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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-04-02
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Blsckman. Georgette Jones. Nancy
Sanders Lillian Andrews Irene
Binion Francis Keels Anna Davis.
Richard Millinkov. william Wood
Alice Jean Allen James Millinkov-
Evelene Hunter
Miss Jean Seidel. teacher al Gar
field directs the club The officers
are Joys Sheriff. president. Lii
Han Tskser. president Martha
Gordon secretary Dorothy Evans
assistant secretary Elizabeth Ed
monsoon program chairman
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-04-02
,PRII SHOWERS

~ Yes .-4rz sw@-f towers
x s,--ra-' cwers
p--r- wa.ss- a. -1@ $ ~,
Or et an'1-f 81 r-pea'-
IS@ IF tsyisz sls-'y tain
Atc 'se means -pring again
Lit.- .AcreI stay a . NJ
Nen~s lays Tir damp 81 soam
Srsa p e.illr~n play with blocks
W'A~s .ccealy somen2dy knocks
N.heis a- dey is op@L@c wlde
Ne'h-s Says H. esm@ .nSice
W. ar- aas4.x ca-- - rain
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-04-02

Realizing The complex problem
with which Negro youth j. faced
to-day. an effort is being made TO
Interest," and guide young people
into the right channels because we
feel that any effort that will help
direct some young person onward
Is not a vain one
The Guide Right Committee is
composed OF the following
II Dudley chairman. r vii.
liams. Jefferson Bar'hwell, S.
Billups. Galente. II Sweet f. Mar
shall r Swami. and George Cath
cart
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-04-02
PROTEST MADE
,contInued ron Page u

IL D-frc.i ~ aAYe been refused
New D~sl 'h~ Post o.nce BY
she Postmaster whcm you have en-
forsed
A. stur constituents we here
ri,h sahmi;. ia yo8F ccasidera-
. rts. Information ard let-
,4t. M .sr .tnA.fe L : ihe
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-04-02
A NON . PARTISAN
NEwsPAPR

Wilson home recently. and eop,,,.
buted TO the pound-shower give.
the pastor.
Mrs Pauline McKnigh, ana Mr.,
Brew and Messrs Jackson. q Gin.
cinnati. Ohio. spent few days 4,
Woodland Park recently at n.
bedside Of their sick relative Mrs
Rivers.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-04-02
School Children's
Verse And Prose


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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-04-02

The ripping brook
= a. s~ees as my cook
She watches the sun
vhils her little brook runs;
She sings and she grumbles
While The sweet brook rumbles
She lies and sleeps.
H-a-n he ripping brook weeps
Tie s~ee; little brook tries TO take
rap
So si~ays awzkens with a snap
yo1 = noe like my cook. little
brock and ] know why
Yc.l al~svs answer with aswee,
rspiy
Ediih Coulter, age lib
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-04-02

Read me Detroit Tribune each
week and send your local news
items ~ the local spondent
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-04-02

Looks like spring sain.y 49,
Lillist Andr@ws-sge Or
80 M.dbury Apt. 4
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-04-02
FLYING KITES IN xARcH

Il March the Winds are strong and
cold
And often skies are gray:
IL the distance you will see
a kite flying rp so gay.
/; .lu,ters ard sails so high.
We think FOR a moment II Will
touch the sky
Carrie Wade--B
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-04-02
VA AND PA

Ma II The kitchen
Maxim ID bread,
Pa in the bedroom.
Tryin 20 make the bed
Chillsn IN the attic
Scrubhin the no
Pa jes ANT gwine
Gail you 20 no
Has Sc. made np dat bed
~ Va I ANT quite thru
lzn / ys doan make haste
III KNOCK ale SATAN out O. you
~N~ is sash your hands
7. sol j. able
And 81 right down
To dis here table
Cause ~ break dis bread.
Youil have 70 pull awful hard
p you know used
Axle grease TO lard
B@snice Jackson.
i-is fireman avenue
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Defends Clerks

There are too many false
ideas spread about Government
personnel, such as those voiced
in "Crazy With the Heat" arti-
Gle. Let me tell this buddy tax
payers are not keeping us Gov
ernment workers. We earn every
cent we get, and by the time
we meet our manifold obliga-
tions with our salaries we are
not in the money. We Govern
ment workers are the folks who
keep the city Of Washington on
its feet, and we also help the
taxpayers in the States to keep
the wolf from the door, for most
of us help relatives at home.
Sometimes we help them pay
their taxes.
AS to loafing on the job, per-
haps the ease with which we
perform our duties, since we are
experts, may appear as "loaf-
ing" to those who are not able
to work like that. Furthermore,
there are no "Grade B" clerks
on civil service rolls; they may
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Friendship House

Recently I have heard several
comments to the effect that Mrs.
Patterson thought there should
be club work for girls as well
as for boys. Realizing the large
share that you have had in max
ing possible the splendid new
club house for boys in South
east Washington, I assume that
you have Southeast Washington
in mind. Therefore I should
very much like to introduce to
you Friendship House, the
Southeast social and educational
settlement for whites, which was
begun in 1904, and which minis
ters to people of all ages and
both sexes. The enclosed sheet
showing our various homes will
give you some idea Of the growth
of our work, and on the reverse
side is a statement of our activi-
ties. 1 am also enclosing a state
ment of our aims and methods.
We are a member of the Com
munity Chest, and each year
when we make our budget we
honestly and sincerely try to
keep in mind the needs Of all of
the Washington welfare agencies
and ask only for the barest
minimum with which to operate
Friendship House. We have a
most delightful club house
which, because of lack of funds,
we are unable to use to the full
est capacity. We have a very
good program for girls. How
ever, due to the small budget on
which we operate, it Is not
nearly as extensive or intensive
as we should like it to be.
AS I believe so thoroughly in
the wisdom of using to full ca
pacity agencies already in exist
ence before starting new ones,
I would very much appreciate
the opportunity Of showing you
what Friendship House is ac-
complishing with its girls pro-
gram and of telling you some of
our unrealized objectiveS.
I have been extremely keen to
meet you ever since the time
that you visited various agencies
incognito. Our need for a larger
and better.informed group Of
friends is really very great.
LYDIA A. BURKLIN.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

England should assume an isola-
tion policy. every minor Euro
pean state would presently be
absorbed by either Germany or
Russia. England's naval suprem-
acy would then be in danger,
and So would her world trade
balance.
England likewise would be
under a perpetual shadow of
war. England's able diplomats
realize all this, and therefore
the rumors of a coming British
isolation policy cannot be con-
sidered authoritative. M. r.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Your |. O..
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER


This is a special word quiz.
Match the following columns in
five minutes. This is to test your
knowledge of the shades Of
meaning in the following terms.
Score ten for each correct
matching.
Freedom from contagion
(a) Impunity
2-To free from a tangle (b)
To exculpate
3-To free from a rule (c)
To acquit
40 free from liability I'd
To exonerate
5-Freedom from an obliga-
ton (e) Immunity
6-To free from blame (f) To
enfranchiSe.
ITO free from accusation
(g) Exemption
$40 free from bondage Ch)
To except
9-To free property of debt
I'D To extricate
10-Freedom from punish
ment Cd To diSencumber
(AnSwSrs ON Page 13)
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Words

In general those who nothing
have to say contrive to spend
the longest time in doing it.
Lowell.
It is not wide reading but
useful reading that tends to
observation-disclosures.
Wise men learn more from
fools that fools from the wise.
Cato.
The most completely lost of
all days is that on which one
has not laughed.-Chamfort.
He who digs out malicious
talk disturbs his own peace
Seneca.
And from the discomfort of
man the worlds best progress
springs.-Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Thought is the seed Of &C.
tion.-Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Juan Negrin

Juan Negrin Duke OF Aba 20 ~
alists and Rebels denied there had been meeting
We hope there was, will be- one' and that tne olS-
cussions may lead to peace in Spain
For one thing we hope Negrin and Alba may negotate
peace because of the stark human tragedy OF the Span
ish civil war; now in its third year. The SURVIVORS ana
their descendants going to have to live along togeCner
in Spain for quite while to There will be marry
ino trading, idea swapping among them The sooner
the slaughter can be stopped the better for all of the
And, for another thing, peace in Spain in the near
future would be an extremely fortunate thing for the
rest of Europe. If peace could be brewed in Span'
peace might SPREAD and the threat of general war be
lifted
We earnestly hope Negrin and Alba didn't just visit
Zurich on separate pleasure trips out of pure coincidence
(From the lev Daily News)
The Washington times., 1938-08-20


President Coolidge-"1 do not
choose to run"-are on a perfect
parallel. We have yet to de.
cide-and never will decide
exactly what the Sphinx Of
Massachusetts, meant in regard
to the presidency. The most
logical conclusion these days is
that he was waiting to fit the
meaning to circumstance-and
that is the conclusion any sound
thinking internationalist must
apply to the Canadian pro-
nouncement. 1t means exactly
nothing insofar as the British
Empire is concerned-but If
things were forced that way it
could be switched, everything be-
ing favorable, to mean what was
implied but very definitely not
stated:
". -. I give to you assurance
that the people Of the United
States will not stand idly by if
domination of Canadian soil is
threatened by any other
empire"
0F COURSE not. The United
" States of America would
be collectively crazy if such q
situation came about and we
did not adequately guard a
frontier which for a hundred
years and more has needed no
guarding. That sort of situation
and that sort of peace and con-
tentment would be gone the mo-
ment foe had successfully
tackled Canadians allies and
threatened the downfall of our
neighbor to the north.
IDLY by!" OF course not
but as to leaping into the fray,
that would be q matter for the
people and the Congress of the
United States to decide. There
is no commitment on which the
British empire or France may
lean from now on.
Our deep sympa thy, Of
course; adequate protection, be
it Maginot lines or something
better: but shoulder-to-shoulder,
that's something else again.
Copyright. 1888. by Washington
Herald-Tiues)
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
ROllin' Along
By W. A. s. Douglas

THE Presidents speech in Canada has raised such
racket pro and all the world that in the gen.
era excitement nobody has apparently sought to apply
rect English to what he said-and most possibly, meant
American editors of persuasion yelled the question:
Why should fight for Canada?" Those the other side
of the fence shouted gleeuly Let the world know where
stand" Angophiles to the right, Angophobe to the
lef-and in final and proper analysis just what did Mr.
Roosevelt say7
Here is the allegedly pregnant quotation:
THE Dominion of Canada part of the ssterhood of the
British Empire give you that the people of
the United States will not stand idly by if domination of
Canadian soil is threatened by any other empire"
Vas. we" ~ V 0u VIC mum famous utterance Of
P "U Japan President CooHdge-T do not
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Grand Idea---That Subway

TLAsT p concrete suggestion for solution of Wash
n ingtons ever-growing traffic problem has been
given in the form of proposal that high speed SUBJ
way system be constructed.
But as usual in the Capitals highly inefficient form
of municipal government "a committee will be appointed
to look into the matter.
Too often we have seen committees named to nvest-
gate matters of vital Importance to the Nations Capital
and all they seem to accomplish is lot of talk and little
action.
It is to be hoped that in this case there will be less
talk and more action Ii the subway is to be constructed
a PWA grant will be necessary to do the work. And
applications for such loans must be filed before Sep
tember 80.
In the words of that dro character of the comic pages
"Snuffy" Smith, Times a'wastin" If Washington is to
have this subway built there must be speed shown
There is no question but what the subway
to the city of today and the city of tomorrow In the last
few years we have seen Washington grow to city of
more than 6OO,O 900 persons There
Inc CUy UTOWS is every to believe that
~ Auo this growth will continue and
W" f1HOOO that in very few years Washing
ton will be one of the largest cities in the nation.
The streets already overcrowded with parked cars
and the problem of traffic is that must be met and
met soon, or else it will be entirely out of hand.
With the projected high speed subway, thousands and
thousands of workers would have rapid and economical
transportation to their offices This would they
would leave their at home and the parking problem
and morning and afternoon traffic jams would be solved
The subway would make loop around the District.
One branch starting from Forest Gen would pick up
commuters from North Chevy Chase Bethesda, Chevy
Chase, Edgemoor and Somerset.
The other branch would accommodate College Park,
Riverdale, Hyattsvie Silver Spring and Takoma Park.
Stops would be made at the Government buildings down.
town. Diesel electric trains would speedy and
quiet transportation and would utilize the present street
car lines in the suburbs.
In the city the subway would run from point in Rock
Greek Park below Street, along Virginia Avenue to
Constitution Avenue thence to Twelfth Street and then
Maryland Avenue, a line
VOGC'U OO0C about two and one-haf miles
Hh0uf e9 nm OOO long and costing around three
million dollars
The matter of the subway has been referred to Com
missioner George E. Allen and he will appoint the COM
mittee to examine into the matter
Commissioner Allen has done excellent work for the
District since he has been in office But he is leaving
in few days. 1t is to be hoped that spite of this fact
his feeling for the District is great that he will urge
the committee to speed its work that if they
ommend the project application for a loan may be
made before the deadline.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

VAN VSAAS AN VA W. "A. o. douglas
Empire" must have been meant
in terms of any conquest
bound horde.
On Fleet Street, London's
newspaper row, all Thursday
afternoon and Friday, the news
boys yelled that the President of
the United States bad pledged
the military and naval resources
of his country to the support of
the British commonwealth in
the rapidly approaching next
war. The English gleefully
bought their journals and went
to bed, or commuted to work
vastly relieved. For you can't
imagine how the Mr.. Breitlings
have suffered and worried over
there these past few years.
y X
THE SAME song of JOY was
L roared in happy chorus
along the boulevards of Paris.
In other capitals, where the out
look cocks in a different direc-
tion, there was anger, confer
ences, whispers, yells of defiance,
boasts-all depending on the
dictator's viewpoint and not at
all on the conclusions and the
wishes of the common people.
The difference between the
utterance of President Roose-
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

are on the horse races and the
policy or numbers game. With
so many people betting, there
must be over a hundred thou
sand dollars a day spent by
Washingtonians. Would it not
be wiser for this money to be
spent legally so that the District
could get a portion of it in reve-
nue?"
X
Mrs. Sally Manning, 1929
Massachusetts Ave. N. W., house
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

look that caliber when they
emerge after a nerve-depleting
day at tasks chat require A-plus
efficiency. AS to filling UP the
Griffith Stadium when they
were excused q few hours
earlier, what's wrong with thatH
Perhaps it was cooler at the
stadium than in the office and
at home. Change of scenery
also is helpful. Often when
folks are unnecessarily critical.
like wages and Hours" they
are in need of a good rest.
Yours truly, H. KEESEE.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

/" e m pire,"
save Japan,
h a t would
fit the SEN
tence. Eng
| a nd is as
S ur e d-and
NJ u S S iini
j u S t claims
there is an
e m pire. It
m u S t have
been a slip of
the tongue or
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

make it an honest profession. 1t
would give people legal employ
ment and help the unemploy-
ment situation to some extent.
In addition, the District would
benefit because thousands would
come here for the races, as they
did when the Benning track
was open."
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

was the Duke OF AlDa,
London representative of
General Frances Span
ish Rebel or 1nsurgent
or Nationalist, or what
ever you care to call it,
organization.
Negrin and Alba
S topped at different
hotels in Zurich. Later
reports said the former
had left hurriedly, ZAP
parently" without see-
ing the duke. Both Loy-
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

buying and selling liquor. Clos
ing the race track in Washing
ton did not stop Washingtonians
from betting through book
makers. I'm not a gambler my
self, but I know many persons
who seem to get excitement and
pleasure out of gambling.
X X
Martin Davis, $40 Sixth st.
S. w., office boy:
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

best citizens. It appears to be
human nature to gamble. In
fact, many seem to get an added
pleasure in gambling, knowing
that it is illegal. If gambling
were legal, many would probably
stop betting"
X X X
William FrederickS, Ill Cedar
Ave-, Takoma Park, Md, type
writer mechanic:
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

generation to become gamblers.
Instead of legalizing gambling
here, the police should fight the
present gangsters and wipe out
the unlawful methods that
make it easy for people to gam
ble."
X
Miss June DyaS, 146 Tennes-
see Ave. N. E., beauty culture
student:
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

Yes. # gambling
were permitted in
the District, peo-
pie would not re-
sort to the gambling
devices and meth
ods offered by the
r a c k e t e erS. The
two greatest forms
of gambling here
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

Yes. l can't help
but face the facts.
The majority of
people seem to
gamble in one way
or another. If it
isn't the horses or
the numbers that
they are betting on,
it's the buying of
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

mo. 1t would
mean that more
people would take
to gambling. Too
m any men and
women would gam
BILE with none e y
that could have a
better use. It would
teach the younger
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

lottery tickets or betting at
bridge, poker, auto races, ball
games or fights. Pari-mutuel
betting is legal in all States
where there are race tracks and
the Government gets millions of
dollars in tax"
Arthur Walters, 1902 Nine
teenth st. N, w., clerk:
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

"The st a t u t e
books say that peo-
pie cannot gamble
in the District, but
what good does it
do, because people
gamble anyway, in
one way or another,
and they happen to
be some of our
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

Yes, I favor its
| e G a ! i zation any
where. AS long as
people will gamble,
it might as we'll be
legal. I'd say it is
the same idea as
the liquor situation.
Prohibition d j d MT
stop people from
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Two Spaniards in Zurich

TT WAS reported yesterday from Zurich, Switzerland
that two prominent Spanards had appeared there at
about the time.
One of these men was Juan Negrn premier of Loyast
or Reds or whatever you care call it, SPAIN The other
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
England's Isolation

Your editorial describing Eng
lands new isolation policy will
cause no uneasiness among
students Of political economy. II
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

II don't see why
gambling is not
legal anywhere. I
can't think Of
gambling as a vice.
Since so many peo-
pie are willing to
gamble anyway, it
would be better for
the Government to
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Carriers Plant

Your paper carried as front
page news the fact that because
of the sizzling heat compassion
ate Government officials sent
their employees home yesterday
afternoon. There is one de.
partment that didn't. The Post
Office. Some stations indulge
m a vicious practice, evidently
approved of by Post Office Of
ficials.
When the mail is a trifle
lighter than usual, there is no
compassion in the hearts Of
these hard-boiled officials, seek
ing a little vain-glory for an
economy record. After deliver
ing their regular routes, carriers
are required, when mail is a little
light, to deliver a SECOND
route, thus releasing, without
pay, the subs who work for
regular carriers on their day off.
This works a hardship on the
subs, who are mostly family
men and need their little 65
cents per hour, and it imposes
unnecessary cruelty on regular
carriers who, loaded as pack
horses, going up and down steps
through the intense heat, are
glad they survived the carrying
of mail on their own routes.
Only public opinion will ever
remedy existing conditions in
the Post Office. As I look at it.
the P. o. is fast developing into
a sweat shop" for the Sur
vival of the fitteSt." Or is it
perhaps one of Uncle Sans
planned methods for reducing
unemployment-by incapacitat-
ing his most faithful men in the
service?
WORKOUT CARRIER.
Il X \
Silent Eindy
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
heInquiring
Photographer
The washington Times in
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

Do you favor legalization OF
gambling in the District of Co.
lumbia?
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Traffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims in
the District Of Columbia since
January /, 1888, is graphically
shown by the death watch.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
THE ANSWERS

Miss Helen Wilson, 3718
Brandywine st. N. w., long dis
tance nnerator.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Silent Lindy

BY the way, why didn't Lind
bergh congratulate Corrigan?
INTERESTED.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

should be limited 200 Names addresses
The writers will omitted upon
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

empire" a slap at Japan?
There exists today no other
The Valley settler., 1938-07-22
asaa.lna-lzIls-ls-saslls-u~-1.-ss

Miss Lois Spencer loft on the last
 train for Fairbanks. A large crowd of friends end office associates not oroa to Hatonuskc Station tc bid farewell to Miss Spencer, who hes boon connected with the L.R.R.C.
 sincc cons truction days.
 Hiss Spencer will be remembered by everybody in the Volley Tor hor quiet, cheering smile end efficient ability to help each one of us. Miss Spencer noVer spared herself when there was work to be done for the benefit of others. We sincerely hope sho will not | ave vi tn bad impression O4 us, and join in wish ing Lois an abundance of success and happ inosG. .:..
The Valley settler., 1938-07-22

Mayor E. Brown, Service officer from Anchorage, accompanied Dr. FL. Wilson, chief medical officer iron the Veterans admins tration of@lco3 in Seattle to Palmer whore a Urge representative group of the American Legion gave e dinner in honor of Dr.. Wilson at the NQtanusk Lodge.
 MT. Seth Cook, local Commander Of the American Legion, was qoas stmostor Speeches md remarks Wero given by Dr.. Wilson, Dr. Albro cht, Mayor Brown, Mr. Shooly, IIr. Jacobs, & Mr. A.A. Johnson.
 Following these talks c dis cussion W2s hold during Whi oh timo Dr.. Wil- son answered numerous questions.
The Valley settler., 1938-07-22

Ire .L.B. Jacobs entertain ined twenty six guests at their cabin last Sun day evening, the occasion being Q farewell party for Hiss Lois Spencer. Out of town guests wore Mr. & Mrs. Frank Reed and Hrs. Reed Is mother hore for visit from the States.