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Special Appointments

E @. Prettyman, superintendent
Connecticut Anti-Saloon League;
Ivanhoe Willis, superintendent
Anti-Saloon League of Delaware;
G. I. Carpenter, chaplain U. S.
Army Left without appointment
to attend school; M. E. Wheatley,
Jr., c. H. Squires, Joseph Wiggles-
worth, and Paul Mccoy. Miss
Gladys Pautz, Miss Darla Brown,
Miss Elizabeth Cotton, and Miss
Almenda Parsons, deaconesses,
Riddle Memorial Deaconess Home,
Wilmington.
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|Slll1rna Times
P',r,ia.. DELAWARE
and VICINITY

] p,p,y,p. who za8 has Is 'fSs sse
81 aois sss I'm moved his
I157i. ,st5 |. TO e Mt Vernon
ID coal y'F''
IstHy meeting l . T,lesday IL
Fl y J y at 7.8O, at the
| rs Edward iu.lro !, ! 1 4 iSs be-
zsrssting program 7 n
gi.
H. School Board of q, As :
y c.nrcs will be held al
ILL., G-' pszt Wednesday ,
" n monthly meeting q
B Bard at the &c churon
evening at 7-8O.
H., Home Missionary
:. .snrv NJ. E. Church
A-' ne lecture room
limo April 7, at 7.3O
b will be tne anual r-4har III
srs,ppt the program.
i Claude B. vOshell, .
,.,irsr and receiver Of
N Levy Court showed
4 S.7l7.8O in current
Ssl4.2O in delinquent
Enty, during the same
IS in miscellaneous re-
b county balance Is
according to the re-
gstt aged u one of
most prominent and re-
srei men, who died
d last week, was bur
\ at Bethel Cemetery.
lnbsr paid respect to
He was prominent in
lodge work. For years
plyed by the late Mrs.
Raymond, G. B. Ray
Cthers. He leaves three
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JOHN BASSETT
MOORE SCHOOLS

Continued From Page onel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20
CIVIL SERVICE
REFORM. DUE

A fight for Civil Service reforms
in the next Congress W a S
promised today by Representative
Robert Ramspeck CD, Georgia,
chairman of the House Civil SerV-
ice Committee.
Representative Ramspeck an
nounced he would begin early in
the next session of Congress to
press for extension of the Civil
Service to all branches of the
Government.
Ramspeck stated he hopes the
new Congress will enact legisla-
ton similar to the Civil Service
feature of the reorganization bill,
emitting the controversial pro
vision of the measure which
would have changed the COM
plexion of the Civil Service Com
mission. Under the old reorganiza-
ton bill, as proposed by the Presi-
dent, the commission would have
been directed by one adminiStra-
tor rather than the present board
of three.
Retirement reforms are also on
the agenda for next year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20
TO Get
BIDS ON BONDS

ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 20,
The City Council will hold a spe-
cial meeting at 7:30 p. m. today
to act on bids for 100000 worth
of public funding bonds, that were
to be opened at noon in the office
of Acting City Manager Carl
Budwesky.
Under provisions of the bidding,
the bonds must be accepted and
paid for by June 81. This will en-
able the Council to retire 1908
bond issue, which natures July /,
with $4,000 of the sale proceeds,
Budwesky explained.
Sale of the bonds was author
lied recently to defray the cost of
school, street and sewer improve
mentS, besides retiring the pre-
vious issue. To save interest, only
$500,00O worth of bonds are to be
sold Immediately, although bids
were asked for the entire amount.
The bonds, which bear 3 per
cent interest, payable Semiannu-
ally, are to be retired in 35 years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20
Days When 81 Had Standing
Recalled by D. c. Bills of go

'privates, and 1866 for regulars.
Pay of police van drivers, then
$50 a month.
Pay of skilled mechanics at the
Government Printing Office, where
painters and plumbers were asking
so cents an hour.
Purchase of Analostian (Colum-
bia) Island at a cost of $75, 900.
Studying the public school sys-
tenn with a view to introducing
such changes as may be found
necessary to extend the industrial
facilities" of school courses.
Obtaining designs for a monu-
ment to General Grant.
Extending Sixteenth Street.
Removing Hancock Circle.
Maybe" it was suggested, you
could get a story out of it,"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20
Says Boake Carter

London-aS he has protested with justifiable hor-
ror the Japanese bombing of Chinese civilians?
Still it is hard to see what particle of diff
civilians of tribe which does not want to be
under the thumb of British democracy, and
Italian and German bombers bombing civilians
of Spain, or japanese bombers bombarding CT
villains of China that does not want to be under
the thumb of Japanese militariSm.
An essay on taxes:
TAXES feed, clothe and shelter the poor They
build operate and maintain hospitals, infrm-
aries and orphanages. They care for the living
and bury the dead. They provide county agents
and nurses and pay for fairs and football.
TAXES maintain schools and colleges They
provide transportation, pencils and books. They
furnish laboratories, libraries, museums, parks,
Fairgrounds and ZOOS They build roads and
sewers. sidewalks and swimming pools. They re-
move snow, put out fires, regulate hairdresSerS
and control wife-beaters.
TAKES provide police and prisons, armies
and naVieS. They give security and safety to per.
sons and property. They furnish courts and JUS
rivers, regulate freight and power rates. They
supervise banking and business and provide in
spection of milk and meat, weights and measures,
fabrics and factories, workmen and wages.
Copyright Ledger syndicate)
(Boake Carriers opinions are his oWn and not
necessarily those OF The TtnteSJ
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20
Benefits Paid
Unemployed
In States

Total of $139, 900, 900 has been
distributed in unemployment bene-
fit payments in Is States, the
Social Security Board reports in
announcing that Michigan, Iowa
and South Carolina would in
augurate their unemployment ben
eft programs July !.
Approximately 16,744,000 work
ers were covered in the original Is
States, the board said, and an
other 100000 will be added to
this list when payments start in
the latest States to join the pro-
gram. All 48 States will have
benefit programs in effect by July
of next year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20

Several residents Of Washing
ton and nearby Maryland and Vir-
GINA, who telephoned the first
stories on matters of public in
terest, will benefit this week in
The Washington Times Weekly
Newstip Contest.
Tips which won cash awards in
clude: First stories on the apart
ment house fire in which two per
sons were hurt and several saved
unframed by firemen; tip on the
drowning of a Western High School
student, and on the Mt. Vernon
Bank paying off 100 per cent on
amounts below 500.
Other tips in the list of awards
include: Tip on the outbreak of
undulant fever; tip on an acct
dent in which one man was in
stantly killed when a lumber
truck in which he was riding col
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20
CIVIL RIGHTS
Get attention

Possibility that the District Bar
Association, regarded as one Of
the most conservative organiza-
tons of it's kind in the country,
may set up a committee to safe
guard civil rights of citizens, was
seen in a preliminary report that
has been made by a special COM
mittee which has completed a
study of the need for such activity.
The preliminary report reveals
that the committee has already
held meetings with DR.. James A.
Nolan, director of the Criminal
Justice Association, and found a
sympathetic attitude toward its
intended program, it is said.
Explaining that there have been
many instances of "undoubted and
serious invasion of civil rights"
not only by police but by the jul
dietary as well, the report advises
a cautious approach to the Solu-
ton of the problem.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20
Cash AwardS Made
To Alert NelvStipper

'lided with a produce truck. an,
the tip on the 60-foot smokestac!
falling on the roof of q Silver
Spring laundry.
Other tipse to receive ca S h
awards were on the gas explosion
which resulted in a fire: the sud
den death of a pedestrian; the
accident in which a boy caught
his head in a rafter. and the post
office robbery at Curdsville, Va.
Also listed for newstip awards
we're: Tip on the story of a film
flam artist who offered the Jun
Tor Board of Commerce house for
sale; tip on herd of COWS block
ing traffic; tip on the railroad
locomotive jumping the track; tip
on the accident in which a man
was pinned under an automobile,
and the tip on the freak accident
in which an automobile ran down
into a basement.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20
MONDAY, JUNE 20
By E0alw Walsh Mclean

small place we occupy in the law Of the uni.
verse, they might not take themselves So
seriously.
They should really tackle the serious problems
instead of sidetracking them or ignoring them.
1t wouldn't be so distressing if there were not
so many really fine men in the Senate and the
House. But what do these brilliant men do?
They go on and warn us that there will be a
dictatorship here in this eountry and they
practically say there is that now. They make
all sorts of alarming speeches, and yet when
serious and desperate measure was dumped
into their laps the railroad problem - they
simply fold their tents like the Arabs and
silently steal away"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20

Congress was about to quit. Idly,
a correspondent sitting in the
front row of the Senate press gal,
lery pulled open the drawer in
front of him, repository of dusty
documents. Few persons ever peer
into these compartments, in long
disuSe.
"How DID," asked a companion,
would you guess the oldest docu-
ment to be?"
Curiosity won. The drawer was
emptied. 1t was full of District of
Columbia bills of the vintage of
1896. There they had lain un-
touched for AZ years.
Their contents showed that AZ
years ago Washington was think
ing about such problems as these:
Pay of firemen, 1920 then for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20
NADINE PETREY'
MODEST after.
BEAUTY HONOR.
Mirror Winner to
Live Simple Life

The thrill is, ended-but the
memory fingers on for the 17-year-
old Kentucky belle who was
chosen, from 1900 Of the Districts
most beautiful high school girls,
to receive the Herald Times Col
den Mirror.
Central High Schools Nadine
Petrey, who always has lived a
simple life, will continue to live
life that way her father said, and
her mother said, and she said yes
terday.
CAN COOK AND SEW
II like to dance-swing a little
and I like to ride horseback,
and-and SWIM" the beauty win
ner declared, "and I would like
to be a model, I think, after I
finish school,"
She pointed to a dress she was
wearing.
IT made thiS-and I sew very
well-and I can cook, too-but
not as we'll as can sew"
Meanwhile out at 1907 Irving
St., the phone keeps ringing, with
offers from model agents, with
congratulations from friends
from Strangers-and Mrs. S. P
Petrey, Madness mother, doeSn't
like it!
MANY ADMIRERS
ct wish they'd let the child
alone" she complains, but of
course I'm glad she won that
Mirror! She has it all tucked
away in the box it came in"
And what does Madness boy
friend think about it?
That's wrong. She hasn't any
Not in that way. She explains:
II go around with a lot of the
boys-I haven't found one yet
that I want to spend all my time
with. I like several of them
and"
The phone rang again.
II guess they like me-"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20
3DEAD, 15HURT
in TRAFFIC AS
sundays TOLL
Nearby Md. Crashef
Are Fatal

Auto-choked roads in nearby
Maryland were the scenes of three
deaths and Is persons injured in
collisions yesterday.
Two youths in party Of five
lost their lives when the car if
which they were riding went out
of control near Finksburg, Md.
Dead are Howard l.. Edmondson,
%, of 923 M st. N. w., and Wal
ter G.. Barnes, of Gambler, Md. Ed
mondson attempted to fix the &C
celerator of his car, which had be
come stuck, when he lost control
of the vehicle on an S curve.
CHILD ESCAPES
James L. Boone, of Louisville
KY, was seriously injured. Don
aid Edmondson, 4, brother of the
dead man, and Raymond H.
Barnes, of 923 M st. N. W., the
other members of the party, es
capped with bruises.
Apparently the victim of a pas
ing car or truck, the body of Ber.
nard Matthews, 26, colored, of 1877
P St. S. W., was found lying in
the road near Piscataway, Md,
yesterday. He was pronounced
dead at Providence Hospital.
Struck by car in the 1900 block
OF Rhode Island Ave. N. E., Lille
Statland, of 1898 Brentwood st
N. E., is in Casualty Hospital with
conclusion, internal injuries and
multiple decorations.
George Garvin, SO, Of 1924 H
st. N. w., was treated at Emer.
gency Hospital after being struck
by a car at Fifteenth and Penn
sylvania Ave. N. w. last night. He
was later released.
POLICEMAN HURT
Third Precinct Policeman Ed
ward H. Ring, %, of 1877 Brent
wood st. N. E., was treated at
Emergency Hospital for bruises
and cuts after he was struck by
an auto at Twentieth and 6 SITS.
N. w. Virgil j. Shinker, Of 1916
Seventeenth st. N. W., forfeited
SO collateral on q charge Of fail
ing to give a pedestrian the right
Of way.
Joseph I. Keefer, 10, of COS hide
pendence Ave. N. w., received a
possible fracture of the skull when
hit by car at Ninth and E SITS
N. w.
Harry E. Thompson, 1884 Pleas
ant St. S. E., and his companion,
William Denton, of Chicago, were
injured in crash at Brentwood,
Md, and treated at Providence
Hospital.
George McClelland, Of Balti.
more, was treated at Walter Reed
Hospital for injuries received in a
crash at Berwyn, Md, last night.
HURT DODGING DOG
John A. Poole, "a, of 1904 D st.
S. E., a motorcyclist, was thrown
from his machine as he attempted
to avoid hitting a dog at Thirty
third and Erie Streets Southeast.
He was treated at Casualty Hos
pital for brush burns and cuts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20
Necessities of Life Brought

lust consider for minute how long New York
could keep going without the food, the milk
and other necessities that are brought in over the
shining rails.
Why vote 100000 for a jefferson Memorial
down on the Tidal Basin, with these conditions
existing? In the first place, Jefferson would
hate to have a memorial put up to him of
marble building or statue, or whatever it is. It
is true am not quite old enough to remember
him, but from what have read about the man
I am sure he would undoubtedly prefer to have
a planetarium in his memory, like the wonder
full ones in Chicago and New York.
Here, thousands Of people day could learn
and be improved by the knowledge of the
heavenly bodies which keep this little world
spinning around And perhaps if a few of our
Representatives would go up into these man
made heavens and realize what an infinitely
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20

Gently the dollar has lost, and has exchanged at
the rate of about $498 to the pound
At the same time the rate of gold imports has
declined.
All this is associated with a strong demand
in France and Holland for gold coins for hoard
ing purposes. There seems to have been some re-
sumption of boarding gold bullion in London.
Thus, it may be said that the dollar has de-
precated Cd in exchange for the leading Eu
ropean currencies and 90 in exchange for gold
There have even been some traces of stronger
commodity prices, which would mean that paper
dollars have lost in general purchasing power,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20
Ordained
IS Are Made
Jesuit Priests

WOODSTOCK, Md, June 20.
Thirty-six members of the Society
of Jesus were ordained into the
priesthood here yesterday by
Auxiliary Bishop John M. NC
Namara.
Today the newly ordained
priests celebrated their first mass
in various chapels at Woodstock
College. Each will celebrate his
first solemn mass Sunday in home
churches.
Two of the new priests are
natives of Washington and two
others formerly taught at Con
zaga High School. The first are
the Rev. BerchmanS Lanaham and
the Rev. Bernard Marion Loeb
boehler. The former Gonzaga
teachers are the Rev. Thomas
Alphonsus Brophy and the Rev.
joseph Patrick Lynch.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20

ARE these men timid? Were they frightened,
"A or just tired? Why didn't they meet the
really grave issues face to face and fight them out
if it meant spending the rest of the summer here?
Instead of that, you hear "fear, fear, fear -
YET before me in large type is National Income
in '37 Highest Since 49," This certainly does not
look like America is quite bankrupt.
Remember, Marie Antoinette said Let them
eat cake" Well, our poor and starving people
could well say, LET them build statues, let them
build monuments" and start walking on the
White House today. But, you see, the American
citizen is so fundamentally fair; he has such
patience and such deeprooted love for his
country. This is the reason, I think, We are
going to pull out in the long run.
There is another very comforting thought: If
our so-called great men are correct and we are
headed for the falls, we are at least all in the
same boat and it is nice to have company. We
can groan and complain together.
No, again say, the railroads are the great life
giving arteries of this country. The Senate had
been warned they would be taken over by the
Government or thrown into the hands Of re-
ceivers. If the Government takes them over
there will be the cry, more centralized power"
But have these men done anything to stop this?
Again say mo" They seemed "hellbent for
election" regardless of who or what suffered
from their scramble to get away from their little
seats in the Capitol, so they can get back those
seats next fall.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20

Causes of Weakness
WHAT, then, are the causes of weakness in
w the dollar?
To some extent it came with the adoption by
the Senate Of the spendlend bill to prime the
pump"
Back of this lies the New-Deal type share-the-
wealth program, both in France and in the
United States. LIBERALIZATION" allows govern
ments to write up the paper profits" made by
cutting dollars in two and keeping one-half.
It should be noted that the "highwage policy"
sooner or later becomes too much Of an economic
handicap to nation, so it devalues the standard
money unit In way, this was done in England.
think that eventually it will be done here.
Then, too, the wars and war preparations all
over the world are driving most nations into a
series of bankruptcies which encourage them to
devalue.
Considered alone, the United States policy Of
devaluation has been rather silly, because we are
not on the gold standard. What we do to gold
has no direct effect prices in dollars The next
devaluation however, will probably be "tri-
partite"! That is, England and France will join
us. 1t will be devaluation in terms of gold, not
merely in terms of other currencies. Incidentally
it will be more likely to raise prices.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20

rides without undue or over
Use of his thumb. He carried
upon his back a sign which
read:
IF you don't pick me up I
shall vote for him again He
got plenty of rides"
The rebellious Fakir of Ipi,
In the northwest frontier Of
India, and his followers have
risen again and a couple of
British soldiers have lost their
lives in a battle with this
fierce old tribesman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20

No, indeed. Mrs. Mclean
have seen many an operation and it always
is marvel to me how the surgeons can take
our body to pieces, put it together again. and 1t
works.
The situation on the Hill was exactly as II
great doctor should cut some big vein in the
patients body and instead of using clamps and
forceps and sponges to stop the flow of blood,
calmly stand by and let the patient bleed to
death. That is what will happen to our great
cities all over the United States if the railroads
60 to pot.
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sons given below, it does not
seem probable right now, but
before the next winter is over.
There has been a virtual
flight from the dollar. While
this has been somewhat con-
cealed by our so-called favor
able balance of trade, the
pound has risen considerably
In terms of dollars.
Until recently the dollar
was gaining on the pound, the
rate of exchange falling to
about $4.94 per pound. Re-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20

steps forward and then fall
flat, but struggle up again.
I have never pretended to
know much about politics,
but every American citizen,
from a 15-year-old child up
ward, when they stop to think,
will realize the railroads are
the great arteries, the life
giving stream of our country.
Did our noble congressional
men vote to save the greatest
industry in our country today?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20
My Say

THE seventy-fifth Congress is over-the Hell
l. bent for Election" Congress which behaved
like child learning to walk. 1t would take two
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20

NEW YORK.-The devaluation rumors are fly
ing again. think further devaluation of the
gold dollar has become probability, but, for rea-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20

CREDIT the Uniontown, Pa, Morning Herald
~ with this pippin
"a htchhiker-an unusual fellow he was,
too-yeSterday discovered new way to garner
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20

The Fakir is mad, according to British adj
vices. According to the tribesmen of that prov
ince, the Fakir is their George Washington.
rebel, say British advices. Democracy in the
raw, say the hillmen.
year ago, the British Government put 10000
troops in the field against the old tribesman sent
Raj planes over systematically to bomb the
villages nuts, civilians and all-sky high. The
bombing was aimed to break the morale of the
tribesmen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20
World of Finance By Lezvis Haney

but these have not been so marked or so definite
as the exchange comparisons
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20
Repetition Due?

Repetition Due:
ONE wonders if British air force bombers will
y repeatP And If so. will Mr.. Hull protest to
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-12-15
Willow Lake School
Has Christmas Party
BY Zerelda Fennern

Willow Lake-A large crowd
attended the program at the dist
riot "a school Friday evening. Ed
win Kruger, Erwin Kuehn and
Raymond Anderson won. prizes.
Christian Hengel played the ac-
Gordon; Leo Kurschner played
the piano and Jimmy Lynde sang.
Both are from Redwood Falls.
G.. Frankot and Fred Schneider
of st. Paul visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Ross Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kuehl
and family were business callers
in New Ulm Saturday.
Mrs. August Gleoge and Alfred
of Bellinghom will spend several
days visiting relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman E. Hoff-
man visited at the William Sch
raeder home in New Avon Sum-
day.
Lowell Fenger, son of MIR. and
Mrs. Walter Fenger, is ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Juene-
mann and family moved to Wan
da Friday.
Friends and relatives helped
Mrs. George Kruse celebrate her
birthday Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Basemar
and family and Raymond Warner
of New Ulm visited Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Kuehn Friday.
GuStie Fennern of VeSta spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Chris
tan Fennern.
Eugene Lange, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Lange, had his ton
sils removed Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Schraeder
of Springfield and Agnes Hengel
left for Ethan, S. D. Wednesday,
to spend several days visiting re-
latives.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Radel and
family and Mrs. Alvina Fenger of
Springfield were supper guests at
the Karl Timm home Sunday.
Elvera Aftermath of Redwood
Falls and MIR. and Mrs. Frank
Arp, son-in-law and daughter of
Mrs. Louise Aftermath, spent the
weekend at home.
Erwin Schweim of Wabasso and
Cosina Arnds of Waterbury visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand Sch
VEIN Sunday evening.