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The Washington times., 1938-04-22
Twin TUNNELS
UNDER POTOMAC
ASKED IN BILL
Commission Sought
To Study Plan

AS a step in a long-range plan
for beautifying the Virginia ap-
proaches to Washington, Congress
had before it today a bill creating
commission to study the "prac-
ticability and approximate cost" Of
building twin tunnels beneath the
Potomac near the present high.
way and railroad bridge sites, with
a bridge or bridges above them.
One of the proSopesd tunnels
would carry railroad traffic be.
meath the river. The other would
be used by trucks and commercial
vehicles, and possibly as a high
speed link for motor traffic in
general between Washington and
Virginia.
BY REP. SMITH
Representative Howard w.
Smith CD of Alexandria, intro
duced the measure. Similar pro-
posal have been under study by
the National Capital Parks and
Planning Commission.
Under the Smith bill, the pro-
posed commission would consist Of
the President, Vice President,
Speaker of the House and Chair.
man of the House Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds.
$4,000 FOR STUDY
Associated with them, in charge
OF the investigation would be the
Secretary of the Interior, Park
and Planning Commission, a Dis
trict architect, a Virginia engineer,
railroad engineer and a lawyer
licensed to practice both in the
District and Virginia. This ad-
viSory board would be empowered
to prepare and submit to the COM
mission preliminary designs and
estimates for both tunnels and
bridges
An appropriation of $4,000
would be provided to cover the
cost Of the preliminary study.
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
Arsenal Rushed
With New Orders

PHILADELPHIA, April %.
Prosperity note: F'rankford Ar
senal operating at top speed; best
business since the World War.
Col. E. D. Bricker, commanding Of
ficer, attributed it to large orders
from the Navy and the large ap-
preparations voted by Congress.
The arsenal, one of the six
major manufacturing arsenals in
the United States, turns out all
the small arms ammunition used
in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps
and National Guard. The 1888
output here would cost more than
100000, the colonel estimated.
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
DivOrceGiven
Mrs. Camp

HOLLYWOOD, April % Q.N.S0
Mrs. Gladys Smith Camp and
Walter Camp, jr., son of the late
noted sports authority, were no
longer husband and wife today.
Mrs. Camp was granted an in
terlocutory decree of divorce on
grounds of cruelty. They were
married in New York in 1888, and
separated last October.
The Washington times., 1938-04-22

ward is a chance to spend three
days as Walters guest - riding
with him in his specially equipped
private police car" chasing down
crime stories-seeing the inside of
Radio City from behind the scenes
dining with celebrities who live
half their lives in the hope that
Winchell will mention them in
his column-and the other half
hoping he won't-and dancing to
the music of Manhattan'S most
famous and thrilling swing bands
and dance orcheStraS.
The committee of judges who
will make the selections in the
first Photographic entries, and in
the Semifinals in person at the
Capitol Theater, will oe published
in The Times next Monday.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL 3d.
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
Strike Ties Up
Milk Deliveries

AURORA, ILL.,, April % G.NS0
Most of this city's $4,000 resi-
dents went without milk today
after milk deliveries were sus,
pended for the second time within
a week today by drivers striking
for higher pay. Only hospitals
and homes in which there were
babies received deliveries.
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
HOUSE, SENATE
IN FEUD over
WINCHELL JIBE.
Each Claims M 0 S t
Beautiful Girls

Well - there's a fresh feud
broken out over Walter Winchen's
publication of statement that
There are no beautiful girls in the
Government service in Washing.
ing. than he exploded:
No sooner had Representative
Arthur Lamneck, of Ohio, seen
the report of the vehement claims
of Dennis Chavez, jr.. son of the
Senator from New Mexico, that
the most beautiful girls were to be
found in the Senate Office build
as their hairdresses!"
Il will not only challenge the
statement of that peeping-tom
Winchell-who evidently has
never set foot in the Nations
Capital-but I will challenge
the statement of young Chavez
and will pit the House Office
building girls against those of
the Senate Office building, eye
brow against e"ebroW-and-
and anyway. the girls of the
House side are far the prettiest
in the Capitol-anybody knows
that"
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
HE OFFERS PROOF

HE OFFERS PROOF
To back up his statement the
Representative jovially posed with
a couple of what he called Rep
reSentative types
Certainly we will enter more
and lovelier girls from our side
than the Walter Winchell
Sweepstakes will find on the
Senate side. And if any single
department in Washington can
prove Winchells informant was
wrong it will be charming ladies
who keep our files straight and
our correspondence as up-to-date
as their hairdresses!
SEMIFINALS MAY 4 AND 5
Meanwhile, entries are coming
in from more and more depart
ments, with everything pointing
to exciting semifinals at t h e
Capitol Theater on May 4 and S.
On those dates the committee
of judges will select from the girls
chosen on May l, and 3 as Miss
Interior, Miss Treasury, etc., the
ten most beautiful of all-and
Walter Winchell will come to
Washington in person to select
from these ten the one who will
go, as Miss Washington, as his
personal guest for three exciting
days and nights in New York.
All entries must be in the office
of the Washington Times by mid
night of April 30
AIR TRIP OFFERED
Col. Eddie Rickenbacker, of
Eastern Air Lines, has invited the
winner of the Sweepstakes to be
his guest in flight to New York
and return in one of the Eastern
Air Lines new luxury liners.
On her return from the three
days of crowded hours in M n
hattan's most famous night clubs,
restaurants, theaters and "h
spots," Miss Washington will be
the weekend guest, with trim
mings,' of Roland Eaton, of the
Cavalier Hotel. at Virginia Beach
if she happens to be a Virginia
Miss!
WILL GO IN STYLE
When Miss Washington goes to
New York as Winchell's guest,
she will go in style! The very
latest style, too, for the Model
Shop, 1903 F st. N. w., will pre-
sent her with a travelling suit and
an evening dress, and probably
with other accessories to matcn.
The manager of the Model Shop
said today:
I'VE believe WinchellS face
will be even redder when he
sees that not only are there
beautiful women in the Gov
ernment offices, but that they
are dressed as we'll as any of his
famous Broadway beauties"
And, in Gordon Hittenmark's S
good-morning program on WRC,
Miss Sylvia Weinberg, of the
United Federal Workers of Amer.
lea, and Miss Bernice Heffner,
secretary of the American Fed
Grafton of Government Employees,
continue to blast the ears of Win
chell-who is fast asleep at that
hour-and pull hard for their IA
vorite departmental entries in The
Times Walter Winchell Sweep
stakes.
ENTRY RULES SIMPLE
Girls who have not already en-.
tered in this great refutation of
the columnist's wise-crack in his
column in the Washington Her.
aid of April 6, or those who wish
to enter some girl they believe
the most beautiful in their de-
partment, will find the rules and
entry blanks printed in another
column of today's Washington
Times-and every day until and
including April 30.
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
Official Entry Blank
Walter Winchell Sweepstakes

Name. Telephone No..
Government Agency. E. .r,u. :. w Room -.
Bureau or Divison)
Photograph must accompany each entry Photo will be
returned at the close of the when accompanied by
postage when called for by individual 10 days after
May Entrant agrees to abide by rules of Sweepstakes
printed in The Washington Times Mail or bring your
entry blank with photograph to the Walter Winchell
Sweepstakes Editor, The Washington Times.
Evening star., 1938-05-01

FICTION
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ARTICLES & FEATURES
How BRIGHT Is A BAgv?. :
BY J. D. RATcLWF
Battle OF BiuEBl oODs.
By COLONEL MATT J. WINh
MAKE DIFFICULT THINGS HASH. -.
BY ELMER RANSOM
Poe. BY GUSTAV DAVIDSON
Evening star., 1938-05-01
BY J. D. RATCLIFF

when he told his superiors he would like to
conduct study of the mind of the abnormal
infant They agreed.
DR.. Gesell had scarcely started his re-
searches when one fact began to confront him
wherever he turned. No one knew what
normal infant was! So how could you tell what
an abuor,nal one was? The young psychologist
set out to find the answer. The job has kept
him busy ever since.
During the first year. he knew, the mind
developed at breath-taking pace But al
though carefully compiled charts showed to
the fraction of an inch the height of the nor
NAL baby at six months, and weight tables
indicated his pomdage to the ounce, there
were no measuring sticks to indicate what his
mind should be.
The first job was to find babies to study
The vital statistics bureau helped with this
by furnishing the names of couples with new
babies The next big job - and here human
ingenuity was taxed to the utmost - was to
find tests infants would respond to, as children
Evening star., 1938-05-01
How Bright Is a Baby?
Pkets BY kvtk AlexusSss Nichols

and adults respond to 10. tests. At the begin
ming, there were no tracks to follow; so
method of trial and error was adopted.
The big, tweedy psychologist began calling
on new mothers. Patiently he would explain
what he was trying to do. Would the mother
help? Nearly always the mothers agreed to
cooperate.
Propping the babies up. DIR. Cesell would
begin by placing before them simple objects
like blocks, cups, spoons and rings. In note
book he recorded the baby's reactions.
Finally DR.. Gesell was working with scores
of infants, making monthly call on each one
and noting its reactions to the simple toys he
carried with him. Out of this arduous effort
pattern began to emerge. 1t developed that
nearly all normal babies reacted alike to the
several tests. Take the three red blocks. for
example At four weeks baby would not
notice them. At twelve weeks he would regard
them briefly. At sixteen weeks he would stare
at them for long periods. At twenty weeks the
baby would try to pull them toward him. and
Evening star., 1938-05-01

(America has gisen May Day oee1 to It's
children. Throughout the nation tt IS ''o'0 eele-
brated as Child Health Day.
nm New HAVEN, CONN.,, there is trim.
five-story Georgian building where the
baby is king Adult thought has been
] lavished on baby's every desire. There are
TOYS by the crate and furniture built to tot
dimensions: gay red blocks and peg boards tor
infants, and fire engines for three-year- -olds.
There are kitchens to prepare tasty dishes for
the young and nurses who have words IN tnen
vocabularies besides don't.
One room contains miniature pianos, a
stage and a small open-air garden. Another
pair of rooms, separated by partition, con-
tain identical furniture and identical toys for
the entertainment of identical twins. Yet an
other contains a great gauze igloo in which
there is crib equipped with toy tray
Except for one popularity the building
might be mistaken as superbly equipped
nursery. The popularity is this: wherever
baby is and whatever he is doing. there is
pair of unseen eyes watching him through
picture camera is also making record OF the
scene. A motion picture studio? A modem
kindergarten? Not at all. 1t is the Yale Clinic
of Child DEVELOPMENT, which is conducting
maenifcent study of the darkest depths of the
infant mind. The whole project started when
young psychologist decided to find out what
went on inside baby's mind. 1t was like this:
Until very few years ago people were very
apt to regard baby as living organism with
certain animal appetites. He liked to eat'
drink and sleep; laugh occasionally and cry
frequently. But his mind appeared as
mass of disorganized. unpredictable cells.
Psychologists had devoted an enormous
amount of study to the mind of the school,
age child and to that of the adult. But the
infant had received almost no attention. 1t
was thus in 1911. when DR.. Arnold Gesell,
then 81, came to Yale from California. He had
barely had chance to meet faculty members
A~Aa vlaAC
Evening star., 1938-05-01

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Evening star., 1938-05-01

Pess
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BY Roy CHAPMAN ANDREWS
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BY KATHLEEN MAsIERsOk
Cover Design BY lock Murray
Evening star., 1938-05-01

chlldS origin.
Though it is impossible to cast horoscope,
it is unnecessary to proceed blindly 49,.
The man who created this new branch of
science is tall, pleasant and singularly hand
some. His mop of white hair sets off youth
full face with striking results. About 1000 in
fants and young children pass through his
Office each year before going on to the clinic.
Ofttimes DR.. Gesell can put his finger on the
trouble with a difficult two-year-old imme-
diately. Too many times the mother herself
is at fault. Once she has mended her ways.
baby's troubles cease. In more difficult cases
dozens of weekly observation periods will be
needed.
All of this adds up to what? Simply that a
very astute scientist has recognized that baby
has mind very much his own. And that his
mind develops along we'll charted paths,
deviations from which may have profound sig
nificance. As Dr. Charles Minot, late Harvard
biologist observed, ''the younger child is, the
faster it grows" Dr. Gesell has led the way
toward study of the child at its fastest grow
ing and possibly its most important phase OF
life.
The Washington times., 1938-06-15

the Capitol Theater. See
your favorite tom-tom artist
get what he deserves!
Phooey on the lad who put
razor blades in the ballot box
of the drum contest. l hope
he buffers his bread with
sand.
i
The songbirdS who are haunt
ing Oscar at the Hi-Hat to win
The Washington times., 1938-06-15

own! His arias would sound bet
ter in areas.
The Castleton Trio, at the
Shoreham Terrace, are giving
local husbands an idea of how a
wife should be handled ...o or
should I say manhandled? It's
lots of fun-providing it doesn't
happen to you!
Jimmy Costello says that Eve
Allen, at the Melody Club, Is
going to make shorts for Warner
Brothers. I didn't know she
sews!
How would you like a pair OF
Madeline Carroll'S dancing slip
pers autographed by the cine
marvel herself? The marked re-
semblance of several lovelies in
the Lotus line prompted the star
to send them a pair Of auto
graphed dancing slippers that
she wore in her newest picture,
Blockade" The gals in turn
are offering them to Saturday
nights patrons, along with six
passes to the Capitol, as lucky
prizes.
THANK YOU DEPT:
To Andy Kelley for the
plug in his column on the Drum
Contest. Policy cClintock will
award the final prizes at the
Capitol, Andy.
To Al Norton Of the Lotus
-. for volunteering to give
that deserving kid an addition.
I'm trying to locate him, AL.
To Eve Knight, who never
fails to sing our favorite ditty
as we enter the King Cole
Room, and who means it.
To Paul Kain and Sammy
Ferro at the Wardman
The Washington times., 1938-06-15

a spot as the Hi.Hat singer often
relate amusing experiences.
One lad who insisted upon &C.
companying his heart into the
Ambassador was rebuffed thusly:
Its safe for me-" chirped
the canary, they cleared the
lobby of Indians a long time
ago!"
Credit Buster Hewitt, the
clowning gabber at the Dude.
Ranch, with the following YER
sion of an old saw, who was
the lady I saw you with last
night?"
THAT was no lady. it's my
brother-he walks that way be-
cause he's trying out for a part
in our show"
ED. Note-The Dude Ranch
features a female impersonator
revue.)
X X
Tonight is piggy party night
at the River Bend. One buck
gives you the privilege of max
ing a piggy out of yourself. You
can eat all you can hold and
drink all the beer you can alb
sorb for the one.
&k
Joe Cochran, of Fat Boy, is in
town, hunting uniforms for the
band. He wants them in brown
which leads us to think that
they must serve gravy on those
Fat Boy sandwiches.
4 4 y
SOFT SOAP AND SAND
Avon Sisters, at the Bamboo
Gardens, should be signed up by
Griff. Their curves are terrific.
Vest pocket editions of beauty
-. Ann Hudson and red-headed
Barbara Ray, at Maryland Club
Gardens.
Pennies from heaven for that
cracked tenor who insists on
singing request numbers -. his
The Washington times., 1938-06-15

The city-wide sale is on Every day
is bargain day in the Herald and Times
Classified columns Household needs
from lamps to pianos, are offered at prices
you'll be smart to capitalize on.
The Washington times., 1938-06-15
WHAT ARE you DOING TONITE?
Sammy Kaye to
Play Nightingale
On June "a

There is a rumor along the
Rialto that Henry Stevenson,
ir., is bringing Sammy Kay,
The Washington times., 1938-06-15
Drum Contestants
Get Sticks at
Capitol

Need we say more about his
band?
Next time I order a seidel of
brew at Kavakos, I'm going to
bring my swim suit along. You
can bathe in it but on
second thought, who wants to?
The new Rainbow Room at
the Hamilton promises to be a
honey. Lighting effects will
make the aurora borealis look
like an old fashioned oil lamp.
A
BAY WINDOW DEPT.
This is for lads and lasSes
who don't give a whoop about
diets.
Griffith's Farm serve Southern
"yaller legged chicken" tender
enough to make Tyrone Sha-
piro, the Bronx Caballero,
adopt a southern accent.
Saturday nights there's added
sauce when Hap Walkers ork.,
strikes up.
Show Boat serves dishes by a
German chef that almost make
you forget about Hitler.
Notes to you: -
If Priscilla Necker Il know
what you're thinking), will send
me the photo Of that cute
thrush, Ernestine Gardner, who
opens at the Metronome room,
I'll be glad to pass it on to you
guys and gels.
If the Anchor Room will prom
ise to limit my quota to three Of
those ice encruSted julepS, I'll
be there more often espe-
cially if I'VE Too" keep chant
ing.
If Maryland Club Gardens re-
mains so cool, enticing and en-
tertaining I'll have to move out
there. Catch Lloyd and Willis
The Washington times., 1938-06-15

Ethel Schultz, with whom
Sammy is at present break
ing attendance records in
New York, might put in her
appearance, too!
This is the second name
band Steve has brought to
Washington. His last efforts
succeeded in securing Jimmy
Dorsey, who vowed the GUS
toners. Better get in on this
one.
Tonight Shep Fields, the
ripping rhythmaestro, will
present batons to the leaders
and drumsticks to the en-
trants of The Times-Herald
old drum-new drum contest.
This presentation will take
place at $50 on the stage of
The Washington times., 1938-06-15
Group
To Repeat Play

Officials Of the National Fedora
tion Of Federal Employees an.
nounced today a fifth perform.
ance Of Union Playhouse" pres.
entations will be given during July,
date to be announced shortly. III
addition to five acts Of entertain
ment, free to the public, it is
planned to have a showing Of films
produced by iva.
Persons desiring to enter in the
shows have been invited to con-
tact Room 604, ITO Fourteenth st.
N. W., by Lee Shugar, director.
The Washington times., 1938-06-15

sorry to say goodbye to you
who have been SO swell to me
make it hello" In q hurry.
Steve IeSieur. at the Pow
hatan Roof has been forced
to turn down two air PROPOSE
tions, owing to prior hook-ups.
The Washington times., 1938-06-15
By M. A. WEISS
Roosevelt PrOteqe
Dances at
ShOrehdn1

be the permanent address Of
dansapationists.
If I don't stop writing, there'll
be no room for this I'll be
seeing you around!
The Washington times., 1938-06-15

the swing
and = S W a y
m a n t o
n Nightingale
on June "a.
T his W i'll
G i V e t h e
jitterbugs a
c h a n c e to
S h a k e a
hoof to the
sensation of
a swing-mad
n a t j o n .
Twin-City herald., 1938-12-24

life in Minneapolis had spared hel
many prejudices and determinations
undergoes a series of painful shocks
and disillusionments when she begins
life anew with her grandmother on q
sea island off the coast of South Caro-
lima. The book is designed to bring a
sympathetic view to white girls of an
educated colored girls problems oi
racial adjustment ,.-'
Life at Mt. Vernon in the days ot
George Washington is vividly portray
ed in "A Shipment for Susannah,
who was Nellie Custis' maid. Susan,
nah was present when General La,
fayette visited General Washington
and saw the great Frenchman help
plaster the mansion ballroom walls
The book, by Eleanor Weak1ey Noeln
is spublished by EottTop;' Lee & =Sshep-
pard company of Boston.
Junior, Colored Boy of Charles
ton," by Eleanor Frances baltimore
published by Harcourt, Brace and
Company of New York, is the story OF
lad that is simple, appealing, and
full of the atmosphere and charm OF
old Charleston" @'
Twin-City herald., 1938-12-24
BOXING AT THE ARMORY,
DECEMBER 3Oth

/ Tommy O'Loughlin will give an
other of his good boxing program:
Friday night, December 80, at the
Armory. He will feature in this pro
gram, a couple, of our boys who made
ia showing in the golden glove:
tourney at Chicago. A good supporting
card is also planned.
A visit to the Armory Friday, the
night OF the 10th, explained something
to me that no one has verftured tc
answer. That question was, why
did everybody forget the match be-
tween John Henry Lewis and Tony
Galento after Mr.. Galento recovered
from his seige of pneumonia?
Mr.. Galento answered the question
for me when ! saw him. in, action
against Dick Daniels. Now Mr..
Daniels did all that could be expected
OF him, but it is understood that that
would not be enough against the num-
Der one contender. However it show
ed Two Ton as man without de-
fense, man who could be hit easily,
and with a topnotcher, soon cut to
pieces.
There was considerable excitement
as the. crowd cheered Dick, who did
his best while he lasted.
The rest of the card we thought ex-
ceptionally good.
/ As usual, Promoter O'Loughlin; gave
a couple of colored boys an evenings
engagement. Phil Mcquillan, who
fought Dick Demeray of North Dako-
ia, in what proved to be an exciting,
interesting and almost even bout, went
the hard way, at the end of the fifth
round, when referee and physician de-
cided cuts inside his mouth were too
serious to allow the fight to continue.
If Webster Epperson, long armed
heavy from Souix Fall, gets anywhere,
and Il believe he will develop into a
good performer, he will probably tell
his grandchildren about O'Loughlin.
When we first saw Epperson we
thought it pitiful. Given opportunity
he has developed to the place where
the crowd is pleased with his ring
antics. Vern Trickle is a sturdy old
timer, who has always been willing to
mix. The long armed Epperson wal
loped Trickle until he was forced to
retire with a broken nose, and ;sundry
bruises. Epperson may go into the
money if he keeps his head.