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The Washington times., 1938-04-06
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BY SHIRLEY SPENCER

This is special quiz on
weights and measures. Go
through questions rapidly as a
test Of memory. If you have
been out Of the classroom for
many years, you may find it
difficult. Score 5 for each part
of question and 2 for each part
of No. 10.
/. How many acres in a
square mile? 90 square inches
in a square foot?
2. How many feet in a
fathom? CD How is a cord Of
wood generally piled?
8. How many inches in q
hand? Cd in a span?
4. How many minutes In a de-
gree? CD degrees in a quad
5. How many miles in a
league? Cd rods in a furlong?
6. How many pounds in a
stone? CD dozen in a gross?
7. Duodecimal is a system of
reckoning by (a) tWos %
tWelves Co ".
8. How many is (a) an eagle
in U. S. money? CD four bits
slang)?
9. How much is (a) a quid in
English money? CD a bob?
10. In the metric system what
is the meaning of the following
prefixes: (a) Cent? CD Deci Co
Kilo Cd Hectic (e) Deka?
ANSWERS Oh Page 23)
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a long suffering people. I have
heard scores and scores of prom
inent people commend the prof.
ect and say that they could
hardly wait for the opening day.
Don't these sport fans visit the
Maryland tracks and put their
money in the pockets of Mary
land people?
I should like to know what
concern it is of the Federal
Council of Churches if people
enjoy visiting race tracks and
betting their money on horses,
at the same time paying the
State and Government taxes for
the privilege of doing so?
B. ]. LAWLOR.
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Tribute to Aviation

OUR aviation editor William Camp, wired few days ago
" that he and twelve other writer's had been forced down
40 miles of Albuquerque N Mex, in 75mile gale and
the worst snowsorm that had known in years.
The thing looked like fault-a marrng of what would
have been pleasure rp-a shining example of the unde-
pendabiIity Of flying. Or did it?
On the contrary it proves beyond all possibility of
ment that the engineering skill of the plane builders the
magnificent operating efficiency of the arways companies
the amazing development of experiences handling bigger
and heavier planes under the most try
BLeLU UOUH ing conditions imaginable, and the
A c-booIboueO greater safety Of aviation is something
The same day gale of greater intensity demolished
schoohouse in Kansas and wrought injury than SO
persons The day. five Navy filters died in a crash
during maneuvers.
Crashes will Death will happen In the ar-as
land But the amazing thing is that by of coordnad
human supervision planes capable Of carrying of
people may also pass safely the severe trial of strength and
skill
One the Deaths They should not be discounted
But the achievements of aviation should not be smothered
pail of pessimism Mr. Camp wired two and half hours
after the landing that the party its
So, too is the task Of perfeetng safety in the air.
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into a dozy Gaze. And as he
slept, dreaming of fresh toma-
toes and strawberries, the
Comanche slouched over the
lawn with his water hose.
He nae just begun to sprinkle
when Myrtle May called to him
impeliously fo' a further re-
hea:sal of then adagio dance.
He obeyed, dropping the hose
but forgetting-just like a
Comanche-to turn off the
water.
Editor Croz,eJ was awakened
by the Stead,' pitter-patter of
water on his office window. He
stared out Gnd realized or
thought he realized that rain
had come to tie valley He had
apparently slept through the
phona call. With two bounds he
reached the basement and
stirred the sleeping helpers to
work. In Texas, folks do as
they're told without asking ques-
tons. The head was in type,
the story was in type.
In 10 minutes by the clock the
first load of papers heralding
the arrival OF rain were bouncing
along to the scene Of the bonn.
bardment.
Joe, with sense of job saved
y by speed when all seemed
lost, came out on the lawn-to
find the Comanche'S water hose
still furiouSly sprinkling his of.
flee window. while the rest of
the valley was bathed in dry
sunshine. His job. he Sensed,
was gone. His papers, telling a
ridiculous lie, were already at
their destination. He would be
the laughing stock of Texas
journalism.
There was moisture on his
cheek. He took it for a tear Of
self-pity and wiped it away. But
there came another-and yet an.
other. The sky was blue, but a
darker blue. Pitter-patter came
the drops-and Joe realized of a
sudden that he had whipped
every other newspaper in the
valley. 1t wasn't even a race,
but complete rout. He
stepped blithely back to his of.
flee and to what was left of the
corn liquor. He felt that a toast
was due,
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Austria could not help but feel
that those poor AuStrians have
at last been relieved of their
slavery. Hitler, to them, is their
superhero, who has opened for
them the pathways Of freedom,
in protecting them from the
tyrannical politicians who have
been the rulers of Austria.
Since the Austrians have what
they wanted, why can't other
nations mind their own bust.
ness? MAUDE BREWER.
Mclean Critics "EnUious"
Jealousy is a peculiar thing.
1t must be satisfied one way or
another. Aspiring ladies who
would like to see their names
at the top of a column headed
MY Say" but who know they
never will get there, presume to
criticize the lady who has at
tanned that eminent position.
In so doing they but emphasize
their own littleness.
The editors knew exactly what
they were doing when they
placed Mrs. McLean'S column
"at the top" That's exactly
where it belongs. Why? Because
she has common sense! She is
natural, unaffected, and besides,
she has backbone.
Marguerite Gilbert criticized
Mrs. Mclean for hi-ving mo
specially" Why didn't she
praise Mrs. Mclean for her
broad general knowledge? That's
what the world Of 1888 is call.
ing for-"many-sided interests"
Again that critic wonders at
the statement by Mrs. Mclean
that she has little relish for
Browning's poetry. But she
failed to take note of Mrs. Nc
Leans added clause, that she
is fond of Walt Whitman's.
Tastes always have differed and
always will. The trouble with
these critics is that they lack
the power of discrimination
which it takes to be a critic.
They failed to interpret Mrs.
McLean's meaning-which was
that she prefers the realistic in
poetry-the modern trend-aS
exemplified by Whitman.
I have learned to admire Mrs.
Mclean greatly through her
simple, easy-to-read column. I
see in her not only a good
writer-but a fine woman-a
good thinker versatile col
umnist. But above allan hon.
est and sincere friend of man.
Let her continue her column
and her place Eat the top"
And let the other ladies stop
envying her.
LILLIAN C. MACK,
Farmville, Va.
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Pen Safer Than SuOOrd

Congratulations, K. ]. King,
for having the courage ("The
pen is mightier than the sword"
and far safer) for laying your
self wide open to ridicule and
Scorn from the Americans who
read this paper.
What, may I ask, is the rea-
son you are in this country?
You know, there were no isms
here while the Indians, the only
100 per cent Americans, were
sole poSsessors. If you or your
ancestors did not come here for
religious freedom. or any other
such worthy cause, why are you
here at all?
You seem to be enjoying your
constitutional rights; why
shouldn't others like Prof. Elm.
stein. DR.. Sigmund Freud, ct al,
enjoy the same?
Mr.. King, I think you'd be
more at home bombing Spanish
hospitals, slaughtering Chinese,
or in general, aggressing against
other nations. But, I repeat,
"the pen IS safer than the
sword"
By the way, Mr.. Secretary Of
State Hull did not advocate the
immigration of communists;
quite the contrary. So perhaps
you'll agree that tbs better
to remain silent and be thought
a fool than to speak and remove
all doubt"
AN AMERICAN.
The Washington times., 1938-04-06
For Benning Track

see that the killjoys intend
to attack the proposed race
track at Bennings, D. c. Isn't
horse racing legalized in Mary
land and other States? Racing
at Benning's is something that
the sport fans and D. C. tax.
payers have long needed. We
don't want a handful Of holier
than thou's continually forcing
their views down the Threats Of
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Indicts "My Say"

Won't you please give readers
Of The Times something worth
paying for?
I for one am deadly sick of
the tweedle-dee and tweedle-
drumming of such twaddle as
MY Say" Now, I, as a reader
of many years, herewith am in
dieting MY Say"-stop the in
ane, pitful driVel of pens that
keep up an endless pitter-patter
in ink with nothing to say.
I refuse to spend a penny to
boost my Say"
BILL LOUDUNS.
The Washington times., 1938-04-06
WashingtOn---And
Pekin, Illinois


= practiccd by Washingon's alien rulers upon its
ctizenry took place yesterday when the House Dis
trict Committee, after agreeing to hear selected
group of civic and business leaders the matter of the
proposed local income tax ordered their election.
The delegation was comprised of busy who are
giving of their time and thought to the various sec
tons of the 1889 bill in endeavor to tighten
the already heavy load all of u.s. They had been
promised thirty minutes of the committees time and
they had left their desks and the conduct Of their
CARNATIONS to wait upon the congressman.
The men who were ordered from the committee room
after having been invited into it-are Edgar Morris,
chairman of the municipal finance committee of the
Washington Board of Trade James E. Collifower, for
Those Elected mer president Oh 'ne merchants anu
Manufacturers Association; Roger
AO"' AS j. Wheford, general counsel for
the Merchants and Manufacturers Associations L. A.
Canuthers, president of the Federation of Citizens
Associations; Robert v Fleming, president of Riggs
National Bank; John Saul president of the B. F.
Saul Company; Rufus S. Lusk president of the Wash
ington Taxpayers Associations Fred A. Smith, vice
president of the Washington Real Estate Board, and
Julian Brylawski, president of the Motion Picture
Theater Owners and Operators Association.
The action of the House District Committee is
nothing more nor less than insult to the permanent
residents Of Washington as a whole and forms
answerable argument for homeruIe government by
men and women with stake in the city they consider
their ownbut who cannot call it that while it is ruled
by people subject to summary return to their
munities on the whim--or good judgment-of their
neighbors.
In Justice to Chairman Palmisano let it be said that
he sought to have his committee reconsider its act of
rudeness. But he finally gave way on the insisence
Wy of Mr.. Everett Mckinley Dirksen,
" Representative from Pekin, ILL.,, who
OUerruIed ;d;o4o5 +ho+ +Do aoor, ho o1osod IN
the Washington leaders that his conreres could give
all ears to his plan to fois income tax upon
Mr.. Drksen, who in all likelihood Wash
ington till the people of six prairie counties in Illinois
sent him to Congress six years ago. halls from Pekin,
rustic seat of sleepy Tazewel county, scattered col
lection of homes and stores built where the road wdens
a little between Peoria and Deavan. The difference
in mental stature between Mr.. Dirksen and the gen
temen he caused to be removed from the committee
room would seem to about parallel the difference IN
civic stature between Washington and Pekin, Ill.
The Washington times., 1938-04-06

TlSnC.
There had come a dro4th to
the valley which babe fair TO
cause complete ruin to the to-
mato, cantaloupe, bean and
strawberry crops-just to men,
ton a few. Preachers had
prayed, farmers had cursed,
rainmakers had put on their
spells-but all to no avail.
Finally wires were pulled and
two batteries of National Guard
howitzers were sent up from
Houston in an effort to blast a
hole in the heavens. This some
what daring theory of rain by
gunfire has on occasion been
found to work.
ZOE, at the time the guns
y moved up, was managing edi-
tor, editorial writer, chief re-
porter, copy reader and, on oc-
casion, typesetter for a profit
able little valley newspaper
owned by a banker who had a
daughter named Myrtle May.
This young woman labored I'm.
der the delusion that she was an
excellent adagio dancer.
Around the time of the start
of the drouth a spleEdidly
formed but inconceivably dirty
young Comanche Indian had
come to the bankers back door
for a handout. His physical
beauty appealed to Myrtle May.
He proved 1.-the and graceful
though unWashed, so he was
hired as odd-job man and
dancing partner.
Now the bankers home ad-
joined the printing plant OF his
newspaper. A beautiful green
lawn embraced both buildings
and despite the dry spell the
bankers influence and wealth
were such that he managed to
secure water enough over and
above his household needs for
the sprinkling of the lawn.
This was the Comanche's job
when he wasn't dancing with
Myrtle May.
The spot selected for the bonn
bardment was about seven miles
away from the newspaper plant
and about equi-diStant from
five other valley newspaper or
CARNATIONS. Texans are vora-
cious readers and take a keen
interest in their neighbors' do
ings. All six publications had
made arrangements for flashing
the first drop of rain.
Rivalry was keen and it was
case of the devil take the hind
most. A huge crowd had assem-
bled at the proving grounds and
the first paper to arriVe-along
with the rain-would be assured
Of a fine circulation boost.
y X x
IT WAS a no. Texas afternoon.
Editor Joe q ozier was lonely
in his office waiting for the flash
and when a Texas newspaper
man gets lonely the usual solu-
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1T stimulates
all kind Of in
terest among
the students,
a n d I def
nitely t h ink
they lie IN
m ore about
the civic gov.
eminent than
they W Guild
learn without
j u n ior Dis
trict Day. I
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also know that it gives most of
the children who are outstand-
ing enough in their school work
to be chosen, definite ambitions.
I would like to see it extended
to senior high school students"
\ Il
Miss Sophia Stefanou, 1916
Rhode Island Ave. N. w., sales
girl:
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ut is a
splendid idea
and j u n Tor
District Day
S h o uld b e
m os valu-
able in train
ing the chill
dren for civic
S e nv ce. In
this way the
children can
learn more in
one day than
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Austrians Satisfied

Why all of this "hullabaloo"
from some of our columnistS in
regard to Germany rescuing
Austria? Anyone who is at all
familiar with the history Of
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school chill
dren a reali-
"a tion of
t h e ir duties
to Soci e t y
a nd teaches
them to IN
derstand how
our civic gov
e IN m e mt Is
c on d u cted.
In fact, I
even think it
would be a
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able training.
1t is the best
way to teach
young people
to know their
GO vernment
and to real
lie their civic
re S p onsibili-
t S. A n d
there is no
better age to
t e a C h chill
dren of this
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The Inquiring
Photographer
The washington Times in
viteS you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

Do you believe the Junior
District Day" is valuable in
training our children for civic
service?
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Traffic Toll

The list of traffic victims in
the District Of Columbia since
January 1, 1888, is graphically
shown by the death watch.
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c h 4 nee
t a k ing.
U n d er-
n e a t h
there is
the trag-
edy Of a
n e VS.
p a per
man tax.
ing what
S Ce med
d e ( mite
e v iderce
of eye S
and ears,
to find
t h a t
S e eniEg
p r Oc I
+ | r $ t
W r o n e
and then
rinht
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VOICE OF THE -PEOPLE -

Letters should Of
the writer's will be omitted
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II thi n k
j u n Tor Dis
trict Day is
a great idea.
1t gives these
y IN 6 sterS
the kind OF
training that
t h ey cannot
get from any
other source.
It's a progress
sive type of
education and
we should haV
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THE ANSWERS

Mrs. Nell C. Bradford, 1918 L
st. N. W., Government clerk:
Il certainly do think it is valu-
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tits a fine
thing in every
way. Through
t h is method
Of education
t h e children
get a real un-
d e r standing
of h o W So
ciety is gov
erned and 1t
helps h e m
u n d e rStand
basic pri Incl
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than when they are attending
junior high school,"
%%%
Howell P. Gosnell, FOG Tenth
st. S. E, butcher:
Yes, very much. 1t gives the
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pies OF the American form of
government. Every one of the
group Of children who is fortu-
nate enough to be chosen to sit
for day in an adult position
will benefit from it."
X X X
Louis Crismond, 1909 Quesada
st. N. w., St. Johns High
School:
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good idea TO let The KIDS take
over the House and Senate for
a day."
x
Miss Jean Littlefield, 1915
Rhode Island Ave. N. w., sales
girl:
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they could through months of
studying"
4 4
w. Living kaufman, 1924
Chaplin st. N. W., insurance
representative:
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ROllin' Along
By W. A. S. Douglas

WHEREVER newspaper men are to gather in the
w State of Texas the story of Joe Crozers single
handed beat the imperial valley cloudburst generally
comes to be tod-with without establishment.
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away recountal has all the ear
marks Of gun-jumping or simple
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ton is corn liquor. Joe gathere,
in a quart ana slipped himSel
;o+o - loo,, I,o1a Aud DC h
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-23
ROOSEVELT LASKES AT
 DIE:-HARDS
Blames Selfishness of Few for Retarding March
 to Prosperity
TELLS SOUTH THAT
 WAGES STILL POOR
President Plays Critics Who Cannot Offer Bet
 ter Ideas

GAINESVILLE, Ga, March 23.-- President Roosevelt declares that "selfishnesS on the part of a few die-hards' is retarding national pro- gress towards prosperity.
 President Roosevelt made the statement in an address here that was replete with fresh attacks on special privilege.
 The President also told the South that wages are far too low and ask ed cooperation "all along the line" in the rebuilding of the nation along sounder lines.
 He said he proposed to go for ward and not back, and hitting at Administration critics in Congress, said, "a selfish few had the same type of minds as those who 'vote against legislation to help social and economic conditions while at the same time proclaiming loudly that they are for the objectives, but don't like the methods by which they are achieved Then they fail utterly to offer better method of their own.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-23
SkierS to Meet By Moonlight at
 Meadows Tonight

Skiing by moonlight and flood lamp Juneau Ski Club members are bound for new experience on the Douglas trail tonight, when they meet at the Shelter cabin meadow to ski for several hours on newly fallen dry powder snow.
 Planned on the spur of the mo- ment after reports of the excellent snow conditions on the trail, the gathering tonight will be marked by toasting of weiners and marshmal- lows over an open fire.
 Many planned to leave at 4:30 pm. after the Federal offices closed while others are leaving as late as 2 pm. It is suggested that skiers carry flashlights in order to be able to return to the road without dif- ficulty.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-23

SEATTLE, March 23-Two more Alaska Steamship Company craft have been tied up in Seattle i'll ad- dition to the four tied up yesterday when dispute over wages between cannery operators and unions became
 stalled in deadlock.
 It was announced today that the Mount Mckinley and the Tanana sailings have been cancelled because of the dispute Also tied up and sail- ings cancelled are the steamers La touche, Cordova, Oduna and Derb- lay.
 The Mount Mckinley was posted to sail March 30 and the Panama March 25, both for southeast as well as southwest ports as far as Seward. All boats are heavy cargo carriers which had been expected to take heavy loads of cannery equipment north.
 Glenn Kinney, Acting Business Agent for the Machinist's Local 79. said the union was willing to resume negotiations with the packers but
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-23
Peace Talk ua World Reueals
 Houeuer Ma1y Phases Of Var
 Fought Out in Secluded Rooms
This Is The First Ot TtoO Arti- cles On That HaUen O Military Scholars, The War College.
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON. March 23. = While there is eager talk of peace, a dozen phases of the next war are being fought out already in seclud- ed Washington class rooms.
 Selected army officers, among them many headed for generalships at an early date, drill their agile minds on war business for eight to ten hours a day-then break up per- haps for baseball game or a round of winter golf.
 The officers are scholars at the Army War College.
 When Admiral Leahy, chief of naval operations, told the House naval affairs committee that the government was not drafting war plans against any nation he was hewing a close line. As matter of fact, both navy and army have col leges whose principal business is to study how to conduct war More over, these colleges work out specific war plans-how to meet an attack from any direction from one country or combination of countries.
 It is doubtful whether they pre- pare plans for combat with par ticular countries or groups of coun- tries. We ran into conflicting pri- vate information on that. But it is certain the Army War College course, at any rate, trains it's men on 'absractp problems of such a nature that they would apply close ly to actual international combat.
 The Curriculum
 In an article In recent edition of The Military Engineer, an Army War College graduate indicates that the course is broad enough to in- clude almost everything bearing on war. He outlined the course as pro- bable causes of war that may in- volve the United States; essenti;s peacetime preparations for war; preparation Of specific war plans; conduct of war.
 Mostly the assignments to the War College are from the ranks of major, lieutenent colonel and col onel That puts the students be- tween 40 and 50 years of age.
 It is the top ranking school in the army. Any officer who hopes to be a general needs to wangle himself an assignment to it. The normal course for an officer is to go first to a school of his own branch of the service, such as the cavalry school at F't Riley. Kas. In the next step, the staff and command school at Fort Leavenworth, latest tactics in battle practice are studied.
 An Honorary Alunlnus
 At the War College, which comes next, the problems are vastly broad
 (Continued on Page TWo)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-23
RED CUERILLAS
 RAISE HAVOC IN
 JAPANESE ARMY
500,000 Farmers with Improvised Arms
 Giving Trouble

SHANGHAI, March 23.-An army of 50O,000 Chinese farmers with Bol- shevist Leninism for their daily gospel are making the Japanese push into Central China increasing ly hazardous
 The farmer horde is manufacttr- ing its own rough armaments in 12 small arsenals or capturing them in battle.
 The troops are directed by Red leaders who fashioned a socialist state of 100000 Chinese in Central Hopeh province which is nominally in Japanese hands.
 Striking suddenly in guerilla war fare, the farmer army has in the past four months repeatedly severed Japanese communication lines in North and Central China and has wiped out about 1000 Japanese in 36 garrisons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-23
HARBOR WILL BE SHUT
 OFF FOR "WAR'
Naval Base in Hawaiian Isles to Be Closed for
 Fleet Games

HONOLULU. I'll, March 23. - Naval orders were issued today bar ring Japanese fishing craft and all other n-Governmental boats from Pearl Harbor during the April maneuvers of the United States Fleet
 Army authorities urged the par ticipation by civilians in the far flung war games to test Hawaiis s defenseS.
 The naval orders closing Pearl Harbor, affect 50 vessels, including 18 power fishing craft operated by Japanese who customariIy catch bait within the limits of Pearl Harbor.
 Also affected by the orders 'are nearly three dozen pleasure boats.