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The Washington times., 1938-02-15
VIRGINIA GIRL
CRASH VICTIM

Death claimed 16-year-old Rosa.
lie Harper, of lakewood, Va, last
night at Emergency Hospital. The
child was injured Saturday in a
collision between two automobiles
on Lee Boulevard, near Falls
Church, Va.
Hers wa the third death re-
sulting from the crash. Her
foster-mother, Mrs. Blanche Green,
IS, of lakewood, and Fred M. Am
berger, 40, of the 1900 block of
Potomac Ave. N. w., were the
others killed.
Traffic accidents in the District
were comparatively few overnight,
according to police reports. Most
seriously hurt was eight-year-old
William Crawford. 800 block E St.
S. w. He was felled by a truck
near his home and is in Emer-
gency Hospital with a broken hip
and a possible fracture of the skull
Fourth precinct police took in
custody Lacey Lowrey, colored, o.,
of the 300 block M st. S. W.,
driver of a truck which struck the
boy. The boy is student at St.
Dominic's School.
Struck by an auto at Forty
ninth Street and Central Avenue
Northeast, Samuel Moore, colored,
AZ, of the 5400 block Drake Pl.
N, E., suffered a fractured left leg.
He was treated at Casualty Hos
pital.
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
Children to See
Motion Picture

The Georgetown Children's
Home youngsters will be special
guests of the Junior Cinema Guild
at the Rialto Theater Saturday
forenoon when the musical COM
edy motion picture, Rose Marie, ,"
is shown.
Many other boys and girls of
the District will witness the pro
gram as guests of other organiza-
tions and groups. Tickets may be
obtained at 1734 F st. N. W., Of
flee of the Junior Cinema Guild.
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
By Helen Essary

room. And 20 other celebrities besides There
were no place cards. No anguish of deciding who
was to sit above whom.
The host passed hat. You're wrong this time.
The next presidential election is still far away
He was offering things not collecting.
To see justice Of the Supreme Court drawn
from hat-and by his first name, too-made
my evening. In fact, my entire winter. Like
wise, it made my New Deal principles seem sud-
denly palely conservative-for, say what you
will about Mr.. Roosevelts maneuverng with the
court, even he has never drawn a justice out of
a hat!
This wasn't one of those two new justices, but
another delightful member who has weathered
several administrations And here he was,
repeat it, being identified by his first name!
It was generally firstname evening. The slips
of paper in the hat read Felipe, Willem, Marjorie
Gretchen, Edgar, Peter, Mitzie, Harold, Lannie,
Kurt, Fred, Hazel, Arthur, Marie, Frederick,
ETC.. etc.
It was also buffetsupper evening It warmed
my democratic heart and whetted my appetite to
see the gentlemen standing in line around the
diningroom table, plates in hand, serving them
selves and their ladies.
"When took my place on the BENCH" said the
supreme COuTG JuSLlCG DIS 1dQ4eO n large spoon"
full out of bowl Justice Holmes said to me,
Your predecessor dug his grave with his teeth
You look like the kind of a fellow who will do it,
too.' I am. And so I'll have another serving
of that corn-beef hash. And some more cold
turkey and ham. And another hot roll or two
And what about the mushrooms? This heart
jelly looks like Valentine Day, doesn't it?"
Takes Six Suzettes
Later, with the dessert, crepe suzettes were
brought in, blazing in delicious brandy sauce.
The justice said it really was time he began to
diet-and then he took six suzettes.
After supper DR.. Kurt Hetzel played en-
chantingly. During the pauses in his music one
of the ministers said: ~
"What pity Washington can't be like this
oftener. I've had five straight weeks of official
dinners with seldom a natural word spoken at
any of them. Just one formal evening after
another, with the conversation as exciting as
Much can be said on both sides and 1T is re-
ported in diplomatic channels But here tonight
we have our back hair down-as you say in this
country-and We'll all go home better friends"
I wish something could be done to change
Washington. We take ourselves too hard too
often.
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
Hopkins Alumni
Dine Here FRIDAY

The annual meeting and dinner
of the Johns Hopkins Alumni AS
sociation of Washington will be
held Friday evening at the Cosmos
Club, it was announced today.
The program will include exer.
cises commemorating the sixtieth
anniversary Of the founding of the
Johns Hopkins Press, the first uni
versity press in America, and an
illustrated talk on Alaska by DR..
John B. Mertie, jr., of the Alaskan
division Of +.le U. S. Geological
Survey. >r
The Washington times., 1938-02-15

sailors what they have no hesitation in extending
to some other insipid, pastyfaced-lookin bohunk,
who may be all dolled up in soupandfish and
have suave way about him.
"Bura" in Peace
But what gripes me most of all is that so
many civilians will blandly turn their noses up
if they have to sit down at table next to sailor
in some restaurant or 'better-clasS dining room
but will fawn all over the "gob when peacetme
turns to wartime. The sailor or the soldier Of
the ranks then becomes 'bloody hero" He's
the man of the hour. He's wined and dined and
there isn't anything that's too good for him
dining room, hotel, food-anything.
Give the enlisted personnel of the services
break and treat them as decent individuals until
they may have shown themselves to be other
wise, and sailors you'll find, are pretty self
respecting bunch of humanity. Heaven knows
they couldn't be as obnoxious as some of the
fancy.dressed puttyfaces you do have to put up
with in some of our socalled "high-clawss"
emporiums.
NV good friend, Guy Lombardo, had his nose
scratched when an argument began IN Broad
way night club. In explaining to reporters what
happened, Guy spoke an editorial that MeSSrS
Roosevelt Hull and the "World Savers" brigade
might keep before them on their desks:
"You know how things are" said Guy. "The
kidding got too serious. They were ribbing each
other Then somehow, some one, don't know
who, introduced the first punch My nose was hit
only BECAUSE EVERYBODY TRIED TO BE A
PEACENGAKER AND GOT INTO THE SCUFFLE." :"
The only trouble is that when we keep pokng
our national nose into the Orient, sooner or later
we'll get more than scratched proboscis!
If fight is kept between two people, only one
is hurt, unless they knock each other out. When
everybody else jumps into the fight, everybody
comes out hurt some way or another-some
manned for life.
Guy Lombardo ought to be in the State De-
partment He's probably learned poking his nose
into other peoples fights doesn't pay. Which is
more than the State Department world savers"
brigade has learned
Copyright, 1888, by Ledger syndicate)
(BoGke CGrter'S opinions are his otDn and not
necessarily those OF The Washington TtnsesD
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
WANTED MEAT,
CUTS GROCER

Police don't know his name, but
they are convinced it should be
"Shylock."
The colored man in question
entered the store of George Hal.
per, IS, in the 1900 block First st.
N. w., last night and insisted on
purchasing scents worth of meat.
Halper declined to sell such a
small quantity. So the colored
man whipped out a knife and
slashed. The blade cut through
a heavy sweater, an apron, shirt
and pants of the grocer, inflicting
a slight wound. Then "Shylock"
fled.
The Washington times., 1938-02-15

specialize in the line for which he was fitted
80 he Joined the Navy with high hopes. The
Navy has been good to him, but the things and
attitudes he meets up with when on leave and
in uniform are very unpleasant In Boston he
took girl; to better-class hotel for dinner and
dance; they said they had no tables, and so on.
Forced Into DiOes
1.-THE results are they go to dives where they
are welcomed-they get bum nquor-doped
cigarettes and bad women-they begin to feel like
their surroundings and before long assume a
tough attitude to cover the hurt at being con.
sidered low type because they wear a sailors
uniform.
"It's time the ignorant people began to realize
that not because man has white tie and tails
is he therefore better man. There are some fine
fellows in our Navy and Army. If some make
trouble-don't lots of them in business suits?
Why shouldn't they be treated like men instead
of disease?"
And why not indeedP It Is instances Of this
kind which make me see little pink. AS nation
we prate and prattle our heads off about democ-
racy, liberty. We shout that every man in this
great land of the free is the equal of his fellow
citizen. Baloney!
Hotels, restaurantS-and, so 1t seems even the
skating rinks-see "gob" with girl, or maybe
up every kind Of excuse they can to deny to the
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
$765, 900 for D: c. Lighting
Asked in General Fund

Commissioners Melvin C. Hazen
and Dan I. Sultan said today they
would urge the Senate District Ap'
preparations Subcommittee to
transfer back to the general rev.
enue fund the $765,000 street
lighting appropriation which is
charged in the District budget and
supply bill against the highway
fund.
Capt. H. C. WhitehurSt, high.
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
STREET SEEKS
AID IN FINDING
RELIEF FRAUD
Citizens Requested
To Give Data

Cognizant of criticism which
may result in congressional
probe of District relief expendi-
lures, Elwood Street, director Of
Public Welfare, called on WASH
ington today to help him "crack
down" on relief clients who play
the numbers" or spend their sub.
sistence on automobiles for pleas
ure.
In a statement prepared by the
Public Assistance Committee Of
the Board of Public Welfare,
Street urged "any citizen who
knows of any relief recipient play
ing the numbers" or "of any auto.
mobiles being improperly bought
or kept by people on relief" to re-
port these facts to the Public
Assistance Division.
SEEKS CONCEALED DATA
He asked also for information
on anyone who is improperly re-
ceiving relief by concealing re-
sources or facts"
Several cases now are in the
hands of the Corporation Counsel.
he said, for determination whether
outright fraud is involved and
whether prosecution will follow.
He added:
1T is not our intention will
ingly to finance such luxuries as
automobiles and numbers"
1000 CASES HERE
Street explained there are
1000 relief cases here involving
$4,000 persons. With only 65 case
workers on the public assistance
staff, he pointed out, each worker
must handle about $50 cases a
month and can only devote about
one hour and half a month to
each case.
Denying that the case workers
are official shoppers, Street
said the purpose is to determine
as accurately as possible the facts
and real needs of each case,
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
Both Dixie Dance
At Hotel Thursday

The thirtieth annual Confed.
crate ball will be held Thursday
night at the Willard Hotel. Ini-
tiated by Confederate veterans,
the annual affair is now spon.
sored by the Sons of Confederate
Veterans.
Music will be furnished by
Meyer Davis and the ball will COM
mence at 9 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1938-02-15

in the evenings. Even diplo-
matte cats do that. Yesterday
came a letter from one of the
ambassadors near-neighbors in
Massachusetts Park. It read:
1--WE are sorry but we must
complain about your cat. He
climbs over your wall into our
garden, where we have en-.
couraged birds to come and
feed. Can you please keep
him at home. We do not like
the way he stares at our
cardinals"
The Washington times., 1938-02-15

promptly, DR.. Dleckhotf ordered: Build our
garden wall higher-and even higher. It must
not be said, now, with things as they are in this
world, that the German ambassadors cat ate
an American CARDINAL
1t Can Happen Here
I've lived about this place, this dear Washing
ton, many years but seldom before last Sunday
night have I seen group of distinguished citi-
Zens, ambassadors, members of the Supreme
Court, ministers Senators and their wives
actually breaking down and having thoroughly
good time together at supper party.
OF course, it was a very special party. I am
giving no names. But st. Valentines Day is just
behind and maybe you can still "guess who"
The host was that Senator from Michigan who
continues to lead the poll as the national Repub
lican favorite for the presidency. The hostess
was that charming lady who when she isn't
working happily at the job Of being the Senator's
wife, writes pieces for Mrs. Frances Parkinson
Keyes' D. A. r. magazine. AS saw the Senator
and his lady mixing up international and party
potentates, and making them like it, said:
maybe they are what the country needs in the
White House-come 1940"
To begin with, the guest list shattered prece
dent. Even the President of the United States
wouldn't have the courage to invite an ambassa-
dor and member of the Supreme Court to the
same dinner. Protocol, that old man of the sea
that clngs to WaShingtons social coattails
wouldn't permit it. The State Department itself
has never dared pronounce an ambassador ahead
Of justice, or vice versa
But here the two were in the same drawing
The Washington times., 1938-02-15

way director, advised the Com.
missioners Senator Carl Hayden
Cd of Arizona mad RApresenta.
tive Wilburn Cartwright CD OF
Oklahoma, described the charge
Of the street lighting item against
the highway fund "jeopardized"
the Districts share of Federal
road aid on the grounds it con.
stituted a diversion" of highway
funds.
The Washington times., 1938-02-15

ready to leave.
I read this newspaper story
the same day that this letter
came to the column:
"We're the parents of Just a
gob' in the Navy-to us he's
q boy who was brought up in
a home and of a family that
to our belief is as fine and
decent as can be found, but
because of lack of money and
steady employment, we were
unable even to help our son
get a college education, or even
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
1!But-'' %

In Philadelphia, a sailor Of the United States
Navy went to popular skating rink and was
refused admission until he had shown the cashier
his leave papers. To add insult to the injury
the manager kept the gob's papers until he was
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
cHIRoPoDIsTs MEET

Arrangements have been COM
pleted for the winter convention
of the Mid-Atlantic Chiropody
Association at the Raleigh Hotel
Saturday and Sunday, George B,
Ostermayer announced today.
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
Purdue Alumni
Meet Tomorrow

Alumni of Purdue University
will meet at the Tally-Ho Tavern
coffee house, 87O Seventeenth st.
N. w., at $50 p. m, tomorrow.
C. v. Maudlin will speak.
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
Announcement
Dear Washington

The German ambassador DR.. Hans Dieckhoff,
told me the story himself. Thomas, the big
yellow cat that purrs on the embassy hearth rug
Is the hero of the tale. Or maybe he is its villain
Recently Thomas took to wandering from home
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
rep. WOOD SEES
IMPORTANCE OF
VOTES FOR D. C.
Tax Inquiry Hears
MissOurian Plea
BY JULIA A. BONWIT

The congressional hearings on
the Districts new tax program
beca mean open forum on Wash
ington self-government today, with
Representative Reuben T. Wood
CD of Missouri, taking up the
cudgels for 'disenfranchised"
Washington.
It'd like to see the people Of
the District have the freedom
granted to other citizens" he
declared. They should cer-
tainly be permitted the right
to exercise the franchise like
other people in all other com.
munities."
FOR INCOME TAX
The question o fhome rule for
the District came up during the
testimony of Charles A. Franklin,
representing the Columbia Heights
and Conduit Road Citizens Asso-
citation, who tosld the House Dis
trict iscal FAffairs subcommittee,
which is conducting the hearing:
'The people of the District
would demand an income tax if
they had the vote. There would
be no alternative.
He told the subcommittee that
young people" are not properly
represented in civic groups because
they have little interest but, he
continued, in the event of self
government in the District, younger
men and women would take an
interest in government.
LAUDS D. C. CITIZENS
Representative Wood, who was
acting chairman at today's
session, declared that he believes
that the people of Washington are
perhaps better equipped to govern
themselves than the citizens of
many other communities.
Because of the presence
here" he said, 'of so many
highly trained people, it would
seem to me that there is a
large representation of persons
well able to take over the
government.
"The intelligence in Washing
ton is at least on a par, if not
above. the intelligence of other
communities"
Franklin told the subcommittee
that at congressional hearings
business is overrepresented, the
professions well represented, and
the average citizen not adequately
represented"
The question of a sales tax was
brought up by Laurence F. Arnold
CD, of Illinois, who explained
that he stands alone on the sub
committee in favor of a tax on
sales. He said that such a tax has
the result of making the public
tax conscious"
The Washington times., 1938-02-15

(BoGke CGrter's opinions are his otDn and not
necessarily those OF The Washington TtnsesD
The Washington times., 1938-02-15

news tips phoned to The Times Tip Editor at
Republic 1894. There will be given SIS weekly
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
Says Boake Carter

sailors what they have no hesitation in extending
to some other insipid, pasty.facedlooking bohunk,
who may be all dolled up in soup-and:fish and
have suave way about him.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-15
TOWN "KICKERS"

There are many boosters
who are always satisfied with
their town and who let folks
know it. But every city, no
matter how large it may be,
has it's allotment of kickers.
There is no community that
does not need some improve
ments. Nor is there a COM
munity where no controversy
exists among its citizenry
when attempts arc made to
do something about the needs
of the town. There are al
ways defects in management
and public service and there
are always those constant
fault finders who call atten-
ton repeatedly to these de-
fects. AS a general rule the
biggest home town kicker is
usually last to try to do
something constructive to
remedy the fault. A bit of
busting about to get folks
interested in repairing the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-15
A WALKING MENACE

The popular custom of ar
resting the motorist for acct
dents to pedestrians hit by
cars as they walk across the
roads and streets, is being
modified in some sections.
They are looking to the
errors on the part Of the pc
destrian who often is to
blame for accidents and auto
mishaps. In order to make
your highways as safe as
possible, checking on the in
considerable, inconsistent and
careless pedestrian is as
necessary as checking on
faulty brakes, poorly marked
crossings and drunken driv-
erS.
A case recently noted by
this exchange was one in
which a man was recovering
in a hospital when arrested.
He had been fortunate
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-15
SCHOOLS OUT

The failure of a mill levy
to pass in an Ohio city in
this recent election, due to a
dislike for increased taxation
by the majority of voters,
means that school children
of this city will continue to
remain on city streets until
arrangements can be made to
settle financial difficulties.
The fact that this levy has
been voted down at each cleo
ton regardless that the
schools were going deeper
into debt, and regardless of
the fact that city schools
need levies in order to oper-
ate, has resulted in the clos
ing of these schools for an
indefinite period. Arbitration
between the people, their
teachers, their school board,
may result in an arrange
ment whereby the schools
can be reopened for a period
of a month and then be
closed again until further
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-15
Already the feel of Christ

Already the feel of Christ
mas is getting into the air
with package wrappings and
Christmas cards finding their
place on local counters. Each
day, from now until the
twenty fifth, you will find
this air grow stronger. Even
though it might have lost a
lot of the zest and some of
the joy for some Of the older
citizens that it held in the
days of their youth, we are
sure there is not a man or
woman who would abolish it.
We like to look back to
Christmas in years gone by
and compare the many
changes in customs in it's
celebration over these years.
You can remember when it
was not considered good form
for any young man to give
his best girl any article Of
wearing apparel. 1t was too
personal a gift and also
might indicate that her folks
had been neglecting TO clothe
her. The proper gift under
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-15
Bruckmfs Washington Digest
Official Title Does Strange
Things to Mentalities of Men
Government by Men Instead of by Law Seems Be the
Rule; Undue Power Is Civn Into Hands of Bureau
Gratis; Congress Should Take Heed
BY WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Press Bldg, Washington D. G.

WASHINGTON.-It is a strange
thing what an official title will cause
many men and women to do. It is
equally strange what many of them
will attempt to do under the guise Of
the official sanction which they
usurp at every opportunity. I do
not intend to include all public off,
Gals but ! dare say that everyone
who reads these lines can look about
him and discover in his midst or
recall others who, as soon as they
began wearing title, developed q
"big head" got "puffed up and
otherwise assumed a highland
mighty attitude. The characters
tics may show in thousand-and-
one different ways, and we all are
more or less familiar with them.
Few persons probably would need
to be concerned If the circumstance
involved only this outward appear
ance. am sure I wouldn't care
whether some official believed him.
self to be a son of the sun-god and,
therefore, counted himself great.
But when the mental attitude Of
that official begins manifesting IL
self as 1t so often does by usurpa-
ton Of improper and illegal power;
when he regards himself as Judge
and jury, as well as prosecutor, then
It seems to me that q halt ought to
be called.
All Of the above observations are
made just as q prelude to discussion
Of recent action by the department
Of justice. More accurately, il
should be said the action was by
Professor Thurmond Arnold who
has great pride In his ability as a
trust buster. He also frequently has
let 1t be known--with due modesty,
OF course-that he possesses knowl-
edge in many fields. His career as
a university professor obviously At
ted him with great understanding Of
problems and practices of business
men. Mr.. Arnold has not yet under
taken to solve the difficulties of ag-
riculture, but I reckon that is only q
question of time.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-15
Indictment Used as Club
OUer Auto Corporations

But, again, am not so much con-
cerned with Mr.. Arnold's own est.
mate of Mr.. Arnold, but with the
results flowing from that officials
acts.
The act that brings on this dis
cussion was involved in what is
known as a consent decree. The
department Of justice obtained a
grand jury indictment Of some of
the larger automobile manufacture
ing corporations and their officials
under antitrust statutes. The
charges involved the use, by the
companies, Of what were described
as monopolistic practices in the
financing of new cars sold to in
stallment buyers. Each Of the larg-
er companies, as / understand It.
owns subsidiary. corporation to
which retail dealer can sell the
notes he takes when the buyer of a
car wants to pay for the vehicle over
a period Of year or longer.
/ do not know the intricate ma
ture Of the scheme, and there may
have been many grounds for the in
dictment. Indeed, I think a grand
jury would not have returned an in
dictment unless its members saw
something that was not proper. But
when the department of justice had
the indictment, it used it as a club.
Its officials, under Mr.. Arnold's
guidance. are reported to have said