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The Washington times., 1938-06-09
THURSDAY, JUNE 9
By Eyalw Walsh Mclean

should think it would take three Senators
mighty long time to 60 into the full and compl-
Gated details Of the tremendous organization that
is now at least trying to do its part in feeding
people and getting them back to work. OF course,
the Vice President may pick three superhuman
men that can do all this in a few short months.
But, whatever report they turn in, you may be
sure they viii be condemned.
The Senators that approve of their report are
very apt to think it is not strong enough and the
ones that don't approve of it will say they are
playing politics. So, there you are again!
The Washington times., 1938-06-09
BLAIR SCHOOL.
ENTRY BOASTS
fine RECORD
Contest to Close
Sunday Night

Students of Montgomery Blair
High School, in Silver Spring, Nd,
are confident they know the name
of the girl who will be adjudged
winner of the Golden Mirror Con-
test sponsored by The Washington
Times and the Washington Herald.
The beautiful golden mirror.
the students declare, will be pre-
sented to Miss Phyllis Hunnell, Is
of 1913 Flower Avenue, Takoma
Park, Md.
PLENTY OF OPPOSITION
But students of SO other hign
schools in Washington and nearby
Maryland and Virginia, who are
represented by the more than
1000 lovely young girls already
entered in the contest, are just as
confident of the laSSieS Of their
choice.
The Golden Mirror will be pre-
sented to the girl whom a commit
tee Of distinguished judges Sc
lect as the loveliest high school
student in the Greater Washing
ton Area. Consolation prizes Of
a 17-jewel Benrus wrist watch do
mated by Charles Schwartz &
Son and 10-piece dressing table
set from Selinger's will be pre-
Sented to the runners-up in the
contest.
PERENNIAL WINNER
Montgomery-Blair students base
their confidence, they say, on the
fact that Miss Hunnell has never
failed in anything she has under
taken. She entered a beauty con-
test in Silver Spring last year and
walked away with a silver cup.
When the school planned its Jun
ior Prom this year, Miss Hunnell
proposed a panoramic spring gar
den scene to decorate the ball
room. Other committee members
said such an undertaking was too
big for the students to handle.
But when the Prom" was held
1900 square feet of wall space in
the ball room was covered with
spring garden scenery and 220 feet
of white picket fence surrounded
the dance floor.
The committee Of judges will
not be aware of the identity of any
Of the contestants when they be-
gin their examination of photo
graphs submitted in the contest
which closes at midnight Sunday.
The judges will set aside pic
lures of the 10 girls whom they
consider most attractive and these
young ladies will be guests Of Mrs.
Eleanor Patterson, editor and pub
Usher Of The Washington Times
and the Washington Hefald at her
home. Dover House, in Maryland.
Until midnight, Sunday, the
contest is open to every girl at
tending public, private or paro-
chial high schools in the District
and its environs. Today and to-
morrow The Times is printing two
full pages of pictures Of the con-
testants. Four full pages of pic
lures will be printed Saturday.
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and leave all the others un-
touched. That's like having
five leaks in a wall, putting
your finger in one and say
ing: THAT stopped It'll"
If Commissioner Payne were
also enabled to apply Govern
ment control Of movies, maya
zines, newspapers and thea
ters-then for a time he might
be able to elevate" the people
by coercion. But that would
be dictatorship - and George
Henry has no love for dictatorS.
The Washington times., 1938-06-09
.HAZEN URGES.
BYPASS PLAN
FOR CAPITAL.
Says N. Y. System
Would Aid d. C..

Inspired by New York's system
Of speedy by-passes to relieve traf-
fic congestion, Commissioner Mel
vim C. Hazen proposed today the
construction of a bridge and a by
pass in the eastern sections of the
city to relieve Washington streets
Of tourist and truck traffic.
The Commissioner detailed his
plans to The Washington Times
today by long-distance telephone.
With Traffic Director william A.
Van Duzer and Director of High
ways Herbert c. Whitehurst, he is
preparing to leave New York to-
day, following an inspection trip
Of New York and nearby New Jer-
sey traffic systems.
PROPOSES BRIDGE
Hazen proposed the conStruc-
ton Of a bridge between Alexan-
dria, Va, and Shepherds Landing
at the tip of the District near
Blue Plains. He continued:
I'VE could have this bridge
connect with a bypass which
would run through the Anacos-
tia Park from one end of the
District to the other. This is an
ideal location for such a road
way, since it is removed from
thickly populated and traffic
crowded sections.
by arrangement with Mary
land, we could have the bypass
continued beyond the District
line to a point connecting with
the road to Baltimore. But even
If this was not agreeable, the
bypass would continue along
Eastern Avenue, the northern
boundary of the District, and
connect with the Baltimore
road.
CUT IN TRAFFIC
"Such a bypass would relieve
the crowded District streets of
tourist, bus and truck traffic
which now travel through the
center Of the CITY,"
HaZen said he had proposed
a SOS, 000,000 bond issue for local
traffic Improvements merely as a
"feeler" to bring about other sug-
gestions of finance.
While the by-passes made the
most favorable impression on the
Commissioner, the New York sys-
tenn of overhead traffic yiaducts
and tunnels under rivers also took
the Commissioners fancy.
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CURRAN RULES
FOR CHAMBERS

Washington ambulanceS will
not be required to pay for a spe,
cial license as public vehicles for
hire" as the result Of a ruling in
Polite Court today by Judge Ed
ward M. Curran.
Judge Curran dismissed the test
case brought against w. w. Cham.
bers, Washington funeral director,
who was arrested last April on q
charge of operating "a public
vehicle for hire" without a special
license.
The vehicle in question was one
of Chambers am blu a n C e s.
Chambers commended that the
ambulance was part Of a service
he supplied in the course of his
business.
Judge Curran, throwing out the
case today, ruled IAN ambulance
is a vehicle, but not a public
vehicle for hire, in that it fur.
nishes a service to the sick and
the wounded, and requires attend.
ants in it's operation"
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Says Boake Carter

people pay to go to the Met? Because it offers
the best. Therefore, the aspiration Of all opera
singers is to one day appear on the Metropolitan
stage.
Likewise does local, small-town talent always
strive to go to bigger and more powerful sta
lions, until the day shall arrive when they find
themselves on q network program. The net
works. like the Met, are criteria Of the best.
Huge profits have been made by many broad
cast stations to the detriment Of the public"
charges George Henry to the congressional COM
mittee.
generalized assumption, without supporting
facts. Assuming huge profits" (Which statistics
of the Treasury do not confirm were made, how
have they been detrimental to the public? The
public does not pay for the talent. The public
pays no taxes on the radio sets it owns. It is
the advertiser who pays and pays.
Lou Cost Amusement
AS matter Of fact, radio seems to me to be
"A the one amusement medium Of many in the
whole nation for which the public pays the
least. So when George Henry cries detrimental"
what does he mean-financally, spiritually, NOR
ally or what?
The commissioner harpS upon the word "medi-
ocrity." The Philadelphia Orchestra Boston SYM
phony, the opera singers. the great actors in
halfhour dramas. best bands in the country,
thousand and one lectureS-are these mediocre?
If so, then they must be also mediocre in their
own fields Of endeavor.
If it be that mediocrity is to be cited. then
the most annoying. most mediocre collection of
verbal trpe on the air today comes from political
speakers who drone on daily for hours-all be-
cause the Government may obtain free time
under threat Of smacking down the licensees.
What Of that, Mr.. Commissioner?
Copyright Ledger syndieate)
(BoGke Carriers opinions are his DUN and not
NeceSSGTiEv those Of The Washington TtneSl
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ing to beat the game. Whether
it be Share the wealth." more
abundant life" New Deal or
Irish sweepstakes-it all comes
to wish-thinking and dreams
of "free" economy.
Incidentally, I note that this
leaflet only has one advertise
ment, and that is a quick, sure
fire "cure" for hay fever.
You see, the folks Who be-
lieve that patent medicines
can make them young and
hanpy. often are the ones who
The Washington times., 1938-06-09
World of Finance By LeeOis Haney

Did you ever stop to think why it is that some
people get so excited about savings? I have,
because most Of my life have been trying to
save-saving for the old age Of my wife and
myself, and for the good of my child.
Now these people who want free" money come
along and try to take it away from me. So
they organize Sharethe-wealth movement and
60 after more abundant nfe"-at my expense.
The Washington times., 1938-06-09
My Say

BOUT all anyone has heard in the last year
"A is the fear of centralized power because Of
the millions which 20 through certain Govern
The Washington times., 1938-06-09

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMITS
i sIONER GEORGE HENRY PAYNE wants
to elevate" one medium Of public expression
The Washington times., 1938-06-09

NEW YORK.-The leaflet on Free Economy"
~ that I have written about is 100 per cent
the essence of all our errors. We are still try.
The Washington times., 1938-06-09
Weary of Cries of Fear


INSTEAD Of any more investigation, instead Of
spending any more millions for new white
marble buildings with which Washington is over
loaded, if the big men Of this country who are
opposed to the present Administration think
things are so rotten and going to the dogs so
quickly. why in heavens name don't they stop
the pickering among themselves, get together,
map out a plan, start using the radio and the
newspapers and try to save this country? Remem-
her, no conviction is really true unless you act on
it, and am getting utterly sick and tired of this
cry Of FEAR, FEAR, and where are we headed
for?
Personally, have always said I thought we
were going to come out all right and everyone
knows we are better off than any other country
in the world UP to date. But here is your Repub-
lican party Hoover fighting Landon. Landon
fighting Hoover, no constructive element any,
where-nothing but this cry Of fear and ruination.
BY all means let the three Senators do all the
investigating they can bring out all the facts they
can find, and for Gods sake let our big men who
seem to be so frightened and worried about things
get together and either put up or shut up
The Washington times., 1938-06-09

lar territory. OF course, with such tremendous
program and so many hundreds of thousands
of people connected with it, there is bound to
be a certain amount Of so-caled graft.
Now ten Democratic Senators ask thorough
investigation into the relief situation. They
want to have Senate committee to investigate
these charges of political influence in connec-
ton with the spending of relief money. Well,
am sure nobody in the world minds this. If
there is any corruption or too much leakage
here or there, it certainly ought to be exposed
and the President of the United States would
be the first man to want it exposed.
An Amusing SituatiOn ......
THERE really is one amusing situation, though,
about these ten Senators. One Of them, as
I remember it, in his day was accused Of the
very same thing that he is accusing others OF
now. If there is any real necessity OF having
this investigation, and any one Of these sena-
tors feels it is imperative, it is like the pot call
ing the kettle black.
The Washington times., 1938-06-09

Free competition among stations is rapidly
disappearing" he cries to Congress 1.-THE ten
dency in the broadcast industry is to strengthen
and perpetuate two or three powerful chains"
Is there not bound to he elimination of every
thing in this life where Nature itself is pre-
ordained as a battle of the strong versus the
weak, and survival Of the fittest? Maybe two
or three" chains do stand out, but why? Be.
cause they offer better service, better programs
Local station programs cannot be compared
to chain programs when it comes to standards
of excellence. But is that unnatural? The little
stations neither have the money, nor are able
to find the talent. I agree with George Henry
that it is too bad there isn't Lily PonS or
Jack Benny under every bush in every hamlet
The fact, however, that there is not makes
for competitive bidding of the talent, who, by
reason of being ION" network. reach greater
number of people at once.
HouU About the Met
no be sure, the three major networks in the
l. United States put on" the best entertainers.
George Henry appears to think there is some
thing immoral and wicked about that. Would
he then tear down the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany, which has all the best singers? WFNS1o
The Washington times., 1938-06-09

Penalizing Savings
THIS Free Economy leaflet, however, mostly
consists of blurb for a book. And this book
seems to have been written in an attempt to go
further than Keynes and Fisher have been able
to 60 on monetary policies.
The main proposal is that the Government
should penalize savings.
The Washington times., 1938-06-09

CLUB TO PICNIC
The Monday Evening Club will
hold its annual picnic Monday at
5 D. m. in JeSSup-Blair Park.
The Washington times., 1938-06-09

believe that greenbacks or public debt can enable
them to begin life again at so or so.
The Washington times., 1938-06-09

(BoGke CGrter's opinions are his DUN and not
necessarily those Of The Washington Tines
The Washington times., 1938-06-09
SKIPPY

Do you want money? The Washington
Times is offering $50 in prizes each week for
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-03-24
). treasurer Ben Knox is in

,.v treasurer Ben Knox is IN
O today on business. p -
hs ar4hur Dutton is spending lew
Ar.n ,,acation with his parents.
dsys Misses Ruth and Anna Muel-
r W we're weekend visitors In Se-
attle. ,.or+in Is making an
extended visit with rela'iVeS III %
sttle. rd;+b Tvrrell and
,,.ne Henke were Pasco Visitors
Tu rses,er Campbell has returned to
-, A ~ork after several days illness
u ~, ~ D harris moved Monday from
No Galloway apartments to the
pankin home. =, -.
n, rne horticulture club will meet
-. afternoon at the home OF
Ms. Ida Buntz. ,,, -. :,
~. Conner and son OF Conneil
have ' moved into the HainsWorth
n ,o on Third Avenue.
M" p.ttv Higley fell while playing
-. mo-, this morning and receiv-
-. badly sprained ankle. a
= The Rev. and Mrs. }. G. Pine
-. -. dinner guests at the home OF
Ms. n. 8. Kinkaid Sunday.
s,,h Deb club is meeting tonight
~ =. home Of Jeanne Long with
Irene and Jean Lum as hostesses.
Twelve Of the DeMolay boys at
..rd.d the Congregational church
sryices IN body at Pasco Sunday.
" and Mrs. Lawrence Linklight-
= and Miss Edith Tyrrell were din
r.r quests Of Mrs. Will Anon Sum
day.
Leo Packard and Mr.. Allen OF
YAKIMA were Wednesday evening
dinner guests at the ]. G. Pratt
home. i
nm. Huntington and H. G. West,
representatives Of the Inland En-
nire Waterways Association, are in
Kennewick today. They will show
uictures Of the Columbia river de-
yeloument at the meeting OF the
Highland grange meeting tonight.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-03-24

Miss Irene Cottingham was a
weekend visitor in Spokane.
j. j. Slater was able to resume his
teaching duties the first Of the
week, after weeks illness.
The Pink ano Green club met nt
the hall this afternoon with Mrs
Gilbert Edwards and Mrs. j. r.
Ayers as hostesses.
The Rebekahs held their regular
meeting at the hall Tuesday eve
ming and made plans for the district
meeting which viii be held at Tie
ton on April 20,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Winken-
werder left Tuesday morning for Sc
attic, where they will visit relatives
before going Oh TO their home in
WATERFOWL, Wisconsin. They have
been visiting the past week at the
home of his brother, G. F. Winken-
werder
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-03-24

Verne Faulds and Gene Britton
were Walla Walla visitors Sunday.
DR.. and Mrs. Pratt and Mr.. and
Mrs. Sharkey Of Walla Walla were
weekend visitors at the f. F. Beste
home.
Miss Dorothy Allison, Jack Sway
re, Jim Giard, Lowell Higley, Lee
Holcomb and Frank Mueller are
among the University of Washing
ton students spending the spring va
cation with home folk this year.
Veterans OF the Fifth Division,
World War, are urged to write, call
or phone A. 8. Hanlyn. 924 Co.-City
Bldg, or l7l9 Second Ave. N, Seat
tie. Phones: MA 5000 local 2l8, or
GA. O931 evenings. He is the newly
appointed state adjutant for The
Society of the Fifth Division, and
has interesting news and addresses
of former buddies. --...
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-03-24
LITTLE STORIES OF THE WEEK .eaaa

Miss Lena Mains was a weekend
visitor in Portland.
Mrs. Velma Whitlock and Miss
Betty Howard were Spokane visit
ors last weekend. s.- .---.
Miss Elaine Pettijean, who has
been student at the University of
Washington, returned home Satur-
day.
Mrs. James I. Miller and two
children of White Bluffs were
weekend visitors at the Arthur
Campbell home. . a,
DR.. and Mrs. Miles Hopkins of
Walla Walla and their daughter,
Miss Virgil, were Sunday guests at
the Frank Maupin home.
Alma Circle will meet Monday
afternoon, March % for a 1870 des-
sert luncheon at hte home of Mrs.
w. S. Green with Mrs. Gladys KEEL
so as assisting hostess.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-03-24

Louis Rochat of Saint Maries,
Idaho is visiting friends and rela-
tives in Kennewick and vicinity this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Winkenwerder
and son, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Winkenwerder and two children Of
Yakima were Sunday dinner guests
at the home of c. F. Winkenwerder
Miss Dorothea Bechtel and her
mother, Mrs. H. j. Capell, returned
home Sunday from a five weeks
visit at the home of Mrs. Capells
mother Mrs. Williams in San Fran
cisco.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Maher and
family were business visitors in
Waitsburg and Walla Walla last
weekend. Miss Verdella Mueller
accompanied them. While in Waits
burg they were house guests at the
Elmo Tuttle home.
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Mrs. Ethel Zirkle was Yakima
visitor last weekend.
c. G. Williams and son Bob were
Walla walla business visitors We'd
nesday. ....'
The First English Lutheran ladies
aid will hold cooked food sale al
McDonald's Grocery next Saturday,
March 26th.
Mrs. T.. w. Payne was a Walla
Walla visitor Friday and Saturday
Miss Therese Thole visited in Walla
Walla Saturday, returning with Mrs
Payne in the evening.
MIR. and Mrs. @. H. Blackman
Gene Britton and Verne Faulds at
tended the Safeway banquet and
dinner dance at the Marcus Whit
man hotel in Walla Walla Monday
evening. The occasion was given
in honor of the new district man.
ager.
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WYE WANT to ill this page with good newsy items
wv every week. You can help When you know an
item of interest tell about personally by phone
we'll eciate it, Phone No. One -Double One.
Evening star., 1938-10-09
1888.

YEARS Of proct;ee in self control
ore the foundation Of Cyril
STEMS success as "mechonicoI
mon." As "Woxey the Robot" he
fools q lot Of people. who think
he is operated by electricity. He
hos appeared widely os q
dummy" for more thon 10 yeors.
Stein. who lives in Milwaukee. is
shown at left as he oppeors in
reoI life.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-30
MRS. DAVID MILLER
IN AUTO ACCIDENT

Mrs. David Miller is in the PENN
sula General Hospital in Salisbury
with a broken pelvic bone as the re-
suit of an automobile accident which
occurred Sunday morning at o'clock
about six miles west of Bridgeville,
Delaware.
Due to the slippery condition of the
roads, the car skidded and overtun-
ed in a ditch. Mr.. Nathaniel Cohen,
driver and owner of the car, suffered
q broken arm while two other occu-
pants, Miss Phyllis Miller and Mrs.
Marion Hcilig, of this city, escaped
unhurt although it was some time be-
fore any of the occupants could be ex-
tricated.
Those in the party were enroute to
Baltimore to spend the holidays when
the accident occurred.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-30

by a locomotive Of the Pennsylvania
railroad, while she was riding with her
husband in a car, and was killed. Mr..
Smullen escaped fatal injuries.
A jury of inquest sitting on the
case brought in verdict of accidental
death and exonerated the railroad. 1t
was shown that the locomotive was
going at a slow rate, having reduc-
ed speed before its stop at the depot
Jake Shane, of Georgetown, Delaware,
was the engineer. An added sentence
charged carelessness on the part Of
the driver of the car as the cause OF
the death. Mrs. Smullen was ID; Mr.
Smullen, 65.
Police said the crossing was not
considered hazardous, since motorists
could easily see approaching trains.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-30
REV. S. ]. VENABLE
BREAKS ARM IN FALL

The following item was clipped
from the Wilmington "Journel-Every
Evening"" of date, Saturday, Decem-
ber "a:
Elkton, Md, Dec. 24-(Special,
The Rev. DR.. S. J. Venable, one
of the leading ministers OF the
New Castle Presbytery, pastor Oh
West Nottingham Presbyterian
Church, and Instructor at West
Nottingham Academy, suffered a
broken arm, and cuts and bruises
about the face and body when ne
fell down the cellar steps at the
manse. -,
His Christmas services will be
conducted by the Rev. DR.. Walter
L. Wright, president of Lincoln
University. will,
The many friends of DIR. Venaple
in Pocomoke are glad to know his IN
Jury, while bad enough, was no more
serious, and that he will soon recover
from the mishap. "The Democrat
advises that the Doctor be careful
just what sort of cheer ne
INDUCES in to celebrate the glorious
season.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-30
POCOMOKE NEGRO HEALTH
CLUB RECEIVES CITATION

The Home Club, of st. James Home
and School, of this city, has been
awarded a Class A certificate for its
activities in connection with Negro
Health Week. Five counties, in all,
received similar certificates.
Award of the certificates by the
National Negro Health Week COM
mittee of the United States Public
Health Service was announced by Dr.
Roscoe Brown, director Of the Negro
Health Week Movement.
The Community Center, of White
Plains, Charles County, received Class
A certificates. A Class B certificate
was awarded the Health Club, OF We
tipquin, Wicomico County.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-30
PARSON JACK MAKES
SEVEN COUPLES HAPPY

The Christmas weekend was a
rather happy occasion for the wife OF
the pastor of Salem M. E. Church.
Seven weddings we're solemnized at
the parsonage on Second Street, listed
on the records as follows:
George Nelson and Beulah May
Vessels, both of Accomac, Va; Will
liam Francis Dix and Helen Louisa
Parks, both of Parksley, Va; Earl
Ward and Louise Frances Hudson, of
Pocomoke City r. F. d.; James Mat
thew and Mildred Virginia Marshall,
of New Church, Va; Edgar Lester
Wright and Goldie Mae Shockley, of
Stockton; Alva Wimbrow and Ruby
Knight, both Of Accomac County; and
William II. Hancock and Helen Den
mis-, he of Pocomoke and she Of Sal
isbury.
Rev. Wootten announces his pro-
gram for Sunday with: "How to have
a Happy New Year" as his theme for
II a. m. and "My New Years Reso-
lutions" for the 7:30 service. Pray
er Meeting next Wednesday will be
held at the Parsonage instead of the
Church. This is the first of our Cot
tage Prayer Meeting dates and places.