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The Washington times., 1938-02-24
Warmed Up for Indiana

SSDAUL was the Big Train of this depot. But
he didn't come into the refreshment room.
I listened around and could tell by the way the
crowd talked that it was getting all warmed up
for Indiana. Ma, I'd like to betcha that they
was more honestto-God voters down at that hotel
than those Washington people ever saw at one
time in their town before. They don't have voters
at their swell parties, little blonde, who said
she was a society editor, told me. She said most
of the people that she sees at parties is from
Russia or Italy. And nowadays lots Of 'em comes
from Germany, or is going back there soon.
Il stayed around long time. At some past
seven heard Senator Minton say we'd have to be
moving along. Some big Germans was going to
have party right in that room in few minutes.
I Spose they're shouting He'll Hitler down there
right now. And little while ago they was all
for Indiana. That's the way things go here.
"One thing I didn't like, there wasn't any
music. Looks to me like behind some Of them
potted palms there ought to of been one band
playing When the Moon Is Shining Brightly on
the wabash Maybe that is not tune they like
in Washington nowadays.
But don't let anybody kid you. Ma. 1t was
SOME PARTY. Give my love to the kids. sure
am tired. It's been big day. I'll be home soon.
Goodnight, Ma. Yours, Aft. sAM.n
The Washington times., 1938-02-24

about the Big Party, no mat
ter how much my feet hurt.
So here goes.
1T sure was a swell jamboree
they give Paul. Old-timers
round here said the town had
never seen the like. 1t Just
shows what us Hoosiers can
do when we got a fellow like
Paul McNutt who wants to go
somewhere. They couldn't have
been more people except at a
prize fight. Must have been
thousands and thousands. They
The Washington times., 1938-02-24

took up half the Hotel Mayflower. Sorta like
high-toned rally, it was. Course there wasn't
public speaking or torch lights. But, boy, was
there moving picture lights and camera lights
and spot lights! And was there handshakingl
Never saw so many fellows glad to see each
other. Lots of ladies came. They all looked
pretty stylish to me with flowers on their
shoulders and their little monkey hats.
And say, you ought to have seen Paul. He'd
Of made any movie actor jealous. He just stood
there. laughing and handshaking while the pic.
ture-taking lights popped. He always was a
kind of a showoff. But he gets places.
The Washington times., 1938-02-24
st. Stephens Club
To Hear Sen. King

Senator William King CD of
Utah will be principal speaker at
the dinner and ladies' night OF
the Mems Club at st. Stephens
and the Church of the Incarna-
ton tomorrow night in the parish
house at Sixteenth and Newton
Streets Northwest.
The Washington times., 1938-02-24

plane late. .headwinds. i.
How does Vinson run his COM
mittee on timer" "A few
minutes late, usually, here
we are!". you're very kind. !"
Open double doors, covered
by a large triple-paneled red
screen. The buzz of converse
ton. Inside spectators, curl
Gus and just idle, seated in
rows of stiff-backed chairs.
Many were women, some with
that inevitable tell-tale mold
of society. peace group
The Washington times., 1938-02-24
WIDOW Tells
HOW LANDLORD
SHOT HUSBAND.
Childress = Stanton
Row Described

Pale Mrs. Ruth M. ChildreSs
took the witness chair in District
Supreme Court today and related
an eyewitness account of the fatal
shooting of her husband, Ray E.
ChildresS.
Donald K. Stanton, erStwhile
landlord of the Childress family,
is on trial for first-degree murder
in connection with the shooting be-
fore Justice Daniel w. O'Donoghue
and an altman jury.
TELLS OF ROW
In a voice which more than
once broke with emotion, Mrs.
Childress related Of arguments
between her husband and Stanton
over back rent. She said that on
the evening of october 4, 1886,
Stanton boarded their basement
apartment at SO New York Ave.
N. E., against her, her husband
and their family of five children.
When her husband came home,
she related, he broke through the
barricaded door. Inside the room,
she said, Stanton stood with a
pistol in his hand. Her husband
picked up a board.
FIRES PISTOL
Stanton, she said, fired and her
husband crumpled to the floor. He
fired once or twice more, she re-
lated, and Ray stiffened, then
his eyes got CLASSY"
Mrs. Childress said she wit
messed the shooting from a hall
way, holding her two-month.old
baby in her arms and with the
rest Of her brood clustered about
her. The prosecution is being
conducted by Assistant United
States Attorneys Charles B. Muir
ray and william Hitz, while James
A. OShea and John Burnett are
defense counsels.
The Washington times., 1938-02-24
Dear earWashington
By Helen Essaru

IRON out the Washington Post Office last
night headed for Indiana went this letter:
Dear Ma: promised when Emma took the
measles and you had to stay home in Terre
Haute and nurse that I'd write and tell you all
The Washington times., 1938-02-24
INCOME LEVY,
SALES TAX GET
BACKING HERE.
House Unit Hears
WOmen's Clubs
BY JULIA A. BONWIT

NJ ~~ASAEA GAa ~OANNN4A
An income tax was advocated by
Federal employees and sales tax
urged by business interests and
the District Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs as hearings on the Dis
trict tax bill neared completion
today.
The House District Fiscal AT.
fairs subcommittee, which is con-
Quoting the hearings, continued
its policy Of closely questioning
sales tax advocates, indicating its
refusal to believe that organiza-
tions recommending this form of
taxation are representative of the
people as a whole.
HOUSEWIVES VIEWS
"You have no idea. as a matter
Of fact" Representative Everett
M. DirkSen (RO of Illinois
asked during the testimony of
Mrs. Edward Morgan Pryse, of
the womens clubs, whether the
sales tax action of your or.
ganization represents the views
Of the housewives, do you?"
When Mrs. Pryse stated her
belief that the federation does
represent housewives, Mr.. Dirksen
parried with the statement that
the organization iS "a select group
and does not always represent the
community in general"
The sales tax was also urged
by A. Julian Brylawski, represent
ing the municipal council of
District affairs.
He told the committee that his
organization does not recommend
any exemption under a sales tax.
Mrs. Pryse had previously men
toned exemptions for food and
drugs and inexpensive clothing.
Other witnesses advocating the
Continued on Page 10, Col. u
The Washington times., 1938-02-24
"But---'' 50
Says Boake Carter

secretary walked down the long marble cor
Fidor in the House Office Building with me-.
The Washington times., 1938-02-24
All a GhGstly Tragedy

DANG! Vinson and his gavel, owlishly looking at
- the timekeeper below, armed with stop watch
90. They run these discussions in Congressional
Committee on the stop watch basis Americas
democracy . Life, Liberty and Happiness :.
The whole future stake Of the Nation -. i. on the
mechanical tick of stop watch-set by politi-
tician!
What a ghastly tragedy! What a mockery!
And how many people understand that? I
wonder.
(Bodke Cnrters opinions are his otDn, and not
necessarily those of The Washington TtreSO
Copyright Ledger Syndicate)
The Washington times., 1938-02-24

ONCE A YEAR daughters of members
of the House of Representatives stage
their own dinner and dance-so last night
they gathered with their escorts at the
Shoreham Hotel. Left to right above are
The Washington times., 1938-02-24
Announcement

EvALYN WALSH MCLEAN is away
on vacation in Florida. Her column.
my SAY" will be discontinued for
q short time. Upon her return it
will be resumed on this page.
The Washington times., 1938-02-24
CoLun1nist on the Stand

S6QoAKE CARTER" !" calls Vnson. L follow the
- inventor The chair was very warm 1. He
must have been nervous Qualifications first
-. That Of merely newSpaperman who has seen
the futility of war once.
'"Ttis country the only haven where man may
pursue Life, Liberty and Happiness :. What are
We going to defend? Are we going to extend
our line of defense 600 miles up the Yangtze or
defend this hemisphere? We tried to save
democracy once before and promoted Com
muniSm and. Fascisn . ). Try it again and we'll
lose our democracy forever :. . How can we know
what to build when we don't know what we are to
defend?"
And America-free America, will die And
youngsters YOU see round about you will die,
too g. . For what? =. {. No one explains Just
hysteria. And propaganda. And the world
savers brigade.
What was that? I. .. "Are you against capital
ships?
do you mean to say that the Chinese, with
centuries Of religion and customs of their own,
can succumb to Communism" Delaney -.
"I don't mean to say anything 4. Look at the
facts :. million square miles of Outer Mon
golia already Sovietized by the Reds 1. &, chasing
rainbows in the Orient give up our liberty to
preserve the equivalent of one years chewing
gum money!"
The Washington times., 1938-02-24
Boake Carter

women" was told.
There was William B. Shearer SuaVe tanned
faint supercillious smile flicking thin lips He
was the man, you remember VINO upset tne
Geneva arms conference by his activities for big
navy" and the steel companies. "A couple OF
navy commanders, in civies, sat widely separated
:. probably stoolpigeoning for the navy to see
what went on in the days proceedings. An ex-
military aide to F. D. r., wellsetup Marine
Corps officer hangerSon around the door screen
-. where to sit.
Hearing Like Nightmare Scene
IN the u of the horseshoe are tables, for stenogs
witnesses and reporters. Witnesses look up
.. the examiners look down Have you ever had
o bad dream and felt two dozen pairs of eyes
transfixing you?
A committee member appears from behind
tall screen and curtains behind the horseshoe,
then another and another, another until dozen
are seated. In pops Chairman Vinson.
'"The first witness will be DR.. Thomas Healy
:. is Dr. Healy here?" Vinson looks round the
room.
Healy, TALL baldish, gray-haired, red-cheeked
and an eternal persistent twinkle of satire turn
ing UP the corners Of his eyes, goes to the wit
ness table. .Sprawls brief case papers and
goodness knows what else over the table, giving
the impression he's about to dig in for a long
siege. He begins reading in a tone which
can be heard over in the White House a mile
away.
1.-THE American people are in a daze as to our
foreign policy" he thunders at the committee.
Their attention is lively. The witness puts
punch into his stuff!
what are We going to defend? Committee
members wish they knew! .. Bang! goes Wilson's
gavel, signifying ten minutes are up. .. Bang or
no bang, Healy talks right through the noise,
drown it out, and finishes on his own time
Committee members shoot questions .. . . Some are
longwinded -. Some are cleverly worded =.
Some just plain dumb.
The Washington times., 1938-12-06

EDDIE CANTOR-America's great comic personality
each Monday evening on the Columbia Network. pm
EST, $50 pm est, $50 pm M.ST $3.50 pm psf.
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
TURKEY!
1000 Are Expected al
Sacred Heart Feast

They're going to talk turkey up
at Sacred Heart Parish Hall
Wednesday and Thursday Of this
week! More than that they're
going to eat about $500 pounds of
it-Served piping hot cooked to
q turn-with all the fixin's!
The occasion is the annual tur-
key dinner, and it serves (no pun
intended) not only the public
and the neighbors who have in
hailed the luscious scents of roast
ing, baking and cooking for a
whole day-but also as a sort of
home coming" for the 1000 or
more members of Sacred Heart
parish.
It's a get-together for those who
are now resident in the neighbor-
hood of Sixteenth Street and Park
Road-for those who have been
parishioners there but who have
since moved elsewhere.
The Rev. Father w. M. Kyle and
the assistant clergy are beaming,
as this years attendance is ex-
pected to set a record, and as for
the dinner-well-the ladies of
Sacred Heart say it will. too!
The Washington times., 1938-12-06

IT'S THRILLING to watch the flashing
l. greyhound in full flight. But it's
important to note that when the race is
over he lets up and rssts-as the grey
hound above is doing now. Though the
dogs high-keyed nervous system close
ly resembles our own, the dog reIa*es
i'astimctivey! Life as it is today leads as
to ignore fatigued nerves. Our will
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
DIPLOMAT Wife
IN CITIZEN PLEA

Hearing on the application Of
Mrs. Jean Miller Provan Mitchell,
wife of a State Department at
tache, to become an American
citizen, was continued today by
Justice F. Dickinson Let's in
United States District Court.
Born in Mukden, Mrs. Mitchell
is the wife of Reginald P. Mitchell,
foreign service officer and former
Washington newspaperman. They
met in Hankow, China, several
years ago, when he was stationed
there as vice consul.
Justice Let's continued the hear.
ing to determine if Mrs. Mitchell
has resided the necessary three
years in this country.
Application for citizenship was
denied Mrs. Ida Frisch Smith,
daughter of a Pole who became a
naturalized British citizen, when
it was revealed she had been COLI
victed of Shoplifting here.
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
GIRL, 8, WINS I.
TOP Prize IN
TIGER CONTEST
George and Elizabeth
Are Names for Cubs
George and Elizabeth"

George and Elizabeth"
The two Bengal tiger cubs at
the Zoo were christened today by
S-year-old Anne Herren, winner of
the Tiger Naming Contest con-
Quoted by the Patterson News
papers among the school children
of Washington and the nearby
area.
They might have been named
"Rajah and Rance" That was the
winning combination of second
prize winner, Virginia Lee Scher-
rer. And only by the closest vote,
the tigers we're not named "Behar
and OriSsa," the names submitted
by 11-year-old Alice Mildred Davis.
SHE WAS FIRST
Little, blonde Anne, winner of
the high prize of $40, was
the first to submit the name of
"George and Elizabeth"
The judges, Melvin Hildreth,
president of the Circus Fans
Association and prominent Wash
ington attorney; Frances Starr
in private life Mrs. R. Golden Don
aldson-and IA year ole Jimmy
Smith, of the TOO block of N st.
N. w., decided George and
Elizabeth" should be the names.
IN THIRD GRADE
Winner of the competition, Miss
Herren is a pupil in the third
grade of the Benning School, and
lives in the 400 block of Gault
Pl. N. E.
II got the idea of George and
Elizabeth for the names be-
cause my birthday is the same
as Princess Elizabeth"
Second prize winner, Virginia
Scherrer, of 103 Kingston Ave-,
Capitol Heights, Md, sixth
grade pupil of the Lydon Hill
School, got her idea of "Rajah
and Rance" from a book she
loves.
Like Anne, Virginia was the
first of several children to suggest
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the second prize of $40.
CONSULTED BOOK
Scholarly Alice Mildred Davis.
II years old, of the $500 block of
Benton st. N. w., and a pupil of
the Benjamin Stoddert School,
Grade 5-B, went right to the en-
cyclopedia (Which she got from
the Times some time ago) and
looked up Bengal and all she could
lind about Bengal tigers.
II think Behar and Orissa
would be quite appropriate, as
they are two # the boundaries
Of the province of Bengal, which
is the most important of the
seven great provinces of British
India
But wait, so other children have
free theater tickets in the mail,
won by their selections.
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
Mortgage Holder Fooled

WOODBRIDGE, N. j., Dec. 6
G.N.S) Unable to prevent a
foreclosure sale Of her home, Mrs.
Julia Turek saved it in a novel
manner today.
After her one-story frame house
was purchased at a sheriff'S sale
~ James MaSnik, who held a $400
mortgage on it, Mrs. Turek dis.
mantled the dwelling and moved
The Washington times., 1938-12-06

BENNY GOODMAN-Kng of SWING and the worlds greatest
swing Tuesday evening Columbia Network
pm EST, $50 pm est, 7sO pm MS.T $50 pm psf.
The Washington times., 1938-12-06

it to a plot she owned a block
away.
When Masnik went to take pos
session Of his house, he found it
gone. He had Mrs. Turek ar
rested for contempt of court.
She won a suspended sentence
by agreeing to give Masnik the
property on which the house for
merly stood. Mrs. Turek, how
ever, retains the house,
The Washington times., 1938-12-06

where who will give him q divorce 20
he can marry an American dancer
but the beauty herself says, Nothing
Doing" Read Of these didOes OF
pOverty-stricken royalty in The Ameri-
can Weekly, the magazine distributed
with next Sundays Herald-Times.
The Washington times., 1938-12-06

Crack.up Of the crazy romance Of
Prince "Iron Pants" Called q wearer
a metal trousers because he has been
at last spent all his aged wIfe's for.
tune and now he's running around
madIy trying to find somebody some
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
DIR. SWope Named
On Health Program

The American Osteopathic
Association has named DR.. Chester
D. Swope, of Washington, to repre-
sent the osteopaths in the formu-
lation of a national health i'm
iprovement program
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
They know how pleasant life can be when they
':Let up-Hght up a Camel

TRANSPORTING CHAMPION of North America
CWomen's Clay Targes) Mrs. Leila Hail. says: Holding
shooting title four years straight puts plenty of pressure
on the find that pays give my frequent
rests especially during matches and before them So let up
light up Camel-et7en! CameS really soothing"
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-02
PA ACTIVITIES

Two Pacific Alaska Airways mail planes arrived Nome from Fairbanks yesterday and after a very short stop took off again on their return trip. The first plane piloted by Aviator Ralph Savory had as outgoing passengers, Al fred J. Lomen and o. D. Coch- ran. The second plane was pilot ed by Bert Lein and had as out going passengers Jack Skain, Sam Taggart, and Jack Ander- son.
 Another PAA mail plane was scheduled to leave Fairbanks yesterday enroute Nome, but poor flying weather prevented the plane from coming through.
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-02

recently arrived in Nome from Haycock, he stated he would be busy trsnsacting busin ess here for about a week; he then expect cd to make a trip back to Hay cock before leaving for Juneau He plans on having the PAA mail plane pick him up at Koyuk Station and fly through to Jun eau via Fairbanks, in time to at tend the opening of the Alaska Legislature. A very interesting account of the mining activities in the Haycock section was ob- tained from Mir. Porter and will appear in the next issue of The Nugget.
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-02

George Geamalis, well known miner, proSpector and chef left Nome Thursday morning via dog team, enroute to Bonanza and Ungalik River. He will spend the winter continuing development work on his large tract of dredg- ing ground which adjoins the Streeter property on the Ungalik River, upon which new pom toon dredge was constructed and placed in operation during the past summer, and which was re- ported to have ended the season with very gratifying cleanups.
 U. S. Mineral Surveyor Rob- ert Lyle formerly of Nome but now located at Fairbanks, is ex- pected to arrive Nome sometime during the month of December, and will proceed to Ungalik Ri- yer where he will survey the Geamalis property for patent. MT. Geamalis who has been a life long subscriber to The Nome Nugget, will have his paper for .warded to him during the winter period through the courtesy of the Mirow Air Service.
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-02
Wien Alaska Airlines

Yesterday Pilot Sig Wien made the mail trip to Pilgrim Springs, Taylor, and Fox Bar. Passengers on the trip were Jim Kealiher for Taylor, and three for Nome: Pete Saterlee from Taylor, G. Walhelm and Paul RasSmus from Cocee Creek.
 His second trip was to Teller, Taylor, and Coffee Creek with freight and three passengers, MT. Conrad from Teller, J. Kealiher and w. Mcdonald for Nome.
 A trip is planned for Fairbanks as soon as weather permits.
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-02
Airplane News
 Nome Airport
Mirow Air Service

iPilot-Manager Hans Mirow, pi- loting the Lockheed Vega plane arrived Nome from Fairbanks Thursday morning via Nulato, having stopped over two nights at the latter place due to bad fly ing weather. He had as passen- gers, Mrs. Jack Jefford and young daughter.
 Pilot MiroW after a short stop took off for Anchorage, Thursday having as passengers John Blank sma, Hjalmar Wiggins, Mrs. Eng land, Jimmy Harper, and H. L. Stringfellow. The plane remain ed over night at McGrath and took off early this morning ar irving at Anchorage. Stopping only a short time, he left An chorae for Nome expecting to come straight through today but poor visibility at this end of the route may delay his arrival.
 Later - Information received from Pilot MiroW was to the ef- feet that he was remaining over
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-02

John Blanksma, superintend- ent in charge of the new post office a"d federal court house buildinp. constructed at Nome by the Me 1alald Construction Com pany, hsv ng completed his work left viz Mirow plane Thursday for An"hsrage, where the same compary nave under construc- tion othe~ buildings.
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-02

Before leaving for the outside Harvey Grant purchased the Pete Danielson house at the foot of First Avenue near Dry Creek and moved same to new loca- tion on C street, just south of the Federated Church parsonage. Next spring it is MT. Grants in- tention to construct a new build ing on the front of the lot fac ing first avenue.
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-02
Hold-over Senator o. D. Coch

Hold-over Senator o. D. Coch- ran, and one of Nome's earliest lawyers in the boom days, left Nome by PAA plane yesterday enroute for Juneau, and Seattle. After a short stay in Seattle on business matters, Attorney Coch- ran will return to Juneau to at tend the coming session of the Alaska Legislature
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-02

Alfred J Lomen, local man ager of the Lomen Commercial Company's activities at Nome and outlying sections, left via plane yesterday after a busy sea son, enroute to Seattle via Jun eau. Manager Lomen will spend the holiday season with his fam fly in Seattle, where his children are attending school and college He expects to return to Nome early next spring via plane, to ar range for the construction of the lghterage wharf which was heav fly damaged during the big storm last month.
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-02
LOSES
 DEODORIZED SKUNK

CEDAR FALLS, la, Nov. - The boys at the Lamba Gamma Nu fraternity have lost their pet and odds on its being returned are virtually prohibitive.
 What irks the fraternity men is that persons coming in contact with their pet-a skunk-will not investigate to learn the truth-that it is deodorized.
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-02

Managers of the baseball teams, recently organized, will meet at SUpt. Calvin E. Pools office in the school building, 3 pm, Sunday, December 4, to de- eide various matters before the scheduled series of indoor base ball games commence.
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-02
LISTED PARASITES"

PRESTONBURG, Ky, Nov. - Burl Spurlock, who runs gen. eral store, has posted sign reading: Parasites who have taken me for a ride" There fol- lows list of 50 former custom CTS and the amounts they owe him.
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-02
Drama Club Presents Play
 Next Sunday

Following is the cast of char acters for the play, What Men Live Bly,, to be presented Sunday night, December 4, at the Feder- ated Church, 7:45 pm.
 Simon tn Cobbler, Wilbur Ar mold.
 Matrena, his wife, Gertrude Ar hold.
 Michael, his apprentice, Wilfred Boucher.
 Baron Avedeivitch, wealth land owner, Leonard Hedine.
 Thedka, his footman, Everett Fisher.
 Sonia Ivanich, lady of means, Zelma Griffith.
 Brenie and Nikita, her adopted children, Patty Frazier and Sarah Chapman.
 Anna Maloska, a widow, Len
  nie Mae Nelson.
 Troinoff, a debtor, Marvin Jor dan.
 The Guardian Angel, Joan Jo- hansen.
 A Little Devil, Richard Corn wall
 Don't be one of those pathetic souls who will be saying next week: q wish I had gone to see the play" Plan now to attend the inspiring service at the Fed erated Church next Sunday night. Evereyone welcome, Sil- yer offering.
 The play What Men Live By" is produced by special arrange ment with the Walter Baker Com pany of Boston, Mass.
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-02

Changes of copy for. holiday advertisements must be in the Nugget office the day proceeding publication, in order to insure their being printed.
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-02

night at McGrath before proceed ing to Nome.