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The Washington times., 1938-12-24

the official announcement here
seemed to be closer to the Lima
Pan-American cocktail party
than to the Yuletide.
The announcement was made
mot by the Federal Surplus
Commodities Corporation which
is furnishing the wheat, and not
by he Red Cross or Friends So
ciety which will distribute it
but by Assistant State Secretary
Welles in charge of diplomacy
while Mr.. Hull is in Lima. He
gave out the information at
1890 p. m, just four days before
Christmas. but just a few hours
before the Cuban delegate at
Lima, DR.. Fraga, denounced the
conferences "innocuous and
timid" attempts to do nothing
more about Spain'S "intermi.la-
BILE agony" than vote a resolu-
tion of sympathy and sorrow.
x X X
NOTE-Timing was doubly
AN significant in that the
British Government had an
nounced in Parliament a few
hours earlier that the demo
cratic nations of Britain, France
and the U. S. we're discussing
a move to relieve the famine
caused by war in Spain. Thus
again (as on the occasion Of
the recent credits granted by
this Government. and Britain,
to China) Washington and Lon
don moved in unison.
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iedPedestrian Rule Asked

the trouble could be entirely elm.
mated. due to Bowling Fields
proximity to Anacostia and lying
in a depression considerably be-
low the residential sections of
the city.
I'VE are always on the watch
for any cases where the maxi
mum safe altitude is not main
tanned and when such cases
come to our attention corrective
action is taken" he said.
James G. Thompson, Of the edu
cation committee, reported the
fight for a new Anacostia high
school virtually won. An appro
priation Of $4,000 has been au
thorized for a site near Eight
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F. D. Gets Carriers Bid

President Roosevelt and White
House Secretary Marvin H. Nc
Intyre were invited yesterday to
attend the eleventh annual Her
ald-TimeS Boys Club party, to be
held at the Willard Hotel Janu-
ary 4.
Joseph Decker, recently elected
president Of the club, and L. Cor
don Leech, director of the club,
called on Colonel Mcintyre on be-
half Of the 1.70O home delivery
carrier boys of the Patterson News
papers. Colonel Mcintyre is q
former member of the Washington
Times staff.
Invitations to other distinguished
citizens are to follow shortly, it
was announced. For entertain
ment of the boys, a wealth Of
talent from various theaters and
clubs will appear at the banquet.
More than 1900 boys are ex.
pected to attend the Willard Hotel
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quisite doll in exultation. Grand.
father followed wearing a smile
of appreciation.
The three remaining dolls eyed
one another SurreptitiouSly. Fl.
nally Fritz, with a smirk on his
face, said to Israel, so, we are
left to celebrate Christmas with
you'll" "Oh, but I don't celebrate
Christmas the way you do" re-
piled Israel. Just then the village
carolers came around the corner
singing Justify, PEACE ON
EARTH, GOOD WILL TOWARD
MEN"
The Washington times., 1938-12-24
By A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

Citizens Associations Editor
Proposal by District officials to
make pedestrian control general
throughout the city was opposed
last night by the AnacoStia Citi-
Gems Association.
"A more modified form of pedes-
tFian control was favored at con-
geSted corners controlled by traf-
fic lights or policemen.
LOW FLYING ISSUE
In response to a complaint
against low flying airplanes over
Anacostia, Comdr. F. E. Gallo
way, of the AnacoStia Naval Air
Station, by letter informed the
association he could not see how
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Friends 10 Honor
DR.. Henry Corbett

ARLINGTON, Va. Dec. "a.
Friends and former patients of
DR.. Henry Clay Corbett, S2-year-
old retired physician. will present
him with an easy chair for a
Christmas gift at his home, 37OO
Columbia Pike. tonight.
The group, headed by Rev.
Walter F.. Wolf. Rev. w. Clark
Main and members of the ED
worth League of the Arlington
Methodist Church, will include a
number Of the hundreds of Ar
lingtonians at whose birth DR..
Corbett officiated during his so
years Of practice here.
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Parking Meters Branded
Nuisance by Rep. Collins

"They are a nuisance. They
don't look good. They give you
the idea that every street is q
toll bridge, and all sorts of peo-
pie here complain about them"
Indication was that more com.
plants would be forthcoming
when members of Congress get
back next month and learn that
it costs them 5 cents to park in
certain downtown sections,
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Those parking meters, installed
while Congress was adjourned may
not remain with us long.
That is, if returning Congress
men get many complaints against
the gadgets. Such as having to
pay cents to park on the down
town streets.
Representative Ross Collins,
chairman of the House subcom-
mittee in charge Of District appro-
priations thinks the meters are a
nuisance. He said:
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Cost: Two New Nickels

TREASURY SECRETARY
l. MORGENTHAU has paid
the penalty of his rashness for
believing newSmen could not
identify his recent caller. the
mysterious stranger whose hat
bore the initials: wv. j. c." It
cost him two new Jefferson
nickels, one of which has been
forwarded to the prominent
Chicago citizen who tipped this
column that the caller was
probably Tommy Corcoran's
friend, the new Chicago District
Attorney, w. j. Campbell.
MAY your Christmas be as
" good as any you have
known, or at least fulfill the
Scriptural expectation Of:
Peace on Earth, Good Will to
Men"
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gives me a big kick to see
the cards various friends pick
out each year. Some are ter
rifle" handsome. of course, but
the ones I like best are the
ones so personal and individ
1al that you could almost tell
who sent them without any
name being attached. And
speaking of Christmas cards,
I've been shown in various
houses here in Palm Beach
the Christmas card sent out
by the Very Honorable John
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Hamilton. who is chairman Of the Republican
: National Committee. In other words, the would
be big Jim" Farley-of the opposition
:, His card, must admit, is quite amusing. It
shows an elephant breaking out Of the dog
house" This to show, of course, the pride he has
In the recent election. But the elephant isn't
quite out, and I'd like to call one thing to Mr..
Hamiltons attention: Look very closely and
you'll see four-ton weight attached to the
elephants tail preventing him from diving for,
ward-and you'll in tiny letters thereon:
u. Hamilton Funny how these artists get in
their dirty work, willy nilly.
No AnSWer on Der Fuehrer
RECENTLY, saw Mr.. Hamilton at a swell
AU supper party in Washington, where, with
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b u s h els of
wheat for the
e m a c i ated.
h u n g r y
women a n d
c h IL dren of
S p a i n
but just as a
matter of &C
curate North
p ole inside,
1T must be re-
C o u n t e d
S a n t a was
crowded a lit
tile on this
one.
Timing of
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Child Is Seriously
Burned by Lye

Two-year-old Evelyn Baisey. 100
block Francis st. S. E., was Sc
riously burned yesterday when she
upset a can Of lye as she played
at her home with Christmas toys.
She was treated in Casualty Hos
pital.
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Non-PoliticaZ Basis

THE Loyalist side has received
L twice as much of the flour
as has gone to the rebels so
far. Official Red Cross figures
show about 10000 barrels
cleared to the Franco side,
10000 to what is officially
known as the Popular Front.
"a shipment of 7,150 barrels
will leave January 7, presum-
ably destined for the LoyalistsD
Military men, looking coldly
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Henning TO Attend
Language Meeting

Prof. George Henning, of the
department of romance languages
at George Washington University,
will be a delegate to The tenth an
nual conference Of the American
Association of Teachers of French
in New York. Sessions will be
held at the Hotel Commodore
Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Drama! "The Road to
Life" playing at the Little
Theater today, depicts the
terrible existence of the aban.
dOned waits of StaIin's re-
gime DON't miss, for it
has what it takes to interest
you.
Also: We're waiting to
hear from you after you've
allowed some of Highs tip
top ice cream to melt in your
mouth There's a High
Store at liz H St. N. w.
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SWELL Banish Youg"

The dolls suddenly came to life!
Fritz looked at Cinzano and said,
Nov that he has gone, we can
finish tearing up this Globe. It's
the only toy we have to play with" "
mo wonder it's left" remarked
Israel. you have rearranged all
the countries so no one would
want it," That's enough out of
The Washington times., 1938-12-24
Behind the News By Paul Dlalln

(World Copyright, 1898, by King
Features Syndicate, Inc; all rights
reserved. Reproduction in full or
in part strictly prohbited.)
QEST gift in the world this
~ Christmas was this Govern
ment'S promise of three million
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banquet, while on Thursday night
at Odd Fellows Hall, Eleventh and
T SITS. N. w., 500 carriers will
have a similar party.
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Ewes Rib

PALM BEACH Fla. Dec. "a.
WELL, here it is, Christmas Eve. Hard to
w realize tit seems to come around so soon.
The Christmas cards roll in. and it always
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REJECT REQUEST

The association, on motion by
Capt. Frank M. Dent, rejected a
request from the American Con.
greSS for Peace and Democracy.
for a speaker to address the meet
ing. as not being a subject that
concerns citizen associations.
The association voted to trans
fer its place of meeting from the
Anacostia High School to the Ana.
costa Methodist Church Hall,
Fourteenth and q Streets South.
east.
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zenith, Nineteenth, r and S Streets
Southeast and condemnation pro
ceedings are now under way to OBJ
tain the entire tract.
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you'll" snapped Fritz. AT least ]
have saved my country from com.
mun1sm! "Yes, but filled it with
chauvjniSm," retorted Israel.
Here, here" groWled Cinzano
Let us finish rearranging this
Globe. You take that country
and I'll take this one" mo, no.
stormed Fritz. Il want both of
those. must have their gold and
wheat!" What do I get?' queried
poor little Israel. You get moth
ing. We will Danish you unto the
four corners of the earth" roared
Fritz.
The tall graceful doll wept copi
ouSly but said nothing.
"Peace on Earth"
At this point footsteps could be
heard crunching in the snow and
the dolls resumed their rigid ap
pearance. The door opened tink
lingly and in came the dolln1akel
with a tiny girl grasping his hand
He lighted the lamp. my dear
grandchild, these are all the dolls
1 have left, but you can have any
one Of them" "Oh, grandfather
what a beautiful doll in white!
She is too lovely to be left with
all these ugly dolls!"
Eyes, my child, that is what
think. I called her Democracy,
but no one seemed to want her.
said the old man sadly as he lifted
the beautiful doll from the shelf
The child hugged the doll close
to her breast. May I have her?
I'll show her to all the world that
they may see how lovely she is. "
eyes, my child, you may have her
But remember always to keep hel
garments spotlessly clean" II will
my darling grandfather"
The little girl danced joyfullJ
out Of the shop, clutching the ex
The Washington times., 1938-12-24

One-pOund boxes of deli
ciOus ORIGINAL VELATI
chocolates or caramelS are
presented to: KATHERINE
FORBES, GAO birthday to-
morrow; MARIE E. WILL
SON, Social Security; ELIZA
BETH LANNING, Vets Adm.
Candy will be presented at
either store, Ninth and G
StS. N. w., or 600 Four
teenth st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-12-24

NER BROTHERS
schedule today: EARLE
ErrOl Flynn in Dawn Pat,
roll METROPOLITAN
Arthur Lake and Penny Sin
gletOn in Blonde" AM
BASSADOR-ShirIey Temple
in "Just Around the Corner"
CALVERT-Jane WitherS in
always in Trouble" PENN,
TIVOLI and UPTOWN
Anne Shirley in "GirlS'
School,"
The Washington times., 1938-12-24
By :EOie' R0bet

his Charlie Mccarthy smile he was entertaining
a small group of ladies, when one Of them, trying
to make some sort of political conversation,
asked him "if he were proHitler" I didn't wait
for the answer-there wasn't any There is one
thing about Mr.. Hamilton that you have to
admire: and that is, he hasn't run yet and the
boys have been shooting at him ever since the
"Landon slide" brought him across the river.
Next to trying to run the WPA to please the
oldline Republicans, his job has been decidedly
the hardest.
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"I Wish I Were a Secretary

"I Wish I Were a Secretary"
T WISH were someone's social secretary and
could be given the job Of getting Christmas
presents and cards for people, presents that would
be appropriate and useful, you know. Like a
yearly subscription of Time magazine to Mr..
Luce, or a nice Christmas check for the Joe
Davies, or a syndication of her articles for Mrs.
Roosevelt. I feel a brandnew party for Mr.
La Toilette would be nice too; along with Maine
and Vermont for Jim Farley Although hate
to admit this-and the Lord knows, I do-the
smartest Christmas card I've seen this year
comes from none other than the Drew Pearsons.
He of the PearsonAllen combination which
strikes terror to many hearts. Il blush with
girliSh modesty at the thought of quoting their
cardO "Winchel gives orchids, and Pegler gives
things Evie gives apples, but Pearson gives rings.
That Christmas for you may with pleasure
abound, we send a brass ring from the Merry
GoRound" Guess you can see for yourself now
why think it's so clever.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-14
WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 8 AM TO-DAY

WEAIHEE VtNHITIUNS AT g AM TO-DAY
 Seatte arport) ralnng temperature 45 tora cloudy A Alert Bay showers pie Island cloudy Island showers Rupert show CTS 36; Ketchka cloudy 38 Craig Wrange cloudy 3S Petersburg raining 3 Sika raining 3 Hoonah 3 Tenakee, Radovil cloudy Cape Hinchnbrook cloudy 34 Cape St Elias Codova cloudy 33 Chtna partly cloudy 12 Mccarthy choage cloudy IS; Portage clear A. Springs clear Ruby partly cloudy B Nulato clear Kalttg, partly Unalakee cloudy l0 Flat partly cloudy + logamute cloudy l6
 Juneau March 15. Sunrise, 6 .l3
 
 An unusually large low baromec the Boring the northeast Of the North Pacific western central Canada ani the Pacific with southeast of high the Hawaiian Islands north 40 3052 inches latitude north Light moderate and locally southwestern Washington the last 24 hours Temperatures slightly teror to Cordova south eastern Alaska morning cooler other portions of the T,rroy
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Button, Button To Be Presented
 By High School
Three-act Comedy Will Be Given Here Friday,
 Saturday

Presented by the student body of Juneau High School, Button Button" comedy of hilarity by Maurice Clark, is scheduled to draw large audiences to the Juneau Grade School auditorium on Friday and Saturday of this week.
 Miss Avis Erickson, instructor in dramatics at the high school, is directing the three-act play for which rehearsals have been under way for some time.
 The story is woven around an odd young man known as Button Alexander Woodhouse, who is en- acted by Lyman Snow. His socially prominent family consider him slightly unbalanced, but the aud- fence soon knows better. Clever satire and delightful romance are both found in this play, and the audience is promised an unusually entertaining evening.
 Other characters in the play are as follows: Mrs. Patience Boynton oodhouse Anne Morris; Mir George Woodhouse, David Reischl; Maude, Elaine Housel; Josie, Isabel Parsons; Emery, Thomas Heilan; Rita Weed, Virginia Worley Phoebe Weed, Frances Paul; Ed, Paul Coke; Al. Robert Ridley.
 Button Button" is released ex- clusively through the Dramatists Play Service, Inc, of New York City. Twenty-three of the nations foremost playwrights comprise the Advisory Board of the company, including George s. Kaufman, Eu- gene O'Neill, Maxwell Anderson, and Sidney Howard.
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sel of Chicago, in 1888 and again in 1893.
 While his greatest reputation was gained in the criminal courts, he also was an expert in corporation law. In politics he denounced "big interests" and one of his notable civil suits was litigation against the Chicago gas trust which resulted in a substantial lowering of rates.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-14
MRS. FRED SABEY
 HONORED AT PARTY
 SATURDAY EVENING

Mrs Nina Cheney was hostess at a handkerchief shower on Saturday evening given in honor of Mrs. Fred Sabey, for which occasion a number of guests assembled for an informal evening.
 St. Patrick decorations formed an attractive setting for the affair, marked by informal games and the serving of refreshments. Pres ent for the occasion were Rev. and Mrs. O. l.. Kendall, Mir. and Mrs Lee Corkle, Mrs. Grant Baldwin, Mrs. Harry Sams, Mrs. Ronald Wiley, Mrs. John Rogers, Mrs. w. E. lKilroy, Mir and Mrs. Thomas Hall Mir. and Mrs. Streed, MT and Mrs. George Kerin, MT and Mrs. Markeng, MT. John Cheney, and the honoree.
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Nations Most Famous Defense
 Attorney Dies
Clarence s. Darrow Passes Away in Chicago at
 Age of 80 Years
(Continued on Page Six

that prayers are going up for me today prayers that this jury will free me-
 In his seventy-fifth year, DarroW abandoned retirement and. against the advice of friends and physi- clans, journeyed to Alabama to of- fer his services to the negro youths in the Scottsboro case The Inter national Labor Defense, under the dominance of communists, had en- tered the trial It insisted that Darrow and his associate in many cases, Arthur Garfield Hays, abide by it's decisions as to conduct Darrow refused to do so, thinking the | L. D. was using the trial for propaganda purposes.
 The next year, he was again the focus of the limelight, guiding the defense in the Hawaiian Massie case.
 Champion of Under Dog"
 Tn the pure sense of the word, Darrow was not criminal lawyer He was rather a practicing phil osopher, a student of society, Of crime and it's causes and cures. During an MIRA code hearing ill Washington in 1883 on the disposi ton of prison-made goods, the att torney suddenly appeared to plead that convicts be given the right to earn wages while behind bars.
 I've fought all my life for the under-dog," he once wrote
 This life had it's roots in his father, Amirus Darrow, once stu dent for the ministry, later the village infidel, a cabinet maker, dreamer and devotee of Voltaire and Paine, in Kinsman, O., where Clarence Seward Darrow was born April 18, 1857. His mother, Emily Eddy Darruw, daughter of a pros porous farmer died when Clarence was a child and he spent his boy hood on a farm. There he nurtured back to health a hen which had been injured on the road, only to see it killed for the dinner table Clarence refused to eat and never touched chicken meat again.
 At IT he entered Allegheny Col lege and in 1875, when he was only l3, was admitted to the bar He taught a year. studied another at the University of Michigan and in 1877 opened a law office in Ashta- bula, Ohio.
 There, in 1879, DarroW married Miss Jessie Ohl. They were divorced quietly in 1897 and in 1905 the attorney married Miss Ruby Ham erstrom of Galesburg, Ills, who was news reporter in Chicago. By the first marriage there was one son, Paul.
 Darrow, always interested in the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-14
by Adelaide Kerr

The sudden Germany die tated legislation has ended Austrian Sovereignty. Presi- dent Miklas, who opposed Ma zification, has resigned and Chancellor Arthur Seysz In- quart has taken complete charge of the little nation under an emergency clause of the constitution. The Chan cellor immediately issued a decree by which Austria ceas- es to exist and is now a part of Germany.
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What Is Your
 News I.Q.?

Each question counts 20; each par of two-part question, 10. A SCOT of 60 is fair; 30 good
 l. Who is this officer? Does he favor moving most of the fleet from the Pacific to the Atlantic? as
 2. What is a shelterbelt? Has the U. s. abandoned plans for one stretching from Texas to the Dakotas?
 ,. The marriage of Field Marshal Von Blomberg had nothing to do with the recent shakeup of Germany army lead ership. True or false?
 4. Because of the fear of air raids. did the Spanish pariia- ment ta) meet in small town just over the French border, tb) postpone its session, or tc) meet secretly fin a monastery?
 5. What was the first maj0r legislation passed by Congress this year? Fr Answers on page six.
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and Ed Jahoda, according to an nouncement by the Rev. John A. Glasse this afternoon.
 The dinner will be held from 6:30 D. m. until 8 D. m. at the Northern Light Presbyterian Church and will be marked this month by the telling of Irish stories in keep ing with St. Patrick's Day. Com- munity singing of Irish songs will also be held A. s. Dunham is chairman of the dinner committee, and Mrs Vena l.. Crone will be in charge of preparation of the meal.
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sociological aspects of political is sues, took part in many campaigns as an independent Democrat. But he held only one elective office. Tn 1902 he was elected to the Illi- nois House of Representatives, serv- ing single term The following year he declined labor party nom nation for the mayoralty of Chi cago
 His appointive offices included the city attorneyship of Ashtabula in the earlys sos and two brief terms as assistant corporation coun-
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HOSPITAL NOTES


 Lloyd (Kinky) Bayers was ad- mitted to St. Ann's Hospital last night and underwent an appen- dicitis operation this morning. He is reported to be in favorable condition.
 Darrell Naish underwent a major operation this morning at St. Ann's Hospital. He was admitted to the hospital last night.
 Malcolm McCallum, surgical patient, was dismissed yesterday from St. Ann's Hospital
 Miss Eleanor Baretich was dis missed yesterday from St. Ann's Hospital following medical care.
 Matthew Lee of Douglas under went a minor operation at the Gov ernment Hospital this morning.
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FUHRER WILL BE WELCOMED
 ON TOMORROW
Flag Waving Nazis Clamol for His Appearance at
 Imperial Hotel
GANDHI PRINTS

(Continued l,um Page Onef guards said he drew his pistol and threatened them and they immediately fired. Another report is that he shot him. self.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-14

The Battle of Hastings, in which the Norman invaders of England conquered the Anglo-Saxons in l066, is depicted in the famous Bayeux tapestry.
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Pictures Will Be
 Shown Tuesday,
 NOr|itenen Dinner

Colored m tion pictures with sound are to be shown at the din- ner meeting of the Norlitemen to- morrow evening by Trevor Davis
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U. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WEATHER BUREAU
 THE WEATHER
tBy the U. s. Weather Bureau

Forecast for tonight and Tuesday;
 Snow north portion rain south tonight and luda except Entrance Clarence Strait Fred erick Chatham Strait and
 of of winds the