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The Washington times., 1938-02-19
T. E. O'COnnOr
Retreat Master

A Day of Recollection will be
held at the Washington Retreat
House, 1000 Harewood Rd. N. E.,
tomorrow by the ladies of st. Mat
thews and st. Michael's Church,
Silver Spring, Md. This is an
observance devoted to meditation
and prayer.
Retreat Master for the occasion
will be the Rev. Thomas E.
O'Connor. professor of English
and public speaking at st. Charles
Seminary, Baltimore. Confer.
ences will open at 1890 a. m. and
end with benediction of the Most
Blessed Sacrament at 7:45 p. m.
The Washington times., 1938-02-19
MISSING YOUTH
IS SOUGHT HERE

A police lookout was broadcast
today for John Alfred Green, Is,
who disappeared from his home,
1917 South Capitol Street, 10 days
ago.
The boy left his home February
9 after supper, telling a friend he
was going down to the river to
see friend named George" who
worked on a barge.
Police dragged the river for two
days without success. The boy,
who was in the sixth grade at the
Van Ness School, is 5 feet inches
tall and has blue eyes and blond
hair. He was wearing a blue
sweater, dark trousers and a cap
when he left home.
The Washington times., 1938-02-19
CENSUS OF idle
RUSHED BY VFW

Given impetus by the radio ad-
dress earlier today of Past Depart
'ment Commander Daniel E. Camp
bell, the unemployment census
being conducted by the Veterans
'of Foreign Wars displayed a
marked rise in the number Of
registrations at the headquarters,
1924 H st. N. w.
In his speech, Mr.. Campbell
charged that the drawing of age
headlines by employers was an
even more serious evil than the
gradual displacement of workers
by machines. OF all males between
40 and so years, he said, the
veteran group represents more
than 43 per cent. About 900 vet
erans have been registered as
wholly or partially unemployed.
The Washington times., 1938-02-19
Federal Bar Fete
Set for Saturday

The Federal Bar Association will
hold its eighteenth annual dinner
at the Mayflower Hotel Saturday
February 26, at 7:30 p. M, pre-
ceded by a reception for the guest
of honor, Robert H. Jackson, AS
sistant Attorney General. Sena.
tor William Gibbs McAdoo CD
of California will be principal
speaker.
The association will hold it's first
annual conference next Friday in
the Department of Commerce
Auditorium, with Attorney General
Carl Mcfarland as principal
speaker.
The Washington times., 1938-02-19
FerOciOus ESOH Is
VOrGciOuS Thief
From ALL!
j. Edgar Hoover, Esq,
Department of Justice

j. Edgar Hoover, Esq,
Department of Justice.
Dear Mr.. Hoover: Here is
something I think you ought to
know about, a critter running
around under an alias, and a
ready and desperate critter at
that.
Here I am sitting quietly at
my desk watching the clock for
quitting time when the boss
speaks up and sez:
"Peeke, take peek at Pete
the Pike"
Naturally I think that Pete
the Pike is somebody of impor-
tance, and Peeke in the peak OF
form prepares to commit a peek.
JUST AN ALIAS
And what do you think, Mr..
Hoover? 1t seems Pete the Pike
is nothing but a fish that Mr..
Orsinger has down in his aqua
rum in the basement of the
Commerce Building. And that's
why I think you ought to know
about it.
Pete the Pike is his alias. His
real name-and Mr.. Orsinger
admits it and Mr.. Webster, who
wrote the dictionary confirms
its really Esox Lucius.
Sounds something like a COM
bination of an automobile and a
Roman emperor, doesn't it? But
Continued on Page !, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1938-02-19
Guild
Opens Meeting

With attorneys from all parts
Of the country attending, the sec
ond annual convention of the Ma
tional Lawyers Guild opened here
today and continues through Tues
day.
Sessions were being held at the
Willard Hotel, with round-table
discussions on governmental prob
lens scheduled. Robert H. Jack
son, nominated to be solicitor gen
eral will be one of the speakers
at the banquet tomorrow night.
The Washington times., 1938-02-19

Park. Almost weekly people
are trotting off to local en-
basSies and legations and
observing" at receptions and
dances some kind of an ami
versary of a languishing king,
a roistering dictator of a feeble
state. In the big white houses
on Massachusetts, Avenue and
Sixteenth Street it's "Vive lie
Roi," "Three cheers for the
heir" Long live the bride"
and "Hurrah for the prole-
tariat."
The Washington times., 1938-02-19
BUSINESS TAX
is ASSAILED BY
FURNITURE UNIT
obviously Unfair
Congress Told
BY JULIA A. BONWIT

Furniture manufacturers Of
North Carolina today Joined the
opposition forces on the business
privilege tax.
The North Carolina protest Is
the third from States which have
asked for repeal or modification
of the tax on business as contem-f
plated in the proposed tax meas
ure.
In letters to the entire North
Carolina delegation in Senate and
House, the Southern Furniture
Manufacturers Association, OF
High Point, N. c., protested that
the tax on gross receipts repre-
Sents a tax on interstate" sales.
UNFAIRNEss CHARGED r..
The organization further de-
clared that it is obviously unfair
to North Carolina business firms
to be put in the position OF sup
porting the District Of Columbia.
Under terms of the bill, all bust-
ness firms doing business in Wash.
ington would pay the tax on the
gross receipts received in this city.
Representative Frank Hancock
CD, or North Carolina, in a letter
to the House District Committee
stated:
"The Interpretation which has
been placed upon the District
tax bill by the Corporation Coun-
sci is working very real hard
ship on North Carolina manu-
facturerS and on other manu-
facturers who sell to retail mer-
chants in the District. 1t has
been my view that the interpre-
tation placed upon the law has
not conformed to the intention
Congress had in mind in enact
ment of the law"
CLARIFICATION URGED
The Congressman asked that
something be done Immediately to
clarity the legislation and the in
depreciation.
j. T. Ryan, Secretary-treaSurer
of the furniture association. in
writing to Mr.. Hancock, said:
This form of taxation is fun
damentally wrong, and If the
local communities throughout
the country undertake to tax all
sales made from other commu-
mites or other States, it will
handicap and tend to destroy
the free movement of interstate
commerce" ....
Previously, the Florida fruit and
vegetable interests protested that
the tax is adversely affecting their
business in Washington, and Bal
timore businesses have deluged
the committee with protests.
HEARING MONDAY
A delegation from the Baltimore
Chamber of Commerce will be
given a special hearing before the
House District Fiscal Affairs sub
committee Monday morning.
The public hearings, which be-
gan Monday, will continue next
week under the Craftsmanship Of
Representative Reuben T. Wood
Cd, of Missouri, in the absence
from the city of the chairman,
Representative Jack Nichols CD.
of Oklahoma.
The Washington times., 1938-02-19

you could also stretch a polnC
and include Holland, Belgium,
Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
Going a little further, some
people even like to include Rus
sia nowadays as a democratic
% country.
Against this group we have
what are popularity dubbed as
the aggressor nations. These
constitute Germany, italy and
Japan.
Which are the nations that
talk mostly about preserving
The Washington times., 1938-02-19
Jews to Observe
Brotherhood Day

The Zeta Beta Tau fraternity,
national Jewish college organiza-
tion, and the Jewish War Vet
Grams will celebrate brotherhood
Day" tomorrow at p. m. in Stat
uary Hall in the Capitol. in honor
of Roger Williams. first in Amer
ica to preach religious freedom.
Clergymen of the Catholic.
Protestant and Jewish churches
will attend the ceremonies. Os-
valid Ryan, general counsel Of
the United States Power Com
mission, will be guest speaker.
The Washington times., 1938-02-19

the peace of the world? The United States.
the British Empire, France and Russia. Whom
do these four accuse of threatening the worlds
peace? Germany, Japan and Italy.
We have, then, the first four nations claim
ing for themselves the title of "peace-loving
denocracies" The latter three nations, they
accuse, are "trouble-makers and aggressors."
Just how democratic are the Big Four? I have
not seen a better analysis than that made by
the Rev. 1gnatus w. Cox, S. j., of Fordham Uni
versity, New York.
Democracy Limited?
The British Empire, he points out. covers
population of 4S7000 900. OF this stupendous
total, more than 35OOO0oOO are in Asia. Only
can the term democracy" be applied to the
350OOO,O00?
Then there is France. There are 42,000,000
Frenchmen in Europe. The population Of the
Asiatic and African colonies of France run close
to so 100000 people. The term democracy can
not apply to the 6OOOO,oOO, surely?
What of Russia? The U. S. S. R. is operated
under the iron hand of Dictator Stain and upon
a system which is the antithesis of democracy.
AS Eugene Lyons, the famous correspondent, puts
it in his book Assignment in Utopia: "A social
ism that offers to fill the bellies of its people,
but retains the privilege of Sitting those bellies
az will is reactionary; it cancels out ages of
struggle and costly victory in the domain of
human spirit"
Coming to the United States, we find the near
est superficial approach to democracy among all
four Of the so-called democratic groups.
The Washington times., 1938-02-19
$4,000 GE N S
STOLEN FROM
CONGRESSMAN
Thugs Enter Home
AS Family Dimes

AS they rejoiced over jail SEN
tenceS totaling more than two and
one-half centuries meted out in
District Court yesterday to five
members of the Towson robbery
gang, police officials were faced
today with the problem of solving
the theft last night of more than
IS 900 worth of jewels from the
Broad Branch Road home Of Rep
reSentative and Mrs. Scott Lucas,
of Illinois.
The Lucas burglary occurred
while Mrs. Lucas, her SiX-year-old
son, Scott, jr., and the boys grand
mother we're dining in room di-
rectly beneath the one looted. The
thief or thieves used ladder to
enter by a Second-Story window.
Mr.. Lucas is out of the city.
DIAMONDS STOLEN
Included in the loot was a
$4,000 diamond engagement ring
with smaller diamonds and other
stones set in platinum.
Detective Sergt. Paul e. Am
brose, assigned to the case, found
the ladder used by the intruder
buried in leaves a short distance
from the house. Footprints were
being studied, but investigators
admitted they had little in the
way of real clues.
Inspector Bernard w. Thomp-
son, chief of detectives, said tooay
he was more than pleased with
the action yesterday Of District
Court Justice w. O'Donoghue, who
sentenced Harry M. Towson, 70
year-old reputed gang leader, to
serve a minimum Of 63 years IN
Jail. Towson pleaded guilty to 19
robberies and two charges OF as
Sault with intent to kill.
SEVERE SENTENCES
Towson's four companions, Solo
mon McNair, 25; Andrew Savage,
25; Samuel T. Brady, 80, and Will
liam Mckinney, 25, all colored, re-
ceive6 minimum sentences rang
ing from 81 to nine years. Total
maximum sentences pronounced
on the quintet totaled 259 years
the most severe of their kind in
the history of the local courts.
Meanwhile, other sections OF
the city were visited by thugs and
footpads last night. A six-foot
colored giant" rang the door
bell and forced his way into the
home of Mrs. John w. Mann, of
1905 Farragut St. N. w. He left
after she gave him IS cents, all
the change she had.
CAB DRIVER ROBBED
Two colored thugs robbed vii.
liam R. Kurtz. of 3113 Georgia
Ave. N. W., of So last night in the
200 block of T st. N. w. Kurtz,
a cab driver, told police the pair
hired him at New York and New
Jersey Avenues Northwest.
Champion Keys, 10, parking
lot attendant, reported the loss of
$13 to a lone colored bandit who
threatened him with a knife, in
the 1000 block of P st. N. w. The
man escaped in a taxicab, he said.
Warren L. Geesling, of the 2100
block of K st. N. w., said four
white men ''ganged up" on him
near Soldiers Home and robbed
him of $500.
The Washington times., 1938-02-19
Alexandria Fire
Threatens 6 Homes

A grass fire which caused no
damage but threatened half a
dozen houses in Alexandria yes
terday was fought by three fire
companies. The blaze started in
the rear of the home of Judge
James Duncan, on Duke Street,
and travelled to the house of Com
monwealth Attorney Albert Bryan,
more than half a mile away.
The Washington times., 1938-02-19
Dear Washington
By Helen Essay

In 1885, 3,300-pound cap was laboriouSy hoisted
to the top and covered with weatherproof alumi
mum. The everlasting task was finally done.
Cheer for Bar Aspirants
For those palpitating hundreds who are waiting
to hear reports their District bar examinations
I've word of cheer. If you find you have failed
don't be heartbroken. Many better man than you
has tried and tried again before he passed.
The late Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell
Holmes, whose wisdom and wit are tradition,
failed twice at the bar examination. He tried
once more and passed. Justice Holmes used to
say that in his youth he had a fearful nferiority
complex His father, the poet and eSsayist, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, was the intellectual exquisite of
the New England of his own time. And who was
the struggling young Oliver but the impecunious
son of great father?
And so, my young legal hopefuls, if you have
parent who is at the top Of everything, blame
your failure, if you have one on your place as
youth in the shadow Of his greatness. If your
father is not among those who have been
anointed with success, then blame your failure.
if you have one, on him also. Say to yourself.
How could anybody ever get on in the world with
such an example as you?" Selah!
Mr.. Hart Displays Treasures
The afternoon before Mr.. Charles E. Hart for
mer U. S. Minister to Persia, stepped into his
plane on the first lap of 30,000.mile flight to
Bagdad,, ne was persuaded by friends Mr.. and
Mrs. A. M. Nevius, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Phillips
Mrs. William L. Pitcher 1Ar. Norborn Robinson and
Miss Mackey, to have small informal showing
Of his remarkable collection of Oriental rugs.
Spread out carefully and prayerfuly in a great
room in a storage warehouse were enough beauti
full carpets to adorn the palaces in most OF the
Arabian Nights in the fairy tale books
While Mr.. Hart was Minister to Persia and
Albania he. collected rugs in remote provinces
and big cities. wish I knew enough Of Oriental
carpetry to tell you in detail of Mr. Harris museum
pieces. They were all gorgeous in colcr, imagina
tive in design, with that closeknit weave that rug
connosseurs sigh over. There was harem rug
in red and tan. A silk Mosque or prayer rug as
soft as the skin you like to touch. A pair Of silk
carpets in design copied from the tiles Of the great
Mosque at Ardabil, rare Sarouks Kums, MakuS.
Herokes and FarahanS.
learned little rug lore: Only women and
children weave in the Far East. Such work is not
for great, strong men. No Oriental ever walks on
rug. He takes his shoes off indoors. 1t Is not
good to wash rugs. The rug patterns are taken
mostly from nature, flowers trees, animals, the
hills and the sky.
Mr. Hart, who, by the way, has passports for
SO countries came back from his last trip to the
East with something more valuable than rugs.
He had secured the mineral concession Of 10000
square miles of land in Afghanistan. Had the con-
cesSion neatly Sewed up in contract.
The Washington times., 1938-02-19
Capital Student
Joins Phi kappa

Nye Spencer, 2807 Connecticut
Ave-, a senior at the Drexel Insti-
tute of Technology in Philadel-
phia, has been honored with mem
bership in Phi Kappa Phi, the in
Stitute announced yesterday.
The Washington times., 1938-02-19
LARGE PLANET

Ceres, largest and first discov-
cred of the minor planets, is 485
miles in diameter.
The Washington times., 1938-02-19

George Washingtons Birthday arrives on Tues
day. 1t isn't too late to arrange nice little per-
sonal party beside his Monument in Potomac
The Washington times., 1938-02-19
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Which are the democratic natons9
Right off the bat you would say--the United
States, Great Britain and France. If you wish
The Washington times., 1938-02-19
MiRht CrOuUd the Monument

The inside Of the Monument might be little
cramped horizontally, for successful reception.
But vertically there's enough space. Five hundred
and fifty feet, sufficient for every distinguished
citizen on the make.
admit the Monument is mostly stairs and ele'
vator shaft But there might be an arrangement
whereby the distinguished citizens could be
mounted in order of their rank-with room left.
where ladies who ought to be on diet could sit
while toiling to the Monuments peak.
It might be helpful if Sol Bloom would read
history of the Monument out of one of those open
windows from which Monument climbers survey
Washington. Toss the story to the winds OF
heaven, so to speak.
suggest that Mr.. Bloom refer to the hundred
years of public wrangling that passed after the
time John Marshall suggested memorial, to the
Monuments completion He might add that
Martha Washington agreed that her husbands
body be reinterred within the proposed monu-
ment. But later Washingtons refused to let the
body be moved from Mt. Vernon to the crypt pre-
pared for it,
The delay in erecting the memorial was really
fortunate, Many dreadful ideas were suggested
in the mistaken name of beauty. To blessed
lack of funds is due the absence from the base OF
a temple surmounted by colossal Washington
standing in a Roman chariot drawn by six violent
horses.
In 1854 when the $4,000 dollar bills voluntarily
subscribed by the citizens of the country and
100000 besides were spent, the Monument was
less than third Of its height. So 1t remained for
Is years, while an optimistic derrick, perched on
top awaited a task.
Finally Congress. ashamed for such delay ap-
propriated 100000 to finish the undertaking.
The Washington times., 1938-02-19
Says Boake Garter

What about the money and the credit of these
nations? The peace" bloc, or the four socalled
democracies, hold these gold reserves, so the
World Almanac tells us:
Great Britain, $500, 100000; France. $3,00O,-
OOO, 900; Russia, 1899 100000; the United States
$1,000, ,000, 900.
The "aggressor" bloc holds these gold reserves:
Germany, $27O00, 900; Italy, $208,000,000, and
Japan $463 900 900. Thus Russia, which has the
smallest gold reserve Of the democratic" bloc,
has twice as much, approximately, as Japan, the
richest of the "aggressor' bloc. Russia, in fact,
has more gold reserves than all three "aggressor"
nations combined.
Accounts to President
AS far as the United States is concerned, Treas
ury Secretary Morgenthau operates a stabiliZa-
ton fund of $4,000 100000 in collaboration with
Great Britain and France' the workings of which
he need report to only one individual in the
United States-the President "And this is q
democratic nation!" observed the Rev. Ignatius
Cox, dryly.
From other angles of approach We find that
Great Britain controls onequarter of the physical
property of the world. France comes next with
the second largest colonial empire. The United
States controls approximately onehalf the eco
nonic resources of the world. Russia, holding the
largest individual slice Of territory, is rated as
second only to the United States in economic
resources
Prof James H. Rogers, of Yale. in recent
address declared
"The three great democracies with associated
countries control 80 to IS per cent of the eco
nomic system of the world"
Thus, the indisputable facts show the demo-
cratic nations to be the ones which control the
capitalistic system of the world, the gold of the
world, hold the most property, dictate virtually
all the credit terms and control the most eco
nonic resources.
It, therefore, seems fairly obvious that demo
cratic bloc" and "aggressor bloc" are misnomerS.
That what it really bois down to is that there is
not the slightest fundamental difference between
all seven of these major powers; that they are
all imperialStS but with four of the seven hold
ing just about everything there is to obtain in
this material world and the remaining three re-
voting against this maldistribution of wealth.
Copyright Ledger syndicate)
(RodEe CGrter's opinions are his o,Dn and not
necessarily those OF The Washington TtnsesJ
The Washington times., 1938-02-19
Announcement

EvaEn Walsh Mclean Il vacation in Florida
A Upon will
be In sal
The Washington times., 1938-02-19

OF course it would take a little doing to have
q personal party for the Father of the Country
But it could be managed. Get good guest list.
Send out invitations. Order food and drink and
atmosphere sandwiches little cakes, Cabinet
hostess at the tea urn and maybe dash of cham
payne homegrown variety, naturally. And be
sure to invite the society editors and the colum-
nistS.
The Washington times., 1938-02-19

ERodke CGrterS opinions are his own and not
necessarily those OF The Washington TtnseSJ
The Washington times., 1938-02-19

In 1885. a S,3OOpound cap was laboriously hoisted
to the top and covered with weatherproof alumi-
mum. The everlasting task was finally done.
The Washington times., 1938-02-19

news tips phoned to The Times Tip Editor at
Republic 1894. There will be given SIS weekly
The Washington times., 1938-02-19
SKIPLoY

Do you want money? The Washington
Times is offering $50 in prizes each week for
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-11-18

been recorded and now a fair graph
is appearing With all the curves and
undulations of the mythical sea
monster. Before and during the last
severe storm. the readings dropped
from 742 10 73I or hmm. in IS
hours. In the last fine spell we re
corded a rise to 762 nm. The av-
erage is about 747 INNS of mercury.
This may provide a basis for tell
ing when the next storm is near.
For minor changes in the weather.
our graph seems to fluetuate indie
pendently so that nothing can be
ascertained from these smaller
wiggles' of the line
At the first meeting of the Pho
Biography Club last Thursday after
school. Bill Carruthers demonstrated
the printing of pictures from the
negative film.
This week at the same time a
second meeting will be held and of
feers elected. Also. a program will
be outlined for these pieture-takers
who wish to know more details of
the art.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-11-18
WRANGEIL STUDENTS TO WRITE
COMPOSITIONS FOR U. 0F a.

Following Is an excerpt of a let
ter from Everett R. Erickson. assis-
tant Professor Of Education
Dear fellow educator.
The Department OF Education OF
the University Of Alaska has EeeeiF=
ed permission from Mr. A. Z. Karnes
Commissioner Of Education. and Dr..
c. NJ. Hirst, Director Of the Office
of Indian Affairs, TO conduct a re
search study in the territorial ele-
mentary and secondary schools and
the government schools
To ascertain the vocabulary Of
each child attending sehool-re-
gardless Of nationality, The variation
in sentence structure. and The clear
ness OF composition is the major
purpose of the survey. Il IS natural
To conclude that even other diseov-
cries will be made. differentiations
in vocabularies of children residing
within a given area, weaknesses and
strengths IN the mechanics-eapital-
ization. punctuation, agreement.
colIoquialisms. etc.
Each teacher through grades
three 10 twelve will conduct the
writing of the compositions during
the first week in December on the
required subject that will be an
nounced at that time
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-11-18
GRADES FOUR AND FIVE

The fourth and fifth grade have
been learning to do two part sing
ing We have learned several
Thanksgiving songs. The names Of
some of them are In Long Ago
Plymouth THANKSGIVING Swing
the Shining Sickle" and Thy Mer-
eies Lord.
Lillian Brood.
LAST Friday was Armistiee Day
and the school children had a holt
day. We celebrate Armistiee Day be
cause that IS when the World War
ended. 1t ended in 1918.
Gladys Paul
The firth grade has learned to
change fractions to higher terms
and how to add similar fractions.
Jessie Barlow.
The fourth and fifth grades are
studying the states Of the United
States We practiced writing their
names in alphabetical order. Later
ne practiced locating them on the
map and tried to write al their
names without looking at the map.
-Margie Sumption.
Louise Willard and Christine
Feller received letters from two girls
in Milton. Oregon. Their names are
Ramona Pierce and Donna Jeanne
Wilson. They go to Central School
IN Milton Our class is going 10 ex-
change Alaskan products Tor Ore
g0n products with the children Of
Grove School in Milton.
Kenneth Binkley.