The Washington times., 1938-10-03
TERSELY TELLING IT:

Uttered by the N'England tor
nado, an AAA clerk living in Vir-
ginia Highlands has purchased
marine-type life savers for his
kids! But Virginny folk say
the idea isn't a bit woozy, that v.
H. is very low in spots and would
be dangerous if flooded If you
wrap a tooti4pick around a penny
correctly, that's all it costs to
play Mulberry Bush" and other
hot music p on most Of the
mechano-foghornS Civil Serv-
ice Commish is hiring "a few"
Stenogs and typistettes.
The Stanley Andersons Qnter-
nal Revenue) received a nine
= pound grandson early Friday, the
the new daddy being Ted Kincaid
Of reportorisi renown Note
on Humanity: One large agency
finds it necessary, when you must
have the blind news vendor change
q bill, to haze guard accompany
you to verify denomination Of the
bill! During the recent Euro
pean Fuehrore at least one radio
center abandoned the phrase, "for
further detail see your local news
paper" substituting, listen in to
w." Visiting Liberia
late this morth, Uncle Sans new
cruiser Boise will transport
what's left 0: the little Republics
first flag for presentation there.
Blanche Wang, who used to do
It for Jewish Community Center,
is teaching ballroom dancing for
UFWA's Federal Workers School
.. Some Indiana lasSies in GAO
are drawing chuckleS via their
boast that they hail from the
heart Of the Bible belt" :. U. S.
Housing Authority's press staff is
, struggling with new low of but
four employees, really needs six to
thwart overtime, but budgetary
necessities have prevented expan-
sion.
Many varied types of contribu-
ttonS won awards for the current
week, among them news of en-
gagementS and births, several re-
tirements, the item chronicled
herein regarding AAA's purchaser
Of life savers, and the squib re-
failing the man who found a mes
sage in a bottle Some poems
also won awards, plus several
well-written letters Several
otherwise worthy su b missions
were disqualified because Of ano-
nymity.
It is said three new WPA prof.
ectS shortly will open within Pub
lie Health Service, all small :.
The Three Blind Mice" who re-
Gently poStcarded us should know
by now that no attention is paid
anonymous communications, such
being construed as a discourteous
admission of lack of faith in us
:, :. Federal Communications Com
mission Stenographers take down
every speech it is believed should
be recorded, so Republicans and
FaSciStS beware! Job-SeekerS
i'm the know tackle the personable
Ormand E. Loomis when they in
wade Hole.
Odd Thought: Wonder if Agnes
Dusterhoff, Treasury, pitches in
the gals softball league?. . The
books will show but $2,0O0-odd,
but reliable folk say over $500,000
was spent in Tennessee to keep
George L. Berry out of the Senate
-. Despite the pooey-faceS the two
organizations make at one another
we learn from an AFGE Stalwart
that every time the UFWA begins
q member drive in an office the
AFGE also thrives there. Which
reminds that the inroad planned
by UFWA against AFGE local
membership has pancaked be-
cause the lad believed necessary
to engineer it can't be cleared
through the CIO office (personal
, grudge)..
Believe. it or else, but recently
o War clerk, visiting at Mount
Vernon, found a sealed bottle near
the wharf containing name and
address of a Detroiter, dated 1886,
with a request to write the De-
troiter if found. . The clerk has
written and now awaits results ID. .
Everett Radcliffe, AGO, is shift
ing to Civilian Personnel Divi-
sion, War . Agriculture says the
Oldest growing thing (and SLOW
est) is box huckleberry found
in 1920 north of Harrisburg,
which has been $4,000 years reach
ing 10 inch S. . Whereupon
Johnny Federal croaks:: That's