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The Washington times., 1938-02-01
z DRIVERS HELD;
CASUALT|ESUP 7

Overnight traffic accidents
added seven persons to the 1895
casualty list.
Two men were injured when
the automobile in which they were
riding ploughed into three parked
cars in the TOO block of Twenty,
third st. N. w. The injured, Irwin
Lechliter, 30, of the Dupont Circle
Apartments, suffering from facial
lacerations, and James Ruby, 81,
of Chicago, suffering from frac.
tured leg and bruises, were treated
at Emergency Hospital. Lechliter
was booked at No. 3 precinct on a
reckless-driving charge.
Two Arkansas travellers, James
w. Dickey, Al, and Charles C. Will
ley, 81, both of Pine Bluff, were
injured in a collision between a
truck and an automobile at Four
teenth and Water Streets South
west,
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
Court to Aid Poor Litigants
ASsailed by Sullivan, Others

the poor man the bill "compli-
Gates procedure and embarrasses
him."
The measure also was opposed
by Cornelius Doherty, of the Bar
Association, who said that seer
tain things about the bill are
fundamentally wrong and the rest
OF the stuff we already have"
Assistants to the poor litigants
lis the same as aid to the poor
SICK" Leo Mcclure, local attorney
told the subcommittee.
IF a poor man is SICK" he
said, I'VE don't give him book
on medicine and tell him to
treat himself. We give him
proper medical attention. I be-
lieve that in aiding the poor
man in court we should provide
him with attorneys free of
charge ...
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
Wed SO Years
VGnderLOOS Observe
Anniversary

Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Vanderloo.
of the 100 block of Connecticut
Ave-, who were born and married
in Holland, yesterday had two rea-
sons for rejoicing. They cele-
brated their golden wedding ami.
versary and the birth of an heir
to the throne of the Netherlands.
The wedding anniversary was
marked by a remarriage ceremony
at, St., Matthew's Church during
the morning. At night, they were
"at home" to their friends and
children.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
3 JAILBREAKERS
FACE PENALTIES

Locked in cells at the District
Reformatory. Lorton, Va, follow
ing futile attempt to escape last
night, three youths, serving terms
for holdups in Washington, today
faced the prospect of having q
maximum of five years added tc
their sentences.
The three are Cecil R. Kennedy
18, of this city, serving 18 months
to three years; Jack Lankford, %
OF Union, S. c., serving two to
three years, and Robert J. Evans,
of this city, serving two to five
years.
Shortly after the 7:30 roll call
at the prison last night, the three
made their bid for freedom. Slip
ping through a door of their
dormitory, they entered a man.
hole, leading to a tunnel through
which the pipes from the prison
heating plant pass, pulling the
cover in place as they fled.y
Seventy-five guards, with
eight bloodhounds and powerful!
searchlights, searched the under
brush Three hours later the
fugitives were trapped in a
ravine not far from the spot
where they first were sighted.
Colonel Peak said they will be
kept in the cells as punishment
and their usual privileges will be
taken from them.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
Visiting Pastors
To Speak Here

Two Lutheran pastors, the Rev.
Edwin Moll, DID,, of Madison,
Wis, and the Rev. Henry J. Pflum,
DID,, of Buffalo, N. Y, will speak
here tonight at 8 O'Clock in the
Keller Memorial Lutheran Church,
it was announced today by the
Rev. Harold Mumper, pastor.
The meeting will be the first of
a series of IS the two pastors will
conduct in various sections of the
country.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01

"Unamerican," cockeyed" ano
"lopsided" are a few of the words
used today by George E. Sullivan,
one-time champion of the Red
rider in denouncing the small
claims court bill before congress
Sional subcommittee.
Mr.. Sullivan told the House
District Judiciary subcommittee
that he opposes the measure,
which provides what is known as
a poor mans court" because it
is unnecessary.
Agreeing with other attorneys
who have opposed the bill on the
ground that the Municipal Court
now does all that is, necessary,
Mr.. Sullivan said:
''I am inclined to believe this
bill is a sort of half baked
affair"
He said that instead of aiding
The Washington times., 1938-02-01


"An explicit guarantee of mutual aid from
the United States, Great Britain, the Dominions
Soviet Russia, France and the Netherlands, in
the event of Japanese attack upon the armed
forces or territories of any of the participants,
would be an indispensable condition Of concerted
action"
Sir Walter added that joint economic and finan-
cial embargoes would hinge on the above con-
dition.,
Wisely, AFL President Bill Green rejected the
proposal as being one likely to involve the United
States in war. But, nevertheless, he made it
clear that he would take up Cirtine's whole pro-
posal with Secretary Of State Hull shortly.
BY the way, Sir Walter Cirtine is also secre-
tary of the British Trade Union Congress.
Exponent of Socialistic Economy
Herbert Morrison, veteran British labor leader,
by odd coincidence, has returned to the United
States to give advice, as the New York Times
puts it, on the technique of class" political cam
paigns. Bert has had long experience in this
line Of work in Great Britain. But he has also
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
500 D. C, PUPILS.
HELD SYPH|LITIC

Joining in the observance OF
National Social Hygiene Day, the
District Social Hygiene Society
held a luncheon meeting at the
YWCA today.
Ray Everett, chairman of the
District society, the speaker, as,
serted some 500 washington school
children are suffering from syph-
Ills.
Poverty and disinterested par
ents prevent these children from
obtaining proper treatment,
Everett said.
George Washington University
today started giving free Wasser-
man tests to students desiring
them. More than so students have
indicated they want the tests.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01

diamond, but a very dark blue,
almost black. When you first
see it you think, "Oh, that's
nothing but a sapphire" but
the peculiar thing about this
stone is that if you put it near
a sapphire it looks like a chunk
of coal.
The only stone I ever saw
that came anywhere near look.
ing like it was in a ring in New
Yo-&. The ring stone was not
the exact shade of the Hope
The Washington times., 1938-02-01

pushed to accomplish this OBJ
jective through the trade treaty
negotiations, the drive to settle
the war debts and other means
of quiet but effective propa-
ganda, American labor is now
being worked on"
In a cable, Sir Walter Cir
tine, president of the Interna-
tional Federation of Trade
Unions, asked the AFL at its
session in Miami, to put itself
on record as favoring the fol
lowing:
The Washington times., 1938-02-01

oath of office was deeply
stirred. A frightening respon-
sibility-"justice to rich and
poor alike" Stanley Reed,
jr., and John Reed who sat
with their mother in the Sec
ton reserved for the family of
Court members, looked proud
and confident. The majesty of
the law would be in safe hands
if things were left to father.
Three old friends of the new
Justice were also there, watch
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The Washington times., 1938-02-01
EVaIyn Walsh Mclean

EValyn Walsh Mclean diamond; it was little lighter
But on your hand you wouldn't notice the diff.
ference. I told Black, Star g. Frost that if they
could trace the history of this ring and if were
q registered stone would buy it, but they had
no record of it and could find none
Stones Like Families
AS you know, precious stones are like families.
Some you can trace back for many, many years.
while others simply have no record They are the
outlawed ones-the black sheep of the jewel fam
tly.
We all know that every stone changes color in
different lights. But peculiar thing about the
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
Teacher Resolution
DenOunces Riders

In resolution opposing amy de-
crease in the power of the Board
of Education over the school sys-
tem," the High School Teachers
Association yesterday urged that
Congress drop from the 1899 ap-
preparation bill a proviso that the
average of salaries paid librarians
in the public schools shall not ex-
ceed the average of salaries paid
employees performing the same
grade of work in the free "Public
Library"
The resolution declared the "citi-
zenS of the District of Columbia
have suffered in the past from
legislation through the indirect
Of riders to appropriation
bills,
The Washington times., 1938-02-01

Helen EssaFy AAe "SN IONAAe AAoAA A'A0'ENo sOOu
big Jesse Jones, chairman of the RFC, of which
Mr.. Reed was counsel; Attorney General Homer
Cummings, Mr.. Reeds boss as Solicitor General,
and Happy" Chandler, Governor of Kentucky
Fredric March, who recently has brought
cinema glamour into political Washington, and
his wife, Florence Eldridge, were on the front row
of special guests with the Irish Minister and Mrs.
Michael MacWhite, the former Senator Blair Lee,
Mrs Wilson Lee and Mr.. Robert Woods Bliss. Mr..
March sat absorbed in the drama Of this highest
of all American tribunals. Hollywood. at its best
couldn't create so simple and yet so thrilling
scene.
CardozO's Chair Is Empty
The chair of Justice Cardozo was significantly
empty. You wondered if a woman, Florence Allen,
would soon be sitting there in judicial robes. CTo
return to Mr.. March for Second-his personal in
come is probably 10 times greater than that Of
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
GERMS BAR 179
LICENSE PLEAS.
BY LIQUOR men.
1,5O2 Others Given
ABC Board O. X.

One hundred and seventy-nine
Gases went dry today because beer
glasses and mixing spoons weren't
clean enough to win Health De-
partment's o. KS, which the Alco-
holic Beverage Control Board de-
manded before renewing on-sale
drink licenses.
When the deadline for renewals
was reached at 9 o'clock last night
the board had yet to approve 248
applications for off-sales Of beer
and liquors.
WILLING TO WAIT
The board explained that many
Of the applicants in this category,
however, indicated they did not
want immediate action, especially
those seeking authority to sell beer
only.
The successful applicants mum
bered 1902, the board said.
DR.. r. r. Ashworth, chief of
the sanitation division, said most
of those denied licenses for santa.
tion reasons were cleaning shop
and many would probably meet
requirements of the Health Depart
ment Immediately.
OF the 179 establishments in.
Volved in the on-sale applications,
142 sought beer and light wine
privileges, while the balance
wanted hard liquor also.
BACTERIA COUNTED
The Health Department stand
ard of cafe cleanliness fixes a
maximum bacteria count of 500
glasses, spoons and other utensils.
Restaurant owners were warned
several months ago that these re-
quirements must be met as condi-
ton for license renewals.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
Dear Washington

$50 help me, God," said Stanley Forman Reed
solemnly: And so ended his promise to administer
justice to the best of his ability-"o rich and poor
alike" e..
Everyone gathered in the Supreme Court cham.
ber to watch the newest Associate Justice take his
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
!"

London is leaving no stone unturned to mas
sage" American public opinion into a more bel
ligerent frame Of mind. While efforts are being
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
TUESDAY, FEB. !, 1893
Bv EUnlw Walsh Mclean

Hope Diamond is that it doesn't require different
lights; If you put in directly under any light and
keep 1t there, you can see it change, sometimes
getting darker and sometimes getting a greenish
color.
Many people have asked me about the curse
supposed to go with the stone and want to ex-
plain the way feel about it. don't think for
moment that this dark, lovely stone has any
power to hurt, yet I know we on this continent
have not begun to realize the power of concen.
trated thought.
Personally Not Afraid
Perhaps when thought of the diamond flashes
into some peoples minds and they subconsciously
feel that it is evil this may have some effect on
destiny. personally am not afraid of the Hope
Diamond but always warn my friends not to
touch it. 1t is a strange and fearful thing how
many people who have touched it have had I'M
natural and a great many times horrible deaths
soon afterwards.
The stone has been so publiczed and undoubt-
edly there are so many people who think Of it
from time to time that I wonder what would
happen it, instead of their keeping the thought
the stone can do harm, they would laugh off the
so-called curse and think only good of it,
After ALL the old saying is very true: Thought
is master of the man."
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
My Say

80 many people have asked me about my Hope
Diamond that thought would write a little de-
scription Of it. In the first place it is not white
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
By Helen Essary

Chief Justice Hughes But he was distinctly awed
by his surroundings. He put on his glasses. kept
his eyes on the Court and didn't miss syllable or
a gesture of the proceedings)
It is an interesting change of fortune that
moves man to the other side of the invisible bar
rier that separates the populace from the last
resort of justice. For many hours during the past
three years, Mr.. Reed has stood anxiously plead
ing the Governments cases. at the feet of the nine
wise men, Now he's one of the nine He promises
to remember how forlorn he felt when he was
Solicitor General and in his hands alone rested
so important trust.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
Concerts and the Diplomatic World

Concerts and the Diplomatic World
The giving of concerts at which artists of their
own countries entertain is one of the most delight
full and skillful pieces of diplomacy Ambassadors
and Ministers can engage in The Italian Ambas-
sador and Donna Matilde de suvich in asking the
Metropolitan star, Nno Martini, to sing at their
embassy Sunday night provided one of the most
agreeable evenings Washington has enjoyed in
months. Nine. Vina Bovy, Belgian soprano, was
also guest at the embassy. The Countess van
der Straten, ,Ponthoz wife of the Belgian Ambas-
sador, sat with Donna Matilde facing the au-
dience in the embassy drawing room as a sort of
joint hostess.
My comments on any party always trail far be-
hind the events. Nevertheless insist on saying
at this point, Martini is a most engaging young
opera hero. He sings-I'm sorry but have to say
it-lke bird. Smilingy, quite without effort
no heavy breathing and blowing, he just-sings.
Madame Bovy is also an example of modern
operate talent. Pleasant to look at and inspiring
to hear.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01

news tips phuned to The Times Tip Editor at
Republic 1894. There will be given SIS weekly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-05
Wrong Kinds of Teachers

New York City finds more men than usual applying for examinations for teachers licenses. This is a result of the depression, says Dr. Louis Marks of the board of examiners. He thinks it would be good thing for the schools to have a fifty-fifty division between men and women teachers.
 Another development, probably caused in part at least by the depression, is the shift of interest in subjects. English used to be the most popular. Now it is in fourth place, with history, biology and commer- cial subjects ahead. No doubt current events throughout the world in the last few years have influenced this trend.
 From the standpoint of employment, most of the men and women seeking teaching positions appear to have picked the wrong subjects. A thousand persons applied for history examinations, although there were only Is history teach ing positions listed for women and none for men. On the other hand, while there are 40 candidates to one position in the academic high schools, there are not enough candidates to fill teaching jobs waiting in the technical and vocational schools. In 100 trade subjects for which examinations were offered last fall, only 225 persons qualified for 45O vacancies.
 Boys and girls seem to recognize where their future employment opportunity lies, but the men and women who seek to teach them do not. The would-be teachers probably are not prepared for such work. Here is shortage of workers which needs filling if the youngsters com ing along through school are to have the training they need for future employ ment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-05
Population Shift

The trend toward the cities, not yet re- versed by trickle back to the country in recent years, is notable phase of to- days life. According to the National Resources Committee, this urbanization has gone on as follows: In 179O, only per cent of the people lived in cities In 1880, the figure was per cent. In 1880, it was 26 per cent. In 1880, it was 56 per cent. In other words, by 1880 we had arrived at point where more than half of all the people in the country were living in cities. The percentage is probably higher today than it was in 1880. It would follow, you might expect, that the majority of the members of the House and Senate would be chosen by city electors. But that is not the case City predominance has not yet reflected itself in the national government.
 To the Republicans meeting at St. Louis to devise future plans for the party, comes the magazine Country Gentleman with figures tending to prove that 61.6 per cent of members of the House and 75 per cent of the members of the Senate come
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-05
A World to Help

In the current Teachers College Record a reader finds this quotation from one of last June's high school valedictorians: "We thank you (parents and teachers) for your gifts of affection and kindness. We thank you most for the skill and perseverance with which you have trained us to face the world. But for the world you have given us to face, we cannot thank you. You have tried to teach us how to run the world. But this is some thing you are not qualified to teach"
 There is plenty of food for serious thought in that youngsters statement. But he need not be too hard on his par ents and teachers. They have given him a world in which his chances for health and education are greater than theirs were a generation ago. They have given him marvellous new means of communi- cation, innumerable labor-saving devices to ease his physical work and innumer- able instruments for entertainment and education.
 Equipped with brains, education and gratitude, the young men and women coming out of the schools now need not complain that they come into an imper- feet world Let them tackle it in their turn, as others have done before them, and make it better one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-05
Up-and-Coming

New Britain's new mayor, as we nave commented before, is not letting any grass grow under his feet as he goes about the Task of administering the city's business in efficient fashion. If he finishes up his official duties some years hence as ne has started them he is in for vigorous public career. His latest action IS to travel down to Washington to secure fed eral aid in building municipal electric plant in New Britain. While thlS IS not an unheard of event, it is new to Connec- ticut and we rather imagine that utility officials are wondering if the fever will spread from New Britain throughout the state.
 Much will probably depend, however, on the amount of encouragement and ald secured at Washington. Usually initial efforts to interest Uncle Sam in projects of this nature are encouraged. And an executive with Mayor Coyle'S enthusiasm would be bound to secure plenty of coop eration. But it's carrying the deal through to completion that will count. We're wondering if the plan will founder when influential persons start piling up obstacles. Certainly the private electric companies of the state aren't going to view a municipal plant with any more equanimity than they do the spectacle of Uncle Sam making and selling power down at Muscle Shoals.
 Many's the time we have heard the threat of municipal electric plant, but we must admit that New Britain's mayor looms on our memory as the first Con- necticut official ever to carry the threat as far as he has done. Ii it is only threat the odd thing would be to find New Britain saddled with an electric plant that it didn't want and might not need. If, on the other hand, the city isn't using the plan as means to force private utility to meet scales recommended by the city, then we may have some sort of an electric battle in the state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-05
|PreSSCOnnment|
A. DANAHER FOR SENATOR?
(Meriden JournaD

Attorney John A. Danaher of Hartford, of the Meriden Danahers, which family ranks high in Repub- lican circles, speaks forehandedly in disclaiming any intention of seek ing the COP. nomination for Congress in the First district. That makes way for any Republican as- pirant to line up against Represen- tative Herman P. Kopplemann, who undoubtedly will be 8 candidate to succeed himself and who has been scheduled for defeat by Republican headquarters.
 MT. Danaher, who Is in law firm with Major John Buckley of Union, did not give his interviewer any in- formation concerning the possibility of his being a candidate to oppose U. S. Senator Augustine Lonergan next November. The former Secre- tary of state has thus given rise to an impression that he may decide 1t is time for a change and that voters will smile on another Meri- denite, as they did on Senator Ma loney. The Danaher political stock has gone up since Mayor Fran Danaher's smashing victory in Mer- iden.
 Another bit of early political gos- sip is furnished by ex-Mayor George A. Quigley who serves notice that he does not consider his recent setback at the polls as finale on his politica, career.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-05

Members of the Connecticut State Federation of Women's Clubs heard plea for a jail farm for women at their trien- nial convention in Hartford this week. The speaker was Miss Elizabeth Munger, super intendent of the State Farm for Women at Mantle. That seems rather odd, for Miss Munger is the head of the states penal institution where women are eventu- ally sent to serve out sentences. But it is Miss Munger's contention that many of them go to Mantle too late to do real constructive work with them. This is due to the fact that they have served sentences in the various county jails. Incidentally these jails came in for their customary criticism from the speaker. No one seems to have good word for our county jails. It's wonder they have survived as long as they have. Certainly they won't be able to last much longer with public opinion slowly but surely being turned against them in favor of the jail farm system.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-05

Connecticut is moving rapidly to acquire it's cross-state parkway about which so much has been said and read of recent years. The Merritt Parkway will naturally form one link in this route. Now another section is proposed in the opposite corner of the state. It is included in a series of road jobs, bids for which were opened Monday of this week. This particular stretch involves 1-2 miles in Union from the Massachusetts state line to Bald Hill, also in Union. It evidently doesn't follow the present Stafford Spring s-Union-Web- ster, Mass, route, for new country is crossed. The state owns 400-foot right of way for this first section of what will eventually be mighty parkway.