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The Washington times., 1938-08-30
"Cattle Torture"

Some public ndignation
seems to have been aroused on
account Of the roasting Of some
prisoners in the Holmesburg
jail.
As far as I know, / was the
only one who finally, when COM
planning about Mrs. McLean's
repeated praise Of medical tor
turers such aS Pasteur. Alexis
Barrel, etc., also complained
about her advocacy Of readop-
ton Of medieval torture In deal
ing with certain prisoners.
The only other person Suffi-
GENTLY interested to join in the
discussion was a "Rebutter" who
dared to say that that If some
one dear to me became q victim
Of q dangerous criminal" I
would mot shrink from the
thought Of boiling said criminal
in OIL"
That Is how prison attendants
readily get to feel in relation to
"mutinous" prisoners, and thus
it happened that some prisoners
recently were roasted. Now the
public. including Mrs. Mclean,
express amaSement on account
Of the atrocities, but fail to rec
ogniEe their own responsibility.
as Mrs. NcLean's encourage
ment of .prison.torture met with
no other protest than mine.
In an article on August 90,
Mrs. Mclean writes, II do not
believe in pampering anyone in
jail. but as they are human be-
ings. they should not be herded
into cells more crowded than
cattle in the Chicago stock
yards"
Even the roasted prisoners
were not treated worse than the
cattle in the yards. who are SyS-
tematically tortured when
branded, caStrated, dehorned,
ETC.. left to suffer from hunger,
thirst and cold on the plains, or
when summoned in the horrible
rodeos. or when transported in
cattle cars, or cattle ships as
"feelingless merchandise" or
when arriving in terror in the
slaughter house dungeon where
o horrible violent death awaits
these truly innocent gentle vic
tins Of human gluttony and
greed.
No jungle tiger or serpent in
flicts so much and 80 prolonged
agony on their prey. While meat
eaters re m ain unconcerned
about these matters it is alb
Surd for them to marvel about
the crueltieS Of gangsters to 'in-
nocent" humans or about mis-
treatment Of prisoners, whether
innocent or guilty, in jail.
Let the "law,ahiding" citizen
The Washington times., 1938-08-30
Another Solution.

You have a large following.
Why don't you try to do big
things? BY that I mean try this
and see il we can't beat this
depression. First let us face the
facts. You take a family where
a man and wife working make
a good salary, but don't spend
because, when they come home.
they are tired and have no time
to cook q good meal. Then chill
dren are out Of the question be-
cause they have saved and be-
come selfish and don't spend.
They become tight" in other
words.
But If that very same man
were working, the wife home
where she belongs. there would
be children. q home to come
home to; the butcher. baker and
50 on are doing business, not
living on relief, because the
woman next door is making the
salary he should be getting. and
so on out,
Let US try this as we have
tried 50 many different ways Of
spending and lending and what
not.
am sure every man on relief
would rather work and know he
Is master Of the home. So give
q Job to every man out Of work
and take every married woman
off her Job If her husband ID
working.
Our new generation Is grow
ing up in horror, wondering
what they will do when they do
get out of school. The streets
are making criminals out OF
them; they feel they have moth
ing to look forward to.
A READER.
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"Born to LiUe''

I can almost see those un-
fortunate fellows in China and
Spain being forced to succumb
to Q cause which they probably
did not cause. Hear the rata
tat.tat of q machine gun, the
boom.boom Of cannons and
zooming Of airplaneS overhead;
not knowing whether 1t Is friend
or foe, running from that ever
expected bombing.
And yet there is more than
you and I can ever visualize.
Yes, "You and I, and those un-
fortunateS Of yesterday and TO-
day who were born to live" not
to die like rats" for even rats
deserve . better end.
Why just 60 out to Walter
Reed Hospital or any other War
Veteran hospital; 80 to China
and spain's war fronts and you
who are 80 eager for power,
money and glory, and lust for
blood. will turn sick in the
stomach at the sights. 1t is
ever so easy for the so-called
big-shotS to declare wars while
they sit back and take it easy.
Let's just suppose that their
puny souls were placed on the
battle fronts. What would be
their first reaction? Why they
would want to call 1t all off,
and sign Q peace treaty.
Then and only then would
they realize that We are born
The Washington times., 1938-08-30

OAASNASA SHSNA~ W. A. o. NOuBIAW
nothing but French until noon
Of the day and English there
after. To that rule I came to
owe my life in later yeartbut
that's another story. 1t explains,
however, the presence of the
Frenchwoman and the English.
woman.
THERE was q big grey stone
house behind us and to our
left. for the avenue ran part
way along the top of a cliff, was
the sea. I wore q little brown
coat with a fur collar. I remem.
bered, before I gave intensive
study to the scene, that there
stood out the fur-trimmed coat
and the bare trees. That planted
the season as winter.
We were walking along to-
ward the gates at the end of
the avenue when through them
came a man on horseback. The
horse nuzzled the gate open
probably he did this every day
with his nose and came trotting
gently toward us, One of my
brothers was walking on the
edge Of the drive near the arass,
scuffling gravel with his shoes.
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it more. If the man she wants
to marry is not earning suffi,
cient money to take care Of Q
wife and family, she should not
marry him, but if his salary Is
good-even if hers is better
she should give up her Job"
* +
Miss Dorothy West, 3625
Twenty-fourth st. N. E., secre-
tarN.
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Your |. O..
By SHIRLEY SPENCER

ny SuAAA6x SKGNCEh
This is a general quiS. Score
ten for each question.
l. The President Of the United
States is (a) allowed $4,000 a
year for travelling and entertain.
ment expenses; CD must pay
his own; (c) has unlimited ex-
penSe account.
2. What type Of race is the
Hambletonian?
3. An intranStgentiSt Is . per-
son who is constantly in transit.
True, False.
4. In United States military
quick,time how many steps are
there to the minute?
5. An intaglio and cameo are
the same type Of designing.
True. False.
9. An armoire is (a) a buffet;
(b) a cupboard; (c) Q vanity.
7. In what game is the word
Stymie used?
8. The United States scent
piece Is "a Is per cent copper;
(b) 80 per cent; (c) 2S per cent.
Q. To stultify is to slow up
the action. True. False.
10. Finish the following quota
ton: What makes men good
Christians. -"
ANSWERS on Page lOl
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ROllin' Along
By ". A. s. Douglas

CONTINUING along the lines of my powerful piece Of yes
~ terday anen intelligent, sefanalyzng rerospecton as
opposed to the dreary seglofying poness "reminiscences
of those who old have allowed themselves to become
DID, want to present my earliest selfprobing memory
have studied and estuded the and the action much
that have every detail Of it in front Of though
through looking glass.
two years and months old and it is the first
picture of myself in action that recall 1 walking
down long bordered by poplar and ash trees The
remained in my mind for years-so much that
finally gave deep study and believe have improved my
mental faculties through doing
The trees stood ou-and the My pulled UP his horse
long graveed driveway held said my brother:
Of Do
The Washington times., 1938-08-30

that most women can make =
success of marriage and have
positions at the same time. If .
girl would be willing to get along
on less money in order to please
her husband, and II she did not
particularly care to work, then
she would be wise to stop work
ing. The idea Is for a couple to
figure out what mode Of living
they should follow to achieve
the greatest happiness"
The Washington times., 1938-08-30
He Feels Uneasy

Items In the news: Mexican
troops coached by NaN officers
readying q Fascist coup e.
Kuhn, Nazi leader. admits In
court there are over 90 Bund
camps, throughout the U. s. 80.
Big spy ring uncovered BY G.
men, but leaders escape {.
We should sell helium to Ger
many, says prominent column
ist. I certainly feel proud to be
an American-like hell. I'm
tired Of being laughed at.
SUCKER.
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do away with their own cruelty
first, and then crimes will dis
appear and there will be no need
Of jails, which as long aS they
exist will be dungeons regard
less Of investigations" Of which
there have been nyriads with
out avail.
MARIE GUNDERSEN,
Conduit Road, Md.
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and three
brothers, old
er than I,
ran a b o u t.
SuperV iSe d
by an Eng
lish govern
eSS. Fro m
Q a r | i e S t
chill d h o o d
my mother
ord in Q d
t h a t W G
ShOll1d sneak
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than career, she should give
up her work and live on his sal
ary. However, it depends on
the individual. Some women'S
work means more to them than
just the salary, and they would
never be happy just being house
wives"
H&N
r. b. Hall, 1918 Sixteenth st.,
South Arlington, Va, cab driver:
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give UP her job. 1t would abso-
lutely help him to strive for
greater accomplishments. At
any rate. it is 3 difficult ques-
ton to answer, because the
work, amount of salary and the
couple involved, all would have
to be considered.
h%N
"MiSs Clara WachtIer, 1912
TWenty-firSt st. N. W.:
The Washington times., 1938-08-30

Yes, in order to
get the most hap
pinesS out of life.
If he wants her to
give up her posi-
ton, and if she is
in love with him
a n d considers o
happy m arriage g e
more | m ort a Mt
The Washington times., 1938-08-30

and usually more successful II
the wife does not work. There
are many women who have to
work, as in my case, but would
like it better if 1 could stay at
home and take care of my baby
and be plain housewife"
khk
Walter HOpwOOd, Washington
Missionary College, student:
The Washington times., 1938-08-30

We'll, I'm op-
posed to women
working after they
are married, be-
cause o wife's place
is in the home and
a working wife Is
taking q job from
a man or a single
woman who needs
The Washington times., 1938-08-30

Absolutely n o t.
It's ridiculous In
this day and age for
q woman to give
up q good position
when she marries.
because the average
man has no seeur'
ity against unem-
ploy m ent. How.
The Washington times., 1938-08-30

ever, I do believe 1t Is better II
q woman does not work after
marriage. She should give up
her position only if the man can
support her in the manner to
which she is accustomed"
kAA
Otis Earl Smlther, 300 Raylor
st, N. w., student:
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"Yes, If her hus-
band does not want
his wife to work
and II his salary is
enough to provide q
good home. If her
work Is going to
make Q husband
feel dependent on
her, she should
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
should limited 200 words Names and addresses Of
the writers will be omitted request
d addresses Of

to live and not to die like rats.
or like those four roasted" con-
victs. For how can you take
something that you cannot
give?
VIM. CASSEI.L BUTLER,
The Washington times., 1938-08-30

If a man wants
his girl to give up
her position when
they marry and II
he really can sup
port her properly,
she should stop
working regardless
Of her salary. Mar.
riage is happier
The Washington times., 1938-08-30

NO. a Hlr1 eAru-
ing a good salary
should be smart
enough to keep her
job. even If she gets
married. Any girl
with a big salary Is
definitely launched
on . career and
conditions are such
The Washington times., 1938-08-30

Ia 1AOhI VI hhC 40 IhOukH SCCu
old and it is the first
t | can recall. l was walking
by poplar and ash trees. The
or years-so much so that /
; I believe, have improved my
ing.
My father pulled UP his horse
and said to my brother:
stop that scuffling. Do you
think I have nothing to do with
my money but buy you new
shoes?"
Then he went on-and that
was all there was to 1t.
Nov thousands of more in.
teresting scenes must have
Skidded through my mind dur.
ing those early years, and I
often wonder why that particu-
lar one was engraved on my
mind, until I gave 1t this inten,
sive thought and brought back,
as though 1t were yesterday,
every detail. wore black, laced
shoes and white socks, q short
painted sailor suit, my brown
coat and . sailor cap. Ten
minutes before had started out
on this daily walk my fingers
had been scrubbed till they tin
gled. Right now I distinctly
remember the tingle-almoSt
feel it.
I remember, though this could
have been impressed upon me
through subsequent pictures.
that my father wore q shoot
ing jacket. riding breeches and
chamots leather leggings. But
that was his regular get-up. !
thought and thought out reap
sons for the clear recollection
Of this certain day and years
ago-I have been working on
this for Q long time-it came
to me that this was the first
time I had ever seen my father
angry. And that here, possibly,
was the contributing reason for
the tenacity.
I ASKED my mother about it
and she couldn't help much
at first. She remembered the
little brown coat with the fur
collar. which dated me 90
being either two going on three
or three going on four. I wore
the coat. she said, for two
winters.
WAS there one time during
those two winters" I asked her.
when my father might have
been particularly angry over
something?"
Not one time but many" she
told me, smiling. Maybe 1t was
when he ran for Parliament and
was badly defeated"
Can you fix that date'" I
asked.
After q lot Of thought. scru'
tiny Of some old pictures and
letters, she set 1t definitely as in
November of 1889. I was at that
time just two years and seven
months old. So there it was
fixed. My father came back from
the village. having Just learned
Of his defeat, and vented his an
noyance on my brother. But he
gave me q definite first mile
stone on my memory log.
(copyriEht, 1888, BY WaShIngten
HePald-Tim0a)
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TheInquiring
Photographer.
The washington Times In
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used IN this column.
THE QUESTION

Should a girl earning . large
salary give up her position to
marry a man who Is earning
less?
The Washington times., 1938-08-30
People
BY Frank Remer

GUSTAVUS III
A SEERESS warned
~ Sweden's king that
harm would strike at him
through . wearer Of red
clothes. He would not
even meet Cardinals In
their red robes without
wearing a charm against
them. Strangely, one Of
his sIayerS was Count
Rihbine. the first wearing
red to meet him after
the warning given him
against persons wearing
that color.
Copyright IsSs, by =. RsmsD
The Washington times., 1938-08-30
THE ANSWERS

Mrs. Catherine Wick, Of Falls
Church. Va. SalesgiEl:
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Traffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims In
he District Of Columbia since
ianuary /, 1898, is graphically
hown by the death watch.
The Washington times., 1938-08-30

the Trees SLoOu ouC-anu Lhe
long gravelled driveway. I held
the hand Of q French governess,
The Washington times., 1938-08-30
Traitor to His Class

pose the bitterest single complaint registered
nst President Roosevelt is the one about his
aitor to his class. This one keeps on coming,
with fury undiminished though
;. Is In Mr.. Roosevelt is we'll along in his
Ompdny See0no 'er"' from meD"OerS oi Inc
class he is said to have betrayed.
The Washington times., 1938-08-30

South Arlington, Va, cab diver:
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-04
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, Aug. 4. (UP)-Piv-
otal shares led an advance OF frac-
tions TO more than ap oint in a
slow session of the stock exchange
Bonds were irregularly lower
The dollar reacted slightly in terms
today.
Of foreign currencies. Lifting of
pressure on foreign rates reflected
a decline in the American gold
equivalent to a lever at which
shipments 10 the United states can
be made profitably.
Commodities were mixed. Wheat
at Chicago closed fractionally low
er, while orn losed on small gains.
Cotton held late gains of about
25 uents a share.
Street attention Continued len
tered on the steel situation. Pitts
burgh district steel operations were
reported near "a per cent of cap
acity, up almost points from
Mondays scheduled rate a much
better than expected showing.
Railroad stocks were held in
check by expectations of lower
carloadings figures tomorrow and
by the wage situation. Utilities
were Influenced by indications that
the SEC VIII speed up integration
plans for the industry.
Buying al fail trade shows in
various parts Of the country was
reported good. compared with a
year ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-04
Leaders Shift
In Coast Race
By UNITED PRESS

Sacramento and Los Angeles
stood together at the head Of the
Pacific coast league Thursday, tied
after Wednesday nights games in
which the Solons won from san
Diego and Los Angeles lost TO San
Francisco.
The reshuffling Of league stand
ings among the four leaders saw
Sacramento move up from second
place TO a tie for first, Los An
eeles drop down TO tie for first,
and San Francisco replace san
Diego in third place.
Los Angeles, ending a blazing
winning streak that had carried
the Angels from seventh place to
first in two months, lost its second
straight game to San Francisco
yesterday, 4-2.
Sacramento trounced San Diego,
s-I, as Freitas let the Padres down
with only six hits.
Hollywood took a wild game
from Oakland, 9-5, as Oakland
made five errors and each side got
Is hits.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-04
L. A. VEGETABLES

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4. CUP) -
Trading was slow with most COM
modities showing a dull to slightly
weaker tendency.
Bunched vegetables per crate. -
beets 40-50c. Carrots 40-50c. Dixon
mostly soc. Green onions 49, 90.
Leeks 9O-1.C0. Mustard 304Oc Pars-
ley 40-50c. Radishes small red best
90-1.00. Spinach ,7Q<50c. Turnips
4O-50c. Per dozen Din 90-1.OO. Mint
25-3Oc. Watercress 3O-35c. Kohl
Rabi 30c.
Cantaloupes local HIS std 16s-
27s 5O-65c. 36s -40c ASS 20-35c.
Tip tops and Meloglows std los
16s 6075c. 23s 27s 40-60c. Japanese e
melons std 10s-l6s 40-60c. Honey
dews Imperial Valley jumbo and
std crates Ss-12s 75-s5c. Delano few
1.15-1.25.
Tomatoes lugs local Earpanas
4x5s 5x5s and 5x6s 50-60c. 6X6s 35-
soc stones locel and San Diego Co
4x5s 5O75c 5x5s and 5x6s 65-85c.
Mostly 7O-75c. 6x6s 50-6Oc. Ponder
osas few 5K5s and 5x6s 1.O0-1.25.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-04
Hardware Wins Second Half TitIe
Bench Warming
By Burdette Kinne
Post Press Sports Editor

If Los Angeles Finance-Com-
merce team is half as good as 1t
is toutsd to be the Fl Centre ALL
Stars are in for an overwhelming
defeat.
Witness a writeup by Frank Finch,
q writer for a Los Angeles paper.
And this was written before the
Finance club had won 80 games.
They're so good everybody goes
out to see them lose. So far, every
body has been disappointed. They
haven't lost a decision this year.
All Of which serves TO introduce
the Commerce Finance sofSall
team, rated by experts TO be the
greatest team in the history of the
came.
And because of their perfect re-
cord in league play the FinancierS
are veritable deep-dyed williams OF
s6ftbaIl. It's and old adage i'm sport
that everybody loves a winner"
Unless they win too often. Then
s.ntiment changes and the fans ROOT
for the underdOg That's been the
case in regard TO the Commerce
steamrOller.
Every thine they take the field
the Financiers are a cinch TO an
anti -Financier crowd.
The experts claim there isn't
a weak spot i'm the whole outfit
from catcher to rightfielder and
back again. Every man has been
a topn0tch player for ten years or
mora rookie wouldn't have much
chance TO muscle in on this bunch
of vets.
Nest publicized player on the
team is Dave Henry, fireball right
handler, who has already hurled |
five no-hit, no-run games this sei-
son. And ready to relieve him
rated by many as the peer of Henry
Pitching for Upland in the South
land Tournament last seas3n Gallo
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-04
GRAVES FIGHTS
IN TOP SPOT
TONIGHT

Herman Graves, middleWeight
champion of the Far West and one
Of the valleys few undefeated
amateur fighters. will defend his
record against Ken Wren, navy
champ, in the main event at the
Ell Centro athletic club tonight.
Graves defeated George Wright
of Wilmington last week in a dull
main event to stretch his winning
streak but the outcome of tonight's
fight will depend upon which bat
tier stands up under the fast going.
Wren can be counted on to 60
at full pace, He will win, or 60
down fighting.
Other boutS-Frank Cannett VS..
Kent Martinez, Vic Villavicencia
VS.. Marty Gomez, Wayne Penn VS..
Willie Simmons, James Jackson VS..
Nick Triylli, N. Edwards VS.. Mike
Vasquez.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-04
Singles Play to
Be Resumed

SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y, Aug. 4.
(UP)-Singles play was resumed
today in both the Meadowilub' S
invitation tournament for men here
and the Maidstone clubs tourney
for women at nearby Easthampton.
Yesterday was devoted entirely
to doubles with the men reaching
the quarter final round and the
women the semi-finals.
In today's feature mems quarter
final singles match top seeded
Bobby Riggs of Chicago, defending
champion, tackles Hal Surface of
Kansas City, seeded seventh.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-04
Pirates Continue Winning Pace
STRETCH LEAD
IN LEAGUE RACE
TO 81 GAMES
By UNITED PRESS

Pittsburgh showed no signs of
cracking Under the pressure of
leading the National league race
Wednesday as the BucS blasted
Boston Bees. ga and 5-3. to in
crease its lead to ST. games over
the Giants. Al Todd, with four
hits. led an l8 hit attack on Tur-
ner and Hutchinson to win the
opener. Arky Vaughan and Paul
Waner. with a pair of hits each,
paced the Pirates 10 hit attack
in the nightcap Cy Blanton and
Joe Bowman were the winning
pitchers.
The New York Giants turned
loose a home run barrage on the
Chicago Cubs TO win, 8-3. Mel OFT
hit No. "a and Mancuso, Bartell
and Seeds also hit homers. Harry
Gmbert, with relief from Dick
Coffman, scored the victory.
Cincinnati moved into a third
place tie with the Cubs by trim
ming the Phillies, 6-3. in 10 in
nings.
Rookie Joe Gordons 14th homer
climaxed 3 run rally in the
18th, giving the Yanks a l0-7 vic
tory over Detroit and increasing
New York's American league lead
to two games.
The Boston Red Sox divided a
pair with Cleveland, winning the
opener, 4-3, and then dropping the
nightcap, 9-6.
The Philadelphia Athletics wal
loped the Chicago White Sox twice,
1872 and 1875.
Harland Gifts homer put the
finishing touch on the st. Louis
Browns 5-3 victory over Washing
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-04
CHICAGO GRAINS

CHICAGO. Aug. 4. UP) After
holding steady in light trading
most Of the session wheat prices
dipped fractlonally on the Chicago
Board of Trade today
Al theclose wheat was off 4 10
u corn was u TO Z lower, and
oats were off u 10 4.
Lack of outside intreest in the
market and the tendency Of much
of the trade to await the Canadian
whea board purchase price, eXpee-
ed TO be announced this afternoon
kept the volume Of trading very
small.
A similar dull tone prevailed in
other North American markets
Winnipeg ruled about steady with
a nervous undertone as the trade
anticipated the purchase price an
nouncement Minneapolis and Kan
sas City were fractionally lower.
Liverpool was irregular at the
close today with the October tut
ure ruling Independently firm. ,
Corn prices ruled firm m2st ol
the session, but eased slightly to-
ward the close.