.
"She would never have made
it on her own," he said as he
lolled back in the ship and let
the little men do the showing
and the steering.
He tried to assert himself
only once, when the old plane
was over NewtownardS, which
is in Northern Irish territory.
His Scottish carefulness and eye
to profits made him say:
II think we'd better land in
Belfast, the capital Of Ulster.
There's more money there"
But the leprechawns fiercely
pushed the old hulk back over
the south.
We've served the Celts longer
than we have served the Gaels,"
they told Mr. Corrigan, $50 it's
for Dublin you're headed"
So there he is-for whatever
comes of it.
1898. by washinRton Times
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1NOW UII6 IdIIIeS were al OH
the side of the SouthernerS when
they were first driven out of the
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visiting D. c.:
Evening star., 1938-05-16
DETECTIVES CASE
READY FOR JURY
Closing Arguments Are Made in
Attempted Extortion Charge
Against L. G. Wise.

The case of Precinct Detective
Luther c. Wise, accused of illegally
accepting $40 from Columbia Heights
restaurant manager, was expected to
go to the jury this afternoon.
Wise has been on trial for several
days before Justice Jesse C.. Adkins
in District Court and closing argu-
ments of opposing counsel were pre-
Sented at this corning's session.
Assistant United States Attorney Cecil
Hef1in told the jurors that the evidence
shows there was but one verdict they
could flnd-guilty of attempted ex-
tortion. He insisted that Wise went
to the restaurant to shake it down"
for $40 week. when 1t allegedly was
in difficulty over its liquor license.
Defense Counsel Charles E. Ford
informed the jurors that the prosecu-
tion's star witness, Fred H. Kosma,
the restaurant man, who is complain
ant in the case, was convicted of
housebreaking and grand larceny of
an automobile, although he had denied
It at first on the witness stand, until
confronted with official police records.
He asserted that Mr.. Kosma's testi-
i, inony was untrue and uncorroborated.
Mr.. Ford argued that the Govern
ment at first said it would prove a
charge Of extortion, when the prosecu-
tor made his opening statement, but
that the assistant District attorney,
In his closing argument, had re-
ferred to an attempt to collect ex-
tortion.
Evening star., 1938-05-16
Clowns at Party
Fail to Reveal
Broken Hearts
What do clowns out on a party do;

What do clowns out on party do?
Well, they talk shop and even clown
little, judging from the manner in
which a group of top-notch performers
with the Ringing Bros. and Barnum
e. Bailey Circus enjoyed themselves
last night at party given by Frank
Portillo, Washington's former big-time
circus clown, at his home, 3508 Con-
necticut avenue NV.
Perhaps they'd have been more re-
strained If they hadn't been enjoying
the hospitality of a brother of the
wide pantaloons and grease paint.
As it was, tiny frankie Salute, who
impersonates Charlie Chaplin and
sometimes all seven of Snow Whites
dwarfs. was tap dancing at the
slightest provocation, and some Of the
others were doing bits of their routine.
And they enjoyed immensely an
impromptu show which Mr.. and Mrs.
Portillo put on with their marionettes.
Certainly there was no suggestion Of
Pagliacci sadness in these clowns In
multi.
Washington, they agreed, is tops in
circus towns-it always does a big
business.
They denied emphatically that the
circus is on its way out, as Tad Toskey
observed, as long as there's fresh
crop of kids being born every day.
And, while they have streamlined their
stuff to an extent to meet the modern
trend, one Of them added: But you'd
be surprised at how the new genera
ton of youngsters laughs over . gag
that tickled their fathers. Such gags
are 20 old they've been forgotten"
Evening star., 1938-05-16
SUNNY SKIES HERALD
WARMER WEATHER HERE

After four days Of subnormal tenn
peratures, the mercury was headed
toward moderate levels today under
sunny skies.
At 10 am. the reading was 81 de-
grees-about higher than for the
4ame hour yesterday, when nearly an
inch Of rain fell. The maximum yes
terday was only so, at 3 pm. This
mornings low was 81 at 1870 o'clock.
Strong northwest winds blew over
the city today, but they weren't as
treacherous as the 30-mile gusts that
yesterday made sailboating extremely
hazardous. A number Of small craft
were buffeted around on the Potomac.
The Weather Bureau said the tenn"
peratures for the last four days have
averaged 10 degrees below normal.
Tonight and tomorrow are expected
10 continue fair, with diminishing
northwest winds, the forecaster said.
Evening star., 1938-05-16
DR.. Mann TO GET
SC|ENT|F|CAWARD
Wife to Share in Burr Prize
for Work on Expedition
for Zoo Last Year.

DR.. William NJ Mann, director Of
the National Geological Park. and
Mrs. Mann have been awarded a
Franklin L. Burr Prize of $1,000 in
recognition of the success of their
biological expedition to the Neither
lands Indies last year. the National
Geographic Society. sponsor of the ex-
pedition, announced today
The Burr award originated with the
late Mary c. Burr of Hartford, Conn,
who bequeathed in memcry of her
father a fund to the National Geo.
graphic Society. the income to be used
in awarding cash prizes to those
members of the societys expeditions
considered by the Board of Trustees
to have done especially meritorious
work in the field of geographic
science"
The award to the Manns was an
nounced by DR.. Gilbert Groevenor,
president of the society.
The first Burr award was to Capt.
Albert w. Stevens in 1888 for his
achievement in obtaining aerial pho
tographs showing the moons shadow
on the earth during total eclipse of
the sun, and a high altitude photo
graph showing laterally the curvature
OF the earth. Awards were also made
to Capt. Stevens and to Capt. Orvil
A. Anderson in 1886 for their services
as leader and pilot of the National
Geographic Society-Army Air Corps
Stratosphere Expedition of 1885. Then,
in the balloon Explorer II. they estab-
lished the present world altitude rec
ord for manned balloons, 1877 miles
above sea level.
Evening star., 1938-05-16
WAMPLER CHARGE
IS SLATED TODAY
Charles County Panel to Get
Murder Counts in Death
of Adams.
By STAFF CORRESPONDENT of The Star.

BY staff Correspondent of The Star.
LA PLATA, Nd, May 16.-Murder
charges against T. Morris Wampler.
former Washington attorney; his wife,
Wyvil, and Alan Buck, a young writer
of children's stories. were to be pre-
sented to the Charles County grand
jury today.
The three are accused of killing
Charles Adams. 65-year-old handy
man" in a "free-for-all' fight which
Buck told investigators broke out dur
ing a drinking party at the Wampler
estate at Fenwick. Md, on April 20.
States Attorney Edward j. Edelen
said he planned to begin presenting
evidence in the case to the grand
jury shortly after it was impanelled
at IL am. Seventeen other cases are
pending for grand jury considera-
ton, he said, and it was not certain
whether the Adams murder case would
be disposed Of today.
Wampler. 81, who was sentenced to
Federal prison for 18 months in 1888
on income tax charges, and Mrs.
Wampler, 80. were released from Jail
under bond pending the grand jury
action after a habeas corpus hearing
before Judge Walter J. Mitchell here
last week. Buck preferred to remain
in jail
The three were arrested four days
after Mr.. Adams was found dead on
a garden bench in the rear of the
Wampler home His head was bruised
and Dr. George c.. Bicknell, county
coroner, said he had died from con-
cussion Officers said Mr. and Mrs.
Wampler told them they could not
remember" clearly the events preced-
ing the death.
Buck. 26-year- native of Eng
land who had been living near the
Wampler home the last year, told
Sheriff Russell Howard and other in
vestigators, however, that Mr.. Adams
had been drinking whisky and beer
by himself and with the WamplerS.
He said a "free-for-al fight in which
blows were exchanged by us all" broke
out when Mr. Adams insulted Mrs.
Wampler He became frightened and
went home when he noticed pc
culiar look" on the elderly mans
face, he said.
Evening star., 1938-05-16
D. c. CONSUMERS
WILL FIGHT COSTS
Delegates From Various
Groups Will Discuss
ORGANIZATION.

The campaign to unite Washington
consumers in a drive against the high
cost Of living will open Saturday
when delegates from local church
civic, womens, fraternal and labor
organizations meet in Wesley Hall to
discuss formation of permanent
federation of Washington consumers
Mrs Emily Newell Blair is chair
man of the committee sponsoring the
conference.
Meanwhile, the campaign has re-
ceived the Endorsement of three Capt.
tai religious leaders. the Right Rev
Msgr. John A. Ryan, professor of
social ethics at Catholic University:
Rev. DR.. Russell j. Clinchy of Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church. and
Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld of the
Washington Hebrew Congregation.
Citing the high cost Of living here,
under which he said families pay a
disproportionate share of their income
for necessities, Msgr. Ryan declared:
1T is my belief that. as an organized
group cooperating with the labor
unions. Washington consumers will
be enabled to act effectively toward
righting those conditions"
DR.. Clinchy said. The goal of a
consumers federation, as I see it,
is to advance the standard of living
of Washington consumers. This
would imply rise in the real earnings
of Washington employees and a guar
antee of a fair return to Washington
business"
In stating his approval of the move,
Rabbi Gerstenfeld pointed out that
Washington is beautiful city but
it has also been an expensive one in
which to live" The new federation
could, he thought. aid District officials
in their approach toward local prob
lens by functioning as a clearing
house for Washington consumer in
formation.
Evening star., 1938-05-16
REALTY FORECLOSURES
DROP 2.3 PER CENT
Non-Farm Statistics for First
Quarter Announced-March
Tops February Figures.

Non-farm real estate foreclosures
dropped % per cent throughout the
United States during the first quarter
Of 1888, as compared with the same
period in 1887. according to survey
made by Corwin A. Fergus, chief of
the Division of Research and Statistics
of the Federal Home Loan Bank
Board.
Foreclosures in the first three
months of this year were 40 per cent
under those in the first quarter Of
1885. and AL per cent below the
figures for the opening quarter of 1884.
Compared with the estimated num-
Der of non-farm foreclosures for the
corresponding month Of 1887, March
figures were 22.5 per cent lower.
There was the customary seasonal in
crease in March, as compared with
February this year, the amount Of
increase being l2.s per cent.
Evening star., 1938-05-16
CHINESE CELEBRATE
SUCCESS OF ARMIES
Ten Dancers From New York
Take Part in District Colony's
Festivities,

Local Chinese residents and num-
ber from New York City turned out
en- masse in the 600 block of H street
NV. yesterday to celebrate recent
Chinese military successes.
Flags and bright-colored emblems
were strewn along the block, while
nearly 1000 Chinese paraded and per-
formed the ancient dragon dance.
Approximately $500 was collected
for the Red Cross in China, according
to an announcement by the Washing
ton Chinese Salvation League, which
sponsored the event.
Russell Saffell, Z, of 412 H street
NV, who was watching the spectac-
ular performance, was slightly burned
by an exploding flrecracker. After
treatment at Casualty Hospital he was
sent home.
Ten dancers from New York came
here for the occasion Pictures of
Chinese soldiers in action against the
japanese were displayed.
Evening star., 1938-05-16
SAVED AS STEAMER
RAMS SAILB0AT
Daniel R. Ayres, q, Has Narrow
Escape in Accident on
Potomac River.

A wind-tossed 11-foot sailboat was
run down accidentally by an excur-
sion steamer In the Potomac yesterday,
resulting in a narrow escape from
drowning for Daniel R. Ayres, %, oc-
cupant of the small craft.
Mr.. Ayres. who lives at 1928 Hol-
brooke terrace NE, required treatment
at Emergency Hospital for shock and
a slight head injury following his res
cue by harbor police. His boat was
stove in.
The mishap occurred in the channel
between Hains Point and the Anacos-
tia River when the sailboat was swept
into the path of the Wilson Lines City
of Washington. The steamer reversed
its engines and Mr.. Ayres made des-
perate attempts to get clear, but a
gust of wind carried the sailboat di-
rectly across the bow of the big boat.
Officers c. r. Spring and c. M.
Parker pulled Mr.. Ayres out. His
boat, Fancy Pants, was towed ashore