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Evening star., 1938-03-04
"Y" CLUB QUESTIONS
SPEAKERS BY RADIO.
Town Hall Discussion Members
Quiz Pepper and Bruce
in New York.


Members of the Washington Y. M.
c A. Town Hall Discussion Club last
night questioned speakers more than
200 miles away during America S
Town Meeting of the Air" broadcast
over book-up of the National Broad
casting Co.
The speakers, Senator Pepper. Dem
ocrat. of Florida and Howard Bruce,
banker r-lnduStrialiSt of Baltimore,
spoke from Town Hall in New York
and afterwards were questioned via
the air by the members of the "Y''
Club, who listened in at Station
WMAL.
Senator Pepper and Mr.. Bruce had
as their subject Which Way Out of
RECESSION"
Questions were propounded oy five
members of the regular "Y" Town
Hall Discussion Club Committee, in
cluding Edward r. rhayer. chair
man; Herbert Costain, George Bid
well, Stanley Chin snd Julius Ritter,
assisted by Luther Herman, Jonn Ea-
ton and Y. w. C. A. representative.
After the broadcast a discussion
was held by the local group, with
whom DR.. Bernard Gabine of the
Brookings Institute, Sylvester Gar
rett of the National Labor Relations
Board, Rev. DR.. Everett H Jones,
canon of the Washington Cathedral;
DR.. Alfred Cahen. statistical expert,
and Lyle O'Rourke, Washington at
| torney.
Evening star., 1938-03-04
Battle of PetagOgueS.

DR. William c. Bagley of Teacher
College, Columbia University. leads the
educators counter-revolution against
the progressive schools in a "kultur-
kamp' long brewing and now begin
ming to engage the attention of the
Nation. He heads the "essentialiSts."
as they call themselves. as they cite
alleged failures and futility in progress
sive methods. They are out for old
fashioned discipline, the early incul-
cation of civilized behavior and the
enforced mastery of simple funda-
mentals before the youngsters are al
lowed to branch out on broader
themes. The progressives, led by the
veteran John Dewey. fight back. The
war of the pedagogues may be more
exciting than the traditional battles
between town and gown.
tCopyright. 1889
Evening star., 1938-03-04

When his father laid down his staff
and scrip at Dayton. Tenn, he picked
from the legacy only two things-free
silver and anti-evolution. He is quite
unmoved by oratory, speaking with
calm, legalistic precision, with no gif,
for the resounding or oracular. He
has made spirited forays against this
or that. notably Upton Sinclair's
"epic" heresy of 1884, but with no
such impassioned fervor as that which
inspired his father But. when occa-
sion offers, he puts in a word for silver,
or against evolution. After the Dayton
trial and his fathers death, he made
knightly VOW that his lance always
should be leveled against this ignoble
theory of mans origin. But nobody
seems to be bringing that up now.
The argument is shifting to where
man is going
He attended the University of Ne
braska three years, studied law at
Georgetown University, went to Ari-
zona on account of his wlfe's health.
and practiced law first in Arizona and
then in Los Angeles. He is so years
old.
Evening star., 1938-03-04

British and the
further ambitions Africa they consolidate
their African Empencuding Ethiopia fear intervention
Musson building
and developing he has Ethiopian conflict
between the Red Sea and the Italian home
Italians But they maintain that the Colonial
all
Hitler that the Uhich taken
m
returned to her-or the equivalent
The Rechsuehrer that Germany
Colonial
also claims that the colonies valuable the Reich The these
not
advocates feel that the
1890-19l4.
ped satisfactory solution found
between
London that Mr. Chamberlain Halifax
western pact leaving Europe its
While serious regarding the solution of problems
taking place between
deed with bayho News spread about the impending breach between
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Marshal
politically
who would have left the
When the German transformed from police
there
retired
bgadter general called
Now that number officers
take from the older these formerly
home and have reverted the
Evening star., 1938-03-04

the progressivists to pay some close
attention to what the essentialists say.
For, unless l read the signs of the
time incorrectly, there is brewing in
this country a parents revolt against
the way that their children are being
spoiled in many of the progressive
schools l hear it on all sides Parents
complain that their children are, first
of all. terribly unmannerly. If they
have been trained in any sort of de-
cent use of the English language at
home. it is ruined by very few weeks
in school. They complain that their
children cannot read, write a legible
hand or spell. Furthermore, the chill
dren show a complete disinclination to
tackle any kind of work which does not
Immediately. capture their imagina-
tions and interest The idea that there
Is any satisfaction to be found in doing
even a dull task methodically and we'll
seems completely non-existent.
Ridiculous Idea.
Just the other day. at my luncheon
table. the 13year-old daughter of a
friend-a child whom I dearly love
assured me brightly that she lust
couldn't learn Latin" She also said a
little ruefully that she never had
learned to spell but that she thought
after all spelling didn't matter much. "
She was so anxious to express her
ideas she said, that she didn't have
time to stop and think how to spell
the words
This. of course, is perfectly ridic-
ulous. She is an exceptionally clever
and gifted little girl She has a very
high intelligence quotient. She can
therefore. learn Latin And if she
can't, she can never learn any othe,
language. She may. in the course OF
time, II her interests or necessity de-
mand it, pick up" German or
French. or any other modern Ian.
guage. But she is going to find 1t
extremely difficult to discipline her
self to the boring process of learn
ing grammar, without which no one
Sdii SptdA VI Virtue language COR
rectly. She told me she wanted 70
be Journalist, and I assured her
very firmly that in that case she
would have to learn TO spell, trivial
as that small equipment seemed to be,
She could hardly expect an editor or
prootreader to do it for her, and. be-
sides, where are we going to get proof
readers, if they, too, share Sallys cas-
ualneSS!
Sloppy Thinking.
In the course of the last two years
have had an opportunity to interview
a considerable number of young women
for stenographic or secretaral posi-
tions. All of them have had nigh
school training and most of them a
year or so of college. The percentage
of near-illiteracy is extremely high
And they are not stupid. by nature
First of all, one notices the serious
lack of vocabulary The expression of
the average young American is con-
fined to few hundred words, outside
Evening star., 1938-03-04

out OF vacations in Athens or Sicily
than out of vacations spent taking
a teachers college course. But they
have to take the course, because with
out the credits they can't expect pro-
motion. And since they are one of
the worst paid classes in our society,
promotion matters to them.
tCopyright 1898. New York Herald
Tribune, Inc
Evening star., 1938-03-04
Headline Folk
and What
They Do
W. J. Bryan, Jr., Lacks
Fervor of His
Father.
By LEMUEL r. PARTON.

By LEMUEL r. PARTON.
w WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
in his seersucker suit and
v " his rumpled hat, frequently
looked as If he had been
sleeping under a bridge, especially in
the midst of hard campaign His SON
William Jennings Bryan, jr., is fussy
about his dress, severely and fastidi-
Evening star., 1938-03-04

AASNoA SiAAiS w SAA1
reports, the group
who called them
selves Essential
lists" were prompt
ly reprimanded by
the T e a C h ers
College group p,
who accused them
of drawing sup
port from "po-
litical and eco
nonic reaction
aries" (the words
are Prof. Dew
ey's).
But I think it
would be well for
Evening star., 1938-03-04
Sated Lion Is No Menace

When lion has fed he is said TO
be indifferent to game and other ami
mails are as indifferent to him; the
zebras and other animals on the plains
of Africa often allow a Satiated lion
to approach within few feet of
them, even to let the well-fed lion
through the midst of the herd.
Evening star., 1938-03-04
Warned of G-Men. Hold-ups Flee

CHANDLER, MINI. (P).-J. G. Nc
Gishen, cashier of the State Bank of
Chandler, found a bit of advice to
hold-up men was quite worth while.
Better be careful, boys" said Mr..
McGishen to two men as they pointed
pistols at him, This money is in
sured. The Federal men will be after
you"
The gunmen paused long enough to
let 1t sink in. Then they fed.
Evening star., 1938-03-04

Rome and Berlin over the Austrian
question and of the willingness of
Mussolini to decamp and Join
France and Great Britain. He is
reported to be willing to surrender
to the European democracies-iust
for the love of them and a few
hundred million dollars cash for
the development of Ethiopia.
X
According to reports received
from unbiased foreiQn observers in
Evening star., 1938-03-04

such t h a t the
Democratic party
In both the House
and Senate can
hardly go to the
country next au-
tumn with any
degree of opti-
mism il this re-
port is adopted.
For, in o n e
breath, the COM
mittee recites all
the faults of the
u n d i S t r i buted
surplus tax, and,
in he n e X t
breath, saws the
Evening star., 1938-03-04
House Report
on Tax Aid
Assailed
Reaction at Polls Is Seen
If Present Plan
Stands.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

TT IS rare that insincerity and stu
pidity are so transparently con-
spicuous in report from the
4 Ways and Means Committee of
the House of Representatives but the
latest pronouncement on the subject
of the undistributed surplus tax is
Evening star., 1938-03-04

And all the the time of
crisis produced only four
on the abandonment signature of the farm
bill and the White House lecture on prices
For the Morgenau must
one suspects have their fingers expected
provide the stimulus to business which the
more lavish fashion They
they fail however another policy present
the President determined
on promised that there Will
h with the extra stimuli already spring
come healthy recovery But
the whole problem will have
be 100 to the spenders.
Copyright
Evening star., 1938-03-04

ously groomed,
with a iaunty
little moustache
and a nice collec-
ton Of malacca
sticks, sport S
clothes and varied
haberdashery. He
is In the news
today as he be-
comes collector Of
customs at the
port of Los
Angeles, his first
recognition by the
California democ-
racy, in whose
vineyard he has
Evening star., 1938-03-04

actual crisis
President
FEBRUARY IT, those seven
fiscal and and higher
between the budget balancers the
The SpenderS confident
convinced OF the depressions depth
Chairman EceS hammered eenaly sueeten-
OF the pot whtch pleaded
stu more ertme steps There
members OF the administration OF
Senator Robert J. Bukley
hqudatng" system OF transcontinena hghuays
The most discussed expedient housing
reported
was actually moment when the budget ancers thought
cal three by Secretary
oWed from New York
In the end the as men selling
White
1t not generally understood how completely the
mace up fall
in New York really picture Presidents own
thinking.
The ground of course
OF the New Deal business
Evening star., 1938-03-04
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON.

7 HAVE been following the reports
from the Convention of the Amer
ican Association of School Ad-
1 ministrators at Atlantic City with
a great deal of interest. And 1t has been
heartening to find few harsh words
spoken there by teachers. apropos the
present system of American education.
Evening star., 1938-03-04

ranean for italy and settlement of
the German claims for colonies.
The other matters, such as the
future Of Spain and the four-power
non-aggression pact are of less i'm
portance and depend entirely on
the settlement of the two principal
problems.
The Italians mean TO make
their presence felt in the Mediter-
ranean regardless of what the
Evening star., 1938-03-04

unwilling to revert to a spending
policy. AS one close adviser de-
scribed his feelings. such a reversion
reminds HIM too much of a man
who has got his car almost to the
brow Of a steep hill. and then. Just
because the engine stalls for a
moment, lets go the brakes. slips
back to the bottom, and starts all
the way up again.
Because of the presidential dis
taste for spending. the budget hal
Evening star., 1938-03-04

THE opinions OF the Orers this o1pn not
,. necessary sc The Stars Such opinions presented
Ihe stars EFFORT to all sides OF questions interest to
readers although such opinions contradictory
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1938-03-04
Population Center in 1900.

The population center of the United
States in 1900 was l6 miles west Of
Baltimore.
Evening star., 1938-03-04
This Changing World
Question of Peace Trouble in Europe to Be Settled
in Next Few Weeks.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.
month will
pulings These will
of
L the few
Despite reports Of the wish father thought"
friendly a
the
Evening star., 1938-03-04
The Capital Parade
Roosevelt Sticks by Budget Balance Advisers Despite
Pressure for Aid Spending.
BY JOSEPH ALsOP and ROBERT KINrNER

JOSEPH ALSOP ROBERT KINTNER
preston problem from angle the President refused
of Mogenthau
spending other drastic
opposite
strong that for several days. the outcome trebed balance
the Presidents
Chairman Mariner S. Eccl OF the Federal
still convinced that immediate spending
imuldnt
completely ignored
No indication OF
appeared on the surface Some hint of gathered
the private OF the
told
advisory council that without the expenditure
the country would find itself
dark and cruel as any had experienced
On the other side,
Evening star., 1938-03-04

IUI uedT Tie, encouraging the PreSl-
dent to optimism, and reminding
him that a new resort to spending
simply meant beginning the work
of the New Deal all over again.
X X X
The inception of the crisis,
which is precisely what it was, oc-
Cured about the beginning of Feb
ruary. Then the President faced
the fact that he had a depression
on his hands, and began to cast
about for effective remedies
The Washington times., 1938-10-11
M'LEAN DISPUTE
NEARS DECISION

Probability that the dispute
over the guardianship of Edward
b. Mclean, former washington
Post publisher, would shortly be
settled was seen in District Court
circles today. Justice Jennings
Bailey, to whom the case was re-
ferred and who has been i'll, is
expected to begin study Of the
tangle today.
Admiral Mark L. Bristol, through
Attorney Neil Burkinshaw. asked
discharge late yesterday Of Attor-
ney Austin Garfield as guardian
ad litem of Mr.. Mclean.
Earlier in the day Garfield had
sought invalidation Of Admiral
Bristol as ancillary committee for
Mr.. Mclean in the District. He
contended the Mclean property
was in the main within the Dis
trict and that Admiral Bristol'S
guardianship, growing out Of his
designation by the Baltimore
County Circuit Court, should be
.voided.
Admiral Bristol was later
named ancillary committee by Dis
trict Court and subsequently Can
field was named to conduct an in
quiry of Mr.. McLean'S commit
ment to a Maryland Sanitarium.
Admiral Bristol asserts this ap-
pointment was "improvidently
made"
The Washington times., 1938-10-11

second for 81 ,497, and a final one
for $1,497, all within the space Of
O few weeks last Summer-came
somewhat as Q surprise since the
beautiful princess. following re-
ports Of $250,000 love token, has
haughtily denied she even was ac-
quainted with the self-avowed
lover.
These new facts we're revealed
yesterday in two separate develop
lnents N connection with the bank.
ruptcy action.
One of the motions made yes.
terday was to cite Harris for con-
tempt in Supreme Court for dis
obeying suEpoenas served upon
him. This will be argued next
Friday before Justice Lotus A. Va
lente. This petition revealed thai
Col. Horatio 3. Hackett, former
Gssistaot WPA administrator and
director of housing, is a co-defend-
The Washington times., 1938-10-11

Singing Tower ago the IA.
nous Singing Tower - the
Belle Brown NOrthcOtt Tower
was dedicated with much
ceremony. 1t is the gift Of
Col. Theodore G. NOrthc0tt,
80, who owns the famed
Luray Caverns.
The tower cost $4,000
and its bells were fashioned
In England In q forge 700
years old. Colonel NOrthcOtt
brought from the corners of
the earth masters Of the rare
profession of carillOniSt to
play from time to time.
But Colonel NOrthcOtt said
he'd like q hometown boy to
be the permanent occupant of
the tower. So Frank Chap
man, who'd studied some at
Peabody Institute, said he'd
try.
Today Frank announced he
was ready to take over the
job. The bells can be heard
way up the mountain and far
down the interSperSing val
Ieys. Virginia folk far and
wide will stop in the twilight
tonight to hear them.
The Washington times., 1938-10-11

Only brilliant merchandising by the Raleigh
Haberdasher made such purchase possible,
You'll surely recognize the famous trade mark
when you see these fine feIts. featuring custom
made quality . in both plain and mixed coIors.
All sizes!
Regular S. Felt Hats, ssOaU. 1915
The Washington times., 1938-10-11
100000 to See
MOE1No1gOea.S' Fete

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Oct. 10.
More than 100000 spectators are
expected to gather here Halloween
to watch the annual MummerS'
parade.
The parade, which was insti.
tuted IL 1921, is sponsored by the
Alsatia Club Of Hagerstown, and
was inaugurated to provide a safe
and sane Halloween celebration
free from conduct destructive to
property. Last year the parade
was five miles long, with $4,000
"mummerS" in the line Of march.
The Washington times., 1938-10-11
Ben Blue 10 Marry
Miss VaIde, Pasadena

HOLLYWOOD. Oct. II G.N.Sl. .
Ben Blue, stage and screen come
dian, admitted a new heart" to-
day. ae said that on December
10 he will wed Leon Valde, a.
year-old daughter Of Mrs. F. A.
Tanner, of Pasadena. Blue Was
divorced here a year ago from
Mrs. Mary Blue.
The Washington times., 1938-10-11

Couch was identified by Miss
Gross and Fahey as one Of the
two men who forced the couple
to accompany them to Mime
apOlis from st. Louis, bound
them, and left them In q pas
ture.
The other kidnaper, J. Otis
Meredith, was slain in q battle
with officers which resulted In
COuch's capture.
Fahey, a native Of Washing
ton, is in the National Parks
service and was transferred
two years ago to st. Louis.
His mother lives here In the
$500 block of Connecticut Ave.
N. w,
The Washington times., 1938-10-11
PRINCESS ASPASIA
More Transfers of Funds
to Her Cited by "Fiance"
John w. Harris

ant in the action made by bond
holders to recover for losses in coz
nection with the bond issue
Hackctt filed bankruptcy papers
on the same date, July 81, that
Harris went into bankruptcy.
The former WPA official listed
liabilities of $4,000 and assets
Of 1881. Harris had listed liabili-
ties of $T19,682 and assets OF
$2,602.
The other new development yes
terday was an application, filed in
Federal Court by counsel for the
trustee in bankruptcy, Murray
Spett, Of the firm of Weisman,
Celler, Quinn, Allan & Spett, to
compel the City Bank Farmers
Trust Company to turn over an
5000 trust fund established by
Harris in 1929. The trust provides
that Harris receive the income
from the trust during his lifetime.
Later payments are to be made to
his daughter. his eStranged wife
and his sister.
The Washington times., 1938-10-11

volvin g the
bankruptcy of
John w. Har-
ris, New York
81 u b m an and
financier, who
insists he wants
to dash over to
Venice and slip
q wedding ring
upon her fin
ger.
The citation
Of a d ditional
payments one
for an amount
between $500
IL Rnn
The Washington times., 1938-10-11
Is She FiGncee?
GIFTS OF MORE
HARRIS CASH TO
PRINCESS Barred
Transfer Is Made Public
In Bankruptcy Suit

NEW YORK, Oct. 11.-Addt-
tional transfer of funds to his
''fiancee," Princess Aspasia, widow
Of King Alexander Of Greece, were
cited yesterday in litigation In
The Washington times., 1938-10-11
FA"Y KmNAPER
GETS LIFE TERM

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 11-Life imprisonment, the maximum
penalty imposed here Federal Judge M M Joyce
John Couch g. convicted last Of kidnapping Daniel Fahey
h of Washington. D. C. and Miss Peggy Gross, St. Louis
The Washington times., 1938-10-11

U hCACS Hus
today for
an 9th e r
job one
Of the rar-
est in the
world.
He has
sig ned q
five = year
CO n t ract
to sit in
the high,
handsOm e
Sin ging
Tower just
outside Of
t o W n
F r o m
t h e r e
daily, h e
will send
the sweet
music of
147 multi
~uGU UCAD
pealing mp
and down
the noun
tainside.
Ell eV en-
m on t h s
The Washington times., 1938-10-11
Teacher
Quits to
Ring Bells

LURAY, Va, October II.
Frank Chapman, the head
high school teacher here, quit
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-17
AN EARLY DAY TEACHER
IN HARLEM SCHOOLS DIES

News of the death Of Mrs. Walter
E. French of ValdoSta. Ga, reached
Harlem relatives. Mrs. French was the
wife of one Of Harlem's pioneer bust
ness men, whom she married in 1896.
Prior to her marriage she was teacher
of Harlem schools and numbered
among her close friends pupils of the
pioneer days, many of whom still re-
side there. She was also a pioneer
homesteader in the county, her home
stead log cabin still standing on the
banks of Thirty Mile creek on the
George D. Powell ranch.
Thomas M. Everett and j. M. Everett
Of the Harlem community are brothers.
Her husband died in 1886 A daughter,
Mrs. Jeanette Spear Lawry Of Valdosta,
Ga, and a son, Royal Everett French
Of Lakeland, Fla, survive besides two
sisters who formerly resided In Harlem,
Mrs. Mary Farnum and Mrs. Lucy
Goodall, both Of Cocoa, Fla.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-17
FEEDER AIRMAIL SERVICE
IS POSSIBILITY IN STATE

Possibility Of obtaining for Montana
a feeder airman service Is being inves-
tigated by Montanans, Inc, Manager
William @. Ferguson said.
The matter has been taken up with
the postoffice department and with
the civil aeronauticS authority, he
added.
There are a number Of places in
Montana that would be greatly bene-
fitted by such q SERVICE" MIR. Ferguson
said. Among them are Livingston and
Bozeman, which now lack the proper
rail connections TO take advantage Of
airman service.
"If recent experiments In picking up
and dropping off mail lead to success
full operation, Townsend, ToSton, Three
Forks and Bozeman might be served
as we'll as Livingston. Such service
would be given by light planes, carry
Ing mail, express and possibly two
passengers"
Mr.. Ferguson said efforts 70 develop
feeder airmail service In Montana win
be continued by Montanans, Inc, In
cooperation with other agencies.