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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-07
Your I. q.
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER

How disagreeable are you?
Or how annoying are you to
others? This is a personality
test. Below are listed some
words which you would not like
to have applied to yourself, but
you no doubt have applied one
or more of them to your friends
and enemies df you are the
type that has enemies)!
However, it would be a good
idea to check over the list to see
if there is the least possible
chance that someone might ap-
ply some of these terms to you
with some justification.
If you think you have ever
been guilty-even once, check
with a 1-more often, put down
2, quite often put down 8.
-tardy -brusque
clumsy noisy
-fuSsy -temperish
critical sarcastic
-fidgety -gossipy
bored nervous
-snobbish -opinionated
affected -argumentative
too shy -hypocritical
laxative -inattentive
sour -egotistical
-Scornful inaccurate
superior -skeptical
careless complaining
-untidy -prejudiced
ANSWERS on Page 32)
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Prosperity and Immigrants

Your editorials are so uni
formly intelligent and well writ
ten that I cannot understand
one you carried a few days ago
urging that our immigration
barriers be let down to admit
fresh flood of European immi-
grafton. The whole editorial
was based on false premise:
that prosperity is directly re-
lated to population, and that
fresh increments Of immigrants
would bring more wealth to. the
United States.
There are several things
wrong with this picture:
/. We were able until after
the World War to absorb a mil
lion or more immigrants a year
because of the demand for la
Dor in industry.
2. In the last 20 years millions
of these same immigrants have
been thrown out Of work and
are now on relief because of
the NATURALIZATION Of the steel
industry and the lesSened de-
mand for coal.
3. There is no longer a need
for additional increments of
manual workers in the United
States. Rather, we have a huge,
visible and costly surplus of
common labor which has to be
fed at public expense. It doesn't
create wealth. It consumes
wealth.
If population meant prosper
ity, China would be the most
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prosperous country in the world.
1t isn't the hunger of men that
creates wealth. It is what they
produce. If a hungry man is
not producing, he is a burden
on the community.
To admit a million immi-
grants a year now would put
most of them on the relief rolls.
There is room in the quotas
now for those who can show
they would not become public
charges after arrival.
H. A. T.
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gear and drove off before I
could say anything. or offer him
the other change I had.
If that is the attitude they
are going to take, people will re-
sent it and refuse to patronize
them. 7 know will. I work
for a living, too, and wait on
the public and am not looking
COR some one to hand me a tip
for doing what am being paid
for.
This is not my first expert
ence of this nature and I have
friends who have had the same
remarks made to them. I could
have walked that distance in
ten minutes; it took him about
three or four. as he made every
traffic light and for those few
minutes he received between
and z cents a minute for his
trouble, which is more than I
receive for mine.
I would like to hear from some
of your readers about this kind
of service.
INDEPENDENT RIDER.
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Blast from the West

Sure we Westerners came
from the East, but the strong,
real he men went West and the
weak and cowardly ones like
you stayed home under mama's
apron strings, T. P. Why don't
you give yourself a break and
go West and blow some of the
stink off Of you and see some
real he-man country sometimes?
Give me the real West any
old time.
A TRUE WESTERNER
(And proud Of it,
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Muzzle Father COughlin?

L am shocked by the recent
utterances of Father Coughlin.
With race hatred and religious
intolerance becoming rampant
in this country, matters will
grow worse unless unstable per-
sons like this alleged radio priest
are suppressed. It is true that
some Jews are Communists, but
the majority of us-and I speak
as a World War veteran-are.
loyal Americans who dearly love
our country and would gladly
lay down our lives for it.
VETERAN.
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rates went up and I used BUSES
or streetcars instead. Besides,
I've talked to a cab driver friend
who tells me that the drivers
who are willing to work can
make a pretty good income. I
would like to see the taxi drivers
make more money, but I think
they will make less if rates are
increased"
X X Il
Miss Pauline Wkitacre, $500
block First Ave-, Woodside,
Md, insurance clerk:
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ROllin' Along
By ". A. S. Douglas

sort of prelude to Christmas, young Washington
mother bought her small top 1t of these
supertops gaudy colored and asomached AS it skipped
and whed for the little boys delight musical conraptlon
inside tinkled "F1at- Foot Floogie"
Now this child lives with uncle who is block or two
past middle age and who when he young the little
boy extremely efficient spinner of the simply made
wooden tops, which also delighted my childhood.
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less cab riders. However, an in
crease in rates would help the
drivers pay off the weekly in
Surance they had to assume and
it would result in fewer cabs
and better drivers"
y 4 y
Howard ]. Hoover, 500 block
Sheridan st. N. w., commercial
photographer:
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"No, the present
rate is high enough.
Downtown you get
a break, but I live
in a so cent zone
ana I feel that I
spend a lot of
money on cab fare
now, that I would
not spend if the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-07

Yes. 1 feel that
the rates are too
low. They should
go up at least S or
10 cents on a zone.
Since they have
such a high inSur-
ance bill to pay,
they are m u C h
orse off than
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set them in
m o ion. A
jerk of the
wrist, if you
re m e m b er.
a n d off it
whirled. Then
the big job
was to pick
it up in the
palm of your
hand and let
it S p i n on
{ ere. The
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Md, salesman

few cents. I know many drivers
who are barely making q living
and they work hard, too. Solv-
ing the trouble lies either in re-
coming and charging more, or
cutting down on the number OF
cabs"
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went TO C1c CO1Ap4huAt uCPaGE
ment and registered a beef.
Mummy" he asked, wiping
his eyes with the back of a
soiled fist, did you buy that top
for me or for uncle?"
why, for you, of course" re-
piled the head of the complaint
department. Il heard you play
ing with it all afternoon"
II haven't been playing with
it," shifted the little boy.
That's uncle you heard"
So the lady came downstairs
and bawled out the middle-aged
gentleman for being so horribly
selfish.
Mel" he replied, apparently
astoniShed and Inundated. do
you think I'm getting any
amusement out of winding up
that silly toy? I was doing it
for the child. Gave him my
whole afternoon"
WnON'T kid me-" said the
lady. picking up the top,
winding it in spite Of an ago
nized howl from the child, and
setting it on the floor to spin.
You're just as big a baby as
he is"
You're crazy" cried the gen.
tleman, above the walls of the
little boy and the tinkle of
Flat-Foot Floogie. when I was
a boy we used REAL tops. not
these silly Sissified things.
Wood tops with steel spikes.
After we got them going we
would pick them up and let
them spin on the palms of our
hands"
How" asked the lady.
The musical top had run
down by now and the little boy,
with a whoop Of joy, dived for
ward to grab it. But his uncle
beat him to it.
He wound it UP quickly, ig-
noring tiny fists clouting at his
thighs and squeals Of rage. He
placed it on the floor and
kneeled over rather nimbly for q
man with such a generous bay
window. He slid his hand
under the toy and lifted it up.
still spinning.
There you are" he said,
Strengthening himself and ex-
tending both hand and top.
Gimme" demanded the lady,
extending her own hand.
Gimme my top" screamed
the little boy.
THE middle-aged top spinner
= slid the toy dexterously onto
the lady's hand. She stared at
it in a sort of trance as it
whirled away. And then, above
the agonized howls Of the little
boy, the phone was heard. The
lady dropped the top, picked up
the receiver and talked for a
few seconds. Meanwhile, the
uncle beat the weeping little
boy to a slide for the top and
began to rewind it.
Eddie" said his mother
as she hung up the phone, "the
lady in the flat upstairs wants
you to stop making so much
noise. She's got a headache"
And to the middle-aged gentle
man she continued:
For goodness sake, why
don't you give the child his
top?"
Copyright, 1898, by Washington
HeraId-Times)
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they ever were. use cabs most
of the time and ] would be will
ing to pay an increase. I find
the service satisfactory and more
convenient than crowded street
cars and buses"
y
Mrs. Mary Guerra, $500 block
Third Pl. N. w., clerk:
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T h i S friendship

talk became especi-
ally s t r o n g last
March, when Hit
ler' S so ! d i e rs
grabbed A u S t ri a,
right down to the
Bremen Pass, and
Hitler Immediately
sent that "Benito, l
love you, and l will
never forget this
day" m e IS a ge to
Rome. It's a safe
bet Mussolini will
never forget that
day. We wonder if
what Hitler chiefly
remembers a b gu t
that day is that on
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mo. If the taxi
rates go up I won't
be able to ride the
cabs as often, and
I believe that many
people who take
taxicabs now in
stead of streetcars
and BUSES feel the
same way. Raising
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Eyes. I think taxi
rates are too low
and they could be
raised a ut 10
cents on each zone.
I believe most peo-
pie would be willing
to pay the in
crease, but prob
ably there will be
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-07

"No. I ride cabs
when I am down.
town, bat I find it
a rather costly form
of tr ansportation.
If the rates went
up I would be
forced to use street
cars more often.
It seems to me that
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there are too many cabs, even
though we have a lot of taxi
users in this city. and they will
have to keep the rates low if
they want to keep up the de-
mand for cabs. People of aver
age means will stop using cabs
if the rates go up"
X
Richard E. Owen, OXon Hill,
Nd, salesman:
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the rates won't help the taxi
drivers make more money, un-
less they decrease the number
of cabs, which would throw that
many more out of work. Even
though sympathize with the
taxi men, believe they talk too
much to passengers.
x 4
william F. Cooper, $500 block
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Traffic Toll

The list OF traffic victims in
the District Of Columbia since
January /, 1888, is graphically
shown by the death watch.
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Eyes. The drivers
deserve to have the
rates raised in the
first zone, where
most of the calls
come in. The No. l
zone covers a lot of
territory and the
drivers burn UP a
lot of gas for very
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Vect1ItcN1<zzeA Nk
People
By Frank Romer
MOTHER sHIPToN

MOIHEE SHIPION
A DEFORMED little
~ woman of Yorkshire,
Mother Shipton convinced
all England of her gift of
prophecy. When the
Great Fire spread over
London, thousands stood
idly by believing the city's
destruction certain for
Mother Shipton had fore
told it. In rhyme she
prophesied under = river
tunnels, tobacco smok-
ing, and horseIess car
riaoes before America was
coIonized!
T. M. Reg. U. 8. Pat. Off.
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE


the writer b omitted upon
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-07
Is the Honeymoon Over?

WE'VE heard plenty in recent months about the
w Rome Berlin Axis and the eternal friendship be-
tween Hitler and Mussolin
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-07
The Inquiring.
Photographer.
The Washington Times IN
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

Taxi operators have petitioned
the Public Utilities Commission
to increase taxi rates. Are you
in favor of higher taxi fares?
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they lau SLeeI points Tor
rotating on and were grooved
for the winding Irvine which
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THE ANSWERS

Miss Jane Shields, 500 block
Rittenhouse st. N. w., waitress:
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K st. N. W., printer:
The Washington times., 1938-06-06
New Band Hits
AtGIen Echo

Tom Gentry and his sweet
music made their bow to pa.
irons of Glen Echo last night,
in the Spanish Garden Ball
room.
From the applause Of the
dancers, Jeanne Carroll, the
vocal star of the outfit, is a IA
vorite.
Weekend business in the ball
room and all over the Glen Echo
amusement park was very salts
factory.
The World Cruise" seems to
be one of the first things the
crowds go for, and then make
the rounds of the new dodgem
rides, the slick boats on the
waterway canal, the aeroplane
swings, coaster dips, pretzel
midway and other smaller
amuSementS.
Good street car service to
Glen Echo Park is always i'll
evidence, particularly over
week-ends when the crowds are
larger than usual,
The Washington times., 1938-06-06
'GoId Diggers"
Here Friday

Gold Diggers in Paris" the
sixth of the famous musical
comedy series, will have its
Washington premier on Friday
at the Earle Theater. Ray En-
right and BuSby Berkeley di-
rected, and the musical numbers,
which include ct Wanna Go
Back to Ball." DAY Dreaming"
Stranger in Paree," and THE
Latin Quarter" were supplied by
tunesmiths Harry Warren, AL
Dublin and Johnny Mercer.
Rudy Vallee, grooming maestro
of the airwaves, heads the cast
and golden-voiced Rosemary
Lane is featured opposite him,
with Gloria Dickson doing a
feminine menace.
The Schnickelfritz Band, a
speciality outfit that is taking
the country by storm with their
goofy antics, take care of the
rhythm with Hugh Herbert, Al
len jenkins, Melville Cooper
and Mabel Todd in charge of
comedy. And then there are the
Gold DiggerS themselves, as luS-
cious a group of chorines as Hol-
lywood has to offer.
Welded together by an hilar-
ious story, Gold Diggers in
Paris" promises the maximum
of entertainment value.
The Washington times., 1938-06-06

CLOCK

CAPITOL-Warner Baxter, Ar
leen Whelan, Freddie Barthol-
omew, kidnapped" II a. m,
1850, 4:4O, 7:30, 1918 p. m.
Stage, 1910, $3.50, $40, 9:10
p. m.
PALACE-Bing Crosby, Beatrice
Lille, Doctor Rhythm" II
a. m, ITO. 1920, 5:S5. 7:45.
10 p. m.
UMBIA-Clark Gable,
Myrna 10y, Spencer Tracy
"Test Pilot" 11:15 a. M, 100,
4:30, ITO, GAS p. m.
RI E-Katharine Hepburn,
Cary Grant, Doris Nolan, "Hol-
iday," 1850 a. M, 1875, 4:20,
7:15, 10 p. m. Stage 1885,
1925, $40, 9:05 p. n.
METROPOLITAN-Errol Flynn,
Ian Hunter, Robin Hood"
11:15 a. M, 1:20, 1925, $50,
7:35, $40 p. m.
r. X. o. KEITHS-Ginger Rog-
ers, James Stewart, "Vivacious
Lady" 11:15 a. m, 1920, 1925.
$50, 1885, GAS p. M. March
of Time" /, 3.05, $40, Tbs,
800 p. m.
LITTLE-Tom Burke and Sally
O'Neill in Kathleen" At
1915 A. NJ, l, 2:45. 4:3O, 6:15
8 and GAS P. M.
TRANS-LUX-Newsreel shorts,
10, 1145 a. m, 1890, LAS, 8.
AIS. $50. 6:45. 8, 9:15. 10:4S
D, m.
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to explain Blockade" first
picture which dares to have
the Spanish war zone as a
locale Talk was followed
by a radio impression OF
Blockade" with Henry Fonda
and Joan Bennett playing the
leads Miss Bennett was
pinch-hitting for Madeleine
Carroll, who is the coStar OF
the feature on the screen
Producer Wanger feels that
he has produced a timely argu-
ment for peace, rather than
propaganda for either side in
the Spanish war He tried
to be strictly neutral, hammer
ing home in the story that it
is the innocent women and
children who suffer, VIII e n
bombs are dropped on peace
full settlements, and relief
ships with food for noncom.
batants, are torpedoed Mr..
Wanger admits there has been
sinister murmuring over his
plans to release Blockade"
but he thinks Hollywood has
a legitimate right to utilize
topics in the world news for
dramatic material Great
care, he says, has been taken
to conceal the identity of the
warning factions The name
of the chief town is Castle
mare, and the combatants are
never spoken of as belonging
to either faction All scenes
were shot in San Pedro. Calf.
Uniforms have a Spanish
motif, but cannot be identified
with any nation, or any organ
lied group participating in the
current strife Blockade"
is due at the Capitol Theater,
June II.
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Fields
Music Friday

Friday, June 10, promises to
be red letter day on F Street for
Washington's entertai n m e n t.
minded.
Having already announced M
GINS cyclic Jack" as the fea-
ture screen attraction for that
week, the Loew's Capitol Thea
ter supplements that today with
the announcement that Shep
Fields and his famous Ripping
RhythmS will provide the stage
portion of the June 10 pro
gram, and thus bring about what
should be one of the strongest
bills to be offered this season.
Shep Fields is the fellow who
employed a chocolate soda to
prove that that one old saw"
had outlived its usefulness.
There's nothing new under the
sun" has seen a good many
years of wear and tear, but that
was before the advent of rip
ping rhythm. This entirely
new tonal effect which distin-
guishes the increasingly popu-
lar Shep Fields and his Orches-
ira is what the Capitol Theater
audiences will hear.
Shep, a Brooklyn boy who be-
came interested in music at the
age of IL, was continually on
the alert for something to distin-
guish his orchestra from the
host of other bands, all of whom
are always struggling to break
through the mob" and become
famous.
He conceive Ripping
Rhythm" while lazily blowing
air bubbles into a half-finished
chocolate soda. Shep was day.
dreaming about The music world
in general Wnen he became
amused and then interested in
the sounds resulting from his
air bubbles. It was then he
seriously started working out his
now famous rhythm tones
through the strange combination
of string instruments, together
with the actual blowing of bub-
bleS into a bowl of water be-
fore a microphone.
And through this odd inspira-
ton, the popular dance music
field has been given its first
innovation in years. The sue
cess of this new style has placed
Shep Fields and his orchestra
among the leading bands of the
country.
The Washington times., 1938-06-06
KELLEYGRAMS

and Concord Ave. N. w.
Fifth house, the Beverly, an
nOunced last week, will be on
Fifteenth St. N. E.. between
Tennessee Ave. and E st.
TWO WEEKS FOR CONAN
When George M. COhan, in
I'D Rather Be Right" comes to
the National Theater in October,
engagement will be for two
weeks.
Gradually the knowledge that
the Potomac can support hit
shows for a fortnight is being
impressed upon the booking mo-
gulS. "The Women" for in
stance, could have had a profit
able second week on E Street in
April had such a booking been
arranged. So could the Irish
Players.
GINGER WILL PROVE 1T
For business reasons, Ginger
Rogers wanted to prove that she
was born in independence, Mo-,
on July Is, 1911. Seems there
were documents to be signed, or
Sumfin'.
Ginger wrote to DR.. Joseph r.
Brennan, Jackson county health
officer, and requested a copy Of
her birth certificate. 1t so hap
pened the State didn't start
keeping such vital statistics I'M
til 1912.
So Ginger, in order to prove
she is nearing 81, must get the
affidavit of the attending phySi-
clan, or somebody who was pres
ent when she made her first
noise in the world, after which
she may have her certificate.
COCHRAN GRADUATION
Two types of television sets
are now on sale in New York de-
partment stores, will be shown
in Washington within a fort
night Selling for $125 and
$3.50, and claimed they will take
scenes from Gertrude LaWrence's
play, Susan and God" which
is due to be televisioned by
RCA Tuesday p. m. since
the motion picture induStry's
executive offices take a five-day
week for the summer, Motion
Picture Daily announces it will
take a loaf on Saturday too,
suspending publication on that
day Steve Cochran's Ma
tional Academy of Stage Train
ing will hold graduation dramas
at Pierce Hall, tonight and to-
morrow Cross Roads Thea
ter will offer Holiday" next
week and the cast is getting
pointers by attending the Earle
Theater where Katie Hepburn
and Cary Grant play the leads
in the screen version OF the
Phillip Barry play.
The Washington times., 1938-06-06
Irish Players in KATHLEEN" on
The Screen at Little

The Irish motion picture in
dustry has not been and prob
ably does not expect to be an
important factor in celluloid en-
tertainment, but the most re-
cent of its efforts to be shown
in this country marks it as a
group capable of producing films
of interest to American audi
ences other than those linked by
blood to the land of the sham
rock. The item in point is 'Kath-
leen," currently being displayed
on the Little Theater's screen.
Although the picture does not
deserve rank as an important
product, it does boast an inter
esting story, able acting, merito-
rious production.
The familiar Kathleen Ma
vourneen" theme provides the
plot, and a familiar name, the
Abbey Theater Players, COM
prises the performers. That is,
the actors are from the Abbey
with the exception of Sally
O'Neil, who was called from
Hollywood inactivity to do the
principal feminine role, and a
group of Dublin music hall en-
tertainers. Tom Burke performs
capably as the Stevedore who
befriends poor, struggling Sally,
and is given adequate opportu-
nifty to burst forth in song; Jack
Daily is acceptable in the part
of the rich squire and rival; be-
loved Sara Allgood contributes
another superb Characterization.
Kathleen" is well directed,
expertly photographed, presents
a colorful picture of a colorful
land and an entertaining story
of a few of its people. Music and
dancing aboundS, with an Irish
piper, an accomplished young
fellow called the champion Irish
step dancer, the Tara Troupe,
the Dublin symphony Orchestra
and Baby Brandon, who should
not be described as "Dublin'S
Shirley Temple" but rather
merely as a talented, fetching
little colleen, contributing.
The Washington times., 1938-06-06
Loy's Aides

Edward Griffith, Reuben Ma
moulian and William Powell
have helped Myrna 10y most in
her career. Griffith gave her
the first light comedy role she
ever had. The second directed
her in a picture which won her
acclaim as an actress instead of
an Oriental type. Powell played
opposite her in Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayors THE Thin Man." which
won her recognition as one of
the screens leading actresses
and has always been one of her
closest friends and advisers.