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''Find the Kidnapers''

Am writing you with regard to
the Mary Brown kidnapping case,
and wish to thank the newspa-
pers in Washington for the pub
licity given this case. In my
opinion she would never have
been returned alive if it hadn't
been for this publicity.
I feel that the kidnapers were
amateurs and after finding that
the parents Of Mary had no
money and the fact that the
people from their vicinity would
not leave a stone unturned until
they apprehended them if harm
befell her, they decided to re-
turn her unframed and may we
say, thank God.
I am also hopeful that the
newspapers of Mrs. Eleanor Pat
terson will not give up until
these scoundrels are strung up
and I certainly would like to be
the one to do the honorS.
The very idea that anyone
might think that these people
would in any way make a mis-
statement! I would like to kick
the pants off of them.
The right and fair thing to
do will be to continue the search
no matter what the expense it
is to this government, and when
and if they do apprehend them
not to send them to a reforma-
tory for the rest Of their days.
but place the switch to them
and this would be a lesson to
others who may be premeditat-
ing the same thing.
I have known this girls
mother and uncleS since I We
a child. I attended Notre Dan
Academy from kindergarten
through high school and no one
will ever find a finer family. I
also played in the st. Patrick's
Players with Joe and Bob: the
latter is now deceased.
Thanking your papers for
what they have done in the past
few days and the cooperation
they extend to the general pub
lie in the future.
MRS. MARY BOWEN.
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Calls West OUerrGted

How is it that Westerners
think they are the cream of the
earth? I have Jeen reading
Western novels since my youth
and seeing Western movies for
20 years. and they all depict
WesternerS as supermen, and
I'm just about sick of it.
Who are Westerners, anyway?
Didn't they come from the East,
and, therefore, aren't we better
than they?
The old-time w esterners
couldn't sign their old names,
and could hardly speak English.
An fastener summed it up for
me once when he said: "'Wsy
out West, where men are men,
and smell like cattle" T. Y.
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ing on in Germany, have been
going on in Russia, Spain and
other countries:
In June, 1886, Gil Robes ap-
pealed to the Cortes for fair
play. He presented list OF
atrocities. in part, as follows:
Church destroyed, 1859;
churches partly destroyed, 251;
newspaper offices destroyed. 10;
newspaper offices attacked, 80;
towns where churches were de-
stroyed by mayors. SO; persons
killed and wounded, 1866.
This appeal failed. and the
revolt came in July, 1886, when
Carlo Sotelo, the leader Of the
Right, was murdered by the
state police.
There are those who would
warn America against one form
of dictatorship while they are
encouraging another form. And
they profess to be Americans.
There Is no middle course to
pursue in this question. You
are faithful and loyal to Amer
lean idealism or disloyal. Those
who favor communism are as
bad as Hitler.
GEORGE P. RATE.
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Your I. q.
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER

This is a general quiz with a
brain teaser" at the end. Score
10 for questions Nos. 2, 4, 6, 7.
9. Score S for Nos. i, 8, 5, 8.
Score 80 for No. 10.
/. Which Of these gems is the
most valuable: a, diamond. b.
pigeon blood ruby?
2. A. M, as used in referring
to morning % a. mJ. is the alb
breviation of
3. Who was the greatest lyric
poet in the Bible?
4. In law, what is the differ
ence between burglary and rob-
berry?
S. Which of the States in the
United States is called the
Badger State?
6. What is the plural Of
beau? The singular of
"dice"?
Z. When water freezes does
it expand or contract?
8. In the stock market what
are "cats and dogs?
9. Who was known as the
"Great Dissenter" on the United
States Supreme Court Bench?
10. Tom, Dick and Harry went
out in the woods to gather nuts
for the holidays. They put
them all in one basket and when
it came time to divide them,
they decided to do it according
to their ages. They didn't know
how many nuts they had, but
the total was 1856. Every time
Tom took 6, Dick took 8, and
as often as Dick took IL. Harry
took IA. What was the age of
each and how many nuts did
each receive? (There are more
than one set of ages which
might be correctly worked out,
but in this particular group Of
boys, Harry Is a freshman in
high school.)
ANSWERS on Page III
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ROllin' Along
BIZ W. A. s. Douglas

TN my early soldering days the West African coast
had put down Frank Crozer the srictest of marnets
and also about cold-blooded ever met. In
the World War he generals rank and after that was
a pretty tough police commandant during the Black and
Tan troubles in Ireland in the early 1920s.
And them all of sudden-as though he had got religion
General Crozer became if not exactly pacifist major
of the horrors of He wrote two success
full books "A Brass Hat in NoMans Land and THE Men
Killed. Both attacks the British system as
operates warme-and they gave the impression that the
had adopted garb of sackcoh and ashes
in expiation of his admitted murders"
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Bar All Refugees?

With one-third of the nation
on relief, and the national debt
at a staggering figure. it is sui
cidaI for us. to take extra thou
sands of people from Europe for
any reason whatever. Immigra'
ton should be stopped immedl-
ately. If there aren't enough
jobs to go around, I fail to see
what we can do for a lot of new
corners. Any one wishing to
understand both sides Of the
question should listen to Father
Coughlin. Il. M.
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Glad To Help

The Washington Times should
have a lot of credit for the won
derful help it gave in connection
with the kidnapping Of Miss
Brown at Oxon Hill, Md, last
week. The Times asked every
one to help in locating the
young girl and it looks as though
that was the right view as those
kidnapers soon returned the
young lady. Now may we hope
that these men will soon be
captured and punished.
A READER OF THE TIMES.
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"NO Middle Course"

read a long article in one
of our local papers, telling Of a
meeting held in a prominent
hotel. The speakers condemned
the kind of dictatorship that is
taking place in Germany in no
uncertain terms, but seemed to
condone the type of dictatorship
in Russia, also the attempt to
establish a similar dictatorship
in Spain; worse than that, they
suggested we help to set up a
dictatorship in Spain by lifting
the embargo on arms and sup
plies to the Spanish Reds.
AS grave atrocities that are 60
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clever strategist. He'd like moth
ing better than to be governor
Of a prison where they have
executions every Monday"
And then, not so long ago. I
ran into a mutual friend, a re-
Gently retired major, who had
been Crozier's quartermaster
when the latter was brigadier
on the bloody Somme front in
1916.
x
GILES been that way all his
IL life-putty hearted" ex-
planned the major. 1.-THE tough
ness was all a false front. That's
why he quit the army in 1908
after service in four campaigns.
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The showers of verbal cabbages
and cauliflowers began falling
when the story came out about
what Lindbergh had said to some
Britishers on the subject of the
German air force.
1t seems pretty we'll established
that Lindbergh did say to some
British friends, after having a look
at large pieces of both the Ger
man and Russian air forces, that
he believed the German air force
to be much superior to the Russian,
and probably able to beat the Rus
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decided that bluffing does not
pay and I'm sold on the truth,
the whole truth and nothing
but the truth. So many people
are such buffers that every
one recognizes them as such and
they earn a general dislike"
X 4 4
Jack DinSmOre, 400 block New
ton Pl. N. w., patent Searcher:
mo. I don't believe in bluff
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person want to be, so I
doubt if could get away with
it. Besides nobody will help a
buffer once he is found out.
Then. everybody thinks he is
always bluffing."
X X
Buddy ROsenthal, 1900 block
Fifteenth st. N. w., George
Washington University student:
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Wanted no more CT it-and then,
Of course, he felt he had to
come back in 1914. Why even
in his books attacking summary
courts-martial and the capital
sentence he never let himself go.
There's paragraph he wrote !
can quote almost from mem
ory."
And he went on:
cit was ordained that the
two young men should be shot
as an example to the division.
The general conduct under fire
had not been very good but we
had had no assertions. The
nearest thing to that was this
overstaying Of leave in London
by these two men. They were
executed in a French barn on
the walls Of which were har.
ness racks and hooks for fresh
killed meat. I sent the two
condemned men some whiskey
and when they were brought
out they were pretty wabbly.
There were no posts in the
barn So the officer in charge
of the firing party pushed the
hooks through the backs of
their tunicS to prop them up.
We're inventive cusses in the
army. And so they were shot.
HE doesn't tell the half Of
it," my friend went on. IT was
there-and, do you know,
Crozier, who had probably
been under fire more often
than any general officer in the
army, actually wept over that
execution. The men were in
his command. They were of
the new divisions who had been
training from 1915. Few OF
them had ever been soldiers
before, none had seen action,
and during their 'blooding,' as
we call it, their conduct was
not of the best. So the high
command decided on 'ex-
amples.' Crozier, who had been
born and bred among these
North of Ireland men, knew
them as well as he knew him.
self-and they indicated his
Judgment later.
G6TNHE two prisoners were
l. treated as deserters under
fire instead of what they actu-
ally were-soldiers guilty of over
staying home leave. The stiff
fening,' said the high command,
had to be administered. Crozier
went to the very top on their
behalf-but could do nothing.
He sent for me the night before
The execution ana he was rub
bling tears out of his eyes when
I came in. He knew these boys
parents.
"He said:
"'George, I've done all I can,
and it's no good. What in Gods
name can do now to make
things easy?'
"'Have you any whiSkey?' I
asked him.
"He rummaged through his
things and brought out four bot
ties. One apiece of these he
said Should kind of deaden
them to everything
Better give them the whole
boiling" I told him. They're
North of Ireland men like our
selves
"They killed the four bottles
before dawn" George concluded,
land I was glad to be able to
tell the general that they never
knew what happened to them"
Copyright, 1898. by Washington
Herald-Times)
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Isn't it about time all these
pro-this and pro-that people
gave their big mouths a rest
from trying to save something
for some one somewhere else.
and put some of their effort into
saving America for Americans?
3. o'C.
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Endless Oppression

How about calling off all this
sob stuff for the benefit Of a
few nationals of a foreign coun-
try? After all, there have been
prosecutions since the world be-
gan, and there will be plenty
more. If we start shedding
tears for every prosecuted frac-
ton throughout the world, we'll
turn into a nation of weeping,
wailing hypochondriacs.
SICK AND TIRED.
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sooner or later, which is when
he is discovered. Most people
overdo their bluffing and involve
themselves in embarrassing stu
atoms. Somebody's sure to see
behind a false 'front.'"
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fling m y W a y
through life. I
can't see how a
person who does
can feel right. I
imagine he lives in
fear of being found
out. Sooner or
later he discovers
that it does not
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-05

mind icewater
ran in his
veins instead
Of the other
fluid. And I
said to my
self:
Hes just
writing or
Giro ulation.
The world is
against W ar
a nd Crozier
was always a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-05
People
By Frank Romer

JOHN SCOTT ELDEN
THIS Lord Chancellor
] Of England never in
his life entered a church.
In his speech he used
sentences so long that
one covered three and a
half pages Of fooIscaP
when written down. A
court reporter cut it into
shorter sentences for the
record. Eden restored it
to its first interminabIe
length before passing the
report.
34A
q. N. Reg. U. o. Pat. offics)
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well, I really
don't believe in
bluffing, although
the biggest bluff I
pulled was in get
ting a job right
after I graduated
from high school.
I said I had plenty
of experience, but
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p e r S o n a lty to
achieve the ability
to bluff ones way
through life. Bluff
fling goes very well
with a so-called
smooth line, but
few people are able
to carry on this de-
ception over any
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-05

IF a person has
to bluff his way
through life as a
protection, it just
shows that he does
not have real abili-
ties and he shows
a poor trait Of
character. It is
bound to reflect
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pay. A person might bluff HIM
self into something, but if he
hasn't the real ability to carry
on, he will soon find that his
bluff will be called"
X X =
Mrs. Jane Pritchard, 800
block Thirteenth st. N. W.,
bookkeeper:
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I'm some cases
bluffing might be
necessary, and to
be frank. I have
had to bluff sew
eral times. How.
ever. I don't be-
lieve in it and I
don't bluff any
more either. I've
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-05
mo. I think a person should

be straightforward,
frank and honest
all the time, with
no bluffing about
himself or others.
People do bluff and
get away with it,
but I've n e v e r
wanted to do so.
It's not the kind Of
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I just had to bluff because no
one would hire me if I admit
ted I didn't have experience.
There is a great deal of bluffing
going on, but you can usually
spot the buffers. So I don't
think it pays"
\ X \
Walter w. Clark, 1900 block
K St. N. w., Government clerk:
mo. It requires considerable
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prolonged period of time be-
cause, as Lincoln so appropri.
ately said, You can fool some
of the people some of the time,
and all the people some of the
time, but you can't fool all the
people all of the time"
\ y
Miss Media KiImer, 1900 block
Newton St. N. E.:
mo. I think a person should
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-05
Mystery Man Lindbergh

WYE listen with great deal of to the denuncia
w tons that are being heaped these days on the
head of Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh.
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

WORDS addresses
the writer be omitted
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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 believe in bluffing
your way through life?
THE ANSWERS

Miss Mary WenSky, 2400 block
Tunlaw Rd. N. w., Government
stenographer:
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Remembering "Crozier of the
Gold Coast" as I did, I could
hardly believe nat Of him. To my
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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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Those WorId-SaUers

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ARMY SLIGHT FAVORLTE AS lO2 600 AWAIT CLASH

accustomed post, and Miller will
be at guard. Gillis, the only soph-
omore of the staring lineups,
will be at center, and make no
mistake about him. He has shown
throughout the season by consist
ent play that he is worthy of the
honor of starting.
BATTLE OF SENIORS
This game Is a battle of seniors.
No fewer than 13 upper classmen
will be arrayed in formation 1T
the start. Eight of these are play
ing their last game for Army, and
five will bid adieu to all of these
from the Navy side.
Dodson, Little. Mather, Sullivan
and Miller on the line will receive
their commissions next June. In
the backfield Capt. Jim Schwenk,
Woodie Wilson and "Huey" Long
will go out on duty. For Navy.
Powell, Wallace, HySong, Spector
and Cooke are playing their last
service game.
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from Army. Navy's starting line
up today will present a line aver
aging 1874 pounds, with back
field tn at will average 1877
pounds. The fact that Hard.
wick will start Harold Han
sen in the blocking tackles posi-
ton brings up the average of the
Middies' ball carriers. Hansen
scales 225 pounds. He will be the
heaviest man on the field, accord
ing to the best available informa-
ton.
A terrific battle Of lines may be
expected when Navy with a line
that has given up only 46 points
all season, ties into the Army line
which has yielded 88 points to
the opposition this season. The
left side of Navy's line, if Powell
plays left end on defense through
out the game, may be impreg-
nable. On that side there is
Powell, with Bergner at tackle
and the Square-jawed McGrath at
guard. Powell weighs about 1876
pounds, and both McGrath and
Bergner scale close to 220 pounds.
LITTLE AT GUARD
Opposed to them will be little
Jack Little, whose alertneSs and
general all-around ability fea-
tured the Princeton game. Little
played a whale of a game against
Notre Dame. He will be at guard
Mather, a 220-pound tackle, will
match the proWess of Bergner or
McGrath, and Sullivan, a pass
catching specialist, whose down
field blocking has been a sensa-
ton of the season. round out the
complement to match Navy's men
of might.
On the other side of the line
will be Herman Spector, Ken Hy-
song and Burke for Navy. Spector
is one of the outstanding guards
of the East this season, and Hy-
song has played brilliantly at
tackle.
SUSCEPTIBLE TO INJURY
Burke has been susceptible to
injury this fall. He Is o slashing
end, but there is no little doubt
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deal of attention as to who will
win or lose, as long as they gel
a show and this is assured. A pa
rade by 1900 cadets from West
Point and 1000 midshipmen was
scheduled as part of the festivities
Meanwhile, a corps of workmer
were busy in the Sesqui- Centen
nial, or Municipal Stadium, brush
ing and shoveling away the snow
and ice to make way for the con
test. Seemingly it will be a bitter
battle, with weather conditions
making it all the tougher.
The Record
So far Army has lost to Colum
bia and Notre Dame; Navy has
been, shall we wax original and
say torpedoed, by Yale and Notre
Dame and tied by Penn and
Princeton. That, however. isn't
vitally important one way or an
other because they are evenly
matched.
But never mind all that. Army
has Huey Long, the left-handed
passing back; Woodrow Wilson
the power runner; Samuel, a
great end, and Stella, an equally
great tackle. Navy offers a com
mendable line and a backfield
composed of Cooke, Hanson. Gil
lette and Wood.
One way and another it might
be great football game; in fact 1t
should be because it always has
been, and that's all the customers
ask-along with trimmings that
go with this one.
BATTLE SNOW
Philadelphia struggled bravely
to make its municipal stadium
ready for the throng that will
swarm down on it today. The
blanketing snow that piled two
feet deep on the seats was virtual
ly cleared away this morning.
The 1896 Army-Navy game was
played in Chicago in a whooping,
driving blizzard. The score was 2e
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BOWIE RACING
IS CALLED OFF
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cancellation, to determine from
what track mutuels today's digits
would be taken.
A prominent and local "taker''
Immediately switched to Tanforan
in California in preference to New
Orleans Fair Grounds track.
Horses were scarce on the track
this morning-most of the owners
deciding to exercise their thor
oughbreds in bride paths in the
woods, where the footing was not
as bad as the track.
HOLES IN TRACK
Examination of the racing strip
disclosed many holes and knobs
of frozen earth and ice.
Richard Pending, track super.
intendent, after working furiously
on the course all morning, said he
was unable to get it in condition
by post time. However, when the
card was postponed, he placed
heavy floats on tractors to break
up the clodS. It is expected the
track will be in fair shape for
racing next Monday.
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Admiral, Biscuit Feud Goes On

liant Fox, who retired after their
three years of racing.
OF course Equipoise's early
death robbed him of possible
glories in the stud, but it is quite
evident that he will not come forth
with a champion, as his first crop,
though limited, are now tWo-year.
olds AND have not attained great
success.
Man O. War produced American
Flag in his first year in the stud
and Gallant Fox sent the great
Omaha out to cut his name first
as a successful sire. With other
similar statistics recorded in ia
vor of the younger and lesser
campaigned stations, the odds
make War Admiral the favorite.
There are always theories and
forms set up by the horsemen,
and here are always horses that
will come along and upset them.
Will SeabisCuit again prove an
upset in the breeding controversy
as he did in the match race at
Pimlico?
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duction and become the greater
sire?
This situation remains very SINH
lar as in racing, for the majority
of breeder consider War Admiral
the greater possibility, but not be-
cause of any preference of blood
line, as they are bret very closely
along the same lineage, both on
the sire and dam sides. There is
the contention that horses raced
hard for a long period of years
do not come forth with as good
success as those horses that have
retired early.
Records disclose that those that
have gone on up in years racing
have not acquired the great sue
cess as those retired early after
gaining enough prominence to
make them secure in prestige.
For example, Display, Sun Beau
and Equipoise were all great
champions, but in the stud they
have not been able to cope with
the success of Man O. War or Gal
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ALEX. BOYS CLUB
TO STAGE SPORT

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Nov. 26.
The. Catholic Boys and Young
Mems Club was organized here at
a meeting held last night at Ly-
ceum Hall on Duke Street.
James Echols was elected presi-
dent, Joseph O'Brien, vice presi-
dent; Jules Pendleton. secretary
treasurer, and Rev. Joseph Leitch,
director.
The supervisors of the club are
Clarence Dyson, Jim Echols, Joe
O'Brien, Bob Hogan, Billy Carne,
George M'Cann and Henry Mori-
arity.
Eddie Harlow was named as gen.
eral supervisor.
1t was announced the purpose OF
the club is to provide wholesome
recreation and development for
boys and young men.