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Evening star., 1938-11-18
Anti-Jewish Drive
Costing Germany
Orders From Abroad
Foreign So|es' Decrease
First Effect Noted
After Violence

BACKGROUND
Polish JeU fatally Wounded
secretary OF German embassy in
Paris II days ago. touching of
Dorst 1GdUe OF dnti-Semitic Di0-
lence since Hitler came to po,Oer
in 1888. Ferocity OF attacks has
stirred Up pdst expressions of
Indignation against German goU-
ernment Plans under Wdy for
large-scale migration OF Je1US
from Germany.
Evening star., 1938-11-18

This is the fifteenth season for Richard
Prince garments. The distinctive coat
pictured above, accurately reflects the
many advantages Of tailoring tradition.
Drop in today or tomorrow and see what
we mean by clothing distinction.
The Nome nugget., 1938-08-24
ALASKA NEEDS ARE OUTLINED BY SEC. ICKES
Agriculture, Tourist Travel and Tax On Outputs Are Advo-
 cated by Secretary

Advocating expansion of the Alaska agricultural and tourist industries, improved transports ton facilities and a tax on the wealth being shipped out of Al aska, and several other measures, Secretary Of the Interior Harold L. Ickes spoke before some 12O representative citizens of Fair banks and vicinity August 18th. The occasion was a banquet ten dered the secretary and Mrs. Ic- kes by residents of the interior city, with Mayor Leslie Nerland presiding. The dinner featured an AlI-Alaska menu.
 Secretary Speaks
 Declaring he was here on a va cation, and had not expected to be called upon to deal with any duties of his office during the trip, the secretary, however. took occasion 10 give his views on a number of Alaskan problems. He spoke of being thrilled by the Alaskan scenery as witnessed from the University campus when the clouds lifted in the morning, and declared that Alas kans have in their scenic won ders what millions of Americans go across the seas to see-and should take advantage of by building up a tourist business
The Nome nugget., 1938-08-24
PRES. ROOSEVELT
 AGAINST FOES

WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. lA) President Roosevelt's endorse ment of an editorial in a recent issue of the New York Post, say ing it could be regarded as a statement of his own emphasizes the determination of the Chlef Executive to oppose the re-elec- tion of democratic senators and representatives who have fought his New Deal policies.
 The Posts editorial, entitled Why the President Interferes' and was directed particularly a. eainst Senator Willard E. Tyd- ings of Maryland and Represen- tative John O'Connor of New York.
 In speaking of Senator Tydings, the editorial said:
 Senator Tydings wants to run with the Roosevelt prestige and with the money of conserva- tive Republican friends both on his side.
 Now that election time has come around, the opposition hides it's axe behind it's back and is prepared to give the President lip service once more. In those circumstances there is nothing the President can do, but public ly repudiate those who have be- trayed the New Deal in the past and who will betray it again.
The Nome nugget., 1938-08-24
To the Voters of the Second Division

D It is a rare occurrence when one Cabinet member comes to Alaska-this summer two members of the Cabinet visited Alaska to become more familiar with our needs. Senator Reynolds, member of the Senate Committee Territories is travelling Alaska from Pt Barrow to Ketchikan. The Democratic administration is Alaska concious-let keep it that way.
 Firm in the realization that the Democratic Party is dedicated to the principle of representative self gov ernment and that it's political creed makes it the true 1arty of the people, we the undersigned Democratic candidates for Territorial office ask your support in the forthcoming general election September 18th h
The Nome nugget., 1938-08-24
For Better University

The secretary advocated large and liberal grants by the terri torial legislature for purposes of expanding and maintaining the University of Alaska, which he declared one of the greatest in- stitutions of its kind to be found anywhere, and complimented President Charles E. Bunnel as a wonderful organizer and work CT in his chosen field.
 Delegate Dimond was praised for his able and tireless efforts in Congress on behalf of Alaska. The speaker also paid tribute to Col. o. F. Ohlson, general manager of the Alaska Railroad, for his management and con- stant devotion to the service, and his efforts at Washington in try ing to get further assistance for improvement of the line.
The Nome nugget., 1938-08-24
Wants Fire Patrols

Grazing was pointed out by the secretary as one of the greatest possibilities in Alaska, and he strongly advocated raising cattle on the lands in the various areas in the Territory.
 Referring to forest fires as sweeping much of Interior Alas
 (Continued on Page Three)
The Nome nugget., 1938-08-24

Referring to the suggestion that the government take over the railroad which serves that area, he said: What can we do with |.
The Nome nugget., 1938-08-24

which will be real contribution to the American commonwealth.
 Referring to the Matanuska colony, which he visited on his way 10 the Interior, the secretary declared the colony, while an ex- pertinent that has cost the gov ernment much. is justifying the action, and is pointing the way to great future agricultural de- velopnent in this country. He compared the Matanuska and other Alaska lands as equal to anything in America.
The Nome nugget., 1938-08-24
Mine Problems

Mining countries. declared the speaker. are sure 10 see their mines in time exhausted, and the people forced 10 seek other pur- suits. He cited the western sta tes as examples, declaring that the real gold in that country now is in their lands and the water which they are conserving and diverting for purposes of agricul- tural development.
 The speaker deplored the ex- hauStion of Alaska mines with out some for of taxation where by a share of the wealth be re- tained for the Territory, to be used in building highways, pub lie schools and other permanent improvements. Otherwise, he contended, the wealth all goes out of the country, and the peo- pie of the North are benefited only to the extent of having been provided with employment for the time The Kennecott copper mine was cited as an example.
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A Waste of Money!

COMMANDER CHARLES E. ROSENDAHL, u S. NJ
~ wants Congress to authorize construction of two new
drigibles, at least though more would be acceptable
Commander Rosendahl shows his human nature in
making this request He is ables drgibe navigator
y -, -, He sincerely believes the dirigble to be
~ valuable weapon of war; despite the anti
EWVe' ~ drgibe evidence piled up during the World
War; Naturally he wants the Navy to have drigbles to
experiment with.
The Senate Naval Affairs Committee has declined Com
mander Rosendahs advice, and hope Congress lets it
stay declined. 1t is true, as he says, that
Modern, helium-filed camouflaged airplane carrying
rigid airships equipped with the subcloud observa
ton basket have been tried under wartime cond
lions with modern navy in such vast
the Atlantic Pacific.
But is also true that the drigble is still honeycomb
of gas-ed cells enough of which be punctured by
arpanes machine guns to sink the dirigble. And it's
true that all big postwar dgbes except the German Graf
Zeppelin and the u S. S. Los Angeles have met with dis
aster. Nor is any other nation except Germany
perimenting with drigibes for
The way to spend our national-defense money is to
spend weapons of the types probable enemies will
most likely be using in next God forbid that
should have next war; but if do most probable
enemy in that will be Japan-and Japan not trifing
with dirgibles so far known, rumored.
We need the best navy in the world. That means
navy equipped with the best proved weapons not weakened
by further experimenting with weapons which have been
tried and found fatally wanting.
(From the
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Opposes Anderson Plan

Col. PA. Anderson the other
day made speech before q COM
mittee of the Board of Trade in
which he advocated a compre-
hensive program for beautifica-
ton Of the southerly park re-
gions of the District. The pro-
gram would cost $1s, 100000 and
would provide work for 5000
men for several years, he said.
Now, I have no quarrel with
projects to improve the District
and I certainly laud Col. Ander-
sons apparent desire to help
the community. I won't even be
so rude as to ask where the
$18,500, 900 Is coming from.
But I do want vehemently to
protest against a feature Of
Colonel Anderson's plan. That
is to eemingly-the
recreation grounds so valuable
to Washington's lower-waged
folk in East Potomac Park and
drop the jefferson Memorial
right down in the middle Of IL,
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total of $4,000 which if it had
been properly invested would
have given her close to $1,000
by the time size was 81.
went back into the Army at
the time Little Mary Sunshine
was at her peak as a theater-
drawing card. I was disguised
with everything - particularly
with her parents and their eff
forts to plunge their fingers
into the child's pie. I left mat
tiers in the hands of a reputable
lawyer and considered her az
fairs safe. I was to receive a
weekly allowance while in serv-
ice.
I never received a cent from
the company after I left it
and I did not return to Holly
wood until two years ago. But
l knew Osborne and the Pathe
Company had come to a parting
of the ways long since, and that
he had failed as an independent
producer-with first a bear, then
a horse and then a cowgirl as
his stars. On the RKO lot I
found Little Mary Sunshine, a
pretty girl in her twenties, work
ing for $40 a day as Stand-in for
Ginger Rogers. Mrs. Rogers, the
stars mother, had been one Of
the scenario writer's who worked
on the baby's pictures.
THE former child star told me
u her money had been all used
up years before she came of age
having been released to her
parents under the clause "for
the child's good"
She is married and the
mother of a little girl who is
not going into pictures" Her
father, at the time of my visit,
was on relief, her mother had
remarked. But Little Mary Sun
shine has very sound philos-
ophy about her tragedy.
After au," she told me-" I
never had that money. And
when I was supposed to have it
I didn't know what money
meant. I've been poor since I
have been old enough to know
the difference between poverty
and wealth. I'm much better off,
as far as regrets are concerned,
than those grown-up stars who
have had it, spent it, and are
now in the same fix as my
self"
Copyright, 1898, by Washington Timaa
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL So
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what that little newspaper filler
referred to. Now that I know,
the rest of this letter is easy.
The District knows not what it
is letting itself in for. The first
thing they know, they'll be get
ting local. suffrage here and 10
years from the date they do, you
can pull this letter from your
files and paste it on Page One,
providing you haven't sold out
to the party then in power.
The District. under the pres
ent arrangement, has come the
closest to an ideal municipal
government that a city Of COM
parable size can hope to attain.
Give the District a voice in its
own management and it won't
be long before the residents will
be delving deep into their peck
cts for enough cash to fill the
local equivalents Of New York
city's famed "little tin boxes"
Washington can boast, too, Of a
counterpart of New York city's
famed "S4 starving McQuades,"
and help to feed them.
Yes, you fellows don't know
when you're well off.
NEW YORK, CHICAGO,
KANSAS CITY, ETC.
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the bear do his tricks as a side
show. He was married and the
father of a 3-year-old girl who
was to become famous as the
first child star of pictures
Baby Marie Osborne, maybe bet
ter remembered as Little Mary
Sunshine.
THE bear was splendid clown
Il and, all around, an infinitely
better performer than my girl
star. She knew it and made
things very difficult. Little Marie
and the bear were great pals
and I conceived the idea of
Iltting in a sequence which
showed the child romping
around with Bruin. On the film
it came out as aAfine piece of
work. The girl star saw it and
did she burn! The next morning
we found the poor old bear dead
poisoned! The girl insists to
this day she didn't do it-but I
still don't believe her.
Pathe executives had already
informed me that the bear was
the selling angle of my features
and now that he was poisoned
figured they would cancel a
contract which called for Bruins
appearance. So I arrived in
New York with my film and en-
tered the company projection
room with a heavy heart. I had
a good picture-but my leading
actor had been done to death
by jealous woman.
Louis Cashier. at that time
general production manager for
Pathe and now foreign produc-
ton manager for Paramount,
went into raptures over Little
Mary Sunshine. There, he
yelled in his broken and profane
English, was something brand
new in pictures-a baby star.
When I finally summoned cour-
age to tell him the bear had
been poisoned he told me to go
back to Hollywood and poison
the girl star-and begin all over
again with the baby.
Under the agreement I made
~ with Mary SunShine's par
entS her father was to have the
title of general manager of the
company and salary of $3.50
a week. On this he was to sup
port the child and her mother.
The baby was to receive $3.50 a
week and a bonus of $1,000 on
each picture, deliverable at the
rate of IL per year. This money
was to be put in trust for her
until she came of age and to be
used before that onIy in case OF
dire necessity or to further the
baby's good. She earned in this
fashion-until she "gangled"-a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-18
Time and Distance
And AirpOrts

THE MAJOR inducement in flying to destna-
ton is the matter of time saving.
But time it appears, means nothing to Congress-
And so the District Airport Committee appointed by
Congress, proposes that Washngtons airport be To-
Gated at Camp Springs, Nd, eight crowded. busy
miles from the center Of the city.
It takes, for example, and hour and ten minutes to
fly from Washington to New York. But that is not
the half of it, If our airport is to be at Camp
Springs it will take passenger forty-five minutes to
get there Compare that waste of time with the easy
"a. r.,. jaunt to the present jumping off
w. D.. $780,, place even to Gravelly Point,
which the Navy Department now
approves as the site.
Them when our passenger-in-a-hurry arrives at the
airport of New York, which is Newark, he has at
least another fortyfve minutes of land travel be-
fore he gets to the hotel belt. An hour and ten min
utes plus an hour and half make two hours and forty
minutes-and two transfers.
If air-carrers were searching for an argument in
favor of land-carriers they could not have hit
better than this. Therefore, it is to be hoped for
their sake that they oppose the choice of the commit
tee. We have at present three-and-one half-hour
trains operating between the two cities and have been
promised twohour streamliners. The argument
the basis of speed disappears as traffic building
factor.
Navy experts also claim that an airport at Camp
Springs would interfere with operation of the new
Navy radio station one of our vital links in national
defense.
It is significant fact that the thinking pilot-who
always puts first the safety Of his ship his passengers
and the public-seems content with the present Wash
Ernorto A,,oroo ington Airport site, with i'm
~ z4 u, provements now under way. A
petition has been signed by
tWenty-four pilots Of the Pennsylvania Central Air
lines recommending development there of an extended
runway pan These experts averse to the hazards
OF extra flights tie city such would have to be
made with the airport at Camp Springs.
President Roosevelt's signature, now on the Cope
land bill closing the Military Road to increase the
safety of flying operations at the present airport piles
up still another sound objection to the Camp Springs
plan of the District Airport Committee
Taken all in all, the proposal seems to have every
thing against it and nothing for it, Time, safety and
preparedness minor factors to these legislators
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"They will
move up one
place, to fifth,
this y e a r.
And if Wash
ington W in S
t o d a y, I'll
pick them to
make CneTlrSC
divi ion. I
hope the Ma
tionalS have
more luck in
t h ir open
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-18
ROllin' Along
BIZ ". A. S. DOUGLAS

MY heart goes out to Jackie Coogan the famous child
4V1 actor of the silent movies Under his fathers guidance
and with the added counsel of Charlie Chaplin the Kids
dscoverer and himself shrewd business fortune of
four million dollars piled up before Jackie ganged and
dropped out of pictures Now he 90 years odand wants
his money His epfather and his mother the cash in
their hands and has not been dspaed but that it theirs
and not his. And that appears be the law in California.
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come out first.
My guess is
t h a t Wash
ington W i'll
make a much
better show
ing than it
did last year
and that we
will finish at
least fourth.
Washing t on
will get a good
start for we
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better ca m
this year. I
think they
will put up a
really good
fight. Wash
ington is GER
tain to win
t cd a y. My
guess is. that
the Mats will
finish fourth.
It's an i'm
proved team"
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Fears Moscow

I fear the pungent odors Of
Moscow that blew over our Dor.
ders and got into the nostrils Of
our statesmen.
fear the hyphenated and the
alien within our shores who
crawled out Of the Horse of
Troy and cultivated the fungus
growth on the manure pile of
Communism.
fear the cultivating and fer
tilizing in Mexico by Leon Trot-
sky, the most dangerous provo
cateur against Christianity, who
mixes his death potion from
the imported formula and phil
osophy of Karl Marx, the father
OF revolution.
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w. B. Shearer's Fears

w. B. Shearer's Fears
Dear Mrs. Patterson:
I read your open letter to the
President on fear, and a full
page of congratulations printed
in your paper-bravo. My con-
gratulations on your lack of fear
in upholding the freedom of
the press.
I fear, however, the freedom
of the press will not be extended
me on a few truths that may
not fit in with your policies. so
with hope and fear, here goes.
I fear your publication on
April first, second and third,
when you played up sentiment
and mush, publicized an alien
boy, using him unknowingly to
plant the seed of hate in the
minds Of American youth. You
fell in line with the plea to open
our doors to the discontents and
undeSirables of the world,
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Fears to Open Gates

I fear to open our gates to
European and Oriental discon-
tents who swell the ever-growing
army of aliens and unemployed.
fear their common purpose
would destroy our immigration
and our Oriental exclusion laws
and their assimilation would de-
stroy this nation as a Christian
and white people.
I fear the Japanese already
colonizing in Mexico will use
Commurdstic Trotsky as Trot-
sky will use them. The United
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From what
I know of
the different
clubs, 1 be-
lieve w a S h.
ington has a
chance f o r
t h ird place
this year. OF
course t h e
Mats n e e d
better pitch
ing but they
are a fighting
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the first divi-
sion this year.
OF course my
hope is that
they win the
pennant. I'm
sorry I can't
be at today'S
game to see
P r e S i d e n t
ROOSe elf.
throw t h e
first ball"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-18

:. If a 12x15-foot rug is put on
the floor of a 16x18-foot
room, what per cent of the
floor is not covered by the
rug?
!. Correct spelling:
ca pseudonymn (b) simalta-
neouS.
ANSWERS on Page III
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States is the common enemy Of
both.
I fear whoever wins in Mexico
could light a fire in every Latin
American country and stimulate
the unrest already Smoldering
from the ashes of Spain.
I fear the advisers to our
leaders are not trying to save
the country but make it over
on the pattern of crazy quilt.
More Fears
I fear the muSh and sex of
motion pictures, literature and
song. They develop the ham
complex, self-perpetuation, and
a purge of national pride.
You and I know and don't
fear the message left us by
Theodore Roosevelt, "There can
be no divided allegiance here.
Anyone who says he is an Amer
lean but something else also,
isn't an American at all. We
have room for but one flag, the
American flag, and this excludes
the red flag, which SymbolizeS
all wars against liberty and
civilization just as much as it
excludes any foreign flag of a
nation to which we are hostile"
I fear you know all this but
won't print it,
I know you have been a great
publisher, but I fear your
change of policy.
I fear am right.
WILLIAM B. SHEARER.
X \
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Your |. 0.
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER

This is a general quiz. Score
10 for each question and 5 for
half.
/. What is the difference be-
tween an anadem and a dia-
dem?
2. What city is known as the
mistress of the Adriatic?
3. Approximately what were the
years of the Ming dynasty?
4. If 7/16 Of an inch line repre-
SentS Sc miles on a map,
how many miles are repre-
scented by a line 3A inches
long?
5. What is this scrambled word?
TTHAACEUMSSSS.
6. Fill in the next line of "Once
upon a midnight dreary, while
I pondered, weak and weary
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pany. I
starred a
p r e t t y
girl and
f e atured
a be a r.
This last
actor was
the prop
erty of
Leon o.
b o r n e
W h o at
t &C h e d
h i m S elf
to cheap
cuSeS
and COM
n I I O n
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are certain to win against Phila-
delphia today. I could bet on
that"
\
Dave Goldvarg, 7408 Custer
Rd., Bethesda, Md, food checker:
Il believe Washington has a
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THE ANSWERS

Mrs. M. E. Reed, 1245 Neal st.
N. E., Government employee:
"Well, I'd like to see the Mats
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I had some part in a similar
pathetic instance in pioneer
movie days. I was making five
reel features for the Pathe Com
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ing game than the Roosevelt
High team did. I certainly was
disappointed with them"
X X
AL ManasSeri, 724 Thirteenth
st. N. W., manager auto sup
plies store:
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
nd addresses Of

Editor limited
the writers will be omitted upon request
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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

In what place do you think
the Washington baseball club
will finish in the American
League?
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Mrs. Margaret Sharp, 1880
Eleventh st. N. w., waitress:
II pick the Mats to finish in
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Warns Against Vote

vote for suffrage April 30"
AS a stranger in town, it took
me Q little while to find out
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BUNCH OF players with great pos
sibilities."
X X X
Miss Grace Linkins, 1880
Massachusetts, Ave. N. w., high
school student: