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The Washington times., 1938-11-14
Game Puts Grid
Player in Hospital

George Watts, 81, of Fairfield,
Va, received skull and jaw in
jurieS yesterday during a football
game on the Monument grounds.
He was taken to Casualty Hospital.
The Washington times., 1938-11-14
D. E. Craftsmen
Will Meet ToniQhi

The Washington Club Of Print
ing House Craftsmen will hold a
meeting and dinner today at the
Hotel Annapolis, 6:15 p. m.
The Washington times., 1938-11-14
ID. C. HEADS PUT.
BAN ON CLOSING
OF OTIS PLACE
Protests of Property
Owners Prevail

The commissioners late today
thumbed down proposal to close
to traffic Otis Place N. W.. where
it bisects the Park View School
Playground.
Their action followed a public
hearing today at which unanimous
opposition to the proposal de-
veloped.
HAZARD ALLEGED
The plan had been suggested
after the Board of Education COM
planned use of Otis Place, between
Water Street and Sixth Street
Northwest, constituted a hazard to
school children.
A proposal to close Austin Street
Southeast from Thirty-fourth to
TLirty-Sixth Street brought only
one protest. This was by Edward
E. Caldwell, a real estate firms
representative, who said property
values would be destroyed.
DIVERGENT VIEWS
The Commissioners heard both
criticism and approval of a COM
plicated plan for reallocation and
alteration of the street and high
way setup in the area bounded by
Conduit Road, Macomb Street,
FoXhall Road and Forty-ninth
Street Northwest.
The plan calls for a reduction
from 160 to 120 feet in the width
of Weaver Street, removal of
Chain Bridge Road from Conduit
Road to Cathedral Avenue from
the highway category, alteration
of the course of Cathedral Ave,
and to straigthen the path of
Warder st.
Floyd w. Bush, of the Board
of Trade, told the Commissioners
a reduction in the traffic volume
through Georgetown and along
Wisconsin Avenue could be accom-
plished by Strengthening Warder
Street and Warder Terrace.
NEW HIGHWAY ASKED
A spokesman for the Conduit
Road Citizens Association placed
his group on record as opposing
establishment of Chain Bridge
Road as an arterial highway. In
stead, he recommended as an "ab-
solute necessity" the construction
of an arterial highway along the
Weaver Street route.
The Washington times., 1938-11-14
Alexandra Proves
It's 'Cretna Green

The swfness with which the nupal knot be tied il
Alexandria, Va, sampled by New York couple who
discovered that the Virginia city had succeeded Ekton Md
as "Gretna Green, for NOTWITHSTANDING.
The Washington times., 1938-11-14
Junior Trade Unit
To Lunch THURSDAY

The Junior Board of Commerce
will lunch Thursday at the Hotel
Annapolis at 1915.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-29

returned home from the Almira hos
pital Wednesday.
Fred Nelson and Jim Underwood
Jr., made business trip to Cheney
Wednesday and to Brewster Friday
Jack Tison made business trip to
Coulee City Thursday.
Sam Niece. Coulee City, was Hart,
line caller Wednesday. He was enroute
to California to spend Christmas with
his mother and sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fired Nelson and son,
Bobby, Mr.. and Mrs Orlan Cline and
A. H. Nyswonger spent Christmas at
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Thomas and
family, Claude Harold and daughter.
Bonita, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bob Campbell of Almira Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Connie Becker, Mrs
May Weaver and son, Robert, spent
Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Anderson in Spokane.
The Home Economics Club Of Blind
Springs Grange will give dance New
Years Eve, Saturday, December 81,
ut the Grange hall in Hartline. Under
wood IS four-piece orchestra will fur
nish the music.
The Camp Fire Girls held their
annual Christmas party at the homo
of their leader last Saturday after
noon. The girls exchanged gifts. Ice
cream and cake was served by the
hostess, Miss Elizabeth Walters.
Guests at the Henry Nelson home
Christmas day were Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Sbugart of Spokane and Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Nelson and daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Jones and
daughters of Almira were Christmas
guests at the d. f. Jolly home. MI.
and Mrs. Cole Elder were unable to be
present because Of the illness of their
little son, Dennis.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Kephart and
sons of Spokane are visiting at the
J. E. Underwood home.
The Lutherans rad their Christmas
program Sunday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Higginbotham
and daughter, Melvina, were guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Kendall Christmas.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-29
MAY SPEED DAM

If revised work program as pro-
posed by the Consolidated Builders
Inc, is approved by the engineers and
officials Of the Bureau of Reclamaf
ton, the great Grand Coulee dam
will be completed as one of the mar
wells of the world in the spring of
1941, 18 months earlier than expect
cd.
Under the suggested plan, concrete
pouring would average from 100000
to 100000 cubic yards month. 1t is
held that the speeding of the opera
tlons would result in an actual re-
auction in the cost Of the dam, due to
the greater efficiency.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-29
HartIine News

HARTLINE Especially A large
crowd attended the Christmas pro
gram at the high school auditorium
Thursday night.
The program was opened with three
numbers by the orchestra. The pri-
mary and intermediate grades pre-
sented "The Toys Celebration, in
costumes, followed by number by
the orchestra.
Christmas Glory song by the sextet;
I" Come All Ye Faithful, by male
quartet; "Christmas on the Grassviue
Limited, by 9TH and 9Th grades;
vocal solo "Avo Maria, by Paul
Shaw; emo Candle Was There and
No Fire., by sextet.
Following the program, Santa ar
rived and delivered treats to all pres
emit.
Breezy Pains District held their
annual Christmas party Friday night,
and the large crowd enjoyed fine
program and treats. Dancing COM
pleted the evenings entertainment. A
delicious midnight lunch was served.
Mr.. J. B. Sargent is the teacher, and
although he has only five pupils they
certainly put on a program equal to
one of large school.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Higginbothan
and family motored to Ritzville Sat
urday to spend Christmas with MIR.
and Mrs. George Andren and family
Roy Swigart was an Ephrata bust
ness caller Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Connie Becker we're
Ephrata callers Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Ingram, Earl
Pease and Ole Fletten were Spokane
visitors the first of the week.
Mrs. Jimmie Halliday has moved
Der beauty shop from the Ole Fiction
home to the Bud Douglas home.
Mrs. George Higginbotham and Mrs
Odis Higginbotham were Almira bust.
,ness callers Monday afternoon.
College students home for Christ
mas vacation are Kathryn Evans, Vel
ma and Mary Elizabeth Higginboth-
am, Eta Mae Rose, Eva Carey, Doro.
thy Sieg, Raymond Dormaier and Clara
Dormaier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Odis Higginbotham
motored to Spokane Saturday to spend
the holidays with Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis
Dunn.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Harmon had as
their guests Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Doe
Rice and Mrs. Anna Wosoba.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Pease and fam
lily and Mr. and Mrs. N S. Pease and
family were guests at the E. J. Rice
home Christmas day.
4 A. H. Nyswonger of Wilson Greek
was a Maritime caller Saturday.
The M. E. Society held their annual
Christmas party at the E. 1. Evans
home Thursday afternoon. Exchange
of gifts were enjoyed by about 80
present.
! The M. E. Sunday School held Its
Christmas program Wednesday night
i A fine program was enjoyed by those
j present and there were treats for ALL
Il Rev. w. w. Switzer was a Maritime
caller Saturday.
Kenneth Evers was a Spokane shop
per Friday.
Mrs. Fred Arlt was an Almira busi
ness caller Tuesday.
Mrs. Henry Keihn and little 20
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-29
EXCLAMATION BUREAU
APPOINTS ENGINEER

John c. Page, Commissioner OF the
United States Bureau of Reclamation
has announced the appointment of
Horace A Parker, an irrigation engin-
eer in charge of the investigation and
development features of the Column
bia Basin project Mr.. Parker was
construction engineer on the upper
Snake river storage project.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-29


chem Company
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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-29
BONNEVILLE REARS'
OVER STORMS

Two steel transmission towers
taller than any structure along the
Columbia River, soon will stand aus
majestic sentinels at Bonneville Dam.
To meet the challenge of raging wat
ers and winds, two river crossing
towers 321 feet high will be erected
to support the cables that will carry
electricity from the Bonneville pow
er plant westward to Oregon and
Washington communities.
Secretary Of the Interior Harold
L. Ickes today was informed by Ad-
ministrator ]. D. Ross that practic-
ally all of the electricity generated at
the Bonneville plant within the next
few years will pass over these wires.
Revenues from the sale Of electricity
will repay to the Federal Govern
ment within forty years the entire
cost of the power facilities, together
with 1-2 per cent interest. A net
work Of transmission lines to market
Columbia River power now is being
built with an allotment from the
Public Works Administration.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-29
Heavy sleet Faced

The two lofty towers each will
bear the weight of transmission cab
les and ice totaling more than 1907
600 pounds. Rigid tests will be re-
quired, for the steel-latticed struc-
lures must withstand the sixty mile.
an-hour gales that race edown the
canyon. Sleet storms may swell the
inch thick cable to the diameter of
q man IS arm, as the Columbia Gorge
is known to electrical engineers az
one of the heaviest "ice-loading +"
zones in America.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
Voice of New York By Louis Sobol

exclaims her enthusiasm over fragile sprite Of
a gal, newcomer named Eleanor Lynn, an en-
thusiasm which soon spreads among all Of us. E.
At Doc Mchel'S, Eddie Cantor interrupts fever
ish 10card rummy duel. II have an idea for a
good Thanksgiving line, like this: We should be
thankful here in America that we'll be carving
turkey instead Of the map of Europe Want to
use it?". TOO late" I tell him, there is no
paper tomorrow. ."All right" says Eddie, I'm
wiring it to friend of mine" E. And he did, and
Thanksgiving night hear his friend repeat it
to the entire nation-Presldent Franklin D. RooSe
welt. Gray thatched Arturo Toscanini clasps his
cane between his hands expectantly in one of the
front pews at the Metropolitan Opera House, wait
ing for the first tones from the Nets newest
thrush, Mathida Faverro, making her debut in
La Boheme". The maestro has had a special
interest in the girls career having discovered her;
and when the roars of applause tumble down from
the balcony, he beams as if she were his own
daughter.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
Turf Notobles Take Precedence

ROOSEVELT, Jimmy Walker, and the Duke of
Windsor occupy the places Of honor in the
photograph gallery at Gallagher's: but larger are
the pictures and even more prominently displayed
Of turf notables, Discovery Seabiscuit, and Man
o!War> The towns most colorful premiere, the
"Boys From Syracuse" jazz version of Shake
speare's Comedy of Errors" induces the patron
age of the towns habitual firstnighters with
ranks augmented by visiting political and cinema
personalities. 1T is another triumph for the
Manhattan home boys, Richard Rodgers and
Lorenz Hart, and that upstate gentleman known
as George Abbott.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
SERVICE
Father Cratz Opens
Church NoUena

The Rev. Father Sigmund Cratz,
o. M, will preach at the novena,
which opens tomorrow in the I'M
maculate Conception Church,
Eighth and N Streets Northwest.
The novena will continue through
December 8, with prayers and a
short sermon after the 1915 week
day masses, and also at evening
services at 7:45 o'clock. The, e
will be veneration of the relic of
st. Bernadette after all the novena
services.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
AuOed by COuntry's Magnitude

GTANDING upon hill looking westward out
~ across prairie land for an unobstructed view
Of IS miles, with a sunset Of that glorious
orangered peculiar to southern climates, pastel
ing the hills in reflected light, cannot help
but be continually awed by the stupendous mag
nitude Of this country.
The same sense Of physical infinity-if one
can be pardoned the creation Of such word
paradox-grips me when flying above the never
ending panorama below.
Every time contemplate this dormant power
The Washington times., 1938-11-29

minds. Narrow spaces make
for narrow-minded people.
Humanity, crammed into the
dingy streets and confined
quarters of great industrial
centers, generate most Of
our national narrow-minded-
ness. That's why the good
people of a nation usually
suffer the most. They are al
ways helpless victims of the
excuses of intolerance Of the
greater masses, congested in
thickly populated areas.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
BANNED
Arlington Puts Stop
To RotU Houses

An amendment to the Arlington
county coming law, banning future
construction of row houses, was
adopted by the county board to-
day.
Introduced by F. Freeland
Chew, member of the board, the
amendment was passed by a vote
of 3 to 2, despite a warning by
commemorative Attorney Law
renee Douglas that such legiSla-
ton would be held unconStitu-
tional.
Another amendment that would
have permitted construction of
rows of three houses was de-
feated by a vote of 4 to /.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
TUESDAY, NOV. 20, 1893
By EUalw Walsh Mclean

How different few days laterl Then started
our troublemakers, the supposedly great men who
said Chamberlain had sold out his country; peace
has been bought at too great price Well, if
saving civilization is too great price to pay for
peace, then guess Chamberlain did sell us all
out.
Thank God there are few souls still in the
world who feel the human race is worth saving;
that it is something too precious to be used as
cannon fodder.
Hitler is mad. We all agree to that. And the
devil will take care of his own: just give him time
We have just settled down into a restful and
peaceful few days. when again over the radio
comes a warning. Storm signals are out. Sud
denly. dear old Mother Nature decided she would
give us taste Of what she could do. The awful
hurricane came with real vengeance and left
very little behind it in its wake!
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
Church Will Feast
On Oysters Tonight

Oysters - hundreds and hun
dredS Of them-will be served up
tonight in the parish hall of st.
Aloysius Church, North Capitol
and K Streets. The occasion is
an oyster roast being held by the
Boosters Club of the church as a
benefit. AL Perrusso, chairman
of the club, is in charge of the af-
fair,
The Washington times., 1938-11-29

Near the entrance to the Be-
lasco Theater, where young
Mr.. Clifford Odets' new play,
"Rocket to the Moon," was
having its premiere, a sullen-
eyed woman in a threadbare
coat and slippers WON thin
stopped the gay. chattering
theater-goers one by one. She
made no request nor uttered
word Of any kind. Merely
placed a hand on elbows Of
paSsersby, stared into faces.
and did not change expression
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
Marine Orchestra
Concert Tomorrow

The symphony orchestra of the
United States Marine Band will
give a concert in the auditorium
at the Marine Barracks tomorrow
at 8 p. M, Captain Taylor Bran
son, leader, announced today. The
band also will give a concert in
the auditorium at 2::30 p. m. to-
morrow,
The Washington times., 1938-11-29

What great heights humani-
ty has risen to! What great
depths it also has fallen to!
Nature itself seems to have
gone mad with its own power
and fury, driven beyond con-
troll!
Those awful days in Septem-
Der, when the word WAR was
IN everyone's heart and on
everyone's lips! The backing
out of the great cities, men
being called to the colors, even
TN to 6() wears of AGE Neverthe-
The Washington times., 1938-11-29

w y" VSS'ND VI 0oO' ~'0VS~~ EVAIyn Walsh Mclean
less, all through this madness there was the de-
sire and determination for peace.
How small the world seemed in those heart
breaking days! Mr. Kaltenborn, who did such
remarkable work in broadcasting the events,
steadily refused to believe there would be a war.
Then would come the pathetic voice from across
the seas hopeless. discouraged, saying there was
no way out of it but war.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29

cal Association.
DR.. Schmidt has long been
known as one of the most pro-
gressive members of the A. M. A.,
and his custer from the Chicago
Medical Society in 1929 resulted
in a dramatic split in that organ
ization.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
Entire World Afraid

TNHAT wonderful man, Chamberlain, fighting
up to the very last determined to save civiliza-
ton by every means in his power. Not once in
those days did hear suggestion over the radio.
or see it in the press. that peace might come at
too high price. Oh, no; people were thoroughly
scared. They were going down on their knees
and praying to God. People everywhere could
see nothing but war, and this they did not want.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29

H. L. Mencken for two decades made the
farmer the butt of his satire, picturing the city
man as forever being victimized by the farmer.
Perhaps that may be so in Maryland, but
after wandering through many Of our Midwest
ern farm States. should say that the reverse
is more near the truth.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
CITY ASSURED
or DECORATION
FOR YULETIDE
Patterson Papers Plan
StirS Wide Interest

Washington is going to be made
into one of the most beautiful and
colorful cities in the world this
Christmas time.
That was evident today, follow
ing announcement by The Patter-
son Newspapers-The Washington
Times and The Washington Her
ald-of prizes for the most beau
tifully decorated doorways and
yards in the city.
Although details have not been
finally worked out-the judges
are now making plans, and they
will be announced shortly in these
newspapers It the response has
been tremendous.
INTEREST AROUSED
Hundreds of persons have signl-
fled their intention of decorating
their homes and entering the COM
petition for the awards.
The United States has much to
be thankful for this year, and the
celebration of Christmas, the time
of Peace on earth, good will to-
ward men," will have a very real
meaning in this country.
PRIZES FOR WINNERS
Citizens associations and other
groups are expected to get behind
the plan to have every home in
the city, decorated for the holiday
season.
Trees will sparkle with lights
and decorations, festoons of col
ored bulbs will illuminate every
doorway in the city it is hoped.
A fairyland Washington, ex'
pressing the Joy Of Christmas
time, is the hope of the judges,
and there will be valuable prizes
for the winners. those who best
use their taste and imagination.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29

DR.. Schmidt was called to
Washington, it was said, to bolster
the Governments contention that
the American Medical Association
Disseminated against physicians
who refused to follow the organ
ization'S alleged reactionary
policies.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
Medical Grand Jury Hears
OuSted Chicago Physician

Dr. Louis Ernst Schmidt &c. president of the Illinois Social
Hygiene League and of the Nations outstanding uroo
gsts the Governments only witness today before the
extraordinary Grand Jury hearing antitrust violation charges
against the District Medical Society and the American
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
My Say

HTFIE CLOCK has licked on surely and remorse-
l. lessly The world has rolled on in these last
few months since stopped my little column.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
e|But''-

TORT WORTH, Textile people of Texas
are broadminded. It is not hard to under
stand why-wide open spaces make for broad
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
Says Boake Garter

Of youth which Is more than ever in the midst
of growing pains and does not yet quite under
stand the extent Of his power, marvel that
so many Of that boys family appear to have
no hesitation in seeking to lead him down paths
which will sap his strength and, perhaps, even
destroy it.
have seen Fasteners who have settled here
more rabid in their love for the Midwest and
the South than the very native citizens them
selves find Texans who thought they would
die from sheer ennui if they spent the remainder
Of their lives in some small city amid these
great open spaces.
The Fasteners never want to go back East,
but the Texans invariably return.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
Nature InUincibLe

HUMAN NATURE in its highest power and its
"A greatness had stopped the awful war. Human
nature was not strong enough to stop the forces
of nature. After all, though, nature is beyond
our control and war is deliberate man-made in
stitution. So we did win out where we could, in
spite of overwhelming odds.
If we keep on the way we are going and use
our minds constructively instead of destruc-
lively, old Mother Earth will be wonderful place
to live on.
Yes, history has been made. Humanity has
proven it can rise to great heights through faith
and patience and a wonderful knitting together
of the whole world through mans greatest 1nven-
ton, the radio.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29

ALBUM OF MANHATTAN: Snow laid it's soft,
fragrant linen over the city and it was white
and it was beautiful and nice to feel under foot.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29

as she was thrust aside. The snow Swirled as IN
those old-fashioned water-filled crystal balls we
used to shake, and most Of us buttoned our coats
more snugly and fastened into the warm lobby.
but the middleaged woman stood there, unblink-
ing, staring into each face, as if in search And
when we came out, hours later. she was still there
land now the snow had climbed to the hem Of her
skirt and fleeced her lashes), but in her eyes
still the sullen misery. That is all there is to
this; but as I write have been unable to shake
out Of me the memory of the vagrant. For, some
how, it seems to me that here is a face once
knew, and associate it with gayety and music
and dancing and the stage.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29

Newcomer Stirs Enthusiasn
INSIDE the Belasco, Reuben Mamoulian frets
- over the lack of suitable candidate for the
Golden Boy role, even as the original Golden Boy,
Luther Adler, appears on the stage as the elderly
cynical lecher, and in back of us, Beatrice Lille
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
Texans Are 'EHOme-Rule" Conscious

Texans Are "HOme-Rule" Conscious
TEXANS are very "homerule" conscious. And
when one contemplateS the size of their State,
the miles upon miles Of gentle rolling hills, or
flat prairie land, the natural wealth that lies
buried beneath their feet. one can hardly blame
them.
Friendliness is the keynote of Texas. Regard
less of the services they may render you, or the
little niceties they may do for you, they expect
nothing in return.
Franklin Roosevelt has talked a lot about
"neighborlnesS." but the keenest sense Of neigh
borliness that have discovered almost anywhere
in the country. have found in the Lone Star
State.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
TWO STRICKEN
BY ATTACK OF
PARROT. fever
DR.. Rutland Cautions
Owners of Birds

Health officer George C. Rub
land disclosed today two cases Of
psittacosis or parrot fever, have
been reported recently by District
residents and warned all owners
Of parrakeets or love-birds to be
on the alert for signs of illness
in their feathered pets.
DR.. Rutland saidthat three out
ten cases of parrot fever in human
beings are fatal.
200 BIRDS SENT HERE
The two cases reported, DR..
Rutland declared, were traced to
birds purchased recently. Ap-
Iproximately seven companies sell
love-birds here, he said, and the
sick birds came from one source
in Southern California, from which
about two-thirds of the local sup
ply is bought.
Since September, he said, about
200 birds have been shipped into
the District from this single
source.