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The Washington times., 1938-04-15
To Mr.. Roosevelt

To Mr.. Roosevelt
open letter to Mr.. Roosevelt and other five
billion-dollar pump primers and foes of ma
tional depression.
Dear Sirs: know private pump that needs
printing. Our water supply isn't flowing as abun-
dainty as it used to. Our spigots splash in pale
green trickle. I think we need new washers. We
also need new hose. Last years one leaks in
seven places. I'd also like to have the laundry
tubs moved from the kitchen into the basement
and it certainly would be nice if we had foun-
tain in our yard. A nice little trickling fountain
Do you suppose we could have pool, so that
the water-primed pump wouldn't just run off in
implanted extravaganza. I want the pool lined
with blue tiles. What about water nymph
like that Pan at the Folger Library and some gold
fish? Do you suppose, Mr.. President, we also
could have rock garden with a flat place for
one of the glass top tables with flowers under
meath and cool drinks on top and some chairs
with cushions that won't fade in summer show.
ers, or when the water from the primed pump
overflowS? Not that really expect the overflow
to be serious. There's too much parched ground
around our house and in other places And re-
member that, although Jack Garner and Carter
Glass and Representative Woodrum may not be so
keen about pump printing, we out here on New
ark Street certainly are. We'd like our share Of
the fivebilIon relief roll"
The Washington times., 1938-04-15

beautiful invisible link is like silken thread
soul to another. From child to mother. From
lover to lover. From friend to friend. Millions
of these beautiful invisible links connecting all
mankind!
friends-they never can be mended. We hurt
each other enough as it is but these silken
threads though they are very strong, can at
last be broken and then we are only shipwrecks
on the shores of life, friendless alone and heart
broken.
The Washington times., 1938-04-15
Dire Need Here Revealed
Due TO Lack of Funds

Pitiable plight of the Districts
needy. caused by niggardly appro.
priations, was reported to the
Board of Public Welfare today by
Relief Director M. Alice Hill.
Miss Hill reported that during
the first three months of this year
the public assistance division re-
received SAIL applications for aid.
She said because of inadequate
funds. 80 or 80 per cent of the
applications had to be rejected.
The Washington times., 1938-04-15
FRIDAY, APRIL15, 1898
By E0alw Walsh Mclean

IVES, the colonel and his brother scientists
may keep the heart beating and they may in
time keep every organ in our body going, but
never will we be allowed to understand or touch
that divine spark until God feels we have grown
able and strong enough to understand and live
by His teachings
am the last person to say anything is impos
sible and perhaps millions of years from today if
the human race struggles on upward, and be-
comes good enough, they may be able to inherit
this beautiful world instead of passing on into the
next life.
The Washington times., 1938-04-15

esting thought this brings to
ones mind!
Many years ago I saw at
Rockefeller Institute the little
heart of a chicken that was
still beating, kept alive by
some kind of a salt solution.
Now suppose that Colonel
Lindbergh and the other scien-
fists do get the heart to keep
on beating indefinitely. What
are they going to do about
the soul or the spark that
God has given us all? This
The Washington times., 1938-04-15
Stin1ulant in Armament Outlays

YNHEN, armament OUTLAWS should provide stimu-
liant, as should the various other planned
governmental large-scale spending and lending.
Should some practical move be devised to aid
railroads, extensive equipment and other buying
logically would come from that source.
In the event that utility corporations felt safe
in going ahead-that is to say, should they be-
come convinced that governmental competition
is not to become more of menace-most sub
stantial orders certainly would follow.
In view of the mitigation of political threats
against business because of the stand taken by
Congress, men of affairs would seem justified
in throwing off some of their extreme caution.
Let every responsible citizen put his shoulder
to the wheel and start a vigorous forward move
ment
The Washington times., 1938-04-15
In World of Finance ByB c. Fmbe,

BODYBUILDING is counted upon to help out
considerably from now on. 1t is being made so
easy for individuals and families to finance
ownership of home that any material better
ment in general conditions and employment
would doubtless inspire greatly increased activity.
Steel producers look for an upturn rather than
a downturn in orders.
Incidentally, hear that much more money
will be spent by auto manufacturers this year
than last year on creating new models 1t is
recognized that new tonic is needed.
The Washington times., 1938-04-15
Policeman Hurt
In Arrest Battle

Town Officer Mike Mulligan,
of Colmar Manor, Md, today is
recovering from facial injuries
received this morning when he at
tempted to arrest P. T. Cereala, of
the 100 block of Good Hope Rd.,
on a charge of intoxication.
Officer Muligan told Officers
Earl Huber and Edwin Thomp.
son, of the Hyattsville police sta
ton, who came to his assistance,
that the man struck him in the
face with a whiskey bottle. Cere-
ala, who denied using such a
weapon, is now being held at
HyattSville on a charge of as,
Saulting an officer.
The Washington times., 1938-04-15
A T least few business straws are beginning
"A to blow in the right direction.
I find number of corporation executives be-

coming somewhat more hope
full that the worst is over and
that the turning point may
not be delayed. as they for
merly feared, until towards the
end of the year.
One man in intimate touch
with credits declares that col
lections in the last few weeks
s. have notably increased. Easter
buying is called satisfactory.
Florists, questioned, report a
thriving demand, while the
better-class restaurants are at
tracing slightly more custol
The Washington times., 1938-04-15
Women, Unn0ved by Wi11ks,
Called Best Beauty Judges

the wool over other women's
eyes in the matter of figure or
face. But a man will think a
very mediocre face is positively
beautiful if there is a certain
little something in a glance-or
a certain little lift to the Shout
der"
EYES SWAY OPINION
Mrs. Ruth F. Toy laid aside her
knife long enough to
chime in:
Eyes, and if the girl happens
to be in a bathing suit, and the
shoulder gets that lift, and the
eye has that CLEAN, he is very
apt to think and honestly be-
lieve, for the moment, that a
very terrible figure is simply
gorgeous! Women are not taken
in by those things-eSpecially if
they have studied the figure
from a purely aesthetic stand
point, and know the true pro-
portions from experience of re-
creating those ideal proportions
Continued on Page II, Col. u
The Washington times., 1938-04-15

Only dire cases were taken under
consideration. The report added
Refusal of assistance often
left families absolutely bereft
OF resources. Many were home
less, without food or needed
clothing to send children to
school,"
The report contained many
specific instances of pitiful cases
which the organization was forced
to turn down because of low funds
The Washington times., 1938-04-15
We've Come a Long Way

We've Come Long Way
FTER ALL we have come long way from the
mud puppy that first struggled out of the
slime and water, and think it would be far better
to help the needy, give hope and love like our
clergy is doing, and try to bring daylight to the
inner man. than to try to get a Frankenstein
without soul that might and probably would
if ever any such a thing happened, turn and
destroy those who created it.
The body is a marvellous mechanical receiving
station, but what really counts is something no
one can. see, no one can explain and no one can
understandable soul, which is invisible, and
which never dies.
The Washington times., 1938-04-15

Missouri, told President Roose-
welt the other night that if
he had a fine old estate like
"Stratford' in the process of
restoration in every county in
the United States he wouldn't
have to ask for that five bill
lion for relief. "Stratford," SO
Mrs. Halves told Mr.. Roosevelt,
has kept it's corner of Virginia
humming with activity. In
deed, Westmoreland county ap-
pears to have never felt the
The Washington times., 1938-04-15
BEAUTY QUEST
HAS BUREAUS
STEAMED Up"
First Entries In
Sweeps Filed

Government workers-men and
W om apparently are "all
steamed up" over The Washington
Times.Walter Winchell Sweep
stakes to disprove Winchell's re-
cent publication of the statement
that there are no beautiful women
in Government service here.
Announcement of the sweep
stakes was made in The Times on
Wednesday. Yesterday The Times
reprinted Winchell's quotation
from an unnamed correspondent,
published April 6 in The Washing
ton Herald.
GUEST OF WINCHELL
From what department of the
Government, or from what bureau
is going to emerge the winner Of
this sweepstakes, who will for
three nights be Walter Winchell's
personally conducted and un'
chaperoned guest in New York'S
whirl of night club gayety?
Nobody knows. The first entrant
who filled out her entry blank
published in The Times was Miss
Verna Williams, Of 1927 Twenty
eighth st. N. W., who may become
Miss Interstate Commerce Com
mission. The other girls in that
division will have to be mighty
good looking to beat the very first
entry in the sweepstakes.
BUREAUS DIVIDED
Each of the Government depart
ments and bureaus has been di
vided into equitable parts for the
sweepstakes. To allow for selection
on basis of fairness, and to pre-
vent the pretty girls of the small
agencies from being squeezed
out" through selection of but one
winner in the larger units, formal
names of some departments have
been ignored, and some large de.
partmentS have been divided into
their principal bureaus, from
which the prettiest girl will be
chosen for the Semifinals. Also
some of the very small agencies
have been combined.
In orrow'S Washington
Times a complete list of these
sweepstakes divisions will be pub
lished, as will the very simple
rules of the sweepstakes.
Each department may enter as
many girls as it wishes. The girls
may be proposed either by them
selves or a friend. All that is re
quired is that the entry blank be
filled out and photograph sub
mitted with it. The photograph
will be returned to the girl enter
ing the sweepstakes provided a
request for return is made when
Continued on Page Fl, Col. 81
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL 3d.
The Washington times., 1938-04-15
By Helen Essary

are deluson. drove along the river yester-
day and was Mortified to see many newly planted
sprigs where once big trees lowered. I don't
know what's happened to the big trees, but there
are few of them left. But the pansy beds are
lovelier than ever, worth struggle through hours
biles. They are poisoning furiously in deep
puppies, bright yellows, white, brown and dull
red. At the present time my own pansy plants
are definitely contrary. Once placed in their lit
tie Cleveland Park beds they crinkle up their shin
ing faces permanently.
The Washington times., 1938-04-15
Used Car Sales Mount

Used Car Sales Mount
CHEVROLET sales of new cars and trucks by
~ dealers last month exceeded February's by
fully 81 per cent. Not only so, but the rise be-
came more pronounced as the month advanced.
Used car sales increased IL per cent. In 81
months used car sales have reached the gigantic
total of 5,63O,886.
From various sources come intimations that
the second quarter has started off better than
the first quarter and that prospects at present
are for at least moderately improved results
for the current period.
The Washington times., 1938-04-15

so THE GOOD LOOKING girls in Washington are in
hiding? So says this excerpt from Walter Wnchells col
in the Washington Herald of April 13and just to
prove the allegation incorrect dozens upon dozens Of
beautiful in the Government here entering the
Walter Wnchel Sweepstakes contest sponsored by The
Washington Times.
The Washington times., 1938-04-15
My Say

7 SEE by the papers that Colonel Lindbergh
and other noted scientists are now working
to keep the human heart alive. What an inter
The Washington times., 1938-04-15
Dear Washington

MRS. HARRY B. HAYES, one of the patron
AVA saints of "stratford," where Robert E. Lee
was born and wife of the former Senator from
The Washington times., 1938-04-15

Our famous neHSpaperman
friend" to whom.we showed the
letter, replied: II am sure there
is something in what the girls
say about. the number Of heauti.
full women in Washington. But
the point that I made was that
they are not to be seen. 1t re-
minds me very much of the col.
orful ads George Peck used to
write for the Italian Line about
Rio. A fellow contemplating
that long sea trip to Rio WIS
intrigued by Georges deScrlp.
ton of the exotic beauties who
promenaded the wonderful bo1l-
evards. When he got. to Rio he
was told the beauties do not go
out this time of year!
Few Of the women there dress
smartly. A. good number of
them look like they Just heard
that bustles no longer rest on
their rear license plates. My
point is that a smart guy like
Steve Early, the Presidents Girl
Friday, ought to wise the bosses
Of the New Deal that the appear.
ance there Of good.looxing
women would be of great heir.
Early is the only guy who IS
young enough to know. but may.
be he doesn't, at that. Anyhow.
the only pretty I ever saw in the
peacock alley Of the Willard
Hotel was nudged out the family
entrance by the house dick. She
was divine!"
The Washington times., 1938-04-15

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The Washington times., 1938-04-15
Defalcations KnoWn

IT'S true that the irregularities of Richard
u Whitney former president of the New York
Stock Exchange, were known six months before
they were investigated and that high Ad-
ministration authorities asked Government Of
ficials and particularly members OF the White
House secretariat to resign from the 1925
Street Club
SEASONAL NOTES
Seven moths, II hornets and % red ants have
been shopping around our house today.
The pink cherry trees around the Speedway
The Washington times., 1938-04-15
D. c. Out to Disproue WincheH
Prove He's Wrong, Girls!
Walter Winchell
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The Washington times., 1938-04-15
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The Washington times., 1938-09-07
World of Finance BY Lewis Haney

Much of this Is the result Of the serious threat
Of war Such threats, however, are hardly new.
What is new is the growing realization that
the foreign nations are at last nearing the end
of their financial rope.
Certainly it is notable that English authori-
ties have given little support to the pound as
it has fallen below the old parity with the dol
lar; also that the price of gold in pounds has
risen freely to new highs.
Lack of Support Surprise
AS to the absence Of support, that is not 50
surprising. Not only is 1t the English prac-.
tice to allow strong tendencies to have their
way for time, before intervening, but also
England now desires to stimulate her exports
to correct an unduly unfavorable balance Of
trade.
But the decline in the internal purchasing
power Of the pound. in terms of gold betokens
a desire for effective initiation and higher do
mestic prices. This suggests q financial weak
ness which tends toward some kind Of expro-
priation Of capital. It also runs counter to the
policy Of stimulating exports Of commodities,
since it tends to raise English prices Instead,
it causes gold exports such as have been occur.
ring on a large scale.
All in all. it seems the wasteful war prepare
tions and other government spending are bring
ing financial ruin to all nations. One outStand
ing symptom is the resort to currency juggling
Everywhere, managed currency becomes the
means first Of floating public debt, and then
of forcing those who have savings or capital
to bear the burden Of that debt.
This is why businessmen and investors hest.
tate to 60 ahead.
The Washington times., 1938-09-07

have to Jump he could push the animal out,
pull the rip cord. and then pull his own.
About Ruth Nichols
TITLE Ruth Nichols is another great flier I
- love Ruth, and she is Q Joy to have in the
house. The first night I met her I asked her
how she happened to take up flying. She said
she was so sick Of Junior League work with
dances and society life she was determined to do
something useful. AS aviation had always
appealed to her, she started in to work hard at
that.
She has been flying now for over IL years and
is next to the earliest woman pilot flying in the
United States today. She received the second
transport license and the first airplane and
engine mechanics license issued by the United
States Department Of Commerce to women. She
made the first nonstop flight from New York
to Miami, Fla, in exactly IL hours.
She Is the only woman to have held three
world records in different classifications at the
same time. World altitude record for men,
2S,743 feet, March 8, 1881; world speed record
for women. 21O.65 miles per hour. April 13, 1881,
and world longdistance record for women,
1,977.6 miles, Oakland, Cal. to Louisville KY,
October 24-25, 1881.
Courageous as EOer
UER one awful accident occurred when she
IL was not plotting the plane. It crashed and
the pilot was burned to a cinder, while Miss
Nichols was thrown clear. asked If she felt
any fear when she saw the tops Of the trees
coming up to meet them. mo-" she said, mot
fear, but simply couldn't believe that 1t was
happening to me-" She is still as gallant as ever
and carrying on, although she was frightfuly
hurt in this accident
How much the world owes to fine. courageous
people like Frank Hawks Schultz, Turner, and
Ruth Nichols, who risk their lives every day
trying to find the safe and sane flying machine,
giving their lives up gladly. Those that are
with us today are carrying on without fear and
with unbounded courage to make flying safe for
US poor mortalS.
The Washington times., 1938-09-07

Gu1opa through means OF tariff manlpulatlonS
and preferential trade treatments.
AlGeS to Blame
TE1AT the sudeten German problem of Czecho-
slovaha was created by Great Britain, France
and their World War allies In the original in
stance. At the postwar peace conferences the
boundaries Of CzechoSlovakia we've arbitrarily es
tabliShed to include 3.5OOy0OO Germans and force
them to live under Czech rule. Which would be
the same as bunch Of outside nations informing
Texans that they must live under Mexican rule,
whether they liked it or not.
That the inspired press campaign in London
aiming to show that the United States is actively
engaged In trying to iron out the Czech problem
Is Britain's No. boy friend is more for Ell-
ropean consumption than anything else. If such
inspired propaganda has any effect In the United
The Washington times., 1938-09-07

the Atlantic with Mrs Grayson. He told me the
plane was so mevenly loaded he barely had
time after he was out few miles to return
safely to the airport. She was determined to go
on, regardless, but Schultz was too wise fher
He knew it was suicide, and wouldn't listen to
her. A few months later she started to Europe
with another flier and was never heard of again
Dead in Three Months
CCHULTZ was doing some very tricky flying at
~ Palm Beach. He used to roar over the hotel
and fly 50 low was sure he would hit it every
time When cautioned him against this, he
said, "Oh, it will never get mel" Three months
later he crashed on Long Island and was picked
up dead.
Roscoe Turner is one Of the great fiers who
still has beaten the game after many a close call
He is such calm, placid man without apparently
q nereve in his body, no one could possibly
imagine him thinking quickly enough to do
anything with an airplane. But he has come
near death many times and broken record after
record, which shows that you cannot always
Judge by outward appearances.
He was so funny when he was out at Friendship
about his lion He used to fly with his pet until
It got so big he didn't dare take 1t up in the
machine He had parachute made for 1t with
Q line attached to his hand. so in case he would
The Washington times., 1938-09-07
Says Boake Carter

States, so much the better, from the British view
point
That Ambassador Joe Kennedy is the kind Of
Of his job and announcing why, If he thought
that Mr.. Roosevelt's desires to so Woodrow Will
son one better as world savior at the expense Of
the United States and her citizens were about to
plump this nation into critical position.
That Mr.. Chamberlain. British prime minister,
has said confidentially, IT am not prepared to
sacrifice the lives of another 25OO0OO English
men again."
No illusions
THAT Mr.. Chamberlain has no illusions about
the United States rushing ACROSS the Atlantic
again. IT don't expect any help from you
people," he has remarked in private converse
tions. But wish only one thing; and, that is,
I wish you would not talk so much about how
world cooperation is so necessary and then enact
neutrality laws which fly in the face Of your very
fine words. At least stop talking"
That the Czechs do not wish to permit the
Sudeten strip Of territory to go voluntarily back
to Germany, or even give the Sudetens autonomy,
because that strip is mountainous and natural
defense barrier against Germany.
That the Czechs, unlike the other strips Of
territory into which Hitler and his troops have
marched since the Versailles agreement went into
the ashcan. has firstclass army Of their own.
complete with an up-to-date air force.
(BoGke CGrter's opinions are his o,Dn and not
necessarily those Of The Washington TtneSJ
The Washington times., 1938-09-07

Indexes of activity rose
again. The upturn continues
to look like a cyclical affair,
modified by attempts at social
planning" and inflationary
forces. The outlook is still
affected by the practical GER
tainty that New Deal Govern
ment spending will increase
and reach a peak next winter
Or spring.
The chief variableS which
affect sentiment among busi-
ness men and traders on the
The Washington times., 1938-09-07

long as Chamberlain is in Of
flee, is to avoid war at almost
all costs, because Chamberlain
knows that England and her
empire would be wrecked f.
nancially, territorially, and so
eially BY a war at this time.
That Hitler would lose his
job. perhaps his life, and Ger
many be completely ruined
were he to force q war at this
time. That it is the German
aim to promote economic de-
tendency Of nations Of Mittel
The Washington times., 1938-09-07

for the younger men to carry
on in the field Of aviation.
It does seem so tragic that
one after another Of the great
fliers crack up. With their
world Of experience and knowl-
edge it is an irreparable loss
to mankind. 1t also is strange
to see how each one thinks 1t
can never happen to him.
I remember years ago talk
ing to the first pilot 1 ever
flew with, Captain Schultz. He
was the man who started over
The Washington times., 1938-09-07

last JAFFREY, N H., Sept. T-Despite the
~ gyrations Of the stock market. business pros
poets changed but little last week-at least inso-
far as statistical and factual data are concerned.
The Washington times., 1938-09-07
My Say

A MOTHER great hero. Frank Hawks. has gone
"A West" He died the way he wanted to
die and has left a great record and heritage