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The Washington times., 1938-09-06
MYERS TO QUIT
FCA official Would
Leave Sept. IS

Governor william I. Myers, of
the Farm Credit Administration,
today prepared to send his resigna-
tion to President Roosevelt, effec.
tive September Is.
DR.. Myers recently was elected
dean of agriculture at Cornell Uni
versity, and is preparing to leave
late in the month to take over his
new duties. He has been on leave
from Cornell, where he was profes-
sor Of agriculture since 1888.
With DR.. Myers retirement,
President Roosevelt in q single
month will lose three college pro-
fessors of the Socalled brain
trust" class. DR.. Roswell Magill,
UnderSecretary Of the Treasury,
and Prof. Adolph A. Berle, AS
siStant Secretary Of State, already
have submitted their designations,
effective September IS. They have
been accepted. Both return to pro-
fessorships at Columbia University,
New York.
The Washington times., 1938-09-06
Mystery Potion:
GIRL. SLEEPS;
DRUG BLAMED

Apparently drugged from a
sleeping powder, Miss Mary Nor
ton. "a, of 246O Sixteenth ST..
N. w., is in an undetermined con-
dition at Garfield Hospital, where
she was taken last night in an
unconscious condition.
Police say Miss Norton took the
powder at the home Of June Ros-
enhaupt, 24O7 Fifteenth st. N. w.,
where she was visiting.
DR.. Roger Young said the nature
of the powder" has not been de-
termined.
The Washington times., 1938-09-06
TlUO-MiLe CQUQIcGde
Here Tomorrow

Enroute to Richmond, Va, the
Sixty-second Coast Artillery from
Fort Totten, N. Y. will pass down
Constitution Avenue to the NUM-
tions Building tomorrow morning
at 10 a. M, the War Department
announced. Col. Henry w. T.
Elgin, of Fairfax, Va, is in COM
mand.
The two-mile motor cavalcade,
which is stopping in Baltimore
tonight, includes IS officers and
780 men. Among their equipment
are several large anti-aircraft
guns. A police escort will pick
up the cavalcade along Bladens-
burg Road.
The unit will leave the city by
way Of Fourteenth st. N. w. and
the Highway Bridge.
The Washington times., 1938-09-06
Medical Plan LGUded:
GROUP HEALTH
HELD BENEFICIAL

Group-health systems eventually
will prove a boon to employers
through elimination of payroll
losses due to illness, because this
form Of medical care will lead to
earlier diagnosis and better care
Of communicable diseases, accord
ing to r. r. Zimmerman, personnel
director Of the Federal Home Loan
Bank Board.
Zimmerman points out that the
group.health movement is still in
its infancy and is, still charac-
terized by controversies rather
than by a real record Of outstand-
ing accomplishments.
In tracing the development of
accident insurance, thrift plans,
and old-age pensions, Zimmerman
says in an article to be brought up
for discussion at the International
Management Congress here on
September 10:
''Non-occupational illness is
the one important hazard
against which no real bulwark
has yet been erected. The aver
age worker thoroughly dislikes
charity or paternalism and is
seeking ways to help himself
through cooperative effort"
The Washington times., 1938-09-06

Interested spectators at the
ceremonies on the campus were
scores of volunteer firemen who
are attending the annual course
of instruction given by the uni
versity.
FOUR ISOLATION ROOMS
The addition to the infirmary
will give "a additional beds, four
isolation rooms, an emergency
room and new kitchen.
Eight new buildings will be
erected under the program, which
obtained funds from PWA and
grants from the State legislature.
The project includes a new 40
room administration building,
dormatory to accommodate 24O
a home economics build
ings. a poultry building, two wings
to the chemistry building, an addi-
tion to the engineering building,
and an addition to the dining hall.
FIREMEN HEAR LECTURES
Discussion of the chemistry Of
fires and the latest meth
DDS used in larger cities were held
in the class rooms today for the
benefit Of the volunteer firemen
who have come from every section
Of the State.
Plans for combating forest fires
were discussed by officials of the
State department of forestry. and
demonstrations of fire-fighting
were staged by companies from
Mt. Rainier and Annapolis.
The Washington times., 1938-09-06
Wafer Cleansing
Classes To Open

Glasses in water publication
and sewage treatment will be
given for operators Of such plants
at the University Of Maryland,
September 1915. The course, a
third annual affair, is sponsored
by the university, State Depart
ment of Health, the Maryland.Del-
aware Water and Sewerage Asso-
citation and the flour States sec
ton" Of the American Water
Works Association.
The Washington times., 1938-09-06
A .ARTILLERYMEN R
CROSS CAPITAL
BEFORE SUNRISE
Troops to Join Other
Units at Fl. Meade

The clatter of hundreds Of
horses hoofs, the rumble of ar
tillery caissons and the roar of
supply trucks echoed through the
streets as Washingtonians arose
this morning.
More than 1000 soldiers of the
Third Cavalry and Sixteenth Field
Artillery turned out of their Fort
Myer barracks before sunrise to-
day and left for four weeks Of
maneuvers.
LEAVE AT 4:3O A. M.
The 400 artillerymen moved
out of Fort Myer in column at
4:30 a. m. Soon afterwards they
were crossing the Highway Bridge,
and moving out through the
Southeast section and Good Hope
Road towards Piscataway, Md.
The long line of trucks of their
supply train followed an hour
later.
At 6 a. m. the 900 troopers Of
the Cavalry regiment got under
way. While the main body of the
regiment moved up the Conduit
Road, and then by connecting
roads to Muddy Greek, near
Seneca. Md, a single troop was
detached as a flanking body to
march by Wisconsin Avenue and
the Rockville Pike. The Cavalry
supply train left at $50.
The Sixteenth Field Artillery
marched to LaPlata, Md, from
where they will turn north toward
Fort Meade, arriving there Sep
tember IL.
CAMP AT MUDDY CREEK
After camping overnight at
Muddy Greek, the cavalrymen will
move on toward Frederick. They,
too, will then turn toward Fort
Meade, arriving there on the same
date as the artillerymen.
At Fort Meade they will join
other regular units for two weeks
Of maneuvers in which all
branches Of the service will take
part. The Fort Myer regiments
will leave Fort Meade September
20 to march back to their home
barracks.
The Washington times., 1938-09-06
DAYTON FOR PLAN

Joseph Dayton, director Of the
Bureau of Rehabilitation, praised
the plan, suggesting that it be
administered by the parole board.
During 19S6-37, he said, Lorton
used nearly $1,000 for gratuities
of $40 for each departing convict,
but last year the amount was re-
duced to $4,000.
Ray L. Huff, superintendent Of
prisons, refused to comment on
the plan. He pointed out that the
institution had abandoned the
practice of giving each departing
convict SO, and was judging each
case on its merits, in some cases
making no payment and in others
issuing a maximum Of $40.
The Washington times., 1938-09-06
Farmer FoiIs Floods;
He Rows 10 Fields

RUTLAND VT, Sept. 6 Q.N.sJ.
Rain or no rain, when hayin' time
comes around, farmer Hen Doc
little is gonna get his chores done.
His land flooded by the recent
rains, Doolittle. aided by two farm
hands, donned tights and life pre-
servers took down the barn door.
converted the aged door into a
raft, and made nine trips between
the back knoll and the barn with
out casualty.
The Washington times., 1938-09-06
-Four From Capital
To Talk at Session

John w. Ballard, chief exami-
ner of the Federal Home Loan
Bank Board, will be among four
Washington men who will serve
as speakers or discussion leaders
at the fifty-first annual meeting
Of the American Institute Of Hc-
countantS in Cincinnati from Sep
tember 26 to 30. Others are Ros-
well Magill, recently resigned as
Undersecretary Of the Treasury;
Henry P. Seidemann, treasurer Of
the BrookingS Institution.
The Washington times., 1938-09-06
'sCANDY KID
BURGLAR
HUNTED

The most powerful sweet tooth
in Washington spread alarm in the
Police Department tday.
Frank Mann, proprietor Of the
Mann Company, told police a rob-
ber had broken into his establish
ment at 909 First st. N. W., and
made off with a quantity of cakes,
candy and pretzels
The robber, Mann reported,
came through a hole in a brick
wall.
Police experts were rushed to
the scene to determine whether
the hole In the wall had been
gnawed or dug.
The Washington times., 1938-09-06
TUMBLE
JUST CHILD'S PLAY

A 15-MONTH-OLD child, who fell from second-story
IA window of his home at 1133 Third St. n E. today
troubled with nothing serious than bruise
his forehead.
The child Eugene Mitchler, fell wooden box di-
recty under the window yesterday, and when his frantic
mother Mrs. Gwendoyn Mitchler rushing down to
how badly he injured she found the blue-eyed
youngser standing by the door nursing large bump but
otherwise unhurt
The Washington times., 1938-09-06
Miner Missing.
II Years SouQhi

Assistance of District authorities
in locating william Pannell, miss
ing for 81 years, was requested
yesterday by members Of his fam
lily. The request was made by a
brother, Ernest Pannell, and q
sister, Mrs. w. s. Hull, both of
1850 Lehigh Rd., Arlington, Va.
He vanished while employed as a
coal miner near Monongahela,
Pa, and is now about 65 years old,
they said.
The Washington times., 1938-09-06
LA ROE URGES.
| OAN S OF $50
TO EX-CONV|CTS|
Chief of Parole Board
Writes Sen. King

A revolving fund to provide
loans for prisoners released from
Lorton Reformatory was urged to
day by Wilbur LaRoe, jr., chair
man of the parole board.
LaRoe wrote Senator William H
King (D), Utah, chairman Of the
District Committee, that prison
ers now are being released from
Lorton with neither funds MOI
prospects, under conditions which
make their return to criminal life
"a strong probability" He pro.
posed that the fund make possible
loans up to $50.
TREATED LIKE HUMANS
In his letter he said:
"Lorton is rapidly becoming a
modern prison where men are
treated like human beings,
where they are classified. taught
trades, and every effort made to
give them a better outlook on
life.
But at the end of their prison
terms, they are turned out with
only IS or Sc in their pockets
and told to go their way. They
have no jobs. The money is
gone in a few days. The men
labor under the terrible handi-
cap of having been in prison" )"
He pointed out that last year
70 former convicts fled this juris.
diction, possibly to resume their
criminal careers"
The Washington times., 1938-09-06
Taylor To Speak
On Group Health

Perry Taylor, administrator Of
Group Health Association, Inc,
will speak on the "Objectives Of
Group Health" Tuesday, Septem-
ber IS, at the regular meeting Of
Agriculture Local 2, United Fed
eral Workers Of America, at 532
Seventeenth st. N. w. The meet
ing will convene at 8 p. m.
The Washington times., 1938-09-06

would want to keep the old
grade crossings OPEN"
Just as bluntly Beall was told
that elimination of the death-trap
would "cause incalculable dam
age to business interests"
The overpass, which was or
dered built with all possible speed
following the tragic bus crash, has
been completed, but still remains
closed because it has not been
connected with the highway.
The Washington times., 1938-09-06
Washington Times staff Photo

completed business will be diverted
away from the doors of establish
ments at the grade crossing.
The overnas IS, however. will
shorten by four miles the trip be-
tween Silver Spring and Rockville.
At present traffic between the two
towns must come by way of Nor
beck or Garrett Park. Some of
the Garrett Park citizens have ex-
pressed fears of being isolated"
when the new bridge is opened.
The Washington times., 1938-09-06
Tooth Of Bear Shot
By Boone Cherished

EATON, Ohio, Sept. 6 G.N.S0.
A large tooth, taken from the first
bear ever killed by Daniel Boone,
famous frontier scout and Indian
fighter, is in the possession Of
Stanley B. Foos, mayor of Eaton.
1t has been in possession of the
Foos family for more than SO
years.
The Washington times., 1938-09-06
ROSE BANDITS, POOH!
THE WEASEL STRIKES

VXTASHINGTON residents becoming accustomed to
w variety of mysterious burglars who leave such
calling cards as roses notes Of various kinds and other
momentoes of their visits
--latest of these dmenovel "bad men" is the 'Weasel"
who robbed store of 92 worth of cigarettes silk stockings
and cash. William j. Monaghan told police when he dis
covered his store in the 200 block of Fifteenth st. N F.
had been ransacked yesterday he also found pinned
to a table which reads
"The Weasel has struck"
The Washington times., 1938-09-06
Cripple Drdgs Self
By Arms Over Farm

OXFORD, Me-. Sept. 6 0.N.SO
Despite the handicap OF para
lyzed legs, Leon Twitchell drags
himself by his arms over his 40
acre farm here. His helpers are
his wife, six children and a collie,
Teddy"
The Washington times., 1938-09-06
Maryland U. Begins
Building Program

Ground broken today for the start Of the O0O
building program at the University of Maryland Dr. H. c.
Curley" Byrd president of the university turned the first
shovel of earth for the first construction project the
gram, a $50 26O addition to the campus infirmary.
The Washington times., 1938-09-06

the State Roads Commission.
Chairman J. Glenn Beall, of the
Roads Commission, at a confer
ence with the petitioners, bluntly
declared:
1T is beyond my comprehen-
sion to understand why anyone
The Washington times., 1938-09-06

About a month ago when politi-
clans began concentrating on cam
paigns, scores of men were
assigned to the task of grading
the approaches to the overpass.
When the approaches have been
The Washington times., 1938-09-06
Did They Die in Vain?
MENACE WAITS
AT CROSSINGS
Business Interests Urge State Keep
Death Traps Open
Death Traps Open

(Ths IS the first of series of articles to focus public
attention once again on the deGh trap grade crossings
IN nearby Maryland and Virginia. SUift elimination OF
the grade crossings promised three and half gears
ago after IA children lost their lives at of them
ROCKVILLE Nd, Sept. 6-As time dims memories of the
horror Of the deaths IA school children when fast train
The Washington times., 1938-09-06

Coming Sunday The Comic Car
RiVal Contest $4,000 In prizes D.. (.
30 additional features In the Sunday
washington Herald. Times Tel.
BE. 1884 for home delivery
The Washington times., 1938-10-26

ROCK CREEK FORD RD. n. W.. 1925
(Nr. 18th and Concord Ave.)
Two-story and cellar brick dwelling;
rooms and bath; built-in garage: $50.
GEORGE F. HANE. INC
1422 st. N. W. MAI. 1904
The Washington times., 1938-10-26

HOUSE AND PROPERTY LIsTINGs-
Large or small: we have customers for
all kinds of real estate; call US. THOS
]. FISHER, 73S 18th St. Dist. $3.50.
The Washington times., 1938-10-26
LINCOLN ZEPHYR

panv car. New-car guarantee. Garnet
finish. White wall tires. More than
$500 saving. On display. Warfieh
Motor Co.. Lincoln Zephyr distributors
1907 14th St. N. W.
The Washington times., 1938-10-26

Ford 1885 Tudor-Black, tires COAX
good, seat covers, general condi- pA3O
tfon o. X. Nowhere can a 1886 car be
purchased at such a low figure; look
this car over; terms.
NORTHEAST MOTOR CO.
92O Bladensburg Rd. N. E.
The Washington times., 1938-10-26

611 C ST. s. W.
6 rooms, elec., water, redecorated through
out; S22 so.
906 9Th ST. 8. ".
6 rooms & bath, elec., gas stove heat.
$4,000
1877 D ST. S. E.
rooms & bath, h.-w.h., cleo, gas; $50.
1874 ADAMS ST. N. W.
rooms bath. h.-w.h.. ami, $4,000.
7ss 18th n. ". MA. o352
The Washington times., 1938-10-26

HOME LoANS-Lowest interest: reduces
monthly. FIRST FEDERAL" DI. 2340.
The Washington times., 1938-10-26

TIA Rea. Estate Loans
CONSOLIDATE YOUR BILLS. quick sec.
ono trust loans. Mr.. Levin, DI. 6150.
1929 L St. N. W.
The Washington times., 1938-10-26

S1oJ DOWN. 8 acres with good water.
front. AZ miles D. c.: $500. GIBoNS
BARR BLDG MA. 3753.
The Washington times., 1938-10-26
SPECIAL BARGAINS

SPECIAL BARGAINS
4O12 21st N E.-s rms. and b. $1,000
1647 Hobart St. N. VS. r. and b.. S5 90
2909 18th St. N. W.-10 r. ..... $500
1923 Rodman St-S r. ..... So 90
716 Quincy st. N.W-6 r and b: 52.50
66O2 Summit Pl N.w.-5 r. and b.. 65 90
635 M St. N. E.-7 r. and b: 50O0
1882 4th St. N. E.-6 r. and b.. 50.00
3e14 Bonning st. N. E.-S r. and b. 90 0o
1888 Gales St. N. E.-6 r. and b.. 4oOO
Howenstein Realty Corp.
141S H st. N. W. Dist. 1877
The Washington times., 1938-10-26
NEW
AIR CONDITIONED
HOMES

SALE. RENT OR TRADE
A REAL HOME WITH INCOME.
Large brick home. baths arr. for 8
families Very small down payment. easy
terms. 49 Bryant St. N. W. ReEtricted
white. OWNER.
The Washington times., 1938-10-26
AUTOMOBILES

1888 INDIAN motor cycle Practically
new Splendid condition Reduced to
S296. Standard Motor Sales, 1905 14th
St. n. W. NO. 220s.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20

bors and lend no end of style to
your rooms. Double curtain rods
are needed to give the crossed eff
feet and valance board is added
to the top of the window as shown.
Here the valance is the sort that
comes with ready made curtains
and the top is folded back to make
it double. In thumbtacking it to
the valance board. do not stretch
it-just lease it on so that it
hangs well. If you feel that the
windows need color, the valance
and tie backs may be of plain
glazed chintz that repeats the
strongest color in your room color
scheme. A contrasting valance
may be either plain or gathered.
Let Father and Young Son and
Little Sister help you make the
home a center of interest. Book
1-SEWING, for the Home Deco
rator contains many useful things
that every one may take a hand
in making. Book 2 shows you
with pictures how to make many
novelty gifts. Books are Is cents
each. Order both books today and
get the patchwork quilt leaflet pic
turing 36 authentic embroidery
stitches free. Address: Mrs.
Spears, 210 S. Desplaines ST., Chi
cago, Ill.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20

noon the sun in the south was gradu-
ally smothered in haze. To the
north banks of lead-colored clouds
piled above the white hills.
Snow COMM" announced Noel,
as they stopped to give the dogs a
breather.
Sure enough!" agreed Alan.
What do you say to crossing the
lake to the camp we had two nights
back in that thick timber? 1t may
be an old drifter and last for days.
With the hills running as they do,
there's no outlet from this side.
After the blow we'll make sure"
"Eet ees far across there. We
have to hurry"
But we've got the dogs to make
it. Haven't we, Rough, old boy!"
Alan went to the great dog
sprawled on the wind-hammered
snow, and rubbed his ears as he
looked into the slant eyes.
"You take the team across this
lake before that snow comes,
Roughy?"
Rough answered with red laugh
as his breath rose like smoke on
the biting air.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20

only books of that date are Gospels
and other devotional works in Latin,
with CLOSES or marginal notes in
Gaelic, never in German.
1t is well known that the pre-
German population of the Rhine
and Danube valleys was Celtic. Pro-
fessor Menke-Gluckert's hypothesis
is that when the conquering Ger
manic tribes moved in, they made
themselves into an aristocratic
class of masters, under whom the
descendants of the original owners
of the land lived as an inferior class,
speaking their own language. Only
after the rise of dynasty of Frank
ish Christian kings who sought
closer contact with Rome, he says,
did the common use of the Celtic
language, and with it the predom-
inant influence of Irish missionaries,
die out among the mass of the pop
ulace.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20
CHAPTER TX

Back in their windbreak of black
spruce. the boys holed in for the
storm. For three days the drift
er" pounded the barrens, driving
every living thing, furred or feath-
cred, to the sanctuary of the spruce
or to snug burrows in the snow.
The morning of the fourth day when
the sun, hanked by two brass balls
of sun-dogs or false suns. lifted
above the horizon while the skies
to the north and west were still
dense blue-black, the wind had died.
With the singing air shot with gilt
tering snow crystals. their frozen
breaths trailing behind them like
smoke, men and dogs started for
the head of the lake. Along the
shores the wind had heaped huge
drifts but much of the lake ice had
been secured of snow. Camping at
the head of the lake, the following
day, they started over the young
snow for the shoulders of the near
est hill to search for spring water
route from the Sinking Lakes.
Here in the timber the boys broke
trail on snowshoes ahead of the
team for there was three feet of
new snow and, without firm footing,
the dogs wallowed to their shoul-
ders. Everywhere, the night be-
fore, the wild creatures had trav-
eled in search of food after the
storm.
At last Alan discovered a water
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20
early Irish Missionaries in Germany
Able to Make Themselves Understood

Irish missionaries who came to
central Germany from the Sixth to
the Eighth century, bringing the
gospel that St. Patrick had car
ried to them still earlier, had no
difficulty in making themselves un-
derstood. That there were plenty
of people in Germany at that time
who spoke a Celtic language very
similar to ancient Gaelic is the be-
lief of Prof. Emil Menke-G -Gluckert
of the Dresden Technical college,
notes a writer in the Kansas City
Star.
Evidence IS scrappy and scat
tered, but in Professor Menke-
Gluckert'S opinion sufficient. There
are numerous place-names in cen
trail and western Germany that can
be traced to a Celtic origin. A rec
ord of a notable sermon by a
preacher named Gallus includes the
statement that afterwards it was
interpreted" to a German-speak-
ing audience at Constance by an
other priest; if Gallus had spoken
German, the services of an inter-
prefer would not have been needed.
A telling point, the German scien-
tist feels, is the total absence of
any Celtic-German dictionaries or
grammars dating from that period.
Such Dilingual aids are always
among the first books developed in
any foreign missionary effort. The
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20
AROUND
THE HOUSE

Salt Improves COffee.-The fla
vor of coffee is improved if a little
salt is sprinkled on the bottom of
the pot before the coffee is put in.
Save Salty Water.-When water
in which salt has been boiling is
poured over coal, it makes good
coal last longer and improves bad
coal.
To Clean Satin Slippers.-Rub
slippers with a cloth dipped in a
little alcohol to which a few drops
of lemon juice have been added.
To Press Ribbons. - Dampen
ribbons and iron them between It's
sue paper.
Flowers and Vase for Sick.-It is
an excellent idea when sending
cut flowers to a hospital to send
an inexpensive vase with them.
Nurses often find it difficult to find
vases enough to hold flowers.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20
Pattern GLIB.

Towels that are wee bit diff
ferent make kitchen chores a joy!
What fun to embroider these your
self in simple stitches and bright
colors. Make a set for a friend.
They're welcome gifts! Pattern
Glib contains a transfer pattern of
6 motifs averaging ia by 934
inches; materials needed; illustra-
tionS of stitches; color schemes.
To obtain this pattern, send Is
cents in stamps or coins (coins
preferred) to The Sewing Circle,
Household Arts Dept, 259 w. 14th
ST., New York, N. Y.
Please write your name, ad-
dress and pattern number plainly.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20
PHOTOGRAPHY
MchMzn
Says: ~
Too Few Map Out

1t a young man maps out a ca
reer he generally achieves it.
An ounce of persuasion is better
than pound of cOmpulsiOn.
One who is always doing favors
hardly ever expects as many to be
done for him.
Leaders That Follow
Fashion leaders are so called be-
cause they follow the fashion.
Money talks pretty conclusively
at times, but occasionally it gets
ratified.
A man with reputation of be-
ing brilliant is almost sure to
overdo it.
Because He Fails to Marry
From a bachelors viewpoint
marriage is a failure.
Contentment has one advantage
over wealth; people don't try to
borrow \it from you.
We should strive to forgive and
forget, but it always seems so
much easier to forget our friends
than our enemies.