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The Washington times., 1938-02-18
.S4,895 TO PAY
CLERKS ASKED

The District Unemployment
Compensation Board decided today
to ask the Social Security Board
for a $4,895 deficiency appropria-
tion with which to pay the sala.
ries of A employees during March.
John Marshall. director Of the
Unemployment Board, explained
it operates on a quarterly basis.
He said $4,000 of Social Security
funds have financed activities
since January l. Due to the pres
sure" of Washington's iobleSs ap-
plicants, Marshall said, his person
mel had to be enlarged.
The original appropriation, he
said, Is only sufficient to pay his
force through the end of February.
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
Recess Taken
On Budget
Hearings

Final hearings on the 1889 Dis
trict appropriation bill today were
postponed until next Monday, due
to the absence of a number of
committee members who were con-
sidering the Presidents emergency
relief legislation.
Members OF citizens associations
and others will be given an oppor-
tunity to be heard Monday, and
it is expected the bill will be re-
ported out late next week.
The Judiciary subcommittee,
which is considering the appoint
ment of a number of new judges
in the District, will meet next
Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1938-02-18

That pernicious New Deal, not satisfied with
Its evil laying on of taxes, now has the impudence
to charge nickel for an extra income tax blank.
If by some slip of the fountain pen or quite
understandable mistake in calculation you mar
your income tax blank can you get another one
free? No, my friend! You must go again into your
pockets and produce. as I said before, nickel.
Old pinchpennies who got where they are today
by saving bits Of string and using the backs Of old
letters for memoranda are in a rage about this
new tyranny
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
NOLAN VERDICT
EXPECTED TODAY

A United States District Court
jury today will begin sitting
through evidence adduced during
the five-week trial of william J
Nolan, former automobile dealer
on false pretense and conspiracy
charges and may determine his
guilt or innocence before the day
is ended.
On trial with Nolan is Benjamin
Jenkins, his former office man,
ager. They are charged specifi-
cally with discounting duplicate
notes and conditional-sales con-
tracts with the Universal Credit
Company after the originals had
been discounted with the Mum
sey Trust Company.
Nolan's surprise defense, that
Universal Credit Company Off
cialS knew of the second hypothe-
cation of the notes and agreed to
the procedure, was sprung at the
last minute and caused an oppo-
sing alignment of documentary ex-
perts before the jury. The jury's
verdict, counsel admit, will be
largely determined by credence
placed in the testimony of the
opposing experts,
The Washington times., 1938-02-18

Now 81 years old but still Wig
orously fighting the verdict OF a
court martial that ousted him
from the Army and sentenced him
to five years in Leavenworth
Capt. Oberlin M. Carter was in
Washington today.
A number of members OF Con-
gress are planning to take up the
fight of the aged ex-officer.
A distinguished officer in the
Engineer Corps, Captain Carter
was assigned to take charge of
the work of improving Savannah
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
ScOlded House Members
Heed D. 6. Traffic Laws

supposed to have defied local
police.
A spirited argument developed
on the issue, and several members
rose to defend the House. Repre-
sentative William T. Schultz CD
of Indiana, chairman of the House
District traffic subcommittee, said
that members generally obey the
laws and do not figure in acci-
dents.
Representative G. R. Withrow
(PO of Wisconsin laid the blame
on the police, saying that they are
afraid" to punish members of
Congress for traffic violations.
The Washington times., 1938-02-18

The public chastised members
of the United States House of
Representatives were supposed to
be obeying traffic laws today.
Members of the House were all
set to pledge themselves to
obedience yesterday when par.
liamentary rule prevented the
action, but nonethelesS they are
supposed to be willing.
Representative Robert Rich
(RD of Pennsylvania yesterday
scolded the Representatives for
failing to obey traffic regulations
in the District, and cited several
instances in which members were
The Washington times., 1938-02-18

The business men, who will come
to Washington as representatives
of the Baltimore Chamber of Com
merce, will be heard by the House
District fiscal affairs subcommit-
tee, which has been conducting
public hearings on new tax pro-
gram for the District.
PROVISIONS OF BILL
The program, which already has
been incorporated into a bill, pro-
vides for a modified tax on bust
ness. The tax is to be graduated,
beginning at one-tenth of / per
cent and rising to the current
two-fifths of per cent. The bill
also provides for a per cent in
come tax and continuation of the
ascent increase in the real estate
levy.
1t is understood that the spe-
cial hearing for the Baltimore men
has been arranged by Representa-
tive Vincent L. Palmisano CD of
Maryland. chairman of the full
House District Committee, who
comes from Baltimore
MANY PROTEST
Mr.. Palmisano has been con-
tinually receiving protests from
Baltimore business men on this
tax. which applies to Baltimore
businesses doing business in Wash
ington. Under terms of the meas.
ure, all businesses maintaining an
office in the District or sending
representatives here must, puy the
tax on gross receipts collected in
Washington.
The United Federal Workers of
America, Government workers af-
filiated with the CIO. also are
scheduled to testify this week or
next in opposition to this tax,
which they describe as a disguised
sales tax.
Members of the UFWA are ex-
pected to testify in behalf of an
income tax and in opposition to
all types of sales tax.
The Washington times., 1938-02-18

bombing civilians doesn't bring
any worthwhile results.
This decision raises an in
teresting question. Inasmuch
as we are, as a nation, pro-
tected by two vast oceans
East and West and two
friendly neighbors North and
South, and, inasmuch as we
are supposedly purely inter
ested in defense-just what
civilians have been saved by
the. Army's decision? Whom
did the generals have in mind
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
Says Boake Carter

reckon with. One is the matter of "face"-so
important in the Orient. Another is the fact
that aside from very small handful of western
lied Chinese the great bulk of Chnas $50 900
population is illiterate, superstitous and easily
terrified.
But in the China warfare, we who stand off
from afar and read of what is happening too
often fail to remember that in the Orient the
additional forces of censorship and propaganda
are going full blast. Therefore, who knows just
exactly how much of the bombing of civilians,
about which we have been told, has been
deliberate?
Precision Is Increased
Precision bombing has been developed to an
astonishingly high state of efficiency by the
United States Army Air Corps. An accuracy
which would have been regarded as phenomenal
IS years ago is commonplace today.
All, but you may say, what you say here is
utterly contradictory and inconsistent with what
you have previously written-about missing
power stations and railroads. No, it isn't incon-
sistent. The regulars of any armed force are
more accurate in what they do than those who
are quickly trained and showed into action in
wartime A pilot who has been trained for three
ulOuGLlS, IIlC PACoouAS VA S"AAA4OU
possibly be as accurate as the old-time regular
who spent many peace years perfecting either his
gunnery or his bombing.
But, though bombing may not produce mass
disaffection-so far the military experts have
forgotten one thing the dropping of bombs on
civilians can do-that is, bring about mass dis
illusionment. That's when the Communists get
in their dirty work and bring on revolution. To
to Fascism and relationships.
That's the real danger we face as our Washing
ton statesmen bury their heads in the sand and
deny they are playing with fire in the Orient.
Copyright. 1888. Ledger syndtcate)
(Bodke CGrter'S DietDS are his otDn and not
necessarily those OF The Washington TintesJ
The Washington times., 1938-02-18

OIISu1o44ys
1t is said that our Army experts have learned
many lessons from the bombing operations in
China, Spain and Ethiopia-that the principle
of bombing civilians does not produce mass
intimidation supposed to create disaffection at
home and thus hasten the end Of the war.
Let us examine this contention. In the first
place war between two foreign nations is never
as savage in it's brutality a civil war. The
Spanish war is civil war and the stamina of
both groups of combatants to dish out the punish
ment and take it is of far greater intensity than
TO be found in China or Ethiopia.
The Case in Ethiopia
There can be no denying that Italian bombers
contributed greatly to the destruction Of the
morale of Halle Selassie's followers. TribesInen
who had never seen an airplane were routed in
terror time and again.
But that should cause no surprise. Ethiopia
was virtually defenseless, was populated by tribes
. men who fought with spears and who were
intensely superstitious.
What of the Japanese bombings of Chinese
civilians? Here again we have several factors to
The Washington times., 1938-02-18

what are you going to do
when Cherry Blossom Time
comes 'round?" Japanese
Cherry Blossom Time down on
the Speedway. That graceful
springtime festival when we
used to gather at the river and
say how much we loved the
beautiful land of the Mikado
and the good will of that
island in the Pacific.
AS well you know, we are not
quite as rapturous about Japan
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
Old Court Martial Plea
Is Carried to Congress

harbor. After completing that
project, he was assigned to Lon
don as military attache at the
embassy.
But the War Depar m n t
charged there had been fraud In
the Savannah contracts, and Cap
tain Carter was returned to this
country, tried by court martial
and convicted.
Proclaiming himself as the
American Dreyfuss," he has
since been fighting to have the
verdict set aside and his name
cleared.
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
Radcliffe HOnOrs
District Student

Miss Harriet Taylor, of 2910
Pennsylvania Ave. S. E., will be
in charge of decorations for the
senior prom at Radcliffe College,
Cambridge, Mass, tonight.
She is the first Washington girl
to be chosen as a Radcliffe re-
gional scholar by the Radcliffe
clubs of her district.
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
Suffrage Group
Maps Campaign

Members of the District of Co
lumbia Suffrage Conference met
last night at the Annapolis Hotel
to discuss plans for the forthcom-
ing conference on District suffrage
to be held March ID in the Dis
trict Building. Civic organizations
throughout the city are expected
tn attend.
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
Dear Washington

The radio revived an old song the other night:
"Rufus Rastus johnson Brown, What va Gonna
Do When the Rent Comes Round?"
There's an annual song with the same theme
that Washington soon will have to think about:
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
STUDENTS WIN HONORS

Nye Spencer, of 2807 Connect.
cut Ave-. is one of seven students
at Drexel Institute of Technology
in Philadelphia elected members
of the honorary Phi Kappa Phi
Fraternity this year,
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
''But.'' %

The general staffs of the Army and the Air
Corps have decided, so it is reported, not to bomb
civilians.
There is nothing Humanitarian about their
decision, but rather they have concluded that
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
'BaltimOreans Join
Business Tax Fight
At Hearing on Hill
Special Session of House Committee Set
BY JULIA A. BoNWIT

special congressional hearing for Baltimore business to
protest continuation of the business privilege has been
ranged for Monday morning, it was learned today
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
By Helen Essary

And the loftiest of the Observation-Disclosures
say that, Of all the dirty New Deal tricks. this is
the lowest.
VioLets in Vogue Again
But here's sign of better things to come. Vio-
lets are coming into vogue again. Washington
florists are having a rush on the old.fashioned
flower that most of us discarded for gardenias
and orchids-when and If we could get them.
This sudden popularity of violets, the florists
add, was inspired by Katherine Dayton's romantic
play. "Save Me the Waltz" which delighted
Washington last week. The pretty princess in the
play wore violetS on white satin gown.
And thereby so enslaved vicious but handsome
dictator that he ordered bowl of fresh violets for
his desk each morning and eventually married
the princess. So here's tip to hopeful suitors
About this time each year I begin grieving over
the misinformed daffodils, about the forsythia
and the pussywillows that came out too soon. Poor
things, they've had their noses well frostbitten
during the last few days. In Washington the rule
for overeager flowers is IF spring comes, winter
is not far behind"
The Washington times., 1938-02-18

other year. We may or we may not want the jap
anese to pose under the trees in native costume
and wave the American flag like poor Madame
Butterflys child in the last act of Puccinis opera
We are so frightfully proChinese, some of us.
Yet the cherry trees as oblivious as the rest Of
nature to the peculiarities of people, don't know
how we feel internationally They will again
bloom sweetly and pinkly. And droop their grace
full branches over the heads Of citizens, indignant
or sympathetic.
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
Announcement

Evayn s OF
be will
be din this sssme espaee
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
Blossom Time in April?

The Cherry Blossom Department of the Park
and Planning Division of the Department of the
Interior of the United States of America says that
regardless of the fastmoving SinoJapanese situa-
ton. it is too soon to prophesy the date of this
years blossoming.
Last year both the single and double blossoms
were at their best about the middle of April I'd
like to predict that at the same season this year
you and will be caught in jam of visiting fire
men and carbon monoxide gas down by the Speed
way.
Out on the Potomac there may be warship or
two at anchor. For no reason except to show
that we are big. strong nation and we have war
ships. But if the best piece of japanese propa-
ganda in this country hasn't been nipped by the
frost all of us soon will be saying to each other
once more: Aren't the Japanese Cherry Bios
SONS beautiful this year?" ~.
It's pleasant way to keep the peace.
The Washington times., 1938-02-18

Washington probably has more fine houses in
proportion to its population than any other city
in the country. Of course, the embassies and le-
cations set nice pace for elegance.
But, in addition there are many beautiful pri.
vate residences that have acquired through years
of gracious living, the personality of their
owners. ...
Mr.. and Mrs Adolph Caspar Miller have such
a house on S Street across from where the new
German Embassy will be built. Mr.. and Mrs.
Miller have travelled everywhere. They have dis
cerning eyes and have bought wisely as they have
gone. Among their choice possessions ancient
sculptures from Greece, canvases by the Dutch
masters, etchings from Rome, exquisitey shaped
and colored Chinese horses found in the thou
sand-yearold tombs of the Tang dynasty. Plus
broad, high windows, view of a terraced garden,
sunshine flowers, chintzeS, big, comfortable
chairs and sofas, and many choice books. The
house is joy to enter.
HoW To Be a Clairpoyant
Nowadays hear people talking about mental
telepathy and clairvoyance and related mysteries.
There's Mrs Beall it seems, who frightens you
with facts about your hidden past and present
and your unknown future. Madame Emmanuel
Lombard wife of the military attache of the
French Embassy, who discovered Mrs. Beall'S
psychic power has wise explanation Of the
ability to see into the future.
She says that the future, in the eyes of some
people, is as inevitable as the past. It can be
seen as readily as the past. For example, if you
knew that two railroad trains were racing towards
each other on the same track, you could easily
prophesy a collision. Yet the collision hadn't
actually happened when you forecast it. Such is
the stuff of which clairvoyance is made
The Washington times., 1938-02-18

(Bonke CGrter'S DietnS are his oDn and not
necessarily those OF The Washington TinreSJ
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-28

finally reached the church, one man
was on horseback, and two men walk
ing in the mud, were leaving the
church They had waited in vain for
the arrival of the new preacher, and
those three were the only ones pres
ent.
l think he and went by M. Hamp-
ton Rice's for dinner, as he was one
of the three, and invited us to eat
with his folks I had the pleasure Of
going with Mr.. Thompson many times
to various places and churches.
When he left home to go to con-
ference or to go off to help hold re-
vivals, he would ask me to go and
spend the night at his home to keep
the haunts away. So many nights
walked across town from Daddy Jones,
to Mr. Thompsons, and got up early
the next morning and walked back
across town to home.
Mrs. Thompson said that Miriam,
who was their baby then, is now mar
ried and is mother. The other girls,
Miss Frances and Miss Hazel have
both been married for some years.
Yes, we all loved Mr.. and Mrs. Thomp-
son as they were very lovable folks.
I will repeat for the goth time that
the lake and surrounding country is
a beautiful place AS 1 sat in the
lobby this afternoon, lady and her
daughter came in for room. The girl
was, indeed, very nice looking, but
she had about the prettiest red hair
l have ever seen.
No, she isn't the only pretty girl
here. There are several dozen right
here at the Cherokee Inn. The choir
from Greensboro is here, and all those
young ladies are exceptionally nice
looking. And their looks are not one
bit better than their singing They
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-28
Gr1tS and
GHaveI*
Bv T. MOSES JONES

(Thursday July 280
It has been raining and cloudy ever
since we got here. We hardly get
enough exercise to digest our food,
as we only get a short walk out
doors between showers There is a
crowd playing and singing around
the piano in the lobby good part
Of the time.
One ladv asked if | were not the
man who was up here last summer,
who was a chaplain in the Spanish
American War. So you see the folks
think / am an old, old man. There
are a lot of good doubles for movie
stars here A real cute little girl
call Jane Withers is here. Also one
we call Shirley Temple. A fellow was
here several days who would make
a good Pinky Tomlinson, and several
others who just slip my memory.
Several folks have taken me Tor
a preacher. You see this place is es-
pecially for preachers, laymen, church
workers, and so forth.
This is Saturday. Tonight we went
to a movie in the auditorium. 1t was
Frank Buck, no Fearl S. Bucks me
Good Earth" 1t was fine and good
for it's historical value, but l would
call it almost horrible for amusement.
OF course it is truly a great picture
and Louise Rainier and Paul NUM-
were what you might call like ivory
soap for their parts, ninety-nine and
fortv-four one-hundredths per cent
perfect.
l. ooY fn the DlC-
ture. OF course many of them had
already seen it, but went again to
pass away the time. We had fire
in the lobby of the Cherokee Inn
all day.
Again 1 say the Medfords are fine
folks. Our room is okay and the fare
is excellent They will keep open
through October, as everyone does
not have their vacation in mid-sum-
mer.
A fellow sat out in the rain nearly
all day and fished. And I mean he
caught some fish. Rain has fallen
since our arrival but we learn that
rain has also fallen in many other
places while it was falling here.
We are glad to get the Dispatch,
for those who get bad delivery of
their papers, let me repeat that we
get two one day and none the next
and two the next.
We went over to see the Shamburg-
ers and Mrs. Taylor and children this
morning. We were sure glad to see
some folks from home.
We have also gone around the bend
of the road to call on Mrs. Thomp-
son.
Mrs. Thompson is the widow of the
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HFNnERsON IN CT DAILY DISPATCH THURSDAY, JULY e,

have wonderfully trained voices.
When was a boy and spent ten
DAYS here over 20 years years ago.
there were several dozen houses mere.
Now there are said to be between
200 and 300 hundred houses here.
A Mrs. B. M Ormand, of Kings
Mountain, comes UP here every sum-
mer. I Joke lot with her ana call
her Grandma" She loves to sing
HYMNS, and when anyone at the piano
starts on hymns, she will join the
singing.
Her mothers brother was the late
DR.. B. F Dixon, superintendent OF the
Oxford Orphanage years ago. we
hope the weather will clear up sc
we can get out a little before we go.
1t would have been so much fun to
have sent and received several nun
dred post cards, as l do ike 10 ge.
mail when I am away from home, but
hope to be back home by the time
this reaches print.
There is a one-sheet daily newspaper
here, but I have only seen one copy
Of it. Folks are here from dozen or
more different states and also from
Canada.
A man was killed on the highway
near here several days ago. Will close
for this time.
T.. MOSES JONES.
Lake Junaluska, N. G.
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late Rev. B. C. Thompson who was
i..stor tor four years of the Oxford
circuit about 20 years ago. He was
beloved by hundreds of folks. He died
at Duke Hospital sometime last year.
When he lived in Oxford was be ore
the day of good roads. I will never
forget soon after he moved to OK
ford he asked me to ride with him
to Morrow's Chapel to show him the
way The roads were too bad for his
car to make it. SO we went IN hired
rig.
IT. was a case of the "blind leading
the blind as we got lost. When we
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-28
Capital Gossip
BY HENRY AVERILL
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, July 28.-The bitter brawl
which has arisen over the Democratic
nomination for Congress in the eighth
has led some writer's to express fears
that the internecine warfare is likely
to give the Republicans a chance to
elect Walter Lambeths successor this
fall.
The G.. o. P. candidate is John r.
Jones, who has been for some years
the only Republican district solicitor
in North Carolina. He comes from
North Wilkesboro, is an able lawyer,
a fine gentleman and a good vote
getter.
But, barring a complete political
upheaval which would make the anti
Smith uprising of 1928 look like a
Democratic love feast, this same can
didate, John r. Jones, hasn't a ghost
of a chance.
To quote the late unlamented Al,
Lets look at the record
The district is composed Of an even
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dozen counties, only three of them
normally Republican, and some OF
them so overwhelmingly Democratic
the registrars don't know how to make
an "R" in the books.
Since 1924 the Democrats have had
onlv one close fight and that was IN
the Smith year, 1928. Even then, W..
C. Hammer beat A. 1. Ferree, a strong
Republican candidate, by more than
1000 and at that time Randolph was
in the district and cast a Republican
majority of about 1900.
In other words, even when they
co,,ld beat the tom toms of religious