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as for the Pullman company.
A very charming elderly lady
often rides the Southern main
line from here through to Lynch.
burg. Because of d ellie a te
health she requires every COM
fort available on a railway train.
But she can't use the Pullmans.
Why? Because she has to
walk interminably from the
taxi stand at Union Station to
get to the Southern level. Then
she invariably finds the Pull
mans tackled on to the rear end
of the waiting train. To reach
them means another city block
or so to walk.
When the train pulls into
Lynchburg she almost needs q
pair of binoculars to deScry any
one waiting to meet her. That
is, if she rides the Pullman.
But she doesn't. Although well
able and willing to pay for the
Pullman or parlor car, she rides
the day coaches so that she can
save the long walk to the Pull
man.
I suppose the railroad COM
pany as well as the Pullman
company lose money on pas
sengers who are forced to do
their travelling in this way.
Maybe they'll do something
about it. j. n. Y.
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Wise Words

The equal right Of all men to
the use Of land is as clear as
their equal right to breathe the
air-it is a right proclaimed by
the fact Of their existence
Henry George.
1t is by presence of mind in
untried emergencies that the
native metal of a man is tested.
Lowell.
In prosperity it is very easy
to find a friend; but in adver-
sity it is time most difficult Of
all things.-Epictetus.
There is no misfortune but
to bear it nobly is good fortune.
Marcus AureliuS.
Adverse fortune reveals
genius: prosperity hides it.
Horace.
The chief art of learning is to
attempt but little at a time
Locke.
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HOuD to End RecessiOn

Having as a small business
man" struggled through the sue
cessive economic disturbances
of the past half century, begin
ming with the panic Of 1893 and
including the Spanish and
World Wars, I feel that I may
be entitled to add my quota to
the numerous suggestions for
ending the present so-called re.
ceSSion.
Briefly, my suggestions are as
follows:
If Unemployment be the solu-
ton of the problem, why not in
some way empower the Presi-
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because h e
made a So
Cial engage.
ment W i t h
one of the
students, / n
my opinion. is
n o t suffi.
cient reason
{ O dismiss
the man from
his job. A
puniShn1 e n t
as harsh as
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dent to attain that end by CO.
operating with industry to the
extent of returning the unem-
ployed to their erstwhile jobs
with a guarantee that if en-
ployment thus increased does
not directly and coordinately in
crease general consumption Suf'
ficiently to make both ends
meet, the deficits will be met
by Government aid?
This assistance may be by
subsidy or by loans but in either
case is it not better than the
dole which is disguised as public
work and piles up an enormous
debt?
Thus, instead Of allocating
the millions of dollars required
for relief to the WPA, which
seems to be the AdminiStra-
tion's only way out Of the di-
lemma, they could be held as a
sinking fund to be used in the
event of improbable results.
Relief rolls would thereby be
automatically diminished at
once and eventually obliterated
and the unemployed put at
work for which they have been
trained with the concomitant
creation of useful and neceS
sary products.
The chances are, in my opin-
ion, that with the natural incre-
ment Of industry resultant from
this restoration of normal indus
trial conditions and the conSe-
quent loosening Of private cap
ital for the expansion of exist.
ing industries and the develop
ment Of new enterprises, there
would be no necessity for any
further printing Of the pump,
which, however, if found to be
unavoidable, could be applied in
the form Of long-term loans from
the fund appropriated at a low
rate Of interest after due audit
ing by means to be devised.
SAMUEL W. TAYLOR,
Editor, The Rider and Driver.
i
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this particular teacher wanted
to get married, it should have
been all right as there are many
married students in schools
throughout the country. But
firing him was too severe a
punishment"
\ 4
Mrs. Anna Alden, 211 Tenth
st. S. w., office clerk:
Absolutely not. If a young
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human. It's
natural for a
pretty g / r /
and a young
man to fall
in love. He
wasn't m a r.
ried and was
of good char.
acter, so why
should his Ca
reer be ruined
because of a
date with a
student"
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tense in such
a thing hap
pening. A S
long as they
c o n d u C t
themsel v e S
p r o p e RI y,
W h a t teach
erS and stu
dents do in
t h e hours
after school
Is their own
affair. Even if
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t e a c h e r
W i S h e S to
court a stu.
dent I cannot
see that it is
any concern
Of the school
authoriti e S.
Certai n ly a
man should
n o t be de,
prived of his
Job because
Of social &C.
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practice for a
S c h oil ath-
letic coach or
a teacher t o
m a k e social
engagement S
" / t h stu
dents of high
school a G e,
but doing so
should n o t
cause o n e. S
d i S m i S sal
from the job.
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japan Refuses

TO give the United States and Great Britain nfor-
nation on japanese naval plans The Tokyo refusal
is camoufaged by lot of diplomatic talk about "quant
tative limitation of ornaments, but the net answer is
that Japan won't confde in it's old partners under the
6-5-3 pact.
So it looks like naval race Too bad but we've got
the money to stay in such race longer than Japan.
We'd better do it.
Some of the why we'd better do it were given
by Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Opera
tons in his impressive House Naval Affairs Committee
testimony last week and the week before, in behalf of
the $8O0,OOOOOO additional naval construction bill.
The more important of Admiral Leahy's reasons for
urging passage of the $500 100000 additional naval
struction bill can be summed up follows
With our present Navy, heading up in fifteen battle
ships now built we are in position to defend only
of our coasts at one time We could put up good defense
Of one coast could probably repel the forcby
that he wouldn't feel like coming back
But if we should get into fight involving defense of
both coasts against ermanItaianJapanese alliance
for exampe-Ed) would most likely be out of luck
Especially if the Panama Canal out of commission
and we had to shift ships around Cape Horn We would
be safer if we had enough ships to constitute two fleets
The battleshp is still the backbone of naval defense
or offense, in Admiral Leahys opinion Unquestlon-
ably the bombing plane is threat to the batteship
and planes can sink batteships under favorable
dtons But battleship is harder for plane to sink
than is any other type of ship Unless all nations
abandon battleshps it only sensible for us to be
heavily provided with the best known seagoing de-
Tense against the arplane Leahy lists the battleshps
defenses against air attack as follows:
the antiacraft batteries of the numerous cruisers de-
Soyers nattleshps which always her.
which the attacking planes must its own
powerful anttaircraft guns its maneuverng power. for
experience proved the added difficulty of bombing
ship maneuvering radically at high speed its armor and
watertight Subdivisions which designed to ocalze
damage from bombs exploding the deck in
the water close to the side well organized damage
troll party trained and equipped to with flooded
partments fires ruptured steamlines etc.
Admiral Leahy tried to soothe the fears and dry
the tears Of QUIZ
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year-old CLYDE DWIGH
Dear Miss Robinson:
They call us FLAMING
YOUTH-huh, that's a laugh.
FLAMING PARENTs-that fits
better.
They tell us that it isn't
good for us to smoke-And then
light up a cigarette and blow
the smoke in our face.
They tell us never to come
home with liquor smelling on
OUR breath - And then they
throw a beer party that night.
"They tell us never to go to
the So-called "honkytonks"-
And then flip a coin to see
which one they are going to
tomorrow night.
"They tell us to be in no later
than 1 a. m.-And then THEY
come dragging in about 3 a. m.
"They tell us that the bur-
lesque now showing at the opera
house is too filthy for anyone
to see-And then call up to see
il they can reserve a seat for
Saturday night.
They let us use their auto
mobile once in a while and tell
us not to Speed-And then won
der where they are going to get
the money to pay their second
or third speeding ticket.
They wonder what the
younger generation is coming to
And they have cause to won
der, with the example they are
setting.
FLAMING YOUTH NO!
Just human beings who are
curious to find out about things
which seem to so please our
parents.
"They call us FLAMING
YOUTH-huh. that's a laugh.
rANETNC pARENTS-that fits
better.
CLYDE DWIGHT SHAW,
"Age 19-Denver, Colo"
($10 prize winner)
Hot stuff, youngster! But
you'd better save that barrage
and see how you feel about it
yourself when YOU'RE A POP!
And now another Tear Bomb
SHOULD WE SOAK THE
RICH? Is a man a Public
Enemy simply because he's
saved his pennies? HAZEL
DANIELS of DENVER, COLO,
has ideas.
DO YOU RESENT THE
OTHER FELLOWS PAY
CHECK?
Dear Miss Robinson:
Soak the rich! How often
have you heard that phrase
uttered from almost everyone
you've ever met? Sounds par
ticularly good to the average
man working eight to IS hours
a day for anywhere from $50
a month to that same amount
each week. Why not take the
money from those who have
plenty and give us poor devils
some of it? Lord knows we
work hard enough for what
we do get. In fact, why not
distribute the rich mans money
evenly among all the under
privileged? TIL en- everybody
would have as much as every
one else. and we could all start
out event.
"You think that would be
fine, do you? But that's where
you're wrong. Dead wrong.
For without the rich. where
would business be? Who would
put up money to start factories
and business of all kinds going,
back new businesses? Take your
store owners money away from
him and you take 1t out of your
own mouth. And that's fact!
"On the other hand, how did
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Your |. O..
By SHIRLEY SPENCER

Classification-1n the group
of words below there are four
which belong to a certain claSSl'
fication to which the fifth does
not belong. For instance n
q group Of flowers an animal
does not belong, or in a group
of violinists a pianist does not
belong. Cross out the WORD OF
name which does not belong 70
the specific classification. The
object is speed in recognizing
the classification, naming it ana
striking out the fifth word'
Time. two minutes. Score i've
for classifying and five for eacn
word correctly crossed out.
1. John, Harry. Frances
Edward. Paul -
2. Daisy, columbine,
goldenrod, orc hlo'
violet
3. Eland, chamois, cou-
gar gazelle. spring
box
4. Colt, mare. horse. bull,
mustang
5. Garlic, leeks. aspara-
gus, chicory, onion -
6. Dagger. sword, rapier.
lariat, dirk -
Z. Two, three, five, seven,
8. Desdemona, Rosalind,
Viola, Ophelia, Mel
pomene -- -
8. Artifice, cunning, in
genuous, deceit - -
10. Gnomes, nymphs,
elves, wnies,
trolls -
(Answers on Page 10)
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tivities outside of working hours.
Of course, the girls parents
should know about it, and I
think it should depend more on
their consent"
X +
Al Herman, 225 West Fiftieth
St., New York city, visiting here:
after all, the coach is only
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Traffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims In
the District Of Columbia since
January /, 1888, Is graphically
shown by the death watch.
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exef G ! 5 z q
t h e / r au-
thority a bit
too severely.
It seems to
me that it
should be left
up to the
queS t on OF
whether the
affair W . S
above : board,
If the girl was
old enough
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the rich get their riches? Ger
tainly it was no mama from
heaven. True enough-some
lucky person inherits money
almost every day. But where
did it come from in the first
place? Someone had to earn
it. Earn it by working a little
harder, being little more am.
bilious, absorbing every scrap
of information he could get his
hands on-sacrificing and strug-
gling-TO WHERE HE IS NOW.
SOAK THE RICH! Why
haven't we their luck? Simply
because we're too darned lazy
or Self-indulgent or cowardly to
follow their example. If in
stead of soaking the rich you'd
junk some of your own self
pity, and get busy, you'd have
some of that luck which you
envy the other fellow.
MRS. HAZEL DANIELS
"Age %,
Denver, Colo."
($10 prize winner)
That's a COB of the good old
American common sense, sister.
Come again soon; we need
Spunk like that.
Last comes 17-year-old FELEN
STRITzINGER. of NEW CAS-
TIE, PA, dishing it out to The
Younger Crowd-and how. Go
to it, little girl.
Dear Miss Robinson:
Many high school students
are forever grumbling about
their night work, their tough
tests and their mean teachers.
But If we, as students, cannot
undergo the small tests and
hardShips of our high school
days, how do we expect to fight
and overcome the battles Of
life? If we grumble now about
such trivial matters, then we'll
always be grumbling in life.
"Our high school days are
only preparing US for tDhGt De
must face later on. The teach.
erS, the tests and the night
1Dork are only examples of the
obstacles lDe GDiu meet in lite,
gradually getting harder. II
tDe cannot face them now, tDe
cannot expect to face life tDtth
a grin and a wGllop.
Opportunity will soon knock!
Grab while the grabbing is
good, and prepare yourself in
such a manner that when you
graduate you can face life with
a big hearty smile written across
your face for victory-not a
good, hard cry.
HELEN STRITZINGER,
"Age II,
1903 East Cherry St.,
New Castle, Pa"
IS prize winner)
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WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson
Copyright 1888. King Features syndicate 1nc)
YOUNG AMERICA ASKS
HOW ABOUT FLAMING PAREN'

A MOTHER blast against Pop and Nom! Thank
"A heaven, most of them don't rate it. But how it'll
burn those who dol So power-sez Ito 1S-
year-od CLYDE DWIGHT SHAW, of Denver, Col.
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Too Far to Walk

Maybe some official of the
Southern railroad will read
this letter to your paper and find
out something that will surprise
him. On second thought, it
may not be such sorrowful news
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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

Do you think the recent dis
missal of an Alabama high
school athletic coach for dat
ing" a girl student was justifi.
able?
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE


writers be
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CONTEST RULES

/. The writer Of a letter in COM
petition for one of the three
weekly prizes-two Of $40
each and one of $5-must be
under 80 years Of age.
2. The letter must be upon
some subject of Importance
to American youth.
3. The letter must not exceed
500 words in length.
4. The writer must give his or
her age and full name and
address, and the names Of
each writer awarded a prize
will be published.
5. To be eligible for one of the
prizes awarded each Monday
a letter must bear poStmark
not later than noon of the
preceding Saturday.
6. Miss Elsie Robinson is to be
sole Judge of the merits of
letters submitted in the con-
test
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Arthur Paul, 945 Longfellow
St. N. W., policeman:
II cannot see any real Of
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and If the parents knew and ap-
proved Of the friendship"
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PERTURBED PACIFISTS

by saying the United States has no ambition to lead
a naval race fight war to climax such race, and
that the Navy has no foreign commitments. This
statement was reinforced
better BE FRIENDS by Secretary of State Hull,
Will croot pp;to;, in his classically blunt "The
is NO" reply to
questions from Senator Hiram Johnson (Rep Cal)
on whether we have any secret alliances naval
agreements with any other nation-meanng of course
Great Britain.
We doubt that the pacfsts and isoationists believed
either Leahy or Hull For part, we hope the
Navy and the State Department least as friendly
ward Great Britain they have been in times past
And we're glad to learn that unjustly suspected
Washington of being too ethical spies get look
at the naval plans Japan has finally refused to reveal 1t
out in London last Wednesday, according to the Lon
don magazine The Week. that American secret agent
three months ago stole and copied these plans in Tokyo.
Capt. Royal ngersol chief of Navys planning board,
is asserted to have paid his recent visit to London order
to reveal these plans to the British Admiralty under
agreement exchange naval information with the British
Good work. think; and we only hope the spy stole
the right plans instead of phony plans planted for him
to steal Other nations do these things including the Japa
Spy work only another aspect of national Defense
and we ought not to neglect it.
We hope the $800,00O,O00 naval increase bill passes
What need is Navy twice strong Japans navy
the best Navy in the world.
New Yorkp
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THE ANSWERS

Miss Rochelle Rubin, 1902
Farragut st. N. W., bookkeeper:
mo. Dismissing the coach
The Valley settler., 1938-12-02

Tho. first consignment or dairy
 stock or'orod will leave Seattle Dec. 10. because oe the large nWnbor of stock ordered it has bcen found impossible to ship all of the cows on one bnct. A second ship PIaent will arrive later. Little c1!f culty will be had with sick anima Is, if tho rrea aont weather conditions prevail till their arrival.
The Valley settler., 1938-12-02
TO ITY MANY. FRIENDS IN
 THE VALLEY

I wish to thank one and all for the. splendid cooperation given me during the time I was en- ployed as Manager of the Groc cry Department or the, Trading Post. To serve you has been a privilege as we'll as a respors ibi1ity. I trust ycu will give my successor the same und ivided cooperation as you have given to me in the past.
 May I extend to all, my sincere wishes for a Merry Chris tnas and a Prosperous New Year.
 Cironro77y yro1Tc
The Valley settler., 1938-12-02
EXTENSION SERVICE NOTES

MimeoFraphe copies of the model COW stall, revised by TIM.C c. Ander q son to fit Matanuska Valley farm conditions, are available from your District EXtens ion Agent, who will be glad to talk over vi tn you your COW stall problems and help you plan your stalls to fit your barns, The AFRC advises that grain will have to be recleaned and tested
 for germination before it will be pur rohas ed for seed. Farmers who vi sn to have seed tested for ger- mination should ask the Dis trict Extension Agant to collect a
 sample of seed from their bins. The Agent will number these samp1es and turn them over to the Experi- ment Station for testing. Tn
 tkis way, only numbers and no names will be atta ched to samples which are handled by the tester. MT. Estelle suggests that a farmer should have his seed redeemed M before sowing on his own farm, inS order to help control weeds. Fur thermore, by learning the per-
 centage germination of seeds the farmer can know how thick to SOW his grain to have better chance t3r a full stand. A-u clnh h0vG arT -i 7,7 c ShOl16
The Valley settler., 1938-12-02
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All Club boys and girls should turn tu their claims for Fair prizes not yet received to MT. Lstel1e. Tell him the amount of your prize and the project on which you won the prize.
The Valley settler., 1938-12-02

All farmers who can qualify for Soil Cons ervation, payments and who have not made application this year should do so before Dec emb CT l2.
 If you have sown any legume
 exc ept oats and peas or pasture grass seed, applied lime on your A farm, or fertilizer to above VI named crops you should check up
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-18
British Millionaire Will hvest 1000, 900, 900 Here

London, May 18-(UP)-Lord Rob- ert Crichton-Stuart left for the United States today, reportedly to invest the greater share of sum reputed to be $10O,000,000, realized from the sale of the vast holdings of his father, the Marquis of Butte.
 The transaction, probably the largest real estate deal In British history, involved the sale of about half the city of Cardiff, in South Wales. Lord Robert, who left with his wife aboard the liner Queen Mary, conducted the negotiations.
 The sale involved vhe disposal of practically all of Lord Bute's Mount joy estate, including large portion of the Cardiff docks, the Cardiff shipping exchange, about 10000 homes, 1000 shops, 250 saloons, sev- eral theaters and cinemas, big ag- ricultural areas around the city, parts of the town of Penarth and a number of neighboring villages.
 The marquis retained his two his toric castles Caerphilly, and Cardiff where he entertained extensively, a few miles outside the city. He also kept much mining property from which royalties are received, but will shortly be compulsoriy acquired
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-18

under the governments plan to na- tionalize coal mines. It was eS- timated that the ground rents," or long-term classes, from the proper ties amounted to $75c ,000 year.
 It also was understood that the marquis shortly would sell his three London residences. Besides Lord Robert, another son, the Earl of Dumfries, form a company with other members of the family. The sons are principal directors.
 A London syndicate was under stood to have made the purchase for investment and development, hence the tenants or ground in South Wales and Scotland will not be dis turbed.
 Said to be the largest individual coal royalty owner in Britain and a descendant of one of 19 sons of the Scottish King Robert IT., the mar quis has eight homes. They are Car diff Castle, Mount Stua,U !, Rothesay and Kames Castle on the Isle of Bute, Dumfries house in Cummock Mochdrum castle in Port William Castel Coch near Cardiff Castel of Guadacorte near San Roque on the Spanish mainland, and a town house in London.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-18
Girl Telephones Her Louer Then 7ragically Ends Life

Chicago, May IT. - (UP) - Gret- chen Bowers, 23, a beautiful artists model, telphoned a man last night and talked about the rainy weather. Then she put on her most expensive gown, rouged her lips, and shot her self to death. A four page note to the man was found on her dressing table. It said that he had ended their love. He was identified in the note only as Stony. It said in part:
 Stony: you said just before I left you today, whatever you do is all right with me- Therefore, feel sure you will understand and even possibly condone the step I am about to take. Thursday night felt not unlike I do now, but the assurance you gave me then of your love and your desire of life for us together gave me strength and courage to follow a plan of living. But with your love for me gone, as you said, it doesn't seem to be of much use
 However. you saw fit to put an end to our love and for me 1t IS truly the end. You see. darling, l do Anow I was meant to be yours I have been and shall always be. Your fraternity pin yov will want, of course, and shall have, but l felt differently about the ring. so may 1t