davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1938-03-02
The Lynching Bill

So the antAynching bill has
been shelved and our distin-
guished Southern Congressman
have come out again victorious!
A wonderful achievement for
those gentlemen whose names
incidentally, are seldom heard
except in connection with hold
ing the Negro downw The de-
feat of this bill does not surprise
me-a Negro. But what does
amaze me and millions Of others
Of both races in this country, Is
the astonishing ignorance which
seems to pervade our legislative
halls; the narrow-mindednesS of
some of our lawmakers, and the
shameful Short-sightedneSs of so
many of those men who consti-
tute the high custodians Of our
liberties. Oh, yes! It was a
wonderful victory in the face Of
a great national emergency. But
WHAT PRICE VICTORY?
L. c. M.
The Washington times., 1938-03-02

The only success that you can
bank on-the only success that
succeedS-is the luck you make
for yourself.
Why does that success sue
coed? Why, for example, do
editors clamor for a successful
columnist's articles-and turn
down the amateurs? It's not
because the columnist can flash
a bank roll it's because he's
taken a beating he's been
through the mill he's had
the conceit and laziness and
nutty notions pounded out Of
him-and he can now be trusted
to produce the goods.
REAL SUCCESS IS A LOG
ICAL CONSEQUENCE, NOT A
LUCKY ACCIDENT.
Real success doesn't mean
selling stories or insurance or
bonds or dry goods. 1t means
all the discipline that goes be-
fore and with such sales. the
disappointments and humilia-
tions, the double-crossings and
dirty deals. and the ability
to take all this and yet fight on
without bitterness or pouts.
WHY DOES NOTHING Sue
CEED LIKE SUCCESS? WHY
DOES HE WHO HATH" GET
MORE GIVEN UNTO HIM?
That's why. Because genuine
success is a 100 per cent proof
of a survival of the spunkiest.
Referring again to "us Slobs,"
no successful writer ever wrote
one story in five years and then
sat crying in Mama's lap while
it was being refused. He real
lied, to begin with, that no
first story was ever worth the
paper it covered-and that any
editor would discover the fact
in two paragraphs without
wading through to those pasted
pages"
And he'd go plugging along,
regardless of reflections, until
he either reached the goal or
got hep to the fact that, as an
author, he was a good ditch
digger.
Nothing succeeds like sue
cess
Because
NO ONE SUCCEEDS LIKE
THE GUY WHO CAN TAKE IT.
The Washington times., 1938-03-02

This writer was one of those
who was chased down to the
old buildings on the north side
of Pennsylvania Avenue, near
the Peace Monument, to see this
hill-oilly family in its destitution
and squalor-with the father a
leper!
To realize the shock, one must
picture a Washington summer
as dull as dish water; nothing
doing in politics; no war news;
no Hitler, no Mussolini; no huge
headlines about anything at all;
no flash,lghted cameras; no sob
sisters Of the present grade-A
variety! To such a Washington
the news of John Early stacked
up fairly well with the San
Francisco earthquake Cor fire).
&**
Ihave just forgotten how John
Early and his family-a wife
and a handful of small children
got here; but the Salvation
Army had them, and the family
actually camped out on a floor
of that old building. Early was
just as much front-page news
then as Franklin Roosevelt is
today: and one Of the things he
accomplished was to force the
fancy writer's to search the Bible
for every reference to lepers
from Genesis to Revelations.
The District Health Officer
was William C. Woodward, who
would no. compromise one whit
on Early's condition. He i'm.
priSoned Early in a shack down
on the Eastern Branch. People
used to 80 down there and peer
at the snack from a distance Of
a hundred yards or so. Extra
brave reporters would go right
up to the fence and talk to the
patient.
X Il
An old man used to poke food
The Washington times., 1938-03-02
Gun Girls
Your [. O..
By SHIRLEY SPENCER

This is another in a series OF
personality inventories Of intro
vert and extrovert traits. Check
Yes, No, or K for neutral.
|. Do you often day dream
about the things you would
like to happen to you?
YN K
2. Are you easily discouraged?
YNX
3. Are there a number of sub.
jects about which you are
touchy? YN <
4. Are you rather suspicious Of
the motives of others?
YN K
5. Do people often take advan-
tage of you? YNX
6. Are you often overcome with
a feeling of inferiority or a
sense Of futility? NIX
Z. Do you rebel against disct-
plins and regulations?
YNX
8. Would you consider many Of
your ideas In regard to re-
ligion, marriage, politics,
ETC., radical, or at least diff
fering from the accepted
conventions? YIN K
8. Are you considered rather
critical and hard to please?
YNX
10. Are you easily bored by peo-
pie, games, or your work?
YNX
Score 10 for Yes, o for No. S
for x, on all questions. A high
score, above 10, shows definite
introvert tendencies. A low
score shows extrovert traits,
while a medium score indicates
a well-balanced nature. It may
be surprising to learn the genius
or near-geniuS in the arts are
usually extreme introvertS-the
musical composer, playwright,
classical musician, poet, writer
of what we call real lierature,
artist, and the actor and actress
who are considered real artists
and comprise the small group
at the very top of their profeS-
sion. Many specialists, in other
fields belong to this extremely
introvert group-some brilliant
surgeons, explorers. inventors,
scientists. Also dictators are
definitely In this group. ,
mo Answers)
The Washington times., 1938-03-02

over the fence to Early, who
made great use OF his picturesque
confinement to demand an extra
pension from the Government
because Of his Army service, in
which, lie claimed, he had con-
tracted the disease which made
him famous; and, incidentally,
kept him from the necessity of
huStling for a living.
Then one day Early escaped.
He turned up in New York, where
a blase community took him as
just one more show. New York
let him wander at will. Then
one day he turned up in Wash
ington. remember well that a
police reporter named Larry
Linthicum walked naively into
the city room Of the paper I
worked for and remarked: 1--WE
got John Early out there in the
lobby; anyone want to inter-
view him" If he had laid a
rattlesnake down on the editors
desk he could not have made
more of a commotion.
The Washington times., 1938-03-02
LaUUlar Rebuked

Mr.. B. j. Lawlar, writing in
a manner of making it appear
he was speaking for the local
post of the v. F. w., answering
Anna Lansburgh's letter, "Voice
Of the People," has made me
pay more attention to the letter
than I would have ordinarily.
I read her letter, and for the
life of me I cannot find any
reason for Mr.. Lawlar using the
v. F. W. to misconstrue it.
She simply tried to bring out
facts about the immigrants al.
ready here and what a good in
The Washington times., 1938-03-02

fluence, as well as assets to the
community, they are. America
without immigration would not
have become the America Of to-
day, nor would we have had
men like George washington,
Abraham Lincoln and Thomas
jefferson, nor would they have
succeeded without the aid and
spirit of the immigrants Of their
times. She also wanted to give
the facts Of the genuine efforts
of the Labor and State depart
ments to carry out the laws to
the best advantage of the coun'
try, as we'll as explain how i'm
possible it is for an habitua1
criminal or even for a minor
law breaker to slip through the
observance of these two depart
ments. Secretary of Labor Per.
kins has made it a rule to admit
only those foreigners who al
ready have families here.
This rule prevents money
going out: it increases the use
of goods here and in the end
aids labor.
In the whole letter one can
not find any indication of her
suggesting bringing new ir1mi.
grants here, nor does she try to
arouse any sympathy for perse-
cuted people.
Mr.. Lawlar's letter sounds
more like some prepared form
letter of imported propaganda
than Of an American who has
his country at heart.
Anyone can criticize, but it
takes intelligence and honesty
to bring out the truth.
A. J. LEA.
The Washington times., 1938-03-02

"Is that tdir?" boilS Al. why
should people who haze euery'
thing already, be 0iuen more?
Take yourself, for example, or
any colunntSt. You people get
things printed in all kinds OF
places without any trouble, yet
I can't get a single story dc-
cepted, although everyone says
its SweH stuff.
II Urote this story tiUe years
ago. IUe sent it to eUery editor
in America since and they tDon't
eUen look at it. / can proUe
that because l pasted tDo pages
together and they Uere neUer
opened. But you SlobS can get
fat checks for everything you
write."
Yes, it's an actual letter.
Sounds a little heated, doesn't
it? Yet, actually, it represents
the average citizens attitude to-
ward the irritating maxim
NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE
SUCCESS" Down the street,
in the sleekest, swifteSt imported
Italian model, rolls the Big
Shot. At ten that Big Shot was
a ragged urchin selling papers
on the corner.
Today he flips away three
grand with more ease than you
or spend a dime. "Is that
fair?" say we and AL, green.
eyed, thinking Of our own un-
rewarded labors.
Yes-strange as it may seem,
1t is fair.
Nothing DOES succeed like
success" Unto him that
hath, shall be given, and he
shall have abundance"
Maddening as such maxims
sound, they're both true and
just. And it isn't because God
plays favorites it's simply
because success in itself is a
proof of what you have and what
you deserve.
There are, of course, seeming
exceptions. People who appear
to get everything without try
ing. Lucky breaks. But such
exceptions do not demonstrate
real or lasting success.
The luck that's handed to you
is just scenery. AS unreal as a
Hollywood "flat"-and as unsat-
isfactory. It gives no lasting
power, no heart-deep happiness.
The Washington times., 1938-03-02

e n o u g h.
From the pic
lures of his
wife in the
n e W S papers
S h e W a S
b e a t n up
pretty err-
bly,, and flog-
g / n g him
a cross the
b a ck didn't
do any real
injury except
The Washington times., 1938-03-02

too S e v e r e
in view of the
crime. While
public 10 g.
gin m a y
seem uncivi-
lized, wife.
beating also
has no place
in a decent
c o m m unity
and q man
guilty of such
b a r b a r GUS
The Washington times., 1938-03-02

fitting p u n
ishment for a
m a n guilty
of beating his
wife. I don't
think m u C h
of a m a n
who beats a
W o m a n. I
think flog-
ging a man
so that he
gets a good
dose of his
The Washington times., 1938-03-02

"A flogging is just what he
needed, and it should be lesson
to all wife-beaters."
x&&
Miss Jessie Strobert, 1924 M
St. N. w., waitress:
IT don't think it was severe
The Washington times., 1938-03-02

! a S h e S. A
wife-beater is
one of the
lowest ere a.
lures imagin-
able. I think
m ore fre-
quent use Of
the whipping
post-e sp e.
cially in this
type of crime
would bene-
fit society.
The Washington times., 1938-03-02

conduct deserves to be beaten.
I think man who beats his
wife is a coward and probably
would not stand up to a man
his size"
X X 4
Miss Anita Holtzclaw, 5027
Fourth st. N. W., stenographer:
Such a sentence Is the only
The Washington times., 1938-03-02

II feel he
even deserved
greater pun
ishment than
he got. It's
a poor speci-
men of a man
that t a k e S
his anger out
on his wife.
I think flog-
ging is a good
form of pun
isl1nent. The
The Washington times., 1938-03-02
This Town of Ours
By EARL GOODWIN

THE NEWS that John Early, the leper, had died at the
age of ga stirs memories of Washngtonians who
here 30 because Earys eprous condition burst
startled world morning IN the early autumn of
1909, if reporters memory serves correctly.
The Washington times., 1938-03-02

"I don't be-
lieve any man
is justified in
beating his
wife, and in
this m a n S
case I do not
think the pun
ishment i m
posed is too
S e v e r e l
think flOp
gin g is a
ar ticularly
~.-...,s.km
The Washington times., 1938-03-02

own medicine is a good way to
punish for the offense."
X \
Murray Berman, 1901 Lamont
st. N. w., painter:
He should have received 40
The Washington times., 1938-03-02

the bruising and lash wounds.
The paper said he collapsed,
but that was because he wasn't
man enough to take it,"
X X
George Relack, 1735 North
Capitol ST., service station at
tendant:
The Washington times., 1938-03-02
Editorial Policy

WE ARE frequently asked why publish editorials
w from the New York Daily News. The answer is
that we think these editorials sound and timely
Incidentally the editor and publisher of this news
paper is also of the of the Daily News
And the policies of the editorials which we reprint
are identical with the policies of this newspaper.
Eleanor Patterson
The Washington times., 1938-03-02

phony, but disagree with you
both. I am at present taking
a course in Journalism. Though
it may not give you the actual
experience you get when en-
ployed on a metropolitan news
paper, it covers the subject In
a broad, general manner, and
gives you a real foundation for
future practical newspaper
work. AL.
Gun Girls
Kill, women, kill, while the
killing is good! Look at Ethel
Sohl and Genevieve Owens!
They killed a father of two chill
dren for $2.10 and got away
with it. so what can't the rest
Of you aspire to! Jersey justiceI
M. G.
The Washington times., 1938-03-02
Student Satisfied

You may agree with Presi-
dent Robert M. Hutchins Of
the University of Chicago about
Journalism schools b eing
The Washington times., 1938-03-02
The Inquirine|
photographer
The Washington Times in.
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

Do you think the 90 lashes
and six-month Jail term given
a Baltimore wife-beater was too
severe a punishment?
The Washington times., 1938-03-02
LISTEN, WORLD!
Bu Elsie Robinson

Copyright 1888 King Features Syndicate 1nc)
NHERE'S old adage which burns Al Wilson up To-wit:
i NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS"
The Washington times., 1938-03-02
VOICE. OF THE PEOPLE


the will be upon request
The Washington times., 1938-03-02

average criminal would rather
take a long Jail term than a
beating"
X 4
Miss Louise Mackey, TIT Shep-
herd st. N. W.. beauty oper-
ator:
The Washington times., 1938-03-02
Mr.. Baruch on Taxes

~IVING his views the recession before the Senate
U Committee on Unemployment day before yester:
day. Bernard NJ Baruch objected to five major taxes
as unsound in practice though might be sound
in theory.
Mr.. Baruch's views on any subject are entitled to
respect He was highly successful Wall Street finan-
cier which testifies to his brain power; has been
confidant of several Presidents chairman of the
War Industries Board in 191819 at Ct pretty much
retired but still an acute observer of national affairs.
Mr. Baruch disclamed the rich mans point of view.
But he expressed various sentiments entertained by
various rich men.
He believes high-bracket income taxes too high,
and that the income tax base is not broad enough We
can agree with him on that second point; believe the
income tax base ought to be broadened, consider
ably larger percentage of wage earners would pay
some income tax however small, to make them govern
ment conscious
Mr.. Baruch offered one specific substitute tax by
saying the Social Security leves pay rolls could
logically be replaced by "a tax machine hours,
gross sales" We have all manner of sales taxes
now, including excessive 1919 tax on amusements-
excepting the Metropolitan Opera and similar swank
amusement places where wealthy people like to see
and be seen. Our notion is that the Social Security
levies ought to be changed $50 that workers as we'll
as employers would pay for jobess insurance-and so
that farm hands, domestic servants workers for char
table institutions, bank clerks and sailors, 'ex.
empt" could buy old age pension annuities, too.
For the rest, Mr.. Baruch's testimony on taxes was
negative. Inheritance taxes, he feels make for defa-
ton by Suddenly breaking up big estates and throw
ing many of their assets the market. Suddenly"
puzzles We've had death taxes for 20 or 80 years.
II IRE to practice real wealth redistribution surely
one way to accomplish it is to have fairly heavy in
heritance taxes.
Regarding the undstributed profits and capital gains
taxes Mr. Baruch retod the story of how these are
The Washington times., 1938-03-02
Troffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims in
the District of Columbia since
January 1, 1888. Is graphically
shown by the death watch.
The Washington times., 1938-03-02
THE ANSWERS

Mrs. Ellen Dugan, 4517 Ar.
kansas Ave. N. W., housewife:
II do not think the sentence
The Washington times., 1938-03-02
FRIGHTENING CAPITAL

out of productive investment and thus shrinking iob
The undisrbuted profits tax may be penalzing nde-
pendent enterprise. If so, ought to be modified to
Cart Before that extent. But to claim that this
~, and the capital gains tax are to blame
A"e HO'0e for the recession seems to us to be
putting the cart before the horse We do not believe
business suddenly became frightened last fall be-
cause of taxes they might have to pay next year, and
therefore gave the struggle for profit If that is true
why did they fight bravely for profits in 1933-37
all New Deal years?
We think the for the recession is reduced mass
buying power. AS Ed Sullivan noted in his HOLLYWOOD
column while ago, they stopped going to the movies
In Detroit first Car orders for Detroit motor manufac
turers suddenly shrunk last November-no doubt be-
cause modern durable but also because we
believe, buying power fell off. The remedy seems
to us to lie in lifting mass buying power and keeping it
lifted, as by the AAA and the proposed wages and
hours legislation We don't think any business man wor-
res about future taxes when he present healthy
market for his goods
Mr.. Baruch, stated, suggested only one substitute
for of these "unsound" taxes-a general sales tax
We keep wondering why few of these economic wizards
ever suggest one obvious
PAINLESS TAX
which, like the liquor taxes, would have general ap-
proval once it was established We mean national lot
ery under Government auspices, with the Govern
Not;oucI ment getting fixed percentage of the
proceeds.
Lottery Recent newsnaner articles m tho
bngo have added fresh proof to the proposition
that nothing extract the gambling instinct from the
average human carcassand to the further proposition
that when government fails to legaize gambling and
tax it equtaby government makes itself look foolish
Government looks foolish when it tries to sup
press the gambling instinct and thus squeezes millions
of dollars into the pockets of homegrown racketeers
and foreign lottery operators
Why don't some of our big business enemies of the
New Deal make grab at some popularity by publicly
getting behind proposed national lottery legislation?
The Washington times., 1938-03-02
Wise Words

War is the sink of all injus-
tice.-Fielding.
The Washington times., 1938-03-02

A sensible man judges Of pres
ent by past events.-Sopho
Evening star., 1938-09-05
VIRGINIA WOMAN
FOUND SLAIN IN CAR
Friend Gives Up, Faces Murder
Charge-Tells Of Struggle,
Then Claims Accident.


BY the Associated Press.
LYNCHBURG, Va, Sept. 5.-A bull
let crashed through the brain of Mrs.
Dennie May Powell, attractive 30-year-
old brunette, last night ~ she sat in
= parked car on the lonely, brush
grown Norman road, . mile west OF
Lynchburg.
Less than an hour later her friend,
George Harris, IS, Of West Lynchburg,
gave himself up at Rustburg on . mur-
der charge.
He said at first that the young wom-
an was killed in . struggle over 81
caliber pistol, then changed his story
to say that she shot herself accident
ally. Deputy Sheriff r. w. Phillips de-
clared.
Held without bail, Harris probably
will receive preliminary trial Fri
day. In the meantime, officers are
searching for persons who may have
heard the shot or sounds Of the scufne
which they believe preceded 1t.
Deputy Sheriff w. Phelps discovered
the body within few minutes Of the
shooting. Happening to drive through
the Norman road, which il little
travelled, he saw the old model sedan
parked in the bushes, and threw the
rays of his hashlight inside.
He made out the body Of the woman,
still upright in the front seat her
head lolling on her chest.
Evening star., 1938-09-05
FAIRFAX EXPECTS
MANY STUDENTS
Record Enrolment Assured
in County for This
Session.
Special Dispatch to The Star,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va. Sept. 5.-Fairfax
County schools are expected to enroll
record number of pupils during the
session which opens Thursday, accord
ing to Division Supt. w. T. Woodson.
1t was estimated there will be ap-
proximately $50 more pupils entering
school this year than last. The total
enrolment during 1878 session was
6,69l pupils.
Supt. Wilson stated several centers
probably will be overcrowded again this
year. While the County School Board
is launching $375,000 building pro-
gram, it will not offer much relief until
the opening of the l939-40 term, it was
pointed out The construction program
was aided by a $4,000 grant from the
Public Works Administration.
Schools expected to have the greatest
congestion this session are Groveton,
Woodlawn. Annandale and Fairfax
High. Bids have already been opened
for two more rooms at Annandale
Falls Church schools will lose a con-
siderable number of pupils who will
attend Arlington County schools this
year. Under an agreement with Arling-
ton County at the time a portion Of
East Falls Church withdrew from the
corporation into the latter county,
children in that area were to be al
lowed to attend Falls Church schools
until the end of the past session. The
change will relieve overcrowding in
Falls Church.
Evening star., 1938-09-05
THOMAS H. GREEN,
Ex.FIREMAN, DIES
Retired Lieutenant Had Served
33 Years in Department.
Cited for Bravery.

Thomas H. Green, so, retired lieu
tenant OF the District Fire Depart
ment, died Saturday night at his
home. 800 G street NE, after a long
fitness
Lieut.. Green. who was retired last
April /, after 80 years service in the
department, twice was cited for brav-
ery-once for rescue work at a church
f1re In Anacostia and another time
for his work at the Knickerbocker
Theater disaster in 1922. His last
service was at No. 1s Engine Co.
A native of this city. Lieut.. Green
Is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mamie
Carroll Green; two sons, Thomas j.
and Raymond A. Green; a daughter
Miss Dorothy E, Green; a sister. Mrs.
Lowe Counselman and two brothers,
William H, Green, jr., and Charles
Green.
Funeral services will be held at 9
sm. Wednesday in st. Joseph's Catho-
lie Church. Burial will be in Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
A guard Of honor from the Fire
Department will attend the funeral
The guard will be headed Jointly bv
Battalion Chiefs Thomas j. Stanton,
and Harmon A. Chapman. The lat
ter is Lieut.. Green's former captain.
Evening star., 1938-09-05
JAPANESE CRIPPLE.
RE|CH-A|D PLANE
Machine Gun Fire Rakes
FusiIage of Transport,
Forcing Landing.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HONG KONG, Sept. 5.-Three jap
anese pursuit planes today machine
gunned a tri-motored Junkers trans
port of the German-C Chinese operated
Eurasia line, forcing 1t to land at
Liuchow. Kwangsi Province, with 10
bullet holes in its fusilage
The attack, which occurred an hour
after the plane left Hong Kong for
Yunnan. followed a similar incident
in which IA persons lost their lives
August "a when plane of the China
National Aviation Corp, Chinese and
American owned, was forced down
near Canton.
First reports said the seven pas
sengers aboard the Junkers, includ-
ing two German officials of the air.
line. and the German pilot, w. Lutz,
were uninjured.
The plane, which was on special
trip, was newly marked with "Eurasia"
in large letters on one side and a
Chinese flag on the other.
Reports received by officials of the
line here said the three Japanese
pursuit planes appeared suddenly and
dived at the transport, firing three
bursts Of machine-gun fire, then ceased
firing abruptly and flew off.
Gasoline Tank Punctured.
One gasoline tank was punctured
and gasoline spurted over one wing,
threatening fire, but skillful handling
Of the plane brought it down safely.