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The Washington times., 1938-01-20
BRITAIN AGREES
TO De VALERA'S
FOR UNITY
Only Condition Is Ulster
Must Not Be CoerCed
By KINGSBURY SMITH

LONDON, Jan. 20 QN.S)
Prime Minister De Valera of Fire
and his delegates to the Anglo
Irish peace talks" departed for
Dublin today with a conditional
British agreement to recognize
united Ireland as the chief fruit
of their efforts.
AGREE TO UNITY
Prime Minister Chamberlain of
Great Britain and his colleagues
in the historic peace conference
promised to recognize a united Ire
land, bringing Northern Ireland
into the new state of Fire. pro-
vided the Dublin government and
the Ulster regime get together for
unity.
This accord was the chief &C.
complishment of the talks which
ended last night with progress reg.
Iistered in other matters. such as
trade and defense questions, but
with no final decisions or commit
mentS.
BARS COERCION
Chamberlain promised Britain
would not obstruct Fires attempts
to persuade the people Of Lister
that a united Irish nation is what
they need, but he stipulated that
Dublin refrain from coercion OF
either Ulster or England.
Other agreements, in principle
only, were reached regarding
trade, finance and empire defense
Further negotiations are expected
to lead to binding agreements.
British DominionS Secretary
malcolm Macdonald soon will GO
to Ireland to continue the work
started here, it was stated. A final
conference will be held later in
London, after drafts of proposed
accords have been threshed out
and drawn up.
The Washington times., 1938-01-20
Heroic Negro Boy
Gets $1OO Purse

John Melvin Bonner, colored, 16,
who submitted to a daring skin
graft operation to aid Clara How
ard, colored, 13, yesterday received
a 500 check from Chairman Jesse
Jones and 105 other officials and
employees of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation.
I'VE are genuinely appreciative
of your courage and self,sacrifice, "
Jones wrote Bonner. The youth ia
in Emergency Hospital Joined by
rope graft of his skin to the
Howard girl, who was crippled by
burns.
The Washington times., 1938-01-20

Plan Is to select non-political
economists to sit in a sort OF
unofficial supreme court OF
The Washington times., 1938-01-20
100000 Gift
CaUeat Filed to Test
Legality of Will

KANKAKEE, ILL.,, Jan. 20.
Twenty-three first cousins of
Alfred Fortin filed suit in the
circuit court to contest his will
which left the bulk of his $500, 900
estate to charity. Fortin, who
died January 20, 1887, at the age
Of 81, made his fortune on the
Chicago Board of Trade.
The suit was filed by Attorneys
Patrick Cahill, of Chicago, and
Carlos ". Goltz, of Sioux City.
Iowa. It alleged that the retired
Kankakee broker was mentally in
competent when he executed the
will two years before his death.
The will set up a trust fund for
the construction of an orphans
home.
The Washington times., 1938-01-20

dean of the California Univer.
sity law school and former presi-
dent Of the Frisco Bar AsSocia-
tionO
The others who get a consola
ton prize for consideration
are: Senator Minton, Judge
Sam Bratton and Governor
Frank Murphy.
Note-It may now be dis
closed authoritatively that
Judge Florence Allen Of Ohio
was under consideration in
only one respect. She was in
the same position as Paul
Revere in relation to those Bos-
tonians who have hung signs
on their door-fronts proclaim
ing:
"1f Paul Revere had taken
this route, he would have
stopped here"
THE President is going to
Il swear off thinking out
loud" at press conferences or, at
any rate, there is reason to be-
lieve he may. His NRA, holding
company, and other out-loud
thinking apparently only won
him a distinction which he has
been trying to pass off on the
newspapers, namely, that of
spreading fear.
TELEPHONE lines in Washing.
L ton have cleared UP remark
ably since the Senate started
investigating overlapping. Some
lobbyists, lawyers and even a
news-man or two are remarking
that it must be the weather or
something, but the old blurring
of voices, the repeated discon-
nections and clicks have been
entirely eliminated, all OF a
sudden.
ENVERYTTME the agriculture
II conferees get down to the
stage of taking a poke at each
other (Which is daily, Senator
Cotton Ed" Smith tells a story.
Today's story:
Senator Smith was running
for reelection one-time. He
cannot remember which time.
It was probably just after un-
pleasant civil strife known as
the War Between the States.
Well. anyway, his opponent
was giving him hell, or some
thing approximating it, charg-
ing he had his 80 year old
Aunt Mary on the Federal pay
roll. although she had not done
a lick of work in 80 years.
Smith finally decided to an
swer the charge, arose before
his audience, confessed that
Aunt Mary was really "a in.
stead of 80. that she was on
the Federal payroll. But he
contended she was underpaid.
Her work, he said, had con-
sisted of inspiring him for SO
years. THAT" said he, sis the
best money the Federal Gov.
ernment ever spent"
Note-Aunt Mary must have
died or become overworked be-
fore the agricultural confereeS
started rewriting the farm bill
as neither Smith nor the other
conferees have made much pro-
greSS.
The Washington times., 1938-01-20

BrOOklngS, eCc.
It's an old, old pet of Ohio
Senator Bulkley. He has been
working on it for years (men-
toned it in an Ohio speech
nearly a year ago. Lately he
has been successful in interest
ing the President in it, through
White House liaison man
Charles West.
That is why Bulkley put out
an announcement about it the
other day in his own name only.
The plan is not in acceptable
final form. It was considered
advisable to sound out the winds
of public reaction before going
further with it.
DEST point behind the idea is
~ it might clear up the pres
ent muddle OF economic advice
now being thrown at the White
House from different directions.
The Federal Reserve advisers
recommend one thing, the Labor
Department economists another,
the WPA has two groups OF eco
nomiStS who demand a third and
fourth way; business men come
running in with advice from
their economists; labor with op-
posite advice from theirs.
If the President were a super
economist he could not add 1t
up and get the right answer by
months of painstaking work.
Dangerous point behind the
suggestion is the possibility this
economic supreme court might
be packed with political econo-
mists, rather than economic
economists. Unless the integ-
rity of the economic court is
guaranteed by popular conf
dence in its fairness and imparti.
ality, it might become a mere
alibi board for whatever course
the Administration desired to
develop. Or it could be made
q Fascist council or Communist
communal by choice of a Mus
solini or Stain majority.
only one surprise was on the
" Presidents private final list
Supreme Court eligibles from
which he selected Stanley Reed.
Those who we're looking over
the Presidents shoulder recog-
nized four of the five names
on it, but squinted hard at the
fifth one, Maurice E. Harrison
Of San Francisco. (Harrison is
q practising lawyer one time
The Washington times., 1938-01-20
Needy to Receive
Free Shortening

The frying pans of many of
Washington's needy will shortly
sputter with 53,460 pounds Of
shortening to be distributed by the
Federal Surplus Commodities Cor
poration. An additional 26,730
pounds of the shortening, refined
from cotton seed oil. will be dis.
tributed within a few days.
The Washington times., 1938-01-20

Accurate. Instant tuning. Clear.
rich mellow tone. Smsrtly
styled. Attractive two tone
walnut veneer cabinet. New
Thermometer dial. Only 4 left
at this low price.......-.."....... ......
The Washington times., 1938-01-20

e C o n o m l C
policy which
" ould ad.
v i S e t h e
Pre- i'd e Mt.
E on omists
W oul be
nominated to
1t by Gov
ernment and
o u t S i'd e or.
ga n l cations
like AFL,
CIO, E C o.
nomist, Bar.
and Bankers
A S s ociation.
Farm Bureau,
The Washington times., 1938-01-20
NEW KIWANIANS

ARLINGTON, Va, Jan. 2O-Dr.
Earle G.. Brown, Arlington county
health officer, and H. E. Wilson,
manager of the Wilson Theater,
were initiated to membership in
the Arlington Kiwanis Club by
President Harold Whittle at a
meeting here yesterday.
The Washington times., 1938-01-20
ECONOMIC COURT
IDEASOUNDEDOUT
NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS
By PAUL MALLoN

Syndicate All Rights
Strictly Prohibit"d)
TNHIS fancy idea for national economic council is
l. an official balloon which may may not
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-21
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that he would leave her, in place like this, for another drink.
 Perhaps it was half an hour later. perhaps more, and her winnings were increasing steadily, but Dick had not returned. Now even her success at roulette was a bitter thing. Dick Hamilton, whom she had admired more than any other man she had ever known, was back there at the bar, drinking himself silly. And Isobel Porter, most likely, was with him!
 A moment later, her suspicious were justified. One of the walters from the bar came to the table and asked for her. In his broken Eng fish he tried to explain:
 Sorry. The senor, he is-what you call sleeping. Too much-you knoW?"
 Yes, she knew. She rose from the table and cashed in her chips. Duly she watched the bills counted out to her. Two hundred odd dollars! We'll, sometimes it cost more than that to discover what man was | like. ..
 She picked up her things and left the Casino. Adolph would drive her back to the ship. If she could not find him, there were other chauffeurs. Money did not matter now!
 (TO Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-21
CR ANIlJM CRACKERS $

Which of the following statements are true and which are false?
 1. Charles Evans Hughes was the Republican nominee for President of the U. s. in 1916.
 q. Franklin D. Roosevelt did not serve four full years in his first term as President.
 3. William Jennings Bryan was the only man ever to be thrice nominated for the Presidency by the Democratic party.
 4 Martin Van Buren, Grover Cleveland. Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt all were governors Of New York state before becoming President of the D. s.
 s. James K. Polk was the young est candidate ever nominated for the Presidency by a major political party.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-21
MEXICO'S IRVING BERLIN

Augustin Lara, known as the Irving Berlin of Mexico" has un- dertaken his first assignment for American films in writing the music for Paramount's 'Tropic Holiday" which features Bob Burns, Martha Kaye, Dorothy Lamour, Ray Midland and Tito Guizar. Lara has composed more than 2,000 popular melodies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-21
CAST OF CHARACTERS

CAST UF CHABAC1E EH0
 JOYCE MILNER, heroine; she took an Easter Cruise.
 DICK HAMILTON, hero; he bumped into the heroine.
 ISOBEL PORTER, traveller; she sought . mate.
 Yesterday: Mrs. O'Hara accuses Joyce of cheating in a ships game and Joyce can almost hear the curious whispers behind her back.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-21
HOMES dot the Occident but

the Orient lives in boats. No place in the world does the boat count for so much from the cradle to the grave as there. So the Ori- cntals have become through the centuries boat builders extraor- dinary.
 The art is rare from Hawaii to Hong Kong, from Japan to Zam- boanga. Probably the most pie turesque and colorful little crafts in the world are to be found in the Far East. And certainly the most efficient in the light of ma- rine design.
 Take the dugout or the sam pans, the prau, the houseboat and the junk. Millions spend their lives in these boats. In China every boat is a houseboat. In Japan, too, there is a class that knows no other homes. With consummate ease their SWarthy owners glide these boats in and out the myriad seas and rivers of the Orient, plying the trade and business of the centuries. Even the washtub has become a boat, employed by beggars on the Yangtse. They are large, with shovels for oars. But they get around.
 Most famous of all, perhaps,I and certainly the common symbol
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-21

of the Far East is the junk. One is shown here on a 1918 Chinese stamp. One also appears on the 1885 U. s. Trans Pacific ai rmail postage stamp.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-21

NEXT: Where is Mt. Orizaba?
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-21

Answer on back page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-21

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The Washington times., 1938-05-25

was determined to see that the
jefferson Memorial plans went
through.
In other words, this gentle
man is one Of those who believe
in spending three million dol
lars on a memorial to a dead
man-and let the living 60
hang. -
I wonder If this same Sen
ator ever visited the Second Pre-
cinct? Especially on a hot sum-
mer night when the reaches
crawl UP the cell bars and on
the walls. When 10 men are
crowded into cells built for two?
What this city needs, instead
Of a three-million-dollar me.
mortal to a dead man, is new,
modern police precincts-and
more policemen.
Our precincts would be q dis
grace to any city. In the Ma
tional Capital they are not only
a disgrace but an insult to civil
lized man. I doubt II the old
African slave ships were much
worse.
So instead Of spending money
on a memorial-which we GER
tainly don't need-how about
putting that sum towards new
precincts-and more police?
- A a
The Washington times., 1938-05-25

Replying to George Ray Of
Roseland, N. j., in reference to
the mandate given by the people
to this Roosevelt Administration.
ask how do you get that way?
Answer the following if you can.
Did the American people
demand the killing Of hogs and
doing under Of crops?
Did the American people say
to waste, squander and graft
billions?
Did the American people ask
to be thrown out Of homes
through the Hole? Now, friend
Ray, for your enlightenment, this
administration is the worst in
American history.
You quote Secretary Wallace,
as one who is able to define
Democracy. What a joke!
While people are starving.
DONALD SHEA.
The Washington times., 1938-05-25

Huerta made Gomez his
chauffeur with the rank Of
captain because he found he was
the only man in the army who
could drink the old man under
the table and then see to it that
he was brought safely home
to the palace.
DY switching allegiance to and
~ from revolutionary leaders at
the right time, going from Huerta
to Carranza to zapata, to Villa
and then back to Carranza, this
Yaqui Indian who could not write
his own name at the start Of
his military career rose to be
a general by the time he was
26. He was dickering to leave
Carranza once again for Aware
Obregon but was caught nap
ping and just managed to make
his escape from Mexico City to
Vera Cruz, and. thence to Eu-
rope.
Gomez served as a machine
gunner in the German army
during the last two years Of the
World War, and once he was out
Of his native Mexico he man
aged to gather a speedy educa-
ton in a remarkable manner.
He learned to speak German, &C.
quired a fair smattering Of Eng
lsh and on his return to Mex
leo in 1919 spent a year at night
school. When first met him,
in 1928, he seemed a polished
The Washington times., 1938-05-25
Czechoslovakia and Vicinity


Hungary and Ruthenia added.
1t was about Bohema's entry into the Austro-Hun-
garian Empire that Palacky made the famous remark
"If Austria did not exist she must be invented. The
Bohemans wanted to be equal footing with the
Austrians and the Hungarans in the AustroHungaran
Empire. They lost out this, and were pretty much
disgrunted from 1867 to 1918
During that time it the Czechs who were the
squawking squabbling political minority the
Sudeten Germans today.
The Czechosovak Republic proclaimed October 18,
1913 in the wild days when the Central Powers were
caving toward the November II, 1918, armisce, and
was confirmed by the peace treaty thinkers of Versailles
Trianon and St. Germain
&c. though Hitler has been stopped for the time being
In his avowed plan to absorb Czechosovaka the Czecho
sovak problem has not been solved We doubt that any,
body permanently solve the complexities which have
tormented Central Europe for ages.
But of one thing have doubt That the troubles
of Europe are no business of ours and that We'll make
tragic mistake if try again to take active
part in smoothing them out
CFrou Daily NswS)
The Washington times., 1938-05-25
Marble From Maine, Etc.

Secretary Ickes pointed out to the Senate Appropri-
n atoms Committee, the Federal Government now is
paying out So 900 for rent in Washington and it is
not economy to refuse to build needed structures for
Governmental here as phase of the new spending
lending program.
He also expressed again his emphatic view
with which we agree-that it is more constructive to
build endurngly while build that the country may in
the end have permanent assets for the money spent
Yet, despite this sensible presentation of the case,
coupled with reminder that practically all of the money
spent for public buildings here right back to the
NJ. States for building materials,
and that the contractors fire.
In Outside LABOR quenty bring in outside labor to
do the work. the Senate left undisurbed House pro-
vision which in effect prohibits the of the new PWA
funds for completing the Triangle and providing needed
buildings for the War Department. Social Security Board
and other Federal agencies temporarily in cramped
or rented quarters
House members wrote the restriction into the bill.
Many of them come from small towns, villages or rural
regions Others from lesser Cities bring to Washington
provincial jealousy of the National Capital forgetting
that it is the Capital of the whole country and as such
is as much-or should be-the pride of Podunk the
pride of Washingtonans.
But aside from this they to forget also that, in
addition to giving work to outside labor there have
into the monumental buildings in Washington, and will
continue to go into them
Marble from Maine Vermont and Tennessee
Coal from Pennsylvania.
Steel from Birmingham.
Limestone from Indiana.
Lumber from Oregon and Washington and Michigan
and Wisconsin and the South.
Aluminium from the soil of Arkansas.
Cement from Maryland
Machinery and equipment from dozen States.
And that those of who live and work here do not
produce our own food but eat meat from Wyoming Mon
tana and Nebraska wheat from Kansas and Minnesota
We RIM Our Food corn from Iowa and Kansas and
We ""S O the South, wear cotton from all
from the STATES of the Southern State as far west
as Texas and consume large quantities of the products of
Florida, California and New England
In the end when public building is built in Washing
ton all we get out of it is the pleasure of looking at it.
The money which built it has gone elsewhere. And we
can't even tax it, for Federal property is exempt from
taxation.
May we not please have little thought given by Con-
gress to these considerations?
The Washington times., 1938-05-25
What Is CzechOslOvakia?

WHAT is going in Czechoslovakia is nothing new
w in that part of Europe. Digging back into the
history of the country you find its past long story
of wars revolutions reactions ntrgues royal snatches
ducal doubIe-crosses and territorial changes.
Shakespeare was accused of pulling terrible boner
when he located part of he Winters Tale the "sea
coast of Bohemia" Bohemia having had seacoast in
his time. There was time though, when Bohemia had
plenty of Adriatic seacoasn the thirteenth century
reign of it's great King Ottaker H. The Bohemans were
The Washington times., 1938-05-25
Your |. O..
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER

Score 10 for each question in
this general knowledge quiz.
/. What are ping-pong balls
made Of?
2. According to popular belief,
what months Of the year are
oysters not in season?
8. Who was the son Of Polonius
in Shakespeare's Hamlet? ,
4. Leopold Stokowski was
born in Ca America, CD Po-
land, Co England.
IS. BY the old English meas
ure, how many pounds was the
"stone"?
6. "Old Noll" was the nick
name Of what famous English
statesman and general.
7. A stingaree is a (a) bandit,
(b) marine animal, Co hornet.
8. Where is Theodore Roose-
welt Island?
9. How long did the Trojan
War last?
10. What is the name Of the
small body Of water which be
came famous through the writ
ings Of Thoreau?
ANSWERS ON Page 49,
The Washington times., 1938-05-25
ROllin' Along
Blu ". A. S. Douglas

MYTH Gen. saturnino Cedio, Mexcos latest rebel gen.
w era, scurrying fugitive from the wrath and the
rifles of President Cardenas presume it will be but few
days. or weeks at most until he is lined up before fir
ing squad Like all rebel generals of the sister republic
he doubtless will die in the traditional manner with
toast to elderly" his lips and last pull cigarette
do know whether the oil companies responsible
for Cedillo's effort-but would not doubt it for
ment Most of the Mexican revolutionary generals since
Madero were wont to gather goody from the alien
dggers of back gold" for attempts to overthrow cons
catory presidents those who muscled i'm beyond the
forbearance of the home office.
The most picturesque of the . 1900 ;.. .,,ns
who have been SS - 49, ntoono~o~u
ecuted in the last dozen years
The Washington times., 1938-05-25
Wise Words

Men seem neither to under.
stand their riches nor their
strength; of the former they
believe greater things than they
should; Of the latter much less.
Lord Bacon.
He who has injured thee was
either stronger or weaker. #
weaker, spare him; If stronger,
spare thyself.-Seneca.
The secret Of being tiresome
is in telling everything.-Vol.
taire.
Nature has given us the seeds
Of knowledge. not knowledge It.
self.-Seneca,
The Washington times., 1938-05-25

their products at the same time
Gripping their buying power by
laying men off. Next they had
to get rid Of their shelfed stock
before producing new stock, SO
what happens between these
periods? Unemployment.
Second, by raising everybody's
wages you would restore conf
dence. Fear has frozen the great
est buying power there is-the
middle class. We are all afraid
to spend our nickels for fear
that We might be next on the
lay-off list. So we buy only the
bare necessities Of life and save
every extra penny we can get
hold Of. We don't dare chance
a business venture for fear we
will lose everything.
Third, as for setting every
one up in business. This you
know as well as I is impossible.
But by raising wages you would
give our coming generation a
chance to survive the strangle
hold that the corporations have
on the country, by giving every
body an even chance. The ones
that have nerve and ambition
would rise to positions the hard
way, instead Of getting them.
through inheritances.
Persons that get to the top the
hard way are the ones that are
kind, generous and honest, and
acquire an understanding Of hui
man nature.
And. my friend. We have no
choice but to give the benevolent
bosses the compensation so that
the few Of us that have gump-
ton enough can survive to get
set for a real fight against cor
poration rule that is sure to
come in the near future.
We have let big business get
such q strange hold on us that
we are in no position to bargain.
All we can hope for is that a
few Of us will rise to a position
where we can really fight. I
don't believe in Utopia-the only
one we get is through hard work.
A. SANCHEZ.
Opposed to Memorial
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