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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-01
SHIPPING RESUMES
 AFTER HEAVY FOG

Boston, April 1-WP)-Shipping was resumed along the New Eng land coast today as the worst pea soup fog in recent months lifted.
 The Savannah liner, City of St, Louis, and a score of freighters, tankers. Golfers, tugs and barges were forced to anchor overnight at Cape Cod. Canal.
 In Boston harbor ships anchored rather than attempt docking. Only the ferries were moving. The Bos- ton-New York boats cancelled their nightly trips. & ,, .-si
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-01
MAN STABBED TO DEATH

Chelsea, Mass, April 1.-(UP) - Stabbed to death with an ice pick, the body of Michael Shebega, 49' was found in an alley near ms home today. A woman and two men were seized for questioning. Police believed Shebega had been stabbed in dwelling and his body carried to the alley.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-01
April Fool
 For Police Chief
(Acme Telephoto)

Cambridge, Mass, April l. (UP)-Police Chief Timothy F. Leahy returnel to headquarters after a conference with District Attorney Warren L. Bishop and discovered that someone had stolen the recreation rooms radio.
 ''Is my face red," he said. "The district attorney just fin- ished congratulating me on the lack of crime in Cam bridge"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-01
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, April 1-(UP)--Goy- ernment expenses and receipts Tor the current fiscal year through March 30. compared with year ago:
 This Year Expenses Lnst Year S5,662,156,2S811 $5,504, 1869, 332.e3
 Receipts s4,s1o.344,so2.65 sS.71zss2.11s.so
 Gross Deficit $S51,S11, ,4S5.46 $1,7S6,S77,2l4,SS
 Net Deficit $795,196.4 .435.46 $1,707,S0o,s14.SS
 Cash Balance $3,145,o32,36S.37 s1,777.465, ,s64.22
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-01
Demonstration Staged At South Plant; Judd
 Claims Men Returning
Union Heads Complain Police Officer Displays Parti sanship - Back=to=Work Movement Definitely
 Underway Says Am. Brass Co. Vice=President

Strike developments today were summarized as fol- ows American Brass officials report return of many workers and evidence of resentment against protest.
 CIO leaders claim ranks of strikers augmented by recruits from other branches of American Brass Company
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The Washington times., 1938-09-26
Tips on NelUS
Bring Cash

Alert WaShingtonians who tele-
phoned the first tips on stories of
news value will receive cash
awards in The Washington Times
Weekly NeWstip Contest.
Among them are: tip on the
story in which a fireman, in
charge of an engine company,
rushed out on a call to find his
own room afire; tip on the suicide
in Bethesda, Md; tip on the hold
up of cab driver in Hyattsville;
tip on the story of a woman over
come by gas and tip on the acci-
dent in which news vender was
struck by an automobile.
Other stories to receive cash
prizes include: story on the acci,
dent in which a tree fell, mar
rowly missing several motorists
and blocking traffic; tip on the
collision between two cars which
tied up traffic; tip on the accident
at the torpedo plant; tip on the
story Of the unidentified car with
Virginia tags which had been
parked in front of a house on E
Street for two weeks; tip on the
explosion of an oil burner in an
office building on Fifteenth ST.
N. W.; tip on the story of the
child locked in room and tip
on the accident in which tree
fell during a storm at Seventeenth
and L SITS. N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
FIVE CITIzE N
GROUPS OPE N
FALL SESSIONS
Meetings This Week tt
Center on Budget
By A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Association Editor

Five citizens associations, In
GLIDING the Federation Of Citizens
Associations, will launch their
first fall and winter meetings this
week, when voteless residents Of
the District Of Columbia will be
afforded an opportunity to dis
cuss the 1910 District tax budget
they will be compelled to raise
even though they have no say
as to how the money may be
expended.
Special interest will center
around the meeting Of the Fed
Grafton to be held Saturday night
in the District Building. when 1872
delegates are listed for assembly
as representatives of the Sc unit
organizations
President L. A. Carruthers will
render a report on his appearance
before the District Commissioners
when he took q stand against any
increase in the 1910 budget or any
increase that would anticipate a
raise in taxes next year.
The full civic calendar for the
week follows:
TONIGHT
Mid-city. Thomson School.
North Capitol. Mckinley High
Schol.
TOMORROW NIGHT
Logan Thomas Circle, 1920
Rhode Island Ave. N. w.
Southeast, No. 5 police precinct.
THURSDAY NIGHT
Conduit Road, Palisades Field
House.
SATURDAY NIGHT
Federation, District Building.
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
Weighty Matters

ARGE AFFAIRS of large men
II in this big Government some
times escape public attention
Here's one. The Advisory Com,
mittee of Hydrologic Gust COM
mon ordinary Water) data of
the National Water Resources
Committee held a momentouS
session the other day.
Attended by at least one out
standing university expert who
was getting $50 a day from the
Government, the meeting is
thus reported in the official con-
fidential minutes doubt it at
your hazard:
"The chairman brought up as
new business the matter of
standard descriptive terminol-
ogy for snow with particular ref
erence to suitability of snow
services for skiing. He stated
that the railroads and news
papers in various parts of the
country were broadcaSting state
mentS as to the quality of snow
at various winter resorts. The
situation was most unfortunate
and an Eastern skier who went
to the Far West might find that
the quality Of snow which he
was accustomed to hear de-
scribed as 'corny' would there
be described as 'mealy,' while
in Minnesota it was given a
Finnish name which he could
neither understand nor pro-
nounce Nomenclature must be
standardized before it is too
late Call a conference of rail
roads, ski clubs, park authori-
ties, ETC.. followed by a survey
of the important work already
done along this line in Europe.
and a field study. =" and so on
until:
Prof. Thorndike Saville Of
New York University, presiding,
thought 1T was important that
this job Of describing the con-
dition Of snow should not get
mixed up with the forecasting Of
the run-off of existing snow" "
whereupon the Weather Bureau
representatives and the Bureau
of Agricultural Engineering fur
ried over that delicate point.
The conclusion was fitting:
After considerable discussion
it was the sense of the commit
tee that they did not have juris-
diction over this subject" and
the chairman was directed to re-
fer it elsewhere.
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
The Brighter Side ByDamonRunyon

terest and support Of high school students
throughout the country and raise $75O,OoO by
small contributions
Sousa does not need any bronzes to keep his
memory alive in the hearts Of the American
people as long as bands play 1.-The Stars and
Stripes Forever" and we conjecture that will be
for long time to come. Certainly it will be as
long as we have parades in this country and
marching men under arms. The U. S. A. has
already fought couple of wars to that tune
"The Stars and Stripes ForeUer"
IT'S rhythmic beat has thundered along the old
Escolta in Manila and the Malecon in Havana
and across the hills of Haiti, and through the
walled towns of China. 1t has echoed in Champs
Elysee of Paris to bring renewed hope to a de-
spairing world.
1t has lifted that triumphant note that is the
very essence of the tune on the bleak wastes of
Siberia and in the valley of the Rhine and always
with its sweep and surge it has carried the meas
ured tread of the fighting men of the greatest
Republic on the face of the earth.
There are undoubtedly many greater pieces
of music from technical standpoint than 1.-THE
Stars and Stripes Forever but there is no music
that can bring the same warm glow to the heart
of an American. There is no music that so COM
pletely embodieS the challenge of America With
the first Shrill notes of '"The Stars and Stripes
Forever" you can hear the eagle scream
Copyright 1888, by King Syndicate Inc Inter
national Copyright and all other rights
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
Voice of New York By L0uiJ Sobol

fellow who, winter or summer, paradeS the ave
nues in khaki shorts, bare legs, sandals and
sleeveless sports shirt Years ago there was
stalwart who attracted attention by strutting
Broadway in blizzardy weather, in thinnish shirt
and silken pants singing at the top Of his voice.
He died from pneumonia. Currently, there is an
Afghan gentleman, Swami Hassan Khayyam who
strolls Park Avenue wearing high turban made
of straw his feet shod in straw sandals. When
last heard of him he was reading palms in the
Belmonts Glass Hat.
Fort Nonsense
DEADING THROUGH Lossing's rare pictorial
AZ field book Of the revolution, learn that
works projects were not unknown even in the
days of George Washington. When the Army was
encamped in Morristown, in the winter Of 1779-
80, the General foresaw the "evils Of idleness"
and started his own works project" This was
the construction popularly known as Fort Non
sense on Kimbles Mountain. Washington had no
intention of using it as fortification and, In
fact when spring came, had work abandoned
GUIDING GENIUS of the Paradise, one Of Man
u hattan,s major cabarets, is the chap known
as Ncky Blair. Blair is one Of the towns quick
wits the equal of the great zegfeld in corralling
Americas most beautiful women for his shows,
and champion heckler Of rival entrepreneurs-
his pet butts being two of his closest friends, Bill
Hardy, operator Of Bills Gay Nineties, and Billy
Rose Of the Casa Manana Blair, in his genial
moments, talks like Arthur Bugs" Baer writes
and his best and wittiest thrusts have stabbed
out when business was in the doldrums.
DATHOs with touch Of comedy: small boy
on skates, guiding blind man across Fifty
ninth Street, finds he cannot control his we'll
creased skates, with the result that the Sightless
man is forced to break into trot to keep up with
his escort. A policeman comes to their rescue.
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
River Yields Body
Of Young Woman

HACKENSACK, N. j., Sept. 26.
The body of a woman, between 20
and %. was found floating in the
Hackensack River here.
The body bore marks on the
face. Police ordered an autopsy.
In a pocket was found a stub
from boxing bouts held last Mon
day night in Teaneck, N. j. Police
were attempting to trace the girls
identity through the stub.
The Washington times., 1938-09-26

United States instead Of the
one with the tune borrowed
from another country.
Unfortunately, while there
are words to "The Stars and
Stripes Forever, they are
scarcely as majestic as those
fitted to 1.-THE Star Spangled
Banner" so we will probably
continue standing on our feet
when the band plays the lat
ter, and shuffling them along
when it lets fly with the
former.
Drohoh1u MT O GREAT YnanV
The Washington times., 1938-09-26

ID OOSEVELT'S business
~ prophets have told him
there will be an upsurge as
soon as the Czech situation
crises itself out.
Fall buying and commitments
(wobbly lately) will show gen.
eral strength, they say. Demand
for goods has just been fright
ened temporarily by the tough
jockeying of the European
strongmen, as they see it. The
market for goods will be all the
stronger afterward because Of
this showdown.
This is the best political news
the President has received this
year, with election day only
about six weeks off.
A DMINISRATOR ANDREWS
"A is so deeply involved in the
impossible. task Of orderly en-
forcement of his wage-hour law
beginning October 25, that no
one, including Mr.. Andrews
knows how it will come out.
Business men are wiring their
Washington advisers asking
what will happen if: Don't COM
ply? Put on extra shifts?
Can't comply? ETC., etc. There
are no answers in most cases.
Best guess is that a lot Of
businesses are going to take
their chances. Also that Con-
gress will have to amend the
act next session in many par
ticulars.
(If you ask Act-Author Sen
ator Ellender about amend
ments, his reply will be: Lets
wait a while to see what hap
pens" which seems to be about
what everyone is going to do.)
X X
But Confidente0lly
4 N UNPURGED Senator is cir
II culating an explosive Sug.
gestion among Congressmen-
the idea that the presidential
chair of state carries too much
respect and prestige to permit
it to be used in political COM
bats.
France, he says, keeps her
president above and out of poll
tics. England reserves the
power due the head of her state
for a non-political king. Only
here, among the major nations,
is the head of state a political
influence and statesman at the
same time.
The Senator says this is why
the purgees could not strike
back directly at the President.
His office commands too much
respect among the people. So
they had to attack Corcoran,
Cohen and who not, instead.
A remedy should be found be-
fore the presidential office is
exalted to autocratic influence,
says the Senator hotly, but con-
fidentally (not mentioning the
Presidents personal prestige.)
Nothing will be done.
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
G. o. P. Hopes ReOie

DEPUBLICANS are losing that
~ hang-dog look. Letters
are coming into headquarters in
volume now, also some checks.
Three recent developments
encourage them to believe they
may top the official Martin
hope for a 76-seat gain-Wis-
consin and Massachusetts, pri-
maries, failure of the purge.
Purge results seem to have
developed the suspicion, after
all, five billion dollars might
possibly beat itself.
The Washington times., 1938-09-26

freely after an orgy of sus-
penders-snapping. I may not
be the nations No. / suS-
penders-snapper-but I insist
upon a high rating.
Orson Welles Is one of us.
Snap, snap, snap go his braces
as he directs his Mercury The
ater fancies. But when he went
on the air waves he was
warned that the unseen au-
dience might not understand
the queer noises. AL Jolson,
- NAnIaRS
The Washington times., 1938-09-26

quences of our emotion on
greater groups.
Chamberlain is condemned
because he gave in to Hitler.
Such words as crawling"
IS ell-out," "surrendering,"
quitting" run through peo-
pies conversation and in the
press.
Chamberlain is Prime Min
lister Of England. What Eng
land may do affects the en-
tire world. The fate Of $780,
600 sudeten Germans is the
The Washington times., 1938-09-26

Probably not great nnauy
persons are aware that you can sing "The Stars
and Stripes Forever" so accustomed are they
to it as strictly march tune. We did not know
it ourself until some years ago when we regretted
in print the absence of lyric to the footlifting
strains, and in the next mail received copy Of
the song from the composer Of the music, the
great bandmaster, John Philip Sousa.
Memorial to SOusa
DUT about John Philip sousa now. A cam
~ paign is being launched by committee Of
gentlemen well known in musical circles to estab-
lish a memorial to Sousa, and also to nouriSh
love of American music in the hearts OF the
American people, and we think that is great
idea The committee intends to enlist the in
The Washington times., 1938-09-26

popular issue. Is Chamberlain then to be con"
demned for thinking FIRST Of the fate OF
millions of Engishmen? Is he to be condemned
for preferring not to plunge the world into
war?
Moral Obligation?
nID HE not capitulate on an issue which
~ basically has no economic or territorial
concern with Great Britain?
Some say that England was MORALLY OBJ
ligated to go to war to defend the Czechs. To
whom does Chamberlain owe the greatest
MORAL OBLIGATION? To his OWN country
men or to foreigners?
Preservation Of the British Empire Is nee
essary for democracy and free enterprise to
survive. The British Empire could not enter
q major war today and Withstand the shock
Those are not idle claims but the studied
assertions of the worlds best students OF po
utical economy.
The Washington times., 1938-09-26

EROTHY TRIFLES: Schumann, I am told
wrote his most inspirational compositions
when his chambers stifled in the odor of rotting
apples, psychoanalysis might explain that
and then turn to me. My thoughts come most
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
Mark TDoin Best of All

MARK TWAIN was probably the greatest OF all
NA suspenders-snappers. and admitted ne had
often pulled comic situation out OF his braces
know little about the current crop OF geniuses,
but have heard that Theodore Dresser, when
confronted by knotty plot situation, will twiddle
with his galluses for half hours at a time His
method is to slip back in his chair until the spine
sticks out Of the edge, plant both feet on the
highest eminence of his desk-and then pluck at
the elastic ribbons until the room resounds with
o perfect gatling-gun rattle. No plot can elude
him after that.
UVHE ECCENTRICS of Manhattan are many and
l. diversified. There are Overcoat Sam, Whls-
ting Minnie the aged gentleman in bedsheet,
with a white beard flowing to his chest, who
keeps moaning, Redemption is near. Repent
repent" oldest chap is the fattish. middleaged
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
Says B0ake Carter

to save Czechoslovakia and sacrifice England.
What would you do?
Chamberlains individual reaction, this writer
happens to know personally, is one Of active
dislike, distrust and horror for Adolf Hitler
and all that Hitler stands for. But Chamber
lain, in thinking Of the people whose fate he
holds in his hands as Prime Minister of Eng
land, six months ago in a public speech de-
clared in essence: 1T is not question Of liking
or dislking the dictators. The dictators are
here. They are fact. The problem we face is
not one Of whether we shall or shall not hob
mob with them, but one of how best may we
live in the same world with them, peaceably"
Would you then call man who so reasons
a "quitter"?
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
''But''- Is

ONE OF our worst and most dangerous habits
" is to 60 into paroxysms of emotion over
the fate of small groups Of people and blndly
refuse to consider what may be the conse
The Washington times., 1938-09-26

E<NNHE Stars and Stripes Forever" is the great
l. est march piece ever written in our opin-
ion and should be the National Anthem OF the
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
A Question and an AnSWeT

A QUESTION and an answer:
IA Are the democracies alone to pay the
price of peace. supposing any peace can come
from this surrender?-New York Times.
Answer: 1t would seem so. Why? Because the
"democracies" have the most in material pos
sessions to lose. The man who has the most
must always expect to pay the price. The
"democracies" control one-haH the earth'S sur
face, twothirds Of the worlds people. IT per
cent of the worlds gold reserves. more than
so per cent Of the worlds industrial output
and rs per cent Of the worlds minerals.
The "democracies" naturally do not wish to
surrender or permit to be taken away any Of
those percentages Of ownership. Czechoslovakia
does not represent any material part Of those
percentages. The five major "democracies," !"
therefore, have the most to lose and nothing
to calmly warning over the Czechs and Su-
detenS
(Boake Carter'S opinions are his o,Un and not
necessarily those OF The Washington TtneSJ
Copyright Ledger syndcatOl
The Washington times., 1938-09-26

Edule CauIOI, bIIlg OIUSUy' E4"11% o17'7--
and Will Corm are the deftest Of the snappers-
Craven, in fact, has made quite homey art OF
It In his role in Our TotDn
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
News Behind
The News
Bu Paul M1LLOn

(WorId Copyright. 1888. by King Fea-
lures Syndicate. All rights reserved.
Reproduction, In full or in part,
strictly prOhlblted).
The Washington times., 1938-09-26

Chamberlain Choice
OHAMBERLAINS choice was: To save Eng
~ land and let Czechoslovakia co. OF to try
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-30
NATIVE, BEAR
 FIGHT BATTLE
Fairbanks News-Miner)

Leonard Kobuk and another na- tive and companion arrived at Ko- yukuk station a couple of days ago in skin boat, which, after a month on the river, had carried them from Alatna. And with their arrival the following story was related:
 They saw a bear across the river one day and decided to take a shot at it. Leonard's partner banged away at least 12 times, one shot crippling the animal.
 The young men then made for shore, climbed the bank in haste, each taking different route through the brush. Leonard ran smack into the bear in the thick underbrush; practically ran into the huge embrace of the bear. and the first thing the young man knew he was down on the ground, under the bear, and fighting for his life!
 Again and again the snarling jaws were held off from crushing bites and great hairy paws with long, sharp claws thrust aside, but only with the aid of Leonard's big feet and strong legs. But even so, in the wild melee, Leonard's face and body were badly lacerated. Leonard's skill and knowledge of wrestling stood him in good stead, for with his feet and one arm he gained a half nelson and with the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-30
Says School Girls Spend Most Time
 Al killing TimG''

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 30.- - Velma E. Shaffer, University of Tennessee graduate student, decid- ed-after questioning 239 girls-that the special interests of most high school girls appear to be only "time-killing amusements."
 Mrs. shaffer reported that nov ies were first among the girls spe- cial interests; listening to the radio, second; going to parties, third; talking with friends, fourth; mak- ing candy, fifth, and reading, sixth.
 Cooking was far down the list and caring for children" at the very bottom More consideration, Mrs. Shaffer concluded, might well be given to movie appreciation, worthwhile reading materials, pur- suance of hobbies, and other per sonal interests
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-30
Wiltshire Boosts
 Internationd! Ny,
Seattle Post-Intelligencer)


 The international highway to AL aska could and should be built immediately, according to Herbert T. Wiltshire, who last week spoke before the Seattle Real Estate Beard at their regular noon meet ing.
 He pointed out that the cost of building roads in Alaska is particu- larly inexpensive at present, the cost being about $5,000 mile, in cluding upkeep This he compared to the $40,000 a mile it costs to build the same type road in the United States proper.
 With already HOO miles of good roads interlacing portions of the Northern Territory, it is a simple matter to finish the needed 183 miles to the Canadian border, he pointed out.
 By putting this road through now" he declared, everyone would benefit It is estimated that lO,- GOO cars would travel it the first year. and it would mean that AL aska would at last be opened as II should be. While Canada is not financially able at the moment to put through the 1900 miles con- meeting already existent roads, the United States could aid definitely
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-30
INTERIOR HUNTERS
 GET 396 LICENSES

Game animals are going to be kept on the run this hunting sea- son, if the figures on hunting li- censes issued in Fairbanks are an indication.
 For hunting and trapping, 2Ol licenses have been issued by Ken meth Murray, licensing officer of the Alaska Game Commission. The total on hunting licenses alone for this season is l95 to date.
 The season is now open on cari- bou, and will end December 3l; open on mountain sheep, and will end November 30; on moose, from September to December 3l; grouse or ptarmigan, September l to Feb ruary 28; waterfowl, September to October IS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-30
TRUCKERS WIN GREEN GROWN
 FOR SOFTBALL
Rockets Go Down in Deep Defeat in Five-Inning
 Bowl Fest

The title challenging Rockets last night whent down in defeat to the leading Truckers in Evergreen Bowl in barrage of hits and errors, to wind up the season.
 Trucker Hildinger hit the first ball over in the last of the fourth for four base swat. Bob Commers, Rocket, hit two triples.
 Umpire Iffert called the game when the Rockets were retired in the first of the fifth, either because of darkness or to save the Rockets from total destruction.
 Tonight the Federals will play the Haida in a post season match.