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La gaceta., 1938-03-22
La. resistencia contra los traidores y las hordas
extranjeras aparece mandada por ell Oral. Rojo,
Lister, Ell Campesino y otros jetes
de gran experienced
de gran experience
Anuncia ell Ministerio de Defensa que de 10000
hombres concentrates por Franco, solo
10000 son espanoles
No es cicrto que la Brigade americana
haya sido exterminada

las noticias que los f~acciosos
han hecho publican sobre ell
aniquilamiento o captura de
esa veterana organization.
Hombres de esa brigade,
que vienen a Barcelona en- d.
ferentes empenos, aseguran
que ell contingente americana
mantiene su cohereneia en- ell
frente.
Muchas unidades, Y 10 que
es natural, sufrieron bajas en-
los nueve dias de intense COM
batir; pero una brigada con Ia
discipline de la brigada 10 Y
la habilidad del mando, atar-
tie de la experiencia, es l6gico
que bajo las CIRCUMSTANCES ha
va tenido un numero minimo
de bajas.
Ell pueblo insiste en- pedir al
primer ministro Negrin que la
guerra Sc mantenga sin com
promise alguno.
Miles de telegramas V radio
gramsa Sc han recibido de to-
do ell mundo, incluyendo Esta-
dos Unidos. En- ellos Sc ANNA
al gobierno a m~antener la lu-
cha. Algunos de esos despa-
chos fueron publicados por
LA Vanguardia."
Todavia Sc trabaja en- las
ruinas de los edificios alcan-
zados por las bombas tia ia
mas y alemanas.
Cast todos los establecimien
tos reabrieron sus puertas y
muchos que habian buscado
refugio en- ell Tibidabo rotor
naron aver. Made trata de ex
plicarse porque los lbombar-
deos cesaron.
TODD ell mundo Sc pregunta
Ipor que los facciosos, 81 10
quieren destruir TODD, no man
tienen ell Ibombardeo durante
dos semanas, en- lugar de dos
o tres dias?
Algunos leales, frente a la
enormidad, sc consuelan di-
ciendo: tenemos la seguridad
de que no fueron espanoles los
que ordenaron esa matanza.
No es possible que haya espa-
noles capaces de hacer tai CO.
sa.
va ell mando faccioso debe
saber a estas horas que la mo-
raj del pueblo no Sc romIpera.
La aviaci6n leal vuela sobre
Barcelona y los aparatos de
bombardeo no pueden acercar
sc. IPudieran haber hecho e.
fecto las fuerte srepresentacio-
mes de Francia e Inglaterra a
la Junta de Salamanca?
La gaceta., 1938-03-22

Estan a punto de completar-
Sc las negociaciones entire "Ma-
riquita" Chamberlain y Benito
Mussolini.
Cuando la obra Sc termine..-.
Chamberlain voIvera a caer en-
ell ridlculo y Benito reira a man
dfbula batiente.
Tener fe en- Chamberlain.
es como esperar que ell mundo
Sc adecente en- "a horas.
La gaceta., 1938-03-22

EStados Unidos construira la
mas poderosa escuadra de su
historic.
Ell pueblo americana desearia
gastar ese dinero en- socorrer a
los sin trabajo; pero como los
'Tocos" andan sueltos.-.-.. 10 in
teligente es prepararse.
Escuadra, aviacion y ejercito
con ell fin de proteger a un pue-
bio libre contra indignos y peli-
grosos enemigos.
La gaceta., 1938-03-22

Por aquf Sc ha estado exhi-
ibiendo una pelicula con Ell NOM
bre de "Cuerpo Bellisimo".....
Y no Sc We en- ella un solo
cuerpo bello---
Equivocacion que atribuimos
a. deseo de que todos tengamos
I'm cuerpo bello, no a la realidad
que en- la "cinta" Sc presenta.
iiCuerpo bello con una opera
ci6n cesarea y casos de enferme
dades--.. "secretas"!!!
La gaceta., 1938-03-22

Chile comprara aeroplanos....
Brasil comprara barcos Y a.
viones italianos..-
Tn serio peligro nos vendrfa
del Sur 81 las naciones totalita-
rias triunfaran en- Europa.
La gaceta., 1938-03-22

Noticia interesante para los
nazis:
Austria lie ha entregado a Hit
Ter I'm ejercito de 10000 exhom
bres libres y 100000 individaos
de reserva.
Ell ejercito de Adolfo aumen-
ia en- n1mero-~... mientras MA
ri1uita" trata de enamorar a Be
l3.G.
La gaceta., 1938-03-22

iEs cierto que las maquinas
de jugar retornan?
Pasamos la pregunta a los
bien enterados.
La gaceta., 1938-03-22

Declina Ell concrete aleman
con ell extraniero " declinara
mis- todavta.
La gaceta., 1938-03-22

Nos preguntan de la Haba-
ma: iQuien mat6 a Tito" Ru :
bio?
La condensation es facil; un
aSesino.
Pero 81 ell interrogante desea
conocer ell nombre del que dispa-
r6, entonces tenderness que de =
cirle: Dios 10 sabe.
La gaceta., 1938-03-22

Ell coronel Batista dispUso
que ell vapor manuel Arms fue
ra devuelto al gobierno leglSimo
de Espana.
iOtro barco que los facciosos
ira aron de arrebatar al pueblo
espanol, sin conseguirlo.
Imito ell gobierno cubano a la
Camara de los Lores tie Ingla-
terra.
Todos deploramos que Sc retu
viera ell vapor. Embellishments,
por tanto tempo.
La investigation del juego-.-.
Y despues..... ell aqua volvera
a su niyel y proseguira afirman
dose de Ybor City: la antesala
del inferno.
La gaceta., 1938-03-22

dican que los prelados cat6licos
piensan redoblar aquf sus es-
fuerzos en- favor de la causa del
fascismo sspaHo.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
Changes in the Wagner Act

TT is long haul from the appointment of a commits
/ sion to study alleged defects in Federal law to
actual changes that law. The President has signfed
~ NoJ his intention to appoint such commission
to study the Wagner labor relations act and
changes recommend revsions to Congress- 1t will
be long time before such revsions made and lot
of friction among interested parties will be rubbed up
in the making of hem but believe they will have to
be made
The purpose of the Wagner act we believe is excellent
1t first drawn up law to facilitate labor unioniza
ton and collective bargaining between employers and
ployes The intention at the start to give both
poyers and employees equal rights to appeal for National
Labor Board help or mediation in disputes Somewhere
along the line that intention suffered serious injury so
that the act written leans heavily toward labor
and away from the employer. Also from the general
public.
One effect of the Wagner act has been the present
wave of jursdictonal srikes-fghts between AFL and
Clio unions which is represent workers in shop
Rc,t1oo Or.r industry, with the employer
caught between them and unable to
'W'S0IcIIOH get Labor Board decision, and the
general public getting in the neck The CO. for ex-
ample tied up all shipping at New York City docks for
nine hours day before yesterday just to show the AF
where it got off,
We know the public generally dislikes this stuff and
we think the rank and file of workers. as distinguished
from labor leaders, must dislike it, 1t seems desirable to
write into the Wagner act specific provision that the
employer we'll as the employees call on the Labor
Board for bona de secretbaot election in such cases.
to determine what labor organization the employees
to represent them.
There is also the matter of labor union finances. Some
labor organizations-the international Ladies Garment
Workers Union is exampe-pubish regular state
IUhouo Doo ments from outside auditors, show
ing where the money goes. Others
1he money 10! do not. All, believe, should be
compelled by law to furnish these regular accounngs to
their membership and to the public.
Congress for some years has been passing laws de-
signed to keep bankers and brokers from chuckng their
customers funds around too carelessy and too coverty
Why not similar laws applicable to labor leaders and labor
union treasurers who human the rest of us?
Other Wagner act changes will probably be found de-
sirable as time goes We believe the commission will find
that these two leas-equa labor and capital rights be-
fore the Labor Board and financial accountabiity-are
desirable
the New York;
The Washington times., 1938-06-04

each perSon-"skimped" is
the poets word-but every
thing was full and running
over and large quantities of food
were gathered in after the peo-
pie had eaten all they could.
The appraisal" of the unfor-
tunate of Washington is to be
conducted by a group of-as
far as I know-eXtremely COM
petent professional social work
ers and statisticians. But they
are, every one of them, outsid-
ers. The recipient of relief here
becomes a subject for study like
an organism in a laboratory or
the lice in the head of the beg
gar in Lord Macaulay'S ex-
traordinary story.
&*
7 AM NO expert on charity and
the ways in which it should be
administered. But I do know of
personal experience since we
have gone into "relief" or Char
ity" or "the dole"-they all
mean the same thing-that the
cost of administration is out of
all proper, proportion to the
amounts distributed. And I do
know that in the city of Chi
cago from where I recently
came, scandal has heaped upon
scandal in the handling of these
vast funds. I have known of
cases where a family without
political influence has been left
to starve while other families
who did not even need succor
have obtained it and fattened
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
President Hyde

1t is gratifying to see the Irish
people choose a man like DR..
Douglas Hyde for the first Presi-
dent of a free Ireland. This &C
ton shows, like so many in the
times of Parnell and Emmett,
that when the welfare of Ire
land is concerned the Irish can
rise above religious differences.
The Celt is capable of realizing
that an Irishman is an Irishman
whether he says his prayers in
Gaelic, Latin or English. C.S.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
Poor Economy

TEDERAL economy waves usually ripple or roar in the
T. wrong spots and the most striking example of this
wild chopping is the planned pairing down of the Oman
personnel.
We have had an epidemic of kidnapping and the Bureau
has doing pretty good job of it, handicapped as it
is by lack of personnel And top of that there is
outbreak of fiendishness the part Of our large SEX
criminal population many of whom have been jailed for
previous offenses and later freed by silly softhearted
parole boards
A noted psychatrst, Dr. Harold Hoffman of the
Chicago behavior clinic, has declared that kdnapers are
almost all sex-crmnas. They carry degree of sanity
in their abductions and later kill from dual motives-the
thrill given their distorted minds and the radiance of
the victim
In sheer awfulness there is little to choose between both
crimes And if indeed be true that leads to the
other then civilization requires at more GMen in
stead of less and sex criminals should be destroyed
imprisoned until they die
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
At Least a Start

IN giving the Army $4,8oO,00O Of the $13695,000
/ increase written into the annual appropriation bill
for antarcraft guns, congressional conferee have
done well, but not well enough. 1t would have been
wiser if the House had gone along with the Senate and
agreed to $13,695,OOO.
But start at least has been made toward strengthen
ing the deenses Of the United States against air attack
Some day, perhaps men who vote millions for dry
creeks in their districts to drain swamps that
are useless for growing anything but aigators, may
discover that unless defend the country we cannot
be sure we will have a country to defend.
To Senators Sheppard and Copeland particularly the
country's thanks due for calling attention to our
unprotected coastal cities and persuadng the Senate to
give the Army the amount needed to provide at least
some of protection.
Representative Ross Collins of Mississippi, who at
times to regard himself little Napoleon who
knows about the Army's needs than the Army
itself must bear the responsibility in part for knocking
down the Senate increase for antiaircraft guns.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
Tax Suggestion

A Chinese tax collector has
hit upon a novel method Of ex-
tracing further taxes from
peasants already overloaded
with such burdens: One chicken
valued at Is cents is delivered
to each peasant, who must take
care of it and feed it we'll or go
to prison. When the chickens
grow large enough to sell for a
dollar they must be returned
to the tax collector. He sells
the birds, deducts his salary
from the proceeds, and forwards
the balance to the treasury. We
submit this r1ethod to Jim Far
ley in raising money for meet
ing campaign expenses, or to
the President as another urg-
ency plan in helping to balance
the budget or provide for a few
more bureaus. OF course, the
poorer class of people will do
the paying. but that shouldn't
matter so long as party objec-
tives are Of major Importance.
H. E. z.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
Americans

am sick and tired Of hearing
people say if a person is not an
Indian he cannot rightfully call
himself an American.
say that an American should
not be questioned regarding his
antecedent blood if he can show
that he is descended from the
first Americans-who were not
Indians, but the men and women
who created the United States OF
America.
Before that there were no
Americans. They were subjects
of the King of England.
H. H.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
Your |. O..
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER

OA1A1SSAA - 11&NSAAAS
This is q general quiz. Score
10 for each question.
l. What is necromancy?
2. In mathematics, the linear
arrangement of numbers or
letters in every possible or
der is called what?
3. Where did Marco Polo write
the account of his travels
(a) in China, CD in prison
or (c) in England?
4. A half multiplied by a half
equals how much?
S. What is the capital Of Ice
land?
6. What are the seven seas?
z. What is the difference be-
tween (a) cardinal numbers
and CD ordinary numbers?
8. What were the four marvel
out gifts which Jack the
Giant Killer had?
8. Is q cassowary a (a) seed,
(b) a plant or a Co bird?
10. In the Bible, in st. John,
what is the number of the
Beast?
ANSWERS on Page 81
The Washington times., 1938-06-04

make shirts in varying sleeve
lengths, you never can buy one
less than 80 inches. The others
always are just out.
Maybe there are men with a.
inch necks and 3-foot arms in
Ringling's circus. But how about
us chunky guys with IS or 16.
inch necks and 2-foot arms? Al
ways a 80 sleeve.
It amt right.
C. P. U.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
Relief Crisis Cheered

The shortage of relief funds in
Illinois and Ohio is one of the
best things that could have hap
pened. While I do not favor hui
man suffering, it is pleasure
to know that some aliens and
spongers may now think of going
to work to feed hungry mouths.
Let's have more and bigger re-
lief fund failures.
NONCHALANT.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
ROllin' Along
Blu W. A. s. DOuqLds

AM we'll aware that the people of the District of Column
bia are allowed to do practically nothing of themselves
in the matter of handling their public affairs But did
not know, until read recent announcement of planned
appraisal of relief here in Washington that
the subject for fellow humans in unfortunate
circumstances strangers must be brought in to attend to it.
John Boyle OReilly poetaureate of the BostonIrish
rhymed in this fashion concerning regmented aid to
the poor:
"Organized CHARITY Skimped and iced
In the name of cold statistical Christ"
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
Guild Grateful

Please accept my thanks for
the assistance you have given
to the Catholic Evidence Guild
by publishing the notices of our
meetings.
Such publicity is almost in
dispensable in our work, and
be assured that the space you
have given US is greatly appre-
ciated.
FRANCIS H. THORNTON,
President.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
That z in Czech

The radio commentators have
some difficulty in properly pro-
nouncing Czechoslovakia, in
PRODUCING a *" sound in the
first syllable to give it the
same pronunciation as the Eng
lish word, check.
This *" sound is incorrect.
There is in English no exact
equivalent of the "ch" sound.
och" is a cultural aspirate and
is highly characteristic of the
German language. Any one
familiar with German will find
the correct "ch" sound in the
words bach, buch, auch.
Further the q" is superfluous.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04

Chinese Politics

Why is it that SC many Amer
leans are Chinese sympathizers?
Don't they realize they are TAX
ing sides with a Communist
country, and thereby giving the
Reds the idea that we want
communism in this country?
z. A.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04

Yes. How.
ever, I think
it would be
wonderful if
people would
refuse to pay
money to kid
n a p erS, be-
c a u Sc h is
would pu t a
stop to such
crimes quick
er than any,
t h i n g else
The Washington times., 1938-06-04

the Cechs do not write the word
with a "z";; it was undoubtedly
introduced by foreigners who
had difficulty with the original
word.
If you wish to be entirely
Czech, ditch" the Czecho-
slovakia and write Cesko-
Slovensko. e. G. r.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
Shirt Sleeves

Some silly tradition seems to
dictate the practice of shirt.
makers with regard to the length
of sleeves.
They assume that all men
have arms like chimpanzees.
Although they pretend to
The Washington times., 1938-06-04

IF 1 had a
child and it
were k i d.
n a p ed. I be-
lieve I would
pay if I had
the money or
any W ay of
getting it. I
realize t h a t
the best way
to stop kid
napings is by
people refus-
The Washington times., 1938-06-04

S t a t / S teal.
Nor W a S he
niggardly as I
remember the
story of t h e
heaped bas-
kets of bread
a n d fish
which he fed
to a hungry
m III t i t u de.
T h ere W a S
not a definite
portion to
The Washington times., 1938-06-04

upOAI ~ Ava yCoAo' AAAN SS"AAAS
thing has occurred, and is &C.
curing in other great cities.
make the assertion that ad-
ministration of relief" as it is at
present constituted is brutally
unfair. I am not setting those
words down to apply them to
the city of Washington. 1 am
not sufficiently acquainted with
the local condition to know.
am merely wondering which is
the worst systematic control
of the ward politician over dis
tribution of food, clothes and
money or the "appraisal' of
voteless people by a board of
professional social workers from
ever so far away.
HAVING no votes, we here
A in Washington have no
politics to play. We are, in
final analysis, a neighborly city.
The foreigners who come here
to tell us how to conduct our.
selves usually mix among them
selves when they rest up after
directing our lives for us. Why
cannot we do our own "apprais-
ing" of the unfortunate in our
midst? We know each other
well enough to be able to ar
range depots of examination
where Statistics and skimping"
are thrown overheard and re.
placed by very human under
standing, based on a neighbours
knowledge of a neighbor.
The decline of Rome began
with too much cold-blooded en-
forcement. Citizens were class
flied for every mortal attribute
and one of the final straws was
the appointment of a super.
visor of public morals who i'm
mediately began an appraisal"
of the lower and impoverished
classes while orgies were gather
ing new impetus among the
aristocracy.
The rabble rose up-and
finally something was done.
The granaries we're thrown open
and bread was distributed just
as was recently done in Chicago
and Cleveland. Relief" was
adopted but the method used
was exactly that which has been
in practice here since the in.
ception.
X X \
THOSE without influence be.
u came poorer and poorer
while the vagabonds with pull
were able to guzzle regularly.
Matters got worse and worse
so bad that the circuses were
devised to pacify the multitude.
Something in the fashion of a
Roman WPA theater production.
But none of these things did
any good.
Copyright, 1898, Washington Times
The Washington times., 1938-06-04

could to 6 e t
m y c h j ! d
back. One can
t a k bravely
a b o ut refus-
ing r n S ON
to kidnapers,
but if a per-
son in 70 ur
family W e r e
s t o | e n it
W ould be a
different feel
ing. I don't
The Washington times., 1938-06-04

would. Kidnapings prove that
being wealthy is not always an
advantage, for 1 would rather
have my girl than all the money
in the world"
x 4 X
Miss Ruby Kemp, 2115 F st.
N. W., Government clerk:
mo. Most of the kidnapped
The Washington times., 1938-06-04

children have
be en- killed,
ev en- though
r a n som has
been paid, so
I b eli eve I
would refuse
to pay any
S u C h d E.
mands. If the
kidnapers are
killers, p a "
ing the money
W o n t keep
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
What the Pump Needs

What's all the hullabaloo
about mp-priming? Why not
try plugging the holes in the
pipe so the water does not all
run out? Maybe the old pump
needs new feathers, or there
might be quicksand in the well.
II it is a newer model there
might be something under the
valves. E. L. 2.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
Wise Words

He who adds to what he has
will keep off bright-eyed hun.
ger; for if you add only a little
to q little and do this often,
soon that little will become
great.-Hesiod.
False things may be mag
ined, and false things COM
posed; but only truth can be in
Vented.-Ruskin.
A man may dwell so long
upon a thought that it may
take him priSoner.-Lord Hall.
fax,
The Washington times., 1938-06-04

mapped I would
pay ra n som
to get it back.
I'm afraid I
W oul d not
h a v e h e
h e art to re-
fuse and thus
take a chance
on the child'S
life. But it
c er t ainly is
d o u bly, pa
thetic to pay
The Washington times., 1938-06-04

them from numbering the child
anyway. Of course, if I were
involved in kidnapping, I
might think differently"
x 4
Miss Katherine TaniS, 3
Rhode Island Ave. N. E., Ste
nOgrapher.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04

be as impor.
tant as the
child. I would
notify the au-
thoritieS M
mediately and
if possible I
would h a v e
t h e b ii ! S
m a r k e d. I
W Guild also
ask the police
to k e e p out
of the case
The Washington times., 1938-06-04

money to kidnapers and then
find that the child has been
killed"
X x
M. w. Schaul, 1925 Sixteenth
st. N. W., auditor:
Eyes. The money would not
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
Sell Heliur'1, Says He

1t is sincerely hoped that Sec
rotary Ickes, in honor of his re-
cent marriage, will declare a
general amnesty for DR.. Hugo
Eckener, and let him buy some
helium. The Secretary's dog-in-
the-manger attitude is bitterly
amusing to the air-minded per-
sonnet of the Army and Navy,
who want to learn the ultimate
value of dirigibles at other peo-
pies expense. Germany wants
to continue these experiments,
and Ickes ought to let her.
AIRSHIP FAN.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04

Mr.. O'Reilly was cynically
wrong there, for the Carpenter
of Galilee was neither cold nor
The Washington times., 1938-06-04

believe any parent would hest
tate to pay ransom II they had
it,"
\
Miss Maude E. Nutty, 4
Eighth st. S. E., salesgirl:
Eyes, if my child were kid.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
Traffic Toll

The list of traffic victims in
the District of Columbia since
January /, 1888, is graphically
shown by the death watch.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
THE ANSWERS

Mrs. Margaret Callahan, BOT
TeWkesbury Pl. N. W., stenogra-
nber.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04

ing to pay ransom, which is a
very difficult thing to do if
someone you love is snatched."
X x
George Potzner, BOT Fifteenth
st. N. E., jeweler:
Il would do everything I
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

Editor should limited 200 words Names and addresses Of
the writer's will be omitted request
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
The Inquiring
Photographer
The washington Times in
viteS you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

Would you pay ransom if your
child was kidnapped?
The Washington times., 1938-06-04

upon it for years. The same
thing has occurred, and is &C.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04

CFrom the New York Daily NewsI