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Glad to Do 1t

In behalf of the National and
Washington Restaurant ASSocia-
tions, I wish to express our APP
probation for your cooperation
during our Southeastern Re
gional Restaurant Convention
and Exposition, which has just
closed at the Mayflower.
Delegates from 81 different
States were present at the con-
vention and the attendance was
approximately 5000. Again
thanking you for your co-opera-
ton, I am,
MARGARET GRISSETT.
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and most Of the hungry and i'm
poverished. Whenever we help
those who suffer most. We thus
find we are helping our best
friends-helping. in other words,
our own selves, our own. cause.
Charity remains the measure OF
all things-the measure of our
strength, and of our very souls.
BOILING SCMERVILLE. {.
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All Patients Welcome

In a recent issue Of your paper
under Voice of the People" you
inserted a letter containing
criticism of the Jewish war vet
Grams.
I have been in two local hos
pitfalls and during that time I
was the recipient of many cour-
tesies from the Jewish War Vet
Grams and the Ladies' Auxiliary.
The patients in my wards looked
forward to the visits Of the Jew
ish representatives.
The auxiliary gave bingo and
card parties both at Mt. Alto
and Walter Reed hospitals. At
the first named more than a
third of all patients in the hos
pital attended. and only three
or four patients were Of the Jew
iSh faith. At Walter Reed Hos
pital the attendance exceeded
200 patients, and a mere hand
full were of the Jewish faith.
Only last Wednesday I visited
the recreation center Of Mt. Alto
Hospital and found the Ladies'
Auxiliary of the Jewish War
Veterans giving a bingo party,
attended by more than ITO pa
tientS.
Another Jewish society will
give a party to the patients Of
Walter Reed Hospital next Sat
urday night, and the entire body
of patients has been invited.
Elaborate refreshments are
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He Agrees, II

I heartily agree with your
editorial Immigrants and
Money"-provided it is made
compulsory for every immigrant
to study the English language
and Americanism in our night
schools soon after arriving here.
J. p.
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Rollln' Along
By ". A. S. Douglas

TTELEN NORRIS has book from England which
IL soldier from any army who has kicked about the
chow should read 1t is called Portrait of Chef and the
story of that joyous bghearted courageous genius Alexis
Soyer the who invented the field and rolling kitchen
and troops action in attack the chance
to get hot stew.
Soyer and glad Miss Morris give him credit
for it, much mnisterng angel to the English armies In
the Crmean was Florence Nightingale the Lady With
the Lamp For while Florence nursed the soldiers when
they SICK Alexis fed them when they actually
The Washington times., 1938-12-16

"Well, many of
them could use
much better jobs.
I think employment
is the largest prob
lem for young men
and women to solve
these days. In Mo-
bile, Ala, where I
come from, jobs for
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eminent could be run much bet
ter if the youth of America
would take more interest in
their country. not so much for
their own benefit, but for the
benefit of all. Government has
taken greater interest in the
young people than it ever did
before"
4 Il
Miss Ann Malarkey, 1851 Har-
ward st, N, W., waitress:
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was a young
soldier, get
ting lectures
on the han
ding Of troops
in the field,
the subject of
S u S t e nance
was n e v e r
b r o u ght up
without ref
erence to the
services h e
r e n d e r e d
W h his
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lies in the fact it feels it is more
or less suspended in mid air.
The young generation needs a
feeling of permanence, which
may account for it's restleSSnesS.
Give American youth sufficient
opportunities and it will be-
come a pretty good generation.
William Kurtz, 1900 block I
st. N. w., Government mesSen-
ger:
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portance on having a good time
and so they do not find any en-
joyment out of family life. They
need to settle down and look at
life from a sane standpoint.
Parents should exercise more
control over young people and
take a greater interest in their
future. More jobs and oppor-
tunities are needed"
* 4
Ned Fischer, $500 block Wood
ley Pl. N. W., lawyer:
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tunities for themselves. What
they need are more chances to
express themselves. Youth
needs more jobs. more places to
make use Of talents and ambi-
lions, and more community
centers for recreational, educa-
tional and social advantages"
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Nomination

Thanks for your splendid edi.
torial, Mystery Man Lind
bergh." approving this American
who saved us from another
world war by his timely remarks
to some influential British
friends. I think this incident
makes Lindbergh the logical
1910 Republican candidate for
for President. q. w.
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those finishing schools art
pretty scarce, which is also the
difficulty in most other places.
came here to round out my
education, feeling I'd have more
opportunities"
y Il \
Mrs. Elizabeth Catucci, 900
block M st. N. E., housewife:
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served on. each occasion. and
there are many fine prizes.
The ladies assisting are most
cordial, and the patients always
have spoken highly Of the ef-
forts of the Jewish War Veter-
ans and its auxiliary. They
have kept up their activities
when so many others already
have forgotten. N. SLAFF.
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q year was made chef. He
changed England's belief that
meat could only be roasted or
boiled-and that beef should
get the first treatment and lamb
or mutton the second. 1t was
he who supplied the recipes for
all the old-time sauces marketed
by the firm of Cross and Black
well and, according to Miss Mar
tin, he was the rightfui father Of
the cocktail. He called his mix
ture Soyer's Nectar and into it
he put raspberry Juice, apple
juice, ounce juice. lemon juice,
alcohol and soda water.
The ancestors of many Ameri-
cans Of Irish descent would, If
they were alive, remember kind
ly the efferveScent little cooking
expert, for it was he who fed
thousands of them in the terri
BILE famine of 1848.
England was getting food into
the sister isle but there was no
organization for either prepare
, ton or distribution. Soyer took
command and opened headquar-
tiers in Dublin. There he built
the first great public kitchen for
relief of the hungry and from it
fed 5000 people a day-an
undertaking of magnitude 80
years ago.
After the famine was over, he
decided that the poor should be
taught to prepare their food eco
nomically and that mass distri-
button should also be economical,
So he wrote Charitable Cook
cry, or the Poor Mans Regen-
orator. The profits went to feed
ing the hungry.
-
THE suffering of the allies dur
ing the war between Russia
and Turkey were incredible dur
ing the fierce Crimean winters.
More troops died from exposure
and disease than were lost in
battle. That was due to poor
management at the top and
Florence Nightingale was the
first to try to remedy matters.
Soyer, safe and comfortable
in his great kitchen at the Re
form Club, read of the hardShipS
and volunteered his services,
which were thankfully accepted.
On the peninsula of the Crimea
he perfected his army stove and
had the authorities reproduce it
by the hundred. The soldiers,
fed with hot food regularly,
right up into the battle lines,
shook off their encouragement
and turned the seeming tide Of
defeat into victory.
On his triumphant return to
England, Soyer was decorated
by Queen Victoria-but an even
greater honor was accorded him.
The people greeted him every
where with a revision Of the
national anthem, which ran like
this:
"God SGDe our jolly Chef,
"LonO liDe our noble chef,
"God SGue Soyer!
"ContoUnd their nsGyonnGiSe,
"On him tDe throU our praise,
''WorShip his entremets,
"God SAGE Soyer."
copyright, 1898. by the Washington
Aerald-Times)
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The prese EN- t
generation n e e d S
dis inc more
than anything else.
but basically there's
n o t hing wrong
with it. This gen.
Grafton is much too
fast. Young people
base too much i'm
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Youth needs to
do more concentra-
ton on its work. It
needs to get away
from the utter
mania and also
needs to give more
serious contempla-
ton of their own
problems. The Gov
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pie are superior because they
have more methods of getting
educations. There is nothing
wrong with the youth, but there
are not enough openings for
them to get a start in life"
Charles Lee, 1900 block U st.
S. E., Government clerk:
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Il think youth is
better than it has
ever been, despite
many appearances
to the contrary.
What I think it
needs most is some
thing to give it a
feeling of stability.
It's chief difficulty
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m o S t of all,
young people need
to find jobs after
they leave school.
If married women
did not work there
would be greater
oppo rtunities for
the single people.
I think young peo-
The Washington times., 1938-12-16

Compared with
other generations,
I think the younger
people of today are
superior. Modern
youth has intelli-
gence. They strive
to educate them
selves and they
make many oppor-
The Washington times., 1938-12-16
Vec1lNu1GtzeA
People
((())A
BY Frank Romer
HENRIK IBSEN

AIORWAY'S great play
~ wright, Ibsen, got a
strange Joy from roaming
about eraveyards at night.
Convinced that d e ath
would get him before he
could write his most mag
nificent works, lbsen
would not get upon a
donkey, go up a noun
tain, or enter a saiIboat.
It. M. Reg. o. $. Pat. off, S57
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The Inquirine
The Washington Times In
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used In this column.
THE QUESTION

What does American youth
need most to make it better
generation?
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Anti-Semitis1n Here

Congress shall make no respecting establishment
of religion prohibiting exercise thereof abridg
ing freedom of speech Of the the right of the
peaceaby assemble and to petition the Government
for a redress of grievances
Amendment l. United States Constitution
THE above the first of the ten items in the American
Bill of Rights, adopted lat years ago yesterday.
The first part of it means that Government shall
not officially discriminate against any re-
JeW HGterS ligon. 1t does not mean that Americans
Increasing are forbidden to dislike other Americans
on religious any other grounds.
Plenty of people just exercising their right to
dislike the Jews. Maj Gen. George V. H. Moseey IRE
tred) for example, says what at least sounds like
ant-Semitic utterance
Who . =. remembers our making any protest worth while
party 2 of the Russian people brought
Russians under the control Of the most yrannca
government known to history?
AS matter of fact went to with the Boshevik
government over that revolution and refused to
nize that for sixteen Could any more
strenuous protest have been made?
AS another illustration of the anti-Semitic
building up here the News yesterday printed digest of
pamphlet gotten out post officebox publisher and
listing large number of Jews connected with the New
Deal.
The list looked to US like tribute than insult
to the Jews though of course intended insult
and an Indictment to political if not mob action against
them.
For example, Secretary of State Cordel Hull was listed
having married Frances, daughter of Isaac WITT of
Stanton, Va" Mayor LaGuardia's one-quarter one
eighth Jewish blood nobody ever
1he AnSLOer: seems to know the exact fraction)
CO. IULr400 was duly publicized once more. Will
OO " '' liam c. Bullitt, Ambassador to
France, was alleged to have had Jewish mother.
The answer to all these charges is So what? So Mr..
Hull is distinguished and successful Secretary OF State,
just before that he powerful political force and
sagacious Senator from Tennessee Mayor LaGuarda is
usually considered the best Mayor New York had and
is the only reform Mayor reelected Mr. But is
one of the abIest and best-lked in diplomatic
corps.
Governor Lehman and Secretary Morgenthau also
named on this list also known for the excellent dis
charge of their duties
The list also included Robert Moses, our Jewish Park
Commissioner and the best we've had yet Mr. Noses
incidentally is married to Gentle woman, and their
, union is of the happiest on any record
We doubt that this wave of anti Semtsm will rise very
high We've had them before-notaby in the early 2Os,
when the Ku Klux Khan set out to put down both the
Catholics and the Jews, and
Let the MeItIng presently folded up. It's ghost
Pot On BOiLin0 goes mumbing on but 1e"
~ wv " take it seriously.
We don't want to be understood sauting all Jews as
practically perfect people. There worthwhile Jews
and worthless Jews just the with Gentiles
Negroes, Chinese Indians
But we do maintain that what racial faults the Old
World Jews have displayed disappearing in the Ameri
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Soyer is still a hero to the
British army after passage of
more than 80 years. When I
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THE ANSWERS

Miss Alice ShatkuS, 1400 block
Massachusetts, Ave. N. W., I'M
employed clerical worker:
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

WORDS Names addresses
he writer's will be omitted
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Let the Melting
Pot Go On Boiling

We don't want to be understood sauting all Jews as
practically perfect people, There worthwhile Jews
and worthless Jews just is the with Genties,
Negroes, Chinese or Indians
But we do maintain that what racial faults the Old
World Jews have displayed disappearing in the Amer-
can melting pot. .
The oldtme charge that the Jews slick at trade
too slick but not truly many-not atheteshas now been
pretty well washed up BY to mention only few Harry
banning of the Giants Phil Weintraub of the Phllies;
Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers by Marshall Gold
berg and Benny Friedman in football by Max Baer and
other suggers in the ring Physically the Jews
average out as well any other group.
Another longstanding complaint against the Jews has
been that they would assmate with other that
they held themselves apart and rather better than
anybody else. WE'LL in this country they ntermarry
ing more and more with Gentles We're glad to that
trend, and hope it continues and Increases.
The best thing this country do believe, is just
to go on being the Melting Pot.
Daily
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ley Pl. N. W., lawyer:
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
Dr.. CQlUer Posts 10 Rules
At Capitol to. AUOid Colds

3. Keep out Of Stuffy, crowded,
overheated places.
4. Have office temperature
72.8 degrees, or below, with
humidity of 40.
S. Drink lots of water regu.
larly.
6. Avoid overeating and con.
Stipation.
7. Learn to sit and breath
properly.
8. Get a regular amount of
outdoor exercise.
9. Do not use drinking cups,
towels or tableware used by
others.
10. If you are susceptible to
colds, see first aid room staff
about new vaccine taken by
mouth for the prevention Of
colds. .-'
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IS KILLED
IN PLANE HUNT

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 8 GN.S).
Unconfirmed reports reached here
today that a Navy flier from the
aircraft carrier Saratoga, engaged
in the search for a missing patrol
plane, lost his life when his ship
crashed and burst into flames as
he was about to land on the deck
of the ship. The name of the vic
tim was not learned.
The Navy refused to give up
hope or abandon search today for
its missing patrol plane and seven
occupants.
In the greatest mass search it
has even conducted, the Navy
spread out, by air and sea, over
an area of $4,000 or more square
miles in the vast hunt for the
missing fliers.
Although the two-motored bomb
ing patrol plane has been missing
off the coast of Southern Cali
fornia since Wednesday afternoon,
the Searchers clung to a waning
hope that somewhere out on the
Pacific, exhausted and worn, but
still alive, the seven men waited
for rescue.
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
War Vote Bill
Defeat Seen

G.N.S.) Administration forces
rallied House forces today to crush
the Ludlow war referendum
amendment on it's first test vote
Monday.
So confident were the leaders
that a majority of the House can
be mustered against the proposal
that they disclosed they would
have the amendment called them
selves should there be an attempt
to delay action as suggested by
the author of the measure, Repre-
sentst tive Ludlow CD Of Indiana.
One leader revealed that an Ad-
ministration poll of the 218 mem
bers who originally signed a peti'
ton freeing the deadlocked amend
menG from the House Judiciary
Committee, showed that % had re-
versed themselves and would vote
against bringing the measure to
the House floor.
Speaker Bankhead was conf.
dent that the amendment will be
defeated. The Administration
strategy calls for junking the pro-
posal at the first opportunity 80
the world will know that a major
ity of Congress is opposed to the
amendment"
The Washington times., 1938-01-08

The Navy surgeon who looks
after the health Of Congress has
put up placards at the Capitol
telling the world, as well as mem
bers of Congress, how to avoid
colds.
Printed in red and black, the
cards appeared in Senate and
House elevators, restaurants and
other places where they will be
seen by large numbers of persons.
The attending physician is DR..
George w. Calver. Navy physician
extraordinary to Congress and en-
thuSiast for preventive medicine.
His rules, given under a caption
in big type reading Lets try to
wipe out COLDS" are:
/. Keep away from those al.
ready infected.
2. Dress sensibly according
to the temperature and weather.
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
Yale Student
Dies in Crash

MANCHESTER, Conn.,, Jan. 8
G.NS0.-One Yale student died
today and three others were in a
fair condition" at Memorial Hos
pital after their automobile skid
ded down 15-foot enbankment
into the shallow water of the
Hockanum River. William B. Viii.
son. %, a junior from Cape Cot
tage, Me-, died some time after
he was admitted to the hospital.
The injured we're: Robert P. Hum
phrey, 81, Of Kalamazoo. Mich;
John B. Shevlin, 20, of Brookline,
Mass, and William C. Putnam,
20, of Carthage, Mo.
The Washington times., 1938-01-08
Britain Acts
TOHOLdItuIy|
In Check

LONDON, Jan. 8 Q.N.SJ.
Alarmed over developments in the
Far East, Britain at the same time
today took prompt measures to
keep Italy in check while showing
a strong front to Japan. Extensive
naval maneuvers will be held in
the western Mediterranean within
the next few weeks.
simultaneously, Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain arranged for
an emergency ministerial council
next week to consider the Shanghai
situation.
Official quarters said circum.
stances a, Shanghai, where beat
ings administered to two British
policemen by Japanese soldiers
climaxed a series of incidents. were
viewed here as very grave"
Decision to hold maneuVers in
Italy's dooryard came less than "a
hours after the announcement in
Rome thai Italy was launching a
major naval building program,
calling for the construction of two
$4,000 ton battleships.
The British Admiralty at once
ordered a strong naval squadron
from the home fleet to proceed
to Gibraltar to strengthen the
guardians of Britain's imperial
life line" temporarily and to par
ticipate in the war games.
The new units will include the
aircraft carrier Courageous, the
cruiser Aurora, the sixth destroyer
flotilla, including nine boats, also
the destroyers Crusader and
Stronghold. Other vessels of the
home fleet are expected to join.
In view Of tension prevailing
from the Mediterranean to the
China Sea, the news caused great
rejoicing in Gibraltar, dispatches
said.
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More than 1000 persons, large
number Of them women, children
and aged men who had borne the
horrors of war for weeks. trooped
out of the city during the two-hour
respite, which was arranged by the
president of the International Red
Cross delegation.
Reports from Barcelona stated
many women, shut in cavelike for
tificationS, tainted when they
emerged into the light of day, and
many others were suffering Sc
verely from extreme weakness and
thirst.
Barcelona reported that Rebel
Col. Rey Danncourt, former insur-
gent military commander of Ter
uel, surrendered with 1,500 men.
Dancourt was reported to have
said that small group of rebel
diehards remained behind their
barricades in the Santa Clara con.
vent. He had not been in touch
with this group for days, he stated.
Meanwhile, rebel forces outside
the city kept up their attacks and
brought the famous italian Black
Arrow battalion into the Teruel
battle for the first time.
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China Communists
Study War Power

HANKOW, China, Jan. 8
Q,N.SO.-The Seventh National
Congress Of the Chinese Commu-
mist Party convened today to dis
cuss ways and means of strength.
ening and enlarging cooperation
between Chinese reds and the gov
ernment in resistance against
Japan. Agenda Of the congress in
cluded call for mobilization of
China's vast labor class for par
ticipation in the war.
The Washington times., 1938-01-08

John M. Allison, American con-,
sui at Tsinan, arrived in Marking
on the morning of January and
brought details of the looting Of
the American Embassy, American
residences and buildings.
The Chinese servant of Third
Secretary Douglas Jenkins was
slain as he sought to protect Jen-
kins' residence, which was situ-
ated outside the Embassy COM
pound, from looting by the Japa-
nese soldiers.
All Americans, however, are safe,
Allison reported.
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wage scales be revised to the level
of June, 1887, at which time they
were increased between six and
seven percent. That figure is cal
culated to reduce the labor cost
of producing a dozen pairs of full
fashioned hose by about 81 cents.
The $4,000 union members who
would be affected by a wage cut
work on about 5000 knitting ma
chimes in Philadelphia'S 60-odd
mills.
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BRIDE is SUED
AS. S...L|.Q|'lV|I|E|.P|'I.R'I |. } !

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 8 (I.N.S)
A Hollywood. marriage that took
place Christmas Eve ran into
trouble today.
Principals are Mrs. Ann Beres
ford Whitehead, youthful mother
of Anita Louise, the film star
Verne Whitehead, her husband
well.known orchestra leader, and
Mrs. Bernice Whitehead, former
wife of the bandSman.
The former wife of Whitehead
filed a $150,00O alienation of af
fections suit against the present
Mrs. Whitehead. alleging the film
stars mother lured Whitehead
away from her.
Whitehead and his first wife
were married November /, 1885,
and divorced December 8, 1887.
Piracy by Mrs. BereSford Of
Whitehead's love was done ma
liciously," and Whitehead was Gin.
duced" by Mrs. Beresford, won,
an of great wealth." to leave his
wife, according to the suit.
Whitehead, the complaint al.
legged, was "lured by the glamour
of great worldly accomplishments
by Mrs. Beresford in alternating
his love-"
Mrs. Beresford and Whitehead
were married here December "a in
Miss Louise'S home.
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Union Heads to Request
Workers to Take Pay Cut

PHILADELP HIA, Jan. 8
G.NSO.-Thirteen thousand
members of the American Fedora
ton of Hosiery Workers will be
asked today by union officers to
take voluntary wage reductions as
part of a campaign to help the
industry IN Philadelphia.
william M. Leader, president of
the unions Philadelphia branch,
said he would suggest that the