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Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-06-08

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DO WE WANT A cUl{FG<7 Law HERE2
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A petit ton is being cir cu1ated among
residents Of Groenbe 1t by members Of
local organi zati on asking FOR ordin-
ance TO es tablish nino o'clock cur
few here for chi ldren. The petition
docs not stipu1ate age limits.
While we are in full agreement wi tn
the objective contempla ted by this
petition, namely, that Groonbolt child
ron be Off the streets and. at homo by
nine o'clock at night, We novor tholess
focl tho the method advocated for
realizing chat objective is u1Wiso.
Tho hours tat Chi ldron Soop, their
connngs and goings, is q natter irox-
tricaOly wound up with their upbring-
ing. And thoir INFRINGING, in q free
and democratic society, like ours, is
tho business Of the childron's own par
onts.
1t is repor ted that enthusiastic
support for tho petition coraos from
parents in our corrn1nity who havo diff
ficulJy in exercising control over their
youngs tors, for one reason or another,
and SO are ready to ::v-co1ay /. meas
uro. ~uch parents const ituto small
MINOR ty, and it would be undomocratic
to please o few ct tho expense Of the
many.
Wi tn only one Of our two policemen
on night duty it is difficult to sec
how curfoW law, if passed, could ever
be offoc tivoly enforced horc. And to
have law which is floutod is worse
than mono at all, for nothing is so
destructive Of respect for law and order
order law repeatedly violated
18th impunity. An alternative would
would be q greatly augmented police
force. We doubt, llhowcvor, if The
results would jus tify the expense.
IF it wore question Of dos troying
property or disturbing the peace, then,
regular police could handle tho
ST tu q Jion urdor tho present rogula~7
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MERCHANTS HIT
ONE-WAY STREET

Merchants of Eleventh Street
Southeast, fighting against con-
tinusnce Of a five-block area of
the highway as a one-way street,
carried their protests yesterday to
Assistant Traffic Director M. O.
Eldridge.
Eldridge promised he would take
the case up with Traffic Director
William A. Van Duzer and the
District Commissioners. He ex-
pressed the opinion that a traffic
light at Eleventh Street and Lin
coin Park might prove a solution
for the merchants plight.
Spokesman for the merchants
were M. David Robertson, A. Shat
fer, Mrs. B. L. DemmonS, T. G..
Hebron, j. Witcoff, r. H. Krah-
ling, j. D. Farrell, j. A. Parker
and Henry Gladmans.
The merchants claim their bust
ness has dropped off from SO to
rs per cent in the past two years,
since the street was changed from
a boulevard status to q one-way
street from B Street to South Caro-
lima Avenue.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL a.
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ton houses" those with Unrestricted porches on
the west or south side, are built without win
dows on the north or east. Or, to be explicit, on
the side Of the house facing the neighbours gar
den. It was considered an objectionable sin to
look into another'S garden. SO the walls were
kept blind lest curiosity overcome good manners.
An antiquarian goes quite mad here. And an
artist broods in rapture Almost every corner
has historical association. Every house, even the
humblest, is in harmony with the life about it.
The French Huguenot influence of the early set
tiers is still strong. Perhaps that is why stran-
ger walking along Meeting Street, the Battery or
Legare Street (named for an ancestor of Mr..
Kent Legare, who. with Mrs. Legare, spends his
winters in Washington can barely catch a
glimpse Of the bright jesSamtne larkspur or roses
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Cruises
Will Start
May II

ALPS ready for the moonlight
and other summer sailings of the
City of Washington on the Poto-
mac.
Officials of the Wilson Line,
Inc, announced today that the
well-known river boat will begin
it's summer activity May IL with
a "showboat cruise" sponsored by
the Junior Board of Commerce.
The cruise will be open to the
public.
Extensive improvements have
been effected on the City of Wash
ington during the winter, company
officials said. The dance deck
has been remodeled so as to en-
able the presentation Of floor
shows.
Harry H. Baker has been re-
named district manager for the
Wilson line, it was announced.
-VnTE EnR SIIEERAcE ApRu IN
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1858 Men
Are Idle
Here

OF the 12,174 persons listed as
unemployed in the recent unem-
ployment census here, 1888 were
men and 4,916 women. OF the men
reporting 3,348 were colored and
of the women, 1852 as compared
with 3,645 white women unem-
ployed.
Skilled workers registered to
the number Of 1853 per cent in the
totally unemployed class, IL per
cent were farm laborers and 20.3
per cent were semiskilled workers.
Unskillted workers registered 251
per cent.
Four or more persons were de-
pendent upon 17.3 per cent of
the men and 80 per cent of the
women registered.
Registrars under Is years of
age were 21.8 per cent of the men
and 27.5 per cent of the women.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL en-
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Of raising the money is instructive.
Above all, we should note her determination
to keep solvent, which means to keep her budget
balanced. Her chancellor of the exchequer (sec-
rotary Of the treasury, we would say) says that
while it would be easier to borrow, the debt would
make things harder later on.
BY raising taxes instead Of going into debt,
he states hard as it may seem for the moment
we shall reduce our difficulties hereafter, we
shall assist our further borrowings, and we shall
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300 to Appear
In Pageant Here

More than 800 persons will par
ticipate in a. pageant, Extracts
from the Diary of Time" to be
presented tomorrow evening at
Metropolitan A. M. E. Church by
the colored Grand Lodge of East
ern Star o. the District of Column
hia. The pageant is written and
directed by Mrs. Edna Y. French,
of the Prince Hall Chapter of
the lodge. Members of the pro-
gram committee include Mrs.
Sadie Henson, Mrs. Amanda New.
ton, Mrs. Roselle Thomas, Mrs.
Alice Stamps and Mrs. Marie
Jumper.
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World of Finance By Lewis Haney

show the world this country does not quail when
it faces a burden of expense"
In other words, by paying her way, and main
tanning a balanced budget, England maintains
her credit and avoids the heavier burdens Of
the future.
THE second lesson we can learn is that the best
way to raise taxes is to combine the principle
of ability to pay with the principle of general
benefit. Taxes should not only be progressively
heavier on large incomes, but also should be paid
by everybody who can possibly contribute a
little.
The general benefit principle is sound for two
reasons: l. Every citizen benefits by the services
of government. 2. Every citizen should partici-
pate in and support his government according
to his means.
Mr.. Roosevelt always refers to the ability-to-
pay principle, never to the general-benefit prin-
ciple. In America we soak the rich. In England,
they soak the rich and the poor.
England has learned that taxes can be too high.
Thus, she is to allow manufacturers larger
deductions for depreciation, and ease the drastic
taxes on war munitions profits which defeated
her purpose of maximum speed and efficiency in
production.
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By E0alyu Walsh Mclean

knows for what reason, refuse to give it funds
mark you, this is the figure, 1892 44O-to keep
the organization running in its present state.
I am all for protecting our land from the
foreign enemy, but don't forget, the Omen have
been fighting much worse enemy right in the
heart Of our own great country which is much
more dangerous and insidiouS than any attack
from foreign power.
Another law that should be enacted at once
is that recommended by Attorney General
Cummings nationwide registration of fire
arms Of course, every living person that carries
a gun should be registered, should have
fingerprints taken, and any manufacturer or
company that sells guns or ammunition to
people that are not registered should be jailed.
When you think the underworld of this coun-
try are just as well equipped with arsenals
as our officers it is no wonder there are so
many killings and so much death and destruction
every day.
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Scores Of Government girls have
been entered in The Washington
Times endeavor to prove hat
Walter Winchel was wrong when
he published an anonymous state
ment to the effect that there are
no beautiful women in Govern
ment service!"
MANY ENTRIES
Nearly every department has
representatives in the sweep
stakes" each of whom they be-
lieve is qualified to be Miss In
tericr-Miss Treasury-Miss Sen
ate Office-or whatever designa-
ton she may be in the semifinals
which will be held on the stage
of the Capitol Theater Wednesday
and Thursday nights of next week,
April 4 and 5.
The judges Muriel Austin,
sculptor, of Corcoran Art School;
Wolcott Waggaman, noted Wash
ington architect and painter, and
Continued on Page 20, Col. q
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3 Bruised as Truck,
Auto Collide

Three Washingtonians were re-
covering from bruises today after
the collision of a truck, towing a
trailer, and an auto at New York
Avenue and First Street North
east last night.
Injured were Robert Thomasen,
~, his father William and his
mother, Mrs. Annie ThomaSen, all
of 149 u st. N. w.
The sedan in which they were
riding collided with a truck oper-
ated by R. C. Baker, a truck
farmer en- route from Auburndale,
Fla, to Baltimore. Both the truck
and the sedan were damaged
badly.
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CAR STRIKES TREE

Emily Chappelear, AZ, of the
800 block c st. N. E., is in Provi-
dence Hospital being treated for
a possible fracture of the knee after
the automobile in which she was
riding with Robert L. Boone, II,
of the 900 block Fifth st. N. E.,
went out of control and struck a
tree at Seventeenth Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast
early today.
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exists. And if it admits Wash
ington for a few brief days it
is for purposes of Government
help. Then Charleston does
its part handsomely. And re-
tires into the gardens and high
ceilinged mansions Of its fore
fathers. It has so much to be
proud Of. It accepts homage
simply and in the grand man
ner.
The feeling for privacy is so
strong in Charleston that some
of the oldest Cynical Charles
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SEVEN samples OUT OF nine types
of meters manufactured already
have arrived and sent to the bu-
reau for testing.
Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen
said some of the meters operate
mechanically, while others are
operated. After a talk
with Traffic Director William A.
Van Duzer, it was tentatively
agreed to conduct the local expert
ments with the meters given the
highest ratings by the bureau.
Hazen said when the tests are
completed he will get together with
Van Duzer and select the squares
the meters will be installed for the
experiment.
MATE Enp cuEEpAeE aoEu IN
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NewsbOys Guests
At Jones Shows

E. Lawrence Phillips, Of the
Johnny Jones Shows, former
Washington carrier boy and base
ball park announcer, played host
to more than 200 Washington Her
aid and Times carriers last night.
The youngsters spent more than
two hours taking in all the sights
under the supervision of their
branch managers and Publicity
Director Star De Bell.
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country! But what in the
world are our big men think
ing Of in letting down the
main artery of Americas very
life blood-the FBI-this won
derful body of men that has
been built up carefully and
determinedly through the ef-
forts of a wise Attorney Cen
eral and the utter fairness and
independence Of a truly great
man like j. Edgar Hoover?
Ye gods! Don't the Amer1-
ran neonle realize that If 1t
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made by certain American bust
ness leaders looking toward
cooperation" with Mr.. Roose-
welt.
England is giving us an
important lesson in public fl
nance. From her longer ex"
perience she has learned the
best way to meet heavier gov
eminent expenditures, when
these are necessary, is to get
the means as largely as pos
sible by current taxation.
More than that her method
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Engineers Groups
To Study Defenses

Washington and Baltimore Sec
tions of the Society of Automotive
Engineers will hold a joint meet
ing at Holabird Quartermaster
Depot, Baltimore, May IL, accord
ing to plans completed today. The
engineers will take part in an all
day program of inspection of mo-
tor vehicles and rail transporta-
ton pertaining to national de-
Tense.
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PennyCircus
Trinity School Pupils
Plan NOUeI Fete

The annual circus for the chill
dren of Holy Trinity Church will
be held at 2 p. m. Friday, May 6,
it was announced yesterday-but
that isn't half of it. The circus
will have as attractions monkeys,
bears, elephants, oStriches, and
cooks, all residents of George
town." All attractions, it was
also announced, will be for one
cent"
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weren't for these determined, quiet, resourceful
men this country would be overrun with kid
napers, murderers and God knows what else?
It was only when Mr.. Hoover put down his foot
firmly and said This crime wave must be
crushed out!" that we even started giving our
children a safe and protected country to live in.
AS have said before, have had the privilege
and honor of knowing great many Of these
men and their wives They are the highest type
that you can find. Nothing will stop them once
they get started and they don't know what the
word "fear" means
will never forget the night that Sam Crowley
came out to tell me goodby, as he was leaving
in couple Of days to 60 after Baby Face" Mel
son. think he felt that night he would never
come back, but he knew he was doing his duty
and he went gladly.
There are a dozen other men could men,
ton in these various departments that have
stared death in the face. facing a desperate
criminal and never hesitating one instant to do
their duty.
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My Say.

MILLIONS for defense-billions poured out
AVA like water for other Government projects
all this necessary and important for our great
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CHARLESTON, S. C-Charleston is a sample
of perfectly isolated community. It doesn't
care whether New York, Chicago or the West
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NEW @YoRK.-Two recent news items stand
out. One is the way England deals with
her financial problem. The other is the gesture
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Less Crime in u. S.

WHEN was talking to some of the police Off
w Gals at Scotland Yard and we were dis
cussing crime, I was surprised to have them
tell me that we had less crime in America, in
comparison to its size, than there was in England
OF course. we all know what tiny little island
England is and it is a marvel to me when I
travel through the prairies and over the wide
stretches of this country that they ever catch
any criminal, once he has got few hours start.
But that is what our Omen have done. They
have the finest record in the world today and
yet just for comparatively few dollars, which
are refused them, it is going to have to cut
down it's force and overwork its men.
If only some big Senator on the Hill would
take this matter up and see that they get not only
what they want, but give them little bit more
to work on, what untold good he would do for
the American public!
There is no politics in the FBI. These men can
not be reached and, remember they always think
of YOUR case and YOUR danger without even
thought of their wives, their children or them
selves.
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Standards Bureau
Tests Park Meters
Washington Times Staff Pilot

Paving the for the Capitals experiment with parking
METERS District officials today enlisted Bureau of Standards
experts to test the mechanics of the devices.
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Only 3 Days to Enter
Beauty Sweepstakes

TOday-tomorrow-Sa Saturday!
That's all the time there left in which you may send
photograph with the entry blank become of the
ners" in the Walter Winchel Sweepstakes!
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Dear Washington By Helen En1'y

behind the iron grilling Of a gate hammered 200
years ago by slaves
Two of our best-known flowers are named for
Charleston people-the gardenia for DR.. Alex
Garden and the poinsettia for DR.. Charles Poin-
sett, once Ambassador to Mexico. Flowers touch
gracefully every feature of Charleston hospitality.
1t is custom here to make big punch bowls of ice
with poinsettias and other flowers frozen accord
ing to the season in the ice. For the Congress
sonal party, small American flags shone through
the sides of great bowl Of Martins.
I GOT up with the birds this morning and went
to the old market first started in 1888. Hun
dreds of Negro men and women, dressed in bright
clothes with heads wound in vivid turbans. were
there chattering about their wares. Their voices
sounded strange like the voices of foreign people
Dozens of unadulterated pickaninnies helped
their mammas to tie up radishes and scrub shell
fish.
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Bonnet, the Villain

I'D love to tell you more about Charleston, about
its churches, its graveyards (senator and Mrs.
Key Pittman took morning off for the grave
YARDS and its old Slave Market in Water Street
where they hanged % pirates in one single day.
Bonnet was a famous seagoing villain hereabouts.
Another pirate enjoyed as a tradition is Black
beard, who captured SO vessels in one month and
married IA wives in four years. There's not
enough room for all of this But assure you that
Charleston isn't overrated. You could be awfully
happy here. You'd never get bored.
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Were Not Prepared

DEMENBER, just few years ago these men
~ were not prepared. They had poor auto
mobiles that could not pretend to keep up with
the crooks AS for pistols and ammunition-it
was joke.
It is just like the Americans to build up a
wonderful machine, and then suddenly, God
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-VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL 80
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Do you want money? The Washington
Times is offering $50 in prizes sseh week for
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Close Call

VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE Az
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GOODSIGN
Dr.. Call Calls Munich
BlolU to Force

The Munich pact has given one
encouraging thing to the world,
the indication that in the future
world disputes will be settled by
law rather than by force.
DR.. Arthur Call, secretary Of
the American Peace Society, so
declared last night at a meeting
of the Society of Natives at the
Washington Club.
With the danger Of a new world
war, DR.. Call pointed out. the
appeals for peaceful solution made
by President Roosevelt and others
brought about the Munich confer
ence at which peaceful solution
was reached.
DR.. Call amused the audience
by quoting a saying common in
Europe, to the effect that there is
no hope for world peace until
Stain, on his deathbed, informs
q dying MuSSolini that Hitler is
dead.
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ASSAULT
Merchant Beaten BY
Young Thieves

One man was robbed and
another was beaten IN an at
tempted robbery in the only two
outbreaks Of this kind reported in
washington last night.
William A. DenniSon, proprietor
Of q gas station in the 800 block
Of Nichols st. S. E., told police he
was "fiIm- flammed" Of IS by two
men who pulled the old short
change trick. They drove away in
q car before he discovered his loss.
Angelo Trois, 81, proprietor Of a
clothing store in the 900 block of
Ninth st. N. E., is said by police
to have demonstrated with five
youths who started to seize some
Of his merchandise. The youths,
all Of whom carried Shoe-shining
boxes, beat the merchant and
fled.
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Berle to Pay Back Aides Theft

NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-Adolf
A. Berle, one Of the original
"brain-trusters," former Assistant
Secretary of State and former city
chamberlain Of New York, may
have to reimburse the city nearly
$4,000 stolen by his former
assistant.
That was revealed today as 1t
was disclosed that Hiram F. Con-
nor, "a, aide to Berle in the city
post, has been sentenced to 312
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Student Tells Prof
Why He Attends Class

LUBBOCK, Tex, Nov. 20 GIN.
S0.-Any college student can give
you a flock Of useful alibis for
cutting" a class, but 1t remains
for a Texas Tech freshman to
come up with an explanation for
attending one.
He appeared for a lecture on a
cold morning. Hoping to "get a
rise" out of him, the professor
asked:
mfr. Smith, to what do we
owe the pleasure Of your COM
pany?"
ooh. I can't sleep these cold
mornings" replied Mr.. Smith
blithely. "I'll be coming to class
the rest Of the winter"
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Eden VII Speak
In N. Y. on Dec. 9

NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-An-
thony Eden, former British for.
eign secretary, has accepted an in
vitation to address the annual con-
vention here Of the National
Association Of Manufacturers on
December 9. Charles r. Hook,
president of the association, said
Eden will talk on Democracy and
the Modern World"
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 GIN
S0.-Peter Bauman, stepfather
and business manager of Martha
Rave, screen coincidence, today
faced a $4,000 breach-of-promise
suit brought by Miss Nancy c.
Dixon, a stenographer.
Miss Dixon alleged in her com.
plant that she bacame Bauman's
3iance in st. Louis, Mo-, on Jan.
is, 1885, but when she came to
Los Angeles for the ceremony in
May, 1887, Bauman betrayed her
and then refused to marry her.
In his answer, Bauman, also
known as Peter Balma, denied he
ever promised to marry Miss
Dixon.
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School TO Hold
Annual Bazaar

Dressed In native costume, girls
Of the Amer1canization School As.
ISOLATION Of the District of Co
lumbia will be in charge Of booths
at the organizations tenth an.
nual bazaar, December S and 6.
The bazaar will be open both
days from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. at
the Webster School.
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named as one Of the experts at
the Versailles peace conference.
One Of the original brain trust
group, ne left the university to be-
come q special counsel for the
RFC, and later was a financial
advisor for the State Department.
Returning to New York, he was
made city chamberlain, but sum
moned back to Washington last
February as assistant Secretary
Of State, q post he held until he
resigned last September.