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The Washington times., 1938-03-24
Blum Faces
Crisis on
Defense
BY KENNETH T. DOWNS

PARIS, March "a G.N.SJ
France faced a possible new
government crisis today amid re
newed international tension as the
cabinet of Socialist Premier Blum
staggered under a straight-arm
blow delivered by the Senate
Finance Committee.
The government was rebuffed
when the committee rejected a de.
mand by the cabinet for an i'm.
mediate grant of 100000, 900 for
the nations war machine from
ss15 exchange equalization fund.
SHOWDOWN TODAY
The vote against transferring
the money was II to 2. The ma
jority argued that the European
situation, while serious, did not
warrant such drastic step.
Premier Blum may carry his
battle on this issue to the floor
of the senate today, and a defeat
may bring about collapse of his
new cabinet, which was formed to
tide the nation over the emo =
gency created by Germany's an
nexation of Austria.
INSISTS ON TREATY
popular front" govern ent
circles were nervous over the pros
pect, recalling that failure of the
conservative senate to give the
government virtually dictatorial fl
nancial powers caused downfall of
the first Blum cabinet last sum-
mer.
Fears also spread regarding the
critical French diplomatic posi-
tion in Europe, particularly re-
garding Czechoslovakia and Spain.
Foreign Minister Joseph Paul
Boncour assured the foreign az
fairs committee, of the chamber
Of deputies, the government is re-
solved to live UP to Frances OBJ
legations contained in her military
alliance with the Czeehs.
: PUSHES REARMANIENT
At the same time Blum sought
parliamentary authorization for
his campaign to speed up national
rearmament as an answer to Nazi
German expanSionism. Continu-
ing successes of the Spanish ma
tionaliStS, aided by italian and
German troops, also spurred
Blum'S efforts.
But the senate committees re-
lection of his exchange equaliza-
tion fund proposal served to warn
the premier that his whole defense
program may be defeated by the
senate, which usually has proved
tight-fiSted with public money.
France is committed to aid
Czechoslavakia if that country is
invaded. But should Nazis stage a
coup in Czechoslovakia by means
Of an internal uprising, France
would not be obligated by treaty
to intervene.
The Washington times., 1938-03-24

The London Daily Mail reported
from Warsaw, Polish capital, that
it had learned 10000 Nazi storm
troopers in the Free City Of Danzig
were ordered to remain close to
their barracks in readiness for
some action not yet announced.
These orders were said to have
been sent out from the Nazi head
quarters In Berlin, according to
this report.
(Reports that Danzig Nazis were
placed ION the alert" for possible
action were officially denied in
Berlin. There was no confirma.
tion in London, either, that coup
was planned in Danzig)
PLAN PLEBISCITE
The Daily Mail also reported the
Danzig Nazis plan to hold a pleb-
iscite on the question of anschluss
tunion) between Germany and the
Free City.
Under the Versailles Treaty,
Danzig was taken from Germany
and made a free city governed
through the League of Nations.
Two years ago, however, the Nazis
grew strong enough to win control
Of the city government.
The London Daily Mirror re-
ported a new reign of terror" in
Danzig, with Jews fleeing as a re-
suit Of the orders of the Nazi
storm-troopers there.
JEWS FLEEING
The Mirrors dispatch, also from
Warsaw, said many of the refugees
were reported drifting on the Bal
tic Sea in small boats with their
families, hoping to escape to
Scandinavia.
Jewish children were reported
beaten up by Nazi youngsters in
Danzig schools.
Police, said the Mirror, arrested
many members of Bible society,
failing 80. Some Of those arrested
were said to be Americans.
Meanwhile, the London Daily
Express reported from Vienna that
it learned through independent
sources" 100000 German troops,
mostly Bavarians, who marched
into Austria at the time of that
country's annexation by Germany,
were now concentrated along $50
miles Of the CzechoSlovakian from
tier.
The Washington times., 1938-03-24

ADVERTISER ERT
The Washington times., 1938-03-24
Britain Hears Nazis
Plan to Take Danzig
AS Jews Flee Scene
Berlin Denies Concentration of Storm
Troops in Citys Barracks
LONDON March "a (INS Reports that Danzig may be
the Europes drama flooded London today

LUNDUN; March a TINS. J-Reports That Danzg may b
the of Europe drama flooded London today
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
COURT FOR POOR
PAYS own WAY

All the way from the first case
Of a domestic seeking $3.50 in back
wages, the Small Claims Court
established last month for the
poor man"-has been an over
whelming success in its first
month, and has paid all running
expenses in fees received.
A report of the first months
proceedings, which will be submit
ted to the U. S. Attorney General,
says $1,000 were received oy the
clerks office from April 4, date
of the courts establishment,
1874 cases had been filed in the
and the 81 fee was waived
for "a persons who were too poor
to pay that amount to take their
cases into court.
Judge Nathan Clayton, who
fought two years for the courts
creation, was jubilant over the
record of the first months work.
He said:
II think the record speaks
for itSelf-and very well, too"
The report shows more than
300 cases were filed by plaintiffs
without the aid of an attorney
and of those 262 were prepared by
the clerk of the court.
OF the suits filed, 381 were for
amounts from $40 and $40 and
1853 suits were filed for amounts
from 81 to $40.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
BEAUTY GETS
new THRILL

Five years ago Miss Margaret
KruiS, a secretary with the Btu
minous Coal Commission, was
spending a winter vacation in
Miami.
So was Walter Winchell, famed
newspaper columnist. And a third
visitor in Miami in that month Of
February was Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, who was to take the
oath of office as President of tire
United States the next month.
Others who were in Miami were
Mayor Anton Cermak, of Chicago,
and Giuseppe zangara.
MISS KRUIS HIT
While the President was speak.
ing at an open air mass meeting,
zangara pulled a pistol and opened
fire. The bullets missed the Presi-
cent-elect, but killed Mayor Ger
max and seriously wounded Miss
Kruis in the head.
Miss KruiS was rushed to a hos
pital in critical condition that
night, zangara to the prison cell
from which he went to the electric
chair, and Winchell rushed to a
telephone to score a beat" on
the story.
Miss Kruis and Winchell have
never met. But they will meet on
the stage of the Capitol Theater
next Wednesday night, for Miss
Kruis last night was selected
as one of the semifinalists in
The Washington Times-Walter
Winchell Sweepstakes.
GETS A THRILL
Next Wednesday she will Join
with the first six chosen by the
judges to enter the finals, the
winner to go to New York for
an exciting visit as the guest Of
Today Miss Kruis admitted she
was thrilled" by being selected
last night.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06

OOSSpu ~. fLdSdu, %, OI 1H10
Penn st. N. E., was attacked by a
colored man in the 600 block of
First st. N. E. last night when he
surprised the man tampering with
the locked glove compartment of
his parked car. AS Raglan ap-
preached his car, the colored man
jumped out and struck him over
the head with lug wrench.
MAN is ARRESTED
Ragan was treated at Casualty
Hospital for a Iaceration of the
scalp and released. Police later ar.
rested John Lee johnson, colored,
%, of the 940O block Ontario Rd.
N. W., and held him for investiga>
ton.
The second injured was Ella
Lilley, 60, of 623 Maryland Ave.
S. w., who told police that as she
was walking near Seventh and C
Streets Southwest, she was
h1OShCO OOW1l ny d COIOT6Q man
who struck her over the head
with a blunt instrument. The man
fled without attempting to rob
her. The injured woman was
treated by a private physician for
laceration Of the forehead and
a cut over her eye and returned
home.
STATION ROBBED
Allen RICHES, of COS Sixth st. S.
W.. manager of a gas station at
Ninth and G. SITS. s. W., told DO.
lice that two armed white youths
about Is years old entered his
place early today and robbed him
of $50. The men fled on foot.
Mrs. Margaret Jensen, Of 1447
East Capitol ST., reported to police
that she was walking in the 1900
block Of Massachusetts, Ave. s. E.,
last night, when a colored man
snatched her purse, containing $12,
and escaped in a car driven by
another man.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Dog to Stay
SOBOy Won't
Leave Home

To anyone else, Topsy is just
an ordinary, every day, run-of-the-
mine dog. But to his 12-year-old
master, Johnny Coleman, of 1915
Seventh st. N. W., Topsy is
tops"
So a few days ago, when John
ny's father, Clarence Coleman, a
WPA worker, decided that two
other dogs around the house were
enough and TopSy had to go,
Johnny decided it was time to do
something about the situation.
LIFE NOT THE SAME
Life around the old home.
Johnny decided, wouldn't be the
same without Topsy, so yesterday
he put on his roller skates and
decided to leave home. Time
came for Johnny to return from
fourth grade classes at the Pet
worth school, but he didn't. Sup
perfume came and no Johnny. His
mother was frantic with worry
and sat up all night, but still no
Johnny.
In the wee hours Of this morn
ing, Policeman Foley w. Harris,
of No. S Precinct, saw a forlorn
youngSter seated near the railroad
tracks at Fifteenth S. and Pennsyl-
vania Ave. S. E., sobbing. He took
the youngster to the police sta
ton. 1t was Johnny.
HE'LL STAY NOW
Johnny told the policemen he
ran off at 2 p. m. yesterday. Asked
where he was going, he replied:
"Oh, I was just going some
place"
He didn't take TopSy with him,
Johnny said, because he thought
the dog would be in the way and
anyhow after he was gone maybe
his folks woul dkeep the dog.
But today everything is "hotsy
topSy." Mrs. Coleman said since
the dog means so much to Johnny,
they'll just have to keep Topsy SO
Johnny will stay home.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
TAXI LIABILITY
LOOPHOLE CITED

With the taxicab liability bill
scheduled for House action Mon
day, failure Of taxicab owners and
operators to satisfy judgments in
damage cases was cited today by
Traffic Director w. A. Van DuZer.
In a letter to Representative
Jack Nichols CD of Oklahoma,
a member of the House District
Committee, the traffic director
stated the records of his depart
ment indicate that, with only one
exception, judgments against taxi
owners and operators remain I'M
satisfied,
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Says Boake Carter

The nations newspaper publishers have just
finished their annual convention. keynote Of
that gathering was an expressed determination
to fight the destruction of civil liberties in each
and every instance.
The Hitler-like rule of Mayor Hague over one
spot of the Union is an excellent place for the
press to start to show that sincerity of promise
NeIO Deal Challenged
RUT, even more important, is the test that now
49, faces the New Deal.
Hague is not only mayor Of Jersey City. He is
also vice chairman Of the Democratic National
Committee.
The New Deal Administration has fought shy
Of cracking down on Hague on the grounds that
he is local" matter; that any interference
with Hague would constitute interference with
States rights"
The answer, of course, is that Hague is the
boss of cold, ruthless political machine which
delivers votes for the New Deal, as long as the
New Deal throws him patronage.
Continually cracking down on business and
industry is one thing. Blandly ignoring the
grossest destruction OF civil liberties America has
seen since Huey Longs death makes Roosevelt's
noble itch about the sanctity of democracy hypo
critical ants-in-thepantS.
Copyright Ledger syndicate)
1.-THE opinions expressed herein are those of
Mr.. Carter and do not necessarily reflect the
opinions OF The Washington TimesD
The Washington times., 1938-05-06

N. w. They have 1856 chill
dren registered there now, from
3 to is years of age. Any
mother can leave her child
there for the day, without a
cent of charge, and feel it is
in competent hands. They
serve a late lunch of milk and
sandwiches at 4:30 every day,
and Chestnut Farms Dairy do
mates the milk.
This is one of the most cry
ing needs we have in Wash
ington. The care of our young,
The Washington times., 1938-05-06


so much"
But Greta sent it right straight
to the news department-and the
news department is more inter
ested in news than it is in poetry.
1t has felt that way for quite some
time now.
So the news department will
print Greta's poem just as she
wrote it, because Sunday is
Mothers Day.
Greta lives at 1909 Upshur St.
N. w. and this is her Mothers Day
poem:
MY MOTHER
BY Greta Lee Klein
MY Mother is a lovely one,
She has a heart Of gold,
Whenever I think of her
I think Of her beautiful soul.
If you could be like my
mother,
Nothing would ever go wrong.
Whenever / think of her,
sing this little song.
My Mother is so sweet,
She has a heart for all,
Whenever anything goes
wrong
I just call My Mother.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Boy, Is, Burned;
Hammered Bullet

Joseph Rotolone, Is. of SIS K
st. N. W., promised today that
he would not play with bullets in
the future.
The boy was taken to Sibley
Hospital today where he was
treated for powder burns received
when he exploded a bullet by
striking it with a hammer. The
boys wound was not serious and
he was not admitted to the
hospital.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06

ard unit of money-was rated % cents.
It thereafter dropped. Under the depression
influence Of new deal expenditures it kept on
declining until yesterday it was officially lowered
to 2.79 cents.
This represents a shrinkage in French money
since September, 1896 when the Anglo-American
French exchange agreement was made, Of al
most go per cent.
Hurts Prestige of Nation
DONDER the hardships this has entailed. All
French fortunes have shriveled painfully. 1t
will now take more francs to purchase foreign
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Trouble Seen for America

Trouble Seen for America
MANY Americans apprehend like happenings
AVA byand-by here.
They point out that our Federal obligations
already are approaching the $45,OOOOoO 900 mark
that additional extraordinary spending lending
proposals total up to $4,000 100000 that no end
ing of deficits is within sight. They proclaim
this inevitably spells, first, initiation and later,
desperate currency measures to cope with our
mountainous debt.
Capital has been fleeing from France in enor-
nous amounts. In our own country capital is
not venturing into employmentgiving enterprises
The risks are adjudged too great; when profits
are made, taxes eat up the greatest part of them.
Downright, 1893 by B. c. Forbesl
The Washington times., 1938-05-06

has been the excuse to justify
the majority Of the Federal
Governments acts.
The gross manhandling of
Norman Thomas in Jersey
City, N. j., by the police of
Mayor Frank Hague, provides
the test for the sincerity of
two groups which consistently
claim they are the guardians
of civil liberties of the citizens
of the United StateS-the
New Dealers, headed by Frank
lin Roosevelt, and the news
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
RETIREMENT
'LEGISLATION'S.
D 0 0 M SEEN
Rep.Ramspeck Has.
Scant Hope
BY JULIA A. BONWIT

Civil Service retirement legisla-
ton appeared today to be dead for
this session of Congress.
Representative Robert Rams.
peck CD, of Georgia, chairman
of the House Civil Service Com
mittee, stated he would probably
not report any retirement bill be-
cause of the nearneSS of adjourn.
ment, and the likelihood that a
bill would not pass even though
reported.
COMMITTEE DIVIDED
The committee itself, Mr.. Rams
peck explained, is divided on the
question of how retirement bill
should be written, and Govern
ment employees differ in their de,
mandS.
Both these factors were brought
out in hearings held by the COM
mittee on 81 pending retirement
bills. The hearings have been con-
cluded, Mr.. RamSpeck said, for
this session.
Some groups of Government en-
ployes, the Representative pointed
out, are seeking an optional re-
tirement age Of SIS years, which,
even if passed by Congress, would
probably be vetoed by the Presi-
dent. ...,.
OPPOSES WIDOW PENSION
Representative Ramspeck de.
clared himself unalterably OPP
posed to the proposal to provide
widows pensions for Government
employees, stating that the cost
would be prohibitive.
The hearings on the retirement
measures began last week and
were attended by various groups
of Government employees and re-
tirement experts, all of whom
agreed that the retirement law
should be revised and modified.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Grand Menagerie
At Penny Circus

Holy Trinity School is present
ing its annual penny circus" this
afternoon at the school, Thirty
sixth and N Streets Northwest.
Monkeys, bears, elephants, os-
triches, "gooks" and other ami
mails, real and imaginary, "all
natives of the wilds of George
town." will be represented by the
pupils in costume. Admission to
each of the attractions is one cent.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06

along lines similar to our own.
social" legislation has pre-
dominated. Labor parties have
succeeded in wringing conces-
sion after concession.
The consequences are prov
ing most unhappy.
French public deficits and
debts have kept piling up,
weakening the governments
credit and the national cur.
rency.
A little over 10 months ago
the French franc-the stand
The Washington times., 1938-05-06

as keep saying, is the bulwark of our future
generation.
Connected with this splendid home is a yard
for the children to play in and be kept off the
street. few splendid women started this on
practically nothing and they are slowly but
surely going to work it up into one Of the really
important centers Of our community life.
There is another worthy organization in Wash
ington-the Florence Crittenton Home, which
protects girls who have nowhere else to turn
and gives them encouragement and the proper
kind of treatment with the finest of doctors
This home protects the mothers and when they
are able to work again. it takes care of their
babies, and does everything in its power to give
the mother a fresh start.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06

Norman Thomas, twice candidate for the Presi-
dency of the United States on the Socialist ticket
respected by all and admired for his genuine
depth of intellect. is yanked from his automobile
by Hague'S policemen, thrust into patrol wagon
and run out Of town on ferry boat. His wife is
Smacked by cop
Mr.. Thomas offense was that he desired to
make public address.
Police Obey Orders
THE Jersey City police cannot be blamed. They
must do as they are told, or lose their jobs.
The one who instructs them is the boss of New
Jersey politics Hague.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Bound for School,
Boy, II, Missing

Ernest w. Smith, a 14-year-old
Hayes School pupil, today was re-
ported missing from his home,
1915 Sixth Street N. E., since yes
terday morning. The boys mother,
Mrs. Frances O'Brien, told police
her son left for school yesterday
morning but did not report to
classes.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
E9But"

WE have heard from Washington in the last
w five years about the necessity of restoring
liberty and freedom to the common people of
this land of ours. Almost without exception that
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
O. K. TRUSTEES

G.N.S.) The ICC today ratified
appointment of Charles E. Denney,
president of the Erie Railroad,
and John A. Hadden, Cleveland
lawyer. as trustees of the Erie.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
B. G.. Forbes S4yS---

goods. It will tend to send domestic prices up.
thus imposing hardships on the working classes,
since all history reveals that wages, under such
circumstances. are slower to rise than prices. It
injuries French international prestige the nations
standing in the world.
So long as France plays the role played by
Washington, taking wealth from the thrifty to
hand it over to the thriftless, arbitrarily de-
creeing short work hours in obedience to the
demands of revolutionaries spending greater
amounts of taxpayers money than can be col
lected-so long as all this continues, France
will be headed for still graver troubles.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
My Say

TNHERE is a very interesting charity being
worked out here in Washington and it is
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Here Is a Genuine
Mothers Day Tribute

Greta Klein 10
Greta Lee likes to write poetry There little of the prodigy
about Gretas poetry 1t does to scinlate with
genius In fact if Grea had sent her poem literary de-
partment might gone back her with than you
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Why Insist on Names?

TNHE only thing have against some institu-
L tons is that the poor kid has to give her
real name and so many times girl is terrified
she may bring disgrace and sorrow on her
family.
AS I have written before, personally don't
see whose business it is what the girls name
is. The main object is to guard the mother and
The Washington times., 1938-05-06

A MERICA should take warning from what
= has befallen France.
That country has been undergoing new deal
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Police Obey Orders

Due illness Helen Esay been forced discontinue temporarily
of
Times Will be resumed when Mrs Illness
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
2 Here Injured
By Thugs During
4 Holdups in Night
$72 Taken by Robbers; One Arrested After
Gnr 07Dnor Te Ronfon

Two robbed of $2 by thugs last night early
today while two others injured in ATTEMPTED robberies
The Washington times., 1938-05-06

By E0alw Wabh Mclean

her baby and see they both have another start
in life. But the delightful woman who manages
the Florence Crittenton Home assures me that
the names are never divulged there and are kept
absolutely confidential. If the poor girls would
only realize how thoroughly they are protected
they would not have that awful fear, which re-
suits in turning them to untrustworthy and
crooked people
When you realize how our jails are over
crowded with young people who are really moth
ing but babies and the electric chair takes the
lives of hundreds of boys under the age of 81
yearly, it shows we cannot encourage these Won
derful homes enough. 1t is sad enough to see
a grown person take wrong turning in life, but
when you see poor youth, boy or girl, end up
in the penitentiary or the electric chair, then
you realize that we cannot do too much for them.
Childhood Environment
IT is the early environment that counts Re
member the wonderful old priest who said
"Give me your child until he is and you can
have him the rest of his life"
AS we all know, once childs character is
formed-and it is formed very quickly nowadays
with the speed in which we lve-it is too late to
do much about it. All we can give him then is
care. If his poor brain is warped, he has to be
put away in an institution If he commits some
horrible crime he, either will be electrocuted or
locked up for life. And we old people are really
the guilty ones. It is not the poor, confused,
struggling youngster Of today with no place but
the street and no God to look to except money
and greed.
Let every citizen in the District feel personal
interest md m
tunity House. If we had more clean, decent
places like this in which to protect our young
in our great country in time our insane asylums,
our jails and our electric chairs would not be
over-crowded and overused as they are today.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
SKTPEOY

Do you want money? The Washington
Times is offering $50 in prizes each week for
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
VETS TO PEORIA

PEORIA, ILL.,, June 17.-Attend-
ance at the nineteenth annual
encampment of the illinois depart
ment OF the Veterans Of Foreign
Wars, to convene here June 30, is
expected by Lewis Brake. depart
ment commander, to break all rec
ords for that organization.
The Washington times., 1938-06-17

CHICAGO, June II GNSD.
DR.. Oliver Justin Lee today is COL
lectins the autographs" of more
than 100000 stars. The North.
western University astronomy pro
fessor has been at the work for
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
Arctic SurrenderS Relic

The pole was found near the
spot where Russian scientists last
week discovered the ships log of
Capt. George Washington De
Long, who died with his men after
the jeanette sank.