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The Washington times., 1938-04-14

$1,000, 900 900 for direct relief ex-
penditures.
2. Dissemination of the ST..
400, 200, 900 in idle gold.
3. Loans from the Treasury
amounting to $3.50, 100000, with
authorization for the lending Of
still another 100000, 900 to
States and cities, the principal to
be repaid without interest, or on
Continued on Page 8, Col. u
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL So
The Washington times., 1938-04-14
Release of Gold Planned
To End Business Slump
State Loans Without Interest, Aid to Little Felo.us'
And Public Works Outlined
BY GEORGE R. HOLMES

QNS Frankly that the nation heading
of $4OOOO0OOOO ..,,
In special
national
good Otherwise he
The Washington times., 1938-04-14
Jews in Austria
Province Expelled

LONDON, April IA H.N.S0.-A
Reuter- dispatch from Prague,
Czechoslovakia, reported today
that Germany has ordered mass
expulsion Of Jews from Austria's
Burgenland province "for stra-
tegic reasons" Burgenland prov
ince comprises the section of Aus
tria bordering Hungary.
-NnIE EnR auEERAaE ARRu IA
The Washington times., 1938-04-14
Indy May Buy
Britanny Island

LONDON, April "A 0NSD.
The London Daily Telegraph re-
ported from Paris today that Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh may pur-
chase the Isle of Illiec off the
north coast of Brittany near st.
GiIdas Island
The Washington times., 1938-04-14

today it still will be comparatively
cool for April in Washington, the
Weather Bureau pointed out. Last
year on April Is the mercury hit
SO degrees. Highest temperature
ever recorded in April here was
95 degrees.
The temperature will drop to
about so degrees tonight. the fore
caster said, and tomorrow will be
cloudy and warm.
The Washington times., 1938-04-14
U. S. Would Fight,
Says Hugh Wilson

BERLIN. April IA ONS0.
Ambassador Hugh Wilson mildly
correctS those who say no circum-
stance would make America fight.
There are some things our ma
ton would fight for"
The Washington times., 1938-04-14
RAIL FARE RISE.
IN EAST DENIED
BY ice RULING
Action Comes After
President Plea .

GN,s) The Interstate Com
mercS Commission today rejected
the petition of Eastern railroads
for authorization to increase pas
senserfares from two to two-and-a-
half cents mile,
The action came 4s hours after
President Roosevelt had dis
patched a special message to Con-
gress asking immediate relief for
the financially depressed carriers.
FREIGHT RATE RULE
Rejection of the higher passen-
ger fares followed q decision by
the commission several weeks ago
in which an application by ill
railroads for 4 flat increase OF
IS per cent in freight rates was
turned down.
At that time, however, the COM
mission granted q series Of rate
increases from 5 to 10 per cent
which was expected to produce
revenue, according to various
sources, from $2eO, 100000 TO
nearly $500 200, 900. NY, \ 80 .,s-, -. ),
Commissioners joseph b. last
man. Frank r. McM a nanny,
Charles H. Mahaffie, carroll NIL
Ter and John Rogers dissented.
- Eastman said. in part: =.
"Myown judgment is that the
proposed fares are more likely
to harm than to benefit the
Eastern railroads. The 2-cent
fare has been remarkably sue
cessful in producing q great
drift back to travel by railroad
and IN changing the popular at
titude Of mind toward the rail-
roads.
CALLS IT FOLLY
"To me it seems folly, at this
stage and with such slight hope
Of gain. to risk this most prom
Using tendency by a IS per cent
increase in coach fares, and
particularly by one which makes
no distinction between local
and long-diStance travel OF
types Of trains.
However, I am not prepared
to say that there is enough
evidence before US to remove
this matter from the realm of
managerial judgment to the
realm of fact. This being so,
while my own judgment differs
sharply from that Of the rail-
road managementS, I feel that
they are entitled to take the
risk, If that is what they want.
to do. would find, therefore,
that the proposed fares win not
be unlawful"
McManamy said, in part:
"The decision of the majority
50 completely disregards the
weight Of the evidence that in
my opinion it is arbitrary and
therefore void"
Mahaffie, in dissenting, said
that even if the cost of free
service be taken into considera-
ton, he was convinced that rs
cents in coaches in the Eastern
district would not be in excess Of
lawful rates.
The Washington times., 1938-04-14
Preside Chat
Tonight atlO:15

All local radio stations will
broadcast President RoOse.
velt'S ''fireside chat" to the
Nation from 1918 to 1850
p. m. tonight.
BrOadcastinE engineers to-
day were busy installing
equipment in the White
House to carry the PreSi-
dents message to the ma
tons largest radio aldienCe.
The Washington times., 1938-04-14
Result Inevitable

When this Administration
took office it found business,
credit and agriculture in col
lapse. The collapse had followed
on the heels Of over-specula-
ton in and over-production of
The Washington times., 1938-04-14
Complete Text of MESSAGE

Following IS the full text of President Rooseves mes
sage to Congress today outlining has plans for gigantic
spending program to speed recovery:
The Washington times., 1938-04-14
Warns
World on S. America
By GEORGE DURNo

NNSo President Roosevelt today bunty warned the Old
World that the United States will permit" infringement
on the honored Monroe Doctrine by aggression coming
from outside hemisphere"
The Washington times., 1938-04-14
Rover Imp ives
After Operation

Leo A. Rover, one-time United
States District Attorney for the
District of Columbia, who under
went an emergency appendicitis
operation at Providence Hospital
yesterday noon, was reported re-
covering today. Mr.. Rover, now
in private law practice, will be able
to return to his home within 10
days, hospital authorities said.
The Washington times., 1938-04-14
Navy Fights Airport
At Camp Springs, Md.
Field Would Cripple Radio Station, Claim
Point Site Favored
By CARROLL PEEKE
By CARROLL PEEKE

The Navy Department. which is vigorously opposed
strucon of airport for the District Camp Springs Md
would have objection establishment of the airport
The Washington times., 1938-04-14

the currently acute domestic bust
ness recession.
SEE IMPORTANCE
Diplomatic circles attached i'm
portance to the speech in that
1t came at a time Commerce De-
partment reports showed Germany
and Italy were making major in
roads on United States markets
in South America and Mayor
Fiorello H. LaGuardis, Of New
York. was proposing Federal SUD-
sidy for exports to South and
Central America to meet the COM
petition from dictator" countries.
The President spoke as usual
in the board room Of the architec-
turally magnificent Pan-American
Building just south Of the White
House.
He pointed out to the 20 Latin
American ENJOYS that under our
democratic system the Americas
are vitality concerned with pre-
serving the high standards Of in
ternational restraint and morality.
which the lesson of centuries has
taught is the first requirement Of
peaceful relationships between ma
tons"
-VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL So
DOLLAR DROPS
LONDON. April IA U.NSJ.
Less favorable American advices
caused the American dollar to de-
cline sfNrply to $4.98A to the
pound on the London exchange
today.
The Washington times., 1938-04-14
LOST

GOLD cross and chain, 8 small stones and
miraculous medal: reward. Ii. S331.W.
additional Lost and Found Ads
ON Page SO, Column -
Evening star., 1938-03-20

Pity the busy mani If he didn't
have to play bridge every night,
or take his wife to the movies
if only he had time to sit down
and think that big deal through,
or catch up on his readingl
At last, tonight, he has the
time. He is left absolutely to
his own devices, and what does
he do?
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II GaLLOs County
Story
@ Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service.

the border, but he don't. He
stops by the shack, sends them
riders of his'n on with them
steers he stole from Johnnie and
waits back to see if he can't do
somethin' bout that foot of his'n.
He's a doin' a leetle doctorin' of
his own when Tom rides up. Tom
amt never been a fool fore, but
a-thinkin' bout Johnnie musta got
him off, cause Butch gifts the
drop on him and takes Toms gun
but Tom does manage to kick
table over and put out a candle,
the only light that's in the room.
No sir, Butch don't get away
from Tom and Tom lives to
bring Butch Manton right to the
jail from which he was taken and
hung on that tree at the bend of
the road, down yonder.
You see, Tom, he's been out
a-tackin' up signs when Johnnie
was shot. Well he'd just brung
them tacks long with him, and
them tacks is how he catched
Butch.
He just spread them on the floor
quiet-like while he was movin'
around there in the dark and
a-fore long Butch steps on one
with his foot that amt got no boot
on.
Butch's kinda surprised and lets
out hoop and Tom just grabs in
the direction of that hoop.
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found a postman's holiday in COM
peting with one another to deter
mine who was "the best man on the
log"
Annual Summer Event.
That was the start of competitive
birling, a sport that is at once toe
tripping and red-blooded. In land
where the heyday of numbering has
long since disappeared, a few en-
thusiasts have kept birling alive,
gathering annually from the far
flung outposts of their primitive
north woods to vie for the cham
pionship. There are veterans who
remember the invincible Tom
Fleming and Al Hubbard who
reached their peak in 1898. They
remember Big Joe Madwayosh,
the husky Indian woodsman who
won the title in 1924. They still
watch Wilbur Marx, the child prod
ICY of yesteryears who tossed 'Big
Joe" into the pond when a boy of
IA summers.
But they cannot believe that bril-
ing has become college boys
sport. So they'll converge at Es-
CANADA from every north woods set
Element this year to watch some
real lumberjack defeat Joe Connor,
the twenty-six-year-old University
of Minnesota student who won the
crown last year.
Considering its barrel-chested
heritage, birling should not be col
lege boys sport. But the modern
birling match finds veteran river
men struggling to retain their
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-04
BY JOSEPH w. LaBINE

Chips aren't flying so fast
these days from the axes of
north woods lunberjacks. Be-
tween strokes you'll find them
talking about a sport called
birling (log-rolling to you) and
the world championship birling
contest to be held at Escanaba,
Mich, August II to IA.
Nothing is easier than falling
off a log. Nor is anything hard
er than standing on one, es-
pecially when it's half SUBJ
merged in a pond of water and
somebody else is on the other
end, trying to push you off.
Here's a nimble-footed art
that makes toe dancing look
like an old mans game. It's
strange, surely, that log roll
ers can be seasoned lumber
jacks, big-boned men with heavy
shoes who should be more at home
on dry land than tripping the light
fantastic on slippery log.
Part of the Job.
But they aren't birlers by choice.
Lumberjacks discovered long ago
that to keep your job in the north
woods you've got to have knack
for this apparently senseless bust
ness.
In the days when legendary Paul
Bunyan was a youngster in knee
trousers, lumberjacks first rolled
their logs into the river and nursed
them downstream to the sawmill.
Usually the drive went smoothly,
the churning waters carrying mil
lions of feet of timber down to the
doorway of civilization. But now
and then some obstruction would
cause the logs to pile up and it was
the birler's job to skip out under
the face of this menacing jam, find
the key log, jerk it loose and get
back to dry land before he was
crushed to death.
With a roar like the collapse of
10-story building, the jam would
loosen itself and go laundering
downstream. If the birler was
skilled-and lucky-he would skip
over the swaying carpet and get out
of danger; # luck or skill failed, he
might meet a horrible death be-
tween crushing, splintering logs.
Smart lumberjacks soon discov-
cred that it was pretty good life in
surance to practice log rolling in
their spare time. When the days
1abors were finished or the logs had
been delivered to the mill, they
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-04
SIX GUNS :,
and -
CARPET TACkS

MOST times, here in Gallos
4s1 county, six guns a-got just
a leetle the best of the argument,
but there was one time when the
difference between two gun toters
was a box of carpet tacks.
See that tree a-standin' out
there, there at the bend in the
road. Well, that's where they
finally lynched Butch Manton.
Folks just heared that some of
Butch's friends was a-plannin' to
ride in to town and take him out
o. jail. And Butch a-bein' a cow
thief like he was, they just up
and taken him out and strung him
to that there tree. And Butch'd
been Twin right, like as not, if it
wasn't for them carpet tacks.
1t was right here in the Happy
Hour where things was a-begin-
MIN. Butch was at the bar when
Johnnie Rucker comes in and was
leetle slow when he said some
thin bout Butch stealin' so head
of steers from Johnnie, but John
ME did nick Butch's right foot as
the lead from Butch's gun went
a-tearin' through his own heart.
Course, Butch'd shot Johnnie
without givin' him a chance, but
Butch still had that gun in his
hand when he backs out of the
Happy Hour.
Fore long after the shootin,
Sheriff Tom rides into town and
hears bout the shootin'. 1t kinda
hits him hard on account of John
ME bein' a pal of his'n, and he
don't wait for reason why there
amt been no posse after Butch.
He lights out for the Diablo cam
yon country down close to the bor-
der where Butch and his gang
has holed up for years.
Butch oughta gone right on to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-04
AMERICA CANDLES BILLION YEARLY; HALF OF TT PETTY

ner store and bank night at the
neighborhood movie take in guam
titles of cash during a year.
Lodges organize raffles. Office
groups have pools on the base
ball game.
The pinban machine, that often
escapes anti-gambling laws by a
liberal classification as 'tgames
of skill' when the payroll is in
merchandise, takes in from $3.50
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-04
Along the HighwoY

A safe motorist drives as If
the rest of the world is both
deaf snd blind.
Some motorists idea of Para
disc: Place where pedestrians
are run in for 0bstructing traf-
fic.
Motoring for pleasure, sug-
gests writer, is only for the
rich. Yet there are lots of poor
drivers on the road.
In these days, on the roads,
it's a case of the survival of
the flittest.
Don't let ownership of an
automobile rob you of your pO-
liteness.,
Probably the worst fault in
driving car is believing you
haven't any fault.
Thinking about one thing
while doing another causes ac-
cidents.
Go through intersections only
when you have the right of way
but remember that having
the right of way is no excuse
for causing an accident.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-04

NEW YORK.-The word gam
bling may bring to your mind
pictures of race tracks and rou-
lette wheels, but a recent survey
indicates that half of Americas
estimated $1,000, 100000 yearly
gambling bill is accounted for by
the petty gambling of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Doe, and Junior.
The slot machine, the numbers
game, the punchboard in the cor
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-04
Leave 1t to the Boss,
He Knew What to Do

AS the three clerks, holding a
scared-looking fellow by the arms,
burst into the office of the store
manager, one of them shouted,
Here's the thief. He's been at
it for months. What shall we do
with him?"
"How much stuff has he TAX
en?" asked the manager.
Hundreds of dollars WORTH"
was the reply. "And sold it on the
sly. And got a good price for it,
too, he admits"
The manager gazed in admira-
ton at the fellow. "Do with him?
Why, make him head salesman at
once =. He's worth all the rest
of you put together!"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-04

O If you think birling is
ari easy game, if you think
it's chiId's play to stand on
a haIf-submerged pine log,
churning in the ,Oater, then
think again. You're going
to slip, stumble, trip and
fall, landing face do,on in
an icy pond ,ohiIe some
.Uisecracking spectator
yeLLs-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-04

to $40 a week for each machine.
In good times, John Doe gam
bles because he has plenty of
spending money. In bad times,
he CANDLES because he is more
than ever anxious to get some
thing for nothing, it is pointed
out by investigators of the North
western National Life Insurance
company in commenting on their
survey.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-04
Brie Is Historical

Brie is soft rennet cheese made
from cows milk and has pro-
nounced flavor and odor. It re-
sembles camembert somewhat.
Brie has been made in France for
centuries, and was mentioned in
historical documents before the
time of Columbus.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-04
Petty Vacations

Petty vexations may at times be
petty but still they are vexations.
The smallest ano most inconsid-
cradle annoyances are the most
piercing. AS small letters weary
the eyes most, so also the smallest
affairs disturb us most.-Mon-
taigne.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-04

RIGHT: Joe Conner, the 1887
world champion birler, shown at
work on the spinning timber as he
prepares for this years tournament
at Escanaba, Mich. BELOW: A
remarkable picture of birling feet,
where man must step faster and
higher than in toe dancing If he
doesn't want to get wet!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-04
River Causes Much Damage

The Kosi river in India swings
100 miles from east to west and
back again every 300 years, causing
much damage.
Evening star., 1938-10-09
DATA ON $4,000
WORKERS RECEIVED
Board Is Anxious to Get Returns
on 0,000 of 175, 900 Employees
Before Making Tabulation.

Returns covering approximately as
900 employees in private industry in
the District have been received by the
survey 1t is conducting in cooperation
with Burdette G.. Lewis. the public re-
lief investigator: the District Employ
ment Center and the District of Co.
lumbia Guidance Co-ordinating Coun-
Gil.
The board estimates there are ap-
proximately 175,o00 workers engaged
in private industry in Washington,
and it Is anxious to have returns COW
ering approximately 10000 employees
before beginning to tabulate them.
Replies from business houses thus
far are fairly evenly distributed among
all types of business-banks, hotels,
newspapers, radio stations, shoe stores,
florists and others During the next
two weeks 1t Is planned to complete
the gathering OF data by concentrat-
ing on fields from which the returns
have been slow.
Supt. of Schools Frank w. Ballou
said be believed findings of the sur
vey will provide adequate direction
for establishment of more effective
system of vocational training.
The Employment Center also feels
the study will aid in directing those
seeking employment to fields where
reasonable opportunities for work ex-
lists.
Evening star., 1938-10-09
VII. .SOLEAUD|ES;;
WASU.S.E|MPLOYE
Resident Here for go Years
Served Government for
49 Years.

William L. Soleau of IA Quincy
street, Chevy Chase, Md, a resident
of Washington and nearby Maryland
for more than so years, died Friday
night at his residence
Mr.. Soleau was born In Monroe,
Mich. on June IL, 1861, and was for
40 years in Government service until
his retirement in 1888. He first
entered the Government service in
1879 as clerk in the United States
Pension Once.
In 1908, under Secretary Cortelyou
of President Theodore Roosevelts
administration, Mr.. Soleau assisted in
organizing the Department of Com
merce and Labor, where he remained
in various administrative capacities
until 1911.
In that year he moved to California
to become controller of the Union Oil
Co. of California.
Returned Here in 1914.
Mr.. Soleau returned to Washington
in 1914 and re-entered the Govern
ment service as disbursing clerk tor
the Commission on Industrial Rela-
tions. In 1917 he joined the staff Of
the United States Shipping Board as
disbursing officer, later becoming
assistant treasurer of the United
States Emergency Fleet Corp.
In 1919 he was appointed controller
of the United States Housing Corp.
and from 1920 to 1922 was treasurer
of the American Marine Insurance
Syndicate at New York
In 1922, Mr.. Soleau joined the staff
of the Department of Labor as chief
administrator of accounts, Bureau of
Naturalization, with which ONCE he
remained until his retirement in 1888.
Since that time he has been secre-
tary of the National Association OF
Retired Federal Employees. in which
organizati ton he was active up until
his death.
Charter Member Of X. Of c.
He was a charter member OF the
Washington Council of the Knights Of
Columbus.
Mr.. Soleau is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Mary Phillips Soleau; four daugh-
ters, Miss Ada F. Soleau, Sister Mary
Paphael of the Carmelite convent,
Buffalo, N. Y: Mrs. Harold c. Libby
of Charlotte, N. c., and Mrs. Howard
M. Lum of Rochester, N. Y, and one
son, william L. Soleau. jr.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow at 10 am. from the Church
of the Blessed Sacrament. Chevy
Chase Circle. Interment will be in
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1938-10-09
Collector Brings Specimens
To PrOve His Fish Stories

found around the roots of trees. In
some instances they climb to . height
or 3 or 4 feet.
They are remarkable fish in that
they can stay out of the waite. almost
indefinitely. On my way home one
Of the pair got out of the pail had
them in and I thought that would be
the end of him. Instead, about six
hours later I found him under my
state room settee, covered with dust
but still healthy. Any other nsh
would have died in five minutes"
Puts Out Cigarettes.
Another rare one he brought back
Is the Siamese "archer-fish" which
has uncanny skill as splitter.
In action" DR.. Mueller said, 1.-The
fish shoots at insects dangling from
strings. At night it will mistake
cigaret for firefiy and will put it out
with a shot of water. When the fish
get mad they fire a volley like a re-
peating gun and never miss"
He also brought back q specimen Of
mud skipper" a tiny fish found from
Burma to the Philippines, which leaps
along by its tail while traversing mud
fats in search Of food. 1t, too, can
stay out of the water for long periods.
1t is a grotesque fish with eyes like
a bullfrog and front I'm like foot.
DR.. Mueller ended the interview
when some one suggested hunting up
a thimble to s,Ipply his spitter-fixh
with q cuspidor.
Evening star., 1938-10-09
=, the Associated Press.

Ey the AsSoc1ALed FreBs.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Oct. s.-You
can take 1t or leave it but up on the
Syracuse University campus they have !:
Perch that can climb out on the
seashore at night to hunt for their
suppers.
Fish that can spit with the ac-
curacy OF a tobacco-chewing hillbilly.
"Mud-skippers" that hop along on
their tails on mud fats in search Of
tid-bits.
They're part Of collection Of odd
fish that Dr. Justus F, Mueller Of the
New York State College of Forestry
brought back with him after q round
the-world trip
He baked his colleagues with Ash
stories about pair of climbing
perch" He even brought 'em back
alive to prove what he said about EN-
DR.. Mueller Explains.
As he explained it:
The climbing perch" are found in
the Philippine Islands, the Malay Pen
inSula and Siam. They're about 5
inches long and resemble ordinary
perch except that when they climb
out on shore they propel themselves
along by spiny gill extensions, humping
along like an amphibian airplane
about to take of.
Actually" DR.. Mueller said, "the
perch do very little climbing They
crawl out of the water at night in
search OF insects and are frequently