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The Washington times., 1938-01-04
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By SHIRLEY SPENCER


This is a special quiz on food.
How cosmopolitan are you in
the matter of foods? Score 10
for each question, 5 for half, 4
on each part of 9-10.
/. Which is correct-cold slaw
or cole slaW.
2. What is pate de foie gras?
i. Which of these is a nut, (a)
peanut, (b) buckeye?
4. In what country did the Irish
potato originate? (a) Ireland,
(h) America.
S. Wha5 are tortillas? Tamales?
6. What is the chief article of
food of the EsquimauX?
7. To what family do the follow
ing belong? Match by placing
numbers in the brackets.
(family)
/. gourd { } lettuce
2. Sun-flower ( } onion
3. lily { } cucumber
4. gras } rice
8. What are petit fours?
9-10 With what nationalitieS
are the following foods asso-
ciated?
Chill con carne
Curry
Roast beef N Yorkshire
pudding
Sukiyaki
Smorgasbord
Onion soup -
ShaSSlik
Sauerbraten
KiShke
Knise (celery)
ANSWERS ON PAGE III
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States Navy the great service
it is.
To patriotic Americans this
fortitude and courage merit the
recognition of our entire nation.
Further, it would be proper and
fitting for the Navy Department
to recommend to Congress that
these valiant men of the Panay.
who in the furtherance of duty
to our distressed in the Far East
should be granted the major
honors within the province of
that service.
We would further suggest that
Secretary Swanson personally
recommend that the President
of the United States, as COM
mander-inchief of the Navy,
place upon the heroic breast Of
Chief Petty Officer Mahlmann
the Navy Cross. CWAR.
"Too Many" Employees
I notice by the press that
some members of the Congress
sional Appropriations Com
mittee have made a statement
that they believe the District
has too many employees and
that they receive unusually high
pay for the work performed. I
believe there are too many en-
ployes though I do not believe
they receive too much money
except in the higher brackets.
Much efficiency could be pro-
NOTED in the District Govern
ment.
First, a number Of the
officials in the higher salaried
jobs in the District should be
Immediately kicked out on re-
tirement and with them would
go a good many of their anti
ouated ideas. In some depart
ments their pay is out Of pro-
portion with other depart
mentS.
AS a clerk in the District
Building, who is qualified to be
a clerk, I receive a little more
than half of some clerks who
have never qualified as clerks.
I refer to all those firemen
clerks who have very little to
do, receive $2,400 a year, and
all the benefits that go with
the hazardous occupation Of an
actual firefighter.
Some Of the officials may say
that they are called back on
duty in order to call firemen
on duty when large fires occur.
Sure, they are, but only a very.
very few times a year. And
furthermore what fireman
wouldn't prefer on a cold,
wintry night to go to the
District Building and use the
telephone to call off-duty fire
men than respond for active
duty on the foreground?
The officials excuses do not
hold water because they could
set aside any number of fire
men that are in the companies
to come back to call off-duty
firemen.
I have been informed that the
City Fire Fighters Association
has very vigorously brought to
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If such a
pl a n can be
f i n a n c e d
without u n
d u e burden
on local tax
payers, I am
in favor of it
Or any 9TH
er plan to re-
d uc e traffic
con G e S ton
and the con-
sequent high
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S u b W a y in
w a S hington
to quicken up
traffic during
rush hours if
such a thing
did not cost
so m u h to
w a s hington
t a x p a y erS
that the re-
S ult S would
not JUS t fly
such a b i G
expense.
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THE ques-
ton is one for
experts to de-
cid e, but I
feel that a
subway sys-
t e m W oul d
help in the
S olu t ion of
our ira f f ic
problems. 1t
comes to my
mind Of read
ing that be-
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some solution
be found at
once for the
traffic pro b.
lem here. 1t
seems to me
that putting
t he trolleyS
u n derground
would be a
b ig help. I
think it could
be fin anced
in some way
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cause of the rock and ground
formation underneath Washing
ton and because so many parts
of the city we're drained and
filled in, it will be exceedingly
difficult and expensive to build
a safe subway"
X X
Miss Sylvia Boyd, 1495 New
ton St. N. W., telephone COM
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"Y es, but
who is going
to I a y for
such an ex-
pensive p1 OF
e C t e? Wash
ingtun do e S
need a solu-
ton to the
pro b ! EN- Of
getting traffic
out Of town
quickly, and a
subway would
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mo. I would
cost about a
m II ion dol
lars a mile, I
am told, and
I do not think
the relief to
traffic would
justify such a
h u ge outlay.
Most of our
traffic Or OBJ
lem is due to
a u t omobileS
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would oertainly help. But would
it not raise the cost of public
transportation and put an addi-
tional heavy burden on city ex-
penses2"
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A Canadian Protests

The letter signed Sage" on
how to bring peace, is absolutely
ridiculous. He says, the U. S. A.
and England, must conquer all
of Europe. Also the U. S. should
conquer all of South America,
including Central America and
Mexico.
An that for England and
America, would be quite i'm
possible to say the least. And
as for England handing over
the nation of Canada to the
U. S. A.. as though Canada was
a ham sandwich or something!
Canada is a nation Of con-
siderable consequence in the
worlo today, and would have
quite a lot to say about the
matter, herself. Canada has in
the past lost thousands OF her
young men fighting for Eng.
land, and is loyal to the mother
country.
While Canada and the U. S.
A. are friends, and need no
fortresses between their bound
ary lines, it would be another
thing if someone tried to hand
her over like a piece of junk to
another country. Canada has
its own army and air force, and
is a 100 per cent nation, and its
people 100 per cent British to
the backbone. England would
not and could not dare turn
Canada over to any country.
A CANADIAN.
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number of fatal accidents. But
I do not believe in a big tax
boost to accomplish it,"
4 x
Ross Eisenhart, 9O3 Thir-
teenth St. N. W., Hot Shoppe
curb manager:
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Editorial Policy

WE ARE frequently asked why we publish editorials
w from the New York Daily News. The answer is
that we think these editorials are sound and timely,
incidentally, the editor and publisher of this news
paper is also one of the owners of the Daily News
And the policies of the editorials which we reprint
are identical with the policies of this newspaper.
Eleanor Patterson
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curb manager:

and a subway would 1oG Eelp
this to any great extent"
X X X
Miss Loretta Rogers, Oil L
st. N. W., waitress:
Il would favol building a
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Urges Boycott

I think, silk Stockings, that
you are one of those selfish in
dividuals who think only Of
their own vanity, and therefore
buy Japanese goods even though
the money goes toward murder
ing our friends the Chinese.
You'd think different-you'd
boycott Japanese goods forever
If those Jap bombs destroyed
your home and killed your kin
without mercy. Where's your
conscience, woman2
PRO-CHINESE.
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The Inquiring
Photographer
The Washington Times in
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

Are you in favor of a subway
system to relieve traffic congeS-
ton here?
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LISTEN, WORLD!
BH Elsie Robinson

WANNA BE A COLUMNIST? HERE'S YOUR CHANCE
IS IF uere colunnjst 1T controlled that Robin
4 1coman'S space for Just day. I'D Show
'em! I'd pick topic that 1coud make the Oord stop,
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THE ANSWERS

Miss Marcelyn Clement, 1921
K St. N. W., Government typist:
Yes. 1t is necessary that
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F. d. r.: "Oh, yeah? Well,
HOOUer DGsn't q denlGgOgUe
and take q look at him-H
you lU1nt O. look"
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Three-Minute JOURNEYS
BIZ Temple MQnninQ

FTNHERE many wonders and many beautiful and
amazing sights to be in this land of ours that
can travel and travel without exhausting the list.
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Old Deal: "YOu're not O.
statesman, you're q demG-
gOgUe."
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

Editor Of
the writer's will be omitted
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as easily as any other really big
aid to traffic"
X
Michael Vlahos, 1862 North
Capitol ST., law book store
clerk:
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the Commissioners attention
and also to the attention of the
appropriations committee in
Congress that there are about
As men in the Fire Department
not doing fire fighting service,
and offered to show the District
officials where they could econo-
mize about one-half the in.
creased cost to give firemen a
60-hour week in the Fire Depart
ment alone.
Citizens, from the above
example, do we not need a house
cleaning? A. e. BENDER.
The Washington times., 1938-01-04
Echo of Vera Cruz

Remember the time back in
1914, when the Mexicans at
Vera Cruz refused to salute the
Stars and Stripes and the U. S.
S. Birmingham thereupon shot
the clock out of the custom
house tower? Those were the
happy days, when Uncle Sam
had both men and ships, and no
body could insult Old Glory and
get away with it.
MEMORIES.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-01-21

This passion for anthem
ITCHY, this concentration on
minute detail, first propelled
Irna out of acting and into the
writing field. Originally she
was a school teacher who be-
came interested in radio, audi
toned as a dramatic actress,
and signed on the dotted line.
Once successfully launched on
an acting career, she became
dissatisfied with the material
provided her and took to writ
ing.
That was back in 1880 and
she's been writing ever since.
During the seven years Irna
Phillips has been writing for
radio, she has turned out an
average of 10000 words per
week, which, if you're good at
figures, can be totalled up to
some ten million or more
words!
Keeping regular office hours
just like any business woman,
Miss Phillips dictates all of her
scripts, thinking in charac-
ter" while she works. BY that,
she means that she acts out
each line of each character
while debating to her secre-
tary.
Consequently, all of Irna
Phillips shows are cast, re-
hearsed and produced by
one-woman cast for one
woman audience before they're
ever broadcast to you!
"The Woman In White" is
the serial that replaced Miss
Phillips ever popular "Today's
Children" Her newest creation
is heard Mondays through FRI
days over the NBC-Red net
work.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-01-21
CALL BOY HAS
LIFE CONTRACT

JOHNNY, THE CALL BOY
master of ceremonies on the
Johnny Presents" programs
over both NBC and CHS, has
one big ambition and that is to
build a palatial summer home
in the country for his parents.
The forty-three-inch enter
tainer, whose real name is
John Roventini, has already
bought sumptuous town resi-
dence for his large family
which includes a number of
brothers and sisters.
Johnny turns his salary
check over to his mother who
gives him an allowance each
week.
This sum must cover the
cost of oil and gasoline for his
miniature automobile.
Recently, Johnny-who has
a lifetime contract with his
sponsor-created radio history
when. he had a personal micro
phone built for him.
This midget sized mike was
the first personal instrument
Ger devised by technicians
and reaches up to Johnny's
shoulders.
No longer does he have to
stand on a specially construct
ed box to reach the audience.
Now he speaks into his own de-
vice and is able at the same
time to see the studio at
tendees.
The mighty mite got his first
radio break when he was q
bellhop in a New York hotel.
An executive of an agency
intrigued by his small stature
conceived the thought of build
ing an air program around
him.
You know the rest.
The program soon won its
present high ranking in popu-
larity.
Now Johnny and his huge
Great Dane are familiar figures
along Broadway.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-01-21

sponsors offered - fee, ex-
penses, accommodations, etc.
Contracts were about to be
signed.
"But what about my
friends?" said the man.
"There's 600 people in this
town, and 100 of them want to
attend the broadcast"
1t just so happens that "It
Can Be Done" is broadcast
from a Chicago studio seating
275 persons. But the guest is
always right, and 100 tickets
went on to North Dakota, and
100 Dakotans applauded vigor-
ously when their hometown
pride made his radio debut.
1t didn't matter that 100
people in Chicago and sur
rounding area were a week
late in having their ticket re-
quests filled!
THE WHOLE WORLD has
hailed Jack Haley as master
Snowman, star-comedian and
favorite singer.
But there is another Jack
Haley, equally admired by
those who know him in his
home town, Beverly Hills,
Calf. According to the citizens
of this Los Angeles suburb,
Jack Haley, the townsman, is
as deserving of recognition as
Haley, the performer.
His quiet, unpretentious,
house is real home, not a
showplace. Jack, his wife and
their small son, Jackie, Jr., live
quietly in a residence which is
at once unpretentious, COM
Portable and decorative in a
home-like fashion.
Jackie, Jr.'s nursery is now.
a rehearsal room, and when
Haley isn't rehearsing or pom
dering over his Saturday radio
show, he is relaxing in the room
right next door, his library.
Known for his civic enter
prise, his willingness to help,
his ability as a performer, yet
the other, that home side to
the life of Jack Haley, is now
coming to light.
IRNA PHILLIPS, NBC author
holds the radio record for the
length of time she's been writ
ing daily script serials without
intermission, is a stickler for
realism when it comes to the
business of writing her own
shows.
For instance, not a single
line of her new program, "The
Woman In White" five-a-week
serial dealing with the lives,
ambitions and sacrifices of
trained nurses in America, was
set down on paper until Irna
had personally interviewed
dozens of Twentieth Century
Florence Nightingales, had
made tours of inspection of
every available Chicago hospi-
tai and had completed extern
sive research on the history of
nurses in this country.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-01-21
"STAT|C" by Lawrence White

THERE ARE no set rules for
acting.
A Characterization as per-
formed by one artist may diff
fer strikingIy when performed
by another. That's the leeway
afforded in the theater and
radio.
However, when it comes to
radio dramatics one thing that
never changes is the good
sound effect. It either strikes
the proper note or fails of its
purpose. There is no COM
promise.
One of the busiest men with
sound effects on current pro-
grams is Charles Martin,
writer and director of the
"Thrill of the Week" and
"Front Page News" dramatiza-
tions on the "Johnny Pre-
sents" programs over NBC and
: CHS. Martin is responsible for
the introduction of many new
ideas in the field.
Among the Martin effects
have been realistic portrayals
of air bubbling from a diving
helmet on the floor of the
ocean, difficult matter to
achieve but which he finally
worked to perfection; and the
awesome death rattle in the
throat of an Haitian character
killed by fear.
Standard sound effects that
he has applied time and again
are the clicking of handouts
on restless, lawless wrists; pins
dropping on soft-carpets and
head-on collisions of locomo-
tives.
Martins sound effects are
mostly mechanical and don't
have the temperament of the
actor. The actor can turn in a
shoddy performance one day
and redeem himself the next
with a fawless bit. The sound
effect must be true at all
times.
One Martin "Thrill of the
Week" program may call in
rapid succession for the inn
preston of pick sinking into
rocky earth; a window being
opened hurriedly and the
sound of horses hoofs.
RADIO PEOPLE grow old be-
fore their time, at least that's
what experienced members Of
the profession will tell you.
Comedians worry about ma
terial, singers about their
voices, and orchestra leaders
about "band raids" and the
ever-changing music styles.
But producers have troubles
of their own, according to
Henry Klein, director of Edgar
A. Guests at Can Be Done"
show, heard via NBC every
Tuesday night.
A few weeks ago, the guest
of honor for the evening was a
man from a small town in
North Dakota, who had over
come great obstacles in prov
ing that s'It Can Be Done" He
agreed on all the terms the
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-01-21
HERE'S That MAN

The candid camera attends
a rehearsal of Ken Murray
and his stooge. "OsWald,
for one of their "HoHyaVood
Hotter programs
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-26
S237,9b2 Bid on
Rebuilding Springs
Grade Submitted

Submitting a bid of $237 1862 for
reconstruction of the upper three
miles of the Mountain Springs
grade, A. S. Vinnel company, of AL
hambra was lowest bidder Friday
according to a teletype message re-
ceived from State Highway Engin-
eer E. E. Wallace by Robert Hayes,
of the Ell Centro chamber of COM
merce.
Nine bids were submitted, the
highest being 1888, 900, according to
Hays, who believes the Vinnel bid
will be accepted and the contract
awarded within the next couple OF
weeks.
Work may start early in October.
Traffic will not be affected during
construction of the new road. which
begins at point south of Boulder
Park buildings and ends below
Mountain Springs store and SER
vice station. The new alignment
of the highway places it east OF
the present pavement, on a lower
level.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-26
FIR. Brands New
Thurs. Pension
Plan Fantastic
President Questions
WOrkability; Puts it
In Utopia Class

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug.
26. (UP)-President ROOse-
velt expressed the belief to-
day that the plan in Cali
fornia to pay every person
over so pension of $50 weekly
fell within his August Is warning
against Shortcuts to Utopia of fan
tastic financial schemes"
Asked to comment on the plan,
the originator of which he said
he did not know, the chief execu-
tive read from his Social Security
speech delivered 10 days ago. In
that address he read:
"One word of warning. In efforts
to provide security for all of the
American people let us not allow
ourselves to be misled by those
who advocate short cuts to Utopia
or fantastic financial schemes"
Mr. Roosevelt pointed out that
the plan, on its face, was an ex-
tremely attractive one and not
unlike that which was tried out
in Alberta, Canada, but which,
however, did not work.
He expressed sympathy with its
objectives but termed it a short
cut to the extension of Social Sc
curity. AS such, he indicated, it
fell within his August Is warning
adding that one of the essential
objections to it was that the tax
which would be necessary for its
operation would fall far heavier
on the poor than on the rich.
The president read from a men,
orandum submitted by the acting
comptroller of the currency regard
ing the plan in which the comp
troller's office reported that there
were about 100000 persons in
California over the age of SO which
would mean the issuance of war
rants yearly up to nearly a billion
dollars to finance the proposal.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-26
Relations With
US. Strained,
Mexico Warned
Hull Repeats Warning
In Strong Terms on
Land Seizure
WASHINGTON, Aug. q

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.
(UP) = Secretary of State
Cordell Hull warned the
Mexican government today.
that diplomatic relations be-
tween it and this government were
strained because of Mexico's con-
tinued confiscation of American
owned property.
The note was one of the longest,
and, according to veteran diplo-
mats here, the most bluntly worded
diplomatic communication deliver
ed to any foreign government by
the United States since the World
war. @sas
Hull reiterated previous proposals
to arbitrate the claims for Ameri-
can-owned Agrarian land expro-
priated by Mexico, but added:
IT find it necessary emphatically
| to state that, after many years Of
patient endeavor on the part Of
this government to obtain just
satisfaction for these claims with
out success, the government Of the
United States has regretfully reach
ed the conclusion that it is impos-
sible to adjust them by diplomacy"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-26
Probation Given
In Theft Case

Probation was granted one defen-
dant and trial date set for another
when Superior Judge R. D. Nc
Pherrin heard the courts regular
law and motion calendar.
Leroy Neeley was placed under
probation Tor three years under a
three-month Jail sentence for grand
theft.
Emma Moss Gray pleaded not
guilty to bigamy charge. She will
be tried Nov T. The state charges
she married two husbands without
being divorced from the first.
Jeff johnson pleaded not guilty
to non-support and applied for pro-
baton. The court will hear his case
Aug. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-26

The dead were:
william A. Miller, 49, Summit,
Tex.
James Marshall, Fellows, Cal,
H. E. Foster, Taft, Cal.
Charles R. Dawson, of Alameda,
Cal, driver of the truck, and Le-
roy Woofer, his helper also of Ala
media, escaped with minor injuries
after their machine crushed to
death two men in a light delivery
truck and struck down a third
victim who was walking across the
highway.
Dawson and Woofer were
treated at local hospital.
State Highway patrolmen report
ed the huge Semi-diesel truck be-
gan its destructive plunge last night
at the top of two mile grade
south of here when its brakes
caught fire. Shooting flames, it
, roared down the. heavily travelled
mountain road.
The runaway overlook and de-
molished the light truck in which
Marshall and Foster were riding.
Both were killed instantly.
Miller, who had parked his car
and house trailer and was crossing
the road to get a drink of water,
was run down and killed as his wife
looked on.
Warned by the roar of the motor
and the shrieking horn, passenger
car driver ahead of the truck made
frantic dash to keep ahead of
it. He raced around curves and
finally ducked into side road
as the truck plunged by.
Other motorists ploughed theil
cars into the roadside banks tt
escape the onrushing truck.
Members of a forestry squad were
kept busy for hours extinguishing
brush fires started by flames shoot
ing from the burning vehicle.
Its load of building materials or
fire, the runaway finally came te
a stop when it overturned neal
the foot of the grade and burned
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-26

"A source at the American consul
late in Juarez revealed that nearly
every American holding in Mexico's S
largest state had been affected
by Agrarian invasion.
Some of the Agrarian activity
has amounted to outright invasion
described by the informant as 'il-
legal under Mexican Agrarian
laws. In these cases, Mexican farm
ers have invaded American proper
ty without filing claims, and have
taken possession before seeking
legal right to appropriate the
land.
American cattle companies hold
title to 100000 acres of grazing
land in Chihuahua.
One of the largest of these hold
ings is that of William Randolph
Hearst, American publisher, whose
Babicora ranch totals a million
acres.
Sources in Chihuahua city saio
that within the past few weeks
Mexican peasants moved onto
Hearst's ranch, and later filed
claims to 10000 acres of grazing
land which they hoped to farm
Sixty days before that, another
group of peasants seized $4,000
acres. Those seizures brought tt
more than 10000 acres the amount
of land appropriated from the Ba
bicora ranch within the past year